Chapter 349: Winning Hearts

After the daily morning exercise, returning home to wipe his body and wash, Wang Yan started packing his luggage. He was going to report to Sha Tau Kok today.

The distance from Dongtou Village to there was about forty kilometers, and in this era where transportation wasn't very developed, it was impossible to run back and forth every day. If he really did that, he wouldn't have to do anything all day, just sit in the car. And it was easy to give people a handle, a 'not serious about work, dereliction of duty' could openly and honestly remove him. By that time, he would have to go back to his old profession, which was sorry for the rare time he was a serious person, really not worth it.

He didn't contact Bai Yuechang yesterday to cultivate feelings. In itself, he kissed her hard, the girl was shy, and it was a bit embarrassing to talk about love the next day, which he understood very well.

He went to HSBC to find Lin Hanbin, repaid the previous five thousand loan with interest, and took the factory and formula as collateral together. Although the Long Teng herbal tea was now somewhat famous in the business world, it wasn't a heavy asset, the cash flow was healthy, and the profit was considerable, but wanting to release a loan also required some time. They themselves also had to do a good investigation, evaluate the specific loan amount and repayment ability, etc., knowing it made money, but knowing even more how much it made.

Besides that, he had a big drink with Chen Tong. Fighting to death, the subordinate who contributed the most couldn't be protected, Chen Tong was very self-blaming. Of course, more was the humiliation of not being able to fight Yan Tong, the helplessness of being slapped and not being able to fight back.

Now Hong Kong and Kowloon were watching the jokes of Wang Yan and Chen Tong. Wang Yan could fight, even fighting out the name 'Brother Yan', Chen Tong had great merits and sat in the position of the chief inspector of Sham Shui Po, a big oil and water position. But no matter how glorious, no matter how prestigious, wasn't he still pressed to death by Yan Tong? Slapped and couldn't resist, everyone was the same.

Wang Yan didn't care. Not to mention that his rank was still a chief inspector, even if he was still a tiny uniformed policeman, he would still be the same. Chen Tong couldn't do it. Glorious and infinite, he was beaten back to his original shape, his old face was slapped by people with big mouths, and the old kid was suffocated.

But fortunately, it was a blow within the rules. Wang Mou was slapped and recognized it, just develop and fight back. If Yan Tong, this old kid, played off-board tricks, like gunning him down, he guaranteed he would send him to see King Yama that day.

This was after so many years, he had cultivated his character, and he was no longer as arrogant as he was when he first stood up. If it were his temper in his early years, Yan Tong's wife and children would have started crying at the grave.

So what did growth give us? Is it good or bad?

"Brother Yan!"

Hearing the movement, Wang Yan buckled the leather suitcase and went downstairs: "Ah Luo, why are you here if you're not working?"

"You're going to Sha Tau Kok to take office today, I'm here to see you off."

"No need, I had Zhu Zai find a car and a driver, I can leave anytime." Taking out a cigarette and sharing one with Lei Luo, letting him light it, Wang Yan took a deep breath and exhaled a long puff of smoke: "After I leave, you help me clean up this house, a broken home is worth ten thousand strings of cash. And, remember what I told you before, you can collect money, but don't save it in the bank. You were a uniformed policeman before, you collected less, wait until next month when you go to Sham Shui Po with Uncle, you'll collect more. Don't think I'm scaring you, those are all troubles in the future.

I've arranged everything. In the future, after collecting black money, send it to Zhu Zai at the end of the month. He will arrange for you to hold a position in my factory, you'll have a little share, and you'll be paid a salary every month, just like me now. That's the money that comes from a legitimate source, which you can spend boldly.

As for work, just work steadily under Uncle. I'll only entrust you with one thing: establish the rules I set in Ciyunshan in Sham Shui Po. If there's anyone who doesn't obey, I don't need to teach you what to do, right?"

"I know everything, Brother Yan." Lei Luo was low-spirited: "Then you won't come back in the future?"

"Of course I'll come back, I'm afraid you'll be reckless, afraid you won't know your surname, so I'm instructing you. When the time comes, come to me and complain, I'll break one of your legs first." Patting him on the shoulder, Wang Yan said: "Alright, I'm just going for a year or two, when the factory over there is done, I'll find a chance to transfer back. If you have nothing to do, you can go over there and see, it's not like we can't see each other, look at you, acting like a woman, no promise."

