Hong Kong Storm: The King of Jobs

Chapter 258 35: The First Boss in the Water Room
"Deng Qi's only daughter, even if she just came back from Honolulu in recent years, the Intelligence Department should have information about her."

"When the time comes, we just need to compare it with Do's file and we will know the relationship between the two of them."

It takes time to build intelligence files, and only then did the Organized Crime and Triad Society start to create its own archive.

Chi Mengli gave his own opinion. In fact, the intelligence and files would not be wrong unless someone deliberately set up a maze.

"I know. I will get it done as soon as possible and ensure your safety."

"Also, my theory is just a guess, it may not be correct. You still have to follow Robin's lead. Robin's wife is the breakthrough point, you have to try to get more information out of her."

"Robin is a weakling. He can't handle the female piglet. After Shenxianjin took over as the head of the club, he has always led the club to walk the right path and do legitimate business. He is most likely not the boss of the club."

"Selling female piglets is a crime of ruthlessness. If the dealer behind the scenes is not eliminated, there will never be peace in Hong Kong."

"This is not what you want to see!"

"You are now quite impressive and have a certain status in the underworld. Interested people will definitely pay attention to you. Moreover, you have taken over the gang of your sworn brother Robin. The dealer who sells the female piglets will definitely pay attention to you and look for you to cooperate again."

"Be more careful!"

"At the same time, you should also pay more attention to safety. If there are any hidden dangers, you can immediately stop the action and remain silent for a while to ensure your own safety."

"Okay! I'm done eating. If there's nothing else, I'll leave first."

"If your husband saw us eating together, he would definitely get suspicious."

After Guo Guohao finished his morning tea and drank up his Pu'er tea, he was about to grab the newspaper he brought with him and leave, so as not to run into Shenxianjin face to face.

Chi Mengli nodded and let Guo Guohao go first. If there was any situation, she would inform him using the old method.

Guo Guohao, who was enjoying his meal, stood up and prepared to leave with the newspaper under his arm, but he heard Chi Mengli say, "If the newspaper is an entertainment tabloid, leave it to me. I want to see some beautiful women and feast my eyes."

"I've seen Ruan Wen, the girl you recommended. Even if this woman is an old friend, there's something wrong with her. Everything is just too coincidental. She and Miss Nine don't seem to have any grudges, but rather they're acting as a double act."

After hearing Chi Mengli's words, Guo Guohao also frowned. He threw the newspaper in his hand onto the table, thought carefully for a minute, and then said, "I'll check it out. There shouldn't be any problem, but since you feel something is wrong, there must be something abnormal."

"It's better to be safe than sorry. You are the one who starts the work, and I am responsible for your safety. If there is any trouble, I will definitely help you clear it all up. Don't worry."

After he finished speaking, Guo Guohao put down the newspaper and hurriedly left the box.

Chi Mengli didn't like to eat quickly, so she continued to drink tea, eat Jidi porridge and steamed buns, waiting for Shenxianjin to arrive.

It took Chi Mengli ten minutes to read all the gossip in the entertainment tabloids. Seeing that Shenxianjin and others had not arrived yet, she pressed the doorbell and asked the waiter from Lu Yu Tea House to come in, change a pot of tea for her, and clear away all the leftovers on the table.

After waiting for more than ten minutes, Shenxianjin, under the protection of A Bing and others, walked into the box supporting an old man.

Seeing Lao Ding coming in, Chi Mengli quickly stood up and went to greet him.

"Good morning, old man. Good morning to you, uncle."

"Good! Good! Good morning, Ajin, you are right, you are such a handsome guy!"

The elderly uncle, supported by Shenxianjin, walked to the main seat, sat down, and greeted Chi Mengli with a smile.

Shenxian Jin straightened up, sat aside, pounded his waist a few times, and then said: "This is Uncle Hui. People in the underworld call Uncle Hui Prince Hui. Of course, when I first started in the underworld, Uncle Hui was called Guanren Hui. After all, he was the coolest Chinese detective back then!"

"Ah Sheng, call someone, call Uncle Hui."

