Hong Kong Variety Show: Let you eat melons, eat melons on your sister-in-law

Chapter 84 "84" Poaching People, Lingering Connections?

Lin Yao had a good relationship with the police, and the two sides quickly reached an agreement on how to help Li Ying with his publicity stunts.

After that, the police only needed to review the draft to prevent Lin Yao from causing trouble, and they didn't need to worry about the rest.

This is the role of the media as a mouthpiece.

Of course, the police did not rely entirely on the "Jianghu" magazine.

In recent years, we have also collaborated with TVB, ATV, and even Hong Kong radio stations.

Although the results were not very good, it was no longer the infamous image it had in the early 1980s.

The collaboration with Lin Yao was entirely due to Lin Yao's gang affiliation and the influence of "Jianghu".

After their conversation, Lin Yao asked Li Ying, "How is Wei Jixiang?"

“This guy is practically begging to kill the Crown Prince right now, it’s definitely a good opportunity for you to poach him!” Li Ying said with a smile.

As the two were talking, a police officer knocked on the door and came in.

"What is it?" Li Ying asked, frowning.

"Uncle Mei from Hongtai has arrived, saying he wants to bail out the Crown Prince!" the police officer under his command said directly.

"Heh, this old guy got here pretty fast!" Li Ying sneered, then got up and walked out.

Lin Yao didn't move. The office door was open, and the conversation between the two could be heard.

"Uncle Mei, you're here to pick up your son so early!" Li Ying said with a smile to Mei.

The man with the bushy eyebrows grinned and said, "My son shouldn't have anything to do with this, right, Inspector Li? Please be magnanimous and let me bail my son out!"

“How could it be unrelated? It’s because your son owes Sangbo gambling debts and is being chased by creditors that all of this happened!” Li Ying said firmly, “According to the regulations, I have the right to detain him for forty-eight hours!”

“But wasn’t it Wei Jixiang who did the chopping? My son is the victim!” Piyanmei said directly.

"Heh, Wei Jixiang isn't one of Hongtai's men!" Li Ying said with a disdainful look. "What? You want to push all the blame onto Wei Jixiang now? Is this how a boss should act!"

Pipimei's behavior is so despicable that even a policeman like Li Ying would find it utterly contemptible, let alone people in the underworld.

Being mocked so blatantly, Piyanmei couldn't stand it anymore: "Li sir, aren't you being a bit too nosy?"

Li Ying didn't tolerate him: "If you want to pick someone up, come back for bail in 48 hours. No way now, please leave! Oh, by the way, Wei Jixiang can be bailed out right now, do you want to pay for it?"

Without saying a word, he turned and left.

Don't even think about asking him to spend money to save Wei Jixiang.

After getting rid of the ass-eyebrowed guy, Li Ying also looked annoyed: "Damn it, I've never seen such trash before."

Lin Yao said with a smile, "That's perfect. The more this guy acts like this, the greater the chance I'll be able to poach Wei Jixiang."

"You're really planning to poach people? That old bastard with the bushy eyebrows won't let you get away with this," Li Ying said, frowning. "Don't you dare cause me any trouble!"

"With the size of Hongtai, what right does he have to say anything to us and Liansheng?" Li Yao said disdainfully. "Don't worry, they can't cause any trouble! I want to go see Wei Jixiang!"

"You'd better be!" Li Ying opened the interrogation room door and then sent Lin Yao to see Wei Jixiang.

Wei Jixiang looked worried, after all, his wife was still in the hospital.

Upon seeing the interrogation room door open, I immediately wanted to start asking questions.

But he didn't expect that it would be Lin Yao who came in.

"You're not a police officer, are you?" Wei Jixiang asked, frowning.

Li Yao laughed and said, "No, but I can tell you that your wife is fine in the hospital! She was just too shocked!"

"That's good!" Wei Jixiang breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at Lin Yao with some curiosity: "Who are you?"

“Wo Luen Shing, Lam Yiu!” Lam Yiu didn’t waste any words and went straight to Wai Cheung, saying, “After seeing your performance… do you want to switch sides and join me?”

Wei Jixiang was shocked. He had seen other gangs poach people, but he had never seen them come to the police station to poach people.

Is this something a gang leader could do?
Lin Yao ignored Wei Jixiang's surprised expression and continued, "You've seen the Crown Prince's attitude towards you. To put it nicely, you're Hongtai's top lieutenant; to put it bluntly, you're just Hongtai's dog!"

"They're willing to disregard your wife just to vent their anger! And you didn't know, did you? That bastard just came by to bail out his son, and he didn't mention you at all!"

"Even when Inspector Lee reminded him that Pipimei could bail you out, he didn't agree. What's the point of you staying in this kind of gang!"

Upon hearing Lin Yao's words, Wei Jixiang clenched his fists.

Back in Hongtai, I did things myself, but the Crown Prince took all the credit, which I could let go of.

Even his own subordinates often had to do odd jobs for the crown prince.

Despite being a high-ranking official, he didn't even own a street.

On the Crown Prince's territory, he helped the Crown Prince keep watch.

The guy with the big eyebrow even had the audacity to say that he was mentoring the younger generation!
Wei Jixiang might not have cared before, but what happened before had made him completely disappointed with the Hongtai triad.

