Hong Kong Film Intelligence King

Chapter 259 We are Patriotic
After the meeting ended, Liang Kun and Wang Dao kept Chen Yongren and Shi Bao behind.

Wang Dao said to Chen Yongren:

“Ah Niu has been promoted to be the head of the Causeway Bay gang. His territory is now empty, and his underlings have all left. We need to send someone to manage it.”

Chen Yongren was taken aback:
"Old Ding, boss, you're not sending me, are you?"

Wang Dao countered with a question:
"You don't have that confidence?"

Chen Yongren smiled wryly:

"It's not that I lack confidence, it's that I'm not ready yet."

The Way of Kings is straightforward:
"Kun and I discussed it, and we wanted you to go."

"However, you are still young, and I'm afraid you won't be able to keep people in check."

Chen Yongren was unconvinced:

"Why can't I control it?"

Handsome Kun sighed:

“If Afu comes back, it would be most appropriate for either Afu or Ajie to go.”

Upon hearing this, Chen Yongren immediately fell silent.

Chen Yongren would definitely get angry if anyone stepped in his way.

But if this person were Li Fu or Li Jie, he wouldn't have a temper.

These two are truly his elder brothers.

“Ah Ren, you have the potential to become a big shot in the future, but right now, you need to grow.”

Chen Yongren was easily swayed, so when Liang Kun said that, he also volunteered:
"Old Ding, I will work hard to improve."

The way of the king is:

“We originally wanted to force you to take this position, but we don’t need to do that now.”

Chen Yongren asked curiously:

"If you don't need me, why call me here in the first place?"

Wang Dao smiled mysteriously:
“You will still take over from A Niu, but you will be the nominal leader. The one who is in charge is A Bao.”

Chen Yongren's mouth dropped open:

"I'll cover for Ah Bao?"

He was stunned!
Stone Leopard was also dumbfounded:
"Boss, I just joined Hung Hing and haven't accomplished anything yet. Wouldn't it be a bad idea to make me a leader right away?"

The kingly way disagrees:

"What's that?"

"I became Kun Ge's right-hand man the first day I met him. Didn't I rise to power much faster than you guys?"

Handsome Kun laughed heartily:

"That's right!"

Shi Bao said awkwardly:
"Boss, can I compare to you?"

Wang Dao's expression turned serious:
"You will follow my instructions."

"The apparent leader is Ah Yan, and you are the top dog in Mong Kok. Everyone knows that."

"The underlings you take in all acknowledge this point."

“Ah Bao, you are the leader in the shadows. When it comes to making major decisions, I need you to do it.”

“Ah Ren, don’t have any doubts. Ah Bao’s abilities far surpass yours. If you compare him to a human, he’s on the same level as Ah Fu.”

Chen Yongren exclaimed, "What?"

Wang Dao said earnestly:
You don't doubt my skills, do you?

Chen Yongren shook his head and said happily:

"So Brother Leopard and Brother Rich are on the same level? Then what do I have to worry about?"

"Don't worry, Brother Leopard, I will definitely follow you closely and learn from you."

Shi Bao was completely bewildered. Why did his expression change so suddenly?
In fact, even Chen Yongren himself wasn't very confident about letting Ah Niu's territory be managed.

In just a few months, he went from a small-time hoodlum to a big boss in Hung Hing.

He usually works in finance, so dealing with community organizations made him nervous.

His behavior just now was nothing more than an attempt to save face.

Is it really possible for Chen Yongren to tell Liang Kun and Wang Dao that I am not capable enough and that I am not qualified for the bottom position?

What did that become?

After Shi Bao's abilities were revealed, Chen Yongren naturally seized the opportunity and backed down smoothly.

Wang Dao instructed Shi Bao:

"After you connect with Ah Niu, you'll need to recruit some underlings."

“Ah Niu’s development of the territory is very rough; you need to cultivate it more thoroughly.”

"Make sure one thing is done: that every one of your underlings has a job."

Shi Bao countered with a question to Chen Yongren.
How many henchmen did Ah Niu have before?

Chen Yongren was very familiar with this kind of data:

"A little over a thousand."

Shi Bao frowned:
"How much firewood and water do they have?"

Chen Yongren shrugged:

"That's Ah Niu's responsibility, I won't ask about it."

"For the average white-collar worker, the monthly cost of firewood and water is around three thousand."

"A gangster wouldn't need that much, but it would still cost a thousand or two."

