Chapter 130

Good heavens, Chen Guozhong and Situ Jie have both called at the same time.

Guan Zu went straight to the point: "Brother Situ, Superintendent Chen Guozhong just called me. Since both of you want this Feilong, what should I do?"

"Huh? Chen Guozhong from the Hong Kong Island district?"

"That's him."

"Don't worry about him. You and I are so close; you should help me."

Guan Zu said, caught in a dilemma: "But, whether it's you or him, we have a bond forged in life-and-death... To me, you are all family."

The Family Man, has arrived!

We are family!

Situ Jie: Oh no, I think I've been moved!

Guan Zu: "Actually, Brother Situ, don't get your hopes up too high. Feilong isn't the mastermind, so catching him won't benefit you that much... He has a police undercover under him who will testify for him. The real culprit is still that Tang Wenjun who was already caught."

"Is that so?"

Although Situ Jie didn't know why Guan Zu was so certain, he still trusted Guan Zu quite a bit.

This was the level of trust built up after many collaborations.

Situ Jie: "Forget it then. I'm a Chief Superintendent after all, no need to fight him for it... But let's get this straight: next time something like this happens, call me first. It has to be a case this big, though."

Guan Zu: "Brother Situ is generous! I'll bring you good news next time!"

Situ Jie: "Thanks in advance."

Guan Zu hung up with a smile, thinking to himself:

What kind of case is big enough?

How about Johnny Wang's major arms trafficking case?

Guan Zu returned to Feilong's side; Wang Zhicheng had already sat down, sweat beading on his forehead.

Guan Zu sat down and said to Feilong:

"Brother Long, I have some bad news for you!"

"What news?"

"My friends in the police force told me that Ma Wang and Tang Wenjun are saying exactly what I told you—that you are the mastermind, that you ordered them to kill Big Head Wen, and they want me to help them dig you out."

"What?"

Feilong stood up abruptly on the spot.

Filled with shock and rage!

And breaking out in a cold sweat at the same time!

If Ma Wang and Tang Wenjun insisted that he was the one who ordered it, what evidence did he have to prove he didn't do it?

Even with Wang Zhicheng, it probably wouldn't work. What if that High Sir framed Wang Zhicheng for betraying the police?!

At that point, he would truly have no way to defend himself!

At this moment, Feilong almost wanted to flee the country, but he had a wife and son—could he really run?

Brother Sheng, sitting nearby, was also so angry he slapped the table:

"Those two dead bastards, framing Brother Long like this!"

Guan Zu smiled: "Brother Long, the police force is searching for you like crazy right now... especially that High Sir. It seems you two have a grudge."

Feilong did indeed have a grudge against Gao Zongyang. Over a decade ago, he had arrested Feilong, only for Feilong to knock him down while still in handcuffs, turning the incident into a joke in Gao Zongyang's life. This led Gao Zongyang to keep a constant eye on him, and these past two days, he had been making things difficult for him repeatedly.

Guan Zu: "Now this High Sir has gone mad trying to find you. If you get caught by him, you probably won't even have a chance to resist."

He looked at Guan Zu: "Brother Zu, you called me over, you must have something to discuss with me, right?"

Guan Zu nodded: "That's right. I can introduce you to an upright officer who will absolutely not wrong you..."

Feilong: "Brother Zu, what do you want?"

Guan Zu said: "I want a talent like you, and those 5 streets of Red Star!"

Brother Sheng said angrily from the side: "Brother Zu, you're taking advantage of a crisis!"

Guan Zu leaned back, spread his hands, and said with a smile: "That's right, I am taking advantage of a crisis. We're gangsters; isn't it normal to do things like this?!"

Brother Sheng: "............"

How can you say "taking advantage of a crisis" with such righteous indignation, hey!

Guan Zu smiled: "Feilong doesn't need to do anything. I just need Feilong's name and an excuse so that my peers in the underworld can't say anything, and it can also appease those small-time thugs in Red Star."

