Chapter 272: Extraordinary Energy (Seeking Monthly Votes)

"I think Wu Feng's idea is good; it's worth a try!"

Han Bin's courage is much greater than Jiang Tiansheng's.

This guy being able to become a big tycoon in the Southeast Asia smuggling trade is truly no fluke.

"Moreover, it can also benefit the many brothers of Hung Hing; it is absolutely a great thing!"

"As long as this event can be successful, our Hung Hing will possess the experience of managing such large-scale events!"

"If it can't be done in Hong Kong anymore, we can go to the big cities of various Southeast Asian countries and do it all over again!"

What is called vision—this speech by Han Bin displayed his vision to the fullest.

"Brother Bin is broad-minded!"

Wu Feng gestured with his finger in praise and sighed sincerely: "To be honest, although I knew such an event is very profitable, I hadn't thought that far ahead!"

He was telling the truth!

For some reason, apart from the smuggling business, he subconsciously ignored the various Southeast Asian countries when doing anything else, as if they didn't exist.

In fact, given the ecology of the various Southeast Asian countries, lottery lucky draw events still have a lot of money-making potential.

Of course, the prerequisite is to reach an agreement on profit distribution with the local powerful Big Brothers in advance!

Don't even mention it, if Hung Hing can open up this path of wealth, it is still very promising.

It is not easy for other triad forces to imitate, and it also depends on whether the external environment gives them the opportunity to accumulate operational experience; without sufficient operational experience, it is very easy to mess things up.

"Since you all think it can be done, then manage it properly!"

Seeing this, Jiang Tiansheng directly stated his position: "Before the New Year, let the triad Underlings earn a wave!"

Based on the detailed operational plan, the three of them allocated their respective tasks on the spot.

Wu Feng is responsible for liaising with the Yau Tsim Mong District government to discuss cooperation matters.

Things went quite smoothly!

In fact, dealing with government agencies is very simple as long as you figure out their pattern of doing things and possess a certain amount of energy and strength yourself.

Naturally, it was impossible to state the matter in the name of selling lottery tickets for a lucky draw; that would be too blatant.

Instead, it was in the name of a Spring Festival commodity mega-sale that they cooperated with the Yau Tsim Mong District government.

Wu Feng directly promised to help sell at least 100 million worth of various commodities during the Spring Festival, prospering the economy of the Yau Tsim Mong region and benefiting the local ordinary residents.

This involved considerable interests, including manufacturers, merchants, and even ordinary residents who could benefit; as for the Yau Tsim Mong District government, they could also obtain tangible benefits while earning a reputation.

It can be said that as long as this matter is accomplished, it is a true win-win situation!

After reaching an agreement with the Yau Tsim Mong District government, he found the District Councilor again and invited them to join this event.

"Wusheng, your move is quite grand!"

The Yau Tsim Mong District Councilor is an old acquaintance who often attends the opening ribbon-cutting ceremonies and final award ceremonies of the Garden Street sports and entertainment activities, so speaking was naturally quite casual.

"Regarding the matter from a short while ago, Hung Hing put in a great deal of effort, and the major halls suffered no small losses!"

Wu Feng said frankly: "The main purpose of this event is to repay favors!"

"Since the New Year is coming soon, I will be quite satisfied if all the staff participating can earn a good sum to have a good New Year!"

"Wusheng is kind-hearted, which is admirable!"

The District Councilor said directly: "I will definitely get involved in this matter; no matter what, it is a major event for the Yau Tsim Mong region, and it won't do without me!"

And just like that, the cooperation from the government side was settled easily.

Next, what Wu Feng needed to do was to produce the lottery tickets through a printing factory.

This thing must at least be guaranteed not to be easily cracked or counterfeited by others for about ten days.

Fortunately, regarding anti-counterfeiting, the manufacturing enterprise under Wu Feng's command has quite a bit of experience and possesses quite advanced Laser Anti-counterfeiting Technology.

Presumably, there won't be any underground groups with powerful technology that would spend the effort and technology to counterfeit lottery tickets for a lucky draw event lasting only ten days or so.

The things he needed to do on his side were completed very quickly, and many did not require him to show his face personally.

Most of his energy during the day was still placed on drilling the substitute players of the football club he purchased.

Besides increasing the intensity of the drills and various fresh training methods, he was constantly inviting nearby middle school football teams and some well-known amateur football teams to serve as sparring partners.

The effect was quite good!

Professional players are professional players; no matter how rough their technique is, their level is still higher than that of middle school players and amateur players, and they performed very well in the training matches.

To put it bluntly, it was bullying the weak through stronger strength!

During this period, the progress of kicking out the new tactics instilled by Wu Feng was very obvious.

While bullying the weak to accumulate confidence, he was also boldly trying new tactics; in any case, Wu Feng found this group of substitute players much more pleasing to the eye than when he first took over.

Although, one could still hear strange remarks coming from the head coach and the main players from time to time!

On the other side, Jiang Tiansheng and Han Bin also became busy.

Jiang Tiansheng was still responsible for coordinating the major halls of Hung Hing, directing and mobilizing the elite Underlings of these halls to participate in this lottery lucky draw affair before the Spring Festival.