Stone Leopard said in one breath:

"If we want to cultivate our business more deeply, we need to spend more money and get our subordinates to be on par with white-collar workers."

Chen Yongren thought for a moment and said:
"That would cost three million a month!"

Shi Bao cautiously looked at Liang Kun and Wang Dao:
"Old Ding, boss, we can't just go there naked like this, can we?"

Liang Kun disagreed:

"It's only three million."

He pulled out a drawer, took out several large stacks of gold bulls, and tossed them to the two men.

"Here, three and a half million."

"Pay me back within three months, and I won't charge you interest."

Stone Leopard stared in disbelief:

"You really gave it to me!"

He deliberately quoted an exorbitant amount to discourage the two from making a decision.

He, Shi Bao, is here as an undercover agent; who knows when he'll be going back?

Since we're going back, we need to find a suitable excuse.

If he really takes the seat of the chief steward, how will he retreat?

He'll come back eventually.

There's no way I could stay here for long.

Who knew they would just throw the money over there.

Are people who join gangs really that rich?

Wang Dao smiled and said:
"Don't take Kun's words to heart, there's no need to feel pressured."

“Mong Kok is a particularly economically developed area in Hong Kong. Ah Niu has developed a lot of it before. As long as you continue, you can continue to do it with just over 200,000.”

"By the end of the month, the cash flow will naturally be used to pay the younger men's wages."

"But it's fine to send it out in advance, so I can win over my underlings."

Shi Bao was at a loss for words.

The king's words came again:

“Ah Bao, part of Ah Niu’s territory is within the Ni family’s sphere of influence.”

“Aren is the illegitimate son of the previous family head, Ni Kun.”

Shi Bao was taken aback and looked at Chen Yongren, who smiled.

"When that old devil Ni Kun died, I set off 20,000 yuan worth of firecrackers."

Stone Leopard nodded slowly.

Wang Dao also said:

“Ah Ren is not a member of the Ni family, but the current head of the Ni family, Ni Yongxiao, is a believer in bloodlines, and he has always wanted Ah Ren to be recognized as a member of the family.”

"This guy is a drug dealer."

"You know what to do, right?"

Stone Leopard sneered:
"We don't need to provoke Ni Yongxiao now. Let him confront that foreigner."

"However, if he dares to provoke us, then we won't let him have his way."

Wang Dao nodded with a smile:
"Correct!"

"I'm relieved to hear that you have this thought."

"Besides that, you have another task."

Shi Bao solemnly said:
"Please give your orders, sir."

Wang Dao pointed at Chen Yongren and said:

"Hey, you need to get him to mature as soon as possible."

“I know you have all sorts of methods, so don’t be stingy or hold back, teach them all to him.”

Stone Leopard nodded slowly:

"Row!"

Wang Dao then said to Chen Yongren:

"Ah Ren, you must study hard and try to get started as soon as possible."

"If possible, make the decisions yourself as much as possible, and let Ah Bao fill in the gaps for you."

"I'm giving you three months. You need to become independent and self-reliant as soon as possible within these three months."

Chen Yongren was taken aback:
"Boss, why is it so urgent?"

Wang Dao chuckled lightly:
"Ah Bao has other tasks."

Chen Yongren nodded firmly:

"Don't worry, boss, I'll get the hang of it as soon as possible."

Stone Leopard asked in bewilderment:
"Boss, do I have other tasks?"

Wang Dao shrugged:

Do you remember today's meeting?

Stone Leopard nodded repeatedly:

"remember!"

Wang Dao chuckled lightly:
"Just remember."

“Our roots are in our hometown. You can only stay in Hong Kong for three months. Use these three months to get familiar with the people in our branch.”

"You will be returning to the mainland in three months."

Stone Leopard was greatly surprised:
"Let me go back to the mainland?"

Wang Dao laughed and said:

"Perhaps it won't take three months; I might have to go back this month."

“I’ve said it before, our roots are in our hometown. You should go back to our hometown as our representative.”

Stone Leopard said nervously:
"What are you going back for? To open a branch temple?"

Wang Dao rolled his eyes vigorously:
"It looks like you were daydreaming during the meeting and didn't listen to anything I said."

"Let me tell you again, we joined gangs in Hong Kong out of necessity."

"If you want to do business and not be bullied, you have to be affiliated with a gang."

"Getting to where we are now was an accident."

Lam Kwan nodded emphatically:

"It was an accident."

Shi Bao had a "Are you kidding me?" look on his face.

What a load of bull, what an accident.

