Hong Kong Film Intelligence King

Chapter 267 The Elephant in the Room

The sound of firecrackers was deafening, red paper scraps flew everywhere, and the smell of gunpowder filled the air.

Jimmy handed the property manager a large roll of money:
"Manager, we have a joyous occasion at the company today. Thank you all for your help."

The property manager pressed a button and knew exactly what was going on—it must be worth tens of thousands!
"Your company's 'The Emperor's Disciple' is really well made; I've watched it several times."

"We're all neighbors, so don't worry. I'll restore it to its original state in less than half an hour."

Jimmy laughed:

"There's no need to rush. The sun is quite strong. Let's take it slow."

He pointed to the box at his feet.
"I bought some water for everyone."

The property manager quickly said:
"Leave it to us, Manager Li, you can continue with your work."

After Jimmy left, the property manager took out two-thirds of the money and distributed it to the workers who were eagerly watching.
"Hey, you each got four thousand, that's more than a month's salary."

"No need to say more, right?"

An old worker said:

"This cleaning work is our job, not to mention that we can earn extra money. They even bought us water."

"Don't worry, manager, we definitely won't slack off."

Everyone nodded in unison.

be lazy?

That's impossible!

Qiankun Film and Television Company comes here every now and then, and each time it means an extra month's income.

They wish there were more good things like this.

Being lazy is like throwing money away from your own wallet.

Hong Kong may not have much else, but it has a lot of people on foot!
You're not going to do it? There are plenty of other people who will.

The property manager smiled and nodded, watching the workers work from the sidelines; he wasn't actually required to supervise them.

Unfortunately, Jimmy gave too much.

An ordinary worker earns four thousand each, so you can imagine how much he has in his pocket.

The property manager knew a principle: the person could have refused to pay, but they still did. This showed that they were kind-hearted and not easily deceived.

If you don't know what's good for you... someone could crush you with a single finger.

Wang Dao returned to the company with his briefcase. The bigwigs busied themselves for three minutes, and then went out to hand out red envelopes to everyone they met.

"Wishing Mr. Li good fortune and prosperity."

"Wishing you prosperity, Mr. Wang."

"Wishing you prosperity, boss lady..."

Everyone smiled, and almost everyone received four or five red envelopes.

Some were pretty, some were pleasing to the eye, and some even received extra red envelopes.

Van had never given anyone a red envelope before. After going around in circles, there were still a dozen or so red envelopes left. She curiously opened one and her eyes almost popped out of their sockets.

Good heavens, there are eight big yellow oxen in there!
Van suddenly had an idea and thought of putting these waves into his handbag.

Unfortunately, out of pride, he simply couldn't close the deal.

Bozi looked at the red envelope in his hand and said to Le Huizhen, Vanzai, and Apple:

"We're rich today! Now, let's think about where to go shopping tonight."

Vanzi said:
"These red envelopes are just for us?"

Bozi said matter-of-factly:
“The workers all received red envelopes, so we should get a few too.”

With a wave of his hand:
"My wife is right!"

So the men stuffed all the red envelopes in their hands into the women's hands.

Apple curiously opened the red envelope, her eyes widening in surprise:

"This... so much?"

Liang Kun shrugs:

"I originally wanted to pack four 8s, but that was too much trouble, so I'll just pack eight."

Apple's mouth opened wide.

She had fifteen red envelopes in her hand, which was a total of 120,000 yuan!
It's more than her two years' worth of firewood and water.

Apple looked to Chen Guozhong for help, who smiled and said:
"This is a red envelope, of course I'll accept it."

Apple accepted it as expected.

Having seen and lived in the big villa, she naturally goes along with whatever the man says.

Apple doesn't hesitate at all about this!
Bozi asked curiously:
"Everyone, what's going on this time that warrants such a large red envelope?"

Liang Kun chuckled:

"We've struck it rich! Our private equity fund's big project has been a success!"

Le Huizhen suddenly screamed at the top of her lungs:
"Honey, you did it?"

Wang Dao laughed and said:

"Just now outside the securities trading company, I saw a foreigner jump off a building, and he almost hit me on the head."

"That foreigner is the manager of Hongkong Land!"

Le Huizhen almost suffered from her professional habit:

Should I go to the scene?

