Chapter 81: Chen Mo's New Business

Jingkun waved at Chen Mo behind Thirteen Sister: "Ah Mo, come sit up front."

"Thank you, Dragon Head, and thank you, Sister Mei and all the faction heads for your support! I will definitely keep up the effort and win more territory for our Great Prosperity, and spread our Great Prosperity's reputation!"

Chen Mo stood up, bowed to everyone at the main hall, then walked to the seat Jingkun had occupied earlier and sat down.

And so, amid the envy, jealousy, and resentment of the senior ranks, Chen Mo successfully became the faction head of Wang Jiao.

After the meeting, Jingkun and Chen Mo treated everyone, planning to take these faction heads out for a proper celebration.

As the location of Great Prosperity's main hall, Central had a Great Prosperity nightclub right here.

Compared to venues in other areas, the nightclub here in Central was clearly more upscale and business-oriented.

But it had everything it should have, without missing a thing.

Chen Yao, though not showing it on his face, was in a very bad mood and found a random excuse to leave early.

Brother Ji enthusiastically proposed the first toast: "For our first drink, let's toast Mr. Li first—congratulations to Mr. Li on being elected Dragon Head of our Great Prosperity."

"Good!" everyone said in unison.

"You all electing me as Dragon Head is giving me face. We all make a living under the Great Prosperity signboard, so from now on we'll work together and make money together!"

Jingkun raised his glass and drained it in one gulp.

"The second drink, of course, is to Mo Ge. He's the faction head who got promoted the fastest in our Great Prosperity. Good-looking and good at making money—he's absolutely the most outstanding young man in our Great Prosperity!"

Now that Chen Mo had become a faction head, Brother Ji automatically changed how he addressed him.

"Thank you, Brother Ji! I'm still young, and I'll need all you bosses to look after me in the future!"

Chen Mo raised his glass and toasted back.

Han Bin brought Konglong over and sat down next to Chen Mo, saying with a touch of flattery: "Honestly, Ah Mo. The rest of us, we can do the shady stuff. But when it comes to doing business, we're nowhere near you. If there are any good business opportunities in the future, remember to think of us a bit more!"

Chen Mo had recently opened a new sneaker factory in Tunmen, and Han Bin already knew about it.

It was just that Chen Mo had never actively come to find them, and they had never felt comfortable asking directly.

"Don't worry, Brother Bin. If there's good business, I'll definitely think of everyone!"

Chen Mo clinked glasses with Han Bin, then turned to the crowd and said: "I just opened a sneaker factory. Is anyone interested?"

Chen Mo's sneaker factory had already started production, and its output was even higher than the clothing factory's.

Since the faction heads were relatively gathered today, Chen Mo planned to solve the sales channel problem all at once.

"Same model as the knockoff clothes—you pick up goods from my factory, I make a few dollars on each pair of sneakers, and the rest is all yours. How about it?"

"Are your sneakers also knockoffs? Will they sell as well as the clothes?" Brother Ji asked impatiently.

"Of course they'll sell well. My sneakers are also high-quality knockoffs. Compared to clothes, they'll only sell better!"

For clothes, women's styles sold better, while men's sales were relatively average.

But sneakers were different—whether men's or women's styles, sales were excellent.

"Great, count me in."

"Count me in too!"

The faction heads who had already tasted the sweetness of Chen Mo's knockoff clothes all rushed to respond.

"Chen Mo, I don't know if I can pick up goods from you?" Fat Man Li spoke up.

Previously, because he and Da Fei were both in North Point, the knockoff clothes hadn't been supplied to him.

Sneakers hadn't been given to Da Fei yet, so giving them to Fat Man Li was of course no problem.

Otherwise, if everyone else got them and only Fat Man Li didn't, that would be deliberately picking a fight.

"Of course there's no problem. How about this—for North Point, I'll only supply Brother Li. From now on, you and Da Fei will sell clothes and sneakers respectively, so you won't conflict with each other. How about it?"

"Good, it's a deal then!"

Da Fei had a lot of people under him and was quite loyal, and many bosses in North Point preferred working with Da Fei.

This led to Da Fei taking a lot of business from Fat Man Li, and the two had never gotten along well.

Fat Man Li had originally been somewhat displeased with Chen Mo for only supplying Da Fei and not him, but now that he'd gotten the sneaker business from Chen Mo, he had no complaints at all.

The sneaker business was much better than clothes.

Amid laughter and cheerful voices, Chen Mo's sneaker business was quickly settled.

Apart from Tai Zi, who cared only about martial arts and boxing matches, the somewhat mysterious Auntie Jing guarding Shen Shui Bu, and Jingkun who had become Dragon Head, all the other faction heads planned to pick up goods from Chen Mo to sell.

As for the absent Chen Yao and Da B, of course they had no part in it.

Jingkun patted Chen Mo's shoulder: "Ah Mo, your business is getting bigger and bigger. If there are any big business opportunities in the future, don't forget about me!"

Though he looked down on Chen Mo's current knockoff business, that was because these businesses only earned a few hundred thousand a month.

His drug-running model was similar to Chen Mo's—though Chen Mo's profit per unit sold wasn't much, the sheer volume was enormous.

He could tell that with so many faction heads helping Chen Mo move goods, Chen Mo was making quite a lot.

Especially since the money he made from running drugs was dirty money, while Chen Mo's was clean money.

He was also somewhat envious.

"Don't worry, Brother Kun. If there's another good business in the future, you'll be the first person I partner with."

Chen Mo had long wanted to do business with Jingkun.

Jingkun definitely had no shortage of cash on hand, and that was all Chen Mo's target.

Chen Mo needed to find an industry with large investment, high profits, but not-so-fast returns, then talk Jingkun into investing with him.

Once Jingkun died, he'd turn Jingkun's share into his own.

Chen Mo was going to play a game of borrowing someone else's chicken to lay his own eggs with Jingkun.

As for what business to do, Chen Mo already had a preliminary plan.

After everyone dispersed, Chen Mo returned to Yinhejiuba.

He first called Jimi and told him about the several faction heads distributing sneakers.

Afterwards, Chen Mo opened the system interface.

Name: Chen Mo

Wealth Value:

Physique: 20

Strength: 20

Speed: 20

Spirit: 20

Storage Space: 3m3

Skills: Form-Intent Fist (Initial Dark Energy); Edge-Breaking Eight Blades (Advanced); Driving (Beginner); English (Beginner); Firearms Proficiency (Beginner); Gambling Technique (Intermediate)

Chen Mo now felt his physical stats were sufficient, so he didn't add any more.

He first spent 15000 Wealth Value to increase storage space by 2m3.

The space now holds 80000000 US dollars in cash, plus Chen Mo's carried weapons and some Hong Kong dollars, plus some miscellaneous items, leaving little space left.

Afterwards, Chen Mo brought up the shop interface and began selecting the skills he planned to purchase this time.

The full set of production technology for LD laser discs is worth 10000 Wealth Value.

It's not that Chen Mo doesn't want to develop a higher cost-performance VCD; rather, according to the current timeline, VCD technology hasn't been perfected yet.

Even if Chen Mo could purchase complete technical data from the system, he still couldn't produce it.

Because there are no matching production equipment and components.

If Chen Mo were to settle all the supporting companies himself, even draining Jingkun dry wouldn't be enough money.