Hong Kong: Rise of the Kings.

Chapter 937 0925 [Catch them all]

As the life and death lots were drawn, those who had not been drawn beat their chests and stamped their feet, cursing that they were unlucky and could not contribute to the society.

The four people who drew the life and death lot, including Waizui, tried hard to force a smile, looking righteous and fearless, saying that they were willing to sacrifice their lives for the society, and this time they finally got the chance.

Lian Haodong doesn't care about all this. Drawing lots for life and death is a mandatory rule for all major social organizations. Whoever is drawn must go, no matter whether the other party is the Commissioner of Police or the Governor of Hong Kong.

"Very good, the four of you are very outstanding and have a high level of awareness. You are worthy of being our loyal and righteous warriors!" Lian Haolong raised the chicken blood wine to toast.

"Now, on behalf of my elder brother Lian Haolong's spirit in heaven, I offer a toast to you! I hope you will be victorious and return with Du Yongxiao's life!"

As Lian Haodong spoke, he picked up the chicken blood wine and drank it all in one gulp, then dropped the bowl to the ground.

The four men with crooked mouths also hurriedly picked up the wine and drank it all, clapping their heads and smashing their bowls together.

"Hoohoo!"

"We will definitely not let Brother Dong down and avenge Brother Long!"

"Kill Du Yongxiao!"

"Kill Du Yongxiao!"

The four men pumped their fists.

The whole hall was boiling with excitement——
at this time--
"Who wants to kill our brother Xiao?"

"Who? Get out!"

Lian Haodong didn't expect an outsider to break in and shouted.

All the loyal and righteous disciples showed their weapons in unison, including machetes, sledgehammers, and baseball bats.

There was a commotion.

The footsteps were noisy.

More than thirty anti-explosion soldiers and police rushed in, and behind them were hundreds of armed soldiers and police with live ammunition, each ready for battle.

The riot police held shields and formed a formation. They wore helmets and held batons, looking at Lian Haodong and others with sharp eyes.

“Why are there so many police officers?”

"Who leaked the news?"

"Damn it, let's fight them!"

Lian Haodong also wanted to fight. In the current situation, only fighting could give him a way to survive.

Just as he was about to issue an order and start a war with these cops, boom -
There's a huge commotion outside!

"Oh no, Brother Dong! There are three truckloads of police outside!"

"It's bad, Brother Dong! The other side has support and they are holding submachine guns!"

The searchlight shines over here——
The entire Juyi Hall was as bright as day.

The loyal and righteous brothers who were originally holding weapons and wanted to fight the police were blinded by the searchlights.

When they finally opened their eyes, the situation had changed again. Police were everywhere!

These policemen include not only plainclothes police, military police, patrol police, but also marine police and fire police!

These people are like birds in a cage, surrounded tightly.

"It's over. There's no chance to fight!"

"Why are you so coy?"

The loyal and righteous people had never seen such a grand scene before. This was not just catching a thief, but a grand police parade with all kinds of troops present.

"Fuck you, don't think we can be bullied just because you have more people!"

Zhong Xinyi, a rough man, roared and then rushed towards the anti-explosion police holding shields.

Crackling!

The riot police started beating him violently.

"They actually ganged up on Daniel?"

"Let's go together and help Daniel!"

Seven or eight loyal and righteous disciples were about to take action when they saw a man walk out from behind the police team, pull out a gun, load the bullet, aim at Da Niu's leg and fire two shots!

"Ahhh, my legs!"

Da Niu hugged his legs and screamed miserably.

Both the police and Zhong Xinyi were stunned.

Then the man holding the gun said to the police: "What are you doing? Just shoot these vicious criminals who dare to attack the police!"

Turning back, the man pointed his gun at Zhong Xinyi and the others and said, "Who else wants to come forward? I still have five bullets!"

There was a commotion among the faithful and righteous people.

Then we saw the riot police holding shields and moving aside, and they were replaced by a large number of military police holding submachine guns at the front.

Click!
All the submachine guns were loaded and made frightening noises.

It is believed that as long as loyal and righteous people dare to rush forward, they will be beaten into a hornet's nest.

"Don't be afraid! They are police officers. Police officers have rules and regulations and they dare not shoot randomly!"

Lian Haodong saw that everyone was shrinking back and shouted loudly.

"What do you mean you don't dare to shoot?"

The man raised his pistol and pointed it at Lian Haodong and shot him directly in the left leg.

Lian Haodong screamed, knelt on one knee, and looked at the other person in disbelief, "You you——"

"What do you mean by 'you'? My name is Datou Wen! Last time we tried to catch you, you ran away, and in the end your big brother Lian Haolong took the blame for you. Where can you run away today? You dared to plot to assassinate Director Du? You must be tired of living!"

