Hong Kong: Rise of the Kings.

Chapter 920 0908 [I am honored to cooperate with you]

The next day, the heavy rain began to subside.

The famous Luk Yu Teahouse in Wan Chai opens its doors for business early in the morning.

Because of the heavy rain, the teahouse has been closed for almost two days. If it doesn't open today, not only the boss will be unable to bear it, but also the waiters, because their salary is calculated on a daily basis. If they work one day less, they will get one day less salary, and most of them have families to support, so they can "stop working and stop eating."

Business seems to be good today. The most luxurious private room in the teahouse was booked early in the morning.

At eight o'clock, a black Bentley drove slowly and stopped under the teahouse.

First, two people got out of the car. One of them was potbellied and looked like a tycoon, while the other was energetic and was an elite.

They are Chief Inspector Yan Xiong and new Superintendent Zhuang Dingxian.

Yan Xiong got out of the car and without waiting for Zhuang Dingxian to react, he took the initiative to run to the back and open the door: "Godfather, get out of the car!"

A pair of black leather shoes stepped out, and then Du Yongxiao, dressed in white, got out of the car.

He wore a white top hat and a suit, looking elegant and refined.

Nowadays, he no longer needs to be surrounded by bodyguards, or have police cars clearing the way when he travels. His status and position have already made both the black and white worlds in Hong Kong cautious. So who would dare to act rashly?

The teahouse waiter saw Du Yongxiao get off the car from a distance at the door.

He knew Yan Xiong. This former one of the Four Great Inspectors often frequented the Lu Yu Teahouse during his heyday, where he could drink tea and extort money at the same time. Therefore, the waiter had a "deep memory" of Yan Xiong.

Those who can work as waiters in a teahouse like this are all very discerning, and this waiter is almost the same.

When he saw Yan Xiong serving Du Yongxiao so humbly, he knew that Du Yongxiao was not an ordinary person.

Immediately, the waiter ran up to greet Du Yongxiao and said, "Boss, you are here. Please come in!"

The waiter turned his head and said to the teahouse in a long tone: "A distinguished guest! Maojian Pu'er jasmine, Dongting Biluo is the best in the world!"

The "hello" of the waiter is very meaningful. Generally speaking, "the best in the world" means that the guest is a super VIP, rich and powerful, who must not be offended.

Upon hearing this, the teahouse owner did not dare to be negligent and hurried out from the counter to greet Du Yongxiao in person. After asking, he found out that Du Yongxiao was the VIP who had booked the luxurious box.

The teahouse owner was also a smooth talker, and he tried to find out Du Yongxiao's true identity by asking indirectly. However, Du Yongxiao just answered with a few perfunctory words. He seemed approachable, but in fact he was very distant.

The teahouse owner has seen people like this before and knows that such people are the real big shots. They have momentum, aura, and temperament. They are the three qualities combined into one. They can make you feel easy to get along with, but at the same time make you feel suffocated. They are definitely not ordinary people.

Before Du Yongxiao said anything, Yan Xiong was very annoyed by the teahouse owner's nagging. After entering the private room, he asked the other party to bring the best tea and some exquisite snacks to go with the tea, and then drove the owner out.

The teahouse owner knew Yan Xiong, the "big villain". When he opened his own teahouse, he was often ripped off by this bastard.

But now Yan Xiong is no longer a detective, and he was wanted in the past. Of course, the teahouse owner is not afraid of him. However, business requires harmony to make money, and the boss does not need to be angry with a smiling tiger like Yan Xiong. Although he is very curious about Du Yongxiao's specific identity, he still goes out with a flattering face.

After the teahouse owner left, Yan Xiong said angrily, "This idiot boss has no sense of propriety at all. He sees that you, his godfather, are getting impatient but he's still chattering away. He doesn't even feel annoyed!"

Du Yongxiao said nothing, but leaned back in his chair, pinching his chin, as if he was thinking about something.

After a moment, he let out a frustrated breath and looked at Zhuang Dingxian who would rather stand outside the box and smoke than come in: "Hey, Ah Xian, why don't you come in and smoke? What are you doing hiding outside?"

Zhuang Dingxiangen didn't dare to look Du Yongxiao in the eye. He lowered his head and looked at the cigarette in his hand and forced a smile: "Brother Xiao, stop teasing me! You said you wanted to quit smoking. If I smoke in front of you, how can you quit?"

"You don't believe in my willpower? Let me tell you, when I was going through security on an airplane, the machine kept beeping. The security officer searched for a long time but couldn't find any metal. Do you know why the machine kept beeping?"

"Why?"

"Yes, why? Godfather, can you tell me?"

Yan Xiong and Zhuang Dingxian asked with curiosity.

"That's because of my iron will!" Du Yongxiao told a cold joke.

Zhuang Dingxian and Yan Xiong were confused for a long time.

