area51novel Chapter 38: Does the boss mean I should kill him?
Chapter 38: Does the boss mean I should kill him?
Often, the things that happen in real life are even more absurd than the stories in folk tales!
Who would have thought that what everyone thought would be a major battle would end so easily! This seems... a bit unexpected, yet somehow also makes sense.
Anyone who's been around a lot knows that the more people there are, the less likely a fight will break out.
Especially among Hong Kong Island triads, there is a strong atmosphere of valuing harmony. In any situation, they think about the benefits first and are not in a hurry to start a fight.
As a result, everyone can guess that today's events are unlikely to escalate into a fight.
But the Dongfu and the number gang arrived too quickly and with too much fanfare, leading everyone to believe that this would be a fierce battle.
This left everyone dumbfounded.
However, a few daring gamblers nearby opened betting odds and won a fortune. Who would have thought that a whole bunch of troublemakers would emerge later?
"Thank you all for your help, gentlemen. I will definitely pay you a visit in a few days to express my gratitude for your generosity."
Boss Huo clasped his hands in a fist salute to Wang Laoji and the others, speaking quite politely, with gratitude in his tone, but more so with a polite distance.
After all, they're not on the same path, and Boss Huo doesn't want to get too involved with these people. If Boss Huo wanted to join forces with them, he would have done so long ago.
Boss Huo is a big name in the underworld. Which gang he collaborates with will fawn over him.
"Mr. Huo, you're too kind. It's just a small matter, no need to go to so much trouble. Mr. Huo, please continue with your business. We'll be going now."
Wang Laoji and the others weren't fools. They weren't there to help Boss Huo; they mainly wanted to cause trouble for Dongfuhe.
This might be a case of "with great power comes great responsibility"—whoever becomes the boss, there will always be a lot of people below who want to bring them down.
So Wang Laoji and the others exchanged a few polite words and left with their group.
"Officer Fang, it's been a long time. I never expected you to be the one to save us this time."
Boss Huo hurriedly walked over to the group of police officers who had just appeared and spoke to the officer in charge.
"Boss Huo, you've made quite a splash today."
The police officer leading the group was a foreigner, but he had a Mandarin name, Fang Zhongsi. Many foreigners who come to Hong Kong Island will take a Mandarin name. His real name was James David.
Because of his connections from his school days, Mr. Huo often loaded and unloaded goods at the docks in Kowloon, so he inevitably had to bribe the foreigners around him.
Fang Zhongsi is a high-ranking officer at the inspector level in the West Kowloon Emergency Unit, and he has received a lot of bribes from Boss Huo.
Although Boss Huo prides himself on being a legitimate businessman, he won't refuse to pay the bribes he's owed.
"These gangs are too arrogant. I never expected them to cause trouble in broad daylight. Inspector Fang, your men should patrol here more often to protect the legitimate rights and interests of us honest businessmen."
Boss Huo shook hands with the other party. Although the other party didn't say much, Boss Huo knew that this foreigner wanted money!
There was a hundred-dollar bill in the hand that Boss Huo stretched out!
That's a lot of money!
Police officers in Hong Kong Island who accept bribes are referred to as "fees." The largest recipients are plainclothes officers with guns. They have guns and can carry them openly, so those who do illegal work are afraid of being legally and legitimately killed, and therefore give these people the largest kickbacks.
Then come the uniformed officers, traffic police, firefighters, and business administration officials.
As for the foreigners, they are mostly high-level executives who have moved beyond the stage of personally soliciting benefits. In their current positions, they often just sit in their offices and wait for large sums of money to be delivered to their door.
The anti-corruption department, in particular, earns the most among all the relevant departments. Ostensibly, they are the ones investigating corruption, but in reality, they are the ones taking the most.
After all, if the supervisory departments are well-fed, who will bother investigating corruption?
Fang Zhongsi is already considered to be doing very poorly. He made it into the assault team, where he does the most work but receives the least amount of rewards.
Although he was a foreigner and was concerned about the security around the dock, there were many legitimate businessmen around this large dock, some of whom were quite powerful, and the foreigners all had connections.
It's not so easy to get benefits from something.
Those big businessmen will give you all the benefits you're entitled to, but it's absolutely impossible for them to ask for more!
When Fang Zhongsi saw that he had received a hundred dollars, he was so happy that his eyes could not be seen. He could take the lion's share of the money, several tens of dollars, and the constables behind him could each get a dollar or two, which would be considered pretty good.
They're in military uniforms doing manual labor, so they'll try to earn whatever they can.
Even if each person gets two yuan, that's almost a day's normal wage. The salary of an ordinary uniformed policeman is only a little over one hundred yuan a month.
Who wouldn't want to come out and watch the excitement without having to fight or chase anyone? Anyway, their regular patrols pass by here anyway.
"Haha, Mr. Huo, don't worry. The Royal Police Force is a professional police force. When it comes to illegal and criminal activities, they will definitely crack down hard and will absolutely not affect normal business operations."
Having received the money, Fang Zhongsi smiled shamelessly, repeatedly promising to take good care of Boss Huo in the future.
He even hoped that this kind of thing would happen more often so that he could collect more money and quickly send some money to his boss so that he could be transferred to a more lucrative position!
"Thank you very much, Sir Fang. I will definitely ask my friends to write a letter of commendation praising your riot team's achievements."
Boss Huo continued, subtly trying to build a relationship with Fang Zhongsi.
Fang Zhongsi knew that Boss Huo had some connections in the Western community, and he smiled even more happily.
"Let's go, back to patrol."
The group of cops left quickly. They'd already taken their money and the conflict was over, so why stay? Were they waiting for Boss Huo to treat them to dinner?
After dealing with the troubles from both the legitimate and criminal worlds, Boss Huo returned to the dock and told his men to go about their business.
"Since this matter has escalated so much, I think we should try to find some connections with the foreigners and send more people here to patrol more often."
While talking about how to smooth things over, Boss Huo pulled Zhang Guohao to a secluded place.
"Whether it's the foreigners or other gangs, this matter is easy to handle. The troublesome one is the Number Gang. These bastards keep pestering us. If this continues, we'll be in a very passive position. If we don't deal with that guy surnamed Ge properly, we'll have even more trouble in the future."
Boss Huo looked at Zhang Guohao and said that the person he thought was the most difficult to deal with was still Ge Dalongtou from the Number Gang.
"What does the boss mean? That I should kill him?"
Upon seeing this, Zhang Guohao made a throat-slitting gesture.