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

Chapter 82 Ambition, residence

Li Jianjun frowned: "You mean to help you, not to work under your senior brother?"

"Yes."

Li An nodded with a smile.

"Uncle Jun. Can you rest assured now?"

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Li An's words had reached this point, leaving Li Jianjun with no excuse for a moment.

He wanted to refuse, but he didn't know how to say it.

What was said in the newspapers just now was very clear. The Yuen Long Police Station already knew through the mouths of the smugglers he rescued that the group of snake-killers who killed them were the smugglers who landed in Yuen Long the night before.

Although no one among the people and snakes who came ashore with them knew them or knew their whereabouts.With just a few descriptions, the police department's attempt to find them would be like finding a needle in a haystack.

But there is a saying that goes well, don’t be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of the eventuality.

If the police really came to his door, he was worried that Li An and the others would be involved.

Seeing that Li Jianjun was silent, Li An smiled and said:
"Uncle Jun, don't think too much, you can just work here with peace of mind."

".Um."

Li Jianjun nodded helplessly.I had to sit back on the stool again with the newspaper in hand.Amin and Dachun looked at him with inquiries in their eyes. Li Jianjun did not speak, but shook his head slowly.

"Man, what's the news today?"

The speaker was a man wearing an apron and dressed as a street vendor.

"Big news! Yesterday's Yuen Long murder case, the police station made a major discovery. There was also a Thai guy who kicked off the restaurant. The content was exciting and eye-catching!"

The guy had an exaggerated expression.

"Really or not? Those errands who collect fees are very busy. When did they take the case so seriously? Come on, give me a copy of the Times."

"Oh, okay." The guy took a newspaper from the newsstand and handed it over.

"Two cents, thank you."

The man took two coins from his apron pocket and dropped them into the money box.

"Go slowly." The guy said politely.

After the man left, he looked at the next customer.

"Help me pack the cigarettes."

"What brand?"

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Li An looked away from the newsstand and saw many men dressed as coolies coming from a distance. They passed by the newspaper stall one after another and said to Ah Xin inside the newspaper stall:
"You just order the newspaper, and I'll go to the pier."

"Understood, Brother An."

Ah Xin, who was checking the manifest at the newspaper stall, raised his head and replied.

Li An walked up to Li Jianjun.

"Uncle Jun, it's getting late and the dock is about to start construction. Let's go."

"it is good."

Li Jianjun responded and returned the stool to the stall.

Pier six.

When Li An brought the three of them over, the four Wu Shihao brothers who were sitting on the ground chatting quickly stood up.

"Ann!"

"Ange!"

"Brother An, this is yesterday's money. Oh, and there is also the bill, please take a look."

Xiwei took out a small wad of Hong Kong dollars from his pocket and handed it over together with the account book in his hand.

"Ah."

Li An responded casually.

Put the money in your pocket and open the ledger.

Li Jianjun looked at all this with some surprise.

If he remembered correctly, Li Jianguo told him at that time that Li An was a restaurant waiter more than two months ago.

Li Jianguo also always thought that Li An was just eating at the dock with his senior brother.

But now it’s time to file and it’s the foreman’s job again.

If he told these things to Li Jianguo, he might be shocked.

Suddenly, Li Jianjun keenly sensed that someone was looking at him. He turned his head and followed the gaze, his eyes as sharp as an eagle!

Xiwei subconsciously avoided the other party's eyes.

Li An closed the account book and saw the performance of the two people.

He smiled and said:
"Xiwei, this is my uncle, and these two are his fellow villagers. They just came from the mainland, and they will help here from now on."

As he spoke, he seemed to remember something.

"By the way, Brother Min, Brother Dachun, do you know the words?"

Dachun shook his head in embarrassment, while Amin said:
"Not much literate."

"That's it"

"We can do whatever we want." Dachun said quickly.

"Don't worry, Brother Dachun, I'm just thinking about how to arrange it."

Li An smiled and waved his hand.

He considered it for a moment and said to Xiwei:
"Xiwei, later you will arrange for Brother Dachun and Brother Min to be the organizers while uncle takes stock of the goods."

Xiwei wanted to say something, but Li An glared at him, and Xiwei could only nod: "No problem."

After making arrangements for Li Jianjun and the others, Li An glanced at the freighter that started to enter the port and raised his hand:
"Xiwei, go greet the coolies and get ready to start work."

Xiwei hummed and led Li Jianjun and the others away.

After a while, the dock became busy.

Li An withdrew his gaze and glanced at Wu Shihao, who was smoking a cigarette.

"Brother Hao, how is the broker's business now?"

"It's not bad. On average, we can negotiate one or two deals every day."