"As the saying goes, one needs a legitimate reason to act!"

Feilong looked at Guan Zu before him.

Sure enough, he had been deceived by Guan Zu's appearance.

This Guan Zu, while seemingly amiable, acted with the speed of thunder and lightning, killing without leaving a trace of blood!

Wang Zhicheng, at this moment, also looked at Guan Zu in astonishment.

Sure enough, those who can make it to the top are never ordinary people!

Guan Zu checked his watch: "You don't have much time left to choose... either go to prison, or help me and protect your wife and children..."

Just at this moment,

Screech————

A car pulled up to the side of the road by the late-night snack stall.

"Daddy~~~~"

Feilong looked over and saw his mother, wife, and son getting out of the car. His son came running over and threw himself at Feilong.

Not long after, Munsao Jian also drove up.

"Brother!"

"Sit down."

At this moment,

Feilong made up his mind and said to Guan Zu: "Fine, I agree!"

What could be more important than family?

Guan Zu smiled: "That's more like it... Don't worry, at the very least, if you cooperate with me, your wife and children can be protected in Causeway Bay... Otherwise, who knows if Tang Wenjun and the others will grab your son to threaten you into pleading guilty. Hehe, then you'd be in real trouble..."

Feilong was shocked upon hearing this.

This possibility was truly very high!

"Fine!"

This time, Feilong genuinely agreed to cooperate.

At the very least, Guan Zu could protect his wife, children, and elderly mother.

Guan Zu picked up his phone and called Chen Guozhong: "Chen Sir, come to Jardine's Bazaar..."

Not long after, Chen Guozhong arrived with Ma Jun.

They saw Feilong at a glance.

Munsao Jian, Daisy, and the others were shocked to see the police.

Feilong comforted them: "It's nothing, I'm just going with them for a bit, I'll be back soon."

"Handcuff those three..."

Ma Jun and the others picked up the handcuffs and cuffed Feilong, Brother Sheng, and Wang Zhicheng.

Guan Zu patted Wang Zhicheng on the shoulder and said to Feilong: "Chen Sir is a good man; you can trust his character."

Wang Zhicheng felt the strength of Guan Zu's grip on his shoulder and glanced at Chen Guozhong.

He felt that Guan Zu's words weren't meant for Feilong, but for him.

Should he defect to Chen Guozhong?

Wang Zhicheng looked at Chen Guozhong. Based on his limited knowledge, Chen Guozhong was indeed a good person who treated his subordinates well; he was a good boss.

Thinking of this, Wang Zhicheng couldn't help but think of High Sir.

Dead bastard!

He must be looking for shit to eat in the toilet right now, right?

"Buzz buzz buzz~~~~~"

Wang Zhicheng's phone rang.

Wang Zhicheng thought for a moment and handed the phone to Chen Guozhong.

Chen Guozhong looked at Wang Zhicheng in surprise, glanced at the phone, and answered:

"Wang Zhicheng, you bastard... where are you?"

Chen Guozhong: "???"

It sounded a bit familiar.

Isn't this the voice of High Sir from the Anti-Triad Unit?

Chen Guozhong had a strange look on his face. He understood now: Wang Zhicheng was an undercover, and having a boss like Gao Zongyang was truly the worst luck imaginable.

Chen Guozhong hung up the phone directly.

"Let's go, back to the station!"

They escorted Feilong, Wang Zhicheng, and Brother Sheng into the police car and sped away.

Guan Zu scanned the scene, saw a table of his underlings, and waved: "Come here."

The underlings at that table hurried over: "Brother Zu!"

Guan Zu pointed at Feilong's wife, child, mother, and Munsao Jian: "Find them a safer place to live."

The underling nodded: "Understood, Brother Zu."

On the other side,

North Point, Zha Yutou Park.

High Sir came out of a pitch-black public toilet, his face livid as he dialed Wang Zhicheng's number, but it wouldn't go through no matter what.

The inside was foul-smelling, with all sorts of filth that was unbearable to look at.

