Chapter 54 Collection of Protection Fees
"Boss, there are cockroaches in your fried rice!"
Attracted by the noise in the lobby, Ponzi, who had fallen asleep standing in front of the gas stove due to lack of sleep, suddenly woke up. He pretended to shake the wok twice, and quickly picked out the cockroaches mixed in the rice grains and threw them into the flames to destroy the corpses.
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"Huh? That's not right, I haven't sent him out yet!"
Stretching his head to look outside, Ponzi blinked at the black bun who was sitting on a special low pillar in the center of the store as the mascot. He sent a silent question, "Have you eaten all the cockroaches and mosquitoes in the store?"
The sapphire eyes blinked rapidly at a specific frequency, and the black steamed bun replied in Morse code: "Everything is fine, the mosquitoes are all in my belly, and the food is safe."
With the promise of black buns, Ponzi picked up a big spoon and walked out of the kitchen aggressively. The business was so good, it was normal for one or two jealous gangsters to make trouble. He wanted to teach these gangsters a lesson and understand who can be provoked and who cannot be provoked.
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"Hey, are you from a place of hardship?"
As soon as the big spoon hit the table, Ponzi was shocked. The two young men clamored to smash the store and report it, even though the number of times they did it personally was almost zero. In his long-term pirate career, Ponzi
Unknowingly, he was also tainted with a bit of hostility, and his skin tanned by the sun made him look a little sinister.
"You, don't think that if your business is good, you can do whatever you want. Believe it or not, tomorrow...tomorrow I will make it impossible for your little shabby shop to open!"
He and his companions looked at each other, and one of the men hesitantly threatened Ponzi. After speaking, he picked up his cell phone and pretended to call someone.
Ponzi, who had read a lot of Internet articles, thought clearly that he could not succumb to these evil forces. According to the usual routine, if he attacks these gangsters now, he will definitely usher in the big boss behind them and cause more problems, so he must
Just deal with it in another way.
"Have you ever heard of Pirate Jack?"
Pirate Jack is the leader of the Seven Swords on the Navy's wanted list. The bounty on the wanted list is as high as 30 million Baileys, which is 10 million Baileys higher than the predecessor Seven Swords Rainbow Cat Blue Rabbit.
"You don't want to get into trouble, right? If I use some connections to get you involved with Pirate Jack, can you and the people behind you fight against the navies of the entire world?"
Ponzi's threat is simple and clear. Now the navies of various countries are using the name of Pirate Jack to eliminate dissidents, especially around the Pacific. No matter right or wrong, as long as they are linked to Pirate Jack, no one, regardless of their identity, can escape imprisonment and torture.
One-stop service at the execution ground.
"I, I, I don't think I saw any cockroaches. We are full and we are leaving."
For fear of getting involved with Pirate Jack, the man quickly got up and grabbed his companions to get ready. At this moment, Ponzi stopped them with a pot and ladle.
“I haven’t paid yet”
It is natural to pay for meals. The two men with evil faces suppressed their anger and left a hundred-dollar bill on the table.
"Isn't it just a bowl of fried rice? There's no need to look for it!"
After paying the money, Ponzi didn't let him go. When the two men saw that Ponzi was pushing the envelope, they immediately took out their mobile phones and started making calls. Before the call was dialed, Nicholas, who was slowly wiping the table next to him, threw the phone over with chopsticks and pierced it.
The chopsticks that penetrated the cell phone were only a few centimeters into the man's eyes. The warning was self-evident.
"Ten thousand per person, keep the money but not the people, keep the people but not the lives, it's your choice."
Taking out his mobile phone and opening the Alipay collection interface, Ponzi stated a ruthless fact with a perfect business smile and a hearty voice. He couldn't leave, he couldn't fight, he couldn't call anyone, and he knew he couldn't leave without paying.
The man whispered a few words to his companion, who made his companion look pained and transfer 20,000 yuan to Ponzi.
"You... you are cruel! I will never come to this kind of black shop again!"
