1977: The beginning of the blind date with the daughter of the king

Chapter 735 He really is the underground emperor of Hong Kong!
Lunar New Year celebrations on Hong Kong Island are still quite lively. People rush to offer incense on the first day of the Lunar New Year, visit the flower market on the second day, and continue until the Lantern Festival, which is a time for Hong Kong Island residents to relax.

Of course, the most talked-about thing this year is the song about Victoria Harbour.

For ordinary people, it was simply a matter of playing a song from the northern mainland, a group of people singing along, and watching the spectacle.

However, for many high-ranking figures in Hong Kong, the song "My Motherland" played in Victoria Harbour was undoubtedly a huge signal, a signal indicating the stance chosen by the mysterious young man.

Especially considering that he led the team to the White Swan Hotel and then immediately came back and pulled this stunt, in many people's eyes, this is a very clear signal of his stance.

Therefore, in the past few days, Li Changhe has received a lot of invitations from various chambers of commerce, organizations, and patriotic wealthy groups. These invitations have once again flooded into Li Changhe like snowflakes.

Similarly, some media outlets hostile to the mainland began to launch attacks in their newspapers, offering various political interpretations, including bringing up Gong Xue's identity.

Some media outlets even began openly mocking Gong Xue as a low-class actress, since some people knew Gong Xue and could recognize her role in "Parasite".

In addition, Rosamund Kwan is also an actress and the only Hong Kong woman who was openly taken into Bao Zeyang's house. Therefore, some media outlets began to use this as an excuse to ridicule Bao Zeyang's taste.

Neither Bao Zeyang's side nor the land company responded to this, as if they were completely unaware of it.

In fact, Li Changhe didn't pay attention, because he had already quietly returned to the mainland with Gong Xue.

After all, it's Chinese New Year. I wasn't home on New Year's Eve, but I can't be away from home for the entire Spring Festival.

This also fueled the arrogance of many media outlets, who felt that Bao Zeyang had backed down and that the people behind him had become bolder, and that Bao Zeyang was not as powerful as rumored in Hong Kong.

So in the following days, some media outlets on Hong Kong Island became even more unscrupulous.

Unbeknownst to them, in a spacious and bright office in Kowloon, Lai Kin and Fei Tsai Chun sat facing each other.

At this moment, Fei Zai Jun is no longer the motorcycle smuggler from Tuen Mun.

He is now the most powerful emerging tycoon of Hutchison Whampoa in Hong Kong Island. His branches not only occupy the core areas of Tuen Mun and Tsuen Wan, but have also spread across Kwai Chung and into the most prosperous Yau Tsim Mong and Causeway Bay.

Especially in the newly opened Times Square, although the entire area of ​​Times Square is controlled by Li Changhe's own security company, a portion of the outer area of ​​Times Square has been allocated to Fei Zai Jun.

Now, he has become the young face of Hutchison Whampoa in Hong Kong, the famous Jun-ge!
"These newspapers are the ones that have recently criticized Mr. Bao. I roughly divided them into thirteen pro-British media outlets and nine media outlets with ties to the island."

Li Jian pushed the newspaper to Fei Zai Jun.

Huo Jun took it and began to examine it carefully.

Huo Jun understood very well how he rose to prominence. If Bao Zeyang was his apparent benefactor, then Li Jian was his actual benefactor.

Bao Zeyang was his powerful backer, but Li Jian was his true guiding light. He was able to grow his power step by step, from Tuen Mun to Tsuen Wan, from Tsuen Wan to Kwai Chung, and then to Mong Kok and Tsim Sha Tsui, controlling half of the underground forces on Macau Island, all thanks to Li Jian's advice and strategies.

More importantly, despite all that Li Jianyin had done, he never interfered with Li Jianyin's influence at Hutchison Whampoa. Li Jianyin acted like an outsider, guiding Li Jianyin's growth without interfering in the distribution of the spoils.

This made Fei Zai Jun both more respectful and more fearful of Li Jian.

He had privately consulted with overseas elites to analyze the intentions behind Li Jian's behavior, and their answers terrified him.

If someone helps you grow and prosper but doesn't take a single penny from you, it only means that you are just a pawn in their world, and what you see as benefits is worthless in their eyes.

From then on, Fei Zai Jun understood that Li Jian might have a bigger vision in mind, but whether that vision belonged to him or to the reclusive Mr. Bao behind the scenes, he had no idea.

