Hong Kong variety show: I Am a Tycoon

Chapter 259 Killing Star

Meanwhile, the arrest of Li Yaohua went very smoothly.

Inside the villa, the Ma brothers watched in horror as He Guorong and Li Yaohua burst in.

Li Yaohua looked coldly at the Ma brothers and said, "Tell me, who gave you permission to do this?"

"Your Excellency President, have we...have we offended you in any way?"

The eldest brother of the Ma family still wanted to play dumb.

Li Yaohua said coldly, "Do I need to continue talking about the factories in the southern suburbs?"

Upon hearing Li Yaohua's words, both brothers turned pale.

Li Yaohua said in a chilling tone: "I have never liked the idea of ​​collective punishment, because I believe that if one person makes a mistake, the whole family should not be implicated."

"But after being in the dark cell, I realized I was wrong, terribly wrong. The best way to punish someone is to watch your loved ones die in front of you, and you are powerless to do anything about it."

Upon hearing Li Yaohua's words, the Ma brothers trembled.

His family members behind him almost burst into tears.

Who doesn't know what this president and his family went through? Now he's trying to shift the blame onto them.

The stubborn Ma brothers immediately backed down and knelt before Li Yaohua, saying, "Mr. President, we brothers will speak. We'll speak right away."

"This matter was brought to us by a Filipino. He said that if we promoted laundry detergent in Brunei, we would receive great benefits."

Upon hearing what the Ma brothers said, He Guorong, who was standing to the side, immediately frowned.

He initially thought it was CIA retaliation against Chen Jiajun, but now it seems that's not the case.
However, he did not interrupt, but intended to continue listening.

After the Ma brothers explained, I finally understood.

In short, they were two greedy fools who got involved with drug lords in the Philippines.

They were misled into trading laundry detergent in Brunei.

They even formed an alliance of interests with many indigenous families and Chinese businessmen, intending to deceive Li Yaohua.

They hadn't expected Li Yaohua to be so fast, giving them no time to react.

"What do you think?" Li Yaohua asked He Guorong beside him.

He Guorong stroked his chin and said, "These two guys don't seem to be lying, but I don't think this matter is that simple."

"The boss told me to take care of the Brunei affairs, and I don't need to worry about anything else," Li Yaohua said calmly. "In that case, I'll handle these people, and you can investigate the rest."

He Guorong nodded and said, "I understand."

“The boss and I both dislike laundry detergent,” Li Yaohua said with a determined look in his eyes. “So I’m planning to set up a special department to handle this. Could you mention it to the boss for me?”

He Guorong said with a smile, "Go ahead and do it boldly, the boss will definitely support you."

Upon hearing He Guorong's words, Li Yaohua nodded and then said to his men, "Put the Ma brothers in jail and confiscate all their property. As for the others... let them fend for themselves."

Li Yaohua stood up and pronounced the sentence on the Ma brothers.

Suddenly, cries filled the villa, and the Ma brothers looked utterly defeated.

However, they knew that this was already a show of mercy from Li Yaohua, so they lowered their heads and remained silent.

The following day, Li Yaohua issued a decree establishing a new department.

Unlike the Hong Kong Narcotics Bureau, which is located within the police force, Li Yaohua did not place this department within the police force.

Instead, a new drug control department was established, targeting not small-scale drug trafficking, but scoundrels like the Ma brothers who planned to poison Brunei, as well as foreign drug lords.

This department is full of Li Yaohua's confidants, and they are all personally appointed by him, making it extremely difficult for outsiders to interfere.

Then a massive anti-drug campaign began.

……

"A Filipino?" Chen Jiajun was quite surprised to receive this news.

However, after thinking about it for a while, he understood that many aspects of Philippine culture share the same roots as Latin America. So, who is the biggest drug trafficker in Latin America right now?

There's no need to overthink this.

So ultimately it was the CIA that got involved, but they did it in a very secretive way.

