My Lord, you need to stand up!

Chapter 788 Mice really might turn into cats
The basketball craze in Hong Kong has reached such a point that the Basketball Association can no longer remain silent.

Just like decades later when grassroots football tournaments like the Village Super League and the Casual Super League were thriving, if the Football Association didn't speak up, it would be completely abandoned. So, it shamelessly came to show a gesture of appeasement.

Here's the funniest detail.

In the 1980s, the most common VHS videotapes on the market were just like audio tapes, and could be copied at will.

The only difference from a cassette tape is the anti-recording feature. There's a plastic clip in the corner at the back of the tape. If you pry off this nail-sized clip with a screwdriver, the VCR won't be able to record it. So, genuine videotapes often don't have this clip at all, signifying that piracy is not allowed.

But it's just a formality; you can simply seal the opening with transparent tape and copy the data.

As it turns out, the gangsters who sell videotapes are willing to go to people's homes to watch them!

If you see this basketball videotape playing anywhere on the street or even in someone's house, you can boldly pause the game, unload the tape, and check it. If it's a pirated tape or has tape on it, sorry, I'll smash the tape immediately and even use my fists to find the source of the pirated videotape!

Smash them one by one!
We gangsters work so hard, and you guys still buy pirated copies? How can you do this to us?

How can we jointly build a better Hong Kong under Lion Rock?

So when Qin Yuye finally finished producing two music videos on the third day, the gangsters at Hesheng cheered and actively participated in the sales.

Of course, the Hesheng Boss will have to pay first.

Music video production companies are supposed to share profits with singers. Colorful Film Company may not make a profit, but it still has to cover the cost of the videos and the singers' share of the revenue.

Du Hongyi agreed and immediately ordered someone to bring cash to pay the bill.

They certainly have various forms of illicit income, but they can't just sit around and do nothing.

In some ways, members of the community work harder than ordinary people because they know that this path is brutal.

“Alright, you give me the money, and I'll give you the money back in return. Tomorrow night we're going to Wan Chai Sports Centre to play a game against the Hong Kong Island champions. You need to get a few hundred or a thousand brothers to maintain order, and give them clothes, jeans, and sneakers, plus a HK$50 allowance for each of them. Since there will definitely be this kind of work often in the future, you should set up a security company to take on this kind of job. It will happen every few days.”

Orders worth tens of thousands of yuan may not seem like much, but they can generate a steady stream of income.

And most importantly, it requires mobilizing a lot of manpower, which is actually the job that the gang leader likes the most.

Because on the one hand, they need to desperately recruit henchmen to expand their strength, and on the other hand, they need to give these lazy gangsters enough things to do, otherwise they will be a disorganized mess with no fighting power.

This was like a godsend for Wei Dong, offering him a legitimate business opportunity.

They repeatedly said yes.

Then Wei Dong got down to business: "Last time we agreed that I would make a movie and you guys would handle the theatrical release, but now I want to polish the movie I'm starting to make, so it's uncertain when it will be released. So let's make one first. I've already talked to Brother Fa, and he'll be working with director Wang Xin."

Du Hongyi was overjoyed: "Chow Yun-fat's movie?! It's bound to be a hit, it's bound to be a box office success. Hop Shing will fully support you, we'll do anything you ask!"

Wei Dong even thought that cooperating with the gang might not be so bad: "But you know, Brother Fa's film contracts are booked for several years in advance. No matter how good our relationship is, I can't force him to squeeze out time to film my movies. So the current solution is to buy his film contracts. I'll point you in the right people, and you can negotiate. Don't use violence. We are all civilized people. I'll still pay for it. The purpose of you negotiating is to avoid getting involved with Xin'an."

Previously, Wei Dong genuinely never asked Chow Yun-fat about those contracts.

He never considered using his connections to exploit his friends; he couldn't bear the shame of that.

But now that I've confirmed with Wang Xin that we're filming "God of Gamblers," I'll definitely have to ask Chow Yun-fat what to do.

Before filming "A Better Tomorrow," he was basically considered box office poison, and good movies didn't dare to cast him. So, he had to swallow his pride and try to get a supporting role in that film, earning a salary of HK$400,000.

As a result, he became the male lead who turned his life around.

So, to repay this life-changing favor, Chow Yun-fat, who had become famous, couldn't ask for an exorbitant price and signed a bunch of film contracts with the company for HK$100 million per film.

However, in the past two years, this film company, which was jointly founded by several bigwigs, has fallen apart.

They collaborated with various film companies behind the scenes, and Chow Yun-fat became a bargaining chip for them in these collaborations.

These movie contracts, worth a million dollars each, can be bought and sold.

However, without underworld connections, they would definitely be charged exorbitant prices.

The meaning of having Weidong send Hesheng to negotiate is that we won't treat you unfairly, but we also won't be taken advantage of.

They've been eyeing Xin'an with predatory intent all along.

At that time, only Jackie Chan and Chow Yun-fat were extremely popular in the Hong Kong film market.

Brother Long is already tied to the biggest film company.

Therefore, Chow Yun-fat, who was stranded abroad, naturally became a prime target for various companies.

He was also extremely tired.

Wei Dong's idea was to buy a few more copies: "As long as the price isn't outrageous, we'll buy a few more so that Brother Chow can catch his breath."