Leung Kwan isn't just the boss of Mong Kok, but also the Grand Marshal of Hung Hing. If anything were to happen to Chiang Tin-yeung, Leung Kwan would be the number one figure in Hung Hing. You've already reached this position, and it's still an accident?

Go ahead and pretend!

Wang Dao completely ignored Shi Bao's shock, pretending not to see the other's expression.
"When you go back, you must represent us in investing in the mainland."

The stone leopards were dumbfounded:

"Me? Go back to invest?"

The king's way was silent:
"You're investing?"

"You are investing on our behalf!"

"Don't tell me you have a criminal record in mainland China!"

Stone Leopard quickly said:
"No no."

"Those of us who have come out to make a living in the mainland know that you can't be a bully at home."

"I have no record of it whatsoever."

Wang Dao nodded slowly.

"It's fine if you don't."

“Then you should teach Ah Ren well. If you do a good job, I will reward you with a house.”

Stone Leopard laughed:

"How embarrassing is this?"

He asked,
"Boss, are we really going to invest?"

"Invest millions?"

Handsome Kun sighed:

"Can you please be more promising?"

"You have three and a half million in your pocket, how about we invest a few million?"

"Isn't that shameful?!"

Shi Bao chuckled awkwardly:

"Old Ding, you know I'm from the mainland and I've never seen the world."

Wang Dao waved his hand:
“Ah Bao, there’s no need to hide it from me and Brother Kun. Hong Kong is a tiny place, and the streets on both sides are so narrow.”

"Putting aside everything else, the mainland is better than Hong Kong in terms of open-mindedness."

"But Brother Kun is right, what's a few million?"

"We'll need to invest at least tens of millions!"

The stone leopards were dumbfounded:

"Tens of...tens of millions?"

"Is running a club really that profitable?"

The king's way was silent:
"How much money can you make by running a gang? Unless it's selling drugs or smuggling weapons."

"Making money is all about doing business."

"As long as you go back and lay out the path properly, our business will be established, and we'll make a lot of money no matter what we do."

Stone Leopard quickly said:
"Boss, I have no connections."

Wang Dao gave him a deep look, a look that seemed to see right through Shi Bao, which startled Shi Bao so much that he almost broke out in a cold sweat.

What other investment avenues are available?

"First go to the local government, donate ten million to help students, and you'll find all the right connections."

The stone leopard's mouth was wide open:

"what?!"

Wang Dao waved his hand:
"That's for later. You should go and hand over the reins to Ah Niu as soon as possible."

Shi Bao, confused, was about to leave with Chen Yongren when Wang Dao called out again:
"Ah Ren, let Ah Bao stay with you for the next three months!"

Chen Yongren shouted:

"Okay, I'll take him to the new house to sleep on the floor!"

Wang Dao was taken aback and said:
"You don't need to sleep on the floor, right?"

However, the two had already left.

Liang Kun tossed a cigar to Wang Dao, and after they both lit it, Liang Kun said:
"Ah Dao, you seem to value Ah Bao quite a bit?"

Wang Dao laughed and said:

"Brother Kun, didn't you say that Shi Bao is just as important to me as I am to you?"

Liang Kun was taken aback:
"You think so highly of him?"

Wang Dao opened the door again, looked up, carefully closed the door, and became excited:

"Brother Kun, do you have a lot of questions?"

Lam Kwan nodded:
"Holding a meeting is one thing, although we both discussed it beforehand, but the content of this meeting is a bit strange?"

Wang Dao chuckled lightly:
"I modified it specifically for Shi Bao."

Liang Kun's mouth dropped open:
"Changed for him?"

Wang Dao whispered:
"Don't you think Ah Bao's appearance is strange?"

Handsome Kun frowned and said:
"Aside from his very upright posture and slightly overbearing demeanor, he seems like a pretty good person."

Wang Dao gives a thumbs up:
"Brother Kun hit the nail on the head."

Liang Kun was taken aback and asked in surprise:

"what do you mean?"

Wang Dao shrugged:

"Ah Bao isn't some big-circle leopard; he's an investigator sent by the Guangdong Provincial Police Department!"

pat!

Young Kun dropped his cigar and said incredulously:
"what?"

Wang Dao waved his hand fiercely:
"This is a godsend! I knew I'd always been lucky!"

Young Kun was so scared he almost lost his mind:
"Ah Dao, wake up! The police in the mainland don't show any mercy to gangs."

"We've let a wolf into our house!"

Wang Dao said solemnly:
"No, no, no, this is good fortune shining upon us!"

