Hong Kong Variety Show: From Little Brother to Big Boss
Chapter 40 Dinner Party
Liu Xu walked into the hall with Er Gou, and first nodded politely to Li Honghai, his behavior was very decent. Then, he took Er Gou to find a seat and sat down, his attitude seemed quite casual.
After sitting down, he slowly replied, "Not bad!"
Liu Xu's attitude of not caring about others made Xu Tai's face turn ugly instantly. He narrowed his eyes and looked at this young junior, feeling unhappy!
"Haha, young people nowadays, it's ok to invite someone over without informing the other party's parents, but now they dare to come to our Lianying Society headquarters and act wildly. How brave!" Xu Tai stared at Liu Xu and Wang Ergou behind him with a bad look.
"I came to the headquarters of your Lianying Society this time mainly to send my friend Li Ming home. Also, I want to make it clear that I did inform you. It's just that I informed you two days late. If you don't believe me, you can ask your leader."
Liu Xu stared at Xu Tai, paused, and then said: "I guess you are Uncle Tai. I have heard of Uncle Tai's great name in Lianying Society. I am Liu Xu from He Liansheng. If there is a chance, please take care of me, Uncle Tai."
His tone was full of humility, yet sharpness.
Obviously, Liu Xu was telling Xu Tai: You are very famous in Lianying Society, but I am just a mixed-up Liansheng, and I hope you don't look for trouble.
As an old hand, Xu Tai could understand what Liu Xu meant. He responded coldly, "Young man, I advise you not to be too arrogant, otherwise you will end up dead on the street sooner or later!"
Hearing this, Liu Xu couldn't help but laugh to himself, and retorted bluntly: "If young people are not arrogant, are they still young people? Then they would become cowards, right?" After saying that, Liu Xu burst into laughter.
Seeing that the two were arguing with each other, Li Honghai, who was sitting at the top, quickly spoke up to stop them: "Brother Tai, it's inevitable that young people have hot tempers. Wasn't it the same when we were young? There's no need to bother with the younger generation!"
After that, he turned to look at Liu Xu and gave him a serious exhortation: "Ah Xu, it's okay for young people to be arrogant. This will help them maintain their drive and fighting spirit. But when you are out there in the martial arts world, you still have to show the necessary respect to your elders."
Liu Xu came to Lianyingshe for two reasons: first, because he had promised Li Honghai on the phone that he would personally send Li Ming back, and second, to confirm whether Li Ming could represent his company in obtaining the venue and beverage rights of Lianyingshe.
If Xu Tai hadn't been attacking him overtly and covertly since he came in, he wouldn't have been arguing with him. He wasn't here to make an enemy.
Now that Li Honghai came out to smooth things over, he took the opportunity to back off and was the first to admit his mistake, "Haha, Uncle Hai is right! It's my fault that I got a little carried away these days and forgot the etiquette of the underworld."
In order to make money, he can ignore such a small matter. And bowing to the old senior in the martial arts world does not affect anything.
As he spoke, he picked up the teacup that had been placed on the table for a long time, raised the glass to Xu Tai and said, "Uncle Tai, I was impulsive just now and what I said was biased. I would like to apologize to you with tea instead of wine." Then he raised his head and drank it all in one gulp.
Xu Tai's expression eased slightly when he heard Liu Xu take the initiative to give in and apologize to him with tea instead of wine. He nodded implicitly, picked up his cup of tea, took a sip and gently put it down, indicating that the matter was over.
Li Honghai felt relieved when he saw that the two had put aside their past grudges.
Xu Tai was called over by him in the name of a meeting. After discussing a few unimportant things with him, he kept him back with the excuse that Li Ming was coming back.
He wanted to test Xu Tai's attitude. Li Fei had already handed over power to his head, He Yu, and it was obvious that he didn't want to manage the society's affairs. Xu Tai, on the other hand, was still guarding his territory tightly, refusing to give up an inch.
In recent years, the strength and cohesion of the United Ying Society have obviously declined a lot. People come out to make money for fame. The people above are unwilling to let go, but the cake is only so big.
The brothers below naturally saw no hope of making a breakthrough, and they all sought their own way out. Without a clear mind, it would be difficult to lead the team. Therefore, Li Honghai felt that he was finding it increasingly difficult to lead the United Ying Society in the past few years.
If it weren't for the fact that he needed the position of leader of the Lianying Society to provide a way out for his son, he would have wanted to give up this Sansha position long ago.
Recently, because of his son Li Ming's affairs, Li Honghai has carefully reflected on the enemies he has made in recent years. However, after some thought, he found that he has done things very cleanly in recent years and has never left any hidden dangers.
Therefore, when he received a call from Liu Xu saying that his son was a "guest" on the other party's territory, he felt uneasy. He believed that it was because he could no longer suppress the Three Evils that caused his son to suffer this disaster.
However, he felt relieved when he thought that since Liu Xu took the initiative to call him and inform him that his son was a guest in the other party's territory, the other party obviously did not want his son's life.
The fact was exactly as he thought. After Li Honghai hung up the phone with Liu Xu and began to carefully analyze the whole incident, he instantly realized that the other party was using his son as a bargaining chip to prevent him from taking advantage of the situation.
In fact, when Li Honghai first received the news that Liu Xu had led his men to destroy a number of small forces in the territories around him, he did have a thought of taking advantage of the situation.
After all, with such a good plan in front of us, if we can take the opportunity to expand our sphere of influence, why not do it?
But then he thought about how his people were all out looking for people, and he no longer had the drive he had when he was young. Helplessly, he had to give up this tempting idea.
However, today, after receiving the news that his son was attacked by a gunman, he suddenly realized: maybe it was not his enemies who were taking revenge on him, but someone in his own team who was plotting against him behind his back.
After much deliberation, Li Honghai finally thought of Xu Tai, an old friend with whom he had fought for many years. He knew Xu Tai's character and abilities very well, and was even more aware of his ambitions.
If Xu Tai really coveted his territory and the leading position, then with his ability, he would be fully capable of arranging gunmen to attack his son.
However, after this test, Li Honghai not only failed to get any results, but almost backfired and caused Xu Tai and Liu Xu to confront each other.
Li Honghai decided to take his time with the test. He smiled and asked Liu Xu, "Ah Xu, let's not just talk here. I remember I promised you before that I would treat you to a meal after you sent Ah Ming back."
"I've already booked a restaurant. Let's eat and talk at the same time. What do you think?"
Liu Xu naturally wouldn't object to someone inviting him to dinner, and replied, "Uncle Hai is so polite. In that case, we won't be polite."
Xu Taigang had some conflicts with Liu Xu, so he was naturally unwilling to accept his favor. He rejected the invitation to the dinner and rushed back to Mong Kok with his younger brother.
Liu Xu followed Li Honghai to the restaurant. He planned to discuss with him about Li Ming's liquor sales rights in Lianyingshe's territory during the meal.
The profits of this business may not be well understood by those who have not been exposed to it. In fact, the profits are very huge. So just now when Xu Tai was present, Liu Xu had not mentioned it.
After all, it doesn't hurt to have fewer people know about business matters. You have to make money secretly to reduce the number of jealous eyes.
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