Hong Kong variety show: I can boost loyalty, the most generous boss.

Chapter 176, page 175: Zhou Chaoxian's defenses were breached; this is what you call severe kidney deficiency!

Zhou Ruifa is in a terrible situation. He has to sit on the sofa and be taken advantage of repeatedly. Two hours of service feels like an eternity. An old woman even wants to take Zhou Ruifa back with her, offering a high price of 10 yuan.

Zhou Ruifa looked at the wrinkles on the old woman's face. He couldn't live off her like this; it was too unfair to her!

"Liu Yong, even if you kill me, I won't go back with them!"

"I'd rather die than submit!" Zhou Ruifa declared directly. Liu Yong had no choice but to agree. The movie wasn't finished yet, and he couldn't very well force Zhou Ruifa to his death.

"Alright, I'll handle this!"

"Go back to the hotel and get some rest. You have filming tomorrow!"

Zhou Ruifa was taken back to the hotel by two henchmen. He had to continue filming the next day, and Zhou Ruifa felt like he wanted to die.

Just bear with it a little longer, a few more days and we'll go back!

At the same time, Giants Films in Hong Kong discovered that Chow Shui-fat was missing and reported it to the police. The police only found that Chow Shui-fat had been to Macau, and then they could not find him.

The police shirked responsibility, saying that Zhou Ruifa disappeared in Macau and that the police must be contacted in Macau.

He Xinqiong, the general manager of Giant Films, then called Yang Jun and told him that Zhou Ruifa had disappeared and that the company's upcoming film crews would be affected.

"What? Zhou Ruifa has disappeared in Macau? When did this happen?"

"Just five days ago, Zhou Ruifa disappeared after leaving the Lisboa Hotel in Macau!"

Yang Jun frowned. Could Zhou Ruifa have gone off to gamble somewhere? But gambling wouldn't keep him out of contact for so long.

Something must have happened. Zhou Ruifa may have some minor personality flaws, but he wouldn't just disappear without a word; that would cause losses for the film company.
Yang Jun dared not be careless and immediately called Macau, asking Thirteen Sister to investigate why Zhou Ruifa had disappeared.

"Ahua, go to Macau too, and let me know if you hear anything!"

Zhou Ruifa is a pillar of Giant Films. If something happens to him, it will definitely have a negative impact on the film company.

Yang Jun, however, remained on the island to meet with Zhou Chaoxian of the Songlin Society to discuss business.

Zhou Chao first invited Yang Jun to a massage room in a hotel, where they each booked a massage therapist and chatted casually.

"Wow! A blind masseur? Have you been eating vegetarian lately?!"

Yang Jun joked that when he saw two blind elderly men arrive, a famous scene came to mind.

Zhou Chaoxian chuckled and said to Yang Jun:
"If you eat too much meat, it's good to eat vegetables occasionally!"

"By the way, my arcade in Hong Kong is opening next month, and I hope you, as a shareholder, can also come and support it."

Zhou Chaoxian built a 5,000-square-foot arcade in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong. Although it was called an arcade, it was actually a gambling establishment, skirting the edge of the law.

This arcade was located on Yang Jun's territory. Zhou Chaoxian took the initiative to propose that Yang Jun invest in the arcade, acquiring a 30% stake.

"OK, I'll make time to go."

Zhou Chaoxian took out a cigar and offered it to Yang Jun, but Yang Jun shook his head and refused.

"I have some here, top-quality Cuban goods."

Upon hearing that Yang Jun was the richest man in China, Zhou Chaoxian tentatively asked:

"Mr. Yang, I'm short of funds right now, could you lend me over ten million?"

Good heavens! He just asked to borrow over ten million?
These days, you might not even be able to borrow 100 yuan? Yang Jun glanced at Zhou Chaoxian and asked, "Do we know each other that well?"

"You're running for legislator, aren't you? Need money?"

Zhou Chaoxian chuckled and readily admitted:

“Nothing can be hidden from Mr. Yang. You know that the higher-ups have a big appetite.”

Yang Jun smiled. "Black money, huh! That's how it is in Taiwan. Rich people can all get into politics, as long as they can get votes."

“I can support you with HK$20 million, not as a loan, but as an investment. I want to invest in your taxi company and the Wan Island arcade.”

What? Zhou Chaoxian was stunned for a moment. You want to invest in my arcade and taxi company?
Yang Jun has billions of dollars in cash on hand. Instead of keeping it in the bank to earn interest, he should invest it in industries in Taipei. Taxi companies and arcades are highly profitable industries. There's no reason not to invest!

Zhou Chao thought for a moment, then said with a smile:

"Okay, we can discuss the specific investment plan another day!"

Zhou Chaoxian closed his eyes. When the blind masseur pressed the kidney acupoint on the sole of Zhou Chaoxian's foot, Zhou Chaoxian frowned and crushed the walnuts in his hand.

The blind masseur, intending to show off, said to Zhou Chaoxian:

"Sir, you are in very poor health!"

The pretty girl standing behind Zhou Chaoxian asked with a smile:

What's wrong with his health?

