Chapter 73 The Black-Hearted Real Estate Traders

“Yes.” Wang Feng nodded, his eyes being a little moist. This was the first time he came back here after graduation for more than a year. He had gone back to the Zhu Hai University with Bei Yunxue, but they didn’t come here. Thinking of this, a sense of shame filled up his heart.

Living in the Hong Zhu district, Gu Ping was lucky to meet good people like Aunt Cai. The same went for Wang Feng—when he was studying at Zhu Hai University, he also met good people like Uncle Li.

He couldn’t even remember how many times he had scrounged free meals here. And Uncle Li had dealt with his wounds dozens of times after he was beaten to bleed.

In his heart, Uncle Li was a family member of his.

“Who is this?” Li Zhenglin suddenly noticed Bei Yunxue who aroused a trace of surprise and envy in his eyes.

The fine appearance of Bei Yunxue could attract the attention of all ages. Li Zhenglin was no exception.

“This is my girlfriend, Bei Yunxue.” Wang Feng answered, and then turned to Bei Yunxue, “This is Uncle Li. He helped me a lot when I studied in university. I’ve always regarded him as one of my families.”

“Nice to meet you, Uncle Li.” Bei Yunxue understood Wang Feng’s words, so she immediately greeted Li Zhenglin with a sweet smile.

“Haha, good. Let’s go. I’ll take you to the private room.” He led the way in front while speaking. It could be told from the smile on his face that he felt happy because Wang Feng suddenly came back to see him.

“Oh? What’s that smell?” Bei Yunxue abruptly asked with her eyebrows slightly knitted.

“Oh gosh! The food is overcooked.” Uncle Li cried out, and rushed to the kitchen, leaving it undone to take Wang Feng and Bei Yunxue to the private room.

“Well, let’s go to the private room first.” Wang Feng uttered. Obviously, he knew where the private room was.

After a while, Uncle Li had finished cooking, and came to the private room where Wang Feng and Bei Yunxue stayed as well. This room was still the same as before. But coming here again had stirred Wang Feng’s emotion.

Time flew fast; the past years would never come back. Such a thought made Wang Feng melancholy.

“You haven’t been here for more than a year. I didn’t expect you’re willing to come back today.” Li Zhenglin said ironically.

“Uncle Li, don’t say that! I left Zhu Hai as soon as I graduated. And I came back only recently.” Wang Feng explained with a smile. But there was still some shame in his heart.

“You know. I didn’t mean it. Then, will you leave again?” Li Zhenglin glanced at Wang Feng and asked.

“Perhaps, no! I’ll develop my career in Zhu Hai in the future. And maybe I will come to you often for free meals!” A smirk climbed on Wang Feng’s face.

“Alas.” Uncle Li made a long sigh, “I’m afraid that you can’t find me here anymore.”

“Oh? Why? Did something bad happen?” Wang Feng discovered the problem keenly.

“Yes.” Uncle Li nodded at him, and then explained, “This area was sold to a real estate boss. And we should move out after another month.”

“But isn’t it a good thing?” Wang Feng got stunned for a second, and then asked.

Although this area was not a prime location, with Zhu Hai University, the money tree here, it was certain that the developers would aim at it. A shop here would definitely receive a large sum of compensation.

“Good thing?” Uncle Li shook his head with a gloomy face, “The total compensation I can receive is less than two hundred thousand yuan. What can you do with only two hundred thousand yuan in Zhu Hai?! It’s far less than the price I bought this store!”

“What?” His words shocked not only Wang Feng, but also Bei Yunxue.

The present house price in Zhu Hai was fifteen thousand yuan per square meter. Uncle Li’s store occupies at least 70-80 square meters. Even if to sell it, the price should be far more than two hundred thousand yuan.

And even if the compensation was lower than the basic house price, it was still far from two hundred thousand yuan. There must be something fishy.

“Uncle Li, why? How can it be possible to just compensate so little money?” It was Bei Yunxue who asked. Although she didn’t charge in real estate in her family, she still knew that Uncle Li might have been cheated from his description.

“Not just me. It’s all the same in this area. This is not our decision.” Uncle Li replied, and his face became more bitter.

It was impossible for him to live in Zhu Hai with such a low compensation. Therefore, he was planning to go back to his hometown after receiving the compensation.

Without any power and influence to fight against the developers, he could only accept his fate.

“What happened exactly?” Bei Yunxue continued to ask.

“Well, let me explain to you…” Uncle Li revealed a bitter smile, and then told everything.

This area would be demolished, including shops and dwelling houses. And it would be a large-scale demolition. All the buildings needed to be rebuilt into mansions to save the land.

This should have been a good thing for the residents, because they could get a large sum of compensation, with which, they could choose to continue living here or take the money to other places. Therefore, many residents of old houses were eager for real estate developers to buy their houses.

However, this area was a special case. The compensation for the vast majority of people was only two hundred thousand yuan, and for those with small houses was less than two hundred thousand yuan.

Such a small amount of compensation was like a handout for beggars. So, the announcement of the compensation plan had aroused public indignation of all people.

The residents here had sued the developers to the government, but they were told that it would not be accepted. After that, they were even beaten by some unidentified people, and now, many of them were lying in the hospital.

