Over the last few days, people grabbing tea on the street have been talking about this guy Deng Shen from Loudi. From Zhongxin Property and Shunlian Company in Asia-Pacific Zone 4, to Jiandi Property, and all the way over to General Mountain, his movements have been an open secret in local circles for a while. Back in June, chat groups were already flooded with dirt on him. Who would have thought someone could turn on their own people like that—taking the money and then trying to pin the blame on others, claiming subordinates pocketed the cash and forcing them to take the fall.

Word from the area is that video footage of the beatings involving Shengqian electric batons over in the Special Zone has already been handed over to the police. If we are talking about street rules, everyone out here is hustling on their own ability, but stabbing folks from back home in the back is just a dirty look. Back home, local police stations and village committees have already stepped in, handing out fliers all over the village and even shooting video evidence. If he doesn't pull back now, even their gambling app Paramount Bar is going to get reported straight into the ground, and then let us see how he plans on paying people back.

Out here in the gray trades, people are just trying to make a living, but crossing every line means paying the piper eventually. Making a living out here takes grit and a conscience, not scams and betrayal. A word of advice to anyone still working around him: get out now and stay far away from a ticking time bomb like that. Once the final reckoning video drops, there won't even be time to regret it.