"Brother Kun, we're going to be rich!"

Seeing Wang Dao's expression, Liang Kun cautiously said:
"Ah Dao, we're out here making money, but we need to be alive to enjoy it."

"If the authorities on the mainland take notice, we'll be in big trouble!"

The king's way was silent:
"Kun, what are you thinking about?"

"Ah Bao has been ordered to come to Hong Kong this time to see the real environment of Hong Kong."

"Clubs are a basic phenomenon; we can't avoid them."

"But our gang doesn't deal in drugs, smuggle weapons, or do anything that would incur public wrath. Why would the mainland offer us peanuts?"

"Have you forgotten? We are patriotic!"

Liang Kun's eyes widened. He suddenly remembered the previous meeting, where Wang Dao repeatedly told them, "Foreigners are bad" and "Our roots are in the mainland." He seemed to understand.
"Are you trying to instill this kind of thinking in Ah Bao?"

Wang Dao rolled his eyes:
"Brother Kun, am I indoctrinating you?"

"I'm just telling the truth."

"In my heart, foreigners are bad guys, and I am a Han Chinese!"

Handsome Kun nodded repeatedly:

"Yes, yes, we are all Han Chinese, and we all love our country."

"But what is Ah Bao doing here?"

The Way of Kings is straightforward:
"He was ordered to conduct this investigation."

"The main focus is on investigating current social phenomena in Hong Kong."

"To see if the public recognizes the mainland, and so on."

"After all, Hong Kong has been colonized by foreigners for over eighty years, and several generations have changed hands. Whether the neighbors identify with the mainland depends on how many patriotic people there really are..."

Handsome Kun immediately said:
"We are patriotic!"

Wang Dao laughed loudly:
"Of course we love our country."

"We are not only patriotic, but also patriotic businessmen."

"We want to invest in the mainland."

"Before, I was worried that there wouldn't be any relevant channels, but now that Ah Bao is leading the way, where else can you find such a good thing?"

Liang Kun immediately relaxed and his mind cleared up:
"Then what you said before..."

Wang Dao shrugged:

"Ah Bao is in Hong Kong on a business trip, he'll definitely be going back. We need to hold onto someone like him tightly, right?"

Liang Kun pointed at Wang Dao and laughed:

"Ah Dao, you're so cunning!"

Wang Dao was unwilling:

"What cunning?"

"I was clearly expanding the club's territory, and you're accusing me!"

Handsome Kun said speechlessly:
"Okay, okay, I wronged you!"

Wang Dao shrugged:

"That's what it is."

Suddenly, Liang Kun became excited:
"With Ah Bao leading the way, our trip to the mainland should go smoothly, right?"

Wang Dao shrugged:

"I am very sure of that."

"I plan to donate 10 million to schools in mainland China first, and then invest heavily in building factories."

"With Ah Bao around, it saves us a lot of trouble."

"We don't need to rack our brains to explain to people; the mainland can clearly see what we've done."

Handsome Kun sighed:

"With Ah Bao as an inside man, it seems like you don't need to worry about him, right?"

Wang Dao said earnestly:
"I didn't know Ah Bao was the captain of the Guangdong Provincial Police Department, did I?"

Liang Kun also said:

"I do not know either!"

The two looked at each other and laughed.

It took a while for the two to calm down.

Handsome Kun sighed:

"My hunch was right. Ah Bao is too important to us."

"However, isn't ten million a bit too little?"

"How about doubling it again?"

Wang Dao quickly stopped him:

"No, no, no, we should proceed step by step, and it's best to pursue sustainable development."

“The mainland is poor right now. Just you wait and see. Even if we don’t mention donations, they will still ask us to donate.”

"Once Ah Bao has paved the road, it will be a natural thing for us to go to our hometown."

Liang Kun took Wang Dao's words very seriously, so he said:
"Today's meeting must be thoroughly implemented. No matter what, we must instill the same principle in our subordinates: our roots are in the mainland, we are patriotic, and we are irreconcilable with the foreigners!"

Wang Dao gives a thumbs up:
"That's right!"

Leung Kwan looks refreshed:

How about we get together tonight?

Wang Dao waved his hand:
"We can't get together today."

Liang Kun was taken aback:
"You have a dinner appointment?"

Wang Dao sighed:

"No, not really. But the house is finished. We just need to wait for the smell to dissipate before we can move in. Ah Zhen asked me for some advice..."

Handsome Kun immediately said:
"Never mind what I said!"

(End of this chapter)