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They just did whatever they wanted and were eccentric and unreasonable. They had bullied many people around them, but nobody dared to complain.

"Dengzhou's economics has developed rapidly in the last few years, especially the real estate market," Li Chengwei said. "The government has made huge compensations to demolish old apartments. However, not everyone wants to move out of an old unit and accept the compensation. Hong Nan and Hong Wen used to help the local government to make those people move out of their old units. They made a lot of money by doing that. They even started to build up their own business in transportation, money lending, and debt collection. They knew people in the local government, as well as from the gangs. I also heard one of their cousins is a senior public servant in Beijing."

Not everything Li Chengwei said was new to Wang Yao.

"Of the two brothers, Hong Wen is a lunatic, and Hong Nan is a psychopath," Li Chengwei added.