However, Wei Jixiang remained cautious: "Why should I believe what you say?"

Lin Yao spread his hands and said, "Go ask Inspector Li, he definitely won't lie for me!"

In fact, Wei Jixiang believed eight-tenths of what Lin Yao said.

After all, as a member of Hongtai, he knew very well what kind of person his boss, Piyanmei, was.

Not to mention him, even his own underlings were quite dissatisfied with Butt Eyebrow. After a moment of silence, Wei Jixiang said, "I need some time to think about it, and I also need to discuss it with my brothers."

"No problem, I'll wait for you!" Lin Yao said with a smile. "By the way, I've already paid your bail. As long as you don't run away, you can leave tomorrow morning!"

Wei Jixiang glanced at Lin Yao with a somewhat complicated expression: "Thank you!"

"Haha, no problem, I like loyal guys like you!" Lin Yao patted Wei Jixiang on the shoulder and said with a smile.

……

When it comes to changing your allegiance, some people do it on their own.

Some also brought their underlings and territory with them when they switched sides.

Clearly, Lin Yao was not satisfied with just poaching Wei Jixiang; he planned to poach Wei Jixiang and all his underlings as well.

As for Hong Tai's reaction, Lin Yao didn't care.

It's just a sunset club with only a few thousand members, and the entire club's territory isn't even as big as Tsuen Wan in Da D. What's there to care about?

Besides, if they dare to cause trouble, Lin Yao is willing to expose what happened yesterday and make them look bad.

The losses at that point would be far more than just a few Red Sticks and a group of underlings; the very foundation of Hongtai would likely be shaken.

After Lin Yao hid for two days, the hype finally died down.

Moreover, with Uncle Longgen blocking the way, those shameless uncles and hall masters in the gang didn't dare to come knocking.

Only Big D made an "investment" in Lin Yao in advance.

Although he was only asking Lin Yao to help him launder money, at least he was able to establish a connection.

So now he's all cocky, telling everyone how brilliant his judgment is.

After Lin Yao returned to his film and television company, he found that Xiao Fu and Gao Gang were there.

However, the two of them looked utterly hopeless and simply sat on the sofa like corpses.

Clearly, the media frenzy and promotional activities over the past few days have exhausted the two of them.

"Boss, you're finally back!" Hao Qiang immediately stood up and said when he saw Lin Yao return.

He is now also acting as an agent for Xiao Fu and Gao Gang, and I heard he has taken on quite a few advertisements these past few days.

A movie became a huge hit, which actually made both of them famous.

Lin Yao nodded and smiled at Xiao Fu and Gao Gang, saying, "How does it feel to become famous?"

Xiao Fu sighed and said, "Boss, you never told me it would be this tiring!"

"Damn it, when you were counting the money, didn't you get tired?" Lin Yao said with a laugh, annoyed. "This is a red envelope for you, take a look!"

As he spoke, Lin Yao took out the red envelope that Jimmy had prepared earlier and handed it to Xiao Fu.

This time, the crew made money, and almost everyone got a share.

Even Xiao Fu, one of the main actors, was given a large red envelope by Lin Yao.

Not too much, 200,000 per person.

But it's also more than double their pay.

Xiao Fu was naturally beaming with joy, as Lin Yao had not treated him badly since he started following him.

They've even built a three-story house in their hometown, and my mother has become the envy of everyone in the village.

The old man initially thought that Xiao Fu was messing around in Hong Kong and making shady money.

But after seeing the poster Xiao Fu sent back, I realized that Xiao Fu had become a star, and I felt much more at ease.

"Boss, you have no idea, my mom is now wandering around the village every day with a movie poster, telling everyone she meets!" Xiao Fu complained to Lin Yao speechlessly.

Lin Yao knew that this guy was happy and wanted to chat with someone.

Gao Gang was the same; he went from a poor boy fighting in underground boxing matches to a superstar admired by everyone, and he was genuinely grateful to Lin Yao.

This kid was much more honest than Xiao Fu; he didn't even intend to accept the red envelope: "Boss, you've already helped me too much, I can't accept this red envelope!"

Hao Qiang, standing to the side, said with exasperation, "Damn it, everyone in the crew gets a red envelope. If you don't take it, aren't you slapping the boss in the face?"

Lin Yao chuckled and said, "Alright, take it if it's yours!"

"You need money everywhere in Hong Kong, you can't get by without it! I can also find a new girlfriend then!"

But when this was mentioned, Gao Gang's expression immediately became unnatural.

Hao Qiang said to Lin Yao in an annoyed tone, "Boss, this idiot is beyond saving. That woman named Xiao Tian is bothering him again now that he's made it big."

Lin Yao frowned and asked Gao Gang, "What's going on?"

Gao Gang was also somewhat at a loss: "Xiao Tian wanted to talk to me, but I ignored her!"

Hao Qiang snorted and said, "You idiot, that woman's skill level is much higher than yours! She encouraged you to fight in underground boxing matches to make money because she saw you could fight. Now that she sees you've made it big, she's probably very resentful!"

Gao Gang didn't speak, but his expression proved that Hao Qiang was right.

(End of this chapter)