Hong Kong Comprehensive: The Rise of the King

After saying that, he looked at Zhou Chaoxian and asked calmly:

"Then Zhou Chaoxian, why did you nominate me?"

Zhou Chaoxian, who was wearing a grey suit and sitting on the sofa with his legs crossed, smiled with confidence on his face and said as a matter of course:
"You nominate me and I will win."

As he spoke, he pointed at Ding Zongshu who was sitting on the sofa on the other side:
"Nominate him and he will lose."

"Then the East District Legislative Yuan seat will be taken away by other gangs."

After hearing what Zhou Chaoxian said, Minister Hou, who was sitting on the sofa, took off his sunglasses, picked up the towel beside him, wiped the sweat off his face, and nodded to Zhou Chaoxian:
"You're right. Your opinion agrees with the boss. In fact, we all tend to nominate you."

Minister Hou put down the towel in his hand and looked at Ding Zongshu who was standing aside with a somewhat dissatisfied look on his face:

"Zongshu, how much did you spend this time?"

Ding Zongshu curled his lips, but he didn't dare to show too much dissatisfaction on his face. He answered Minister Hou's question honestly:
"About fifteen million."

Minister Hou fiddled with his rosary with one hand and put his other hand behind his head. He looked indifferent and said to Zhou Chaoxian:
"Then Chaoxian, get 20 million and send it to Zong Shu within three days, and then get another sum of money to send to the higher-ups. I'll tell you the detailed figures in a few days."

After hearing Minister Hou's words, Zhou Chaoxian showed a hint of joy on his face. He put down his crossed legs, took out his sunglasses from his pocket and put them on his face, then slowly stood up from the sofa:
"Thank you, Minister, for the promotion."

At this time, Minister Hou seemed to remember something, looked at the two of them and said:

"By the way, when you go back, send your brothers away. Don't let them keep getting impatient outside."

After saying that, he looked at Ding Zongshu who was standing aside and looked extremely dissatisfied, and said to him in a consoling tone:

"Zongshu, that's it. We'll talk about it next time. Don't be unconvinced."

Ding Zongshu suddenly stood up from the sofa, nodded to Minister Hou, and left the room without saying a word.

Zhou Chaoxian followed closely behind him, and after leaving the room, he turned around and closed the door. Ding Zhongshu, who was standing behind him, also took out sunglasses from his pocket and put them on his face. At this time, the dissatisfaction on his face was fully revealed. He pointed at Zhou Chaoxian and said angrily:
"I'm just not convinced."

Zhou Chaoxian raised his eyebrows, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

On the other side, in a screen room, the lights were not on, and pictures were flashing on the screen. These pictures were all pictures of Zhou Chaoxian having dinner with bigwigs from all walks of life.

Fang Guohui was operating the computer, switching pictures, and explaining to the teacher in front of him:

"In the 78-year cleanup case, Zhou Chaoxian was imprisoned in Green Island for five years."

"At present, he is an entrepreneur with assets exceeding 3 billion. I won't talk about other things. Just talking about the video game industry, he owns 38 large and small gambling video game chain stores, which are fake. The daily income is about 50 million, which is more than the global fast food chain."

"Of course, half of it was used to bribe the relevant departments that helped him protect the company."

The teacher looked at the photos on the screen and listened to what Fang Guohui said. He couldn't help but snorted:
"This big brother, as the leader of the Songlin Gang, now wants to whitewash himself and move up the ladder, and he also wants to run for a seat in the Legislative Yuan."

As soon as the words fell, the lights in the room turned on, and Fang Guohui said while sorting out the documents on the table:
"We have a tradition here that once you are elected as a legislator, you are immediately protected and no one is held accountable for past mistakes. I don't understand."

The teacher slapped a document in his hand on the table, sat down casually, looked at Fang Guohui with a smile on his face:

"What's wrong? Fight for action and bring him down."

"But the departments involved in corruption should not be impatient and should keep the case open because the scope of involvement is too wide. They should be patient and refrain from haste."

Fang Guohui nodded to the teacher. He had already sorted out the documents on the desk:

"I will know when to stop."

The teacher looked at Fang Guohui with a smile on his face and patted him on the shoulder:

"You are indeed my good student."

At night, there was not a trace of moonlight in the sky, and thick dark clouds covered the starlight as well, but the streets below were dimly lit.

