Chapter 429

Chai Wan, by the sea.

There was no one around.

Xiao Fu and Wang Jianjun stood 3 meters apart.

The sea breeze blew their clothes, making them flap loudly.

Xiao Fu was inscrutable: "Yesterday's matter, you all did it too crudely."

Wang Jianjun was full of vigilance towards Xiao Fu: "What do you want to do?"

Xiao Fu faced the sea breeze, looking at the ocean: "I said, I want to go to the United States, and I need capable helpers."

Wang Jianjun: "I'm not going; I think Hong Kong is not bad."

Xiao Fu chuckled: "Is that so? Then let me ask you a question... what is your plan for the future?"

"Is it to keep kidnapping and robbing with your brother and your subordinates?"

"Or is it that you already have over 10 million now and want to settle down? Get married and have children?"

Wang Jianjun sneered: "With such strong ability, isn't it easy to make money?"

Strong?

Xiao Fu was amused.

With this ability of yours, you dare to call yourself strong?

When you came to Hong Kong, seeing me was like a frog in a well looking at the moon in the sky; if you knew the inside story, then seeing me would be like a mayfly seeing the blue sky.

"Then no more nonsense, let's have a match!"

"You came down from the Vietnam War."

"I did too."

"If I win, you listen to me from now on; if you win, that 5 million is a gift for you, and I won't look for trouble with you all again."

Xiao Fu extended his hand, smiling.

People with strong ability must be beaten into submission!

Upon hearing this, Wang Jianjun laughed: "Good!"

After coming to Hong Kong, the person in front of him had always put him under immense pressure; he was elusive and mysterious beyond compare.

Wang Jianjun had long wanted to beat him up.

As for losing?

Sorry!

I, Wang Jianjun, will not lose!

I will only win!

After speaking, Wang Jianjun kicked the ground fiercely, splashing up sand and stones, and charged towards Xiao Fu swiftly, his moves aimed straight at Xiao Fu's face, the wind of his strikes hitting his face.

Every move was murderous, ruthless beyond compare!

Worthy of being the strongest spear!

If it were Chan Ka-kui or Ma Jun, they would likely be defeated rapidly and finished off by him.

Pity, he met the enhanced version of Xiao Fu.

Often fighting against several top experts, his strength was far from what the original version could compare to.

Facing this menacing attack, Xiao Fu's eyes remained calm; he tapped his feet lightly, his body like a black shadow, dodging sideways along the direction of the sea breeze, avoiding Wang Jianjun's move.

Immediately following, a side-spinning kick, his right leg like a whistling steel whip, bringing up sand and stones from the ground, swept fiercely towards Wang Jianjun's waist.

This kick was extremely fast and had astonishing power.

Wang Jianjun felt the wind of the strike coming at his waist, his eyes tightened, he quickly pulled in his stomach and lifted his Qi, using the loose sand and stones under his feet to leap with force, his body soaring into the air like a nimble black panther, turning and landing steadily on a rock nearby.

The moment he landed, he tapped his toes on the rock and lunged towards Xiao Fu again.

This time, he grabbed at Xiao Fu's throat with both hands, his moves sinister and sharp, fully displaying his cruel nature.

Xiao Fu's eyes didn't retreat but advanced, charging towards Wang Jianjun, his hands accurately locking onto Wang Jianjun's wrists, followed by a fierce twist.

Wang Jianjun felt the pain; he used Xiao Fu's force, his body dove, and his knee topped fiercely towards Xiao Fu's chest.

Xiao Fu quickly released Wang Jianjun's wrists, used the force of his elbow blocking the knee to leap backward, dodging this fatal collision, and landed on another rock, his feet standing firm like nails.

Wang Jianjun landed on the ground, his heart secretly shocked.

He felt that the other party seemed relaxed and at ease.

His own sharp attacks hadn't actually put much pressure on the other party.

"Impossible!"

"Die!"

Wang Jianjun roared and lunged towards Xiao Fu again.

The two exchanged punches and kicks, every move fatal.

The waves constantly slapped the beach, and sand and stones splashed everywhere with their movements.

Wang Jianjun relied on his ferocity, his offensive like a tide, every move attempting to break through Xiao Fu's defense, but unfortunately, they were all easily blocked by Xiao Fu.

