Hong Kong Island: From a small stall to a global supplier

Chapter 189 Trouble!

Donglian News Agency is also a top second-rate gang in the underworld. The arrest of its leader, Lao Dong, who is known as the "gangster public relations", will naturally attract a lot of attention.

Such a big move could no longer be concealed. Everyone knew that Lao Dong was going to acquire music stores in Hong Kong Island, set up a chain, and control the record market.

In a nightclub box.

"Old Dong has a good eye." Prince Rong said with a smile while holding a wine glass, "He controls the distribution channels. He decides who sells more records and who sells less. The bigwigs in the record industry, celebrities, singers and movie stars all try to curry favor with him."

"Prince, didn't you form a band before? Why didn't you think about it before?" Brother Big B asked with a raised eyebrow.

"I just like music and I'm just having fun." Prince Rong's expression froze.

The tall man in the water room chuckled twice, "Acquiring a company doesn't mean it can be run well. Can he do it?"

"Who knows? The most likely possibility is that they hire someone. It's not difficult to hire someone for such a legitimate business." Tiao Gaofei said.

"Which major record company would quietly watch a gangster control the distribution channels? Why don't I believe it?" Lao Fu curled his lips.

"It doesn't matter whether you believe it or not. Lao Dong has made a move. Even if it fails, there will be others who will take action, such as..." Chen Huimin smiled and looked around.

"God of Wealth is shining!" Old Dong Xiongji blurted out, "Damn it, everyone knows that this kid only likes to do legitimate things, why the hell is he still hanging around in the underworld? He might as well be a big water monkey!"

"Prince, I remember that the flower on Cai Shen Yao was given by Lao Dong, right? Do you think that boy might have had some ideas behind this?" Gao Laofa said with a raised eyebrow.

"How should I know!" Prince Rong snorted and looked around, "Do you want to intervene?"

"Forget it. I don't have the energy." Chen Huimin shook his head.

Big B smiled and waved his hand, "Forget about making a record, but if any of you want to do it, I can invest in it."

"Are you investing in a business or a female singer?" Gao Fei sneered.

"They said it was a stake!" Big Mouth Qing laughed, "It must be a male celebrity."

"I pick, you're disgusting!"

"Fuck you, faggot, get out of here!"

"I'm fucking in now!" Brother Big B put it down and stood up and pounced towards Big Mouth Qing.

The two men played around for a while, and everyone continued drinking.

Prince Rong suddenly said, "You don't have to run it. Just consider it as buying it from Lao Dong, and then sell it to him at a high price."

"It doesn't necessarily have to be sold to Lao Dong." Gao Fei said with a smile: "Find a professional manager and learn how to run a chain. After running it for a while, sell it to those record companies, or other people. The market cannot be dominated by just one company."

……

When he woke up in a daze, it was already night. His head was dizzy and Tan Yonglin was a little confused for a moment.

who am I?
where am I?
What should I do?
I was in a daze for a while, and remembered that someone shocked me from behind, then I was put into a car, and then I completely passed out.

Sitting up suddenly, Tan Yonglin's forehead was covered with sweat. He was kidnapped. It was over!
How to do?
He gasped for breath, his mind in a mess. If it was just extortion for some money, it wouldn't matter, he would just give it. What he was afraid of was...

My mind uncontrollably recalls some rumors, well, not really rumors.

Taking nude photos, signing huge bills, being drugged...

Finished!

These are all means of controlling people, forcing some singers and movie stars to help them make money, or do something else.

If I end up in this situation, I might as well die!
The room was pitch black and nothing could be seen clearly. Tan Yonglin stood up carefully, wanting to see if there was a chance to escape. However, as soon as he stood up, he felt his body shaking.

I didn't feel the drastic fluctuations in my emotions just now, but now that I'm feeling a little calmer, I immediately feel something is wrong, it's like I'm on a boat.

On a yacht, to be exact, and at a very fast speed.

He also built yachts.

If that's the case, there's no point in running in the vast ocean.

Finished!

When he reached the door, he found it ajar and a light was on outside. He looked out through the crack and met a pair of eyes. Tan Yonglin's body stiffened and his mind went blank.

Finished!

"Okay, come here." Aji waved his hand.

Tan Yonglin was stunned for a moment before he realized that he was being called over.

It seems, not very fierce?
He swallowed a few times, took a few deep breaths, then pushed the door open. As soon as he took a step, he found that his steps were unsteady and his legs were weak. The several frights had consumed a lot of his energy, and it was not easy for him to walk properly.

"You must be hungry. There are food and drinks here to replenish your energy." Aji said softly.

