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

Chapter 302: Whoever dares to play tricks again, I will be the first to fire him!

"But if we don't change it, they will cause trouble sooner or later!" Ah Liu was scratching his head anxiously.

"Let them do whatever they want." Su Hanze turned his head and sneered, "They think they are smart, so let them see what it means to be too clever for their own good."

Ah Liu was confused: "Boss, what do you mean?"

"A Kun wants to mess up the mine, so let's go with the flow and give him some benefits." Su Hanze said slowly, "Let the mine appear to be getting more and more chaotic on the surface, but behind the scenes, we have to keep a close eye on those workers and see who they are working for."

"I see!" Ah Liu's eyes lit up, "You want to play the long game and catch the big fish!"

"That's right." Su Hanze nodded. "I won't give up until I catch this fish by the skin of its teeth."

At the same time, A Kun also received the latest news from the mine. He sat in a mahjong hall, listening to his subordinates' reports, and the smile on his face gradually widened.

"Su really lost his patience and directly replaced the manager and transferred a few new workers in." The skinny monkey whispered, "It seems that he is really afraid that something will happen in the mine."

"You're right to be afraid." Kun grinned, "The more afraid he is, the easier it is for him to be fooled."

"So what should we do next?" asked the skinny monkey.

"Keep an eye on those workers, especially the new ones." A hint of viciousness flashed in A Kun's eyes. "If they make any movement, notify our people immediately. I want to let the guy surnamed Su know that this mine is far from being as simple as he thinks."

The struggle in the mine was unfolding quietly in secret, with both sides testing each other's bottom line.

The seemingly calm Baishui Mountain has actually become a volcano with undercurrents that may erupt at any time.

It started raining again in Hong Kong Island. The fine raindrops hit the iron roofs on the streets, making bursts of crisp sounds.

The tea stalls on the street wafted the aroma of milk tea. Several dock workers squatted in a corner to avoid the rain and ate egg waffles, occasionally squeezing out some energy to tease each other. Life here was as noisy and casual as ever, but the situation in the Baishuishan Mine was quietly changing.

The new manager of the mine, Agui, was sitting in a simple office, holding a teacup in one hand and an account book in the other, frowning as he calculated the mine's expenses in recent days. Since he took over the mine, the workers' efficiency has plummeted, they dawdled while working, and they often went on small strikes, making him busy like a top every day.

"Brother Agui, this is bad!" A freckled young foreman rushed in, his shoes splashing mud everywhere. "The workers outside are making trouble again, saying that their wages are in arrears and they want to smash the mine's equipment!"

"Smash the equipment?" Ah Gui almost dropped the cup in his hand when he heard it. "Damn, are these people crazy? Salaries are paid every week, how come they are owed?"

"They said they underpaid us half a day's wages last time, and that the workload at the mine has been too heavy these days and they are exhausted..." The young foreman said as he wiped the sweat from his forehead, and it was obvious that he was already upset by the workers.

"These people are just looking for trouble!" Ah Gui slammed the table hard, stood up and picked up an umbrella, "Let's go and see what they want to do!"

A large group of people were gathered around the main working area of ​​the mine. Some workers even put shovels on their shoulders, looking ready to fight.

Among the crowd of onlookers, a middle-aged man wearing a tattered straw hat and holding a cigarette stood at the front of the crowd, obviously the leader. He shouted loudly: "Agui, you bosses are going too far? We work hard, but you owe us wages, and you still want us to work hard? This mine is in such a mess now, how long do you want to exploit us?"

Ah Gui walked forward, braving the rain, pointed at the man's nose and started to curse: "Wang Laowu, stop fanning the flames here! The salary has obviously been paid on time. If you really don't want to work, you can leave at any time!"

"Go away?" Wang Laowu sneered, spit out the cigarette butt in his mouth, and crushed it with his foot. "Do you think so many of us are afraid of you? Let me tell you, if we don't have an explanation for what happened today, don't even think about letting us go back to work!"

The workers around immediately joined in the commotion, shouting and some even picked up stones from the mine, pretending to smash the equipment.

Just then, a dilapidated Toyota Crown drove into the mine and stopped in the mud of the work area.

