Hong Kong variety show: From a lowly 49-year-old to the world's richest man

Chapter 105 Ni Yongxiao's Suspicion

A bar in Tsim Sha Tsui.

"Boss, someone just contacted us saying they can provide us with information about binding Ni Jia and Gandhi."

Huang Maoji found Wang Bao sitting alone at the bar, drinking.

"Gandhi?" Wang Bao raised an eyebrow. "How much is that good-for-nothing worth?"

One million.

Do you think he's worth that price?

"It's not worth it." Aji thought for a few seconds and then added, "But Gandhi is the head of the Ni family. He has been Ni Kun's dog for twenty years and should know about the supply channels."

"Give me 500,000 to inspect the goods first. Once I confirm there are no problems, I'll pay the balance. You need to make the trip yourself."

Wang Bao actually favors Guo Hua more.

Unfortunately, this loser wanted to start his own business, and I just rejected him.

Buying Gandhi's supply chain for one million was a reasonable price.

With Ni Kun dead, Gandhi has lost his backer, and Wang Bao has plenty of ways to get information about the channels from this guy.

Wang Bao suddenly remembered something and asked, "By the way, I heard you've been going to Hung Hing's Hua Daofan's territory a lot lately, and that you even have a working agreement with him. Is that true?"

"Yes."

Ah Ji made no attempt to hide anything.

"Have you thought it through?"

"If it really comes to that, I won't reveal your secret to him. If he wants to challenge you, I won't help either side."

"Remember what you said today."

Everyone has their own ambitions, and Wang Bao also understands Aji's personality well; if the other party can make a promise, he won't break it.

When he first started out in the underworld, didn't he change bosses all the time?

Changing leaders is a common practice in gangs, after all, people strive for higher positions.

Otherwise, the term "transfer" wouldn't exist.

Of course, what truly reassured Wang Bao was that Aji didn't know the location of the warehouse, let alone the process of his shipment.

Ah-Ji was a cleaner under him, specializing in handling the aftermath of various emergencies, and his most frequent task was to silence witnesses.

Therefore, Wang Bao had evidence of Aji's murder.

After leaving Wang Bao's bar, Aji met Ahua in a secluded place with one million yuan in his hands.

"Five hundred thousand, inspect the goods first."

Without any pleasantries, Aji got straight to the point.

"Take it."

Ahua tossed over a stack of intelligence documents containing photos and audio tapes.

The photo shows Guohua taking care of Gandhi's wife in bed, while the audiotape contains celebratory remarks made by Hei Gui and Wen Zheng in their scheme to trap Gandhi.

Ah Ji glanced at it briefly, then frowned and said, "That's all?"

"Pay the balance, and there's an even more amazing deal that will absolutely make Gandhi break away from the Ni family and beg for Wang Bao's protection."

"You're not lying?"

Ahua shrugged. "I never lie to my brothers. You'll have to switch gears after two more losses anyway, why would I lie to you?"

Looking at his sincere expression, Aji tossed the remaining 500,000 over.

Ahua took out another cassette tape.

This audiotape is a recording of Chen Fan imitating Ni Kun's conversation about cleaning up Gandhi.

It's no secret that Ni Kun temporarily suspended Gandhi's supply channels.

After listening to the recording, Ah-Ji gathered his things, got up, and left.

He had only taken a couple of steps when he saw Luo Tianhong also coming with a bag.

He didn't even need to guess; this bag was definitely full of money!

"What are you doing here?" Luo Tianhong asked, frowning.

Aji said calmly, "That's the question I should be asking you."

After a few seconds of silence, they both said in unison, "You're here to buy information too?"

"Gandhi/Wen Zheng?"

"It's alright." X2

"Can you please stop mimicking me?!" x2

As if they could sense each other's thoughts, the two did the same things and said the same words.

Ahua watched the two of them act with a smile of schadenfreude.

These two guys are complete sworn enemies; they feel uncomfortable if they don't exchange a few sarcastic remarks when they meet.

The two "wolf warriors" faced off for a while before going their separate ways and doing their own thing.

Luo Tianhong walked up to Ahua and threw the bag in her hand over, "One million two hundred thousand."

"readily."

