Chapter 140: Jingkun Causes Trouble

At the first general meeting after becoming Dragon Head, Jingkun was unsurprisingly late.

When Jiang Tiansheng was Dragon Head, he liked to be late—partly to put on airs, and partly to hide in the shadows and observe which bosses were friendly with whom, and whether anyone was forming cliques.

Jingkun simply wanted to put on airs, without even a reason.

"Sorry, everyone, I'm late. You haven't been waiting too anxiously, have you?"

Jingkun strolled in with a few underlings, swaggering casually.

Chui Shui Ji immediately stood up to flatter him: "No, no, we just arrived too. Mr. Li is now the Dragon Head, busy with countless affairs—it's only right that he arrives a little later."

"Ah Ji, you always know how to say the nicest things, hahaha..."

Jingkun walked past Chui Shui Ji, patted him on the shoulder, then went straight to the Dragon Head's seat and sat down.

The general meeting officially began.

"A few days ago, Tai Zi and Ah Mo seized a lot of territory for us Great Prosperity in Jianshazui and showed off our Great Prosperity's might—a great merit. Let's give them a round of applause!"

"Clap Clap Clap..."

Jingkun took the lead in applauding.

After the applause, Chui Shui Ji also lavished praise on the two: "That's right. So many Triad Societies went to Jianshazui that night, but none of them grabbed as much territory as our Great Prosperity did front and back."

"Thank you for the praise, Dragon Head, and thank you, Brother Ji. I just became a boss, so I had to do something for the Triad Society—it's hardly any great merit."

Chen Mo stood up and spoke modestly.

"Ah, Ah Mo, you're too modest. You led several hundred men, drove off three Triad Societies in one night, and beat over a thousand men from Wo Lian Sheng—that's all real strength.

Ask anyone here—who's more capable in a fight than you? Nowadays, when my underlings go outside and say they're from Great Prosperity, they've got more face than before!"

Chen Mo now had money, men, and strength, and was willing to share the counterfeit goods business, so Chui Shui Ji spared no effort in praising him.

Jingkun continued: "Ah Ji is right. Although you seized less territory than Tai Zi, you drove off three Triad Societies in a row, and especially beat Wo Lian Sheng. Now across all of Gangdao, who doesn't say our Great Prosperity is stronger than Wo Lian Sheng?

Here's the thing—you and Tai Zi seized territory for the Triad Society, and by the rules, you should be exempt from the dues on your new territories for one month. Ah Mo, I'll exempt you for two months. How about it?"

Jingkun made no effort to hide his favoritism toward Chen Mo.

After all, Tai Zi had failed to read the situation—rejecting his help and secretly colluding with other bosses.

As for Jing Ma and Uncle Xing helping Tai Zi seize territory, Chen Mo could find out, and of course Jingkun could too.

"Thank you, Dragon Head." Tai Zi showed not the slightest displeasure.

Chen Mo, however, declined: "Dragon Head, I'll keep it the same as Tai Zi—I can't break the Triad Society's rules because of myself."

"But in this territory grab in Jianshazui, my underlings Da Tou, Ah Sheng, and Ah Yi also rendered great service. I'd like to promote them, and I hope the Dragon Head can hold an incense ceremony for them and preside over the ritual."

Jingkun had been a little displeased when he heard Chen Mo reject his extra reward.

But Chen Mo's following words made that small displeasure vanish instantly.

Having him preside over the ceremony for Chen Mo's underlings—this was clearly Chen Mo moving closer to him in front of everyone.

After all, with him presiding over the ritual, Chen Mo's underlings would share a certain bond of incense fellowship with him.

"Good. Later I'll personally preside over the incense ceremony and promote your underlings."

"Da Tou, Ah Sheng, Ah Yi, why don't you thank the Dragon Head?" Chen Mo called to the three behind him.

"Thank you, Dragon Head!" The three stood up and thanked Jingkun.

Jingkun said happily: "Good. Da Tou Zai is a veteran of our Great Prosperity. Although I haven't met the other two, I can tell they're both talented.

Ah Mo, your underlings are all quite impressive."

Just as Jingkun finished speaking, Da B jumped out and shouted: "Hmph—a traitor who betrayed his boss, and two others nobody even knows. They've only been in Great Prosperity a few days and already dare to get promoted? What qualifications do they have to be promoted!"

Da B's words plunged the room into a dead silence. Everyone stared at him in astonishment.

No one expected Da B to be so brazen, jumping out at this moment to oppose both Jingkun and Chen Mo.

Jingkun shot Da B a cold glance and said: "Da B, the matter with Da Tou was settled long ago. It's inappropriate for you to call him a traitor now, isn't it?

Besides, although Ah Sheng and Ah Yi joined the Triad Society relatively late, their contributions are far from few. I see no problem with promoting them.

You, on the other hand, need to reflect on yourself. You occupy such prime territory in Causeway Bay—how much money have you handed over to the Triad Society all these years?

And under you, there was a Chen Hao Nan who coveted his brother's wife, and a Shan Ji who defected from the Triad Society. Do you even know how to be a boss?"

Jingkun was no Jiang Tiansheng—he wouldn't give Da B the slightest face. The surrounding big shots also began whispering and laughing at Da B's expense.

A new king brings new ministers.

Without Jiang Tiansheng backing Da B, among those big shots, apart from a few diehard loyalists of Jiang Tiansheng, many no longer gave Da B any face.

Jingkun continued: "As Dragon Head, I'm not like Jiang Tiansheng. I won't favor anyone—merit will be rewarded, and wrongdoing will be punished.

Promotion depends on contributions and ability. As long as someone has rendered enough service to the Triad Society, I can let them be promoted.

At the same time, I also advise certain people not to think that just because they're veterans of the Triad Society, they can do whatever they please.

My eyes don't tolerate sand."

Jingkun's words were ostensibly directed at Da B, but Chen Mo knew he was actually pointing at Uncle Xing and Jing Ma.

However, both Uncle Xing and Jing Ma looked perfectly calm, showing no sign of anything unusual—it was unclear whether they didn't care or hadn't understood.

Da B, given this dressing-down by Jingkun, plus the surrounding chatter and mocking glances, was so furious his face turned livid.

"All right, I won't say any more nonsense. If there's nothing else, let's start handing in the numbers."

Next, as always, they began reconciling accounts and handing over money. Some big shots without territory also began collecting their pay one by one.

Just when everyone thought the meeting was about to end, Jingkun seized on the ledger to go after Da B once more.

"Da B, the Triad Society has so many territories, and not many are better than Causeway Bay. But look—you only hand in this little amount every month. Are you skimming the Triad Society's money?"

Let's not even discuss how much a prime location like Causeway Bay should normally hand in—you used to hand over three million to the Triad Society every month. This month, you only handed over two million. Do you take everyone for fools?"

Jingkun's words caused an uproar.

Two million—Chen Mo's few streets in Wang Jiao alone handed in more than two million.

By Chen Mo's estimate, under normal circumstances, the Causeway Bay territory should be handing in around six million per month.

However, Da B doesn't look very wealthy either, and his underlings also live a bitter, miserable life.

Where did his money go? That's really worth investigating.