Hong Kong Movies: I am Hongxing, what the hell is the intelligence king?

Chapter 467 Lin Feng's Sense of Crisis

"Chen Tai's rebellion was quelled. The guy tried to draw his gun while surrounded, but Tian Hong beheaded him with a single blow. He was dead beyond any doubt."

"What about Chen Tai's remaining followers?"

"Xiao Qi sank him into the sea. Based on our observations, Xiao Qi is ruthless and definitely a formidable figure."

Lin Feng smiled:
"Cao Ya's Yi Qun and Chui Shui Min's Yi Qun are not the same organization at all."

"Cao Ya's Yi Qun is the real gang, while Chui Shui Min's Yi Qun is just a small branch under Cao Ya to cover up their true intentions."

“It would be a problem if Xiao Qi didn’t have a murderous aura.”

Li Fu nodded in agreement.

Lin Feng gave the instructions:
"The brothers who went on this business trip will be rewarded according to internal regulations."

“Xiao Fu, you’re a big shot now, talk to Jianjun and the others.”

"In our lineage, merits are always rewarded and demerits are always punished."

"The degree of credit should be carefully considered."

"Punishment must be kept within a certain limit."

Li Fu was taken aback:
"what do you mean?"

Lin Feng sighed heavily:

"Don't follow my example."

Li Fu couldn't help but shudder as he recalled Lin Feng's past actions.

"We can't learn it, we can't learn it."

Lin Feng went out to eat at a roadside stall that cost a few hundred yuan, but the total bill came to tens of thousands.

Going on a mission with Lin Feng's underlings can earn anywhere from hundreds of thousands to millions of yuan.

How much confidence does it take to do this?

Li Fu believed he lacked Lin Feng's magnanimity and confidence, and that he could not emulate Lin Feng's style.

“You are all good, not greedy for money.”

"However, that's just how I am. Even if you're not greedy for money, I can't let you suffer financial losses."

"After all, back then, I was so poor that all I had left was money."

Li Fuwan said:
"Brother Feng, so many people envy your situation."

Lin Feng laughed heartily.

It took him a while to speak.

There are many ways to manage subordinates, but they can be summed up in four words: a combination of kindness and severity.

"Subordinates who have made contributions should be rewarded."

"Subordinates who have made mistakes should be punished."

"However, there are nuances to how to reward and punish."

Li Fu's heart skipped a beat, realizing that Lin Feng was grooming him, so he quickly said:
"Brother Feng, what should we do?"

Lin Feng smiled and said:
"You must remember that whether it's a reward or a punishment, it must come from your own hand."

"Only when favors come from above can the subordinates know whose words they should heed."

Li Fu nodded repeatedly:

"Yes!"

Lin Feng reminded him,
"After all, we come from Hung Hing."

There's a saying: "Your little brother's little brother is not your little brother."

"You can reprimand your subordinates, but you can't overstep your bounds."

"Not only is it not conducive to training younger subordinates, but it may also hurt their feelings."

"Humans are emotional beings."

"Basic respect must be shown in any way."

"Just think about it, people are risking their lives for you, putting their entire future on your shoulders, how much pressure must that be?"

"Only fools are happy."

Li Fu gave Lin Feng a deep look:
"Brother Feng, Jianjun and I were ready to take a bullet for you."

Lin Feng rolled his eyes at him:
"You only have one life. I'll just give you some money. Why would you risk your life for me?"

"Don't forget, I am a master of traditional martial arts."

"If even I can't avoid it, then it's all for nothing for you to go up there."

"That means you'll die with me."

"This is a reckless approach, it's unacceptable!"

"The best course of action is what I told you before: run away as fast as you can and get as far away as possible."

"If possible, avenge me."

"If there's no possibility, I might as well just hide away and live a peaceful life."

Li Fu was dumbfounded:

"I could never do something so disloyal."

Lin Feng chuckled:
"What's the value of loyalty? Is it more important than your life?"

"Xiao Fu, there are endless possibilities as long as you're alive."

"When a person dies, it's just like a lamp going out."

"If nothing happens at all, what good will your abilities do?"

