Kicking up dust from the hot air and flames from my engine, they were surprised to see me. They closed the case and tried to hide it behind them. I spoke to them for a while and found out that they were pretty young. Both of them were only 17. Their names were Zhu Huang and Yin Lin. I came clean and said "Listen. I saw the exchange you did. My sensors are for seeing things on the ground from 10 miles up in the air. Seeing the outskirts of town is baby stuff for me." They panicked and looked like they wanted to run. "Calm down. You're not in trouble. I just wanted to know what it was and if I could help you." I said slowly to get their trust. They looked at each other and then at me. "It's some drugs that people in the city like. Zhu's uncle told us how to make it." Yin said. That was what I thought it was. "Hey. I have an idea for you. What if you guys opened a business together? I could help you sell it. I can fly pretty far and hold a lot of cargo." I offered. Yin scoffed. "Because selling drugs is illegal. Don't be stupid." "Can 17 year old's even start businesses in this country?" I asked.
Little town bumpkins like them would be swallowed up in the big city. They could use me to help them expand their reach safely. 17-year old's could, in fact, start their own businesses in Eastki. I smiled and said "It's all in how you phrase things. You don't call it a drug business. You call it a transportation business. I will fly your products wherever the customers need them to be." That seemed to convince them. The had all the seed money they could want in the briefcase they were holding. The next day they got the paperwork from the internet. Once they filled it out, they used their local bank to start a new bank account for the company. Once that was done, they then reached out and told their clients to send money to the new account when they wanted a drop. They also needed to find a space with and open area. That way I could fly it over to them. They actually had 3 clients in the city. It allowed us to go and make some deliveries right away. I took the packages and placed them in my chest. I then flew them to a park in the city. Once there I gave the packages to all of the waiting clients.
It was going few for the first few drops. When I landed in an empty lot, there were corpses all over the places. I looked around me in confusion. "What the hell happened here? It looks like a drug deal gone wrong." I asked out loud. Several large goons with rifles and shotguns popped out. The leader soon appeared and said "There has been a change of plans. You will give the package to me." I looked at him and said "I can see the client's body over there. He's dead, so unless you pay double, I'm going back." I said. He pulled out a phone and pressed a button. "Easy." he said with a confident smirk. I rolled my eyes. I got in contact with Yin and Zhu. I told them the gist of what had happened. They confirmed the payment and I gave these guys the package. He said "Listen. You guys can't be bringing these drugs here. This happens to be our turf." I saw an opportunity. "Hey. We are actually a legit transportation company. If you move your product, I can send it anywhere in Eastki. As long as there's a good place I can land, that is." I pitched. He chuckled and said "We'll be in touch then. Look out."
My deal paid off a few days later. They wanted me to go to that park and get the packages. They were an actual mafia racket that had warehouses full of drugs. And not the kind of stuff you could make in a bathtub. I went over to get them. I was going across the country to see some contacts from out the country. I could not cross over the border, but they could. When I got there, I only had to wait a few minutes before a truck came for the drugs. I got it out and gave them over when they gave me the discussed signal. I then flew back to Xuchun. We were making great money now. It was so much that I used my cut to purchase a small private airfield. It was in a quarry town called Xinying. It had 1 airstrip runway cleared. As I was the owner, I could upgrade it as I saw fit. I paid for a second runway that ran perpendicular to the first about a good 2/3rds down the length. I also made the hangar much bigger. I wanted it big enough for us to rest there. It took a bit for it to be finished. The company that used owned the quarry were going to use the railroad instead. The airport was a failed project.
