Chapter 132

"You've come at just the right time!"

"Wait, I'll get you registered immediately, take a photo, get a work ID, hang it on your chest..."

Guan Zu pulled Ah Bu to get registered.

"As long as you have a work ID, it proves you are a legal employee and a security guard for our company."

"Next, I'll send underlings to follow you to patrol the streets. If you see any gang causing trouble, just go up and beat them!"

Guan Zu told Ah Bu about what was happening in Red Star's territory.

Ah Bu didn't expect that just after returning to Hong Kong, he would be press-ganged by Guan Zu in the middle of the night.

Wait, shouldn't I be resting?

Is this how you treat a workhorse?

Guan Zu exhorted: "I've already gotten you a new ID card. You must remember, your identity now is a law-abiding citizen of Hong Kong, a good taxpayer. Don't be afraid when you meet the police."

"As long as you show your ID, they won't make things difficult for you."

"Also, you are on the side of justice now, and those gangs are all villains. Just go and deal with them. I have many friends in the police force now, so you can act with confidence."

Ah Bu nodded after hearing this.

He had done some things in the past and killed some people—things he never wanted to mention. He had always been looking for a goal in life.

Perhaps here, he might find his goal in life.

Then Guan Zu gave some more instructions.

Ah Bu: "Brother Zu, I want to eat first."

Once full, he'd feel at ease!

Guan Zu was stunned for a moment, thinking of Ah Bu's appetite: "Hahaha~~ Good, let's go, I'll take you to eat!"

He walked with his arm around Ah Bu's shoulder, went to take a photo, filled out the forms, and finally left the boxing gym to have dinner.

Late at night,

Red Star's former territory, Yao's Fruit Shop.

Young man Lu Jiayao was reading the newspaper, while his girlfriend Mimi was cleaning up the dishes. (From the movie "Prison on Fire")

His father was organizing the fruit.

Seeing his son Ah Yao and Mimi, he complained to Ah Yao: "You, you have no manners. Mimi isn't even married into the family yet, and you're letting her clean up the dishes?"

Mimi smiled: "It's okay."

Lu Jiayao said proudly: "Dad, now is the time for her to learn how to be a daughter-in-law in advance."

Mimi gave Lu Jiayao a coquettish glare.

Lu Jiayao's sister laughed from the side.

The family was happy and harmonious.

However, his father soon thought of something, picked up the Five-Star Property Management flyer, and said to Ah Yao:

"One more thing, Ah Yao, go to the address on the flyer and pay the property fee."

Ah Yao couldn't help but say: "Why do we have to pay the property fee? Can we not pay it?"

His father was speechless: "I think you've become stupid from working. If you don't pay, can you have an easy life? Now that Red Star is gone, other gangs will definitely come here to grab territory."

"With so many gangs, only Hong Hing follows the rules and has the best reputation. If you pay, they will definitely protect you. If you pay for insurance, they can also guarantee that if your shop is damaged, they will compensate you. What about other gangs? They only take money and don't do anything."

Then his father took out 1,500 Hong Kong dollars and threw it in front of Lu Jiayao: "Go pay it."

Lu Jiayao was surprised: "It costs that much?"

His father scolded with a smile: "This price is cheap. Red Star used to collect 3,000 Hong Kong dollars."

Lu Jiayao picked up the money and prepared to set off...

Just at this moment,

A group of thugs broke in, grabbing things here and there in the fruit shop.

Lu Jiayao took one look and immediately felt something was wrong.

This group of people didn't look like they were there to buy things.

Soon, they finished taking things and calculated the money: 850 Hong Kong dollars. One of them, a yellow-haired thug, held a cup of orange juice and prepared to pay.

The other thugs shouted "Make him pay" and then ran out, jumping over the railing and running away.

His father was instantly anxious: "Don't run!"

"Buying things without paying!"

His father and Lu Jiayao naturally surrounded the yellow-haired thug in anger.

The yellow-haired thug shouted: "I only bought orange juice... here, 30 dollars for you..."

He took out 30 dollars and stuffed it into Lu Jiayao's hand, then wanted to run away. Lu's father naturally wouldn't allow it; that was 850 Hong Kong dollars.

"You stop right there!"

"Ah Yao, call the police station."

Then he grabbed the yellow-haired thug, and the two of them started wrestling.

"Damn you, old man!"

The thug didn't hold back and gave Lu's father a fat beating.

"Dad!!"