Ahua handed over Wenzheng's dirty secrets.

Luo Tianhong glanced at it a few times to confirm that there were no problems, then said goodbye and left.

Ahua didn't say much, picked up his money bag and left in another direction. There were still two transactions that he needed to direct.

Chen Fan only had grudges against Tung Sing and Sun Kee, and had no trustworthy acquaintances with them. Therefore, Ah Wah could not openly make deals with them, otherwise these two gangs would definitely sell Chen Fan out without hesitation.

After all, selling damaging information about the Ni family's top leaders is an act of provocation and division against the Ni family, and the Ni family will certainly retaliate once they find out.

Chen Fan didn't expect to keep this secret forever; he just wanted to keep it hidden until the Ni family reached its end.

Upon receiving the intelligence, Luo Tianhong rushed back to Zhongxinyi's headquarters.

At this moment, all the core members of Zhongxinyi were present, including Ah Heng, who had previously lost his hands and feet, and he arrived in a wheelchair.

Luo Tianhong handed the dirt on Wen Zheng to Lian Haolong.

Lian Haolong glanced at it briefly and then passed it on to others to read.

More than ten minutes later.

Lian Haolong looked at everyone and asked, "You've all seen the items, what are your thoughts?"

"We can try to make contact. If Wen Zheng is willing to join, we'll keep his secret. If he's not, we'll reveal everything and deal with him when he's being dealt with by the others," Afa said first.

Su Su crossed her arms and looked at the intelligence report. "We're not the only ones who know this secret. Threatening won't work; we need to use other methods."

"Other methods?" Lian Haodong said sinisterly, "Does suspecting him of killing Ni Kun count?"

Wen Zheng: ? ? ?

"But we have no evidence."

"What evidence do you need? We're a triad. Do triads need evidence to do things? A little word from someone can scare him to death."

Lian Haodong didn't care whether it would ruin Wen Zheng; all he wanted was for the other party to transfer ownership and hand over the supply channels.

Once their goal was achieved, Wen Zheng's life or death would have nothing to do with them.

Lian Haolong picked up the documents and flipped through them again, then slowly said, "Afa, can you arrange for Wen Zheng to come out and have a chat with me?"

"no problem."

Afa nodded.

"Although Wen Zheng is the least senior leader in the Ni family, he knows drug lords in the Golden Triangle. If we can recruit him to our Zhongxinyi business, it will definitely take us to the next level. So I don't want to see any accidents happen."

Lian Haolong was well aware of the rules of the heroin industry: without an acquaintance to introduce you, you simply couldn't buy good stuff.

Given that the Ni family is now without Ni Kun, the opportunity to recruit Wen Zheng, who has connections with Southeast Asian drug lords, seems like a very worthwhile deal.

However, Wen Zheng's addition will inevitably affect the status of most people present, and Lian Haolong is most afraid of internal chaos.

Hearing Lian Haolong's words, a hint of dissatisfaction flashed in Su Su's eyes.

All the goods for Zhongxinyi have always been arranged by her and Afa, and they have also been responsible for stabilizing the supply. Now, suddenly there's an additional...

Shouldn't individuals share their power?

Even if this person's addition would bring them more benefits, their power would be reduced, and their room for maneuver would also be reduced.

That evening, the five members of the Ni family were all very busy.

Guohua, Heigui, Gandhi, and Wenzheng were busy dealing with the recruitment efforts of other forces.

Meanwhile, Han Chen was busy with Ni Kun's funeral arrangements at the Ni family home.

However, he was slow to acknowledge Ni Kun as his godfather, mainly because he was afraid that telling Ni Kun directly would scare him. So he took a roundabout approach and started with Ni Laosan.

Unfortunately, his roundabout approach wasn't as straightforward as Marv's and Huang Zhicheng's. Marv and Huang Zhicheng finished off Ni Kun in one fell swoop, while Han Chen hadn't even gained Ni Kun's approval yet.

Ni Yongxiao is now taking over Ni Kun's position.

Looking at the somewhat desolate mourning hall, Ni Yongxiao asked Ni Laosan, "Third Uncle, why didn't Guohua and the others come?"