Lei Luo giggled and didn't speak. He wasn't someone who didn't know good from bad, ungrateful and heartless, he knew Wang Yan was really good to him. Not to mention anything else, without Wang Yan, him wanting to marry Ah Xia would be a dream. And at work, he would be promoted to plainclothes next month, and it had only been more than half a year since they started working, and others were still uniformed policemen.

Because of Wang Yan's winning over, the relationship between their classmates was not bad. Except for those who had people and money at home, who were promoted faster than Wang Yan, the rest were counted, and others were uniformed policemen. Some were squeezed out for various reasons, couldn't pass the internship period, and were about to be removed from the police force.

So for Wang Yan being suppressed by Yan Tong this time, he was really angry, and he was working hard to break Yan Tong.

After chatting and laughing for a while, the sound of a car engine came from outside, Wang Yan looked at Lei Luo with a smile: "The car is here, you go to work, you're about to leave, stand your last post."

"Alright, then I'll go see you in a while." Lei Luo consciously carried the big luggage and walked out first.

Wang Yan took the lock and was about to go out, when he heard Lei Luo's voice outside: "Miss, who are you looking for?"

"Is this Wang Yan's house?"

"Yes, Miss Bai, didn't find the wrong place. Didn't you say you wouldn't come to my house, why are you here early in the morning?" Hearing the familiar voice, Wang Yan walked out in two or three steps, looking at the fashionable beauty in jeans, high-heeled leather shoes, pink long-sleeved shirt, and a small hat. After speaking, without waiting for her to refute, he turned to Lei Luo: "Ah Luo, this is my girlfriend, Bai Yuechang."

"Hello, Sister-in-law, I'm Lei Luo." Lei Luo was also straightforward, giggling: "Brother Yan, I'll leave this box here, you and Sister-in-law talk, I'm going to work." After speaking, he put the box at the door and left neatly.

Bai Yuechang smiled politely, and seeing Lei Luo walk away, she slapped Wang Yan on the arm: "Hey, don't talk nonsense, who is your girlfriend? Did I agree?"

"Then why are you here so early?"

"Suddenly wanted to go to Sha Tau Kok for a ride, remembered you, this poor person who was broken, can't I give you a ride?"

Looking at her stubborn appearance, Wang Yan shook his head and smiled, naturally reaching out and holding her shoulder: "Knowing you care about me, let's go, take you to see my house."

Bai Yuechang's body was a bit stiff, struggling symbolically, but it had no effect, so she let it be: "Hey, don't blame me for not warning you, that driver is my father's person, you move your hands and feet on me today, he'll know tonight, and he'll definitely settle the score with you later, be careful he hacks you to death."

"Your father dotes on you, this precious daughter, I don't believe he doesn't know you've been with me recently, sooner or later he'll settle the score with me, so why be afraid of him settling more scores with me? Let's go, go in and see. Besides, you don't know how prestigious I am, I'm Brother Yan. Your father knows you've got me, I don't know how proud he is."

He certainly wasn't bragging. Kicking Ciyunshan's hooligans didn't count as anything, but kicking Sham Shui Po's hooligans was a problem. In this era, killing a policeman was nothing, as long as it was handled properly, there was no problem at all. Undoubtedly, those big gangs had the guts and the ability. He was still jumping around now, which explained the problem.

Police might be nothing, otherwise Yan Tong wouldn't dare to break him. But those who mixed in the underworld were convinced. Killing a policeman had a certain risk, but killing a hooligan as a policeman was killing for nothing, and even making a merit. Undoubtedly, Wang Yan had already proven his ability. If you couldn't kill him, don't move. So now Brother Yan also had three points of thin face in the Hong Kong and Kowloon underworld. Of course, he still looked down on him in his heart, just a very capable plainclothes officer who was a loser.

"Shameless." Bai Yuechang curled her lips, then entered the house and looked around upstairs and downstairs: "Didn't expect you to live alone, the house is quite clean."

"I'm just a bit poor, everything else is fine."

"You're poor? Don't think I don't know, you're not soft at all when collecting money, I don't know what you're keeping those money for, and it's not like you can't afford a good house."

"Then if I live in this kind of house for a lifetime, will you be with me, Miss Bai?"