Lu Jiayao saw this, went crazy with anger, threw down the phone, and rushed out.

"Damn you!"

Seeing this situation, the other thugs ran back at high speed, joined the melee, and beat Lu Jiayao and his father.

Just at this moment,

Ah Bu brought 10 underlings and happened to be patrolling there.

Seeing this scene, he rushed over directly.

"Stop!"

Ah Bu, with immense strength, grabbed an underling and threw him several meters away.

Then, with a punch and a kick, he beat the other two thugs until they wailed, directly causing bone fractures.

Finally, he punched the yellow-haired thug in the stomach, making him clutch his stomach and vomit wildly.

The scene instantly went quiet.

The group of thugs felt what a powerful fist was.

Lu Jiayao pulled his father: "Dad, are you okay?"

His father was older, felt a wave of exhaustion, and was in pain all over, struggling to stand up.

Ah Bu bowed: "Uncle, I am from the Five-Star Property Company..."

"You came at just the right time." His father looked at Ah Bu, feeling a wave of relief; a disaster had almost occurred. "I am willing to pay the property fee to your Five-Star Property... These people just took 850 dollars worth of fruit and didn't want to pay..."

Ah Bu nodded: "Don't worry, we at Five-Star Property will help you solve it."

Then, he came to the front of the few small thugs.

At this time, these few small thugs were lying on the ground crying for their parents; Ah Bu's punches and kicks were too heavy, and they felt their bones had cracked.

"Hey, pay up, 850!"

"Who are you guys?!" The yellow-haired thug wanted to show some final toughness.

Ah Bu said coldly: "I am Five-Star Property Company. Are you going to pay this money or not? If not, I'll call the police."

When the group of thugs heard it was Five-Star Property, they instantly shivered.

They couldn't be arrogant anymore.

They were just small-time losers, not even in a gang. Bullying ordinary people was fine, but compared to a behemoth like Hong Hing, it was simply courting death.

Ah Bu said coldly: "Pay up, 850!"

At this time, an underling next to him said: "Boss, Brother Zu has already ordered that for those who do bad things, we should fine them and donate the money to make up for their mistakes... Also, the medical expenses for this shop owner must be compensated by these people."

The group of thugs: "Huh?"

They thought to themselves: Oh no, we've fallen into a wolf's den!

Ah Bu was also stunned. This could be done too?

He humbly asked his underling: "Then how is this money calculated?"

The underling counted on his fingers: "Fruit is 850, so let's make the charity donation 1,000, and medical expenses and such, let's make it 2,000... That's 3,850 in total, let's round it up to 4,000 Hong Kong dollars."

The group of thugs almost cried at this moment.

Pain!

Too painful!

If they had known, they wouldn't have been greedy for that 850!

And Lu Jiayao's family was even more dumbfounded.

This could be done too?

But they had to say, it was quite satisfying!

Five-Star Property, awesome!!

"Pay up quickly!"

"Otherwise we'll beat you to death!"

Ah Bu's underling kicked the few small thugs a few times.

"We'll pay, we'll definitely pay!!"

The group of small thugs took out money, one after another, emptying their pockets, and only then did they scrape together 3,500 Hong Kong dollars.

"Only 3,500?"

"Damn, poor bastards, I look down on you!"

"This watch looks pretty good, worth a few hundred, we'll take it as collateral!"

After searching them clean, Ah Bu's underling was finally satisfied and waved his hand:

"Get lost!"

The group of small thugs hurriedly helped each other and left, crying as they walked; the loss was too great.

Ah Bu's underling handed all the money to Ah Bu: "Boss, here's the money... 2,850 for the owner, and the rest we'll take back to donate to our Five-Star Charity Foundation."

Ah Bu took the money with a very complicated mood.

This first patrol had opened his eyes.

"Uncle, take the money."

"Thank you, brother..."

Lu's father shook Ah Bu's hand, extremely grateful.

This Five-Star Property was even better than the rumors.

In the past, when Red Star managed this territory, they wouldn't care at all if other small thugs came over; even if they did care, they would just extort the small thugs and would never give the money back to the shops.

As expected of Brother Zu, whom many neighbors praised!

His reputation was well-deserved!

Ah Bu smiled: "You're welcome... By the way, I don't know if you have signed a property management contract with our property company. If not, please support our work."

Lu's father hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, I was just about to let my son go over to pay the fee."

Ah Bu: "Thank you very much for your support."

