Chapter 107: 104 Guan Zu: Everyone here is trash!

"It is impossible for the government to allocate that much money to you."

Cao Chali shouted with great smugness.

Other councilors nodded one after another; they knew full well how difficult it was to get government funding—the government was as stingy as an iron rooster.

Many of them were proposing bills themselves, but in reality, they were just looking for ways to get their hands on money.

Consequently, they all suspected that Guan Zu was doing the same thing, aiming to secure government funding for embezzlement.

"Government funding?"

Guan Zu laughed.

"No, I don't need government funding."

"Hahaha~~ You don't need it?"

Cao Chali was amused by Guan Zu and couldn't help but burst into laughter. "Young man, you shouldn't make such big claims. Without government funding, how will you manage? Renting a place for this school and hiring teachers all cost money; it's not something you can just do by talking."

"That's just what you think is impossible," Guan Zu chuckled. "My people in Causeway Bay are all enthusiastic about charity. Believe it or not, with just one round of promotion, the neighbors in Causeway Bay can easily raise 1 million in a single day!"

When it comes to the support rate from neighbors, Guan Zu could say quite audaciously:

Everyone here is trash!

These councilors were indeed trash; with a population of tens of thousands, they only managed to get 800 to over 1,000 votes, which shows how poor their grassroots support is.

Do you guys even understand what grassroots support is!

"Impossible!"

Cao Chali shouted loudly: "Absolutely impossible! 1 million? You have thirty or forty thousand people in Causeway Bay, which means most of them would have to donate over 100 HKD each to reach that amount."

"If you can really raise that much money, I'll eat this table!"

Guan Zu's eyes lit up: "Are you serious?"

Cao Chali regretted it the moment he finished speaking, but he couldn't back out directly now, especially with the TVB camera crew filming behind him.

He could only firmly shout: "Serious! If you can really raise 1 million, I'll eat the table!"

Guan Zu was delighted: "Good! It's a deal!"

Cao Chali: "And if you don't reach it?"

Guan Zu slapped the table: "If I can't raise 1 million, I'll eat the table instead!"

Cao Chali slapped the table: "Good! It's a deal!"

He sneered inwardly; even if I have a reputation in Battery Street, if I really let those neighbors donate money, they would probably curse me to death!

I don't believe you, Guan Zu, can actually do it!

Guan Zu smiled: "A gentleman's word is as good as a team of four horses!"

He sneered inwardly: Frogs in a well, how can you pieces of trash compare to my Causeway Bay?

As for not eating the table?

First of all, Cao Chali is a councilor, a public figure, and a civil servant; if he goes back on his word, he will be spurned, and who would trust him then?

If he really doesn't eat the table, does he think I, Guan Zu the philanthropist, am a pushover?

Naturally, there are plenty of ways to punish this Cao Chali!

Meanwhile, as the bet was struck, all the councilors in the room grew excited.

"Alright!"

"This is going to be lively!"

"When does the fundraising start? I want to see it."

"That Guan Zu is definitely going to lose; raising 1 million isn't that easy."

"Exactly, if we dared to talk about fundraising, I doubt many people would pay attention."

These councilors were all useless, incapable of getting things done, but very enthusiastic about watching the drama.

As for the reporter Le Huizhen and the chubby cameraman, they were both excited at this moment.

They went from listless to full of energy!

Finally, there was some news!

After being bored for over an hour, they finally got a sensational story.

Cao Chali sneered: "Since that's the case, how about the day after tomorrow for the fundraiser? I'll give you tomorrow to promote it."

Guan Zu nodded: "No problem."

Cao Chali looked at the beautiful reporter Le Huizhen with a grin: "Miss Reporter, TVB shouldn't miss this story, right? Perhaps you reporters need to be on the sidelines to supervise."

Le Huizhen patted her chest: "For news like this, our TVB naturally wouldn't miss it!"

The District Council Chairman, Diao Sir, wanted to stop Guan Zu's "risky" behavior, but it was already too late.

"Ah Zu, is there really no problem?"

"Don't worry, no problem. Thank you for your concern, Diao Sir... but please help me contact the Social Welfare Department; we still need them present to supervise the donations."

Diao Sir nodded: "Don't worry, I'll make a call."