In front of a luxurious game hall, rows of luxury cars were parked there. However, in a van, the equipment inside was recording the situation outside in real time. Fang Guohui and his men, who were fully armed at this time, carrying a lot of monitoring and eavesdropping equipment, entered the video game arcade separately.

In the arcade, a waitress in red was holding a microphone:
"Good night, young handsome men and hot girls. Come on, the sooner you start playing, the sooner you can start. If you are slow, just watch others play and win."

These seemingly unpleasant words were actually playing on the hearts of all the guests present, who were madly trying to grab a machine and spend their money on it.

This video game arcade is truly a place of decadence and extravagance. Everywhere you can hear cheers from people who win money and groans from people who lose money. There are even noises of people trying to catch people and the cries of children.

Here you can even see parents playing video games and spending money while their children pull up a bench nearby and do their homework.

Fang Guohui walked through the crazy crowd with a frown on his face. Looking at the madness in front of him, he felt unhappy and disgusted from the bottom of his heart.

"Congratulations! I won 351 consecutive prizes with Animal Wonders . Our company will give me a small rice cooker as a gift."

Three waitresses holding microphones stood in front of the winning machine and cheered loudly, as if they were stirring the hearts of everyone present and encouraging them to continue playing.

Fang Guohui saw this scene, his eyes were full of disgust, and he whispered to the bug installed around his neck:
"This place is full of gambling video games. Call the district and report it immediately."

The younger brother on the other side also replied immediately:

"Brother Fang, the police said they just did a routine inspection and they said this is a healthy and legal video game store, so they refused to accept it."

Fang Guohui couldn't help but frowned:

"Call him again and tell him someone is selling Master An here."

On the other side, Fang Guohui's two partners, a man and a woman, had already entered the member room with their membership cards in hand. As soon as they entered, four female waitresses dressed in fancy clothes said in a foreign language: "Welcome."

In this member's room, there is no longer the disguise as outside. It is simply a gambling place. Countless amounts of money flow here like a black river.

But unfortunately, the membership card used by the two partners was reported lost by a member. This matter immediately attracted the attention of the video game arcade. They were immediately surrounded by a group of young men and taken to the reception room. The male agent was constantly poured with Coke into his nose.

Outside, two policemen twisted their necks and entered the video game arcade. A man dressed as a manager immediately came out to greet them.

The leading cop took a liking to the man dressed as a manager and said nonchalantly:
"Someone reported that you are selling Master An here."

The manager clapped his hands quickly, thinking of the leading officer and said with a smile:
"It's all because the customers got bored after losing money and wanted to mess with you."

"There's not enough money for the gamblers in this place, so why would they need to sell those things? They're all blown out for free to cheer up the customers, and they're never sold."

As soon as the manager finished speaking, a waiter came over with two small rice cookers:
"Captain, two small rice cookers."

The leading waiter did not reach out to take it, but turned around slowly. Seeing this, the manager slapped the waiter on the head and shouted:

"It's so small, two extra large sizes."

The waiter received the manager's order and quickly turned around to get two extra-large rice cookers. Only then did the team leader turn around and nodded:

"Okay, take it and exchange it for money."

At this time, Fang Guohui was holding an electric rice cooker in his hand and walking towards a souvenir shop in the video game arcade. However, the souvenir shop was filled with electric rice cookers of various sizes, as well as a few thick banknotes.

There are some guests who won rice cookers and came here to exchange them.

"Two extra-large rice cookers, two hundred thousand."

"Hey, he was the one who stole my rice cooker."

At this moment, a fat woman, followed by a waiter, pointed at Fang Guohui and shouted.

Seeing this, Fang Guohui hurriedly threw the rice cooker in his hand at the waiter and pushed him away. He had already collected all the evidence at the scene and was ready to evacuate.

In the reception room on the other side, the female partner looked at her companion, who was painfully having Coke poured into his nose, and shouted at him:

"Don't drink anymore, just tell me what you have to say."

But as soon as these words came out, the two of them suddenly jumped up, knocked all the younger brothers around them to the ground, fled in a hurry, and met Fang Guohui.

As the three of them ran, they snatched the purse from a waiter and threw the money out. The banknotes fell like snowflakes, causing a scramble. This also successfully stopped the younger brothers who were chasing them.

