Hong Kong Film Intelligence King

Chapter 172 The Old Fox of Dongxing

A conversation is taking place in a large villa on an outlying island in Hong Kong.

"Where did this killer, Liang Kun, come from?"

Aben puffed on his thin cigar, completely baffled.

"The grand scheme that Jiang Tiansheng and I orchestrated was a perfect deception, a flawless deception."

"Who would have thought that he would break through? Clearly, neither I nor Jiang Tiansheng were targeting him."

Aben was in extreme discomfort and felt like he was about to vomit blood.

The camel sitting opposite him mocked:
"Do you think Handsome Kun is stupid?"

"Their power is hidden behind the Ni family. If you want to scheme against them, you should break the Ni family first."

"If the Crown Prince is gone, and someone he doesn't get along with takes over, how can Tsim Sha Tsui and Mong Kok support each other?"

“I admit that you and Jiang Tiansheng are very shrewd in your scheming, but you just fall short.”

Aben raised an eyebrow:
"Where is the difference?"

The camel bluntly stated:
"Human hearts!"

"Do you really think the two of you are the smartest people in the entire martial arts world?"

Aben was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter:

"That's right, we underestimated people's hearts, especially Liang Kun."

"However, this guy has changed a lot; he's almost a completely different person from before."

"Could going to university for further studies really change my destiny?"

The camel looked at Aben in surprise:

"You seem unconcerned about this failure?"

Aben corrected:
"It's not that I don't care, it's just that it's already a fait accompli, so what can I do even if I care?"

Can the outcome be changed?

"Can it make Cola and the others healthy again?"

"Can I get my money back?"

"Since it's impossible, wouldn't it be making things difficult for myself if I got angry about it?"

"It's better to learn from the experience and avoid failing again next time."

The camel exclaimed in admiration:
"Ben, you're really carefree."

Aben's smile was bitter:
"Carefree?"

"Just finding joy in hardship."

The camel frowned and said:
“Liang Kun’s people have arranged for Cola and the others to stay at Mingxin Hospital for two months now. Haven’t you thought about changing their rooms?”

"Now that place is almost becoming a holy place for martial arts figures to stroll around."

Aben sneered:
Why should I change them for them?

"Cola is known as the number one of the Five Tigers of Tung Sing, and Hua Fu is the head of Yuen Long's gang."

"Is this the result?"

"It's just a lesson for them."

"So that they won't think they're the best in the world."

The camel frowned and said:
"Who exactly caused them to suffer such a huge loss?"

"I've thought and thought, but I still can't figure out who did it."

Aben laughed:

"The truth would be terrifying if I told it; no one would believe it."

The camel was taken aback:
"you know?"

Aben nodded:
"Of course, as soon as Cola and the others woke up, I sent someone to ask them about it."

The camel leaned forward and asked:
"who is it?"

A complex expression appeared on Aben's face:

You would never guess who it is.

The camel got anxious:

"Hurry up and tell me, why are you keeping me in suspense now?"

Aben said expressionlessly:
"They're Liang Kun's men."

The camel's brain worked quickly:

"Brother Kun's men?"

"Sha Qiang? A Niu?"

"impossible!"

"Although these two are skilled, they are definitely no match for Cola and the others."

Aben sighed:

"It's Wang Dao and his underlings."

The camel people were dumbfounded:

"The kingly way?"

"Lian Kun's handsome protégé?"

"Is he that powerful?"

"Such a reputation has never been heard of in the martial arts world."

Aben's expression was solemn:

"That's the scariest part."

“People like us who are out in the game would love to be covered in tattoos, and we would love for everyone to know our reputation.”

The camel nodded:
"When you're out in the world, you rely on your looks to make a living; that's normal."

Aben tapped the table lightly:
"According to my investigation, Wang Dao is very young, just over twenty years old, the age of a newborn calf."

"But he is steady in his work and even willing to remain unknown."

"Just stood silently behind Liang Kun."

"I don't care about my reputation in the martial arts world at all."

"But his skills... are terrifying."

The camel frowned and asked:

"How scary?"

