Hong Kong Storm: The King of Jobs

Chapter 621, Section 211: Royal Meal
Wen Tianxin thought the royal meal was unlucky, so he didn't touch it! But he didn't eat breakfast or lunch, and after returning to his cell, he lay on the iron bed, tossing and turning, starving!
Wen Tianchuan, who lived next door, had been there for several days and had become accustomed to life in the cell. Fu Wenpei arranged for someone to deliver meals to him every day. He didn't eat royal food, but only drank mineral water from the cell.

However, there were eight or nine oranges on his desk, three in the morning, three at noon, and three at night. This was a new regulation issued by the Department of Justice last year to supplement the vitamins of prisoners.

Lying on the bed, Wen Tianchuan stared at the ceiling, yawning boredly!

"Tian Chuanzi, Tian Chuanzi!"

"The orange has arrived!"

Hungry and restless, Wen Tianxin finally couldn't resist anymore. He got out of bed and asked his younger brother for oranges.

Want to eat oranges?

You're eating shit!

Wen Tianchuan cursed inwardly, opened his eyes, picked up an orange from the table, lazily walked to the railing, glanced at the uniformed man sitting opposite him in the cell, and seeing the man nod, he put the orange in front of the railing.

"Damn it! Lose weight! You're fatter than a pig, you won't die from skipping a meal!"

Wen Tianchuan cursed and then returned to his own tin bed, continuing to close his eyes and rest.

Bending down to pick up the orange, Wen Tianxin cursed under his breath before returning to bed. Since there was no knife in the cell, he could only peel and eat the orange. Once he finished the orange, the hunger in his head vanished.

Both brothers underwent routine questioning today and were exhausted because Wen Tianxin had too many accusations against him. Secretary Ye, sent by the Department of Justice, also began to tighten the frequency and duration of the brothers' visits, based on the joint investigation team's recommendations.

The evening meeting was cancelled. Zhou Miaoyun went to Guanlou, met Sa Dangdan briefly, learned about the situation, and then left. However, the paparazzi outside did not let Zhou Miaoyun go, after all, Zhou Miaoyun had been appointed as the boss of Tiantian Fish Farm in a time of crisis.

Zhou Miaoyun, well-versed in the rules of the fame and fortune world, certainly wouldn't miss this opportunity to promote herself.

She held a personal promotional event right at the main entrance of the building, assuring the paparazzi that Tian Tian Fish Farm would not have any problems, that the supplier issues had been temporarily resolved, and that she had reached an agreement with the creditor, Jardine Matheson Insurance.

The paparazzi are all Chi Mengli's people. The editors of these dozen or so newspapers that are following the story each received 100,000 yuan from Chi Mengli in exchange for giving up their newspapers' unimportant front page headlines.

Just like Ming Pao serialized a novel, they continuously and repeatedly reported on the Wen family and Tian Tian Fish Farm.

Because these small newspapers are all free, delivered to each household on time every day, these small newspapers rely on advertising to survive, and Daily Fresh is the big client of these small newspapers.

Because of Daily Fresh, discount coupons were distributed daily through these small newspapers, and customers could collect cash from Daily Fresh according to the number of coupons distributed.

When the big spender wants to do something, these tabloids naturally have to be the vanguard and charge ahead. What's more, the big spender has given them extra money, and even the paparazzi who keep watch at the gate every day get three red snapper coins each, so their work isn't for nothing.

These paparazzi had already received instructions to cultivate a good image for Zhou Miaoyun, which was also for the future of Tiantian Riri Fresh Company.

After finishing her personal press conference, Zhou Miaoyun returned to the Wen family mansion under the protection of bodyguards and several loyal assistants.

Her father-in-law had single-handedly built Tiantian Fish Farm Company and had been in charge of it for many years. Everyone in the company was Wen Hailiang's man. If she wanted to gain real power in the company, she needed Wen Hailiang's support.

After learning the whole story, her father nodded in agreement to support Zhou Miaoyun. He hadn't really agreed to the marriage with the Wen family, but after talking with Wen Hailiang, he finally agreed.

The family head agreed, and Zhou Laodou couldn't go against his father's wishes, so he had no choice but to accept it.

Now that the Wen family is a drowning dog, it's indeed a good thing that they can be swallowed whole.

In addition, the Zhou family will also receive a large number of stocks, and their daughter will become the first CEO of a listed company in Hong Kong. They will have both fame and fortune, so why not!

As Zhou Miaoyun got into her sports car, she found it somewhat amusing that Chi Mengli had destroyed the reliance Wen Hailiang had built up over a decade of effort with just a few shares, a position, and stocks.

That’s really clever!
People gather because of profit, and they disperse because of profit!
This is the cycle of cause and effect!
Lying in his cell, Wen Tianxin knew that his wife wouldn't be able to see him until tomorrow, and that meals from home wouldn't be delivered, so he could only obediently eat royal food.

However, Guan Lou didn't go too far. Instead, he had the kitchen prepare four dishes: stir-fried bok choy, sweet and sour pork ribs, char siu pork, chicken legs, and a bowl of vegetable soup.

The two Wen brothers are treated the same; neither of them has time to receive guests tonight, nor are they allowed to eat food delivered from outside.

This meal of four dishes and one soup would be considered quite good outside, and even in the New Territories, it's only available during minor holidays.

