Hong Kong Film Intelligence King

Chapter 235 Pavlov was a great animal trainer

Chen Guozhong arrived very quickly.

He didn't come alone; he brought the entire group with him.

When James saw him, he felt half embarrassed and half relieved.

“We found a doctor who had been knocked unconscious in the restroom, and his white coat was missing.”

"According to the records, he was the doctor who changed your dressing."

"Richard and the other two guys are fine; they were just knocked out by the anesthetic. The doctor said they just need to get twelve hours of sleep."

Chen Guozhong informed James of the findings of the investigation; even if he hadn't informed him, James would have had to write a report afterward.

"There is only one murderer, and Sir is quite skilled."

James looked at Chen Guozhong incredulously: "Only one? This method doesn't seem like the style of a triad."

Gangs are usually a motley crew, though they may have knife-wielders.

However, when the knife-wielders are out in action, they are all masked, so they basically don't let anyone know who they are.

This is the gang's most elite force.

The Ni family isn't a triad; they're a drug trafficking ring. If they were to deploy such forces, they would definitely use guns, not tranquilizer guns.

Furthermore, the Ni family wouldn't just produce one gunman.

Chen Guozhong pulled James aside and whispered, "This isn't someone from the Ni family."

"Didn't you tell me that the Ni family was going to make a move against me?" James asked, puzzled. "Is there someone else trying to get me?"

If that's the case, then that's really bad.

Chen Guozhong's expression was very serious: "He's an assassin!"

what? !

James looked up abruptly, utterly shocked: "An assassin?! You're kidding me?"

Would I joke about something like this?

“He’s a top ten assassin on the hitman list.” Chen Guozhong wasn’t going to be polite to James now.

If it weren't for Wang Dao's scheme, it would be a pipe dream to get Chen Guozhong to be polite to the foreigners.

Indeed, Chen Guozhong's approach is the best advice. Chen Guozhong needs a persona—a ruthless detective with excellent intelligence and decisive action.

The advantage of this persona is that, as long as the intelligence is up-to-date, he seems to be omnipresent.

Because I have access to good information, I can naturally offer more advice to my superiors—my access to information increases my influence; if you don't listen to me, it's your problem if you suffer.

Listen to me, and you'll avoid losses; don't listen to me, and you'll regret it.

In any case, he was one step ahead of everyone else.

Given Chen Guozhong's nature, why would he care if James died? Don't forget he also has another alias called Seraphim.

Killing drug traffickers who want to control Hong Kong through drugs is the simplest thing to do.

It's absolutely impossible for Chen Guozhong to come and save him.

Wang Dao advised him: "James is right there. It's a matter of minutes to take him down. Why not let him help you climb up the ranks?"

Chen Guozhong reluctantly agreed; otherwise, he wouldn't care if James died.

Why not just sit back and watch the two of them fight like dogs while sipping your herbal tea?

Leading a group of officers out on a call late at night, are you bored?
"He really is one of the assassins on the leaderboard!" James took a closer look at the assassin and immediately recognized him as Viper, who was originally ranked fourth on the assassin leaderboard but is now ranked third.

Seraphim remains in first place, and since Poison Wolf was eliminated, the assassins behind him have moved up one rank.

"What does he want from me?" James was completely bewildered.

Good heavens, could it be that besides the Ni family, someone else is also eyeing us?

What are the telecommunications department doing?

He's being watched, and no intelligence has been sent to him?
"No!"

"It shouldn't be any other organization."

Chen Guozhong made a judgment.

"This is Ni Yongxiao's work!"

Ok? !

"What are you talking about? This is the fourth-ranked assassin in the assassin's gang." James's eyes widened. "It'll be difficult to get a date with him, won't it?"

“You just told me today that Ni Yongxiao wanted to deal with me, and then this guy showed up.”

"Isn't this speed a bit too fast?"

Chen Guozhong sighed: "James, you're really unlucky!"

"Thanks, you didn't need to remind me of that," James replied irritably.

Chen Guozhong said seriously, "I'm serious, you're really unlucky. He wasn't originally targeting you."

"Is there something else going on here?" James didn't believe Chen Guozhong's words at all.