"You are a policeman, how dare you just--"

I haven't said anything about shooting at random yet,

Snapped!
Datou Wen shot Lian Haodong's other leg again.

Pfft!
Lian Haodong fell to his knees on the ground, his eyes bloodshot, staring at Da Tianwen.

"You still dare to glare at me? Do you believe I can blow your head off?" Datou Wen's face was full of hostility, and he directly pointed the barrel of the gun at Lian Haodong's forehead.

Lian Haodong wanted to be tough to avoid being looked down upon by his subordinates, but he found that Datou Wen's eyes were murderous, and he really wanted to kill. Suddenly, he was scared!

At this moment, Lian Haodong remembered that this Big Head Wen was not a good guy. It was said that he had been with the "Bloody Hand Butcher" Du Yongxiao for too long and had been infected with the devil's "killing without blinking" temperament. Now it seemed to be true.

"No, I surrender! I was just joking! Hehe, Officer Chen, please don't take it seriously!"

Although Lian Haodong is the brother of the loyal and righteous gangster Lian Haolong, and is usually a strong man, he is a little afraid of death compared to his elder brother Lian Haolong.

Now that Datou Wen got angry, he immediately became scared.

Those loyal disciples were ashamed, thinking that they were not brave enough to fight with these cops. But now, seeing that even their boss Lian Haodong behaved like this, they immediately lost their self-blame and even despised Lian Haodong. What the hell? I thought he was a real boss, but it turns out he can only yell!

Datou Wen poked Lian Haodong's forehead with his gun: "Weren't you very powerful just now? Didn't you want to avenge your big brother? Why are you weak now?"

Lian Haodong's forehead was pounded into an egg-sized bump, and he was in terrible pain. He grimaced and said, "My elder brother went against you police officers, and he deserves death! I have no choice. If I don't avenge him, I won't be able to convince the public! Please understand!"

Datou Wen laughed, "I've heard that the eldest brother Lian Haolong is a dragon, and the second brother Lian Haodong is a worm. They only like gambling. I didn't expect..."

"Sir, you are right. I am a nobody. Please let me go!"

"Let you go? That depends on your performance!" Datou Wen grabbed Lian Haodong by the collar and said, "Tell me, who is the person who wants to mess with my boss behind my back?"

"That person is... is——" Lian Haodong hesitated, "Mr. Li!"

……

The next day—
After experiencing changes in ownership, industrial fires and other accidents, Ming Pao held its first press conference.

As the organizer of this press conference, Ming Pao revealed some "inside information". First, this press conference will be an important meeting after Ming Pao's equity restructuring. It will announce Ming Pao's structure after restructuring and its future development direction.

Second, there will be important figures attending this press conference, and a series of reform measures will be announced to the public at that time.

The outside world reacted strongly to the two pieces of news revealed by Ming Pao, and most people speculated that the legendary Hong Kong tycoon Du Yongxiao would be the one to rule Ming Pao this time.

Before that, Ming Pao and Du Yongxiao had been engaged in a secret war. Everyone in the newspaper industry knew about it, and even the fire at Ming Pao was blamed on Du Yongxiao by some people, who believed that Du Yongxiao was taking revenge for personal gain.

Of course, some smart people would not think so. In their opinion, Du Yongxiao's status and position are very high. If he wants to destroy Ming Pao, he has many ways to do it. He doesn't even need to do anything to bring Ming Pao down. Why would he use such despicable means?

Unfortunately, there are still too few smart people in Hong Kong, but there are many people who like gossip. More people believe that it was Du Yongxiao who set the fire. If he hadn't set the fire, there would be no drama and no topic of conversation.

In a word, today's press conference is very important. At least many people think it is an opportunity to clear Du Yongxiao's name.

As the founder of Ming Pao, Jin Yong originally wanted to excuse himself from attending the event today due to illness. He couldn't stand Du Yongxiao showing off on the stage. Ming Pao was like his "own son" to him, and now that it had been snatched away by Du Yongxiao, he really didn't want to see this outcome.

However, the bigwigs on the board of directors advised him to "be more open-minded". Such occasions will occur again in the future. Even if he can avoid it today, he cannot avoid it tomorrow.

Jin Yong heard this and sighed helplessly, "Okay!"

Accompanying Jin Yong to attend the press conference were Ming Pao's second-in-command Shen Baoxin, Jin Yong's personal friend, Ming Pao columnist Ni Kuang, and Ni Kuang's sister Yi Shu.

The two of them didn't come here to watch the fun, but because they were afraid that Jin Yong would not be able to bear the pressure and faint, so that they could call an ambulance.