As the District Council Chairman, he dealt with the Social Welfare Department often and had a good relationship with them.

"Thank you, Diao Sir," Guan Zu said in gratitude.

He cast his gaze toward Cao Chali.

This Cao Chali is really quite annoying; he's just as sleazy and irritating as the Cao Chali under Zhu Tao... wait, no, it's the same actor playing both.

No, I have to find a chance to put a sack over his head and beat him up, otherwise, I won't feel satisfied.

The first general meeting of the District Council officially concluded.

Guan Zu, with his unexpectedly outrageous approach, made every councilor remember him instantly.

He was truly in the spotlight; some were jealous, some were annoyed, and some were curious.

Guan Zu walked out of the government building with an air of righteousness, a badge pinned to his chest—Guan Zu, Councilor.

Awesome!

Starting today, I'm also someone with official government credentials!

He got into the car and headed back to the boxing gym.

Upon returning to the gym, Guan Zu called Ah Wah over: "The day after tomorrow, I want to organize a community fundraiser..."

Guan Zu explained the situation.

"This matter will mainly benefit Causeway Bay, and the school will be located in Causeway Bay. Get the neighbors to support it as much as possible, but limit it to a maximum donation of 200 HKD per person; don't let them donate too much."

Ah Wah nodded: "Understood. I'll go make a flyer right now. It should be printed by tomorrow, and one day is enough to distribute it to every household."

Guan Zu: "That's a good idea."

Two hours later, in the evening, TVB News used a 30-second segment to report on what happened at the first meeting of the Hong Kong District Council.

Other councilors were only shown briefly, with most of the footage given to Guan Zu and Cao Chali.

The news focused on the bet.

Even the matter of the after-school tutoring center became unimportant.

It instantly piqued the curiosity of many citizens.

However, this news was quickly replaced in attention by another story.

"Today, the Tsukamoto Group held a press conference, claiming that the events from decades ago were baseless. The Tsukamoto family has always held deep affection for Hong Kong and would absolutely never do such things..."

"At the same time, they have filed criminal charges against the elderly man who attacked the Tsukamoto Group last time, demanding that the court severely punish the elderly man, even sentencing him to imprisonment."

Many young people didn't feel much, as the history books they read had been deliberately sanitized, and they didn't have much hatred for the Japanese.

The only thing that disgusted them was: why are these Japanese people being so harsh to those elderly people? They actually want to send an old man to prison?

As for the elderly, upon seeing this, they were all furious, cursing the Tsukamoto Group and even preparing to organize protests and sit-ins at the Tsukamoto Group the next day.

Back at the boxing gym.

Guan Zu and Xiao Fu were watching this news.

Guan Zu mocked: "This Japanese guy is deliberately trying to stir up hatred and provoke you all into making a move."

"He thinks he can trap you by setting a snare, but he doesn't know that we have our people inside this trap!"

"Haha~~~ Hehehe~~~"

Both of them wore twisted smiles again.

At the same time, at the Hong Kong District Headquarters.

The Anti-Triad Unit leader, Xian Sir, was watching the news about Guan Zu. (From *Laughing Gor: Turning Point*)

"It's him again..."

Guan Zu has been quite prominent lately, becoming a councilor.

This person has issues!

He's clearly a gangster, so why was he able to become a councilor?

He's clearly a gangster, so why is he setting up schools and orphanages?

It defies logic!

But where the problem lay, Inspector Xian could not figure out.

Inspector Xian thought of Laughing; yesterday at the police academy, when he was recruiting undercover agents, he saw at a glance that this Laughing had a bandit-like air, making him extremely suitable for undercover work.

So, he recruited him.

Originally, he wanted to arrange for him to go to the First Brother of the Zhengxing Society (from *Turning Point*, played by Wong Chau-sang), but now that he saw Gao Jin’s side being so prominent, he changed his mind.

He would let Laughing go to Gao Jin’s place first; even if Gao Jin turned out to be clean in the end, he could still have Laughing transfer to the First Brother of Zhengxing later, which would still count as having completed a gilding process under Gao Jin of the Hongxing.

"Hmm... that’s a good idea!"

And so,

He called Laughing: "Tonight at 21:00, let’s have a late-night snack together."

