Hong Kong Variety Show: The Development Notes of a Boss

Chen Haonan has his own logistics company under his name. This company was originally established by Chen Haonan in order to find something for his subordinates to do. It was just a logistics distribution company that helped merchants in Causeway Bay deliver goods and earn some money for hard work.

After the police cracked down, Chen Haonan had a hard time and had to ask Chen Yao for help. Chen Yao came up with an idea, which was to take over the logistics and distribution work in other territories.

Chen Haonan did as he was told, but he really had no business acumen. His distribution company, although called a company, was actually just a makeshift team. The deliverymen under him had no service awareness at all and behaved like complete gangsters.

When delivering goods for merchants, not only does he fail to deliver the goods on time, but he also flirts with beautiful customers when he occasionally meets them. When he carries goods for customers, he does not pay attention to handling them with care, and it is common for goods to be damaged.

The merchants in Causeway Bay just don't dare to provoke Chen Haonan, so they swallow their anger and cooperate with Chen Haonan. If they had a choice, they would have been unhappy a long time ago.

Merchants in Causeway Bay dare not provoke Chen Haonan, but merchants in other areas will not tolerate Chen Haonan. They have paid protection fees to Hongxing, and you are ruining their business. They can tolerate it once or twice, but after it happens too many times, they will naturally be unhappy. Even if there is work in the future, they will no longer go to Chen Haonan.

There are 50,000 to 60,000 registered members of Hongxing, and more than 100,000 peripheral personnel. With so many people involved in various industries, if anyone can seriously open a logistics company and integrate the resources of the entire Hongxing, there will definitely be money to be made.

However, no one from Hongxing does this kind of business. The only two people who do logistics and distribution related business are Han Bin and Chen Haonan.

Han Bin has the support of the Huo family. He used to be engaged in red oil smuggling. He has two small cargo ships under his control and has also established an ocean shipping company.

After the red oil business was no longer viable, the Huo family did not abandon Han Bin and simply ignored his life or death. Instead, they found a way to make money for Han Bin by trading timber from Laos to the port city.

This business could barely be considered a good one; if done well, it could bring in hundreds of millions of yuan in profit annually. However, Han Bin had made a fortune in red oil and A-grade goods over the past few years, and his ambition had grown so high that he had become somewhat disdainful of the profits and less interested in trading lumber. Now, Han Bin's shipping company was languishing, barely afloat but with no significant growth. Han Bin was already considering selling it.

Han Bin does not want to develop the logistics and distribution business, but Lu Yongqiang feels that Chen Haonan can take the lead in this business.

Lu Yongqiang was giving Chen Haonan advice with good intentions, but some people may not understand Lu Yongqiang's good intentions.

After Lu Yongqiang finished speaking, Chen Haonan said with a hint of dissatisfaction: "Brother Qiang, you sound nice, but this delivery business is not profitable at all. My logistics company still has some business in Causeway Bay, but outside of Causeway Bay, there is no business anywhere else. If we lose these nightclubs now, I'm afraid all my brothers will be left with nothing."

At this point, Chen Haonan's voice rose unconsciously.

"Brother Qiang, you agreed to let me handle the delivery work at the Tuen Mun Seafood Wholesale Market. I invested millions in this business and bought several refrigerated trucks. But it's been six months now, and I still haven't made back my money."

After Chen Haonan finished speaking, Lu Yongqiang said angrily, "The Tuen Mun seafood wholesale market supplies all kinds of seafood to at least half of the restaurants in Hong Kong. They and Liansheng's distribution company have made a thriving business relying on the seafood wholesale market, making at least millions in profit every month. I decided to let you have a share, but you didn't seize the opportunity. Can you blame me for this?"

Why don't you look for the reasons within yourself? Why don't you think about why those businesses are unwilling to give the work to you and instead give it to Heliansheng?

To save on gas, your delivery staff didn't even use the refrigeration system in the warehouse. While the goods weren't spoiled, they weren't very fresh. And their delivery attitude was terrible. They're in the service industry, yet they all act like they're the bosses."

Chen Haonan has always told him that the way to survive in this world is by relying on three things: the first is righteousness, the second is loyalty, and the third is having many brothers.

There is certainly no problem in relying on these three things to join a gang, but relying on these three things to do business is completely ridiculous.

Just like when Chen Haonan's people were doing business at the seafood wholesale market, they didn't turn on the freezing function when delivering goods to people, which resulted in the seafood not being fresh enough. It was entirely Chen Haonan's people's fault, but afterwards, Chen Haonan did not punish his people. Instead, he turned the tables and said that the merchants were making a fuss and deliberately making things difficult for people.

Chen Haonan isn't completely indiscriminate; he's simply built a reputation as a man of loyalty, so regardless of right or wrong, he'll always protect his people before anything else. This approach has both advantages and disadvantages. The upside is that his people are truly loyal to him, and young people are willing to hang out with him. However, the downside is also obvious: he has to clean up after his men.

