Hong Kong Storm: The King of Jobs

Chapter 515, Section 105: Work Quickly
1979年 1月 21日，农历小年，早上7:50。

At the entrance of the Ririsn Fresh flagship store in Central, three long lines stretched along the pedestrian crossing. They were all elderly housewives, carrying shopping baskets, standing on tiptoe, looking at the tightly closed doors of Ririsn Fresh, calculating their positions.

Today we have a special offer on dried sea cucumbers, only 299 for half a catty (eight taels, Hong Kong standard is 1.5 catties). Australian blue lobsters are also on sale today, only 599 per catty.

Today is the Little New Year, a festival. After the Little New Year, we will enter the New Year. We will offer incense to our ancestors, worship the Kitchen God, and do a thorough cleaning. The whole family will come back, and we will always buy some big dishes that we don't usually eat, so that the whole family can have a good time.

However, there are limits to the special offer items; only 300 items are sold per day, and they will be sold out once they are gone.

That's why housewives get up early to queue up, afraid they won't be able to buy anything.

The roller shutter door of the RiRiFan Central flagship store slowly opened, and three young people wearing RiRiFan supermarket uniforms came out, each carrying a filled-out form.

"Grandma, these are vouchers for Australian lobster and dried sea cucumber. Do you want them?"

"Yes! There are only 300 portions in total. They can't be bought individually; you have to buy them together. The oysters are very fresh today; they've all been shucked. But Grandma, you'd better hurry. There are only 200 jin (100 kg) of shucked oysters left, and they're all sold out! We only have oysters that you've shucked yourself!"

Would you like to purchase a coupon?

The three employees of Riri Fresh Supermarket had all three hundred shopping vouchers in their hands gone.

At 8 o'clock sharp, the roller shutter door of the Riri Fresh Central flagship store opened, and two female employees released the barrier ropes blocking the roller shutter door. The housewives in line rushed forward, knocking the two female employees over and over, trying to grab the best spot to buy the freshest seafood.

Chi Mengli leaned against the railing, watching the overwhelming popularity of the Riri Fresh flagship store in Central. The paparazzi he had arranged were recording the bustling scene.

Ninth Sister stood to the side, yawning incessantly. The bar didn't close until 4 a.m., and by the time she finished checking the accounts it was already 5 a.m. When Handsome Sheng called, she rushed over with the dirty rice.

"Brother Sheng! It's not very humane to make me come to your place so early in the morning! At this hour, you should have asked me to find a hotel for a short stay, buy a box of condoms and a bottle of essential oil, and have a three-hundred-round battle."

Ninth Sister glanced at her Cartier watch and realized it was only eight o'clock. She kicked her suitcase, sending it flying to the feet of Handsome Sheng.

"I'd love to have a three-hundred-round battle with you, Ninth Sister, but I'm truly sorry, your ghostly face is nauseating, I have no interest whatsoever! You still look awful even when it's already dawn!"

"If Ah B isn't interested, I can't force him!"

"I, Lao Ding, have already given the order that none of the disciples in the entire Water Chamber can accept orders from you, Ninth Miss, because your orders have low profit margins and cause a lot of trouble!"

"Since I'm determined to wipe you out, I'll take advantage of your misfortune. Sancheng, do you want to follow me?"

The Ninth Sister in front of him was really not very pretty. Even if he were blindfolded, it would be hard to bite her. If Chi Mengli wanted to be a son-in-law, he would have made a name for himself long ago. It wouldn't even be the Ninth Sister's turn.

These words were sarcastic, mean, and vulgar, but Ninth Sister didn't care. Of all the rice-washing boys, only the water room offered the highest price: 30%!

"Are you disgusted by my age, or by the fact that I'm not a cop? Brother Sheng, your little quirk is known throughout the underworld now. If you're disgusted by the fact that I'm not a cop, I can go buy a uniform and let you see me to your heart's content!"

"No more joking! You handsome Sheng aren't my type. It's 30% off, but there's no tea fee. I know you're the one who'll be paying for this, Sheng. So, the 50% tea fee is waived!"

Now the whole of Hong Kong knows that the woman who had his one-night stand with the handsome young man was a female police officer, and the East Coast Police even came knocking on his door.

It's absolutely impossible for a double agent in the water room to become a traitor; at most, he might just step in dog poop.

But that didn't stop Ninth Sister from using this incident to embarrass Handsome Sheng. If you dare to do it, why are you afraid of what others will say?

"Alright! It's still early, let's find a place for dim sum. You know the place well in Central, so you can pay the bill!"

Chi Mengli kicked the suitcase, signaling Xizai to deliver the money to Xiren. After counting the amount, she would give her the check.