Du Hongyi, with his thin face and arrogance, wore a pair of brown sunglasses: "Don't worry, Sheng, this is no problem."

Wei Dong quickly reminded them not to use violence: "The people the organization assigned to me today must be emphasized not to lay a hand on the fans, just maintain order." The leader of the community had to think about how to avoid violence, and nodded with difficulty.

On the third day, various media outlets, as if afraid it wouldn't be a big deal, published the match between the professional champion team sent by the Basketball Association and the private commercial team.

The Hong Kong Coliseum, with its 10,000 seats, has been scheduled for concerts every day lately, so if we can't take a break, then we'll go with the second largest, the Queen Elizabeth Stadium.

All 3,500 seats sold out instantly when tickets went on sale that night.

The price of HK$50 is probably the lowest price for a concert at the Hong Kong Coliseum.

It's very cheap for Hong Kong residents.

Then, starting in the morning, large crowds began to gather around the stadium located near Causeway Bay.

Wei Dong's side could only raise about a thousand seats for the various amateur basketball teams and loyal fans in the basketball arena, symbolically charging ten Hong Kong dollars per person.

Upon arrival, one could only sit on the steps in the passageway.

Then, taking advantage of the lunch break, he distributed T-shirts, jeans, and locally sourced sneakers that had been "exported" to the various blond-haired, tattooed, and violent guys who arrived one after another, emphasizing that they would all wear these clothes as their work badges.

We simply don't have the energy right now to register identities for gangsters who are highly mobile.

Let's try to get started first.

Just getting their uniforms was a problem; the gangsters from the same gang had old grudges with different bosses and different neighborhoods, and they almost got into fights in different groups of people two or three times!

It was only by having the gang leaders curse their underlings that they were able to barely separate the feud.

This job is really tough. The basketball players are starting to complain. Can't we help? Why do we have to ask these guys to do the work?

Even Wei Dong couldn't really call this a united front effort.

Actually, there are quite a few underlings among the basketball players, and some people have long been urging Bozai Dong to raise his own flag and become the boss.

Wei Dong had no time for such thoughts, and besides, there were quite a few police officers and civil servants among the basketball players.

Finally, on Cheng Lang's advice, these groups of gangsters were divided into different street intersections and inside the stadium to form teams.

Only then were the gunpowder barrels separated and placed.

But it wasn't until nightfall that we realized it was all thanks to these people!

Because in addition to professional and semi-professional basketball teams and league organizations, there are always some amateur basketball enthusiasts in a metropolis of millions of people. Their gathering place is just a few hundred meters away from this stadium, which can be considered a basketball mecca in Hong Kong.

The seasoned veterans in Yau Ma Tei were quite disdainful of the idea of ​​a basketball arena suddenly appearing out of nowhere and attracting the attention of all the amateur basketball teams in Hong Kong.

He considers himself the big boss of the city center and looks down on those who have gone astray.

They had played against each other before and even won a weekly championship once, but unlike other amateur teams, they didn't follow the Dongsheng Basketball Hall's lead.

So this time, I was both embarrassed and reluctant to let go, and somewhat regretful about joining in. This manifested as an awkward protest against the invasion of our hobby by foreign species, which disrupted our enjoyment of ourselves...

It also has a scale of several hundred people.

But compared to the citizens who rushed over to see what was going on, this was nothing!
Tens of thousands of people probably came to the area around the stadium hoping to buy aisle tickets, scalped tickets, or even just to see the legendary tall guy.

Because it's right next to Hong Kong's largest racecourse, it's easy to attract a large crowd.

Tens of thousands of people were excitedly watching the spectacle, so it was naturally very unpleasant to suddenly have so much noise coming from the side.

Especially when the thousands of basketball players from Dongsheng Basketball came, they made all sorts of sarcastic remarks.

They got the atmosphere going, making everyone so excited they almost rushed over to beat up those guys with their overflowing sense of superiority.

It was some Wan Chai gangster who noticed the situation was turning against him and immediately called for reinforcements. Hundreds of his underlings, all dressed in matching "Dong Sheng Sports" T-shirts, stood in the middle, their undisguised gangster aura effectively blocking the enthusiasts' impulse.

The police officers on duty, who were calling for backup, were stunned.

What happened today? The mouse turned into a cat! Where am I? Who am I? What can I do?!

Wei Dong ignored the commotion outside and was watching Fred give a serious tactical talk to a group of foreigners on the court, while a bunch of Dong Sheng basketball players listened intently from the sidelines.

Chi Shiming finally rushed back: "I really admire you, boss. Even something as trivial as basketball, you can turn into a grand feast. Uncle De has said it several times in private: you have a bright future!"

Wei Dong chuckled and leaned on his shoulder, saying, "You're about to call me Dad, aren't you going to change your address?"

Chi Shiming also had his pride: "If you weren't so powerful, and I were your top real estate henchman, do you think he would marry his daughter to me? Don't worry, I won't philander and ruin things. Just make sure you give me a big red envelope to save face for me. I do have a family too."

Wei Dong patted her arm affectionately: "No problem, I... Hey, hey, hey, don't let this little girl get fooled!"

He disregarded his top real estate henchman and jumped over the railing of the stands because he saw Lai Yuet-ngor wearing a work badge and communicating and gesturing with Camp!

That won't do!
(End of this chapter)