Hong Kong Film: Short mules have no future, I am in charge of Hong Kong

Chapter 298 A sure-profit business

"Are you still using this trick?" Su Hanze's smile turned cold, but he still pulled out a chair and sat down. "Okay, then I'll wait for him. But I don't have the patience to wait too long."

The boss nodded and brought a cup of milk tea over: "Enjoy your meal."

Less than two minutes after the milk tea was served, there was a sound of hurried footsteps outside the door. As soon as the door was opened, Liang Bingguang's shifty face appeared at the door with a flattering smile on his face.

"Oh, Mr. Su, I'm so sorry! I was stopped by a policeman on the road just now. They said my taillight was broken, and I was delayed for a few minutes. Please forgive me!" He said as he sat down opposite Su Hanze with a smile on his face.

"Don't talk nonsense." Su Hanze pushed the milk tea aside and threw the envelope on the table. "Take the contents back and look at them. Then do as I say. Don't play any tricks on me."

Liang Bingguang quickly took the envelope, opened it and saw that it contained a detailed plan and several photos of him and Yu Wendong having a "secret conversation".

His expression suddenly turned ugly, and the smile on his lips froze: "Boss Su, what...what does this mean?"

The night of Hong Kong Island is still full of lights. The water surface of Victoria Harbour reflects the colorful neon lights, like a vivid painting.

In this seemingly peaceful city, the undercurrent of the underground world has already surged to its peak. Su Hanze had just left the tea restaurant and was sitting in the broken Toyota Crown driven by Ah Liu, thinking about his next step.

"Boss, how about going home tonight?" Ah Liu asked tentatively, his hands on the steering wheel hesitantly. He always felt that Su Hanze was too busy recently, fighting business battles during the day and personally taking part in the battles at night.

"Go home?" Su Hanze leaned back in his chair, dusted off the dust on his body, and sneered, "What do I want to go home for? Just lie down and wait for Yu Wendong to fuck me?"

"Does he still have the energy to mess with you now?" Ah Liu turned his head and glanced at Su Hanze, his tone revealing a hint of confusion, "Most of his subordinates have fled, his account is being watched by the bank, and he can't sell his goods. What else can he do?"

"The closer a person is to death, the crazier he becomes." A cold light flashed in Su Hanze's eyes. "Yu Wendong, that mad dog, can't bite anyone anymore, so he might start biting himself. The problem is, before he bites himself, he will definitely roar at me first."

Ah Liu made a “tsk” sound and nodded: “So where are we going next? We can’t just keep wandering around.”

"Let's go to Sham Shui Po." Su Hanze sat up straight, with a hint of sneer in his tone, "Didn't a new wholesale market open there recently? I heard that several jade merchants have some dealings with Yu Wendong. I have to go over and see if these people are causing any trouble."

When Ah Liu heard this, he immediately frowned: "Boss, this place is so messy and chaotic, why are you going there in person? Can't you just send a few people over to investigate?"

"What can we find out by sending someone?" Su Hanze glanced at him with a bit of disdain in his expression. "These people are very smart. Only when they see me personally going there will they know their limits and dare not act rashly."

"But this place..." Ah Liu muttered, but still stepped on the accelerator and drove towards Sham Shui Po.

Half an hour later, the Toyota Crown stopped beside a brightly lit wholesale market. The streets here were crowded with vendors of all kinds, selling groceries, clothes, and fake goods, and everyone was trying to sell something with their voices.

Occasionally a big man in slippers would pass by, cigarette in hand and eyes flickering, as if he was looking for an opportunity to do some shady business.

Su Hanze got out of the car, looked around, and said coldly: "Let's go to the place called 'Shunchanghang' first."

Ah Liu swallowed and followed him. The two of them walked through the crowd and finally found a small shop in a remote corner of the wholesale market. The three characters "Shunchanghang" were hung on the door of the shop. The lights inside were dim, and there was only a big man wearing a gold chain sitting behind the counter, picking his teeth lazily.

"Boss, this is Shunchang Bank." Ah Liu whispered, "Are you sure you want to go in?"

"Nonsense." Su Hanze pushed the door open and walked straight in.

The big man with the gold chain raised his head and saw Su Hanze. His eyes clearly flashed with a hint of vigilance, but his expression quickly regained its composure: "Hey, isn't this Boss Su? How come you have time to visit a small place like ours today?"