If it weren't for Chen Jiajun, a man with vision ahead of his time, we would have really been fooled by the other party.

"Hmph, you think I won't recognize you just because you're wearing a disguise?" Chen Jiajun sneered.

Although He Guorong couldn't understand what Chen Jiajun was saying, he wisely kept quiet and waited for Chen Jiajun to give the order.

After thinking for a moment, Chen Jiajun suddenly came up with a good way to deal with these bastards.

So he said to Ho Kwok-wing, "Go back and tell Li Yaohua to organize a diplomatic delegation to visit and exchange ideas with them in the Philippines."

"Huh?" He Guorong was a little confused by Chen Jiajun's logic and looked at him with surprise.

Chen Jiajun waved his hand and said, "You don't need to worry about the specifics. Just do as I say. I will go with Li Yaohua myself."

Given his forward-thinking vision, Chen Jiajun naturally made use of it.

He remembered a ruthless guy in the Philippines whose attitude towards laundry detergent was even more radical than Chen Jiajun's own.

If we could get in touch with this guy, we might be able to teach those damn CIA a lesson.

……

Philippine President Marcos was somewhat surprised by Li Yaohua's sudden visit, but he still agreed to the request.

Although he knew that Li Yaohua had come because of the laundry detergent issue, Marcos did not take Li Yaohua seriously.

On the day of the official visit, in addition to Li Yaohua and some representatives of the Citizens' Society, representatives from CLP Power and the Kuo Chun Group also accompanied him.

I plan to have a formal meeting with Marcos.

Unfortunately, Marcos completely ignored the conversation. Although he warmly welcomed Li Yaohua and his entourage, he showed no intention of speaking with Li Yaohua.

Li Yaohua's face was very ugly, but because Chen Jiajun was there, he did not lose his temper. He just said to Chen Jiajun, "Boss, what should we do if the other party does not want to talk to us about this?" Chen Jiajun immediately laughed: "Of course Marcos will not talk to you about this, because this matter was probably brought up by Marcos himself. He is a loyal lackey of the United States."

"Huh?" Upon hearing this news, Li Yaohua was completely bewildered: "Since you knew that, why did you still send me to the Philippines for a visit?"

Chen Jiajun smiled and said, "So our target isn't Marcos at all, but someone else, who is very interesting."

Li Yaohua was somewhat surprised; someone whom Chen Jiajun called an interesting fellow must be no ordinary person.

"So what do we do now?" Li Yaohua asked, somewhat puzzled.

Chen Jiajun said mysteriously, "Wait, wait for them to come to us."

Li Yaohua didn't understand, so he simply shrugged and remained silent.

On the second day of the visit, the normal procedure was for Marcos to personally lead Li Yaohua and his entourage to visit some cities worth investing in.

However, Marcos did not attend that day; instead, a middle-aged man with a fierce face was present.

"Your Excellency President Li Yaohua, let me introduce myself. I am Rodrigo Duterte, and also the mayor of Davao City." Duterte revealed a fierce smile and said, "Davao City welcomes foreign investment. If you have any investment recommendations, please be sure to consider Davao City."

Upon seeing the man's appearance, Chen Jiajun immediately smiled and winked at Li Yaohua.

Li Yaohua immediately realized that this guy was the real person behind Chen Jiajun's visit to the Philippines.

Thinking of this, Li Yaohua said quite politely, "Mayor Duterte, the purpose of my visit is to promote exchanges between our two sides. If it's alright, could you show me around Davao City?"

Upon hearing this, Duterte appeared very pleased: "Of course, no problem. Davao City will definitely make your visit worthwhile, Your Excellency."

Since both sides reached a consensus, Li Yaohua simply changed the city he was visiting to Davao City, and toured the city under Duterte's guidance.

The Philippines is not a safe country, especially Davao City, a major transportation hub.

However, when Chen Jiajun and his group arrived here, they found that the security situation was unusually good.

