Hong Kong Tycoon: Starting from Delivering Dongfeng Express

Chapter 194 Ah Ren, being an undercover agent is inhuman!
After hanging up the phone, Ye Dongsheng looked at the mobile phone in his hand and thought to himself that Jiang Tiansheng's reaction was really quick.

However, the fact that Dongfeng Express was going to expand was definitely going to get out of the loop. Whether it was hiring or renovating the store, the news would eventually reach the ears of the other companies. Ye Dongsheng didn't really think he could keep it from them.

As for Jiang Tiansheng's warning just now?
Ye Dongsheng chuckled. "Ha, you think you can just decide not to go to Wan Chai like that? Do you really think Hong Kong Island is under the control of the Chiang family?"
The biggest power on Hong Kong Island right now is not one of the three major triads, but the Hong Kong Police Force!

Haven't you seen how the police crack down on organized crime every day? All the gangs have suddenly become obedient and dare not make any trouble.
Ye Dongsheng currently enjoys a good relationship with the police and has become a hero in Hong Kong. Therefore, he is confident that neither Hung Hing nor Tung Sing would dare to use their triad power to target him in the short term.

This is why he chose to start expanding immediately; the timing is perfect!
However, considering that Hung Hing and Tung Sing would inevitably clash in the future, Ye Dongsheng also planned to make some preparations in advance.

He picked up his cell phone: "Tony, come here."

Upon receiving Ye Dongsheng's call, Tony felt a surge of joy. He wasn't afraid of Ye Dongsheng scolding him for his mistake; his real fear was that Ye Dongsheng would no longer employ him. Now that he was being called over, Tony felt much more at ease!

Before long, Tony arrived and stood respectfully in front of Ye Dongsheng: "Mr. Ye, please feel free to give any instructions!"

Ye Dongsheng asked, "I asked you to keep an eye on Hung Hing's movements before, what's the situation now?"

Tony immediately said, "Aside from helping Chiang Tin-sang raid other courier shops in Wan Chai a while ago, Big B and Chan Ho-nam haven't been making any big moves lately, just like before. But it's Young Kun..."

"Oh? What happened to Handsome Kun?"

“It seems like Brother Kun has been associating with several other leaders of Hung Hing recently. My men have been keeping an eye on him several times…”

Upon hearing this, Ye Dongsheng became interested.

On the surface, it seems like there's nothing wrong with people from the same club having a meal, drinking, and singing karaoke together.

However, these are all leaders of various gangs, and they are tough guys!
Even within the same organization, people rarely see each other and mostly stay within their own territory.

Unless they are in a close-knit group like Thirteen Sister and Han Bin, they would only meet once at club meetings.

But now, Liang Kun has started to frequently contact these gang leaders. What is he trying to do?
Two words immediately popped into Ye Dongsheng's mind: rise to power!
Liang Kun is currently a powerful and well-equipped force in Hung Hing. If he wants to climb higher, he only has one goal: to become the leader!
It’s good to be ambitious!
Ye Dongsheng likes ambitious people, especially someone like Liang Kun. The more trouble Liang Kun causes, the easier it is for Ye Dongsheng to find opportunities to target Jiang Tiansheng's Hengtong Express!

If the original plot of "Young and Dangerous" had been followed, after bribing enough gang leaders, Brother Kun would have launched a coup, forcing Chiang Tin-sang to abdicate.

This involves a key figure, Chen Yao, the strategist of Hung Hing and Chiang Tin-sang's right-hand man.

It was only after Liang Kun had dealt with Chen Yao that he dared to stage a coup. However, in hindsight, Chen Yao was probably Jiang Tiansheng's mole, deliberately cooperating with him in this charade. Otherwise, given Chen Yao's leadership in the rebellion, it would have been impossible for him to still be trusted and valued by Jiang Tiansheng after Liang Kun's death.

The situation at the time was that Chiang Tin-sang wanted to deliberately lure the snake out of its hole. He couldn't directly take action to eliminate Leung Kwan, a meritorious figure who had done a lot for Hung Hing, so he had Chan Yiu betray him. After Leung Kwan became the leader, he amassed a large number of fans and killed Big B, which aroused public anger. Chiang Tin-sang used other people to eliminate him.