Then, thinking of Guan Zu's instructions, he said to Lu's father:

"One more thing, if other gangs ask you for money, you can say you've already paid Five-Star Property. If they still insist, pay them first to avoid conflict and getting hurt. When that happens, our Five-Star Property will find them and get your money back..."

"Also, this is the phone number for our Five-Star Property. If you encounter others coming to collect protection fees, you can also call us to come over."

Ah Bu handed a business card to Lu's father.

Lu's father was even more moved upon hearing this.

Too thoughtful!

The rumors were right; Brother Zu from Causeway Bay is truly a good person.

"Okay, okay! Thank you!" After Ah Bu exchanged a few polite words, he continued to take his underlings to patrol.

Lu's father looked at Ah Bu and the others' backs and couldn't help but say: "It seems it's not bad that Red Star was swept away!"

Lu Jiayao had originally been somewhat repulsed by these gangs, but after this incident, he had a lot more favorable impression of this Five-Star Property.

What he didn't know was that if Ah Bu hadn't arrived in time, he would have kicked a thug into the road during a dispute, and the thug would have been crushed to death by a bus, eventually leading to him being convicted of manslaughter, going to prison, being bullied, breaking up with his girlfriend, and so on.

It could be said that Ah Bu's appearance saved his life.

His father said: "Son, go pay the money quickly..."

Lu Jiayao became proactive this time: "Okay, Dad."

Guan Zu's side,

A system prompt sounded.

!.

"Your underling Ah Bu completed a good deed in Wan Chai, reward 100 Hong Kong dollars."

"Wan Chai good deeds +1, currently 441/1000. Complete 1,000 deeds to gain 1% support rate from Wan Chai citizens!"

"Your underling Ah Bu saved Lu Jiayao's miserable life, reward 'Jockey Club prize redemption tickets: 5 in total, 500,000 each (after tax)'"

10 minutes later,

Lu Jiayao arrived at the new office location opened by Five-Star Property here.

He thought it would be easy to pay, but as soon as he entered the door, he found there were too many people paying.

Lu Jiayao was shocked.

Aren't there too many people here?

"Everyone doesn't need to queue here."

"Take a number and find a seat to wait slowly."

Lu Jiayao sat next to a middle-aged uncle.

"Hey, young man, are you here to pay the property fee too?"

"Yes, Uncle."

"What kind of shop do you have?"

"Fruit shop."

"My family has a dessert shop."

The uncle was a chatterbox; Lu Jiayao didn't say much, but he started blabbering away.

"It's actually quite good that Red Star was swept away. Since Brother Zu came over, the property fee is half as much."

"And there's protection."

"I heard long ago that the shops in Causeway Bay all do business peacefully, and I've been looking forward to Brother Zu coming over."

Lu Jiayao listened and nodded in agreement, his ears constantly listening to the progress of the payment queue.

After waiting for more than half an hour, it was finally Lu Jiayao's turn.

"Calculated according to the area of your shop, you pay 1,500 Hong Kong dollars/month..."

"Those who pay the property fee this month will have a 50% discount for half a year, and there will also be discounts for the following year. You just need to pay 750 Hong Kong dollars."

Lu Jiayao didn't expect it to be cut in half.

He couldn't help but be surprised.

After paying the money, Lu Jiayao received a receipt.

Lu Jiayao was surprised.

This property fee was indeed very formal; other gangs would just take the money and leave, with no receipts at all.

He walked out the door and headed toward the fruit shop.

Just as he was about to return, 50 meters away from the fruit shop, he saw a group of gangsters walking into the fruit shop.

Lu Jiayao was shocked and hurried over.

"Dad!!"

He rushed back into the shop.

Inside the shop, Volcano from Hung Shing Gang was leading his underlings, aggressively talking to his father about collecting protection fees.

Volcano scanned the fruit shop: "Boss, your shop is so big, and it's a prime location, so it has to be 4,000 Hong Kong dollars per month."

Lu's father said: "But... half an hour ago, Five-Star Property already came over and collected the property fee from us."

The underlings behind Volcano were all angry:

"What do you mean? You don't want to pay?"

"Five-Star Property is Five-Star Property, what does that have to do with us?"

"Pay up quickly! Otherwise, we'll smash your shop!"

Lu's father was so scared he hurriedly said: "I'll pay, I'll pay!"

Then he took out 4,000 Hong Kong dollars.

"Wait..."

