Hong Kong Storm: The King of Jobs

Chapter 509, Part 99: Trouble? Find Lao Ding! (Seeking monthly votes!)

"Who told you this is waste paper?"

Chi Mengli smoked a cigarette, continued to gaze at the window opposite, and spoke slowly and deliberately.

Spinach Dong was stunned for a moment, but his face immediately lit up with joy. It seemed that Brother Sheng had come up with a solution. A mere tens of millions was indeed no problem for Brother Sheng.

However, the fake silver can be dealt with later, but the two idiots lying on the sofa next to them seem to be unable to wait any longer.

Turning his head to glance at the two scoundrels, and after thinking for a moment, Spinach Dong took a step forward and went to the window. He also imitated Chi Mengli and looked across the street, but muttered to himself, "Brother Sheng, you took care of those two scoundrels."

"He's definitely harboring resentment. If the cops find out about the fake silver notes in the room, they'll definitely use them for big-ticket stuff. Should we take them?"

Spinach Dong mimicked the signature move of the male protagonist in Hollywood blockbusters, making a gesture with his palm across his neck, meaning he was going to kill him to silence him.

That idiot!

Chi Mengli shook her head helplessly. "Since you've already made up your mind to do this, don't say it out loud. Just throw the two of them into Kowloon Walled City and give them money in front of the thugs there."

In less than five minutes, those two bastards were gone, not even a bone fragment remained.

The death of a gangster in Kowloon Walled City is as common as a gust of wind in Hong Kong. If someone dies in Kowloon Walled City, the cops have no way of investigating, even if they want to.

"Damn it! This is Ah Cong's younger brother. Ah Cong didn't say anything, and you're already cleaning house. Are you even going to be brothers with him anymore?"

"If he's injured, get him to a clinic immediately. We have old connections in Kowloon Walled City. Send him there, and give him a settlement allowance. Make sure it's done neatly!"

Fearing that Spinach Dong might not understand, Chi Mengli secretly made an OK sign, instructing Spinach Dong to take the person to his old connections and make sure it was done cleanly.

Upon realizing what was happening, Spinach Dong immediately understood, nodded, pulled Fire Dog over who was working, whispered a couple of words in his ear, and assigned Fire Dog to do the work.

Fire Dog smiled cruelly, and without saying a word, he found two trusted young men to carry away the two men who had broken the rules.

"Ah Dong, fill one bag first, I need to go to Tuodi."

Chi Mengli managed to digest a third of this dog food. If he wanted to finish it all at once, he would have to go to the Immortal Peak. Only that old bastard could handle it with a flick of his finger.

Spinach Dong was very quick and efficient. He picked up a luggage bag, counted out fifty stacks, put them in the bag, closed the bag, and set it aside.

Ah Cong, who had gone to catch the person keeping watch, returned quickly, and Xi Ren also entered the room with him.

Xi Ren looked at the banknotes on the ground, glanced at them briefly, and felt a headache coming on. Even if you took the counterfeit banknotes with the same anti-counterfeiting code to the market, they would be hard to spend.

"A-Dong, Xi-Ren, you two take care of things here."

"Ah Cong, grab your bag and come with me. Xi Ren has the key."

Chi Mengli didn't drive today; she rode in Xiren's Porsche sports car the whole time, enjoying the luxury of the ride.

Opening her handbag, Xi Ren found the sports car keys and tossed them to Chi Mengli, her expression alluring and her breath sweet: "Come back soon, I made some delicious soup today."

Chi Mengli didn't like drinking soup, since it was full of purines, but in order to make Tiao Nu happy, he nodded seriously and said he would definitely come back on time.

He had already obtained a full set of physical examination results from Xi Ren, and her white blood cell count was normal. In order to ensure the safety of his son, Ah B, he still had to go along with the woman.

Seeing Chi Mengli and Acong leave, Bo Cai Dong immediately squeezed next to Xi Ren, lowered his head, and whispered, "Sister Xi Ren, it seems I'll soon have to call you sister-in-law!"

"But Brother Sheng has a lot of women around him lately, and he also has a rival in Tuodi, Sister-in-law! Sister-in-law! This is troublesome. I, Ah Dong, am the most loyal, I'll support you!"

"Thank you so much, Brother Dong!"

Xi Ren smiled, glanced around, and seeing that the henchmen were all busy with their tasks, she said softly, "Have Huan Xi give Ni Luo some benefits. Brother Sheng is about to buy a branch for Hei A Hu."

