Chapter 292: Bad Ideas (Please Subscribe and Vote)

"Taizi, tell us, what way is there for us to get back at them?"

After the several Dragon Heads and bosses had vented their frustrations, they finally calmed down and looked at the God of War of Hong Hing, Taizi, who had been silent the whole time; Luotuo asked impatiently.

They had also invited Jiang Tiansheng, but that guy refused on the grounds that he was no longer a Dragon Head.

As for the new Hong Hing Dragon Head, Han Bin, he had left Hong Konglong ago, and no one even knew where he was.

However, Hong Hing had shown some gesture by sending the Tsim Sha Tsui District Leader, Taizi, to make up the numbers.

Taizi was also very tactful, basically only listening and not speaking.

In any case, Hong Hing had suffered no losses this time.

Besides, he was not very interested in these matters anyway.

When Hong Hing held its own lottery event, he only sent his elite Underlings to act as security and assist Wu Feng and Jiang Tiansheng's men in setting up lottery ticket sales points; he himself did not actively participate.

As the nominal God of War of Hong Hing, he preferred fighting!

In fact, Hong Hing's underground boxing matches were basically all managed by Taizi.

Even though Hong Hing made a huge profit from the lottery event and he received a fair share of the profits, while he was shocked inside, he did not feel overly excited.

Mainly, he found it troublesome!

Just as Wu Feng had said before, a lottery event is not so easy to operate.

The coordination and arrangement of personnel alone would be enough to make a brain like Taizi's crash instantly.

What he valued most now was the fourth "Infinite Fighting Tournament," which had already begun its promotional warm-up, and the second "King of Fighters Tournament"!

Starting this year, the "Infinite Fighting Tournament" would adopt an annual model.

The start time was set for the end of April, and the end time was in early August, so the time was quite ample.

As for the "King of Fighters Tournament," the plan was to hold it twice a year!

Taizi now had to start selecting fighters from within the boxing gym to participate in the two events.

In addition, the Gambling Ship that Jiang Tiansheng partnered with others on also required him to dispatch some fighters to bolster the security force.

In short, Taizi had been quite busy lately.

If it weren't for the complex underworld forces in Tsim Sha Tsui, forcing him to devote some of his energy to underworld affairs, he probably wouldn't have the heart to deal with the messy business inside Hong Hing.

As for attending the current Dragon Head gathering, Taizi was somewhat reluctant.

Firstly, his status and position were not on par, and secondly, he was not interested in such things.

In fact, not only did Taizi feel awkward, but Dragon Heads and bosses like Luotuo also felt it was strange.

They found it a bit hard to understand Hong Hing at this moment.

It was clearly still the same Hong Hing, yet the things they did didn't feel like a pure triad society.

Lottery events, and "Public Welfare Promotion Activities"—are these things a triad society can do?

Not to mention, this guy Jiang Tiansheng was also actively investing in the sports industry.

He not only bought a famous professional club in Hong Kong but even spent a lot of money to sponsor the recently extremely popular Guangdong-Hong Kong Cup Championship football tournament.

To Luotuo and the others, it felt like this guy wouldn't be in the underworld anymore.

In the past, the Jiang Tiansheng they knew would absolutely never spend such wasted money.

Apart from boosting his reputation, there were basically no other practical benefits!

It wasn't just Jiang Tiansheng; other Hong Hing District Leaders, such as the former Sai Kung Hall Master Wu Feng, who had also retreated behind the scenes, and the former Mong Kok Hall Master Jing Kun, were in the same situation.

It was as if they were all going to be respectable businessmen in the future.

In short, it felt quite strange and awkward to Luotuo and the others.

There was also Han Bin; this guy was also incredibly low-key, almost invisible in the Hong Kong underworld.

But Luotuo and the others knew that Han Bin was a famous tycoon of maritime smuggling in Southeast Asia.

The scale of his family's smuggling was even more exaggerated than the entire Tung Sing or Wo Shing.

A guy like this was a truly formidable person, and generally, no one was willing to provoke him easily.

Hong Hing had several powerful District Leaders, but they all seemed to be neglecting their proper work; either they were running off to do sports, making a splash in the film industry, or running very large, legitimate businesses.

The rest of the Hong Hing District Leaders also had a style that didn't fit.

The underworld flavor on them had diminished; both their behavior and style were quite different from before.

As a result, the entire Hong Hing felt quite strange to the underworld Big Brothers.

Taizi did not know what the Dragon Heads and bosses were thinking, and he said without hesitation: "If you want to get back at them, you must first understand what the Li family is afraid of us doing?"

"This ban came too quickly; clearly, the Li family attaches great importance to this!"

Speaking of this, he couldn't help but raise his volume: "But why would the Li family be afraid?"

"This brings us to the 'Public Welfare Promotion Activities' that Hong Hing did before the new year!"

Then, he described the detailed situation inside in great detail, and finally said: "They are worried that you will follow suit and then affect the business of their supermarket group!"

"So, we were implicated by Hong Hing this time?"

Luotuo said with dissatisfaction: "No wonder Hong Hing's actions were so slow; they were on guard!"

Taizi shrugged, indicating that it was useless to tell him this.

"Since things have reached this point, there is no point in dwelling on this!"