"It's better to hide quietly, develop cautiously, and then take revenge on me when you have the strength."

Li Fulian said repeatedly:
"Bah bah bah!"

"Brother Feng, you're perfectly fine, why would you say something like that?"

Lin Feng calmly replied:
"Even the universe has a day of destruction and rebirth, let alone human beings?"

Who can be immortal?

"But..."

"If you don't improve your skills, I'll probably outlive you, barring any unforeseen circumstances."

Li Fu was helpless.

A grandmaster at the age of twenty? How outrageous is that?

This wasn't a time of civil unrest; back then, martial arts training was a necessary condition.

Given the large pool of participants, it's understandable that a few young masters of traditional martial arts would emerge.

But now it's a peaceful era. Even when street thugs fight, most of the time it results in broken arms and legs, and it's not easy for anyone to die. This doesn't mean that gangsters are kind-hearted, but rather that they know their limits.

Even if you lose a hand or a foot, and the police catch you red-handed, you'll only spend seven or eight years in jail. If you have a triad lawyer to help you out, the time will be even shorter.

But if someone dies, it could take thirty or forty years.

How many thirty or forty-year periods does one have in a lifetime?

You might not even live past thirty or forty years!
In such a relatively "peaceful" environment, it is simply outrageous that a young martial arts master like Lin Feng could emerge!
Li Fu even thought that Lian Haolong was outrageous enough, considering his age.

Lin Feng's actions completely defy common sense.

Where were we?

Li Fu immediately said:
"You said that we should use both kindness and severity, and reward and punish appropriately."

Lin Feng nodded:
"That's right, rewards and punishments should be balanced."

“I may seem extravagant, but I’ve never broken this principle.”

Li Fu thought to himself, "In such a short time following you, I've acquired a large villa, and even have tens of millions of assets in my account. My social status has also reached an unbelievable level."

Is this what they call a balanced system of rewards and punishments?
Isn't that showing too much favoritism towards me?

Lin Feng seemed to know what Li Fu was thinking:
"Generally speaking, we reward the brothers who go on missions."

"These kinds of rewards are all based on the 11-point system."

"If the reward for a mission is ten, then the reward is one-tenth."

"If it's a brother risking his life, then that's a different story, and the reward will be doubled."

"This is no joke."

“You are my trusted confidants, and you risk your lives every time you go on a mission, so naturally you get more rewards.”

"In any case, it conforms to the eleven-system."

Li Fu spoke the truth:

"Brother Feng, you're giving too much."

Lin Feng disagreed:

"how?"

"A person only has one life."

Li Fu couldn't help but say:

"But to kill a person, a bullet that costs three cents is enough."

Lin Feng sighed:

"So, people have to live well."

"We all need to live well."

Li Fu solemnly said:
"Yes!"

Lin Feng continued:
"Rewards to one's brothers should be moderate, and should never lead to a situation where a small favor is appreciated but a large one breeds resentment."

"If this happens, you should know what to do."

Li Fu coldly said:
"Clear it!"

Lin Feng nodded slightly:

"That's right!"

"As for punishment—those are brothers who have risked their lives with you. As long as they don't violate principles or make mistakes, a symbolic fine will suffice."

"What if we really encounter a fundamental mistake..."

Li Fu said expressionlessly:
"Clear!"

Lin Feng clapped his hands and said:
"That's right!"

"Clear it."

"Li Xiu of Yiqun did the right thing."

“Those who follow Chen Tai must be eliminated, regardless of whether it is cruel or not.”

"To be kind to them is to be cruel to our own people."

"We must never be soft-hearted."

Li Fu solemnly said:
"Brother Feng, I understand."

Lin Feng smiled and said:

"Of course I know you understand."

Li Fu understood immediately:

"I'll go drinking with Jianjun, Tianhong, and Ajun later."

Lin Feng laughed heartily:

"You truly are worthy of being my right-hand man."

He sighed,

“We are different now than before. We have cleaned up our act and become members of high society.”

"But the more this is the case, the more diligent we must be."

"There is no room for carelessness."

"Tens of thousands of brothers, and even their families, eat with us."