Aben seemed lost in thought for a moment before speaking:

"Cola told me that he, Huabao, and Situ attacked Wangdao together, but they were all suppressed by Wangdao in one fell swoop."

The camel was terrified:

"This is impossible!"

Aben smiled wryly:
"I also thought it was impossible, but it is true."

"Wang Dao is like an old fox, always with a smile on his face, making it impossible for anyone to be on guard."

"But his combat power, when caught off guard, was able to completely overwhelm Cola."

"How the hell could someone like that be born?"

Aben, who never swears, couldn't help but blurt out a curse.

The camel was momentarily stunned.

Aben added:

"Wang Dao's two henchmen are also ridiculously skilled. They can fight Kele one-on-one, and even suppress him."

"Cola told me that these three people had a distinctly malevolent aura about them."

The camel frowned and said:
"murderous look?"

Aben shook his head:
"Evil spirit!"

"There's a saying among martial arts practitioners that if you kill a lot of people, you'll be surrounded by a kind of malevolent aura that can greatly affect a person's spirit."

"Whether it's the kingly way or those two, it doesn't matter."

"He exudes a strong aura of malevolence."

"They have murders on their hands, and more than one."

The camel fell into doubt:
“I investigated Liang Kun and the people around him. Although Wang Dao was not my target, it doesn’t mean I didn’t investigate him.”

"It's entirely because his resume is spotless."

"Those things that can be seen through at a glance are not worth investigating at all."

"Then the question arises: he has a life on his hands, whose life?"

Aben responded:
"Your investigation is quite similar to mine."

You are absolutely right.

"There is absolutely no need to investigate Wang Dao; his resume is perfectly clean."

“He had never been involved in the underworld before; Liang Kun was the first person he followed.”

"The question has come full circle—whose lives did he take?"

The two looked at each other, both pale with shock.

Aben suddenly laughed:

"Interesting, really interesting."

"The Yangtze River's waves push the front waves forward, and each generation is stronger than the last."

"Liang Kun and Wang Dao, this really surprised me."

He suddenly asked,
"How is Jiang Tiansheng doing?"

The camel shrugs:

"You losing five million is nothing, but Jiang Tiansheng would be heartbroken if he lost five million."

"However, Hung Hing has been doing well these days, and Leung Kwan has poached Han Bin from Hop To."

Aben shook his head with a smile:

"Han Bin probably wants to leave too."

"Her timing in making her move was really perfect."

The camel sneered:
"Those old foxes at Hetu think they can control all the young people. It's laughable."

"We were young once too, weren't we all proud and arrogant?"

"Do those old foxes really think they can keep that tigress in check just by having the title of the next head of the Hetu?"

"That's hilarious!"

Aben laughed heartily:

"With Han Bin gone, I think Hetu is going to fall apart."

The camel laughed:

"It looks about the same to me."

"Han Bin has made great efforts to keep the Hetu Group in operation for so long. If Han Bin takes office smoothly, there will be no risk of the Hetu Group disintegrating."

"However, those old foxes are absolutely not going to back down."

"That's good too. The Hetu Group is too big. Their disintegration will always be beneficial to us."

Nobody wants to have a mountain pressing down on them.

The dismantling of the combined diagram was something almost everyone in the martial arts world was happy to see.

Aben suddenly asked:

"Didn't Liang Kun manage to oust Jiang Tiansheng?"

The camel shook its head:
"no!"

"On the contrary, Brother Kun doesn't seem very interested in gangster affairs."

"He's busy starting a company and making money now."

Aben was truly surprised:

"what?!"

The camel gave him a strange look:
Why are you so surprised?

Don't you think Liang Kun looks a lot like you?

Aben was even more surprised: "With me?!"

The camel nodded:
"In my opinion, it's easy to guess what Liang Kun is thinking. He just wants to make money peacefully and not be bothered."

“Look, he chose Tuodi within the Ni family’s sphere of influence and doesn’t associate with the surrounding gangs at all.”

"This clearly shows they don't want to get involved in the affairs of the martial arts world."

"If Jiang Tiansheng had realized this, he wouldn't have restricted Liang Kun's development, nor would he have embarrassed him."

