Chapter 293: Overbearing

Young Master Li has not been in a very good mood lately!

Originally, it was just because of some family business that he had taught a certain triad a small lesson.

As a result, he never expected it to cause such a huge uproar, putting him in a rather passive position.

Especially the public opinion and reputation, which were quite unfriendly toward him, leaving him feeling incredibly frustrated.

Fortunately, his old man supported his actions; otherwise, he would have suffered a major loss.

Originally, he wanted to put even heavier pressure on a certain triad, but due to the influence of public opinion, he could only let it go for the time being, and he was not feeling very satisfied.

Since when could he, Young Master Li, not even handle a tiny triad?

Damn paparazzi, they are just too good at messing with people's minds.

Slap!

Having finally adjusted his mood and entered a working state, his calm expression soon changed.

He casually threw a report onto his desk, his expression looking rather unpleasant.

Through the internal phone, he summoned his secretary into the office.

"What is the meaning of this?"

He pointed at the document on the table, his tone unkind: "The turnover of the supermarket group has run into problems again!"

The secretary picked up the document, their expression also becoming grave, and after a moment, they explained: "I heard that other triads are holding promotional activities, and the supermarket group's business has been implicated!"

"Is it still Hung Hing?"

Young Master Li said coldly: "They are looking for death!"

"No!"

The secretary shook their head and said: "It is other triads in Hong Kong; Hung Hing actually provided help in terms of personnel!"

"What are they doing?"

Young Master Li said resentfully: "Since they are triads, they should do what triads are supposed to do!"

"Is holding promotional activities at every turn something a triad should be doing?"

"It is said that they originally wanted to hold a lucky draw event and had hoarded quite a lot of various prizes!"

When saying this, the secretary became cautious, observing Young Master Li's changing expression while explaining in a low voice: "As a result, the Hong Kong government explicitly banned it, and they are likely just trying to sell off the various prizes they hoarded to recoup their losses; that is probably what is going on!"

"Oh, could it be that this is my problem?"

Young Master Li's expression was ugly, and his tone carried clear dissatisfaction.

He had put in quite a lot of effort to get the Hong Kong British Government to issue the decree so quickly, banning non-official organizations from holding any lucky draw events, with the goal of intimidating the petty triad members.

Are you kidding me? The lucky draw event held by Hung Hing last year had a turnover exceeding 4.5 billion alone.

This figure was no secret in the circle of top tycoons and caused quite a sensation.

To be honest, which top tycoon wouldn't be jealous of that?

If they were to operate it themselves, it wouldn't just be a matter of astonishing turnover; they could even stir up a massive flow of capital in the financial markets several times that size.

Unfortunately, such a good thing could only be imagined.

Without the Hong Kong British Government's word, whichever family dared to do this would be seeking their own death.

This scale of leeks was not something they could harvest.

Not only that, the impact of the lucky draw event on supermarkets was also quite significant.

Citizens only have so much money; if it is spent on lottery tickets, the expenditure on supermarkets will certainly decrease, so such things must naturally be prevented.

As a result, a bunch of triads actually dared to ignore the danger and insist on holding large-scale lucky draw events!

Young Master Li naturally did not hold back, using his old man's influence to make the Hong Kong British Government quickly issue relevant decrees.

It was just unexpected that, in the end, the family's supermarket group was still affected after all.

"I wouldn't dare say that, but I'm afraid this situation will last for a period of time!"

Cold sweat broke out on the secretary's forehead, and they hurriedly said: "In order to hold the lucky draw events, those few triads likely spent a significant price on the quantity and variety of prizes!"

"Can you find a way to stop them from holding promotional activities?"

Young Master Li didn't care about that, his tone gloomy: "With them doing this, they come with a wave of activities almost every weekend; it's too damaging to the supermarket group's business!"

Among the prizes for the lucky draw events, there were too many daily necessities that overlapped with the goods in the supermarkets.

Things like rice, flour, cooking oil, as well as toilet paper and cleaning supplies—once purchased through promotional activities, people naturally wouldn't go to the supermarket to buy them; this is a loss.

Not to mention, there were quite a few home appliances among the prizes, and even motorcycles and cars were not lacking.

These items could be considered mid-to-high-priced goods in the supermarket, with extremely high profit margins.

It was precisely because of this that in the report he just saw, the supermarket group's performance would drop significantly every weekend.

"Wouldn't that be bad?"

The secretary hesitated: "Several triads are doing this..."

"So what?"

Young Master Li said disdainfully: "They are just a bunch of rats that cannot see the light of day; do I need to worry about their feelings and thoughts? That would be giving them too much credit!"

"Go through the police station and relevant government agencies to tell them to stop messing around!"

"Very well, I will go do it right away!"

Upon hearing this, although the secretary did not agree in their heart, they did not voice any rebuttal.

Anyway, if problems arose, Young Master Li, the tall one, would be the one to bear it.

