Hong Kong Variety Show: The Development Notes of a Boss

Lu Yongqiang wasn't truly fearless. In fact, he was probably more afraid of death than anyone else. Yet, even facing the muzzle of a gun, he remained composed. This wasn't due to courage or fearlessness, but rather to his inner conviction that Chen Hui would never pull the trigger.

What kind of person was Luk Wing Keung himself? A scoundrel of the Hung Hing gang, a down-and-out social scum. And what about Chan Fai? He was an elite cop, a senior inspector in his forties with a promising future. Even if a man like that harbored murderous intent against Luk Wing Keung, he would never have personally carried it out.

As Lu Yongqiang expected, Chen Hui did not fire. As soon as Lu Yongqiang finished speaking, he quickly ejected the bullet from the chamber, turned off the safety, and put the pistol back on his waist.

After completing these actions, Chen Hui pulled out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and lit one for himself. He raised his head, glanced at Lu Yongqiang, and asked casually, "Would you like one?" After saying that, he pretended to pass the cigarette over.

Lu Yongqiang quickly shook his head and waved his hands, refusing. Actually, Lu Yongqiang was a smoker, but he never took cigarettes offered to him. He was afraid that someone with ill intentions would deliberately give him cigarettes spiked with drugs, thereby harming him. Ever since crossing into this seemingly real world of Hong Kong variety shows, Lu Yongqiang had felt insecure, feeling as if everyone in the world was out to harm him.

After finishing half of his cigarette, Chen Hui tossed the butt into the ashtray. Then, slowly exhaling the smoke, he said to the young man in front of him, "Boy, Crow has agreed to your request. You can arrange for your men to take over the territory now."

As soon as Chen Hui finished speaking, Lu Yongqiang simply murmured "hmm" and nodded slightly, indicating that he already understood. His reaction was unusually calm, as if he was confident about taking over the territory.

Chen Hui couldn't help but feel a little puzzled when he saw this. He frowned and asked in confusion, "Aren't you going to call your subordinates and arrange the relevant matters yourself?" After all, such important matters usually require direct communication and clear instructions.

However, Lu Yongqiang smiled and shook his head, and replied firmly: "No need to reschedule. I have already made arrangements before coming to the police station. At 11 o'clock, my people will take over the site on time."

After saying this, Lu Yongqiang seemed to suddenly remember something. He raised his head, looked directly at Chen Hui, and then said, "Sir Chen, if it's convenient, could you please tell Brother Crow a message for me?"

Chen Hui stared at Lu Yongqiang and responded after a moment of silence: "You can bring a message, but you can tell me what you want to say first." He wanted to know what message this young man wanted to bring to Crow.

Lu Yongqiang smiled and said, "Brother Crow can take all the sales from my stores tonight. I can also give him an extra 100,000 yuan as tea money. But can you please show some mercy and ask his men not to cause damage to the store when they leave? If things are broken, Brother Crow won't gain anything except for me losing money."

After Lu Yongqiang finished speaking, Chen Hui was stunned. After a long while, he said, "Boy, why are you different from other gangsters?

I heard from Crow that last night, no one was left on your territory, and the doors of the bar, teahouse, and bathhouse were not locked. You even left notes as a reminder because you were afraid that the shops would be vandalized.

"Boy, you're a gangster, and now you're a small boss, don't you feel like you're a coward? Who would want to follow you in the future if you're like this?"

Lu Yongqiang rolled his eyes and said, "I only have a few men under my command. Can they defeat the Crows? Why would I lead them to a fight even though I know we can't win, just for face and reputation? If this little brother gets injured or dies, I don't have to pay for it, right?

Besides, why are you all hanging out here? It's all to make a living. If you follow me and can't even eat, I'm afraid no one will want to work with me!"

Hearing what Lu Yongqiang said, Chen Hui smiled and said, "Boy, you are so good at accounting, why are you still a gangster? Why don't you change your career and do business?"

Lu Yongqiang curled his lips and said, "Mr. Chen, if you policemen were more powerful and there weren't so many gangs in Hong Kong, I really wouldn't want to be a gangster. I can make a fortune by doing anything.

