Hong Kong Film Intelligence King

Chapter 103 The Kingly Way Should Not Be Underestimated
Chen Yongren was completely dumbfounded.

Liang Kun pulled out a Marlboro, and Chen Yongren, being astute, quickly lit it for him.

He exhaled a smoke ring with a satisfied air before speaking to Chen Yongren:

"Fool, in this world, everyone lives wearing a different mask."

"It's common for people to act one way in public and another way in private."

"Like me."

"I am the CEO of Qiankun Film and Television."

"I am also the leader of Hung Hing Mong Kok."

"I am the filial son in front of my mother."

"My dear boss is also me."

"I am also the ruthless opponent that the enemy is unwilling to face."

"In front of one person, I am always there."

Chen Yongren was completely confused. What was the difference between saying something and not saying anything at all?
Liang Kun said calmly:
“You are Ado’s younger brother and my confidant, which is why you know everything about me.”

"What about the rest?"

"Can they see all of me as clearly as you do?"

Handsome Kun shook his finger:
"cannot!"

"What they see is only the side of me that I interact with in daily life."

"Team-ups generally don't have any connections with rich people."

"Even if we make contact, at most we'll just be there to look after rich people."

"Ordinary people wouldn't associate with gangsters; they'd be too busy avoiding them."

"Our image depends on how our audience perceives it."

He pointed to his executive chair.

"My main focus is on Qiankun Film and Television, so I am a businessman who does legitimate business."

“I go to Hung Hing Gathering Hall once every three months. Can you call me a gangster?”

Chen Yongren said blankly:

"Isn't that right?"

Liang Kun calmly said:
"Of course not."

"I casually met up with some friends from the underworld, and people accused me of having an illegal gathering?"

"Then I'm having illegal parties every day."

"Which wealthy person doesn't have a few friends in the underworld?"

"The gangsters are gangsters, and so are the police officers."

"We open our doors to do business, welcome friends from all over the world, and make money from all directions... Isn't it normal to know a few gangsters?"

Chen Yongren vaguely understood:

"So...that's really true."

Handsome Kun smiled and nodded:
"When you're out in the game, your identity is what you give yourself, but your image is what others give you."

"If you consider yourself a gangster, then you are a gangster."

"If you believe you are a legitimate businessman, others will at most say you are a businessman with powerful connections."

"I understand, there's no idiot here!"

Chen Yongren suddenly realized:
"Thank you, Master Ding, I understand!"

Liang Kun nodded with satisfaction.

To be honest, although Wang Dao had explained this principle to him before, Liang Kun only understood it in the last two days.

After Qiankun Film and Television Company opened, a group of righteous figures came to congratulate them, and that feeling was just different.

In the past two days, all the people calling him to ask for favors have been from legitimate and illegitimate businesses.

It seems like those gangsters from before have disappeared!
Liang Kun vaguely understood the reason—the environment!
The people Qiankun Film and Television associates with are all legitimate business owners, so those gangsters feel ashamed of themselves and naturally won't bother him.

Han Bin?

They also have a legitimate shipping business as a cover, okay?
Jiang Tiansheng?
He's trying to avoid Liang Kun right now, so why would he be given a task?
Liang Kun has already realized the benefits that legitimate business brings him.

Take, for example, that idiot B who sent his underlings to spy on him.

After the initial discovery, B sent others over one after another, but Qiankun Films didn't need to intervene; the building's management had already dealt with those gangsters.

This is the clever use of identity.

Liang Kun asked:

"What else did Ado say to you on the phone?"

Chen Yongren scratched his head and honestly said:

"Brother Dao said my job is too easy, and I still have the energy to think about things, so he's going to give me more work tomorrow."

Handsome Kun clapped his hands and said:
"Not bad, not bad, then I'll give you some more responsibilities."

Chen Yongren was horrified:
"Uncle Ding, I...I'm quite busy."

Lam Kwan waved his hand:
"Is helping to call out morning and afternoon tea invitations every day considered busy?"

"I'll arrange something for you."

“When you come here every day, first learn boxing from A-Jie or A-Fu.”

Chen Yongren was taken aback:
"Learn martial arts?"

Lam Kwan nodded:
"At your age, you should get some practice. When our business grows bigger in the future, we're bound to encounter some friction."

“We’re from Hung Hing, if we’re not good at fighting, wouldn’t that be a joke?”

Chen Yongren immediately said:

"I studied!"