Wu Shihao couldn't help but smile on his face.

"However, recently the manager of a foreign freighter came to me and asked me to find some crew members for them. However, many people were reluctant to go when they heard that it was a ghost man's ship."

When saying this, Wu Shihao was a little helpless.

"If anyone wants to go, just go. If no one goes, forget it. Don't force it." Li An smiled nonchalantly.

Since the sailors' strike in 22, everyone has not been very fond of Gui Lao.

In addition, most of the ghost officials in office today are greedy, and everyone sees it.With Chinese-owned freighters as an option, most people are naturally willing to work on Chinese-owned freighters. After all, there is still a sense of brotherhood.

"That can only be like this." Wu Shihao nodded.

At this time, Xiwei, who had arranged things, came towards the two of them.

As soon as he came he said:
"Brother An, we only have one berth, and we only have more than 100 coolies at our disposal. It's enough to arrange one organizer and two people to take stock of the goods. Wouldn't it be too much to arrange three more people?"

"More?" Li An grinned.

"Why are there so many? It would be just right if we grab another berth."

"Snatch another berth?" Not to mention Xiwei, even Wu Shihao was stunned for a moment.

“How much can you earn from a berth?”

Li An asked the two of them, but didn't seem to expect them to answer, and said to himself.

"It only costs 600 yuan a day at most. You won't be satisfied with this, right?"

"As for the pier, in the final analysis, fists speak for themselves. Whoever has a bigger fist can occupy more berths and make more money!"

"Look at the foremen at Pier [-]. They all have backgrounds in small societies, just a few small and big cats. We are stronger than them, so why can't we steal their berths?"

Li An paused for a moment and looked at the two of them with a smile: "There are ten berths in Pier [-]. As long as we can occupy these berths, you should have an idea of ​​how much money we can make, right?"

Both of them were overwhelmed by what Li An said.

Xiwei's throat rolled up and down and he swallowed.

"With ten berths, you can earn five to six thousand a day!"

Li An couldn't help but smile, looked around the entire Pier [-], pointed at the busy pier and said to the two of them:

"Hong Kong is a natural harbor. In this small place, trade is the main business. No matter what kind of business it is, it cannot bypass the dock. Whoever can control the freight dock can make a lot of money every day!"

Loading and unloading goods are hard work. How much money can you make?

Seize more berths.

In addition to preparing for logistics, he values ​​​​more the resource of the terminal.As long as you have the resources in hand, the days of making money are still ahead.

Putting these aside, just by occupying Pier [-], the thousands of coolies under his control are also a considerable amount of power.

Wu Shihao muttered:

"We can't act rashly, right? If these foremen join forces, we may not be able to deal with them."

"You have to eat in small bites. Now we can barely stand on the dock. At least we have to wait until we can stand still.

This is enough time for the coolies on Pier [-] to know the benefits of following us.

The coolies work with the foreman for a living.As long as the coolies on the docks don't get involved, we can save ourselves a lot of trouble.

At that time, if you can find a conflict with a nearby foreman, and then use this excuse to occupy the other party's territory, other foremans will not unite together.Step by step, boil the frog in warm water. "Li An said.

"Ah."

Wu Shihao lit a cigarette and took a deep breath. The cigarette butt flickered.

"Okay, I'm just telling you this to prepare you mentally."

Li An said lightly.Then he looked at Xiwei.

"Go and find four coolies for me, and follow me to the North-South Line to put up the newspaper files. It's three yuan a day. Go and ask if anyone is going."

"Oh, okay." Xiwei came back to his senses and responded quickly.

No. 687 Nathan Road, Mongkok, Wushu Guoshu Association.

Of course, it is said to be a national martial arts association, but it is actually a place for many masters from various schools in the martial arts community to have tea and communicate.

Luo Mang was wearing a gray-white cardigan and walked slowly into the club alone.

The guild hall, which used to be quite quiet in the past, was very lively today. Except for a few tables, the rest of the seats were already occupied by people from various martial arts schools.

As soon as Luo Mang entered, a familiar martial arts master stood up to say hello.

"Master Luo, why are you here so late today?"

Luo Mang clasped his fists in return and spoke cheerfully:
"Master Zhang, you are here early."

The two greeted each other with a smile. Luo Mang came to the table reserved for Junting Martial Arts School, pulled out a stool and sat down.

A young man in a short shirt came over to serve tea.

Just as Luo Mang picked up the tea cup and took a sip, a voice came from the next table.

"Master Luo, you came so late, I thought you were injured by those Thai guys yesterday. Alas, you made me worry in vain."

The speaker was wearing a blue gown with protruding cheeks.He stared at Luo Mang with mocking eyes, playing with the teacup in his hand.

