Hong Kong Island: From a small stall to a global supplier

Chapter 160 Rebellion against Tiangang
The meeting was not long, but Wang Yaotang shocked Director Shi greatly.

I have come into contact with hundreds or even thousands of foreign businessmen and have heard countless strange requests, but this is the first time I have heard of someone asking to buy arms!
Actually, there were such people in the past, but they were all weapon collectors who bought a few for their collections. But judging from what Wang Yaotang meant, the number was definitely not small!

Of course, this number also depends on how you compare it. Director Shi feels that any number of weapons in the hands of an armed force will definitely be enough to satisfy Wang Yaotang.

But that’s not how it works. If someone directly exports weapons to Hong Kong as an individual, it would be strange if they could get through customs!

It goes without saying that what this guy meant by purchasing is smuggling.

Not to mention that it is impossible for the government to be involved in smuggling activities, even if it is approved, it is not reliable to give a large amount of arms to a Hong Kong gang member!
Do you want to rebel against the British Hong Kong government?

"What does Mr. Wang want the munitions for?"

"It's not really ammunition, just a few dozen submachine guns and semi-automatic rifles, 40mm rounds, mortars, recoilless guns, etc. I bought a few of them for personal use. I like them and I just collect them." Wang Yaotang smiled and waved his hand. "Also, I'm planning to get involved in the shipping business. The high seas are not peaceful."

"There are many pirates in Southeast Asia. Vietnamese monkeys, Filipinos and Malay natives also like to rob small and medium-sized cargo ships."

"The sea is a lawless place. If you don't have any weapons in your hand, you can go out but you can't come back."

Several people from China Merchants looked at each other in disbelief. Pirates?
"Isn't it said that everything abroad is safe?"

"Yeah, why are there still pirates? Don't governments crack down on them?"

"Who told you that overseas is safe?" Wang Yaotang was speechless. "Don't think that if there are no pirates in China, there will be no pirates abroad. The government orders of these Southeast Asian countries are only effective near the capital. Local warlords and powerful people have the final say. It is almost a semi-autonomous state, which is no different from the Republic of China period."

"No one dares to mess with those large shipping companies, but that doesn't mean that small and medium-sized shipping companies are safe. Most of those pirates have local support. Fishing is not as profitable as robbery!"

In 79, the COSCO fleet had a total shipping capacity of only 905 million tons, and most of the foreign trade cargo was transshipped from Hong Kong. China Merchants Group did not know much about this.

"The more developed the shipping industry is, the more pirates there are." Wang Yaotang smiled and spread his hands, "You don't think I can rebel in Hong Kong with just a hundred guns, do you?"

"That definitely won't happen." Director Shi smiled and shook his head.

"I know what you are struggling with. This time I am just saying hello. In the future, people from Somalia will come here to purchase some in small quantities for trial. Well, they will pay in US dollars." Wang Yaotang said with a smile.

This was too wild, Director Shi could only pretend he didn't hear it, and coughed lightly, "Drink, drink."

These were all delicacies that he had never tasted in his entire life. Wang Yaotang really ate and drank to his heart’s content today.

I have become richer in the past six months, but the quality of my food is definitely different from before, but not that big.

Well-known old restaurants are fully booked every day. There are not many master chefs to begin with, and now everyone is rich and they seldom cook, so it’s really not something that everyone can enjoy.

At that time in the country, the chefs working in the guesthouses of major government agencies really had unique skills.

"If nothing else, just for the food, I'll have to come here often!" Wang Yaotang said shakily as he stood up.

"Haha, as long as you come, we can entertain you anytime." Director Shi said with a smile.

After staying in Pengcheng for three days, Wang Yaotang turned back to Hong Kong Island. When he left, he took a lot of pre-prepared wild game and dried mushrooms with him. Director Shi and others delivered them to the port.

Shekou Customs was not established until October 81, and the Luohu Port Joint Inspection Building was started in 10. At that time, customs clearance was still done through the "first-line customs".

The "first line" is the 7.5-kilometer border between Shenzhen and Hong Kong.

As a result, when passing through customs, a staff member directly confiscated the items... saying that they did not meet food safety requirements.

Wang Yaotang knew what was going on just by looking at the man's disgusted expression. He was deliberately looking for trouble. There were a lot of people like this in Hong Kong Island, and the British Hong Kong government particularly liked to place such people in customs positions.

A dozen meters away, Director Shi frowned slightly, and the secretary beside him said worriedly, "Mr. Wang is in trouble. I hope he is okay."

Turning his head to look at Director Shi and others who were looking at this side more than ten meters away, Wang Yaotang's mood became even worse. He waved to Sha Ze who came to greet him outside the inspection gate and said, "Deal with him."

Shaze waved his hand, and one of his men took two steps back, then suddenly rushed forward and crossed the guardrail. Under the shocked gaze of the customs officer, he kicked the man more than a meter away on the spot. He couldn't even scream in his chest, and his face turned purple. "Fuck your mother's stinky stuff, you dare to confiscate anyone's stuff, you motherfucker say another word and see!"

