Hong Kong Storm: The King of Jobs

Chapter 726, Section 317: Introducing You a New Friend (Happy National Day Holiday!)

Shenxian Jin has a sharp mind; he can always find the most profitable and inconspicuous ways to make money, and then quietly amass a fortune.

Even in the later stages, in the post-Shenxianjin era, the red-stick members of the water houses in the north and south had completely given up on making money on the streets.

They outsourced the entire area in an exaggerated way, keeping only the mahjong parlor as a base, and using the parking lot for washing rice.

If Shen Xianjin hadn't fallen on hard times, she would have been a shrewd businesswoman and boss, perhaps even becoming a new generation of business tycoon.

Looking at Chi Mengli's ambiguous smile, Teacher Li immediately realized that this scoundrel was no joke.

There's always a fine line between a business partner and a dead person.

"Nothing to talk about?"

Teacher Li continued to probe, trying to find out where Chi Mengli's bottom line was.

"Of course we have something to talk about!"

Chi Mengli really couldn't stand coffee, so he snapped his fingers and asked the waiter to bring him a glass of iced lemonade, without honey.

“If I had nothing to talk about, I wouldn’t come to the coffee shop.”

"This deal between Shui Fong and Biao Jin, which ended in a falling out, involved hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars and thirty tons of pork."

"The slug has been hiding in the shadows, while the gold medal has only shown itself once. These two bastards are hiding in the shadows, which puts me in a very passive position."

"I don't know how much of the 30 tons of pork you can eat."

"But I can give you the recipe for the Fire Phoenix. However, if you can't get it like last time, then it's none of my business."

Chi Mengli took a sip of lemonade, explained everything in one breath, and glanced at her watch.

I've recently become obsessed with swimming, and my swimming time is almost here. I really have no interest in seeing Teacher Li's old face.

However, it must be said that Teacher Li's ability to take action is quite good. Many of Mei Feng's partners were wiped out by this flop.

Having endured enough, Meifeng will definitely start to retaliate. Whether Teacher Li can handle it is unknown.

The previous failure left Teacher Li feeling frustrated and short of breath. It was a clever trick of the mantis stalking the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind. The secret recipe that was supposed to be in his hands ended up in the hands of the cop.

If you're not as skilled as others, then you're not as skilled as others. Now we'll see how this battle of wits unfolds.

"Of course, do I need to buy a ticket this time?"

Teacher Li still wore a polite smile, refined and sunny, her eyes looking at Chi Mengli with clean and pure eyes.

I never imagined that the words "refined" and "sunny" would be used to describe a long-time fan. Something must be wrong with this world!
Chi Mengli sneered inwardly and said, "Only those in the same trade understand each other. I've been scraping for a long time, but I haven't found any trace of the slug."

"If there is only one person in the world who can find out where the slug is, it must be you, Teacher Li."

"Considering that you, Mr. Li, spend a large sum of money at my antique shop every month, I'll give you a small gift."

Chi Mengli took out a photograph from her pocket; it was a picture of Professor J and Ninth Sister entering and leaving the Jockey Club together.

"You've met everyone on the professor's team; this is the last Professor J."

"Ninth Sister and this Professor J are partners, partners who can sleep together."

"Great partners! We both know where each other's weaknesses are!"

There are many instances of partnerships leading to sexual encounters, both in the business world and in the underworld.

The professor's team is all complete. If we can capture them all this time, I will have no worries.

Chi Mengli pushed the photo in front of Teacher Li as a return gift, to show her sincerity.

The noodle stall needs a signboard to protect it from the wind and rain. The professor's team's backer and protector is the Number Gang, while Teacher Li is the Yiqun gang of lunatics.

I don't know which one is heavier!
Thinking of this, Chi Mengli smiled, stood up, and prepared to take her leave.

"Wait a moment!"

"Young people are so impatient. I haven't even finished speaking, and you're already trying to leave."

"Have a seat! Let me introduce you to a friend."

Seeing that Chi Mengli was about to leave, Teacher Li quickly stopped the rascal and prepared to introduce him to a new friend.

New friend?
A friend of a seasoned pervert is definitely a pervert too!

Birds of a feather flock together!
It makes no difference!
Chi Mengli muttered a few complaints to herself before sitting down again. It wasn't far from the Peninsula Hotel in Central, but the lunch rush hour was approaching.

The Sequoia guys all need to go out for a meal. These losers, the cream of the crop among the cream of the crop, spend money like water, they definitely won't be eating takeout or lunch boxes.

