The slick looking man turned to look at what slammed into the walls.
He found that it was one of his thugs that had led Lin Fan back to them.
The slick looking man immediately knitted his brows and turned back to look at Lin Fan with a look filled with rage, but it was already too late. When he turned around, he found that all of his men had been sent flying.
Some of them were on the ground and some of them were slammed into the walls, but not a single one of them was still left standing.
Lin Fan just stood there like he hadn't broken a sweat from all of this.
When the slick looking man saw this, all of the anger that he had been feeling immediately disappeared as a chill ran down his spine. He couldn't help stuttering as he said, "You…What are you planning…to do?"
Lin Fan just casually said, "From now on, you all work for me, understood?"
The slick looking man had a stunned look on his face as if he couldn't understand what Lin Fan was saying. After taking a long moment to come back to his senses, he asked in a voice filled with disbelief, "You…want to become our boss?"
Lin Fan just said with a nod, "That's right."
The slick looking man still couldn't understand anything that was happening, but at the very least, he knew that this young man in front of him was much stronger than him.
This slick looking man didn't seem that strong, but he was actually in the Peak Fragmented Soul Realm. Duanmu Hua Yu was only in the Mid Fragmented Soul Realm, which was why he didn't dare fight him.
But in front of Lin Fan who was in the Nascent Soul Realm, it was like a child trying to fight an adult.
The slick looking man just didn't stand a chance at all.
After thinking it through, he bowed down and said, "Greetings to the new boss!"
All the other men who were lying on the ground or were stuck in the wall saw this and they didn't hesitate at all as they got up and bowed to Lin Fan as well.
These men weren't just afraid for their lives, they had all carefully considered the risks and benefits here.
Lin Fan was someone who had just sent them all flying without them noticing a single thing. Even their previous boss wasn't able to react at all in front of Lin Fan.
The slick looking man was considered a decently strong expert in this area, but that was it. He wasn't strong enough to bring them any further into the city than this area which was only a third rate business street.
But if they had Lin Fan's power…
Perhaps they might even be able to reach the center of the city and live like true kings!
Lin Fan just gave a casual wave and said, "Alright, alright, that's enough. Get up and let's get to business."
The slick looking man quickly gave a nod and then showed Lin Fan over to the desk that he had been sitting at. After Lin Fan sat down, he asked, "Boss, what do you want to do?"
Lin Fan casually said, "Bring me all the records for all the loans that you've made, I want to see how many outstanding loans you have and what kind of people you've made loans to."
The slick looking man quickly nodded and waved his hand at the others before saying, "Boss, just give us a few minutes and we'll have everything prepared for you. In the meantime, do you want me to give you a massage?"
Lin Fan couldn't help narrowing his eyes to look at this slick looking man when he heard this.
This wasn't a skill that could be gained overnight, it was clear that this slick looking man had some kind of experience with sucking up to people before.
After thinking for a bit, Lin Fan asked, "What's your name? Where did you work before?"
The slick looking man was surprised to hear this.
He couldn't help asking with a cautious look, "Boss, why do you want to know this?"
Lin Fan looked at him with a smile and said, "I can tell that you're a smart person and I need someone like you to work for me. So tell me about yourself and I'll see what I can find for you."
The slick looking man carefully looked at Lin Fan for a bit, but when his intuition told him that Lin Fan indeed didn't have any ulterior motives, he began telling him everything.
The slick looking man's name was Xia Liu and he was someone who used to work for one of the bigger gangs in this slum city. However, he was forced out of that gang because he had offended someone and was forced to come to this edge to create his own small gang, which led to this loan shark business.
When Lin Fan asked him who he had offended and how he had offended them, Xia Liu couldn't help revealing a bitter smile as he said, "I offended the boss of the gang when I slept with his wife."
Lin Fan couldn't help taking a spit take as he looked at him with a gaze that seemed to be asking if he was serious or not.
Seeing this, Xia Liu just gave a nod and said nothing else.
Lin Fan took a moment to recover his calm before saying, "Alright, that's fine since that's all in the past. From now on, you'll be working for me. As long as you work hard and don't betray me, then I can guarantee that you'll have a good life."
