Gunfire, Punk & Necromancers

Chapter 356 Chapter 353 Industry Entry Barriers
These days, implant care shops are a new industry, but the opening of a new store is hardly news.No matter in the newspapers, on TV, on the radio or in the information network, the overwhelming publicity is the implant maintenance shops opened by pharmaceutical companies and gangs.Seeing this situation, their "Veteran's Home" didn't waste money on advertising, but just distributed some leaflets on the street, and put a promotional sign of "Opening Rewards" at the door of the store.

Not even a beautiful welcome girl was invited.

As a matter of course, it was expected that their business would be deserted at the beginning.They have planned a long time ago that it is impossible to make a profit immediately in the initial stage of operation, and they can break even within a year, and they will be successful if they can fully recover their capital in three to four years.They have done a good job in the strategy of stable operation and accumulation of word of mouth from the beginning.

There will be more and more implant users, and they don't have to worry about potential customers. The key is how to bring in and retain customers.As long as you can provide customers with services that really make them feel comfortable, customers will bring new customers, and implant care shops can develop.With their scale, it is simply delusional to want to break out of the advertising field according to the general idea.

On the first business day, no customers came to the door during the whole day.Zhuang Xuteng and Ge Gongdao practiced hand-to-hand combat in the small space in the basement, and Nightingale and Chaffinch learned the latest information technology in the rest area on the second floor. Everyone had a fulfilling day...

The four major shareholders are not in a hurry, but the small shareholder Doyle is very anxious.He suggested that Ge Gongdao call some friends from the mercenary industry here for maintenance, which can be regarded as broadening the business channels.Ge Gongdao shook his head. It's not that he hadn't thought of this method, but places where mercenaries often haunt often mean danger, and ordinary people dare not approach them, so they will only cut off more important sources of customers.

"Lucy's restaurant is a counterexample. It's the safest, best-serving place in the four-block neighborhood. At the beginning, when everyone didn't know what was going on, there were still a considerable number of neighbors patronizing. Ever since I met After being threatened and everyone is fully armed, no one dares to come to the door." Ge Gongdao took the music restaurant as an example and said: "Only by building a good reputation first, and then opening a branch store can be a mercenary store. I will directly Bring the mercenaries, if the service is not good, there will be trouble, and the arms and legs of the young people below are gone?"

If it doesn't work in this area, find a way elsewhere.Doyle thought of his comrades-in-arms in the past, the guys who survived the last corporate war, now they all have old arms and legs, right?He is very confident in the level of the implant maintenance shop, at least it will never cheat people, and the effect is worth every penny spent here.So he dug out the old phone book, found those friendly numbers on the crumpled and yellowed paper, and started to contact his old buddy.

Most of the people have become empty numbers, and a small number of people have got through, but they are not in Peicheng, and those old friends who are not in good health can't travel long distances and get tired.He was a little frustrated, and was noticed by Nightingale and Chaffinch.

"An empty number does not mean that the person is gone. It probably means that the number has been changed. Every city has its own communication company, and the local service is always cheaper, so it is normal to change the number." Nightingale and Rock Sparrow decided to help Doyle Besides, Er's actions were also for their shop. "We'll try to check for you whether the original owners of these numbers still have new numbers."

"Will it be troublesome?"

"These old numbers are the simplest. Its basic information exists in the very old system, which is full of loopholes and has been hacked countless times. If it is a new number, it will be more troublesome, but it is not impossible. "Nightingale let the rock sparrow go to work, and explained to Doyle herself: "These information systems for public use are all purchased through bidding, and they are always the cheapest winning bids. Those who are difficult to deal with are generally those non-operating systems , For example, companies and the constitutional government use it internally, which is called layer upon layer of protection and killing at every step."

Through the efforts of the two sisters, some empty numbers were revived, and Doyle contacted several old buddies.That day, he made a lot of phone calls, and the phone had to be connected to the charging cable all the time, while the big old man leaned on the table, crying while talking.