"I'm a rich woman..." Bai Yuechang reacted halfway and hurriedly shut up: "Who wants to be with you, a stinky hooligan who only knows how to take advantage of people, let's go, a broken house is nothing to see." She turned her head and left with pride, ordering the driver to stuff the box into the trunk of the car.

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It was also at this time that the car Zhu Zai found arrived. Having a beauty with him was naturally better than being alone. Naturally, Wang Yan dismissed the driver and got into Bai Yuechang's car, and amidst the driver's straight-faced silence, they went to Sha Tau Kok while flirting.

This was really a place where birds didn't shit. Along the way, not to mention desolate and broken, it wasn't much better. It was two worlds from the island and Kowloon, and the gap was very big.

And the place he went to report was less than a kilometer away from the barbed wire fence of Pengcheng, which was still a fishing village on the opposite side, and a few hundred meters away from the bay of Sha Tau Kok. Besides some fishy smell, everything else was fine, and the scenery was not bad. Most importantly, because the population density here wasn't that high, overall, it was much cleaner than the Dongtou Village where he lived, which was also quite good.

This belonged to the North District management, and the place where he worked wasn't a police station, but a police station similar to that, in a two-story building, with only three uniformed policemen in charge. Now that he was here, undoubtedly he was the biggest here.

Parking the car in front of the two-story building, Wang Yan helped the youthful and beautiful Miss Bai get out of the car, and with his hands behind his back like an old man, walked in side by side with Miss Bai. The driver was very sensible, opened the trunk, took out the box, and consciously followed behind.

Inside, the three uniformed policemen were playing poker enthusiastically behind the partition platform, completely unaware of the three people walking in, quite absorbed.

Actually, it was understandable. After all, there was no oil and water in this place, and it was miserable enough to be treated harshly, let alone any hope of promotion. Besides going out to patrol and stroll every day, there was no serious business, so if they didn't find some fun, how could they live.

Wang Yan walked to the front, stood there and waited for a while, found that the few guys were really absorbed, so he raised his hand and tapped the platform in front of him with his double knuckles 'dong dong dong'.

Hearing the movement, the three stopped their actions and turned to look over. Seeing the youthful and beautiful Miss Bai, the driver carrying the bag behind, and finally their eyes gathered on Wang Yan, who was wearing a shirt and casual trousers, with a bulging waist.

The three exchanged glances, and the flat-headed man who was less than thirty years old thought for a while and asked cautiously: "Are you Wang Yan, Brother Yan?"

Wang Yan nodded and took out his ID from his pocket: "This is my ID, you check it."

The man took it and looked at it, then handed it back to Wang Yan with both hands, gave a low shout of 'stand at attention', followed by the two behind him, slapped their feet together, raised their hands to salute, and said in unison: "Hello, Officer!"

"Alright, it's not like you don't know my situation, what officer? We're all brothers, you don't have to be so nervous. I'm new here, and I have to rely on you to carry me, just be casual, be casual."

"Brother Yan, you're too modest." Seeing him smiling and easy to talk to, the man who was the leader put down his hand and said: "Although we three are in a remote place, we also know that Brother Yan, you are really considering for us brothers below. Yan Tong has great power, there's no way. But with Brother Yan's ability, I think it won't be long before you're transferred back."

"It's already like this, don't give me high hats anymore, I don't plan to leave for a year or two." Wang Yan waved his hand: "What are your names?"

The man who was the leader replied: "My name is Li Chuan."

On the right, a long-faced, square-faced, somewhat honest man of twenty-five or twenty-six, happily introduced himself: "Liu Zhongyi."

"Zhao Wenhao." Standing on the left was a somewhat middle-aged man, who must be forty years old. Looking at his appearance, he must have signed up to join the police force a few years ago when Hong Kong was restored. There were many such people, because that was equivalent to everything starting over, and there was a need for police to maintain order, so there were many people who took advantage of the loopholes, but most of them were people who had really been policemen before.

Wang Yan nodded: "This is my girlfriend, she might come often in the future, right?"

Bai Yuechang gave a light snort and rolled her eyes.

After the three of them sensibly called her sister-in-law, he asked: "Where do I live? Is it here, or should I find a place myself?" Mixing in society wasn't about age, but strength. No matter how down-and-out Wang Yan was, he wasn't someone they could look down on. If they should call him brother, they had to call him brother.