"Mud Snail's position as the leader is somewhat unstable."

"Hei Ahu has been going to Quan Chun Lou a lot lately, it seems he wants to recruit a new leader for Quan Chun Lou."

"A sharp-witted and quick-thinking man with excellent fighting skills—this kind of gangster would have become a big name in the underworld long ago and made a name for himself long ago! Uncle Chun of Quan Chun Lou has a very good relationship with Uncle Deng of Wo Luen Shing."

“The talents that Uncle Chun introduced to the Quan family were all traitors planted by Wo Luen Shing. In just five years, the Quan family lost three branches, while Wo Luen Shing opened new branches on Castle Peak Road and Prince Edward Road.”

"Deng Bo's favorite trick now is to spread his influence from the center, stuffing traitors into various sunset gangs and stale groups, and then giving these traitors a way to make money. In three to five years, they will take down the older generation of leaders, the old bosses, and become the new bosses."

"Once these traitors become leaders, they immediately take the entire gang to their posts, memorize all the other gangs, and don't even have time to react."

"Uncle Deng was probably thinking the same thing, letting the traitor take over Black Tiger's territory in Temple Street."

“Give the mud snail a little something, find him a way to make money, so that he can recruit soldiers and continue to serve as a fortress for the gang.”

"The empire that Brother Sheng built should not be allowed to fall into the hands of outsiders."

Xi Ren's eyes were fixed on Hei A Hu. Last time when Sheng Ge got into trouble, this scoundrel was the most excited, wanting to team up with Wen Lao Gui and take over all of Sheng Ge's most valuable assets.

Such traitors cannot be allowed to live!

But Sheng-ge didn't make a move and continued to cultivate Hei-hu. Xi-ren couldn't understand what Sheng-ge was planning.

Upon hearing the name Mud Snail, Black Tiger frowned immediately. Huanxi and Nosebleed Qiang had told him several times that Mud Snail was a scoundrel who was bold and ruthless. He had only had the ledger for a week before he dared to embezzle the company's accounts.

Huanxi had no choice but to fill in the numbers himself and help Mud Snail balance the accounts; otherwise, this good-for-nothing would have been killed long ago.

Black Tiger is a stingy fellow. He's short of his own men, so he'll just pay out of his own pocket to solve the problem. His men are his own people. If he can't even protect his own people, who will follow him in the future?

"Sister Xiren, Mud Snail is short of money. Why don't we focus on the money?"

People who live by their power are just trying to make money.

Since the mud snail is already in the water, why not just give him a sum of money and let this scoundrel take care of Black Tiger? That would save a lot of trouble.

Even if the future leader of the gang, Immortal Jin, were to question the cause of Black Tiger's death, Mud Snail, the leader, could simply point to some unlucky guy to save face for the gang.

In the martial arts world, no one would stand up for a dead man.

"There must be a reason why the mud snail is short of money, but I don't want to know the reason. Everyone has their difficulties. If you can get through them, then all is well. If you can't, then all is well!"

"Let's send Mud Snail 200,000 yuan first and see how much this scoundrel has to eat!"

Xi Ren took out her notebook and had her henchmen start counting the money; in any case, they needed a specific amount.

Chi Mengli and Ah Cong walked downstairs together. Nan Ya Zai was nowhere to be seen. A henchman from the Yau Ma Tei gang was sitting at the door. When he saw Chi Mengli and Ah Cong appear, he quickly stood up.

He waved his hand, signaling the henchman to sit down. Chi Mengli and A Cong walked out of the alley, arrived at the spot where Xi Ren had parked her car, paid the parking fee, and then got into the car and drove away.

"Brother Sheng, it seems like we've been tricked!"

"I was a little slow just now. I heard footsteps, but I didn't see anyone. They must have slipped away up the roof. There's a cup of coffee inside, freshly made and steaming hot."

Ah Cong first put the bag in the front trunk, got into the passenger seat, and only started talking about the situation of the building across the street after the car had driven a few hundred meters.

"It's alright! Hong Kong is such a maddening place, there's not much to say, just a ton of people!"

"Professor A is cunning; he preyed on our greed to lure us in. I have good news for you: I've already sold that adulterous couple. They'll have a lot more to suffer in the future!"

