Chapter 137: Unexpected! (Please subscribe)

"Nothing major has happened in the Jianghu, but there have been quite a few fights and disturbances in the territory!"

Li Xin replied: "It's all caused by the stock market crash. Many underlings' families went bankrupt directly, and even eating is difficult!"

"It's thanks to Big Brother's kindness that at least the lunch for the low-level underlings is provided. But their anger is still high, and they are easily provoked; they are not so easy to appease!"

In Hong Kong, the atmosphere of stock speculation among citizens is quite strong.

It can't be said that everyone is speculating in stocks, but it is true that most residents living in prosperous districts are speculating in stocks.

That fanatical energy, if you have watched "The Greed of Man," you will understand; it is completely like being possessed, quite amazing.

When the stock market crash broke out, Wu Feng felt there was no need to pity them.

After all, when the stock market was booming, they also made a lot of money.

"On my side, I heard that many underlings have started to borrow money!"

Wang Zhi continued: "It's also affected by the stock market crash; the family situation is indeed difficult!"

"Then they can't borrow money to live, right?"

Wu Feng frowned: "When paying back the money, the lenders won't be polite to them!"

"There's no other way, I've inquired!"

Wang Zhi smiled bitterly: "Everyone has their own reasons for borrowing money; otherwise, people might really die!"

Wu Feng was speechless; he couldn't say much about such things.

"Big Brother, I have good news here!"

Zhang Yong spoke at this time: "The number of underlings who want to fight in the ring has increased quite a bit!"

Wu Feng said unceremoniously: "Is this considered good news?"

"It's estimated that it's because the family is short of money; they really dare to hit any idea!"

Even if it's an exhibition match in the ring, there is a high possibility of injury.

"Why should I care so much?"

Zhang Yong said dismissively, sneering: "Since they dare to sign up, it means they have already made psychological preparations. Why should Big Brother worry for them?"

"Then what about their strength?"

Wu Feng rolled his eyes and asked: "Not everyone can get on the ring!"

"If the audience is dissatisfied, what's the use of recruiting more people? To fight for territory?"

"I would like to, but unfortunately Big Brother, you don't give the opportunity!"

Zhang Yong smiled: "Big Brother, don't worry. The underlings who have the guts to sign up have a pretty good foundation; they can get on the ring after training for a period of time!"

"That's about right!"

Wu Feng breathed a sigh of relief, scanned the three of them, and directly changed the topic: "In the territory, has the pork trotter rice business and the premium A-grade goods business been affected by the stock market crash?"

"Not affected!"

Li Xin shook his head, with confusion on his face, and asked: "In fact, business is even better!"

Wang Zhi and Zhang Yong nodded along; clearly, they had also noticed the abnormality.

Wu Feng was quite satisfied with the reaction of the three of them.

Clearly, they were not hiding in the local headquarters enjoying themselves, but were truly grasping the situation of the underlings in the territory clearly; otherwise, how could they notice such details?

"Hmph, the poor at the bottom have no money to speculate in stocks; they themselves are struggling to survive!"

"Those affected by the stock market crash are the middle-class gold-collar workers. They have no money in their pockets to live a carefree life. Consumption for both food and shopping has been downgraded; isn't that the customer base for pork trotter rice and premium A-grade goods?"

"At present, the impact of the stock market crash is not too deep. Tell the underlings who do small business in the territory clearly to be careful when stocking up and not to be blindly optimistic about future business!"

"Also, you three as Big Di, you also have to think of some ways to let the underlings make money!"

"Otherwise, with so many idle guys, it's impossible not to fight and make trouble!"

The three Big Di all showed bitter smiles and were speechless about their Big Brother. Why did he make himself like a government agency, meddling in so many idle affairs?

According to their thoughts, Big Brother and they were already very kind.

Being able to manage a lunch for the "Blue Lanterns" who hadn't boarded the undersea roster was simply a great act of kindness.

Although the meal standard was only ten Hong Kong dollars, it could be eaten quite well.

One meal was thousands in expenses!

Look at other triads; where would they care about the life and death of the Blue Lanterns?

Besides, there were only so many businesses in the territory; where could they open new ones just because they wanted to?

Wu Feng saw it in his eyes and couldn't say much, waving his hand to signal them to get lost.

In fact, he had ideas, and it wouldn't cost much money.

At that time, it would require the three Big Di to come forward to organize.

Speaking of which, it was ironic that this stock market crash had little impact on the triad big brothers.

Most of the triad big brothers' money could not see the light.

The cost of "washing rice" (money laundering) was too high, so they could only store cash at home or in a secret safe place.

Naturally, there were not many funds invested in the stock market; regardless of whether the stock market rose or fell, it had little to do with them.

It was also because of this that the triad big brothers were quite steady.

The most problematic ones were the families of those Blue Lanterns.

Even, the triad big brothers could take the opportunity to make a big profit!

As far as Wu Feng knew, the finance companies of major triads had seen a surge in business recently.

Those middle-class and small tycoons who couldn't hold on had taken out their high-quality assets to mortgage and borrow money.

