Hong Kong Storm: The King of Jobs

Chapter 711 301: Mit's Plan B (Seeking monthly votes!)
Can we really believe what Handsome Winner says?

You can believe it, but you can't believe it completely!

As you believe!

Mitt was amused by the words that suddenly popped into his head. But entertaining oneself is not a good thing; it can easily lead to a split personality.

The cigarette in his mouth was very likely the last one he would ever smoke. Mitt took a deep drag, savoring the last quiet moment.

While Mitt was enjoying his last moments of peace, Chi Mengli and the others were also busy. Wei Guo asked for the safe's combination and location, and then went to Mr. Bonnie's room.

The remaining people turned their attention to Mitt, waiting for him to continue explaining the plan.

After finishing his cigarette, Mitt spat the butt on the ground and continued without further ado, "The person in charge is the scapegoat, and the clerk is the mastermind."

"This was my initial assessment, but unfortunately, it was a mistake."

"Because this Mr. Quick Fist Jack spends every day with the Japanese, he leaves everything in the pile of words to Zha Shu."

"This made me feel uneasy, so I started investigating this Mr. Fast Fist Jack."

"After the investigation, it was discovered that this Mr. Jack was a subordinate of Mr. Tian Si, Mr. Liangzai Sheng's mortal enemy, and Mr. Tian Si was also a high-ranking cadre in Yazaku."

"This is a major discovery!"

"Isn't that right? Mr. Sheng, handsome."

Mitt paused deliberately, looking at Chi Mengli, wanting to see Chi Mengli's expression clearly.

But Chi Mengli's expression remained unchanged, a smile on her lips, patiently waiting for Mit to tell the story.

"This Jack the Fast Fist has no interest in the underworld. His bodyguards and henchmen, what you would call thugs in Hong Kong, are all provided by his deputy, the priest."

"On the surface, Mr. Jack is also a member of the Seafood Merchants Association and runs a seafood company, but in reality, he is the link between Yazaku and the Hong Kong Triads."

"According to my investigation, at least 5,000 tons of scallops have entered the Hong Kong market in just the last few months."

"Hong Kong Customs has a green channel for seafood products, but in order to protect local seafood products, Commonwealth seafood products are subject to heavy taxes on other seafood exporting countries."

“These scallops did not immediately enter the seafood market after entering Hong Kong.”

"Instead, they undergo deep processing and are all turned into scallop vermicelli. The processing plants are located in Yuen Long, Tseung Kwan O, Tuen Mun and other areas."

"Labor is cheap and transportation is very convenient, after all, Hong Kong is just an island city."

Mitt was right; labor costs in Yuen Long, Tseung Kwan O, and Tuen Mun are indeed cheaper, about half the price of those in Yau Tsim Mong and Heung Kong Ai.

If it weren't for the lack of hygiene and safety in Kowloon Walled City and its distance from the sea, Chi Meng-li would have even considered placing a seafood processing plant inside the city.

Scallops are abundant in Japan, with an annual production of at least 350,000 to 400,000 tons.

Yazaku controls half of Japan's seafood associations, but compared to the powerful agricultural associations, Yazaku is a greenhorn.

Even agricultural cooperatives can only control 80% of the agricultural product distribution channels in Japan. For the rest, such as Hokkaido, a place where people have been anti-government for generations, they can only rely on Yazaku.

Scallops are the lifeblood of Japanese seafood; the Japanese Agricultural Cooperatives have even issued a scallop index.

If scallops are exported in large quantities, the agricultural economic index will be higher this year, fishermen's ability to withstand risks will be improved, and they will have enough funds to upgrade their equipment.

Yazaku controls several fishing grounds where a large number of top-quality scallops are canned every year, which is something Yazaku doesn't want to see.

Developing seafood processing in Japan is a dead end, because young people are desperately flocking to Edo (present-day Tokyo) and applying for housing there. Even in remote and impoverished areas like Hokkaido and Kyushu, there are hardly any young people left.

The free market requires negotiation between labor and capital. The current situation is quite simple: Yazaku is the only loser. There are no workers left, so what's the point of any negotiation?

Therefore, exporting live scallops is the best solution.

In Asia, only Hong Kong has the capacity to process so many scallops.

In 1979, Edo's spending power was strong, but it was not even in the same league as Hong Kong.

So Yazaku always wanted to enter Hong Kong, but after two attempts, both ended in failure.

The Osaka gang has only temporarily conceded defeat. Once they recover, they will definitely continue their attack. The Fuqing gang is watching closely from the sidelines. With the help of the Hongmen, they have taken control of Chinatown.

But Yazaku's biggest problem right now is not the two tigers and wolves outside, but the internal strife.

Mr. Sanben, a descendant of the founder of Yazaku, who failed miserably, declared semi-independence, took fifty group leaders with him, and established the Sanben Association, creating a country within a country within Yazaku.

Masahisa Takenaka officially took over the position of acting chairman because Yakuza Emperor Kazuo Taoka had been in the ICU for many years, and was then subjected to PUA by Taoka's wife.

Yazaku is in turmoil, but business cannot be disrupted.

The importance of Quick-Punch Jack has suddenly increased by at least three levels.

Masahisa Takenaka asks Jack Quick Punch to find a way to save Hokkaido's scallops and king crabs by selling the surplus production to Hong Kong.

Japanese seafood, once taxed, is not competitive at all. But if you're dealing with parallel imports, they're much, much cheaper—even cheaper than scallops from Hong Kong.

Once the Fujian ships of the shipping guild reached nearshore waters, they could simply turn off the radar and begin unloading cargo at a distance of ten nautical miles from the coastline.

Small steamships that can only sail in coastal waters will be loaded onto a ship as soon as one arrives and sent directly to the dock.

Because of this change of ownership, seafood from Japan became local seafood from Hong Kong.

The authorities have already taken care of everything at the gate. The marine police are only concerned with the Twin Lions on the Earth in the speedboat, not with the smuggled goods.

The scallops from Japan live in prime waters, resulting in plump and delicious meat, which is a favorite among Hong Kong people.

But that's not the secret to selling at a high price!
All you need to do is add some soaked glass noodles, a prepared compound garlic sauce, trim the excess parts of the scallops, vacuum pack them, and freeze them quickly.

The water room has more than twenty branches and tens of thousands of smugglers who make a living by following the gang. If you ask them to help you move goods, they will definitely refuse and may even complain to the gang leader.

But if you have a good way to make money, and they all come in to profit from it, they'll take down the statue of the God of Wealth and put you on top of it.

He burned three sticks of incense and prostrated himself three times a day with utmost devotion.

A bag of vacuum-packed vermicelli scallops contains nine scallops. Including labor costs, the cost price is five yuan, and the selling price is eight yuan.

The street vendors sell three scallops for eight yuan each. Once they sell three, the remaining six are all profit.

To protect the interests of street vendors, Tian Tian Ri Ri Xian sells vermicelli scallops for 20 yuan a bag.

Although the scallops are of better quality than those sold at street stalls, and the scallop meat is also larger, they are not price-competitive.

With profits skyrocketing, street vendors and food stall owners will buy in bulk in order to maximize their profits.

(End of this chapter)