Chen Guozhong shook his head:

"No need. There are plenty of people who commit suicide by jumping off buildings; it's not worth reporting."

"The deceased was a senior manager of a foreign firm, so it's even more inappropriate to report on this."

“As long as it’s not a homicide, others will definitely keep it a secret.”

Le Huizhen then gave up.

Bozi laughed:

"It's pointless for us to join in when you men are talking."

"Let's go shopping!"

After thinking for a moment, Liang Kun took out another roll of money and stuffed it into Bo Zi's hand:

"We're all tired from shopping, so we definitely need to eat. Today it's on us!"

Lok Wai-chun, Vanjai, and Apple all said in unison:
"Mr. Li is so generous!"

Bozi glanced at the group of people and said with high spirits:
"Let's go!"

Wang Dao instructed:
"Jianjun, arrange for a few people to protect Sister-in-law."

Wang Jianjun agreed and personally led a group to protect Bozi and the others.

Wang Dao also took out a roll of money and handed it to Chen Yongren:

"Treat the brothers to a good meal!"

Chen Yongren patted the red envelope:

"Boss, I have some here."

Wang Dao glared at him:
"Where did all this talk come from?"

Chen Yongren obediently accepted the money and led the group out.

Wang Dao called out to Ji, then pulled out a wad of cash:

"Make the arrangements, book a restaurant, and let the company people celebrate."

Jimmy nodded in agreement, took the money, and caught up with the main group.

Stone Leopard exclaimed in astonishment:
"Why is the big boss sending out red envelopes again?"

Chen Yongren laughed and said:
"The big boss has struck it rich!"

Shi Bao opened the red envelopes and was almost scared to death. Each envelope contained eight red envelopes, and he received a total of eight red envelopes.

That's 64,000!
Jimmy laughed:

"Brother Leopard, these red envelopes are just for good luck, to share in the big boss's good fortune."

"Our main focus isn't on the red envelopes."

Stone Leopard nodded:
"I know!"

In just a few days, he understood the main source of the club's income.

The most important thing is collecting protection money, which is a fee that all gangs have to collect.

The police station doesn't care either—mainly because they can't handle it all.

Their situation in Mong Kok was unique, and Wang Dao arranged a series of tasks for opening a shop.

Shi Bao has been extremely busy these past few days.

But after calming down and doing the math, he realized that if these shops were successfully established, he could earn several million a month just from the territory he managed.

Although a portion of these millions had to be distributed among the underlings, the boss still received over a million.

It’s a huge profit!
Compared to that, these red envelopes are really nothing.

This is just the initial income from the various stores; once the stores are further developed, the money will be even greater!

Shi Bao also knew that Mong Kok was an exception, and that only leaders of certain triads could earn incomes like theirs.

He composed himself, cleared his mind of distractions, and immersed himself in the team-building activities at Tai Tung Square in Mong Kok.

In Liang Kun's office, however, the scene was quite different. Wang Dao had dismissed everyone, clearly intending to discuss stocks and funds.

Wang Dao laughed and said:

“Our plan went smoothly. I started buying Hongkong Land shares when they were 21 cents each, gradually accumulating them, and then holding them steady.”

“Jackson & Co. managed to raise the stock price to four dollars and two cents.”

"I sold everything successfully today, and the profit is in my pocket!"

Liang Kun, Chen Guozhong, and Han Bin shouted, "We're rich!"

Han Bin's voice trembled:
"From 21 cents to 4 dollars, how many times has that increased?"

Wang Dao shrugged:

"Nineteen times!"

Han Bin exclaimed in surprise:
"If I invested 20 million, wouldn't it become 380 million?"

Wang Dao laughed and said:

"Do you want 380 million? I can write you a check!"

Han Bin immediately became alert:

"Ado, do you have another plan?"

Wang Dao laughed heartily:

"That's natural."

He explained,

“Land’s portfolio is very large, which allows me to plan ahead at my own pace.”

"I invested one billion this time."

Han Bin was taken aback:
"A billion."

Wang Dao shrugged:

"To be precise, it's 1.22 billion."

Han Bin said speechlessly:
"That twenty million is mine?"

Wang Dao shrugged:

"That's right!"

Han Bin was in terrible pain:
"You made that much money last month?"