Unexpectedly, Shenxianjin arranged for him to meet Prince Hui, the first boss of the water room. Shi Jianhui and Chi Mengli were also surprised in their hearts, but he was not stage frightened. He immediately smiled and greeted, "Uncle Hui, I didn't expect it to be you, old man."

"If I had known this, I would have booked a large private room in advance!"

"Please wait a moment. I will go change the box now."

After Chi Mengli greeted everyone, she walked out and prepared to ask the waiter to change her to another private room.

"No need! Ah Sheng, sit down quickly. I'll leave after I say a few words. I'm old and in poor health. I haven't eaten out for a long time. My mother made red bean porridge for me and waited for me to come back. She refused to eat without me."

The "Ma Jie" mentioned by Taizi Hui is a very ancient term, which actually means a spinster. However, it is normal. Taizi Hui was born as a rich man, and it is natural for him to have a spinster maid to accompany him since he was a child.

Most of the spinsters would stay in the host family and be treated as respected elders by the host family's children and grandchildren. The movie "A Simple Life" starring Andy Lau commemorates that period of history.

Back then, the He family was taking care of Mr. He. When Miss He's spinster daughter passed away, Mr. He and Miss He wore mourning clothes, becoming filial sons and grandchildren, and sent their mother, who had taken care of them all their lives, on their last journey.

You should know that Ho Tung was already very ill at that time, but he still gave the order personally to open the Ho Family Ancestral Hall to entertain guests from all over the world, and he personally went to the mourning hall to take charge. As a playboy and the largest landlord in Hong Kong, Ho Tung fainted on the spot.

Miss He was unable to walk during the funeral procession and needed the support of the accountant Luo Wenjin.

Mr. He also returned to Hong Kong from Tainan and personally served as the ceremonial officer to see this respected elder off for the last time.

The descendants of the Five Tigers of the He Clan rushed back from all over the world, totaling more than 300 people.

The front page headlines of the newspapers that day were all about the death of He's mother's sister.

"Uncle Hui, you are so lucky. Everyone knows that Sister Zhutao is good at making sweet soup. When I was seven or eight years old and visited your home, Sister Zhutao treated me to sweet soup and bought me ice cream."

"My first ice cream was bought by Sister Zhutao. I really miss it! Now I am old and in poor health. My blood sugar is high. If I eat ice cream again, I will get diabetes."

"Sit down, Ah Sheng. You're reading pornographic tabloids so early in the morning. Young people are really hot-blooded."

"But Ah Sheng, you have been single for a long time, and you only have brothers around you. Don't be too nervous. Relax appropriately and don't be too tense."

Shenxian Jin saw the pornographic tabloid in front of Chi Mengli, smiled and teased him.

Chi Mengli smiled and said directly: "Lao Ding, this is not bought by me. This is brought by Mr. Guo from O Kee. He didn't sleep early in the morning and ran to Lu Yu Tea House to cause trouble for me."

"Lao Ding, is Ah Sheng okay? I've been working with him on a lot of projects recently. If he fails, I'll be in trouble too!"

When Shen Xianjin heard that the entertainment tabloid on the desk was brought by Guo Guohao, he also felt incredible. After all, a senior police superintendent who was very busy came to warn in person, so something big must have happened.

"It's okay! You are doing business together, not opening a fan stall together. If something goes wrong, you can go to Kowloon Walled City and find a few dead Taoist friends to help you."

Shenxian Jin frowned, but in front of his boss Prince Hui, he couldn't say much, so he could only smile to indicate that it was not a big problem.

Prince Hui did not eat snacks from outside, but Shenxian Jin had no taboos in this regard. He ordered a few snacks he liked, and then drove Ah Bing and the others out before saying, "Uncle Hui is very interested in you."

"Boxer Bar! The name is a bit ugly. We need to give it a more resonant name. Only with a good name can the business go smoothly."

"Yesterday I heard you and Ah Sheng planning to do business together. Ah Sheng has little capital, and you have a way to make money. You should tell me, Lao Ding, and explain your ideas in front of Uncle Hui."

"Uncle Hui is the cash king. When Superman Li is short of cash, he has to look for Uncle Hui to help him out."

