Chapter 24: Xi Gong Must Win Guest

After Han Bin left with the lawyer, Li Xin took a bottle of beer from the fridge and took a big gulp to cool himself down.

His head was feverishly hot; he quickly needed to cool down, lest rushing things cause them to go awry, which would be a big trouble!

Things have priorities; they must be done one by one, and now there aren't enough hands.

After Han Bin retrieves the patent, he will return to his hometown to buy the factory land, hire some electronic engineers to set up an electronics research institute, first develop the VCD, and postpone everything else.

Don't doubt the ability of the hometown electronic engineers to produce the VCD.

With key technology, clear goals, and sufficient funding, they can give you back a little boy!

Really strong!

The key point is that he pays these engineers in Hong Kong dollars, several times the domestic wage; if that still can't attract top electronic engineers, Li Xin can eat shit upside down.

The international patent lasts twenty years; by 2002 the VCD will be nearly obsolete, and by then it won't matter.

As long as you hold the international patent on the key part, others can't export it even if they make it; otherwise the lawyer team will sue you to death, or at least drag you to death.

Li Xin couldn't let his subordinates do things; it's too troublesome. Lawyers are an excellent choice—they can make your opponents wish they were dead.

Li Xin wants to build his own "Xi Gong Must Win Guest".

The law firm of Huang Da Wen, Royal Household Grand Lawyer, is his target.

Otherwise, even if he respects his elders, Li Xin couldn't pay him for P money and wine at the Grand Royal Palace.

While drinking and imagining the future, the phone on the table rang; he picked it up and put it to his ear.

Luo Tianhong's voice came over the phone: "Big Brother, everything has been cleared up—it's the manager of the Shaw Brothers cinema line. This scumbag saw the movie blow up, was duped by others, and sought out those pirated vendors to make a quick buck."

"Big Brother, should you come over, or should I bring people there?"

Li Xin thought for a moment, then said into the phone:

"Keep the pirated vendors who have factories, let them use the factories as compensation; hand this to Hua She—he knows how to wrap this up."

"Release the irrelevant ones; before releasing them, make them keep their mouths shut, and ask about their families' health."

"Then you bring that manager to the company; that's it—I'll be waiting."

After hanging up, he called Dragon Head to thank him, telling him to withdraw all the Prosperity people—the matter is now clear.

He also called Jing Kun and Big D to thank them.

As for Taizi and Boxing King Tai? No need.

They don't need Li Xin's thank-you call.

After thinking, he picked up the phone and called Huang Bingyao: "Huang Sir, are those supplements still working?"

On Huang Bingyao's end, someone seemed to be there, hearing him speak to another: "Go rest; you're not well—this small matter, just give me a call and it's fine; I'll take care of it right away."

After a while, Huang Bingyao's voice came: "A Xin, I'm feeling great now; those supplements really nourish the body. I have something to discuss with you—what do you think?"

Combining what he'd heard earlier on the phone and its relation to him, it must be about that little police officer from this morning—otherwise, how could Li Xin get such a quick promotion within the club?

He immediately gave Senior Superintendent Huang a definite reply: "No need to say; I'll have those lawyers come back. If that kid causes trouble again, I'll deal with him directly—then you won't be able to say I, A Xin, didn't give you face."

Huang Bingyao then let out his lecherous laugh and said:

"Knowing how to behave, you're the most obedient. There's no way around it—that silly kid's dad is a retired officer injured on duty, still one of our own; finding me, he'll definitely expect favor. Just this once, this time it's like that; afterward I'll transfer him to headquarters and have him trained."

"Don't act like a silly kid all day; a grown man like that shouldn't worry his father."

Based on Superintendent Huang's wisdom, he didn't even need to speak to know what the call was about—two words: withdraw troops.

After hanging up, Li Xin called Uncle Wen, telling him to recall the people and also bother him to take those few intern lawyers to the Grand Royal Palace Nightclub to carouse, with all their expenses on his account.

He set down the phone, exhaled, leaned back in the boss's chair, and closed his eyes to rest.

……

At the Prosperous Corner Heaven and Earth Film Company, Jing Kun was beating his lackeys in the office until exhausted, then he panted and cursed:

"Scumbags, you're the ones I support! Tianhong told you to go handle things—so you just go?"

Stupid Strong looked aggrieved: "Being a lackey is really damn hard! Didn't you say, 'From now on, handling Tianhong's affairs is your responsibility'?"

"After finishing the task, you come back and hit us?"

Then he cautiously asked:

"Brother Kun, from now on, when Tianhong tells us to go out and handle things, are we still supposed to go?"

Jing Kun jumped up from his chair, strode over to Stupid Strong, jumped up and hit his head while cursing: "You're damn stupid! If you don't go, will that scumbag A Xin still be able to give me ideas in the future?"

"Don't you want my business to keep getting better? I've just found a lead, and you want to cut it off?"

"Say, do you want to ruin me and become the boss yourself? You treacherous little bastard!"

Stupid Strong's grievance! He's more wronged than Dou E—going doesn't work, not going doesn't work!

"Brother Kun, what exactly do you want from me!"

The Big Silly Elephant couldn't stand it any longer and muttered:

"Brother Kun, isn't Tianhong our own brother? What's wrong with going out to handle some business with him?"

Jing Kun could jump up and hit Stupid Strong, but against the Big Silly Elephant he truly had no way—jumping up only reached his shoulders.

He waved his hand, letting them all out; Jing Kun wasn't truly angry, he just knew Tianhong came to borrow people, using the excuse of not being home to give his subordinates a dressing-down.

This is one of his ways of managing subordinates—every few days he gives them a warning to let them know who feeds them.

After these days of testing, A Xin's method is completely viable; the protection fees haven't dropped much—those who dare not sign the security contract really think Jing Kun is a vegetarian?

But the property management fees and cleaning company income gave him a big surprise—higher than the protection fees, no, should be higher than the security fees by quite a bit; raising the lackeys is no problem at all!

The police's attitude toward him has changed; before they came three times a day—once each in morning, noon, and night, sometimes even adding an extra snack! Now they don't come once every three days.

A new shop opened in Prosperous Corner; its owner didn't want to sign a security contract, so every day a short mule came to cause trouble—but the police didn't come to bother him; instead they urged the merchant to quickly sign the security contract, after which he could open for business with peace of mind.

Afterwards they didn't just not look for him; sometimes while patrolling they'd see him and even nod and give him a smile.

Do you dare believe that?

He even thought those street cops had gone mad!

Once he comes to his senses, he'll be able to figure out what's going on; this is that he reduced the workload of the police in this area, and these police are giving him feedback!

This is the life a person should live!