"If you want to get revenge, you'd better do it sooner rather than later. Even if you castrate Professor A and make him a eunuch, it doesn't matter, as long as he's still alive."

Professor Li would definitely not kill Professor A; he would most likely grant Professor A freedom. Of course, Professor Li would need to find some minor weakness in Professor A before letting him go.

Teacher Li has never been a match for Song Sheng because Teacher Li is too concerned about style. This is a life-or-death battle! When there is no chance to kill with one blow, you must be patient, even if you are already at a disadvantage.

Chi Mengli stepped on the gas. He didn't quite understand Teacher Li. This guy said that he had only done one thing in his life, which was to kill Song Sheng.

Then why is Song Sheng still alive?

Busy making money, busy playing with girls, but forgetting the most exhilarating game of revenge, that's really wrong!
The allure of money is that when it appears, the world falls silent for a second; even a Porsche sports car can have a street-clearing effect when it hits the road.

Even on the streets of Hong Kong in 1979, bicycles were the preferred mode of transportation for ordinary citizens.

A Toyota Corolla costing 10,000 yuan or a Ford sedan costing 12,000 yuan are not very common, let alone a Porsche sports car.

The wealthy in Hong Kong usually frequent Sheung Wan and Central, but thanks to the American interest in motorcycle movies, there are now more and more young people in Hong Kong riding jet skis.

A Toyota Corolla costs 10,000 yuan, but a grey market sportbike only costs a little over 1,000 yuan.

Honda racing motorcycles from legitimate channels cost only around three thousand yuan. They are powerful, and maintenance and fuel costs are pitifully low. After all, young people buy red gasoline and few go to regular gas stations.

Chi Mengli sped all the way to Shanghai Road, stopped in an empty parking space, took out her wallet, took out two Red Snapper bills, and tossed them to the valet who came up to say hello.

"Thank you so much, Brother Sheng! Thank you so much, Brother Sheng!"

The valet took the two red snapper tickets, quite satisfied, because they were all brothers from the same gang. The big shots didn't pay parking fees, even during prime time when they occupied prime spots, they wouldn't pay a penny.

However, there are always exceptions. Wah Jai Wing, Tall Fat, Hundred Flowers Snake, Horse King Jane, and Handsome Winner are the five big shots who will never miss a parking fee. Sometimes, when these five big shots are in a good mood, they will even give a little extra tip.

"I'm feeling dizzy from the sun. Let's go to the restaurant next door and buy a bowl of Tianjiu Wings to give to Lao Ding to rinse his mouth. We'll also buy rock sugar bird's nest for each person, one bowl each."

“I, Ah Sheng, have finally returned to Tuodi, so I have to treat my brothers to something.”

Chi Mengli then drew a large gold bull card and handed it to the valet, telling him to go to the restaurant across the street and order sweet soup. Going empty-handed to ask the immortal Jin for favors would surely get him into trouble with that old geezer. With a bowl of Heavenly Nine Wings in one hand and a bowl of rock sugar bird's nest for each of his fellow disciples, everyone was guaranteed to be beaming with joy.

The valet took the large golden bull, agreed with a "Okay!", and jogged away.

Ah Cong opened the front trunk, took out the heavy luggage bag, and then closed the front trunk lid tightly.

The two entered Ruixing Sparrow Pavilion one after the other, preparing to meet Shenxian Jin.

Sitting at the front desk, the venomous snake Ming, looking worried, quickly stubbed out his cigarette in the ashtray when he saw the handsome Sheng appear. He stood up and greeted Chi Mengli, "Sheng! Brother Sheng!"

"I haven't seen you lately, and I can't find you no matter where I look for you."

"What a bunch of bastards! They have no brotherhood whatsoever."

"Scratch me?"

"What are you doing?! Trying to embarrass me like Lao Ding did!"

"I won't give you bastards a chance, but Ming, you're in luck. I just had the valet in the parking lot order shark fin and bird's nest!"

"The shark fin is for Lao Ding, but you'll get a share of the bird's nest!"

"Ah Cong, the brothers from the Punishment Hall are now working with me to squeeze money out of me. This is Viper Ming, Brother Ming! Boss Ming! He has a bunch of rich guys' phone numbers. I'll give you any one of them, and you'll be set for life!"

Carrying his luggage, Ah Cong nodded to Viper Ming and greeted him, "Brother Ming, just call me Ah Cong!"