5 minutes...

10 minutes...

As the saying goes, at the first drum, the spirit is high; at the second, it wanes; at the third, it is exhausted.

Very quickly, Wang Jianjun felt his physical strength couldn't keep up.

Xiao Fu's figure was like lightning, easily avoiding Wang Jianjun's attack, and taking advantage of the moment his old strength was spent and new strength hadn't yet arisen, he turned around, his left leg raised high, like a thick tree trunk, sweeping swiftly towards Wang Jianjun's head.

Wang Jianjun couldn't dodge in time, was hit heavily, and flew out, crashing heavily onto the beach, raising a cloud of sand and stones.

Xiao Fu flew down, and as Wang Jianjun struggled to get up, he pressed Wang Jianjun firmly onto the beach, a punch hitting Wang Jianjun's throat like lightning, ruthlessly.

This strike was fierce beyond compare; the King of Assassins, the Seraph, had returned!

Wang Jianjun watched this scene powerlessly.

This punch was enough to shatter his throat and kill him.

He was full of unwillingness!

At the very last moment, Xiao Fu's hand stopped an inch from his throat.

Wang Jianjun was stunned.

"I won!"

Xiao Fu stood up, patted the sand off his body, and returned to his 'simple' form.

Wang Jianjun's whole body relaxed instantly.

Lying on the beach, having survived a disaster, he only now realized he was covered in cold sweat.

Xiao Fu extended his hand,

Wang Jianjun thought for a moment, and placed his hand on it.

Xiao Fu pulled him up in one go.

Wang Jianjun stretched his body: "You are very strong, you shouldn't be so unknown... who are you?"

Xiao Fu smiled: "Me? I have many identities... now I'll ask you one question, do you want to go to the United States with me?"

Wang Jianjun: "Go to the United States to do what?"

Xiao Fu: "San Francisco, you know it, right?"

Wang Jianjun: "I know, during the Qing Dynasty, many commoners were tricked into believing there was a Jin Shan there, and then they were tricked into being sold as 'piglets' to that place."

Xiao Fu: "That's right, that's the place... there are many Chinese people there... my boss has a boss who asked me to go to San Francisco to open a company, recruit people, equivalent to establishing a company with a triad nature. To establish a triad, naturally, one has to have conflicts with the local Chinese... I will bring 100 people over, and among them, I need very strong helpers. Adding you, plus two others, the four of us, plus 100 people, is enough to carve out a piece of territory there."

Wang Jianjun: "There are two others?"

Xiao Fu chuckled: "They are both very strong; you can't beat them."

Wang Jianjun: "???"

What?

I can't beat them?

There are two more?

Xiao Fu continued: "What I asked you just now is whether you want to continue being a fierce bandit, risking your life all day, not knowing when you'll be finished off by the police. Or, go to the United States with me to open a company, and by then, earn big money openly, eat well and drink well, have status? Have position? I can guarantee you, in three years, your annual salary won't be less than 10 million."

10 million?

Wang Jianjun wasn't very tempted.

He was still hesitant.

Xiao Fu saw his hesitation and didn't force him: "I'll give you 3 days..."

A business card appeared in his hand.

It flew out.

Wang Jianjun took it.

There was only a phone number on it; there was no other information.

Xiao Fu: "Three days later, tell me your answer."

After speaking, he turned and left the beach.

At this time, a car drove over, Xiao Fu got into the car, and disappeared at the end of the road.

10 minutes later,

Wang Jianjun returned to the rental apartment.

"Brother!"

"Boss!" *n

A group of subordinates stood up one after another.

Wang Jianjun looked at his brothers: "Brothers, there are two paths now; someone invited me to go to the United States to earn big money..."

Wang Jianjun explained the matter once.

"How do you choose?"

"Is it to continue in Hong Kong? Rob the rich? Kidnap and extort?"

"Or go to the United States?"

The subordinates looked at each other.

"Boss, are you sure that if we go to the United States, the other party can give 10 million a year?"

"Sure."

After these two contacts, and the other party's generosity and straightforwardness, 10 million would absolutely not be a problem.

"Boss, I think we should stay in Hong Kong; we don't understand anything in the United States."

