In the 1990s, Hubei Ezhou was a land of underworld fish and dragons.
Idle young people with machetes swung around the streets in droves, putting everyone in danger.
People collectively refer to several underworld brothers with heads and faces as "Big Nine Tigers", and Wan Wei is recognized as the "first tiger" of Ezhou.
Wan Wei was once sentenced to life imprisonment for intentional injury causing death, but he committed evil many times during his medical parole.
Local real estate developers in Ezhou were forced by him to play mahjong on the table, losing 22 million yuan in one night, and Wan Wei drew more than 2 million yuan from it.
Some people even say that if Wan Wei's underworld experience is made into a movie, it must be a big action blockbuster with ups and downs.
Fight to jail
In 1970, Wan Wei was born into an ordinary family in Huanggang, Hubei Province, his father was a railway worker, and his income was mediocre.
Due to the job transfer, Wan Wei's father was transferred to Ezhou when he was very young, and Wan Wei also came here with his father.
In the process of Wan Wei's growth, Hong Kong action movies began to rise on the mainland, and gangster culture gradually sprouted.
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He had little interest in learning since he was a child, and after a few years of study, he dropped out of school and mixed with a group of young people.
At that time, the Ezhou underworld was not yet fully mature, and there were many gangs of the three religions and nine streams, and Wan Wei belonged to one of the gangs called the "Nine Tigers".
Among the various gangs such as the "Seven Servants", "Eight Immortals", "Nine Tigers", "Ten Brothers" and so on, the "Nine Tigers" can be said to be the most famous one.
People say that the "Nine Tigers" fight fiercely and shoot quickly, and Dongmen Wanwei is the magical existence of the "Nine Tigers" carrying a big banner.
Many of the gangster fights of the last century were not simply because of economic disputes, but for the sake of fighting.
At that time, there was a road that lit up all night in Chengguan Town, Echeng, and most of the gangster armed fights took place in this place.
Wan Wei once led more than a hundred people here to fight with Egang's mixed frame, and the densely packed people surrounded the road.
Each was holding a machete or a large stick in his hand, and when the two big brothers gave the order, more than a hundred people shouted and rushed towards each other.
According to the local aborigines, this kind of exaggerated scene was common in Echeng in the last century.
When Wan Weigang was only a teenager when he was mixed on the underworld, he dared to grab business with the old cannon who had been mixing with society for many years.
The pig head business in the Ezhou Nanmen Bazaar has always been an "old cannon" watching the scene, and after Wan Wei mixed with the society, he also wanted to get a piece of it.
He took his brothers to find the "old cannon", and after meeting, he did not say a word of superfluous words, and directly took an axe to cut off his fingers.
"Brother Cannon, I'm going to do this pig head business." Wan Wei held up his bloodied hand and calmly said these words to the "old cannon".
When the "old cannon" saw this scene, his heart was shocked, and he directly turned around and left, acquiescing to Wan Wei's interference in the pig head business.
This incident made Wan Wei, who had just debuted, break into a famous hall in the Ezhou underworld, and everyone knew the "glorious deeds" of Dongmen Wanwei.
Wan Wei, who contracted the south gate pig head business, gained great economic benefits, and his income in January that year could reach five figures.
You know, in the early nineties, an ordinary family's monthly income was only more than two hundred yuan.
Wan Wei deeply realized the benefits of mixed society, and he immediately began to recruit his younger brothers and continue to expand his power.
After that, Wan Wei took the other brothers of the "Nine Tigers" and went to many places to fight with other underworld gangs.
In June 1991, when Wan Wei was fighting with another gang of gangsters in the Huangshi Iron Mountain District, he shot too hard and directly killed people.
After the incident, the police rushed to arrest Wan Wei, and after the court trial, he was eventually sentenced to life imprisonment.
"Dongmen Wanwei was arrested!" On the day he was arrested, every corner of Echeng was filled with happy air.
Ordinary people and underworld opponents who have been bullied by the "Nine Tigers" think that he will spend the rest of his life in prison.
However, Wan Wei received four commutations during his sentence, and his sentence was gradually reduced from life to 18 years.
He was also released on medical parole for kidney failure, during which he committed many horrific crimes.
He committed many evils during his medical parole
In October 2000, Wan Wei, who was serving a prison sentence, developed acute kidney failure, which became more and more painful as his condition worsened.
Taking advantage of the illness, Wan Wei applied to the prison for medical parole and was approved, by which time his life sentence had been reduced to 18 years.
