Chapter 241: 235 Boycott! The Vast Ocean of People in Causeway Bay!

"However, shorting these stocks this time will offend Boss Li."

"So you all need to consider it carefully, whether you are afraid of retaliation from Boss Li."

At first, Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu was confident in pooling the funds of Hong Hing's various branch leaders to short Boss Li's company.

But just now, the eldest son of the Li family called to threaten Chiang Tin-sang, which meant that Hong Hing shorting the Li family would carry a certain risk of retaliation from them.

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu sighed; his teammates were too incompetent, impossible to carry!

Chiang Tin-sang had originally been quite excited, but upon hearing this, his excitement was instantly extinguished.

This fortune, he might truly be unable to make it.

Damn it, it hurts!

……

At noon,

All of Hong Hing's branch leaders rushed to Chiang Tin-sang's villa. The agenda was a meeting in the conference room in the afternoon and a barbecue party at the villa in the evening.

Of course, the most important thing was that they had heard Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu say he was going to lead everyone to get rich, so they all ran over excitedly.

Brother Kei from the Aberdeen district ran the fastest.

"Ahahaha~~~ Brother Zu, after waiting a year, you're finally going to lead us to get rich."

"I'm already starving for it."

As soon as Brother Kei entered the villa and saw Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu, he laughed loudly and ran over, looking quite comical.

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu was amused; let's see if you dare to follow me later.

Subsequently, Chen Yao, Fat Man Lai, and Ma Wong-gaan arrived.

"Brother Zu, wow~~ You've been the most impressive in all of Hong Kong lately, going head-to-head with Boss Li."

"The whole underworld calls us Hong Hing 'badass'!"

"That's the richest man, Brother Zu is my idol!"

One after another, they offered flattery, then curiously asked what Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu's "get-rich project" was.

Last time everyone got a piece of the pie, and now that a year had passed, everyone was starving for it.

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu pacified them: "Don't be in a hurry, let's wait until everyone is here before we talk."

Soon, Brother B, Chan Ho-nam, Tai Tin-yee, Beautiful Mother, and Han Bin's group arrived one after another.

"Brother Zu!" *n

"Ah Zu, you're amazing." Brother B didn't even know how to address Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu anymore when he saw him now.

Damn it, his own subordinate was actually this fierce, capable of arm-wrestling with a tycoon like Li.

Incredible!

Now when Brother B played mahjong with other gangs, the branch leaders of those gangs all had to call him Brother B.

Soon,

In the villa's conference room, Hong Hing gathered together, sitting completely full.

Everyone was smoking, and the entire conference room looked like a celestial palace, filled with misty immortal (smoke) air.

Chiang Tin-sang spoke: "Ahem... Ah Zu called everyone here this time, so I won't say anything. Ah Zu, you host the meeting."

The crowd's eyes weren't looking at him at all; they were fixed on Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu the whole time.

Chiang Tin-sang: "..."

Terrible, I've become a figurehead leader.

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu got straight to the point: "I invited everyone here this time because I want us all to get rich together. However, this matter carries certain risks, so whether you follow or not depends on your own judgment."

Fat Man Lai shouted the loudest: "What risk? I don't know what risk! I just know I want to get rich with Brother Zu!"

Brother Kei also shouted: "That's right, Brother Zu is my idol! I'm in!"

Brother B, Chan Ho-nam: "I'm in too."

Han Bin and others: "We're in too!"

Beautiful Mother, Ma Wong-gaan, and others all expressed they would follow.

Nonsense, Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu was the most badass in all of Hong Hing and made money the fastest; not following would mean missing out on hundreds of millions.

Chiang Tin-sang sneered to himself: They're shouting happily now, let's see if they're still tough-talking later.

"Don't be in a hurry to decide, let me finish."

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu said,

"The risk in this matter is not small. I can guarantee the money-making, but... there will be other risks."

"This time, I want to short the stocks of the richest man, Boss Li, which might anger him... You all know the grudge between Boss Li and me. I'm afraid that since Boss Li can't do anything to me, he'll take it out on you."

"Specifically, you still need to consider it yourselves."

After Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu finished speaking,

The entire conference room went quiet for a moment.

"Mess with Boss Li?"

"This..."

Many people hesitated.

Brother B said at this time: "I'm in... I've been trying to go legit lately, and there are no major problems anymore. I definitely support Ah Zu's affairs, and as for making money, I won't miss out."

