Hong Kong Film Intelligence King

Chapter 242 Eastern Etiquette

"Sir, are we going out again tonight?" Ma Jun asked with a bitter expression.

Chen Guozhong glanced at him: "What? You don't want to?"

"Let those short mules kill each other, let them do it," Ma Jun said reluctantly. "Why should we care?"

Chen Guozhong sneered, "We're police officers, what business do we have with those short mules?"

"It would be best if all the dwarf mules died out."

"Then why do we have to go out when they're attacking their friends?" Ma Jun was extremely puzzled.

Chen Guozhong sighed, pointed to his head, and said, "Don't always try to solve problems with your fists. There are plenty of people who can fight. You need to think in that way."

"Are we protecting dwarf mules? No, we're protecting ordinary citizens who have wandered in!"

"Do you understand now?!"

Ma Jun suddenly realized, then added indignantly, "These guys really deserve to die. Every time they play PvP, we have to clear the streets for them..."

Chen Guozhong glared at him: "Where did all these questions come from?"

Ma Jun remained silent, feeling resentful.

"Gather the brothers, and get them armed and dressed in protective gear," Chen Guozhong ordered.

Ma Jun's eyes widened: "Inspector Chen, it's not that serious. We're here to protect ordinary citizens; there's no need for us to get involved in the fight between two triads."

“You don’t understand…” Chen Guozhong shook his head. “Just do things the way I tell you to.”

Ma Jun went there immediately.

Chen Guozhong shook his head inwardly. If it weren't for Wang Dao's phone call, he might have just gone through the motions.

But there's a powder storage area there!
Would Chen Guozhong let this go?!
Those who smuggle out their fans deserve to die!
Unfortunately, this information was obtained when Liang Kun and his gang killed Hong Tai's son, so there were no tainted witnesses.

However, he thought again, what's the point of having tainted witnesses? They're all fish food now.

What else can you say?
Chen Guozhong took out his phone and called James. As soon as the call connected, he sensed something was wrong.

Gunshots were heard from the other side!
"Officer Chen, save me!"

Convex!
Chen Guozhong obtained James's exact location and immediately called for reinforcements; he mobilized the Flying Tigers!
When he arrived, James was flushed and looked terrified.

"Officer Chen, thank goodness you made the arrangements in time, otherwise I wouldn't be here today!"

Chen Guozhong asked, puzzled:

"How is this going?"

James's face turned bitter: "The Ni family's revenge!"

Ni Yongxiao knew about the earlier incident after the poisonous snake died. He then immediately doubled the bounty.

And that's when James got into trouble.

In the past two days, he has killed three assassins, and this one in front of him is the fourth.

"The client's request was to cut off one of your hands, not to kill you," the assassin said angrily. "Otherwise, I would have killed you already."

James got even angrier and slapped him across the face.

Chen Guozhong stopped him:
"James, relax, we're the cops."

James was furious:
"I've been pushed to my head."

"I'm going to kill him."

Chen Guozhong immediately drew his sidearm, cocked it with a click, and handed it to James, turning it upside down.
Here, take the gun.

"The Ni family lives in Yau Tsim Mong. Shall we go now?"

James was speechless.

Chen Guozhong waved his hand, and his men naturally led the assassins away.
“James, I know you’re a great guy in the Fog City.”

"But this isn't Chongqing."

Hong Kong has its own unique rules.

“There are some rules that even a senior superintendent in the political department cannot break.”

"Police stations have their rules, and triads have their laws."

“Once the police use something outside the rules, the balance will be broken.”

James frowned deeply:
"I am a police officer, I am a senior superintendent of the Political Department."

Chen Guozhong countered with:

"So what?"

"If you don't follow the rules, don't expect others to."

Do you think this is just a matter for the Ni family?

"The entire underworld and the entire Hong Kong will know that you don't follow the rules."

"You will find it very difficult to move an inch in Hong Kong."

James gritted his teeth and said:

“I will order the police to attack the Ni family. I refuse to believe we can’t kill them.”

Chen Guozhong shrugged:

"Give the order and see how many people will obey you."