This immediately piqued Li Yaohua's curiosity: "Mayor Duterte, I've heard that Davao City wasn't safe before, why..."

Upon hearing this, Duterte's face lit up with pride: "This is just a small achievement since I took office as mayor."

Hearing this, Li Yaohua was very interested, but Chen Jiajun's lips twitched involuntarily.

The reason he was so impressed with Duterte was because of the guy's methods.

The Philippines' judicial system is practically useless; it would be absurd even in Chen Jiajun's time, let alone now.

In such an environment, Lao Du simply doesn't follow the usual path.

His only method of governance was killing.

In his view, the root of crime is people, and as long as people are killed, all problems will disappear.

So this guy formed the infamous "Davao Suicide Squad" to carry out a frenzied massacre of criminals and thugs in Davao City.

The cruelty of the methods was simply astonishing.

Li Yaohua was quite surprised to hear Duterte's ideas about managing the city.

The two became more and more excited as they talked, after all, the complex environment of Davao City was no worse than that of Brunei.

Therefore, in many ways, Li Yaohua was even able to learn from Duterte.

Upon hearing Li Yaohua's keen interest, Duterte seemed to have found a kindred spirit, and the two engaged in a lively conversation.

In the current team, Li Yaohua is the president, and Chen Jiajun cannot overstep his bounds. He can only lead his staff and Duterte's people to conduct an inspection in the city.

It has to be said that Davao City is truly a blessed place.

Almost all land transportation in the Philippines passes through Davao City, so investing in such a place is sure to be profitable.

The weakness of the power system, in particular, piqued the interest of representatives from CLP Power, who then engaged in direct discussions with officials under Duterte.

Guojun Group also saw business opportunities here; this place is practically a blue ocean with a huge potential market.

"So, there really is fertile ground for investment here?" Chen Jiajun seemed quite surprised upon hearing his subordinate's report.

His employees worked through the night to produce a proposal and presented it to Chen Jiajun, which was a pleasant surprise.

After an all-night conversation, Duterte and Li Yaohua's exchange on security matters finally came to an end.

The two reached the same conclusion: to deal with a chaotic situation, it is necessary to use more forceful measures to break the deadlock.

"Your Excellency, I have benefited greatly from our conversation," Duterte said with great emotion.

Li Yaohua said with a smile, "Mayor, your theories often give me fresh perspectives."

After the two had been praising each other for a while, Chen Jiajun finally couldn't stand it anymore and coughed twice to interrupt their conversation.

Li Yaohua then remembered and solemnly introduced to Duterte: "This is Mr. Chen Jiajun, Chairman of Guojun Group. Many of our investments in Brunei come from Guojun Group. Moreover, Mr. Chen himself is a prominent figure in Hong Kong and has a lot of influence in England. He also holds the title of knight."

Upon hearing Li Yaohua's introduction, Duterte's eyes lit up.

To consider this guy as just a simple serial killer would be to underestimate him.

On the contrary, Duterte is a very shrewd politician, and Davao City is one of the most foreign-friendly cities.

Chen Jiajun shook hands with Duterte and then said with a smile, "Davao City is a very vibrant city. After observing the city yesterday, our Guojun Group intends to invest in Davao City."

Upon hearing Chen Jiajun's words, Duterte's smile widened even further.

Duterte immediately invited Chen Jiajun to sit down, and then asked impatiently, "Sir Chen, what are your investments in?"

Chen Jiajun said with a smile, "Besides Guojun Group, I also own CLP Power. I think we can talk about the power sector first. From our observation, the power system in Davao City is not in very good condition."

"This...is really great."

Duterte's initial joy turned into ecstasy.

Davao City is his territory, and no one knows its advantages and disadvantages better than him.

"I will do my utmost to push this forward," Duterte said, patting his chest.

Chen Jiajun silently grumbled, "I doubt many people would dare to oppose your decision, you killer star."

(End of this chapter)