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Chapter 189 Raising troops to investigate crimes
All night long, Lin Haoran was not affected by what happened tonight.

He was not in a hurry at all about 13K.

Even the lowest level of gangsters know that no matter how powerful a gangster is, he still has to follow a big boss.

A business tycoon like him is already considered the top water pipe among the water pipes.

Therefore, Lin Haoran was naturally not in a hurry. He even planned to rely on the fact that he was in the right and directly call Mr. Ge to question him. It all depended on how the other party would deal with the matter!

No matter what, what he wants is an attitude from the other party, and secondly, there will be no trouble later. He doesn't want to have any intersection with these Hong Kong societies at all, as they are not the same kind of people.

People in Hong Kong should have heard of the legendary stories of Ge Zhixiong, the leader of 13K. Lin Haoran also learned these stories from his memory.

Ge Zhixiong is the son of Ge Zhaohuang, the founder of 13K. When Ge Zhaohuang was still alive, Ge Zhixiong was equivalent to the prince of 13K.

After Ge Zhaohuang passed away, Ge Zhixiong naturally inherited his father's leading position in 13K and further developed 13K.

More than 13 years ago, the K society led by Ge Zhixiong took the lead in instigating a large-scale riot, gathering more than people for street protests and even confronting the Hong Kong police.

Subsequently, other societies followed suit, resulting in serious damage to public property, frequent incidents of robbery and arson, and society falling into chaos.

This incident is known in history as the "Double Tenth Riot."

In response, the Hong Kong government took severe measures and expelled senior members of the 13K, including Ge Zhixiong. Ge Zhixiong was forced to seek refuge in Macau.

A few years later, as the impact of the "Double Tenth Riots" gradually weakened, Ge Zhixiong was able to return to Hong Kong.

After experiencing these twists and turns, Ge Zhixiong deeply realized that no matter how powerful the underworld forces are, they are insignificant in front of the government.

Therefore, after returning to Hong Kong, Ge Zhixiong lost interest in managing community affairs and chose to retreat behind the scenes and live a low-key life.

Since then, the thirty-six groups under the 13K society began to act independently, lost their former cohesion, and became a mess.

Although Ge Zhixiong is no longer directly involved in the affairs of the society, as the spiritual leader of 13K, he still holds a pivotal position in the society. No matter how arrogant and domineering these leaders are, they have to give him some face.

Therefore, it was most appropriate for Lin Haoran to ask him to solve this matter.

The next morning, Li Weiguo was asked to send Guan Jiahui back to Kowloon Bay.

This was not requested by Lin Haoran, but by Guan Jiahui.

She was afraid that her father Guan Shan would come home after spending Valentine's Day away and would be in trouble if he found out that she was not at home, so she went home early.

After Guan Jiahui left, Lin Haoran read the newspaper at home for a while.

It was not until around ten o'clock in the morning that Ge Zhixiong's phone was connected.

Since retiring behind the scenes, Ge Zhixiong has lived a low-key life and become an ordinary businessman.

It is said that at home, Ge Zhixiong always treated his son as a kind father, and even his own son did not realize that this amiable father was actually the leader of the 13K gang and one of the overlords of the Hong Kong underworld.

Ge Zhixiong protects his family meticulously. Deep down, he doesn't want his son to repeat his mistakes and get involved in the dangerous world of underworld.

Therefore, when Ge Zhixiong's son was growing up, he always thought that his father was just an ordinary businessman.

Until an accident, Xiao Ge got into trouble because he guaranteed a loan for a friend. The friend disappeared after borrowing the money, causing the creditor to come to his door. In desperation, Xiao Ge could only choose to call the police.

Afterwards, people were surprised to find that the young man who was visited by gang members to collect debts was actually the only son of 13K "leader" Ge Zhixiong. This plot twist was shocking.

After hearing the news, the top leaders of the 13K gang took quick action to resolve the trouble for Xiao Ge. They brought people to raid the debt collectors' lair, and the matter was finally settled.

After this incident, Xiao Ge finally learned his father's true identity. This also indirectly reflects the extreme low-key that Ge Zhixiong maintained after retiring from the underworld.

