Hong Kong Tycoon: Starting from Delivering Dongfeng Express

Chapter 176 Da Dong: Can't you do anything without a woman?
Inside a private room at the Hong Kong Island Club.

"That Ye Dongsheng is truly ungrateful!" Bi Defu said with a grim expression.

“Yes, as you’ve seen, it’s not that Daoheng Bank doesn’t want to resolve this, it’s just that he’s completely uncommunicative! Could we ask Mr. Charles to put some more pressure on him…”

Upon hearing this, Peterford's eyes flickered: "Mr. Charles is very busy and will be going to England on a business trip in a couple of days. This is all I can do; you'll have to handle this yourselves."

Watching Bidford's departing figure, Chairman Guo and President Ma cursed him inwardly for being unreliable. They knew that Charles didn't actually care about the gains or losses of Daoheng Bank; he just didn't want the public opinion surrounding this matter to affect the reputation of the Financial Regulatory Bureau.

President Ma said, "Chairman Guo, Charles is subtly hinting that we shouldn't escalate the lawsuit any further..."

Mr. Guo waved his hand: "Charles probably won't last much longer. The Hong Kong government's decision to amend the Banking Ordinance shows their dissatisfaction with his performance over the past few years. There's no need to worry about him too much!"

President Ma then added, "This Ye Dongsheng has too big an appetite. I think what he wants is this 1960 million plus a loan of 1340 million!"

Mr. Guo scoffed, "Impossible! That's wishful thinking!"

The fact that Ye Dongsheng was given 1960 million yuan, which was planned to be paid in installments over several years, has already caused considerable controversy among the bank's board of directors.

This adds up to 3300 million. Even the chairman of Daoheng Bank would feel the pinch if he lost this sum, and none of the other board members would agree to it!
President Ma sighed, "But if the lawsuit continues, it will cause sustained damage to the reputation of our Daoheng Bank!"

Upon hearing this, Mr. Guo was also worried, as this was the most troubling point for them. Fighting a lawsuit meant constantly being at the center of public opinion and being criticized by citizens.

President Ma asked, "It seems that Ye Dongsheng's approach is not feasible. What should we do now?"

After a moment of contemplation, Guo Dong said, "Didn't you say that Ye Dongsheng hid that radar dart? The more he doesn't want us to see it, the more it shows that he's afraid of it!"
Mobilize all resources to find Radarbiao's family and friends and contact him as soon as possible!

"If 2000 million can't settle things with that guy surnamed Ye, I refuse to believe we can't settle things with a radar dart!"

……

The Mercedes-Benz slowly passed through the Hung Hom Tunnel.

Inside the car, Ye Dongsheng was on the phone with Sandy.

"Mr. Ye, since Daoheng Bank is willing to seek reconciliation, it means they are making concessions and that they don't want to wait any longer."

If you're willing, I can also negotiate with them on your behalf to see if we can raise the price a bit..."

Ye Dongsheng shook his head directly: "No need, I don't want to be called a traitor by the whole of Hong Kong for this little bit of money."

Even if the 19.6 million yuan that should have been given to him were waived, he still wouldn't agree.

After this incident, Ye Dongsheng is now considered a public figure and has been hailed as a rights activist by newspapers and Hong Kong citizens.

If he were to reach a settlement with Tongdao Heng Bank and then turn around and speak on their behalf, he would truly be condemned as a traitor by the vast majority of Hong Kong citizens.

Reputation is sometimes useless, but sometimes it's very useful.

Dongfeng Express is making a fortune every day; over ten million yuan is just a matter of half a month for them. But this wave of good reputation has been ruined, and there's no way to salvage it now.

"Okay, Mr. Ye."

My mentor said that in order to deal with public opinion, the Financial Secretary has begun to amend the Banking Ordinance. After this news is announced, Dao Heng Bank's situation will get worse, and we will not lose the subsequent lawsuit.

However, I think Daoheng Bank must already know the news and won't sit idly by. Their current strategy will likely be to focus their attacks on Radar Dart. We'll need you to come up with a solution there.”

After hanging up the phone, Ye Dongsheng pondered that sending out the radar dart for half a month could only buy time, but the hidden dangers remained.

This hidden danger must be resolved before Daoheng Bank will give up.

Kill him? Don't be ridiculous!
Ye Dongsheng is a law-abiding citizen, not a criminal!

He is now considering allocating a portion of the $1960 million to Radarbike.

Based on his interactions with Lei Dabiao, he seems to be a principled ordinary citizen who yearns for a better life but doesn't have much ambition and is content with modest wealth.

He might betray Ye Dongsheng for 2000 million, but he would definitely be very conflicted and tormented, feeling guilty.