Chen Guozhong looked at James with a strange gaze: "The month before last, Okamoto's Onizuka died in Hong Kong. He was killed by Seraphim, who was ranked number one on the assassin list."

"Onizuka is very rich. He is one of the zaibatsu that rose to prominence after the war. His trust revenge fund has 20 million US dollars."

"Poison Wolf and his gang came here in pursuit of the bounty."

"As you know, they were killed by the Seraphs."

"The strange thing is that the revenge fund has also disappeared."

"The Onizuka family has never given up on revenge, and they have offered an additional reward."

"So many assassins came to Hong Kong, hoping to find an opportunity to claim the bounty." "You mean..." James looked at Chen Guozhong incredulously, "Viper was one of them?"

Chen Guozhong sighed: "James, you're really unlucky."

James wanted to swear; he had figured out the whole thing.

Ni Yongxiao wanted to question him about the murderer of Ni Kun, but he couldn't use the Ni family's men—all five of the Ni family's top leaders were suspects in Ni Kun's death, and he dared not use their men. He didn't even dare tell them about it.

Therefore, Ni Yongxiao had no choice but to use outsiders.

But the target was James—not only a cop, but also a foreigner.

Even if you send ordinary people out, it's useless; they're just used for delivering vegetables.

Even if we need to hire outside help, we need to find someone with exceptional skills. After much thought, we found a professional killer – Viper!
Viper is a notorious assassin on the hitman rankings, and it's generally not easy to hire him—even getting to Hong Kong takes a considerable amount of time.

Unfortunately, because of the Seraph incident, Hong Kong has attracted too many assassins during this period, and Viper happens to be there as well.

So, with all these factors combined, the person who came looking for him wasn't the Ni family, but a venomous snake!

James's face turned green: "Isn't this enough to convict the Ni family?"

"No!" Chen Guozhong shook his head regretfully. "You should know the rules of an assassin better than I do."

"In Hong Kong, the chances of encountering assassins are very small. On the contrary, they are more active in the Western world."

James could only manage a wry smile.

These assassins would never betray their employers, even unto death, otherwise they would break the rules and not only lose business but also be hunted down by certain forces—an assassin who carelessly leaks his employer's information should not exist.

Chen Guozhong looked at him sympathetically: "James, I suggest you go to another hospital. It's not safe here anymore."

He paused, then said in a low voice,

"If possible, you should go to the political department to recuperate."

James looked up abruptly: "Does it have to go that far?"

“You know, this place is known as the spy capital,” Chen Guozhong said truthfully. “Spies from all over the world are here.”

“Your opponents now are not just the Ni family, but also people from other intelligence agencies.”

James was furious: "Are they treating me like an easy target?"

Chen Guozhong remained silent, yet his silence itself was an attitude.

James took a deep breath and gritted his teeth, saying, "I'm taking this guy back to the station."

“No problem!” Chen Guozhong didn’t even ask where James was taking the snake, nor was he worried about its fate.

In his opinion, the best thing would be for James, Viper, and Ni Yongxiao to go to war.

"Chen, I owe you a favor." Seeing that Chen Guozhong had no objection to his decision, James quickly made a promise.

Chen Guozhong smiled and said, "Then I'll accept this favor."

"But James, you need to be careful of the Ni family. Are they easy to mess with?"

"There is absolutely no way we can prove that Viper was hired by the Ni family."

"You should think of other ways."

James nodded firmly: "Don't worry, I know what I'm doing."

He was seething with anger.

The Ni family, right?

Watch how I get my revenge on you!

However, once James got into the car, he calmed down and gasped.

Things don't seem to be going well!
……

Chen Guozhong escorted James and the others back to the Political Department and then reported the day's events to Chen Xinjian.

"Such a thing actually happened?" Chen Xinjian was taken aback. After thinking for a moment, he said, "You handled it very well. We can just get involved in this kind of thing."

"We'll definitely get a share of the rewards later. But let's avoid the trouble if possible." "Let's stay out of the foreigners' business."

Chen Xinjian's main product is a non-stick pan.

