freenovelworld Chapter 229 Shameless Moneymaking
Chapter 229 Shameless Moneymaking
Two days later, Chen Haonan's bar opened. In the afternoon, Lu Yongqiang was about to take people there, but he received a call from Chen Yao, saying that he wanted to invite Lu Yongqiang for tea, and the tea place was in Causeway Bay.
Lu Yongqiang thought that Chen Yao had something to talk to him about, and since he was planning to go to Causeway Bay anyway, this was just something he could do on his way, so he naturally wouldn't refuse and agreed directly.
After arriving at the teahouse, Lu Yongqiang discovered that Chen Yao had not only invited him, but also other people. Da Fei, Han Bin, Shisan Mei, Long Kong, Dao Zai Qing, and Fatty Li were already sitting in the private room of the teahouse.
Lu Yongqiang greeted everyone, walked over to Dafei and sat down, then asked softly, "Dafei, what did Brother Yao want us to do?"
Da Fei replied softly, "I don't know! Fatty Li asked just now, and Brother Yao said to wait until everyone is here before telling us."
Lu Yongqiang was originally about to ask, but after hearing what Dafei said, he stopped asking and started chatting with Dafei.
After sitting for about half an hour, all the thirteen leaders of Hongxing, except Chen Haonan, arrived.
Fatty Li was getting a little impatient waiting and said, "Brother Yao, except for Chen Haonan, everyone else is here. What's the matter? Please tell me quickly."
After Fatty Li finished speaking, Chen Yao smiled and said, "Everyone, the reason I called you here today is because of the opening of Haonan Bar.
Haonan is young, and the competition in Causeway Bay is fierce. Mr. Jiang is worried that Haonan won't be able to control the scene. So when Haonan's bar opens, he hopes everyone will come and support it, which is considered to be giving Mr. Jiang face.
Chen Haonan is not very popular in Hongxing. When his new store opens, not all the leaders of Hongxing will come to support him.
Like Fat Lai, when Big Brother B's sister-in-law was tricked into shooting for a pornographic magazine, Big Brother B, upon learning about it, had people from Fat Lai's magazine beaten up and even burned down Fat Lai's printing factory, causing Fat Lai to lose millions. This led to a mortal feud between the two, and the person who had carried out the mission was Chen Haonan. Fat Lai hated Chen Haonan to the core.
There is also Da Fei. Chen Haonan accepted the task from Jiang Tiansheng and directly killed Da Fei's sworn brother. The reason was that the society found out that Da Fei's sworn brother was a traitor and an undercover sent by the police to the current society.
Up to now, Jiang Tiansheng has not been able to produce any conclusive evidence. In other words, it is still uncertain whether Dafei's sworn brother is an undercover agent.
Da Fei naturally didn't dare to cause trouble for Jiang Tiansheng, so he could only put the blame on Chen Haonan.
As for Wuliang, the two men who killed Greyhound have not been found yet, and at that time Chen Haonan appeared in Causeway Bay with his men. This was too much of a coincidence, so Wuliang naturally suspected Chen Haonan. Before the murderer was caught, Chen Haonan was the biggest suspect in Greyhound's death.
Even if Wuliang doesn't want to avenge Greyhound from the bottom of his heart, he still has to pretend to do so, otherwise his subordinates will be disheartened, and if the morale of the team is low, it will be difficult to lead.
Speaking of which, Lu Yongqiang actually has a grudge against Chen Haonan. There are quite a few grievances between the two, but Lu Yongqiang has never suffered any losses in every conflict. This time, Chen Haonan personally sent him the invitation, and out of consideration for Jiang Tiansheng's face, Lu Yongqiang decided to come and show his support.
Now that Chen Yao brought Jiang Tiansheng out, some people were unhappy, but they all gave Jiang Tiansheng face and no one spoke out in opposition.
Seeing that no one objected, Chen Yao glanced at his watch and said, "I think it's almost time. Let's go to Haonan's bar now!"
This teahouse was only a few dozen meters away from Chen Haonan's bar. After everyone left the teahouse, they didn't take a car, but just walked slowly towards the bar.
Chen Haonan and his men came to greet them from a long distance away from the bar.
Now that they were here, no matter what their relationship with Chen Haonan was, they would still exchange pleasantries, and so they walked towards the bar chatting with each other.
When they arrived at the door of the bar, everyone was about to go in, but Chen Yao caused trouble again.
Chen Yao took out a check and handed it to Chen Haonan, then said, "Haonan, Mr. Jiang is very happy that your bar is opening. He originally planned to come over to support you in person, but he had something urgent to do and had to go to Councillor Chen's house to discuss something, so he asked me to bring him a gift money.
The amount is not much, just one hundred and eighty-eight thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight. I wish your business will be prosperous all the way! "
One hundred and eighty-eight thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight is a very auspicious number, but this operation is very deceptive.
For example, when a store opens, most friends will send a flower basket as a token of appreciation. If they are particularly close, they will also send a decorative item like a lucky cat, a statue of the God of Wealth, or a lucky bamboo. Even if someone sends a red envelope, the amount won't be too large.
There are many members in the club, and it is common for shops to open. At most, there may be more than ten new shops opening in a month. Since everyone is in the same club, it is normal for them to support each other and join in the fun.
When you are in a gang, most people are poor from morning till night and rich from afternoon till night. When a new store opens, people rarely give gifts. In most cases, they just give a flower basket. Even if the relationship is good, if they want to give a gift, they will do it privately to avoid embarrassing others.