"Don't talk nonsense." Su Hanze sat down on the chair in front of the counter and tapped the wooden board with his fingers. "I heard recently that you guys have some dealings with Yu Wendong. What's going on?"

The man with the gold chain's expression changed slightly, but he soon forced a smile: "Boss Su, you are wronging us. We are just doing a small business, how dare we associate with a big shot like Boss Yu!"

"No?" Su Hanze narrowed his eyes and said in a neutral tone, "Then who spread the news I heard yesterday? It said that you just got a batch of goods from Yu Wendong and were going to sell them at a low price?"

The big man's smile froze, and sweat instantly broke out on his face. He lowered his head and fiddled with the toothpick in his hand, hesitating and saying, "Boss Su, this... this may be a misunderstanding. How can we be so bold as to touch Boss Yu's goods."

Su Hanze slowly took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit it and blew out a puff of smoke: "I don't care if you touch his goods or not, I just want to ask you one question, did your goods come from him?"

The man with the gold chain finally couldn't hold it anymore and waved his hands quickly: "No, no! Boss Su, don't get me wrong! The goods we got recently were all imported directly from the mainland, and have nothing to do with Boss Yu!"

Su Hanze sneered and pressed the cigarette in his hand on the counter. The cigarette butt burned a scorch mark on the wooden board. "I hope what you said is true. If I find out what you are doing, you know the consequences."

The man with the gold chain nodded repeatedly, his shirt soaked with sweat. "Understood! Boss Su, don't worry, we won't dare to do anything rash!"

Su Hanze stood up and patted his sleeves: "Okay, this time I'll just come to see your business. Remember my words, it's best not to touch things that you shouldn't touch."

After saying that, he turned and walked out of the store. Ah Liu followed him and said admiringly, "Boss, your aura is really admirable! That guy was almost scared to death just now, right?"

"Will scaring him to death work?" Su Hanze snorted coldly, "This kind of person may say nice things, but who knows how many shameful things he has done behind the scenes. Send a few people to keep an eye on him and see if he has any moves next." "Understood!" Ah Liu nodded, but in his heart he still admired Su Hanze for personally taking action. It was actually completely fine to leave these things to his subordinates, but Su Hanze chose to do it himself, which really made him see another side of his boss.

The two returned to the car, and Liu started the engine and asked, "Boss, where are we going next?"

"Let's go back to the company." Su Hanze rubbed his brows. "Yu Wendong's actions have been getting more and more crazy recently. I have to prepare in advance."

"Okay!" Liu stepped on the accelerator, and the car slowly drove out of the wholesale market and blended into the night scene of Hong Kong Island again.

The nights in Hong Kong Island are always lively. The bar street in Wan Chai is filled with the sounds of drinking and playing finger-guessing games. The second-hand market in Sham Shui Po is flashing with lights and the noise of bargaining is everywhere. The neon lights at Tsim Sha Tsui Pier dye the waters of Victoria Harbour in a variety of colors. The city is full of lights, but it cannot hide the intrigues in every corner.

Su Hanze had just returned to the company and hadn't even sat down yet when Ah Liu rushed in in a hurry, holding a newspaper in his hand and with an exaggerated expression on his face, as if he had just swallowed an egg.

"Boss, big news! Yu Wendong has made another move!" Ah Liu slammed the newspaper on Su Hanze's desk, pointed at a piece of news on the front page, and said with a hint of joking, "He has switched to running a jewelry training class! It's called the 'Hong Kong Island Jade Investment Class', and it claims to teach people how to buy the most valuable jade with the least money!"

Su Hanze raised his eyebrows after hearing this, picked up the newspaper lazily and took a look, then smiled: "This trick of his is quite fresh. It seems that the guy is really broke, and he can come up with such a low-end trick."

"Boss, he's at his wit's end, right?" Ah Liu sat down at the table, almost clapping his thigh with joy. "Look at the slogans, 'Jade is Hong Kong's hard currency for the next decade', 'Invest in jade, financial freedom'... Tsk tsk, can this fool people?"

Su Hanze threw the newspaper back on the table and sneered, "Don't underestimate these scams. These days, the more brainless people are, the easier it is for them to be brainwashed by such talk. He wants to package the remaining junk as investment products and then swindle the last wave of money."

