Hong Kong Comprehensive: Who said that those who practice martial arts have no money?

Chapter 170 Testing and revealing

The boxer sitting in front of the table cast suspicious eyes on his sister and Li An.

His sister's attitude towards Li An and the tone of her words made him feel that the relationship between the two seemed a bit unusual.

Noticing Boxer's gaze, Huaman looked at him and asked nonchalantly:

"What's wrong brother?"

".nothing."

Instead, Boxer coughed awkwardly, picked up the wine glass on the table and took a sip.

Huaman saw Boxer's expression in her eyes and laughed secretly in her heart, but she didn't show it at all on her face.

It’s not good to bully your brother anymore. Hua Man faced Li An and talked about business.

"By the way, you came just in time. People have been waiting for you for a long time."

"Who is it?"

Ang Lee asked.

Huaman chuckled:

"Fat Chao and Camel Ding."

"Now that the Countrymen Association has collapsed, they don't want to discuss how to divide the territory of the city. They are waiting for me. Are they here to thank me?"

Li An made a joke casually.

Huaman smiled and said:

"I think they are here to test you."

You don't need to think about it to know that once the fellow villagers' association collapsed, Luotuoding and Fat Zaichao could be said to be the only two companies.

But there is also Li An, whose attitude is unclear, in the walled city. To be on the safe side, the two of them naturally have to find out Li An's attitude.

Of course, Li An himself knew this very well.

He nodded:

"Let's go and meet them."

Huaman looked at Boxer and said, "Brother, I'll sit down for a while first."

"No need to entertain me, you go and do your work first. I have to go back to prepare for the welfare meeting, so I'll take a step first."

After saying that, Boxer stood up and walked outside.

He came to the ballroom thinking that on the first day of the ballroom's opening, he came over to see if there was anything he could do to help.

But after staying for a day, he couldn't help at all, which made him a little embarrassed.

Watching the boxer leave, Huaman led Li An along the red-carpeted stairs to the second floor, turned around and entered a private room.

In the private room, the swirling colored light was swaying, and the coffee table was filled with foreign wine, snacks and fruit plates.

Fat Zai Chao and Luo Tuo Ding were sitting on the sofa, whispering something. Three or four women with average to above average looks but hot bodies were sitting next to them drinking wine.

There were five or six expressionless gangsters standing behind him, while Chen Minhui, who had met Li An last time, was sitting alone.

He looked up at Li An who came in and nodded in greeting.

Li An smiled back, looked at Fat Zai Chao and Luo Tuo Ding, and said hello.

"Master Ding, Brother Chao."

"Oh, you came so late. Sit down."

Fatty Chao was quite enthusiastic and hurriedly extended his hand to signal.

Li An walked up to the two of them and sat on the sofa opposite them.

He leaned back and said lazily:

"I heard that Huaman said you were looking for me. What's the matter?"

Fatty Chao looked at Li An and said with a smile:

"Thank you, of course."

"I should be the one thanking you and Master Ding. After all, six hundred thousand is not a small amount."

Ang Lee's words were completely sincere and did not contain any falsehood.

Everyone doesn't like the boy who gives money.

What's more, if someone else gives such a large amount of money, it's appropriate to say thank you.

"You're welcome, everyone gets what they need."

Fatty Chao waved his hand.

Li An glanced at the two of them and changed the subject:

"However, I see that Lord Ding and Chao Ge are specially waiting for me tonight, so they shouldn't simply say thank you to me, right?"

"You go out first."

Fatty raised his hand, and several women stood up and left the box.

"Then you talk."

Huaman turned around and prepared to follow him out.

"Wait a minute, Miss Huaman."

Fatty Chao stopped her.

"Brother Chao, what else can you do?"

Huaman turned around and asked.

Fatty Chao said with a smile: "Anyway, someone is greeting you in the ballroom. Miss Huaman should have time to sit down and chat for a while."

"Okay!"

Huaman nodded happily and walked back. Then he sat next to Li An and picked up two glasses of wine.

Li An took the wine glass and took a sip of the drink.

Then he turned his eyes and looked at Fat Zai Chao and Luo Tuo Ding opposite, and said straight to the point:

"Everyone, please be more straightforward and say what you have to say directly."

"Okay, then I'll be straight."

After a pause, Fatty Chao continued: "Li An, I remember you said last time that you would not get involved in the side business of the city?"

Li An played with the wine glass in his hand, looked up at the two of them, and smiled playfully.

"What? Are you two worried that I will compete with you for territory?"

