On the night of May 2020, 5, I had nothing to do and wanted to write something, but I didn’t know what to write. In the past three years, I have wanted to pick up the pen and write something countless times, but I have put it down countless times. Sometimes because I am too busy, sometimes because I am too lazy. In short, I can find an excuse every time. Now, I can finally set aside time to write down the stories I have encountered in the past few years. I happened to be chatting with my friends today, so I will write about the people I have met and the things I have seen over the years.
In 1994, Nanhua was born in a small county town in central China. Nanhua's family lived next to a small river that ran through the city. The river had a nice name, Yunmeng River, and he often went to the river to play.
In the summer of 2009, 15-year-old Nanhua felt that the river was no longer fun, and the small county town where he had always asked his grandparents to take him to the market when he was a child was no longer interesting. Nanhua wanted to go out and see the world, and he wanted to "escape" from the Yunmeng River.
That night, after a big quarrel with his family, Nanhua got his wish and got into a car to "escape" from Yunmenghe with a few friends, and began his journey to "freedom".
With a few low whistles, the train arrived at the station. Nanhua, with sleepy eyes, looked through the steamy windows to the tall buildings outside. He was very happy and curious. He wanted to rush out of this prison-like carriage, rush into the tall buildings, rush into freedom, take a good look at this new city, and start his new life.
In a corner of the dim waiting room, Nanhua and a few friends huddled together. Several days of eating, drinking and having fun had exhausted their travel expenses and their curiosity about the big city.
"It's been a few days since we came out, and we've almost spent all the money. Let's go back," the friend said.
"No, I won't go back. If you want to go back, you can go back," Nan Hua said loudly.
Finally, Nanhua chose to stay, while the others boarded the train to the small county town. Life in the big city was not that easy, and the remaining money was not enough for him to survive for a few days. Nanhua decided to find a job, a job with food and accommodation. However, the supermarket in the train station square did not recruit minors, and the owner of the restaurant next door also rejected him because he was too young. Finally, in a shopping mall in the south of the city, Nanhua, who lied about his age, got a job as a sorter.
Time flies, and eight years have passed in the blink of an eye. During these eight years, Nan Hua has worked as a salesperson, a security guard, a restaurant apprentice, and once opened his own small restaurant. But after all, he does not belong to this city. He is in this city. There is no one's own home. In the past eight years, Nanhua has only returned to the small county once. That time he walked for a long time by the Yunmeng River.
In 2017, Nanhua's restaurants closed due to poor management, and he stopped and began to re-examine the city and himself.
In June, Nanhua heard from a friend: "There is a boss who runs a big company in the Philippines. He wants to recruit a group of people from China to go there. He will provide food and accommodation. After working for two years, they can earn enough to buy a house and get married in the city." Just like 6 years ago, with the dream of "escaping" and pursuing "freedom", Nanhua decided to go to the Philippines to work.
After signing a labor contract, applying for a passport and visa, Nanhua finally boarded a plane to the Philippines in August. Looking at the continuous clouds outside the window, he was more excited about the future than he was 8 years ago.
As the plane landed, Nan Hua, who had just left the airport, and several other young people who also came to work were taken to a luxurious-looking "office building" by several luxurious-looking cars, and entered an ordinary-looking office building. In the hall, people slowly came in. After about two hours, Nanhua counted about thirty people standing or sitting scattered in the hall. After a few minutes, maybe people had gathered, and a well-dressed man appeared in the middle of the hall. He held a microphone and talked about the benefits and precautions of working here. Nanhua listened to the salary of hundreds of thousands a year and the high amount of money. I was secretly happy and felt that I had come to the right place this time.
After a while, the staff took away their passports, ID cards, and mobile phones on the pretext of going through the formalities and helping them transfer their mobile phones to another network. Immediately afterwards, Nan Hua and the others were taken to the dormitory area by a person who looked like a supervisor. Looking at the smelly dormitory in front of him, Nan Hua felt a little uncomfortable, but thinking of the high salary promised by the boss, Nan Hua decided to make do with it. As soon as you make money, rent a room outside. After settling in, Nan Hua was taken to the dining area. Looking at the boiled cabbage and slightly yellowed rice in front of him, Nan Hua felt something was wrong. The supervisor explained: "You just came today and forgot to notify the kitchen to purchase your meals. Let’s settle this meal first, and then we’ll have meat to eat every meal.” Hearing this, Nan Hua’s doubts were dispelled.
The next morning, Nanhua was awakened by a noisy sound. It turned out that the new employees were asked to gather in the lobby to arrange work for them. When they arrived at the lobby, the well-dressed man from yesterday was still there. He first introduced the company's situation. The company is called "Shuanglong Group" and is located in Malne City, Philippines. It mainly operates gambling websites such as Ledu, Caishijie, and Letiantang. The company has departments such as finance, human resources, customer service, and promotion. New employees can choose suitable positions according to their own circumstances. Listening to the man's introduction, Nanhua suddenly realized that this was an illegal criminal group for online gambling. No, he had to leave here. But before Nanhua could say this, another person had already said it first, and then the man clapped his hands, and several security guards came up and beat the man up. Seeing this, Nanhua did not dare to speak again. At this time, the boss said: "We are the largest legal casino in the Philippines. It is illegal to open a casino in the country, but it is legal in the Philippines. We are also a major taxpayer in the local area. As long as you work hard, I guarantee that you will all become rich in two years and return home in glory."