Seeing that someone was willing to talk to him, the blind masseur became even more enthusiastic and said:

"His worst organ is his kidney. When I pressed your kidney acupoint just now, didn't you feel like you were about to pee?"

Haha
The two beautiful women burst into laughter, while Yang Jun watched with a cold smile as the blind masseur courted his death.

How embarrassing! Yang Jun felt sorry for Zhou Chaoxian's wife for three seconds.

The blind masseur had no idea he had angered Zhou Chaoxian, a powerful figure, and continued to court disaster.

"I heard the ladies laughing, and I knew I was right when I said you had kidney deficiency!"

The blind masseur was still lecturing, but Zhou Chaoxian was furious. This bastard made me lose face in front of Mr. Yang.

Without making a sound, Zhou Chaoxian took out a stack of Taiwanese dollars from his person and handed them to the blind masseur.

"Sir, that's too much!"

Zhou Chaoxian sneered and said calmly:

"It's not much, this is for your medical expenses."

Before the blind masseur could understand why he was being paid for medical expenses, Zhou Chaoxian placed a pair of pliers in the masseur's hand.

"What is this?"

"I usually use pliers to crack walnuts."

Zhou Chaoxian's face contorted with rage as he clamped the pliers onto the masseur's hand. With a forceful pull, the blind masseur screamed in agony.

"Ahhh! My hand~"

The blind masseur only realized belatedly that he had offended the man, and was in excruciating pain!

"Fuck you! Sanpao, drag him to the toilet and use this to make him understand what severe kidney deficiency means."

Zhou Chaoxian broke through the defenses and gave instructions to his subordinate Sanpao.

Sanpao glanced at Zhou Chaoxian with pity. What a pitiful loss of self-esteem! He had his two henchmen drag the blind masseur into the bathroom.

Zhou Chaoxian gave an awkward smile and said to Yang Jun:
"I'm so sorry, you must have found this amusing!"

Yang Jun waved his hand, exhaled a puff of smoke, and said with a smile:

"It's okay! I understand you~"

Yang Jun doesn't understand anything! He's a gold-standard kidney specialist; he's just giving Zhou Chaoxian some face.

As long as Zhou Chaoxian isn't embarrassed, it's only Madam Zhou who will be. After this incident, Yang Jun immediately made an excuse to leave, saying to Zhou Chaoxian before leaving:

"I will send someone to discuss the investment with your Songlin Group. I'll be leaving now!"

Zhou Chaoxian quickly stood up, escorted Yang Jun to the elevator, and shook hands with him with a smile, saying:

"Mr. Yang, if you encounter any trouble in Taiwan, just come to me, and I can take care of it for you!"

"Don't stand on ceremony with me, we're all brothers!"

Zhou Chao patted his chest and said, looking very righteous and chivalrous!
"Okay, thank you!"

Yang Jun left Zhou Chaoxian's clubhouse, longing for his own hotel, when he received a call from Ahua on the way.

"Boss, we've found Zhou Ruifa's whereabouts. He was arrested in Taiwan by Long Da's men from the Black Dragon Society."

Black Dragon Society, Dragon Boss?

Yang Jun recognized the name as someone he had met at Lei Gong's funeral yesterday, though they hadn't spoken.

The Black Dragon Society's Four Seas Company also has a film business. I heard they recently filmed a gangster movie and invited many big names from Hong Kong to help out. Of course, this invitation was a threat to their heads.

Yang Jun suspects that Zhou Ruifa was also forced to make movies, and without any pay!
"I don't care if they kidnap people from other companies, but Zhou Ruifa belongs to our Giant Film Company! Long Da, that bastard, has some nerve!"

Yang Jun's face was cold and stern. In the past two years, the film industry has become increasingly murky, with many gangs entering the film industry to shoot low-budget films. They make shoddy films, finish shooting in a few days, and then rush to release them to make easy money.

Their movies generally don't do well at the box office, but the film company bosses inflate the box office figures by creating false reports, thus laundering the money.

Yang Jun had done these things many times before and was very clear about the ins and outs. These film companies were not focused on running the film industry; they were more like dabbling in illegal money laundering activities.

However, in order to expand the influence of their films, these film companies often invite popular stars to join them. What can they do if they want to invite stars but don't want to pay them?
The only option left is kidnapping, using violence to threaten these celebrities into submission.

Yang Jun suspected that Zhou Ruifa had also been kidnapped by the Black Dragon Society and was probably filming at Sihai Enterprises, where he had no means of communication to contact them.

"Ahua, go check and see if Zhou Ruifa is with Sihai Enterprises!"

Knowing that Heilonghui was a prime suspect made things much easier. Ahua secretly led a group to investigate and find out where Zhou Ruifa was hiding.

"Yes, boss!"

At the same time, Yang Jun also made a phone call to Ding Yao and got Long Da's private phone number from her.

Let's try diplomacy first, then resort to force. If Long Da is willing to release the person voluntarily, things will be much simpler!
Yang Jun dialed Long Da's number. After two beeps, the call was answered, and the man on the other end spoke first:
"I am Long Da from Sihai Enterprise. Who are you?"