The three of them successfully escaped from the sewer.

In a villa in the woods.

The shouts of men and women continued to ring out:

"Be gentle, let go."

Zhou Chaoxian, who was lying on the other side, did not make a sound under the master's massage, but the walnut in his hand was crushed to pieces. Cui Miaoxiang behind him considerately picked up a walnut and put it into Zhou Chaoxian's mouth.

The masseur was wearing a pair of sunglasses. He didn't move his head when he spoke, and he didn't look anywhere. He was obviously blind:
"Sir, you should have a massage more often when you have time. You are in poor health." Cui Miaoxiang smiled as she massaged Zhou Chaoxian's shoulders when she heard the masseur's words and asked:
"What's wrong with him?"

The masseur nodded and said seriously:

"Wherever part hurts when you press it, that part is bad."

The man next to him heard what the masseur said and immediately smiled and said:

"He didn't scream for help like I did. He must be in much better health than me."

The masseur shook his head when he heard this:

"That's because he has a strong will. He can endure it."

"His weakest part is his kidneys. When I pressed your kidney points just now, were you trying to hold back your urine so hard that it almost spurted out?"

Hearing the masseur's words, the man's face showed a hint of embarrassment, but more of it was pity for the masseur. The women beside him, including Cui Miaoxiang, couldn't help but chuckle.

Until this moment, the masseur did not realize the seriousness of the matter and continued to speak seriously:

"I heard the little sister laughing, so I knew I was right when I said you had kidney deficiency."

Zhou Chaoxian's face remained calm. He stood up from the sofa, took a stack of banknotes from the side, took the masseur's hand, and put the stack of banknotes in his hand.

The masseur quickly took it, and a look of joy suddenly appeared on his face:
"That's a lot, thank you."

After the masseur took the money, Zhou Chaoxian put a clip in his hand and asked him calmly:

"Do you know what this is?"

The masseur touched it twice:
"This is a clamp for... for clamping walnuts."

Zhou Chaoxian nodded, a smile appeared on his face, and he looked at the masseur and said:
“There are lots of other uses for this thing.”

The masseur heard this and said with a smile:

"Yes, I use it to pick up crabs when I eat them."

Just as the masseur finished speaking, Zhou Chaoxian flipped the clamp and clamped the masseur's finger with a sudden force. A scream of pain suddenly rang out.
Several younger brothers outside the door heard the scream and rushed in.

Zhou Chaoxian slowly stood up from the sofa and looked at the three younger brothers who came in.
"Sanpao, take him to the toilet and take off his pants. Use this to make him understand what severe kidney deficiency is."

In this extremely magnificently built villa, Zhou Chaoxian was lying on his sofa, with a cigar burning in his hand and a cup of fragrant tea in the other hand, sipping it lightly. Behind him, Cui Miaoxiang was massaging his shoulders, enjoying this leisurely time.

At this moment, the door of the room was opened, and San Pao, dressed in a suit, walked in from outside, looked at Zhou Chaoxian and nodded:
"Boss."

Zhou Chaoxian pointed to the sofa in front of him, motioning Sanpao to sit down, took a deep breath, and blew smoke rings from the cigar in his hand. Then he pressed the cigar into the ashtray and turned it around, then looked at Sanpao and said:
"There is a project on the coastal highway. We are currently in the process of bidding for it. It will cost a lot of money. The company's expenses are already increasing. We need to find a way to make some money."

“This project is the best place, but there are many families bidding on this project at the same time.”

"Sanpao, go contact those builders and tell them to come over for a cup of tea using my name."

After hearing Zhou Chaoxian's words, Sanpao nodded and walked out of the room.

Inside Mr. Lin’s villa.

Wearing glasses, his hair looked a little sparse, but it was still combed meticulously. He was dressed very decently. Mr. Lin, who was wearing a pair of glasses, waved his hands, his face full of anger and dissatisfaction:

"Now all the projects have been snatched up by him."

"They are from a social background, how can they know how to do engineering?"

"Kidnapping, murder, arson. You ask them to set fire, burn down a building, and they understand."

"You ask them to build a building, how can they do that? It's just a matter of black and white."

"They and the people from the Bank and Construction Bureau divided up all the money allocated from above, and used a small portion to build shoddily and cut corners. The project collapsed before the earthquake even hit."

