This middle-aged gambler had long wanted to slip away when the crowd was large, but he had been kept under surveillance by the casino's enforcers.
Moreover, he was the first to discover the dice were problematic and demand compensation. It would be unreasonable to leave without any money.
Wu Zhi kept him until the end, and he knew it would be difficult to leave this place safely today.
More than a dozen people in the casino surrounded him, and Huo Jiuming of the Emperor Company also walked over with five young men.
"Speak, what's your name, and who sent you?"
Wu Zhi didn't beat around the bush and began interrogating him directly.
The middle-aged man was a bit flustered, "Mr. Wu, what do you mean? Just because I found a problem with the dice, you're going to retaliate against me? Who would dare to play in your establishment then."
"Answer my question, what's your name, and who sent you?"
"I, I'm called, everyone stop, move aside, let me go."
As the man spoke, he suddenly pulled out a replica Type 54 pistol from his怀 and shouted at Wu Zhi.
This move did not change the situation. Wu Zhi and the others did not move, but no one made way.
"Move aside, or I'll shoot."
Sweat streamed down the man's forehead because the other party showed no panic, clearly confident that he wouldn't dare to shoot.
Wu Zhi leaned his head forward, "Come on, shoot here. If I blink, I'm your dog."
This was not the scenario he had anticipated. The man thought a firearm could control the situation and allow him to escape safely. He hadn't expected this Wu Zhi to be a lunatic who not only didn't retreat but even put his head in the line of fire. Wasn't he afraid of accidental discharge?
Just as the man was stunned, a wooden stick swung from the side and hit his wrist, making the replica Type 54 fall to the ground.
Then, someone hit his leg with a club, and he lost control, collapsing to the ground.
After a barrage of punches and kicks, the man curled up on the ground, twitching uncontrollably.
Wu Zhi squatted in front of him, "Still not going to talk? You better think carefully. I don't have much patience. If you don't speak, I'll start chopping off your fingers, one finger per question, until you answer."
Huo Jiuming was getting impatient, "Mr. Wu, stop wasting your breath with him. Hand him over to me. I'll take him back to Dahong Mountain and bury him where even ghosts can't find him."
The man panicked upon hearing this, scrambled up, and knelt before Wu Zhi, "I'll talk, I'll talk, stop hitting me."
"You should have said so earlier. You wouldn't have had to take this beating. Tell me, what's your name, who did you come in with, and you haven't been to our place for more than three days."
"My name is Zeng Zhiyang. I came in two days ago with that professional crew from Chengguan, but they don't know me. I followed them in."
"You're a cheat, aren't you? Your technique for switching dice just now was quite skillful."
"I'm Maozi's junior, and I just returned from out of town."
Wu Zhi sneered, "Even if you didn't say it, I would have guessed you have something to do with that son of a bitch Maozi."
"Baoguo sent me to ruin your casino's reputation because all the gamblers from Chengguan were attracted to you. His gambling city didn't have many customers. As long as it's proven that you're cheating here, gamblers won't dare to come, and they'll naturally go to his establishment."
"This must be another wicked idea from that dead ghost Maozi."
"Yes, yes, yes. Maozi called me back from another province. I didn't expect to be caught by you on my first try."
"Alright, I won't ask any more questions. How do you plan to handle today's incident?"
"I, I'll pay. Baoguo gave me a hundred thousand for this job. I'll give it all to you."
Huo Jiuming kicked him over, "Are you kidding me? A hundred thousand? Didn't you see I took out three hundred and eighty thousand just now? One million. If you're short even a cent, I'll take you to Dahong Mountain and bury you."
Zeng Zhiyang trembled all over. He knew that the people in the mountains of Hongzhou were very fierce, and those who dared to set up a casino this far away were not people to be trifled with. They might actually take him into the mountains, and the consequences were unpredictable.
"I don't have that much money. You can kill me, and I still won't have it. If I had a million, why would I risk coming here to do this? I took this job because I was addicted to drugs and had no money. Please let me go."
"Addict?"
Wu Zhi observed him closely and noticed his sunken eye sockets, jaundiced eyeballs, and pale complexion devoid of any blood, signs of deep addiction.
Huo Jiuming, however, didn't care if he was an addict, "Since you don't have money, then call that Baoguo and Maozi to send money over."
"I'll call, I'll call."
Zeng Zhiyang took out his phone with a cracked screen and trembled as he dialed.
However, after several attempts, no one answered. To be precise, his number had been blacklisted by Maozi and Baoguo, meaning he had been abandoned.
"Fuck your mother."
Seeing that he couldn't squeeze any money out of Zeng Zhiyang, Huo Jiuming became enraged and kicked him repeatedly.
Wu Zhi quickly pulled him back, "Mr. Huo, forget it. If you keep hitting him, he'll really die. We are responsible for this matter. We will compensate you for your losses."
"Forget it. Take this guy to the bank and transfer that hundred thousand to my account. Consider it a loss of a hundred thousand today. Your establishment will probably have no customers from now on. Your losses are greater than mine."
Huo Jiuming had a good relationship with Wu Wangchun and didn't care about this small loss. He had won no less than two million in this establishment.
As Huo Jiuming had predicted, from the next day onwards, the casino had very few customers. Not only did the gamblers from Chengguan not come, but even local small business owners stopped coming. Only a few professional crews came to make up the numbers; these people were there to collect fees and could not generate any profit for the casino.
Meanwhile, Baoguo's casino became lively. Not only did the gamblers from Chengguan go there, but even the professional crews flocked to that side.
Wu Zhi was so angry he felt like spitting blood and wanted to take people to Chengguan to raid Baoguo's establishment, but Wu Wangchun stopped him. He heard that Yang Jian had returned, so he went to find him to discuss it, hoping to ask him for help. After all, Yang Jian had planned the previous raid on Baoguo's establishment and had experience.
After listening to Wu Wangchun's account, Yang Jian also felt that Brother Mao's move was very vicious, and it wouldn't be easy to revive Wu Wangchun's casino.
"Uncle Wang, Baoguo and the others are using a scorched-earth policy. Even if you find a way to bring his establishment down, it will be difficult for you to recover your previous state."
"Little Yang, I'm not thinking about how to restore the casino's prosperity now. I want to bring down Baoguo's casino to vent my anger."
"Then what do you plan to do? I'm preparing to withdraw from my place. Why don't we wait for Biao Biao and the others to return, and I'll arrange for a few people to cooperate with your people to smash Baoguo's place again?"
Yang Jian couldn't think of any other way to bring down Maozi and Baoguo's casino. He, a rookie who had only been in the business for two years, couldn't master those insidious schemes and tricks. It was better to use brute force to push through.