Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
“Dali, where are we going to find basketball players?” asked Tang Muxin as she smilingly stood beside Hong Dali. “I’m prepared!”
“Finding people, that’s easy.” Hong Dali snapped his finger. “Tianjing West City Prison.”
“Huh?!” Upon hearing this, everyone was stunned!
Going to the prison to find basketball players?! Have I heard it wrong? Really? Will this work?!
Very soon, the group went downstairs and got into the car. Tang Muxin sat beside Hong Dali, asking, “Dali, are we really going to the prison to find basketball players? Though I know that you always have many ideas, but basketball is a very professional sport. Those convicts in the prison…”
“Oh, that’s simple.” Hong Dali sniffled, then grinned and said, “If they win, they’ll not only become free, but I’ll also give them rewards. If they lose, I’ll directly execute them by shooting, hmmm!”
Alright, Hong Dali had recalled a joke—Question: When will the Chinese football be able to rise? Answer: Find a group of prisoners facing the death penalty. If they win, they will be found not guilty. If they lose, they will be executed by shooting…
Anyway, there wasn’t much hope of that in his previous life, but here, this wasn’t really a problem—Bureau Chief had to give him face. Of course, it was impossible that Hong Dali would really find prisoners facing the death penalty who had committed all kinds of evil to play basketball…
“Young Master Dali, we’ve reached the West City Prison.” Driver Wang Mingyu parked the car. As Hong Dali and Tang Muxin alighted from the car, Hong Dali looked at the huge exterior wall of the prison which was almost four meters in height, its top filled with barbed wires. He sniffled and said, “Tianjing West City Prison, hmmm, I haven’t come here for a long time…”
Tang Muxin covered her face. “Who would come here for no reason…”
“Heh heh, let’s go!” Hong Dali snapped his finger, and Tang Muxin brought along the eight big lackeys and followed from behind.
The way in was clear without any obstructions.
The previous time, Hong Dali had come here because of Ling Xiaoyi’s younger brother, Ling Mufeng. It could be said to have created chaos, and now, upon hearing that this God of Fortune Hong Dali had come again, the prison guards came over and gathered around, a few outgoing ones even greeting him from afar, “Young Master Dali, long time no see!”
“Haha, brothers, you’ve all worked hard.” Hong Dali waved his hand. “Five thousand each!”
Otherwise, why would Hong Dali be so welcomed no matter where he went. He was the standard God of Fortune. Anyway, he was silly and had lots of money. Thus, he didn’t lack this little amount.
The male lackey behind him instantly took out a stack cash and went forward. A female lackey took out the cash counting machine and— swish swish swish —everyone soon got their five thousand yuan. Now they were very familiar with their business service and had quite a lot of chemistry.
The prison guards: “It’s indeed the God of Fortune. When I get back home, my wife is definitely going to cook me a few extra dishes, haha!” “Yes, tonight let’s go and have a few drinks. Young Master Dali has come, we must celebrate it!” “Quickly serve him well!”
Money opens the path, making everything naturally easy.
The group of prison guards bowed and greeted, their expressions humble as if they were meeting the head of the country. “Young Master Dali, are you looking for Prison Warden Cao? I’ll lead the way for you. This way please, this way!”
After walking and rewarding on the way, during this journey, all the prison guards smiled till they were unable to close their mouths. There were quite who asked, “Young Master Dali, when will that gaming chamber be done? My nephew is waiting for it!”
Hong Dali: “Very soon, very soon. Don’t be anxious!”
Tang Muxin chuckled. “Dali is popular no matter where he goes.” The little lass’ vanity was fully contented. Moreover, these few days Dali had helped her vent out her anger. Thus, her gaze when she looked at him…
Very soon, they reached the Prison Warden’s office. Hong Dali didn’t even bother to knock on the door and once again he kicked the door open, smiling as he walked in.
“Aiyo, Young Master has come. Aiya, I have been hoping for so long, and I’ve finally seen you again!” Now, Hong Dali was very influential in Tianjing City and had quite a lot of fame. Whoever followed him would definitely have benefits. Tianjing West City Prison’s prison warden Cao Jianrong was initially lying on the bed and resting, but now he’d come down from his bed barefooted. “What has made Young Master come today. Please take a seat!”
“I’ve come to do some things today.” Hong Dali grinned and sat on Cao Jianrong’s leather chair. “I want to transfer two people from your place. There isn’t a problem, right?”
“Ah?” Upon hearing that Hong Dali wanted to transfer people from the prison, Cao Jianrong was in a rather difficult position. “Young Master Dali, I naturally have to satisfy your requests, but all the prisoners here have committed serious crimes. This involves serious matters. If you want to transfer people, I have no issue with that, but the best is to…” As he spoke, he pointed upwards.
“You want me to speak with those from above? That’s simple.” Hong Dali took out his phone. “Uncle Chief, I want to borrow two people from the prison. Is that OK?”
“Rascal, what are you up to again?” The Bureau Chief felt strange and asked, “You have friends in prison?”
“More or less.” Hong Dali slowly said, “I need to use a few people to help me do something.”
“For how long?” The Bureau Chief thought for a while, then said, “Prisoners given the death penalty can’t be released. It’s not good to release those type of people. If it’s convicts that have been sentenced to a certain number of years because of fighting or the like, I can approve for you to borrow them for a short period of time. But you have to guarantee that nothing will happen.”
“Um, it won’t take long…” Hong Dali mumbled. “Probably only one year or so…”
“You can take them first, then give me a list and I’ll examine it.” As he spoke, the Bureau Chief hung up the call.
“Done.” Hong Dali grinned and stood up. “Warden Cao, I remember that you have someone called Xiao Dao here right, that person is not bad, bring me to take a look at him first. He’s still here, right?”
