1982 Started from Hong Kong

Chapter 406 Master and Apprentice

"Ma Rongcheng, the editor and illustrator of the famous Hong Kong comic strip "Chinese Heroes", was attacked by unknown persons in the underground parking lot last night, injuring his "Golden Finger" with an annual salary of 600 million, and his assistant Cui Yuanfa was chopped on both hands by the assailant. The incident has caused strong reactions from all walks of life. People in the comics industry have called on the relevant authorities and the public to express their opinions on the Ma Zai incident and provide clues to the police.

On the other hand, the reports and rumors about this case all explicitly or implicitly imply that it is related to Huang Yulang, the chairman of Yulang Group. Huang Yulang has not yet commented on the matter..."

The radio next to the bed was broadcasting news.

Ma Rongcheng was lying on the hospital bed, his right hand wrapped in layers of gauze, his face bruised, looking a little disheveled.

In addition to the knife wound on his right hand, he also had bruises from being punched and kicked.

In the brightly lit ward.

There was another man sitting nearby.

He looks ordinary, even a little ugly, but his signature mustache adds a bit of dignity and righteousness.

"How can I express my opinion? Everyone outside is saying that I sent someone to kill you because you, an employee who lays golden eggs, are going to transfer and I won't let you go."

Huang Yulang stroked his beard and shook his head as if he had heard a funny joke.

He looked at Ma Rongcheng and continued to ask: "Ma Zai, after knowing each other for so many years, do you think I would do such a thing?"

"will not!"

Ma Rongcheng answered very decisively.

He did understand Huang Yulang's character. Although he came from Jiliao Jingyi, he was ruthless and vicious, and was not even as good as himself, Feng Zhiming and Qiu Fulong, who came from martial arts schools.

This Mr. Huang is more of a con man than a gangster. The word "swindler" is not a derogatory term. It means that he is quick-witted and focused on making money. It is impossible for him to get involved in the mess of the underworld and lower his own status.

Moreover, after the Yulang Group went public, Huang Yulang almost stopped intervening in the comics business and focused on stock trading. He even founded the Financial Times to influence stock prices. Before the stock market crash, he could make millions a day by trading futures, which shows how deeply he was invested.

For Huang Yulang, the company's entire publishing business combined does not earn him as much as he does from stocks. If he were to foolishly find someone to hack him, the news would affect the group's stock price if it were exposed.

"So who is it that's messing with me?"

Ma Rongcheng shook the mummy's right hand and said, "The doctor said my injury was not serious and there will be no sequelae, but Ah Fa's tendons were cut and he will never be able to hold a paintbrush again in his life."

Huang Yulang frowned and said in a deep voice: "I will investigate this matter thoroughly. Ah Fa is also our brother. The company will handle his subsequent medical expenses."

Ma Rongcheng nodded slightly: "Okay."

Huang Yulang paused and added, "I also hope that you and Ah Fa will not speak out in front of the media before the matter is thoroughly investigated."

Ma Rongcheng was silent for a few seconds, sneered, and wiped his face with his left hand: "Okay."

Huang Yulang stood up silently and patted Ma Rongcheng on the shoulder: "Just rest and recover first. The police asked me to assist in the investigation, so I'll go over first."

Huang Yulang did not get a response from Ma Rongcheng this time. He hesitated for a moment and walked straight out of the ward.

Walk to the door,

Ma Rongcheng's voice suddenly came again from behind.

"Mr. Huang, are you really going to investigate this thoroughly? I will depend on this hand for my livelihood for the rest of my life. This is too sinister."

Ma Rongcheng leaned against the bed and stared at Huang Yulang's back. For the first time, anger emerged in his voice. He picked up the radio next to him with his left hand and smashed it against the opposite wall. He said viciously: "Everyone says we are good brothers, but why didn't Manager Qi come to visit me? He wants me to sign that indenture, right? Come on, let him bring the contract up in person, and I will sign it right now!"

The radio broke into pieces with a loud bang.

The battery flew out and spun around on the ground.

Then, the door of the ward opened from the outside.

"Wow, you're so angry?"

Ma Rongcheng's girlfriend Chen Jieyu, who is also the prototype of the character with the same name in "Chinese Hero", stood timidly at the door of the ward.

There was a young man beside him. He glanced at the broken radio on the ground and said with a joking smile: "I just came back from Taiwan. I rushed to visit Sir Ma as soon as I heard the news. How can you not welcome me like this?"

Huang Yulang and Ma Rongcheng both recognized that the young man next to Chen Jieyu was none other than Zhai Yuan, who had disappeared in Hong Kong for a month.

"Nice to meet you again, Mr. Zhai."

Huang Yulang forced a smile at Zhai Yuan, then looked back at Ma Rongcheng, who was still angry, and took a deep breath: "Just rest and recover."

After saying this, he strode out of the ward without looking around.

"Ayu, go pour the tea... pour a glass of water for Mr. Zhai."

