My Lord, you need to stand up!

Chapter 925 I am a coal washer

Let Wei Dong remember that Chow Yun-fat made a gangster movie in his past life.

The story is about how he had to inherit the role of a gang leader because his father was the boss.

At the time, Chow Yun-fat's action-packed gunfight movies, where he was so powerful that even gods and Buddhas couldn't stop him, became a terrible movie that audiences criticized as unwatchable.

According to Cheng Lang, including characters like Ni Yongxiao, the bosses in Hong Kong films who are forced to take over are all based on this Boss Long.

As the eldest son of the Long family, all his younger brothers followed the family precepts from a young age and learned martial arts with great vigor. Only he was happy and carefree, working as a minor civil servant.

Then, my father commanded the siege of Wutai Mountain, forcing us to retreat to the right bank.

If the gang doesn't continue to grow and prosper, then the old man will naturally become a useless piece of trash living under someone else's roof.

In addition, the stepmother and younger brothers were all messing around without any long-term solutions.

The lowly civil servant had no choice but to resign to keep things running. Over the course of thirty years, he didn't shed a drop of blood on his hands, yet he managed Xin'an like a thriving business.

It was under his leadership that the gang truly became the number one.

But no one thought that being a gang leader was also a profession.

Some people don't want to do it anymore. In fact, almost no gang leader wants to do it anymore after a while.

The simplest and happiest time was when Wei Dong first started selling cameras nationwide, taking advantage of the Olympics to sell cameras.

Starting with sanitary napkins, more and more people are following suit and eating them.

That sense of responsibility arises spontaneously, and it's not so carefree anymore.

The difference between being a big shot and being content with a modest life is enormous.

For gang leaders, it's an even more irreversible path.

The situation is so dire that anyone with a modicum of sense would be unable to sleep at night.

That's why many leaders become crazy in the later stages, knowing they won't have a good ending, so they might as well go crazy and at least enjoy themselves.

But Cheng Lang said that Boss Long died peacefully and returned to his hometown in eastern Guangdong to live out his retirement in peace.

Moreover, following his lead, many Hong Kong and Taiwan tycoons later returned to the mainland to retire.

Wei Dong instantly understood that this was a means of ensuring a safe transition.

The person who came up with this idea is just as ingenious as the person who devised the plan to send a key figure across borders.

Within the bounds of the rules, one must grasp human nature and make everyone compelled to follow the set pattern without any means of resistance.

The turning point for Boss Long was around 1986 or 1987, when he was arrested by an undercover police officer. Although he was eventually released due to insufficient evidence, he was imprisoned for a full year.

Some reckless and arrogant people treat imprisonment as a form of recognition, and upon their release, they become even more swaggering and domineering.

Yu Qili also uses imprisonment to increase his own capital.

But after Wei Dong sat there for three months, he remembered for two lifetimes that he would never fall into that situation again.

Boss Long started planning his escape route as soon as he got out of prison.

His personality prevents him from recklessly courting death; instead, he strives to achieve his goals through various means.

But Wei Dong used this incident to directly present him with a solution.

Just ask me, isn't the feeling of finding a pillow when you're sleepy wonderful?

As for his younger brothers, whom he wanted to beat and kill, he had already shirked that responsibility after his father died on the right bank in the 1970s.

It's better to lock them up, especially after that point, as that's when they're truly saving their lives.

That very evening, Asia Television released the latest news that Colorful Pictures, which had recently achieved excellent box office results, would merge with Wing On Pictures to form a new film group.

The entire entertainment industry and film and television industry are shaken.

Based on what has happened in the past few days, everyone knows that this means a new movie behemoth has been born.

Previously, the main issue was that TVB boss Uncle Six's Zhao's Film Company had been suspended from trading the year before last. His key figures had left to start their own companies, such as Brother Lung, and there was also the cinema chain film company, which was already in disarray and had sold Chow Yun-fat's film contracts.

These three major companies, along with the rising star Wing On Film Company and a bunch of independent small film companies, supported the glory of Hong Kong films for more than a decade.

Now, the resurrected Colorful Pictures has surprisingly partnered with Yong'an Pictures in a daring takeover attempt.

In an instant, it became the most powerful and well-equipped crocodile.

Because of Boss Long's two younger brothers, who have entered the film industry aggressively in the past two years, they have signed many film contracts and agency agreements by relying on their methods.

For example, besides Chow Yun-fat, Andy Lau, who is the most guaranteed box office draw, and Man Chi-leung, who is very familiar to mainland audiences, are both under contract with Wing On.

Zhang Min hasn't made a name for himself yet, but a group of experienced directors and screenwriters skilled in action and entertainment films are all in Yong'an.

In other words, Wing On, with its gang background, was the main production center for gunfight films that were seen throughout mainland China in the 1990s.

While other film studios would at least make some art films and dramas, Wing On only made gunfight films and Stephen Chow's comedies.

If Wei Dong hadn't interrupted, Chow Yun-fat, Wang Xin, and Stephen Chow would all have made their appearances in Wing On, beginning their later successes.

So this means that, apart from Jackie Chan, he later controlled most of the Hong Kong film industry.

Doesn't this shake the entire film industry?

It was comparable to the Great East Tokyo Earthquake. But that's not all.

Then, in seemingly unrelated financial news, it was announced that Tung Sing Sports Culture Co., Ltd. would invest in acquiring Wing On Entertainment Co., Ltd., taking over the entertainment industry, which includes six nightclubs, more than ten bars and two cinemas.

Those in the underworld will definitely be paying close attention to whether Bozi Dong has already reached an agreement to take over Xin'an's leading industry!
However, various financial and economic experts quickly grasped the key points behind it.

