Chapter 1780 — Putting on a Show
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And this Brother De was An Jiande, An Liwen's elder cousin! The illegal kidney-selling ring in Songshan City had been under his control; he had run it for years without a single mishap. But the moment An Liwen arrived, that money-making channel was cut off. Though he had to admit An Liwen had raked in more in one month than he had in several years, it was a one-shot deal—it could never be done again.
Watching his reckless younger cousin win the Fire Wolf Gang's favor, An Jiande truly felt a pang of resentment. In cunning and intellect he was no less than An Liwen, and in conduct he was far more steady. Yet simply because he had not pulled in as much money as An Liwen, he had never received the gang's attention.
Look at the men around him—the strongest was merely a Yellow-rank expert. An Liwen, by contrast, had a Mystic-rank expert, Dr. Yin, and that formidable hypnotist. So An Jiande was unwilling to accept it. After weighing the pros and cons, he decided to try his hand at the crooked trades too, and start raking in money.
Of course, every illegal venture Songshan City had to offer had already been exhausted by An Liwen—that was what galled An Jiande most. But he did not want to go to another city. Songshan City was, after all, his old base; he knew every aspect of it well and enjoyed the advantage of terrain.
So after considering various crooked industries, An Jiande set his sights on thievery—because he had discovered, to his astonishment, that the several thief gangs formerly in Songshan City seemed to have vanished without a trace! After all, An Jiande had run an illegal organ trade here for years, and everyone in the underworld knew him. So when he found the thief gangs gone, he decided to take their place, form a gang of thieves, and begin stealing.
After all, An Jian**the only thing left untouched was theft—and done well, theft was no small profit! At present An Jiande was only testing the waters, so naturally he did not go all out. He merely recruited some hands and trained some orphans to pick pockets at supermarkets, train stations, and the like. If all went smoothly, he would add more skilled work—picking locks and slipping bolts—to steal from companies.
Of course, such a crowd appearing suddenly in Songshan City would surely draw the attention of the observant, and if trouble arose then, it would be hard to handle. So to cover it up, An Jiande deliberately had his few Yellow-rank experts take the orphans and set up a stage on the night-market street, putting on acrobatic performances and claiming outwardly to be a circus—that way, no one would dare to investigate them.