After thinking for a moment, Liang Kun said:
"I remember you took the entrance exam for the police academy?"

Chen Yongren nodded:

"Yes, because my background was exposed, I was forced to become an undercover agent. Luckily, I met the boss..."

Lam Kwan waved his hand:
"You're rambling on and on. You must have a high level of education, right?"

Chen Yongren smiled wryly:

"Graduated from Form 5".

Handsome Kun clicked his tongue and said:
"A highly skilled individual."

"Then I'll enroll you in a class so you can properly learn about accounting and finance."

Chen Yongren's mouth dropped open:

"go to school?"

Liang Kun tapped the table.

“We’re a legitimate company, so of course we need to learn.”

“You are Ado’s younger brother and also my confidant. I will give you more responsibilities.”

"Starting tomorrow, you'd better study hard. From now on, you'll be in charge of the company's finances."

"We are a film and television company, and the future revenue will be huge. You need to be responsible for managing it, understand?"

Chen Yongren nodded vigorously:
"Don't worry, Master Ding, I will definitely live up to your expectations!"

Liang Kun nodded in satisfaction:

"Okay, get things done properly."

"Don't overthink things, try to be more cheerful."

“Look at your boss, he’s always smiling. Learn more from him.”

Chen Yongren could only manage a wry smile:
"Master Ding, I can't learn that."

Handsome Kun shook his head:
"You were a handsome guy to begin with, who are you trying to impress with that sour face?"

Be careful not to age prematurely!

Chen Yongren said cautiously:

"Brother Ding, is it alright for Brother Dao to go see Ni Yongxiao?"

Handsome Kun laughed and said:
"What is the problem?"

Chen Yongren was speechless:
“Ni Yongxiao is the head of the Ni family…”

Liang Kun scoffed.
"What happened to the head of the Ni family?"

“If Ni Yongxiao were smart, he wouldn’t have done that to Adao.”

Chen Yongren opened his mouth and whispered:

"What if Ni Yongxiao isn't smart?"

Handsome Kun smiled:
"Don't worry, Ni Yongxiao is a smart man, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to subdue the five leaders of the Ni family so easily."

"Alright, you don't need to worry about these things."

He waved his hand.

"Children don't have so many problems."

Chen Yongren quietly took his leave.

Liang Kun's expression turned cold. After thinking for a moment, he asked Li Fu:

"How did you three manage to kill Zhuo Kele and his gang back then?"

That was the leader of the Five Tigers of Tung Sing; even Gan Zitai, the most capable fighter, was only slightly better.

However, it was Wang Dao who, along with Li Fu and Li Jie, managed to beat Zhuo Kele, Hua Bao, Hua Fu, and Situ Haonan to the point that they were still bedridden!
Li Fu replied:
"The Five Tigers of Tung Sing are nothing special. Ah Jie and I would like to go first, but Brother Dao is fighting two against one, taking down Zhuo Kele and Hua Bao. We can only pick and choose the rest to fight."

Handsome Kun said speechlessly:
Is that really how it is?

Li Fu found it strange:
"Are they really that powerful?"

Handsome Kun sighed:

"These are the Five Tigers of Tung Sing, their reputation is earned through fighting."

Li Fu curled his lip:
"Then this reputation is pretty undeserved."

Liang Kun felt a little more at ease:

"You're not bragging about Ado, are you?"

Li Fu thought for a moment and said:
"When Dao Ge and I went to recruit A Jie, we met A Sao."

“At that time, my sister-in-law secretly filmed my fight with Ah Jie.”

"Brother Dao did something that made Sister-in-law obediently hand over the videotape."

Liang Kun asked curiously:
"A-Dao attacked A-Zhen?"

"It shouldn't be."

"This guy seems to have a soft spot for women."

Li Fu said expressionlessly:
"Dao Ge didn't hit his sister-in-law; he hit a tree next to her."

"A tree as thick as a bowl."

"One punch, and the tree snapped!"

Liang Kun stared wide-eyed, taking a long time to recover before finally cursing:
"Fuck!"

Breaking a tree in half, Ah Dao has been keeping this a secret for a long time.

Li Fu said softly:
"If Ni Yongxiao were smart, he wouldn't have arranged for a butcher; otherwise, he'd just be feeding the enemy!"

Liang Kun was immediately relieved.

"Is Adao's combat strength really that high?"

"I'll have to get this kid to teach me a thing or two later."

Li Fu hesitated, as if he wanted to say something but then stopped.