After Huang Yulang left, Ma Rongchen's expression softened a bit when facing Zhai Yuan. He habitually asked his girlfriend to greet the guests, but then he changed his tone when he remembered that they were in the hospital.

Chen Jieyu came out immediately.

Ma Rongcheng smiled at Zhai Yuan with an apologetic expression: "I made a fool of myself in front of Mr. Zhai. I was a little emotional just now."

"It doesn't matter. I was almost crippled. My golden finger turned into a muddy finger. Anyone would be excited~"

Zhai Yuan pulled a chair over and sat in front of the bed, pointing at Ma Rongcheng's right hand: "How is it, are you okay?"

Ma Rongcheng forced a smile and shook his head.

"That's good. As long as you can hold the pen, there's no problem. I just returned to Hong Kong, and Sister Huizhen and several cartoonists from Ershili informed me of this. By the way, everyone guessed who did it."

Zhai Yuan smiled when he said this, and asked Ma Rongcheng: "There are currently three suspects, Huang Yulang, Qi Wenjie and Shangguan Xiaobao. Come on, choose someone you like."

"My master?"

Ma Rongcheng didn't react when he heard the first two names, but when he heard Shangguan Xiaobao's name, his expression suddenly showed some surprise.

Zhai Yuan grinned and said, "Although Shangguan Xiaobao is your master, I think it's normal for him to sacrifice a disciple for revenge after more than ten years of grievances with Huang Yulang. If he sends someone to kill you at the height of your contract termination, and then puts the blame on Huang Yulang to make him lose face, wouldn't that be perfect?"

The grudges over the past decade were not groundless.

In other words, Shangguan Xiaobao's number one enemy is Huang Yulang.

There were two major factions of comics in early Hong Kong: the Shangguan faction and the Yulang faction.

Ever since Huang Yulang became more and more powerful, grievances between the two sides began to arise.

Later, Yulang Group incorporated the Shangguan faction on the grounds of win-win, but Shangguan Xiaobao's brothers were not only not reused, their right to speak was further deprived, and the conflicts deepened.

However, the real reason why Shangguan Xiaobao hated Huang Yulang was that he quit the Yulang Group two years ago when his contract expired. After he founded his own company, he found that most of his former apprentices were actually turned against Huang Yulang. Several traitors, led by Niu Lao (the author of Young and Dangerous), publicly changed their minds and worshipped Huang Yulang as their master, breaking off relations with him.

So Niu Lao became Shangguan Xiaobao's second enemy.

From a conspiracy theory point of view, it is reasonable for Shangguan Xiaobao to treat Ma Rongcheng as a sacrifice and put the blame on Huang Yulang for hiring a murderer.

"Mr. Zhai is indeed the King of Bridges. He has so many wonderful ideas."

Ma Rongcheng was stunned after hearing this explanation, then he smiled and shook his head, changing the subject: "If someone really framed Huang Yulang, I think you, Mr. Zhai, are more suspicious than my master."

The Yulang Group almost monopolizes the comic book business in Hong Kong, so it is naturally regarded as the biggest competitor of 912 Newt.

If Shangguan Xiaobao can hire someone to kill someone and frame him, Zhai Yuan can do the same.

"No, I have a lot of integrity. I would never do such a despicable thing."

Zhai Yuan finished his words seriously, and then joked, "Normally, I won't offend anyone unless they offend me. I heard from Sister Huizhen that she invited you to join the Two-spined Newt, but you refused? This time I came to talk to you in person. If you don't even give me face, then I will really send someone to kill you."

Chen Jieyu walked in from outside with a cup of water and happened to hear the second half of the sentence.

His hand shook and the cup fell to the ground.

…………

Snapped!
Huang Yulang slapped his eldest disciple Qi Wenjie hard on the face, then grabbed his collar and slammed him against the wall.

"Are you confused? If he wants to terminate the contract, let him do it. Do I need a goose that lays golden eggs?"

Huang Yulang gritted his teeth and spit on Qi Wenjie's face.

"It's now rumored that I sent someone to kill him, and someone else spread the word that I would be thrown into jail. Damn you! The stock market crash had just started to recover a little, and the group's share price was about to rise to 1 yuan, but because of you, it fell another % when it opened in the afternoon! Big Brother, you are just too bold, too daring, and you don't have a brain at all! Fuck you!"

A visibly slapping mark quickly appeared on Qi Wenjie's face, and he didn't care about the pain from the back of his head hitting the wall.

He stammered guiltily: "Master, I really don't know, it wasn't me..."

Snapped!Snapped!
In response, Huang Yulang slapped him twice with his backhand.

"I'm telling you that you don't know, I'm telling you that you don't know!"

Huang Yulang said with an unpleasant expression, "Before I came here, I specifically called Jesus to ask him about it. He told me personally that you were the one who asked him to find someone to teach Ma Rongcheng a lesson under the pretext of standing up for me. Didn't you know that?"

The Jesus he was talking about was certainly not the big guy who was nailed to the cross.

It was Jingyi’s new leader, Chen Yubin.