According to Ni Kuang, "Although Lao Zha is very good at writing martial arts novels and the big guys in the books are all heroes, he is actually very petty. This time, he was caused by Du to lose the Ming Pao. He felt so upset. I was really afraid that he would faint!"

Regardless of whether what Ni Kuang said was true or not, the ambulance was ready outside the press conference.

The paramedics in the ambulance were also ready, with oxygen cylinders, oxygen masks, glucose water, etc. available immediately.

In the conference hall——
Media from all over Hong Kong gathered together.

In addition to Ming Pao's own team, there are also Oriental Daily, Sing Tao Daily, Tiger Daily, as well as Ta Kung Pao, Wen Wei Po and so on.

The TV stations also sent personnel, including those from TVB and ATV, as well as the hosts from the recently established ATV.

At this moment, there was a crowd of people, and people from all walks of life had arrived. Those who knew that this was just a press conference of a newspaper would think it was some amazing large-scale entertainment event.

There are not many people in the VIP area of ​​the hall. They are all some well-known figures in Hong Kong who were invited by Ming Pao to come and observe.

Of course, there will also be some uninvited guests coming to join in the fun. After all, it is said that Du Yongxiao will be making an appearance today, and it is a rare opportunity to see him speak here in person.

"Mr. Li, do you think Du Yongxiao will show up today?"

Boss Li Jiacheng, the tycoon of Cheung Kong Holdings, asked Li Zhaoheng with a warm smile.

Li Zhaoheng was accompanied by two people, one was his trusted subordinate Li Tiansheng, and the other was his personal bodyguard Black Panther.

It is rare for Hong Kong tycoons to hire black people as bodyguards, so Black Panther still stands out in the crowd.

Li Zhaoheng bit his cigar, acting like a big boss, ignoring the gazes from all around. He smiled and replied to Boss Li: "Today is a big day. If he doesn't show up, who will obey him in the future?"

"Uh, what does this mean?" Boss Li was puzzled.

"That's just the surface meaning!" Li Zhaoheng smiled. "Everyone knows that he has a feud with Ming Pao. There are even rumors that he set fire to Ming Pao. If he doesn't show up today to explain clearly, I'm afraid he will be criticized and it will become a stain on his life."

Boss Li smiled: "I understand. If Du Yongxiao wants to prove his innocence, he must attend. If he wants to truly control Ming Pao, he must attend because he must give an explanation to the outside world!"

"That's right! He can't escape this confession if he is smart enough..." Li Zhaoheng bit the cigar and turned it around with a smile on his face, but there was a hint of ruthlessness in his eyes.

Li Tiansheng, who was standing behind him, understood that if Du Yongxiao showed up today, he would be attacked by the loyal and righteous soldiers. The scene would be in chaos, and even if Du Yongxiao didn't die, he would be badly injured!
Most importantly, after this incident, the myth that Du Yongxiao cannot be provoked has been completely shattered. Let's see if he dares to be so high and mighty and call himself the Emperor of Hong Kong in the future? !

As for Li Zhaoheng's personal bodyguard Black Panther, there was no one in his eyes except Li Zhaoheng.

Li Zhaoheng is his boss and also the person he protects. As for how powerful the legendary Du Yongxiao is, he doesn't care at all, because in his eyes there are only two kinds of people, the dead and the living.

"Everyone, please be quiet! Today's Ming Pao press conference officially begins!"

The host, who was the emcee of the scene, came on stage to maintain order.

Soon, the noisy hall quieted down, and everyone looked towards the press conference desk in front.

"Now please invite Mr. Cha Liangyong, the president of Ming Pao, to come to the stage and speak!"

clap clap.

applause.

Jin Yong came on stage with a melancholy look on his face. He made a few opening remarks, which were nothing more than how Ming Pao was founded and how he had accompanied Ming Pao as it grew step by step.

Then the conversation changed.

Jin Yong began to complain bitterly, saying how hard and difficult his life was back then. He wrote day and night for the development of Ming Pao, and the manuscript paper he used could fill the entire South Asia Bay.

Now that he is old and lacks energy, perhaps the future development of Ming Pao needs new people to lead...

As for who this newcomer is, Jin Yong did not say it himself, but looked at the people below the stage.

At this moment, the host lost no time in announcing to the audience: "Now, please invite Mr. To Wing-hau To, the Hong Kong industrialist, the president of the To Group, and the Commissioner of the Royal Hong Kong Police, to the stage!"

There was a burst of cheers from the audience.

Li Zhaoheng bit the cigar and turned it in his mouth: "The show is about to begin!"

(End of this chapter)