Hong Kong Film Intelligence King

Chapter 324: Kill you while you are sick
"Brother Dao, the plastic flowers are sorted out." James reported to Wang Dao as soon as he returned to the office.

"I watched with my own eyes as this guy was thrown into a tin bucket, turned into cement, and dumped into the sea."

Wang Dao nodded in satisfaction:
"well done!"

James added:
"The Security Bureau told me that Commissioner William III committed suicide."

Wang Dao mocked:
"Was he murdered?"

James nodded:

"This should be."

“My adjutant, Rebecca, speculated that the reason the three commissioners only wrote checks up to the five-million-dollar limit was because of prior testing…”

James honestly reported all the intelligence he had gathered that day to Wang Dao.

Wang Dao's lips curled up:

"Unfortunately, Brother Zhong can't get William and the other two to talk based on this speculation."

James disagreed:
"This is clearly a cover-up by those people in Chongqing to protect their image."

"The investigation of such major cases usually takes more than six months."

"However, they only gave Brother Zhong two days, which was not enough at all."

"Whether it's the Fog City or the Governor's Mansion, they never even considered solving the case."

Wang Dao asked with a smile:

"These people are really rich!"

"They don't even care about 450 million Hong Kong dollars."

James chuckled:

"That's a lot of money, of course."

"However, this money belongs neither to the city of Fog nor to the governor's mansion, so they naturally won't care."

"If you lose money from HSBC, you lose it."

"Besides, the surveillance footage has already captured the images of those one hundred people; we can just search for them one by one."

Wang Dao mocked:
"Then we'll have plenty to look for."

James told the truth:
"HSBC is the one that suffers the loss; it has nothing to do with those old men."

Wang Dao laughed and said:

"I see."

"If it doesn't concern me, I'll just mind my own business!"

James shrugs:

"Brother Dao, this is how the West solves problems."

Wang Dao smiled but remained silent.

It's just a delaying tactic!
He didn't want to talk about this topic, since neither Shen Daban nor Ximen were his people anyway.

Who cares about his life or death?
"You did a good job. You'll get a share of today's profits. I'll make arrangements for you later."

James was overjoyed and said repeatedly:

"Thank you, Brother Dao. Thank you, Brother Dao."

The Way of Kings is straightforward:
"My reputation is known throughout the entire martial arts world."

"You've done what you were supposed to do, I won't let you suffer any losses."

James still thanked him.

After hanging up the phone, I saw Liang Kun's curious gaze:
"Ado, when did you manage to win over James?"

Wang Dao shrugged:

"It's all about profit."

"Brother Kun, how's it going being the president of the land company these past few days?"

Lam Kwan waved his hand:
"Let's hurry up and negotiate. The more I look at it, the more I think Hongkong Land is a good project."

"I really can't bear to sell those buildings!"

Wang Dao shrugged:

"Brother Kun, think about our big project. If we don't sell the land, where will we get the money?"

Liang Kun asked:

"Isn't there any other way?"

Wang Dao sighed:

"In my opinion, there will be many large projects in the future, and all of these projects will require a lot of money. We can't do without money on hand."

Young Kun is still not giving up:

"Even with your ability to amass wealth, it's not enough?"

For example, you ate way too much today.

Wang Dao was dissatisfied and said:
"Brother Kun, what are you saying? How did you tell me I'm stuffed?"

"We're just too full!"

The two looked at each other and burst into laughter.

Le Huizhen said to Bozi:

"Those two guys are obsessed with money."

Bozi nodded repeatedly:

"Yes, yes."

"You have no idea that Brother Kun has been dreaming about buying land these past few days."

Handsome Kun argued vehemently:
"You're out there doing this to make money!"

"No one will work for you?"

“Hong Kong has limited land and a large population, so building houses is the most profitable business, and there’s never any worry about selling them.”

Wang Dao smiled:
"You're absolutely right!"

Liang Kun asked:

"How much did you rob today?"

It's a pity that the kingly way is so:
"Boss Shen ran away at noon, otherwise he could have earned even more."

"We've only made about a third of our earnings so far."

Liang Kun was taken aback:
"One-third of the principal?"

Wang Dao shrugged:

"One or two hundred million, not much."

Bozi opened his mouth wide and said:
"That's not much."

Wang Dao explained:
"Sister-in-law, there are too many wolves and not enough meat."