When Viper Ming saw Ah Cong's icy expression, he grinned and replied, "Just call me Ah Ming, don't listen to Ah Sheng's nonsense!"

"But I really have two troublesome things that I need your help to resolve, Ah Sheng. One is good, and the other is troublesome! Which do you want to hear from first?"

Chi Mengli took out a cigarette case, picked out three Double Happiness cigarettes, gave one to Poisonous Snake Ming first, then to Acong, and finally to herself. The lighter was also passed around among the three of them.

"Holy crap! Damn it! Ming-ge, you're not new to this world, you should tell me the good news or the bad news first, why do I have to say it!"

"Of course it's a good thing!"

Chi Mengli blew out a smoke ring, leaned against the front desk, and said in a flippant manner.

Viper Ming, who wasn't quite used to smoking Double Happiness cigarettes, coughed, gave a thumbs-up, and said, "Sharp-witted!"

“I have a boss who’s in the real estate business. He has a ton of construction waste that he can’t handle at all. He wants to dig a hole and bury it, but then the country bumpkins cause him trouble.”

"Logically speaking, the country bumpkins should be in the right, but the bosses do things without any method or plan. They come to me with a check for 150,000 and ask me to settle things with these country bumpkins."

"Damn it! No matter how fierce the gangsters are, they can't handle these country bumpkins. If all the men in a village stood up, a thousand or two thousand of them, including the water house staff, they wouldn't be enough to beat these country bumpkins."

"The boss's thought process is beyond the comprehension of us scoundrels."

"But I've been thinking about it. If I can't handle the country bumpkins, I'll handle this pile of construction waste. Brother Sheng, you have a big business and you even took on the foreigners' land reclamation project. You must have a way to handle it."

"We'll split the check in half. I'll take the smaller portion, 50,000 yuan, and you take the larger portion, 100,000 yuan. Can we manage that?"

Sometimes Viper Ming is really tired because these young rich kids are all playing abstract games and are still naive without ever being taught a lesson.

But you can't go against the rich kids' wishes. After all, we're doing business, not preaching. If we only talked about principles, how could we do business?

Only by going along with the rich can you put the money in your own pocket.

One hundred thousand yuan!
That's quite a lot!
However, Chi Mengli was not short of checks but cash, so he simply said, "Ninety thousand dollars, and the remaining ten thousand dollars is my treat for Brother Ming to a meal at Fulimen."

"Call Ah Dong and arrange a time. If there are no bulldozers or excavators, I'll send two small excavators over. If there are any on the construction site, we won't need to bother."

"What about the rest of the unpleasant things?"

Chi Mengli flicked the ash from her cigarette into the ashtray, signaling to Poisonous Snake Ming to vent his anger.

“My henchman owes Black Tiger a sum of money. We tried to settle the debt over tea, but we couldn’t reach an agreement. So Black Tiger sent people to my henchman’s family to cause trouble.”

“We are all disciples of the Water Room, worshipping the same ancestor and eating from the same pot. If things are taken too far, that stinky Black Tiger won’t get away with it.”

“Hei Ahu is with you, Asheng. I can only turn to you because I want to work together to resolve this matter.”

Poisonous Snake was indeed in the wrong. Paying back debts is a matter of course, but Black Tiger's gambling den was so corrupt that his younger brother lost everything, not even a pair of pants.

“Just like Ah Tung, he has the same weird habit. Once he gets to the mahjong table, he dares to put his father and mother on the table. Ming-ge! We’re from a public housing estate. We used to live in a wooden stall house in Shau Kei Wan.”

"From the time I can remember, the big shots around me were all bad. They would go to the gambling table, and in one hand, they would gamble away my mother and make her a wife, gamble away my father and make him a pig in Malaya, and send my sister to a brothel."

"I still have to take the settlement money from those detectives to cut raw pork."

“I’ll help you settle this time. You definitely have ten or twenty thousand, Ming-ge. Set up three tables for a celebratory feast, take out twenty thousand, and I’ll be the middleman. Let Ah-hu forget about this.”

A waiter from the restaurant carried a large round platter into Ruixing Bird's Nest Restaurant. He carefully placed the platter on the counter and said with a smile, "Boss, one bowl of Tianjiu Wings and thirty bowls of rock sugar bird's nest."

Enjoy your meal!

"I'll collect the dishes after you all finish drinking!"

The bowls used in restaurants to serve shark fin and bird's nest are very small, barely larger than a teacup.

