Chapter 29: 29 Council election begins, first meeting with Police Star Qiu Gangao

A new day, Hong Kong was overcast, adding a bit of coolness to late autumn.

10:00 AM.

Causeway Bay,

At this moment, in Gao Jin's boxing gym, the atmosphere was extremely lively. On the ring, Gao Jin and Xiao Fu were trading blows, while under the ring, the lackeys were cheering.

"Brother Fu, go for it!"

"Brother Jin, charge, charge, charge!"

Gao Jin vigilantly watched Xiao Fu's hands, feet, and shoulders. In this fight, he had clearly fallen into a disadvantage. This Xiao Fu looked honest, but his strength was very strong.

This also made Gao Jin very happy. He was currently in a period of rapid growth, and sparring with Xiao Fu made his strength increase rapidly.

He was confident that with his youth, one day he would surpass Xiao Fu, and then he would beat all those 'Wolf Warriors' to the ground.

Just then,

"Brother Zu, Brother Zu!"

"Hahaha~~~"

"Good news is here!"

Ah Boy rushed into the boxing gym from the street, shouting and yelling.

Gao Jin and Xiao Fu stopped their confrontation and turned to look, while the other lackeys stopped their cheering.

What good news?

But Ah Boy ignored them completely and rushed into Gao Jin's office.

At this time, Gao Jin was drinking tea in his office, and Ah Wah was bitterly organizing the film company's affairs.

The film company had officially changed ownership and become Gao Jin's company. The location had also moved to Causeway Bay, with Ah Wah and Gao Jin responsible for management.

Gao Jin deeply felt that there were too few talents. Look, Ah Wah had even worked himself thin!

Ah Wah: "............"

Treating me like a beast of burden every day, how could I not get thin?

Just then, Ah Boy rushed in.

"Brother Zu, good news!"

"The Chief Secretary has issued a notice, the District Council election has begun!"

"Bang~~~"

Gao Jin knocked over his teacup, stood up, his face full of joy.

Ah Wah also looked up abruptly, his face full of excitement.

"Really?"

"Really, this is the notice."

Ah Boy took out a government official letter and handed it to Gao Jin.

The letter was signed by the Council Election Affairs Office, the department responsible for council elections, directly under the Chief Secretary's office.

The "Direct Election Council" election happens every three years, and this year was a transition year. Elections usually happen in autumn or winter. Gao Jin naturally wouldn't miss such an opportunity and had asked his people to keep an eye on it last month.

After waiting for a month, Gao Jin finally received this good news.

"Ah Wah..."

"Brother Zu!" Ah Wah was also very excited at this time. The council election was one of the main future paths for Gao Jin and them, and now the moment of battle had finally arrived.

"Is there any progress at the Election Affairs Office?" Gao Jin had asked Ah Wah to start collecting information and bribing officials half a year in advance.

Because Gao Jin was a gangster, he might be blocked from obtaining candidate qualifications. So half a year ago, Gao Jin started planning this.

Ah Wah nodded: "Brother Zu, don't worry, everything is handled. I didn't even think about saving money; basically, every leader was sent money. These foreigners are now greedy to death, and they take money very readily."

Gao Jin: "Is there any problem with the ICAC?"

Although the ICAC wouldn't easily investigate foreigners, they would cause trouble.

Ah Wah: "Brother Zu, don't worry, I was very careful. I used lottery tickets to send them, ensuring safety. And we started half a year in advance; at that time, the ICAC definitely wouldn't be watching the Election Affairs Office."

Gao Jin nodded.

The triennial council election was a major event for power transition in Hong Kong, and all parties were watching. If he had only started bribing the Election Affairs Office now, he would definitely be targeted by the ICAC.

Fortunately, he had prepared early and started half a year in advance.

"Good, now we just wait for the candidate list to be confirmed!"

"As long as the qualification is out, I am sure I can win the election!"