But the situation is a bit different now. Jiang Tiansheng has now started Hengtong Express and is in the process of development. Will he still pull this stunt at this critical juncture?

After all, once he steps down, he can no longer use Hung Hing's power on the surface, so Heng Tung Express certainly won't last long!

Ye Dongsheng wasn't sure about this either, after all, he couldn't read Jiang Tiansheng's mind.

After a moment's thought, Ye Dongsheng asked Tony, "Tony, what's your relationship with the leaders of Hung Hing?"

Tony shook his head: "The Tong Yi Tong and Hung Hing have never had any conflicts, and we have a good relationship with Sister Thirteen, so we can greet the other leaders when we meet."

Ye Dongsheng nodded: "Then go and build a good relationship with someone now!"

"Who?"

"Ah Kei, the leader of the Hung Hing Sai Wan branch!"

"Huh? Him!"

This really surprised Tony. He thought his boss would ask him to build a relationship with either Liang Kun or Chen Yao, but he didn't expect it to be Brother Ji!
Based on his impression of Brother Kei, this guy was somewhat all bark and no bite, and he was not firm in his stance. He did a lot of things that changed with the wind, and he was a fence-sitter. He was never considered very powerful within Hung Hing.

Ye Dongsheng smiled, roughly understanding what Tony was thinking. After saying a few words to him, Tony immediately nodded.

Although Brother Kei is a fence-sitter, he is adept at changing his stance according to the wind. So many people have died within Hung Hing, yet he has always remained standing, which shows that he is not a simple person, or rather, this is his way of survival!
Moreover, this guy is actually the easiest to break through. As long as you give him some sweetness, he will "accidentally" reveal even matters within Hung Hing, and be "accidentally" used by others!
He was definitely one of the people who recruited the leaders within Hung Hing.

Moreover, if Brother Kei is used properly, it's not just Hung Hing that could be dragged down, but even Tung Sing could be dragged into it!

After listening to Ye Dongsheng's instructions, Tony left in a hurry. He was sure he would handle this matter perfectly!

Watching Tony's retreating figure, Ye Dongsheng regained his composure. Brother Ji's move was just a preliminary step; whether it would be useful later remained to be seen.

He called Wang Jianguo over: "Jianguo, you said you had something to discuss with me? Was it about that Ah Ann from the auto repair shop?"

Ah Ann was the girl Wang Jianguo had met at the nightclub. Her brother worked at a nearby auto repair shop, and Wang Jianguo had been pursuing her.

Faced with Ye Dongsheng's teasing, Wang Jianguo shook his head shyly: "No, Brother Sheng, it's about our Dongfeng Express!"

Ye Dongsheng smiled and said, "Alright, I'm not joking with you anymore. If there's anything about the company, just tell me."

"Um, it's nothing really, I just noticed a small problem and wanted to ask you about it. Please don't be offended if I'm wrong, Sheng-ge~" Wang Jianguo scratched his head.

Encouragingly, Ye Dongsheng continued:

"Brother Sheng, our business scope in the Jinghai area right now only covers the Special Economic Zone, right?"

Ye Dongsheng nodded: "That's right. Our main customers are Hong Kong-owned factories, which are mostly located in the Special Economic Zone."

"Brother Sheng, I lived in Jinghai for a few months. Actually, the area outside the Special Economic Zone is much larger than the Special Economic Zone. And in the past few months, I've noticed that quite a few people still want to send packages to areas outside the Jinghai Special Economic Zone, but because our delivery range is limited to within the Special Economic Zone, we've turned them down."

I'm thinking, Dongfeng Express has quite a few competitors now. If we don't do business outside the special economic zone, what will happen when companies like FlashEx and Hengtong Express do? Won't we fall behind?

Ye Dongsheng asked directly, "Jianguo, have you kept statistics on how many of these customers there are each day?"

Wang Jianguo shook his head: "I haven't actually done a serious count, but I feel that if we were to do it, we should be able to get 50 orders a day, right?"

After hearing Wang Jianguo's words, Ye Dongsheng patted him on the shoulder and praised him, "Not bad, Jianguo. The fact that you were able to observe these things and think about this problem shows that you really put your heart into it!"

Then he said, "I had someone do a count based on the number of people we've rejected in the past. The business volume in the Jinghai area outside the Special Economic Zone should be 100-150 orders per day!"

