Hong Kong: Rise of the Kings.

Chapter 943 0931 [Three Religions and Nine Streams]

Today, it was a rare occasion that Mr. Shao did not go to the garden to practice qigong after dinner, nor did he go to the sample room to watch the sample of Shaw Brothers' new movie.

Shaw Brothers director Lam Hon-Hsiang has been very popular recently. With the financial and material resources of Shaw Brothers, he has made many erotic films, especially "The Warlord", which he collaborated with Sam Hui, which was very popular and even overshadowed Golden Harvest's newly released movies. This has not happened for a long time.

You should know that since the establishment of Golden Harvest, it has been competing with Shaw Brothers, and every movie it produced has been trying to crush Shaw Brothers. Driven by Bruce Lee's kung fu movies, it has swept the country and almost ate up half of the box office in Hong Kong.

Shao Daheng returned to his study and sat in it reading the martial arts novel "Huang Feihong" written by "I am a Mountain Man".

Mr. Shaw loved reading novels and liked to film some of them into martial arts movies, such as those written by Jin Yong and Gu Long. However, the one that Shaw Brothers filmed the most was "Once Upon a Time in China" by I Am a Mountain Man.

This drama has become a series since its inception, starring the patriotic actor "Guan Dexing" and the villain is the famous "Shi Jian".

Every time Shao Daheng reads a novel, he is filled with inspiration. He has read many martial arts novels to pieces, especially the Wong Fei Hung series. He thinks this theme can be explored in depth, but he just can't find a breakthrough point. He always feels that something is missing. Is it because Kwan Tak-hing's Wong Fei-hung is too old? Is he not popular with the audience? Should he find a handsome guy, preferably one with good skills and kung fu skills, to play the role?

Bruce Lee was originally the most suitable candidate, but unfortunately, he worked for Golden Harvest.

Shao Daheng's mind was full of thoughts. As he flipped through the novel, he always felt that he had grasped something, but he didn't.

"Master, Mr. Du Yongxiao is here." Uncle En, the family's housekeeper, appeared at the door of the study and reminded him in a low voice.

Shao Daheng stood up from his seat: "I'll go to the lobby to meet him."

When he arrived at the hallway of his house, Du Yongxiao, dressed in white, just got out of the back seat of his exclusive car with license plate number one.

Shao Daheng took a few steps toward the door to greet him. He changed his usual expression and smiled, jokingly saying, "The Commissioner of Police, your presence here really makes my humble home more glorious! Why, you took the initiative to ask to come over for dinner before, and now I have to call you to come over. It really takes a while for a man to be seen in a new light."

Before he became famous, Du Yongxiao was just a small plainclothes officer. In order to find resources, he came to the Shaw family several times hoping that Shaw could help him, either as a guarantor or to develop movies together. Even after Du Yongxiao established Golden Harvest and Golden Harvest competed with Shaw Brothers, the two of them never seemed to be "at odds". They kept things very clear, like friends are friends and business is business.

It was not until Du Yongxiao became successful and famous, as the first Chinese Commissioner of Police in Hong Kong and a super business tycoon in Hong Kong, that the status of the two was reversed. Du Yongxiao became a busy man, and many times when Tycoon Shao wanted to see him, he had to greet him in advance.

But overall, the two can be considered "friends regardless of age", after all, in addition to movies, the Du Group and Shaw Brothers have many other cooperative projects.

Du Yongxiao was able to come on time tonight, which gave enough face to Shao Daheng, which made Shao Daheng happy and surprised. After all, Du Yongxiao is no longer the same as before. As the Earl of Peace of the British Empire and the Commissioner of Police, his status is both noble and special.

Du Yongxiao saw Shao Daheng coming out to greet him. As a junior, he did not dare to be arrogant. After getting off the car, he took two quick steps to greet Shao Daheng, clasped his fists and said, "Sixth Uncle, please don't embarrass me! How dare I not come if you have given me an order?"

Seeing Du Yongxiao being so polite and modest, Shao Daheng felt very happy and comfortable.
"Besides, it's rare that you call me personally to invite me here, and I'm still thinking about eating your ginseng fruit!" Du Yongxiao said with a smile as he and Shao Daheng walked towards the door.

The so-called "Ginseng Fruit" is actually a kind of fruit that Shao Daheng specially asked someone to cultivate after he practiced qigong. It looks like a little baby and is actually a "small melon".

Green cultivation, green fertilization. Shao Daheng eats one every time after practicing qigong, saying that this can prolong his life.

However, this cultivation method was still outdated at that time, so the yield was not high. Only those who were favored by Shao Daheng were qualified to taste the "ginseng fruit" he planted.

Du Yongxiao happens to be one of them.

Du Yongxiao and Shao Daheng walked side by side. Behind them, Uncle En was responsible for greeting Yan Xiong, who accompanied Du Yongxiao, as well as the driver and others to go to the hall to rest.

Hong Jie, the spinster maid in Shao Daheng's house, had already prepared tea and fruit in the study when Shao Daheng went out to greet Du Yongxiao. When Shao Daheng and Du Yongxiao came in, she quietly retreated and helped them close the door of the study from the outside.

