Hong Kong Comprehensive: The Rise of the King

Zhou Chaoxian couldn't help but snorted coldly. After everyone present looked around, they looked at the middle-aged man again, and their expressions became unfriendly:

"We all drive Mercedes-Benz and Rolls-Royce, but you drive a Mazda. No wonder you're stuck in traffic."

"You are not qualified to attend this meeting at all."

The middle-aged man was filled with fear when he heard Zhou Chaoxian's words, but Zhou Chaoxian's next sentence made him feel relieved:
"Take a seat."

"Yes, thank you."

When the middle-aged man heard that Zhou Chaoxian was willing to forgive him, he immediately felt relieved and didn't even notice that his hands were shaking. However, after running around in a circle, he found that there was no chair. He had to return to the circle of the wooden table with an embarrassed look on his face and looked at the other big men, but the only response from others was to shake their heads and sigh.

Zhou Chaoxian raised his eyebrows at the middle-aged man and said to him in a mocking tone:
"Can you find it?"

The middle-aged man's expression was as if he was about to cry, and his heart was filled with regret:
"No."

Zhou Chaoxian pointed at his watch, looked at the middle-aged man, and said in a teaching tone:

"You are eleven minutes late, which means you don't take this meeting seriously and look down on us. Why do you want us to treat you as a brother?"

"Go home and wait for a call. I'll let you know the result."

The middle-aged man felt as if there were thousands of words choking in his throat, but in front of the powerful Zhou Chaoxian, he couldn't say a word, so he had to go downstairs and leave obediently.

Director Lin, who was watching all this, took out a cigar from his arms, slowly lit it, and started smoking it in big puffs.

Zhou Chaoxian immediately picked up the teapot and poured tea for everyone while slowly saying:

"There were 18 companies interested in bidding for the coastal highway project, but in my assessment, nine of them were not qualified to undertake such a large project, so I talked to their leaders one by one, and they were very considerate of me, so I finally persuaded them to withdraw."

"There are only nine of us left today, and one more company just withdrew, so that makes eight now."

Having said that, Zhou Chaoxian took a few signs from the table and smashed them hard on the ground. He pointed at everyone present and said with a smile:

"Everyone is considered a talented group, but I urge everyone to unite. If everyone votes for themselves, what does it matter if you get the vote in the end?"

"The price will definitely be kept very low. I hope everyone can get along and make money together. We can work together to make this project a success and share the money from the boss. Our boss is very rich."

Having said that, Zhou Chaoxian couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"I proposed a plan and you guys come to study it. It's not really research, it's just helping me."

"To put it bluntly, I want this project because my career has been developing too fast recently and I'm short of cash. I have two conditions."

"First, this project is worth about 1 billion yuan. A 20% profit means 200 million yuan. I'll take out 40 million yuan and divide it among the seven of you. Each of you will get more than 5 million yuan."

"Second, there are three more projects in the second half of the year. I won't invest in them. Just give me some of the money you guys make."

"After I finish speaking, who is in favor and who is against?"

Although Zhou Chao raised this question first, the people below were discussing it, but no one dared to raise any objection.

At this moment, Director Lin shouted:

"I object."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's eyes were focused on Director Lin.

Director Lin took a deep puff of the cigar in his hand, looked at the people present and said:

"I often tell people in the industry that Jay Chou is my idol. If I can get the project, I don't have to do it myself. I will just take 500 million out of 100 million."

"Then you will issue the contract, and then you will transfer it two, three, four, five, six, seven, and eight times. If you don't make money, you will find ways to cut corners. Then you will collude with the Bank and Construction Bureau to add 300 to 500 million to the budget."

"After this project, I think you took at least 700 million, and you gave us such a small amount of money. Do you still have a conscience?"

As soon as Director Lin said this, someone below immediately stammered in agreement:

"He... has a point."

