Chapter 207: Film Company

Jiang Tiansheng, to reestablish his prestige within Great Prosperity, took the Sanlian Gang affair very seriously.

That night, Jiang Tiansheng, Chen Yao, and the repeatedly thwarted Yi Jian quietly smuggled themselves into Macau.

Jiang Tiansheng did not approach Ding Yao for negotiations directly; instead, he first covertly contacted several local Macau Triad Societies.

The status of Great Prosperity's Dragon Head still earned him some face before Macau's Triad Societies.

After ceding a portion of the profits, Jiang Tiansheng successfully secured the support and assistance of several local Triad Societies.

A few days later, the casino in Taipa opened.

Ding Yao invited many Portuguese‑Macau government officials and the local police chief to attend the opening ribbon‑cutting.

For this opening, Ding Yao prepared for a long time; not only did she launch a massive campaign in Macau, she also mobilized Sanlian's energy bound on Wan Island to invite a tour group of wealthy Wan Island businessmen.

She had expected the ceremony to be a roaring success, but in the end things went the opposite way.

Both bridges between the Peninsula and Taipa suffered accidents, causing chaotic traffic jams that prevented local Macau guests from arriving.

At the same time, Macau International Airport was reported to have a bomb, preventing the Wan Island‑departing planes from landing, and they were diverted to travel to Yang City.

The late‑arriving wealthy tour group was also lost.

The opening ceremony, which should have been bustling, suddenly turned desolate.

What drove Ding Yao over the edge was that Yi Jian not only brazenly presented a wreath for Lei Gong at the start of the ceremony, but also had several bags of feces‑covered grasshoppers released in the casino.

The so‑called feces‑covered grasshoppers are grasshoppers smeared with excrement.

The grasshoppers flew and hopped erratically through the casino, scattering like a celestial maiden scattering blossoms, soaring everywhere.

As a result, the entire casino fell into complete chaos.

Even the Portuguese‑Macau officials and police chief invited by Ding Yao were left in a sorry state.

Moreover, the feces‑covered grasshoppers infiltrated everywhere and were extremely hard to clean.

In the end, even killing the grasshoppers made no difference; a faint stench began to pervade the whole casino.

The casino that Ding Yao had spent a fortune renovating was essentially ruined.

To reopen, it basically required a complete renovation.

If Yi Jian's sabotage was the work of Great Prosperity, then the airport bomb threat and the bridge traffic chaos were definitely orchestrated by local Macau Triad Society members.

Ding Yao knew full well the reasons behind this.

Now she regretted not leaving Macau for Wan Island earlier.

On the third day after the opening ceremony, Jiang Tiansheng, accompanied by Macau police, local Triad Societies, and the people of gambling king He Xin, proactively approached Ding Yao.

Under the joint pressure of Macau police, local Triad Societies, and He Xin's entourage, Ding Yao reluctantly handed over two casinos and agreed to withdraw her people from Macau back to Wan Island.

With that, the conflict between Great Prosperity and the Sanlian Gang was essentially resolved.

After Jiang Tiansheng returned to Gangdao, he immediately convened a Triad Society meeting and promoted Yi Jian to the position of Macau hall's boss.

Yi Jian finally got his wish.

Except he wasn't very happy about it.

The entire Macau hall actually only has two casinos and essentially no territory.

To seize territory in Macau, you need both money and people.

Now the Kwun Tong District boss has become Ah Tai, the former lead horse of the Prince, and can no longer offer Yi Jian any support.

Yi Jian had also spent all his savings campaigning for the boss position before.

If Uncle Xing hadn't been eliminated, the dead man's debts would have been cleared, but now Yi Jian is still shouldering huge debts!

Although the two casinos have strong profit‑making ability.

However, the Triad Societies already take a high cut from the casinos, and this time Yi Jian, to become the boss, must share a portion of the casino profits with Jiang Tiansheng.

In the end, the amount Yi Jian received was not much.

For Yi Jian to earn enough capital from these two casinos to seize territory in Macau will likely take a very long time.

When Yi Jian was promoted to boss, Chen Mo also took the opportunity to help Shen Guodong, Ahua, and Fei Ji secure positions as major backers.

Fei Ji took the red‑staff position, Shen Guodong took the white‑paper fan position, and Ahua took the straw‑shoe position.

Apart from that, Jiang Tiansheng did not make any moves against Chen Mo, and Chen Mo kept a low profile.

He took advantage of these days to thoroughly tidy up Jingkun's territory.

"Guodong, have all the matters on the territory been dealt with?"

"It's already handled. Jingkun's several nightclubs and bars are now yours, and that Qian Kun Film Company has been renamed Galaxy Pictures by Jimi; it is now a subsidiary of our Galaxy Group."

The several bars, nightclubs, and the film company that Jingkun opened were all rented properties, and Jingkun is already dead.

Although all the money in the accounts was confiscated by the police station, the storefronts and their renovations remain.

As long as you spend a little money to tidy up and renegotiate lease contracts with the property owners, you don't even need to redo the renovations; just change the name and you can reopen.

In addition, Chen Mo also recruited many of Jingkun's former underlings.

Chen Mo now commands over three thousand underlings.

From then on, Chen Mo completely supplanted Jingkun, becoming Great Prosperity's strongest boss.

Even Han Bin is a step weaker compared to Chen Mo.

After Chen Mo thought about taking over Jingkun's territory, before he had even visited the film company, he called Liu Piaopiao and went to the film company together.

With Jingkun dead, the film company changed owners, and Jingkun's former staff became idle and aimless.

When Chen Mo arrived with Liu Piaopiao, the original director Xian Shihui immediately stepped forward.

"Mo Ge, your illustrious presence—why didn't you give a heads‑up? I could have welcomed you in advance!"

As the only director originally under Jingkun, Xian Shihui still held a fairly high position in the film company.

He had long known that the film company had changed owners.

Chen Mo didn't waste words with Xian Shihui; he went straight into Jingkun's former office and plopped down onto the desk.

Xian Shihui, what scripts does the company have now? Bring them over for me to see.

As for the film company, Chen Mo also has his own plans.

Now is precisely the time when Gangdao's film industry is thriving; how could Chen Mo possibly just sit on such a golden goose?

Soon, Xian Shihui brought over several scripts.

Chen Mo looked for a while, and the more he looked, the more speechless he became.

Only names are misgiven, never nicknames.

Xian Shihui truly lives up to his name!

Those scripts were all written by Xian Shihui himself; even if they're just third-rate films, the plots are still ordinary and full of various sex scenes.

How could Chen Mo feel at ease arranging Liu Piaopiao to come over and film a movie!

Don't you have any somewhat normal movie scripts here?

Mo Ge, these scripts are all I racked my brains to write; I guarantee, once filmed, they'll definitely be a huge hit!

Seeing Xian Shihui still looking proud, Chen Mo couldn't help but fling the scripts at his face.

Damn your big hit! Can a film like this even get into theaters?

"Ah?" Xian Shihui shuddered at Chen Mo's shout, "Into theaters?"

Our films are all pressed onto videotapes; we don't need to go into theaters!

Chen Mo was practically being driven to death by Xian Shihui's stupidity.

Not going into theaters, just pressing onto videotapes—how little money would that make!

Moreover, not going into theaters, how could Chen Mo launder money through box office!