red moscow

Chapter 2678

As soon as he opened the door the next morning, Sokov welcomed an unexpected guest.

Old Tan, whom I met at Mumu Restaurant last time, appeared at the door and asked unfriendlyly, "You are Lao Hu's friend, right?"

"Yes, I am Lao Hu's friend." Sokov saw that the other party was not friendly and asked with a straight face, "What do you want?"

"I have a friend, the one you met in Mumu Restaurant." Old Tan said angrily, "Yesterday, because you refused to take him to the airport, I had to find another car to take him. As a result, he was detained by the police on the way and is still in the detention center. I will give you two choices now. One is to get him out; the other is to compensate me with 5,000 US dollars..."

Hearing what Lao Tan said, Sokov almost raised his hand to give him a loving touch. Whatever happens to Mr. Cai, it's none of my business. Since he is your friend, you should figure out how to clean up the mess yourself. He even wanted me to help him rescue him, and if I didn't, he would have to pay an additional 5,000 US dollars. He looks ugly, but he thinks beautifully.

"Lao Hu is my friend, are you his friend?" Sokov asked coldly.

Old Tan hesitated for a moment, then replied, "One of his fellow villagers once shared a house with me."

"He's from the same hometown as you and shared a house with you." Sokov sneered and said, "If he's not even a friend, why would he help you?"

"Even if we are not friends, what does it matter?" Old Tan said confidently, "We are all Chinese, we are all compatriots, so what does it matter if we help each other?"

"I don't know you, why should I help you?" Sokov said disdainfully, "When there is trouble, we are compatriots, but when there is nothing, who are you? If I really send Mr. Cai to the airport, I might get into trouble. No, I've already gotten into trouble, and you're just coming here to make trouble."

When Old Tan heard this, he immediately became anxious: "How can I say that you are being unreasonable? It was obviously because you refused to send people to the airport that Mr. Cai got into trouble."

The quarrel attracted the attention of other people on the street, and everyone gathered around to watch.

Someone who was close to Sokov asked tentatively, "Xiao Lin, what happened?"

Sokov quickly told the people around him the whole story.

After hearing this, everyone began to condemn Lao Tan: "It's a favor to help you, and it's my duty not to help you. I don't even know you, why should I help you send someone to the airport? You were arrested for being arrogant, but you didn't look for your own reasons and came here to cause trouble. You are really shameless."

What's worse, they directly called the security guard and asked him to deal with Lao Tan.

Unlike in China, the security guards in the market have great power. People like Lao Tan who come to make trouble can be locked up in a small dark room for a few days. When Lao Tan saw the security guards coming to question him, he immediately got scared and ran away after a few perfunctory words.

After the crowd dispersed, Lena said angrily: "Misha, you are so easy to talk to. Anyone dares to come and show their teeth to you."

"Okay, okay, everyone has left." Sokov said with a smile: "Clean up the store and get ready to open for business."

While sweeping the floor, Lena suddenly asked, "By the way, Misha, has Anna come to see you?"

"Yes, she came to my place last night." Sokov knew very well that Lena had contributed greatly to Anna's reappearance in his home. "Thank you, Lena, thank you for speaking well of me in front of Anna."

"If you want to thank me, then give me a raise."

Sokov didn't say anything, just smiled. He knew the other party was joking. The salary he offered was the highest on this street. If he raised it again, the owners of other shops would come to him to protest, because it would seem that their wages were low, which would make employees feel uneasy about their work.

I thought what happened in the morning was over, but unexpectedly at noon, Old Tan, who was chased away by the security guard, came with seven or eight people.

When these people arrived, they blocked the store entrance and prevented customers from entering the store.

Damn, it’s not over yet, right?

Sokov got furious when he saw this, he could tell that the people led by Lao Tan were gang members, but they had forgotten that the area here was under the direct jurisdiction of the market owner, unlike the areas where they usually ran rampant, which were contracted by gang leaders.

So he asked Ada and Lena to go out and call security, and he dealt with these uninvited guests alone.