Chi Mengli picked up a bowl of rock sugar bird's nest and handed it to Poisonous Snake Ming to calm him down.

After accepting the rock sugar bird's nest, Viper Ming sighed, removed the lid, took a big gulp, and then said, "Brother Sheng, it's not that I, Viper Ming, am being sarcastic."

“Hei Ahu is quite formidable now. He speaks loudly and has a strong presence. All the brothers from various branches dislike him. They only refrain from speaking out of respect for you, Asheng.”

"I've seen plenty of arrogant scoundrels, but few of them end well. You should teach them a lesson!"

Chi Mengli first handed Ah Cong a bowl of rock sugar bird's nest soup, then grabbed a bowl for herself, and then called over the staff of Ruixing Bird's Nest and the spectators to come and drink.

When he heard what Viper Ming said, he sneered. Black Tiger was good at punches and kicks, but his mind was not sharp or bright enough. He was not even as good as his former good brother Chicken.

He himself promoted Black Tiger, just to make him a cannon fodder. And he's a qualified cannon fodder, because he's outrageous, shrewd, and spicy enough!

As long as this cannon is there, I can hide behind it and be safe.

Robin was killed by his own scheme. Robin's henchmen can only be used, not trusted!
Unfortunately, this large fort is about to collapse, and he needs to find a suitable fort to stand in front of him to shelter him from the wind and rain.

"Which gangster doesn't get into trouble?"

“You’ve all gone too far this time. It’s just that Lao Ding doesn’t know. If Lao Ding knew, I guarantee you’d get a beating.”

"I've taken care of both things for you. Find me a plate; I need to go see the boss."

After finishing his cigarette, Tian Jiu Chi arrived. Chi Mengli exhaled the cigarette from his mouth into the rock sugar bird's nest soup he had just drunk. The nicotine mixed with the sweetness made him feel nauseous.

Poisonous Snake Ming found a tea tray and handed it to Chi Mengli.

Chi Mengli took a bowl of shark fin soup and two bowls of rock sugar bird's nest soup, then left with the tray. Acong picked up his luggage bag from the ground, gestured to Poisonous Snake Ming, and then followed Chi Mengli upstairs in the elevator.

The elevator was fast, reaching the third floor in two seconds. Chi Mengli stepped out of the elevator with a tray and said to the henchman guarding the elevator, "I bought some rock sugar bird's nest downstairs. Everyone gets a share. If you don't manage to get any, go to the restaurant and order another bowl. Put it on my bill."

"Is Zha Shu here?"

The henchman guarding the elevator quickly shook his head and said, "Zha Shu went to the bank, he's not here. Boss just finished playing mahjong and is in his office looking at the accounts."

You're in luck!

"After you finish drinking, take it to the front desk and don't lose it."

Upon hearing this, Chi Mengli asked the elevator attendant to help her with the tray, grabbing a soup bowl in each hand and leaving the tray to the attendant.

"Thank you so much, Brother Sheng!"

The henchman realized what was happening and thanked him repeatedly.

"Ah Sheng, what are you doing? Business at the Yau Ma Tei branch isn't good, so you, the branch manager, have come out to work as a delivery guy?"

Hearing a noise in the corridor, Lazy Bing came out of the room and saw Chi Mengli carrying a soup bowl in each hand, with Acong following behind carrying a bag. She teased him.

"The weather is dry now, and everyone is irritable. Drink a cup of rock sugar bird's nest to calm down."

"If I come to see Lao Ding without bringing any gifts, he'll definitely scold me for being impolite!"

Chi Mengli handed a bowl to Lazy Ice and asked him to inform Lazy Ice.

Lazy Ice didn't answer. He opened the lid, not minding the heat, and drank the whole rock sugar bird's nest soup in one gulp. Then, he comfortably burped and said, "The wok hei (wok aroma) has dissipated! Restaurants these days are getting more and more sloppy; they can't even do proper glue application anymore!"

“Ah Sheng, it’s fine for you to see Lao Ding, but you have to follow the rules.”

After Lazy Ice finished speaking, his gaze fell on Ah Cong's bag. He clasped his hands in a fist and said to Ah Cong, "Brother, please bear with me. I'm not looking for trouble, but this is the rule of Tuodi."

Ah Cong, who had been through the ordeal of the juvenile court, didn't get angry. He simply opened his duffel bag and revealed all the banknotes inside.

(End of this chapter)