Lam Kwan waved his hand:
"Just say what you have to say," Li Fu said honestly.

"Even the best methods need corresponding strength to be effective. Master Ding, you should probably pull yourself together a bit."

Liang Kun asked, puzzled:
"What do you mean?"

Li Fu said expressionlessly:
"Abstain from alcohol and sex."

Liang Kun: "...Okay, you've said it well. Don't say it again next time."

Damn, if you give up alcohol and women, what's the point of making so much money?!
That's insane!

On the other side, Wang Dao met Ni Yongxiao.

Just as Wang Dao once said to Liang Kun, Ni Yongxiao is a well-mannered person.

The two met at a coffee shop, rather than at a restaurant with a strong sense of chivalry and江湖 (jianghu, a term referring to the world of martial arts and chivalry).

"Mr. Wang, thank you for taking care of my younger brother."

Ni Yongxiao spoke politely.

Wang Dao raised an eyebrow:
“Mr. Ni, you can eat whatever you want, but you can’t say whatever you want.”

“Ah Ren is not your little brother.”

Ni Yongxiao said to him very seriously:

“He’s my little brother, you know that, I know that, and he knows that too.”

"Loyalty, righteousness, filial piety, and benevolence—these are the generational rankings in our family."

"The name Yongxiao was also given to me by my father."

“The blood of the Ni family flows in his veins, and that cannot be changed.”

Wang Dao laughed:

"Oh, Ah Ren is Ni Kun's son?"

"So what kind of upbringing did he receive from childhood to adulthood?"

"Bearing the name of an illegitimate child, he has been a fatherless child since childhood, suffering all kinds of bullying, and has never spent a penny of your Ni family's money."

"What, the child has grown up, and now you want him to acknowledge his ancestors?"

Why didn't you come earlier?

Ni Yongxiao said very sincerely:
"The reasons are complicated. My father wanted to protect him."

Wang Dao sighed and shook his head:

“Ni Yongxiao, if you tell the truth, say that you are now in charge of the Ni family and there is a shortage of manpower, and that apart from your third uncle and the bodyguard behind you, you have no other available personnel.”

He pointed to Luo Ji, who was sitting not far from the two of them.

"I might actually think more highly of you."

"You're telling me all this empty talk? I look down on you."

Ni Yongxiao was stunned:
"I'm telling the truth."

Wang Dao scoffed at this:

"Really?"

“Ni Kun has three children: your brother, your sister, and you. We all know what the Ni family does.”

"If we're talking about danger, no one is more dangerous than the three of you, right?"

"But what kind of lives are the three of you living?"

"What kind of life does Ah Ren lead?"

“Your brother, your sister, and you are all top students from prestigious universities, and each of you has an enviable position.”

“Even their families are happy.”

"When you were growing up, it wasn't dangerous, but now that it's Ah Ren's turn, it's dangerous?"

"But as far as I know, when you were young, it was the time when Lei Luo was in power and the four major families were running rampant."

“Ni Kun was in far more danger back then than he was later.”

Ni Yongxiao quickly said:

"Actually, my father had already achieved great success at that time, and the illegitimate child was a huge blow to his reputation."

Wang Dao laughed, scoffing.

How old is Ah Ren this year?

"I think he was born in the 1960s?"

When was polygamy abolished?

"Ten years ago!"

“There are still many families like this.”

"Are you using this reason to belittle me?"

"Let alone gangsters, there are plenty of rich people with illegitimate children in Hong Kong."

"Whose reputation has been tarnished this time?" He pushed his coffee forward.
"Your words might be okay to ignorant people, but trying to fool me with them, do you think I'm a fool or do you think you're a fool?"

Wang Dao looked at Ni Yongxiao with a half-smile. In that instant, Ni Yongxiao felt as if the young man in front of him had seen through him. His heart skipped a beat, and he subconsciously picked up his coffee to cover his face.

Wang Dao said calmly:
“Ni Yongxiao, your Ni family sells drugs, we do legitimate business.”

"I didn't want to come to see you."

"But since I've taken Ah Ren in as my underling, I'll take on any trouble he gets into, whether it's good or bad."

"The Ni family's business practices are taboo, and we won't engage in them."

"It's not that we're not bold enough, it's just that we're doing long-term business."

"Quick money is easy to make but hard to keep, which does not align with our business principles."

"Keep your little schemes to yourself and don't get any ideas about Ah Ren."

"The Ni family was already in a precarious situation. If you want to make another enemy, you will regret it."

