Chapter 171

"You said you met that Mao Xiang Yang last night?"

"Yes, I happened to be eating late-night snacks with Brother Hao, and then I entrusted Brother Hao to help him find Changjiang."

"............"

After Guan Zu received Gao Jin's call, he was speechless.

Good heavens, this is too coincidental.

Guan Zu said: "It's fine, I have already sent Changjiang away; he won't be able to find him."

Gao Jin added: "There is one more thing; last night Brother Hao received a call, it seems Song Zijie's daughter is about to be born."

Guan Zu nodded: "Alright, I know."

Song Zijie was not in Guan Zu's friend contact list, but Guan Zu still felt happy for him. When he watched "A Better Tomorrow II" in his previous life, Song Zijie gradually matured and became steady from a reckless police officer, not so annoying, and finally died in a phone booth, not having time to see his daughter's face; it could be said to be one of Guan Zu's regrets.

Now that he didn't die in the case involving Lung Si and could see his daughter's birth with his own eyes, Guan Zu was in a good mood.

At this moment, a system prompt appeared,

"The host's appearance has changed the fate of Song Zijie's death; your kindness should be rewarded."

"Obtained reward: 'Boss's Charisma' +1%. Your boss aura is more charismatic, which can slightly increase the probability of those who respect you defecting to you; at the same time, it makes your subordinates think you are extraordinarily charismatic and respect you even more."

Guan Zu looked at this reward,

and felt it was pretty good.

After hanging up Gao Jin's call, Gao Qiu came to report on the meeting process with the TV station last night, not forgetting to mention the matter of using his triad identity to threaten the program director.

After listening, Guan Zu nodded and said: "Just proceed like this..."

"There is one more thing." Gao Qiu said with a difficult expression, "There are too many things going on now, and dealing with the TV station requires a talented person. My subordinates are fine for doing some odd jobs, but for handling such high-end matters, we still need high-end talent."

High-end talent?

It's too late to recruit now; after all, the Knowledge Cup starts the day after tomorrow.

The only high-end talent under Guan Zu is Tan Meili.

But Tan Meili is still busy working herself to the bone at the garment factory, and now he has to ask her to come over here...

Forget it!

He'll just have to make her suffer a bit!

Guan Zu made a call to Gao Jin to borrow someone.

"Alright, Brother Zu, I'll arrange for her to go over... She has done a good job these past few days, managing the garment factory's management in an orderly manner; I've learned quite a few things."

Guan Zu: "That shows talent is hard to come by... How about this, we collude with the police and let them send an undercover agent over?"

Gao Jin: "???"

I understand the words, but put together... wait, I understand!

"Brother Zu is wise!"

"Hehehe~~~ Jiejeje~~~"

"Jiejeje~~~"

The two of them, separated by the phone, let out evil laughter.

"Ziwei, you don't know how much my skin has deteriorated recently~~"

At this moment,

Tan Meili was calling her university classmate Liang Ziwei. (From "Cold War")

"Ah? What's wrong?"

"I'm busy. I'm currently following a new leader managing a factory with over a thousand people; I, this secretary, am busier than the general manager." Tan Meili complained, "You don't even know, I actually have dark circles under my eyes, and I can't even cover them up."

Liang Ziwei also sighed: "I'm also very busy here; the leader also treats me like a lawyer..."

Liang Ziwei joined the Finance Division of the Police Force; to put it bluntly, she was a beast of burden, a stinking worker.

Tan Meili: "Also, my leader, he has a cold face all day long, as if everyone owes him money."

Tan Meili complained for a while.

"Don't even mention it, I have a guy here named Liu Jiehui with a greasy face who often finds me to chat; his intentions are too obvious."

"Forget it, let's not talk about this."

"I recently used a pretty good skincare product; when we have time to go shopping at the mall, I'll give it to you." Liang Ziwei said.

Tan Meili was happy: "Alright, alright, how about tomorrow? I've basically straightened out the things in the factory, and it will be a bit easier next."

Liang Ziwei: "It's settled! Tomorrow!"

The two chatted happily for a while, then hung up the phone.

Ring ring ring~~~

It was Gao Jin's phone number.

Tan Meili instantly had a bad premonition; it couldn't be, something else again?

Don't come over!

She connected.

Gao Jin's cold voice: "Meili... Brother Zu's side, the 'Knowledge Cup' has a program on a TV station. Brother Zu thinks you are a top student and the most suitable candidate, so he wants you to go over..."

"Brother Zu said, if this matter is handled well, you will be the person in charge of this matter in the future."

Tan Meili: "???"

No, Brother Jin, I just finished being busy and was preparing to go shopping at the mall with my sister, and you want me to go work again??

