Hong Kong Storm: The King of Jobs

Chapter 604, Section 194: Taking a Step Back

Others can avoid him, but Guo Guohao can't; after all, he's a cop and has to stick it out to the end.

Chi Mengli knew he couldn't persuade Guo Guohao, but Rexton wouldn't give the Wen family a way out. He didn't have much money left in his pocket and needed to use the Wen family's flesh to curry favor with Governor MacLehose.

The chief of staff was not his ultimate goal; the Commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption was.

As a diplomatic secretary, he didn't achieve much, but he was often blamed and didn't earn much money.

MacLehose was honest and incorruptible, not a greedy man who only cared about money. He accepted money but also required his subordinates to be capable, which was a bit of a double standard!

He solved a major case on his first attempt, demonstrating his ability. He also extracted a large amount of benefits from the Wen family and flattered the Governor's wife. With her help, securing the position of Commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) shouldn't be a problem.

Even if Guo Guohao joins the task force, it will be difficult for him to achieve anything.

They feign help, incite them to advance, cut off their reinforcements, and trap them in a deadly situation.

Encountering poison is due to an unfavorable position!
Although it's unclear whether Renekton has read the Thirty-Six Stratagems, this guy certainly pulled a brilliant move by pulling the ladder away from the roof!

But I am not without options. I can take advantage of the situation, go with the flow, act according to circumstances, and guide things in a favorable way!

Renekton charged ahead, his cloak cutting through the thorns, while Chi Mengli hid behind, going with the flow.

However, the closer we get to the final stage, the less we should let our guard down.

“Inspector Guo, I encountered three knife-wielders on New Year’s Eve. They were all ruthless characters from Kowloon Walled City. I was lucky and managed to escape.”

“I haven’t offended anyone recently. Although Old Ghost Deng is full of bad ideas, he won’t break the rules of the underworld. Once he breaks the rules, he will go from being a member of the Hongmen to a decrepit old man.”

"If I'm not mistaken, it must have been the judge who did it!"

The police are so inefficient! It's been over a month and the judge still hasn't been apprehended! It's outrageous!

Chi Mengli felt a little helpless and urged Guo Guohao to speed up.

Guo Guohao also had a lot of grievances about the judge. He was almost certain of success and had finalized the arrest plan, but something went wrong and the judge simply disappeared without a trace.

The intelligence department and the criminal intelligence department teamed up to investigate, but they didn't find any useful information.

"With insiders like you in the underworld, both the underworld and criminal organizations will plant their own spies in the police stations. You start something, they'll do something else, so nobody should complain!"

Guo Guohao coughed awkwardly and made up a plausible excuse to cover it up.

"However, the intelligence department has already secured the real photos. I will stay on the island, and you can retrieve them later."

A-Zai and Ding-Gou returned quickly, and Chi Mengli drank coffee while giving her statement.

After an hour of fighting, both sides were exhausted and finally stopped.

After seeing off the plague, Chi Mengli spread her trench coat on the steel bench, lay down, crossed her legs, closed her eyes, and began to rest.

Xi Ren stood on the deck of the Qingyi Wild Wharf, enjoying the sea breeze and watching the large speedboat drifting with the waves. Huo Gou, with a few henchmen, stood on the shore, smoking cigarettes and chatting idly.

Two large beams of light appeared on the highway not far away, illuminating a space within a radius of one hundred meters.

Upon seeing the car approaching, Fire Dog, who was acting as a bodyguard, quickly went to the deck, took out a short dog pistol, and warily watched the approaching van.

The van stopped directly in front of the dock. The weak Mud Snail jumped out of the driver's seat, walked up to Fire Dog, and called out to Xi Ren behind the fallen man, "Sister Xi Ren, my things are done! Where is what I want?"

Xi Ren still kept her back turned, looking at the large speedboat on the sea. Huo Gou nodded to his henchmen, telling them to get on the vehicle and inspect the goods.

One of the henchmen stepped out from the crowd and quickly walked to the front of the van. He saw Black Tiger, who was dead beyond any doubt, in the passenger seat, turned his head, and gave him an OK sign.

"Sister Xiren, the person has been delivered!"

Fire Dog spoke up, reminding Xiren of something.

The world is full of fools who are eager to die, gullible fish who would rather spend money than live.

Xiren bent down, picked up the handbag on the deck, turned around, and threw the handbag in front of Mud Snail.

