Chapter 8: Endless Troubles

Hong Yi quietly changed its Spokesperson, without causing any waves in the Jianghu.

It didn't even affect the society affairs on Shanghai Street much.

It was just a small society changing its boss; it didn't even have a direct financial company, so how could it affect the outside world?

However, when Guanzaisen, the red-hot chicken of Wo Shing, swaggered over with his underlings to take over Zhong Ye's mahjong parlor, all the Jianghu peers understood that Zhong Ye had been driven away by Guanzaisen.

But no one expected that Hong Yi's new Spokesperson, Huang Wengang, known in the Jianghu as "Fire Cannon Gang," would be so cowardly, directly handing over the guarding rights of the "Rui" brand mahjong parlor on Shanghai Street.

Hong Yi's internal affairs were in an uproar, especially the veteran Four-Nine who had the guarding rights of the "Rui" brand mahjong parlor taken away, who was slamming the table and cursing at the society's internal meeting.

It was no wonder he was like this; the daily turnover of the "Rui" brand mahjong parlor on Shanghai Street reached about 100,000, which was 3 million a month. The guards could distribute about 5% to 10% of the profits, and could get up to 300,000 in oil and water, which would make anyone's heart ache.

As long as they did some tricks on the finances, the monthly income of the guarding big brother would be tens of thousands more!

"Damn it, if I hadn't done it for the society, would I have done such a thankless job?"

Huang Wengang exploded at once, cursing immediately, "If I hadn't taken the initiative to hand over the guarding rights of the 'Rui' brand mahjong parlor, could you have withstood Guanzaisen's pressure?"

One sentence directly caused the veteran Four-Nine who had just exploded to freeze; he didn't have the guts to take such words.

"But we couldn't have handed over the guarding rights of the mahjong parlor so easily. Where would the society's face go?"

"Zhong Ye didn't dare to fight Guanzaisen head-on when he was here, and I don't have that confidence either!"

Huang Wengang continued to curse angrily, "It just so happens that the guarding rights of the 'Rui' brand mahjong parlor are a hot potato. Handing it over will stir up the water and let Shuifang's people restrain Guanzaisen's energy, so he won't have the leisure to target Hong Yi's other industries!"

These words were naturally the reasons Huang Wengang and Wu Feng had discussed in private long ago.

Sure enough, the dissatisfaction on the faces of the other veteran Four-Nines disappeared.

The more they thought about it, the more they felt Huang Wengang's idea was good; Hong Yi really couldn't afford Guanzaisen's tossing right now.

Mainly, Guanzaisen had a first-tier society supporting him; how could they fight him?

"As for Fire Ox, you can participate in the operation of the society's gambling stalls. Are you satisfied with such an arrangement?"

"Satisfied, satisfied! Thanks to the Spokesperson for giving me, Fire Ox, face!"

The veteran Four-Nine called Fire Ox hurriedly thanked him; what else could he do?

A small society was like this; one must have a good eye, otherwise, one wouldn't know how one died.

After dealing with Fire Ox's affairs, more trouble appeared.

Some of the horse-stall keepers under the society showed signs of crossing over to other societies.

The reason was that they didn't think highly of the new Spokesperson Huang Wengang, who had good luck, and held a pessimistic view of Hong Yi's future, which led to the idea of crossing over.

"If anyone wants to leave, let them roll as soon as possible!"

Huang Wengang slammed the table and cursed, "I want to see what kind of name they can make for themselves after going to other societies; I'm afraid they won't even be able to hold onto the ladies under them!"

Wu Feng had actually talked to him about this in private, and finally reached the conclusion of letting nature take its course.

The ability of Hong Yi's horse-stall keepers was actually quite average; they all sucked the blood of the ladies under them to live like humans, otherwise, the society's monthly income wouldn't just be over a million.

If the society's horse-stall keepers crossed over on a large scale, it wasn't that there was no way to solve it; it was just a matter of making concessions.

Giving enough profit space to horse-stall keepers and Mama-sans who worked alone would immediately fill the vacancy left by the ladies brought by the horse-stall keepers. Anyway, it was all black-hearted money, it was the same everywhere.

Hehe, his cousin taking over the new Spokesperson position so smoothly was actually beyond Wu Feng's expectations.

Originally, according to his idea, if his cousin wanted to successfully become the Spokesperson, he would at least have to go through a bloody storm.

Who knew that Hong Yi's veteran Four-Nines were all so sensible, or had long lost the courage to fight, and were neither resistant nor enthusiastic about Huang Wengang taking over as Spokesperson.

This was the benefit of a small society. If it were a medium or large society, how could Huang Wengang take over as the Dragon Head so easily? He wouldn't even think about it without years of operation.

At this time, Wu Feng was quite like a dog-headed military advisor, specifically helping his cousin deal with some troublesome things he might encounter after taking office, as well as the internal turmoil of the society.

It was just that he didn't expect things not to develop into the worst situation!

But as he went deeper into understanding Hong Yi's situation, he knew that such a situation was quite normal.

Hong Yi had quite a few Four-Nines, but not a single one had real ability or appeal!

Or rather, Zhong Ye was the biggest backbone, and the many Four-Nines were all scattered sand.

They could rely on Hong Yi's brand to have a chance to guard venues and scrape oil and water, and they were very satisfied with their comfortable lives, having no ambition at all.

Those medium and large societies produced talents, which were rolled out internally, and Hong Yi basically didn't have anything to do with it.

Since he understood the specific situation of Hong Yi's Four-Nines, when giving advice to his cousin, if it involved the interests of the veteran Four-Nines, he didn't have to be polite to them at all.

The facts were indeed so; the veteran Four-Nine Fire Ox suffered a huge loss, which was not something that could be recovered by letting him participate in gambling stall operations, but he didn't keep pestering.

It was hard to resolve the internal contradictions of Hong Yi, but trouble appeared outside again.

Several small societies, or branches of medium societies on Shanghai Street, took the initiative to come to the venues guarded by Hong Yi to cause trouble, and their purpose was self-evident.

"Damn it, really think Hong Yi is a soft persimmon? I've never been afraid of anyone when fighting!"

Huang Wengang really couldn't hold back his hot temper, cursing repeatedly, "It's just fighting, right? Call all the brothers to go up together. I really don't believe in evil!"

As a result, except for the loyal student party who had just become Four-Nines, and the leader of the fighters left by Zhong Ye who were eager to try, none of the other veteran Four-Nines made a sound.

"You guys..."

Huang Wengang was angry, looking at the veteran Four-Nines who were pretending to be transparent, and his liver hurt from anger.

"Spokesperson, don't be angry. This matter cannot be handled so simply, otherwise, there will be endless trouble in the future!"

Wu Feng spoke at the right time, saying in a deep voice, "If we fight comprehensively, I'm afraid the money in the society's public account won't be enough for the brothers' medical expenses and bail!"

One sentence was like a basin of cold water, immediately cooling Huang Wengang down.

When Zhong Ye left as Spokesperson, he took all the money in the society's account, and there was no money in the public account at this time, waiting for the end of the month to hand in the numbers to fill the gap.

At this time, Hong Yi really didn't have enough money to fight!

"We can't afford to fight, and those societies that want to take advantage must not be able to afford it either!"

Wu Feng sneered, "Then we have to think of a permanent solution to completely resolve the covetousness of other societies. I think fighting in the ring is the best solution!"

"At that time, invite Guanzaisen of Wo Shing to be a witness, so we won't be afraid that those societies will dare to go back on their word afterwards. Once we win, we can also temporarily deter the small people outside!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 9 =====