Today is New Year's Eve, a day for families to reunite.

Ge Zhixiong was sitting on the sofa, watching TV, feeling relaxed and contented as usual.

The days of retreating behind the scenes were indeed very comfortable. He no longer had to worry about fighting and killing, and he never cared about the big or small matters of 13K. He just concentrated on living his own life.

Since the establishment of the Independent Commission Against Corruption, the gangs have gradually lost their protective umbrella, and the police who were once bribed by them no longer dare to contact them.

Therefore, although the 13K still looks prosperous today, Ge Zhixiong knows that the 13K today, and even other Hong Kong gangs such as Hop Shing Hop, Sun Yit On and other gang giants, no longer have the strength they once had, and if they go against the government, they will be finished sooner or later.

This is also the reason why he decided to retire.

While watching TV, the phone next to me rang.

"Hello, who is this?" Ge Zhixiong asked directly after answering the phone.

Ge Zhixiong is now 53 years old. Although he has retired behind the scenes for a long time, he still has the demeanor of a big boss. In Hong Kong society, most people will give him face and will not take the initiative to provoke him.

"Mr. Ge, right? I'm Lin Haoran from the Hong Kong Electric Group. Mr. Ge should have heard of me." A young voice came from the other end of the phone.

Lin Haoran?
Ge Zhixiong soon found out who the other party was. He was the boss of the Hong Kong Electric Group, which had a market value of more than 2 billion Hong Kong dollars. Although he was very young, he was one of the most powerful tycoons in the Chinese business community.

The business world is not ranked by age. It doesn't mean that whoever has more seniority is the most powerful.

After all, businessmen do business, and the purpose of doing business is to make money, so naturally whoever is the richest is the most powerful.

Lin Haoran is obviously the top figure in the current Chinese financial group. Although no one knows how much assets he has, just the Hong Kong Electric Group and the Qingzhou Cement Company are enough to crush most of the wealthy families in Hong Kong.

Moreover, the Lin family is one of the traditional wealthy families in Hong Kong. It is not easy to become a wealthy family.

These were not people he could afford to offend.

Although he was not sure why Lin Haoran was looking for him, Ge Zhixiong quickly responded, "Hello, Mr. Lin. Everyone in Hong Kong knows you. I wonder why you are looking for me?" He originally wanted to address him respectfully, but when he thought about the fact that the other person was about the same age as his son, he suddenly couldn't say it.

"Last night, I was in Mong Kok and was besieged and robbed for no reason by you 13K people. Fortunately, my bodyguards were quite capable and managed to deal with them, otherwise I would have been the one lying on the ground. To be honest, I have never offended you, but you attacked me. I called you this time just to ask for an explanation. You are the leader of 13K, so I can only look for you." Lin Haoran said directly.

With the strength of 13K, it should not be difficult to investigate a person's background in this matter. Sooner or later, they will find out about him, so he did not plan to hide it and directly confront him.

Although Ge Zhixiong has announced that he has retired from the underworld, he is still the official leader of 13K.

At this moment, Ge Zhixiong was already confused. When he learned last night that a member of the society was beaten, he did not take the matter seriously. This kind of thing was too common.

However, what they didn’t expect was that the person they offended last night was actually Lin Haoran?
No wonder the other side only sent one person to defeat the six of them.

Although Ge Zhixiong had long been too lazy to interfere in the affairs of the society, there would still be someone reporting to him every morning about important things that had happened within the society.

Including the news that someone from a gang was beaten in Mong Kok last night, this incident reached his ears in less than half an hour.

However, he had no intention of paying attention to it. This kind of thing had nothing to do with him.

Unexpectedly, the person that Yi Zidui was looking for all over the city was actually Lin Haoran, the famous business tycoon.

At this moment, even he, who had been a gangster boss for decades, had sweat on his forehead in these two months.

He already knew what happened last night, so he was naturally clear that Lin Haoran was not lying. It was indeed their 13K people who offended the other party first. The other party was just strolling around the street, but was blackmailed and robbed of a woman by the 13K people. Anyone would be angry if such a thing happened, not to mention that the other party was a big shot in the business world.

"Trouble." This was the thought in Ge Zhixiong's mind.