Laughing: "Okay." After hanging up the phone, another call came in.

It was from Huang Bingyao.

"Serious Crimes Unit, Anti-Triad Unit, everyone assemble!"

Inspector Xian was stunned for a moment.

What operation?

So sudden?

Inspector Xian could only call Laughing to apologize: "It might have to be postponed for a few hours..."

Very quickly,

The Serious Crimes and Anti-Triad units of the Hong Kong Island police began to mobilize, joining forces with Eiji Tsukamoto to prepare a trap, hoping to lure the Archangel out.

Of course, the ordinary officers did not know who their opponent was; they were just following orders.

At 20:00, Eiji Tsukamoto made a big show of it, with three cars heading to a remote private restaurant in the Islands District—a Japanese-style izakaya.

What kind of place is the Islands District? It is even more remote than those places in the Northern New Territories, with few residents and plenty of wilderness and woods.

!.

If police officers were assigned here, it would be called "exile" or "being demoted."

For a long time, to avoid the pursuit of the Archangel, Eiji Tsukamoto had been hiding in the Tsukamoto Building, and when he did go out, he went to crowded places with a bunch of bodyguards.

Now that he had run straight to a remote place, he didn't believe he couldn't lure the Archangel out.

If one day didn't work, he would try two.

The Japanese-style izakaya.

This was a detached wooden house right by the sea with beautiful scenery, though under the night sky, no beauty could be seen.

At this moment,

Inside the izakaya, three women in kimonos were dancing gracefully.

Eiji Tsukamoto sat alone on the tatami mat, drinking sake while holding the kimono-clad woman beside him.

A sinister look appeared on his face.

"This time!"

"I don't believe the Archangel won't take the bait!"

To prepare for tonight's ambush, he had specifically held a press conference today to stir up hatred, and then chose this remote location...

This time, as long as the Archangel appeared, he would definitely be dead!

And at this time, outside the izakaya, the Anti-Triad and Serious Crimes units of the Hong Kong Island Headquarters were lying in ambush everywhere...

One by one, they were feeding the mosquitoes.

In a car far away, Huang Bingyao cursed at Chen Guozhong: "These foreign devils are bastards; who knows how much money they took from this Tsukamoto to make us come here and feed the mosquitoes."

Huang Bingyao also hated the Japanese; setting aside the hatred, these Japanese were arrogant, looked down on everyone, and looked at people through their nostrils.

Who was he, Huang Bingyao?

In his youth, he had already carved out the fame of the "Deadly Scissors Kick," and his promotion in the police force had been super fast; now that he was already a Chief Superintendent, he was naturally a proud and arrogant person.

So, he found Eiji Tsukamoto an eyesore in every way.

If he had the chance, he would definitely use the Deadly Scissors Kick to crush Eiji Tsukamoto's head!

Chen Guozhong shrugged: "Nothing we can do, although they are foreign devils... but Superintendent, I think we should withdraw from this matter. If the Archangel really comes and kills Eiji Tsukamoto, we will be in big trouble."

Huang Bingyao nodded: "What you say makes sense. This Archangel is elusive, and we haven't caught him yet; he must have an intelligence organization. Although our ambush this time is strictly confidential, there's no guarantee he won't discover it."

Chen Guozhong had a strange smile.

You wouldn't have guessed it, but the person in front of you is the Archangel. What "strictly confidential"—the whole thing was leaking from the start.

Hehehe~~~~

The smile gradually became perverted.

And at this moment, outside the car, in the bushes.

Inspector Xian was sitting on a rock, speechlessly slapping a mosquito to death.

Family, who understands!

Superintendent Huang and Chen Guozhong are both comfortable inside the car, while I have to squat in the bushes and feed the mosquitoes.

This Eiji Tsukamoto really deserves to die!

Exactly how much money did he give those bastard foreign devils to make us cooperate with him like this?

Next,

Waiting and waiting...

One hour...

Two hours...

They hadn't even seen a hair of the Archangel, making many officers feel restless; they weren't special forces soldiers and didn't have the discipline to squat in the bushes for several hours without moving.

Making ten thousand and something a month, why risk their lives?

Three hours...