It was called borrowing, but in fact, it was no different from going to a pawnshop to pawn it to death!

The interest rolling of the triad finance company was not a joke.

If they couldn't turn around in a short time, or have the support of a so-called noble person, who could hold on?

In fact, the triad big brothers' actions were similar to Li Bancheng's; it could be considered passive bottom-fishing.

Who told the triad that apart from anything else, the cash flow was really not bad!

Even the finance company under Wu Feng took the opportunity to buy a lot of property at a low price.

The storefronts on Garden Street and Tongcai Street, as well as two old Tong Lau (tenement buildings), were taken down!

Even so, the finance company still had a lot of capital reserves.

If they played the trick of lending, the harvest would only be more amazing.

Not only the finance company under his command, but also the emotional hotline operators who had accumulated a lot of funds, as well as the "small stall models," were all encouraged to buy houses and shops one after another.

And the underlings who did pork trotter rice business, the guys who had the strength to participate in the ring exhibition matches, and the brothers who were small vendors, all took the opportunity to bottom-fish under the encouragement of the Big Di.

Not counting, I was startled when I counted; unknowingly, some of Wu Feng's underlings could be considered well-off rich people in Hong Kong at this time.

This wave of bottom-fishing not only startled Wu Feng, but also the neighbors on the three streets were shocked by the "generosity" of these underlings.

In the past, they wouldn't even take a second look at the scoundrels; they didn't expect them to be so rich.

The key was that the money in their hands was legitimate money earned from doing small business, which was a normal income that could be sustained; this was amazing.

Just a casual estimate, and one would know how much their monthly income was. It was not even worse than the income of white-collar workers in Central, and some earned even more.

Now, the gossiping women on the three streets couldn't sit still.

Damn, right under their noses, there were so many high-quality young handsome guys hidden, but they turned a blind eye; they were simply blind.

If it spread out, they would definitely be ridiculed and mocked by the gossiping women on other streets.

The most critical thing was that these young handsome guys with stable incomes were quite good marriage candidates.

As for them being in the triad, the gossiping women didn't take it to heart at all.

They were all neighbors; who didn't know who?

Young handsome guys who could do small business and earn money with peace of mind were definitely not those real scoundrels who had already rotted.

In order to make a living, most of the bottom-level people who joined the triad were normal people.

Even Wu Feng didn't expect that a major stock market crash would actually allow many of his underlings who did small business with peace of mind to directly get out of the single life and have wives.

It couldn't help but remind him of the plot of a certain movie: "Old Xu, do you want a wife?"

This is definitely a good thing!

In the future, these guys who relied on Wu Feng to make a fortune and get married would definitely belong to the most loyal supporters.

There was no other reason; Wu Feng was still standing, and their small business could continue.

But if they lost Wu Feng's protection, look at other triad big brothers; do they have such good intentions?

It's not impossible that they would be designed to have their families broken and killed.

At this time, those underlings who often enjoyed themselves in nightclubs were dumbfounded.

Their days were indeed carefree, and even changing a girlfriend every few days was fine.

But few neighbors looked up to them, and there was no share for them among decent girls.

In short, the underlings in the territory were not seriously affected by the stock market crash.

The ones truly seriously affected were the formal enterprises under his command.

Of course, the enterprises themselves had no problems; the problems were with the enterprise employees.

These guys had stable jobs and incomes, but they were not satisfied with fixed incomes and were quite active in investing in the stock market; this wave of stock market crash caused them heavy losses directly.

Although it didn't reach the point of bankruptcy, there were quite a few who had their savings of many years consumed.

This was not it; when Wu Feng arrived at the newspaper office, it was a scene of gloom and despair.

Those who didn't know would think that "Mong Kok News" and "Night Color" had encountered major setbacks and were about to be unable to operate; it was really speechless.

"Wu, look at this..."

Manager Liu Wenxiang was very embarrassed and felt like he couldn't lift his head in front of Wu Feng.

His loss in this stock market crash was very small; it wasn't that he was alert, but that he was too busy with too many things all day, and he simply didn't have the time and energy to understand the situation in the stock market.

If it were another tiger with a more normal identity, perhaps he would dare to fish in troubled waters.

But Wu Feng's identity was not normal; he was the dignified Hongxing Sai Kung Hall Master.

He would have to be brain-damaged to dare to risk his own life and make trouble in front of Wu Feng.

"Make it clear to all staff!"

Wu Feng's face was gloomy, and his tone was unkind: "They had losses in the stock market, and it has nothing to do with me. I didn't tell them to go speculate in stocks if they had spare money!"

"If they still have this bird-like appearance, just get lost!"

"I don't know where the problem came from; do they really think I'm easy to talk to?"

Some uglier words were not spoken, and I think the newspaper employees knew it.

This was not it; after Liu Wenxiang announced Wu Feng's unhappiness tremblingly, the gloomy atmosphere in the newspaper office dissipated visibly, and the employees all perked up to do things.

Even if it was just to act for Wu Feng, at least it had to look like it.

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