Seeing that Ah Mei was as ferocious as the gangsters in the movies, Tan Yonglin became a little bolder, "What... do you want me to do?"

The word kidnapping was not mentioned.

"No need to ask so many questions. You will know when it's time for you to know." Aji stared at Tan Yonglin, "Eat and go back to rest. We will be there tomorrow morning."

"Where to?"

"Hongkong."

"what!?"

Aji didn't say anything and just stared at him. Tan Yonglin felt that things were not as bad as he had imagined, so he forced himself to finish his food and went back to his room.

A night of crazy racing!
A medium-sized speedboat slowly approached the shore and stopped about 20 meters away. There was a beach in front of it, and without a dock, it would be stranded if it got any closer.

A kayak was thrown overboard from a yacht.

"Go down." Aji raised his chin.

Tan Yonglin took a deep breath and got on the kayak. Aji jumped on and they soon reached the shore, where a car was waiting to pick them up.

……

"Thank you. Okay, sorry for the trouble. Hong Kong Island can have such a good security environment and business environment, all thanks to the Royal Hong Kong Police who work day and night. On behalf of all the practitioners in the record industry, I would like to thank the Royal Police for their hard work..." In the office, Zheng Donghan smiled and said a few compliments, "We will communicate with several familiar media later. The police's achievements should not be buried."

After chatting for a few more sentences, he hung up the phone and smiled at Feng Tianzhi and Guan Weilin. "The police said that the person was arrested immediately yesterday, including his gang members, more than 300 people were arrested. In the evening, they also raided more than a dozen places in Donglian Society and arrested more than 80 people."

"I didn't expect the police to act so quickly." Feng Tianzhi said with a smile: "I also brought the earliest newspapers here. The news was published in Tiantian Daily and Oriental Daily."

As he spoke, he placed a few newspapers on the table and pointed.

"Visiting a music shop in Mong Kok, the owner refused to sell at a low price and was threatened and intimidated"

"Forced to sell old brand, boss: I'd rather burn the shop than support the gang"

"Blood and tears accusation: If you don't kneel down and demand your ass, I'll play with explosive speakers every day!"

"Police received a report to investigate the "debt collection gang" and the industry revealed: 20 stores in Hong Kong were persecuted by the same method"

"From my side, since yesterday afternoon, the more than 40 music stores I contacted have all responded and refused to sign a contract with the other party." Guan Weilin said with a smile: "Wait for our further news."

"It's fine for a group of gang members to interfere in the film and television industry, but if they want to interfere in the record industry, huh, they don't even consider their own status." Zheng Donghan laughed, "It's still good for us to have a big company behind us."

"Yeah, if this were the Diamond Age, there would be nothing we could do."

……

Arriving in Hong Kong Island, Tam Wing Lin's spirits improved a lot. It wasn't until he saw the familiar place, the building where PolyGram was located, that his uneasiness was mostly dissipated. However... "Why did you bring me here?"

Aji didn't say anything. He pushed the door and got out of the car and called out, "Brother Yao."

Wang Yaotang nodded, looked at Tan Yonglin and stretched out his hand, "Tan Yonglin, haha, I really like your songs."

Tan Yonglin reached out his hand and shook hands with Wang Yaotang in panic. He really didn't know what to say to this man who was obviously the boss of the person who kidnapped him.

"Let's go. I want to talk to Mr. Zheng Donghan from PolyGram, but I don't know him. I have no choice but to ask you to introduce him to me."

"Okay, okay." Tan Yonglin responded quickly, but couldn't help but complain in his heart, who the hell would ask someone for an introduction by kidnapping.

The group went upstairs, and the people in the company greeted Tam Wing Lin when they saw him. As for Wang Yaotang and A Ji behind them, everyone just looked at them and ignored them, thinking they were Tam Wing Lin's followers.

After knocking on the door of Zheng Donghan's office, Zheng Donghan was a little confused when he saw Tan Yonglin at the door. "Yonglin, when did you come back..."

Aren’t you filming in Taiwan?

"You came back without even saying hello. Did something happen?" Guan Weilin asked in a deep voice. He had the best relationship with Tan Yonglin.

Tan Yonglin gave a wry smile and looked at Wang Yaotang behind him.

Zheng Donghan's eyes fell on Wang Yaotang and Aji, and his brows slightly frowned, "Who are these two?"

"You guys chat for a while first." Wang Yaotang smiled and gestured, "I'll go sit outside."

"Thank you, thank you." Tan Yonglin clasped his hands together, walked over and whispered a few words under Zheng Donghan's surprised gaze.

The more Zheng Donghan listened, the paler his face became and his heart beat faster and faster.