But now Chen Yao, on behalf of Jiang Tiansheng, gave Chen Haonan a gift of 188,888 yuan, and he did it in front of everyone, which seemed like he was deliberately making things difficult for him.
After Chen Haonan accepted the check, Chen Yao's tricks were not over yet. He took out another check from his wallet and handed it to Chen Haonan, saying, "Haonan, your new store is opening. I don't have Mr. Jiang's wealth, so I dare not compete with him. I will give you 88,888 yuan. I wish you great success in the future!"
As soon as Chen Yao finished speaking, many people's expressions changed completely, even Lu Yongqiang looked a little unhappy.
At this moment, Liang Ma took out a check from her bag. She walked over to Chen Haonan, handed the check to him, and said, "Haonan, this is a gift from your godmother to you. Just like Brother Yao, it's 88,888. I hope your business will prosper and everything will go well!"
After Pretty Mom stepped forward, none of the remaining leaders stepped forward. Everyone looked at Chen Yao, Pretty Mom, Chen Haonan and the others with different expressions, and the atmosphere on the scene suddenly became a little awkward.
At this time, Chen Yao said, "Thirteenth sister, when you set up shop in Bolan Street, Haonan helped you a lot. Now that Haonan's new store is opening, shouldn't you show your appreciation?"
After Chen Yao finished speaking, Thirteenth Sister and Han Bin looked at each other with some hesitation.
Thirteenth Sister hesitated, not because she cared about the tens of thousands of dollars, but because what Chen Yao and his men did today was not right, and it seemed like they were trying to drag Thirteenth Sister into this trouble.
At this moment, Han Bin said, "Mr. Jiang is the leader of the Hongxing faction, so he'll give you 188,888. Brother Yao is the Hongxing white paper fan, so he'll give you 88,888. Liang Ma is Haonan's godmother, so she'll give you 88,888. We can't compare to you guys, so I'll give Haonan 66,666! I hope Haonan won't mind!"
After saying that, Han Bin took out his checkbook and wrote a check for sixty-six thousand six hundred and sixty-six.
Han Bin took the initiative to step forward and be the first to speak out, just to rescue Thirteenth Sister and to take the blame for her.
After Chen Haonan accepted Han Bin's check, Thirteenth Sister also took out her checkbook and wrote a check for 66,666.
"Haonan, I wish you a prosperous business!"
Afterwards, Lone Dragon and Daozi Qing stepped forward at the same time and handed over a check each for sixty-six thousand six hundred and sixty-six.
The deal was already done, and although the people behind were dissatisfied, they couldn't lose face, so they gritted their teeth and handed Chen Haonan a check for the amount of 66,666.
The dragon head, the white paper fan, and the leader all came to support Chen Haonan and gave him a big red envelope.
After the news spread, many branch leaders who had originally not planned to join in the fun were forced to come with large red envelopes. Those who had already arrived but had not given any gifts were now forced to sneak out to make up for it.
After entering the bar, Fatty Li, Wuliang, Lu Yongqiang and Ma Wangjian gathered together to chat.
Fatty Li cursed in a low voice, "How ugly is the way he eats! Who would force customers to pay gifts when opening a new restaurant? This is fucking robbery."
Ma Wangjian said with a smile: "Robbery is illegal, but this is not illegal."
As he spoke, Ma Wangjian looked around and continued, "I heard that this bar has a total investment of 10 million, Shan Ji invested 5 million, and Chen Haonan invested 5 million.
Shan Ji has been the leader of the Triple Gang for a while, so he might be able to come up with five million. However, Chen Haonan has only been in power for a short time, so he has no money at all. I'm afraid that all of this five million was paid by our Mr. Jiang.
Our Mr. Jiang is not a generous man. He paid five million, so he must find a way to make up for it."
Wuliang coughed and said, "Ma Wang, there are so many people around here, so please be quiet. If these words get to Mr. Jiang's ears, you will be in trouble."
Wuliang turned to look at Lu Yongqiang and said, "Aqiang, according to the society's convention, next year's business on Macau Island should be handled by your Tuen Mun branch. Now that Mr. Jiang has proposed establishing a branch on Macau Island, don't you have any objection to this?"
Wuliang finished speaking, and Lu Yongqiang put down his wine glass and said, "Objection? Is it any use if I object? Brother Wuliang, Brother Li, I remember at the last meeting, Mr. Jiang proposed the idea of establishing a branch church in Macau Island, and you were the first to stand up and support Mr. Jiang."
"What? You regret it now?"
Hung Hing doesn't have much business on Macau Island, with only a few gambling halls and a bar, and dozens or hundreds of people are enough to look after these places.
There were few venues, but the profits were huge, making it a truly coveted piece of fat meat. Back then, the leaders of the Hongxing gang fought tooth and nail for this piece of fat meat, almost coming to blows.
Seeing that the society was about to have an internal conflict over this, someone suggested that everyone take turns to be responsible for the business on the Australian Island, with each gang being responsible for one year. At that time, in order to be fair and just, the order was decided by drawing lots.
This method has been implemented for nearly ten years, and it was supposed to be the Tuen Mun branch's turn to be responsible for the business on Macau Island next year.
But when submitting accounts last month, Jiang Tiansheng suddenly pointed out that the new hotel in Taipa would open in two months, and Hongxing would be responsible for the entire hotel's casino business at that time, which would require a lot of manpower.
Adding in the previous business on Ao Island, a total of several hundred people would probably be needed. Since Ao Island would need so many people in the future, it would be inconvenient to assign responsibility to a single branch. It would be better to establish an Ao Island branch for easier management.