Li Chuan smiled: "Live upstairs, knowing Brother Yan was coming, we had already cleaned it up, the bedding is new, I'll take you and sister-in-law to see."

Wang Yan smiled and nodded, and followed Li Chuan upstairs with Bai Yuechang and the driver carrying the box.

"It's much better than your house here, just a bit damp." Bai Yuechang looked at the room, the water room, the bathroom, and commented like this.

"Of course it's better, it's a sea-view room."

These three people were very sensible and arranged a large room on the east side for him, with windows on the south and east sides. Standing by the window, looking far away, he could see the bay of Sha Tau Kok, and vaguely see some fishing boats anchored on the sea, as well as the small fishing village that had gathered.

Wang Yan remembered that place. Although because of the gap in the era, it didn't look like it did later, he wouldn't remember it wrong. That small fishing village was the place where the Ding family father and five sons in "The Greed of Man" experienced a life of suffering together, and finally committed suicide by poison...

As he spoke, he walked to the bed, hugged Bai Yuechang, and whispered: "How is it, Miss Bai, the scenery here is so good, do you want to be a pair of immortal companions with me here?" The annoying Li Chuan and the driver carrying the bag naturally went out early, leaving only the two of them here.

"Oh, can you be serious? Thinking about those things all day, hooligan." Bai Yuechang pushed him away in disgust, turned around and put the box on the ground with effort, and put the clothes and pants into the wardrobe standing in the corner one by one.

Seeing her clumsy but extremely serious appearance of pretending to be very professional, Wang Yan lit a cigarette and leaned against the east window and smoked leisurely: "Haven't done this work at home, right?"

Thinking about it was normal. Her father's condition definitely wouldn't let his precious daughter be tired. Simply put, she was spoiled. Of course, Miss Bai was also okay, a bit willful but not to the point of being arrogant. It must be that she hadn't done any work, after all, finding a nanny didn't cost much, she was a proper young lady.

"Nonsense, don't look down on people, I live alone usually, and I can do housework well."

"Really?"

Miss Bai seemed to shake the quilt very skillfully: "Isn't it?"

Wang Yan exhaled smoke comfortably: "Didn't you find that the direction of the quilt cover is wrong?"

"Eh? Oh, I said why... Oh, why are you so annoying?" Being exposed for pretending to be a little virtuous, Bai Yuechang blushed, but she was stubborn: "Why don't you do it yourself? How can you be like this, people kindly help you clean up, and you still pick faults, really not knowing a good heart."

"Yes, yes, yes, it's all my fault, being able to know such a virtuous woman, it's really the greatest luck of my life."

"Flowery words..."

Miss Bai worked even harder...

Really didn't use Wang Yan to help at all, not that he didn't want to help, but Miss Bai wouldn't let him. Maybe she wanted to show her side of being a virtuous wife and mother, she tidied up the clothes, fixed the bed, and even tore one of Wang Mou's short sleeves to use as a rag, wiping the windowsill, wardrobe, and bed, and even mopped the floor.

Actually, Li Chuan and the others did a good job, and it was already very clean. Miss Bai seemed to see it too, but it didn't delay her enthusiasm for work. She was sweating profusely, looking very tired...

At noon, the driver went out and packed a pile of food back. Bai Yuechang paid for it, but it was counted as Wang Yan treating his new colleagues to dinner, all the same.

After lunch, Wang Yan and Bai Yuechang turned around nearby with nothing to do, until past five o'clock, when they sent away the somewhat tired Bai Yuechang...

Days passed by, there was really nothing to do here, very idle all day. He had the highest rank and was the most prestigious, of course, there was no work for him to do, all of which were the work of the three uniformed policemen, Li Chuan. He just got up early every day to exercise, spent most of his time lying on the chair downstairs reading, and occasionally went out for a walk. Of course, there was no lack of Bai Yuechang's company. At first, she came every two days, then every other day, and later she came every day.

Every day she came early, stayed for most of the day, and went back by car in the evening. Hugging and kissing, touching and groping, it was definitely unavoidable, but there was no substantive progress. They had only known each other for less than a month, so there was no rush. It was just that Wang Yan didn't understand why Bai Fanyu hadn't come to find him? Or was he waiting for him to visit? Anyway, this cheap father-in-law must know about him and Bai Yuechang, and maybe he was satisfied with him, who knows.