Ni Yongxiao frowned deeply.
"Wang Sheng, what do you mean by this?"

Wang Dao laughed and said:
"Still pretending with me?"

"Don't you understand the situation of the Ni family?"

How did Ni Kun die?

"He's kept that habit for over ten years, hasn't he?"

"There haven't been any problems for over ten years, but of all times, problems have arisen now?"

"How is it possible that Ni Kun's four bodyguards didn't notice someone entering?"

"Is it possible that there were no police officers patrolling at that time?"

"Who do you think assassinated him?"

"If you ask me, everyone in the Ni family, except you and your bodyguard, is a suspect."

"Gandhi? Guohua? Black Ghost? Han Chen? Wen Zheng?"

"Or perhaps your third uncle?"

"Everyone looks the same to me."

"You inherited the Ni family with bodyguards, you must be quite apprehensive, right?"

"Do you think you can make Ah Ren acknowledge his ancestors and return to the Ni family to work for you just because of so-called blood ties?"

Ni Yongxiao calmly retorted:
"I don't!"

Wang Dao sneered:
I don't care if you have it or not.

"If you really want to find help, have your eldest brother and second sister come back to the family to help."

"Don't find an outsider who has no relation to you at all."

"Don't you know what Ah Ren did on the day he learned of Ni Kun's death?"

Wang Dao pushed his coffee away, stood up, and looked down at Ni Yongxiao.
“Ah Ren is my younger brother. Only I am qualified to tell him whether he is good or bad. You, as an outsider, have no right to do so.”

"Thank you for the coffee, goodbye!"

After Wang Dao finished speaking, he turned to leave, but Ni Yongxiao called him back and asked:

"Wang Sheng, you know who killed my father, right?"

Wang Dao looked at him strangely:
"Why do you think so?"

Ni Yongxiao gritted his teeth and said:

"intuition."

Wang Dao laughed:

"You're not a woman, don't play by your sixth sense."

At this point, he said to Ni Yongxiao,
"Actually, you are more suited to teaching at a university than to being the head of the Ni family."

"You haven't figured out the rules of the underworld yet."

"Those who live by the law never need evidence."

"Evidence is for police officers to use in their investigations; it's completely useless for people like us."

"We are all free to evaluate our own judgments."

"If anyone is suspected, just kill them."

Ni Yongxiao stared at Wang Dao in astonishment. He hadn't expected that Wang Dao, who seemed sunny, cheerful, and articulate, would speak so casually.

At that moment, he truly felt the pressure brought by the kingly way.

That was the murderous aura emanating from someone who had truly witnessed life and death.

The guy in front of me must have killed people; he definitely has lives on his hands, and more than one!
Ni Yongxiao was filled with fear because he discovered that this meeting was completely different from what he had imagined.

The position of the head of the Ni family did not bring him any advantage, not even his academic qualifications, which he was so proud of.

The direction of the conversation was controlled by Wang Dao from beginning to end.

Although Wang Dao smiled throughout, his powerful aura kept suppressing him.

What he found even more incredible was that the other party seemed to be able to see into people's hearts, and his own thoughts seemed transparent in front of Wang Dao.

Wang Dao turned to leave, but then turned back.

“Ni Kun has indeed trained you very well. Since you have never been involved in this industry before, then don’t get involved in this mess.”

"Don't think you can whitewash the Ni family's reputation."

"The Ni family is like coal; it's inherently black."

"No matter how you wash it, you can't get it white except by stirring the water."

"You were originally snow-white, but you insisted on getting involved with this stuff, and in the end you will turn black yourself."

“Ni Kun was able to succeed because he benefited from the times. In Lei Luo’s era, selling cosmetics was tacitly approved by the foreigners.”

"Things are completely different now."

"If anyone leaves the store, the police will keep an eye on them 25 hours a day."

"Don't assume that a high level of education guarantees success."

"Education does not equate to ability."

"There are always people more capable than you, and there is always something beyond your understanding in this world."

The ultimate way of the king is to follow the right path.

"Just take care of yourself."

After saying that, he turned and left, leaving Ni Yongxiao sitting there blankly, lost in thought.

Luo Jihao came forward after a while and asked:
"Ni Sheng?"

"This guy is so rude, should I do something and teach him a lesson?"

Ni Yongxiao suddenly asked:
"Aji, can I trust you?"

Luo Ji was stunned. What kind of question was this?

(End of this chapter)