They had already been searching Zha Yutou Park for 20 minutes, but hadn't found a single hair.

High Sir wondered if Feilong had seen something was wrong and hidden inside a public toilet?

In order to earn merit,

High Sir had no choice but to endure the discomfort and take his two subordinates to search the public toilets one by one.

He never expected that after handcuffing Wang Zhicheng in a toilet to interrogate him, he would end up running to toilets to search for people himself.

"Damn it!"

High Sir dialed the number n times and couldn't get through, so angry he almost threw his phone away.

"That dead bastard Wang Zhicheng, how dare he not answer my call!" "When I get back, I'll deal with him properly!"

Mingxin Hospital.

Song Zijie and two others were guarding Big Head Wen's ward.

When they arrived, Big Head Wen had already fallen into a coma, so they naturally couldn't take a statement, but Chen Sir had already confirmed Big Head Wen's undercover status.

Big Head Wen's son had been crying the whole time, and Song Zijie and his two colleagues could only help soothe him; eventually, the son fell asleep.

Soon, he received a call from Chen Guozhong: Song Zijie must protect Big Head Wen well, while the police force was launching an operation to sweep Red Star.

"Wee-woo, wee-woo~~~"

Police sirens wailed!

!.

Throughout Red Star's territory,

All assembled police forces directly surrounded Red Star's territory, allowing entry but no exit.

Then, large groups of officers rushed into bars and nightclubs one after another, conducting surprise inspections...

Underground gambling dens, bathhouses, saunas, brothels, loan sharking... for these, it was much simpler and more brutal: they just rushed in and made arrests...

The entire operation involved over 500 police officers...

Everyone was taken back to the station...

Then came the harsh interrogations. After realizing the severity of the situation, many gangsters panicked and began to shift blame and implicate each other; for instance, murder cases and other crimes like forcing women into prostitution were exposed.

Finally, a drug den run by Ma Wang was also exposed...

In the end: 1 drug den, 24 illegal gambling dens, 5 loan sharking operations, 13 nightclubs and bars, with a total of 6.53 million in illegal cash...

In addition, 4 murder cases and 15 serious crime cases were implicated...

Just as Ma Wang had said at the Red Star senior management meeting: "Brother Long, don't joke around. If we gangsters don't break the law a little, how are we supposed to make money?"

Red Star was not clean. After the avalanche, one by one, the gang members, and even the hall masters and elders, began to throw mud at each other to secure lenient treatment.

Red Star collapsed overnight!!

The next day, morning.

TVB and ATV news reported on last night's events one after another.

"Citizens..."

"At 24:00 last night, the police force launched a vigorous anti-triad storm operation, mobilizing over 500 officers to conduct a major sweep of the notorious Red Star gang in Wan Chai."

"Below is the footage from the front lines:"

Sweeping nightclubs...

Sweeping brothels...

Sweeping gambling dens...

Guan Zu's home.

The morning sun shone into the house.

The air was filled with a faint, yet reassuring fragrance.

Guan Zu was watching the TVB news playing on the television.

"The police state that anyone who dares to trample on the law..."

At this moment,

"The eel noodles are here~~~"

Following Ruan Mei's gentle voice, she wore a neat apron and brought a steaming, fragrant bowl of eel noodles from the kitchen to the dining table.

Her face was filled with a satisfied and happy smile—the kind of expression one only has when making delicious food for a loved one.

These eel noodles were a local specialty among Suzhou noodles, requiring patience and effort.

The eels used were fresh and carefully raised in jars to purge them of mud. The cooking process was even more particular, using a unique method of "exploding in vegetable oil, stir-frying in lard, and drizzling with sesame oil," which made the eel slices crispy and golden, resulting in an excellent taste when combined with the noodles.

"Slurp~~~"

Guan Zu first took a gentle sip of the soup, the rich, fresh fragrance instantly blooming in his mouth.