The things Zhu Zai did over there were also quite smooth. After the bank released the loan, he got a small factory in the North District, really at a low price, because the original factory owner was in a hurry to cash out and leave. It was because the international situation was tense, and the rich saw the signs were not good, judging that there was a high probability of war, and ran away in advance. It was also like this, Zhu Zai not only bought the factory but also took down the surrounding land, facilitating the expansion of the factory in the future.

Aluminum materials had been set long ago, and there were people doing this business in Hong Kong, which was also convenient. Once the money arrived, it arrived directly. The stamping machine was ordered from Japan, not from the foreigners' Europe. After all, compared to it, the distance was still far.

And the most critical people, Zhu Zai, used a combination of fooling and scaring, plus the temptation of the highest salary in the industry, to find eight talents in machinery manufacturing and three in materials, all of whom were dug from other companies.

Finding these talents, of course, was to manufacture machinery. He wanted to lead these people to improve equipment and manufacture production lines.

As for what production line, of course, it was to unfold around his current industry, which was the canned herbal tea he had thought of before.

Now the pop-top can hadn't appeared yet, it would be invented by people in America in 1963. Because of its recyclability, circular utilization, dilution of costs, and because of the characteristics of the material, it was very popular once launched, greatly promoting the vigorous development of beverages and beer, which was really a great invention.

So since there was a pop-top can, and since he had the first-mover advantage, then beverages, beer, he naturally had to do them all. This was a broad market, with great potential, and even more money.

After all preparations were in place, Wang Yan started skipping work, and every day a car came to pick him up to the factory to lead those people to study the manufacturing method of pop-top cans, and improve and even manufacture production equipment. Although his practical level wasn't high, his ability to gesture was enough, his knowledge was broad, he knew everything, and this thing wasn't very difficult. He started doing it in early May and finished it in mid-June.

He had the herbal tea formula, and other messy fruit-flavored drinks and beer, he didn't know how to do it, so he could spend money to find people. The production process was complete, and the rest was to continuously expand the production line and recruit workers to produce. Marketing wasn't a problem either, after all, he had the channels of most herbal tea stalls in Hong Kong and Kowloon. When the time came, he would set the ex-factory price and retail price, and unify the prices of the whole Hong Kong and Kowloon, which wasn't a big problem.

As for the workers in the factory, this time he didn't let Zhu Zai make the decision, but decided that the families of policemen had priority. In this era, it wasn't easy to have work and earn money, and even if there was, the salary and benefits weren't very good. Policemen weren't much, not everyone was a chief inspector, and their families were also quite difficult.

And he provided work for these people, with high salary and good benefits, so those numerous bottom-level policemen, what reason did they have not to support such a good big brother who took care of his brothers? Besides giving money directly, this was the best. After all, really wanting to give money, giving one, ten, a hundred, he could afford it, but giving thousands, tens of thousands? He couldn't spend that much money no matter how much he earned, pure idiot.

However, he could establish a fund in the future, and raise funds from the police force according to the rank, which could not only have abundant money to do things but also be a disguised way of giving money to those policemen, killing two birds with one stone.

The workers recruited this time were first in Ciyunshan, Sham Shui Po, and North District. Of course, Li Chuan and the others beside him weren't left out. After all, they had mixed to Sha Tau Kok, how could their families be any better.

As for the specific reaction, he could only say that the policemen where he was were grandfathers, Li Chuan and the three served him, and now he was the great-grandfather, and his status had risen greatly. Ciyunshan didn't need to be said, they were all people who had mixed with him, and they had all called to express their gratitude, respect, and loyalty.

Those people in Sham Shui Po, he knew the uniformed policemen, didn't know the plainclothes ones, but regardless of whether they knew him or not, they all called to introduce themselves and express that they could just speak if they had any use.

Those in the North District, because they were close, they all came here to visit 'Brother Yan', and also saw Sister-in-law, and received Wang Mou's warm reception. Hearing that several families had relatives with terminal illnesses, he also showed his medical skills. Although it couldn't be immediate, it could be seen from the feedback that Wang Mou was also a divine doctor, and he gained more respect and loyalty.

