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

The fishing boat drifted on the sea, and the three people in the cabin were on edge the whole time. After only about an hour, they felt extremely tired. They were not young to begin with, and now their faces were pale. Their bodies swayed with the waves, and they looked like they might collapse at any moment.

Just as I was feeling a bit dazed, I suddenly heard someone call out, "Coming! Is that the boss?"

"I think so, Brother Ze, Brother Ze, what do you think?"

Sha Ze walked out of the cabin and stood on the deck to look out. In the distance, two speedboats were rapidly approaching, bouncing along. In just seven or eight minutes, the speedboats were already visible to the naked eye.

The people on the fishing boat let out a series of low gasps of surprise. The two speedboats looked like patrol boats from the Hong Kong Marine Police. If they hadn't known that they were out of Hong Kong waters and that the boats were the wrong color, they would have already set sail and fled.

The two patrol boats slowly slowed down and gently pulled up beside the fishing boat. Wang Yaotang came out of the cabin, wiped his hair, and jumped onto the fishing boat with a smile.

With the enclosed cabin, Mom no longer has to worry about my hairstyle.

"How about that!" Wang Yaotang boasted, pointing at the patrol boat. "45 knots speed, 400-kilometer range, fully enclosed bulletproof patrol boat."

"That's sharp!" Sha Ze praised, giving a thumbs up.

"Are there machine guns in the cabin?"

"Huh?" Sha Ze was stunned for a moment, then nodded quickly and sent someone to get it without Wang Yaotang's instructions.

This fishing boat is often used for business in the area, and it has been specially modified into a small armory, which usually contains Type 56 assault rifles and Type 56 light machine guns.

The speedboat caught up with the technicians from the two shipyards, who also boarded the fishing boat. The previous tests were conducted in the Pearl River Estuary, but now they are in the waters between Hong Kong and Macau, where the wind and waves are stronger, but it seems to be working perfectly. The maneuverability in the recent test also met the design requirements.

The two leaned against the side of the fishing boat, observing Wang Yaotang's men while discussing in hushed tones.

"For routine patrols, bulletproof capabilities are unnecessary. Armor itself is too heavy, expensive, fuel-intensive, and complex to manufacture. I feel it's unnecessary. Even if we encounter danger, it's mostly fishing boats, and with such high mobility, it's hard to be hit."

"Yes, there can actually be multiple models: unarmored, semi-enclosed models specifically for patrol, extended models for rescue, and lightly armored models specifically for small-scale conflicts."

"Impossible, it's too complicated. Where would the military get the money to equip it? It definitely needs to be multifunctional."

"Then...no armor?"

"It's cheap."

"what are they doing?"

"It's not really equipped with a machine gun, is it? Doesn't Hong Kong care?"

"Maybe...they have connections."

Wang Yaotang leaned over the gunwale of the fishing boat and looked around. "Master Liu, Master Li."

"coming."

"It feels like there's a place to secure the ammunition boxes."

"Uh... okay. By the way, the firing angle from this position is 90° to the front and 45° upwards."

“Yes, I understand. The main firing directions to the sides and rear are from inside the cabin.” Wang Yaotang nodded.

Looking at the machine guns mounted on the tops of the two speedboats, Wang Yaotang's smile never faded. The patrol boats were a bit small, but they were still proper naval vessels, his first batch of warships, and they were very meaningful!
This means that I am on the right track.

"Brother Yao, I brought all three of them. We ran into the police on the way, and I threw three Molotov cocktails at them," Sha Ze said in a low voice as he walked over.

"Oh, was anyone hurt?" Wang Yaotang asked with concern.

"Probably not, at least when we boarded the ship, the command center didn't say any police officers were injured."

"That's good. Bring the person up."

Masters Liu and Li exchanged a glance, their expressions somewhat strange.

Molotov cocktail?
Police officer injured?

Isn't this Mr. Wang a patriotic businessman who deals in clothing, grain, oil, and food?
Something doesn't sound right.
Wait, making clothing and food products doesn't seem to require bulletproof patrol boats and machine guns, does it?