Then he picked up the noodles and eel, putting them into his mouth; the chewy texture of the noodles and the fresh, tender-yet-crispy eel combined perfectly, making him unable to help but praise it aloud.

"Delicious!"

Guan Zu gave a thumbs up.

Receiving Guan Zu's praise, Ruan Mei was instantly overjoyed. She had said she wanted Guan Zu to eat well at every meal, so naturally, she had to work hard to make the dishes she was good at for Guan Zu to taste.

And seeing Guan Zu eating with such relish was the greatest happiness for her.

"Come here, let's eat together..."

Ruan Mei sat down next to Guan Zu, and the two of them ate breakfast, feeding each other.

Then Guan Zu started to get handsy again...

Ruan Mei: "Hmm?"

She quickly pushed him away: "Wait, I have something to tell you. I've made plans to eat with Ke'er and Ah E today... I might not be back for lunch..."

At this time,

A piece of news spread rapidly through all the major gangs in Wan Chai and the Hong Kong Island district.

Former Red Star leader Feilong announced that he was transferring all of Red Star's original territory to Guan Zu of Hong Hing.

You could say this news was useless, but you could also say it was extremely useful.

At the very least, Guan Zu had gained a kind of underworld legitimacy for this territory.

Those gangs that wanted to occupy this territory would now have to consider Guan Zu's influence.

9 o'clock,

Guan Zu arrived at the boxing gym, feeling refreshed.

At this time, there weren't many people in the gym; Ah Wah, Gao Jin, and the others, along with Gao Qiu, had taken over 2,000 men to Red Star's territory.

Sweeping the streets and handing out flyers.

Handing out flyers to every household.

"Five-Star Property Management Company has officially moved into St. Francis Street..."

"Office location..."

"The mission of our Five-Star Property Management is: to build a harmonious community..."

Making money, collecting protection fees, sanitation fees, maintenance fees—all of that was secondary.

The most important thing was to build up the momentum first.

Announcing to other gangs that he, Guan Zu, was opening a company on these streets.

And while he was at it, he was building up the "support rate" he needed.

Guan Zu opened his system panel,

"Causeway Bay support rate: 76% (You are already invincible in this area)"

"Wong Tai Sin partial street support rate: 34% (Your property company's reputation is excellent; the residents' property fee payment rate is guaranteed to exceed 68%)"

"Kowloon City partial street support rate: 37% (Payment rate 74%)"

"Sai Kung support rate: 10% (Please put in more effort)"

"Wan Chai support rate: 15% (Your reputation in Causeway Bay has already spread to Wan Chai, automatically gaining 15% support rate) (Residents' property fee payment rate is guaranteed to exceed 30%)"

"Hong Kong Island district support rate: 10% (Automatic)"

This was the detailed panel Guan Zu had only discovered last night.

It clearly displayed his support rate in various places.

This support rate felt quite like a conceptual weapon; as long as the corresponding value was reached, a certain goal could definitely be achieved.

Just after Guan Zu started his actions,

Other gangs were also eyeing Red Star's territory, eager to make a move.

Tung Sing, Hung Lok, Cheung Yee, Wo Shing Shing...

And at this time, the giant Li family in Causeway Bay also noticed that an extraordinary person had appeared under their feet.

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PS: I'll speed up the pacing... Currently, the protagonist needs to complete the occupation of Red Star, become a "partner" recognized by the police force, and boost his support rate in Wan Chai and the Hong Kong Island district. There's also the movie to be released, the garment factory, the shoe factory. And he still needs to buy a newspaper... After that, in the mid-to-late stages, it will be about dealing with the Li family, Li Ka-shing, and foreign capital... I will speed up the pacing.

Also, "God of Gamblers" is coming out, but supernatural abilities won't appear; this is a non-magical world.

As for the territory outside the Hong Kong Island district, I can't write about it for now; last time I wrote about Wong Tai Sin, it got a bit messy... I still have to write it step by step...

Also, I have a bit of a fever, I don't know if I should ask for leave~~~