Hong Kong film: As a boss, I use money to make decisions.

[Query complete. This query requires 5000 points. Do you wish to use points to retrieve the results?]

"yes!"

The system quickly provided feedback after the query was submitted.

The 5000 points were earned with real money—five thousand Hong Kong dollars. Although Lin Xiaoru felt a pang of regret, she still chose to check without hesitation.

Soon, the system panel displayed a series of intelligence statistics.

The Causeway Bay East Machine Building completed its topping-out ceremony at the end of October last year, and the building's occupancy rate has reached 85%.

However, two projects are still in the bidding process.

1. The Pennington Group is building a new nightclub on the 12th floor of the Dongji Building. The exterior decoration of the private rooms in the project is currently open for bidding. The guaranteed net profit of the project is expected to reach around 3 million.

Second: SOGO Jewelry plans to build a new jewelry store on the second floor of the Dongji Building. However, SOGO Jewelry has extremely strict review processes for outsourcing projects. If they can contract this project, the guaranteed net profit is approximately 12 million yuan.

Looking at the information provided by the system, Lin Xiaoru couldn't help but nod.

Although he could not be considered a seasoned gangster, he was very knowledgeable about the ways in which various sectors of the triad made a living.

When young and Dangerous boys look for food, they are also divided into three, six or nine grades.

The lowest class is the kind of peddler who parks cars on the street and does odd jobs like picking up bags and cleaning.

These are usually the underlings of the gang, not even qualified to have their names listed in the gang's register. Their fate depends entirely on whether they follow the right big boss. Before working with me, Tai-bao belonged to this category.

If a gangster were a bit more skilled or a bit smarter, he'd be qualified to climb the ranks and be registered as a gangster.

Those with sharp skills are hired as bodyguards and enforcers for triads, collecting protection money. When the bosses go out for hot pot, they like to take these people with them and "cultivate" them.

Those with sharp minds would do the bookkeeping for the organization, or be in charge of managing loan shark interest rates at the stall.

These are usually the backbone of the gang and the cornerstone of any gang. The most outstanding among them will soon be qualified to become a Red Pole or White Paper Fan, thus moving up to the leadership level of the gang and having the right to recruit younger members.

Lin Xiaoru spent 100,000 yuan to visit the temple and broke into the gang, and her current status in the gang is at this level.

Further up the list are those who, when traveling, like to add the character "哥" (brother) to their names.

These people may not be officially registered big shots in the organization, but they are definitely high-ranking and influential figures.

Businesses like smuggling, gambling, loan sharking, and drug dealing—any business you can handle, you're considered a true boss in the eyes of the triads!

However, most of these businesses were shady and clandestine, not to mention being watched by the police and constantly having to fight to the death with their competitors. In Lin Xiaoru's eyes, they were not truly lucrative.

What's truly shrewd is being able to monopolize a legitimate business to the point of oblivion simply by relying on the brand name!

In this era where land is incredibly valuable, Lin Xiaoru believes that doing renovation and construction projects is the best way to make a fortune.

Sitting on the cracked leather sofa, Lin Xiaoru lit a cigarette and pondered how to make some moves in the bidding process for the Dongji Building project.

It wasn't that he didn't want to directly search for a solution through the system, but rather that the system would only provide him with accurate intelligence based on his points, without offering any advice.

Of course, Lin Xiaoru also tried to take unconventional approaches, such as searching for some strange and unusual information.

For example, when he first obtained the system, he searched for where the "He Shi Bi" was now.

To his surprise, the system actually said it could provide an answer.

But what Lin Xiaoru didn't expect was that the system told him that obtaining the answer would require 99999 billion points!

This immediately shattered Lin Xiaoru's idea of ​​exploiting a bug to make a fortune, so he gave up and honestly relied on the system to obtain some small pieces of information, selling fruit on Zhihe Street for two months.

call--

As she exhaled a thick cloud of smoke, Lin Xiaoru silently recited in her mind.

"System, could you please show me how to find out who is currently bidding for these two projects?"

[This query requires 1000 points. Do you wish to pay points to obtain the information?]

"yes!"

Currently, only B, a bigwig from the Hung Hing Society, is following up on the bidding project for the Pennington nightclub.

Big Brother B is the head of the Hung Hing Society in Causeway Bay. He is in charge of managing the To Lao Chi nightclub under Pennington's control. Therefore, Pennington still entrusted this business, which was not very profitable, to Big Brother B.

Sogo Jewelry operates on a fully delegated bidding system, with the final decision-making authority resting entirely with the company's general manager, Luo Dingkun. Currently, thirteen companies have submitted bids, but none have won the contract.

Having received this information, Lin Xiaoru had a general idea of ​​what was going on.

Even before he received news of Boss Gui's death, he had already set his sights on the renovation business of the newly opened nightclub in Burnington.

The exterior decoration of the nightclub doesn't actually have much value. Pennington provides the design drawings, and all he needs to do is secure these projects, win over Boss Gui's group, and then carry out the construction according to the design drawings.

As for the bidding for the new SOGO jewelry store, he has no plans for the time being.

For no other reason than he knew that a gangster like him was no match for the real tycoons and businessmen!

Those in the jewelry business are very particular about their reputation and image. To avoid compromising feng shui, they would never contract out such a project to an unknown gangster.

Even so, the current problem is still very thorny.

The system's intelligence has made it quite clear: the finishing touches on the nightclub project in Pennington have been handed over to Boss B from Causeway Bay.

Hung Hing is also one of the most prominent triads in Hong Kong. Although its membership is smaller than that of the Wo Luen Shing triad on paper, its cohesion is far superior to that of the disorganized Wo Luen Shing.

If you want to take food from someone else's most prosperous establishment, you probably can't win by using force.

Without a thorough plan and without proper justification, based on Lin Xiaoru's understanding of the inflexible old guys at Wo Luen Shing, he'd probably end up being chopped into mincemeat by the Hung Hing members, and then having to apologize to them with a forced smile.

But isn't that how gangs are? They'll fight over a few coins!

If you don't compete and fight, where will the business come from?

Without business, how can you make money?

Lin Xiaoru watched a lot of Hong Kong movies, and he hated the protagonists in those movies who were stupid and waited for their enemies to come to their door to cause trouble.

They're involved in gangs, what good can they be?

Why can't I just go out of my way to cause trouble for others?

A plan quickly took shape in Lin Xiaoru's mind. Just as a faint smile appeared on Lin Xiaoru's lips, the mobile phone lying on the table suddenly rang.

Without hesitation, Lin Xiaoru picked up the phone and pressed the answer button.

"Ah Xiao, it's done!"

The phone call came through the crackling sound of explosions, accompanied by background noises of music and drumming. Clearly, the crackling was still at the funeral parlor and hadn't left when it called him.

Lin Xiaoru was overjoyed.

"Hey, how many people did you manage to take care of?"

"As you said, I've taken care of Fatty Cong, who works in the renovation business under Ah Gui!"

There are eighteen people in total; I'm afraid you can't afford to support more than that!

There was a pause on the other end of the line, then the speaker continued.

"By the way, Big D spoke at the funeral hall today, saying he was willing to take over your boss's entire team."

They were willing to go to Tsuen Wan with Big D to start a business. I risked my reputation to force them to come and work with you!

"Alright, enough talk. I'll bring him to the fruit market later. You can handle it yourself!"