He bent down, picked up the handbag on the beach, opened the zipper, and found it full of cows. He was very satisfied. He closed the zipper, walked around the fire dog, and waded directly onto the speedboat.

Seeing that the mud snails had boarded the boat, Xiren took out two bundles of large gold bulls from her pocket and threw them directly to the boat captain who was driving the speedboat.

The captain took the bundles of giant golden bulls, quickly counted them, gave an OK sign, pushed the spur, and the three Yamaha engines of the speedboat started at full speed, soon carrying the mud snails away from the shore.

The journey from Hong Kong to Singapore by speedboat takes only two days and two nights, with refueling boats available along the way.

Watching the speedboat disappear from sight, Xi Ren turned around and instructed, "Brother Huo Gou, it's getting late, take care of this." After saying that, she turned and left.

When Huo Gou saw Xi Ren get into the carriage and leave alone, he nodded to the henchman with the axe and told him to get to work.

Sitting on the speedboat, looking at the crashing waves behind me and the ever-receding coastline, I felt an indescribable joy.

The captain was focused on steering the boat, while the second mate secretly picked up an oar, turned around abruptly, and smashed the oar onto the head of a mud snail.

The unsuspecting mud snails fell into the sea.

The second mate opened the bag containing the mud snails at the stern of the boat, and upon seeing the large golden bull inside, immediately flashed its gleaming yellow teeth to the boss who was steering the boat beside it.

The boat captain nodded, immediately turned around, and returned to Hong Kong.

After a grueling trip, all they earn is a few tens of thousands of yuan. The boat captain had long been eyeing the money bag in Mud Snail's hand. No big shot in the underworld would care about such a drowning dog; he's perfect to send to the Dragon Palace of the South China Sea as a son-in-law.

At 2 a.m., Wen Hailiang handed the HSBC bank draft he had prepared in advance to the Chief Secretary, a Chinese man, for 300,000 taels of silver, as was the custom in previous years.

Of these charitable donations, at most half will go into charitable projects. Of the remaining 95%, 10% will be converted into bonuses, which will be distributed among all the officials in the Chief Executive's office, and 10% will be distributed among the heads of the Chief Executive's office.

The remaining 75 percent will go into the charitable foundation of the wife of the provincial governor.

The chief secretary of the Chinese community politely bid farewell to Wen Hailiang and watched the great philanthropist leave.

Wen Hailiang's Rolls-Royce was parked at the back entrance of the Sheraton Hotel. The Wen family is currently in the eye of the storm, and it is not appropriate for them to make public appearances at this time.

When the bodyguard saw Wen Hailiang and his secretary walk out of the Sheraton Hotel, he immediately got out of the car, opened the door, and respectfully invited the gentleman to get in.

"Ali, go to the company first thing tomorrow morning and tell Lawyer Zhuang to come see me."

As soon as he settled down, Wen Hailiang gave the order to have his secretary notify Lawyer Zhuang to meet him the next morning. After giving the order, he closed his eyes wearily. In recent years, his health had been deteriorating, and he could no longer stay up late.

I closed my eyes, leaned back in my seat, twitched my nose, and smelled a strange odor in the car.

"Wen Cai, wash the car tomorrow, it has a strange smell."

After a good night's sleep at the Wan Chai headquarters, Chi Mengli opened his eyes contentedly. He had been busy lately and his sleep quality hadn't been good; he hadn't had a deep sleep in a long time.

I sat on the bench, stretched, put on my shoes, and started practicing my horse stance and boxing posture.

After standing for a full half hour, heat rose from his back. Seeing that it was almost time, Chi Mengli stopped his boxing stance and sat down in a chair to recover his strength.

"Chi Mengli, wake up! Someone's on your side!"

The officer in charge of the cell tapped the iron bars with his stick, signaling Chi Mengli to tidy up and come with him to sign the bail statement.

Seeing that someone was bailing her out, Chi Mengli dressed and walked out of the prison area in military uniform to sign the bail statement.

Because Chi Meng-li is one of the top ten outstanding students on the Organized Crime and Triad Bureau's (OCTB) list, her bail is now exceptionally high. Even with a Justice of the Peace as guarantor, it is HK$80,000, no bargaining.

The choice between waiting for 48 hours or paying a security deposit of HK$80,000 is not difficult!
When Dan Sijie saw Chi Mengli come out, he placed the banknotes he had prepared beforehand on the table. After the boss finished signing, he returned the document to the uniform.