If Ye Dongsheng were to give him a portion, not much, just three to five million, he would decisively refuse any demands from Daoheng Bank, because this money would satisfy his yearning for a better life and spare his conscience from torment.

Having made up his mind, Ye Dongsheng felt relieved and planned to discuss the matter with Radar Dart when he returned.

……

Vancouver, Canada.

Radar Dart, who was on everyone's mind, was currently berating his wife:

"What are you thinking? You won 2000 million last time, that's used up all your luck in your lifetime, why are you still buying lottery tickets? And buying them abroad!"

Fatty pouted and said, "I only bought one because it's a rare trip abroad! Maybe this is the only time I'll come here in my life, so I bought a lottery ticket as a souvenir!"

Radar Dart tossed the lottery ticket back into Fatty's arms with disdain: "What's so memorable about a lottery ticket? It's just a piece of waste paper! Three Canadian dollars, you might as well buy some stamps!"

Fatty didn't mind, curled it up and stuffed it into his pocket, then tumbled over to the phone:
“Hey, Third Sister, it’s Fatty! Do you know where I am right now? Vancouver! You don’t even know where Vancouver is? It’s the capital of Canada! My whole family is here for Christmas. You have no idea how beautiful it is here in winter…”

"The capital of Canada is Ottawa!" Radar Dart muttered from the side, but Fatty completely ignored him, chatting animatedly with the person on the other end of the phone.

Radar Dart shook his head. What a spendthrift woman! Just to show off, she's making international long-distance calls here. It's expensive, you know!

Fortunately, Mr. Ye reimbursed the major expense of this trip, namely the round-trip airfare, so he didn't care about the small amount of money.

Thinking of Ye Dongsheng, Lei Dabiao felt a mix of emotions. He was very grateful to Ye Dongsheng, after all, he had helped his family so much, and this trip had been reimbursed by Ye Dongsheng.

However, the thought of the other party winning the lawsuit and receiving the 1960 million yuan in savings that he had transferred still stirred up a bit of jealousy in his heart for no reason, since the money originally belonged to him.

He knew he shouldn't have such thoughts, but some dark thoughts are hard to control.

He then shook his head and told himself that without the other party, he wouldn't even have 50, let alone the ability to sue Daoheng Bank. Life is about being content with what you have!

……

December 30th, only 2 days left until the New Year.

A young man rushed into the office: "Manager, the radar dart has been found!"

Upon hearing this, President Ma's expression brightened, and he abruptly stood up: "Where is it?"

"Vancouver XX Hotel, Canada!"

President Ma asked again, "Is the information reliable?"

"It's reliable! Radar Dart's wife called several relatives yesterday, and we paid them a little money to confirm the information. Comparing the information with theirs, it shouldn't be wrong! Then we found the hotel based on the phone number!"

President Ma slammed his hand on the table: "Good! Go and fetch Attorney Han!"

A moment later, several people, all senior executives, gathered in the office.

President Ma said, "We have now ascertained the hotel address of the Radarbiao family, and I plan to head to Vancouver immediately!"

"Manager, are you going in person? Why don't you let me go instead?"

President Ma waved his hand: "Let Attorney Han and I go instead; it will show our sincerity!"

"Bank manager, how much are you planning to offer him?"

Bank Manager Ma held up one finger: "1000 million! If that's not enough, add more!" "1000 million should be enough for someone like Radar Dart!"

"Well, actually we could split it over five years, giving him 200 million each year. That would be less costly!"

The group said that they hadn't even considered the possibility that Radar Dart might refuse.

After all, that's 10 million! For an ordinary person, that's a fortune they couldn't earn in ten lifetimes! It might be the only chance in their life to defy fate, only a fool would be willing to give it up!
Once the matter was settled, President Ma immediately summoned his secretary: "Go and book the earliest flight to Vancouver for me and Attorney Han!"

The secretary jogged off to make a call, then returned a moment later, looking troubled: "Manager, the flight to Vancouver just took off, the next one isn't until a week later. Should we book it?"

Although Hong Kong Island is now a major international metropolis, there is only one flight route to Canada, and it only runs once a week. It's nowhere near as frequent as it is in later years.

Upon hearing this, President Ma's expression changed. A week later? That means it won't be until January 5th, 1986!

By then, Radar Darts will probably be back, so why would he bother going?

Moreover, according to the information he received, the Hong Kong government will announce in the new year that it will begin to amend the Banking Ordinance. If they wait until after that to come to him, Radar Darts might raise the price again!
"No way! A week is too long, I can't wait! Go ask the travel agency and have them plan the fastest route to Vancouver for me!"

The secretary hurriedly went to make a phone call, and came running back a while later:
"Manager, the travel agency has two options."

The first route has a flight to Los Angeles in 3 days, taking about 13 hours. From Los Angeles, there are daily flights to Vancouver, taking only 2 hours!