At this moment, Sanpao walked quickly up from downstairs, came to Zhou Chaoxian's side, and whispered a few words. Then Zhou Chaoxian looked at a somewhat fat construction businessman with a big gold chain around his neck.

The man felt Zhou Chaoxian's gaze and spoke in a panic:

"My brothers told them not to come, but they insisted on coming because they were afraid something might happen to me. Country people are country people, so they would make a fuss. But I told Chairman Zhou that I had already told Chairman Liu about this project. Our two companies will join forces to bid for it, and we must win the bid no matter what."

"But you just spoke up, and I feel like this project is going to be very difficult to do."

When Zhou Chaoxian heard this, he couldn't help but burst out laughing:

"Lovely, lovely. Since ancient times, heroes have been unable to resist beauties. I suddenly think you are very beautiful, like beauties, like Americans."

"You are as good at negotiating as the Americans are. OK, I'll make my final offer."

"First, each company will receive 7 million. Second, the second-hand goods for this project will be contracted by Qiao Wu and Director Liu's company."

"After I finish speaking, who is in favor? Who is against?"

After saying this, Zhou Chaoxian stood up from the wooden chair and looked at everyone present with irresistible momentum.

But at the same time, Director Lin also shouted:

"I object."

"Snapped."

Hearing what Director Lin said, Zhou Chaoxian slapped him and sent him flying, spilling the tea on the table to the floor.

Seeing this scene, all the construction merchants present, except Director Lin, quickly picked up the teacups on the table and raised them to Zhou Chaoxian:

"I agree."

"go out."

Zhou Chaoxian shouted loudly, and after all the younger brothers who came over from Weilong retreated, he sat back on the wooden chair, still with that kind look on his face, and smiled at everyone:

"Thank you all for giving me face. Please go back. The rest is between me and Director Lin."

After hearing what Zhou Chaoxian said, all the construction businessmen present stood up and left.

But what Zhou Zhaohui didn't expect was that actually everything that happened today was recorded by Fang Guohui, and is still being monitored in real time.

After all the builders from No. 1 Middle School left, Zhou Chao looked at Director Lin first and asked calmly:
"You deliberately caused trouble today. Who supported you?"

It was not until this time that Zhou Chaoxian realized that Director Lin's cell phone had been on the table the whole time. At this time, Director Lin had already stood up from the ground and pulled out a black firearm from his arms and pointed it at Zhou Chaoxian:
"I'll fuck your mother."

Following a roar, the sound of firearms ejecting rang out.

In the monitoring room, Fang Guohui's partner's eyes widened:

"Damn, Director Lin has firearms."

Afterwards, several people hurriedly ran out of the monitoring room, rode on motorcycles, and rushed over.

Return to the conference room.

Director Lin's attack did not hit Zhou Chaoxian. Zhou Chaoxian kicked over the tea set and kicked Director Lin against the wall. He screamed and punched him again and again.

Outside, Fang Guohui and others had arrived on motorcycles and leapt to the balcony on the second floor, while the other senior officials were on guard below.

But when they came into the room, Director Lin had been tied up with only a cushion under his buttocks. There was even a chicken tied to his body and a fishing line hanging behind him.

The moment Fang Guohui turned over and entered, the fishing line behind Director Lin was pulled, and the whole person broke through the window and was thrown onto the tree with the chicken.

Fang Guohui looked outside and saw that Zhou Chaoxian was already standing on the ridge outside with a group of his younger brothers.

Lin Dong, who was hanging on the tree, just yelled at Zhou Chaoxian:

"Zhou Chaoxian, I am a righteous man. I am not afraid that you are a gangster... I will beat your mother... I will beat you for thousands of generations, fuck your mother." Fang Guohui quickly turned over and jumped down the stairs, while his partners also quickly got on their motorcycles to rescue Director Lin first.

Zhou Chaoxian smiled and rubbed the head of a dog beside him:
"You should know what you're doing."