Ninth Sister put on sunglasses, gave Bai He a look, and told him to leave with Xi Zai to retrieve the check.

"No need to trouble yourself, Brother Baihe, please stay and protect your safety, Ninth Miss."

"I, Handsome Guy, am a businessman who values ​​fairness and will never cheat you out of your money."

The silver furnace needed to be kept secret, and Chi Mengli didn't want Ninth Sister to know her secrets, so she stood in front of Bai He.

"If you doubt someone, don't use them; if you use someone, don't doubt them." Ninth Sister nodded to the white crane and then said, "I've given you the number; there's no need for tea."

"Your videotape business is doing well. I want a batch of erotic films, and some Jack Cheng movies, especially 'Drunken Master' and 'Snake in the Eagle'. There are a lot of people in Southeast Asia who like Jack Cheng now."

"The same goes for the South Korean market; everyone loves Jack Sung's moves."

"I want 100,000 copies of the film, all of which are Jack Cheng's movies, including adult films. I also need a copy of the authorization letter, half of which have Korean dubbing and the other half have Mandarin dubbing."

"I'm going back to get my beauty sleep. The number of videotapes will be deducted from this."

Ninth Sister didn't want to continue arguing with Handsome Sheng, so she waved her hand and turned to leave.

After saying that, Ninth Sister got into the Range Rover SUV. Bai He politely greeted Chi Mengli, then quickly ran over, got into the driver's seat, and drove off.

It's good that she left. Chi Mengli had made plans with other people. Since this place was close to Lu Yu Tea House, she waved her hand and asked Bo Cai Dong to drive them to Lu Yu Tea House together.

Early in the morning, Luk Yu Tea House was crowded with people. Many of the owners were carrying birdcages and chatting with their old friends about how amazing their thrushes were.

There were no seats left in the main hall, but there were still a few private rooms. Chi Mengli took one and went upstairs chatting and laughing with Bo Cai Dong. However, before going upstairs, he called Dan Si Jie and asked the female foreigner to come to Lu Yu Tea House.

The two entered the private room and sat down. Chi Mengli ordered a few of his usual dishes. He had been having a poor appetite lately, so he ordered cart noodles. But Bo Cai Dong had been cooking all night and was very hungry, so he ordered seven or eight kinds of dim sum.

"Damn! Didn't you eat enough for your midnight snack last night? You ate the most of all the Chongqing hot pot, three plates of meat and one plate of fish slices, it all went into your belly."

"It's outrageous that someone can eat so much in the morning!"

Chi Mengli ordered a pot of Longjing tea, rinsed the cups, poured a cup for Bo Cai Dong, took out her cigarette case, put one in her mouth, lit it with a lighter, and muttered something under her breath.

“Brother Sheng, I walk through Yau Ma Tei twice a day, once in the afternoon and once in the early morning. Yesterday morning, I walked a whole circle, collected all the parking spaces, slept for less than three hours, and then came to have morning tea with you, Brother Sheng.”

"However, I've been to Lu Yu Tea House a few times, and I always feel bad after eating there. This time, since I'm here with you, Boss, you'll definitely be paying. Let's order a few more dishes to satisfy our cravings!"

Spinach waited until the tea cooled down a bit before picking up his teacup, drinking it all in one gulp, and eagerly awaiting the arrival of the tea and snacks he had ordered.

Being able to eat is a blessing! Chi Mengli now has plenty of money in his pocket for morning tea. He picked up the day's newspaper on the table and looked at the latest news reports from Hong Kong.

Hong Kong is a small city, but it has a large population, mostly consisting of eccentric and lively people.

Chi Mengli hadn't even finished reading a single page of the newspaper when Dan Sijie arrived. Judging from the appearance of this female foreigner, she hadn't slept all night and had been working overtime until now.

"Attorney Shan, thank you for your hard work. Please order whatever you like, it's on me!"

Chi Mengli put down her newspaper, asked the waiter to bring her a menu, and asked Dan Sijie to order.

At this moment, Dan Sijie just wanted to go home and get a good night's sleep. She didn't want to eat tea or snacks. But the man in front of her, Chi Sheng, was her biggest financial backer. Just from these few recent cases, she had earned more than 500,000 yuan in legal fees.

This doesn't even include the kickbacks her ex-boyfriend, Cai Kaisheng, gave her. She's already started looking at apartments, planning to move to Mid-Levels Road and buy a high-end apartment to be neighbors with the Chinese secretaries at the Department of Justice.

Dan Si ordered a few tea snacks, returned the menu, thought for a moment, and then asked for a pot of coffee. She knew she would be working non-stop all day and would only be able to go home to sleep in the afternoon.