Because Ge Zhixiong knew that Lin Haoran was definitely not someone that their societies could afford to offend.

Since 1956, the top leaders of 13K were forced to flee Hong Kong. In fact, the strength of 13K has begun to decline significantly since then.

Even though the number of gang members is increasing, without the eyes and ears of the Hong Kong police and the supervision of the government, they are no longer as powerful as they used to be. They can bully ordinary people, but how can they bully business tycoons?
This is an act of seeking death.

Nowadays, social societies are often nothing more than tools of these wealthy families. Many small and medium-sized social societies are used by the wealthy families. Even these large social societies often help these wealthy families do things that they cannot do.

If you offend these wealthy families, even if you are their 13K, you can't expect to have a good life.

"Mr. Lin, this may be a misunderstanding. Let me find out the details first and then personally invite you to a banquet tomorrow night. I will give you an explanation then. How about that?" Ge Zhixiong said quickly.

Although he had long since stopped caring about 13K affairs, he was still the nominal leader of 13K. If the society offended Lin Haoran and it was not properly dealt with, the consequences would be absolutely disastrous.

He had seen this before. When these wealthy families became ruthless, they could force the Hong Kong government to step in and deal with a large gang in a matter of minutes.

"No need. Mr. Mai Lihao has invited me to a dinner at the Governor's Mansion tomorrow night, so there's no need for a banquet. I just hope you can give me a reasonable explanation. I'm not an unreasonable person, but I can't let others bully me. Am I right, Mr. Ge?" Lin Haoran looked at the other party's attitude and knew that Ge Zhixiong would basically help him handle this matter.

When I heard Lin Haoran say that he was invited by Mai Lihao to attend the dinner, I realized how high the status of this young boss is.

There are definitely not many people in Hong Kong who can be invited by the Governor. This person is no longer just a rich man, but someone who has a certain status in front of the Governor.

Is this the kind of person they deserve to know?
At this moment, he wanted to run to the six people and curse them, saying that they were all blind. Why did they offend anyone else but the big water pipe whom they could not afford to offend?

Ge Zhixiong was well aware of the extortion and "protection fees" carried out by the lower-level members of the society.

In his opinion, isn't this the most basic norm in the underworld?

Otherwise, what is the point of societies fighting each other for territory?
The purpose is to exploit ordinary people in the occupied territories.

Precisely because of this, the various social groups have always maintained a tacit attitude towards these behaviors, allowing them to do whatever they want in their respective territories, as long as they do not go too far.

After all, part of the income paid by these grassroots members is also an important source of income for the community.

On the surface, 13K has more than members. If each member pays HK$ per year, this huge member base can bring the society considerable profits of over million Hong Kong dollars!
But when it comes to extortion, you also have to consider the target.

"Please rest assured, Mr. Lin, I will give you a satisfactory answer. We don't know about these things. They are purely personal behaviors and do not represent us, 13K!" Ge Zhixiong said solemnly.

He doesn't want to care about ordinary things and lives his low-key life peacefully.

But in this situation, he had to step forward.

After all, 13K is also his father’s hard work.

This matter may not seem like a big deal, but if they completely offend Lin Haoran, their lives will be difficult.

Deal with the Lin family?

Ge Zhixiong didn't even dare to have such an idea.

The network of relationships among wealthy families is intricate and complex, and one move can affect the entire body.

Just like Lin Hao Ning of the Lin family, his wife came from the equally prominent Cao family.

The Cao family has close ties with many other wealthy families.

Lin Haoran's two sisters also married into wealthy families of equal status.

These complicated relationships mean that although the wealthy families in Hong Kong seem to be irreconcilable in the business competition, if the society dares to provoke any of them easily, it will undoubtedly be digging its own grave.

What's more, the Lin family is no longer the ordinary wealthy family it used to be. Being able to seize the controlling stake in a major British bank and being invited to attend the Governor's banquet are things that ordinary wealthy families cannot achieve.

These alone are enough to make the Lin family one of the upper class families in Hong Kong.

"Well, I hope you won't let me down." After saying that, Lin Haoran hung up the phone.

(End of this chapter)