Reborn in the Hong Kong entertainment industry in the 1980s

Chapter 391 I am a legitimate businessman

Hu Xiaoxiao's words immediately made the police officers in the store nervous. Several officers surrounded Steven to protect him, and all their guns were pointed at Hu Xiaoxiao.

Hu Xiaoxiao stood in the middle of the stairs and pointed to the corner by the door, "Aren't those guns? They're all piled up in those boxes."

In an inconspicuous corner beneath the roller shutter door, several large boxes were piled up, half-closed, with something resembling a gun barrel vaguely visible.

An officer immediately rushed over, opened the box, and sure enough, it was full of guns, filling three large boxes.

Upon seeing this, Chu Ying burst into laughter, "I knew it! You've hidden guns here, the evidence is irrefutable, and you'll all be imprisoned with me!"

Once he's in prison, let's see how he kills them!

As Chu Ying was laughing triumphantly, the officer took a gun out of the box, weighed it in his hand, threw it on the ground, then picked up a few more guns, looked at them, and threw them on the ground as well.

The sound of the plastic hitting the ground was so different from the sound of metal hitting the ground that the officers seemed to understand something and a few of them went over to check.

"Officer Wang, these are all toy guns."

After inspecting the three large boxes, the team leader came over to report to Steven.

"A toy gun?" Chu Ying's heart skipped a beat. She dragged her legs and half-ran over, staring at the toy gun on the ground. She stomped on it, and it broke. It was a plastic product.

His mind felt like it had exploded.

Fell into a trap!

He was fooled!

Chu Ying glared at Hu Xiaoxiao and angrily said, "You lied to me?"

"Why would I lie to you?" Hu Xiaoxiao walked downstairs and asked contemptuously, "Who are you? Do I know you?"

Chu Ying was furious: "You're not lying to me, so why are there so many toy guns here?"

Was this what the convenience store owner saw?

Yes, they deliberately let the convenience store owner see it. Also, they knew all along that the convenience store owner was a member of the Cheung Hing triad, so it was a trap they deliberately set.

Hu Xiaoxiao looked puzzled and said, "Isn't it normal for our shop to stock some toy guns since we're planning to sell some toys?"

Hu Xiaoxiao walked to the counter again, took out several receipts, and handed them to the police officer in front of her. "These receipts are the delivery receipts and payment receipts for this batch of toy guns. Take a look. They were purchased from a toy factory in Baogang. It's a legal business, and taxes have been paid. Also, our business license includes toy sales."

Steven glanced around the shop a few times and asked, "Do you sell toys in this shop?"

Hu Xiaoxiao honestly explained, "This shop has three floors. We plan to sell toys and stationery on the second floor, books on the third floor, and audio-visual products on the first floor."

Hu Xiaoxiao said to Dong Peiyu, "Take down the signboard and let the officers see it."

Dong Peiyu then took a long stick and went outside the shop, uncovering the red cloth covering it.

Several officers shone their flashlights on the sign, which read "Shengshi Bookstore and Audio-Visual Store" in large characters, with smaller print below listing the products they sold: VCDs, videotapes, books, stationery, and toys.

Hu Xiaoxiao opened another box next to her, took out a few VCDs, and said to Steven, "Sir, take a look, these are VCDs, new stock, the VCDs that have become very popular in recent years. Our store not only sells VCDs, but also VCD players. Since it's a new store opening, we can play some music. Why don't you buy one?"

Hu Xiaoxiao was trying to attract customers to her shop, saying, "If you buy a lot, our shop will give you a free poster. We have posters with my autograph, but the quantity is limited, so it's first come, first served."

After saying that, Hu Xiaoxiao took a poster from under the counter and gave it to Steven.

Steven took it, unfolded it, and saw that it was indeed the poster for Hu Xiaoxiao's "Baogang Overlord Flower," a signed poster.

In the poster, Hu Xiaoxiao is dressed in a police uniform, looking dashing and heroic.

Steven curled the corners of his lips into a smile, rolled up the poster, held it in his hand, turned to face Chu Ying, and asked seriously, "Do you have anything else to say?"

Chu Ying said angrily, "They did it on purpose! Otherwise, why didn't they come out sooner?"

Hu Xiaoxiao looked at her like she was an idiot and said, "It's as chaotic as a war outside. Anyone with a brain would stay home and not go out. Why don't you ask the residents in the neighborhood why everyone is hiding upstairs and not coming out to see what's going on? Do you think everyone is as stupid as you?"

The word "stupid" made Chu Ying's eyes turn red with anger. "Where's Huang Yuliang? Tell him to come out! Huang Yuliang! Don't hide inside like a turtle, come out here!"

After he finished speaking, Huang Yuliang led several of his men downstairs carrying things.

Huang Yuliang was wearing a white shirt with both sleeves rolled up. Perhaps because he had been working, his bangs were a little messy, unlike his usual meticulously combed hair. But the messy bangs did not detract from his handsomeness; instead, they added a touch of casualness.

Huang Yuliang was carrying a VCD player, while his subordinates behind him were carrying various items: a shelf panel, a fan, and a mop and broom.

After Huang Yuliang put the things down on the first floor, he wiped his hands clean, walked over, and extended his hand to Steven. "Sorry, sir, our store is in a hurry to open, so we've been stocking up and cleaning overnight."

Steven reached out and shook hands with Huang Yuliang, saying, "Because someone spread rumors that there are lethal weapons here, we had to break into the shop as an emergency. We hope the owner will understand."

Huang Yuliang released his grip and said frankly, "We are honest business people and we fully support the police in handling cases. The police are doing this to protect the personal safety of us citizens, and they deserve our respect. Since someone is spreading rumors, in order to prove our innocence and to prevent the police from being accused of dereliction of duty, please send someone to search the entire three floors of our store."

"Thank you for your cooperation, boss. On behalf of the Hong Kong government, I express my gratitude." Steven asked the two team leaders to take people up to check the second and third floors, while he personally inspected the first floor.

The shop has not yet opened, and many goods and decorations have not been displayed. So apart from the piled-up boxes, everything is almost immediately visible.

The team leader and his men also took a look at the boxes. The third floor was full of books, the second floor was full of stationery and toys, and the first floor was even more so, filled with boxes full of VCDs. The inspection was completed very easily.

Chu Ying's face had long since turned from white to green, then to purple. He stared at Huang Yuliang, gritting his teeth: "Huang Yuliang, you're very good!"

"Thank you for the compliment," Huang Yuliang said modestly. "I've always been a very nice person, but you don't seem to be doing well. You've lost so much blood, and even if you recover, you'll be weak and anemic. Also, your blood has soiled the shop floor, and cleaning it will cost a lot of money. I'll have my lawyer ask you to pay the cleaning fees. Furthermore, I will also have my lawyer sue you in court for the slander you've made against me."