MMB Chapter 75 Collateral Damage
Chapter 75 Collateral Damage
The information that Shilicheng brought with him today, delivered through his tongue, is very important to Wu Shih-hao.
Upon seeing that the other party wanted money, Hao Ge did not hesitate and directly rummaged through the money box and pulled out several large bills.
Walking up to the snobbish Cheng, Wu Shih-hao slammed the money on the stage: "Brother Cheng, you know who's involved in this matter. I don't want anyone else to know."
"Hehe, Ah Hao. Don't worry, I'm not new to this business..." Shi Li Cheng counted the banknotes and found there were four hunchback bills in total.
2000 yuan?
He clapped the banknotes lightly in his palm, his snobbish smile turning into a forced grin: "Hehe, Ah Hao."
You yourself said that this matter involves that person... and then, it's only 2000 yuan?
"This message concerns me, so I've set my price at level four." Wu Shih-hao turned around and lit a cigarette. "What, Brother Cheng, isn't that enough?"
This style is completely different from when he took Lin Yuanshan to the snobbish Cheng to get the permit.
Shi Licheng rubbed his fingers together again: "Brother Hao, you're really something in Shek Kip Mei right now!"
Two noodle stalls make a fortune every day.
Last time we went to Hui Kee for a street food stall, your cousin said he needed money.
I'm just a poor plainclothes officer; I'd throw 3000 yuan at you without batting an eye.
Now your brother Hao is a big spender, using 2000 yuan to buy a piece of information?
"I don't care. If you're not ashamed, I'll just take the money and leave."
No sooner had he finished speaking than Wu Shih-hao slapped four more hunchbacked men onto the table: "Sir Cheng, let's keep things separate."
I, Ah Hao, am a slacker; my cousin is a legitimate man.
At the birthday banquet last time, Ah Yuan asked Ah Wen to ask you. It was your own choice to take back the principal and not the shares.
Oh, now that you see he's made it big, do you regret it?
"Hehe, I'll add another 2000 yuan, but from now on, A-Yuan has never borrowed any money from you, understand?"
Noticing Wu Shih-hao's change in addressing him, Shih-li-cheng nodded and put away the money.
It's not that he, an old plainclothes officer, has suddenly become worthless; it's just that Wu Shih-hao has recently become rich.
Not only are the two noodle stalls in Shek Kip Mei incredibly popular, but Ng Sai-ho has also gotten involved with Detective Lui Lok of Sham Shui Po.
The snobbish Cheng couldn't figure out exactly how much money Wu Shih-hao had given Lei Luo-sai!
During this period, in Kowloon, both the legitimate and criminal worlds often saw these two men with their arms around each other's shoulders, addressing each other as brothers.
Even the water room is buzzing with rumors that the guild master Sun Guanqing is considering whether to give Wu Shih-hao a red stick title.
As for Brother Hao, his market value in the underworld is rising.
Facing the opportunistic and servile Cheng, whom he used to have to fawn over, he spoke with much more confidence.
Not to mention, the other party suddenly came to our door today, demanding money by claiming they had accidentally caught someone's tongue.
Two thousand wasn't enough. Lin Yuanshan's attempt to raise the price only fueled Wu Shih-hao's growing disgust.
because.
Both the legitimate and criminal worlds trade inside and outside the law, using insider information.
There is a potential price list here.
It is divided into four levels.
One type is general miscellaneous information, such as the movements of idle people on the street, ordinary gambling stall locations, small brothel locations, gossip among housewives in housing estates, etc., priced at about HK$2-5 per piece;
The second tier consists of routine operational intelligence, such as the operating hours of fixed casinos, the locations of small opium dens, the plans for brawls among low-level thugs, the hideouts of pickpocket gangs, and the whereabouts of illegal immigrants. These are priced between HK$10 and HK$50 per piece of information.