At this time, Lu Jiayao spoke up and asked Volcano and the others: "If you take the money, what if you don't acknowledge it later? What if you send people to collect money again? Do you need to leave a note or something?"

Volcano and the others laughed directly upon hearing this.

"Bullshit, we gangsters do things, and we need to leave a note?"

If they left a note, it would be easy for the police to define it as—extortion. Therefore, they would absolutely never leave such things behind.

"Hand it over!"

Volcano grabbed the 4,000 Hong Kong dollars from Lu's father's hand and took his men out of the shop.

When leaving the shop,

A dozen underlings were also handsy, one taking a pear, another an apple, another a pineapple...

Lu's father felt heartache; that was at least 500 or 600 Hong Kong dollars.

Lu Jiayao was so angry he wanted to chase after them, but his father stopped him.

"Ah Yao, don't provoke them, it's not worth it."

"But they are too hateful."

"Just treat it as feeding the dogs."

"Wait..."

Lu Jiayao suddenly thought of Ah Bu's instructions: he could call the Five-Star Property Company to handle it.

"Dad, which gang are these people from?"

"Seems to be called Hung Shing, the one just now was Volcano."

"Good!"

Lu Jiayao found the business card, called the property company, and told them what happened.

At the Five-Star Property Company, the operator was Xi Gui's younger sister.

After being rescued by Guan Zu, Xi Gui's sister changed her look, grew her hair long, dyed it black, dressed like an ordinary girl, and lived an ordinary life.

"Okay, sir, I will pass this on to the people patrolling nearby."

"Also, please don't get into conflict with them; money is a small matter, safety is important."

Too warm!

At this moment, Lu Jiayao's favorability toward the Five-Star Property Company went up +1+1+1+1.

Ah Bu was still patrolling.

He walked past shop after shop.

On the way, he taught a few waves of gang thugs a lesson and drove them away.

Soon, he arrived at the last shop at the end of the street. This was a restaurant, at least 300 square meters, which was considered a relatively large restaurant.

Ah Bu and the others walked in.

"Boss, we are from the Five-Star Property Company..."

The boss welcomed them in fear, and when he heard it was Five-Star Property, he breathed a sigh of relief:

"It's Five-Star Property... We have already signed a contract with you today and paid the money."

Ah Bu said: "Thank you for supporting our work. If you encounter anything, just call our phone."

The boss smiled: "Support, definitely support."

Just at this moment,

Another group of people turned the corner from another street and walked over.

Volcano!

What a coincidence!

They ran into each other!

At this time, Volcano was leading a group of underlings into the restaurant.

"Hey, Boss, pay the protection fee!"

"From now on, this street is managed by our Hung Shing; pay 5,000 Hong Kong dollars every month, understand?"

As soon as he entered the door,

Volcano shouted loudly, and 30 or 40 underlings swarmed into the restaurant.

Then...

They met Ah Bu and the others.

King meets King!

It was as if there was some kind of attraction; both sides noticed each other instantly.

Ah Bu glanced at Volcano and the others, all with knives and sticks, and immediately knew they were there to grab territory. Brother Zu had ordered that all those grabbing territory should be beaten back!

Five meters apart,

They stood still.

Volcano looked at Ah Bu and the others—only 10 people—and the leader, Ah Bu, was someone he had never seen before; he didn't look tall, and didn't look like someone who could fight.

Volcano curled his lips: "Brat, our Hung Shing wants this street. Brother, please step aside."

Ah Bu: "Oh, I remember now, the two waves of people I just beat up were from Hung Shing Gang."

Volcano: "..."

His expression froze instantly.

Ah Bu smiled: "Brother Zu said this street is ours, and this shop has already paid the property fee to us, so it is naturally under our jurisdiction and protection... so please leave."

Volcano sneered, "Clearly you're gangsters, thinking of setting up some property company? Collecting property fees, you really think you're legal? Crazy!"

"I, Volcano, declare here today: this street, this shop, our Hung Shing is determined to have the protection fee!"

Since he had made up his mind to grab the territory, he naturally wouldn't be afraid of Guan Zu; otherwise, if Guan Zu could make him obediently not grab territory with just one word, where would Hung Shing's face go?

Besides, he had just received calls from two waves of underlings saying that this Five-Star Property had a short guy who had beaten both waves of them away.

Volcano grinned coldly and threatened Ah Bu:

"If you don't want to die, get lost!"