I Am King

"This is the Li family's residence! It's truly extraordinary."

The car stopped in front of the Li family villa. Even though Qin Feng was a time traveler who had seen countless skyscrapers in the future world, he couldn't help but sigh.

The villa was surrounded by a three-meter-high wall. The back garden and swimming pool were standard features. Qin Feng saw more than twenty bodyguards and gardeners along the way, and the car drove for five or six minutes in the yard before finally arriving at the villa's entrance.

Putting everything else aside, the three-meter-tall bronze lions on either side of the entrance are clearly not cheap. Paired with the imposing bronze gate that is even taller than the lions, the feeling of a mansion courtyard is immediately apparent.

For the first time, Qin Feng felt like a country bumpkin entering a grand garden. He realized that no matter the era, the lives of the wealthy were always the same – “simple and unpretentious”!

"Ah Shan is here. The master is still receiving guests. Please wait in the living room for a while."

They were led into the villa hall by a maid, where they were greeted by a man who was about the same age as Uncle Shan. The man was dressed in a tailcoat, much like the butler's attire in Western movies, and had a professional fake smile on his face, giving him a very gentlemanly feel.

"It's alright, Mr. Li, please go ahead with your business. We'll wait a moment."

"This is the new leader of Dongxing, and he is indeed a promising young man."

Uncle Shan's tactful manner clearly pleased the butler, who smiled and nodded before turning his attention to Qin Feng.

Qin Feng thought he was out picking up money tonight, so he wore a red suit that he rarely wore. He looked more festive and younger, and since he hadn't spoken yet, he seemed very refined. Even though the butler had seen countless people, he couldn't quite believe that such a young man would be the new leader of Dongxing.

However, he had seen Qin Feng's photos and knew about Qin Feng, so his words were still quite eloquent.

"You're too kind, butler. I wonder when Mr. Li will be finished with his work?"

As the saying goes, "One cannot hit a smiling face." Qin Feng was initially unhappy because he couldn't see the person in question, but since the other party was so polite, he didn't say much and replied politely.

"It's hard to say; it depends on how your conversation with that guest went."

"Please rest here for a while. As soon as the gentleman finishes his conversation, I will immediately tell him about your matter."

"…………Okay."

Qin Feng's face showed displeasure, but thinking that the other party might give him money and resources, he did not explode. He sat down on the sofa in the living room with Uncle Shan and waited.

Qin Feng's displeasure did not escape Uncle Shan's notice, but he said nothing. He arranged for the servants to serve them tea and snacks, then smiled and took his leave, heading upstairs.

In the study on the second floor, a kind-looking old man in his sixties was reading a newspaper, occasionally picking up a glass of red wine from the table and taking a leisurely sip. Just as he took a sip, there was a knock on the door. The old man put down his glass and said, "Come in."

The door was pushed open from the outside, and the butler who had previously received Qin Feng entered. "Master, Ah Shan has brought that madman Wan Sui over. I've arranged for them to wait downstairs."

The butler walked to the sofa and stopped about four or five steps away from the man.

“Great, they arrived ten minutes early.”

The old man raised his hand to look at the watch on his wrist and chuckled softly.

This old man is none other than Li Banghua, the head of the eldest branch of the Li family.

In fact, the Li family is different now than it was during the Lui Lok era. Back then, in order to escape the purge, the two branches of the Li family had already separated. The eldest son, Li Banghua, stayed in Hong Kong Island with his branch of the family, while the second son, Li Guohua, took his second branch of the family and a portion of the family property to Taiwan.

The original idea of ​​the Li family patriarch was that even if Hong Kong was purged, Taiwan could escape unscathed, so that at least the Li family would not be completely wiped out.

What the old man of the Li family did not expect was that after Li Banghua took over the Hong Kong business, he immediately cut off the black industry to make black gloves, and then pushed all the sins that the Li family had done to the black gloves. He also made the newly established Tung Sing send someone out to take the blame, while the Li family itself focused on doing legitimate business and doing charity in a big way, and actually landed safely.

The second branch of the Li family, after going to Taiwan, somehow became wealthy there as well. The two sides supported and cooperated with each other, and the Li family's reputation did not weaken due to the liquidation and division of the family; on the contrary, it continued to prosper.

It's only because Qin Feng didn't know these things that he would have said something like "Heaven has no eyes!" Otherwise, how could a family like the Li family, which started by smuggling opium, have prospered for so many years?!

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