Hong Kong Variety Show: The Development Notes of a Boss

As soon as Jiang Tianyang finished speaking, Fatty Li clapped his hands in support, and then everyone else followed suit.

Afterwards, everyone drank and watched a few more boxing matches. In these later boxing matches, Jiang Tianyang did not fake his fights, but relied entirely on his real strength.

Jiang Tianyang was also the banker, letting everyone bet on winning or losing. The stakes were not big, only one million pearls for each hand, which was about 200,000 Hong Kong dollars. Everyone just wanted to have some fun.

Lu Yongqiang only made two gambles, one loss and one win. In a boxing match, sometimes it depends not only on strength but also on on-the-spot performance. Sometimes, one wrong move may lead to a complete loss.

After watching the boxing match, Jiang Tianyang took everyone to see the special performances in Bangkok. They played until midnight and then ended.

The next day, after lunch, everyone gathered in the garden pavilion to drink tea and chat.

Jiang Tianyang said, "I thought about it all night last night. If Hongxing wants to survive 1997 safely, it really needs a deep network of contacts.

And what Ah Qiang said is right. Hongxing is the foundation of our Chiang family for decades. I can't just watch it being destroyed like this.

I'm confident that Hongxing can safely survive 1997, but I haven't figured out how to establish ourselves after that. Does anyone have any good suggestions?"

As Jiang Tianyang finished speaking, Ma Wangjian spoke up, "Didn't they say the policy wouldn't change for the next fifty years? As long as the policy doesn't change, what's there to worry about? We'll still be partying every night. Do they really want us to completely clean up our act?"

Many of the Hung Hing gangs were working hard to clean up their act, but Ma Wangjian was the least active. Aside from some changes in his protection fees, he continued to run various illegal lotteries. He hoped nothing would change for Hung Hing...

As soon as Ma Wangjian finished speaking, Fatty Li sneered, "Ma Wangjian, you're already in your forties, and you're still so naive? They said nothing has changed in fifty years, and you really believed it? Judging by their attitude towards the triads, if our society doesn't change, we're going to be in big trouble sooner or later, and it's not impossible for them to uproot us."

Although Fatty Li's words made sense, they still embarrassed Ma Wangjian. After he finished speaking, Ma Wangjian immediately cursed, "Fatty Li, are you looking for death?"

Seeing the two people arguing, Jiang Tianyang said, "That's enough! What good will arguing do? Let's talk about things calmly."

"I have a rough idea. I want to run Hongxing the way I do business. Ah Qiang, do you think this will work?"

After Jiang Tianyang finished speaking, Lu Yongqiang said, "After Liang Kun's incident, Mr. Jiang actually started to manage the society using business methods.

Our society seems to have established the Hung Hing Group, which has an investment company, a transportation service company, and an entertainment service company.

The investment company manages the association's public accounts and has invested in a lot of industries in the past two years, but the returns are not very good, and it can barely break even..."

Before Lu Yongqiang could finish his words, Chen Yao spoke up, "Aqiang, excuse me for interrupting you. The investment company has actually made some money over the past two years, but everyone should know that the dividends from the uncles in the club go through the investment company's account. The number of uncles has increased by dozens over the past two years, and this extra expense is significant, which is why it appears the investment company is not making any money."

After Chen Yao finished speaking, Lu Yongqiang said, "This is the first point I want to make. There are too many uncles in our society. When life was easy in the past, the uncles were unwilling to admit their age and were unwilling to give up their positions and give opportunities to the younger generation.

Now, life on the street is getting tough, and one by one they've retired from the underworld, becoming the bosses of the gangs. Then they're sucking the blood of the gangs, letting them spend money to support them, and taking all the good things for themselves."

When Lu Yongqiang finished speaking, everyone was stunned. No one had expected that Lu Yongqiang would actually want to attack the uncles of the society. He wanted to cut off the uncles' financial resources...

Everyone was silent for a moment, and then Chen Yao spoke up, "Aqiang, my uncles all contributed greatly to the club when they were young. Now that they're old, it's only natural that the club should take care of them. Saying they're sucking our blood is a bit much."

"Fuck!" Lu Yongqiang said unhappily, "Before, these old guys were just occupying the toilet without doing anything, and they all wanted to work until they died. At that time, there were only a few uncles in the society, less than fifty people in total.

But the world has changed in the past two years. In just one or two years, the number of uncles has more than doubled, and there are now hundreds of them. If everyone does nothing, believe it or not, the number will increase several times in another two years. By then, there will be hundreds of uncles in the society. Even if each person only earns 100,000 yuan a year on average, the annual expenditure will be tens of millions.

I am still underestimating this. Think about it, we have tens of thousands of registered members in Hongxing, and the older generation is more than a few hundred people. If the older generation all rely on the society for support in the future, the annual expenditure will probably be several hundred million.

