Hong Kong variety show: I Am a Tycoon

Chapter 246 Conflict
After the director left, Richard's face darkened, and he said to his aides, "Who do you think did this?"

"It's hard to say, but that's not the most important thing. What's important is that these damned Chinese have become alert." The aide said with regret, "This means that our previous plans have failed."

Richard and his staff had previously planned to take down the wealthy Chinese businessmen one by one, like boiling a frog in lukewarm water.

After thinking for a moment, Richard said, "Go and find out what level those Chinese-run joint defense teams are at. I'm going to meet with some big shots in England these next couple of days."

The aide said with some surprise, "Are you planning to take a hard line?"

Richard said coldly, "Since we've already started, we might as well go all the way."

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"Sure enough, Richard is really planning to take action against these Chinese in Brunei."

He Guorong put down the listening device and said to Li Yaohua with some surprise, "How do you know so much?"

Li Yaohua gave a wry smile and said, "Our family has known this Sultan Richard for a long time. We even had dealings with him before he became Sultan."

"At the time, my father commented that this guy was a ruthless person. It was only because Brunei had a small population and its army was just for show that he would have attacked us even without those English devils."

He Guorong was taken aback for a moment and said, "Since the old man has such a profound insight, why did he make it turn out like this?"

“Perhaps he always thought that Shi Tiancai was a reliable chairman,” Li Yaohua said in a low voice.

He Guorong nodded, finally understanding why Li Yaohua had been so ruthless when dealing with Shi Tiancai.

“Richard is about to make his move. What are your plans?” He Guorong asked.

Li Yaohua said calmly, "They're not miserable enough yet. When they're miserable enough, that's when I'll make my move."

"It's time for you to win people's hearts, isn't it?" He Guorong said with a smile.

Li Yaohua shook his head: "These people are not so easily bought off. They are all older generation businessmen, shrewd, calculating, and worldly-wise. I don't need their loyalty, I just need them to give me time to redefine the rules."

“Alright, let’s wait and see.” He Guorong shrugged and said, “We have plenty of time. The important thing is to do things well and not give anyone any leverage against us.”

The situation in Brunei is currently Chen Jiajun's biggest concern.

This will affect all his subsequent changes.

Although he let Li Yaohua handle things, Chen Jiajun will still keep an eye on things that need to be monitored.

Just as Chen Jiajun was pondering, Wei Li pried open Chen Jiajun's office door and said, "Boss, the re-employment contracts with those foreign employees have been completed."

"Oh? So, are there any more troublemakers?" Chen Jiajun immediately laughed.

Wei Li shook his head and said, "Trouble is inevitable, but as long as it doesn't jeopardize the interests of the majority, the others won't be able to cause any real trouble."

“Very well, send all those troublemakers to the lower levels as a warning to others,” Chen Jiajun said coldly.

Richard acted quickly, although he didn't manage to get any manpower support from those Englishmen.

However, considering Richard Ken spent the money, he provided a batch of weapons.

Although it was discarded from the military, it can be considered a major weapon in this place.

After returning with the weapons, Richard summoned his staff.

"How's the situation going?" Richard asked.

The aide smiled and said, "We've roughly figured out the situation. It's some kind of joint defense team organized by a few Chinese businessmen. There are only a little over a hundred people in total, and their weapons are just those outdated single-shot rifles. They're nothing special."

Richard breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing his aide's words.

Although he only had about a thousand men under his command, that was enough to overwhelm these Chinese.

Richard stroked his chin and said to his staff, "Go, find an excuse to have someone clash with these Chinese people, and then I'll lead my men to suppress them."

"Huh? But there's no conflict on their end." The aide paused for a moment before saying, "You mean to create conflict?"

“Yes, if anyone complains, I can bring men to suppress them,” Richard said impatiently.

A few days later, at a Chinese plantation.

A native deliveryman suddenly got into a conflict with the Chinese on the plantation.

The two sides immediately started fighting, which attracted the attention of the newly formed joint defense team.

"What's going on? What are you fighting about?"

After the joint defense personnel arrived, they immediately separated the two people.

The Chinese worker angrily said, "That bastard is trying to cheat me. I already paid him, and he still wants more. If I don't give it to him, I'll just grab it by hand."

Upon hearing the Chinese worker's words, the security guard frowned and said to the indigenous driver, "What's going on? We settle all payments on the same day at our plantation. How could we not have paid you for the delivery?"

The native's eyes darted around, but he still stubbornly said, "We didn't pay, so don't try to renege on your debt."

The worker was furious and pointed at the native driver, shouting, "That bastard took the money and stuffed it in his clothes. We'll find out when we search him!"

The local driver quickly clutched his chest and said, "This is my own money."

"Go to hell! The cable ties holding the money have our plantation's logo on them! You bastard, you're just trying to cheat us!" the worker shouted.

The conflict attracted a large crowd, eager to see what would happen.

This isn't the first time something like this has happened. After all, these natives are lazy and greedy, so it's not surprising that they do anything.

