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Back in his new home in Aidu, Cao Tai took out his notebook again and started flipping through it, while also taking out a blank sheet of paper to do some calculations.

The Saigon Seafood Market receives approximately 3 tons of seafood annually. The old channels and the current sales volume from Hoi She Tuo Di are barely enough to keep up with the purchase volume. Based on the current average seafood price of 12-18 yuan per kilogram, taking the middle price for 3 tons, the annual sales would be approximately 4.5 million yuan.

Based on a net profit margin of 15%-30%, taking the midpoint, the net profit would be around 9000 million, which would make him a small-time tycoon.

However, everything should be compared. The top billionaires in Hong Kong now earn tens or hundreds of billions of dollars every year, and the main reason for their stable net worth and influence is that they all have industries with fixed long-term income.

Real estate is the most stable sector, but Cao Tai is currently not qualified to get involved. The dock industry has high returns and large cash flow, but even with capital, connections are useless. Shopping malls and supermarkets, which are essential to people's livelihoods, are now controlled by giants and are also businesses with huge cash flow. As for the banking and stock markets, foolishly jumping in will only make you a sucker.

If one is content with modest wealth, then after acquiring the Kwun Tong Seafood Market, the combined output of the two seafood markets will be roughly on par with the Aberdeen Seafood Market, making him the largest seafood supplier in the area. This would earn Cao Tai at least 100 million a year.

However, local catches only account for about a quarter of Hong Kong's annual seafood market. The majority is actually imported seafood by large corporations, and the pricing power is almost entirely in their hands. If these large businesses were to engage in a price war and dump their products on Hong Kong Island for a couple of months, Fuk Tai Seafood would have to go bankrupt and close down.

Therefore, we still need to find a track that is not affected by general market rules and has stable returns.

There was originally a near-perfect artificial intelligence in the space, but in reality, it has no room to play its role for the time being. Cao Tai once tried to reproduce it on a personal PC, but the case started smoking and burned out before the program was even finished.

For it to be fully functional, a dedicated supercomputing center might be needed. However, currently, only two and a half countries in the world have the capability to develop supercomputers, and there are rumors in mainland China that the first supercomputer is already in trial use.

For someone of Cao Tai's status to want to buy a supercomputer is wishful thinking. If he wants to wait for artificial intelligence to come into play, it may take 20 years. By then, personal servers can basically serve the function of small supercomputers, but Mr. Cao will be almost 50 years old.

So this super artificial intelligence, which is nearly 100 years ahead of its time, is now just a useless piece of junk.

While Cao Tai was racking his brains trying to figure out what kind of new track to open.

West Kowloon Regional Headquarters, Major Crimes Unit, Briefing Room.

Senior Inspector Li Wenbin stood in front of a movable blackboard at the front. There were more than a dozen photos on the blackboard, with chalk lines connecting the photos and annotations indicating the related events.

Inspector Li pointed to a photo pasted on the top of the blackboard, which was none other than Mr. Cao's headshot ID photo.

"Cao Tai is the behind-the-scenes boss of 'Fu Tai' Seafood in Saigon, and also the major financial backer of Nine-Dragon. After Nine-Dragon successfully took over during the internal strife at Wo Yee, most of the restaurants and eateries in Wo Yee's territory switched their seafood purchases to 'Fu Tai' Seafood. It's certain that he was the one who instigated the internal strife at Wo Yee. Now, the former leader of Wo Yee and several of his uncles and elders have disappeared without a trace, neither alive nor dead," Li Sir said slowly.

"Should we handcuff him and bring him back for interrogation?" someone asked, raising their hand.

"Then just wait to be questioned by the top leader! He has two Sai Kung district councilors and a Justice of the Peace standing behind him (PS: the most important use of the 200 million betting slip), even the top leader wouldn't dare to handcuff him and bring him back for questioning!" Li Wenbin emphasized Cao Tai's photo.

A hush fell over the room.

"The internal strife within Wo Yee is a problem for the anti-triad unit. Our main focus now is investigating the murder of a police officer. Based on the information we've gathered recently, Inspector Wong's death has virtually nothing to do with the Nine-Dragon faction. As for the missing former leader of Wo Yee, it seems unlikely that they were the ones who did it."

After a moment of silence, allowing the team members to process the information, Li Sir continued, "I believe that Huang Sir's decision to run several blocks away on the night of the operation was not just a spur-of-the-moment thing. So Guo Zheng and I checked his call records for the past few days, and the most suspicious one was a call made to him at 11:16 PM on July 17th."

She pursed her lips and continued, "We found that the phone that called Inspector Wong's cell phone was a public phone near Saigon Street, less than 200 meters from the building where the incident happened. However, because the location was a bit remote and it was already late at night, we did not find any witnesses in the vicinity."

Based on the subsequent investigation and the testimony of the building's security guard, I believe that the industrial building was a frequent location for Inspector Wong to meet his informants.

In summary, that informant must have been very important to Inspector Wong. Inspector Wong would make time to meet him even during his missions, suggesting the informant had a very urgent report to give (who would have thought, Inspector Wong was actually trying to manipulate an undercover agent who was about to defect; internal strife within the organization was something he could easily control).

"If that's the case, is it possible that the informant was caught off guard and his identity was exposed because of the urgency of the situation, leading to Wong Sir's murder? But we haven't seen any other dead bodies. Could the informant have been kidnapped?" someone began to speculate.

"Or perhaps it's 'betrayal'," someone murmured.

Upon hearing this, all the colleagues turned to look at this outspoken fellow with wide eyes, even Li Wenbin stared at him with sharp eyes through his glasses.

"Sir, I was just guessing." Feeling uncomfortable under the gaze of more than a dozen people, he quickly explained.

"Sometimes, it's not a bad thing to think a little more!" Li Wenbin finally came to his rescue.

"Our most important task now is to find this informant. Whether he is dead or alive, as long as we find out his identity, we can know which force he is infiltrating, and that force is the number one suspect."

"Kuo Cheng, you need to maintain communication with Inspector Luk, who is in charge of the anti-triad efforts in Yau Tsim. He is Inspector Wong Chi Shing's direct superior. If Inspector Wong has left behind any informant information, I believe he is the most likely to obtain it."

"YES, SIR!" Ho Kwok-ching straightened his back and answered loudly.

"Tianwen, you'll have to work harder here. Go check the Saigon Street area again. I don't believe that Inspector Wong met with informants in that area several times without leaving a trace. That area is all Hung Tai's territory. If necessary, we can contact the anti-triads to see if we can alert them!" Finally, Li Wenbin traced his finger across the blackboard, emphasizing the photo of Hung Tai's leader, Chen Mei.