Chapter 192: Unexpected Voting Results

A few days later, Jingkun once again summoned the Triad Society for a big meeting.

However, this time Jingkun's face looked much worse.

"Everyone, our Great Prosperity's new casino in Taipa is gone."

"Last night, Mr. He's people called me; that casino is now the Wan Island Three United Gang's."

As soon as he said that, everyone's faces changed.

With the casino gone, everyone in the headquarters suffered a loss.

Uncle Xing hurriedly asked, "Mr. Li, did Mr. He's side give any explanation? This was already agreed upon—how could it change?"

The casino was snatched by the Three United Gang, and he was the most anxious.

To let Yi Jian take the position of Macau leader, he not only gave many promises to the other leaders, but also gave a lot of cash.

One could say he was about to pour his coffin savings into it.

Now that the casino is gone, the Macau hall naturally no longer exists.

This means the money he previously gave out is like throwing it into water, and those leaders who took the money won't return it.

Of course, besides Uncle Xing, the others were also anxious and wanted Jingkun to give an explanation.

In fact, He Xin was surely unwilling to hand the casino over to the Three United Gang.

But the casino was too important to Leigong.

With the casino, he could use the connections and relationships of those Wan Island gamblers to break free from his triad identity and become a politician.

Otherwise, he would forever be the 'chamber pot' in those politicians' hands.

For this, he paid a considerable price, bribing many Portuguese Macau government officials.

Those Portuguese Macau officials don't care about any political stance!

They are now just waiting for Macau's return to China, then to retire and go back to Portugal.

They definitely won't let any money-making opportunity slip by.

As for whether Leigong's casino can continue operating, they couldn't care less.

Therefore, under pressure from the officials, He Xin could only hand over the new casino to Leigong.

He Xin naturally knew Leigong couldn't run the casino.

But many Portuguese Macau officials had stepped forward, so he had to give them some face.

However, if the Taipa casino does poorly, he will also earn less.

Thus, after He Xin handed the casino over to the Three United Gang, he immediately had someone notify Jingkun.

As long as Great Prosperity can deal with the Three United Gang sooner, the casino's loss won't be too great.

Jingkun roughly recounted how Leigong had arranged to meet him earlier, and how He Xin's people told him that Leigong had bribed Portuguese Macau officials.

Instantly, the crowd was stirred up.

"No, we can't just let this go! Our casino absolutely cannot be taken by the Three United Gang."

"Good, let's go to war with them!"

"......"

Everyone was filled with righteous indignation, and the headquarters instantly erupted in an uproar.

Jingkun slammed the table hard twice before suppressing the noisy crowd.

"Everyone, don't argue."

"I know you can't swallow this anger. However, how to resolve this must follow a procedure."

"The Three United Gang is a Wan Island faction, with numbers not less than our Great Prosperity. Now that they've taken the casino, they won't easily give it up."

"How should we fight, who to send, how many people—let's discuss."

Currently, Great Prosperity's casino in Macau is still being operated by the Wang Jiao hall, where many of Jingkun's people are.

If we were to fight, it would naturally be most convenient and proper for Jingkun or Chen Mo to send people.

But after retaking the Macau casino, it must be handed over to the Macau leader, which wouldn't benefit Chen Mo much, so he doesn't want to get involved.

Moreover, the person sent to Macau wouldn't he be the perfect scapegoat for Ding Yao to frame?

Thinking this, Chen Mo spoke: "Brother Kun, all the leaders, I have an idea."

"We can first vote to choose the Macau hall leader, then let that Macau leader take people to Macau to retake the casino. That way, this leader will also be more convincing."

"Of course, if this person is ineffective and fails to retake the casino, we should yield the position and let someone else take it. What do you all think?"

After hearing Chen Mo's idea, some nodded unconsciously, but others wore thoughtful expressions, wondering what they were calculating.

Uncle Xing's face was uncertain.

If a Macau leader is chosen, he is confident Yi Jian will surely be elected, after all he has already done much work for this position.

But if it were said to let Yi Jian take people to Macau, drive out the Three United Gang, and retake the casino, he would feel a bit unsure.

Although Yi Jian's strength is not weak, the Three United Gang are not pushovers.

After careful consideration, Uncle Xing still thought it better to first help Yi Jian secure the Macau leader position.

"I think A Mo's idea is pretty good; to become a Macau leader, one must have the ability to establish a foothold in Macau."

"Not bad; if you can't even handle a Three United Gang, what are you doing in Macau?"

With Uncle Xing speaking up, others also began to follow suit and agree.

Jingkun glanced at Uncle Xing, then at Chen Mo, and likewise nodded.

"What everyone said makes sense. However, the Macau leader position cannot be casually swapped."

"How about this: there were five candidates before; let everyone vote for them first. The person with the most votes will go to Macau to handle affairs.

If the task succeeds, that person becomes the Macau leader; if not, they come back and let the next one try—how does that sound?"

After Jingkun finished speaking, many people nodded in agreement.

The Dragon Head made a sensible point.

Not bad, the position of Macau's big boss really can't be changed just because a mission failed.

Although Uncle Xing was a bit reluctant, after thinking it over, he felt it didn't really matter for Yi Jian, so he nodded and agreed.

Before the vote, Harry felt his abilities were lacking and voluntarily withdrew from the contest for Macau's big boss.

Originally there were five candidates, but suddenly it became four.

Twelve big bosses, plus Jingkun as the Dragon Head, each had one vote, making thirteen votes in total.

Soon, the voting results came out.

A Tai under Tai Zi and Gu Ye Bai under Jing Ma each received one vote, both cast by their respective bosses.

Gao Jin received four votes; besides Chen Mo, Jingkun, Thirteen Sister, and Chao Ge all voted for Gao Jin.

Chao Ge voted for Gao Jin, which surprised Chen Mo a bit; he thought Chao Ge was acting on Jingkun's orders.

Yi Jian under Uncle Xing got the remaining seven votes.

The final voting results surprised many people.

Especially, Han Bin's brothers voted for Yi Jian instead of Gao Jin, which was even more surprising.

This was the first time they saw Han Bin not voting alongside Thirteen Sister.

Jingkun gave Chen Mo a dissatisfied look.

He arranged for Harry to voluntarily withdraw, leaving his own vote blank, and had Chao Ge vote for Gao Jin, all in order to let Gao Jin secure the position of Macau's big boss.

Unexpectedly, Chen Mo privately not only failed to rally votes for Gao Jin, but even Han Bin's brothers were poached by someone.

Now, the position of Macau's big boss has nothing to do with him.

Before, he had discussed with Chen Mo splitting the casino's profits three-seven, but now he doesn't even get a tenth.

However, Chen Mo was quite satisfied with this result.

Once Yi Jian takes the blame for Ding Yao and bears the charge of killing Lei Gong, he will surely draw the pursuit of the San Lian Gang.

Let alone taking back the casino from the San Lian Gang, just making it back alive to Gangdao would be considered lucky for him.