"Think about it, if Liang Kun can make a name for himself in two streets within the Ni family's sphere of influence, do you think the surrounding gangs are any more difficult to deal with than Ni's Black Ghost and Guo Liang?"

"Then why doesn't he do it?"

Aben went through his own thoughts and immediately said:
"Handsome Kun is afraid of trouble!"

The camel clapped its hands and said:
"That's right, it's because I'm afraid of trouble."

"As long as there's nothing going on in the entertainment industry, he can run his film and television company steadily."

"Their film company has a movie that's currently showing in theaters. I heard it's going to gross over ten million at the box office, and the company's share can reach four or five million."

"This is just a movie, a movie about chasing girls."

"If it were a blockbuster product... how much could we earn?"

"Isn't this better than the fighting and killing in the martial arts world?"

“I think I understand now. You’re basically the Hung Hing version of yourself.”

A strange feeling arose in Aben.

The camel continued its endless chatter:

"You are the main source of funding for Tung Sing, with abundant financial resources, and you are firmly in first place."

"You don't usually take action unless it's absolutely necessary."

“You made a big move right away. If it weren’t for Liang Kun’s interference, Tsim Sha Tsui would probably have fallen into our and Hung Hing’s hands.”

"You're not interested in my position, you just want to make money..."

"Think about it yourself, how much he resembles Liang Kun!"

A sense of pride inexplicably rose within Aben.

Liang Kun is the most famous rising star in the underworld, and even he suffered a loss at Liang Kun's hands.

Now, hearing Camel say that Liang Kun is another version of himself, it seems that the pain of failure has faded a lot.

It's not shameful to be defeated by yourself!

"Now we just have to see when Jiang Tiansheng will come to his senses."

The camel chuckled.

“It’s true that Liang Kun is afraid of trouble, but that doesn’t mean he has no temper.”

"His men are no pushovers either."

"If you hadn't explained it to me, I would have always thought that Wang Dao was Liang Kun's business strategist."

Aben nodded:
"That's right, all of Liang Kun's decisions were devised and planned by Wang Dao."

"To be honest, I felt like I was going crazy when I found out all this."

"Why doesn't this guy, who's both smart and skilled in martial arts, think about becoming a boss himself? Why does he hide behind Liang Kun?"

The camel looked at Aben strangely, and the latter felt uncomfortable under his gaze.

"What's that look in your face?"

The camel asked directly:

"With your abilities, you could easily compete for the position of leader of Tung Sing, so why don't you do it?"

Aben shrugged:

"The position of the head of the business is a 'three evil' position, with countless troubles every day. I don't even have time to make money, why would I want to take that position..."

He looked at the camel in disbelief:

"Does Wang Dao think so too?"

The camel nodded slightly:

"Anyway, I can't find any other reason."

"Like boss, like underlings."

“That’s the kind of personality Liang Kun has, and so does Wang Dao, and it seems like Wang Dao’s underlings are too.”

"I've also heard that apart from a few people, no one at Qiankun Film and Television Company knows that their Mr. Li is the famous gangster Kun!"

hiss!
Aben gasped.
"This guy is really calm."

The camel laughed:

"However, Jiang Tiansheng probably doesn't know Liang Kun's ambitions right now; he's probably still worried about his position."

Aben commented:
"Jiang Tiansheng is capable and good at training subordinates, but he is suspicious of everything and doesn't trust anyone."

"Of course, it's impossible to believe Liang Kun."

"Not only will they not believe it, they will even embarrass Liang Kun."

The camel asked:

"Have you really not been paying attention to what's happening in the martial arts world lately?"

Aben shrugged:

"I had no idea about Liang Kun's personality traits before. Was I a newcomer?"

"Of course, we have to hide very well."

"Who knows if this guy, Liang Kun, will use me as a stepping stone to fame?"

The camel exclaimed in admiration:
"Besides Shui Ling, you are another person I admire from Dong Xing."

Aben thought of Shui Ling, that woman, and sighed from the bottom of his heart:
"Shui Ling is truly remarkable."

The camel introduced it to him:
“Brother Babi, who is also known as Liang Kun, just got out. He contacted Liang Kun to ask to meet, but Liang Kun refused.”