The car door opened, and a man in a gray suit got out. The rain hit his shoulders, but he didn't seem to care at all. He stood there, glanced around, and finally his eyes fell on Wang Laowu.

"It's quite lively." The man spoke slowly. His voice was not loud, but it revealed an aura of majesty without even being angry.

The crowd was silent for a moment. Wang Laowu narrowed his eyes and looked at the person who came: "Who are you?"

"I'm the boss of this mine." The man smiled slightly, but his eyes were as cold as ice, "Su Hanze."

The workers immediately started to talk in low voices, and it was obvious that they were familiar with this name. Wang Laowu was not frightened. He walked forward a few steps and stood in front of Su Hanze, with a somewhat provocative tone: "So what if the boss is here? We want justice today!"

Su Hanze raised his hand to brush off the rain on his shoulders and said slowly, "Fair? What percentage of your wages have been reduced these days?"

Wang Laowu was stunned by the question, but he quickly reacted: "It's not less, but you let us do so much work, shouldn't the salary be increased? Look at this mine, it rains every day, the road is full of mud, we can't even guarantee the safety of working!"

"Safety?" Su Hanze sneered. "The safety measures for the mine were set in advance. If anything goes wrong, I will be responsible. But are you making trouble today also for safety?"

Wang Laowu was speechless and he hesitated for a long time before changing the subject: "Anyway, we have our reasons! If you don't want the mine to stop working, you have to double our wages!"

Hearing this, Su Hanze's eyes turned cold. He walked forward slowly, approaching Wang Laowu step by step, until the other party involuntarily took a step back. He whispered, "Wang Laowu, do you really think that I can't cure you?"

Wang Laowu raised his head and said stubbornly, "Boss, there are many of us. You can deal with one, but can you deal with ten?"

Su Hanze suddenly smiled and patted his shoulder: "Okay, there are a lot of people, right? Well, starting today, all the people you lead will be suspended. I will recruit new people for the rest."

As soon as these words came out, Wang Laowu's expression changed instantly: "You...you dare?"

"I don't dare?" Su Hanze laughed even colder. "You guys are making trouble just because I need manpower. Let me tell you, whoever doesn't want to work in my mine can leave at any time. I really don't need the profit from a few pieces of jade."

The workers were immediately in an uproar. Some of them whispered, "Isn't this boss too cruel? He's really going to fire us all and run the mine himself?" Wang Laowu gritted his teeth and stared at Su Hanze, and finally gave in: "Boss, we are making a fuss for our livelihood... Please don't really fire us all."

Su Hanze nodded, his tone still cold: "Just do it if you want to, don't play tricks anymore. I can pretend that what happened today never happened, but if there is a next time, don't blame me for being rude."

Meanwhile, in a small bar on Hong Kong Island, A Kun was sitting at the bar drinking whiskey, and next to him was a man with a scar on his face. They were discussing the latest situation at the Baishuishan mine.

"I heard that Mr. Su went to the mine today." The scarred man grinned, his tone full of joking, "He also suppressed the workers' unrest."

"Suppressed it?" A Kun snorted coldly and put the cup heavily on the bar. "He thinks he can deal with Baishui Mountain like this? How naive."

"What should we do next?" asked the scarred man.

"Let those workers continue to make trouble." A Kun narrowed his eyes and spoke in a cold tone, "The more violent the better. It would be best if we could make them give up this mine completely. Then, we can take over at a low price and he won't even have a chance to cry."

The scarred man nodded and gave a sinister smile: "I understand. I'll arrange someone right away."

The rain in the mine stopped, but the air was still filled with a sense of oppression. Su Hanze stood in the mud of the mine, looking up at the mine in the distance with a deep gaze.

"Boss, even though these guys have given in temporarily, there's no telling when they might start making trouble again." Ah Liu stood behind him, his tone filled with worry.

"Let them make trouble if they want." Su Hanze said coldly, "But next time, I won't let them off so easily."

It was another drizzly night in Hong Kong Island, and the neon lights on the streets were blurred by the rain. The street stalls in Tsim Sha Tsui were still bustling, and the workers at the docks were wiping the sweat from their foreheads while shouting for beer.