"All the big names in Hong Kong's business district have come."

"Jardine Matheson, Swire, Standard Chartered, Wheelock, Kadoorie..."

"These bastards are all vicious."

"Luckily I planned ahead, otherwise they wouldn't have left us even a drop of soup."

Bozi's mouth got even bigger:

"This...doesn't this mean HSBC has been swallowed up by them?"

Wang Dao shook his head:
"No, no matter how much I try to make money, I only managed to get 20% of HSBC's shares."

Handsome Kun said irritably:

"Don't be modest. With 20% of the shares, you're definitely one of HSBC's top five shareholders."

Wang Dao shrugged:

"It seems that some of you will have to take on additional roles as directors of the HSBC board of directors in the future."

Handsome Kun laughed and said:
"How come I remember that HSBC doesn't have any Chinese directors yet?"

The kingly way disagrees:

"With economic development, Chinese capital has grown stronger and stronger."

"Everything that Hong Kong has now will eventually be returned to it."

Bozi asked curiously:
"Ah Dao, when will the HSBC turmoil be over?"

Wang Dao thought for a moment and said:

"Hard to say!"

Bozi was taken aback and said:
"Difficult to explain?"

Wang Dao nodded:
"That's hard to say."

"Sister-in-law, I'm not just saying this to be polite. Unless someone with influence steps forward with sufficient cash, this crisis at HSBC will turn into a financial tsunami."

"No bank in Hong Kong can escape."

"Standard Chartered also has to face a run on its bank."

"The current situation is very clear: citizens simply dare not put their money in the bank."

"The HSBC incident has led to the collapse of the century-old reputation of the old bank."

"If HSBC is unreliable, the other banks are probably unreliable as well."

"They don't easily trust anyone."

Bozi nodded:
"That's right."

“My mother-in-law called me today and told me to withdraw the money.”

Le Huizhen said with a smile:

"What a coincidence, my mom called me too."

Wang Dao shrugged:

"We're alright, it's the ordinary people who suffer."

"We are still rich people after all. We have a fast track. Even if there is to be compensation, it will be paid to us first."

"Ordinary people are in a terrible situation."

"I worked so hard, thinking that I could earn some interest by depositing my hard-earned money in the bank."

"Who could have imagined that something like this would happen?"

All three were silent.

Handsome Kun said coldly:
"Business districts are no different from criminal gangs; they're both dog-eat-dog worlds."

Wang Dao shook his head:
"This is simply the result of the foreigners' indulgence."

For a moment, all four of them felt somewhat uncomfortable.

It is said that wealth establishes character, and when you have no money, you are willing to do anything.

Even if it means hurting others, they do it without hesitation or a second thought.

The lower-level members of the gang have no kindness to speak of; they either eat people or are eaten by others.

Now, Liang Kun has long since escaped the lower class and risen to the upper class of society, and his perspective on issues has changed.

When you don't have to worry about money, everything seems to become better. Even things you used to do that you liked can now be viewed from a different perspective.

If you can't even survive yourself, what right do you have to sympathize with others?
The Way of the King:

"Have the brothers withdrawn their money?"

Handsome Kun shook his head:
“I called Mr. Jiang and asked him.”

"Many people haven't had it removed."

"Jiang Sheng has mobilized many people; this is a great opportunity to enhance his reputation in the martial arts world."

"The large number of people on the streets of Hong Kong today is largely thanks to the triads."

Jiang Tianyang did something good today; he called all the organizations he was on good terms with and explained the seriousness of the situation.

As a result, a total of one million people took to the streets today.

Otherwise, the queue wouldn't be so long.

And because it was a joint action by various organizations, the order was exceptionally good.

"It's not easy for the brothers in the gang to save some money in the bank."

"They make some dirty money and want to launder it, so they go up the line, and then take 40% of it."

"I originally thought that the police station and the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) could not freeze this money, so I could use it without worry."

"Who would have thought... that the bank would run into problems?"

"HSBC is one of the issuing banks of Hong Kong dollars. When it has problems, many of us don't know what to do."

"This is absolutely unbelievable!"

"However, our gang's losses were minimal."

Luckily, Mr. Kun said:
"Our club hasn't been reorganized for long, so at most we'll lose a month or two's worth of firewood and water."

"With the gang protecting me, survival is not a problem."