So even though his power has expanded so much, Fei Zai Jun still treats Li Jian with utmost respect and dares not disobey his orders.

"I'll arrange for people to cripple them immediately!"

Fei Zai Jun picked up the newspapers and said decisively.

Li Jian shook his head.

"Ah Jun, you're thinking too simply."

"Sure, you can arrange for someone to cripple these people, but then what?"

“Behind these people are British people and people from the other side of the island. You have offended everyone at once. They may guess that it is Mr. Bao’s intention, but that does not mean that they cannot be your opponent.”

"You're a member of the gang, so for the people behind the scenes, getting you is a piece of cake. They can easily cripple you with a few simple moves."

"It's not impossible that their forces could unite and destroy you. Can you afford such a price?"

"This"

Fei Zai Jun hesitated. In fact, he was worried about this as well, but he didn't dare to show it.

"I've written down my recommendations for handling this: those who should set fires, set fires; those who should have their legs broken, break their legs; and those who are courting death, let them go to see Jesus!"

“Go and call over all the people from Xinhua News Agency and Alphabet Group who have partnered with us, and have them claim the media on this page.”

"The people from Alphabet are connected to the island, but they don't care about the British. Hutchison Whampoa is a local force, so they'll target the media outlets connected to the island, as well as the people from New York Times and United Press International. Let them choose whichever they're confident they can do."

"In short, Mr. Bao is their benefactor. If they want to get rich by following Mr. Bao, they have to work when it's time to work."

"Also, tell them that whoever did the best job this time, I will support them to enter the area around Times Square."

Li Jian then laid out another bait.

Li Changhe certainly wouldn't allow gang members into the Times Square area, but that didn't mean he could exclude gang influence from the surrounding areas as well.

In fact, with the popularity of Times Square, many commercial areas around it have also become popular. After all, the flow of people will be dispersed, and once people have finished shopping at Times Square, the surrounding areas will definitely benefit as well.

However, everyone also understood that without Bao Zeyang's instructions, it would be difficult to take over the territory around Times Square.

Like Fei Zai Jun, it was because Li Jian asked for a piece of land to be allocated to him that his people were able to get a piece of the pie around Times Square.

However, it's impossible to give all the surrounding area to Fei Zai Jun. So now, Li Jian is using the remaining area as a bargaining chip for this reward.

“I understand, Mr. Li. You want all the triads in Hong Kong to step in so that we won’t become the target of everyone’s attacks. Even the cops can’t do anything to us.”

"But Mr. Li, wouldn't that expose the plan?"

"As you know, many triad organizations have intricate connections with the behind-the-scenes forces of these newspapers. If we let them choose, wouldn't that reveal our intentions?"

"Some of them will definitely reveal our plans."

Huo Jun said hesitantly.

Li Jian smiled and nodded: "Ah Jun, you're right, but well, if it's leaked, it's leaked." "It's always difficult to keep things secret when it comes to gang activities, especially since this time, I only care about the results!"

He didn't care whether the plan would be leaked; he only cared about which people would actually do things for him and which were just being hypocritical. This was one of the tasks Mr. Bao had given him: to further screen people.

This fishing expedition, in addition to filtering out media outlets that are relatively friendly to Bao Zeyang, also aims to identify those within Hong Kong's triads who are truly willing to work for Bao Zeyang.

These media outlets and individuals will also be the focus of Li Jian's attention going forward.

Having lived on Hong Kong Island for many years, Lai Kin has gradually come to understand the power dynamics of the local triads; it's a complete mess.

These forces, while having supporters behind them, also have their own thoughts and intentions.

Take the alphabet stack as an example. He does have intricate connections with the island, but there's another saying: "When a general is in the field, he may disobey the emperor's orders."

The current alphabetic groups basically only contact the island when needed, and pretend to be deaf and dumb and disobedient when not needed. It's not uncommon for the various sub-groups to secretly betray them for their own purposes.

Moreover, this kind of behavior is not only directed at the island; in fact, it is also directed at the mainland and the Hong Kong government.

In other words, Fei Zai Jun was always within Li Jian's sight, which is why he was always a loyal dog, not a treacherous wolf.

What Li Jian needs to do now is to filter out those from other forces who are willing to be two-faced but intend to work for Li Changhe.