Just then, three exhausted-looking, pale-faced old men were brought up.

"Cheng Wenhai, Mutong, Gui Liren, right?" Wang Yaotang looked them up and down.

The three old men knelt down on the deck with a thud. "Brother Yao, spare our lives! We'll tell you whatever you want to know."

The three of them just saw two light machine guns being carried out of the warehouse below. Were they going to be turned into mincemeat?
Technicians Liu and Li were so frightened that they took two steps back. This... this situation is getting worse and worse!

"I'm curious, why is Cabel so eager to kill you all?"

Technicians Liu and Li: Murder?
This... What kind of respectable businessman would openly talk about murder?!

“We helped him sell noodles,” Cheng Wenhai said without hesitation.

"Is that so!" Wang Yaotang raised an eyebrow. He had originally thought that Cabel was just taking bribes. "Tell me more about it."

"About 15 years ago, when Cabel had just been transferred from Malaysia and was immediately put in charge of the Narcotics Investigation Department..."

The era of the Four Great Detectives didn't mean that drug trafficking was unchecked. If drug traffickers weren't afraid, why would they give them money?
Whether it's the four major distributors or the smaller, independent distributors, they are frequently caught by the Narcotics Investigation Department and their goods are seized.

According to regulations, these goods should be destroyed.

Small-scale destruction typically uses strong acids and alkalis, while large-scale destruction involves incineration.

The professional incinerator has a combustion temperature of over 1000°C. Unit 4 can completely burn and decompose into carbon dioxide, inorganic salts, and water.

In reality, most of the seized drug pods were taken away and mixed with a large amount of lime, so that they wouldn't be noticeable during the destruction process.

These stolen drugs re-entered the market, and Cheng Wenhai, Mutong, and Gui Liren were responsible for handling them. Cheng Wenhai was in charge of sales, Mutong was in charge of managing the money, and Gui Liren was in charge of money laundering. He also helped Cabel make loans and bribe others.

It was through selling drugs and receiving illicit money that Cabel rose through the ranks to become Chief Superintendent, and two years ago he was promoted to Assistant Commissioner.

As the saying goes, if you don't accept it, how can I accept it? If I don't accept it, how can the top dog accept it? If the top dog doesn't accept it, how can you and I improve?

Liu and Li both opened their mouths slightly, listening intently.

This story is so captivating!
Isn't it said that Hong Kong is so prosperous, so free, and so fair?
This... is so fair that even a high-ranking foreign official is selling opium?
"Are you still working on it?" Wang Yaotang asked.

"No, it's been over 5 years since then," Gui Liren said. "After Lao Lian was established, it stopped for a while, but he got promoted and started cooperating with the waterworks. The waterworks tipped him off, so he could arrest people and sell some of the goods to the waterworks. He got both money and credit."

"Later, he was promoted to Chief Superintendent and then stopped doing the work. He just took money from his subordinates. He had a foreign trade company in Denmark that sold caviar to Hong Kong Island. I would use the money I received to buy caviar and then launder it into an account in Denmark."

Wang Yaotang nodded. "So, you wanted to run away when you saw Fox was dead?"

"Of course, Fox has been following him the whole time; we're afraid he'll silence us."

"Didn't you prepare any backup plan, so you could expose him if he died?" Wang Yaotang asked curiously, since he often saw people doing this in movies.

“I have ledgers, and I have records of when and who I traded with, but they’re not very useful.” Cheng Wenhai said with a bitter expression. “Who can I give these to? Even if I publish them in the newspaper, it won’t help. Who can prove that they’re not made up? We need witnesses, physical evidence, or bank transfer records, but back then we were only receiving cash or gold, and we don’t have any of those.”

“Yes,” Guiliren added, “We used underground banks before. Bank transfers are a recent thing, but he’s stopped doing that. I’m the one who collects the dirty money. He just checks the accounts. And that Danish foreign trade company has nothing to do with him on the surface.”