The dog seemed to understand what Zhou Chaoxian said, and ran to a high place, howling:

"Wang Wang Wang..."

Following these barks, about twenty or thirty ferocious dogs suddenly appeared in the field, rushing towards this side without distinguishing friend or foe. No matter what they saw, as long as it was a living thing, they would attack it in a group.

As for Director Lin, who was hung on the tree, the fishing line behind him was pulling, and he felt like he was flying. He was thrown from the tree to the ground. As the car engine sounded, he was dragged on the ground. The feathers of the chicken on his body kept falling off, and he kept screaming:
"Help! Help!"

Fang Guohui, who saw this scene, couldn't help but curse:
"Made."

The motorcycle under his feet roared and chased after the car that was dragging Director Lin. At this time, more than 20 to 30 ferocious dogs had already chased after them, entangled Fang Guohui's partners tightly, and even the female farmers of Tianli were not spared.

Director Lin was constantly being dragged like this, and from time to time he was like a fish on the bottom of the sea, being lifted up and enjoying the feeling of being in the air. However, this time when Director Lin was let down, it was not just as simple as being dragged on the ground. There were nearly a dozen ferocious dogs waiting for him below.

At this time, Fang Guohui, riding his motorcycle, finally arrived and jumped directly onto the car. He started fighting with the man holding the fishing rod. He was fighting with the man while dealing with the ferocious dog that was rushing towards him.

Fang Guohui was not at a disadvantage at all. He knocked the man down out of the car in just a few moves. Fortunately, the car was not driving very fast. Even though the man was knocked out of the car and rolled twice on the ground, he was not injured.

But unfortunately, these ferocious dogs could not distinguish between friend and foe. In their eyes, all living things were enemies. The man rolled on the ground twice, and before he could get up, he was overwhelmed by more than ten ferocious dogs.

Fang Guohui also hurriedly dragged Director Lin to the trunk, then jumped up and kicked the driver out, drove the car, and successfully rescued Director Lin.

In a building.

The room was luxuriously decorated, with exquisite sofas, imported milky white carpets, and all kinds of exotic flowers and plants decorated around the corners, which were extremely gorgeous. It was the flowering season, and there was even a faint fragrance of flowers wafting out.

However, the mood in the room was very awkward. The TV was playing slowly, but the content was what Zhou Chaoxian talked about at the tea art competition.

Minister Hou was wearing a pair of sunglasses and had an expressionless face. He turned off the videotape and slammed the remote control in his hand onto the sofa.

Sitting next to him was the person involved, Zhou Chaoxian. His face was extremely gloomy at this moment. He had never expected that his conversation was actually recorded by someone.

Minister Hou looked at Zhou Chaoxian, pointed outside, and said to Zhou Chaoxian with dissatisfaction and even some anger:
"Recently, rumors have been flying around, causing a lot of uproar in the city, so some people took advantage of the situation to attack Yingjian and colluded with the Hey Gang to rig the project bid."

"You caused all this trouble all by yourself, you know that?"

"The boss is very angry. Tell me, how do you want the boss to punish you?"

Zhou Chaoxian crossed his fingers and placed them on his chin. His tone was no longer as confident as before, but very low, as if he was tentatively saying:

"I suppose it wouldn't be so serious as not to nominate me, right?"

Minister Hou clapped his hands, put his feet on the table, and looked at Zhou Chaoxian expressionlessly:
"you are right."

"We decided to nominate Ding Zongshu. He is obedient."

Hearing Minister Hou's words, Zhou Chaoxian raised his head abruptly, his face full of disbelief:
“Is there any room for redress?”

The deputy minister took off his sunglasses, looked at Zhou Chaoxian and said word by word:

"What do you say?"

Zhou Chaoxian's face was full of reluctance, he gritted his teeth and said:
"On the donation side, it can be increased further."

Minister Hou just shook his head, frowning:

"It's not that simple, is it?"

"I think we'll just forget about this term and wait until the next one."