Although most residents of Hong Kong Island find Dongfeng Express prices too high, there is still a small group who can afford it. These are people with relatives or friends in Beijing who have a need for courier services. A daily volume of 100-150 orders is not an exaggeration.

Upon hearing this, Wang Jianguo exclaimed, "Brother Sheng, so you knew all along! This is much more than I expected. Why hasn't Dongfeng Express done this part of the business yet?"

Ye Dongsheng asked Wang Jianguo to sit down and explained in detail:

There was a reason why we didn't do it before.

First, the cost-effectiveness is not good. The Jinghai area outside the Special Economic Zone is several times larger than that of the Special Economic Zone, but the business volume is only one-tenth of that inside the Special Economic Zone.

Think about it, doing business outside the special economic zone would be troublesome in terms of delivery, and the profits would be low. That would be a waste of effort and would slow down the initial growth rate!

Wang Jianguo nodded. This is a very simple principle.

Then Ye Dongsheng added, "Secondly, there are orders from outside the special economic zone. I've done a survey, and over 80% of them are civilian orders. That means the customers aren't factory owners or business owners, but ordinary citizens!"

There are two problems with the orders from citizens. One is that they are looking for cheap prices and almost always use three-day delivery, which costs 100 yuan. This results in half the revenue of commercial orders.

Another problem is that I don't want to compete with the post office for customers.

Our current operation of Dongfeng Express has likely already drawn criticism from the postal service. However, since almost all of our clients are currently commercial clients, it hasn't yet touched upon the postal service's fundamental interests.

Regarding the civilian single-use component, I've always had concerns!

After hearing Ye Dongsheng's words, Wang Jianguo understood why Ye Dongsheng hadn't pursued this market opportunity despite recognizing it.

"Brother Sheng, it was my oversight. I didn't realize there were so many entanglements involved!"

Ye Dongsheng shook his head: "No, it's good that you can think of these things! The current situation is different from that of a few months ago."

You're absolutely right. Now Jinghai has more competitors like Flash Express and Hengtong Express. Even if we don't do business outside the special economic zone, they will.

Furthermore, with the rapid development of Jinghai, the number of orders from outside the special economic zone will definitely increase rapidly, and we cannot afford to give up on this area.

Then Ye Dongsheng said, "Jianguo, since you have ideas, how about I hand this market over to you?"

"I?!"

Wang Jianguo was startled at first, then immediately asked, "Brother Sheng, what about the post office?"

Ye Dongsheng smiled and said, "Let's see how it goes. After all, more than 90% of citizens still use the post office to send things. It's only 100 orders a day. It shouldn't hurt the post office too much, right?"

Wang Jianguo felt a little excited, then scratched his head and asked, "Brother Sheng, what if I don't do a good job?"

"It's only 100 orders, it won't have a big impact on Dongfeng Express."

"But you have to be confident. I've been working here for so long, and I haven't hidden anything from you. Just go for it. What are you afraid of?"

Wang Jianguo nodded, a surge of entrepreneurial excitement welling up inside him. He said to Ye Dongsheng, "Brother Sheng, I will definitely do my best and not let you and Dongfeng Express down!"

Ye Dongsheng joked, "You'll be spending a lot of time in Jinghai from now on. Make sure you greet that girl you're pursuing, Ah Ann, first!"

Wang Jianguo's expression stiffened for a moment, then he straightened his chest and said, "It's alright! A good man's ambition lies in all directions! At worst... I'll come back to be with her this weekend!"

At this moment, Wang Jianguo's mind was mostly occupied with starting a business: opening a shop, hiring people...

Thinking about hiring reminded him of his time living in Jinghai, and the image of the honest and kind fishmonger, A-Qiang, popped into his mind! A-Qiang was a really good guy; he'd help him out this time, and working for him would definitely earn him more than selling fish!
……

Meanwhile, in a private room of a restaurant, two powerful figures from the underworld were sitting.

"Mr. Jiang, the police are cracking down so hard these days, what brings you here?" Camel asked, lighting a cigarette.

Jiang Tiansheng smiled and said, "Boss Luo, we're not doing anything illegal or criminal. We're just having some tea. What can the police do to us?"

The camel picked up the teacup, rinsed it, then opened the window, poured the tea out, and said with a smile:

"Didn't you see that police car parked across the street? Our meeting has made those police officers incredibly nervous; they might raid our place again tonight!"

