Hong Kong Variety Show: The Development Notes of a Boss

Most of the territory was lost inexplicably. If Dong Quan had not been able to bear it, he would have killed Lu Yongqiang when he saw him today. Therefore, he had no psychological burden about pushing Lu Yongqiang to take the blame.

Now seeing Xiyan making excuses for Lu Yongqiang, Dong Quan's first thought was that Lu Yongqiang had defected to Chen Yao, and this Xiyan was arranged by Chen Yao, so he couldn't help but look at Chen Yao.

Dong Quan and Chen Yao looked at each other and immediately realized that the situation had changed. This thin eye was not a backup plan arranged by the other party, but was here to disrupt the situation.

Dong Quan coughed lightly and said, "Xiaoyan, although it's true that Ma Pingqiang is just a straw sandal, we in Tuen Mun Hall don't have red sticks or white paper fans. Straw sandals are second only to one person. If the responsibility here doesn't fall on him, then how could it fall on me?"

Although they are all the leaders of Hongxing, there are differences between the leaders. Xiyan's Kowloon City branch is usually low-key, but that is because Xiyan is a low-key person. In fact, the strength of the Kowloon City branch can rank among the top five among the twelve branches of Hongxing.

For those who are in a society, strength is equivalent to status. Although Dong Quan is of a higher generation, Xiyan does not take him seriously at all.

As soon as Dong Quan finished speaking, he said sarcastically, "Old Dong, you are right. In my opinion, the responsibility should really be placed on you.

Other tongs have red sticks and white paper fans, why doesn't your Tuen Mun tong have them? It's because you're unwilling to give young people a chance. The current situation is your fault no matter how you look at it."

These words left Dong Quan speechless. Ever since he realized that he was old, he was afraid that someone would seize his power. So whenever a younger brother showed up, Dong Quan would either assassinate him or force him out of Tuen Mun. As a result, there were no red sticks or white paper fans in Tuen Mun for five or six years, and the entire gang was ruled by Dong Quan alone.

The reason why Tyrannosaurus became the Red Stick was that Dong Quan wanted to deal with the dinosaurs and gain the advantage while the two sides were fighting.

Seeing Dong Quan speechless after being confronted by Xiyan, Chen Yao asked in confusion, "Xiyan, what on earth do you want to do today?"

Xiyan chuckled and said, "What do you want to do? Isn't there a meeting today? Don't I, Xiyan, have the right to speak?"

After Xiyan finished speaking, Chen Yao was stunned for a moment, then immediately said: "Xiyan, are you helping that Lu Yongqiang? What is your relationship with him?"

Xiyan leaned back in his chair, took out a cigar and sniffed it, then said slowly, "I don't know Lu Yongqiang or anything like that, and I'm not doing this for Lu Yongqiang. I just think what you're doing is damaging the reputation of our Hongxing. As one of the Twelve Leaders of Hongxing, I can't stand it, so even a word of advice is not allowed?"

Although Xiyan denied knowing Lu Yongqiang, the big guys in the room were not fools. They all understood clearly that Xiyan was trying to stand up for Lu Yongqiang.

Big Boss B said, "Xiaoyan, we are all discerning people. Just tell us what you think."

He took a close look at Big Boss B, then cut off the head of his cigar with a cigar cutter, lit it up and took a puff. He blew out a puff of smoke at Big Boss B and said with a smile, "I'm just an observer. What can I think?"

As soon as Xiyan finished speaking, Big Brother B's face turned a little ugly. He didn't expect Xiyan to be so disrespectful to him.

This Big Boss B was previously the leader of the Tsz Wan Shan gang. While Tsz Wan Shan is located in the Wong Tai Sin district, it's dotted with housing estates and isn't exactly affluent. The only advantage is that Tsz Wan Shan is home to many thugs, making it easy to recruit. Back then, Big Boss B boasted of having 3,000 core followers.

After taking over Dongxing's territory in Causeway Bay, Jiang Tiansheng made Big Brother B the leader of the Causeway Bay gang, and his previous territory was handed over to Dayu. Although Big Brother B is rich now, he has fewer subordinates, with only about a thousand core brothers.

But even so, the strength of the Causeway Bay Gang is ranked among the top five among the twelve Hongxing Gangs, so Big Boss B has reason to be proud.

Big Brother B is high-profile in his work, which is completely opposite to Xiyan's low-key style. In the eyes of many people, the Kowloon City branch is already on the decline and cannot be compared with the Causeway Bay branch which is in its heyday.

