Hong Kong Storm: The King of Jobs

Chapter 379, Section 156: A Tumultuous Time

(April 25, 2004, woke up at 1 PM, improved!)

Fools like to wear their dirty tricks on their sleeves.

There are no wrong nicknames, only wrong names.

What a worthless life! A worthless life indeed! utterly incompetent!

Besides, this scoundrel has recently gotten involved with Miss Bai, so the Central district will definitely not be handed over to him.

Although all the gangsters in the Young and Dangerous series are notorious for their vices, the leaders of their gangs are also figures worth showing off in the underworld. Shui Fong is not a small gang. In Hutchison Whampoa, only Wo Hop To and Wo Luen Shing have been around longer than Shui Fong.

When choosing a leader for a gang, the big bosses look at a person's character and hobbies. Among the four tigers and four heroes of the New Stars and the five big bosses of the Wo Shing syndicate, apart from the two outliers, Dao You Sheng and the two red sticks of the Number Gang, there wasn't even a single person who was addicted to alcohol.

Dao Yousheng is because he is the son-in-law of Si Yanlong, whose father is the King of the New Territories. Dianlao is mentally unstable and needs to take medication for a long time to suppress pituitary gland secretion, which is a congenital disease. However, Dianlao is paid and only has seven or eight henchmen around him. He only owns a fruit market as his base.

Furthermore, this fruit market was located on Ji Bao's territory. Every time Xin Ji's 49-zai went to collect the fees, he would avoid the madman's fruit market, for fear of provoking this crazy man.

When Shen Xian Jin learned that Quan Wang Sheng was a compulsive gambler, he had already planned to replace him with a new leader in Central. However, while the business in Central was provided by the triad, the territory was earned back by Quan Wang Sheng through his own hard work.

Even if he were the leader, he wouldn't dare to just take back the territory without a second thought. If he did, all the leaders of the subordinate gangs would immediately rebel, even his trusted henchmen who had been promoted by the gods.

But my friend, the gambling addict has taken control of the gang. This is the biggest crisis for the gang leader. In the Hong Kong underworld, the gambling addict has gambled away gang territory more than once.

In the end, these kinds of things always involve finding corrupt officials, eliminating the leaders of the troublesome gangs, putting the new leaders in charge, and then having the gang leaders talk to loan sharks to plug the hole and make it seem like nothing happened.

Just as Shenxian Jin was preparing to slowly whittle down the business of the boxing champion Sheng, this scoundrel caught him completely off guard.

Upon seeing Shenxian Jin smash the teacup, Lanmingde immediately stood up, lowered his head, and remained silent like a schoolchild who had made a mistake.

"Don't say anything now!"

The territory cannot be lost, and the hometown cannot be raided. Shen Xianjin walked back to his desk, picked up the microphone, and called the gang's lawyer, telling him to go to the police station immediately to see Boxing King Sheng and tell that scoundrel not to talk nonsense.

But after putting down the phone, he felt uneasy, so he dialed another number and called several well-known lawyers, asking them to go to the police station together to stabilize the situation. These lawyers had a good relationship with the Department of Justice.

It's unlikely that things will turn around, but it's possible to spend some money and buy him some time to handle things calmly.

It's not uncommon to see triad leaders turn into witnesses for prosecution. In the three years that Shen Xian Jin Dang has been in charge, he has handled several such cases. A triad has its own corporate culture, but the corporate culture of Shui Fang is that it is full of traitors.

The only instance in Hong Kong where a 49-year-old successfully sold out his position as the leader was in Shui Fong.

Shenxianjin has always wanted to change the damn corporate culture of the water room, but the results have been mediocre.

"Ring ring ring"

Just as Shen Xianjin was lost in thought, the landline on his desk rang again. Without hesitation, he quickly picked up the receiver.

“Ah Jin, Jie Zi is dead. It was an outsider who did it. Send someone to check. He’s in refrigerated container number 35 at the Kowloon Funeral Home.”

"These are turbulent times, so we should make more use of our own people and consult with them more."

"You know what I'm talking about, right?"

"Tell the patrol horse to wait for news; there will be new candidates participating in the selection."

Less than two weeks later, Wen Gui's voice became increasingly weak. He forced himself to finish speaking and hung up the phone before Shen Xianjin could reply.

Jie Zi is dead!

Shen Xianjin frowned. He didn't know who Jie Zi was, but Uncle Gui said that this person was dead and was still hidden in the 35th freezer. He must be dead beyond dead.

What an eventful time!
A storm is brewing!

At the same time, Bai Gusheng, who had gone out to check the accounts, quickly returned. He presented the marked page to Shenxian Jin without saying a word.

After reviewing the records in the ledger, Shenxian Jin sighed. It seemed that Boxing King Sheng was doomed this time!

Everyone from top to bottom is plotting against this loser; it's no wonder he's doomed!
"Ade, go find the zombie bag and let this bastard step in. The zombie bag is light, so you can make a scene. Brother Sheng, send someone to get the ledgers. Get all the ledgers from the gang, the financial company, and so on. If they fall into the hands of the cops, things will get really messed up."

"One-sided statements cannot be trusted. Let Antenna Brother re-examine the demon." Sacrificing the pawn to save the king, Shenxian Jin, the leader, made the right choice in an instant. Boxing King Sheng, who had already violated the family rules, could not be allowed to live. He had to be shut up before he could even open his mouth.