The security guards said to the driver, "Give us the money. If it's yours, we'll compensate you double. If not, you're in for a world of hurt."

Seeing the auxiliary police officers surrounding him, the local driver panicked and immediately lay down on the ground, shouting for help: "Murder! Murder! Robbery and murder!"

"What exactly are you doing?" The auxiliary police officer frowned and tried to pull the native driver up.

Just then, a police car drove up from the side and stopped upon seeing the scene. "What's going on here? I heard someone say there was a murder?" the native sheriff said coldly, looking at the crowd.

The indigenous driver immediately got up and quickly recounted what had just happened.

The sheriff said with an exaggerated expression, "You want to kill someone over such a small matter? Here's what we'll do, you guys come with me to the police station."

He then took out handcuffs, preparing to handcuff the person.

Unfortunately, the previous incidents involving the Li family and Shi Tiancai have already made many Chinese people highly wary of indigenous police.

Seeing the other party resorting to the same old trick, the joint defense captain sneered: "Chief, we know very well how you brought down the Li family. You don't think anyone will obediently follow you, do you?"

As he spoke, a dozen or so auxiliary police officers carrying rifles came out, glaring menacingly at the two native policemen.

Even with a gun pointed at him, the indigenous sheriff remained unfazed, sneering, "So you're resisting arrest?"

"Resist arrest? This bastard doesn't have a single scratch on him. You think you can just hit him like that?" the joint defense captain said viciously. "If you try any more tricks, don't blame us for being impolite."

"Yes, you're welcome." All the auxiliary police officers raised their weapons and shouted.

Faced with more than a dozen guns, the native sheriff had no intention of confronting them head-on. Instead, he gave a strange laugh and said, "Fine, you've got guts. Just don't regret it."

"Get out of here. You're not welcome here," the joint defense team leader shouted.

After the police left with the indigenous driver, the crowd cheered.

It seemed as if they had just won against these natives.

Little did they know, this was exactly what the natives wanted.

That evening, after the plantation workers finished their shift, all of them went back to their dormitories to sleep.

The joint defense team members are patrolling at the entrance.

"Be on your guard tonight. We've offended those indigenous police officers, so watch out, they might sneak in and cause trouble tonight."

The captain surveyed the area and then gave instructions to his men.

The team members, however, appeared very confident, laughing and saying, "Don't worry, Captain, we have guns. If we're really pushed to the limit, we're not without the ability to fight back."

"Exactly, if those natives dare to cause trouble again, we'll definitely blast a hole in their heads."

Several members of the joint defense team raised their guns, looking eager to try.

The main role of the joint defense team is to protect the property of Chinese people in Brunei, so they are all quite conscientious.

As night fell, they even turned on the searchlights in the plantation.

Meanwhile, on a small hillside...

Li Yaohua brought He Guorong here.

He had already learned about the conflict during the day from others, so he specifically brought people from the Political Department to check on it.

"Are you sure they'll make their move tonight?" He Guorong asked, looking at the quiet surroundings with some suspicion.

Li Yaohua nodded: "Those native police officers are definitely not so easy to deal with. If they retreated so easily, I think there is only one possibility: Richard is preparing to take action against them."

Just as the two were talking, Long Wu suddenly whispered, "Wait, there's the sound of a car in the distance."

Looking towards the road in the distance, everyone saw a line of trucks heading towards the plantation.

"He really came." He Guorong said with some surprise, "This Richard is really ruthless."

The convoy quickly approached the plantation and was spotted by the plantation's security team.

"Something's happened! Go tell the captain right away!" One member saw several trucks approaching and immediately reminded his companion, speaking quickly.

The companions were also taken aback by the scene before them and immediately stood up and ran towards the captain's room.

Another member of the joint defense team blocked the entrance with his men, shouting, "Stop the car! This is our chamber of commerce's plantation..."

Richard coldly looked at the security guards blocking the car and coldly told his men, "Shoot them, kill them."

Richard's more than a thousand men were not strictly speaking an army.

Instead, they are figures similar to military or police personnel.

After all, Brunei was under British rule, and according to regulations, they were not allowed to have their own army.

However, thanks to Richard's financial power, he managed to acquire a considerable amount of weaponry from England.

Once equipped, it looks quite professional.

These military police and soldiers were Richard's private army, so as soon as Richard gave the order, they raised their guns and aimed them at the auxiliary police officers at the door.

Just as the joint defense team leader hurried over, ready to say something...

Richard's military police opened fire immediately.

The firepower provided by automatic rifles is far superior to that of the joint defense team members.

In the blink of an eye, the joint defense team members at the door were riddled with bullets and fell to the ground.

Richard's military police quickly shot and killed the resisting auxiliary police officers one by one.

Richard gave the order again: "Arrest them. Arrest all of these people from the Citizens' Society. If they dare to resist, execute them on the spot."

Seeing his soldiers and police officers defeat the joint defense team in a single encounter, he couldn't help but smile with satisfaction.

It seems the money spent to show respect to the British was not wasted.

(End of this chapter)