Sokov looked at one of the men wearing a large gold chain and asked, "What do you want to do?"

"We heard that you have offended our brother, and we are here to seek justice for him." The big gold chain said shamelessly: "Now you take out 50,000 US dollars, kneel down and kowtow to our brothers, and this matter will be over. Otherwise, don't even think about opening a store here again in the future."

If Sokov's store was located in an area contracted by a gang leader, he would have no choice but to swallow his anger and pay a small fortune to avoid disaster. But this is an area directly under the jurisdiction of the Azerbaijani boss of the market, so there is no room for these scoundrels to act recklessly.

So he sneered and asked, "I was not wrong in this matter, why should I admit my mistake to you?"

"Boy, you have succeeded in irritating me." The big gold chain said arrogantly, "Now I don't want fifty thousand, but one hundred thousand, one hundred thousand US dollars. Fifty thousand of them is the fine for your bad attitude just now."

Sokov would not agree to blackmail the big gold chain. The surrounding shops noticed that something was wrong. Some shop owners stood at the door of their shops and whispered to others what happened. Some people who had a good relationship with Sokov quietly ran to find the security guards.

The man with the big gold chain came forward and grabbed Sokov's collar, saying viciously: "Boy, take out the money, or I will smash your store!"

"Hmph," Sokov glanced outside the store and snorted, "If you want to destroy my store, I don't think you have the ability to do it."

"I'll show you if I have the ability to do it." The man with the big gold chain waved his hand and shouted loudly, "Smash it for me!"

But the next moment, he heard screams. The people he brought fell to the ground one after another, curled up their bodies, and howled like frightened pangolins.

Da Jinlianzi turned his head and saw a group of security guards appearing behind him. His men had been knocked to the ground by a group of security guards wielding rubber sticks, and behind them stood several security guards with guns.

Seeing this, the big gold chain immediately became timid. He quickly loosened Sokov's collar, raised his hands and shouted loudly: "Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, this is all misunderstanding!" The security captain walked into the store and asked Sokov: "Misha, are they here to cause trouble?"

Sokov knew very well that if he didn't teach these people a lesson, they might come back at any time. If they come to make trouble every now and then, even if he has security guards to rely on, it will be very annoying.

So he nodded vigorously and said in a positive tone: "Yes, they are here to cause trouble. They probably want to start with me and then gradually occupy the whole street."

"Security, security." Big Gold Chain could understand Russian. When he heard Sokov say that, he became anxious and quickly explained, "I told you, it's just a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding!"

The security captain didn't waste any time talking to him. He raised the rubber stick and hit him on the head, causing him to bleed profusely.

Then he waved his hand to his men and said loudly: "Take them to the company office."

Just like that, a group of security guards escorted the gang members towards the company office.

Seeing the troublemaker being taken away, the onlookers applauded.

But at this moment, an old lady named Li stood up and said loudly: "Why don't these gang members go to other stores to cause trouble, but go to your store? I think you'd better move out. If you annoy them, they will come to cause trouble every day. How will you do business in the future?"

"I say, you old fool, I think you are the one who needs to leave." As soon as she finished speaking, a young man next to her started to attack her: "Brother Lin, if you don't let the security guards arrest them today and let these guys get a taste of the sweetness, then they will really come to cause trouble every day and extort money from various stores."

As soon as he finished speaking, someone else immediately echoed him, "That's right. We all stand on Xiaolin's side in today's matter. If you only know how to compromise and don't know how to fight back when others come to bully you, then you will become a piece of dough in the hands of others, and they can do whatever they want with you."

"You'd better get out of our street as soon as possible." At this time, an older woman stood up to expose Mrs. Li: "Do you think I don't know that you went to the area controlled by the gang some time ago and begged the gang leader for mercy to let others come to take over our street."

When this was said, everyone was excited and asked the elder sister: "Is what you said true?"