Do you treat me like a beast of burden!

"Brother Jin, but I have an appointment with my best friend tomorrow to go shopping at the mall and buy, buy, buy..."

When Gao Jin heard this, his eyes lit up.

"You still have a best friend, is she a top student?"

"Ah?"

"Just tell me if she is a top student?"

"She is a top student, graduated from the University of Hong Kong."

"Alright... how about this, tomorrow morning and noon, I'll approve 20,000 in public funds for you two to buy bags and cosmetics; you spend it yourselves... and then for the 'Knowledge Cup' matter these few days, you help Gao Qiu out."

Tan Meili: "............"

No, Brother Jin, you're using this to test me?

20,000!

"Brother Jin, you are my own brother!"

What "cold face all day long", is this cold? This is a cold, handsome, domineering president! A cold and handsome domineering president!

Tan Meili felt that his voice had become intimate.

After hanging up Gao Jin's phone, Tan Meili hurriedly called Liang Ziwei: "Sister, the leader just gave me an additional task."

"Ah? Then won't shopping at the mall tomorrow..."

"No, no... let me tell you..."

Not long after, the sound of drooling came from Liang Ziwei on the other side of the phone.

"20,000 dollars!"

"That's my internship salary for nearly 3 months, just like that!"

"Give me a leader like this too!"

"Publicly funded bags, publicly funded cosmetics, hehehehe~~~~~"

A new day, whether it was TVB or all the newspapers in Hong Kong, they all started building momentum for the "Wanchai Reading Month · Knowledge Cup".

"'Wanchai Reading Month' craze begins, the whole population competes for the 'Knowledge Cup'!" — "Hong Kong Times" "Who knows 'Five Thousand Years of History' best? 'Wanchai Reading Month' knowledge competition feast is about to begin!" — "Oriental Daily News"

"'Knowledge Cup' ignites the flames of war, the whole population reads to compete for the top!" — "Metropolitan Daily"

"Wanchai District's whole population mobilization, 'Knowledge Cup' reading competition is about to open!" — "Hong Kong Island News"

"Wanchai District's reading feast, 'Knowledge Cup' is waiting for you to win the championship, top prize 1 million!!" — "Sing Tao Daily"

And Asia Television was also building momentum for "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire".

Early in the morning, on the morning news, host Huang Jieyi began to report on this matter:

"This 'Reading Month · Knowledge Cup' activity, jointly organized by the Wanchai Five Star Charity Foundation and Five Star Property Company, will be conducted in the form of drawing knowledge points from 'Five Thousand Years of History' and taking an exam, finally selecting the top 100 excellent readers to give generous rewards."

"Among them, readers ranked 51-100 will each receive a reward of 1,000 Hong Kong dollars and an exquisite commemorative book; readers ranked 11-50 will receive a reward of 2,000 Hong Kong dollars and an equally precious commemorative book, and their names will also be exposed in the newspaper, honored on the 'Monthly Sky List'."

"And the top 10 readers will receive the precious qualification to record the popular program 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire' on Asia Television, having the opportunity to win a 100,000 grand prize, and even more, participate in the annual battle, with a final grand prize of 1 million, becoming a true knowledge millionaire."

"The exam population is not limited to Wanchai; all citizens of Hong Kong can participate..."

"Tomorrow, all citizens willing to participate, please gather at Southeast Middle School to sign up for the exam. Before the exam, you need to answer 5 questions correctly to enter the exam room; everyone only has one exam opportunity..."

!.

Following the reports from TV stations and newspapers, all of Hong Kong began to pay attention to the "Wanchai Reading Month · Knowledge Cup", and quite a few people were even rubbing their hands in anticipation.

On buses, in tea restaurants, at workplaces, in parks, whether they were students, office workers, or retired elderly... one after another, quite a few people appeared discussing this exam, and some even ran to bookstores to buy books, burying their heads in study, so "Five Thousand Years of History" became a hot-selling book.

And here in Wanchai, they had already been notified a month ago about this "Knowledge Cup", and those who were prepared were all eager to try, full of confidence.

Fruit shop.

Lu Jiayao put down the newspaper.

Old Man Lu said: "Brother Zu actually changed the rewards... changed for the better, if only the top three had rewards, that wouldn't be very interesting."

Lu Jiayao also nodded: "Yes, I don't have confidence in the top three, but I have confidence in the top 100... Sky List... hey, this term is pretty good, in the future I will be a 'Sky List Expert'!"

It must be said that the honor of being published in the newspaper for the top 100 + prize money attracted many neighbors who originally didn't have much confidence or interest.