Du Yongxiao sat down and saw the Yunnan Pu'er tea label next to the tea set. He said to Shao Daheng who was helping them make tea, "It's rare that I haven't been to your house for more than a year. Sister Hong still remembers that I like Yunnan Pu'er and even put the tea label out for me to see."

"Your status is different now. You are a government official after all, so you should be more polite." Shao Daheng looked up at Du Yongxiao and smiled slowly.

Du Yongxiao smiled.

Indeed, no matter what era or where you are, no matter how big your business is, you will always be in awe of those in power.

How does the saying go? Even if you are as rich as a country, if you don’t have a strong backer in the political arena, you will be the fat meat in the mouth of those in power at any moment.

Especially for someone like Du Yongxiao, his financial resources are already terrifying enough, but what is even more terrifying is his connections in Hong Kong, the UK, and the US.

This alone is enough to make him a huge hit among Hong Kong's wealthy.

"Uncle Six, please don't make fun of me. Here, I'll give this to you!"

Du Yongxiao took out a paper envelope from his pocket and slowly placed it on the coffee table between the two of them. "I'll help you get the movie you applied for lifted. You know, those foreigners just want to make more money, so they used the excuse that your Shaw Brothers' movies are 'indecent' and banned so many of your movies."

"That's thoughtful of you. It's really easy to get things done because you have connections in the court. I thought it was you who gave the order to ban Shaw Brothers films, but it turns out I was wrong about you!" Shao Daheng shared a cup of tea with Du Yongxiao and spoke.

Du Yongxiao said slowly, "We are all in the film industry, so competition is inevitable, but I will never do such tricks. Although Hong Kong is a small place, it is big enough to accommodate Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest, or even more film companies! In short, I still say that a single flower does not make spring, only a hundred flowers blooming together can make spring."

"I won't say any more words of gratitude. Your help speaks volumes!" Shao Daheng picked up the teacup and said to Du Yongxiao, "Come, have some tea."

"It seems like Sixth Uncle, you definitely aren't just inviting me to tea tonight—" Du Yongxiao picked up the teacup and drank it all in one gulp: "Let me talk now!"

"It's nothing, actually. As the saying goes, when gods fight, little devils suffer." Shao Daheng cleared his throat. "You and the Li family keep fighting, and both will suffer in the end. Now you want to use public opinion to mess with the Li family. The Li family asked me for help. I know what you said. What should I do?"

Du Yongxiao smiled, "You are in a difficult situation, so you invited me to have tea, hoping that I can reconcile with the Li family?"

"That's exactly what I meant." Shao Daheng's thoughts were exposed, and he said bluntly, "I owe the Li family a favor, and I have to repay it. But if I repay it, I will have to become your enemy, which I don't want!"

Du Yongxiao nodded: "Okay then, you pass the message to the Li family for me. I can pretend that I didn't see anything the Li family did before, but I hope they won't provoke me again in the future. Otherwise--"

Du Yongxiao's eyes suddenly lit up: "I killed them."

Du Yongxiao's words "destroy them" were so fierce that even Shao Daheng was frightened.

Mr. Shao has reason to believe that with Du Yongxiao's current strength, he will definitely do what he says.

The Fu family in Macau, the barber party family in the UK, etc. are all lessons learned.

"Okay, I'll tell them what I'm saying. Now--" Shao Daheng took the initiative to pour tea for Du Yongxiao, "After drinking this cup of tea, your grudge with the Li family will be over!"

"Okay!" Du Yongxiao picked up the tea and drank it again. For him, although the Li family is a veteran family among the four major families in Hong Kong, if Du Yongxiao wants to deal with them, it will only take a few minutes.

It depends on whether Li Zhaoheng knows what's good for him. If he still insists on his own way and thinks he is great and dares to challenge Du Yongxiao's authority, then Du Yongxiao doesn't mind teaching him how to write the word "death".

……

Li Zhaoheng really escaped death this time. If it weren’t for his personal secretary Li Tiansheng who took the blame for everything, Du Yongxiao would never have given him a chance to “bail”.

Now Du Yongxiao used Shao Daheng to pass a message to him, asking him to be honest and abide by the law, which made Li Zhaoheng very angry with nowhere to vent.

Li Xiaohe really loves and hates his second son. He loves his outstanding talent, but hates him for not knowing his own limitations and provoking the strongman Du Yongxiao. So he issued an order to temporarily let Li Zhaoheng resign from the group's business and confine him to his home for a week to reflect on himself.

The eldest son of the Li family, Li Zhaoyuan, and the third son, Li Zhaozhen, were very happy. After all, the second son had oppressed them for a long time, and now he finally got what he deserved.

When the Li Group was in trouble, Du Yongxiao never thought that his mother Li Cuilin would take the initiative to introduce him to a girl.

Especially since my mother knew very well about Du Yongxiao's relationship with Bai Mudan, Huang Ying, Jiang Ling'er, and the Japanese beauty Sakuragi Rin. Even though she knew that he had no shortage of women, she still brought up this matter.

It shouldn't be her own idea. Besides, she should know that her precious son is not the kind of playboy who spends all day drinking and picking up girls.