Jiang Tiansheng waved his hand: "It's only for a short time. Things should return to normal after the New Year. Boss Luo, I called you here today to talk about serious business!"

"what's up?"

Have you noticed that Dongfeng Express is hiring?

Camel picked up his teacup and took a sip: "What's wrong with hiring? Isn't this normal?"

"This isn't just simple recruitment, it's large-scale recruitment! I just called Chairman Ye, and Dongfeng Express is expanding!"

Camel paused, his teacup still in his hand, and frowned: "Expansion?"

Jiang Tiansheng nodded: "That's right! During this period, our courier company has developed quite well, not only because we swept away those small and medium-sized courier companies, but also because Dongfeng Express has not taken any action against us."

But now Dongfeng Express is expanding, and I suspect this might be aimed at us!

"Targeting us? We're all from the courier association, and we agreed to stand together against outsiders. We've helped the association clear out most of the small fry in the market, and now you're targeting us?"

Jiang Tiansheng sighed: "Boss Luo, the increase in our order volume is, to put it bluntly, all taken from Dongfeng Express."

"How would you react if someone else took your business away?"

Camel slammed his fist on the table: "Who dares? I'll chop him up!"

Jiang Tiansheng shrugged: "Look, Ye Dongsheng probably feels the same way you do. We stole his business, do you really think he'll just stand by and watch? I don't think so!"

Camel narrowed his eyes: "Jiang Tiansheng, what do you mean? Do you want to take him out first?"

Jiang Tiansheng was taken aback, then shook his head and laughed, "Hehe, Boss Luo, you're really joking! Don't even mention how closely the police are watching now, even without the police, given how fierce Ye Dongsheng is, would you dare send someone to play dirty tricks on him?"

Camel also fell silent. The scene of Ye Dongsheng chasing and killing thugs on the street with an AK just a few days ago was still vivid in his mind. Now, who would dare to provoke Ye Dongsheng?
Not to mention that after this incident, Ye Dongsheng will definitely be more vigilant, and the security forces around him will be greatly strengthened.

Even if they send assassins, they will most likely fail. If they slip up and Ye Dongsheng comes to their door with an AK and mows them down, they'll be dead!

After a moment of silence, the camel asked, "Then what do you mean?"

Jiang Tiansheng said solemnly, "What I mean is that our two families should form an alliance and help each other!"
The police's crackdown on organized crime cannot continue indefinitely.

If Dongfeng Express really decides to move into our vicinity, then we'll band together and drive them out!

After saying that, Jiang Tiansheng picked up the teacup in his hand.

The camel thought for a moment and said, "I'm old and don't have any big ambitions or expansion plans, but I won't let anyone bully me! Anyone who dares to step into my territory, don't blame me for being impolite!"

After saying that, he raised his teacup and clinked it with Jiang Tiansheng's!

Jiang Tiansheng smiled. With him and Camel joining forces, there was no need to fear Ye Dongsheng!
A moment later, on the way back, Crow asked Camel, "Boss, now that you've teamed up with Chiang Tin-sang, can I do business in Hung Hing's territory?"

Camel frowned: "Doing business? What kind of business do you do?"

"Hehe, boss, I need to find some work to do when I get back to Hong Kong!"

"Going to Hung Hing's territory to do business? You're going to sell drugs?!" Camel immediately realized what Crow was up to.

The crow didn't argue: "Boss, this is exactly what I do in the Netherlands! Selling rice is so profitable, why wouldn't I do it?"

Camel immediately scolded, "How many times have I told you? Hong Kong Island is not the Netherlands! I don't object to you opening bars, nightclubs, karaoke lounges, or mahjong parlors, but just don't sell flour! If someone takes advantage of you, don't say I didn't protect you!"

The crow, sprayed in the face by the camel, turned its head away in frustration and looked out the window. He had been quite lawless in the Netherlands, but back in Hong Kong, he was constantly restricted.

The rules about not being allowed to fight among fellow disciples and not being allowed to lose fans were making him extremely frustrated!

They look down on Camel's ambition to become a courier service; wouldn't it only earn a few million a year? Compared to selling flour, that's nothing!