Yan Xiong reacted and clapped immediately: "Great! Godfather, you are so humorous!"

Zhuang Dingxian couldn't help but clap his hands and agree: "Yes, it's really humorous! It took me a long time to understand it! Well, Xiao Ge is worthy of being Xiao Ge."

Du Yongxiao looked at the two "insincere" guys, then looked at the cigarette in Zhuang Dingxian's mouth with envy, and licked his lips: "Ah Xian, come in, it's okay, your smoking won't affect me!"

"Really, Brother Xiao? Then I'm really coming in!" When Zhuang Dingxian saw Du Yongxiao say this, he walked in smoking.

Du Yongxiao could smell Zhuang Dingxian's secondhand smoke from a distance and immediately felt refreshed.

He had only quit smoking for three days and was already beginning to feel unbearable.

But as he said, his willpower was strong, so he said to Zhuang Dingxian: "Come on, come closer!"

"No, Xiao brother, you're too close. I smell too much smoke."

"It's okay to be too big. I just want to exercise my willpower." Du Yongxiao said forcefully.

"Oh." Zhuang Dingxian approached Du Yongxiao again, only one step away.

Du Yongxiao took a deep breath of the secondhand smoke and this time he felt relaxed all over.

Yan Xiong saw that his godfather looked so pitiful, and couldn't help but said, "Godfather, how about you have one?"

Du Yongxiao glared at him and said righteously: "You are trying to induce me to smoke again!" Yan Xiong said hurriedly: "No! I don't mean that! Godfather, I'm just doing this for your own good, ahem, really!"

"Hmph!" Du Yongxiao snorted coldly.

Zhuang Dingxian said, "Brother Xiao, how about you have one? It's mainly to test your iron will! I don't quite believe that if you smoke one, you will be unable to quit in the future?"

"You don't believe it? Ah Xian, you disappoint me so much! Well, in order to convince you and prove myself, come on, I'll smoke one and show you that I can still quit smoking after I'm done smoking!"

Seeing this, Zhuang Dingxian hurriedly took out a Marlboro cigarette, took one out and handed it to Du Yongxiao.

Du Yongxiao bit his lips and said, "Well, I did this to convince you and let you know how strong my willpower is!"

"Of course! Brother Xiao, I know your willpower without you having to tell me!" Zhuang Dingxian hurriedly helped him light the cigarette.

Du Yongxiao took a puff happily and felt like a god, floating in the air!

Quitting smoking is so damn hard!

Yan Xiong who was standing next to him could see it clearly.

My godfather is even more cunning than me!

You clearly want to smoke but you don’t say it!
Looking at Zhuang Dingxian again, Yan Xiong couldn't help but be alert. This kid has a future! Especially his flattery skills, he has already left no trace!
Just as Yan Xiong was daydreaming, footsteps sounded on the stairs, and a voice with a smile rang out from the stairs: "I'm sorry, Mr. Du invited me to have tea, but Mr. Li is late! He really deserves to be punished!"

As he was speaking, Li Jiacheng walked in from outside, followed by his trusted subordinate, the royal lawyer Song Bingshu. Song Bingshu was holding a file bag in his hand. He put the file bag on the table and walked out.

Li Jiacheng adjusted his glasses, sat down opposite Du Yongxiao, smiled at him and said, "Mr. Du, first of all, thank you for inviting me here for tea. Secondly, this is a gift, just consider it as a gift to you!" After saying that, he pointed to the file bag.

Du Yongxiao remained silent. Yan Xiong reached out to take the document bag, opened it and took a look. Then he handed it to Du Yongxiao and leaned over to whisper, "It's a high-end villa construction project in Tsuen Wan."

Only then did Du Yongxiao look at the information in his hand.

"Yes, the document in your hand is the development plan for high-end villas in Tsuen Wan that I had specially written. You own thousands of acres of land in Tsuen Wan, so why do you have to build a car production line? It would be better to develop it into high-end villas directly."

"Let's not talk about anything else. As long as the authorities approve the documents to allow construction, we can directly sell the pre-sale properties! With such an environment, plus the reputation of our Cheung Kong Group and your Hengchuang Real Estate, there will definitely be a large number of people who will pay money to come and make reservations!"

"At that time, we don't even have to pay a penny. We can just use the money from these people to build the villa! We can collect the balance after it's built. This kind of business is a sure win!"

Li Jiacheng took off his glasses, exhaled, slowly wiped the lenses, and said to Du Yongxiao.

Du Yongxiao's expression remained unchanged, as if he had expected Li Jiacheng to say this, because in his previous life, Li Jiacheng was such a businessman who put profit first.

"What, you still don't understand?" Seeing Du Yongxiao so calm, Li Jiacheng became a little impatient: "What a simple question, isn't your cooperation with Mitsubishi Group to open a car production line essentially for the purpose of making money? Since both are about making money, why not choose the simplest and fastest way?"