Just now he was feeling proud of having the support of a big international company and easily crushing local communities, but the next moment his artists were kidnapped... It's lawless!
Zheng Donghan is from Taiwan and has some connections there, so the crew there asked him to borrow Tam Wing-lin to film over there. Originally, they thought there wouldn't be any problem.

If you can touch Tan Yonglin from thousands of miles away, you can touch other people as well. If... it would be unimaginable.

Suppressing his restlessness, Zheng Donghan comforted him gloomily: "It's okay, I will take care of this matter, you can rest assured."

"Brother Han, I don't mean anything else. I don't know what happened specifically, but..." Tan Yonglin said with a wry smile, "Whatever the company does, it has to consider the feelings of people like us. We spend most of our time out and about, doing concerts, fan meetings, and filming movies. We can't avoid dealing with people from the community."

Anyone who is kidnapped would be terrified if they woke up floating on the sea.

If the other party wanted to kill him, they wouldn’t even be able to find his body!

"Sorry, sorry, I won't do it again." Zheng Donghan let out a long sigh, "This time it was really an accident, Donglian News Agency..."

"Forget it." Tan Yonglin interrupted Zheng Donghan, "Brother Han, you should deal with the things outside first. It won't be too late to talk about the details later."

"Uh... okay." Zheng Donghan nodded. Signing a record contract doesn't mean you're completely bound. If the company can't guarantee the safety of its artists, it's understandable that the person wants to change jobs.

The office door opened, and Alan Tam and Kwan Wai-lin came out after hugging each other. "This..."

"My name is Wang Yaotang, everyone calls me Brother Yao, and this is my brother Aji." Wang Yaotang said with a faint smile.

"Brother Yao, Brother Ji and Mr. Zheng invite you in." Tan Yonglin said with a smile.

"Well, leave me your phone number. I own a lot of nightclubs in Hong Kong and Macau. I need a big singer to help me liven up the place. Don't worry, the appearance fee will be generous."

"Okay, okay."

After Wang Yaotang finished speaking, he walked into the office, glanced around, and shook hands with the three people respectively. "Mr. Zheng Donghan, Mr. Feng Tianzhi, Mr. Guan Weilin, good morning. I hope I didn't disturb you all by coming here. Let me introduce myself. I'm Wang Yaotang, the boss of Tiansheng Entertainment Company."

The three of them looked at each other; they had never heard of the name of this company.

Looking carefully at the young man in front of him, he was in his early 20s at most, wearing a custom-made suit. He was young and had a gentle smile, but he had an inexplicable sense of oppression on him, and it was obvious that he was in a high position.

He doesn't look like a gang member at all!

"It's normal that you haven't heard of my name. After all, we are not in the same industry. But it doesn't matter. We will have many opportunities to interact in the future." Wang Yaotang smiled and walked to the sofa and sat down. "Donglianshe is helping me. I want to integrate music product stores, integrate resources, and build a brand new hair platform covering all areas of Hong Kong Island. I didn't expect that some of you misunderstood it as the action of EMI and Warner, which caused some misunderstandings."

"Then Wang Sheng could have just come to the door directly, why did he kidnap Tan Yonglin?" Zheng Donghan took a deep breath. Now he really didn't understand the background of this young man who suddenly appeared.

"It's an introduction." Wang Yaotang emphasized, "It's not convenient to ask the ladies for help. I'm afraid it will damage their reputation. Originally, it would be most convenient to ask Xu Guanjie for an introduction, but I owe a small favor to someone, so I can only trouble Tam Wing Lin."

"In fact, this matter didn't have to develop to the current situation. When Mr. Zheng had doubts, he could have contacted Mo Shi to communicate. I believe you have a way to contact him."

"Perhaps it is PolyGram's British background and the fact that it is the world's largest record label that has given Mr. Zheng some unrealistic fantasies. He has set his sights too high, only looking at the international market, and is too lazy to look down."

"But what I want to tell Mr. Zheng is that a powerful dragon cannot defeat a local snake. PolyGram is indeed huge, but specifically in Hong Kong, how much revenue does it generate in a year? One hundred million, two hundred million, and it's still Hong Kong dollars."

"PolyGram is not equal to Hong Kong PolyGram, and Hong Kong PolyGram is not equal to Mr. Zheng. The connection between them is not that close. So, we should be down-to-earth in our conduct and work. What do you think?"

No one would look happy if threatened and taught a lesson like this. Zheng Donghan said solemnly, "Thank you, Mr. Wang, for your teaching."

Taking a deep breath to suppress the anger in his heart, Zheng Donghan asked again: "I wonder why Mr. Wang suddenly wants to buy the music store?"

(End of this chapter)