After successfully extorting the Eight Great Vajras and the Jiangzhe Gambling Gang, Wang Ying's Scorpion Gang began to look for the gangs that sold cultural relics in Henan. In order to find them as soon as possible, the Scorpion Party used all the reconnaissance forces, both inside and outside, and all the spies. The intelligence agency of the Scorpion Party was at full capacity to find the Henan gang that was selling cultural relics.
After careful investigation, the Scorpion Gang finally found the gangs that were selling cultural relics in Henan. This was a gang that focused on discovery, theft, acquisition, reselling, collusion, and collusion within and outside the country. There were a total of five mafia bosses, led by Fifth Master Xia Yuhu.
According to the investigation, this gang had three treasures in their hands and was ready to sell them. One was a fish and bird colored pottery from the late Neoliths. One was a bronze Gui from the Western Zhou Dynasty. There was also a six-word dragon bone from the Shang Dynasty. These things were all priceless. As long as they left the country, the price could double.
These things were all in Xia Yuhu's hands. No one knew where he had hidden them. Wang Ying and the others judged that Xia Yuhu would not let anyone see these three treasures before he found a buyer. The buyer they were looking for was definitely not from China. It had to be someone from overseas.
If they caught Xia Yuhu, the people who contacted him would be alerted, and things would become complicated. If someone reported it, even though Xia Yuhu was dead, the Scorpion Gang would be in danger. This was something the Scorpion Gang could not accept. If they caught all five mafia bosses, they would have to cast a big net, and the cost would be very high. Their subordinates might also report the case. Reporting the case would be detrimental to the Scorpion Gang.
Therefore, if the Scorpion Gang wanted to extort the gangs that sold cultural relics, they could not let them report the case, nor could they let them escape their sight. They had to make a deal with them. When the gangs that sold cultural relics had money, the Scorpion Gang could extort them again. The safest way to extort money was to keep the three treasures in his hands. At the very least, he had to control the mafia boss, Xia Yuhu, and not let him go to the police station to report the case.
After careful study, Wang Ying and the others felt that if they wanted to successfully extort the group that sold the cultural relics, they had to cast a long line to catch more big fish. They could not do it overnight. Therefore, Wang Ying decided to first find out the people inside Xia Yuhu's group and find the people who protected them.
Xia Yuhu and the other five gangs all had their own antique shops. They did legal business and sold worthless things. Most of them were fakes. The real collectibles were antiques from the early years of the Republic of China. The best ones were the small toys in the hands of the old and young people of the late Qing Dynasty. Most of them were not worth much. Occasionally, he could see the old beeswax's beads, but they were not in good condition.
Xia Yuhu had seven antique shops in his hands, all of which were run by his subordinates. He could also earn some dirty money. Most importantly, these shops were a channel for him to contact his spies. It was the contact point between the gangs that sold cultural relics and the big shots of Umbrella and cultural relics.
Some big shots in the cultural relics world colluded with the umbrella of the mafia, but they could not attract the attention of the law enforcement department. They often visited the antique shop to communicate with the umbrella of the mafia. Then, they would contact the mafia through the umbrella of the mafia and identify the cultural relics in the hands of the mafia under the cover of the antique shop.
After the antiques in the hands of the mafia were appraised, the cultural relics boss would find the buyer through overseas channels and reach a transaction price. Then, the umbrella of the mafia would communicate with the mafia boss to confirm the price and method of the transaction. The umbrella of the mafia would guarantee that the transaction would be successful.
After the transaction was successful, the gang's umbrella would give the cultural relic boss a bonus. In fact, after the buyer bought the cultural relics, they also had to give the big boss a sum of money. The big boss earned double the money, but it was not as much as the gang. This was the rule of the underworld and could not be broken.
If the cultural relic boss or the gang leader broke the rules and did not follow the rules, then the gang's umbrella would take revenge. First, it would be a gang fight, and then the law enforcement department would take action to punish the gang. Therefore, the gangs did not dare to break the rules.
Judging from the activities of the gangs that sold cultural relics, the protection of the gangs was the key to the illegal sale of cultural relics. Without the protection of the gangs, the underground trade of cultural relics would be difficult to succeed, and the law enforcement department would easily catch the gangs who were selling cultural relics.
Why did the umbrella of the mafia protect the mafia? The ultimate goal was still profit. Money made the world go round. As long as these umbrellas successfully organized an underground transaction of cultural relics, they could earn a large sum of money, which was money that he could not earn even with his salary.
There were gangs selling cultural relics everywhere. Every place had their own protective umbrella, forming a complete chain of interests that could ensure the success of underground transactions. Therefore, once the gangs had the relics, they would be able to make a move to obtain benefits.
Occasionally, when there was a problem within the gang and the loot was unevenly distributed, they would often resolve it by fighting each other. It would be difficult for outsiders to intervene. The law enforcement department didn't know either, so it was impossible to file a case for investigation.