There were a few cries of stray cats coming from the street, but far away in the Baishuishan Mine, the atmosphere was still solemn, as if it was made even more depressing by the rain.

Su Hanze sat in the mine's crude office with a muddy map of the mining area spread out in front of him, a hint of coldness in his eyes.

Ah Liu stood nearby, holding a newly lit cigarette in his mouth, but he obviously had no interest in smoking. He glanced at the map, then at Su Hanze, and couldn't help but say, "Boss, is it Ah Kun who is behind this group of people making trouble? Should we teach him a lesson?"

"Color?" Su Hanze sneered and pointed at the mine on the map. "What do you think he is waiting for? He just wants to see us go crazy and throw all our money into it, and then wait to get some bargains. If you touch him now, it will just give him an excuse to start a war."

"Are we just going to put up with this?" Ah Liu's brows were furrowed like a tightly twisted hemp rope. "These workers are getting worse day by day. Today they're on strike, but who knows what they'll do tomorrow!"

"Tolerance doesn't mean not moving, it means finding the right opportunity." Su Hanze folded up the map in his hand and threw it aside. "Ah Kun, this mad dog, I don't believe he won't reveal his flaws."

"But we can't keep the mine running like this forever." Ah Liu was a little anxious. "How about... we pretend to stop working and see what he does?"

Su Hanze nodded, as if he suddenly thought of something, and a meaningful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "It's not impossible, but a fake shutdown is not enough, we have to add some ingredients."

"Add ingredients?" Ah Liu was stunned. "What ingredients?"

"Let those workers feel that this mine is going to be completely ruined." Su Hanze's tone was a little teasing. "Since A Kun wants to take advantage of us, let him jump in and see how hot the pot is."

"Great!" Ah Liu's eyes lit up and he rubbed his hands excitedly, "Boss, you are still awesome, this is a really shady move!"

Su Hanze didn't say anything else. He just stood up and picked up the coat hanging on the back of the chair: "Let's go and take a look in the mine."

Deep in the mine, dim lights flickered, and the wet water stains on the wall reflected a faint light. Several workers were gathered around a vein, hammering with tools, with impatience written all over their faces.

"What else can we dig out of this mine?" A tall and thin worker swung the shovel in his hand, his tone full of sarcasm, "I work in this shabby place every day, and I haven't even seen a real jadeite!"

"Hush, keep your voice down." A worker wearing a torn straw hat next to him lowered his voice, "I heard that the boss is here again today. Don't let him hear us, otherwise he will deduct our wages again."

"Just deduct it, it's useless to keep working anyway." The tall and thin man curled his lips and threw the shovel to the ground, "This mine will be closed sooner or later."

As they were talking, footsteps were heard in the mine, accompanied by the faint sound of leather shoes stepping on the mud. The workers immediately shut up and pretended to concentrate on their work. Soon, a figure in a gray suit appeared in front of them. It was Su Hanze.

"The efficiency today is good." Su Hanze glanced at the mineral vein and said in a light tone.

The workers looked at each other and no one dared to say anything.

"But I heard that some people think this mine can no longer be operated?" Su Hanze suddenly spoke, his eyes sweeping across everyone's face sharply.

The workers were immediately silent, and the tall and thin man lowered his head, not daring to look at him. The worker wearing a straw hat stepped forward and forced a smile: "Boss, you misunderstood, we just... just said casually that this mine must be okay."

"Just a casual remark?" Su Hanze sneered, walked to the edge of the ore vein, and scraped the ore layer on the wall with his fingers. A little dirt and ore debris stained his fingertips. He raised his head and looked at the straw hat worker coldly: "What good things do you think this place can produce?"

The straw hat worker was stunned for a moment, stammering and unable to speak.

"Do you think I don't know what you are doing?" Su Hanze's tone became colder. "If you want to shut down the mine and cause trouble, then just say so directly. Don't do these little tricks. I tell you, from today on, whoever dares to play tricks again, I will be the first to fire him!"

The workers were so frightened that their faces turned pale and they lowered their heads without saying a word.

"Okay, let's go back to work." Su Hanze stood up and clapped his hands. "Tell the others that the mine's affairs are not yours to interfere with."

(End of this chapter)