Hong Kong Storm: The King of Jobs

Chapter 60: The boss who came to the door
"We are all brothers, of course we can postpone it."

"Today is August 10th, and the 18th of next month is the Mid-Autumn Festival. This is a big day. There shouldn't be any problem in settling the accounts before then, right?"

"Pay all in one go, 180,000, discounted price."

Chi Mengli agreed to give Hei Ahu a month's grace period, but the interest rate was slightly increased.

Hei Ah Hu finished smoking the cigarette in his hand, was silent for a minute, then threw the cigarette butt on the ground and nodded helplessly.

"Ah Hu, if you are lacking in financial resources, you can tell me. After all, we are all following a big brother and making a living in the same gang."

"Don't say I don't take care of you. Uncle Wai is selling hookah. I'll count you in. The bill will be settled on Monday. If you're interested, talk to Adong. If it's not too much, it's still 20,000 or 30,000 a month."

No matter what, Hei Ah Hu is the leading figure in the gang and cannot go too far. After a little thought, Chi Mengli decided to give him a share of the hookah business to help him through the difficult times.

"Brother Sheng, I'm planning to reopen the Seven Stars gambling stall, but I don't have the capital right now. I found a dark lamp, and I need to receive money before I can start working."

"The business is split 40% and 60% respectively. I'll take 60% and Brother Sheng takes 40%. If you're worried, you can send someone to keep an eye on it. All the money raised will go to Brother Sheng."

With interest compounding, 100,000 yuan turned into 180,000 yuan in less than two months.

But Hei Ah Hu had no other choice but to find a way to make money quickly and pay off his debts in one go, otherwise he would surely have to pay even more in the future.

Chi Mengli has no interest in the so-called underground gambling gang. 40% to 60%? Don't be ridiculous. How can a sponsor take 40%? This guy is just pretending not to know how to count.

"I, Ah Sheng, will not take advantage of my brother's business. I can lend you some of the money you need first, but this is the money of the hall, so there must be interest, otherwise the people below will say that I am unfair."

"Once the gambling den opens, you will have money immediately. The money you carry on your body will be nothing."

"But Ah Hu, you are doing things under the banner of the company. It doesn't make sense for the company to not get any benefits. The company will take 10% of the shares and lend you another 100,000 yuan. You have to pay back 150,000 yuan in two months."

"The price is quite fair. Since Lao Ding took over, Zitou has been much more fair in his work."

Seeing that Chi Mengli really had no intention of joining the gang, Hei Ahu had to give up and shook his head to refuse. He had a financial backer behind him and did not need the 100,000 yuan.

"In that case, I won't force you. We haven't seen each other for a long time. Let's have dinner together tonight and have a nice drink."

Seeing that Hei Ahu didn't want the sponsorship from Zitou, Chi Mengli gave up, lowered his head, wrote down something on a piece of paper, and then closed the account book.

Xizai parked his car and came up from downstairs. After entering the office, he saw someone else was there, so he quickly walked to Chi Mengli and whispered, "Brother Sheng, Dusheming is here. He is chatting with Lizhi at the front desk downstairs. There is a guy next to him who said he wants to see you."

Viper Ming?
This loser is not staying in Tuodi to accompany Shenxianjin, what is he doing in Yau Ma Tei?

"Adong, the venomous snake is coming, bring him up."

"Xizi, go make a pot of tea."

Chi Mengli looked at Bo Xidong who was sitting on the sofa, and asked him to move around and bring Dushe Ming up.

A minute later, Chi Mengli saw Dushe Ming and Kaizi behind him in his office.

"Jingsheng, no, now I have to call you Brother Sheng, Brother Sheng, congratulations on your promotion, congratulations."

Poisonous Snake Ming still speaks to people in a human way and speaks to ghosts in a devilish way. When he sees Chi Mengli, he speaks auspicious words. "Brother Ming, please take a seat. We are all brothers. There is no need to be polite. Xizi, serve the tea."

"This is a new friend. Please take a seat. Forgive my poor eyesight and my failure to recognize which gang leader this person is from. Brother Ming, why don't you introduce him to me?"

Chi Mengli asked Xizi to serve tea, and then looked at the man with glasses standing next to Dusheming.

Viper Ming pulled out a chair and sat down. Seeing the man with glasses next to him, he smiled and introduced him, "This is Mr. Wang, the big boss of the Shanghai Chamber of Commerce."

"Mr. Wang is in the real estate business. This time he is planning to build a 16-story skyscraper in Yau Ma Tei. The Municipal Bureau and the Housing and Urban-Rural Development Department have already approved it, and all the formalities are complete."

"But we are in a bit of trouble now. Everyone in the company knows that Yau Ma Tei is your brother Sheng's territory. Both Lao Fu and Donglian Society have to give face to Brother Sheng."

"The relationship is very good and we get along very well."

Poison Sheming's words made Chi Mengli feel a little bit amused, but after thinking about it carefully, there seemed to be nothing wrong with it. They were indeed fighting on the physical level.

"Looking at Mr. Wang's good looks, I know he's a big businessman. Shanghai Chamber of Commerce? Could he be from the same hometown?"

"My ancestors were poor people in Yimiao District. When my grandfather saw the unstable situation, he fled to Kowloon for refuge. He never expected that he would never return after leaving."

The Yimiao District is the old Shanghai County City God Temple, commonly known as the Yimiao.

Chi Mengli was not lying. His ancestors were indeed from Songjiang Prefecture. Before his grandfather closed his eyes, he was still mumbling in the soft Wu dialect that he wanted to eat Wang Jiasha's crab meat dumplings and eight-treasure rice pudding.

As for the Shanghai Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong, it is a group organization of Shanghai people who are drifting away.

Don't underestimate these Shanghainese. The Times did a statistics that year, and found that among the Shanghainese who settled in Hong Kong, there were seven who had deposits of over 100 million yuan, and one who had a net worth of over 500 million Hong Kong dollars. He was the heir of former Asia's richest man, Sir ...

There were more than a hundred people with a net worth of tens of millions, including three world shipping tycoons. That was in 1950.

Ho Tung, the number one Chinese businessman in Hong Kong, after stabilizing the Hong Kong market, also took his younger brothers and plunged into the foreign concessions.

Boss He, the King of Haojiang, Ship King Zhao, and Ship King Dong all made their original accumulation after struggling and bloody battles in the foreign concessions. Although they are now very successful, they were just unknown small-time punks in the foreign concessions.

Even now, only the comprador families from Xiangshan within the General Chinese Chamber of Commerce can compete with them in business, of course, with the exception of the two major foreign companies, which are the real masters of Hong Kong.

"I didn't expect to meet my fellow villagers. It's really not easy!"

"My name is Wang Haiquan, this is my business card. We are from Shanghai, so we should help each other."

Chi Mengli took the business card and saw the name of the Great Vision Construction Company on it. He immediately remembered it in his mind, then said with a smile: "I don't dare to be a fellow villager. After all, I have already become a bandit."

"But the most abundant thing in the foreign land is young people. I wonder if this can be considered as a promotion!"

"Mr. Wang, I'm hosting you tonight. Please drink some wine. Please don't complain that the food is inedible, okay?"

"Haha, that's not true, but eating Cantonese food all the time is a bit boring."

"How about this? I know a Ningbo restaurant that serves authentic seaweed and yellow croaker. Of course, Brother Sheng can pay for it."

(End of this chapter)