There's an added benefit to helping these people: the work was done on behalf of Mr. Bao, but as for taking the blame, it's naturally the various factions behind the scenes who will take the blame.

"Understood, I'll contact them."

Huo Jun understood Li Jian's intention and immediately nodded.

"Also, remember, this was not at Mr. Bao's behest. We couldn't stand their 'smearing' of Mr. Bao, so we taught them a lesson."

"Understand?"

At this moment, Li Jian gave Huo Jun another instruction.

Huo Jun nodded: "I know, Mr. Li."

Soon, some influential figures from various triads on Hong Kong Island received invitations from Fok Chun and gathered in Tsuen Wan.

No one knows what they talked about, because the outside was heavily guarded.

Starting that night, many newspaper offices on Hong Kong Island caught fire one after another. One extreme British newspaper even had an explosion in the middle of the night, turning the entire newspaper office into ruins.

In addition, the editors-in-chief and chief writers of these newspapers also suffered.

Some were hit and crippled on their way home late at night, some were beaten and seriously injured in a fight with someone over a girl at a dance hall, and some simply disappeared without a trace.

The entire Hong Kong media industry was thrown into chaos, with many people feeling insecure.

Soon, it was discovered that these newspaper offices that caught fire and these editors who were injured were all people who had been criticizing that young Bao Sheng during this period.

A thread was quickly strung together.

Meanwhile, the Hong Kong Island police took the series of incidents seriously and began to deploy additional officers to investigate.

Many cases are solved very quickly, even without any difficulty.

But then something really troublesome happened.

These "murderers," or rather, those who committed the assaults, came from all sorts of organizations, including the New York Times, the Alphabet Press, the Hutchison Whampoa Press, and even some people from the United Press and the Old Fu Foundation.

Most importantly, the relationships involved are complex. For example, one of the deputy editors of Oriental Daily was seriously injured, and another deputy editor-in-chief, Liang, simply disappeared. Anyone with eyes can see what the consequences of disappearing are.

The people who made the move were from Hutchison Whampoa, and Lao Fu's men also took action, but they targeted a pro-British newspaper and burned down its office.

So after these "murderers" were arrested, it looked like a chaotic brawl in the martial arts world, with people burning down my territory and killing my people. It all looked like a mess.

This has given the Hong Kong Island police a real headache. These people are scattered and don't seem to be a big problem. They're just fighting and arson. With the help of triads and lawyers, they can get bail and pay bail money. They won't be detained for more than a few days.

Most importantly, you can't combine them into one major case.

Therefore, the Hong Kong Island police quickly closed the case, but this time many people knew that it was that young man who did it.

What terrified them even more was that Xiao Baosheng didn't just arrange for one gang to appear, but for all the gangs on Hong Kong Island to appear, which instilled fear in many people.

what is this?
Is he the underground emperor of Hong Kong Island?

At the Governor's House, Youde was also shocked as he looked at the report before him.

They always thought Bao Zeyang was a business genius in Hong Kong, but now it seems he's not just a business genius, he's a true all-rounder in Hong Kong.

"How exactly did he manage to integrate all these underground gangs? Has the Royal Canadian Mounted Police uncovered anything about it?"

“Your Excellency, if Bao Zeyang can truly influence the underground forces in Hong Kong, then his importance and threat to us are beyond our imagination.”

“These gangs and organizations together number in the hundreds of thousands. Even if only one-tenth of them listened to Bao Zeyang, it would be a catastrophic disaster for us.”

Shen Bi, his face extremely grim, spoke to You De.

He had been shocked that Bao Zeyang was so brazen as to play a song like "My Motherland" over Victoria Harbour.

He's a smart man, how could he not have thought of the consequences of playing this song?

Don't bother with that statement; anyone with eyes can see it's just a superficial fig leaf.

Sir Michael Sandberg couldn't understand why he wasn't afraid of retaliation from the British Hong Kong authorities.

Can those American conglomerates really give him such confidence?

And now, he suddenly understood!
Bao Zeyang certainly has the confidence. He is not only a super-rich man on the surface, but he also likely controls the underground forces of the entire Hong Kong Island, and at least has enough influence over them.

As many people say now, he is now the underground emperor of Hong Kong Island, so he has enough confidence to protest against the Hong Kong government and even do all sorts of unscrupulous things.

"Your Excellency, the police department has sent over their report; this is their investigation report!"

(End of this chapter)