I'm not kidding, but you've heard of the food street on Hung Cheung Road in Tuen Mun? I designed it. Now, that street sees at least 30,000 visitors daily, and at least half of them spend money. If each person spends an average of 10 dollars, that's 150,000 dollars in daily sales. Even if we make a profit of 40%, that's 60,000 dollars a day. There are 120 food carts on that street right now, and with one person per cart, that means each person makes 500 dollars a day. And I own half of the food carts. I get 200 dollars per cart, so that's 12,000 dollars a day.

This is only the direct income of the snack street. Because of the snack street, many customers come from other places, which indirectly drives the flow of customers to other businesses and generates income for other businesses.

If you include this part of the profit, Sir Chen, tell me if I am awesome or not, right? "

After hearing what Lu Yongqiang said, Chen Hui was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "According to what you said, you really can be considered a business genius."

After hearing what Chen Hui said, a hint of joy flashed across Lu Yongqiang's face. Lu Yongqiang said with a smug look on his face, "Mr. Chen, actually, these are nothing. It's just that I'm weak now, so I can only do such small things and earn such a small amount of money every month. If I were stronger, I would be able to earn hundreds of millions a month. In a few years, I would be the new rich in Hong Kong City."

Hearing Lu Yongqiang say he earns hundreds of millions every month, Chen Hui's first reaction was that Lu Yongqiang must be bragging. But looking at Lu Yongqiang's expression, it didn't seem fake. Chen Hui couldn't help but ask, "Boy, you're so impressive, and you're still bragging. You earn hundreds of millions every month, so you must be making hundreds of millions every year? Hong Kong isn't big, but it's not small either. There are many powerful people and business geniuses. How many of them can earn hundreds of millions every year?"

As soon as Chen Hui finished speaking, Lu Yongqiang looked annoyed and said, "Who is bragging? If I can..."

Lu Yongqiang paused, as if realizing something, and then he said, "Mr. Chen, you really have a sharp eye. You can see through my nonsense at a glance."

Although Chen Hui had some guesses in his mind, he mostly thought that Lu Yongqiang was bragging. When did it become so easy to make money? How could he earn more than 100 million yuan a year?

But now that Lu Yongqiang behaved like this, Chen Hui's mentality changed. Somehow, he actually began to believe in Lu Yongqiang and believed that Lu Yongqiang could earn more than 100 million yuan every year.

Chen Hui was also a sensible person. Seeing Lu Yongqiang like this, although he really wanted to know how Lu Yongqiang made money, he did not ask too much, but found an excuse to leave the room.

After walking out of the room, Chen Hui did not forget to call Crow and tell him what Lu Yongqiang said.

To be honest, just based on what Lu Yongqiang did in the evening, Crow wanted to kill him. According to his idea, he could return the territory to Lu Yongqiang, but he would not return it so easily. He had to teach Lu Yongqiang a lesson, otherwise where would he, Crow, put his face?

Therefore, Crow has already ordered his men that when Lu Yongqiang's men show up, they should catch them and beat them up first, and then smash Lu Yongqiang's stores. Even if they have to return them to Lu Yongqiang, they will only return a ruin to Lu Yongqiang.

But Chen Hui's call made Crow change his mind. Like Chen Hui, he felt that Lu Yongqiang was completely different from the gangster he knew.

More than an hour ago, Lu Yongqiang blew up a van in front of him like a madman, and now he actually wanted to give him money. Although one hundred thousand yuan is not a lot, it is not a small amount. He has been in the underworld for nearly ten years, and now his net worth is only a few million.

Although drug trafficking can make money, it also carries great risks. Just like a few years ago, Dongxing was targeted by the police, and everyone suffered heavy losses, basically losing most of their wealth.

Why was Crow dissatisfied with Camel's low-key decision? It was because of poverty. Camel had been watching the situation since returning to Hong Kong City for almost half a year. Dongxing basically did not do much business. The few transactions it made were also tentative transactions. The amounts were not large, only hundreds of millions, and the profit was so little. With so many people in Dongxing, how much could Crow get? A transaction could only make a few hundred thousand at most.

Just like Lu Yongqiang said, everyone is out there just to make a living. If your subordinates can't even get enough to eat, who would follow you? It doesn't matter whether there is any income or not, but the subordinates still need to be supported. For more than half a year, the several big bosses in Dongxing have basically been living off their savings, which is why the crows are dissatisfied with the camel.