Shenxianjin was very interested in the legal and legitimate business that Chi Mengli was doing. After all, it was a boxing match, so he could do gambling, peripheral activities, and even legal boat racing.

"Old Ding, my boxer bar is just a small fight, but you and Uncle Hui are here and want to hear what a junior like me thinks, so of course I can't hide it."

"I thought about it last night. I'm not happy with small fights. If I want to do something, I'll do it on a larger scale." "The Jockey Club makes money because it is formalized and can accept bets openly. Why can't the Boxer Bar do that?"

"I consulted a lawyer and hired a team of lawyers. They looked through all the laws of Hong Kong and our home country and found that there was no law that could prevent us from holding a prize-winning guessing contest."

"In that case, there is nothing to be afraid of!"

"I plan to buy a piece of land near Victoria Harbor and build the first boxer's bar. This bar will be different from all the bars in the world. As the flagship store of the boxer's bar, it must be able to accommodate at least 3,000 guests at the same time."

"It also needs to accommodate 300 service and performing staff, and there needs to be a parking building that can accommodate 400 cars at the same time, and a large underground parking lot that can accommodate at least 200 cars."

"In the center is the boxing ring, a high ring, a ring that everyone can see."

"It's just like the Colosseum in Rome, where everyone sits around the ring, drinks, orders hostesses, and watches singing and dancing performances."

"They only wear half-finger gloves in the match, there is no fake match, every punch hits the flesh, it's real."

"I have finished discussing the food supply, and the wine supply is still under discussion. If Lao Ding is interested in investing, I can give up the wine supply. As long as it is not fake wine, Lao Ding can do whatever he wants."

"You can't make money by selling fake wine. Find some small brands of wine, which have higher profits than fake wine."

"This boxer bar is just like a mahjong parlor. It's a legal business. Even if the police come, they can only check our cards, but they can't do anything to us."

"Since this is a legitimate business, we must keep doing it slowly and not ruin our reputation."

"We can train a group of boatmen and stackers. More importantly, we can open a boxer agency to train boxers just like we train big stars."

"We set a bonus for every match. As long as the boxer wins, he can take the bonus, and the agency will take a cut. He can also accept advertising endorsements like a movie star. Several entertainment tabloids under the name "Ma Jing" will publish a special issue to report on the boxing matches every day."

“Once the Boxer Bar in Victoria Harbour is completed, I will open the second one in Yau Ma Tei, the third one in Causeway Bay, and the fourth one in North Point.”

"Hong Kong is a small place, and four boxer bars are just right. We can hold a points match, which will be more interesting. Citizens will also talk about it. Once the discussion starts, some gamblers will become interested and empty their pockets to give us money."

"Uncle Hui, Lao Ding, don't be fooled by the fact that there are only four boxing bars. Just by selling set meals and tickets every day, we can make a lot of money. I will also set aside an independent and quiet area for Uncle Hui to open a mahjong parlor."

"If you are willing to pay the rent, I will take it. If you are not willing to pay the rent, then leave a few tables for me. My request is not excessive."

"Uncle Hui has a lot of listed companies. Let's reorganize them, get rid of other irrelevant businesses, and directly list the boxing bar."

The reason why Taizi Hui came here today was for the new source of income from the boxing bar. Chi Mengli immediately laid out all his future plans without hiding anything.

"Ah Sheng, that's a great idea. Now is the stock market era. If you play the stock market well, you can make more money than speculating in real estate or running a factory."

"It's really great that you have such insight at such a young age."

"Ajin, there are talented people in the bathroom! If Brother Gui knew about this, he would definitely be very happy."

"But the land in Victoria Harbour is famously expensive. Building a luxurious commercial building like you mentioned is not something that can be done with just a few million dollars. Have you ever thought about how much money you need to invest in the early stages?"

"If the boxing business is not good, what are you going to do?"

Prince Hui coughed, first praised Chi Mengli, and then asked about the problems that the boxer bar might encounter in the future.

"The initial investment is 30 million, and an additional 10 million will be needed later. This money will be used for decoration, staff training, and material procurement."