Chan Ho-nam raised his hand: "I'm in too. I just took over Wong Tai Sin not long ago, I do things with discretion and haven't caused any trouble, so I consider myself clean for now."

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu nodded.

If there were no major problems to begin with, given his relationship with Lei Meng, he could naturally protect Brother B and Chan Ho-nam.

Chen Yao said at this time: "I'm in too, I've basically gone legit as well."

Thirteen Sister sighed: "Although I want to follow, everyone knows the situation in my Portland Street, so I won't join."

Han Bin, Sai Ngan, Sang Fan, and Dinosaur all expressed they wanted to follow but didn't dare to.

Han Bin smuggled oil and vehicles, but that kind of risk was the greatest. If he offended Boss Li, he would definitely be pressured by the police to be investigated. He could certainly go down with them, but there were still Sai Ngan, Dinosaur, Thirteen Sister... once you have a family, you have weaknesses.

Han Bin thought about it and didn't join.

Subsequently, Beautiful Mother, Ma Wong-gaan, Brother Kei, and Fat Man Lai also expressed they couldn't join.

"What a pity, the chance to get rich is gone."

"Tragic!"

Chiang Tin-sang realized this was a good time to persuade them: "There are only 6 years left until the handover, don't keep thinking about the gray income on your hands. Go legit as much as you can, and as for the old messes, clean up what you can..."

"Once you've gone legit, won't it be easy for Ah Zu to lead you to make big money later?"

Upon hearing this, some branch leaders pondered, some nodded, and some hesitated.

……

……

Causeway Bay.

Mao Xiang Yang learned that Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu was returning to Causeway Bay for a period of time, so he also moved back to Causeway Bay from Wong Tai Sin to live.

Today, Mo Xiang Yang came to a breakfast shop early in the morning, ordered a large bowl of fish fillet congee and three large steamed buns, and sat down to eat.

At this moment, the conversation of a few uncles at the next table caught his attention.

"This guy surnamed Li, wronging our Ah Zu like this, the more I think about it, the more I can't swallow this anger."

"That's right, I can't swallow this anger either."

"Ah Zu was watched by us in Causeway Bay as he grew up, and he has done so much for Causeway Bay. Now that he's being smeared by the Li family, how can we sit idly by?"

"Yes, Ah Zu is such a good person, we can't let him be wronged!"

Mo Xiang Yang looked at these sixty or seventy-year-old uncles, filled with righteous indignation and standing up for Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu, and couldn't help but sigh; Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu's prestige in Causeway Bay was truly high!

What is this called?

Following the mass line!

Just then, an uncle suddenly said: "No, we must teach that Boss Li a lesson!"

"Let him know that Ah Zu has us in Causeway Bay supporting him!"

Once these words were spoken, many uncles responded one after another.

"Right, teach him a lesson!"

"How to teach him?"

"I have a way. Isn't the ParknShop supermarket in our Causeway Bay the largest supermarket under the Li family's banner? Let's just not go to this supermarket to buy things. Half a month will be enough to hurt this guy surnamed Li's bones and muscles!"

Once these words were spoken, the entire tea restaurant became lively.

"Good!!"

"This idea is not bad!"

"Let's do it! Ah Zu has done so much for us, today let us stand up for Ah Zu!"

"That's right, I support it!"

"Starting today, I won't go to ParknShop to buy things!"

"Me too!"

"Just us isn't enough, we need to mobilize more neighbors in Causeway Bay and Wan Chai!"

"Right!"

"Mobilize more people, let them see the power of our Causeway Bay."

At this moment, Mo Xiang Yang was already dumbfounded.

He seemed to be witnessing the birth of a movement of the masses uniting together.

His heart couldn't help but heat up.

20 minutes later, a neighbor with relatively high prestige had already organized a group of elderly people, assigned tasks, and was promoting and publicizing on every street in Causeway Bay, striving to mobilize more of the masses.

After these elderly people finished their breakfast, they left with high spirits.

Mo Xiang Yang happened to finish his breakfast at this time, so he quietly followed behind the uncle with high prestige from earlier.

He happened to want to witness how this people's movement would develop.

Soon,

He followed that uncle back to a building.

Then, this uncle started going door-to-door, starting to tell his ideas. Soon, he gained the support of the first household of neighbors.

"I'm responsible for the 2nd floor, you're responsible for the 3rd floor..."

The next household,

"You're responsible for the 4th floor..."

The next household,

"You're responsible for the 5th floor..."

