Hong Kong Film: Jimmy? Please call me Councillor Li

Chapter 196 Arresting and releasing people as they please? Don't I have any dignity?
Outside the police station

At the very edge of the crowd, near a pillar, a group of thugs were watching the commotion.

"Wow, that's really impressive. Brother Yuan is awesome! Over a thousand people surrounded the police station. Didn't you see how scared the superintendent with the flower on his shoulder was when he came out?"

"Idiot, that's not a superintendent, that's an assistant commissioner, at the very least a chief superintendent. I'm telling you to read more books."

"Big brother, you're amazing."

This group of thugs are locals in Wan Chai, from the Sun Kee gang, and they've come to watch the excitement.

Among these thugs, a young man with a square face and a rugged appearance looked thoughtfully at the chaotic scene in front of him.

The guy next to him patted him on the shoulder.

"Hey Leopard, what are you looking at? You want to go up there and throw eggs too?"

The young man named Ah Bao snapped out of his daze and gave an awkward laugh.

"No, no, I just arrived here and don't know anything. Who is this Brother Yuan they're talking about? These people surrounding the police station don't seem like gangsters; they seem more like ordinary neighbors."

How could these people be so bold as to do this for him?

The leader of the small group jumped off the railing, full of pride, and couldn't hide his admiration and excitement when talking about Li Jiayuan.

"You big circle kid, what do you know? Let me explain it to you properly."

"Brother Yuan is our idol among gangsters. He's a gangster now, or rather, a district councilor."

The leopard looked shocked, thinking it had misheard.

"Even gangsters can become councilors!"

"Of course not, but can Brother Yuan be an ordinary person? You've been with me for a few days now, what have we been doing all this time?"

The leopard thought for a moment and then answered.

"Parking, selling candy, fighting!"

"Look, look, look, that's a new level. Do you know what they're doing?"

"Does the property management company know that they run a company? Both the legal and illegal sides have to give them face. Go to Yau Ma Tei tomorrow and see the security there. You'll understand why these people dared to surround the police station."

Brother Yuan is truly a role model for us gangsters. Do you know Chung Tin Group? It's an insurance tycoon. Even they have to do business with Brother Yuan. He's a regular in high society. It's all over the news. He's one of Hong Kong Island's Ten Outstanding Young Persons.

"Who doesn't know Brother Yuan from Yau Ma Tei? I wish I could work for the community property management company too."

As they talked, the group began to daydream.

Meanwhile, Daquanbao silently memorized the names Li Jiayuan and Jiayuan Property.

"Wow, there are so many people, Brother Lang."

Shen Wenyi and her sister Cheng Lang, who were out shopping today, happened to walk into Wan Chai.

Seeing the commotion ahead, I thought there was some kind of event, but when I got closer, I found that these people were throwing eggs at the entrance of the police station.

So the three of them watched the spectacle from a distance.

"How dare these people cause trouble in front of the police station? And there are so many elderly people there, brother, did you see them?"

Cheng Hong turned her head with a sigh, but when she looked back, she found that her older brother Cheng Lang's face was full of worry, and his brows were tightly furrowed.

"Brother, what's wrong with you?"

"Oh, it's nothing."

"Hey, it's rare that you don't have work at the construction site, so let's come out for a walk and cheer up."

Cheng Lang gave a forced smile, looking at the police station not far away, and thought to himself.

Yuan Ge is still inside, how can he be happy? If it weren't for the need to keep his identity secret, he would have come to help boost morale today.

"Who is this 'Brother Yuan' they're talking about? Why are they surrounding the police station?"

Shen Wenyi had only been back in Hong Kong for a short time and had been working so much that he hadn't been paying much attention to the news. He knew about the protests, but he really didn't know who Li Jiayuan was.

Moreover, most people wouldn't make that connection.

At that moment, Cheng Lang's melancholy voice came through.

"They are talking about Li Jiayuan, the owner of the residential property management company, who was taken away for investigation because he spoke up for the protesters."

