Agriculture Maniac

Chapter 115 Haicheng Nightclub
As one of the three largest financial centers in the world, Hong Kong remains prosperous even after experiencing the Asia-Pacific financial crisis.

Just like the streets of Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon.

At 12 o'clock in the morning, the place was bustling with people and cars.

Under the overlapping advertising light boxes, all the densely packed street shops are open.

Itochu walked out of the Shangri-La Hotel with the woman in kimono, escorted by two bodyguards. He looked out at the street while waiting for the Bentley that was going to pick him up to turn around.

He owns his own mansion in Hong Kong and doesn't need to live in such a messy place.

Suddenly.

The kimono woman said, "Ito-kun, the black fat man next to Yu Sanyuan is not ordinary."

Itochu nodded.

He has practiced martial arts for many years and is proficient in judo and kendo.

Facing ordinary people with bare hands, it is no problem to fight ten of them at once.

But just now, the moment the fat black man opened the door of the room, he actually felt as if a bronze bell was in front of him and a mountain was pressing down on his head.

Especially the arm that opened the door, which was as strong as a pine tree, and even the texture of the skin had been refined away. Perhaps this was the legendary Okinawan martial arts master.

Itochu took a deep breath and asked someone to investigate the other party's identity.

The kimono woman said again: "That's not what I meant. What I meant was that when I left just now, Yu Sanyuan gave the other person a look, and the black fat man looked excited, as if he wanted to harm you."

"???"

Itochu was stunned for a moment. Seeing the Bentley turn around, he didn't care about the bodyguards coming forward. He personally opened the door handle and ducked in.

Before meeting Yu Sanyuan, he thought that the other party was Dong Zheng's illegitimate son, equivalent to a puppet.

But after meeting Yu Sanyuan, he denied his previous speculation on the spot.

Because the boy's temperament is completely inconsistent with his age.

Confident, calm,...

The most important thing is that you can make your own decision on whether to sell Sany bean seeds.

So, the intelligence was wrong.

During the time they were in contact with the other party, Wanhong Investment's office building was razed to the ground, and Wanhong Investment's headquarters in Hong Kong was inexplicably destroyed by Boom...

Itochu immediately made a preliminary judgment on Yu Sanyuan.

Calm, ruthless and decisive, just like a wolf.

Such a person must be 100% sure of success if he signals his bodyguard to take action against him.

In other words, he was doomed to die!
"Hurry, go to the police station."

Itochu got into the Bentley and put on his bulletproof vest while calling the driver.

Seeing this, the driver did not dare to delay and quickly shifted gears and stepped on the accelerator.

The expensive Bentley, with a roar from its overspeed, rushed out of the Tsim Sha Tsui commercial street and turned into the newly built unnamed avenue in Yau Tsim Mong.

at this time.

A rusty steel bar fell vertically from the roof.

And the Bentley was like the ping-pong paddle in a game console, just catching the steel bar.

boom!
Under the acceleration of gravity, the steel bars easily penetrated the Bentley.

Then, due to the inertia of the car, the trunk was torn and the window glass was shattered.

In an instant, a luxury car was torn into pieces, a horrible sight.

Fuel, blood, and the famous liquor spilled from the trunk almost occupied the more than 50-meter-long street.

It also shocked people walking on the sidewalk.

At the same time, another rusty steel bar fell from the sky and landed on the asphalt road.

People looked up subconsciously.

In the night, reflected by the gorgeous neon lights, the roof of a dilapidated residential building next to it collapsed at some point, revealing a pile of building materials that had been idle for who knows how long.

Moreover, because there is no obstruction from the edge of the building, most of these building materials are suspended in the air and dangling, and may fall down at any time.

"Beep beep..."

The police patrolling here blew their whistles to signal people on the street to leave the dangerous area.

The kimono-clad woman and the bodyguard who were following the Bentley rushed out of the Toyota SUV they were riding in and found Itochu, who had been thrown to the side of the road for not wearing a seat belt, before the police set up the cordon.

Then everyone saw a fat black man walking towards them step by step at a moderate pace.

The kimono-clad woman and the bodyguards immediately became extremely alert, with the former even shouting at the top of her lungs: "Mr. Police, we need help!"

"What's the matter? The ambulance will be here soon." Two policemen trotted over.

Seeing this, the fat black man stared at the internet celebrity face of the kimono woman for two seconds, then pretended to be passing by and whistled into the ice cream shop next door, "Boss, give me a Hadagen."

"Sir, it's Haagen-Dazs."

"I want Hadagans!"

"..."

……

Shangri-La hotel.

"Itochu was afraid of death. He lay horizontally in the gap between the back and front seats. He was not hit by the steel bars, but he was seriously injured."

"Which hospital did the ambulance go to?"

