Reborn in 1970, I thrived in Hong Kong.

The Ma brothers, Limpy Ho, and others gathered at Lei Luo's house at his invitation, with the main purpose of resolving a dispute between the criminal organizations over the "flour" business.

But once you leave, the relationship cools down; Lei Luo overestimated his influence among the Bad Guys after his retirement.

The Ma brothers and others came, drank tea, and outwardly treated him with utmost respect.

But when it came to matters of interest, his words no longer carried any weight. They didn't voice their opposition directly; they simply remained silent.

This mediation meeting, which was initiated by Lei Luo with a one-sided enthusiasm, naturally ended without any results and on bad terms.

The Ma brothers got into the Rolls-Royce, and before the car had even left the gate of the Lei Luo villa, the second brother Ma couldn't wait to say to the eldest brother Ma:

"Brother, Lei Luo just deliberately mentioned that Li Huai Ren, that good-for-nothing, earned fifteen million pounds in the World Cup. It's obvious he wants to cooperate with us to get his hands on Li Huai Ren's money. Why did you tug at my sleeve and tell me to keep quiet?"

The eldest brother looked at his younger brother and said coldly:

"Have you forgotten who Lei Luo is, and who we are?"

Although he was the British watchdog, he was still a soldier after all, while we were the bad guys!

Throughout history, have you ever seen a corrupt official who served a high-ranking official and did dirty deeds for him have a good ending?

In the eyes of Lei Luo and the Hong Kong British government, we were like toilet paper—used and thrown away.

Let me tell you, when we deal with Réau and the British, we can only talk about interests and exchange benefits, but we cannot sell ourselves to them and become their front men.

Otherwise, we won't even know how we died, understand?

After saying that, he sighed, patted Ma Lao Er's thigh, and said earnestly:

"When Lei Luo talked about Li Huai Ren, didn't you notice that apart from Piggy, Crippled Hao and the others all just listened to it as gossip and didn't react at all?"

Brother, Lei Luo himself often says, "Hong Kong is a Hong Kong for the rich. Snakes have their paths, and toads have theirs."

Do you know why the rich and us scoundrels can coexist peacefully in Hong Kong now?

Let me tell you, it's very simple. It's because everyone has reached a tacit understanding, follows the rules, and each has their own way of doing things...

Lei Luo deliberately brought up Li Huai Ren just now. What did he mean by that? He wanted to break the tacit understanding between us scoundrels and the rich, and break the rules.

Don't forget, his whole family has become Canadian citizens.

Do you believe that if we help him get Li Huai Ren's money, he'll turn around and blame everything on us, then pack his bags and run off to Canada with his whole family?

But we can't just run away like that; you can imagine what will happen then...

Meanwhile, as soon as Crippled Ho's Rolls-Royce exited the gates of Lei Luo's villa, he immediately began to curse:

"Fuck your mother, do you think I'm an idiot? You actually want to use me as a pawn to break the rules and get Li Huai Ren's money for him!"

Although I haven't read much, I've watched a lot of Chaozhou opera. The tricks you're playing are all shown in the opera. Do you think I'll fall for it?

"Go to hell! You're retired, but you still want to be an emperor emeritus, continuing to boss us around? Go eat shit!"

The eldest brother and his brothers were the last of the thugs to leave. After getting into the car, the eldest brother said to his younger brothers:

"Forget everything your uncle just said about Li Huai-ren."

Sigh, my uncle has been a bit greedy. He has already transferred at least HK$60 million out of the country, and with the sale of properties and other assets, it's probably at least HK$100 million.

They're still eyeing Li Huai-ren's 15 million pounds? That's too greedy; they might get themselves into trouble.

His family has become Canadian citizens and can flee to Canada at any time, but our whole family still has to make a living in Hong Kong.

Pass down this message: none of our people are to participate in anything that involves dealing with Li Huai-ren.

By the way, he's been retired for almost three years now, and his role in our family is becoming less and less important. We should cut ties with him as soon as possible...

Meanwhile, Lei Luo felt both indignant and sympathetic as he watched the Ma family and all the other scoundrels leave so easily.

Having grown accustomed to wielding power, to having one's word carry weight and commanding unanimous obedience, and to having scoundrels even personally deliver their wives and daughters to his room with a mere glance, Lei Luo felt a profound sense of loss.

Just as disheartened as him was Piggy, who hadn't left yet. He stood behind Lei Luo, his eyes darting around.

Lei Luo turned around and looked at him, then called his name affectionately:

"Qirong, my whole family has completed the immigration procedures to Canada and can leave at any time."

What about you? What are your plans?

Piggy looked up at him, sighed, and said:

"Sigh, Brother Luo, the rules you set back then are now being disobeyed by the Ma family, Limpy Hao and others."

They wouldn't even pay me the fees anymore; they gave them directly to Yan Tong and his group.

Carefully observing the expression on Lei Luo's face, he continued:

"Brother Luo, I sent Zhiwei and the others to Taiwan a long time ago. I was thinking of making some more money in a year or two, and after you leave Hong Kong, I would go to Taiwan to join Zhiwei and the others, so we could be a family reunion. I'll stay in Taiwan from now on."

Lei Luo shook his head and looked at him, saying:

"Making money for another year or two? That might be difficult."

I received news that the British have lost face internationally due to corruption in Hong Kong. Furthermore, it's a case of "the rabbit is killed after the hunt," meaning the British are treating us like toilet paper, using us and then discarding us.

The British have chosen a man named MacLehose to succeed David Trench as the next Governor of Hong Kong.

Since MacLehose took office, there should be no more of these fee-charging karaoke performances.

We'd better grab as much as we can before he takes office and issues all those policies, then run away as fast as we can!

Piggy was taken aback, then looked at Lei Luo and cautiously probed:

"Brother Luo, if we're talking about how to make a lot of money in the shortest amount of time, Li Huai..."

He was halfway through his sentence when Lei Luo waved his hand, interrupting him:

"Let's talk in my study!"

That day, Piggy stayed at Lei Luo's house for a long time, and only left after having dinner.

The next morning, after having breakfast with Brigitte Lin and others, Li Huai-ren took Qiao Wu's Mercedes to Phoenix Publishing House. He needed to deliver a batch of novel manuscripts there so that Phoenix Publishing House could publish them as soon as possible.

As soon as he got into the car, Qiao Wu said to him:

"Boss, Tiankui Star, Tianji Star, Tian'an Star and the others have all sent over the same message."

Yesterday, Lei Luo mentioned something to the Ma family, Xiang family, Limpy Hao and other shady characters at home: you won 15 million pounds in the World Cup last year.

He certainly wouldn't bring this up for no reason; he's probably after you, planning to pull off a big heist and then run off to Canada.

Li Huai-ren was taken aback, but then he realized that Lei Luo, after losing more than 400 million Hong Kong dollars, loose diamonds, and stocks, and seeing that the case could not be solved and the wealth could not be recovered, decided to make a big profit before leaving Hong Kong and set his sights on him.

He sneered inwardly:

"Originally, I would have just asked for most of what you embezzled and accepted as bribes and let it go."

I'll curse you out! I wanted to let you go, but you still want to mess with me? Well, just you wait and see, I'll skin you alive!