On Eiji Tsukamoto's side, he was also getting impatient; he had originally pretended to drink, but now he had drunk a bit too much.

Why hadn't the Archangel come yet?

Four hours...

Eiji Tsukamoto didn't wait any longer and stood up to leave.

He knew the Archangel was no ordinary assassin, so he had enough patience.

If today didn't work, he would come back tomorrow!

"Let's go!"

Eiji Tsukamoto stood up, and several bodyguards from the next room walked in, escorting Eiji Tsukamoto out of the izakaya.

And on the police side, they also finished their work one after another.

"These Japanese bastards, they made me get bitten by mosquitoes all night."

"Look at me, I've been bitten by several bumps."

"I just saw a snake slither past me..."

Every single police officer felt extremely unhappy.

And that wasn't all,

Because they still had a mission, which was to continue following and protecting Eiji Tsukamoto until he returned to the Tsukamoto Building; only then could they get off work.

In a flash, it was 24:00.

In a quiet bar in Mong Kok—the bar wasn't big, it was long and deep, the music was soft, and the lighting was dim.

Inspector Xian walked in, scanned the room, and saw Laughing sitting in the darkness at a glance. He couldn't see his face clearly, but just by his aura, he knew it was him.

"Sorry, I'm late," Inspector Xian said.

"I waited for you for 3 hours," Laughing said with dissatisfaction.

Inspector Xian: "A secret mission suddenly came up today; look at me, I fed the mosquitoes for 4 hours..."

He even gestured to the dense red mosquito bites on his face.

Laughing was surprised: "What mission, that even you couldn't know about in advance?"

Inspector Xian had no affection for this Japanese devil Tsukamoto anyway, so he had no intention of keeping it secret and told him the whole story.

Laughing looked at Inspector Xian with sympathy.

It seemed that waiting for Inspector Xian in this bar wasn't as miserable as Inspector Xian feeding the mosquitoes.

"Alright, let's talk about business now."

Inspector Xian started to get serious.

"Your undercover target has appeared."

Inspector Xian took out a photo and placed it in front of Laughing.

A handsome guy!

Gao Jin!

Laughing recognized Gao Jin at a glance: "It's him? Isn't he a councilor now? Does he still need me to go undercover?"

Inspector Xian said: "Originally, I wanted you to go undercover with the First Brother of the Zhengxing Society, but this Gao Jin is too prominent now, so you go undercover under him; if he is indeed clean, it won't be too late for you to transfer to the Zhengxing Society." (*Turning Point*)

Inspector Xian didn't notice that at this moment, when Laughing heard the name "First Brother," he subconsciously wiped his sweat.

Damn it, it's a good thing I didn't go undercover with First Brother.

Because—Laughing was originally an undercover agent sent into the police force by Yi Ge!

Originally, Laughing was just an ordinary convenience store clerk. One day, he encountered two thugs who rushed in to rob the place with knives. Then Yi Ge burst in and scared the thugs away directly. This domineering aura made Laughing admire him, and so he joined Yi Ge's subordinates.

Then Yi Ge told Laughing: He was also originally a police undercover, but later he encountered the betrayal of his brothers, received unfair treatment upon returning to the police force, and then resigned to become a crime boss again... He then sent Laughing to apply for the police academy, but as a result, he was directly discovered by Inspector Xian at the academy.

Inspector Xian did not know Laughing's inner thoughts and took out another photograph.

"This person is Wu Ying."

"A person under Guan Zu who specializes in helping Guan Zu recruit talent."

"Chen Yongren, Su Jianqiu, Gao Qiu, and Billy... all four of them were recruited by him. Now Chen Yongren has become a principal, Su Jianqiu has become the director of an orphanage, and Gao Qiu is a senior executive at a property company; they are all doing very well... Billy has already resigned, but he was also once heavily relied upon!"

"From this, it can be seen that this Wu Ying truly has an eye for selecting talent."

Inspector Xian urged Laughing: "If you want to rise to the top, it is best to get the job through this Wu Ying."

Laughing took a few more looks at Wu Ying's photo, not knowing why he always felt—

This guy looks more like a clown, doesn't he?!

Note: The word "Laughing" counts as one character on Qidian and does not count as filler text~~~~

(End of this chapter)