Hong Kong General: The Departed? No, I am the Hong Kong Island Tyrant

Chapter 215: Brother Kun’s mother got into trouble, and the new song release conference was a success!

Today is the day when Jenny and Ah Ju hold a new song release conference. As the president of the group and chairman of the music company, Di Qing has to be present as usual.

But the press conference was held at ten o'clock, and Di Qing planned to visit Brother Kun's mother first.

Today is the old lady’s birthday, and he promised Brother Kun that he would help take care of the old lady.

So after Brother Kun's case was determined, he sent someone to bring the old lady to live in Mong Kok. He also spent money to find a Filipino maid for the old lady, so that she would have someone to serve her food and drinks. In addition, most of the people in Mong Kok were his own people, so there was no need to worry about anything happening.

At eight o'clock in the morning, Xiaofu and Gaogang sent Qiudi and the other three to work. Di Qing took Long Wu and drove to the old lady's house with the gifts bought yesterday.

This place is located on Bolan Street, not far from Brother Kun’s film company, and the environment is also pretty good. Di Qing spent more than 8 million to buy it, intending to use it to provide for his old lady’s retirement.

But as soon as he reached the door, Di Qing was stunned.

I saw that the door was covered with paint, and someone had written four big words "Pay your debts" on the wall next to the door.

Needless to say, everyone knows what's going on.

But the last time he moved the old lady here, he just gave her one million and told her to buy whatever she wanted. It's been less than a month, how could she owe others money?
Could it be... that he is coming for Brother Kun?

Thinking of this, Di Qing's face suddenly darkened.

"Knock, knock, knock..." Suppressing the anger in his heart, Di Qing walked forward and knocked on the door.

After a moment, there was a panicked sound from inside, as if something had fallen to the ground.

Then the old lady's panicked voice came: "Here they come again! They come again!"

"I've already told you that I will pay you back when I have the money. Do you really want to force me to death? If you come to make trouble again, my son A Kun will not let you go when he comes out..."

Di Qing took a deep breath and shouted, "Aunt, it's me, I'm Ah Qing!"

"Ah... It's Ah Qing! Ah Qing is here... Quick! Filipino maid, open the door for Ah Qing..."

The old lady breathed a sigh of relief, then quickly told the servant to open the door.

The door opened, and the Filipino maid with a frightened look on her face saw Di Qing at the door, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and then greeted him respectfully: "Mr. Di, you are here."

Di Qing walked into the room without saying a word. He saw the old lady huddled beside the sofa, also with a look of fear on her face. But when she saw Di Qing coming, her expression became a little unnatural.

"Ah...Ah Qing, why are you here?"

"Aunt, today is your birthday. I'm here to wish you a happy birthday."

Di Qing took the gift from Long Wu, opened it, and handed it to the old lady, saying, "Aunt, don't you like watches? This is the latest Patek Philippe this year. I bought it especially for you."

Seeing the shiny watch, the old lady's eyes lit up immediately, and she quickly took the watch and said with love, "It's really beautiful! Ah Qing, you are so thoughtful... It's a blessing for Ah Kun to have you as his little brother!"

Di Qing smiled and nodded, then handed some other gifts to the Filipino maid beside him, pulled the old lady to sit on the sofa, helped her put on the watch, and then asked: "Aunt, did something happen these days? Who splashed the paint on the door?"

“I…” Hearing this, the old lady’s face froze, and then she shifted her gaze unnaturally and whispered, “No…Nothing, I’ll take care of it.”

"aunt!"

Di Qing's tone became heavier, and he asked coldly, "Is it because Brother Kun owed someone money before, and someone came to you to ask for it?"

"No... not!"

The old lady waved her hands quickly: "It's...it's me, it has nothing to do with A Kun..."

Hearing this, Di Qing frowned and said, "What's going on, aunt? Has anyone bullied you? Tell me the truth and I will take care of it."

"No...it's...it's me..." The old lady was a little ashamed, as if she couldn't speak.

Seeing this, Di Qing frowned even more tightly, but seeing that the old lady didn't want to say anything, he didn't continue asking and secretly winked at Long Wu.

Long Wu understood and pulled the old lady's Filipino maid to the kitchen to ask.

Di Qing held the old lady here, chatting with her and trying to make her happy.

After a moment, Long Wu came back and nodded to Di Qing calmly.

Seeing this, Di Qing turned to the old lady and said with a smile: "Aunt, there are still some things waiting for me to deal with at the company, so I will not accompany you. I will come back after I finish dealing with it in the afternoon and take you to the prison to visit Brother Kun."