Tier 3 is for high-priority intelligence, such as the locations of medium-sized drug dens/drug raids, small-scale territorial disputes between two gangs, the whereabouts of specific wanted criminals, smuggling routes, and the times of underground drug laundering transactions. At this level, the price is HKD 200-1000 per piece of information.
The fourth level is high-risk specialized intelligence, such as large gang mergers, large-scale smuggling routes and warehouses, powder factory addresses, and clues about corruption and collusion.
This level of case involves major crimes or acts that could ignite a major upheaval in the underworld. Prices start at at least at HK$2000 and have no upper limit.
The thugs brought by the shrew today are insiders of the incident where Wu Shih-hao was ambushed at Hung Kee Chaozhou Food Stall in Kowloon Walled City during a welcome dinner for Lam Yuen-shan.
Its name is Big Mouth Spring, but it has no first character.
The floral shirt he wore that day was his own brother's. He broke the rules by making a scene in the walled city. The person behind it was already having a headache dealing with the walled city elders' questioning, let alone giving him any funeral money or compensation.
The reason Big Mouth Spring fell into the hands of the snobbish Cheng is because once he gets drunk, he can't control his mouth.
Last night, this scoundrel got drunk again, cursing and swearing on behalf of his unjustly killed brother, and just happened to be caught by the snobbish Cheng.
Upon hearing the other party's cursing and swearing, it was clear that Wu Shih-hao, who had recently been in the spotlight, was involved.
Driven by a snobbish mentality, they decided to arrest Big Mouth Spring and take him back to the police station for questioning.
Only then did I learn from this minor character that the person behind the scenes was Zhang Lian, the recognized Grand Marshal and Water Room Elder of the Thirty-Six Halls of the He Family.
Marshal Dalu, a spiritual leader with the surname He.
Therefore, the gold tooth chain has a very high status in the underworld, and even Fat Kun has to bow to it.
This person has had an extremely smooth journey in the martial arts world.
In the early 50s, a large group of high-ranking officials from the Shui Fong organization who had acted as traitors during the Japanese occupation were framed and killed in Malaysia.
With no leader in sight, the senior member of the Water House, who had been hiding in Macau, managed to snag a bargain.
He seized the opportunity and led the elite troops he had trained in Macau back to Hong Kong to forcibly take over the waterworks.
Zhang Lian was very clever. He first used force to subdue a few disgruntled gang leaders, and then spent money to win over the hearts of the lower-level gang members. Instead of becoming the leader himself, he took on the role of the second-in-command of the gang.
In the following years, Zhang Lian gradually bribed other minor leaders of the He clan through exchanges of benefits, and was eventually promoted to Grand Marshal.
This big shot, who sent people to ambush Wu Shih-hao, failed in the ambush and chose a place like Kowloon Walled City, which was not suitable for taking action.
This whole thing is illogical from the very beginning!
The only possibility is that Zhang Lian wanted to make an example of someone.
The group in the floral shirt were actually just cannon fodder. Gold Chain never intended to succeed; he just wanted to warn Fatty Kun behind Wu Shih-hao.
This round was somewhat similar to the Asian gambling king deliberately dropping a joker card during the shuffling, warning the anti-fraud gambling king and the retired gambling king present to keep a low profile and to tell them who the big and small jokers are.
The conflict of interest between the two parties, to put it bluntly, is inseparable from the two noodle stalls that Fat Kwan allowed Wu Shih-hao to open in Shek Kip Mei.
Well, several days have passed since then.
Fat Kun and Wu Shih-hao said they sent people to investigate, but there have been no results so far.
On the contrary, the noodle stalls that had been constantly disrupted suddenly became very popular as no one bothered them.
Actually, Fat Kun and Gold Tooth Chain have already agreed on the profit sharing.
As for the ambush that Wu Shih-hao and Lin Yuan-shan were ambushed, it was considered a tacit acceptance and let bygones be bygones.
Anyway, Ah-hao, you didn't suffer any loss.
On the contrary, you even opened two events because of this. You should be thanking us two big shots. How could you possibly have any objections?