Chapter 127: Meeting

In the afternoon, in Chen Mo's office, Da Tou, Fei Ji, Li Jie, Shen Guodong, the six brothers of Tian Yang Sheng, Ahua, A Long and A Hu had all arrived.

Chen Mo first asked Shen Guodong: "Guodong, did any of the brothers suffer casualties last night?"

"A few brothers were shot, all lightly wounded. The bullets have been removed, nothing serious; a period of rest will heal them."

"That's good. Each brother from last night gets a ten‑thousand‑yuan bonus, and the injured receive a hundred‑thousand‑yuan medical stipend; just take the money from the account yourself."

Chen Mo has always been especially generous toward these veterans.

Shen Guodong said gratefully, "Thanks, Mo Ge."

Chen Mo nodded and continued, "The Ni Family has collapsed; their territory is a juicy piece of meat, we can't let it go. I'll make some arrangements now."

"Guodong, have the brothers keep watching the situation in Jianshazui and see when the police are done."

"Don't worry, Mo Ge. The brothers who were already watching the Ni Family and Han Chen are still in Jianshazui; I'll keep them on it."

The batch of people captured after last night is still being interrogated, and new statements keep coming out every moment.

There are also some minor leaders and petty thugs who, because of their low status, weren't seized by the police immediately, giving them a chance to flee and hide.

Now, all over Jianshazui, police are still making arrests.

Many Triad Societies are eager to seize territory in Jianshazui, but it's clearly not the right time now.

"A Sheng, Ahua, A Long and A Hu, go back and rally your men; once the Jianshazui police calm down, we'll be ready to seize the territory at any time."

"Yes, Mo Ge!" the few people Chen Mo mentioned looked excited.

"Mo Ge, I want to go too!" Fei Ji said eagerly, stepping forward to fight.

Chen Mo glanced at Fei Ji, sighed, "You can sit this one out; first make sure the Mahjong hall is under control."

Fei Ji had only taken over the Mahjong hall for a few days, yet he'd already clashed with people several times.

Originally, Da Dou's men all knew Fei Ji and respected him, so they didn't set traps for him. But some patrons of the Mahjong hall didn't know Fei Ji, thought he was a new subordinate, and occasionally teased him.

Fei Ji is also a face‑saving type and a clumsy talker; when he can't win an argument he resorts to physical action, though fortunately he doesn't hit the older neighborhood elders.

"I warn you, if you pick fights with customers again, I'll send you to the garment factory to stitch clothes for me. Want to seize territory? Dream on!"

"Yes, Mo Ge, I'll keep my temper in check and fight less."

Hearing Chen Mo say he'd be sent to sew clothes, Fei Ji instantly looked sheepish, sitting down with a dejected, honest expression.

The others, rarely seeing Fei Ji humbled, whispered and laughed among themselves.

Da Tou laughed for a moment and asked, "Mo Ge, Jianshazui is the Prince's territory; wouldn't it be bad for us to storm it? If we capture the land and the Triad Society hands it over to the Prince, what then?"

Da Tou was the earliest to join the Triad Society among those present, and knows its rules and customs best.

Da Tou's words made the others furrow their brows.

Especially the few, including Tian Yang Sheng and Ahua, whom Chen Mo assigned to seize territory; they don't want the land they fight for turned into someone else's dowry.

But Chen Mo wasn't worried at all. If this were another Triad Society, the scenario Da Tou described might actually happen.

Here, however, such a situation would never arise.

"Don't worry; I know the Prince better—he only likes to practice martial arts and doesn't care much about the size of his territory. Moreover, this is a rare chance; I think the Prince will expand his own lands himself."

Also, we only need to take Han Chen's Jianshazui territory, especially the streets around Mi Dun Dao. That area is farther from the Prince's land and actually closer to ours.

With my connection to Dragon Head, the Prince won't demand our land."

Chen Mo's words put everyone at ease.

"Alright, Guodong, keep Old Sun here; everyone else go do whatever they need to do!"

After the others left, Chen Mo took out half a sheet of paper.

It was a black‑money account of the Ni Family obtained during the last interrogation of Liu Yaozu.

Chen Mo handed the account to Shen Guodong.

"Guodong, this is a Swiss bank account of the Ni Family; it should contain a stash of their black money. While the Ni Family members are still at the police station, transfer the funds into our account."

Although Ni Yongxiao and Ni's third brother are dead, there's no guarantee other Ni relatives don't know about the account, so it's safer to move the money out quickly.

Chen Mo also has an account at the Swiss bank, opened earlier by Gao Jin; the black money Chen Mo now earns is basically all stored in that Swiss account.

Otherwise, keeping tens of millions in cash isn't very safe and is inconvenient when we need to use it.

"Yes, Mo Ge."

After Shen Guodong left, Chen Mo took out the document bag containing three hundred million in bonds and handed it to Lu Bin Sun.

"Old Sun, these are the three‑hundred‑million bonds. I held them back earlier, fearing the Ni Family might target them."

Now that the Ni Family has collapsed, the bonds can be used safely.

"According to our prior agreement, I'll reserve a ten‑percent share for you. I'll leave this batch of bonds to you to handle."

Lu Bin Sun, his face trembling with excitement, took the bag, shakily opened it, and took out the bonds.

His daughter lost her life because of these bonds, so they now serve as her final relic.

Although Lu Bin Sun has always known where the bonds were hidden, this was his first time seeing them with his own eyes.

Seeing the items brings back memories, and he can't help shedding tears.

"Old Sun, look at it calmly. Your daughter has been dead for over a year, and you've already avenged her yourself, so stop dwelling on it."

"Alas, I've embarrassed Mr. Chen," Lu Bin Sun wiped his tears, steadied his emotions, "How does Mr. Chen plan to use this money?"

Though reluctant, he knows the bonds will eventually be liquidated.

Chen Mo thought for a moment, "Register a holding company for me, attach the garment factory, sneaker factory, and the soon‑to‑be‑built disc factory under it, and also set up a trading company. We'll need them once Jimi and the others return from Yinghuaguo."

Lu Bin Sun nodded, "Alright, though these tasks are a bit troublesome and will take a few more days, they won't cost much.

We can't just leave this money sitting in the account forever, can we?"

"Old Sun, do you have any good ideas?"

Chen Mo doesn't want Lu Bin Sun to be merely an errand‑boy; he hopes Lu Bin Sun will exercise his own initiative and help scout business directions.

"These past few days since I left Chi Zhu… I've been reading economic newspapers. I still think finance and real estate are excellent investment avenues. Mr. Chen might want to consider them."

Chen Mo only nodded lightly, but did not voice his agreement.

Chen Mo knew that finance and real estate made money; it was just that previously he did not even have the qualifications to enter these two industries.

Not to mention his limited funds, with his meager connections, entering these two industries would make him an absolute sucker.

But things were different now. With Lu Bin Sun and three hundred million in funds, he already possessed the qualifications to enter these two industries.

But he still needed to think it over.

He vaguely remembered that in Gangdao's history, there had been a major housing price crash in 1987, and he needed to think carefully about it.