This scene stunned everyone around, until the younger brother rushed forward and kicked him a few more times. Only then did the security personnel at the customs gate react. A shrill whistle sounded, and several people rushed forward with guns drawn and pinned the younger brother down.

……

The secretary looked at Director Shi, and seemed to be worried about the wrong person...

……

Just as he was pinned down, another person jumped in from Shaze's side, scaring several customs policemen so much that they pointed their guns at him, "Don't move, don't move!"

"Shoot! I look down on you even if I don't shoot! You are a bunch of useless people!" The younger brother shouted arrogantly, "You are a bunch of useless people! If you try to touch me, I will remember you. Tell your family members to be careful of being killed when they go out!"

"Be careful or I'll sue you for intimidation!" a sheriff shouted with an unpleasant expression. "Sue me, it doesn't matter." Going to the detention center was like going home, and the henchman sneered and didn't care about such threats.

The police obviously knew that these words could not threaten the gang members, and their faces looked grim for a moment.

"What's going on." A middle-aged man walked over quickly, and someone immediately went up to explain in a low voice.

During the 80-81 timeline, those entering and leaving the customs were mainly small businessmen, and the customs officials had always been lax about making things difficult for those passing through. These people in customs who had close relationships with the customs officials all knew each other, and they never expected that they would hit a wall today.

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This scene made Director Shi and others' eyelids twitch. Among the hundreds and thousands of Hong Kong businessmen he had received, Wang Yaotang was the most "unique" one, with a too "wild" style of doing things.

"This... this Mr. Wang Yaotang doesn't look like a good person?" The secretary beside Director Shi whispered.

Director Shi was silent for a moment. "It is impossible to do business in Hong Kong without any background, but as long as they abide by the law in China, it will not be a big problem."

……

While the middle-aged man was listening, his eyes kept moving back and forth between the sullen-looking Wang Yaotang and a dozen men outside who were wearing black combat uniforms, with their legs apart, holding T-shaped batons in their hands and looking fierce.

"Come on, you street bastard!" The man who was pointed at by a gun was still shouting, "My eldest brother is the God of Wealth Yao of Shengyi Jiandong Hall, just try to touch me!"

The man who spoke in a low voice was stunned for a moment, raised his hand to rub his eyes, and looked surprised.

"What's wrong?" The middle-aged man frowned even more tightly when he saw that the people around him were silent.

"I know who that person is. He is a new gangster together with Shengyi, Shuanghua, Honggun and Caishenyao. His influence is very great. Yes, very, very great." Many of the port staff in the New Territories have connections with gangs, and he is one of them.

Shenghe, Xinji and Tiaolin are all making money on this line, so naturally they want to open up the line.

The middle-aged man nodded. It was true that he was a civil servant in the customs department, but the underworld was deeply rooted in Hong Kong Island and he really couldn't afford to offend them.

"Sorry, Mr. Wang." The middle-aged man walked up with a smile and stretched out his hands.

Wang Yaotang glanced away and was too lazy to pay any attention to him.

The middle-aged man withdrew his hand with embarrassment, "There is something wrong with our people, you see..."

"Pujie, you should keep your eyes open when doing things!" Ah Wei went up and gave him a push, "Pass the level, what are you standing there for? Wait for me to apologize to you!"

"Yes, yes, yes." The middle-aged man staggered after being pushed, but he still nodded repeatedly, "I'm sorry to have wasted a lot of your time. Please come this way."

Wang Yaotang glanced at him and walked away, "Leave it to someone to handle it."

The younger brother packed up his things and left. Awei looked at the one who was pinned down and said, "You stay here. Someone will come to bail you out in a while."

"Got it, Brother Wei." The younger brother stopped struggling immediately, and several customs policemen let him go.

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"No way, they're leaving right away? The customs officer's beating was in vain?" This was completely incomprehensible to the secretary, who still believed that 'customers should not be beaten without reason'.

If this happened in the mainland...

Director Shi shook his head and turned away. Although he had learned some about the capitalist system and the differences between Hong Kong and the mainland through some study materials and contacts, his understanding was not deep.

The shock he experienced this time was no less than that of his secretary, or even greater.

He knew the middle-aged person in charge of the customs opposite. His position was equivalent to that of a deputy director in China. He was pushed by the fat guy next to Wang Yaotang and even had to smile...

The officials are not officials, and the people are not people. It's simply the opposite of what Tiangang is!

At this moment, he had a deeper understanding of the attitude of those people in Hong Kong towards the return.

……

"Boss, Brother Ji brought us a man yesterday and we are waiting for you to go back and ask him."

"With Quanxing?" Wang Yaotang asked with a smile.

"Yes."

"Haha, okay, there are some things that I need to ask an expert."

(End of this chapter)