Xia Yuhu's position in the mafia was also earned through fighting. The other mafia bosses also listened to his commands. With the benefits, everyone would have a share, and the gang would be harmonious.
Xia Yuhu was a ruthless and scheming man. Even the gangs that sold cultural relics were afraid of him. It was said that when Xia Yuhu joined the sect as a disciple, he was with his senior brothers and junior brothers and helped his master clean up the sect. He had personally buried three people during a grave raid. In the end, his teacher was afraid of him and gave him all the power. He sent his master back to his hometown to retire.
After Xia Yuhu took over his master's shift, he led his fellow disciples to fight in the underworld. He took out Old Xi, who had been bullying the Henan gang for a long time, and became the boss of the Henan gang. Xia Yuhu knew the rules of the underworld. He never ate alone, nor did he allow his brothers to eat alone.
There was a mafia boss who was more experienced than Xia Yuhu. He was not convinced by Xia Yuhu. They robbed an ancient tomb and obtained a bronze burial lamp of the Han Dynasty. It was very beautiful and was valued at 12 million. This kid had actually cheated this lamp into his hands and escaped, wanting to keep all this wealth for himself.
When Xia Yuhu found out about the situation, he swore in front of everyone that he would personally get rid of this brat. He mobilized his friends in the underworld to look for this kid everywhere. This kid hid here and there, but he had nowhere to hide, so he secretly ran back home. Who knew that Xia Yuhu had already sent people to keep an eye on his house? The moment he returned home, he was blocked by Xia Yuhu.
Xia Yuhu went to his house and tied up his family, forcing him to hand over the Everlasting Lamp. Since this kid refused to hand it over, Xia Yuhu took off his daughter-in-law's pants in front of his family and wanted his brothers to rape his daughter-in-law in front of him. The kid had no choice but to hand over the Everlasting Lamp.
In order to punish this kid, Xia Yuhu followed the rules of the underworld. He blinded the kid's eyes and broke one of his legs. Then, he left him 10,000 yuan to treat his injuries and asked him to withdraw from the underworld. He was never allowed to join a gang that sold cultural relics again.
Wang Ying and the rest were also very clear that intimidation was useless against mafia leaders like Xia Yuhu. They could only start with their umbrella and the cultural relics boss. They could get them to complete the cultural relics transaction and provide information to the Scorpion Gang. Only by letting the Scorpion Gang take the cash directly during the cultural relics transaction could they guarantee the success of the extortion. If Xia Yuhu resisted, the Scorpion Gang could eliminate him on the spot, and the other gang leaders would not dare to resist.
After half a year of tracking and camping, the Scorpion Gang finally found the umbrella and cultural relic world boss that Xia Yuhu had contacted. After careful analysis, the Scorpion Gang believed that Xia Yuhu's umbrella and cultural relic bosses had status, reputation, and social influence. They all cherished their reputation very much. However, they could not resist the temptation of money. Under Xia Yuhu's silver bullet attack, they became Xia Yuhu's helpers.
Compared to Xia Yuhu's umbrella, every time a cultural relic transaction was successful, the cultural relic boss would receive more dividends than the umbrella. These cultural relics bosses were both good at buying and selling, and both buyers and sellers had to give them money. The buyer wanted the real thing and was afraid of being cheated. He needed the help of the cultural relic boss to check it. Sellers needed buyers, urgently needed to collect dividends, and also needed big shots to find customers.
Therefore, in the trade of cultural relics in the underworld, the cultural relics boss had more protection than the underworld. The benefits Umbrella received were only the intermediary fees given to them by the gangs.
The umbrella of the mafia and the big shots of cultural relics were all afraid that their scandals would be exposed. The Scorpion Gang had seized this point and made a move on them to help the Scorpion Gang extort and sell the cultural relics.
Wang Ying asked Wu Xiaobo to write a letter to one of Xia Yuhu's high-level protectors, telling him about his connections and asking him to lure Xia Yuhu into a deal within a specified time. If the deal could not be reached, he would use the name of the deal to lure Xia Yuhu into revealing the three cultural relics. As long as one of these two points was achieved, the Scorpion Gang could guarantee the benefits of this umbrella and free him from Xia Yuhu's threat.
In order to force Umbrella to do as the Scorpion Gang requested, the Scorpion Gang also handed over the photos of Umbrella's secret contact with Xia Yuhu and the contents of their conversation to Umbrella along with the letter. In order to convince this Umbrella of the Scorpion Gang's power, Wang Ying also instructed Cuan Xiaoqiang to put the letter in the safe of this Umbrella.
In order to help Xia Yuhu's Umbrella complete the task assigned to him by the Scorpion Gang, the Scorpion Gang explicitly requested that the cultural relic boss that the Umbrella contacted must inform the Scorpion Gang. The Scorpion Gang would coordinate their actions to ensure that Xia Yuhu believed that the transaction they manipulated was successful. If this Umbrella did not do as the Scorpion Gang requested, the Scorpion Gang would make this Umbrella lose his reputation and accept the punishment of the higher-ups.
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