Chapter 1301
: Taking the Head Start
Before getting off the bus, Wang An asked Han Xiaomin:
"What's the name of that old bastard who owes you money?"
Han Xiaomin stared at the pharmacy's signboard, her pretty face filled with resentment, and said:
His name is Ma Xingyao.
Wang An nodded and was about to get out of the car when he suddenly turned around and said:
"Oh, right, give me this IOU that Ma Xingyao wrote. Then just leave it in the car and wait. You don't need to get out."
Turning his head, Wang An said to Wang Li and Mu Xueli:
"When you get off the bus, pick up a couple of bricks and stones first, then come inside and follow my instructions."
As he spoke, Wang An took the IOU, opened the car door, and got out.
After Mu Xueli and Wang Li got out of the car, they immediately followed Wang An's instructions and picked up two handy stones from the roadside.
Once the two were ready, Wang An strode towards the pharmacy entrance.
He walked to the door and kicked it open. With a loud "bang," the pharmacy door and frame were kicked off by Wang An, and the door and frame crashed to the ground with a loud "bang."
To be fair, the wooden doors of that era were incredibly sturdy. Wang An's powerful kick knocked the door frame off, but it didn't damage the door panel.
Immediately afterwards, Wang An shouted loudly into the pharmacy:
"Ma Xingyao, get out here and pay back the money."
Wang An's tactic, known as "taking the initiative," was a trick he frequently used in his previous life when helping people collect debts.
The main problem is that the people you deal with when collecting debts are almost all bad people. If you try to ask them for money politely, you definitely won't get it.
Therefore, from the very beginning, you must take the initiative and adopt a posture that suggests you are ready to crush the opponent at any moment.
However, this tactic is essentially just intimidation. If it can scare the money out, that would be best. If it can't, then we'll move on to the next tactic.
The sound of the door being kicked, the door slamming against the ground, and Wang An's loud shout immediately startled the pharmacy staff.
Several customers who were getting their medicine were also terrified, watching Wang An and his two companions enter with great fear.
After Wang An finished shouting, he called out to the customers:
"Get the hell out of here, all of you! Go buy your medicine from someone else, we don't sell it here anymore."
Although Wang An's words were unpleasant, they sounded like a pardon to these customers. Without hesitation, they turned and left, noticeably quickening their pace as they passed Wang An and his companions.
After the customers left, the waiters remained standing there, not daring to utter a single word.
However, it's clear that these employees don't feel any sense of belonging to this pharmacy. Otherwise, they would at least have come out from behind the counter to negotiate with Wang An, or even started a fight.
Seeing that the waiters remained silent, Wang An took the initiative to walk up to one of them and asked:
"Where's Ma Xingyao? Where the hell has he gone?"
The man didn't dare to speak, his eyes filled with terror, but he quietly raised his hand and pointed very subtly to the innermost door.
Wang Anxin understood immediately, knowing that this guy named Ma Xingyao was definitely in the inner cubicle and dared not come out.
So Wang An turned to Wang Li and Mu Xueli and said:
"Smash the window first."
Upon hearing this, Wang Li and Mu Xueli were incredibly obedient. They immediately threw the stones in their hands at the window, and with a series of loud crashes, four pieces of glass were shattered by the two of them.
The glass shattered, and the door to the inner cubicle finally opened. A middle-aged man, probably around 60, emerged with a forced smile, saying ingratiating things:
"I was unaware of your arrival, and I failed to greet you promptly. Please forgive me." As the saying goes, one doesn't hit a smiling face, so Wang An suppressed his earlier irritability and said with a cold smile:
"You're Ma Xingyao, right?"
The middle-aged man in front of me immediately replied:
"No, no, it is indeed this old man."
Wang An didn't tolerate Ma Xingyao's overly refined manner of speaking at all. He sat down imposingly in a chair and continued to sneer:
"I thought you'd wait until I smashed up your lousy shop before you came out. Well, since you're out, you might as well pay your bill."
As he spoke, Wang An slammed the IOU onto the counter, along with his Type 54 pistol.
Upon seeing the gun, Ma Xingyao instinctively took a step back, his eyebrows twitching involuntarily.
Immediately afterwards, Ma Xingyao forced a smile, swallowed hard, and picked up the IOU with trembling hands.
With a single glance, Ma Xingyao knew what kind of debt Wang Anlai wanted.
So, Ma Xingyao placed the IOU on the counter, and while reaching into his pocket, he said with a forced smile:
"Young man, please calm down, please calm down, I'll pay you back right away, I'll pay you back right away."
Wang An stared coldly at Ma Xingyao without saying a word, just giving him a forced smile.
Soon, Ma Xingyao pulled out a wad of cash from his pocket and started counting it with his trembling hands.
Looking at Ma Xingyao, who was holding a pile of cash, Wang An's contempt for him intensified.
To be honest, a player like Ma Xingyao can only bully weak women like Han Xiaomin. If he were a tough guy, he would probably have obediently returned the money long ago.
Of course, the reason why Ma Xingyao was so willing to pay may also be related to Wang An's initial "preemptive strike", his smashing of the glass without saying a word, and the large 54 on the counter at that time.
Without exaggeration, just having that Big 54 there, who wouldn't get goosebumps just looking at it?
Finally, Ma Xingyao checked the money, taking it out of each pocket one by one, and managed to gather a fairly thick wad of cash, totaling 956 yuan, before handing the money to Wang An.
Wang An had been watching Ma Xingyao count the money, so after taking it, he didn't count it, but said again:
"The lowest interest rate right now is 3 cents per month. You've been dragging your feet for a month and a half, so I'll charge you 45. And since we went through a lot of trouble to come here, I'll reimburse you for the 20 yuan gas money too. That makes 65 in total. Here you go."
Ma Xingyao never expected that this would involve interest and fuel costs, so he tentatively asked:
"In our industry, there's no such thing as interest yet."
Wang An didn't even glance at Ma Xingyao's old face, and called out with his head down:
"Fifth brother, keep smashing."
Wang Li casually agreed:
"Hey, good."
Before Wang Li could even set off after speaking, Ma Xingyao said anxiously with a mournful face:
"Don't smash it, don't smash it! I'll pay the interest, I'll pay the interest."
As he spoke, he turned and ran into the cubicle, quickly emerging with 65 yuan. He was incredibly fast, probably before Wang An and his gang could continue smashing the windows. (End of Chapter)