"Now the people in power are protecting the illegal and bullying the legal. My territory has been occupied and my employees have been beaten. This method of intimidation is more sophisticated than Hollywood movies."

At this point, a maid came in holding a huge gift box. Director Lin pointed at the gift box with a look of anger on his face. He was so angry that he waved his hands and shouted:

"They sent this to my son when he was in school."

As she spoke, the maid opened the gift box. Director Lin pointed at the contents and shouted:

"A paper columbarium, two big and one small, do you understand?"

"How dare I find a cop? They've all been bribed. If I go and report, wouldn't that be like walking into a trap? Wouldn't that be like courting death?"

"I came to the Investigation Bureau to report it just by chance, just like buying the lottery. Who knew that you would transfer me here and there until today, when you wanted to transfer me to be your undercover agent? Wouldn't you blush if you told me this?"

After listening to what Director Lin said, Fang Guohui really couldn't say a word.

Director Lin looked at Fang Guohui, beating his chest and stamping his feet, his face full of regret:

"I work in engineering and you work as a fishing inspector. Are you mistaken?"

"Okay, okay, you're a good person. I've seen you on TV. You're a doer of deeds, not just bullshit. You'll have a way. I can't help you."

At the headquarters of Songlin Company, which is located on the outskirts of the city, the air is very fresh and there are green vegetation everywhere. The headquarters is built entirely of wood and is very exquisitely decorated, giving people a feeling of living in nature.

At this time, the big bosses of the construction companies gathered here. They walked upstairs. As soon as they reached the top floor, they could see a wooden board hanging on the wall with four big words written on it: Tea Art Competition.

"Hey, Director Lin."

As soon as Mr. Lin went upstairs, Zhou Chaoxian came over to shake hands with him and say hello.

The other big guys also sat down one after another. In front of them was a U-shaped sandalwood incense table with various tea sets placed on it. Even the seats underneath were custom-made with expensive wood.

Zhou Chaoxian made a gesture of invitation to Lin Dong:
"The road is not easy to walk on. Thank you for your hard work. Please sit inside."

Director Lin smiled and nodded at Zhou Chaoxian. He shook his hand and sat down in the second seat. As he walked, he waved to the big guys present.

After greeting Director Lin, Zhou Chaoxian went straight back to his seat. He looked around at everyone present, checked his watch, and said to everyone with a smile:
"Okay, no more waiting, it's time to start. Those who are late will be automatically forfeited."

As he spoke, he looked at everyone and made an opening and closing gesture:

"Who's making tea today?"

After listening to Zhou Chaoxian's words, everyone looked at each other, and no one spoke.

In order to avoid the atmosphere becoming awkward, Zhou Chao spoke first:

"Everyone, please give me some advice. Don't just look at me. I am the convener today, not necessarily the main seat."

At this moment, footsteps were heard from below, and a middle-aged man wearing glasses and a well-dressed suit ran up and looked at Zhou Chaoxian with an apologetic smile on his face:

"Jay, I'm sorry, there's a traffic jam. I'm sorry."

The middle-aged man was also smart. After he finished speaking, seeing that Zhou Chaoxian didn't say anything, he hurriedly ran out to the wooden table with a smile and found a place for himself to sit down.

"F."

Zhou Chaoxian shouted loudly, and his younger brother who was on standby downstairs came over immediately.

Zhou Chaoxian fired three shots and nodded, saying with dissatisfaction:

"Move the empty chair away."

Sanpao nodded slightly, then moved the only empty chair away.

Then Zhou Chaoxian took the tea set from his side, looked at everyone and said calmly:

"Since everyone is so polite, let me make some tea. Please turn off your pagers and cell phones."

After hearing what Zhou Chaoxian said, everyone present took out their call machines and mobile phones from their pockets, turned them off, and placed them on the table. At this time, a middle-aged man came up from downstairs. His forehead was covered with sweat and he looked very flustered. He looked at Zhou Chaoxian with an apologetic look:
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Brother Zhou, I'm late, there's a traffic jam, a traffic jam."

Zhou Chaoxian looked up at the middle-aged man, his face showing no emotion, and he just asked him calmly:

"Traffic jam? What car were you in?"

The middle-aged man smiled apologetically, but a hint of embarrassment appeared on his face:
"I'm riding... Mazhida." (End of this chapter)