Chapter 71: Ann's Plea for Help

Chen Mo didn't linger at the training ground and went with Jimi to the garment factory.

They found a meeting room in the factory's office area; Li Jie, Gao Jin, and Jimi were all there.

Chen Mo arranged, "Ah Jin, next, arrange for a hundred underlings to come over, teach them Gangdao dialect, and also have them undergo military training.

Have the brothers take turns coming over, ten days each time, a hundred people each time."

Chen Mo paused, then added, "Brothers who complete the military training will get a thousand-dollar bonus, and their monthly wages will increase by two hundred from then on."

Although the quality of Chen Mo's gangsters was a bit higher than those of other Triad Societies, gangsters were still gangsters; getting them to obediently undergo military training wasn't that easy.

But offering money changed things—it guaranteed they'd all be scrambling to come.

"Ah Jie, once the identity documents are done, send those six female soldiers to my place and have them protect Gang Sheng and Qiu Di. The others will work as instructors for a while."

"Got it, Mo Ge." Li Jie nodded.

"Jimi, I reckon some of Great Prosperity's leaders will be calling you soon; you can release the goods to them then."

"That's great, Mo Ge. If we don't release the goods, the warehouse is almost full." Jimi said happily.

Chen Mo smiled, "It's just temporary. I've already planned everything."

"Our knockoff clothes have been selling well lately. Go find a suitable shoe factory.

Clothes and shoes go hand in hand; there's no reason for us to only make clothes and not sneakers."

Jimi said, "Mo Ge, I've already scoped out a shoe factory, but it's not in Quanwan—it's in Tunmen. And right now, we don't have any money in the accounts."

With Jimi's brains, after the knockoff clothes took off, how could he not see the market for knockoff sneakers?

It was just a lack of money.

Opening a sneaker factory required no less investment than a garment factory.

Chen Mo's garment factory warehouse was piled with tens of thousands of items of stock, and the accounts currently had almost no money.

Since Chen Mo brought up the sneaker factory, Jimi took the chance to mention it.

"Don't worry about the money. I'll transfer thirty million into the factory account later."

In the past, Chen Mo really was short on cash, but now, he wasn't lacking at all.

A few days ago in Macau, he had just won forty million from the casino.

That money was all clean, white cash, still sitting in his bank account.

As soon as Jimi heard there was money, he got excited.

"Then there's no problem. I guarantee I'll get the sneaker factory up and running by the end of the month."

He'd already had a target for the sneaker factory for a while; it was just the money that was missing.

Now with Chen Mo providing the funds, the sneaker factory could be set up anytime.

Over the next few days, Jimi was busier than ever.

Several of Great Prosperity's leaders called Jimi, and batches of knockoff clothes were hauled away.

The warehouse, once packed full of clothes, quickly emptied out by more than half.

At the same time, he was also busy with the sneaker factory.

Chen Mo, on the other hand, had it much easier.

Gao Jin and the others kept an eye on the turf, Jimi managed the business, and Li Jie was handling the veterans.

He spent his work hours flirting with Ruby, and after work, he went to pick up He Min from school—nothing else to do.

Life was pretty comfortable.

He was just waiting to become a leader at the next general assembly.

That afternoon, while staring at the computer screen reading news in his office, Chen Mo suddenly got a call.

"Hello, who is this?"

A woman's voice, choked with tears, came through the phone.

"Mo Ge, I'm Ann. Can I beg you to save my brother?"

"Ann? I remember now."

Wasn't this the goldfish that Shensheng was chasing before he died?

Ever since he gave her a business card last time, Chen Mo had been waiting for her call.

He hadn't expected that almost a month would pass with no news at all.

Chen Mo had thought she wouldn't make this call.

"Don't cry first. Tell me what happened!"

On the phone, Ann sobbed and stuttered through the whole story.

Only then did Chen Mo learn that Ann's brother, Bixian, had borrowed loan shark money from the New Territories Sex Demon Xiong because of mahjong.

Sex Demon Xiong came to collect the debt and set his sights on Ann.

Now, even if Bixian paid back the money, it wouldn't be enough; Sex Demon Xiong was dead set on dragging Ann away to settle the debt.

Right then, Sex Demon Xiong was beating people at the door, trying to forcibly take Ann away.

Luckily, Bixian and a few friends were holding him off, giving Ann a chance to call Chen Mo for help.

"Alright, I've got it. I'm on my way now."

After hanging up, Chen Mo immediately called Fei Ji, grabbed a few underlings, and headed out.

Soon, two cars arrived at the address Ann had given, the entrance to the auto repair shop run by Bixian and his friends.

The place was already a mess from the smashing, and Bixian and the others were all beaten black and blue.

Chen Mo got out of the car, scanned the area, and asked, "Where's Ann?"

"She was just taken away by Sex Demon Xiong. He told us to bring money to ransom her," said a young man who looked a bit like Jimi.

Chen Mo frowned at him, recognized him as Dawei Zhou, the one who had stirred up trouble between Shensheng and Shishi in the movie, and ignored him.

"Who is Bixian?"

"I am!" A man nearby who had been beaten the worst raised his hand and said.

"Do you know where the Color Demon Xiong's lair is?" Chen Mo asked coldly.

Bixian said with a face full of respect, "I know, I know. I've been there."

"Get in the car and guide the way."

Chen Mo didn't give him a single pleasant look, spat out a few words, then returned to the car and sat down.

One underling grabbed Bixian and shoved him into the car.

Dawei Zhou saw Chen Mo's underling treating Bixian so roughly and stepped forward to block them, saying, "Who are you people? Where are you taking Bixian?"

"None of your business. Get out of the way!"

Chen Mo's underling had no intention of paying any attention to Dawei Zhou and got straight into the car.

The car started, and Chen Mo and the others drove directly toward the New Territories.

Seeing them about to leave, Dawei Zhou hurriedly started his car and followed.

Fei Ji spotted Dawei Zhou's car behind them through the rearview mirror and asked, "Mo Ge, that car behind us keeps following us. Should we shake him off?"

"Don't worry about him. If he wants to follow, let him."

Chen Mo knew that Dawei Zhou had always liked Ann, but Ann had always only treated him as a friend.

Besides, Dawei Zhou was just a car mechanic. Chen Mo didn't take him seriously at all.

What kind of status do you have, daring to chase the same woman as me.

More than half an hour later, Chen Mo's group followed Bixian's directions and arrived at Color Demon Xiong's turf.

When Chen Mo and the others arrived, Color Demon Xiong and his men had also just pulled up.

Fei Ji yanked the steering wheel, and the car cut directly horizontally in front of Color Demon Xiong's car and stopped.

Seeing someone dare to block his car on his own turf, Color Demon Xiong immediately got out of the car in fury and pointed at Chen Mo's car, cursing loudly.

"Where did you dead losers come from? Do you know whose turf this is? Are you looking to die?"

As he cursed, he raised his foot and kicked at Chen Mo's car door.

Chen Mo shoved the car door hard from the inside outward.

The door slammed straight into Color Demon Xiong, making him stumble backward.

Chen Mo got out of the car and said coldly, "You're Color Demon Xiong? Where's Ann?"

Ann was still in Color Demon Xiong's car at this moment, her hands tied.

Hearing Chen Mo's voice, she immediately stuck her head out the window and shouted, "Mo Ge, save me!"