Chapter 274: The Great Era

"By the way, Big Boss, I heard you've made quite a lot of money in the stock market recently?" Huang Baiming asked tentatively.

Chen Jiajun was stunned for a moment, then said, "Why, did you buy stocks too? Lost a fortune, didn't you?"

Huang Baiming laughed and said, "I only played a little, didn't lose much. But that bastard Shitian, he's been thinking about flipping properties and stocks every day. Now look at him, he almost lost his life savings."

Among the New City Seven Freaks, the one who least attends to his proper business is Shitian.

This guy plays with almost everything; he has dabbled in real estate, finance, stocks, gold, and the like.

In the end, he even got too lazy to direct films and went straight to messing around with those trades.

However, his luck couldn't be considered good; this October Stock Market Crash left him penniless, and he had to pick up the megaphone to direct films again to make money.

Huang Baiming laughed and said, "Now everyone is saying that you, Big Boss, are the true God of Stocks; people like Buffett aren't even worth looking at."

Chen Jiajun knew this guy was flattering him, but this flattery wasn't annoying.

"If it weren't for the fact that we don't make TV series, this stock market crash would be a great gimmick; it would definitely have high ratings," Huang Baiming continued.

Hearing this, Chen Jiajun's heart suddenly stirred.

After this October Stock Market Crash, a legendary drama was indeed born.

Its influence was so great that it could be said to have emptied the streets.

And so, Chen Jiajun smiled and said to Huang Baiming, "Since there's a gimmick, why not film it? My relationship with Mr. Shao is quite good, so I'm not afraid of having no market. We can just pull Mr. Shao in as a partner when the time comes."

Huang Baiming's eyes lit up immediately: "That's right, that's a good idea."

Then the two of them started chatting about the stock market crash.

Before Huang Baiming started slacking off, he was truly quite talented.

It could be said that every one of the New City Seven Freaks was a top figure in this industry.

Just by asking about some details of the stock market crash, they were able to draft a rough framework for the script.

With Chen Jiajun adding some settings on the side, the two felt more and more that this project was very promising.

In the end, they even attracted Mai Jia, Xu Ke, and others to join the discussion.

"The rough framework is there; the next step is to fill in the content." Huang Baiming had originally intended to curry favor with Chen Jiajun, but he didn't expect to actually polish up a decent script. He said with some excitement, "Big Boss, what is the name of this drama?"

A TV series combining elements like the stock market, business warfare, family grudges, and gangs would definitely be very promising.

"How about we call it 'The Great Era'?" Chen Jiajun said with a smile.

At this time, the script for 'The Great Era' hadn't been produced yet; it was estimated that the original editor and director Wei Jiahui was still working at TVB. At worst, they could just add him later, so it wouldn't count as plagiarism.

Just as the few of them were chatting enthusiastically, they didn't notice the time.

When A Zhi finished work and came looking for him, she was immediately left speechless.

On the way back, A Zhi still laughed and said, "You're such a Big Boss, yet you were actually chatting with people about a TV series?"

"It's interesting," Chen Jiajun said with a smile, "You should go play a role in it too. This drama will definitely be a hit."

"Then I'll have to take a good look at the script," A Zhi said with a smile.

She wasn't lacking in roles to play now, and with Chen Jiajun's status, let alone those directors, even the big shots in the film and television industry—

Even the gang members who came to collect protection fees, which one of them wasn't respectful to him?

Not lacking money, not lacking status.

Being able to film two movies a year was already considered very professional.

Having watched lewd magazines in Da Fei's office for half the day, he had been suppressing a fire.

Upon returning to A Zhi's home, Chen Jiajun couldn't wait to pick A Zhi up.

Amidst A Zhi's exclamation, the two rolled onto the sofa.

Chatting idly with Huang Baiming about 'The Great Era' was just a small interlude, but he didn't expect that this guy would actually contact TVB, intending for both sides to co-produce this big drama.

Hearing that it was based on the true event of Chen Jiajun making a fortune during the October Stock Market Crash, TVB seemed very interested.

Both sides hit it off and began to discuss it.

It is believed that it won't be long before this project is pushed forward.

This was something Chen Jiajun hadn't expected, but he didn't care once he knew.

The money earned by the film and television company was already nothing to Chen Jiajun.

However, something Da Fei said the next day made Chen Jiajun somewhat annoyed.

"Boss, several ladies from our brothel have gone missing," Da Fei said with a serious expression, "When we found them, we discovered that their kidneys had been dug out by someone."

"What?" Chen Jiajun immediately frowned, "Did you find out who did it?"

Da Fei shook his head and said, "Not yet, the police are investigating. According to people at the venue that day, this group was very generous with their spending and liked to take the ladies out on the town. I suspect these ladies were greedy and agreed to spend the night out with the other party, so they had their kidneys cut out by this group."

"There are rumors that there is a factory in Thailand that specializes in this kind of business, serving some powerful people. They make money on one hand and receive protection on the other. This matter might very well have been caused by this organ factory."

