Chapter 254: Waiting for the Right Moment

Thinking of this, Li Shutang stared at Chen Jiajun and said, "Does Sir Chen want to cooperate with the police again?"

Chen Jiajun smiled and said, "I said it before, I am a businessman; I like a stable and peaceful environment."

"And I don't know if you've thought about what Hong Kong would become if this kitchen were really allowed to get up and running?"

Li Shutang highly approved of Chen Jiajun's point of view.

After pondering for a moment, Li Shutang said, "What do you want me to do?"

Chen Jiajun smiled and said, "Since the other party has chosen to cooperate with a big operator like Lin Kun, they will naturally start recruiting. You send an undercover to infiltrate and follow Lin Kun first. When the time is ripe, you and I will join forces to round them all up."

Li Shutang stared at Chen Jiajun and said, "Tell me, why did you come to me for cooperation? Are you looking to profit again this time?"

Li Shutang was no fool; he had reviewed the Ice Queen affair afterward.

He discovered that the biggest winner was not him or the police, but this guy, Chen Jiajun.

Chen Jiajun laughed: "It sounds as if you didn't gain any benefits yourself."

"But the little bit of credit I gained is far inferior to yours," Li Shutang said pointedly.

Chen Jiajun shrugged and said, "If you feel it's not worth it, then consider that I never said anything today, or... you could try investigating it yourself?"

Since the initiative was in his own hands, Chen Jiajun appeared somewhat unscrupulous.

After a moment of silence, Li Shutang said, "Fine, I'll cooperate with you. Who is that guy?"

Chen Jiajun immediately revealed a smile: "The boss of an inconspicuous appliance repair shop. I estimate he is currently building his own team; now is the best time to send someone in."

Just as Chen Jiajun had said, Lin Kun was preparing to build his own team.

Compared to outsiders, he was more inclined to cooperate with people he was familiar with.

Therefore, Lin Kun sought out the "kitchen master" who had once learned from him, as well as the underling who specialized in managing raw material transport.

Both of these men were his sworn friends from back in the day, and it was only because of Lin Kun's vigilance that the two of them had managed to save their lives.

Lin Kun arranged to meet the two at a small restaurant in a fishing village at the New Territories port.

"Kun Ge, long time no see." The first to arrive was the "Chef" who had been his apprentice.

The old man was older than Lin Kun, nearly sixty years old today, and his hair was already gray.

Wearing a pair of broken glasses and walking with a limp, it looked like he hadn't been doing well.

Lin Kun greeted him with a smile and began chatting with the "Chef."

"What happened to your leg?" Lin Kun asked, looking at the Chef's limp.

The Chef smiled awkwardly and said he had fallen.

But Lin Kun had been in the game for so long that he could tell at a glance this was nonsense: "What really happened? Can't you even trust me now?"

The Chef had no choice but to say, "Someone broke it; I owe quite a bit of gambling debt."

Lin Kun was speechless upon hearing this, though it was within his expectations.

Soon, the last person arrived, a man named A Qiu who specialized in managing the Warehouse; he was a good fighter and tight-lipped.

Back in the day, many people wanted to investigate Lin Kun's Warehouse, but none of them ever found anything.

"Are you planning to return to the scene?" A Qiu sat down and said directly.

Lin Kun did not deny it and said directly, "My family is waiting for money."

Both men tacitly avoided asking who he was cooperating with.

A Qiu said indifferently, "I have two warehouses now, specializing in the frozen goods business; the conditions at the Warehouse are quite good."

Lin Kun nodded and turned his gaze to the Chef.

The Chef also hurriedly said, "I'm getting on in years, and I might not be able to handle it alone. If Kun Ge really wants to do this, I can call two nephews from my hometown to help. They are country folk, very timid, and won't talk nonsense."

Lin Kun nodded upon hearing their words: "Very good. Now all that's missing is a porter. I will handle that personally; you two get the Warehouse and the Kitchen set up first. I will be responsible for coordination, and I won't worry about other matters."

After speaking, Lin Kun took out two stacks of cash and placed them on the table.

The eyes of both men lit up instantly; they picked up the cash and said to Lin Kun, "Understood, Kun Ge."

With the Kitchen and Warehouse matters settled, the structure of Lin Kun's small team was basically ready.

As for the porter, Lin Kun had his own methods.

Unlike those two important links, anyone could do the job of a porter.

It wouldn't even be a problem to discard them at any time; Lin Kun prepared to go to the streets to find some street thugs.

After all, in this day and age, university students might be hard to find, but street thugs were everywhere.

Driving back to Wanchai, Lin Kun first went to see his wife and daughter.

Da Wei had already paid the hospital fees for him; as long as they stayed in the hospital for observation for two more days, there shouldn't be much of a problem.

It was just that Lin Kun's wife asked curiously, "Husband, where did you get this money? The hospital fees aren't cheap."

Lin Kun casually brushed it off: "I borrowed it from a friend, you don't need to worry."