Even if we put all the money collected by the society every year into it, it might not be enough. In the future, we, the leaders, will not be able to share the money. I am afraid that we will have to contribute hundreds of millions of dollars every year.

I think that instead of spending money to support these old guys who don’t need money, I might as well spend the money on those who have helped me.”

"Over the past ten years since I came to power, thousands of brothers have worked hard for me. Dozens have died, and hundreds are disabled. I'd rather spend my money on these brothers. As for those uncles, if you're willing to support them, then you can do so."

After the police started to crack down, many people became scared and did not want to lose their reputation, so they began to withdraw from the society. In just over a year or less than two years, hundreds of people in the society announced their withdrawal from the society.

Some of these people are thin-skinned. After they quit the society, they really quit it. It basically means they cut off ties with the society and have to support themselves.

However, some people who have retired from the underworld have only changed their identities. They have transformed from the previous boss in power into the older generation of uncles in the society. Although these people are no longer in charge of things, they still suck blood from the society. Not only do they rely on their seniority to do business in the name of the society, but they also receive a pension from the society every year.

The uncles who originally had only the status of Dadi would be given the title of elder in the society after retiring from the society and receive a certain amount of money from the society every year.

However, in order to get the old guys in the society to agree with his reform of the society, Jiang Tiansheng set up an old and young security fund under the investment company, saying that it would ensure that the members of the society would have a pension when they were young and a place to rely on when they were old.

Jiang Tiansheng's slogan really won the hearts of the people. Not only did the older generation of uncles support him in making changes to the society, but ordinary members of the society also supported his reforms. This allowed Jiang Tiansheng to complete the changes to the society in a short period of time.

But this is a double-edged sword, with both advantages and disadvantages. Like now, the disadvantages are clearly revealed, with a large number of people mixing with the pension funds of the society.

Hongxing has a strong financial foundation and can afford the pensions of these people for the time being, but this may not be the case in the future.

The reason why Lu Yongqiang brought up this matter today was that he wanted to take advantage of the fact that Jiang Tiansheng was dead and the new leader took over to fill this loophole first, so as to avoid any trouble in the future.

Jiang Tianyang frowned slightly as he listened to Lu Yongqiang's words, lost in thought. After a moment, he slowly said, "Aqiang, your concerns are not without reason, but my uncles have been with the society for many years and have contributed greatly to it. If we cut off their financial resources, I'm afraid it will cause civil unrest."

Lu Yongqiang snorted, "Mr. Jiang, you overestimate those old guys. As long as we discuss this matter, what can those old guys say? What dare they say? If they really dare to cause trouble, we will directly cut off the livelihoods of their families and prevent them from doing business under the name of the society in the future."

At this time, Chen Yao spoke up, "Mr. Jiang, perhaps we can find a compromise. For example, we can review the qualifications of uncles and give preferential treatment to those uncles who have truly contributed to the society and those uncles whose families are in financial difficulty. As for those who are just taking advantage of the situation, they should not receive subsidies in the future."

When everyone heard this, they nodded in agreement. Chen Yao's idea was a good one. It could reduce expenses without offending anyone too much.

Jiang Tianyang thought about it and agreed with Chen Yao's opinion. Then Jiang Tianyang asked Lu Yongqiang, "Aqiang, besides the investment company, do you have any suggestions for the other two companies?"

Lu Yongqiang pondered for a moment and said, "Since the entertainment service company has brought bars and nightclubs under its name, it should simply be run by the company as a whole and stop renting them out to smaller clubs. Otherwise, they'll all be operating independently, defeating the purpose of establishing a company."

As soon as Lu Yongqiang finished speaking, Chen Haonan immediately became anxious. The most popular places for society nightclubs were Causeway Bay and Bo Lan Street in Mong Kok.

Chen Haonan owns six venues that are owned by the gang, including four bars and two nightclubs. Most of his income now comes from these six nightclubs.

According to Lu Yongqiang's current suggestion, that would directly cut off his roots.

Chen Haonan complained, "The thousands of people in my Causeway Bay gang rely on nightclubs for a living. If we hand over the nightclubs to the gangs, what will our brothers in Causeway Bay eat and drink in the future?"

As Chen Haonan finished speaking, Lu Yongqiang sneered, "Don't be complacent day by day. You have to keep pace with the times. Judging from the current situation, the police will become more and more strict, and public security will get better and better in the future. Maybe in two years, by then, nightclubs won't need a lot of people to watch the place.

If you don't want to change now and find another way for your brothers to make a living, and you don't need so many people to look after the place in the future, what will your men do then?"

"Anan, I think the logistics industry will have great development in the future. Don't you own a logistics company? If I were you, I would focus on this company and think carefully about how to make it bigger and stronger."