In the end, they could only come to the conclusion that the developers seemed to have a great background. Since the government and businessmen were colluding together, they ordinary people could only accept the result.

“Why don’t you call the police?” Bei Yunxue was confused, and her complexion became gloomy as well.

“We did, but it was useless. And when we came back from the police station, we were, once again, beaten by the thugs they hired. Now everyone gets scared.” Uncle Li answered, and shook his head with a sigh.

They were just a group of ordinary people. How could they be able to compete with those developers who were rich and had a great background?

“Humph.” Wang Feng hit the table mercilessly and stood up.

He had heard a lot of black-hearted developers. But how dared they have the nerve to damage Uncle Li’s interests?! This was absolutely what he couldn’t tolerate.

The store of Uncle Li was worthy of nearly a million yuan, but it would be compensated with only two hundred thousand. These two numbers were quite different! How could the developer be so black-hearted?

“What are you going to do?” Freaking out to see that gloomy face of Wang Feng, Uncle Li cried out.

“Uncle Li, what is the name of this developer?” Wang Feng asked with a sullen face. He was now overwhelmed by a violent killing intention.

Do harm to other people, Wang Feng could ignore it; but to Uncle Li, he couldn’t. He would never sit by.

“Don’t be impulsive! You can’t afford to provoke those people.” Uncle Li hurriedly grabbed Wang Feng, because he was quite familiar with Wang Feng’s impulsive temper.

“Haha, Uncle Li, why do you think so?” Wang Feng smiled coldly, “Tell me the name of their real estate company, Uncle Li!”

“Wang Feng, forget about it! I can get at least two hundred thousand yuan. It is better than nothing.” Making a bitter smile again, Uncle Li loosened Wang Feng’s hand, and then sat down on a chair.

“Uncle Li.” Uncle Li’s attitude made Wang Feng a little bit angry. How could Uncle Li be so cowardly, even after his interests was damaged?

“Alright, if you don’t tell me, I’ll go to ask other people.” Wang Feng said angrily, and turned around, leaving the private room.

“Xiao Feng, come back!” Seeing that, Uncle Li shouted out.

“If you really want to know, I’ll tell you. But I hope you do nothing to me. You can’t defeat them. They are so many.”

“Just tell me, which company?” Wang Feng stopped, and asked again.

“Long Yuan Estate, one of the several large developers in our Zhu Hai City.” Uncle Li seemed to be compromised, and answered with a sigh.

“Long Yuan Estate?” This name was a little familiar to Wang Feng. But at present, he couldn’t remember where he had heard of it.

However, no matter what kind of real estate company it was, he wouldn’t let it damage the interests of ordinary people. They turned nearly a million yuan into two hundred thousand. How black were their hearts?

“Uncle Li, don’t worry about this matter anymore. I’ll handle it.” Then he went to his chair, sat down, and took out his phone.

The first call he made was to Yao Cheng whom he hadn’t contacted for a long time. Yao Cheng was not only a famous dude in the Zhu Hai City, but also an official in the government.

So, he was the most appropriate one to deal with such collusion between government and businessmen.

The phone was connected soon, and Yao Cheng’s sounded unexpected on the other side of the phone. After all, Wang Feng hadn’t contacted him for a long time indeed.

“Brother Yao, can you do me a favour?” Having no time for chattering, Wang Feng went straight to the point.

“What?” Yao Cheng was obviously outraged after knowing what had happened to Uncle Li.

Government should have been a place to work for the citizen’s grievances. But now, there existed collusion between officials and businessmen, which was a humiliation for government.

“You wait there for me, and I’ll get here in twenty minutes.” Then, Yao Cheng directly hung up the phone.

Hearing the toots coming from the phone, Wang Feng dialed another call to He Tian.

“Brother He, I don’t know among your people, who is responsible for the area near the Zhu Hai University.” Wang Feng went right to the point again.

“A man named A Liang. What’s up?” He Tian was somewhat confused.

“Not a big deal. Let him go to the Zhu Hai University later! I need his help.” Finishing speaking, he hung up the phone directly. He was confident that He Tian wouldn’t refuse him.

This dark Long Yuan Estate! Wang Feng would let them take out all the black money they had earned.

“Li Uncle, do you know where is the person in charge of the Long Yuan Estate?” He turned to Uncle Li who got a little stunned, asking.

Uncle Li didn’t know whom Wang Feng just called. But from Wang Feng’s tone, he seemed to have known something. Perhaps, the ones whom Wang Feng just called were both high-standing people in the Zhu Hai City.

“They set up an office at the end of the street, and all their people are there.” Uncle Li answered, without concealing.

“Okay. Then, Uncle Li, don’t do your business today. Please go to take those people here. I’d like to see how powerful this Long Yuan Estate is.” After a sneer, Wang Feng pushed the door open and walked out of the private room. He spoke to the diners in the store, “Dear students, there will be a meeting here. Can you please leave now? And you don’t have to pay.”

Although being kicked out of the store for no reason made them uncomfortable, they still left after noticing the indifferent expression on Wang Feng’s face. Anyway, they didn’t have to pay, and they were happy to receive a free meal.