Ni Laosan hesitated and said, "They—were invited to dinner by Wang Bao, Lian Haolong, Smiling Tiger, and Axe Jun tonight."

"Visiting guests?" Ni Yongxiao's face darkened. "I think they're looking for a way out."

Ni Laosan did not answer, but the murderous look on his face had already given his reply.

The actions of Guo Hua and his group perfectly illustrate the saying "when people leave, the tea cools."

Ni Kun's seven-day mourning period hadn't even passed yet, and these guys were already eager to find new clients, completely disregarding them.

"Mr. Ni, should we send them ahead of time—"

Ni Laosan made a throat-slitting gesture.

In his view, Guohua and the others were nothing short of traitors.

The most effective way to deal with traitors is to kill them, to exterminate them completely.

"Check their recent situation first, but don't alert them yet."

Ni Yongxiao was well aware that he had just taken office and was not yet familiar with many things. Taking rash action could very likely cause greater turmoil.

We need to try to win some over some others first, so that the power of the major factions can be transferred naturally. As long as the situation of the Ni family can be stabilized, it is okay to give them some benefits first.

Ni Yongxiao thought for a moment, then asked, "By the way, has my dad made any enemies recently?"

Ni Laosan said somewhat uncertainly, "There is one, but the situation is a bit special. I don't know if it counts as an enmity."

"Who?"

"War God Fan, the youngest leader of Hung Hing."

"Hung Hing's Chan Fan? Why are you unsure if it's him?"

"Not long ago, Gandhi's men went to his territory to provoke him. During the negotiations, Gandhi's men shot and assassinated the war god Fan, and as a result, he was detained."

Later, it was Lao Ni who stepped in and exchanged 5000 million for half of his territory to redeem the man.

During this time, Lao Ni Sheng contacted Xu Long, the head instructor of Xinji, to inquire about the situation. We don't know what they discussed, but that phone call changed Lao Ni Sheng's mind.

Ni Laosan told everyone he knew.

Ni Yongxiao fell silent.

This was the first time he had heard about this. At first glance, it seemed like it wasn't a big deal, but it wasn't impossible.

"Mr. Ni, quite a few organizations want to come to pay their respects. Should we let them come?"

At this moment, Han Chen walked over from the mourning hall.

"Why not let them come? I want my dad to have a grand funeral, and it would be best if they had people to come and see him off."

"Then I'll go and make the arrangements right away."

Seeing Han Chen about to leave, Ni Yongxiao spoke again: "Wait!"

Han Chen asked in confusion, "Is there anything else you need, Mr. Ni?"

"Ah Chen, who do you think was behind this sabotage?"

Faced with Ni Yongxiao's question, Han Chen shook his head without hesitation: "It's hard to say. Uncle Kun had many enemies when he was alive."

He had followed Ni Kun for so long, yet he still didn't know how many people the other party had offended, or even how many people the other party had killed.

He's already considered himself incredibly long-lived to have survived until now before being assassinated.

"My third uncle just mentioned a suspect. Ah Chen, you're an old hand at this, can you help me figure out if it's him?"

"Who?"

"Hung Hing's Chan Fan!"

Upon hearing the name Ni Yongxiao utter, Han Chen's expression changed slightly, and he shook his head, saying, "I don't think it's him."

Why?

Ni Yongxiao was puzzled.

"The location and time of Uncle Kun's assassination are both wrong. Even we leaders don't know Uncle Kun's whereabouts, let alone an outsider like Chen Fan."

"Besides, Chen Fan doesn't seem like the kind of person who would do something like this; he's quite principled."

"Strictly speaking, the previous incident didn't really count as a conflict between him and Uncle Kun; at most, it was Uncle Kun helping Gandhi resolve some trouble."

"Another point is that Chen Fan has never really killed anyone since his debut. He usually just captures people to exchange for money. The worst victims were Hong Tai, the paparazzi, and Xiao Bawang, but they are still alive."

Han Chen would rather suspect that Ni Kun was killed by Jiang Tiansheng than believe that Chen Fan was behind it.

Chen Fan had taken the money and the territory, and Gandhi had been released. The matter was pretty much over, and there was no need to stage another assassination to kill Ni Kun.

Some might believe it was orchestrated by Gandhi.

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