Because Big Boss B acts in a high-profile manner and looks down on everyone, his trusted brothers follow his example and become very arrogant.

Seeing his boss being humiliated, Shan Ji, who was sitting behind Big Boss B, stood up and pointed at Xi Yan and cursed: "Do you want to die? How dare you talk to my boss like that?"

Before Shan Ji finished speaking, the faces of several big guys in the room changed except Xiyan. Because Xiyan had been low-key for many years, young people like Shan Ji had never heard of Xiyan's reputation, but big brother B, Chen Yao and other Hongxing old men knew Xiyan's reputation.

He squinted his eyes at the pheasant, and although there was a smile on his face, the temperature in the room seemed to drop by a few degrees for some reason.

Without waiting for Xiyan to speak, Big Brother B stood up, turned around and slapped Shan Ji in the face, then cursed: "Is this how I taught you? You can't even tell the difference between superiors and inferiors. Get out of here!"

Shan Ji was slapped by Big Boss B and was stunned. However, Chen Haonan was smart enough to pull Shan Ji out.

Seeing that Chen Haonan understood what he meant, Big Brother B breathed a sigh of relief. He turned to Xiyan and said, "Xiyan, this kid is ignorant. I apologize to you on his behalf. I hope you won't take it personally."

Xiyan didn't say anything, but just squinted his eyes and looked at Big Brother B, which made Big Brother B feel a lot of pressure. He thought for a while and said to Chen Yao: "Ayao, I think Xiyan is right. Letting a little brother come out to take the responsibility will really not make the brothers convinced. I think we should take a long-term view on this matter." As he said, Big Brother B looked at Xiyan, and saw that Xiyan opened his eyes, then he breathed a sigh of relief.

There's no way around it. Big Boss B knows the origin of the name Xiyan very well. It's rumored that when Xiyan wants to kill, he likes to squint his eyes.

Being pointed at and scolded by a junior, Xiyan really wanted to kill him. The reason why he didn't do anything just now was that Big Boss B reacted quickly. He took the initiative to slap Shanji in the face, which made Xiyan temporarily give up his murderous intention.

Because of Shan Ji's sudden talkativeness, Big Boss B had to turn around and support Xiyan and do Xiyan a favor. Things changed so quickly that Chen Yao was a little confused.

Chen Yao looked at Big Brother B, then at Xiyan. After a moment's thought, he said, "Xiyan, it's not good for things to remain so stagnant. How about you come up with a set of rules and we'll follow your lead?"

After hearing what Chen Yao said, he carefully looked at the expressions of several people and said, "The Tuen Mun Tong has lost most of its territory. Now the most important thing we should do is to take it back. Everything else is secondary in my opinion.

I heard that the Tuen Mun Tong has been having trouble selecting its Red Stick candidate. How about this? Everyone in the Tuen Mun Tong who wants to take the position, regardless of their number, can participate. Whoever can grab the most territory will ultimately take the Red Stick position. This arrangement is not only fair and reasonable, but also avoids disputes during the selection process. What do you all think?

Hearing Xiyan's words, Han Bin immediately wanted to voice his objection. In his heart, he had already considered the Tuen Mun Tongkou as his own. After all, this was what Jiang Tiansheng had promised him long ago.

If he were to do as Xiyan said now, it would be tantamount to competing with others for something that should belong to him. Naturally, Han Bin would be unwilling to do so.

Just as Han Bin was about to retort, Chen Yao gave him a look, signaling him to calm down.

After calming Han Bin down, Chen Yao teased him, "Xiaoyan, it looks like you have a special relationship with that Lu Yongqiang! Could he be your lost illegitimate son?"

As soon as Chen Yao finished speaking, Xiyan burst out laughing. After laughing a few times, he said, "Chen Yao, you don't have to test me anymore. I admit that I wanted to help that kid Lu this time, but I don't have much relationship with him, and he is not my illegitimate son. I helped him only because this kid came to me last night with 500,000 yuan and told me that he wanted to buy a fair. I thought the price was right, so I agreed."

Xiyan had to explain clearly that there was a tigress in his family. If the rumor of the illegitimate child spread, the tigress would probably make a big fuss when she found out.

As Xiyan finished speaking, Dong Quan stood up from his seat in astonishment, his voice sharp with disbelief: "Five hundred thousand? How could that guy have five hundred thousand? Xiyan, are you kidding us! That guy has only been in power for half a year, how could he possibly give you five hundred thousand?"

