The world begins with Hong Kong movies

Chapter 467 Is this still the normal Hong Kong underworld? (Seeking monthly votes)

In 1992, the whole world was in chaos.

Hong Kong Island remains a place of revelry and extravagance, while the income level of ordinary people has increased considerably.

According to a survey by the Hong Kong British government, the median average income on Hong Kong Island had reached HK$5,000 per month.

In 1992, this would have been an astonishing number.

In other words, the salary of an ordinary worker reached 5,000 yuan per month.

Other business owners with technical skills or those running small businesses naturally earned even more.

This is definitely a great thing for ordinary people!
What puzzled them was that these gangsters, who used to struggle to make ends meet and were rich one minute and poor the next, suddenly became wealthy.

They may not be the most generous spenders, but they certainly don't skimp on food and drink, indulging in lavish meals every day.

Her appearance has also changed. Although she is wearing high-quality counterfeit goods, she looks glamorous and elegant, a complete departure from her previous sloppy and careless appearance. She is no longer from the same world.

Gangsters are human too, and their vanity is much stronger than that of ordinary people.

Such things as traveling in fine clothes at night are definitely none of their business.

When you're broke, you're unlikely to go home for years.

No gangster could stand being disliked by his family and gossiped about by his neighbors.

But once you have money in your pocket, things are different.

They carried large and small bags home, dressed smartly, and ate and drank well every day, which made the neighbors so envious that their eyes almost turned red.

Before his bitter neighbors could spread all sorts of strange rumors, the gangster who was showing off at home told the truth himself.

The organization is growing rapidly and has legitimate businesses in Siam and Malaysia, requiring a large number of people to oversee them.

At the same time, the organization can also get a large number of best-selling goods from the mainland, all of which are bright orange gold bulls.

The big shots made a fortune, and the underlings certainly didn't come out unscathed either, earning just as much as the average white-collar worker sitting in an office in Central.

Of course, the better you perform and the more effort you put in, the more you'll earn.

Trying to profit from chaos without doing anything worthwhile? So many eyes are watching; do you really think everyone else is stupid?

Having made money, the gangsters returned home in high spirits, and their families were temporarily relieved.

But while some are triumphant, others are inevitably disappointed.

The top-tier gangs are thriving, with all sorts of businesses booming, and they're even feeling a bit short-handed.

There's no way around it; low-level thugs are good at fighting and guarding places, but if you want them to do business, you shouldn't make money.

Of course, because the business is so large and scattered, it is indeed necessary to have a lot of capable underlings to help manage the premises, which is only natural.

Especially in Southeast Asian countries like Siam, not to mention how troublesome it is to open a branch, the underlings sent there absolutely cannot be mediocre, otherwise it will be the gang's money that is lost, and the bosses are unwilling to do so.

That's true. Nowadays, there are many opportunities in top-tier organizations. It all depends on whether the underlings have the ability and dare to take the plunge.

It's not that there aren't middle-level members of the gang who want to monopolize the benefits, treating their underlings like free slaves, at most giving them some money from time to time to keep them on their toes.

Unfortunately, almost all those who dared to do this, and were sent abroad, were eliminated.

This is ridiculous. It's one thing to act like this in Hong Kong, since his underlings are just as lazy and slackers, so nobody can judge anyone else. But to act like this overseas? Isn't that just playing around with the gang's resources?
The local bullies won't be polite to you!

Like in Hong Kong gangster movies, they can whine and argue for ages over the smallest things, whereas overseas they'd just take action.

Similarly, any mid-level member of the triad who lacks ability or is too greedy will either be eliminated by the local bullies or be so frightened that they flee back to Hong Kong Island, and will not dare to embarrass themselves again for a while.

Moreover, operating territories overseas is different from operating territories in the old stronghold of Hong Kong Island.

In his old haunt on Hong Kong Island, everyone in the area speaks the same language; you could even call them neighbors.

The resident host's attention was mostly focused on the entertainment venues.

As for normal businesses, all you need to do is collect the 'property fees' on time; there's no need to spend any extra effort.

But in overseas markets, all the shops need to be taken care of.

The number of resident gang leaders naturally increased; otherwise, it would be wishful thinking to try to deal with the impact of local bullies.

However, this means that the gang leaders stationed on foreign territories also earn a considerable income, as they are involved in the specific business operations.

As a result, most of the middle-level personnel remaining in the old stronghold on Hong Kong Island are the kind of trash who can't be brought to the table.

The truly remarkable people are those who strive and succeed overseas!
Of course, the strength of top-tier gangs did not decline due to the dispersion of numerous capable underlings; on the contrary, they became even more prosperous.

For no other reason than that many second- and third-rate triads on Hong Kong Island have ambitious underlings and even mid-level leaders who want to join first-rate triads to make big money.

The territories of the Hong Kong underworld have already been divided.

Unless a major upheaval occurs in a top-tier triad, the landscape of Hong Kong's underworld will not change much in the short term.

In this way, the income from the gang's business became very stable.

Unless you expand your business, it's not an easy task.

Regardless of the type of business, territories and shares are usually clearly defined, and unless something unexpected happens, it's rare for a gang to actively break them.

Some gangster movies explain it very clearly: gang leaders actually want the order of the underworld to be stable so that they can make more money.

Moreover, nepotism was rampant, with any incompetent person rising to the position of hall master, while powerful subordinates were completely suppressed.

There was no other way before, everyone was in a similar situation!
But now, top-tier triads on Hong Kong Island have better options and more opportunities. Anyone with a bit of a brain would naturally want to seek better opportunities and development.

It is quite strange that a large number of core members of second-rate and third-rate clubs are voluntarily joining first-rate clubs.

It's a joke, really!
As the handover approached, the Hong Kong British government deliberately allowed the expansion of triad influence.

The influence of triads is indeed like a malignant tumor, infiltrating every aspect of social life.

The first to feel the pressure are naturally those in the film and television industry, where money comes quickly and it's also very easy to launder it.

But no one expected that Wu Feng's encouragement of top Hong Kong triads to develop overseas would inadvertently curb the arrogance of Hong Kong triads.

Most of the capable and ambitious people have gone out to make their way in the world. Those who remain in Hong Kong are either timid or truly worthless, the kind of rotten fish that even ordinary people can't intimidate.

Unexpectedly, after a period of chaos, the security situation on Hong Kong Island miraculously improved significantly!
This situation left even the Hong Kong British government somewhat bewildered!

(End of this chapter)