"I have already found a specialized accounting firm to compile the latest accounts of the Boxer Bar. The data on boatmen and redemption points are also on it. I will send someone to deliver it to Tuo Di and Uncle Hui's company."

"Humans all like bloody fights, otherwise Rome wouldn't have the world-famous Colosseum."

"Tickets, drinks, and the commissions from the hostesses are all part of the profit. After all, we can't put all our eggs in one basket. For the large bets brought in by legal boat drivers, we have to charge an 8% handling fee for each bet, just like a casino. This is the biggest part of the profit."

“The more bets placed, the more commission we charge.”

"It starts with the auditions, and then the regular season. Hundreds of boxers compete to earn points. A win earns three points, and a loss earns one point. We have to select the thirty-six heavenly warriors and seventy-two earthly warriors. After we gather all one hundred and eight fighters, we will start the promotion rounds."

"The promotion tournament will be divided into two divisions, and it will be a single-match format. One match will decide the winner, and one shot will determine the outcome."

"After the two divisions finish their division finals, we will have a decisive match. I will have all Hong Kong TV stations broadcast it live, and have all the popular movie stars come to the game. We will then sell advertisements and souvenirs. We will sell whatever makes money."

"After two or three sessions, the Boxer Bar competition will become a major event known throughout Hong Kong. By then, tourists from Japan, South Korea, and Southeast Asia will come to visit and play."

In fact, boxing matches themselves do not make money, but the added value generated does.

As long as the ratings go up, the TV rights and broadcasting fees for the boxing matches will soar, and major TV stations in Hong Kong will compete to buy them. They will definitely make a lot of money then.

Chi Mengli's mouth was dry as he spoke. He picked up the slightly cold Longjing tea in front of him and took a sip to moisten his throat.

"Uncle Hui, I told you before that Ah Sheng is not only a good fighter, but also very smart. He has thought of a way to make money. Others can't figure it out even if they rack their brains. It's good to run a legitimate business! The police won't come to cause trouble."

Shenxianjin was very satisfied with Chi Mengli's idea and immediately spoke up to speak well of his men.

The plan was very comprehensive and Taizi Hui was very satisfied, but he was still a little worried, so he said, "Boxing is not a unique business. If you, Asheng, have thought of it, then other gangsters will also think of it, even if their brains are not as sharp as yours."

"They will imitate, and if they do, what should we do?"

"Uncle Hui, what's the motto of the He family? Isn't it that harmony is the most important thing? Everyone is after money, and money is the only thing they care about. But there are only four families in Hong Kong that can make waves. Excluding us, there are only He Liansheng, Xinji, and Haohaobang."

"It's not easy to get them to agree with us, but it's very easy to get them not to cause trouble."

"The pie is so big, there is enough for everyone to share. Each family has three VIP rooms and five high-end wine tables. They are allowed to send boatmen to join in, and the rebate will be based on the amount of bets. There is money, and everyone can make money together."

"And give out varying numbers of boxing management company licenses. As long as they have a license, they can send three boxers directly into the regular season."

"Everyone has money to earn, so why bother to organize a new boxing match to ruin their own business?"

"Look, am I right, Uncle Hui?"

If the cake is big and the fat is thick, no one will take the initiative to sabotage it.

Chi Mengli had thought of everything long ago, but he had not intended to involve Prince Hui before. This set of rhetoric he prepared for Shenxian Jin.

The water room can collect three to five million yuan in commission from the Ruixing Sparrow Company every month. Chi Mengli has been eyeing this legal income for a long time. If Shenxianjin is unwilling to invest, he will use the hall as a guarantee and raise a sum of money.

Although Prince Hui was old, his eyes were still bright. He looked at Shenxian Jin and saw that he nodded quickly. He coughed lightly and said with a smile: "The water in Honghu Lake is like waves, one wave is stronger than the other."

"Ajin, we can't refuse to accept our age anymore!"

"Robin is a big shot, but I didn't expect that he could raise such a sharp little brother. No one would have thought of it."

"Ah Sheng, I can take out some money to play with you. It's only tens of millions. I can afford it."

"What do you think about the shares?"

(End of this chapter)