Yang Jun spoke calmly into the microphone:

"I am Yang Jun from Hong Kong. Mr. Long, we met a couple of days ago!"

"Oh, it's Mr. Yang. My apologies for not recognizing you. Why don't you call me, Mr. Yang? Is there anything good you can do for me?"

Long Da pretended to be confused even though he knew the truth, and his tone was quite polite.

Yang Jun didn't intend to beat around the bush and said directly to Long Da:

"My younger brother, Zhou Ruifa, has gone missing. I wonder if Mr. Long could help me find him?"

"If my brother has offended anyone in any way, please, Mr. Long, be lenient and give me face!"

Yang Jun put it very bluntly, but when Long Dayi heard this, he smiled and said to Yang Jun:
"Mr. Yang, you should have reported your brother missing to the police! I haven't seen him at all!"

Long Da, on the other side, chose to play dumb, denying that he had kidnapped Zhou Ruifa. He also didn't want to confront Yang Jun directly, so he smiled and said:

"If I see it, I will definitely inform Mr. Yang."

Yang Jun remained calm and said to Long Da:

"Okay, then I'll trouble you, Mr. Long."

Yang Jun hung up the phone. Since the Black Dragon Society on the other end was not giving him face and was deliberately playing dumb, it seemed he would have to rely on himself.

One must rely on oneself. (A quote from a notorious bandit doctor)

An hour later, Ahua finally returned to his hotel room and said to Yang Jun:
"Boss, we've found him. He's definitely in the Sihai Company's film crew, filming every day!"

"However, Zhou Ruifa was accompanied by four men, all of whom were armed, and they guarded him 24 hours a day, so there was no chance for him to escape."

Yang Jun nodded. Long Da was indeed lying, thinking that he was an outsider and easy to bully!

"We have a few brothers in Taiwan, the kind who can carry guns?"

Upon hearing this, Ahua shook his head and said to Yang Jun:
"Boss, Taiwan Island restricts our entry with Lian Sheng. We can only enter Taiwan Island by smuggling, which will take at least two days."

"As for those in Taiwan, they're all short, incompetent fools!"

Ah Hua knew very well that if he used some unreliable gunmen in Taiwan, Yang Jun would be in even more trouble if he got caught by the Taiwan police!
So, Ahua suggested:
"Should we borrow some manpower from Ding Yao?"

Yang Jun shook his head, stubbed out his cigar in the banquet jar, and sneered:

"No way! Ding Yao isn't a good person either. We'll do this ourselves!"

"It's been so long since I've cooked, my hands are itching!"

Yang Jun knew he couldn't rely too much on his subordinates; sometimes he had to do things himself, otherwise his skills would become rusty.

"Ahua, go and follow Zhou Ruifa. Don't let them move. I'm getting the weapons ready."

Actually, he didn't need to prepare weapons. He already had a large amount of ammunition in his storage space, which he could carry with him without being discovered by anyone.

"Yes, boss!"

At night, a white van pulled up at Diamond Age KTV. Back then, it wasn't called KTV, but Karaoke. It was introduced to Taiwan from Japan in the late 70s and became very popular there!
"Boss, I saw Zhou Ruifa being brought in by someone, along with three elderly women whose average age is 50."

Yang Jun's lips twitched. Ah Fa has pretty heavy tastes!
After filming all day, he still has to go out and find women at night, and these kinds of women at that. Does he get tired of this so quickly?
Inside the karaoke room, Zhou Ruifa was singing into the microphone, but his voice was mournful and pitiful, while the wealthy women next to him were clapping and cheering.

Zhou Ruifa found an opportunity to go out and find Liu Yong, and said to Liu Yong:
"Filming for the movie wrapped up today, can I leave now?"

Filming has finished today, and the other actors are starting to leave. Zhou Ruifa doesn't want to stay in Taiwan for even a moment longer.

Liu Yong scoffed, grabbing Zhou Ruifa by the collar and saying:

"Want to leave? Pay off your gambling debts first."

"What?!" Zhou Rui was furious and quickly asked.

"Mr. Long promised me that as long as this movie is finished, the gambling debts will be wiped clean!"

Liu Yong patted Zhou Ruifa's cheek and sneered:
"Fuck you! Don't debts accrue interest? Mr. Long only said the gambling debts would be wiped clean, not that the interest would be waived too!"

"We have so many brothers who need to eat, so please cooperate a little~"

"You're all grown up, yet still so naive. Go inside and entertain the guests!"

Zhou Rui was furious. He had been tricked. These people only saw him as an ATM and would never let him go!
"Go to hell! I'll fight you to the death!"

Zhou Ruifa threw a punch at Liu Yong, but Liu Yong easily dodged it. Instead, because he used too much force, Zhou Ruifa swayed and almost fell over.

Liu Yong laughed loudly and kicked Zhou Ruifa in the stomach, sending Zhou Ruifa flying a meter away.

The two henchmen wanted to go up and beat him up, but Liu Yong stopped them.

"Stop hitting him! If you hurt him, you'll be stuck with rich women or making movies!"

(End of this chapter)