Having made some money in the stock market this morning, I'll definitely go to the most luxurious restaurant at noon to rinse my mouth with Tianjiu Wings.

Instead of getting stuck in traffic, why not meet up with Teacher Li's new friends? We're just killing time anyway.

Teacher Li nodded to Maid Number One behind her, instructing her to go and fetch someone.

"The more friends you have, the stronger you are."

"We need some powerful friends, we need their money, we need their intelligence."

"A virtuous friend brings great power!"

"All things in the universe eventually return to their roots! You should understand this principle better than I do!"

Teacher Li expressed her thoughts, then picked up her coffee and began to moisten her throat.

I've been talking too much, and my throat and mouth are dry; I need to moisten them.

Maid No. 1 quickly brought over the new friend that Teacher Li wanted to introduce. When Chi Mengli saw the person, she was completely helpless.

Teacher Li is a real pervert. The friend he invited was a woman dressed in a men's suit. You could tell from her features that she was a mixed-race person.

This foreign woman had short hair that reached her ears, and her palm-sized triangular earrings shone brightly.

But that's not the most attractive part. The most attractive part is that there's a plum blossom-shaped brooch on the right side of the woman's collar.

This brooch is dazzling, shimmering with a lustrous sheen, and the diamond at the very center of the plum blossom is at least two carats in weight.

Seeing that Chi Mengli was staring intently at Teacher Li's new friend's chest, Xiren felt a pang of jealousy and reached out to secretly pinch Chi Mengli.

"Hey!"

Chi Mengli immediately looked away after being pinched, and gently patted Xiren's hand to tell the gossipy woman to go easy on him.

Teacher Li noticed Xiren's subtle actions but didn't expose her. Women are all fools; they develop feelings over time and always end up being self-indulgent.

But women are also cold-blooded creatures; they gather when there is profit and disperse when there is none. That's why there's the saying, "Prostitutes are heartless, and actors are ungrateful."

There should be no sentimentality in the martial arts world; sentimentality and loyalty are weaknesses that can be exploited.

However, Xiren is also a master of turning her back on people without hesitation, so perhaps what just happened was an act.

How much of it is genuine and how much is feigned, even Xiren herself probably couldn't tell.

Thinking of this, Teacher Li smiled, stood up, and introduced Chi Mengli: "This is Miss Xiren, and this is Mr. Chi." "This is Miss Ling, from the Plum Blossom Group."

zero?

零？
Meihua Group!

Three question marks rose in Chi Mengli's mind, but he didn't say anything. Instead, he stood up gracefully and waited until Xiren finished shaking hands with this Miss Ling before extending his left hand.

Ling looked at Chi Mengli and found that the man in front of her was just as handsome and upright as the legends of the martial arts world.

Although square-faced, masculine boys are no longer in fashion, young girls' aesthetic sense has always been unreliable; gloomy, pretty boys are simply not pleasing to the eye.

After admiring Chi Mengli's face, she reached out and grasped the hand of the handsome young man in front of her.

The hands were warm, without a single callus, and the skin was very smooth; one must have spent a lot of money on them.

But what exactly is this ghost woman trying to hide?
His knuckles are quite large, and his handshake gesture is a slanted one; he's either practiced internal martial arts or just handles guns routinely.

Chi Mengli immediately assessed the ghost woman in front of her, wanting to know where this gossipy woman came from.

"Meihua Group mainly operates in the planting industry and has many plantations in North Africa and West Africa."

"They recently wanted to expand into the Asian market, so they wanted to hear your opinion, Mr. Chi."

Teacher Li gave a brief introduction, then crossed her legs and stopped talking.

Setting up plantations in North and West Africa is nothing short of a fantasy, because Dai Ying has actually done this unprofitable business before, and even listed the City of London on the stock exchange.

The final result was in line with the laws of development; the cash crops grown were not even enough to feed the birds.

If Chi Mengli remembers correctly, the most valuable cash crop in North Africa is olives, while in West Africa it is rubber.

Hong Kong doesn't need either of these things. Olives are used to extract oil, but Hong Kong people eat peanut oil. And they don't need rubber either, because Malaysia is a major international rubber-producing region.

Plantations, olives, rubber!
Chi Mengli immediately realized what the Plum Blossom Group wanted from her.

Whether it's growing olives or rubber, people are needed, and Meihua Group is looking for excellent labor.

When it comes to hard work and endurance, the Chinese are number one, followed by Mexicans, and then South Asians.

The business of selling piglets is extremely immoral and immoral; it should be avoided if possible.