The specific process of the council election is: candidate nomination (obtaining qualification) — campaign activities (promoting their political platform, participating in public debates, visiting voters, etc.) — voting and counting on election day — the person with the most votes is elected as a councilor and takes the oath of office.

According to past practice, the Wan Chai District has a total of 11 communities (divided into Jardine's Lookout, Tai Hang, Causeway Bay, Lok Fu, Happy Valley, Canal Road, Oi Kwan, Hennessy, So Kon Po, Tai Fat Hau, and Stubbs Road), with a total of 11 directly elected councilors.

Each community will elect one "directly elected councilor" (if there is no opponent, they are elected directly).

That is to say, after Gao Jin obtains the qualification, he only needs to defeat the other opponents in Causeway Bay.

After winning the election, he can become a "District Councilor."

As for whether the election can be successful?

Do you understand the gold content of 50% support from Causeway Bay citizens!

This is where the terror of the "support rate" rewarded by the system is reflected; it has the flavor of 'once certified, always certified'.

"Knock, knock, knock~~~"

"Brother Zu!"

At this time, Wu Ying knocked on the door.

"Come in."

Soon, Wu Ying pushed the door open, and behind him, Chen Yongren, Gao Qiu, and two lackeys escorted two people in.

Gao Jin, Ah Wah, and Ah Boy looked at the two people who were tied up, their faces bruised and swollen, clearly having been beaten.

"Hmm?"

Gao Jin looked at one of them.

An acquaintance!

It's Yan Zu~~~

Gao Jin looked at Wu Ying: "Tell me, what's going on..."

Wu Ying reported: "Brother Zu, these two are the ones we found following the trail who were selling powder in our Causeway Bay. They are from the same organization as the drug lord you asked us to find last time... This time they were caught by us acting suspiciously, and we found 4 bags of white powder in their bags."

Chen Yongren placed the two canvas shoulder bags he was holding on the table.

Opened them, each bag had 2 bags of white powder.

Gao Jin looked at Wu Ying in surprise.

Not bad!

Found out so quickly.

Gao Jin could basically confirm that this Yan Zu should be the undercover Guan Li in *Protégé*.

This is a good deed delivered to his door.

Gao Jin wouldn't miss it.

Gao Jin thought for a moment, picked up the phone, and waved to dismiss everyone.

"You guys go out first..."

Everyone went out, only Ah Wah stayed.

Gao Jin dialed Situ Jie's number.

"Mr. Gao, good morning..."

"Superintendent Situ, good morning..."

After the two exchanged pleasantries, Gao Jin got to the point: "I caught two drug dealers here, I don't know if you're interested..."

He explained the situation.

Situ Jie became interested immediately: "Thank you, Mr. Gao, I'll send someone over immediately!"

Gao Jin: "Good, I'll wait for you."

Police headquarters is located on Arsenal Street in Wan Chai, 1.3 kilometers away from Gao Jin's place, a few minutes' drive.

10 minutes later, the police arrived at the boxing gym.

"Clang~~~~"

The door was pushed open.

The wind from outside blew in.

Following them in were four people.

Gao Jin looked over; they were all wearing police uniforms, and the leader was very familiar.

Chef God Xie...

If Gao Jin guessed correctly, it should be Qiu Gangao.

And the police officers behind Qiu Gangao, Gao Jin was also very familiar with them; they were Gongzi, Baozhu, and others from *Raging Fire*.

Gao Jin was surprised; he didn't expect it to be Qiu Gangao!

Qiu Gangao scanned the boxing gym, and after seeing Gao Jin, he walked over and smiled: "Mr. Gao, I am O-Unit Inspector Qiu Gangao. This time I am here to take the people under the orders of Superintendent Situ Jie..."

Qiu Gangao was very handsome, only slightly less so than Gao Jin.

Gao Jin smiled and reached out: "Inspector Qiu, long time no see. I heard you are the rising star of the police force. Seeing you today, you really have an extraordinary temperament!"