Seeing that Crow agreed to Lu Yongqiang's request, Chen Hui felt relieved. He was curious about Lu Yongqiang and had been thinking about the business that Lu Yongqiang could make hundreds of millions of profits that year. He was still thinking about how to persuade Crow to agree if he didn't agree, so that Lu Yongqiang would owe him a favor and maybe he could get a share of Lu Yongqiang's business in the future.

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At 11:30 in the middle of the night, Lu Yongheng called Lu Yongqiang and told him that the territory on several streets had been taken back, so that Lu Yongqiang could rest assured. He also said that the people of Crow were well-behaved and did not smash those stores.

Lu Yongqiang was quite happy to hear what Lu Yongheng said, but Lu Yongheng's next words made Lu Yongqiang unhappy.

For Lu Yongqiang, his current strength is still too weak and he can only keep his current territory. Even if he is a great success this time, no matter whether Dinosaur or Four Eyes becomes the Red Stick of Tuen Mun Gang, he can develop steadily for a period of time and will not be in the center of the storm. Maybe he can even get some benefits by playing both sides.

Although his plan was good, changes occurred.

Last night, Crow took over too much territory in Tuen Mun. Without help from other people in East Star, Crow simply didn't have enough men to guard the newly captured territories.

Therefore, Crow's plan was to gather his forces to fight against Hung Hing. As long as he could save face, he would lead his men back to Yuen Long.

The Hongxing troops tonight are divided into two groups, one is led by Dinosaur, and the other is led by Four Eyes. Dinosaur's side has gathered the elites of three gangs, about 1,500 people, while Four Eyes has the strong support of Dong Quan, and the number of people is about 800 to 900.

As the saying goes, you pick the weak and the weak, and the same goes for Crow. He is not going to have a conflict with the dinosaur, but only wants to fight with Four Eyes. Regardless of winning or losing, he will lead his men to retreat to Yuen Long.

Originally, Crow had already gathered most of his men in Siyan's territory, but he was tricked by Lu Yongqiang. Although he finally agreed to Lu Yongqiang's request, he became more and more unwilling to do so. Then Crow changed his mind and decided to trick Lu Yongqiang without any regard for his reputation.

At 11 o'clock in the evening, when Dadong and Duxie brought their men to take over the territory, the Crow's people suddenly told Dadong and Duxie if they had the courage to take over a few more pieces of territory. If so, they could give up several nearby streets.

In the minds of Dadong and Duxie, since they were in a gang, the bigger the territory must be, the better. When they heard about this good news, they agreed without thinking. Then Lu Yongqiang's territory increased from five streets to twelve streets. Of the seven extra streets, three were Dinosaur's original territory, and four were Four Eyes' original territory.

Originally, there were a total of 26 streets in Tuen Mun. In the past, Long Kong was responsible for 12 streets, Lu Yongqiang was responsible for 5 streets, and Si Yan was responsible for the remaining 9 streets.

Now, even if Four Eyes and Dinosaur take back all the territories, the situation will change completely. It will become Lu Yongqiang's twelve streets, Dinosaur's nine streets, and Four Eyes' five streets. In this way, Lu Yongqiang will be the most powerful in the Tuen Mun gang.

According to the decision made by several big bosses of the society that morning, whoever regains the most territory will be the Red Stick of the Tuen Mun branch. Now that Lu Yongqiang has regained twelve streets, the Red Stick must belong to Lu Yongqiang.

The territory was there, but where were the manpower? Lu Yongqiang had spent almost all his money to deal with this incident. Now he was completely broke. Even if he wanted to recruit some temporary followers, he didn't have the funds to support them.

So what's the point of giving him the territory now? Without so many men to guard the territory, who knows how much trouble will arise. Or even if he becomes a Red Stick now, it will be useless. Apart from offending everyone, Lu Yongqiang will not get any benefits.

After listening to Lu Yongheng's report, Lu Yongqiang wanted to die. He shouldn't have hidden in the police station for safety. If he had personally led people to take over the site, this kind of accident would definitely not have happened.

It is true that Lu Yongqiang is afraid of death. The reason why he called the police was not only to put pressure on Crow and let Crow return his territory, but also because there would be a fight between several parties in Tuen Mun tonight. Lu Yongqiang felt very insecure and was afraid that someone would take advantage of the chaos to shoot him, so he hid in the police station. He originally thought that the matter would be settled tomorrow and he would be safe after leaving the police station. But now it seems that he is no longer safe.