Chapter 244: The Main Business of Triple Union Society

A Ye was quite observant and followed along with a few others, leaving only Li Xin, Tianhong, Wang Bo, and that girl in the private room.

The waiters entered in single file, placing the drinks and fruit platter on the table, plus a large plate of braised beef, as Tianhong had instructed.

Whenever Big Brother comes, this dish must be served; he and Big Brother both like it.

The supervisor glanced at Tianhong, who waved his hand and said, "It's fine, you may go now."

Tianhong poured drinks for everyone; Li Xin looked at Wang Bo and asked, "President Wang! What's the matter? Speak plainly."

Wang Bo's chubby face broke into a smile as he said, "Mr. Li! I have a business proposition and would like to cooperate with your disciples—let me know if it's feasible."

Li Xin picked up a cigarette; Tianhong immediately produced a lighter from his pocket and lit it for the Big Brother, something he had specially prepared and always kept on hand.

After exhaling a puff of smoke, he asked, "President Wang can give them a source of wealth—that's good—but I have a prior condition: my disciples do not engage in ordinary civilian business."

Wang Bo hurriedly said, "Mr. Li, you misunderstand; I have a few debts I need to collect, and I'd like your people to help me out!"

Li Xin nodded and replied, "No problem; you can discuss this with Tianhong—he's very professional in this area."

That's no exaggeration; Tianhong handles this sort of thing very competently, and there are rarely any debts he can't recover.

The girl beside Wang Bo sized up Li Xin and Luo Tianhong; she often hangs out outside and clearly knows what status these two hold.

These two are big shots of Prosperity, very famous.

I never expected them to be so young, especially Li Xin—he's far too young! Aren't gangland big shots usually older?

Noticing his daughter's little gesture, Wang Bo smiled and introduced Li Xin: "Mr. Li! Mr. Luo! This is my little daughter Shiya, who loves to go out and play; please look after her in the future."

Li Xin put his arm around Tianhong's shoulders, looked at the little girl, and said, "Miss Wang, if you have any business in Causeway Bay, just find Tianhong; I'm partners with your father, we're all our own people—don't stand on ceremony!"

Wang Shiya giggled and replied, "Thank you, Big Brother Li! I'll take that to heart!"

She raised her wine glass toward Tianhong, cheerfully saying, "Tianhong Brother! I toast you—please keep looking out for me in the future."

Tianhong picked up a cola bottle, took a sip, and answered, "Mm! Since Big Brother has spoken, if you have any business, just come find me."

While they were talking, the private room door was knocked; two people entered—Lan Jing leading Zuodun Zai.

Having finished his business, Wang Bo stood to bid Li Xin farewell: "Mr. Li! I won't disturb you today; I still have a few friends waiting on other business matters."

Wang Bo led his daughter out of the private room; before leaving, Wang Shiya gave Tianhong a wink.

She whispered, "Tianhong Brother! I'll come find you to play in a couple days—you better not renege."

Tianhong nodded at her and replied, "Feel free to play anywhere in Hongdu's venues; just let me know if you need anything."

Li Xin rolled his eyes, thinking, "Is that really what the little girl means?"

This silly brat!

No wonder he's still single!

Li Xin rose to see Wang Bo out, then turned to Lan Jing and asked, "You're not playing at your own venue—why bring Zuodun Zai here to loiter?"

Lan Jing acted as if he hadn't heard, plopped onto the sofa, grabbed the beer on the table, and gulped it down.

Looking at Zuodun Zai, he said, "Don't be shy! I and A Xin are good brothers—treat this like your own home, relax!"

Li Xin didn't deny it; Lan Jing has volunteered to help several times before.

Though he also gained benefits from it, Li Xin definitely acknowledges this favor.

Setting down the empty beer bottle, he picked up another and gestured to Li Xin.

After Li Xin sat down, he clinked his beer bottle against Lan Jing's and also downed it in one go.

Wiping his mouth, he asked, "If you have something to say, just say it—you wouldn't come here for no reason. Spill it, what's up?"

Lan Jing rubbed his bald head, pointed at Zuodun Zai, and said, "This kid also wants to learn from Tianhong; I'm just bringing him over to check things out—I came because I heard you were here!"

Li Xin turned to Tianhong and said, "Tianhong! Take Zuodun Zai out and show him around; tell him whatever he wants to know."

Lan Jing looked at Zuodun Zai and laughed, scolding, "You little idiot! Hurry up and thank Brother Xin! He's basically handed over all his money-making secrets to you!"

Zuodun Zai quickly stood, approached Li Xin, downed his beer in one gulp.

Grinning, he said, "Thanks, Brother Xin! If you need anything in the future, just tell me—I, Zuodun Zai, will definitely handle it nicely!"

Li Xin waved his hand, pointed at the door, and said, "Get lost! Don't follow your leader's example—you won't learn anything good!"

After Tianhong led Zuodun Zai away, Lan Jing looked at Li Xin and said, "A Xin! I want to cooperate with you—can the girls from Triple Union Society work in Tianhong's venue?"

"You know our business is just that—every high-end nightclub is a major source of wealth."

"You yourselves don't do this; it's always various horse handlers bringing people over—it'd be better to just contract it out to us Triple Union Society."

"That way we can manage it uniformly; I'll give Tianhong a thirty percent cut—what do you think?"

Li Xin raised a middle finger at him and said, "Damn! Forget it—Tianhong didn't stop you from entering the venue, and yet Triple Union Society still wants to hog everything?"

"Nowadays, when each place lets people in, how many new faces can they bring?"

"Customers come out to play just for freshness—if you monopolize the business, how will you attract clients later?"

Those who often go out know this: in a venue, the most important thing is personnel turnover.

All familiar faces—where's the freshness?

Besides, it's not about dating; talking feelings with the girls in a nightclub is no different from being a lovesick fool!

They're just out to make money!

Lan Jing felt a bit regretful; currently, Causeway Bay's Hongdu Nightclub has become the top choice for night owls, with huge foot traffic.

And they're all high-end customers; nightly turnover is very high—making Triple Union Society envious!

Triple Union Society's main source of income is gold; if Li Xin doesn't speak up, this cooperation won't happen!

It's not that Li Xin is a cleanliness freak; some money really can't be earned, otherwise certain nicknames would never go away.

For example: some people sell fans and get called 'Fan Liu' for life.

If I were to cooperate with Lan Jing, I'd end up being called 'Salty Wet Li'—what then?

That would literally lose face to my grandmother's house!

Lan Jing picked up his beer, took a big gulp, wiped his mouth.

He said, "A Xin, you've got lots of sneaky ideas, give me some suggestions; the Triple Union Society's main source of income is gold now, but you also know, this line of work isn't easy to do!"

I still don't want to touch those overly unethical businesses; we who are out here trying to make a living have no confidence without money.

Li Xin rolled his eyes, not believing a word of that old slippery head's words.

Is the Triple Union Society only about gold?

The items brought by those river-crossing dragons— the biggest recycler is the Triple Union Society.

I can't keep bullshitting with him; I need to hurry and slip away— this old slippery head's mouth doesn't utter a single word of truth!