The United Gang leader, Blue Whale, interjected: "I just want to get back at them!"

"Then that's simple!"

Taizi smiled: "Whatever they are afraid of us doing, that is exactly what we should do!"

"You mean, hold 'Public Welfare Promotion' activities?"

Deng Bo spoke up at this moment, shaking his head: "The losses to the society would be too great!"

The other Dragon Heads and bosses nodded one after another; they would not do business that didn't make money.

"Hmph, why put on an act in front of me? Who here doesn't know who's who?"

Taizi said irritably, "I don't even need to ask to know what's going on with those prizes you all brought in; I'm afraid they're even cheaper than wholesale prices!"

These words directly exposed the bottom line of Luotuo and the others, yet these old veterans of the underworld didn't change their expressions or skip a beat.

If they didn't even have this little bit of mental fortitude, how could they have reached their current positions?

"I didn't say to have you run public welfare activities!"

Taizi didn't mind, saying indifferently, "Just follow a normal business model and run discount promotions!"

"As long as you can sell off all the stockpiled prizes in a short time, not only will your families not suffer any losses, but you'll actually make quite a bit!"

He hadn't understood these things originally.

But it couldn't be helped that before the new year, Wu Feng had explained it so simply and straightforwardly at the general hall meeting, and with the addition of various solid data, Taizi had figured out the tricks of the trade.

"As long as you can sell off a large quantity of prizes, the Li family's supermarket group will naturally be significantly affected, and their performance might even suffer a serious decline!"

"If you all can achieve this step, you'll basically have regained your standing!"

"Good, the idea you suggested, Taizi, is not bad!"

United gang leader Lan Jing slapped his palm and said directly, "We'll do exactly as you say!"

However, in the blink of an eye, he changed the subject: "It's just that United has never done this kind of thing before; would running discount promotion activities be very troublesome?"

The other Dragon Heads and sitting bosses present did not interrupt Lan Jing's train of thought, each listening quite intently and nodding from time to time to show agreement.

As for what they were actually thinking in their hearts, no one could guess.

An old veteran of the underworld is an old veteran for a reason; that's not just talk—neither their city-dwelling shrewdness nor their thick skin is ordinary.

"Why, does Uncle Jing have some thoughts?"

Taizi was no novice in the underworld; he immediately heard the implication in Lan Jing's words.

Although United is only a mid-tier group among the top-tier societies in Hong Kong.

It couldn't be helped that leader Lan Jing had old qualifications and high status, even being able to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Deng Bo in terms of underworld seniority.

He was also a figure who had stood tall since the era of the Four Great Detectives and remained glorious to this day.

Never mind Taizi, even if Jiang Tiansheng were here, he would have to respectfully address him as 'Uncle Jing'!

Moreover, United's main business is in the blue industry, and their conflicts of interest with other societies are not that sharp.

Therefore, fellow members of the underworld would give this person some face when they met him.

"My thoughts are very simple!"

Lan Jing was not polite either, saying directly, "If possible, could Hung Hing help organize the discount promotion activities and, while at it, help United train a few talents in this area?"

"Oh, wouldn't that be inappropriate?"

Taizi asked suspiciously, "United doesn't earn much to begin with, and you'd still have to share a good portion with Hung Hing!"

"The main thing is, we have no experience!"

Lan Jing smiled bitterly, "Looking at all the societies in Hong Kong, only Hung Hing has experience in this area!"

Speaking of this, a sharp glint flashed in his eyes, and he chuckled, "Besides, after listening to your explanation, Taizi, it seems that such discount promotion activities can earn quite a lot of money?"

Once these words were out, the other Dragon Heads and sitting bosses became interested.

They weren't interested in anything else, but they were quite keen on earning legitimate money.

As society Big Brothers, they certainly weren't short of money; otherwise, how could they live such luxurious lives of fine clothes, good food, and debauchery? That all had to be piled up with money.

Yet they were also quite short of money, especially legitimate money!

It was precisely because of this that many society Big Brothers lived in houses that couldn't even be considered high-quality apartments.

With the financial power they controlled, living in villas and driving luxury cars would be easy, but as it turned out, only the Dragon Heads and sitting bosses had such treatment, while the other Hall Masters lived in ordinary commercial housing.

"That goes without saying!"

Taizi felt a surge of joy and, having no intention of hiding anything, said directly, "Just knowing that the Li family's supermarket group can become a cash cow in Li Bancheng's hands, you should know how rich the profits are inside!"

"Not only that, but it can also provide many society brothers with a stable, legitimate job!"

"Of course, the premise is that the operation of such activities must be up to standard; otherwise, that would be looking for trouble for oneself and the society!"

Before coming, he had contacted Wu Feng by phone and had a good discussion.

Wu Feng's meaning was very clear: if the Dragon Heads and sitting bosses of societies like Tung Sing and United wanted Hung Hing to help handle the large amount of stockpiled prizes, then they should explain the tricks of the trade properly.

In fact, the 'public welfare promotion activity' that Hung Hing spent effort on before the new year not only didn't lose money, but on the contrary, earned quite a bit—that was a rich profit on the level of tens of millions of Hong Kong Dollars.

Of course, compared to the earnings from selling lottery tickets, that was nothing at all.

(End of this chapter)