James was taken aback:
"are you going?"

Chen Guozhong said directly:

"I'm not going!"

James calmed down immediately:

Why aren't you going?

Chen Guozhong bluntly stated:

"I don't want my family and friends to be threatened."

"Don't assume that many of you Chongqing people will go... If your family is in Hong Kong, they won't go either."

"When we get injured on our own missions, there's nothing we can do about it."

"But if our situation puts our families in danger, how many people do you think would do that?"

James's mouth dropped open:
"No, no, no, how could you do this?"

Chen Guozhong said calmly:

"If such a situation truly arises, then the one who caused all of this is none other than you!"

"You're the one who made them this way."

"You were the one who broke the rules first."

James was dumbfounded. So that's how it was?!

"You need to understand that even if you break the rules, the Ni family just wants to teach you a lesson."

"What did that unknown assassin say again?"

"He said the client requested one of your hands, not your life, otherwise, it would have taken us a lot of effort to catch him."

"Well, these are the rules."

James was furious:
"Is it reasonable for the Ni family to ask for one of my hands?"

Chen Guozhong sighed:
“Cultural barriers are really troublesome… If the Ni family wants one of your hands, it means that your hands are not well-behaved or that your hands are too far out. They want one of your hands just to teach you a lesson.”

"Of course, as long as you follow the rules and provide evidence to convict the Ni family according to the procedures, they will have nothing to say."

"That's the rule here in Hong Kong."

Chen Guozhong pointed at James and then at himself:
“We are police officers, so we have to do things according to the rules of the police. This is what the community and the neighborhood expect of us.”

"If we don't follow the rules, how are we any different from a gang?"

"Nobody cares about us."

"I'll remind you one last time: in Hong Kong right now, there are only 30,000 frontline police officers, while the triads number four to five million!"

“Once the gang members stop caring about us, we will lose our deterrent power, and all sorts of actions against us will begin.”

"Back then, whether you were patrolling the streets or plainclothes officers were on duty, no one would listen to you if you spoke."

"The consequences are terrifying!"

"do you understand?"

James took a deep breath:

"I understand!"

He didn't want to continue the conversation, feeling it would be beneath him, so he quickly said...
"Zhong, why did you decide to call me?"

Chen Guozhong shrugged:

“Today there are two groups of people who are involved in online activities, and one group is involved in online activities. Didn’t you say last time that you would let me know if there were any more such activities? I’m calling to give you a routine report.”

James asked, puzzled:

"Didn't I say before, unless it's that kind of..."

His eyes widened.
"Is this club going to collapse?"

Chen Guozhong sighed:
"There's nothing we can do. The leader of that triad has a mentally challenged son. Of all people to mess with, that son had to provoke Hung Hing... Isn't he just asking for trouble?"

James hurriedly asked:

Which club/organization is it?

Chen Guozhong shrugged:

"Hong Tai!"

James's expression stiffened again. Hong Tai? He remembered this gang; it was on his list back then, considered a backup he had developed. He never expected that it would also perish.

In an instant, James felt incredibly unlucky.

Chen Guozhong added:
"The two gangs have already notified our police station in accordance with regulations, and we will also set up a cordon in accordance with regulations to prevent ordinary citizens from entering."

"By the way, we'll destroy their powder storage."

James was taken aback:
"Pink warehouse?"

Chen Guozhong nodded:

"Yes, the Pink Warehouse!"

He explained,

"I was originally thinking of finding an opportunity to do this, but isn't this just a coincidence? If we don't take advantage of this time to destroy the powder warehouse, when will we make our move?"

James suddenly realized he had wronged God. It seemed God had been quite kind to him; even though he was being hunted by assassins, he still had unexpected gains.

Pink Warehouse!
One sentence from Chen Guozhong made him even more excited:

"According to our intelligence, that powder warehouse should have around 20 million worth of goods."

James' eyes widened:
"Twenty million?!" "Intelligence?!"

Chen Guozhong said matter-of-factly:
"It must be intelligence; otherwise, would we dare to launch a surprise attack?"