Liang Kun patted him on the shoulder:

"What's the use of regretting it now? In the end, it's all because you didn't trust Adao."

Han Bin suddenly slapped himself:

"I really wish I had a time machine so I could sit in it and go back to last month when Adao invited me to join us. I would definitely grab that version of myself and slap him repeatedly until he realizes his own worth," Han Bin wailed.

"My money!"

Wang Dao laughed heartily.

He knew perfectly well that Han Bin was apologizing to him in various ways.

"Alright, stop fooling around."

Han Bin quickly said:
"Adao, don't leave me behind in the future. I'll do whatever you ask me to do, and I won't refuse."

Wang Dao said helplessly:
"Okay, okay, I got it!"

Han Bin finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Holy crap, that's terrifying!
He knew that if he couldn't catch up in the initial stage, he could forget about catching up later.

The key to success lies in investing in investments that yield exponential returns; naturally, the larger the initial amount, the larger the subsequent returns.

If you can't even keep up with others at the beginning, how will you be able to keep up later?
Don't even think about it!

Wang Dao said solemnly:
"Our profits are huge. Just do a simple calculation. If we convert it into money, we've made a net profit of nearly 10 billion."

Liang Kun exclaimed:
"Why so many?"

Does Hongkong Land have that much money?

Wang Dao sneered:
"This includes not only Hongkong Land's money, but also the money of other foreign firms, as well as the money of ordinary stock investors who thought they had found a 'monster stock' and blindly placed bets."

"This amount of money is too much; we can't possibly come up with it all at once."

"Therefore, I had no choice but to put a significant portion of my money into the stock market through acquisitions."

"Simply put, I bought some shares in foreign firms like Wharf Holdings, Hutchison Whampoa, Electric Light & Telegraph, HSBC and so on."

Han Binqi said:

"You bought shares in Hongkong Land too?"

Wang Dao nodded:
"That's right, I bought Hongkong Land's shares. I bought two billion shares."

"Congratulations everyone! From today onwards, you will all be wearing various shareholder titles!"

Han Bin exclaimed:
"What do you mean?"

Wang Dao shrugged:

"Simply put, companies like Hongkong Land, Hutchison Whampoa, and Wharf Holdings have already fallen into our hands."

"Let's discuss who should serve as the board representative."

Han Bin was taken aback:
"Is it mandatory to take on this role?"

Wang Daoyi shrugged:

"Unless you want others to mess with your company at will!"

Han Bin immediately said:
"That won't do. Why should my company be messed with by them?"

Wang Dao clapped his hands and said:
"Yep!"

"We must have this sense of ownership."

Han Bin frowned and said:
"Do we absolutely have to go?"

Wang Dao shrugged:

"You can also ask someone else to do it, but you have to trust them."

Han Bin muttered:
"I'm afraid it's not that I'm at ease, but that we should both be at ease."

"Among the four of us, I have the smallest shareholding."

He only realized what was going on now.

Han Bin looked up at the three of them.

"What do you say?"

Chen Guozhong frowned and said:

"Can we hide our identities?"

Wang Dao bluntly shattered his daydream:
"impossible!"

There are no secrets in the stock market.

Liang Kun and the others were taken aback:
"what?"

Wang Dao shrugged:

“Every transaction we make is documented in the securities market.”

Han Bin frowned and said:
"Isn't it said that securities companies protect their clients' privacy?"

Wang Dao exclaimed in astonishment:
"You're a smuggling tycoon, how could you believe such nonsense?"

Liang Kun asked, puzzled:
"Don't Westerners preach about the spirit of contracts?"

Wang Dao said irritably:

"When they have the upper hand, they will inevitably abide by the spirit of the contract, which is in their favor."

"What the hell is the spirit of contract when they are at a disadvantage?"

He solemnly said,

"The West was able to launch two Opium Wars to open the door to the East, and Ah Chou opened the door to the East by anchoring his warships at Okamoto."

"If they can do something like this, do you still believe they have any sense of contractual obligation?"

Are you guys out of your minds?

The three of them were speechless.

Only then did they realize that these self-proclaimed gentlemen were actually robbers.

If it were someone else, they would definitely argue with Wang Dao.

However, none of the three would!
One is openly a policeman but secretly an angel, while the other two are openly businessmen but secretly triad bosses.