"Handsome Sheng, you're really rich and powerful, I admire you! I admire you!"

"Once you get out, don't go back the same way. I don't want to be handcuffing you every few days." Because Chi Mengli was brought back by Tao Hua Mei, Tao Hua Mei had to be present when signing the papers.

After signing her name in the designated area, Peach Blossom Girl handed the document to the military uniform officer for filing.

"Officer, it's really bad luck to be locked up during the Lunar New Year!"

"As long as you're still wearing this black leather outfit, I promise I won't bother you!"

"Happy New Year!"

Chi Mengli fastened his belt, exchanged a few jokes with Peach Blossom Girl, and then walked out of the Wan Chai headquarters building.

Single Knot followed behind, leaving the Wan Chai police headquarters building with his boss.

“Chi Sheng, my female friend at the Hong Kong Club informed me that the Wen family went to the Hong Kong Club early this morning and purchased high-risk bonds from Swire Group.”

"A huge investment! Wen Sheng has really gone all out this time!"

“The people from HSBC’s credit department were also there. After Wen Sheng signed the document, HSBC transferred the funds to Swire Investment Bank. I contacted an old acquaintance and got some inside information.”

"This time, HSBC's loan interest rate is as high as 22 percent. It's not an annual interest rate, but a monthly interest rate. It's secured by shares in the real estate company and the land it owns."

“Ge Wei called me early this morning and said that Renekton had ordered the lifting of the ban on Taikoo Wharf. My ex-boyfriend told me some business gossip, saying that a lot of people have been causing trouble for the Wen family recently, and the Wen family is a little overwhelmed.”

As soon as she stepped out of the headquarters building, Shan Sijie recounted everything that had happened that morning. She raised her wrist, glanced at the time, and realized it was almost ten o'clock.

“Mr. Chi, Mr. Xia Jiade of Jardine Matheson Insurance is ready. Because Tian Tian Fish Farm failed to deliver the goods on time, Jardine Matheson Insurance has initiated a claim process and would like to arrange a meeting between the two parties today.”

Surrounded by police officers, Chi Mengli didn't speak until they had completely left the Wan Chai headquarters and saw Xi Ren, Bo Cai Dong, Xi Zai, and the others waiting by the roadside. Only then did she say, "Let's arrange it for the afternoon!"

"No matter what, we've all worked together once, there's no reason to make things so tense! If the brothers in the underworld, the bosses, and the big fish in the pond find out, they'll blame me for being petty!"

Xia Jiade knew this was just a formality, so I stepped aside to loosen the noose around the Wen family's necks and give them a chance to catch their breath.

After finishing her sentence, Chi Mengli tossed her trench coat to Bo Cai Dong and told everyone to get in the car and go to Lianhualou for morning tea.

Spinach Dong asked Xizai to drive the SUV in the back, while he sat in the driver's seat to be the driver. Dan Sijie had something to report, so she sat in the passenger seat, while Chi Mengli and Xiren sat in the back boss seats.

"Brother Sheng, everything's taken care of. I've smoothed things over with Huozhu Lao and his associates! They know how to write the report!"

Spinach Dong spoke first, explaining everything about the area he was in charge of.

Having held back all night, Chi Mengli rolled down the car window, took out a cigarette case and lighter, and lit one for herself.

"Not a single penny less than what is due!"

“Attorney Shan, tonight someone will deliver a seafood gift box to you, containing one million dollars as a reward for your hard work. I heard that the Hong Kong Lawyers Association is holding the Hong Kong Young Lawyers Award, and I think Attorney Shan is a perfect fit.”

"I'll talk to Commissioner Zhang soon, and I hope it will be helpful!"

Not a single penny should be shortchanged from the money that is due.

When people gather together, it's for fame and fortune. Don't be like Xiang Yu, the Hegemon of Western Chu; be like Emperor Gaozu of Han. What should be given should not be hesitated.

Like doctors, lawyers don't lack money, they only lack reputation. Once they have a good reputation, people will naturally come to them with money.

Chi Mengli's current goal is to promote Dan Sijie, using silver to elevate this foreign girl to a higher position, so that she can work diligently for him.

"Thank you, Chi Sheng!"

The single-strand knot had also stayed up all night, waiting for just this sentence.