Then, it kept fissioning, and more and more neighbors were publicized to, supported, and then joined the publicity.

"For 10 days, we absolutely cannot go to ParknShop!"

"We must support Ah Zu!"

"Ah Zu has been wronged, we must seek justice for him!"

"Support! Support!" Next, in the next building, it continued to fission...

Then, the masses were like a snowball, constantly increasing.

"Hiss hiss hiss~~~~"

Mo Xiang Yang looked at those neighbors filled with righteous indignation, full of enthusiasm, and an extremely high support ratio.

He gasped!

"Ah Zu's support rate in Causeway Bay is even more exaggerated than I imagined!"

Next...

One hour...

Two hours...

Three hours...

Mo Xiang Yang saw with his own eyes how the people's army supporting Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu grew rapidly.

!.

Even the first batch of flyers had already been printed.

Subsequently, the supporting army carried the flyers and covered the entire Causeway Bay, and when he followed their footsteps to other parts of Wan Chai, distributing flyers, hoping neighbors would support Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu and vent some anger for him, more and more citizens and neighbors responded.

Snowballing!

Rolling bigger and bigger!

"How many years has it been? I didn't expect to see a wave spontaneously formed by the people in Hong Kong..."

"What is this called?"

"It's called the masses have power!"

Mo Xiang Yang's blood was boiling.

……

And at this time,

Ah Wah, who had been in charge of work in Causeway Bay, happened to give himself a day off today, and then took Ah Ngor back to Ah Ngor's hometown on Lantau Island.

Ah Ngor's family lived by the sea and had an oyster sauce factory at home, with two businesses: dried oysters and oyster sauce.

Nowadays, Ah Ngor was piercing and stringing the oyster meat that had finished initial drying, which meant using bamboo strips to pierce holes in front of the oyster meat's adductor muscle, using a rope to string them together in a circle or a row, with about 20~30 oyster meats per circle or row, and then continuing to dry them.

Watching Ah Ngor drying the dried oysters, Ah Wah also helped.

"You don't need to do it, just sit, or go fishing by the sea..."

"Hey, this idea is not bad!"

Ah Wah was just preparing to get a fishing rod,

"Ling ling ling~~~"

A phone call came through.

Ah Wah took a look; it was a call from his subordinate, and he sighed: "Really, it's hard to get a rest, and there's something again."

He connected.

"Brother Wah, there's something I need to report to you. Now those neighbors in Causeway Bay..."

The subordinate told him what happened.

Ah Wah was surprised.

The neighbors were actually this enthusiastic? Spontaneously helping?

He couldn't help but feel a little moved in his heart.

"Should we send people to help?"

Thinking about it, Ah Wah hesitated and simply made a call to Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu.

"Hey, Brother Zu, something happened here..."

After Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu heard it, he knew the support rate had already played a role: "Don't worry about this, just let them do it themselves."

Let them witness what a terrifying 83% support rate is!!

Although Ah Wah was puzzled, he absolutely obeyed Brother Zu's decision.

"Okay."

"You come back immediately, there's a meeting that's quite important, all senior management must attend."

Ah Wah's expression immediately became serious: "I'll be back immediately, I can get there in 2 hours."

……

Causeway Bay,

Percival Street, Five-Star (Fu Li) Building.

This building had 8 floors in total, 90% new, and had currently been bought by Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu for 100 million, renamed Five-Star Building, serving as the headquarters of the Five-Star Group. Five-Star Property, Charity Company, Film Company, Clothing Company, and other companies had already moved in.

In the month that Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu went to Wong Tai Sin to be "kind" to others, the new renovation here was completed.

Then each company moved in here.

It wasn't the Li family's property, but Jardine's land, which was later sold to Li Ka-shing.

In less than half an hour, the news that Causeway Bay neighbors were going to boycott ParknShop supermarket spread here.

Every employee who heard this news couldn't help but boil over, becoming excited and thrilled.

Brother Zu is incredible!

Look, the neighbors are too supportive!

Spontaneously organizing to support Brother Zu!

This matter, as Five-Star employees, they all felt honored!

And at this time,

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu was gathering the senior management of the Five-Star Group to come back for a meeting.

In addition, he also specially invited one and a half people — the God of Stocks Yip Tin, and Fong Chin-bo.

Don't look at Fong Chin-bo as a pitfall, but working at the stock exchange, he had basically figured out the various processes and hidden rules of the exchange.

However, Fong Chin-bo was young after all, and also a pitfall, so he could barely count as half a person.