Chen Tong called to congratulate him on winning hearts, expressed envy, jealousy, and hatred, and also said that he had slapped Yan Tong in the face again at the chief inspector meeting, which was considered to have regained some face. He also told him not to worry, saying that he had been striving to transfer him back, etc.

Lin Mingyuan also called. Now he was mixing with Chen Tong, and he was also a family with Wang Yan, congratulating him. As for being hollowed out, he didn't care, he was broad-minded and fat, a smart person.

As for Yan Tong... he was angry, but he couldn't do anything. That was really eating a fly, disgusted.

He thought he had suppressed him, but who could have thought that he would find another way, turn around and open a factory to provide jobs to win hearts. Ciyunshan, Sham Shui Po, North District, the Chinese policemen in the three places, whether uniformed or plainclothes, were all arranged. The salary was the highest in Hong Kong, and the benefits were not bad either. If this continued, let alone Wang Yan mixing in the police force, even if he didn't mix in the police force, if he developed like this, he would be the Chinese number one in the police force in the dark.

Yan Tong never thought that he could operate like this. Of course, he didn't blame him, it was because he had little knowledge and small pattern, which was understandable.

The money he earned, either sent to foreigners or bought property, etc. He understood the principle of not putting eggs in one basket, and of course, he had factories, but the scale was too small. More was relying on his human resources, doing some raw material supply, or reselling, etc. Although he earned quite a lot, the jobs he could provide were limited.

However, it was not too late to mend the fold. Yan Tong wasn't stupid, and he didn't have psychological barriers. He had the idea of opening a new path to win hearts. Since others had successful experience, he could just follow suit. And most importantly, he investigated and knew that Wang Yan was playing with loans. Wasn't he much richer than Wang Yan? Just open a factory and provide jobs, wouldn't that be it?

So Wang Yan received the news that Yan Tong had been quite active recently, also acquiring factories and buying land in the North District, wanting to do manufacturing, wanting to recruit people, wanting to compete with him to win hearts.

Of course, it wasn't just Yan Tong. After all, there were other Chinese chief inspectors who were higher than him, and there were those who were richer than him. So in order to avoid being surpassed, everyone started investing in building factories.

It was like a story, saying a bunch of people were racing boats, two people stood out, the first and second were at the front, but the distance wasn't very far. At this time, a wind came, how should the first person choose to ensure he was first? Very simple, learn from the second, so that he could ensure the same distance.

Now the Chinese chief inspectors in Hong Kong and Kowloon were in such a situation. The front row wouldn't be mentioned, the back row really had no money and could give up looking for people to rely on. Anyone who had a little money and ideas had to follow.

This was an involution among Chinese chief inspectors provoked by Wang Yan...

Perhaps the most relaxed were Chen Tong and Lin Mingyuan, because they were on the same front as Wang Yan.

Of course, Wang Yan was disdainful of the behavior of those big and small chief inspectors following suit. Doing business, engaging in real industry, this bunch of people tied together weren't enough for him to fight with one hand. After all, they didn't have a long-term vision, and most of them were doing existing industries. He was opening up new industries, and it was clear who was strong and who was weak.

But it could also be considered a good thing. After all, it provided jobs. Although it had nothing to do with the general public, the families of Chinese policemen weren't a small number. In order not to let him grow big, their salary and benefits were all on the same level as him, all the highest in Hong Kong. When those policemen's families received their salaries, they would inevitably consume, and this wave would pull the various indicators of Hong Kong to rise significantly.

And this was all the contribution of the Chinese chief inspectors' black money, and Wang Mou was once again meritorious...

He had no intention of worrying about what other Chinese chief inspectors did. If he had that time, it would be better to sleep. Although he made a big momentum, he hadn't started selling yet, just in the stage of hoarding goods.

And after he made the pop-top can, he specifically found the lawyer named Xu Hong who had registered the company for him before, and let him start registering patents globally.

The appearance of the pop-top can, the pull ring, materials, manufacturing equipment, and filling process, etc., were all exclusive patents. Without his authorization, one lawsuit would be one accurate, and anyone who wanted a face would come to find him. This was also a considerable income, and it was calculated in US dollars.

After a period of busyness and various preparations, on August 10th, Long Teng herbal tea appeared on herbal tea stalls large and small in Hong Kong and Kowloon, and officially started selling... ===== CHAPTER 350 =====