"No matter how despicable the other party is, they are still a long-established triad with the Hung family name in their name."

"If we can't completely destroy him, we'll be the ones who suffer!"

James shook his head, saying incredulously:
"No, no, what I mean is, how can a small place like Hongtai have so many goods?"

Chen Guozhong explained:

“Hong Tai was the leader who took the lead in selling cigarettes, and a group of his underlings followed suit.”

"There are many people and many goods."

“Such organizations are still very rare in Hong Kong.”

"We've always been playing the long game, we never really thought about touching it."

"The situation is pressing us, we can't afford to do nothing."

"Actually, if it weren't for the battle between these two gangs, our intelligence agents really wouldn't have been able to get this kind of intelligence."

"After all, organizations like this use their own people from the very beginning."

Wang Dao was just lucky to be in the right place at the right time. Otherwise, it would have taken him at least four or five years to go from being an undercover agent to gaining Liang Kun's true trust.

Note that this is only the time needed to gain Liang Kun's trust; becoming a core member will take even longer.

For non-club members who don't care about seniority, that's secondary; the most important thing is safety.

Think about it, how long have their underlings been following them?
There has never been an accident.

If you were the big boss, would you trust the younger brother who has never been in trouble, or the stranger who has only recently joined the gang?

Any normal person knows how to choose!
In another timeline, Chen Yongren followed Han Chen for so long, yet Han Chen still didn't trust him.

As for Luo Ji, who is now following Ni Yongxiao, he has been doing this for five years without making a single mistake. Even so, Ni Yongxiao does not completely trust him.

Nobody's a fool when they're out in the world; a fool would have been selling salted duck eggs long ago!

Chen Guozhong pretended not to know James's identity as a telecommunications agent and explained the ins and outs to James in detail. The latter sighed:
"Going undercover in Hong Kong is even more outrageous than going to Chongqing."

Chen Guozhong shook his head:

"It's just as difficult to go undercover anywhere."

"However, once an undercover agent is identified and makes contributions, they are promoted very quickly."

James wholeheartedly agreed.

Some people said, "That's not right. The undercover agents inside the steel plates are mostly suspected."

Hey everyone, who makes these Hong Kong movies? They're movies with triad backgrounds, right?

Think about it, why would they portray it that way?

In the timeline before the rise of the King, there was once a top star in Hong Kong who worked as an undercover agent... and that person eventually rose through the ranks from the top star position.

James was secretly delighted. He had thought he was in big trouble, but now it seemed that God was still looking out for him.

Ni Yongxiao wanted one of his own hands, and God arranged for Chen Guozhong to save him.

His cash flow was about to dry up, and he didn't know how to complete the task that Wudu had given him... God then arranged for Chen Guozhong to send him powder worth 20 million.

James patted Chen Guozhong on the shoulder and laughed:

“Ah Chung, just focus on doing your job well. If you make any more contributions, I’ll recommend you for the position of Chief Inspector.”

Chen Guozhong shook his head:

“My direct supervisor is Inspector Chan, you can’t get involved.”

James smiled and said:

“Ah Chung, I have no intention of slandering Superintendent Chan Yan Kin.”

“But now Hong Kong is managed by the Fog City, and I happen to be from the Fog City.”

"Believe me, my recommendation is much more useful than Chen's."

"Just go ahead and don't worry, I'll give you the best recommendation."

His words were full of arrogance.

Chen Guozhong shrugged and asked:
"James, are you going to stay here alone?"

boom!
James's arrogance vanished without a trace, and he quickly said:
"No, no, no, I have to go back to the police station."

He gritted his teeth and said,

"I will not come back to live here until the conflict with the Ni family is resolved."

Chen Guozhong smiled and said:

"Make a wise choice."

James sighed heavily:
“Ah Zhong, I’m from Chongqing.”

Chen Guozhong said calmly:

"So what if they're from Chongqing?"

"Go ask around the world, the most powerful people right now are not the Five Poisons, but Ami, Red Bear, and Okamoto."

James was immediately silenced.

