Chapter 69: Paterson Street

Fu Lum Moon Restaurant in Hong Kong is renowned as the "tycoon's canteen."

Many big-name tycoons in the Hong Kong circle use this place as a base; for instance, Zhang Guorong likes to invite three or five close friends to Fu Lum Moon for a meal and a round of mahjong.

Fu Lum Moon only has two branches in Hong Kong: one in Tsim Sha Tsui and one on Hennessy Road in Wanchai.

At this moment, luxury cars are parked along the side of Hennessy Road!

Among them, the most eye-catching one is a six-wheeled Mercedes-Benz off-road vehicle that stands two point three meters tall!

And the people stepping out of these luxury cars carry a very heavy air of the underworld.

For example, the Wanchai Tiger of the Sun Yee On—Chen Yaoxing.

The Tiger Among Tigers of Tsim Sha Tsui of the Sun Yee On—Futou Jun.

The Golden-Haired Tiger of the Tung Sing—Shamang.

Huxu Yong of the Wo Shing Wo—Pan Zhiyong!

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So many underworld heavyweights coming to attend Chen Jiajun's celebration banquet makes the Central Police Station and Wanchai Police Station feel as if they are facing a formidable enemy.

The police parked opposite Hennessy Road have lined up in a long queue.

Such a grand scene also makes many underworld thugs feel envious.

Huxu Yong is someone Chen Jiajun must get to know, and he is also someone Chen Jiajun had Jing Kun call to invite.

As the Headman of the Ngai faction of the Wo Shing Wo, he had already been the Headman for the Wo Shing Wo in Yau Tsim Mong since the early seventies, with thousands of followers under his banner. It is said that back in the day, Huxu Yong led his men with nothing but machetes to chase down over thirty "Big Circle Boys," and the blood shed that day reportedly flowed out beyond the gates.

He became famous after one battle.

He also became a myth of the "427" rank of the Ngai faction!

Yet such an underworld heavyweight only died of cancer when he was nearly seventy years old.

This brings to mind his sworn sister, the female Gambling King of Macau of the Wo Shing Wo—Dajiajie, Situ Yulian.

Currently, there is only one gambling license in all of Macau, and it belongs to He Xin's Aomen Entertainment Group!

The casinos under Aomen Entertainment are managed by Dajiajie's husband—Jieshi Wei.

And Jieshi Wei has two capable lieutenants: Bengyaju and Mo Dingping!

The future storms of Macau would all revolve around these people: Jieshi Wei, Bengyaju, Mo Dingping, and Situ Yulian!

Although Bengyaju's reputation is greater than Jieshi Wei's and Dajiajie's, Jieshi Wei and Situ Yulian would later wash their hands of the underworld and become billionaires!

That Huxu Yong was able to have a peaceful end is partly thanks to Dajiajie.

"Brother Yong, the casinos in Macau are now all managed by people from your Wo Shing Wo. I plan to take a trip to Macau in a couple of days to relax. Are there any Gambling Halls you would recommend?" Chen Jiajun said as he shook hands with Huxu Yong.

Huxu Yong smiled: "How about this, I'll write down Dajiajie's number for you later. If you're just going to play, she will definitely welcome you!"

Chen Jiajun understood the subtext of Huxu Yong's words; Huxu Yong still thought Chen Jiajun was asking for the sake of the Gambling Halls of the Hung Hing in Macau: "Don't worry, there have been too many things going on lately, I just want to go out and relax."

After dinner, everyone headed to the Tian Shang Ren Jian Nightclub to have some fun; he even specifically had someone invite Chen Nanlu of Hang Lung Properties.

When Chen Nanlu arrived at the largest private room in Tian Shang Ren Jian, Chen Jiajun was drinking and playing finger-guessing games with several Hung Hing Headsmen. Seeing Chen Nanlu arrive, Chen Jiajun patted the shoulder of "Good Fighter," who was following closely by his side, and the group went to the Chairman's office of Tian Shang Ren Jian.

"Mr. Chen, thank you for doing me the honor," Chen Jiajun said politely as he handed a cigar to Chen Nanlu.

