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

The Toyota Hiace slowly pulled up at the Dynasty Nightclub. Just as the underling at the door was about to go up and open the car door, Ah Jie opened it himself and jumped out.

"Brother Jie."

Ah Jie didn't even look at it and went straight into the nightclub.

It's not that I'm arrogant or overconfident; it's just that I have too many subordinates now. Even just nodding to someone can leave me with a head ache by the end of the day.

Once they reached the second floor, Ah Jie asked his underling, "Where's Brother Yao?"

"In a private room."

Wang Yaotang's private room was at the very back. Four security guards were sitting in the corridor. When they saw A-Jie coming over, they immediately stood up and said, "Brother Jie."

"Hmm." A-Jie nodded, and a security guard helped push open the door, from which music came out.

Ah Jie's gaze swept across the private room, where Wang Yaotang was singing a love song duet with a young-looking girl.

Wasn't he accompanying a pregnant woman at Teresa Teng's place? Now he's switched to a pretty young girl. What a beast!

Upon closer inspection, I realized that this was the little girl whose name was Lan, whom she had snatched from that good-for-nothing Leng Sheng during a TVB gala.

Ah Jie curled his lip in disdain. Ah Ji, Mei Yanfang, Ah Wei, and Ye Tong were playing dice next to him.

Seeing A-Jie come in, Wang Yaotang put down the microphone. "Is it done?"

"Yeah, most of them. Two of the four branches in Wan Chai and Causeway Bay escaped, one was Straw Sandal and the other was White Paper Fan. We took care of a few others from the other branches as well." Ah Jie plopped down on the sofa, grabbed a bottle of beer and gulped it down.

Cool!
The two of them didn't hide their conversation from others, and Mei Yanfang and Ye Tong heard it. They didn't look scared at all; instead, they looked at A-Jie with curiosity.

Anita Mui debuted as the champion of the "New Talent Singing Contest" and hasn't even released an album yet. Her family was very poor, similar to Teresa Teng's. She started performing on stage at the age of four and a half and had been exposed to a lot of gangsters since she was young, so she was used to this kind of thing.

Ye Tong started working as a print model and dancer at the age of 18. She had just filmed her first movie, and it was through Awei's connections that she went from being an extra to a named supporting actress. She had heard a lot about the underworld and wasn't used to it.

"Where are Big Cat and the others?"

"They boarded the ship directly from the Boji Bay reclamation area and left. I told them to go to Haojiang for a few days and then come back."

Wang Yaotang nodded, picked up the microphone, and continued singing with Lan Jieying in his arms. A-Jie took out a set of dice from under the coffee table and joined the four of them to play.

……

Within just one hour, eight murders occurred in succession. The senior superintendent on duty at Wan Chai Police Station looked very grim, and all the officers on duty were mobilized to rush to the Po Kei Wan area to the east.

Meanwhile, Cabel voluntarily worked overtime at police headquarters that evening. Upon receiving the call, he immediately gave orders, with Chief Superintendent Morton of the Criminal Investigation Bureau and Chief Superintendent Klaus of the Organized Crime and Triad Bureau personally leading the operation, with the Narcotics Bureau and the Criminal Intelligence Bureau cooperating.

If there's any drawback, it's the lack of a search warrant...

But it didn't matter. Cabel picked up his coffee cup and sipped it gently, but his thoughts were already drifting to the police officers on duty: a small procedural problem, as long as he got the accounts and evidence of the nine branches of the soda factory on the island, he could naturally put them to death!
No, they are already dead.

This can be considered a tacit cooperation between him and Wang Yaotang. On one side, they committed murder to create panic, and on the other side, the police launched a raid to obtain evidence. Each got what they wanted, and in the end, only the world where the soda factory was injured was achieved.

The police know exactly where the headquarters of each of these triads are located, but they couldn't get in to inspect them before. Not only did they need a search warrant, but they also had to break through the thugs blocking the way. They simply couldn't get in.

Hong Kong is a society governed by the rule of law. If someone is injured without a search warrant, it will violate the Offences Against the Person Ordinance and the Criminal Procedure Ordinance, and the perpetrator will be held accountable.

These powerful figures in the underworld all have lawyers they cooperate with, so if you investigate them, the police will ultimately be the ones who suffer.

Of course, today's situation is different. The Assistant Commissioner of the Criminal Investigation Department personally gave the order, with two Chief Superintendents leading the operation and two other departments cooperating. Clearly, they had been prepared in advance.

Normally, when they got off the bus, they would see arrogant faces blocking the entrance. But today, the person who usually guarded the place was gone, the gate was closed, and the lights were off.

"Break down the door!" the chief inspector in charge shouted, his voice much more forceful than usual.

Two police officers with breaching tools rushed forward immediately.

"Boss, what's going on today?" a senior inspector leaned over and asked in a low voice.

Normally, in this kind of situation, he, as the senior inspector, would be in charge.

The chief inspector glanced at the report and said, "The police station has received a report that there have been eight murders in the vicinity of Bo Kei Wan, resulting in 14 deaths."

"Huh?" The senior inspector's eyes widened instantly. He glanced at the officers breaking down the door, then at the darkened Causeway Bay branch of the soft drink factory, and vaguely understood something. "God of Wealth Yao?"

The chief inspector ignored him.

"It's said that the one above is associated with the God of Wealth..."

"Shut up, are you fucking out of your mind?" the chief inspector muttered. This bastard's mouth never shut; he just blurted out whatever came to mind. He'll never get a promotion in his life.

The senior inspector's face stiffened, and he lowered his head without saying a word. He had originally planned to leak some information to them, but now it seemed he had to cut ties quickly.