After successfully leaving prison, Wan Wei did not stay in the hospital for treatment, but restlessly continued to expand his underworld career.
When a group of his younger brothers heard that he had been granted medical parole, they came to wash the dust for him.
On December 10 of the same year, Wan Wei's younger brother offered to invite him to tea at a tea house in Ezhou to celebrate his departure from prison.
Wan Wei gladly went to the appointment, and the little brothers leisurely tasted tea in the tea house, talking and laughing, not at all like a dying patient.
Not long after, two men entered the tea house with their female companions, and Wan Wei's younger brother saw that the female companions were beautiful, so he walked over and flirted.
This unreasonable act annoyed the man with the female companion, and the two sides stood in the middle of the tea house and quarreled.
Wan Wei saw a commotion outside, put down his teacup and went out to check the situation, after figuring out the situation, he didn't say a word, picked up the guy and smashed it towards the man.
His younger brother heard the sound and came over with great momentum, joining the dispute one after another, punching and kicking the two men.
One of the men was slashed by Wan Wei and his brother with a knife, and the other was also slightly injured.
In addition to this unexpected quarrel and fight, Wan Wei also carefully planned two vicious brawls.
During Wan Wei's imprisonment, his original sphere of influence was gradually disintegrated and divided up by other underworld gangs.
The South Gate pig head business that he had been controlling in the past was gradually out of his control and was pocketed by another underworld boss, Xiong Mou.
After being released from prison, Wan Wei knew that he had to regain his business in order to regain his foothold on the Ezhou underworld.
On October 4, 2001, at the suggestion of Wan Wei, his younger brother Huang Mou came to Xiong's territory with a group of people.
After asking where Xiong was, Huang took the knife and walked to Xiong, and without saying a word, he waved at Xiong.
Unprepared Xiong was caught off guard by Huang's killing, and was hit several times in a row, and his leg was cut into minor injuries.
Huang Mou realized that he had done a big thing, and returned to Wan Wei with joy and told Wan Wei about the night's battle situation.
Who expected wan wei not to be happy after listening to it, but instead reprimanded Huang for not being able to do things, "What is that called cutting people?" Go cut again! ”
The next night, Huang once again brought people to Xiong's construction site, ready to teach Xiong a more painful lesson.
Xiong, who suffered a surprise attack the day before, was in the hospital for treatment at this time, so this time Huang did not see Xiong's figure.
Huang Mou, who found himself empty, vented his anger on Xiong Mou's men, and took his younger brother to cut many of Xiong's men.
These two vicious incidents immediately attracted the attention of the Ezhou police, and after investigation, the police targeted Wan Wei.
Just when the police were preparing to arrest Wan Wei, he took the initiative to come to the police station to surrender himself and returned to prison to continue serving his sentence.
Real estate developers were forced to lose 22 million yuan in one night
On December 30, 2006, Wan Wei suffered another sudden attack of kidney failure in prison, this time, and this time, he also applied for medical parole.
As the saying goes, one cannot step into the same river twice. After the lessons of the last time, this time Wan Wei was released from prison and was much more peaceful.
He no longer directly planned and participated in various underworld armed struggles, but retreated into the background and used more covert violent means to amass wealth.
Wanwei, who is well versed in the art of capital, set up a leather bag company, rented several offices, and started a business in a decent way.
But only he and his gang members know where the company's revenue comes from.
In 2008, in the lucrative real estate market, Wan Wei set his sights on Zhang Mou, a well-known real estate developer in Ezhou.
Wan Wei sent a few younger brothers to "invite" Zhang Mou to come over for tea and play a dozen mahjong by the way.
Zhang said that he did not know Wan Wei before, nor had he met him, but he heard that he was notorious and did not dare to disobey.
Faced with the invitation of the underworld boss, Zhang Mou, who was nervous, had to follow the little brother who came to pass the message to Wanwei's company.
As soon as he entered the door, Zhang Mou was keenly aware of the strange atmosphere flowing in the air.
In addition to Wan Wei, there were two other real estate developers and a triad boss sitting in front of him.
"I heard that Zhang Zong played very well, and I came to play two today?" Wan Wei nodded at Zhang and motioned for him to sit at the mahjong table.
Although Wan Wei used a question sentence, Zhang Mou heard the meaning of not being able to refuse.
He also noticed that after he entered the door, the door was locked by Wan Wei's people, and his little brothers were also guarding the door without leaving.
Knowing that he was doomed, Zhang Mou had no other way but to admit his fate and go to the card table.
Wan Wei played the role of a bookmaker in this game, he only provided venues and services, and took a certain commission from it.
