Chapter 57: Tight on cash
"I'm still more used to hearing you call me Little Su," Su Can said. Although Du Dawei headed Dunhuang's security department, he was not responsible for the routine security inspections and patrols of its stores. His department was housed in a side courtyard at Dunhuang's first Rongcheng store, while Su Can usually went to the separate office building whenever he visited the mall. Come to think of it, he really had not seen Du Dawei in a long time.
Two other men stood beside Du Dawei, both in uniforms and black leather boots. Beneath the folds of their uniforms, their bodies bulged faintly with solid muscle. Their eyes were hard, and one glance told him that hardness could turn ruthless at any moment. Su Can silently commended Du Dawei's knack for choosing people. With Du Dawei handling security, the caliber of Dunhuang's guards ranked among the best.
Du Dawei had good relationships with the leaders of his former military unit, and quite a few of Dunhuang's current security guards had retired from that unit. Dunhuang paid its guards very well compared with Rongcheng's many other department stores. New guards started at 1,800 yuan a month, and after a year, a favorable assessment could raise that to between 2,500 and 3,000. In those days, even many white-collar workers envied that income, and it also quietly earned Dunhuang considerable prestige.
Du Dawei had taken in soldiers who had been demobilized or discharged and had nowhere to go, making them Dunhuang security guards. In terms of pedigree, that made for a very pure lineage. In later years, some sizable security companies would even go to military units before armed police personnel were discharged, holding recruitment meetings and doing everything they could to attract these high-quality recruits. This had