Damn it, these four powerful martial arts factions were supposed to be very stable, which is why he was willing to take money, but then suddenly they all collapsed.

"What a load of bull! You're more like the God of Misfortune! And what kind of restorer of the dynasty are you? Eat shit! You didn't have the guts to mess with Wang Yaotang, and now look what happened! You've dragged so many people down with you!" Just then, a loud 'bang' rang out, the door was kicked open, and a group of police officers rushed in to start searching.

The senior inspector shook his head. That's it.

He wasn't the only one thinking this way; many other thugs from nearby gangs were also peeking around. Seeing that their gangs had been raided by the police, they knew they were completely finished.

……

"Go to hell, run off to the mainland!" A short, fat man kept cursing as he dialed the phone repeatedly.

Calling from Hong Kong to Shenzhen is an international call... After several transfers, I finally managed to get through to the city, but it still had to be transferred three more times before it reached the village below Shenxian Jinchuang.

I've been calling all day, but they still haven't answered.

If we can't get in touch with them again, everyone at the soda factory is going to die!
The most reliable method is to send a telegram. Although you can't directly say that Caishen Yao has wiped out all their gang leaders, leaving a phone number is still acceptable.

But the telegram also needs to be forwarded...it will take two or three days.

A while ago, Director Zhao from Pengcheng asked Wang Yaotang if he could help him get a universal switch. Well, that's all we can do right now.

The short, fat man kept smoking, looking dazed. There was no sound from the phone; he was waiting to be transferred. Even in the best-case scenario, it would take at least half an hour if he didn't make a single mistake.

Suddenly, a voice came from the receiver. The short, fat man was stunned for a moment until the other end asked, "Who is it?"

The background noise was quite loud, and he couldn't make out who it was, but he shouted excitedly, "I'm looking for Shenxian Jin, Shenxian Jin!"

"I'm Gao Laofa, what's up? You're such a big shot."

"Damn it, still playing cards? We're all going to be wiped out by Caishenyao!" The short, fat man's lips trembled with anger.

"What? What did you say?"

The call quality was really bad, with a lot of crackling and static. It took Gao Laofa a long time to get the gist of it, but sweat was already streaming down his face.

He knew he shouldn't have messed with Caishen Yao, you old bastard! Does he still think this is 10 years ago?!
After saying he would notify Shenxianjin immediately, Gao Laofa hung up the phone, came out of the village committee, and lit a cigarette by the dark roadside.

What will Shenxian Jin do when she finds out?
When faced with such a situation, martial arts factions typically have only two options: either be sharp enough to wield their weapons, or humble themselves and seek reconciliation.

But so many people died at the soda factory, how can we make peace?
Did you kill Caishen Yao?

In the martial arts world, Cai Shenyao is known for his generosity and magnanimity, but he is also known for being vindictive and cowardly. Normally, he travels with a well-trained security team of about 20 people, but he doesn't even dare to imagine how many people he would bring in this situation.

Those are people that Caishen Yaohua has been supporting at great expense, how can we kill them!
If it doesn't work the first time, there won't be a second chance.

He took a deep drag on half a cigarette. The above was just a normal situation. Gao Laofa felt that it was more likely that Cai Shenyao would not give Shenxian Jin a chance to react. Suddenly, he remembered what Taizi Rong had said about the 'blitzkrieg' when he organized the 5000-person horse-showing event. Cai Shenyao's actions were as fast as lightning.

At that point, he was unaware that the police had also joined the operation.

After much deliberation, I realized that the Divine Brocade is now a broken ship, and if things continue like this, it will sink along with it!
He rushed back, rubbed his face before entering, and put on a preoccupied look. "Boss, news came back from Hong Kong Island that Cai Shenyao told his underlings that whoever takes over our territory gets to keep it. Sheng Yi has gone crazy over there. It's not just Yau Tsim Mong, but also Tsuen Wan, Sha Tin, and Tseung Kwan O. They've all been swayed by him and started fighting. Our branch is under a lot of pressure."

The four people at the table were all shocked. Uncle Qi even slammed the cards on the table, exclaiming, "Cai Shenyao has broken the rules!"

"Has this bastard gone mad? How is the gang going to be managed if this continues?"

"Yeah, what about those who contributed to the club but didn't get promoted?"

"Stop arguing!" Shenxian Jin grabbed a card and slammed it on the table a few times. "Wouldn't it be better if Shengyi disbanded? Why worry so much? Afa, have Dawei and Lao She gather their men and confront Caishen Yaoda. Don't do it at night, do it during the day!"

"Ha, we don't need to lift a finger. The Hong Kong government will naturally quiet him down. Young people are so impetuous. They think they're invincible after a few days of glory. I've eaten more salt than rice, have I? Do you really think he calls the shots in Hong Kong? Crazy!"

"Okay, I'll make the call right away." The tall man nodded emphatically.

"No, you should take a boat back. Making a phone call is too much trouble."

"Okay, boss." Tall guy looked relieved and hurriedly walked out.

Phew... Just as I expected, I had to risk going back.

Old man, whether young people are impetuous or not, you're definitely old!

They're still using the same old tricks from ten years ago, what the hell are they showing off?

We've done this before over the years. A thousand or so people are fine, but if there are several thousand, you'll be wiped out before you can even gather your forces!
What era are we living in? These days, you need brains to survive in the underworld!

You should read more books, especially military strategy!

Damn it, just thinking about how Gao Laofa can kick a small pebble away, I'm only in this world because I can't study.

If you don't want to be a江湖 (jianghu, a term referring to the martial arts world) player, you still need to study; if you are a江湖 player, you still need to study. What's the point of my江湖 journey if I've wasted my time in the江湖?! (End of Chapter)