Seeing Dong Quan making such a fuss, Xiyan shook his head helplessly and sighed, "Dong Laogui, you are really getting more and more confused. You are the boss of others, but you know nothing about their abilities.

The snack street run by Lu Xiaozi boasts a total of 120 food carts. Sixty of these are owned by others, and he charges them an 800 yuan monthly sanitation fee. The other 60 are his own, and he works with his fellow drivers, providing the vehicles and having them do the labor. The profits are split equally. Even without adding up, each of these food carts brings him at least 1,500 yuan per month. In other words, from the food carts alone, he earns a staggering 130,000 yuan per month.

Old Ghost, this is just the obvious profit! In fact, there are some hidden, unknown benefits! Ever since the snack street became popular, it has brought in a steady stream of customers, and this has not only benefited Lu Xiaozi himself! The other businesses on his territory have also benefited greatly from this. As far as I know, on Lu Xiaozi's streets alone, nearly a hundred new businesses have been added in just six months. You may not know that these new businesses all have a common sub-landlord, that person is Lu Xiaozi himself! I roughly calculated that Lu Xiaozi earns no less than 100,000 yuan a month just as a sub-landlord."

In fact, Xiyan's calculations were not accurate. As a second-hand landlord, Lu Yongqiang's monthly profit was far more than 100,000 yuan, but about 150,000 yuan!

Before the snack streets became popular, the five streets Lu Yongqiang was responsible for weren't particularly prosperous. Many shops along the streets were difficult to rent. Lu Yongqiang rented these shops at extremely low prices, sometimes even paying nothing.

The matter was handed over to Lu Yongheng and Duxie. Lu Yongheng was relatively good, as he had basically rented the store through legitimate means; but Duxie was different, using the methods of a gang, which inevitably led to threats and intimidation. Some people, intimidated by Duxie, simply rented the store to Lu Yongqiang without paying.

After Xiyan finished explaining what he knew, seeing that Dong Quan didn't say anything, he gave Dong Quan a meaningful look and said, "Old Ghost, how about doing business with you? I see that you seem to dislike Lu kid very much. Why don't you just let Lu kid transfer to my company? I'll give you a big red envelope of 660,000 yuan."

Dong Quan was stunned by what Xiyan had just said. He knew about Lu Yongqiang's snack street business, but he had no idea that Lu Yongqiang had actually made so much money from it. If he had known that Lu Yongqiang was making so much money from his legitimate business, why would he have plotted against him? Wouldn't it be nice to just follow him and make some money?

These gang bosses seem to have a lot of income, but a lot of it cannot be made public, like the income from small casinos and loan sharking companies. This is considered black money and cannot be made public unless it is laundered.

In order to launder money, these gang leaders more or less have their own formal industries. For example, Dong Quan owns formal businesses such as restaurants and clothing stores. These stores may not necessarily make money, but they make it convenient for Dong Quan to launder money.

For example, the film company under Liang Kun, although it produces third-level films, is a formal company. As long as the accounting details are well prepared, it can basically launder hundreds of millions of black money for Liang Kun every month.

There are also gang leaders who like to hold birthday parties and other things, and they always have to hold large banquets. Many of them are also for money laundering. After all, it is difficult to check how much gifts they have received, and secondly, they do not have to pay taxes.

After Xiyan finished speaking, he suddenly felt a little regretful, thinking that he shouldn't have revealed Lu Yongqiang's background. Now that Lu Yongqiang's background was exposed, Dong Quan would definitely not let him go easily.

As expected, Dong Quan thought for a moment and then said, "Xiaoyan, Aqiang is not only my disciple, but also my godson. Let him switch to your sect, and I think we should just forget about this matter!"

After finishing his conversation with Xiyan, Dong Quan immediately turned to face Chen Yao and said, "Ayao, I think Xiyan's suggestion is quite good. Let's let these people under my tutelage compete fairly and see who can recapture the territory. Whoever recaptures more territory will be the Red Stick of our Tuen Mun Gang in the future!"

Just when Big Boss B decided to do Xiyan a favor, regardless of whether Dong Quan agreed or not, the matter was basically a foregone conclusion.

Chen Yao did represent Jiang Tiansheng, but he wasn't Jiang Tiansheng himself. He didn't want to offend both Xiyan and Big Brother B at the same time. After all, they weren't as easy to mess with as Dong Quan; they were both powerful figures.