They all believe that might makes right, and they understand the true value of this statement.

Wang Dao stated his conclusion.

“We could hide before, after all, we were small back then. In front of the real giants, we were just a shrimp.”

"But now, hiding is simply not an option."

"We've become the elephant in the room; no one can ignore us."

"Perhaps by now, our private equity fund's information has fallen into the hands of some big shots."

"These important figures include the heads of foreign firms, high-ranking officials of the governor's mansion, or similar figures."

"Don't forget, HSBC was originally one of the foreign banks."

"Then we need to consider who should be on the board of directors."

He looked at the crowd who were about to speak and spoke first.
"Don't be anxious yet."

"I must explain something first."

"We have several foreign firms that we need to take over."

All three were stunned. They looked at each other and said in unison:
"Take over the foreign firm?"

Wang Dao nodded slowly.

"Yes, take over the foreign firm."

"There are mainly three companies: Hongkong Land, Hutchison Whampoa, and Wharf Holdings!"

"Alright, what are your opinions?"

Chen Guozhong immediately said:

"I will continue to work as a police superintendent; I will not become a director."

Han Bin said incredulously:
"Brother Zhong, you're a billionaire now, why are you still working as a cop?"

"Very dangerous."

Chen Guozhong remained calm:
"I have my dreams."

Han Bin frowned and said:
"Your dream is to be a policeman?"

Chen Guozhong shook his head:

"My dream is to maintain peace in Hong Kong."

Han Bin fell silent. He thought Chen Guozhong's actions were foolish, but he couldn't comment on the other party's pursuit!

After thinking for a moment, Liang Kun said:

"Let Han Bin take care of Wharf for the time being."

Han Bin said speechlessly:
"Why should I be in charge?"

Handsome Kun bluntly said:
"Aren't you a smuggling tycoon? Don't you own any ships?"

Han Bin thought about it and agreed:
"Okay, then let's do this part-time for now."

Liang Kun looked at Wang Dao:

"Ado, which trading company will you be taking up a position at?"

Wang Dao was taken aback and said:
"Boss, I am your blank paper fan."

Liang Kun rolled his eyes hard:
"Didn't you just say there was an elephant in the room?"

"I hadn't realized it at first, but now I've come to my senses."

"You're the real leader among the four of us."

"Whether it's Ah Zhong, Binni, or me, we all rely on you for our livelihood."

"That's right, we've all been doing quite well without you."

"But to be honest, it's absolutely impossible to make that much money."

"People should have self-awareness!"

He looked at Chen Guozhong and Han Bin.
"Ado is our leader, do you have any objections?"

Chen Guozhong looked at Liang Kun in surprise:

"Ah Kun, I don't easily admire people, but I truly admire you!"

"According to the rules of the martial arts world, you are a big shot in Adao, are you just going to give up your position as the leader?"

Han Bin also gave a thumbs up:

“Ah Kun, I, Benny, admire you.”

Liang Kun shrugs:

“I know what Adao is thinking. If I don’t say anything, Adao will definitely continue to hide behind me.”

"He's that kind of loyal brother."

“You don’t need to admire me. If I don’t allow Ado to move freely, it will definitely limit Ado’s performance.”

"Unbeknownst to me, I will miss out on an unknown amount of money."

"Adao is loyal and can help me make money."

"To be honest, I never imagined that one day I would have an eight-figure sum in my bank account."

"This is completely beyond my expectations."

"If that's the case, why should I be stubborn and stick my neck out?"

"If Adao is capable, of course he should rise to the top."

"I'm following behind him, and I can even get a ride. It couldn't be more comfortable, right?"

"To put it bluntly, when you're out there in the game..."

The three of them eagerly answered, "Making money is the most important thing!"

Handsome Kun laughed heartily:

"That's right, making money is the top priority!"

"Ado, from now on, we'll leave the task of making money for us to you."

Wang Dao said earnestly:
"Boss, I can do it!"

Liang Kun extended his hand, and Wang Dao went to meet him. The two shook hands firmly.

Chen Guozhong was full of surprise. He never expected that Liang Kun, who always claimed to disbelieve in loyalty, would do something so humane and loyal.

Ah-do, I can't go back to the police station!
(End of this chapter)