In the 1960s, he was accepted as a disciple of Jingyi at a ceremony held at Fule Wooden House. A few years later, he represented the gang and acted as a mediator in the conflict between the Number Gang and the Water Room, eventually making the two gang leaders reconcile. Later, because a big boss of Jingyi offended the Twelve Golden Hairpins, the gang pushed him out to negotiate with the Twelve Golden Hairpins at Fengru Teahouse. As a result, Chen Yubin resolved the crisis again and became famous in one battle.

He then took the nickname Jesus, meaning that one could do whatever he wanted as his disciple.

This brother is really brave.

Today, the Organized Crime and Triad Bureau has just been reorganized and established, and in the context of Hong Kong's crackdown on organized crime, it still dares to hunt down celebrities like Ma Rongcheng.

"Pick that mother! I'll settle the score with that Jesus later!"

Huang Yulang cursed, then glared at Qi Wenjie and yelled, "Fuck you, Ma Rongcheng is not a fool. You sent someone to do something and he knows it very well. He told me to hand over someone. What do you think I should do now?"

"At worst, I can go and pour him some tea to admit my mistake, even kowtow to him, or I can let him chop me with his sword!"

Qi Wenjie sucked the blood from his gums, stiffened his neck and showed an expression of not admitting defeat: "But I don't think I'm wrong in this matter. Since Master, you have handed over the group's publishing business to me, I should consider the interests of the group. The newly established Mi Gui Er Ci Li is coming on strong. If Ma Rongcheng takes over, wouldn't that just add fuel to the fire?"

"you!"

Huang Yulang pointed at Qi Wenjie angrily and swallowed the words back.

"pick!"

He turned around angrily and kicked the desk behind him hard to vent his anger.

Huang Yulang has always valued this eldest disciple because he is loyal enough and acts decisively.

The only problem was that his painting skills were so poor that he couldn't even learn half of his skills, so he handed over all the administrative power to him while he focused on the stock market.

It is impossible to say that Qi Wenjie had no selfish motives in hurting Ma Rongcheng this time. After all, he makes money entirely from publishing revenue since he has no works, and he naturally does not want to see Ma Rongcheng terminate the contract.

But more of it was the incompetence and rage in comic creation, which triggered a strong desire for control. He felt that he could do anything for Huang Yulang to repay his master for promoting him and employing him.

"During this stock market crash, I lost 3000 yuan on each of my 10 'long' futures contracts."

Huang Yulang rubbed his face vigorously, and his tone turned calm: "I have lost more than 300 million Hong Kong dollars. I have to use my own stocks to make mortgage loans to fill my positions. If the group's stock price can't go up, I will sell more and more shares. Yulang Group will be acquired by someone in a minute. Do you know what stupid thing you have done now?"

Qi Wenjie's face changed when he heard this. He usually didn't pay attention to the stock market, but now he realized how critical the situation was.

Still fussing with Ma Rongcheng? The Yulang Group, the headquarters, is almost gone.

"Master, I..."

Huang Yulang waved his hand to interrupt him.

"Anyway, we cannot take responsibility for what happened to Ma Rongcheng this time. Remember, you! Didn’t! Do! It!"

Huang Yulang finished speaking word by word and exhaled heavily, "I have already told Jesus to arrange for the assassin to escape and deny it without evidence. Then I will tell him to inform the media. If anyone dares to speak out again, they can't blame Jing Yizi for setting fire to his newspaper office! Then I will throw this dirty water out..."

Huang Yulang paused here and thought for a moment: "We need to find someone to release a smoke bomb and say that this time Ma Rongcheng was killed. One reason is that Shangguan Xiaobao sent a knifeman to frame him, and the other is that Zhai Yuan, the boss of the newly established Ershili...isn't he the head of Xinji? Then write that he colluded with the underworld and threatened Ma Rongcheng to switch jobs."

Qi Wenjie's eyes lit up when he heard this.

He is indeed his old mentor. He always tries to divert the blame, especially throwing dirty water on Zhai Yuan. Even if Ma Rongcheng is willing to transfer, would he dare to accept him?
"Understood Master, I will go out and arrange it immediately!"

Qi Wenjie couldn't wait to go out and do things.

"Stop!"

Huang Yulang reached out to stop him, smiled kindly, walked to the refrigerator, opened the door and took out a can of cold Coke.

He put the Coke can on Qi Wenjie's face and applied it.

Seeing his disciple's touched eyes, Huang Yulang immediately said: "Now the bank is forcing me to fill the position and repay the loan, but after the listing of Yulang Group, there is a lot of money in the account that I can't use. So I want to temporarily sell the copyrights of the comics "Dragon Tiger Gate" through you, for 30 million yuan, and I have already found the buyer. Then, in the name of the company, I will help your team apply for a creative fund of 70 million yuan. The money will be used for an interest-free loan from the company's public account, and finally the 100 million yuan will be transferred to my grain and oil company in Vietnam..."

(End of this chapter)