"The slightest disturbance could be a matter of life and death."

"We have to be careful."

Li Fu replied:
"Brother Feng, I understand."

"Besides my mom, Qiqi, and you, and a bunch of brothers, the people I cherish most are you."

"I don't want anything to happen to them." He hesitated for a moment, then frowned slightly.
"Brother Feng, aren't you exaggerating a bit?"

"Our situation is excellent, and you are the richest man in Hong Kong, enjoying immense prestige..."

"Shouldn't we be charging around recklessly now?"

Lin Feng asked casually:

"Have you ever seen a big cruise ship? It's a cruise ship that's more than ten stories high."

Li Fu nodded:
"Yes, I have met him. Thunder Security has clients who go on cruise ships. I saw him once when I escorted him onto the ship."

"It is very magnificent."

Lin Feng asked with a smile:
"So tell me, between these behemoths of a cruise ship and a yacht, which is easier to turn around?"

Li Fu blurted out:

"A small yacht, of course."

Lin Feng sighed:

“That’s right. Our Hung Hing used to be small yachts, now we’re giant cruise ships.”

“In the past, when we encountered danger, we could simply change our strategy from the root without any problem.”

"But now Hung Hing is facing a crisis. Even if they make all the necessary preparations, even if they have to turn around, it will take several months."

"It's too big."

Turning around is not easy.

"then what should we do?"

"Just like you said, in terms of behavior, you have to be reckless and act arrogantly."

"Psychologically, we need to be extremely careful."

"Our foundation has not yet been built up to a point where we can be invincible in all situations."

"So, what we need to do is quite simple."

"We must not show the slightest sign of weakness."

"Do you believe that if we show any signs of insecurity, the Hong Kong tycoons will come at us like great white sharks smelling blood and take a few bites?"

"The business world is like a battlefield, except there's no gunpowder, but it can still kill you!"
Li Fu asked, puzzled:
"Brother Feng, do we still have any rivals in Hong Kong?"

Lin Feng chuckled softly:

"Xiao Fu, don't focus your attention on Hong Kong."

"This place is very small."

"It's a tiny place, and it doesn't take long to drive around it."

"Our sights are not set on Hong Kong, but on the whole world."

"As you know, I said that the Red Bear would be finished this year, and in the future, the flow of capital will no longer be subject to such restrictions."

"We have another free port here."

"Hot money from all over the world can freely flow here, but our opponents are the whole world."

Li Fu was startled:
"The whole world?"

"Break out of Asia and go global?"

Lin Feng almost suffocated from Li Fu's words.

How ancient is this saying?

Think about what he only heard when he was a child in his past life?
However, what my hometown really needs to do now is to "break out of Asia".

"This planet, strictly speaking, is the World Island."

"We are all part of the island."

"However, the island has been artificially divided into two camps."

"This artificial isolation will be broken in a few months."

"We want competition from all over the world."

"Although Onsa has colonized Hong Kong for a century, it has also plundered a lot of money from here."

"However, this also made Hong Kong full of some Western influences."

"In the eyes of those bandits, Hong Kong can be considered part of the West."

Li Fu kept sneering.

Lin Feng said leisurely:
"I'm furious too."

"But that's just how it is."

"What we need to do is go with the flow and take concrete actions to slap those robbers in the face."

"You have to learn to endure the humiliation you're experiencing now."

Li Fu remained silent for a long time before reluctantly saying:

"Just like when we were thugs in Hung Hing?"

Lin Feng agreed:
"That's right, that's exactly it."

"Just like we did back in the Hung Hing era."

"We should do what we did in Red Star, and do it in the new battlefield."

He stood with his hands behind his back, looking up at the lights of countless homes.

“Xiao Fu, we’ve gone from being penniless gangsters to where we are now, which is a remarkable leap in social class.”

"Hong Kong, many people sing praises of our name."

"But I must say, that's not enough."

"It's really not enough."

"I want the whole world to sing the praises of our name."

"I want to make the Western robbers respect us just by hearing our name."

"This is our next goal."

"We know best that a good life doesn't come easily."

"Now that we've come this far, we're not going to fall."