"I'll take it, that old bastard is still a decent man!" Wang Yaotang sneered. No wonder he dared to kill someone to silence them.

It's impossible for a small group of people in the 'court' to discuss things and convict someone based solely on the plaintiff's testimony without even considering the evidence.

Without a complete chain of evidence, it's impossible to bring down someone of Cabel's caliber.

If it's a matter of free judgment, then all the officials in the government will fall from grace.

"Brother Yao, spare our lives! If we live, we'll be his leverage." Cheng Wenhai kowtowed repeatedly.

Wang Yaotang kicked Cheng Wenhai to the ground, "Stop playing the victim here, you bunch of drug addicts, even skinning you alive would be doing justice for God."

"You haven't made any money following Kabel all these years, have you? You want to live? Sure, how much wealth do you have? Let's see if it's enough to buy your lives!"

"This, this..." The three exchanged glances, their eyes darting around.

"What, you'd rather risk your life than your fortune?" Wang Yaotang waved to Sha Ze and pointed to the sea.

"Brother Yao! Brother Yao!"

"No!"

"Spare my life!"

With a wave of his hand, Sha Ze sent several security guards rushing up to tie the three men's legs with ropes before throwing them into the sea.

Pull it up, put it down, pull it up, put it down.

"That's about enough." Wang Yaotang glanced at it a few times and quickly stopped him. "They're all old coffins. If you kill someone, you'll have to pay me back!"

Liu and Li were suddenly jolted out of their reverie and hurriedly retreated to the other side of the deck to secretly observe Wang Yaotang. This guy looked like a bandit tyrant!

Having already endured hours of fear, the three old men were further tormented, curling up on the deck and coughing violently as if they were coughing up their lungs.

Two more of these and I'm really going to die!

“It’s okay if you don’t want to talk about it. I won’t make things difficult for you. After all, you’re all so old. I’m not a bad person.” Wang Yaotang said with a smile, “Get their children out here. They’re all filial kids. Young people are healthy and can take it. We can have a competition to see whose child can make the most cuts. We can give them a Lingchi Award.”

After a few words, the three old men's back pain disappeared, their leg aches subsided, and their coughs were cured.

"Brother Yao, Brother Yao, I'm telling you, it's all my fault. Don't blame your family. They don't know anything. We were forced into this situation..." The three of them crawled over and hugged Wang Yaotang's calves.

"Go to hell, you old bastard! You won't listen to reason, so you'll have to suffer the consequences!" Wang Yaotang kicked one of them over, while the others were dragged back by their feet by security.

"Honestly return the money, and I, Brother Yao, will give you a chance to start anew and send you to Thailand to continue your service."

"Speaking of which, you've sent quite a few people to Thailand this year, haven't you?" Wang Yaotang smiled and looked at Sha Ze. "The first one was the ponytail bear from Lian Gong Le, right?"

"Yes, Brother Yao."

"I wonder how the Horsetail Bear is doing under my name. Zhao Kehan ​​and his eight men have men and guns, plus these three old guys, one with channels, one who knows how to manage accounts, and one who understands foreign trade. I must say, this team is all set." Wang Yaotang laughed.

"Brother Yao can go check it out. Chaozai and the others said Thailand is a lot of fun." Shaze chuckled.

"Fun, it's the women who are fun, you bastards!" Wang Yaotang laughed and cursed.

"What's your decision?" Wang Yaotang asked the three of them.

The three nodded hurriedly.

“Remember, Cabel wanted to kill you, but Brother Yao saved your lives. Remember Brother Yao’s kindness!” Sha Ze pointed at the three of them and said, “Shout with me, we can never repay Brother Yao’s kindness. Loyalty, loyalty, loyalty!”

The three of them were stunned for a moment, then shouted in unison, "We can never repay Brother Yao's kindness!"

The three old men, with their backsides sticking out, waved their hands vigorously, chanting, "Loyalty, loyalty, loyalty!"

Wang Yaotang smiled, "Let's go, to Haojiang!"

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