Courtyard House: Purchasing Agents' Comeback from the Great Famine

About ten minutes later, Wang Feng heard a car horn beeping. He used his spiritual sense to probe below the hotel and indeed saw Lou Bancheng, Lou Er, and Lou San.

They each drove a car and arrived at the hotel entrance.

Seeing this, Wang Feng instructed Ninth Master and the others, "Ninth Master, Chairman Lou and the others have come to pick us up. We will go down in batches later."

"Yes, young master."

Under Wang Feng's arrangement, the group of twenty people went downstairs in batches.

Now, Master Jiu and his men are all dressed in suits, and the women are wearing cheongsams, exactly the same as those on Hong Kong Island. Moreover, they are coming downstairs in batches, so it hasn't aroused any suspicion from the hotel staff.

Three vehicles, just enough to fit everyone at once. In those days, there was no such thing as overloading; as long as you could squeeze in, it was fine. This kind of thing usually wouldn't be checked or you'd get fined.

The Repulse Bay Hotel is very close to the Repulse Bay Villas, just fifteen minutes away from the Repulse Bay No. 8 Villa area.

Back at the villa, Tanya Li greeted him with a beaming smile.

"Wang Feng, Mr. Jiu, you've finally arrived."

"Hello, Madam Lou." Ninth Master greeted Tan Yali with a smile.

"Hello, Madam Lou."

Upon seeing this, the wives and children of the second brother and his family all greeted Tan Yali.

"Alright, alright, Mr. Jiu, you must be hungry. Come in quickly, I'll have someone make you something to eat right away."

Tan Yali welcomed everyone into the villa and then instructed a middle-aged woman:

"Aunt Zhang, quickly cook some noodles for them to eat."

"Why."

Aunt Zhang agreed and went down to the kitchen.

Aunt Zhang was the nanny Lou Bancheng hired to cook for them. Once they arrived in Hong Kong, Lou Bancheng felt like a bird soaring freely in the sky, unlike in Beijing, where even if you had a lot of money, what good would it do? You were always restricted in everything you did, and you were always worried about being laid off the next day.

Lou Bancheng hired two maids, Aunt Zhang and Aunt Wu. Aunt Zhang was in charge of cooking, while Aunt Wu was in charge of cleaning and housework.

However, both of these servants were family members of Lou San and his men, and were trustworthy people.

In the past two months, Lou San and his gang have been recruiting and have gathered dozens of brave and daring henchmen. Half a month ago, Lou San and his gang led these dozens of henchmen, armed with more than a dozen hard weapons, to wipe out the Wild Wolf Gang, which can be considered as avenging Lou Bancheng's two sons. The restaurant they had previously run has also started to open for business.

After Ninth Master and the others finished breakfast, Lou Bancheng told them to rest downstairs, then called Wang Feng to his study and went straight to the point:

"Wang Feng, didn't you say you were only bringing Ninth Master? Why did you bring so many people this time, and so many women and children too?"

Lou Bancheng had been holding back from asking because there were too many people on the bus, but he finally did now.

Wang Feng smiled slightly and explained, "Dad, those five men are all people who used to work for Ninth Master. Don't worry, they are all trustworthy people. Moreover, I rescued them all from Qinghe Farm. The other five women and children are their wives and children."

Upon hearing this, Lou Bancheng basically understood. There were five people who had worked with Mr. Jiu before, and Mr. Jiu had told him about this when they were at Qinghe Farm.

"Since these people are trustworthy, Dad can rest assured."

After a pause, Lou Bancheng continued, "Wang Feng, you've brought over twenty people with you. This place isn't enough to accommodate them all. Do you think we should buy another villa?"

Wang Feng nodded: "I do want to buy a villa. I'll ask Manager Sun later to see if there are any suitable villas nearby."

Upon hearing that Wang Feng planned to buy another villa, Lou Bancheng said directly, "Wang Feng, no need to ask. Villa No. 6 next door is currently for sale. I've inquired about it. The owner's whole family is immigrating abroad, so they're selling the villa for HK$120 million. Moreover, his villa is bigger than ours, with three more rooms. It'll be just right for you to buy it."

Lou Bancheng had previously thought that Wang Feng had only brought Mr. Jiu with him, and that Mr. Jiu could stay with them. Moreover, 120 million was not a small amount for him now, and he had no intention of buying the villa.

Things are different now. This time, Wang Feng brought a total of twenty people. There's not enough room for all of them here. This villa only has nine rooms in total. Two servants share one room, he and Tan Yali share one room, and Lou Yi, Lou Er, and Lou San each share one room, leaving only four rooms. He uses one room as a study and another as a storage room. All in all, there are only two empty rooms.

Upon hearing that Villa No. 6 was for sale, Wang Feng exclaimed with delight, "Dad, that's perfect! I'll go to HSBC later to exchange some Hong Kong dollars and buy the villa."

Lou Bancheng waved his hand: "No need to exchange for Hong Kong dollars. You left me with several million Hong Kong dollars last time. I'll give you two million to use first."

"Okay, then I'll have Attorney Chen come over later."

"By the way, Dad, you've been in Hong Kong for two months now. Have you learned Cantonese yet?" Wang Feng asked.

Lou Bancheng nodded: "It's almost done. We've hired a private coach recently, and communication isn't a problem, but it's not quite fluent yet."

Wang Feng talked with Lou Bancheng in the study for two whole hours before he finally understood their current situation.

Overall, they developed quite quickly. Lou San and his gang recruited dozens of brave and daring henchmen, wiped out the Wild Wolf Gang, and even swallowed up some of the Wild Wolf Gang's businesses.

His two brothers-in-law's restaurants have also reopened. Now, with Lou San and his dozens of henchmen, no other gang in Wan Chai dares to cause trouble.

Moreover, they also collected protection money from other shops, but they didn't collect it as much as before, less than half of the previous protection money. They did indeed provide protection for the merchants. If someone went to cause trouble in another shop, Lou San and his gang would come over with their henchmen to handle it with just one phone call. The merchants were very satisfied.

All of this was arranged behind the scenes by Lou Bancheng. It must be said that Lou Bancheng has a very long-term vision.

This way of collecting protection money is a win-win situation for everyone, unlike the previous Wild Wolf Gang, which squeezed the merchants dry. How can they continue to exploit them in the future?