"Yeah!"

The old lady was immediately delighted and said, "It just so happens that I miss A-Kun too!"

"Well, then you should have a good rest and remember to eat breakfast later."

Di Qing gave a few casual instructions and left with Long Wu.

But as soon as they left the corridor, Di Qing's face darkened and he asked, "Did you find out?"

"Asked."

Long Wu said in a deep voice, "The Filipino maid said that it was the pervert who brought people to do it. The old lady often went to his mahjong parlor this month to play cards. She lost all the one million you left for her, and also borrowed more than two million from the pervert at high interest rates. Yesterday, the pervert brought people to collect the debt. The old lady had no money to pay, so he threw paint on the door and forced the old lady to mortgage her property."

"Sleazy? How dare you!"

Almost in an instant, Di Qing understood what was going on.

It is an indisputable fact that the old lady likes to play mahjong.

But usually it is just for entertainment. After a game of mahjong, the winnings or losses can be tens of thousands of dollars.

Now, in less than a month, not only did he lose all the one million in cash, but he also owed more than two million.

Di Qing himself didn't believe that there was no trick involved.

This is obviously a dirty trick!

"He knew that the old lady was Brother Kun's mother and that Brother Kun was my boss, but he still dared to set up a trap to trick the old lady. This guy is really tired of living!"

Di Qing's eyes were cold.

No wonder the old lady found it difficult to speak and didn't want to talk to him.

I'm afraid even she herself doesn't know why she lost so much and just thinks it's her own fault.

Having lost so much money and now having people come to collect the debt, I naturally don't have the face to talk to him.

But of course, this matter cannot be let go like this.

Even if Xianshi had a good relationship with him before, but she dared to plot against Kun's mother. Even her own people would have no mercy on her, let alone an outsider!
Di Qing took out his cell phone and called Tang Twelve, explained the situation to him, and asked him to have someone investigate carefully to see if things were really as he thought.

If that's the case, don't blame yourself for being ruthless!

Tang Shier was working in the group at the time. When he received Di Qing's call, he was shocked and angry.

Mong Kok is his territory now. In his territory, Brother Kun’s mother was framed and someone came to collect debts and threw paint on her, but he didn’t hear a single word.

How did he become the boss of Mong Kok?

If he doesn't investigate thoroughly and get back at this place, not only will Di Qing lose face, but he will also not be able to face Brother Kun in the future!

So after hanging up the phone, Tang Shier immediately called Luo Tianhong, who was in charge of Bolan Street, and asked him to find out the matter as soon as possible.

Di Qing didn't blame Tang Twelve. After all, even tigers take naps sometimes.

He just told Tang Twelve to investigate as soon as possible, then looked at the time, and seeing that it was already nine o'clock, he took Long Wu to the press conference first.

……

The debut of new songs by Qinglong Music's artists was co-organized with Jiahe's music distribution and production company. It was held at the Hong Kong Island Sports Centre in Yau Tsim Mong District and the scene was grand.

At this time, many media reporters had gathered at the scene, including not only people from Qinglong Daily, but also from Oriental Daily, Sing Tao Daily, ATV News, and even TVB News had sent reporters.

TVB is Shaw Brothers' industry, and Shaw Ren-leng is the largest shareholder of TVB, although it had a business war with the Qinglong Group some time ago, causing quite a stir.

But the matter ended with Shao Renleng bowing his head and paying 200 million yuan in compensation for the loss of his reputation.

There are no eternal enemies in business, only eternal interests.

Now that the storm has subsided and Shaw Brothers has signed a contract with the Blue Dragon Group, Blue Dragon Group's films can be screened for free at Shaw Brothers in the future, so some commercial cooperation between the two parties can still continue.

After all, making money is not shameful.

The presence of reporters sent by TVB this time also dispelled the rumors spread by some media recently that Shaw Brothers and Qinglong Group are still at odds.

In addition, many fans and citizens who heard the news gathered at the scene.

Because today's new song release conference, although the protagonists are two artists from Qinglong Music, many stars from Jiahe were also invited to be guest performers.

Most of the fans at the scene came for Jiahe's star singers, of course some of them came because they had heard Ah Ju and Jenny sing at Qingqiu Bar before or saw their promotional posters.

After all, both of them look good, and with a little packaging, they can still win a lot of attention from passers-by.

Thousands of people gathered in the gymnasium, making it very lively.