"That's right, Hong Kong is good; eating big meals, how easy is it to get money."

"That's right!"

Clearly, most of the subordinates tended to stay in Hong Kong to eat big meals. Path dependence.

And the money comes too fast and too easily.

They didn't want to gamble on a trip to the United States with unseen risks.

Wang Jianjun looked at his younger brother.

"What about you?"

"Brother, I listen to you."

Wang Jianjun nodded.

Very quickly it was noon, Wang Jianjun's group prepared to go out to eat, and a group of them found a tea restaurant in Chai Wan, sat down, and ordered some dim sum.

In the restaurant, most were elderly people, wearing reading glasses, reading newspapers, watching the news on TV, and occasionally arguing a few sentences because of different viewpoints.

The waiters shuttled between the tables and chairs, holding trays full of food in their hands, and occasionally shouting:

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"Coming, your rice noodle rolls—"

"Handsome, this is your boat congee!"

Very quickly, the dim sum Wang Jianjun and the others ordered arrived at the table one after another.

A basket of shrimp dumplings, a plate of char siu bao, a plate of fried spring rolls, plus chicken feet, stir-fried noodles with three shreds, durian pastry, Malay cake...

Several subordinates ate like starving ghosts reincarnated, eating fiercely.

Wang Jianjun also ate quickly.

At this time, the conversation of several uncles next door caught Wang Jianjun's attention.

"It's really boring lately... no big news."

"That's right, big news used to be constant; how lively it was."

"Those fierce bandits haven't come out for a long time either."

"They used to rob gold shops, rob cash trucks; after kidnapping appeared later, there were constant kidnappings of the rich..."

"Damn, after the police wiped out that fierce bandit alliance last time, who else dares to cause trouble."

At this time,

Wang Jianjun's heart stirred.

That's right, how did that group of fierce bandits die?

He hadn't understood it.

He only knew they earned hundreds of millions of USD.

After finishing lunch,

Wang Jianjun instructed several subordinates to scatter and inquire about the news of that group of fierce bandits.

At night,

In the rental apartment, Wang Jianjun combined the news inquired by the many subordinates and understood the ins and outs of the matter.

"Damn it, this group of fierce bandits, how powerful!"

"5 fierce bandit groups combined together, among them was the famous 'Four Great Fierce Bandits' wanted criminal Nan Ge's team..."

"They were actually wiped out by the police all at once."

Wang Jianjun studied it carefully and felt that this fierce bandit alliance had a clear division of labor, and they didn't contact each other, with extremely high confidentiality.

His team, one by one, were crooked melons and cracked dates; compared to this fierce bandit alliance, they were simply small potatoes!

As a result, such an organization was wiped out by the police without any warning.

If it were his team, wouldn't they die even faster?

At this moment,

Wang Jianjun wavered.

At night, Wang Jianjun tossed and turned, unable to sleep... he went through wind and fire and wasn't afraid of death, but his younger brother, he cherished him very much; really let him be a fierce bandit, living a precarious life, potentially being shot dead by the police at any time?

In a daze, Wang Jianjun fell asleep.

But in the middle of the night, a nightmare flooded him like a surging tide. In the dream, his younger brother was at the entrance of a supermarket, amidst the chaos, he was shot several times by someone, staggered backward a few steps, and fell heavily to the ground. Fresh blood gushed out from his wounds, spreading on the ground.

"No~~"

Wang Jianjun sat up from the bed fiercely, covered in sweat, his chest heaving violently, gasping for breath.

"Brother, what's wrong?"

His younger brother climbed up from the side, looking at Wang Jianjun.

Wang Jianjun looked at his younger brother, his eyes gradually clearing, knowing he had had a nightmare.

Wang Jianjun breathed a sigh of relief: "Nothing..."

A new day,

Five Star Group building.

In the morning, Xu Zhengyang and Section Chief Yang came to bid farewell to Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu; Zhao Guomin was dead, Yang Qianer's case was over, and Xu Zhengyang and Section Chief Yang had to return to the country.

Before leaving, Xu Zhengyang fought a few experts again.

They didn't get to know each other without fighting, and they forged a fighting friendship.