Chen Jiajun was almost angered to the point of laughter: "They couldn't handle things in Thailand, so they came to our Hong Kong? Tell Lao Yu to communicate with the major gangs; I want to find this kidney-stealing gang and skin them alive with my own hands."

Regarding those who traffic humans and sell organs, anyone with a shred of humanity cannot stand it.

Originally, this bloody trade was the lowest and most despicable kind of business in the underworld.

Now that someone has brought this business to Hong Kong, this is something Chen Jiajun cannot tolerate.

So Lao Yu notified the big shots of the major Hong Kong gangs that very day, intending to find this group of people.

The major gangs also responded actively one after another.

After all, this matter had been making a huge stir over the past two days, causing some ladies in the brothels to be unwilling to take shifts.

Even for the sake of the brothel business, they had no reason to refuse.

Thus, a strange scene appeared: the gang members were even more active in investigating this case than the police.

Even the boat captains who smuggle people were warned; if they dared not follow orders, they wouldn't have any business in the future.

Red Hom District, inside a cheap apartment building.

A thin man with a fierce expression looked left and right, and only after confirming he wasn't being followed did he go upstairs.

This guy carried some instant noodles and other food, and knocked on the door of a house.

The companion inside the room looked left and right, seemingly confirming something.

"Stop looking, damn it, I already checked when I came up, we weren't followed," the thin, small man said impatiently.

Hearing his companion's words, the man with a scar on his face finally opened the door.

The thin man threw the food in his hand to the side, then said unhappily: "When exactly is the boat arriving? These Hong Kong gangs have been acting like they've gone crazy looking for us these past two days."

The scarred man said with a speechless expression: "How would I know? We can afford to hide, but the kidneys we cut out can't wait. I just don't get it, why are these Hong Kong people going crazy over two girls from a brothel?"

"Damn it, you're still thinking about kidneys at a time like this?" The thin man's eyes widened as he said: "Let's just hope we have the life to make it back first. It's because of you, you bastard, saying there were many targets in Hong Kong. Otherwise, how would we have ended up in this state?"

The scarred man's status was clearly lower than this thin man's; he rubbed the back of his head and said: "Wasn't it because the people above were urging us? And I didn't expect these Hong Kong people to have such a huge reaction."

"Great, now the Thailand police are investigating us, and Hong Kong will probably list us as wanted criminals too, damn it," the thin man roared unhappily.

Just as the two were talking, a knock came at the door.

"Who is it?" The thin man immediately became vigilant, lifted his shirt to place his hand on the Handgun at his waist, and then walked to the door.

"It's me, the landlady, checking the water meter," an impatient middle-aged woman's voice came from the doorway.

Hearing the middle-aged woman's words, the scarred man relaxed his vigilance, but the thin man never moved, leaning against the wall to let the scarred man open the door.

The scarred man opened the door; it was indeed the landlady, that overbearing middle-aged woman.

As soon as the landlady walked in, she was almost smoked out by the smell of cigarettes in the room, and she cursed unpleasantly: "Are you smoking bacon in here? Renting to you for three hundred a month is a real loss."

Seeing that it really was just the landlady alone, the two finally set their minds at ease.

They didn't notice at all that the landlady's expression appeared extremely nervous.

After walking around the Kitchen, the landlady left directly, and before leaving, she instructed the two to clean up well.

The two didn't suspect anything and closed the door.

But after the landlady walked out, she immediately let out a long sigh of relief, walked to a corner of the stairs, and said to two men who looked like street thugs: "Two bosses, it's confirmed, it's exactly the two people in the photos you showed me."

The street thug confirmed again: "Are you sure?"

"I'm sure." The landlady even stated some of the two's characteristics.

"Look, I've finished the task, that debt my husband owes... can it be delayed for two days?" the landlady said with a fawning expression.

The street thug waved his hand impatiently and said: "Have your husband send the money to the finance company next month, now you can get lost."

The landlady was immediately overjoyed: "Many thanks to the two big bosses."

After the landlady left, the two street thugs looked at each other excitedly, then dialed a phone number.

Very quickly, Da Fei arrived with his men.

"Are those two punks inside?" Da Fei said to his two underlings.

The underlings hurriedly said: "We already had the landlady go in to confirm, it is indeed these two people."

"Damn it, I finally found them." Da Fei rudely pulled a Handgun from his pants: "These two bastards definitely have guns on them. If you can capture them alive, try to leave one alive, but our brothers' lives are more important, understand?"

"Understood, Brother Da Fei," the underlings said in a low voice.

"Let's go, get to work."

Da Fei nodded and charged forward first.

Arriving at the door of the room, he kicked the door open very violently.

Before he could even speak, a bullet came whistling through the air toward him.

Da Fei's reaction was fast, and he dodged the bullet, but the two guys had already jumped out of the room's window.

"Damn, chase them for me."

Seeing the two escape, Da Fei was furious and immediately said to his subordinates.

Because Da Fei had come in a hurry, he hadn't brought many people.