Wang Dao thought for a moment and said:

"Brother Kun, talk to Jiang Sheng about providing the brothers with a month's worth of firewood and water later."

"We can't lose the support of the people." Liang Kun nodded.
"no problem."

"But do you have that much cash?"

Bozi laughed:

"some."

“Kowloon Motor Bus receives enough cash every day, and the fuel for the 50,000 brothers will be ready in a few more days.”

Lok Wai-chun also said:
"The cinema chains also have sufficient cash flow."

"However, a significant portion of that cash will eventually have to be returned to the film distributors."

"We can't use them all."

Wang Dao waved his hand:
"It's nothing, it's just a hundred or two hundred million Hong Kong dollars. I have it here, you don't need to use yours."

"I'll have Mr. Jiang write me an IOU later."

Le Huizhen exclaimed in surprise:

"Honey, do you have a hundred or two hundred million in cash?"

Wang Dao nodded:
"Yes, I have."

"A cunning rabbit has three burrows!"

"I will definitely keep some cash on hand as a backup."

Le Huizhen said speechlessly:

"I do not know how?"

Wang Dao innocently said:
"You didn't ask!"

Le Huizhen was even more speechless.

Wang Dao was just joking; he doesn't keep cash on hand at all.
That was just money that had been stored in the space before.

It's not much, just a little over a billion.

The current strength of the Hong Kong dollar is truly thanks to the billions of dollars that Wang Dao has invested.

There should have been so many Hong Kong dollars on the market, but Wangdao put them in his personal storage space. With fewer Hong Kong dollars on the market, the price naturally remained high.

Leung Kwan gave a thumbs up:
"Ado, you have a pretty strong sense of crisis."

Wang Dao smiled and shook his head:

"This crisis isn't enough!"

The three of them looked over at the same time.

Wang Dao said solemnly:
"Shen Daban believed what the plastic flower said and wanted to sow discord between us and Ximen so that he could reap the benefits."

"James has already taken care of the plastic flowers."

Liang Kun reminded him:
"We can actually make our own plastic flowers, so why do we have to use James?"

Wang Dao said calmly:
"If he wants to work with me, he has to give me something to use against him, right?"

Handsome Kun smiled:

"A pledge of allegiance!"

That's what the "royal way" means.

"Shen Daban's whereabouts are currently unknown, and we don't need to investigate him. Simon will definitely not let him live."

“Even if Shen Daban escapes to the ends of the earth, Ximen will still track him down.”

"In my eyes, this guy is a dead man."

Liang Kun asked:

"It's best to nip it in the bud."

Wang Dao laughed and said:

"Don't worry, Brother Kun, I know what I'm doing."

He winked at Liang Kun, who understood immediately that Shen Daban really deserved to die this time.

Based on his understanding of Wang Dao, Shen Daban must have been targeted by Wang Dao.

With Wang Dao's intelligence capabilities, Liang Kun felt it was advisable to send the joss paper to Shen Daban in advance.

Wang Dao said softly:
"The platform that Shen Daban is in is indispensable to his ability to wield influence."

Bozi nodded and said:
HSBC!

Wang Dao nodded:
"HSBC is one of the banks that issue Hong Kong paper, and it holds a prominent position both in Hong Kong and in its home country."

"We must dethrone HSBC!"

Bozi exclaimed:
"Ado, this is not easy."

Wang Dao explained earnestly:
“Today, Shen Daban is using this platform to attack us. Tomorrow or the day after, Zhang Daban or Bai Daban might use this platform to block us.”

"No matter what, we have to make this platform suffer."

"Take a step back and say it."

"Even if we can't hurt this platform, we still have to take control of it."

"At the very least, we must ensure that our voice is heard on this platform."

Handsome Kun frowned and said:
"Given the shares we've acquired, could we directly become a member of HSBC's board of directors?"

Wang Dao shook his head:
"I'm not content with just being one of them."

"Kill him while he's sick."

"Taking control of HSBC is the next goal."

“I have big ambitions. We’re not going to do it at all, but if we’re going to do it, we’ll become the king of Hong Kong’s business districts.”

The three were stunned by Wang Dao's words.

Liang Kun said to Bo Zi and Le Huizhen:

"It's true that I am Adao's elder brother, but sometimes I feel like he's the one pushing me along."

"I wouldn't dare to have such a thought."

“I remember when Ah-dao and I were in the gang, we thought that being able to steadily earn a few million a year would be the happiest thing.”