He thought that some fellows were dead, and many fellows thought he was dead too; it was a kind of happiness to find that the other party was not dead; it was a kind of happiness to find that someone was really dead, and then he had to accept the belated sorrow.When Doyle put down the phone, his eyes were red, and his overall state could not be said to be good or bad, maybe it was both.He told Zhuang Xuteng, who had just recovered from his fitness, that he was going out for a trip, and that there was an old buddy of his in Peicheng, and it was not far away.Zhuang Xuteng threw the armored ferret real key to him. It was a new car, and it needed someone to drive it out for a break-in.

"Don't worry, drive slowly, we are looking at the store!" Zhuang Xuteng smiled and waved his hands, then walked into the "manager" office and sat down in Doyle's seat.With the physical exercise over, it's time for meditation and necromancy.Anyway, there are no customers in the store, so nothing will be delayed.

Everyone's body is different, and the things they encounter are also different.For example, Daoyle may have the physique of "warding off evil spirits and driving away disasters", while Zhuang Xuteng is the opposite, he will inevitably drive evil spirits away from disasters.Not long after he sat in the store, two young men with skull tattoos walked in, a man and a woman.

They want to see the boss.The guy at the front desk didn't dare to neglect, so he led them to the manager's office.Zhuang Xuteng scratched his head, not knowing where the trouble came from.He squinted and counted the number of skulls on the faces of the two men.There are only two of them, so they can only be regarded as the relatively strong force among the minions, not even cadres.

"Your store's business is pretty good!" The two of them really didn't know which pot to open and which pot to pick up.Is there a customer in the store?The windows are bright and clean, and there is not even a hair on the floor. Everyone is really looking forward to some guests who will step on black footprints here or something.However, good business may be their cliché, just like "I opened this road and I planted this tree".

"Business is not good. We don't have any customers yet." Zhuang Xuteng tilted his head. He never had a good impression of gangsters, and he didn't even have the patience to act with two low-level gangsters with skull tattoos. "We have already paid the protection fee, what are you doing here?"

"I know that you paid the protection fee, which is exactly the same for all the shops on the street." The gangster's language organization ability is not very good, except for the gang training routine, other content expression is not smooth. "But the implant maintenance shop is different. It also has an access fee."

"What? Access?" Zhuang Xuteng snorted and said, "Your cemetery gang wants to replace the constitutional government in industry access? Can you issue certificates or provide training?"

"We can supply." The little gangster took out a small bottle, which contained some blue powder. "Every implant store will only be able to open after having this, and it will be good for business. You pay a lot of protection fees, so our boss plans to drag you to make a fortune together. This security blue is the entry threshold."

Zhuang Xuteng lowered his face, suppressed his anger, and said, "Thank you for your kindness, we don't participate in this. We don't understand, we don't want to get involved, and we don't want to get rich through this. Go back and tell your boss..."

"Then you are not giving face?"

In a word, Zhuang Xu laughed angrily.He has always felt that the level of gang members is not very high, but it is not low enough to send such two idiots to expand business?Can the two of them fight or can they talk, put on a bad face, barely repeat some clichés, and nothing else, which can also be promoted in the gang to get the second skull?

The Graveyard Gang, like many big companies, has no skulls for trainee members, and only tattoos for the official start.I heard that the management mechanism of this skull tattoo is very strict, and the juniors of gang bosses can't directly get a skull, at least three.So the two skull-headed guys must have been promoted from trainees, but what can they do at this level?How did you get promoted?
"Again, we don't do security blue or anything blue business. You go back and thank you..."

The little gangster patted the table, pointed at Zhuang Xuteng and said, "Aren't you refusing to give me noodles...Brother, be careful."

He had to beg for mercy immediately, because Zhuang Xuteng had already pointed the shadow gun to his forehead, and he had no idea how it all happened.

"Can you understand me? We don't deal in safety blue. Not all the shops on this street sell safety blue. It has nothing to do with you opening an implant store to sell safety blue to make money." Zhuang Xuteng frowned. , he didn't want to make things too rigid, after all, it was Doyle who usually worked here. "Go back and tell your boss that our place is too close to PCPD and we don't want to increase business risks."