When the time reached ten o'clock in the morning.

People from Qinglong Music and Jiahe arrived on time.

Walking in the front were Di Qing, the president of Qinglong Group, and Zou Jiwen, the president of Jiahe. Seeing the two of them in person, cheers suddenly rang out from the audience.

Many media reporters were also stunned, and then they were overjoyed, and the flash lights were clicking.

After all, it was not said before that the two big guys, Di Qing and Zou Jiwen, would also attend, and these two big guys rarely showed up in front of the media before, especially Di Qing.

Strictly speaking, this was the first time that Di Qing appeared at a press conference and was interviewed by reporters.

All of a sudden, reporters from various media came up one after another, aiming their cameras at Di Qing and Zou Jiwen.

"Mr. Di, are you confident about the press conference of Qinglong Music?"

"Mr. Di, I heard that the government has contracted the demolition and reconstruction of Kowloon Walled City to Qinglong Group. Is this true?"

"Mr. Zou, has your Jiahe established long-term cooperation with Qinglong Group? I heard that your two companies are cooperating to prepare a new movie. Can you tell us some news about the movie..."

……

In a moment, questions from media reporters came one after another, but almost all of them revolved around Di Qing and Qinglong Group.

Zou Jiwen stood aside, watching the fun with a smile: "Ah Qing, it seems that you are quite popular with the media."

"Mr. Zou, please stop making fun of me."

Di Qing shook his head and smiled, then walked forward, looked at the media, and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, today's theme is music. Can we ask your questions to focus on music? As for other questions, I will hold a press conference when I have time and answer your questions one by one."

Upon hearing this, many media outlets also gave face, gradually lowered their voices, and began to ask questions about music.

Di Qing felt a headache after hearing this, and had no choice but to assign the media to ask questions one by one.

Di Qing turned his gaze and first looked at the reporter with the Qinglong Daily work badge, and said, "Qinglong Daily reporter, please ask questions first."

When the boss called his name, the reporter rushed forward excitedly and asked according to the prepared manuscript: "Mr. Di, do you have anything to say about the press conference held by Qinglong Music today?"

Di Qing smiled slightly and said, "This new song release conference is the debut of the new songs of our two artists under Qinglong Music. It is also the first step taken by our Qinglong Group in music. I believe Qinglong Music will not disappoint everyone. We will discover and cultivate artists with both moral integrity and artistic excellence, and produce music that everyone will really like."

"I heard that Qinglong Music has been preparing for this press conference for a long time. Is that true?" the reporter continued to ask.

"That's right." Di Qing nodded. "We have to make good music and refuse to produce shoddy works. So we have prepared for this press conference for a long time. In addition, our two artists from Qinglong Music have also prepared for this press conference for a long time. I believe that the works they bring today will not disappoint everyone. I hope everyone can support them."

After that, Di Qing looked at the reporter from Wireless News and said with a smile, "The next question, please ask the reporter from Wireless News."

The reporter from TVB News quickly stepped forward and said, "Mr. Di, I heard that your Qinglong Group has recently invested in and registered five more companies. Your group's business involves many fields such as film, real estate, construction, transportation operations, logistics, martial arts culture, etc. Now you want to make music. Can you handle it?"

Di Qing smiled and said, "I want to leave this question to time to prove. In short, no matter what business our Qinglong Group is in, we are doing it seriously and serving the citizens seriously, including today's music conference."

“Making music is not only to serve the public and let everyone enjoy their body and mind and cultivate their sentiments in their spare time. I also hope that Qinglong Music can cultivate more artists, produce more and better music, and make a contribution to the music industry in Hong Kong Island…”

After answering questions from various media outlets one after another, the camera turned to Zou Jiwen.

Zou Jiwen was also very considerate and also responded to many questions. Finally, he stopped talking and said with a smile: "Today's protagonists are two newcomers under Qinglong Music. Please leave the rest of the shots to them."

Then, the press conference finally got to the point.

Jenny and Ah Ku were pushed to the front. Standing in front of the stage, they finally got what they wanted. They both felt as if they were in another world, followed by excitement and thrill.

But I can’t say more at this time.

Singers speak through songs.

The first person to come on stage was Ah Ju.

When the accompaniment of the new song "The Earth" sounded, the scene gradually fell into silence and everyone listened to the song quietly.

"On those green roads, many wounds have been experienced; on that old face, the wind and frost are also recorded..."

The standard Cantonese pronunciation, accompanied by Ah Ju's unique and vicissitudes of life voice, inadvertently immersed countless people in it.