“That’s what I think too,” Chen Guozhong said with a smile. “The main reason is that I received this information; otherwise, I wouldn’t bother with the foreigners.”

“That’s the right way to think.” Chen Xinjian was very pleased. “A senior inspector is different from a superintendent. It’s no problem for a junior inspector to solve cases, but at the superintendent level, being good at interpersonal relationships is more important than anything else.”

“We are not on the same side as the foreigners, but Hong Kong is still under their control, so we have to do a good job of appearances.”

"You have a straightforward personality, which makes it easy for you to offend people."

"I was worried about you..."

"Now, there's no need to worry."

"You don't need to worry about the boss's side, I'll talk to him for you."

Chen Guozhong thanked him, saying, "Thank you very much, Sir."

"No need to thank me, you deserve it," Chen Xinjian said with a smile. "But your intelligence is really accurate, you even managed to get this kind of information." "You'd better protect that guy well."

"Don't let anyone else know his identity except you."

Chen Guozhong nodded repeatedly: "I understand."

He thought to himself, "Does Ado need my protection? It's more like the other way around, isn't it?"
If Ah-Tao hadn't wanted to avoid getting too involved with the triads, he would already be the leader of Hung Hing.

The leader of Hung Hing in Sham Shui Po was replaced by Silly Keung, one of Leung Kwan's men.

Anyone with eyes can see that it was Wang Dao, the right-hand man of Liang Kun, who didn't want it. If Wang Dao really wanted to fight for it, who could beat him?

After finishing his work, Chen Guozhong called Wang Dao: "See you at the usual place."

Half an hour later, at the usual spot, Wang Dao tossed him a few cans of beer.

"Why did you bring this?" Chen Guozhong asked, puzzled.

Wang Dao said helplessly, "Boss, do you really have to ask me out tonight?"

“Do you know what I was doing? I was just about to discuss the mysteries of the origin of species with Ah Zhen when you called.”

"Ah Zhen almost let me go!"

“I told Ah Zhen that you were in a bad mood and asked me to keep you company with drinks, so I came out.”

"Otherwise, if I go back without smelling of alcohol at all, how am I supposed to explain it to Ah Zhen?"

He complained,

"With so many police training programs hosted by Ah Zhen, she's learned the basic techniques of the police without even wanting to learn them."

"Ah?!" Chen Guozhong said, embarrassed. "I'm so sorry!"

Wang Dao shrugged: "There's nothing I can do, I'm an undercover agent!"

"Let's get straight to the point." Chen Guozhong quickly recounted the day's events to Wang Dao, then quietly waited for Wang Dao to offer his opinion.

Unbeknownst to them, not only Liang Kun, but even Chen Guozhong began to use Wang Dao as a strategist.

"James isn't injured?" Wang Dao asked, frowning.

Chen Guozhong shook his head: "No, James was very alert, and the snake did not harm him. However, his wound reopened."

The people from Xingsheng really slashed him, even though they used a watermelon knife and the cuts weren't deep, they still left him with gaping wounds. He could only recover by resting.

This movement reopened the wound, and I'll have to rest properly again.

"That's enough," Wang Dao said in a deep voice. "Too much is as bad as too little!"

“We are not trying to get involved in the fight between James and Ni Yongxiao. Our goal is to make Ni Yongxiao wear down James’ strength as much as possible.”

"It would be best to deal James a heavy blow."

Chen Guozhong frowned and said, "Won't this force James to do something desperate?"

"A cornered dog will resort to desperate measures?" Wang Dao retorted. "Even if James resorts to desperate measures, so what?"

Chen Guozhong was taken aback. After thinking about it carefully, he realized that it was true. Even if James was desperate, what could he do?
Is he able to reveal his identity as a Telecommunications Department agent or is he able to bring in the Telecommunications Department's resources?

This is Hong Kong, the famous spy capital.

Chongqing itself didn't have an espionage law; they only enacted a counter-espionage law in the 2020s. Areas under Chongqing's rule generally lacked espionage laws as well.

Otherwise, neither Chongqing nor Hong Kong would have become a world-renowned spy capital.

If James's hidden identity is revealed, then he's in trouble.

