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Who tells the police.

A group of hitmen have been jailed after repeatedly trying to subcontract a job to each other in Guangxi, China.

Businessman Tan Youhui hired a hitman to "take out" his competitor for $282,000 (218,000), a court heard.

But the hitman hired another man to do the job, offering $141,000. That man hired another hitman, who hired another hitman, who hired another hitman.

The plan crumbled when the final hitman met the man, named only as Wei, in a cafe and proposed faking his death.

All six men - the five hitmen and Tan - were convicted of attempted murder by the court in Nanning, Guangxi, following a trial that lasted three years.

The saga of the subcontracted hitmen dates back to a professional dispute in 2013, when Mr Wei took legal action against Tan's firm, the the Nanning Intermediate People's Court said on its website.

Scared of losing money fighting a lengthy court case, Tan contacted hitman Xi Guangan and offered him 2m ($282,000) to kill Mr Wei.

Xi accepted the job but shortly afterwards asked another hitman, Mo Tianxiang, to kill Mr Wei instead, offering him 1m. After Mo accepted, Xi renegotiated with Tan to be paid another 1m after the killing.

But Mo in turn contacted another man, Yang Kangsheng, who agreed to carry out the killing for an upfront fee of 270,000, with another 500,000 to be paid afterwards.

Yang Kangsheng then offered another hitman, Yang Guangsheng, 200,000 to assassinate Mr Wei, also with a bonus of 500,000 after completion.

Finally, the chain came to an end when Yang Guangsheng offered a fifth hitman, Ling Xiansi, 100,000 to kill Mr Wei.

Instead of carrying out the murder, Ling met up with Mr Wei in a cafe, told him there was a hit on him and proposed a plan - that the two of them fake the murder.

Mr Wei agreed to pose, gagged and bound, for a photo that Ling could take back to Yang Guangsheng - before later reporting the case to the police.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-50137450

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No one thought to hire a hitwoman

So does each one find another hitman to do the job cheaper than what they're asking for? Seems like they're less reliable the lower in price they go.

This sounds like the plot to a film, one that I wouldn't mind watching.
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EverDownward posted...

This sounds like the plot to a film, one that I wouldn't mind watching.

I was thinking the same thing.

This movie could work as either an action comedy or just a pure action thriller. I'd see it either way.
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I thought this would be Florida or Alabama.
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The final hitman finally hired another hitman named Lucky, with only one eye, one arm, and one leg. Lucky made his living scrounging around in dumpsters for human hair to sell on eBay, so it was no surprise he gladly took up this hitman job for a whopping $1.

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EverDownward posted...

This sounds like the plot to a film, one that I wouldn't mind watching.

Life writes the best movies
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I'd be suspicious of any hitman willing to work for 100,000 yen... That's less than a thousand bucks
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Buncha pussies.
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konokonohamaru posted...

I'd be suspicious of any hitman willing to work for 100,000 yen... That's less than a thousand bucks

Depending on where they are in China, that's still a whole lot.
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Zanzenburger posted...

EverDownward posted...

This sounds like the plot to a film, one that I wouldn't mind watching.

I was thinking the same thing.

This movie could work as either an action comedy or just a pure action thriller. I'd see it either way.

Itd make a pretty anticlimactic action thriller.
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It could star Jackie Chan but he plays all the hitmen but looks a little different on each one.
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What actually happened:

Bret 'Hitman' Hart put them all individually in the sharpshooter until they tapped out and agreed they'd turn themselves in.
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WerewolfPaws posted...

Zanzenburger posted...

EverDownward posted...

This sounds like the plot to a film, one that I wouldn't mind watching.

I was thinking the same thing.

This movie could work as either an action comedy or just a pure action thriller. I'd see it either way.

Itd make a pretty anticlimactic action thriller.

They'd have to take creative license with the ending to make for a better Hollywood romp.
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So wait was the final hitman also convicted of attempted murder? Cause he shouldn't have been

Bump.