The tea and snacks were served quickly. When Chi Mengli saw the cart noodles, she opened her index finger wide, stirred the soup a few times with her chopsticks, and took a big bite.

When you have a poor appetite, you have to eat some junk food.

After drinking a large cup of coffee, Dan Sijie felt her mind clear up. She ate two shrimp dumplings, a bowl of double-skin milk pudding, and a piece of golden tripe before putting down her chopsticks and picking up the newspaper to read.

The cart noodles weren't much, and Chi Mengli finished them quickly. He took a sip of Longjing tea to moisten his throat and then said, "Attorney Shan, you said last night that you had resolved my troubles?"

Upon hearing the patron speak, Dan Sijie put down the newspaper in her hand and said, "The relationship that Chi Sheng wants to establish is actually very simple."

“My father is a customs officer in Hong Kong, a third-class officer, and has served as customs officer for ten years. He still has many subordinates who are willing to skim profits.” “But today I’m going to find a new path for Chi Sheng. If he takes this path, he’s guaranteed to rise to prominence.”

Soar to great heights!

Chi Mengli was stunned for a moment. His idea was simple: to set up a scheme to swallow the Wen family whole, so that he could gain more capital in the future land acquisition battle.

Others may not know, but he knows perfectly well that the foreigners' ship will sink in less than twenty years. Getting on board at this point would yield too little benefit and would only bring him infamy, making it a losing proposition.

But the path is already laid out before me, and I would be very unwilling to miss the opportunity and give up the chance to soar to great heights.

Single-thread knot had been observing Chi Mengli's reaction. Seeing that the patron did not object, it continued, "The House of Commons and the Overseas Colonies have passed a resolution that Baron MacLehose's term will only last until 82 years."

"This is a devastating blow to the official-student system."

"You should know that currently only Hong Kong, Gibraltar, and the Cayman Islands still implement the official student system."

"After Baron MacLehose's term ends, the Overseas Colonies Department will announce the end of the official student system, and the colonies will henceforth use the family's secretarial officer system."

"When the system ends, a large number of people will definitely suffer. The governor and the chief treasurer, these two big shots, will not worry about their future, because they know very well that their future is already over."

"Now the secretaries in the Governor's Office are all worried about their future. If they want to return to their ancestral home and continue to live a luxurious life, they need to earn more money in Hong Kong."

“Mr. Rexton, who is in charge of Hong Kong’s commercial diplomacy, is 58 years old and a second-class officer student who will step down in a year.”

"He donated a huge sum of money to Baroness MacLehose's charitable foundation, £200,000, an astronomical figure. He sold all his special bonds in the Hong Kong Club to raise the money for this donation."

"Next month, he will become the head of customs. A second-class officer cadet becoming the head of customs, and the commander of the marine police and inspection is already the latest joke in the Governor's Office."

"Baron MacLehose will not allow the Governor's House to become a laughing stock, so Mr. Rackton will only serve a six-month term. After that, he will join the Attorney General's Office as the Director of Public Prosecutions until his retirement."

"In other words, our Mr. Renekton only has six months to cover his losses."

Monofilament was well-informed and was selecting a suitable prey. After much deliberation, Mr. Renekton came into her view. To ensure her judgment, she even made a special call to her father.

The father listened patiently to what she had to say and told her with great certainty that old Renekton was a very suitable target, but the first bait had to be to stuff the old bastard's mouth full.

Thinking of this, Dan Sijie took out an invitation and placed it on the table: "Chi Sheng, this is an invitation to Mrs. Renekton's birthday banquet. I bought you table number three, five minutes per person."

"Whether you can sway this hungry lion depends on your skills, Mr. Chi."

After hearing what Dan Sijie said, Chi Mengli remained silent and did not look at the invitation on the table.

The appetite of a second-class officer student is certainly astonishing; what old Renekton needs is legitimate cash, not a bag of bombs.

We have plenty of British pounds ourselves. Right now, we have a whole set of processing machinery in the customs warehouse. As long as the electricity is turned on, countless counterfeit British pounds can fly out of the production line.

Let alone two hundred thousand pounds, even two million pounds, I can handle it myself.

Foreigners are human too; the desire to make a fortune with a small investment is a common human trait. Old Renekton spent £200,000, so he definitely wanted to earn £2 million.

Two million pounds is twenty million Hong Kong dollars. That's quite an appetite!

"Attorney Shan, what do you suggest I do?"

After Chi Mengli figured it out, he stood up, walked to the window, looked at the bustling crowd below, and asked.

