Posted on 10/21/2019 6:42:19 PM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
Tan Youhui's murder plan triggered a cottage industry of would-be killers
(Newser) – A real estate man in China learned the hard way it's hard to find a good hit man, Shanghaiist reports. A court heard that Tan Youhui, owner of a real estate company in the Guangxi region, planned to murder one of his rivals—Wei, who was taking Tan's business to court. So Tan hired a man named Xi Guangan in 2013 for roughly $282,000 and gave him a copy of Wei's ID and other personal information. Xi then turned around and gave half the money to an individual named Mo Tianxiang to fulfill the job. Xi then returned to Tan and requested about $140,000 more to finish it, which Tan agreed to as long as the job was done.
Meanwhile, Mo hired someone else to kill Wei for a paltry $38,000 along with promises of more upon success. That person hired someone to do it for less, who hired someone for even less—a mere $14,000. That someone, Ling Xiansi, scoffed at the fee and urged Wei to fake his own death instead. Wei wisely chose to tell the authorities "since he could die, otherwise," says Mothership. Ultimately all schemers in the drama were arrested, charged, and slapped with sentences ranging from three years and six months to two years and seven months. "It really just goes to show you, if you want something done right, you gotta do it yourself," says Shanghaiist.
Son of a Crime Family higher up in the Bronx used the Bloods or Crips last year, I think it was.
Whacked his father at a mcdonalds.
took about 6 minutes for all involved to get caught.
You might want to be particular about choosing who you pick to whack somebody.
“You don’t come to Guangxi and talk to someone like Mo Tianxiang like that!”
LOL! I’m sure it sounds better in Chinese.
That said, isn’t this a great example of Chinese entrepreneurship?
Instead of killing someone, substitute the manufacture of some item and you see why Chinese retail manufacturing has the reputation it has. You have no idea who actually made the item, when and where it was made, what materials were actually used and what kind of QC was applied. Yeah, the Chinese manufacture for everybody but they usually are under a heavy imposed QC regime to ensure the exported products meet warranty requirements and do not damage the brand.
Quality has improved in recent years in Chinese label goods but that is mostly because the Chinese needed to improve if they wanted to compete directly with foreign brands inside China and elsewhere in the world.
$282k????
Seriously?? I know there has been tremendous inflation the last 20 years but.. seriously?
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