"Okamoto is just a dog of Ami's. How can he be compared to a diode?"

Chen Guozhong smiled but remained silent.

That's right, Okamoto is indeed another dog of Ami, isn't that the man from Chongqing?

Chen Guozhong absolutely did not believe that the people of Chongqing would dare to disobey Amei's movie star's orders.

His words silenced James, who remained silent the rest of the way.

After James was taken to the police station, James quickly said:
“Zhong, let me know when you’re done.”

"I will definitely recommend you to my superiors."

Chen Guozhong smiled:

"It's a word."

Back in the car, Chen Guozhong pursed his lips. He had essentially saved James, and this guy was thanking God the whole time?
This is fucking ridiculous!

Do you really think James can't see through his little scheme?
Stop being funny!

He was, after all, a senior inspector of the Organized Crime and Triad Bureau (OCTB).

Even though James was a senior telecommunications agent from Chongqing who was well-versed in micro-expression management, Chen Guozhong could clearly see that James' emotions were exposed after experiencing great joy and sorrow.

"So you've got your eye on Hongtai's powder bank again, haven't you?"

Chen Guozhong kept sneering.

"Ado has already prepared a script for you, I hope you can handle it."

The Ni family's assassins were nothing special, after all, Ni Yongxiao was a man of principle; he only asked the assassins to take James's arm.

Ni Yongxiao knew that if he really killed James, the police station would go crazy.

Especially the foreigners in Hong Kong, they would absolutely not allow such a thing to happen. Once James is dead, those people won't listen to reason.

They'll definitely use thuggish tactics to wipe the Ni family out completely.

What can Ni Yongxiao do?
Wang Dao's script is different, and Chen Guozhong is very confident about it.

There was just one thing he didn't understand.

"How exactly did Ado find Fengmei?"

"There are so many media outlets in Hong Kong, how come I can't find one that can provide a database of fan groups?"

Chen Guozhong really couldn't understand it.

After much thought, I can only conclude that money makes the world go round.

After all, Wang Dao is really ruthless when it comes to reimbursing his current partner's expenses; it really costs money.

Chen Guozhong turned on his phone and dialed Chen Xinjian's number:

"Inspector Chen, I just got back from headquarters..."

He told Chen Xinjian what had happened.

Chen Xinjian was overjoyed:
"Ah Zhong, don't feel burdened. Just do your job well."

He even shouted excitedly,

"This is a great thing."

"After today's business is over, I will recommend you for the position of Chief Inspector."

"James told him to push it."

"Thanks to you, you've cracked a series of major cases these past few months. You've made a contribution, and my superiors and I have also benefited a lot from it."

Of course, some of the credit for your subordinates belongs to you, after all, you've cultivated capable subordinates, which is also a manifestation of leadership.

"If you get promoted, I'll benefit from it too."

"While a promotion is impossible for me, to be honest, this is also the culmination of my achievements."

"I'd love for you to get promoted!"

When facing Chen Xinjian, Chen Guozhong started joking:

"Sir, why don't we just go all the way and recommend me for the position of superintendent?"

"..." Chen Xinjian remained silent, and Chen Guozhong quickly said, "Sir, I was just joking."

"No, I think this is a great idea!" Chen Xinjian laughed heartily.

Chen Guozhong quickly said:

"Sir, I was really just kidding."

Chen Xinjian laughed and said:
"Didn't James say he'd recommend you for a promotion? But I'm your direct supervisor, so why should he recommend you for a promotion?"

"He's just a chief inspector, can't I recommend him?"

"If he wants to curry favor with you and recruit you, then he'll have to put in the effort."

"To be honest, if I'm the only one recommending you, your chances of getting promoted are less than 20%."

"James is a big shot from Chongqing. If he recommends you, your chances of getting promoted will be much higher."

Chen Guozhong frowned and said:

"What if James also suggested promoting me to Inspector General?"

Chen Xinjian sneered:

"I've already recommended you for a promotion to superintendent, do you think he'd recommend you for chief inspector?"

"If he's really that shameless... would you give him a friendly look?!"

(End of this chapter)