"Of course it's true." The older woman nodded and said, "My fellow villager told me this. He said he saw with his own eyes that Old Lady Li went to see the gang leader Wang Juntao, nodding and bowing, saying that the area we are in is managed by the Azerbaijanis and hoped that he could come and take over. She also told others that if they didn't come and take over the management, she would be like an orphan with no one to rely on."

Hearing what the eldest sister said, everyone became angry.

The market is divided into many areas, contracted by people from many countries. The area where Sokov's store is located has always been managed by the company owner himself because it was established earlier. In addition to paying the stall fee every month, there are no other fees. If Wang Juntao's gang takes over this area, then in addition to the stall fee, they will also have to pay the same amount of protection fee every month. From time to time, his men will come in with a portrait of the God of Wealth, saying that it is a gift to the God of Wealth, and ask the store owner for a bribe of 10,000 US dollars.

Because everyone knew the inside story, they became furious after listening to the eldest sister's story.

People with impatient tempers will go directly to the company office to find the boss, hoping that he can kick out the black sheep, Mrs. Li.

Just half an hour later, security guards came and sealed Mrs. Li's shop, saying that she had not paid the rent for this month.

Seeing this situation, everyone asked around privately and found out that because of the poor business, Mrs. Li had been in arrears with the rent for her shop for two months. If she hadn't gone crazy today, I'm afraid no one would have known about this. As for the fact that Mrs. Li went to find the gang leader, someone soon revealed the truth. Because she couldn't pay the rent, she fancied that as long as she let someone from other places take over the area, the other party might waive the rent for a few months, and then she would be able to get through the difficulties. Unexpectedly, man proposes, God disposes. In the end, she shot herself in the foot. Not only did she not have any rent left, but she was kicked out.

After get off work, Sokov came to the parking lot and saw Anna standing by her car, gesticulating and talking on the phone.

Seeing Sokov coming over, Anna quickly hung up the phone, ran over to hug Sokov, kissed him on the face, and said with a smile: "Misha, you're off work."

"Well, it's time to get off work." Sokov opened the car door with the remote control key and nodded to Anna: "Get in the car!"

As Sokov drove away from the market, Anna asked about what happened during the day.

Sokov then told her the whole story in detail.

After hearing this, Anna asked worriedly, "Misha, will they retaliate against you?"

"Anna, if this market has just been established, it is indeed possible as you said." Sokov saw Anna's worry and quickly comforted her, "The security force in the market is very strong now. What's more, the area we are in is managed by the Azerbaijani owner of the market. Do you think he will let anything happen here? I guess those who were arrested have been sent to the police station and will stay in the detention room for a few days."

"Is it really okay?"

"Don't worry, nothing will happen."

Seeing Sokov so calm, Anna felt more at ease: "Misha, when do you think it would be appropriate for us to go to Sochi?"

"Wait a little longer." If today's incident hadn't happened, Sokov might have wanted to leave overnight. But now, he had to stay and observe whether anything would happen in the next few days.

Anna looked very disappointed: "Ah, we have to wait for a while?"

"If nothing happened today, I would have taken a boat to Sochi overnight." Sokov explained to Anna: "Although the chances of those people causing trouble are low, we can't let our guard down. We need to observe for a few days at least. Once the situation becomes clear, it won't be too late to decide when to go to Sochi."

"OK then."

"By the way, I received a call last night when you were asleep. Baharov and his friends are planning to go to a villa in the suburbs in a few days to have a party there, and they invited me." Sokov glanced ahead and saw that there was no car, so he turned his head and asked Anna, "Would you like to go with me?"

"Misha, didn't I tell you last time?" Anna said hesitantly, "Having a party in a suburban villa is a bit messy..."

"Don't worry about that." Sokov interrupted her. "The one who invited us to the party was an acquaintance, and I didn't ask you to go alone. I went with you. I think nothing will go wrong."

After hearing what Sokov said, Anna frowned and thought for a long time. Finally, she made up her mind, nodded slowly, and said, "Okay, then I'll go with you."

After a pause, Ana remembered something important: "By the way, when can you get your real estate certificate?"