“Mr. Chi, three green environmental organizations have accepted our donation. These three green environmental organizations are all branches of the New World Group.”

“I also contacted my classmates from my ancestral home. Many of them did not enter the legal profession but went to work in newspapers. They are currently working overtime to review the faxes I sent.”

The man with the single thread took out the latest Washington Post and handed it to his boss in the back seat.

Chi Mengli took the newspaper and noticed that Dan Sijie was very meticulous, fearing that she might not understand English, and directly translated the news report using sticky notes.

The war of public opinion is never just an appetizer; it's a deadly weapon that delivers a fatal blow!
The group first went to Lotus Pavilion for morning tea, then returned to their long-stay room at the Sheraton Hotel, took a bath with pomelo leaves to cleanse themselves of bad luck, and as soon as the time came, they immediately took Xiren, Xizai and the others to the Jinshan Building.

As for Spinach East, he returned to Hong Sheng Sparrow Hall to guard the temple grounds. The temple grounds are currently very busy and need a heavyweight figure to oversee them.

After much thought, only Spinach East, as the leader, is the most suitable!
With his legal team, Dan Sijie had already arrived at Jardine Matheson Insurance in the Golden Hill Building.

Xia Jiade took the teapot from which the coffee had just been brewed and poured a steaming cup of coffee for Dan Sijie, who was sitting across from him at his desk.

"Junior sister, you're so lucky! These are Lavasa beans that I asked a friend to buy from Rome. They're the newest beans this year!"

"Although Italy may not have the spirit of chivalry, its pasta, Italian coffee, and handcrafted luxury goods are among the best in the world."

"The members of parliament from the Zu family have always wanted to create a standard that distinguishes it from Italian coffee, but unfortunately, just like the tea standard, it has become a laughing stock in the world!"

After pouring his coffee, Xia Jiade sat back in his boss's chair, poured himself a cup, and jokingly commented on the fighting spirit of the Italian soldiers.

Lavasa coffee beans are indeed delicious!
After taking a sip, Monofilament prepared to throw away all his cheap coffee beans and replace them with Xia Jiade's delicious coffee.

"It must be said that Chi Sheng acted very quickly, and he got everything sorted out in the calm."

"admire!"

These foreigners who work and live in Hong Kong are masters of Cantonese and classical Chinese; they can talk to you about yachts, golf, tennis, and other Western aristocratic sports in a second.

The next second you can be discussing antiques, Pu'er tea, and poems by Du Fu and Li Bai with Chinese tycoons.

Xia Jiade accurately described the current state of events, while inwardly sneering at the Wen family's stupidity! Perhaps that Wen Sheng doesn't even know who sounded the horn of attack against him.

“My father, who lives far away in my ancestral home, warned me when I was in college that the calmer the surface of the water, the more turbulent the undercurrents.”

"Experienced sailors are not afraid of turbulent waves, but rather of calm waters with undercurrents."

With a single strand of hair holding a coffee cup, he turned around slightly with a push of his foot to look at the Wen family team in the reception room.

Wen Hailiang, Fu Wenpei, Wen Tianxin, and Zhou Miaoyun all made an appearance, and they also brought a six-person legal team with them.

The public relations manager was entertaining the Wen family and chatting with their team.

"Now everyone in Hong Kong knows that the Wen family is at its weakest. As long as Mr. Chi signs the consent form, we can apply to the Chief Executive for a freezing order."

"The Wen family owes HSBC a loan and has also bought Swire's high-risk, exorbitantly priced bonds, so their cash flow must be significantly reduced."

"If we exert even the slightest force, the Wen family will fall into a hell of knives and fire!"

"Do not delay. Pursue your enemies and kill all of them who are behind them. Do not let them enter your cities, for God has delivered them into your hands!"

Xia Jiade read a passage from the Book of Joshua. The original text was very simple. It recorded that after the Jews defeated the allied army summoned by King Jabin of Hazor with the help of Jehovah, they pursued their victory.

They chased the enemy to places like Sidon and almost annihilated them all.

Being lenient with the enemy is being cruel to oneself, and Xia Jiade didn't want to leave too many enemies in Hong Kong.

Paper cannot keep out fire!
Secrets have no value in the face of time.

“Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving one another, just as God forgave you in Christ.”

"The business world is a society built on personal connections; if your reputation is ruined, you won't have any business partners!"

Monofilament took another sip of coffee and replied with a Bible verse.

(End of this chapter)