Luotuoding, who had been silent all this time, nodded and said without any concealment:

"Ke Wanchang, Fu Shoujin, and Feng Chunmei have oppressed us for so many years and are ready to die. Naturally, we want to ask for your opinion.

To make money, being friendly makes you rich, even if it's a side business, the two of us are not as domineering as them.

If you have an idea, we can sit down and discuss it. "

Li An gave the camel tripod a meaningful look.

The words in his mouth were somewhat true, and perhaps only Luotuoding himself knew.

But at least Li An can be sure that the two people came to him tonight to test his attitude.

He smiled: "Don't worry, you two, I don't do gambling or drugs."

"Then what are you going to do with the shop I found for you last time?"

Fatty Chao interjected, seeming a little worried.

"I'm going to open a supermarket."

This must be the first time the two of them heard this word, and they were both a little confused.

Fatty Chao couldn't help but asked:

"supermarket?"

"Wellcome is running a museum, Brother Chao should know about it, right?"

Li An explained.

"If you want Wellcome to open a library, I know that."

Fatty Chao suddenly nodded, there is also a Wellcome restaurant in Tsim Sha Tsui.

Compared with ordinary grocery stores (stores), the variety of products in Wellcome Branch is undoubtedly much more complete.

It mainly sells foreign wine, biscuits, cans, drinks and some imported goods, and is very popular with the public.

“The Walled City has a population of nearly [-], and many commodities are not sold in the Walled City. Sometimes the neighbors have to go to Mong Kok or Tsim Sha Tsui to buy something.

I plan to open a similar store to the shop on Longjin Road. It will not only be convenient for the neighbors, but I can also make a little money. "

Li An had nothing to hide and told the truth.

"If we open an office like this, it will really make a difference."

Fatty gave a super compliment.

As for how Li An's business will be after he opens his business, how much he earns, and whether the residents of the walled city have the ability to spend, it is not his concern at all.

Fat Zai Chao was relieved as long as he made sure that Li An would not interfere in Chengzhai's side business.

Now it seems that it was undoubtedly a very cost-effective deal for Li An and Luo Tuoding to pay [-] each to help solve the hometown association.

Thinking of this, Fatty Chao couldn't hide the smile on his face.

"As agreed last time, the shop on Longjin Road is now yours. I wish you a prosperous business in advance."

"Thank you then."

Li An had a smile on his face. The shop has been renovated and will be opened in the next two days. Regardless of whether Fatty Chao said this or not, Li An has no intention of returning it.

Fatty Chao had a smile on his face:

"What about Miss Huaman?"

"I?"

Hua Man paused, glanced at Li An calmly, and then said in an exaggerated tone:

"Isn't it? Are you two worried that I, a woman, will stand up and compete with you for territory?"

"How can a gangster look down on women?"

Fatty Chao shook his head slowly, expressing his feelings.

"Besides, you are not an ordinary woman. I didn't know before that Miss Huaman's skills are so sharp. No wonder Zhong Yi watches the boxing match."

The walled city is only a palm-sized place, so local snakes like them will know all the trouble.

Fatty Chao previously thought that Hua Man could easily take over Feng Chunmei's territory and manpower because of Ang Lee.

But in the past two days, Huaman had dealt with Ke Wanchang with great fanfare, which really surprised him.

Only then did we understand why Huaman, a woman, was able to gain a foothold in the Boundary Street where there were many clubs and get involved in the dance club business.

Huaman had a reserved smile on her face:

"Don't think too much, you two. It's not easy for me to run two dance halls as a woman.

As long as no one comes to my dance hall to cause trouble, I don't have the energy to get involved in club fights. "

"Definitely not. Anyone who dares to come to your dance hall to cause trouble will be in trouble with me and Mr. Ding."

Fatty Chao patted his chest and confirmed.

"Then I'd like to thank you both."

Huaman said politely.

Li An drank all the wine in the glass and put down the glass.

"By the way, there's something I almost forgot to tell you."

"what's up?"

Fatty Chao asked casually.

After getting the answer he wanted, the expression on his face became much more relaxed.

Li An said casually:

"Oh, in two days the residents of the Walled City will spontaneously organize a neighborhood welfare association."

"Welfare club?"

Fatty was surprised, and his heart that had just been put down was raised again.

After turning his head and looking at each other at Luotuoding, Fatty Chao couldn't help but frown.