Ever since the police began their crackdown, Luk Wing Keung hadn't recruited any new members for the gang. The number of registered members in the Tuen Mun branch had been declining, and Luk Wing Keung's men had deliberately kept a low profile, remaining in Tuen Mun and never actively stirring up trouble. Most of the gang members knew how powerful Luk Wing Keung was and wouldn't provoke him.

As time goes by, Lu Yongqiang is now more like a wealthy businessman rather than a gangster.

In the minds of young people, the most famous leader of Hongxing is not Lu Yongqiang from Tuen Mun, but Chen Haonan, the leader of Causeway Bay. Of course, this is just the opinion of those low-level people.

Anyone who has been around for a few years and is a bit presentable knows that among all the leaders of Hongxing, the one who should not be provoked the most is Lu Yongqiang, and the most powerful one is also Lu Yongqiang. Now when people mention Lu Yongqiang, they no longer refer to him as "Big Brother Qiang" or "Handsome Boy Qiang", but as "Mr. Lu".

Even after Lu Yongqiang finished speaking, Chen Haonan still refused to accept it. He still couldn't change his mindset. He still didn't consider himself a serious businessman, but always considered himself a gangster. In his opinion, gangsters had to be ruthless and vicious in business. Otherwise, why would people be afraid of you? Why would they do business with you?

Chen Haonan was about to say something else when Chen Yao spoke up, "Before Mr. Jiang got into trouble, I actually discussed with him how to develop the entertainment company. Although the nightclub business is profitable, it also comes with its share of problems. Hong Kong has been developing better and better over the years, and there are more and more profitable businesses. There's absolutely no need for the club to waste its energy on the nightclub business."

After Chen Yao finished speaking, Jiang Tianyang became interested. He said, "Ayao, from what you said, it seems that you have found a way to make money, so you plan to give up the nightclub business?"

After Jiang Tianyang finished speaking, Chen Yao said, "In recent years, the housing prices in Gangcheng have been rising. Mr. Jiang and I are both optimistic about the future of Gangcheng's real estate industry.

We in Hongxing actually have quite a few people working in the construction industry, including bricklayers, carpenters and other types of workers. We have a natural advantage in the real estate industry. If we can set up a real estate company, we can easily form a comprehensive construction team.

Before his death, Mr. Jiang had already planned to sell all of the society's nightclubs to various gangs, and then raise funds to set up a real estate company to directly develop properties."

After Chen Yao finished speaking, Jiang Tianyang looked at Lu Yongqiang and asked, "Aqiang, I heard that you own a company called Lu's Real Estate, which has been doing quite well in recent years. What do you think about the future of the real estate industry?"

Lu Yongqiang hesitated for a moment and said, “Of course I am optimistic about the real estate industry, otherwise I would not have established Lu’s Real Estate.

However, if the association wants to establish a real estate company, I suggest that it focus its initial development efforts in the north. Not only is the land cheaper there, but labor and various building materials are also cheaper. If we develop real estate there, the investment will be relatively much smaller, and even if we lose money, we won't suffer a major loss."

After Lu Yongqiang finished speaking, Chen Yao said, "Investment in the north is indeed much smaller, and the risk is much smaller, but correspondingly, the profit is also much smaller. Since we at Hongxing have established a real estate company, there is no point in making a small move.

Years ago, Mr. Jiang acquired a piece of land near Clearwater Bay, intending to build a luxury residential complex there.”

After hearing what Chen Yao said, Lu Yongqiang said nothing more. After all, it was not painful for a son to sell his father's land. The money in the society's public account was not Lu Yongqiang's own, so he just had to pay it back.

Jiang Tianyang was a cautious person. Although he was very interested in what Chen Yao had just said, he did not make a decision immediately. Instead, he said, "Whether it is giving up the nightclub business or setting up a real estate company, this is a major matter concerning the entire society. Since it concerns the entire society, we need to gather all the leaders and elders of the society to discuss it. It is not something that we can decide on by just a few people sitting here. Let's discuss this matter later.

Doesn't the society also have a passenger transport service company? What's the current situation of this company? Can someone give us a brief overview?"

After Jiang Tianyang finished speaking, Chen Yao said, "The society used to have many bus lines and taxi companies, but later they integrated them and established this passenger transport service company.

The company now operates 12 bus routes, with a total of 98 buses and 480 taxis. It generates a monthly profit of around 3 million yuan.

When he heard that the profit was only about three million per month, Jiang Tianyang nodded with some disinterest.

"I have a general understanding of the society's business. How many branches does the society have in Hong Kong City now? How are the businesses of the major branches? Does everyone have a stable source of income?"

Since Jiang Tianyang had asked, Chen Yao said, "The society now has twelve main halls and eighteen branch halls in Hong Kong City. In fact, there were twenty-six branches before.

It's just that the police have been very powerful in the past two years, and have had a huge impact on all major social organizations. Many gray industries have become unsustainable. Many branches have collapsed in the past two years. Of the remaining 18 branches, many can only barely maintain themselves and may disappear at any time.