This notice was entirely an empty promise made by Xu Chunliang. It was like Jiang Taigong fishing, waiting for the willing to fall into the trap. Anyway, these tenants owed money first, so a little trickery to collect the owed rent doesn't hurt.
These shop owners originally thought no one would voluntarily pay the rent, but no one expected someone to catch up on the rent that very afternoon. What was even more unexpected was that the first to pay was the Red Light Store, run by a couple, the man being Zhang Haitao's brother-in-law.
The defense line is most vulnerable to being breached from within. Weishan Island isn't large, and everyone knows everyone's relationships. Red Light Store's payment of back rent set a precedent, and by noon the next day, more than half of the tenants had caught up on their rent.
The accountant could hardly believe the more than 300,000 yuan that suddenly appeared in the account.