“Yes, yes.” Back then when Hong Dali came, he’d quite liked this Xiao Dao. Thus, Cao Jianrong bore that in mind, and instantly said, “Cheng Quandao, nickname Xiao Dao. Back then, despite being part of the triads, he was quite a loyal person. He broke the legs of two gangsters who threatened a villager who was selling watermelons and was sentenced to five years in prison. If we do the math, there should be a few more months before he’ll be released. I reckon there won’t be a problem if Young Master chooses him.”
“Hahaha, not bad, not bad, it’s him then! Let’s go!”
Very soon, the group entered the prison building where the prisoners were locked up. Upon reaching the prison cell where Cheng Quandao was in, Cao Jianrong opened the door of the cell and called out, “Cheng Quandao, Young Master is here, quickly come out and receive him. It’s the person who rewarded you 1,000 yuan last time!”
Once he said this, a well-built man with a height close to 1.9 meters immediately ran out. He was bald, the Chinese character “Loyal” was tattooed on his neck, and he had thick eyebrows and big eyes, thick lips, and his muscles were glowing. It was Xiao Dao, Cheng Quandao!
Hong Dali had felt that this Xiao Dao looked quite kind when he saw him the previous time, and he didn’t look like someone who would do evil. Now, with Cao Jianrong’s description about him, the more he looked at him, the more he liked him.
Cheng Quandao’s muscles made it seem like he didn’t forget to train them even during these few years in prison. His skin was bright and shiny, and his looks were quite good. If he wanted to become a model for a clothing factory, he would definitely be fought for!
“Haha, brother Xiao Dao, do you still remember me?” Hong Dali beamed with delight. “I’m Hong Dali!”
“Young Master, haha, what are you here for today?” Upon seeing Hong Dali, Cheng Quandao hurriedly went forward to greet him. As he spoke, he invited Hong Dali inside. “Young Master, quickly come in and take a seat. Brothers, look who has come!”
Upon his shouting, all the prisoners inside curiously gathered around. Upon seeing Hong Dali, they instantly chattered among themselves, “Haha, Young Master Dali has come. Young Master Dali, do you have any cigarettes, I’ve had such a hard time bearing with it!”
“Hey, Li Yang, buy a few cigarettes and split them up among everyone!” Hong Dali ordered Li Yang. “I want the good ones, don’t make me lose face!”
“Understood!” Li Yang, whose status was a lackey, hobby was to be a lackey, and profession was also a lackey, instantly ran to complete the task.
Hong Dali followed Cheng Quandao into the prison cell. Cheng Quandao took a chair over and carefully wiped it clean, then he smiled and said, “Young Master, quickly sit, quickly sit, hehe. Why have you come to see us brothers here today?”
Back then, news of Hong Dali standing up for his underling Ling Xiaoyi’s younger brother, Ling Mufeng, had spread throughout the entire prison. Everyone respected such a loyal and righteous person the most, and almost all of their daily topics were related to Hong Dali.
“I just happened to be free today, and I still have some things to do, so I was thinking of coming here to take a look.” Hong Dali smiled and looked at the prisoners around, asking, “Brothers, you appear rather fine. Is the food here good?”
Xiao Dao smiled and said, “Warden Cao is quite caring towards all of us. There are two types of vegetable every day, and at night there’s still some meat. All the brothers are quite grateful, and we’ve cooperated to undergo reform through labor. Quite a number of brothers have received a reduction in their sentence because of their good behavior, and I still have two to three more months before I get released, hehe.”
All along, there was something called “reduction in sentence” among prisoners. If they did well in reforming through labor, and their attitudes were sincere, then it was very normal to have a reduction in their sentence.
“Old Cao, good job!” Hong Dali nodded. “Reward, 50,000!”
Cao Jianrong was extremely grateful. “Young Master, you’re too kind, too kind.”
Very soon, Li Yang was back with a huge box filled with packs of cigarettes. Hong Dali gave out one to each person, then he said, “Brother Xiao Dao, I’ve encountered some trouble and was thinking of getting you to help me out. Are you willing?”
“Yes, of course!” Xiao Dao didn’t hesitate. He only puzzledly asked, “But we can’t go out. How can we help you, Young Master?”
“It’s like that. Some time ago I bought a basketball team, and now someone wants to compete with me, but I don’t have anybody on my basketball team…” Hong Dali shrugged. “So I was thinking of finding a few people to form a basketball team. I thought that you all should more or less play ball games and exercise, so I’ve come to take a look.”
After Hong Dali said this, Cheng Quandao was shocked. “That… Young Master, the basketball team that you’ve bought doesn’t have members? How much money did you spend? Why did you buy a basketball team with no members?”
“I spent 40 million, and it was for squandering.” Hong Dali grinned. “This price is still so-so.”
“40 million!” Cheng Quandao’s eyes almost bulged out. “Just to buy an empty basketball team?! Young Master, you’re really amazing!” As he spoke, he turned around. “Brothers, Young Master has met with a big crisis! Someone wants to challenge Young Master and humiliate Young Master, what should we do?!”
Everyone below: “Bash them up!” “Fight them!” “Young Master is facing a problem, we have to fight no matter what!”
“Young Master, I’ve indeed played basketball before.” Xiao Dao said, “If you don’t mind our poor standards, I’ll find a few people for you?”
“Haha, I knew that Brother Xiao Dao would definitely be able to help!” Hong Dali ferociously slapped Cheng Quandao’s arm. “Sure, I’m assured with your way of doing things. You call the shots regarding the members!”
“OK!” Cheng Quandao answered, then he shouted, “Big Fei, Second Mao Zi, Third Pang Zi, Fourth De Zi, come over here, the opportunity to work for Young Master has arrived!”