"I didn't go to the hospital. I was taken to the villa area in Kowloon Tong."

"We are unfamiliar with the place, so please suspend your actions."

In another time and space, Yu Yang had also been to Hong Kong several times and even visited the villa area in Kowloon Tong.

But times are different, and people and things are also different.

If we rashly send someone there who is unfamiliar with the place, if any clues are left behind, it will only arouse the suspicion of the police.

"Rest first and we'll talk tomorrow."

Silent all night.

The next day.

After everyone finished breakfast in the suite, the hotel manager delivered five invitations.

"Mr. Yu, this is Fan Xiaoxuan's private concert. Qi Jin and Xu Ruyun will also attend."

Yu Yang looked at the contents of the invitation.

At 4pm today, Haicheng Nightclub.

"Okay, I understand. The relevant fees are included in the room rate."

"Mr. Yu, this is a gift from the hotel."

"I am not friends with your shareholder, Itochu."

"You misunderstood. He is just one of the shareholders of Shangri-La in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong. He has nothing to do with the hotel's group or operators. We are sending you an invitation as a way of hospitality."

Yu Yang understood.

It is estimated that the other party brought Itochu to visit yesterday, and today they learned that they and Itochu are enemies rather than friends, so they came with an invitation letter to apologize.

After all, harmony is the most important thing in doing business, especially in the service industry.

"I accept the gift. Please buy me some tickets for the Hong Kong Coliseum concert later."

"Okay Mr. Yu."

The hotel manager secretly breathed a sigh of relief and bowed as he left the suite.

As a qualified hotel manager, he never looks down on any customer.

If Itochu had not repeatedly assured last night, in the name of the hotel's investor, that the person he was meeting was an important customer, he would never have brought Itochu to visit.

And this morning, the news came that Wanhong Investment Company was almost stabbed to death by steel bars by Boom and Itochu. Combined with the demeanor and tone of Itochu when they visited the young man last night, the hotel manager did not hesitate to pay out of his own pocket and asked someone to buy an invitation to today's private concert.

He didn't want to know who boomed Wanhong Investment, nor did he want to know who wanted to kill Itochu, and he didn't want to know what feud Boss Yu had with Itochu. He just wanted to do his job peacefully.

This is the way to survive in Hong Kong.

the other side.

Yu Yang picked up the restaurant site that Liao Pengfei had been looking for overnight, and combined it with what he had seen and heard in another time and space, he carefully considered it. Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated cities in the world, and housing prices are extremely expensive.

Fortunately, after experiencing the Asia-Pacific financial crisis, housing prices in Hong Kong have almost halved. Although many places still seem to be prosperous, they have actually become depressed.

Just like the Tsim Sha Tsui commercial district where Shangri-La is located, the construction site when you turn right and then left was once a large Western restaurant, which closed in 97 due to poor management.

It was later bought by an Indian boss, but he lost so much money in stock trading that he jumped off a building, and the restaurant was then transferred to a boss named Liu.

During the renovation of the restaurant, Mr. Liu bought two houses with a loan. Then the housing prices plummeted by 70%. As the residual value of the two mortgaged houses was not equal to the total loan amount, Mr. Liu was repeatedly asked by the bank to pay an additional HK$900 million. Last year, Mr. Liu could not bear the pressure and chose to commit suicide by jumping off the building.

Eventually, the restaurant and the two houses were all taken back by the bank.

Liao Pengfei introduced: "This restaurant is about 1500 square meters. The market price per square meter was about HK$16 before, but now it is about HK$3. The total amount is 4500 million. The bank is willing to provide a mortgage loan of 4000 million."

“1500 square meters sounds great, but 30 meters x 50 meters obviously cannot replicate the Tianwaiqiao Restaurant.”

"We are focusing on Farewell My Concubine, so maybe we don't need to supply semi-finished vegetables and hot pot vegetable packs."

"No, Hong Kong is the home of semi-finished vegetables. Believe me, when Hong Kong people experience the joy of cooking semi-finished vegetables, they will soon abandon the traditional way of buying vegetables and cooking, because the pace of life here is too fast."

"The problem is that Hong Kong is too crowded and it's hard to find large venues. Even if you can find one, it's owned by local bosses."

"Sharpening the knife does not delay the chopping of wood. If you keep looking, you will always find the right one."

"Okay." Liao Pengfei nodded, took the briefcase and prepared to go out.

Yu Yang sent out two spearmen to follow him. "Wanhong Investment is very influential in Hong Kong. Just like last night, they were able to convince the manager of Shangri-La Hotel to bring them to visit. When you go out, be careful."

"Okay, boss."

After Liao Pengfei left.

Yu Yang picked up the leftover breakfast and fed it to the three puppies.

The last two were not Dongshan thin dogs.

It was a wolfhound and a Sichuan hunting dog.