"Ping Anlan has no business risk, brother..." The little gangster raised his hands, crossed them in the middle suddenly, and wanted to pinch Zhuang Xuteng's wrist from left to right.However, his actions couldn't escape Zhuang Xuteng's reaction at all. He first withdrew his hand to avoid the pincer attack, and then put his fingers back on his forehead. At the same time, he took out a second bone spear shadow gun and aimed it at another gangster.

"Hey, hey, did you miss it? The slap was loud, and he didn't grab anything." Zhuang Xuteng pressed his fingers a little harder, and said against the guy's forehead: "My patience is limited, don't do anything that may kill yourself Try. We don't sell safety blues, understand?"

"The boss said that all the stores in Peicheng must have safety blue products on the shelves..."

"He's talking about your own store, right? Does the Cemetery Gang care about whether there are safety blue products in the implant store opened by Today Group?"

"Huh, it seems to be... There is no..." The little gangster frowned, looking like he couldn't make up his mind.At this time, Ge Gongdao, who heard the movement, came in. His figure was clearly persuasive, and the other female gangster immediately raised her hands and feet, and shrank on the sofa in a gesture of surrender.

Zhuang Xuteng sighed and said, "Do you two know what to say when you go back?"

"You don't do access... No, you are not interested in the security blue business." The little gangster said with a grin.

"Let's go!" Zhuang Xuteng pushed his forehead with his palm, and then pointed in the direction of the gate: "We paid the protection fee in the hope that we can operate with peace of mind and avoid trouble. I hope your cemetery gang will not become trouble."

After the two gangsters left, Zhuang Xuteng shook his head and said to Ge Gongdao: "It's not right. The two of them came for no reason, and they went out for no reason. Brother Dao, look at the shop, I'll go out and take a look."

"Okay, you go quickly, and be careful." Ge Gongdao has always believed in Zhuang Xuteng's judgment, he said: "Those two people have obvious appearance characteristics, they can't go far, you have time to bring all the things. I asked the two sisters to give You do information support."

Zhuang Xuteng nodded, and rushed to the underground garage, took off the equipment from the armored vehicle, especially the stealth equipment, and then went out through the back door.The two people moved west after going out just now, so Zhuang Xuteng used the implant to charge up and jumped onto the roof, searching westward.

He has excellent graphic memory and ability to analyze visual details, and he quickly locked on the two people who were strolling on the street, and then locked on the enhanced hearing.The two cursed and accused each other of not helping themselves when they were being aimed at by the shadow from the gun, and that they lacked the friendship of a partner.

"That guy moved so fast, I didn't even realize it. It means that he had prepared the shadow gun from the very beginning, and he had bad intentions at all!" The two chattered and put a hat on Zhuang Xuteng's head. He's portrayed as an unstable factor who finds trouble with gangs.

Regarding Zhuang Xuteng's clear rejection of An Anlan, the two of them did not chatter at all.From this point of view, Zhuang Xuteng believes that the promotion of safety blue is just a cover, and the two of them have other purposes for this trip.If they're just selling safety blue, it's "normal business" for the gang to expand.But in this situation, the two of them are probably here specifically to find trouble, so they need to know what kind of medicine they bought in the gourd.So Zhuang Xuteng continued to follow, watching the two people turn into the alley.

This is a remote and uninhabited alley, a maximum of three people can pass side by side, but most of the area is occupied by some second-hand goods and waste products, and the environment is dirty.There was a T-shaped intersection in the middle of the alley, and the two stood there, took out two cigarettes, pumped some safety blue powder into them with a needle, and then smoked them separately.

Zhuang Xuteng judged who they were waiting for.Sure enough, about half an hour later, a PCPD car stopped at the other end of the alley, and two people got out of the car.One of them was chewing gum and stood guard at the entrance of the alley, looking over from time to time, and the other guy wearing sunglasses walked over with figure eight steps.He carefully jumped over the sewage beach, took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it for himself.

Three smokers?Is this a tacit code? Why did the PCPD arise and is it involved?Zhuang Xuteng lurks carefully and listens to what they have to say.

(End of this chapter)