At 10 o'clock, Xu Zhengyang and Section Chief Yang formally bid farewell and left.

Time is like a scumbag, not recognizing people after pulling up his pants, leaving rapidly...

In a flash, 1.5 months passed.

Five Star Property Company expanded rapidly in the New Territories and East Kowloon regions, making steady progress.

And the Five Star Charity Foundation followed up together.

After using both approaches, they quickly won the hearts of the people in these regions!

And just at this time, the Five Star Group quietly bought 4 plots of land in the New Territories (2), Quanwan, and Kwun Tong, used to build Five Star Supermarkets, including parking lots, with the land totaling over 2 billion HKD.

April 6th,

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu organized a Five Star Group senior management meeting and passed a decision.

Invest 4 billion HKD to build 4 Five Star Supermarkets in the four places of the New Territories (2), Quanwan, and Kwun Tong Kowloon (land, building construction, etc., 1 billion HKD each).

For these 4 Five Star Supermarkets, Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu used a different trick — he took out 50% of the shares, referring to the fund method of Central Plaza, and conducted a public offering to the citizens of the region.

And the purpose was to raise the support rate of the citizens in these areas!

The next day, April 7th.

ATV and newspapers reported and promoted it in all directions.

Early in the morning, most citizens in Hong Kong watched "ATV Morning News",

"Dear citizens of Hong Kong, good morning... I am the host Wen Huixin..."

"Today, there is major news; the Five Star Group announced a major decision to invest a huge sum of 4 billion HKD to build 4 Five Star Supermarkets with an area of over 200,000 square feet in the four regions of the New Territories, Quanwan, and Kwun Tong Kowloon, with each investment reaching as high as 1 billion HKD."

"At the same time, Mr. Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu announced a plan: the Five Star Group will take out 50% of the shares of these 4 Five Star Supermarkets, establish the 'Five Star Supermarket Common Wealth Growth Fund', and conduct a public offering of 2 billion HKD to the citizens of the New Territories, Quanwan, and Kwun Tong Kowloon regions, used for the construction of the 4 Five Star Supermarkets."

"To allow more citizens to participate, this offering is limited to 1 million citizens, with a limit of 2,000 HKD per citizen."

"This fund plan will be supervised by relevant departments to ensure the funds..."

Once this news spread, it immediately caused a strong reaction in the New Territories and East Kowloon regions.

Citizens of the New Territories and East Kowloon cheered and celebrated.

"Hahaha~~~"

"The opportunity to make money has finally come to us!"

"Winning first isn't winning; losing first isn't necessarily losing!"

Everyone cheered!

But after they calculated carefully,

"Ah? Only 2,000 HKD?"

"Is this money earned too little?"

"It's better than other regions having none, isn't it..."

"Having some is better than having none!"

Citizens of West Kowloon and Hong Kong Island: "............"

Damn,

This time it's our turn to have no opportunity.

The feng shui turns; we were too proud too early before.

Li family villa,

Boss Li was eating breakfast and happened to see this news.

"Clang~~~"

The bowl in his hand fell directly to the ground.

Boss Li looked at the TV in a daze.

It's over!

It's really over!

As long as these 4 supermarkets of Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu are built successfully, the Five Star Supermarket system will radiate throughout Hong Kong, and his retail empire will undoubtedly die!

The Five Star Supermarket itself was already widely welcomed by citizens because of Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu's reputation; now, adding 'I am a Five Star Supermarket shareholder', citizens will absolutely support Five Star Supermarkets even more in the future.

Even more fatal is,

His Cheung Kong Group can't learn this trick.

Because citizens' favorability towards Cheung Kong Group isn't high enough, and they won't think Hong Kong Supermarket can win, so it's impossible to invest in Cheung Kong Group.

"Completely hopeless..."

At this moment, Boss Li's hair seemed to have turned much whiter.

That day, the stock of the A. S. Watson Group completely crashed, into a bottomless abyss, falling wildly; everyone knew it was hopeless...

The next day, all newspapers in Hong Kong reported this matter with headlines like "The End of A. S. Watson Group, the Establishment of a New Retail Empire" and "The New Retail Empire Stepping on the Corpse of the Old Retail Empire"!

ps: The second chapter that was reviewed has finally passed~~

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