After the former was bred into a different species, it became a long-haired snow wolf with pigtails, like a grown-up girl.

After the latter was bred into a mutant, it became a black ball, like a wild boar, and its hair was a bit prickly.

What’s interesting is that after being trained in the stable, the three puppies can understand what the boss says.

You can even use the 3D bird's-eye view to make the three puppies perform some actions.

For example, Yu Yang asked: Is it okay?
If it's good, the three puppies wag their tails.

If it's not good, the three puppies will roll on the spot.

Yu Yang experimented for the whole morning and continued to train in the hotel in the afternoon.

Then I taught the puppy to crawl, identify various objects, 1+1=2, and practice military boxing...

Wait until 3pm.

The convoy arranged by the aquatic products company picked up everyone and brought them to Haicheng Nightclub.

……

Haicheng Nightclub was built in the 70s and is known as the Hong Kong Coliseum of the 90s. Countless superstars and double-award-winning singers have held concerts here.

But with the opening of the Hong Kong Coliseum, even though the nightclub's large performance venue could accommodate 1500 people, it could not save the increasingly declining industry.

Especially with the emergence of private cinemas and mass-market KTVs, nightclubs have almost become a thing of the past.

As for what the Hong Kong Coliseum is...

That is the Hong Kong Sports Stadium.

It was completed in 81 and opened in 83. At the beginning, no one sang there.

But after the owner of Haicheng Nightclub arranged a concert there out of novelty, the stadium suddenly became popular.

Yu Yang got out of the car and looked around.

There were no LED displays in those days, and Haicheng Nightclub was surrounded by neon light box billboards, which looked quite old-fashioned.

As a symbol of an era, it not only has a huge ground parking lot, but also an underground parking lot with 500 parking spaces.

But all of this has become extremely depressed due to the advancement of the times and economic problems.

There are no luxury cars to be seen, and not many customers coming and going. Perhaps this is what they call a deserted place.

The person in charge of the seafood import and export company in Xiangjiang parked the car and trotted over. "Boss, I've been here before, so I'm familiar with it."

"Let's go."

When we entered the hall, the service staff were quite enthusiastic and took the initiative to help us guide the way.

But they walked along the small aisles on both sides.

Yu Yang had conflicts with Wanhong Investment, and he scored twice last night, so he became alert.

Upon seeing this, Chang Fu grabbed the waitress by the back of her neck and lifted her up in the air, "Why don't you go to the lobby?"

The latter panicked: "Someone is causing trouble in the hall."

"Oh?" Yu Yang stepped back curiously and looked inside the hall.

I saw shadowy figures and a lot of noise inside, as if they were arguing or beating each other.

"what happened?"

"To the customer, it was Yu Lao San, the big brother of Yau Tsim Mong. He was dissatisfied with us for not paying dividends in the past three months, so he brought people to our door."

Hong Kong is too prosperous and its place names are very different from those in the mainland.

Like Kowloon, it is a district.

But below it there is the Yau Tsim Mong District, and below that is Tsim Sha Tsui where Shangri-La is located.

There are also pipe bursts, Yau Ma Tei, Mong Kok, Tai Kok Tsui, etc.

When Yu Yang thought of this, he recalled the movie Young and Dangerous he had seen before, and immediately signaled Chang Fu to lead the way and go in to see the local rules.

The waitress quickly stopped him, "Sir, please don't go over there. This is for your safety."

"No problem."

As he spoke, Chang Fu led three spearmen into the hall.

First, she moved the three men in shawls outside away as if she were carrying a waitress.

Then he pushed away the man in the denim jacket in front of him and the two people next to him.

The six men who had been molested looked over with dismay, their mouths opening and closing as if they were about to curse.

But when they saw the spearman was nearly 1.9 meters tall, with arms that could run on horses, they immediately politely made way.

It gets a bit messy further ahead.

Chairs fell to the ground and tables fell apart.

Six or seven men in ordinary clothes surrounded a middle-aged man in his fifties, talking in a foul voice.

Yu Yang was a little curious.

Haicheng Nightclub is a symbol of an era. Its person in charge must know some big shots. How could he be bullied by a few local tyrants now?
"Is this your boss?"

The waitress nodded but said nothing.

"This Yu Lao San from Yau Tsim Mong, does he have a strong background?"

The waitress hesitated slightly, "His father was the former sheriff."

"Which one before?"

"95."

"What year is it now?"

"99."

"You've already returned, but you're still so arrogant?"

"..."

Yu Yang looked up at the old-fashioned nightclub and the tattered tables and chairs, "Who is the boss here? Come out and speak, I want to buy this place!"

A man immediately stepped out from the crowd, looking nonchalant and asking in a rude manner, "Who are you?"

"Me? Yu Sanyuan!"

(End of this chapter)