Xia Liu revealed an excited look when he heard this.
When he fought Lin Fan, the aura that Lin Fan had given off was even stronger than his old boss, so he didn't doubt that Lin Fan had the ability to do this.
But he couldn't help asking, "Boss, what do you want me to do?"
Lin Fan looked at him with a sly smile and said, "I can see that you're a very tricky person. You're someone who will always prioritize his own life and to do so, you will come up with many different plans. I need someone like you since I need someone that can come up with dirty plans."
Xia Liu also revealed a sly smile when he heard this and he nodded along with Lin Fan.
It was at this moment that the thugs that had been sent out came back with a pile of papers. They brought them all over to the desk in front of Lin Fan and set them down in front of him.
Lin Fan picked up the first sheet and started reading through it without any hesitation.
It took him less than ten minutes to finish reading that large pile of papers that had been placed in front of him.
Of course, he didn't fully read through all of the papers, but rather he just skimmed through them to get a general gist of all the accounts that they had.
After reading through them, he pulled out one of the pieces of paper and waved his hand at Duanmu Hua Yu and Min'er who had been silently standing in the corner all this time.
Once they came over, he said, "Your debt is cleared now, you're free to go."
Duanmu Hua Yu revealed a shocked look while Min'er still didn't really get what was going on, but hearing these words, she revealed a happy look since she thought that this matter was settled.
But then Duanmu Hua Yu pushed Lin Fan's hand back and wrote, "No, I can't take this. I already owe you too much, I can't owe you anymore."
Lin Fan just casually said, "This isn't something that you owe me, so it doesn't matter if it's negated."
Duanmu Hua Yu wrote, "You're the owner of this business and my debt is with this business, so my debt is with this business, so I owe you this money."
Lin Fan shook his head with a bitter smile and said, "Alright, then do you want to work it off?"
Duanmu Hua Yu was surprised, but he quickly wrote, "What kind of work are you talking about?"
Lin Fan looked over at Xia Liu and said, "Arrange for him and his granddaughter to work in the restaurant you have on Third Street."
Xia Liu quickly nodded and then waved his hand at two of the thugs to guide Duanmu Hua Yu over to the restaurant.
Duanmu Hua Yu was shocked, but he still wrote, "Just this?"
Lin Fan nodded, "Just this. I think that Min'er will be happy working there."
Duanmu Hua Yu looked at him for a few seconds before writing, "Thank you. If there's anything you need, you can just tell me."
Lin Fan nodded and said, "Just that gratitude is enough."
With this Duanmu Hua Yu and Min'er followed the two thugs out.
While they were leaving, Min'er couldn't help turning back and saying, "Big brother, are you not coming with us?"
Lin Fan said with a smile, "I have some business to take care of first, I'll see you later, Min'er."
Min'er happily waved at Lin Fan and said, "It's a promise!"
Once they were gone, the happy mood disappeared and everyone became serious again.
Lin Fan pulled out several more pieces of paper from the pile and put them on the table before saying, "We'll be cancelling these debts as well."
When Xia Liu saw this, he immediately said, "Boss, we can't do that! If we do, the losses will be too much for us to recuperate and we'll run out of money!"
Lin Fan shook his head and said, "Cancel them, it'll be fine."
Xia Liu still wouldn't give up as he said, "Boss, this really isn't something that we can do!"
Lin Fan just waved his hand and made two low grade spirit stones appear on the table before saying, "Use this to pay off the losses."
Xia Liu just looked at the spirit stones on the table with a look of shock before turning back to look at Lin Fan.
After a while, he still said in a difficult voice, "Boss, why are you doing this? Is there a reason why we should negate these debts? Those people really do owe us a lot and it's not as if there's a reason why we should negate them."
Lin Fan shook his head when he heard this.
The reason why he was cancelling these contracts was simple.
These contracts were for people who had no other choice but to borrow this money. They weren't bad people, they had been forced into signing the contract by Xia Liu and his thugs.
He was going to run this loan shark business, but he was also going to run it his way.
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