Hong Kong movies: Do you love your sister-in-law or gold?

Chapter 10: From the East Star? I specialize in attacking the East Star! (Please read on)

Liu Jianming believed that He Hua must know that if she voluntarily surrendered herself, not only would she not go to jail, but she would even be promoted as a model of "breaking the shackles of her original family" later.

Seeing the two police officers' surprised expressions, Liu Jianming said to cheer them up, "What's with that look on your faces, sir? I'm not trying to persuade a prostitute to change her ways, I'm just trying to persuade a thief to change his ways!"

The two police officers reacted and left Liu Jianming's contact information. The Hong Kong Police Commissioner usually presents the "Good Citizen Award" once a month.

If there is a publicity stunt, approval will be faster.

"The young girl thief was reformed, escaped the fate of her family of pickpockets and voluntarily surrendered herself" was a good publicity gimmick.

After the police and He Hua's family left, Liu Jianming frowned slightly.

Because he found out that the reward for this mission was only 1000 grams of gold.

Logically, if the construction team of Yanting's decoration company asked for the outstanding payment, and Liu Jianming helped Yanting recover the 5 yuan, the debt and decoration problems should be solved.

But now the reward has not arrived, which means that even if Yan Ting gets the 50,000 yuan, it will not solve the crisis of the decoration company, and there are still variables in the future.

Yan Ting asked at this time: "I just saw the personal information you recorded with the police. Did I call you Jianming?"

Liu Jianming smiled and said, "If Sister Ting thinks I'm pretty, you can call me Pretty Ming."

Yan Ting looked at her watch and said a little embarrassedly, "Handsome Ming, you helped me recover the 5 yuan today. It really saved my life. Thank you so much."

"I must treat you to a nice meal, but I need to give this money to the workers down below urgently. Can you wait?"

Liu Jianming just wanted to check why the reward for "solving Yan Ting's debt and renovation crisis" had not arrived.

He smiled and said, "I feel like Sister Ting is too kind to negotiate with the decorator. I'd better go with her to make a good impression!"

Yan Ting originally had a quiet and gentle personality, and her job was to design decoration plans in the office.

In the past, my husband was responsible for all the rough work dealing with the renovation and construction team.

In the past month or two, dealing with these rough men has indeed made her feel like she is often bullied.

Now, remembering Liu Jianming's impressive performance in dealing with the pickpocket, Yan Ting felt much more at ease with him by her side. So, Yan Ting and Liu Jianming boarded a ferry across the sea together.

Yan Ting's decoration shop is near Nathan Road in Kowloon, while Dongfeng Garden is in Causeway Bay on Hong Kong Island.

This is the first time that Liu Jianming has visited Causeway Bay after traveling through time. This is a "must-fight place" for Hong Kong Island's social groups, and it seems to be a place where all the Hong Kong variety show bosses like to "take advantage of the situation."

In 1991, the entertainment nightlife in Hong Kong Island was not as developed as it would be a few years later. Therefore, compared to the protection fees from nightlife, the decoration business was often a rare business for large gangs, and it was a white-collar industry that could support a large number of strong backbones.

Liu Jianming and Yan Ting entered Dongfeng Garden and came to the house of one of the three decoration owners her company had taken on.

There were more than a dozen workers in the room at this time. Two of them were smoking at the door, and the other ten or so were divided into two groups, sitting around on the floor tiles covered with newspapers and playing cards.

Yan Ting fanned herself slightly to drive away the pungent smell of sweat and secondhand smoke.

Yan Ting found the foreman she had negotiated with before, handed him the envelope and said, "Brother Wei, this is the 5 yuan we agreed on earlier."

"Please arrange for the brothers to finish this one as soon as possible. The water and electricity lines for the other two households have been laid. The carpenters should be coming in by now, right?"

When they heard the boss lady bring over 5 Hong Kong dollars, the two decoration workers who were playing cards dropped the cards and rushed over.

Yan Ting frowned and said, "Brother Wei, this family's carpentry and floor tile work is finished. They won't need so many workers in the final stages, right?" Brother Wei first put 5 Hong Kong dollars into his pocket, then smiled and said, "These workers are here to collect their money. Besides this family, the other two construction workers are here too."

Yan Ting's expression changed and she said, "Brother Wei, we clearly agreed beforehand that I would pay you 5 yuan first. Once this house is completed and delivered, and the owner pays the balance, I will pay the progress payments to the other two families!"

But Brother Wei said shamelessly: "Boss, I said I was the team leader of the renovation team, but I am just a middleman. These workers below me all get paid by the boss."

"They heard the boss ran off with the money up north, and they're worried they won't get paid for the work they did up front. They're all clamoring to get you money, and I can't stop them!"

The cunning Brother Wei took a slight step back, and the workers who were working on the other two households and had not yet received their progress payments immediately surrounded Yan Ting and Liu Jianming.

Liu Jianming stepped forward, protecting Yan Ting behind him. His 183cm height was enough to create an oppressive presence even when surrounded by a group of burly renovation workers.

Protected by Liu Jianming, Yan Ting calmed down considerably and said to the surrounding workers, "I'm not running away. My husband did run away. But you've seen the projects of these three companies."

"The company is having liquidity difficulties right now, but as long as this one customer makes the payment first and we get the final payment, we can start moving forward."

A short, somewhat aggressive worker shouted, "We don't care what you and Brother Wei negotiated. We just want our wages. You are the boss, and we are the laborers."

"You have to raise money for us today, otherwise we will tear down all the decorations in this house!"

Liu Jianming saw the short man shouting and making eye contact with the people around him, and he was much more vicious than he looked.

Liu Jianming pointed at the tattoo that stretched from his shoulder to his chest and said, "Brother, you're not just an ordinary laborer, are you? What do you mean by making things difficult for the boss lady? Just be direct and clear!"

Seeing that Liu Jianming's tone was very harsh, the short worker immediately took a step back and looked at Brother Wei, still wanting him to take the lead.

Brother Wei had 5 yuan in hand, so he wasn't afraid of turning the table over. He said directly: "These brothers are all with Brother Sha Biao from Dongxing."

"Brother Sha Biao is one of the Five Tigers of Dongxing, and the eldest brother of Golden Tiger Shameng. He has been working in decorating for over 20 years. The decorating of Dongfeng Garden was all done by Brother Sha Biao."

"Boss lady, your husband ran away too. The decoration business is very complicated. You only have two options."

"Or, we can ask Brother Babi from Dongxing for another loan at high interest to pay off all the brothers' debts."

"Or, go find Brother Sha Biao directly and transfer the renovation contracts for these three households to him. You can't do the project at Dongfeng Garden!"

Yan Ting's face flushed and paled when she heard Brother Wei's request. She had finally received orders for these Dongfeng Garden properties from a few trusted old owners.

The profits from these businesses were very slim, and they were mainly for reputation and to pay back the interest on the loan sharking her husband borrowed from her.

Now the contractor Wei Ge seems to have given her two options: transfer the project to the community, which will cause the company to lose its reputation and trust, and it will inevitably go bankrupt.

As for continuing to borrow high-interest loans from Babi, how will they, mother and daughter, repay the debt if their company is gone in the future? Just thinking about it makes me break out in a cold sweat.

When Liu Jianming heard that the person behind this group of people was Sha Meng, one of the Five Tigers of Dongxing and who was working in the decoration project, he understood that these people were making things difficult for Yan Ting not just for a few wages.

Liu Jianming took a step forward, raised his right arm, and hit Brother Wei directly in the chest with an elbow. Brother Wei flew backwards and knocked down five or six decoration workers.

"Are you from Dongxing? I'm fighting against Dongxing!"

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