Some neighbors were full of confidence: "I don't believe I can't even break into the top 100!"

Some neighbors were rubbing their hands: "During this period, although it can't be counted as burying my head in this book, I have read it two or three times; I should be able to get the honor of the top 100 Sky List."

Some neighbors were spinning around in a hurry: "Where is my book? Where did I throw my book?"

Table leg: "............"

There were also Guan Zu's die-hard fans who had memorized "Five Thousand Years of History" by heart, thinking about charging into the top ten, wanting to go on TV, record a program, and then get an "Annual Heavenly King".

"Wow~~ do you have to be this outrageous~~~"

Tan Meili and Liang Ziwei came out of Southeast Middle School and saw the school gate blocked with people.

It turned out that quite a few citizens had come ahead of time to scout the path, or it could be said, to gossip.

Tan Meili clicked her tongue: "I didn't expect the attraction to be this big!"

Liang Ziwei couldn't help but say: "This Mr. Guan is indeed powerful; just the honor of the Sky List alone has made many citizens crazy for it."

As a police officer, she would naturally subconsciously distinguish between good and evil for a person.

But here at Guan Zu's, Liang Ziwei was confused.

Although Guan Zu is a gangster, he is a councilor, is in the triad, but always does good deeds.

Liang Ziwei: "Tell me, what is this Mr. Guan doing this Knowledge Cup for?"

Tan Meili shook her head: "I don't know... This activity was planned by you and me; we mobilized 1,500 people to do it, and those rewards, adding up to more than 400,000, I don't even know what he is aiming for; he doesn't seem to get any benefits."

Liang Ziwei sighed: "This is precisely what puzzles me."

This Guan Zu is too mysterious.

Like a fog, making them unable to guess.

But obviously, this kind of "Reading Month · Knowledge Cup" can be counted as a great good deed.

To do a thing, there should always be a reason, right?

But there just isn't one.

The only possibility is: This Guan Zu, likes doing good deeds!!

But looking at it from the identities of Liang Ziwei and Tan Meili, from the ICAC and the police: You, a gangster, like doing good deeds, how does it feel so strange?

At this moment,

a stretched Rolls-Royce was passing by the school gate of Southeast Middle School.

"Young Master, there's a traffic jam..."

In the car, the assistant said to the young master of the Li family, Li Chang.

Li Chang was in a tailored suit, very appropriate, his hair combed meticulously, very much the style of a young master from a top-tier wealthy family.

He leaned lazily on the leather sofa in the car and frowned: "How did you choose the road? There's actually a traffic jam?"

The assistant wiped his sweat: "I don't know either; usually there's no traffic jam here."

As a member of the Li family, he naturally often entered and exited Causeway Bay; this road at Southeast Middle School was a road he often passed.

Why was there a traffic jam today?

Having been stuck in traffic for a full 20 minutes, Young Master Li Chang was very dissatisfied.

After the assistant answered a few calls, he reported: "I've found out clearly, it's some reading month organized by a person in our Causeway Bay..."

The assistant roughly explained the "Reading Month · Knowledge Cup" and then introduced Guan Zu,

"Young Master, you just returned from abroad, so you might not know; this person is named Guan Zu, from the Hung Hing triad, and is the leader of Causeway Bay."

Li Chang frowned: "Did I hear wrong? He, a gangster, is organizing a reading month? Why? What is he aiming for?"

Assistant: "I'm not clear about this point."

"Forget it, there's no need to haggle over these small characters... I'm already 20 minutes late, I guess I'll be talked about by those few people again later."

Li Chang was going to attend a gathering of young masters and playboys from the top-tier society; being late is not a good thing.

Assistant nodded.

"However..."

Li Chang added, "Disturbing my affairs, I cannot not punish... Since this Guan Zu is the leader of the Hung Hing triad in Causeway Bay, I remember that our Li family's debt collection is handed over to these triads, right?"

Assistant nodded: "Yes."

Li Chang said: "Then in the future, debt collection will be handed over to other triads; don't give it to him."

In Li Chang's view, this lesson would definitely knock some sense into that Guan Zu.

Assistant nodded: "Yes!"

The assistant was a capable person, and soon he made a call to give instructions.

Then...

Ten-plus minutes later, a subordinate called and said: "Just checked, Guan Zu of Hung Hing did not take our debt collection business; our debts are all collected by other triads."

Assistant: "............"

Li Chang: "............"

Directly silenced.

No, you, a triad, isn't debt collection the most important part of your business?

Why don't you do it?

Just doing some things that aren't your proper business?

In this Causeway Bay, there's still such an awesome person existing?

(End of chapter)