After visiting his wife and hiring a caregiver, Lin Kun prepared to drive home.

He still needed to think carefully about the business.

But just as he was getting into the car, a sudden commotion broke out outside.

Lin Kun turned his head and saw a group of street thugs cornering a lowlife in an alley, punching and kicking him.

"Speak, where did you hide the stuff?"

The street thug held a Machete and dragged the lowlife up from the ground.

Then he held the blade to his neck and demanded an answer.

Unfortunately, the lowlife chuckled and said, "I promised someone I'd protect this stuff well, how could I possibly tell you?"

"So you'd rather have the toast of punishment than the toast of hospitality." The street thug sneered, gesturing with the knife on his body.

But unexpectedly, the lowlife simply closed his eyes, refusing to say a word, prepared to be stubborn to the end.

This left the street thugs with no options; they couldn't just kill someone on the street, could they?

Having no other choice, he gave the punk a fierce beating before taking his men and walking away.

Seeing this scene, Lin Kun immediately became interested.

Because he found the shadow of his former self in this punk.

So he walked up and asked, "Kid, are you alright?"

The punk was helped up by Lin Kun and sat down nearby, then he handed him a bottle of water.

The punk took a sip and said, "Thanks."

Lin Kun smiled and said, "What? Being chased for debts?"

The punk nodded helplessly: "I owe loan sharks and can't pay it back."

After the two chatted for a while, Lin Kun managed to extract some basic information from the kid.

This punk was named A Li, a kid from the housing estates.

He dropped out of high school to follow a Big Brother, but he was just unlucky enough to follow a loser boss.

His old man at home was a gambler who owed money everywhere, and when people couldn't find his old man, they took it out on him.

Punks like this could be seen everywhere on the streets now, and Lin Kun wasn't surprised at all.

However, seeing that the kid was quite sharp, calling him Big Brother left and right, and his mouth was tight enough, Lin Kun had an idea.

"Since you have nowhere to go, why don't you just follow me?" Lin Kun said calmly while holding a wine glass.

A Li said with a look of surprise: "Big Brother, are you also in the business?"

Lin Kun smiled and shook his head: "You don't need to ask about that. As long as you follow me, I can't guarantee anything else, but you'll be able to get at least this much every month."

As he spoke, Lin Kun held up a finger.

A Li asked foolishly: "One thousand?"

"At least ten thousand." Lin Kun laughed and cursed.

A Li seemed to be frightened by this number, swallowed hard, and said: "Is there really that much?"

"Do you have anything worth me lying to you about?" Lin Kun said with a half-smile.

A Li nodded quickly and said: "Okay, I'll do it."

"Smart. As long as you work hard, I definitely won't treat you unfairly in the future." Lin Kun said, patting A Li on the shoulder.

Lin Kun's business soon got on the right track; with the raw materials supplied by Da Wei, Lin Kun got up to speed very quickly.

After all, he was a veteran drug lord of many years, and his channels were very extensive, so the first batch of goods was sent out very quickly.

Such a large volume of goods hitting the Hong Kong market soon attracted the attention of many people.

However, no matter how these people searched, they couldn't find any trace of Lin Kun; even if they caught a few porters who delivered the goods, they couldn't ask anything.

This left those drug dealers making a living in Hong Kong feeling depressed.

"Ada, Lin Kun has started shipping goods recently." Ya Qi said to Chen Jiajun: "According to this shipping volume, soon the big and small dealers in Hong Kong will be wiped out by them."

Chen Jiajun sneered and said: "That Da Wei just wants this result, so he can control Hong Kong and make it their distribution center. Have you found the location where they store the raw materials?"

Ya Qi frowned and said: "There are already some clues; it's via the waterway."

"Hmm? Waterway?" Chen Jiajun seemed a bit surprised.

Ya Qi smiled and said: "It's safe precisely because others wouldn't think of it. I suspect that Da Wei has bribed the water police."

"Find an opportunity to make them sink a ship. I want to see the reaction of this guy Lin Kun." After pondering for a moment, Chen Jiajun said to Ya Qi: "In my opinion, this Lin Kun doesn't look like the type of guy willing to be manipulated by others."

"Do you mean that this guy Lin Kun will betray them?" Ya Qi said with some surprise.

Chen Jiajun sneered and said: "A guy who managed to make it up since the era of the Four Great Sergeants is clearly not the type who is content to be a lackey. When the time comes, we'll wait for them to fight like dogs, and then we'll make our move."

The activities of the CIA would naturally conflict with Chen Jiajun.

Previously, Chen Jiajun's wings were not yet fully grown, so he could only play along with them.

Now he is waiting, waiting for the base in Brunei to finish developing.

Once his base in Brunei is finished, it will be time for Chen Jiajun to turn against the CIA.

You must know that Chen Jiajun has never been the type of person who just takes a beating without fighting back.

(End of this chapter)