Hong Kong Storm: The King of Jobs

Chapter 726, Section 316: Everything is Business (Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!)
"Use your imagination and don't get too caught up in court politics. Reading too many Shakespearean plays can cause brain damage."

"Even as an outsider, I know that Young Master Lang has a very good relationship with his father, and his older brothers and sisters are all in legitimate businesses and won't compete with him for a position."

"If there are legitimate ways to make money, why bother entering this quagmire of the underworld?"

"But the Lang Wan family's Chinatown market needs someone to take over. We should stick to what we know and not do what we don't. The Hongmen headquarters also hopes that Luzon's Chinatown will be stable and prosperous."

"I inquired and found out that the Right Chancellor of the Hongmen headquarters wants the Lang family to take control, while the strategist prefers Lang Wan's chief lieutenant, Yong Sang."

"Neither the head of the household nor the senior doctor spoke, but privately they still respected the family rules and wanted to take over the position."

Chi Mengli took the documents handed to her by Xiren and placed them in front of Teacher Li.

If you can be a rich second-generation heir or a wealthy young master, why bother going out into the world to make your way in the world?

But this is just the thinking of a country bumpkin like Chi Mengli who has never seen the world. Maybe the rich and powerful are more ambitious.

"He has a stable right of succession, and he has started to have henchmen joining him. Lang Wan has also handed over several garment factories to Young Master Lang, and Young Master Lang has also been allowed to contact clients in Hong Kong."

“If it were my Toastmaster, and he knew that I was going to hand over the noodle stall to my little brother, he would be very sad.”

The Hongmen, the Triads, the Small Knife Society, and the Gelaohui would not hand over the positions of mountain chief or incense master to their descendants.

This is against the family rules!

The only exception in Hong Kong is Sin Kee, but Sin Kee's signboard is the Chaozhou Association, which has the character "Chao" in its name, so it doesn't have to follow the family rules.

Furthermore, it was by chance that Four-Eyed Dragon was able to take over; his father's subordinates needed a leader, someone who could connect with the foreigners.

Even so, Four-Eyed Dragon still managed to marry off several of his daughters and bring the main sects under his wing.

In the past, a greenhorn like Dao Yousheng would not have even caught the eye of the Four-Eyed Dragon.

But who can blame him when Dao Yousheng's father is the King of the New Territories, and Dao Yousheng's grandfather is a gentry member of the New Territories Gentry Association?

If Sun Kee wants to gain a foothold in the New Territories and continue its parallel import and red oil business, it must connect with the gentry association.

The surnames of well-known societies like Hutchison, Fu, Lian, and Dong are not passed down from father to son.

Rules are paramount; breaking the rules will never end well.

After all, gangsters are all single-celled organisms; their philosophy of life is very simple: just do it.

Without loyalty, camaraderie, and the crucial path to promotion.

The henchmen below will definitely cause trouble. They're the ones who keep the money flowing in, and they also get a share of the blame. In the end, they don't even get a penny of benefit. Nobody would be happy about that.

Those who want an amicable breakup will switch to other triads, while those who are short-sighted and opportunistic will resort to short-term tactics, resulting in a lose-lose situation.

To prevent underlings from usurping power and taking over positions, the bosses never pass their positions on to their descendants; otherwise, everyone would have to sleep in bulletproof vests.

"Investment courage gone?!"

Teacher Li picked up her coffee cup, took a sip, and gave the answer.

“Invest in Yong Sang, but don’t let Yong Sang do it. He can’t bear the crime of being a traitor. Let the bastards on Luzon Island do it and take down Lang Wan.”

"When the two sides went to war, Young Master Lang sought revenge for his father and, incidentally, expanded his business."

“The scum of Luzon killed Young Master Lang, and Yongsang took over. We sell his counterfeit clothes, and he fills the gap left by Meifeng’s partner after his downfall.”

Mei Fung's vacant market share is huge, representing a business worth over a billion Hong Kong dollars.

The clothing business has no shortage of sales channels, and incidentally, it can also secure a small overseas port, allowing it to plunder the entire island of Luzon. Hong Kong is a city of hope; as long as the right middlemen are found, goods will never lack a market.

Chi Mengli really liked her plan, but she needed Teacher Li's help.

"Excellent plan!"

"I know what to do! I'll take care of the rest."

"But you figure out how to get Meifeng's share. I'll take care of the money you don't want to get involved in."

Teacher Li immediately realized what was going on, gave a thumbs up, and praised Chi Mengli for her thoughtful plan.

"Happy cooperation!"

Luzon Island has the best port in Southeast Asia, which Chi Mengli really wants. The port doesn't need to be large, just big enough to accommodate cargo ships of a thousand tons.

Wo Luen Shing controlled the Malaysian port and reaped huge profits. Even Kok Lung was so happy that he handed Wo Luen Shing over to Kok Wah and Uncle Teng to manage.

Hong Kong has countless thugs eager to rise to prominence. As long as some are selected who are sharp-minded and daring, the situation can be maintained.

As for legal procedures, that's the simplest issue for Wo Shing.

After splitting from Wo Hop To, Wo Luen Shing began hiring top lawyers from the Wo Hop To family to act as their legal representatives.

The sultans of Malaya feared their ancestral homeland because they were not thrown into the mines, all thanks to the great kindness of the East India Company.

On Luzon Island, there are at least 80, if not 100, small piers with a capacity of 1,000 tons. As long as you maintain good relationships with those above and below you, there shouldn't be any major problems.

Everyone knows that Filipino scum only care about money, not people. If you pay your fees on time, you won't get into any trouble.

Even if there are troubles, Yongsang will help me handle everything, after all, we are new partners.

Chi Mengli's plan was shrewd. Hong Kong was no longer a manufacturing center, and the street vendors and merchants in Zujia's Chinatown all needed counterfeit goods.

The water supply room has channels, and Langwan has production capacity. He has already sent someone to contact Yongsang and placed a batch of goods to test the waters and see how deep the water is.

Even if the family's channels weren't opened, the Temple Street Night Market alone could sell out this batch of goods.

"I heard that Chi Sheng and Biao Jin are scheming to make money?"

Teacher Li spoke casually, but her eyes were fixed on Chi Mengli's face: "Isn't this taking the long way around instead of the right thing to do!"

"Chisheng, if you like eating your last meal before execution, just tell me. I have plenty in my warehouse, enough for you to eat your fill."

Chi Mengli could swear on his ancestors for eighteen generations that he did not like to eat his last meal before his execution.

This industry chain is so low-end, it's incredibly tacky. Anyone with a sound mind wouldn't touch it.

“I don’t like eating my last meal! I’m a champion of justice. Maybe after we team up to take down Song Sheng, I’ll be the first to kill you, you piece of trash.”

"However, I did a divination for Song Sheng yesterday, and it turns out that he will live to be a hundred years old, so our cooperation should last for a long time."

That's life; when everyone has a common enemy, they cooperate very closely.

Herod and Pilate, who were enemies before, became friends on that day.

They conspired together and formed an alliance to resist you.

This is a lesson Chi Mengli learned from the Bible: there are no eternal enemies or eternal friends, only eternally changing circumstances.

(End of this chapter)