“Mr. Chi, I don’t understand your business strategy lately. Daily Fresh is making money, but Hang Seng Bank’s interest rates are also incredibly high. It’s always better to plan ahead than to plan behind.”

Dan Sijie didn't want to lose Chi Mengli as her sugar daddy. After all, making money with Chi Mengli was too easy. She earned hundreds of thousands just by releasing an insider message. She really wanted to continue living like this.

Chi Mengli suddenly turned her head and looked at Dan Sijie, her eyes filled with murderous intent.

Spinach Dong, who was sitting to the side, also noticed Sheng Ge's condition. He immediately stood up, went around behind the single-strand knot, reached into his suit pocket, and gripped the dagger tightly.

"Chi Sheng, I understand now, and I think many others do too. The trick doesn't need to be too sophisticated, because with so many steps, it's easy to be exposed. As long as we can fool the idiots, everything will be fine."

"If the fish is big and has a lot of meat, many people will step forward and set out their chopsticks, waiting for you, Mr. Chi, to take what you are entitled to before the remaining hunters will make their move."

"With so many hunters, you'll become inconspicuous!"

Dan Sijie noticed Spinach Dong's subtle movements, and her heart skipped a beat. But now that things had come to this, there was no turning back, so she could only muster her courage and finish what she was saying.

"Hong Kong has no shortage of smart guys, but you're not one! Who gave you the right to say that?"

Chi Mengli's trick was the "throwing a brick to attract jade" tactic from the Thirty-Six Stratagems. There are many ways to lure the enemy, but the most ingenious method is not to create suspicion, but to use similarity to solidify their confusion.

To strike at the enemy's most familiar territory, one must understand that humanity's success and eventual demise are both rooted in experience. If you begin with this, you will end with it.

I never expected that my method of catching soft-shelled fish, which was so secretive, would be seen through by someone.

“Chi Sheng, I really didn’t expect to hear that. It was Da Luo who came to my office last night and told me that he had someone calculate that Riri Fresh is a loss-making business.”

Monofilament Knot didn't hide anything and told the whole story. Chi Mengli's eyes were indeed intimidating, just like when she was a child watching Siberian tigers at the London Zoo in the north of Regent's Park.

His eyes held only indifference, indifference to human life! It sent chills down one's spine!

"Ah Dong, sit back and have some tea and snacks, they'll get cold if you don't!"

Chi Mengli waved his hand, signaling Bo Cai Dong to sit back down. He then took out a cigarette, lit it, and smoked it in silence.

Seeing this, Dan Sijie coughed, attracting the attention of the other two people in the room: "Chi Sheng, you Chinese have an old saying: 'A kind heart cannot command an army, and righteousness cannot manage wealth.'"

"The stage is set, the main actors and supporting actors are in place. If you don't ruthlessly strike today, the other eager onlookers will turn their blades on you."

"Anyway, it's all about eating meat. As to the onlookers, it makes no difference whose meat we're eating."

Chi Mengli didn't reply, but silently finished her cigarette and nodded naturally.

Once a move is made, there's no going back; this game has reached its final stage.

At noon, Hei Ahu stretched and got out of bed. The woman next to him had disappeared; she must have gone to a prenatal checkup with her mother-in-law.

On the bedside table were folded wedding photos. These were taken a while ago, but they were only delivered yesterday at noon because printing, enlarging, and framing all take time.

Kowloon Tong has a great location on Heng Road. It's low-density, large, and has little traffic. Most importantly, it's close to Yau Ma Tei, making it convenient to go home every day.

There are two church-run primary schools and one junior high school, which will make it very convenient for children to continue their studies.

This apartment was a wedding gift from Handsome Sheng to himself, something he deserved. He solved all of Young Master Wang's engineering problems himself, yet he only received a small portion of it.

Most of the profits went into Handsome Sheng's pocket.

Although the Dragon Palace Nightclub was an investment brought in by Handsome Sheng, it is still considered a business of the branch.

The mere mention of Dragon Palace Nightclub infuriated Black Tiger. Since it was a business run by the branch, he, as the branch leader, should be in charge of managing it, instead of leaving it to that kid, Ji Mi.

If Robin were here, not only would Jimmy not stand out, but even Handsome Sheng wouldn't have a chance to rise to the top.

Thinking of this, Hei Ahu snorted coldly, found a cigarette case, and put one in his mouth. Since he had worked so hard for the gang and the branch, risking his life, and still couldn't get any benefits, he should think more about himself.

He was no longer a seventeen or eighteen-year-old greenhorn. He had come to his senses that loyalty and righteousness were only believed by fools, and were nothing in front of the golden bull.

(End of this chapter)