When he realized that the task of overseeing the Central branch had fallen to him, Lanmingde was overjoyed. He agreed and turned to leave Shenxianjin's office.

After seeing that Lanmingde had left, Baigusheng said, "I just called a few loan sharks. Asheng used his gang's territory as collateral to borrow a large sum of money, which he has all pledged to Huazairong's stock brokerage company."

"If I'm not mistaken, the funds in the gang and the funds in the financial company's accounts have all been emptied!"

"Ah Sheng is going to die anyway if he gets out now. The family rules won't let him off the hook. If he knew he was doomed, would he become a traitor?"

The concerns expressed by Bai Gusheng were not unfounded. The only way for Boxing King Sheng to survive was to become a witness for the prosecution, which was not a difficult choice.

"Even if I wanted to have Ah Sheng killed right now, the cops wouldn't give me the chance, and the triad lawyers wouldn't do it either. Based on what I know of Ah Sheng, this scoundrel won't abide by the Thirty-Six Articles of the Hung Society!"

"Have the gang's lawyer tell Ah Sheng that I know where his mistress and daughter live in his ancestral home. If he takes his own life, I will send a settlement fee to his family and forgive all the things he has done. If he doesn't die, I will send his family to the bottom of the sea to feed the turtles!"

Would Boxing King Sheng be willing to die for his mistress and daughter? Shenxian Jin wasn't sure, but what had to be done had to be done. It was better for Boxing King Sheng to speak later than sooner, so that she could evacuate everyone related to Boxing King Sheng.

Even if the cops come knocking, they'll be helpless because they lack direct evidence.

With this in mind, Shenxian Jin instructed Bai Gusheng to go to Central first and take control of all the accounts and related personnel, so as not to leave any evidence for the police.

Lazy Ice stood in front of the office door. After seeing Zha Shubai leave, he immediately went inside and said, "The Oak International Wharf has been sealed off by the cops, and a large number of people have been taken away."

"Understood! Call Handsome Sheng and tell him to rush back to Tuo Di immediately. Call Ma Wang Jian and tell him to go to freezer number 35 at the Kowloon Funeral Home and send the person inside to the cold storage."

"Notify Huang Zhang of the treasury to come to Ruixing Sparrow House."

"Do something!"

Evergreen Group in Taiwan has always wanted the Oak International Terminal. Swire, the Zhao family, and the Bao family don't want Taiwan, an outsider, to get involved. Song Sheng is a partner of Evergreen Group, and he handles all of Evergreen Group's troubles on the high seas.

By cleaning house and framing others, Song Sheng played a brilliant move!
This news will soon reach the family, and the stock of Oak International Terminal & Warehouse Company will plummet, putting them at a disadvantage in negotiations with Evergreen Group.

Shui Fang has also been closely monitoring the negotiations between Oak International Terminals and Evergreen Group. If the negotiations fail this time, Shui Fang will raise funds and use a legitimate shell company to buy the shares.

Kongge Company is not a shell company, but a legitimate company with legal business operations, legal tax filing and payment, and legal employees.

The water company has a whole bunch of legitimate shell companies hidden beneath the surface, all for the purpose of washing rice.

However, while Shui Fong couldn't come up with enough cash to buy a century-old listed port and warehouse company, it would be easy for them to purchase the cargo terminal in Hong Kong alone.

Evergreen Group intends to acquire all of Oak International Terminals & Warehouse's terminals in Asia, especially Oak International's Tanjung Pelepas Port and Port Klang in Malaysia.

If they acquire these two ports, the investments of Swire, the Zhao family, the Dong family, and the Bao family in the Strait of Malacca can be declared a failure, and 30% of the Singapore port business will be taken away.

The Strait of Malacca is known as the crossroads of the East, with hundreds of thousands of cargo ships passing through it every year, carrying hundreds of billions of pounds of trade to and from Asia.

Shui Fong has recently made many investments in Singapore, acquiring two large container terminals and a small supply terminal. If it also acquires Oak International's terminal in Hong Kong, it can connect the two terminals and further transform Shui Fong.

However, with Song Sheng's clever scheme, everything fell apart. Oak International's docks in Hong Kong would fall into the hands of Evergreen Group. The major shipping magnates in Hong Kong would completely lose the capital to fight independently against Evergreen and could only follow behind Swire, becoming their lackeys again.

If disciples grow too fast, they will become tigers. Two tigers cannot share one mountain. It is a very reasonable approach to use them as fuel to light the way forward before their fangs have fully grown.

Only Shen Xianjin remained in the office. He picked up the phone, dialed a series of numbers, and the call was quickly connected. A neutral voice came through the receiver: "Brother Jin, you called too early! I haven't even had a chance to open the champagne to celebrate!"

"Song Sheng, I can't accept being called 'big boss' by you. You've won this time! You're a cunning old fox, and this isn't just polite talk. Professor A probably still doesn't know that it was you who was sabotaging us behind the scenes."

"We'll see what happens next, let's settle this in the next round!"

Shenxian Jin's eyes were sharp, and she was not discouraged by this misstep.

"Anytime!"

After finishing his sentence on the phone, Song Sheng hung up.

(End of this chapter)