Le Huizhen echoed:

"Earning several million a year is already considered being among the elite in Hong Kong."

Bozi confirmed:
"That's definitely someone from a privileged background."

Handsome Kun sighed:

"You've got some nerve, wanting to become the king of the business world in the blink of an eye."

"How audacious!"

Wang Dao shrugged:

"Everyone needs to have dreams. If you don't have dreams, what's the difference between you and a salted fish?"

Liang Kun quickly interrupted him:

"Alright, alright, I can't compare to you when it comes to lecturing."

What do you want us to do?

Wang Dao shrugged:

"Didn't I say, strike while the iron is hot and kill him?"

Handsome Kun pressed on, asking:
"What's specific?"

Wang Dao laughed and said:

"In order to achieve our goals, the chaos at HSBC must continue."

"The current momentum is not big enough."

Bozi clicked his tongue in amazement:
"Isn't it big enough yet?"

Wang Dao said earnestly:
"not enough!"

"We need to make it even bigger."

Liang Kun asked:

"What are you going to do?"

Wang Dao smiled and said:
"Now is the time to put the club's role to use."

Liang Kun asked, puzzled:
What is the role of student organizations?

Wang Dao rolled his eyes:
"The community should organize a march!"

Liang Kun was completely dumbfounded:

"A community-organized march?"

"What slogan?"

Wang Dao was even more speechless:

"Brother Kun, isn't this slogan already ready-made?"

"For example, extradite Shen Daban and return my hard-earned money."

"Let the brothers go out into the streets every day and shout slogans."

"Attention, peace point."

"Make a big fuss, shout it around HSBC."

Handsome Kun frowned and said:
"If the brothers don't work, where will the money come from?"

The Way of Kings is straightforward:
"Of course we'll pay for it!"

"Two hundred dollars a day for each person, do you think they'll do it?"

Le Huizhen solemnly said:

"Of course we have to do it."

"A white-collar worker only earns three thousand dollars a month for firewood and water, but can earn two hundred dollars a day by going out on the street. Who wouldn't go?"

Wang Dao clapped his hands and said:
“Then let’s do it.”

"By the way, do this discreetly, so that no one can find any evidence against us."

Liang Kun waved his hand: "That's easy. I'll have Yao Wen send some silver notes to Jiang Sheng."

"But, do we really have to do this?"

"Won't we be easily exposed?"

Wang Dao sighed:
"Brother Kun, where did your shrewdness go?"

"Do we really have to do it ourselves?"

"What about the other clubs?"

"Is it just for show?"

Liang Kun was taken aback:
"You want to involve other clubs in something this good?"

Wang Dao solemnly stated:
"People in Hong Kong are withdrawing their deposits right now, so it doesn't seem like anything's wrong."

"However, things always pass eventually!"

“If only Hung Hing were to organize this, the foreigners would easily find the triads when they settle accounts afterward.”

“Multiple clubs are different.”

Leung Kwan gave a thumbs up:
"Ah Dao, what benevolence and righteousness!"

Wang Dao shook his head:
"What benevolence and righteousness?"

“They are my workers, the workers I have reserved, so of course they cannot be harmed.”

Handsome Kun laughed heartily:

"You capitalist!"

Wang Dao also smiled:
"Brother Kun, you're a capitalist too."

Le Huizhen immediately said:

"Brother Dao, I'll ask my friends in the media to help spread the word."

Wang Dao shook his head:
"That's no need."

"I already made a big enough show of things with Brother Zhong before, and now what happened today is another example."

"Tomorrow, news will spread in Hong Kong that Shen Taipan has escaped and that three ICAC commissioners have committed suicide."

"Plus the protests and demonstrations..."

Wang Dao smiled and said,
"If they don't report on these things, then what kind of media are they?"

"We just need to follow the steps."

Bozi asked:

"When will we be able to return to normal life?"

Wang Dao smiled and corrected him:
"Sister-in-law, for rich people, our lives have always been normal."

"Because we have money, we are very resilient."

"No matter how harsh the environment, we can still live the life we ​​want."

"For ordinary people, their ability to withstand pressure is not strong. Even the slightest disturbance can cause serious changes in their lives."

“Such things as HSBC must not happen again. Even for the sake of ordinary Hong Kong citizens, we must remove the foreigners from power.”

(End of this chapter)