"Who else can he fool?" Ah Liu curled his lips in disdain. "The whole market knows that he is now a clay Buddha crossing the river, unable to save himself. Who would dare to buy jade from him?"

"There are always fools in the market." Su Hanze stood up, lit a cigarette, and looked calm. "Besides, he did this not just to sell goods. He also wanted to make his presence felt in the market again, so that others would think that Yu Wendong still had hope of turning things around."

"Then what should we do?" Ah Liu said excitedly, "Should we go to his training class and cause trouble? I know a few brothers. We can just go over and pretend to be his clients and mess things up for him!"

"Ruin the place?" Su Hanze exhaled a puff of smoke, a hint of amusement flashing in his eyes. "No hurry. Ruin the place is too low-level. Since he wants to play the 'investment' game, then we will play along with him. However, we have to find a more interesting way."

"A more interesting way?" Ah Liu was stunned for a moment. "Boss, you don't want to attend his class in person, do you?"

"Why not?" Su Hanze smiled and patted Ah Liu's shoulder. "I want to see Yu Wendong's tricks with my own eyes. Doesn't he want to teach people how to invest? I want to see what tricks he can teach."

Ah Liu's eyes widened and he almost dropped the cup in his hand. "Boss, are you serious? If someone recognizes us, wouldn't it be embarrassing?"

"Recognized?" Su Hanze shrugged. "He's hoping someone will recognize me so that his training class will look more like a real thing. But I won't let him have it that easy. Go, prepare me a set of ordinary clothes, and it would be best if I could get a fake identity. Let's go and show our support tomorrow."

"Boss, you are really... ruthless!" Ah Liu couldn't help but give a thumbs up, "I will make sure everything is arranged for you this time!"

The next afternoon, Su Hanze changed into a cheap gray suit, wore a pair of black-framed glasses, and deliberately made a 3:7 hairstyle. He looked nothing like the powerful boss he usually was, but more like a clerk who had just been laid off. He walked to the mirror and looked at himself, nodding with satisfaction: "Not bad, I look like an unlucky middle-aged man."

Ah Liu almost burst out laughing: "Boss, if you were to walk down the street like this, no one would recognize you."

"That's all." Su Hanze patted his suit, turned around and said, "Let's go and see how interesting Yu Wendong's 'Investment Class' is."

The two took a red minibus and staggered to the building where Yu Wendong's "Jade Investment Class" was located. This is a decent-looking office building in Central, Hong Kong Island, but a closer look reveals that the elevator door is covered with cheap advertisements, such as "Wealth Freedom Training Class" and "Lose 10 kg in a Week". It is obviously a "rental office building".

"Boss, are you sure that someone can really come here?" Ah Liu asked in a low voice, his tone full of doubt. "Look at this environment, you can tell it's a scam at a glance, right?"

"The more places like this, the easier it is for people to be deceived." Su Hanze was too lazy to explain and went straight to the fourth floor.

As soon as he entered the training class, he almost laughed out loud. In a room of about 20 square meters, there were several makeshift folding tables and plastic chairs, and a cheap red carpet on the floor, which looked like it was borrowed from a wedding company.

A crudely printed banner hung on the wall: "Invest in Jade, the future belongs to you!"

There were already seven or eight people sitting in the room, some in suits, some in T-shirts, and one woman carrying a basket of vegetables, who had obviously just come from the vegetable market. Some of them were taking notes in notebooks, while others were crossing their arms and staring at the podium with suspicion.

Yu Wendong stood in front of the podium, wearing a pale suit and a fake gem brooch on his chest.

He was holding a jade bracelet and talking at length: "My friends, the market price of this bracelet is 50,000, but if you follow me to learn how to invest in jade, I can teach you to buy it for 30,000. Buy for 30,000 and sell for 50,000. This is a sure win!"

Su Hanze almost couldn't hold back his laughter, coughed, and found a corner to sit down. Yu Wendong heard the voice, looked up at him, a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes, but he quickly regained his composure and continued to explain.

"What is the key to jade investment? It's vision! You have to know how to distinguish which ones are real and which ones are fake!" He waved the bracelet in his hand and said excitedly, "As long as you learn to distinguish the quality of jade, you can make the most money with the least money!"

Someone raised his hand and said, "Teacher Yu, can you briefly teach me how to distinguish the differences?"

(End of this chapter)