Military intelligence personnel from various countries would certainly be interested in him.

If he manages to get through this crisis and brings in the Telecommunications Department's resources to deal with the Ni family—that would be utterly laughable.

The dog jumps the wall in a hurry?
He can't even jump!

“Brother Zhong, we must stick to our strategy,” Wang Dao said softly. “We must defeat James.”

"The pressure exerted on him by the previous three gangs is not enough, nor is the upcoming battle with the Ni family."

“We need additional motivation to make them bow down.”

"Pavlov was a great scientist; he taught us how to train dogs scientifically," Wang Dao patiently explained.

Chen Guozhong was completely bewildered: "Who is Pavlov?"

“A scientist in the north has discovered the principle of conditioned reflexes.” Wang Dao didn’t dwell on it. It was normal for Chen Guozhong not to know these things. Going back a bit further, as long as you could read a newspaper, you could get a job… that was even less cultured.

That's just how things are; there's nothing we can do about it.

"Simply put."

"To deal with James, you have to train him like a dog, make him react."

"For example, if he wanted to win over Babi, Hung Hing would kill Babi."

"He wanted to win over Daipuhei and Baitouweng, and also eliminate the two of them, along with Liansheng and Xingsheng."

"Once the battle between James and Ni Jia breaks out, James should win, but even if they win, it won't be an easy victory."

"James will definitely try to win over other people."

"Whoever he tries to win over, we'll eliminate."

"In this way, he will develop a conditioned reflex."

"They might even subconsciously resist their own tasks."

"By then, we'll be halfway there."

Chen Guozhong was dumbfounded: "Are you treating James like a dog?"

"Otherwise what?" Wang Dao chuckled. "If foreigners don't treat people like humans, what's so great about me disciplining them like dogs?"

Chen Guozhong laughed loudly: "Adao, increase the force and kill this foreigner."

The two exchanged a glance and clinked glasses.

"James is now entangled with Ni Yongxiao. Given Ni Yongxiao's temperament, once he makes a move, it's a continuous barrage of attacks."

“Unless James stays in the Political Department obediently from now on, he will be attacked by Ni Yongxiao whenever he goes out.”

“Ni Yongxiao is not an idiot. He knows James’ identity and he knows that he cannot let him free up his hands.”

“Once James gets his hands free, Ni Yongxiao will be the one who suffers.”

Chen Guozhong thought about it carefully and said in surprise:

"So, does that mean Ni Yongxiao can only keep attacking?"

Wang Dao nodded slightly.

“That’s right, Ni Yongxiao’s only chance of winning is to attack, to keep attacking.”

"Once his attack stalls, that's the end for him."

Chen Guozhong sighed:
“I originally intended to catch Ni Yongxiao myself.”

Wang Dao shrugged:

“Even if James were to deal with Ni Yongxiao, he wouldn’t use his identity from the Telecommunications Department; he would have to use his identity from the police station. That’s not much different from how we deal with Ni Yongxiao.”

Chen Guozhong shook his head.

Clearly, he still preferred to personally apprehend Ni Yongxiao and bring him to justice.

Wang Dao suddenly changed the subject:
“Brother Chung, while James is tied up with Ni Yongxiao, I want to expand Hung Hing’s influence.”

Chen Guozhong smiled wryly:

"Is Hung Hing's influence going to expand further?"

Wang Dao shrugged:

"Specifically, it's Brother Kun's influence."

“Brother Kun will be starting another company in the future and will need a lot of staff. Since he can’t recruit from other places, he will naturally give priority to people from the gang.”

Chen Guozhong said happily:
"That's good news."

Chen Guozhong trusted Liang Kun completely. The two had chatted more than once, and Liang Kun genuinely felt that running a gang was not as good as running a business.

He kept the gang around only to protect himself from being hunted down by his rivals in the underworld; his focus was entirely on legitimate business.

If Brother Kun's plan succeeds, how many gangsters will return to the right path?

This is a truly meritorious deed.

"How do you want to expand Liang Kun's influence?" Chen Guozhong was in a very good mood.

Wang Dao smiled and asked, "How about taking back Hongfu?"

(End of this chapter)