Zhang Mou could not tell whether it was his bad luck or Wan Wei's manipulation at the card table, and it didn't take long for him to lose more than 2 million deposits on the card.
"Mr. Wan, I don't have any money on this card, so let's go here today." Zhang Mou looked at Wan Wei cautiously.
Wan Wei did not speak, and the other three people at the table also continued to rub the cards with a tacit understanding, and Zhang Mou was clear in his heart, so he had to continue the card game.
After playing mahjong one night, Zhang became the biggest loser at the table, losing a total of 22.458 million.
Unable to come up with cash, he used 15 houses as collateral at the behest of Wan Wei, which successfully escaped from the poker game.
Wan Wei only organized a poker game, and drew more than two million commissions from it without spending a single soldier.
After this time, Zhang Mou thought that he and Wan Wei would no longer intersect, but he did not expect that the desire of the demon would always be unsatisfied.
According to Zhang, Wan Wei once introduced him to a friend who could borrow 150 million yuan on the grounds that the company needed capital turnover.
Wan Wei said that Zhang Mou used his name to lend this money, and after arriving at the account, the two people divided the account into five or five, and the principal and interest were all repaid by Wan Wei.
Zhang Mou knew everything about Wan Wei's personality, and he did not believe at all that Wan Wei would stuff the pie that fell from the sky into his hands.
He rejected Wanwei's proposal and said that he could give Wanwei some funds appropriately, and the risk of the loan could not be borne by himself.
Although the loan was not completed in the end, Wan Wei extorted 40 million yuan from Zhang Mou on the grounds of "hard introduction".
The best thing to do is to fight violence with violence and eat black with black
Wan Wei's violent sanctions have never been just ordinary businessmen, and the big brother of the underworld with a head and a face cannot escape the palm of his hand.
In March 2010, Wan Wei received an invitation from a real estate businessman to participate in a public auction for a plot of land in Ezhou.
Before the auction, the real estate businessman had greeted Wan Wei and entrusted him to be sure to auction the plot
Wan Wei learned that many local underworld gangs in Ezhou were eyeing this land, and one of the bosses named Xiong Caixiang was even more determined to win.
In order to ensure that he can get the plot, Wan Wei asked his younger brothers to greet the competitors one by one and force them to withdraw from the competition.
Because Wan Wei's influence in Ezhou was too large, almost no underworld gang was willing to confront him head-on.
On the day of the auction, only a few people symbolically raised their hands, and after Wan Wei bid, no one competed with him anymore.
The plot of land worth more than 100 million yuan was auctioned by Wan Wei for a low price of 50.4 million yuan, and he pocketed 50 million yuan in one night.
Xiong Caixiang was originally also a well-known underworld boss in Ezhou, but in front of Wan Wei, he only nodded his head and waist.
In 2011, Wan Wei planned to open a casino in Macau, and he found Xiong Caixiang and asked him to borrow 10 million yuan to do business.
In fact, xiong Caixiang lent Wan Wei this money, and he did not return it until he was arrested.
Xiong Caixiang not only lent money to Wan Wei himself, but also used his connections and connections as a guarantee to raise funds for him.
It is difficult to escape justice
At the end of 2016, an online post titled "Twenty Years of Underworld in Ezhou" caught the attention of the police.
In the post, the poster described in detail the story of Wan Wei and the gang behind him in Ezhou for more than two decades.
The newly appointed deputy mayor of Ezhou City and the director of the Municipal Public Security Bureau attached great importance to this matter and personally took the lead in the work of eliminating organized crime and evil forces.
In March 2017, the public security organs set up a special case team in response to Wan Wei's mafia-related case, overtly inspecting and secretly visiting him, and collecting evidence of his crime.
Hearing the wind, Wan Wei absconded to Myanmar for the first time, trying to evade police pursuit abroad.
In May 2018, the police gradually grasped the scope of Wan Wei's activities in Myanmar and cooperated with the Myanmar police to arrest him in one fell swoop.
After a court trial, Wan Wei was sentenced to 23 years in prison and deprived of his political rights for five years.
With the ambush of Wan Wei, the godfather of a generation of underworld, the Ezhou underworld organization headed by him also officially collapsed.
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Resources
Jimu News: "Netizens say that Wan Wei's black-related case can be made into a movie, Ezhou police: can be considered"
Chutian Metropolis Daily: "The Criminal Life of Wan Wei, the "No. 1 Wanted Criminal" in Ezhou, the real estate developer was forced to lose 22 million yuan a night by him on the card table"