"Miss Ling, thank you for your kind offer. How about I host a banquet at Fook Lam Moon this noon and invite you to savor Hong Kong's finest seafood?"

"I wouldn't dare to ask for your advice, let alone offer guidance. Let's just have some food and drinks."

Once Chi Mengli understood the old hag's intentions, she immediately stated that she couldn't handle it.

Ling was surprised that Chi Mengli knew the industry that Meihua Group was engaged in just from Teacher Li's few words, and immediately smiled.

The black men are lazy and unproductive; even when threatened with rifles, they don't put in any real effort.

What the Plum Blossom Group needs is profit, not slaughter. After all, no one in the group is a born killer.

However, the labor cost estimates provided by actuaries are so low that it's a headache.

Six US dollars per person per day—that's not enough to attract people in North and West Africa.

Six US dollars per person per day, including food and lodging, sounds like a lot, but the intensity of work in rubber and olive groves is beyond the comprehension of ordinary people.

Working in temperatures over 30 degrees Celsius, they have to work more than 18 hours a day. Even with the help of water pumps, the physical labor is still considerable.

The plantations in Malaysia are a history of blood and tears for Chinese laborers. Hundreds of them collapsed every day, even though they had meat at every meal and salty tea every day.

Compared to going to Southeast Asia, Chinese laborers preferred going to the West. Even though the United States and the Commonwealth had anti-Chinese laws, as long as you were in Chinatown, no one would dare to touch you.

Americans, those rednecks, often hold marches outside Chinatown, but they never go inside.

Members of the Hongmen (Triads) maintain order by spending large sums of money to bribe members of parliament and obtain residency permits.

Moreover, few people went through formal channels when they went to the West; most met at Ding Pangzi Square, so customs was practically non-existent.

Moreover, the Chinese laborers only worked in Chinatown and rarely went to factories outside, and they did not need legal status.

If you really want to settle down, just buy a settlement certificate from the Hongmen. With the settlement certificate, you can buy real estate and property without any delays.

Going to Southeast Asia was truly risking one's life. Those with good fortune could get into plantations, while those with bad luck would end up in mines.

The most tragic situation was that of the Chinese laborers who went into the oil wells, because at that time there were no safety equipment or much safety protection available at the oil wells.

So if there's a blowout, a group of people will be instantly blown to dust.

Even now, insurance companies in Texas receive hundreds of reports every day of people dying due to unforeseen accidents.

Mexicans and Black men can earn tens of thousands of dollars a month from oil companies, which they deserve because they risk their lives for it.

The labor costs in Hong Kong are considered very low by Europeans and Americans, and the Zu family also relied on the low prices of Hong Kong goods to balance prices.

Compared to other regions in Asia, West Africa, and North Africa, Hong Kong's labor costs are astronomical.

"There's no rush about having a meal. If you can give me a good suggestion, I'll definitely host a banquet to thank you."

Ling wasn't going to let Chi Mengli off the hook. She took out the documents she had prepared beforehand and placed them in the center of the table.

"This is a legally binding contract worth fifty million!"

“We will make an advance payment of 40 million. Once you, Mr. Chi, have fulfilled all the conditions in the contract, Plum Group will pay the remaining balance.”

"Chi Sheng, even if you don't want to do this business, please give me your opinion for Teacher Li's sake!"

"I have come here today with sincere intentions!"

Ling spoke in fluent Cantonese, coaxing Chi Mengli.

Chi Mengli didn't speak immediately. He took out a cigarette case from his pocket, picked out a cigarette, put it in his mouth, and lit it.

“Miss Ling, what goes around comes around! You clearly want to use our cousins, but if they cause problems, the blame will definitely be pinned on me.”

"Use the South Asian guys! These guys are tough and resilient. These scoundrels are short on connections. Even if you don't approach them, they might come looking for you!"

Chi Mengli blew out a smoke ring and offered her suggestion, which was also a way of giving Teacher Li face.

"Even after countless eons, the deeds one has done will not perish; when the conditions are right, one will reap the consequences!"

Zero was well aware that the contract he offered was reasonable and legal, but it was simply unreasonable. Sending someone to the execution ground was naturally a sin.

But she only cared about this life, not the next, and she couldn't care less about all the karma and karmic obstacles.

“Chi Sheng is a local bigwig, a local strongman, and knows the place well. He must have many acquaintances. Why don’t we let Chi Sheng help make connections?”

"I heard that Chi Sheng has just become the patrolman of the water room, and he must need help."

"This is my gift to you!"

Zero snapped his fingers, and the bodyguard standing near the bar immediately came over and handed a small box to the boss.

(End of this chapter)