"It's a really quick method..." Du Yongxiao nodded slightly and said to Li Jiacheng, "Perhaps in your opinion, cooperating with Mitsubishi to build a car production line in Tsuen Wan is a stupid way to make money. On the contrary, real estate makes money quickly. But have you ever thought about how many times you can sell the villa after it is built? There are only so many villas. What will be left after selling them all?"

"On the other hand, if the automobile production line is built, it will not only solve the employment problem of a large part of Hong Kong people, but also make Hong Kong a real industrial capital, instead of relying on real estate and land sales, finance and banks, and becoming a bubble metropolis once a financial crisis occurs!"

"The development of the world economy has proved that only industry can save a country! Only the real economy can develop over the long term and last forever! What you see is just ten years, but what I see is a hundred years! Ten years later, your villas will have been sold out and the vacant land will have been overgrown with grass, while my factory will still be assembling and selling cars day and night - of course, by then they may be flying cars, or even spaceships!"

Li Jiacheng put his glasses back on his face: "Mr. Du, you said I am short-sighted, I admit it! Because I am a businessman, I will not consider too many things, let alone long-term things. I only know that if there is a huge cake in front of me, I will not eat it, but I must gnaw on the iron lump. This is what a fool would do."

"So this is the difference between you and Boss Huo. Boss Huo always has the country in mind and great ambitions in his heart, but you, in the end, are just an extremely outstanding and successful businessman. Maybe in the future your wealth will be enough to rival a country, and you can even influence the economy of a certain country, but you should understand that businessmen will ultimately have to rely on the international environment. In the face of absolute power, your wealth is worthless!" Du Yongxiao had a smile on his face, but he said the most lethal words.

Li Jiacheng smiled heartily: "In other words, it means that I am mercenary? It doesn't matter. Being mercenary to the extreme is also a kind of success, isn't it? You said that I can be rich enough to rival a country in the future. Since I can achieve this, why should I care about what others think of me or say about me? You said that I can't compare with Mr. Huo, that I am not as clear-headed as others, and that I am obsessed with money. But how many people in this world can be pure? I would rather be a pure businessman, I would rather be profit-driven, I would rather be criticized. I just want to tell everyone that I am me! There is no second one in the world, and there is only one in Hong Kong!"

After saying this, Li Jiacheng looked at Du Yongxiao, who was smiling slightly. Seeing that Du Yongxiao was still staring at him, he simply spread his hands and said, "Why, am I wrong? Everyone has their own way of being a person, right?"

"You're right. I can't force you to do anything." Du Yongxiao patted the file bag on the table and threw it back to Li Jiacheng: "Just like you can't force me to develop a villa with you!"

Li Jiacheng was very straightforward. He put the documents away again and looked at Du Yongxiao again and said, "So what about now? We don't even have the basis for cooperation. How can we have a happy conversation?"

Du Yongxiao smiled and looked at Yan Xiong.

Yan Xiong also laughed, and stepped forward to Li Jiacheng and said, "Boss Li, maybe you don't know yet, but we have captured the Zhongxinyi boss Lian Haolong!"

Li Jiacheng's heart skipped a beat, but he remained calm: "So what? What does it have to do with me?"

"Really? It has nothing to do with you, Boss Li?" Yan Xiong smiled, showing his true colors of smiling but hiding a knife. "But I heard that Lian Haolong plans to confess everything he knows... Boss Li, you are a businessman, your reputation is more valuable than your life!"

"What do you mean?" Li Jiacheng looked at Yan Xiong warily.

Who is Yan Xiong?
He used to be just one of the four low-ranking detectives. In Li Jiacheng's eyes, he was just a watchdog for the rich. But now he dares to speak to him in such a tone. How outrageous!

"What I mean is, Boss Li, you are a great man, you can't be splashed with shit and urine. If you get touched, it will be troublesome! How about this--"

Yan Xiong carefully took out a document and handed it to Li Jiacheng, "My godfather is very sincere, take a look first!"

Li Jiacheng took the document and looked at it suspiciously. After taking a look, he was stunned!

He raised his head suddenly and looked at Du Yongxiao: "What do you mean? Are you inviting me to join the car production line?"

"That's right!" Du Yongxiao picked up the teacup and tasted it slowly. "You and I are both patriots. If Boss Li joins this production line to support it, then it will be a success in no time!"

Li Jiacheng's expression changed again and again. He looked at the document again. The terms in it were very harsh, and they were simply unfair terms. It meant that he had to pay money to get a little bit of equity, and he had no power to make decisions.

Just when Li Jiacheng wanted to refuse on the spot, something fell out of the document. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a photo of Li Jiacheng and Li Zhaoheng meeting at sea and taking a photo together while fishing.

Immediately——
Li Jiacheng snapped the file shut and said to Du Yongxiao with a smile on his face: "I am honored to work with you!"

(End of this chapter)