The two women nodded, while Cheng Hong held Cheng Lang's arm.

"Hey, these are all big shots' business, they have nothing to do with us. Bro, how do you know so much about this?" Realizing he had let something slip, Cheng Lang quickly changed the subject.

"I heard it from someone else. Let's go shopping."

The easygoing Cheng Hong naturally couldn't tell that Cheng Lang was troubled, but Shen Wenyi, whose heart was entirely devoted to Cheng Lang, noticed that something was wrong with him.

"Brother Lang, do you know this Li Jiayuan?"

"!!!"

"No, how could I possibly know such a big boss? If I knew him, would I still need to go to the construction site?"

My younger sister, Cheng Hong, is heartless.

"That's true, but brother, are you really planning to stay on the construction site forever? How much money can you make working on a construction site? It's exhausting."

Cheng Lang wanted to refute, but he couldn't find the words.

If I told my sister that I earned more than 10,000 Hong Kong dollars for recording a song last time, wouldn't she be terrified? One year. As long as this year is over, he can officially become one of Brother Yuan's men.

They no longer need to hide it by working on construction sites.

Wan Chai Police Station
Inside the detention cell

【Yau Ma Tei overall support rate +0.3%】

【Tsim Sha Tsui overall support rate +0.6%】

[Wong Tai Sin Temple as a whole]

Listening to the familiar broadcast, Li Jiayuan was in a great mood. He counted on his fingers, lost in thought.

Judging by the timing, the people in Yau Ma Tei should have started making trouble by now. Hopefully, they won't go too far.

I'm hungry. Why hasn't anyone brought me food yet?

Suddenly, a series of hurried footsteps came from outside the detention room.

Lam Cheuk-hei entered with a brisk, swift gait, accompanied by the CCB's Ma Ma, and followed by the top leaders of the entire Wan Chai Police Station.

Inside the detention room, the other detainees heard the commotion, turned around, and were also startled by the noise.

Rows of people in leadership uniforms walked into the narrow detention cells, and the aisle outside was almost too small for them to stand in.

“Mr. Lam, I am Lam Cheuk-hei, the chief commander of Wan Chai Police Station. We have obtained conclusive evidence regarding your commercial fraud investigation. You have been wrongly accused, and you may leave now.”

Lin Zhuoxi cursed Ma Shangfeng's ancestors for eighteen generations in his heart. As the commander of Wan Chai, when had he ever been treated like this and had to lower himself to smile?

He has to come; if this guy doesn't leave, even the higher-ups won't let him off the hook.

The civilians outside started throwing petrol bombs, and they couldn't arrest them all by force.

The feeling of having a knife to your throat and not being able to fight back is incredibly frustrating.

If those guys outside weren't mostly old, the waterwheel would be here working by now.

But there are so many elderly people, who dares to touch them? If you do, they'll probably all be removed from their positions.

Tomorrow's headline in Hong Kong news will be: a police officer beats an elderly person.

At this moment, Li Jiayuan glanced at Lin Zhuoxi, lost in thought.

This is the commander-in-chief of Wan Chai; I don't know what his official position is.

Commander-in-Chief is a title, not a specific position, but people who are given this title are usually not ordinary; at the very least, they are chief superintendents.

Weren't the people at CCB all very powerful when they arrested him?

If they arrest me and release me so easily, where will I put my face?

He did all this just to show off his arms; he wouldn't leave without winning something.

"go out?"

"It hasn't even been 48 hours yet. I'm not going out. You can all go back. Don't try to persuade me. I really like police-community cooperation, don't you think, Superintendent Ma?"

Ma Feng, who was called out, trembled all over, feeling the threat of Lin Zhuoxi's deathly gaze.

He quickly went forward to apologize.

"Mr. Li, it was our oversight that we didn't investigate properly, and we've caused you trouble. I will definitely give the people below a good talking-to later."

(End of this chapter)