This cluster of nightclub-based businesses is not worth mentioning; most of them are rented venues and properties. Their core competitiveness lies in renovation costs and the hostesses.
The key point is that this messy bunch of stuff had already been packaged up and listed on the stock exchange by Boss Long.

Dongsheng Sports instantly transformed from a dockside basketball arena into a listed company!
Originally, under Xin'an's control, the most they could achieve was a formalized entertainment company going public, which wouldn't raise much money.

However, when combined with the currently popular Dong Sheng basketball, it immediately becomes a strong dark horse attracting attention in the stock market.

Ultimately, these two major news items overshadowed another listed company handover that was not announced on ATV.

Kungfu Finance Limited, registered with Citibank, acquired Yong'an Investment, which is a group of finance companies engaged in various financial businesses such as usury, money laundering, and underground banks.

Together, they were all acquired and listed by Boss Long, and they own Yong'an Bank!
Moreover, it is a wholly-owned bank with an insurance license.

Opening a bank in Hong Kong wasn't too difficult, at least not in the 1950s and 60s. Uncle Tak even had his own bank in his early years.

However, around the 1970s and 1980s, licensing began to be tightened, and small banks were frequently impacted by bank runs and bankruptcies, resulting in a relatively large number of banks that survived the survival of the fittest.

Yong An Bank primarily served those shady businesses.

Most gangs lack this level of financial literacy and don't pay much attention to financial information.

The film and television industry rarely pays attention to the connection between gangs and banks.

Only police officers closely monitoring triad organized crime would contact Wei Dong immediately: "Did you take over Xin'an's bank?"

Let Wei Dong continue to be frank: "The livelihood of tens of thousands of people always needs a proper resettlement process. Come on, you can check the accounts and sort out the information as you please. I just guarantee that I will bring Boss Long's family to settle in the mainland."

The police will immediately understand that this is similar to a plea agreement or a tainted witness completely disposing of their information.

They even mistook Wei Dong for some mysterious mainland industrial security bigwig, and immediately organized a large number of people to investigate the accounts as if they had found a treasure!

This made Wei Dong so happy!
He had no intention of making money from this messy, shady account; how could he take money soaked in blood, sweat, and sin?

What he wanted was this bank, especially one with an insurance license—that would be a huge cash reservoir.

However, it is easy to imagine how difficult it would be to sort out this complicated accounting that is likely to involve many cases. In Hong Kong, where everything is about money, how much money would it cost to hire an accountant to do the dirty work?

Now the police have taken the initiative!

Just let Weidong, as the homeowner, wait by the side to see the results report.

Laughing heartily... in a meeting with handsome male and female celebrities.

He couldn't even go to Malaysia with the basketball team.

The Hong Kong police are not to be trifled with either. At this critical moment, they demanded that Wei Dong remain in Hong Kong to cooperate with various investigations, citing the pretext that he had shot and killed someone.

The real fear is that if he leaves, all sides will immediately start fighting.

This forced Wei Dong to stay and face everything, and he even had to call Shanghai to apologize for the delay.

As a result, even people in Shanghai knew about the Hong Kong turmoil and urged him to uphold his principles and fight bravely, assuring him that the entire mainland was his support.

He made Wei Dong grunt and nod, but he didn't really take it seriously.

This is no different from later cracking down on those telecom fraud gangs next door.

However, Hong Kong, the Pearl of the Orient, is many times more powerful than the four major families in those county towns.

It is the city's real estate and business tycoons who are creating wealth with the help of millions of more capable citizens, not the power of these gangs and families.

In essence, these so-called gang leaders are not as unscrupulous as those county-level families who flaunt their wealth and watches, and their fighting ability is far inferior to theirs.

It was also the era of cold weapons, primarily fists, feet, knives, and axes.

More than 20 core members have been extradited and are being held in detention in eastern Guangdong Province.

Indeed, the various factions in Xin'an, surrounded by enemies, were eager to make their move. Some, unwilling to break up, wanted to seize the opportunity to take power, while others, more reckless, wanted to take advantage of the situation.

Boss Long himself took drastic measures; how he dealt with the internal issues was his business.

They did indeed send their second son, who had just graduated from university, to handle various acquisition and transfer matters.

When Wei Dong inquired, he discovered that the young man was a law graduate from Sun Yat-sen University last year. In fact, it was this inexperienced son who orchestrated Long Lao Da's release from prison last year!
Well, he was handpicked by Cheng Lang to support the subsequent economic transformation of Xin'an and even achieve remarkable results.

This also made Wei Dong feel at ease.

The big shots in the Three Kingdoms and Water Margin, even after being assassinated or annihilated, still turned around and became sworn brothers with their enemies, drinking blood wine together.

He's gotten used to it now.

"Long Zhenwei, right? Sit here. From now on, we'll be looking for you to lead the group's legal affairs in Hong Kong."

He casually picked up a report from last month covering all the IT industries, including Kungfu Software, Kungfu Investment, and Innovative Boards, and handed it over: "This is our current business in the high-tech industry. Take a look and familiarize yourself with it. I'll talk to you about the film business."

There were also some inexperienced 22-year-old trainee lawyers who were observing how this equally young and mysterious big shot interacted with handsome men and beautiful women.

But I was immediately drawn to the numbers on the list.

Even though it's been more than half a year since the launch event, Apple's computers, sound cards, and software are still generating a substantial cash flow of $1.3 million in February!
Even though I'm a third-generation gangster who's been used to money since I was a child, I've never seen so much white money before.

(End of this chapter)