He stared at Li An and said with suppressed anger:

"You just said you wouldn't get involved in the side businesses of the city. But now you tell me that you want to set up a neighborhood welfare association? Are you, Li An, planning to set up a fellow villagers association?"

Li An didn't care about Fatty Chao's tone and curled his lips:

"I'm not trying to steal business from you. It's just a neighborhood welfare association. There's no need for such a big reaction."

Seeing that Fatty Chao was silent, Li An chuckled and said to himself:

"You have also seen the environment in the walled city. It is dirty and messy, and the rats raised are not much smaller than cats.

In fact, the neighborhood welfare association is similar in nature to the elderly welfare association outside. If you are interested in this aspect, you can also participate. If you have money, you can contribute.

Improve the living environment of the residents of the Walled City, help clean up the Walled City, repair the streets, maintain the Walled City’s electrical circuits and lights, and also provide free education.”

"Doing something good?"

Fatty Chao felt a little headache after hearing this and couldn't help but interrupt.

What they do is bullying men and dominating women, which has nothing to do with so-called good deeds.

Li An nodded and said matter-of-factly:

"Neighborhood Welfare Association, you know what it means just by the name.

Of course, doing welfare is just doing good deeds. Does Brother Chao think he is doing community work? "

Hearing this, Fatty Chao sneered inwardly and at the same time his face looked much better.

However, Luotuoding, who was sitting next to him, still frowned.

He looked at Li An and asked intentionally or unintentionally:

"Did you organize the welfare meeting?"

Li An shook his head:

“I do have the heart, but I don’t have the energy.

Once the stores in the Walled City are on track and I find someone to help take care of them, I'm ready to leave the Walled City. "

After hearing what Li An said, Luotuoding stopped talking and lowered his head to think about something.

"Is there anything else?" Li An asked.

Fatty Chao shook his head.

"Now that everything that needs to be said has been made clear, let the two of you take your time.

We still have something to do, so let’s take the first step. "

As he spoke, Li An stood up and walked outside the box.

Huaman stood up and followed.

Watching the two of them walk out of the box, Fatty looked towards the camel tripod.

"Master Ding, you heard what Li An said just now. Since he doesn't have this intention, you should be able to rest assured."

Luotuoding pondered for a while, frowned and said:

"What I'm thinking about now is the welfare meeting that Li An just mentioned?"

"What are you thinking about? There are a lot of welfare associations such as the Kowloon Elderly Welfare Association, Children's Welfare Association, and Ang Lee is not participating, so what's there to worry about?"

Fatty glanced at his mouth and then said:

"If he really wants to get a piece of the pie, he can show it off directly with us. There is no need to use the name of a welfare association."

Luotuoding's eyelids were drooped, as if he was thinking about something.

Fatty glanced at him and said with a smile:

"Don't think so much. With such a large piece of land vacant in the Walled City, the associations in Hong Kong and Kowloon will definitely not let go of this piece of fat.

The two of us are the most powerful in the Walled City. Our top priority is how to deal with these societies and allocate the territory of the Walled City.

Although there is more money to be made outside, those policemen eat people one by one without spitting out their bones. Most of the money we earn from beating people to death is paid in fees.

The Walled City is a besieged city with no one to care about. As long as we make it bigger and attract guests from Kowloon to the Walled City, we will also make less money. "

After leaving the box, the two walked along the corridor.

Huaman stopped when he saw a waiter in a small suit walking out of the box next to him.

"Send two fruit plates upstairs."

"Yes, Sister Huaman."

The waiter responded and left quickly.

Li An followed Huaman to the third floor.

The two entered a private room.

Huaman took two goblets and opened the wine on the coffee table. The amber liquid poured into the glass along the mouth of the bottle.

"The only thing I can entertain you here is wine. This is the best brandy in my ballroom."

"It's so good, then I'm in for a treat tonight."

Li An laughed and sat on the sofa.

"Try it."

Huaman placed the poured foreign wine in front of Li An.

There was a knock on the door.

The door was pushed open, and the waiter came in with a fruit plate. After placing the fruit plate on the coffee table, he turned around and left.

Huaman sat next to Li An, a little puzzled.

"If you reveal the welfare association's affairs to them in advance, will it alert them?"

"Sooner or later they won't know either."

Li An's tone was relaxed.

He reached out and grabbed a piece of fruit from the plate, put it into his mouth, and said vaguely:

"Besides, the city wall is only judged by its fists."

As long as they don't use guns, Fat Zai Chao and Luo Tuo Ding's thugs are really not enough to fight.

(End of this chapter)