He didn't arrange any particularly difficult tasks, just letting the major halls dispatch Underlings to conduct the most primitive publicity for this lottery lucky draw event.

The low-level Underlings of the triad might not have other abilities, but they are quite familiar with the situation near their homes. Letting them serve as the most basic propagandists could allow the influence of the lottery lucky draw event to penetrate into the lowest-level residential areas at the first opportunity.

And just like that, Chen Haonan, who had just been promoted to Red Pole of the triad, was assigned a task.

Looking at the colorful flyers in his hand, along with the flashy introductions inside, this Liangzai Nan, who is very famous in Causeway Bay, was somewhat between laughter and tears.

"Is there a mistake? How can I say I am a big-shot Straw Sandal of the triad, yet I still have to do such unpresentable work?"

Even more unhappy than him was Shanjie; if it weren't for the fear of being snitched on by petty people behind his back, he would definitely have thrown all the promotional flyers in his hand into the trash can next to him.

But even so, he was still full of indignation and cursing.

Of course, he had such great resentment that there was quite a bit of pointing at the mulberry to curse the locust.

Having become a big-shot of the triad, Dalao B, as the Spokesperson of Causeway Bay, did indeed show something.

Including Chen Haonan, Shanjie, and Datian Er, the three newly promoted big-shots divided up one of the three streets in Hung Hing's Causeway Bay territory.

That's right, the three of them split the territory of one street between them!

Compared to before, the venues managed by their Underlings had naturally increased quite significantly.

At the very least, each of them had received a share of over a dozen venues; both their income and the number of their Underlings had seen a very obvious improvement.

But the problem was, the three brothers were now Big Brothers of the society, no longer the Four-Nines they had been before.

To put it bluntly, if something were to happen to the Causeway Bay Spokesperson, Dalao B, at this time, all three brothers were society mainstays qualified to take over as the Causeway Bay Spokesperson.

The key point was that Dalao B was extremely unfair in the distribution of territory to his subordinates!

He personally controlled one of the streets himself, while the other street was split among four or five veteran Four-Nines.

So, the number of venues the three Big Brothers could manage was only a few more than those veteran Four-Nines, right?

Shanjie had strong opinions about this!

Unfortunately, it was useless; Dalao B's seniority and strength were not something Shanjie and Chen Haonan's group could compare to, and they didn't dare to truly kick up a fuss.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Tiansheng, who had only recently stepped down, arranged a promotional task, and Dalao B assigned it directly to Chen Haonan and his two brothers to handle.

This move not only left Shanjie dissatisfied, but Chen Haonan also had quite a few complaints about it.

According to Jiang Tiansheng's instructions, they had to deliver these colorful flyers to the residential areas near their homes, house by house, and also register the neighbors' opinions.

What was this supposed to be?

Losing face right in their own neighborhood!

So what if they had become Big Brothers of the society? They were still doing the kind of work only the lowest-level lackeys did, and there was no telling what kind of nasty things those neighbors might say.

"Forget it, forget it. Since it's a task issued by Mr. Jiang, let's just finish it honestly!"

Chen Haonan said helplessly: "No matter what, we can't let people catch us making mistakes!"

These words, naturally, also had an implied meaning!

Following the ascension of the new Dragon Head, Han Bin, he opened the gates wide and promoted fifty or so society members to Big Brothers in one go.

This caused the number of society Big Brothers to become somewhat saturated, even exceeding the number of available positions.

In other words, there were definitely some newly promoted Big Brothers who would not have much territory to share.

Although they wouldn't become "blank slate" Big Brothers, their strength was far inferior to the previous society Big Brothers.

It could be said that the current situation in the various Hung Hing branches was one of many wolves and little meat.

If it weren't for the society Big Brothers not allowing them to act recklessly, the newly promoted Big Brothers might have already started taking their Underlings to seize territory.

In fact, what the new Dragon Head, Han Bin, wanted to do was related to these newly promoted society Big Brothers.

In the detailed plan provided by Wu Feng, he hoped that Han Bin could use his own connections to obtain sufficient local specialties from the Filipino maids and Indonesia to serve as one of the prizes for the lottery draw.

Additionally, it was to take the opportunity to establish Hung Hing branches in the port cities of these Southeast Asian countries.

As mentioned before, Han Bin serving as the Hung Hing Dragon Head was more of a symbolic significance, acting as a convener for meetings and a role of Inspector.

As long as the various branches submitted their dues on time and generally followed the society rules, he would not interfere in other affairs.

What he needed was a stable society platform that could continuously provide enough reliable manpower and a sufficient supply of goods.

As a famous smuggling tycoon in Southeast Asia, he couldn't just smuggle Premium A-Grade Goods like clothes, shoes, hats, and things like radios.

The watchmaking industry in Hong Kong was also quite developed, once becoming another world center for watchmaking.

It was just a pity that most of Hong Kong's watchmaking enterprises were merely contract manufacturers and had not produced world-class famous watches with their own independent brands.

Han Bin also needed a large quantity of various watches; whether they were electronic watches, quartz watches, or mechanical watches, they were all a significant category of smuggled goods that required a stable supply channel.

(End of chapter)