President Ma frowned. It would take 13 hours to fly there in 3 days, and then another 4 days to get to Vancouver. That was still a bit of a long time.

"Are there any shorter ones?"

"The second route is to fly to Tokyo, Japan tomorrow, and then fly from Tokyo to Vancouver the day after tomorrow. It takes 9 hours to get there!"

"Okay, this is it!"

……

January 1, 86, New Year’s Day.

In fact, New Year's Day is a somewhat awkward holiday in Hong Kong. It is sandwiched between Christmas and Chinese New Year, which makes it less exciting for people.

However, since it was a holiday and the new year brought a fresh start, Hong Kong Island was quite lively on this day, with many people shopping and sightseeing.

Ah Shi seemed to be infected by the festive atmosphere as well, and the smile on her lips never faded as she walked among the crowd.

Carrying a large pot of porridge she had bought, she hailed a taxi on a bustling street and headed to a slightly secluded neighborhood.

Upon opening the door, one sees several burly men playing cards around a table in the living room.

"Sister Shi is back?"

"Wow! It smells so good! What kind of porridge did Sister Shi buy this time?"

"You can help yourselves with Fu Kee's smooth and fragrant chicken rice congee!"

Ah Shi put the porridge on the table, then walked straight to the bedroom with a smile.

The refined-looking man leaning against the balcony railing reached out and called out, "Sister Shi, there's someone inside..."

Ashi stopped in her tracks, the smile that had been on her lips vanished, and her face darkened.

She clenched her fist, then slammed the door open. Soon after, a woman's scream echoed from inside...

At this moment, the burly men in the living room also sensed that something was wrong and whispered among themselves:

"Hey, Sister Shi, why are you reacting so strongly this time? It's not like the boss hasn't patronized prostitutes before."

"Who knows? Maybe she's on her period?"

"Sister Shi is a woman too! Every woman gets jealous!"

"Damn, I wouldn't have remembered that Sister Shi was a woman if you hadn't told me!"

Soon the conversation ended, and then Ashi was seen dragging a woman, who was shirtless, out of the room by the hair. The woman was cursing:

"What the hell! You old hag! It was your man who chose me! Are you blind?!"
Damn it! I want more money!

Ash loosened her hair, went back into the house, threw her clothes out, and then took out a wad of banknotes and threw them directly at the woman's face.

Upon seeing the wad of money, the woman fell silent. She picked up her clothes, but without even putting them on, she ran straight out the door.

At that moment, Da Dong, wearing a red bathrobe, walked out of the room, saying nonchalantly, "It's just a prostitute, just playing around~"

Ah Shi kept a straight face and remained silent.

Da Dong smelled the aroma wafting over and walked to the table, exclaiming, "Wow! It smells so good! I just happened to have a bit of a cold..."

As he spoke, he was about to pick up the bowl to ladle out the soup.

But Ah Shi walked over and pushed the soup pot over, spilling soup everywhere. The soup flowed down the table and onto the floor, wetting Da Dong's red bathrobe.

Da Dong frowned and glared at A Shi: "What are you doing? It's not like I haven't looked for them before! You said you didn't care!"

Ah Shi glared at Da Dong, then glanced around the living room and said, "Let's go!"

The other six people in the living room exchanged glances. The refined-looking man advised, "Sister Shi, the boss is just playing around. Don't take it to heart..."

Ah Shi simply countered with, "Are you coming with me or not?"

After saying that, she picked up her bag and walked out of the room.

The refined-looking man and the other two exchanged a glance and whispered, "Boss, let's go and try to persuade Sister Shi..."

The three picked up their bags and hurriedly followed Ah Shi.

As Shi walked downstairs, she touched her belly.

Of course, she didn't take these prostitutes seriously. Da Dong had done it before, so she didn't care.

Actually, she was rescued by Da Dong after being raped, and he even helped her kill her enemy, so she followed Da Dong wholeheartedly.

But today is different. The reason she's so angry is because she's pregnant with Da Dong's child!
Seeing the mess on the floor, Da Dong was furious and kicked the table over.

"Damn it! What's wrong with you?!"

He's a thrill-seeker, Ashi knows that, and she's never paid any attention to him before. I don't know what got into her today!

A moment later, one of the people next to him asked, "Boss, what do we do now?"

"What do you mean, what to do? She'll come back on her own!" Da Dong said irritably.

"Boss, what I mean is, we don't have enough people right now. Will we still be able to grab the packages at the courier stores in a couple of days?"

Da Dong scratched his head and said irritably:

"Rob it! Why wouldn't you rob it! You can't do anything without a woman?"

"Egg Boy, go find a few more new faces from the mainland!"

(End of this chapter)