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

Chapter 257 Hit it off

There is such a saying.

A family will follow this pattern from its peak to its decline.

The first generation is in politics, the second generation is in business, and the third generation is in the arts.

By the time this generation started to pursue art, the family's decline was inevitable. There would be no more glory in the future generations, and everything ended here.

Most of the wealthy families in the Shang Dynasty had this idea: three generations of businessmen are not as good as one generation of politics. Of course, this does not mean that businessmen have no value, but in certain specific circumstances, a family member who is engaged in politics may bring greater rewards and influence to the family.

The same is true for the Zhou family, which is a wealthy and powerful family in Hong Kong. The three brothers of the Zhou family, the eldest and the third take care of the family business, and the second brother, Sir Zhou Fengnian, is in politics.

In addition to being a Justice of the Peace, Sir Chow is also an unofficial member of the Legislative Council.

It stands to reason that Lei Luo, a humble little inspector stationed in Shau Kei Wan, would not be in the Zhou family's eyes. He was lucky enough to marry into the Zhou family because Sir Zhou had only one daughter, Zhou Xue'er, and he was unwilling to use his daughter's marriage happiness as a bargaining chip. Zhou Xue'er had a crush on him, so Sir Zhou agreed to their marriage.

But the Zhou family is not a one-man show of power by a single family member. The fact that Sir Zhou spent money to help him get a few chief superintendents of police has already caused complaints from others.

Therefore, climbing high branches and soaring into the sky are ultimately superficial. The real situation is often full of trivial matters and heroes are short-lived.

In the end, it's all about money.

It is unrealistic to simply expect to make a fortune from the position of Chief Chinese Detective.

Those British were not fools, they took the bulk of the fees collected. To put it bluntly, the inspector was a hard worker for the British. In addition to the small amount of fees he received every month, he mainly relied on the donations from various communities in the area.

Even the Chief Chinese Detective is the same.

Therefore, detectives will use the power in their hands to invest in some businesses themselves.

They are nothing more than traditional businesses such as restaurants, teahouses, and gold shops.

He had not noticed it when he was stationed in Shau Kei Wan before, but now as the inspector of Tsim Sha Tsui, a banking district, Lei Luo has keenly noticed that with the economic improvement in recent years, the business of dance halls and Chinese nightclubs in the area under his jurisdiction has been unexpectedly good.

As soon as Li Ang finished speaking, he felt a little moved.

“It’s okay to invest in a nightclub, but I may not have the energy to run it.”

"Who still does things themselves these days? Just hire a competent manager to handle the daily work."

Li An answered with a smile, then turned to look at Chen Zhichao.

"Mr. Chen, are you interested? If you are interested, you can join us as a partner. The three of us will invest together."

"Everyone knows that I only like money and women. Of course I'm interested in making money."

Chen Zhichao nodded and said.

Then he changed the subject and said, "My third sister runs a nightclub business. Although this business makes money, if you only open one, it will be divided among three people, and the profit will not be much. How many do you plan to open?"

Chen Zhichao’s success today is inseparable from the support of two people.

One is the former Chief Chinese Detective Liu Fu, and the other is the third sister who runs a nightclub business, so he has a general understanding of this industry.

“It doesn’t really matter how many rooms you open.”

Li An slowly spoke, "To put it bluntly, the most important thing about brothels is their quality! There are strip shows that cost two or five dollars per show, there are also civilian dance halls that cost a few dozen dollars for a whole night, and there are also luxurious nightclubs where you can spend a lot of money. Hong Kong is not big, so it's enough to open one of them if it's high-quality."

"That's no problem, count me in."

Chen Zhichao looked at Li An with a smile and agreed.

After all, with himself and Lei Luo as the signature, the nightclub will never lose money.

He had no reason to refuse since he could make friends with Ang Lee, have a relationship with Lei Luo, and make money.

At this point, the three people with different thoughts hit it off.

The three of them were enjoying the singing and dancing on the stage while discussing the nightclub. In fact, with Ang Lee's foresight, there are many profitable businesses. There is money to be made in the existing retail sector alone. After all, in addition to supermarkets and convenience stores, there are also rice merchants and tobacco.

Hong Kong's tobacco market is open, and individuals can run cigarette companies as long as they agree on a brand agency. When convenience stores seize the market, those cigarette companies and rice merchants will know that channels are king.

So for him, how much money the nightclub can make is secondary. Ang Lee's main goal is to maintain this relationship through partnership.

The atmosphere was pleasant with clinking glasses.

Until a man came hurriedly and interrupted the conversation of the three.

It’s the policeman named Axing.

"Brother Chao, Inspector Liu Fu wants you to go to the Central Police Station."

Chen Zhichao stood up helplessly and said to the two of them:
"Then it's settled."

Before leaving, he did not forget to say to Li An: "Don't worry, although Inspector Liu Fu has been very kind to me, I will not get involved in Liu He's pauper affairs."

"I think you should tell this to the fat pig guy."

Ang Lee responded with profound meaning.

"……makes sense."

Chen Zhichao was stunned for a moment, then smiled knowingly and left the Lihua Palace with A Xing.

"I'm very tight on cash right now. If I take out three or four hundred thousand at once, I won't have much money left. Whether I can make it back later depends on you."

As soon as Chen Zhichao left, Lei Luo's tone became casual.

Li An helped Lei Luo fill his glass.

"This amount of money shouldn't mean much to you. When you are promoted to Chief Inspector, the tributes given to you by Fatty Chao and other wealthy people every month should be more than this amount."

"You need to arrange it. You don't think I can take it all by myself, do you? Today at the police station, Chen Zhichao, the loser, wanted to find someone to replace Hua Zairong."

Lei Luo laughed.

He took a sip from his glass and continued, "Oh, I forgot to tell you that I have already informed all the police stations in Kowloon, not just Tsim Sha Tsui. The brokers in the intermediary business will be eating cold rice at various police stations during this period. Your company will be busy."

"Thank you, Luo."

Li An did not use his connections in the police station before because he was confident that he could seize the intermediary market in Hong Kong and Kowloon through fair competition. However, after what happened during the day, he felt that he had taken it for granted.

Now that Lei Luo brought it up, Li An did not reject Lei Luo's kindness.

Even though this move may be deceptive.

"There's no need to be polite between the two of us."

Lei Luo shook his head.

He raised his wrist and looked at the time. It was already eleven o'clock in the evening.

Li An smiled and said:
"If you need anything, go ahead. I'll wait for someone."

"Well, I'll go first. Your sister-in-law has made some sweet soup and is waiting for me to come home."

Lei Luo didn't say anything polite. He waved to the waiter to come over and brought two bottles of champagne. He paid the money and left.

It was not until Ang Lee was the only one left that he began to calm down and appreciate the singers' performance on the stage.

Although there are few popular Hong Kong-style songs nowadays, and most of the songs sung in nightclubs are Shanghai pop songs such as "Night Jasmine" and "Rose Rose I Love You", this is a scene rarely seen in later generations, and it did not prevent Ang Lee from listening with appreciation.

(End of this chapter)