Chen Nanlu took the cigar and laughed heartily: "A Jun, this is a small token of appreciation from our Hang Lung Group."

As his voice fell, two burly men in suits, looking like bodyguards, carried in a pure gold five-clawed divine dragon: "Congratulations on becoming the Wanchai Person in Charge of the Hung Hing!"

"Mr. Chen, you are too kind! Thank you, Mr. Chen, for your support all along." Chen Jiajun smiled, then his smile faded as he said seriously: "This is my good brother—Yang Tian; we call him 'Good Fighter'."

Good Fighter immediately stood up and shook hands with Mr. Chen: "Mr. Chen, hello."

"Good Fighter, hello, hello."

After three rounds of tea and some small talk, Chen Jiajun brought the topic back on track: "By the way, Mr. Chen! I invited you here tonight because I want to do business with the Hang Lung Group."

Chen Nanlu nodded slightly, adjusted his glasses, straightened his posture, and exhaled a puff of cigar smoke: "Go ahead."

Chen Jiajun handed over a document: "This is a proposal. I have established a property company in Causeway Bay. The boss is my brother Yang Tian. Our property company mainly handles road cleaning, maintaining street order, landscaping work..."

During this period, a major event also occurred in the Hong Kong business world: the wealthy Zhang Family—that is, the family of Zhang Guorong's godmother—sold all their properties on Paterson Street in Causeway Bay to the Hang Lung Group!

Paterson Street is a territory that no triad dares to set foot in!

That is because of the existence of the invisible tycoon, the Zhang Family!

The Zhang Family owns the properties of the entire Paterson Street, and of course, its awesomeness does not stop there.

Wheelock and Co, one of the Four Great Foreign Firms, was acquired by the Zhang Family as early as '72.

After the Zhang Family acquired Wheelock and Co, they maintained the group's original structure, let the foreigners act as the big bosses, and after stabilizing the equity structure, they hid behind the scenes.

After buying Paterson Street, the Hang Lung Group owns properties on several streets in Causeway Bay, such as Great Hong, Kingston Street, Cleveland Street, Great George Street, and so on! In the future, this piece of territory will become a money-printing machine, the plot with the highest rent in all of Causeway Bay!

The first McDonald's in Hong Kong was on Paterson Street!

The first step for Chen Jiajun to push Good Fighter to the top is to take down this piece of land that lays golden eggs!

Chen Nanlu did not immediately agree to Chen Jiajun, but he understood Chen Jiajun's meaning; the so-called property fees were just a variation of protection fees. Although they could provide various services, in essence, they were not much different.

The difference is that one is legal, and the other is illegal.

He looked deeply at Chen Jiajun, took out his mobile phone, and said: "I have to call the Chairman about this matter."

Chen Nanlu knew well the importance of Chen Jiajun to the Hang Lung Group, because 2,500 people at the Hang Lung Group's construction sites were Chen Jiajun's men.

With one order from Jing Jun, the Hang Lung Group would stop work, and a day of work stoppage meant losses for the Hang Lung Group calculated in the millions!

By comparison, the property fees collected from the Hang Lung Group's properties in Causeway Bay were just a small amount, and besides, this money was not even coming out of the Hang Lung Group's own pockets.

"A Lu, it's so late, what's the matter?" After the call connected, Chan Tsang-hsi's voice sounded.

"Chairman Chen, our Hang Lung Group recently took on a batch of hardworking and strong employees. This batch of employees totals 2,500 people, and they are the subordinates of Jing Jun, the newly ascended Underground Emperor of Wanchai for the Hung Hing." Chen Nanlu briefly introduced Chen Jiajun and Chen Jiajun's importance to the Hang Lung Group.

"I've heard of him, go on." Chan Tsang-hsi frowned.

"It's like this..." Chen Nanlu then explained the ins and outs of the matter.

Chan Tsang-hsi immediately said: "This sum of money is a large amount for their triad, but for our Hang Lung Group, it is only a small amount. I don't want this matter to affect the development of the group. You sign the contract with them on behalf of the group..."

"Yes! Yes! I understand, Chen Dong." Chen Nanlu nodded and noted down the Chairman's words.

(End of chapter)