At the end of March, Wu Feng returned to Hong Kong from the Mainland.

In the Mainland, he received a very warm welcome.

In fact, the cadres in the Special Economic Zone and Yangcheng that he had contact with were quite amazed that he, as a player, had participated in the Guangdong-Hong Kong Cup football championship and even helped the team win the title.

Later, I learned that he had a keen interest in sports, especially football, and even bought a professional football club in Hong Kong; while I found it eccentric, it also gave us another topic of conversation.

The first Guangdong-Hong Kong Cup Championship football tournament was held quite successfully!

It even attracted the attention and support of the high-level officials in Guangdong Province and the Big Brothers of the Sports Commission.

Whether considering economic interests, social significance, or strengthening ties with the Hong Kong side, there was a demand to continue holding it and even turn it into a regular competition.

Part of the commercial operations for this tournament was handed over to the commercial team under Huo Lao.

They also did quite well, allowing the tournament to earn at least several million in peripheral merchandise development profits, in addition to stable ticket revenue.

Such profits were quite astonishing at the time.

Not to mention how shocked the Mainland side was, even the Hong Kong side was quite excited.

Don't look at the fact that Hong Kong had a professional football league early on; the market for the sport was not very large.

Otherwise, since Asia already had intercontinental-level club championship tournaments at this time, why hadn't the professional teams here in Hong Kong shown any outstanding performance in them?

The example of Evergrande is right there, showing that as long as one is willing to invest money, club championships can be won; clearly, the owners of Hong Kong's football clubs were not as generous as one might imagine.

It is estimated that this also has to do with the small scale of the Hong Kong football market!

Not every rich person has the ideological consciousness to "generate electricity for love."

If the football club under one's command loses money year after year and has no decent results to show for it, no one can stand it for long.

If they could earn a good amount of money through the football market in Guangdong Province on the Mainland, I imagine the football club owners in Hong Kong would be quite willing and supportive.

Therefore, after the Guangdong side revealed their thoughts, the Big Brothers of the Hong Kong football world, led by Huo Daheng, accepted the goodwill quite enthusiastically and even reached some agreements.

The Guangdong-Hong Kong Cup Championship football tournament will continue to be held!

Wu Feng, the initiator, naturally received more attention and importance.

His idea was very simple: since everyone had the same thought, why not imitate the Champions League in Europe to regularize and normalize the Guangdong-Hong Kong Cup Championship football tournament?

In addition to the group stage, the subsequent round of 16, quarter-finals, and semi-finals could all adopt a home-and-away rotation system.

In this way, there would be three more matches, and it would also give strong teams more chances to make mistakes!

As for the fact that the matches should focus on offense, that is an old cliché; everyone knows it in their hearts.

After discussing these things, Wu Feng went to inspect the factory group in Pengcheng, understood the situation there, and handled some official business that required his personal attention before leisurely returning to Hong Kong.

When he returned to Hong Kong, it was exactly when Hung Hing was helping other societies conduct their promotional activities most fervently.

It must be said that the tentacles of the societies reach much deeper into the lives of ordinary citizens than supermarkets do.

As long as the connection between them and ordinary citizens is activated, promotional activities can easily be carried out in full swing, and the mountain of piled-up daily necessities can be consumed rapidly.

When the Dragon Heads of the major societies received the detailed data on the discount promotional activities, they were stunned.

They had originally thought there would be significant losses and had long been mentally prepared.

But who would have expected that after several waves of strong discount promotional activities, not only were there no losses, but there was actually quite a bit of profit—at least enough to catch the eyes of the major Dragon Heads.

Damn it, no wonder Hung Hing has been living so comfortably lately!

So, they had mastered the way to get rich!

Now, the Dragon Heads and chairmen of the major societies were truly tempted.

Moreover, the Hall Masters and powerful senior members under them all expressed their desire to normalize and regularize the discount promotional activities as a proper way to make money.

Just as Taizi had said back then, such activities could not only make money but also support a large number of society members; if they weren't continued, it would be a huge waste.

Furthermore, Hung Hing was even teaching them hand-in-hand how to operate such activities.

Although they were unclear about Hung Hing's specific intentions, there was no reason not to take advantage of such a bargain.

"Wusheng, are we giving the other societies too many benefits?"

The trusted Underling, Sai Kung Hall Master Li Xin, asked very directly at the welcome banquet: "The Dragon Heads and chairmen of the other societies might not necessarily appreciate our favor!"

"Hehe, no need to rush this matter!"

Wu Feng smiled lightly: "When the time comes, you will know the reason!"

Since he had already become an uncle-generation figure in the society, Wu Feng no longer let his Underlings call him Big Brother, but rather 'Wusheng', just like everyone else.

He didn't really care about these things, but the people in Hong Kong were very particular about them, so he had no choice but to do as the locals do.

As for why he was so confident, he understood the psychology of second-generation rich kids quite well.

(End of chapter)