However, in the eyes of the two young masters of the Wen family, this was all junk food that they couldn't eat. But if they didn't eat it now, they would go hungry at night, so they still ate a few bites, shoveled a couple of mouthfuls of rice, and forced themselves to eat until they were half full.

Fortunately, there was no strenuous exercise in the cell, and half a meal was enough to keep me going.

The two young masters of the Wen family each asked for a bottle of mineral water, and then had Guan Lou, in military uniform, take the food downstairs. They rinsed their mouths and continued lying on the iron bed, staring at the ceiling. Liu Wenfeng stood at the office door. He was quite surprised to see the person sitting in his usual boss's chair. He quickly closed the door, strode over to the desk, and stood properly.

Normally, if someone dared to sit in his chair, he would definitely slap the ignorant fool across the face to teach him a lesson. But he dared not have such thoughts about the young boss in front of him.

"Brother Feng, do you know the idiom 'cuckoo occupying magpie's nest'?"

Chi Mengli put down the newspaper in her hand, stood up, stretched her body, casually took out a cigarette case from her pocket, handed one to Liu Wenfeng, and helped him light it.

With a Double Happiness cigarette dangling from his mouth, Liu Wenfeng quickly grabbed a lighter and lit it for the young boss in front of him.

“Chi Sheng, you only understand the surface meaning. I did attend Huang Ren Academy, but even the most prestigious academy only teaches the basics! I dare not show off this superficial knowledge in front of you, Chi Sheng!”

Liu Wenfeng is very good at talking. He has met too many superiors and bosses. Superiors and bosses don't like people who talk too much. It's best to play dumb when appropriate!
"The magpie has its nest, but the dove occupies it!"

"The peach tree stands above the well, the plum tree beside the peach tree. Insects come and gnaw at the peach tree's roots, the plum tree dies in place of the peach. Trees can replace each other, yet brothers forget one another?"

Chi Mengli recited two passages of Yuefu poetry, which are the origins of the idiom "the cuckoo takes over the magpie's nest" and "the peach replaces the plum."

Actually, the riddle and the answer to this idiom are both obvious.

Zhou Miaoyun and Fu Wenpei, their tasks are one to usurp the position, and the other to substitute one for another.

To be honest, Liu Wenfeng didn't quite understand what the young boss in front of him was saying, but he still acted as a good listener and said, "Mr. Chi, you are truly knowledgeable."

"It's just a minor trick, nothing serious."

"Sadandan and the Wen family have both been pushed to the brink of disaster; they will not give up easily!"

"Brother Feng, we're in this together now. If anything goes wrong, we brothers will have to go to the Bridge of Helplessness together!"

Chi Mengli exhaled a smoke ring, indicating that everyone had now completely broken off relations and there was no turning back.

Wen should have guessed who's behind this by now. Xiao Shandong is already warning him that Wen has started to use the Wen family's trump cards. If I'm not mistaken, Wen's last trump card is the Tanka people on the fish rafts.

The Tanka people, who live on boats, may recognize the law, but not authority; they only recognize people.

These Tanka people believe in the principle of "two shoulders carrying one head." When their employers ask them to come ashore to work, they go ashore to work. Killing a person is not much harder than butchering a fish.

Doing good deeds anonymously is not Chi Mengli's style. He risked his life, invested tens of millions of yuan, and used a large amount of money, not for the success of Yihe, Renekton, Taikoo, Zhou Miaoyun, and others.

The profits that Chi Mengli wanted were also in the Wen family, but not in the Wen family's real estate, companies, or bank deposits. Instead, they were in the land, tenement buildings, and property rights that the Wen family had accumulated over the past five years.

This is an asset that does not belong to the entire Wen family, so there is no need to oppose the entire Wen family.

These lands belong solely to Wen Hailiang and Wen Tianxin. To prevent Fu Wenpei and Zhou Miaoyun from taking them for themselves, Wen Hailiang did not register them under his own name or Wen Tianxin's name, but only under Wen Tianxin's real estate company.

These lands are valued at $610 million, according to the accounting firm's estimate.

Wen Hailiang went so far as to cause several companies under the Wen family foundation to lose money, risking illegality and disorder, to secretly use the funds stolen from these companies to build a real estate aircraft carrier for the descendants of the Wen family's eldest son.

Many of Chi Mengli's associates were interested in the land held by the Wen family and were willing to buy it at a very low price. However, Chi Mengli did not intend to sell it all. He would only sell one-third of it and keep the rest to appreciate in value.

This intelligence has been repeatedly confirmed; Wen Tianxin's assistant and accountant have both been bribed.

The pearl has been found, but the outer shell of the oyster has not yet been broken.

However, barring any unforeseen circumstances, tonight will be the time to break the clam shell and extract the pearl and clam meat.

"If you're backed into a corner, then give them a push."

Before he could accept the olive branch offered by Chi Sheng, Liu Wenfeng was also forced to the brink of disaster by Sadangdan.

His father was a cop, and so was he. The Liu family, for two generations, only knew how to be cops. Without this job, they couldn't even stay in Hong Kong; they could only go to Australia or their ancestral home.

The Liu family gang has many spies, and they've offended just as many spies. After all, if you lend a hand and help one of the spies resolve their troubles, you'll offend another group of spies.

Since you've chosen to enter the fray, you have to go all the way!
(End of this chapter)