The group chased toward the downstairs and discovered that behind the alley was a garbage dump.

With the cushion of the garbage pile, the two ran away without a scratch.

"Damn it, if we let those two scumbags run away today, we'll lose all our face."

Da Fei immediately dispersed his men to search everywhere and inquire about the whereabouts of the two guys.

The Hung Hom area was the territory of the New Kee, and it was the place where the current New Kee boss, Futou Jun, got his start.

Da Fei's actions naturally could not be hidden from his eyes.

If it were in the past, Futou Jun would definitely have found a way to sabotage Da Fei.

After all, the grudges between Hung Hing and New Kee were not few.

But Futou Jun was no fool; the current New Kee had internal and external troubles, and he had a head full of problems himself.

He couldn't afford to provoke the current Hung Hing, and he could afford to provoke the Chen Jiajun behind them even less.

So, taking this opportunity, he planned to repair the relationship with Hung Hing.

He directly sent men to capture the two kidney-stealing guys and handed them directly to Da Fei.

"Brother Da Fei, these two guys were sent to you by our Ada, hoping to ease the relationship with Hung Hing." A van drove straight up to Da Fei, and then two hog-tied bastards were thrown out from inside.

Da Fei's eyes lit up: "Go back and tell your Dragon Head, I will mention this matter to Lao Yu. When it comes down to it, we're all just making a living in Hong Kong; if you're good, I'm good, everyone's good."

"Then many thanks for your kind words, Brother Da Fei." The underling smiled, handed the two bastards over to Da Fei, and then stepped on the gas and left directly.

Looking at the two kidney-stealers, Da Fei rushed up and gave them a round of punches and kicks: "Damn you, making you mess with my underling's girls, making you damn well ruin my brothel's business!"

After venting his anger, Da Fei dragged the two back to Hung Hing's Zhongyi Hall.

And he told Lao Yu about today's events.

After Chen Jiajun stopped managing things, Lao Yu quickly executed Chen Jiajun's policies.

Hung Hing would no longer expand, trying its best to place its position at the top of the Hong Kong gangs.

So, regarding Futou Jun's goodwill, Lao Yu was naturally very happy.

He personally made a phone call to thank Futou Jun for his help.

Although it wouldn't go so far as to dissolve their enmity with a smile, at the very least, there wouldn't be any major conflicts between the two societies.

After settling the matter with Futou Jun, Lao Yu looked at the two guys who were tied up like trussed-up pigs.

"Ada, these two guys don't look like they're from our Hong Kong," Da Fei said to Lao Yu after carefully examining them.

Lao Yu nodded: "They should be from Southeast Asia; take the things out of their mouths and ask them about the situation."

Da Fei nodded and had his subordinates untie the two guys.

After all, everyone in the entire Hung Hing knew that there was absolutely no possibility of escaping in front of Lao Yu.

"Speak up, who do you work for, and who sent you to Hong Kong to do this business?" Da Fei said coldly to the two members of the kidney-stealing gang.

The two guys had rather tough mouths, especially the thin one, who not only had a tough mouth but also had a fierce glint in his eyes, as if he were a wild beast ready to devour someone.

Unfortunately, no matter how fierce a wild beast is, it has to obediently become a pet once it arrives at Hung Hing.

Seeing that the thin one still dared to bare his teeth, two brothers walked straight up and pried his mouth open.

Then they forcibly pulled out two of his teeth.

The pain of having teeth forcibly pulled out of one's mouth like this was simply not something an ordinary person could endure.

The thin one was in such pain that his whole body convulsed, and his screams echoed throughout Zhongyi Hall.

This scared the scar-faced man on the side until his face turned pale.

After the teeth were pulled out, the thin one was directly shocked into a faint from the raw pain.

Da Fei sneered as he looked at Scarface and said: "How about it, do you also want to have two teeth pulled out?"

Scarface was a coward to begin with; don't let his scar make him look fierce and menacing, but the one who could actually make decisions in their small group was that thin man with the fierce look on his face.

Now that the thin one had fainted, Scarface didn't dare to be stubborn and spilled everything.

These two guys were from Cambodia and were employed by a place called K Industrial Park.

Although it was called an industrial park, the things done inside had absolutely nothing to do with industry.

This place was a transit station for human trafficking in all of Southeast Asia and was also a rather famous organ factory in the local area.

The two of them were middle-level managers at the industrial park and specifically served the routes to Thailand.

They collaborated with the organ factories in Thailand to provide organ services to high-level political figures in several regions.

The reason they risked coming to Hong Kong this time was because the human trafficking business had not been easy to do over the past two years.

Many rare goods were in short supply.

Especially this time, the higher-ups needed two kidneys and were urging them very tightly.

So Scarface suggested to the thin one that the two of them pull off a job in Hong Kong and escape Hong Kong before anyone noticed.

But what they didn't expect was that Da Fei's discovery speed was so fast; by the time they wanted to escape, they found that all paths had already been blocked.

(End of this chapter)