Of course, Du Yongxiao is not a Buddhist, and he also has the side of a man who pursues fame and beauty. However, his lust for women is more often reflected in the fact that he sits at a roadside food stall eating cart noodles and drinking herbal tea, and openly admires the pretty girls walking by the roadside. As for seeing a pretty girl and immediately having the idea of ​​taking her to bed, that is the damn ghost Liu He, not him, Du Yongxiao.

Du Yongxiao is now 25 years old, which is considered an age where he should have married among the Chinese in Hong Kong. People he knows, such as Mr. Huo, are said to be getting married next year and will marry Miss Hong Kong Zhu Lingling.

Not to mention Datou Wen, who once fought alongside him in the police force, and whose own children are now just helping out.

In this era, if a man is still unmarried at the age of 25, he is considered an older youth. Moreover, Du Yongxiao has a special status. As the Commissioner of Police and an Earl of the British Empire, he needs a woman to decorate his appearance.

Therefore, this time, when mother Li Cuilian launched a surprise attack and asked Du Yongxiao to go on a blind date, it was not a whim but the result of a long-planned plan.

For her, her husband Du Dapao is unreliable. He arranged a marriage for Du Yongxiao when Du Yongxiao was still a child. In the end, his son has become the Commissioner of Police, but the other party's daughter is the female leader of the Hong Yihai gang, that is, Li Yingnan. To put it nicely, they are the children of the underworld, but to put it bluntly, aren't they thieves?
Since ancient times, has there ever been an officer marrying a female thief?

As for the White Peony, it is second-hand and not worthy.

Huang Ying came from an ordinary family. Although she was capable, she was not the daughter-in-law that Li Cuilian was satisfied with.

Sakuragi Rin is far away in Japan and is a Japanese girl. For Li Cuilian and Du Dapao, who have a patriotic complex, it is even more impossible to let her in.

As for Jiang Ling'er, she was mysterious and seemed to have a dubious background.

When I looked again, there was no other woman around my son.

Oh, by the way, I heard that my son had had affairs with foreign girls when he was in the UK and the US, especially the one in the UK who came from a good family, but Li Cuilian was worried about the future "relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law".

She doesn't understand English and the other party doesn't understand Chinese, so they end up speaking different languages ​​and it's difficult for them to even have an argument.

Just when Li Cuilian was having a headache, the opportunity came.

It is said that Li Cuilian has been a fan of celebrities since she was poor. At that time, she was obsessed with the famous star Xiao Fangfang, so she would take the initiative to participate in any celebrity gatherings.

However, she also knew that her identity was special. In order not to cause trouble for her son, she always concealed her identity and just asked others to introduce her as a businesswoman. Her husband ran a soap factory and they were considered a well-off family.

The celebrity circle, or the entertainment circle, is a well-known place for fame and fortune. Most people here like to treat others favorably, or look down on others.

When everyone found out that Li Cuilian was just a nouveau riche and her husband was just a soap seller, they all looked down on her.

They thought that Li Cuilian sneaked in just for the sake of fame and wanted to get close to them and build a good relationship with them.

There was only a celebrity couple at the scene who did not look down on Li Cuilian at all. Instead, they felt that Li Cuilian spoke very truthfully, unlike those celebrities and businessmen who were very hypocritical.

Li Cuilian developed a liking for the couple, and as she had drunk too much that day, she started to complain, saying that she had a 25-year-old son who was still single and that she was worried to death.

He does not mean that.

The celebrity couple also happened to have a baby daughter, who was sixteen years old this year, seventeen in lunar age, and was studying at Deya Middle School. She was a little rebellious at this age, and liked the colorful entertainment industry. She didn't study well, which gave them a lot of headaches.

What they mean is to find a suitable family, and if possible, let them live together first, and then let everything go with the flow.

Li Cuilian sobered up immediately after hearing this and started to wonder if the other party knew her identity and that was why he proposed a blind date?

However, after she tried a few times, she confirmed that the other party really didn't know who she was, let alone knew her son Du Yongxiao.

In the eyes of the celebrity couple, the reason they made such a request was that they felt Li Cuilian had a straightforward personality and it would be nice for her to start a family in the future. Also, seeing that Li Cuilian was dressed in jewels, she was not poor, and their daughter would probably not starve after marrying her.

Therefore, in their opinion, Li Cuilian was lucky.

After all, they are both big stars, and being willing to let their daughter marry such a nouveau riche can be considered a kind of "marrying down".

When their daughter is wronged, they can stand up and take control of the other party, unlike if she married into a truly wealthy family, where they would have to be humble.

Little did this celebrity couple know that at this moment Li Cui Lian felt that they were actually marrying above her station.

Big star?

To put it bluntly, aren't you just an actor among all kinds of people?

How can an actor be worthy of my precious son!
My son is a count and the chief of police!

At this moment, Li Cui Lian was almost regretting her decision. She was angry at herself for drinking so much, for attending such a party, and for saying those words to the couple.
However, when the celebrity couple revealed their backgrounds, Li Cuilian immediately changed her mind.

The celebrity couple said: "Our family is the Manchu Bordered Blue Banner Guarja clan!"

(End of this chapter)