Chapter 117: Sweet‑talking Jingkun

Let's do this for now—stop the underlings from spreading rumors. First keep an eye on the situation in Jianshazui, see how those three react, then decide.

Now Chen Mo doesn't know what to do.

If the rumors currently circulating in the jianghu are still what he put out, Chen Mo is confident he can throw the entire Ni family into chaos.

Now Chen Mo has no confidence.

Who knows what consequences such an outrageous rumor will bring.

At the same time, Gan Di also doesn't know what to do.

Should he continue to let the rumors spread, or go public and clarify the facts?

Between being accused of a homosexual relationship with Guohua and cheating on his wife with Guohua, which would make him lose less face?

Gan Di found himself in a difficult dilemma.

Guohua's situation is similar to Gan Di's; he also doesn't know what to do.

Keep beating Gan Di? That would just be exactly what the rumors say!

If he doesn't beat him, won't people say they've rekindled their old flame?

Only Hei Gui cleverly came up with the most direct way to dispel the rumors.

It's not like they're saying I and Guohua should team up to take out Gan Di—I could just beat Guohua directly!

By the time Ni Yongxiao went through the trouble of getting his third uncle out of the police station, he was already overwhelmed.

Originally the matter of Gan Di and Guohua was enough to give him a headache; now a Hei Gui has been added to the mix.

Especially those outrageous, baseless rumors have made him, the head of the Ni family, lose all face.

"Luo Ji, go investigate and find out where these rumors are coming from! These past few days' events are definitely not coincidental; someone is surely targeting our Ni family behind the scenes."

From Liu Yaozu's disappearance, Gan Di and Guohua went to war, then the third uncle was arrested, and now Hei Gui has also entered the fray against Guohua.

Ni Yongxiao instinctively felt that these things weren't coincidental; surely someone behind the scenes was pushing them, aiming at the Ni family.

Ni Yongxiao initially also suspected Chen Mo, since everything started when he sent people to surveil Chen Mo.

But he later dismissed that idea—after all, Chen Mo had always been a low-level lackey and had even spent a year locked up in Chi Zhu.

Chen Mo's real rapid development has only been over the past few months.

In Ni Yongxiao's view, Chen Mo doesn't have that kind of ability.

Moreover, a year ago Chen Mo was still in Chi Zhu—there's no way he could have known anything about Gan Di and Guohua!

Most importantly, he doesn't think the Ni family falling into chaos would benefit Chen Mo in any way.

Compared to Chen Mo, he suspects more that it's a few Triad societies in You Ma Di trying to take them down—after all, they're all in the same powder business.

Industry rivals are enemies.

Once the Ni family loses power, the several Triad societies in You Ma Di will surely carve up their white powder market.

Facing the Ni family's turmoil, Chen Mo was somewhat surprised but also felt lucky.

Although Hei Gui didn't team up with Guohua to beat Gan Di as he'd expected, beating Guohua is pretty much the same.

Anyway, the end result is that the Ni family must fall into chaos; how exactly it happens doesn't matter.

In the short term, Chen Mo doesn't need to keep fanning the flames; he just needs to monitor the Ni family's situation.

He now has more important things to do.

Chen Mo, holding the prepared data, arrived at Jingkun's film and television company.

"Brother Kun, you've become Dragon Head—why not move to Central? It's much better than this Mong Kok area."

"Golden nests and silver nests can't beat my own doghouse; I'm still used to being here. What brings you to see me?"

"I'm definitely here to see Brother Kun about something big."

Chen Mo shook the stack of documents he'd had ready for a while, smiling: "I've recently found a good business opportunity—I came to ask Brother Kun if he's interested."

Upon hearing Chen Mo wanted to go into business together, Jingkun immediately became interested.

Chen Mo's talent for business had already become well known within Great Prosperity.

"Let me have a look. You're the best at business in our Great Prosperity—who wouldn't be interested in your ventures?"

Chen Mo handed over the documents in his hand to Jingkun, then quietly waited for his reaction.

This data concerns only some figures for an LD laser disc factory, and it has been optimized by Chen Mo.

Chen Mo increased the initial construction costs considerably, but then lowered the subsequent production costs by more than half.

At the same time, he linked the disc's sale price to current market prices, making the profit look quite substantial—payback could be achieved in as little as two or three years.

But after Jingkun finished looking, he showed no sign of interest whatsoever.

"Ah Mo, I understand your data, but this doesn't really count as a good business, does it? I run a film and TV company—there's basically no market for LD laser discs in Gangdao."

"In all of Gangdao, hardly anyone has a laser disc player at home; a disc costing several hundred dollars simply won't sell."

Upon hearing Jingkun's words, Chen Mo immediately laughed.

He deliberately omitted any mention of karaoke and KTV plans, leaving a loophole for Jingkun to discover; if everything were too perfect, Jingkun would instead feel uneasy.

"Brother Kun, have you ever been to those bars in Yinghuaguo?"

"I have, but their drinks are too hard to swallow—aside from those Yinghuaguo girls being lively, there's nothing interesting. Why are you asking?"

"Brother Kun, have you noticed that there's something called karaoke over there?"

Karaoke uses the same kind of disc, except that it's engraved with Yinghuaguo songs instead of movies.

If we could engrave our Gangdao songs onto those discs, do you think karaoke could take off in Gangdao?

Chen Mo's words didn't spark much interest in Jingkun.

"How many karaoke places are there in all of Gangdao, and what would it matter if they became popular?"

Chen Mo thought to himself, "As expected, Jingkun's business sense is far worse than Jimi's—he simply can't see the underlying profit."

"I've already arranged for my underlings; in a few days I'll make a trip to Yinghuaguo. By then, I'll not only import disc production equipment, but also a batch of karaoke equipment."

Once the equipment is bought back, I'll remodel my bar a bit and install karaoke in all those private rooms. You think my bar business will get even hotter?

Once my bar business takes off, don't you think the other bar owners all over Gangdao will also start installing karaoke?

By then, won't our laser disc business just come?

Under Chen Mo's guidance, Jingkun finally came around.

Not bad, not bad! Ah Mo, you're really amazing. You've discovered such a great business.

Not only laser discs, we can also make a profit from those karaoke devices. We can buy them cheap from Yinghuaguo and sell them at a high price to those bar owners, making a tidy sum.

Jingkun thought he'd found a lucrative opportunity that Chen Mo had overlooked, and he excitedly slapped his thigh.

Brother Kun, I already thought of that. To be frank, my little brother will discuss an exclusive agency deal with Pioneer Company when he goes to Yinghuaguo this time.

If the deal works out, from then on karaoke equipment in Gangdao will only be available from me.

However, Gangdao is only so big; at most we can sell a few thousand karaoke units, making a few million.

You won't compete with me over this small business, Brother Kun, will you?