In the end, Nanhua chose to stay. After a few days of study, he became a financial staff member, responsible for financial data statistics and summary. At the same time, he also left customer service staff Sanlong and Xiao who were responsible for guiding member registration and recharge. Cao, Pucun, Zhijia, Silin, who are responsible for online platform promotion and member recruitment, and...
With the dream of returning home in fine clothes, Nan Hua worked hard every day. In the morning, when others were still sleeping, he was already in the office doing statistics. In the evening, when everyone else was off work, he was still in the office, doing statistics. A month passed quickly, and at the end of the month At the summary meeting, the man praised him by name and gave him a bonus of 5 yuan on the spot. Holding the tray with the money, Nanhua was very happy. He felt that his life was about to be different, so he hid the money. Being in a place that no one knew, Nanhua later worked more seriously and hard. The next month, the man announced that he would give Nan Hua 10 yuan, but this time it would not be in cash. The man said that now that foreign exchange control is strict, the renminbi cannot be brought to the Philippines. He only has Philippine pesos. It is useless to send him pesos. It is better to give him XNUMX yuan. He kept the accounts and gave them to Nan Hua when he returned to China. Nan Hua agreed since the company would take care of the accommodation and food here and there would be nothing to spend money on.
During the Spring Festival of 2017 and 2018, Nan Hua worked overtime in Malne. However, on New Year's Eve, the company made an exception and cooked dumplings and asked them to video chat with their family for 10 minutes. In the evening at the end of May, Nan Hua was sitting in the office and counting his income. It had been 5 months since he came to Malne City. He calculated that the money he had saved with his boss was already 22 million. Nan Hua felt that it was enough. He was already 200 years old. It's time for him to go home, it's time for him to get married...
In early June, Nanhua found the man and proposed to go home and resign. The man said that Nanhua's passport was still at the Immigration Bureau and the company needed to apply to the Immigration Bureau. He asked Nanhua to be patient for a few days and he could go home after the Immigration Bureau approved it. Nanhua asked the man when he would be paid his salary for the past two years. The man said that he would process it before he returned to China, so Nanhua waited and waited.
In July, “It will take a few days, the immigration office has not approved it yet,” the man said;
In August, “There was a problem. The Immigration Bureau issued new regulations and required us to submit additional documents,” the man said;
In September, "It will be ready soon, you have to wait for a few days" the man said.
Finally, in October, Nan Hua got his passport and his "10 million salary."
Wage list: "In January, the income was 1, and 8 was deducted for meals, accommodation, seating, and taxes; for February, the income was 7, and 2 was deducted for meals, accommodation, seating, and work permit fees; 10. In the three months of August and September, because I resigned and did not work, but lived in the company, meals and accommodation expenses were deducted... There were also deductions for transportation expenses, vacation deductions, visa extension fee deductions, and work visa deductions. Withhold taxes on your behalf..."
In the end, Nanhua worked in Malne City for 22 months and earned 10.
In the end, Nan Hua got on the plane to "return home in rich clothes".
In October, Nan Hua finally returned to the small town he had been away from for a long time. Looking at the familiar streets and familiar people, Nan Hua's eyes felt a little moist. He left the small town in the summer of 10. In the autumn of 09, he finally returned to the small town.
In the small town by the Yunmeng River, Nan Hua talked about what he had seen and heard abroad in the past few years, and about the prosperity and wealth abroad. Listening to the compliments coming from his ears, Nan Hua felt very comfortable. Maybe this was what he had experienced in the past 10 years. What you pursue in life.
The money earned in Malne City was quickly squandered with friends. After the New Year, Nan Hua got on the train into the city again...
In February 2020, Nan Hua no longer believed in stories of getting rich abroad and became a salesman in a big city.
In October, Nanhua changed jobs again.
On December 2020, 12, the crime occurred and Nanhua was arrested;
On December 2020, 12, Nanhua was criminally detained on suspicion of running a casino;
He was arrested on February 2021, 2 and detained in a detention center.
On December 2022, 12, this court found that from 15 to October 2017, the "Shuanglong Group" gambling website had 2020 registered member accounts, with a cumulative deposit amount of 10 yuan. After identification, during the tenure of Nanhua, Sanlong, Xiaocao and Pucun from 48685 to 1967728328.96, gambling website members made a total of 2017 recharges, with a total recharge amount of 2019 yuan, and the website’s cumulative profit amount totaled 1233624 yuan. After investigation, the defendant Nanhua's illegal gains were 1538501578.14 yuan, the defendant Sanlong's illegal gains were 885462883.63 yuan, the defendant Xiaocao's illegal gains were 10 yuan, and the defendant Pucun's illegal gains were 24 yuan... The verdict is as follows:
1. The defendant Nan Hua committed the crime of opening a casino and was sentenced to three years in prison and fined XNUMX yuan;
2. Defendant Sanlong was convicted of opening a casino and was sentenced to two years and eight months in prison and fined XNUMX yuan;
3. The defendant Xiaocao was convicted of opening a casino and was sentenced to two years and six months in prison and fined XNUMX yuan;
postscript
In March 2023, I met Nan Hua in the detention center because of his appeal. He put forward two hopes:
1. I hope that I can help him appeal and reduce his sentence so that he can go out early, make money to pay the illegal gains and fines that the court will confiscate, and then start a new life;
2. When he was arrested, a USB flash drive he carried with him was confiscated. It contained evidence that his boss owed him wages after he returned to work in China, and he hoped to get it back for him.
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