Li Fu was fired up by Lin Feng's words:

"Brother Feng, I will always be there to help you."

Lin Feng smiled and said:

"Well done!"

"Now, it's time to tell you about the crisis we're facing."

Li Fu was horrified:

"crisis?"

Lin Feng sneered:
"Don't think that just because we've swallowed up the Da Fu Hao Group, those leading companies in Hong Kong will really recognize us."

"There's no such thing as a free lunch."

"The Hung Hing Group's takeover of the Tai Fu Hao Group can be described as a purely financial operation."

“Brother Kun, Mr. Jiang, I…”

"In their eyes, they were just people who got promoted by luck."

“These guys will never agree with us.”

“Financial operations and real business operations are completely different things.”

"It's impossible to gain their approval without actually demonstrating a few real operations."

Li Fu frowned and said:
"The other three of the new four?"

Lin Feng smiled and said:
"That's right!"

Li Fu said defiantly:
"We don't need their approval, do we?"

Lin Feng laughed heartily:

“That’s not how it is; we must instill awe in them.”

"Of course we have to do something to show them that we're not to be trifled with."

"It's like 'paying respects to the authorities'."

"When a craftsman who travels around arrives in a new place, those who know how to get along with people must learn to 'pay respects to the locals'."

"Otherwise, those local bullies will try to trip you up in all sorts of ways."

Li Fu corrected:
"Brother Feng, we're now the biggest port in Hong Kong, aren't we?"

Lin Feng smiled:

"That's right."

"Then we should make a good start as new officials."

Li Fu's eyes lit up:
"How do we do it?"

Lin Feng smiled and said:

"Of course we need to give them a little shock."

"Let's give them another necessary financial shock."

He suddenly sighed.
"Unfortunately, we were born too late."

Li Fu was stunned:

"Brother Feng, what do you mean?"

Lin Feng shrugged:

"If I had been born a few years earlier, I would definitely have won the rights to redevelop Kowloon Walled City!"

Li Fu was his personal secretary, and he was involved in many of the conglomerate's affairs. Upon hearing this, he was stunned:

“Brother Feng, our Hung Hing also has the right to renovate Kowloon Walled City.”

"This project is a collaboration with the other three of the new four companies."

"The project is nearing completion."

Lin Feng said regretfully:
"If we had the strength we have now a few years ago, I would definitely have earned this money on my own."

He explained to Li Fu,
"Most people in Hong Kong talk about the 'New Four,' but only the profits after this project is completed can truly solidify its reputation as one of the 'New Four.'"

"If anyone had been able to obtain the renovation rights on their own, they would have become the undisputed leader in the real estate industry, and the other three companies would have had no chance at all."

Li Fu paused, seemingly lost in thought:
"The original winner of the renovation rights was a wealthy man, but he was worried that the cost would be too high, so he brought together three other companies to bid for it."

"I wonder if he regrets what he did?"

Lin Feng sneered:
I don't care if he regrets it or not.

"The distortion of Hong Kong's real estate operations began with his tycoon status."

"There are too many real estate developers in Hong Kong. One of us is enough."

Li Fu was greatly alarmed:

"Brother Feng, are you going to target the other three?"

"This could easily trigger antitrust laws."

Lin Feng chuckled:
"That's easy to solve, just help our competitors take the lead."

"You're right, I'm going to target the other three."

"It's such a heartless thing as 'shared area' that only a super-rich person could invent it."

Li Fu was confused. What was "shared area"?
Before he met Lin Feng, he lived in a small room with dozens of other people.

They are not even qualified to consider buying a house.

However, land prices are not as outrageous as they would be in later years.

A worker can buy a unit with just eleven months' wages.

Once the new four companies truly gain power, even with Hong Kong's average salary of HK$20,000, it will still take a lifetime to buy a unit.

After Hung Hing came to power, Hong Kong no longer needed to rely on real estate to plunder the people of Hong Kong.

As long as the other three of the new four families are dealt with, and the lifeline of the old four families is severed, Hung Hing will be doomed.

Lin Feng has always been someone who robs the rich to help the poor.

(End of this chapter)