As for whether the money is clean or not, the crow doesn't care!
If Camel wants to run a courier service, he can do it himself; anyway, Crow is definitely going to do the flour business!

……

"Ren-ge, what's wrong? You seem to have something on your mind."

Chen Yongren turned his head to look at the fat cat staring at him, and chuckled as he pinched its chubby cheek: "How did you know I had something on my mind?"

"Intuition! My intuition is very accurate!"

"Hehe, everyone says you're stupid, but you're not stupid at all!"

"Hehe, I'm not stupid! Now even my godfather says I'm very capable!"

Seeing Fat Cat's innocent smile, Chen Yongren also smiled, and his mood improved considerably.

"Brother Ren, bye-bye, I'm off now!"

After getting off the bus, Chen Yongren waved goodbye to Fat Cat, then remembered what Ye Dongsheng had said to him that morning: to be a store manager?

"Hey!"

Suddenly, a large hand gripped Chen Yongren's shoulder. Chen Yongren reacted instinctively and tried to block, but his outstretched arm was grabbed by another hand.

"Heh, you can't beat me, but you want to try again?"

Chen Yongren turned his head and saw clearly the person behind him. It turned out to be Qi Jingsheng, the undercover agent he had crossed paths with a few days ago in the robbery case!
"It's you!"

“That’s right, my name is Qi Jingsheng. I’ve heard about you. You used to be a courier, and now you’re in charge of delivering goods. But it seems like you’ve had some training. You can even handle a gun? What, did you attend military school before?”

Upon hearing Qi Jingsheng's question, Chen Yongren instinctively tensed up. He had never attended a military academy, but he was the best police officer in the police academy!
But Qi Jingsheng immediately exposed his lie, causing Chen Yongren to quickly wave his hands: "No, no! I just learned a few moves from someone!"

"You little rascal, looks like you have your own little secrets too, but I don't want to pry. I had way more secrets than you! We've become friends through a misunderstanding, how about we have a drink together?"

Upon receiving Qi Jingsheng's invitation, Chen Yongren immediately agreed. He was eager to communicate with this fellow undercover agent!

……

In the bar, two glasses clinked together, and they downed them in one gulp...

"Hiccup!"

After letting out a burp, Qi Jingsheng laughed loudly:

"Awesome! Before, I had to be so careful with everything I did, like a rat in a sewer, afraid to even burp for fear of attracting attention! Now it's different! Burp!"

Seeing Qi Jingsheng's current state, Chen Yongren felt envious. He empathized with Qi Jingsheng's words, realizing that being an undercover agent really requires being on edge at all times.

"Brother Qi, how did you become an undercover agent?" Chen Yongren asked tentatively.

"Hehe! I used to hide my identity all the time, but I don't care anymore. To tell you the truth, I came from the mainland illegally, but I was caught by the border police and put in jail!"

Chen Yongren was shocked to hear this, not expecting that the other party was from the mainland! How could he have become an undercover police officer?

“I thought I was going to be deported back to the mainland, but then Superintendent Cheng found the three of us brothers and asked us to go undercover, saying that if we made good contributions, he would help us get our identities sorted out!”
The three of us were overjoyed, placing all our hopes on this. In less than a year, we risked our lives to fight criminals!

"Do you know how many criminal gangs we've helped the police eliminate?" Qi Jingsheng asked with a smile.

"How much?" Chen Yongren was also curious.

"Twelve! Including the Da Dong gang, that makes a total of twelve!"

"So many! I'm truly impressed! Brother Qi, I salute you!"

Qi Jingsheng and Chen Yongren bumped into each other:
"Ha, what's there to admire? Do you think we wanted this? We were all forced into it!"

When we took down the five criminal gangs, we kept asking Superintendent Cheng when he would fulfill his promise, but he just kept dragging his feet and putting pressure on us!

They didn't treat us undercover agents like human beings at all; they just saw us as tools to gain merit! I admitted it myself in the office that day!

And then there's that old undercover cop I know. He was an undercover agent for over ten years, covered in injuries, and now he's applying for retirement without any compensation. His family is ruined, and his wife has run off with someone else!
Bah! The Hong Kong police are ruthless; undercover agents are inhuman!
Thankfully, I'm free now!

Chen Yongren stared blankly at the wine glass, feeling a chill run down his spine!

(End of this chapter)