"Thank you for your patronage, you are well on your way"
After seeing off the two men who had said harsh words before leaving, Ponzi returned to the kitchen under the glare of the guests who dared not say anything. The unsuspecting guests who had been waiting outside for a long time entered the room in an orderly manner.
"Brother, are we still going to let our men do anything?"
A man who had been sitting in the corner watching Ponzi and Nicholas asked another man sitting at the same table. He was a subordinate of a certain gangster. He was usually responsible for assisting the man sitting at the table to collect protection fees on this street. He was a low-level leader.
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"Didn't you just do it? By the way, their stir-fried food is really delicious. You should eat more."
The man at the same table was eating fried rice and replied casually. In his opinion, Ponzi did have some tricks, and it was impossible to solve the problem by just relying on such low-level tricks that there were bugs in the food.
"Are they our people?"
The low-level boss next to him asked back, causing the man to stop eating. The two looked at each other and noticed the surprise in each other's eyes.
"Then who are they?"
Feeling uneasy, the man dug around inside with a spoon. Needless to say, he actually found a cockroach.
"Damn! There are really cockroaches!"
The low-level leader didn't understand why the man next to him suddenly stood up and shouted, but in view of his sincere performance, the low-level leader decided to cooperate well and continue the drama.
"Boss, where's the boss! There are cockroaches in the rice. My brother is going to die from eating it. How do you do business? Is this a black shop that uses human flesh to make fried rice?"
Seeing the low-level leader snapping the case, the younger brothers who got the signal hurriedly stood up at the same time. Some shouted that the water was poisonous, some shouted that the poison contained fried rice, some shouted that the fried rice contained shit, and some shouted that there was shit in the shit that made people want to eat it.
poppy shells.
The originally quiet and orderly lobby suddenly became noisy. The younger brothers seemed to be really angry when they saw the two older brothers. In order to be remembered by the older brothers, they started smashing tables and chairs to drive away guests.
"Whether it's over or not, you can't see my brother's business going well, right!?"
The ordinary customers who were kicked out also thought the same as Ponzi. A moment ago, they thought Ponzi's shop was a shady shop and they dared not speak out. Now they realized that someone was trying to cause trouble. The first thing was just appetizers.
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"Did you see that such a big cockroach is almost as big as a small hamster? My eldest brother is already weak and sick, and then he ate such unclean things. Those of you who use your mobile phones to make short videos, please come over and take the pictures.
Take a look, big brother’s face is turning blue.”
The man who was patted on the back by the low-level leader was livid. His physique was not much worse than that of Dwayne Johnson. So on the one hand, he was so stupid and angry that he was stunned, and on the other hand, it was because he actually ate cockroaches.
The fried rice was disgustingly green. He had kept cockroaches in restaurants on this street for so many years, and this was the first time he had tasted it in person.
"Nicholas, teach them a lesson"
Ponzi, who was surrounded by seven or eight men, still looked arrogant. The young gangster who was unhappy with him punched Ponzi in the face, but his fist failed to hit Ponzi.
Instead of his angry face, he was caught by a slender and petite hand.
"It's really troublesome. Why can't you just let people be lazy for a moment?"
Nicholas grabbed the little gangster as a weapon and swung it in her hand. Within two minutes, she threw the unscrupulous gangsters out of the store one after another.
"Ah... I'm so tired. The tables and chairs are all broken. Can we close up and rest today?"
"We brought a bench! Just hold the bowl in your hands!"
The customer who suddenly rushed in with a small stool was almost thrown out by Nicholas. This clever customer successfully jumped in line. After this incident, the business of Ponzi's store not only did not get worse, but actually got better.
The business is so good that they don’t even provide tables and chairs. All the customers who come to Ponzi Fried Rice Restaurant bring their own small stools, or they squat in a row along the wall at the entrance of the store, holding a bowl of fried rice in their hands, which has become a popular attraction on this street.
Chapter completed!