It is Zheng Li who is Master Zheng of the martial arts school.

Last time, he was defeated by Li An in front of all the martial arts disciples and lost face. Naturally, he had no good words to say to Luo Mang who encouraged Li An.

Luo Mang looked over following the voice, his face expressionless:
"I won't bother Master Zheng to worry about this. I have promised President Wan in Chinatown that I will go to San Francisco in two days. You should worry about yourself. Maybe a Thai guy will come to your martial arts studio today."

Zheng Liwei glanced at him in surprise and said sarcastically: "You didn't run away because you were frightened, right?"

A flash of anger flashed in Luo Mang's eyes, and then he calmed down.

"It's useless to argue with each other, it's not Master Zheng's business to worry about how I behave.

If I remember correctly, Master Zheng was injured by an unknown young man last time.You have to pay attention to this. If you are injured by a Thai guy again this time, you will really lose your face. "

"Humph!"

Zheng Liwei snorted coldly and simply tore the dough apart:

"Luo Mang, you use all kinds of despicable methods. Do you dare to say that the man named Li An was not instigated by you?"

"Hey, don't talk nonsense without evidence. How can you blame me for your lack of academic skills? If you had Master Ye's skills, could you lose to a young man who has just turned [-]?"

As soon as Luo Mang finished speaking, Zheng Liwei placed the teacup heavily on the table, rolled up his sleeves and stood up.

"Are you saying that I'm not good at studying? Then I've tried two tricks and you can see the real results. I want to see who is not good at studying?"

"Just try it?"

Luo Mang confronted each other.

He stood up from the table and took a stance.

Zheng Liwei also came over and stood opposite him.

"Master Luo, Master Zheng."

The conflict between the two had long attracted the attention of other masters in the guild hall. When they saw the two, they were ready to take action. Master Tian, ​​who had gray hair on his temples, shouted loudly and stood up quickly.

He quickly came to the two of them and started to smooth things over.

"Both masters are over a hundred years old together, so don't get into a big fight here. You come and I go.

Our purpose today is mainly to discuss the affairs of those Thai guys. Now that we are fighting with each other, it is not for nothing to make outsiders laugh. "

Luo Mang and Zheng Liwei looked at each other, snorted coldly, and then walked down the slope.

Seeing the two of them give up, Master Tian breathed a sigh of relief.He glanced around at the many masters in the guild hall.

"Everyone should talk about these Thai boxers. You must have read what was said in the newspaper today.

Vulnerable?No matter what happens to us, that is our own business.But this time the Thai boxers just couldn’t do it in Zhongfang Street!

For no other reason than for our respective faces, we should stand up. "

"What did Master Tian say? We masters shouldn't go out to fight with others. Someone should stand up as a representative and explain the rules clearly to the Thai guys."

A master stood up and said loudly.

Master Tian took the words:

"Master Wang from Mojia Boxing Gym, Master Chen from Cai Lifu Boxing Gym, and Master Yip from Wing Chun. Let's discuss which of the three masters should be invited to come forward as a representative."

The sun was low.

At Pier [-], Xiwei paid the coolies their completion wages, raised his head and shouted to the three Li Jianjuns standing aside:
"Uncle Jun, it's time to get paid."

Li Jianjun came over with Amin and Dachun.

"Xiwei, we haven't done much work today, so we don't need any wages."

"How can that be done? If I don't give you wages, Brother An won't be able to trouble me."

Xiwei replied half-jokingly and half-seriously.

He took a handful of coins from the table, counted out nine dollars and put them on the table.

"Now, three yuan per person. Take it, Uncle Jun. Don't make it difficult for me. I also work with Brother An."

Li Jianjun nodded, said no more, grabbed the coins on the table and distributed them to the two people behind him.

"Isn't that right? It's just a small amount of money, so there's no need to be so polite."

Xiwei said with a smile.After collecting the account books and payment, he stretched and stood up.

"Brother An went to the North-South Bank to do some business today. If he didn't come back so late, he probably wouldn't come to the pier. Come on, I'll treat you to dinner first, and then I'll take you to the ferry pier after dinner. You must live in Kowloon too, right?"

Hearing what Xiwei said, Li Jianjun seemed to have thought of something and suddenly asked:

"Xiwei, the three of us don't have a place to stay yet. Do you know where there is a house to rent?"

Xiwei shook his head.

"I don't know about this. If you go to Yau Ma Tei and look around, you should find a lot of houses for rent. Although there are houses for rent where I live, they are very messy."

Li Jianjun's eyes lit up:
"where?"

"Dragon City!"

(End of this chapter)