Soon,

Gao Jin, Chan Wing-yan, So Kin-chau, Gao Qiu, Wu Ying, and others arrived one after another... Subsequently, Ah Wah rushed back from Lantau Island.

Even Tan Meili, Leung Siu-yau, and Wah Dee were called over, with participation being the priority.

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu even called Gao Hu, who was still in school, and let him observe.

At the end of the conference room, Fong Chin-bo looked at his sister Fong Ting working as Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu's secretary and felt strange.

The meeting officially began.

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu: "I suppose everyone has received the news. The neighbors in Causeway Bay are very supportive and want to support me by boycotting ParknShop."

"This is an opportunity for us."

"I plan to short ParknShop's parent company, Hutchison Whampoa Group."

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu roughly explained his vision...

"Now, I want to know, how much cash does our entire Five-Star Group have, besides those charity funds? If we mortgage our assets, how much capital can we obtain?"

The meeting,

Lasted for more than three hours...

Then, large sums of capital began to be transferred to securities companies, opening accounts, signing contracts, borrowing stocks, selling stocks...

These shorting processes would be completed within a day or two.

At the same time, Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu also sent the clothing company and property company to the bank to mortgage part of their equity, lend out capital, and then put the capital into the shorting process.

……

……

Causeway Bay, ParknShop Supermarket.

This supermarket could be considered the largest one among the entire Hong Kong ParknShop chain, covering an area of 10,000 square feet, with surging crowds, and people buying things from 10:00 AM to 22:00 PM, never stopping.

Compared to modern large supermarkets in the mainland, this supermarket's area was considered medium, but in Hong Kong, where every inch of land is worth an inch of gold, compared to many Hong Kong supermarkets, it was still a giant-level one.

It was also the most profitable and highest-margin supermarket among Boss Li's ParknShop chain.

Today,

The customers shopping at the supermarket were the same as usual, with a very large flow of people, extremely lively.

And in the general manager's office,

General Manager Charlie Chow was sitting in front of his desk, reading the inventory list, and then marked a few hot-selling items that were about to run out, approving the warehouse manager to replenish stock as soon as possible; at the same time, he also found a few products with serious sluggish sales, preparing to adjust the purchase volume in the future...

After finishing this later, he would patrol the supermarket to check customer satisfaction, salesperson service attitude, supermarket hygiene, and safety management. It was precisely because of this meticulous work attitude that he gained Li Ka-shing's recognition, allowing him to serve as the general manager of this number one supermarket.

Just as he finished reading the list and was about to get up to patrol the supermarket,

"It's bad, Uncle Chow!" An employee ran in hurriedly.

"Call me by my title during work hours!" Charlie Chow frowned; he was a very serious workaholic.

"Sorry, sir... please look at this flyer!" This employee was a relative of Charlie Chow, with good ability, and had been promoted by him.

The flyer was quickly placed in front of Charlie Chow.

"The Li family slandered our respected Brother Zu, how can we swallow our anger?"

"Brother Zu belongs to our Causeway Bay!"

"In the past, Brother Zu took care of us, now, it's time for us to do something for Brother Zu!"

"Boycott ParknShop, starting with me!"

"Neighbors of Causeway Bay, unite, boycott ParknShop..."

"10 days, resolutely don't buy anything from ParknShop!"

Slogans one after another, extremely glaring.

Charlie Chow slapped the table and sneered!

"Boycott?"

"Just a mere flyer, and you want to boycott our ParknShop?"

Charlie Chow, as the general manager, knew that the daily customer flow of this ParknShop in Causeway Bay was over 30,000!

Can a mere flyer and a few neighbors shouting slogans boycott it?

Simply a joke!

He wasn't panicked at all about this.

Charlie Chow said: "You don't need to worry, I'll send an email to inform the higher-ups."

Relative employee: "Sir, what if a large number of neighbors really don't come here to shop?"

Charlie Chow laughed: "Just like you, if you want to buy some things, this place is the most convenient... will you not come to buy because of a boycott slogan? It's just a slogan, just shout it, they won't really boycott."

He was full of confidence.

This is human nature!

……

However...

By the evening, Charlie Chow discovered something was wrong.

Why was the supermarket, which should have been extremely lively tonight, so deserted?

His smile gradually disappeared.

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PS: The data in the previous text was wrong, adjusting now: Causeway Bay's real population is 170,000, Wan Chai is 400,000.

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