"The next day, B sent men to kill Ba Bi in broad daylight."

"Chen Guozhong solved the case at lightning speed, identified the murderer as Big Head, the top henchman of Little B, and also found ten million worth of goods in the warehouse of Babi."

"The police station is furious. There is intelligence that someone from the foreigners has instructed the police station to target Hung Hing and carry out a month-long sweep."

Aben was taken aback:
"Babi?"

"He can have ten million worth of goods?"

The camel asked:

"has a problem?"

Aben's expression was solemn:

"Have!"

"While selling fans can be profitable, not all fans are rich."

"Babi is that poor wretch."

"He can't possibly have any money!"

"It's impossible for someone to have ten million worth of goods right after being released from prison."

The camel was taken aback:
"Foreigners?!"

Aben nodded:
"Babi must be the foreigners' front man."

"The people behind HeTu are foreigners; this is something many people in the underworld know."

"Foreigners have always maintained an open attitude towards fandom."

“Fan acquisition without their permission must be cracked down on.”

“Fans who leave with their permission should be protected.”

"This principle has remained basically unchanged since the port was opened to the present."

"Whether it was the official drug that was sold publicly in the past, or the four major families during the Lei Luo era."

"And this remains true even now."

The camel suddenly realized:

"No wonder the foreigners were so furious about Babi's death."

He changed the subject...
"Lung Fei from Kowloon City died recently, during the siege of the police station."

"His territory was also taken over by Chen Guozhong, and the surrounding gangs divided it up equally."

Aben asked:

"Are you trying to unite a group of triads to take over Hung Hing?"

The camel smiled and said:
"Anyway, Hung Hing has a grudge against us, so let's take this opportunity to settle our scores, shall we?"

Aben thought for a moment, then shook his head:
"hold on."

Camel keenly sensed Aben's meaning: he wasn't against annexing Hung Hing, he was against annexing Hung Hing now.

"Ben, what are your concerns?"

Aben voiced his concerns:
"This targeted action by the foreigners is not for revenge against the Babi."

"Bab is just a white glove; once he dies, you can just replace him with a new one."

"Avenge him?"

"When have those foreigners ever avenged their men?"

The camel quickly realized what was happening:

"what do you mean?"

Aben coldly said:
"The foreigners are very likely testing the waters of the underworld by suppressing Hung Hing. If the underworld acquiesces, then they can choose other gangs to suppress next."

"After all, there is the example of Hung Hing right in front of us."

The camel turned pale.

This time it's Hung Hing, but can we be sure it won't be Tung Sing next time?
"What should I do?"

Aben smiled wryly:
"I don't know what to do?"

"I don't even know who's behind Babi!"

Camel fell silent. He put himself in Jiang Tiansheng's shoes and realized that this was a dead end.

"Since Hung Hing is already doomed, why do you want me to stall for time?"

Aben crossed his arms and pondered deeply:
“I always felt that Hung Hing wouldn’t fall so easily.”

The camel bluntly stated:
“I know Jiang Tiansheng’s background; there’s nothing he can do.”

Aben shook his head:
"I'm not talking about Chiang Tin-sang, I'm talking about Leung Kwan and his henchman Wong Tao..."

"They're too mysterious; who knows if they have a way?"

The camel said in astonishment:
"Aren't you overestimating them?"

Aben shrugged:

"Maybe."

After careful consideration, the camel finally decided:
“I’ll just stall for a week. If Hung Hing has no other options after a week, then I will definitely contact the surrounding triads and take them over.”

Aben readily agreed:
"of course."

"It's better to benefit ourselves than to benefit others."

The camel laughed loudly as it stood up:

"Ben, I will keep you informed of any news as soon as possible."

Aben nodded emphatically:

"Take care, Luo Sheng."

After seeing the camels off, Aben returned and meticulously analyzed the situation:

"If I were Leung Kwan, in this desperate situation, how would I fight back?"

Suddenly, he froze.

"It seems that the predicament Hung Hing is facing has absolutely no impact on Leung Kwan Mui?"

“He doesn’t have any of those traditional shady businesses at all.”

"What the hell is this?"