Even a group of well-informed reporters were stunned.

This song has something!
"Looking back at yesterday at the door of a foreign land, I sigh with regret year after year..."

When the climax sounded, the audience's emotions gradually became more excited.

From the lyrics, they seem to see the scene of the father and son meeting each other in tears and silence. When they were young, they had to say goodbye to their father and their hometown. It was not until they had experienced many vicissitudes of life that they had the opportunity to return to their hometown...

It can be used to refer to people or things.

Isn’t this... the current mainland and Hong Kong Island?
Soon, many people reacted.

Zou Jiwen sat in the guest seats, a trace of melancholy gradually appearing on his face.

Then he couldn't help but turn his head to look at Di Qing beside him, and said with emotion: "Just based on this song, your music company has been successful..."

Although Jiahe mainly works on movies, he can still tell whether a song is good or not.

The melody and composition of this song are both first-rate. Coupled with the metaphorical meaning of the lyrics, which involve cross-strait relations between the Mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan, the record will surely sell well!
After all, during this period, the return of Hong Kong was also a very hot topic.

"Mr. Zou, you are too kind." Di Qing smiled slightly but did not comment.

He never doubted whether the song would become popular.

After all, it has been verified by the market in the previous life.

Soon, the song ended and there was intense applause from the audience.

Many people still had expressions of excitement, melancholy, expectation, and emotion on their faces, and they obviously heard the meaning contained in the song.

Although Hong Kong Island has been separated from the motherland for a long time, many people still hope to return to the embrace of the motherland and trace their roots.

Some simply thought the song sounded nice, and coupled with Ah Ju’s handsome and elegant appearance and slightly melancholy temperament, they quickly became his fans.

There is no doubt that this song is a success!
Ah Ju bowed excitedly to express his gratitude, and then answered the reporter's questions one by one according to the script prepared in advance by the company, and then returned to the backstage.

Jenny's next new song, "Walk Away with Style", was exactly the same.

The brisk and bright rhythm and melody also incorporate elements of traditional Chinese classical music into modernity, showing an antique and unique charm.

Just looking at the lyrics and melody, it is even more popular and smoother than "The Earth", making many listeners subconsciously hum along.

This song is also more popular than "The Earth".

But obviously both songs are excellent!

After the concert, Di Qing, Zou Jiwen and others did not continue to participate in the subsequent interviews, introductions, various interactive sessions, as well as the vote canvassing by Jiahe stars, and left early.

All the procedures were prepared in advance. The reason why he was present in person and invited Zou Jiwen as well was to add more heat to the press conference.

Now that the goal has been achieved, there is no need for him to continue to interfere in the rest.

Man proposes, God disposes.

What needs to be done has been done, and the next step is to wait for market feedback.

Moreover, with the market verification in the previous life and the feedback from the audience at the press conference, he believed that this Qinglong Music new song release conference would be a success and make Qinglong Music an instant hit!

Just wait and see.

After sending Zou Jiwen to the car at the gymnasium entrance, Di Qing took Long Wu back to Bo Lan Street, preparing to go back to deal with the matter of Liang Kun's mother first.

Sitting in the co-pilot seat, Di Qing was about to call Tang Twelve to ask him how his investigation was going.

But at this time, Long Wu, who was driving, glanced at the rearview mirror, suddenly frowned, and said, "There is a car following us."

"Ok?"

Upon hearing this, Di Qing also turned his head and looked at the road behind, watching the traffic behind him.

Soon, he saw a gray car following them slowly.

Di Qing frowned.

Who is targeting me again?
The tiger-headed driver drove forward for a while and when he reached a corner, Di Qing suddenly ordered, "Pull over."

Upon hearing this, Long Wu drove the car to the side of the road and stopped without saying a word.

Soon, the gray car also drove out from the corner. When the driver saw their car parked on the side of the road, he seemed to be slightly stunned, but soon drove forward calmly, pretending to be just passing by.

Seeing the four people sitting in the car, one of them seemed to be holding a camera. Seeing this, Di Qing sneered: "How dare you follow me with this kind of technology?"

Long Wu's eyes were fixed on the gray car that was driving away, his brows tightly furrowed.

After a moment, he suddenly said, "My sister is in the car."

"Who?" Di Qing was stunned.

"My sister, Long Jiu." Long Wu said in a deep voice.

Long Jiu?

Di Qing was also stunned when he heard this, and then his face changed: "Political Department?!"

(End of this chapter)