Zhou Chaoxian's face was filled with desolation. He stood up, straightened his clothes, and said calmly:

"Okay, then the 60 million will be the donation for the next term."

But when Minister Hou heard what Zhou Chaoxian said, he couldn't help but cursed:
"What the hell are you talking about, Zhou Chaoxian?"

"Hasn't it been enough that I took the blame for you today? I've been running around for you these past few days, I haven't gotten any sleep, and I've vomited more than a dozen times just because of drinking. Who the hell am I doing this for?"

Minister Hou slammed the sofa as he spoke, his face full of anger:
"If it weren't for me today, the camping belt would have been exposed a long time ago."

"You won't be allowed to sit here and enjoy the scenery. You will be taken away by the Fishing Investigation Bureau."

Looking at Zhou Chaoxian's face, Minister Hou became more and more angry. He stood up from the sofa, frowning, and cursed at Zhou Chaoxian:

"What the hell are you...are you a candle? Did you have surgery on your head? It was moved to your butt."

"Fuck, I saved your life, is 60 million a lot? I didn't ask for a dime more from the beginning to the end. I'm so angry."

"You bastard, you speak without thinking."

Listening to Minister Hou's angry curse, the muscles on Zhou Chaoxian's face kept twitching, but he did not explode. Instead, he continued to endure it, trying to calm his emotions, and said to Minister Hou with gritted teeth:
"Thank you, Minister. Thank you for your kindness. This is all Chaoxian's fault. I will go back and reflect on it."

"Minister, please take care of yourself and have a good rest. I'm leaving first."

After leaving the building, Zhou Chaoxian finally couldn't bear the anger in his heart anymore and roared out in venting:

"I fell into a trap."

"After receiving 60 million from me, they immediately called the Investigation Bureau to deal with me. They never even thought of nominating me. Damn you."

"I would rather die than retreat."

Return to your villa.

Zhou Chaoxian's face was extremely gloomy. He held a burning cigar in his mouth, with a fierce light in his eyes, and kept spitting out poison. He was like a poisonous snake, waiting for the moment when his prey showed a flaw.

Smoke continued to swirl out of his mouth until he had smoked the entire cigar. Then Zhou Chaoxian turned the cigar in the ashtray, stroked his face with both hands, sighed deeply, and finally took out a phone from his arms, quickly pressed a few numbers on it, and dialed.

On the other side, on the top floor of Qiangsheng Group, in Sheng Jiale’s office.

At this time, Sheng Jiale was processing daily documents, and at this moment, the mobile phone in his arms suddenly vibrated. He took it out and answered it. Zhou Chaoxian's long-lost voice suddenly rang:

"Mr. Sheng, I'm Zhou Chaoxian, long time no see."

A smile appeared on Sheng Jiale's lips:
"Mr. Zhou, since it took you so long to call me, I guess you must have something you want me to help you with, right?"

After hearing what Sheng Jiale said, Zhou Chaoxian suddenly smiled:
"Mr. Sheng is indeed a smart man. My boss originally agreed to nominate me, but in the end I found out that I was fooled. I fell into their trap. But I must be a legislator."

"I hope some people from Mr. Sheng's Health & Fitness Club can come out to cheer me on and get votes."

"Of course, I will not let Mr. Sheng help me in vain. I will give you a share of the profits from the North Hall and Hong Kong Island Video Games businesses. What do you think, Mr. Sheng? Can you accept this condition?"

After hearing Zhou Chaoxian's conditions, Sheng Jiale took a sip of the fragrant tea on the table, took out a cigar from his arms, slowly lit it and took big puffs of it, with smoke swirling out of his mouth.

Sheng Jiale smiled and nodded gently, then said to Zhou Chaoxian on the other end of the phone:
"I accept your terms, Mr. Zhou. I will ask the leader of the Health and Fitness Association, Baimao Ah Huai, to help you. If you have any questions, just tell him."

On the other side, Zhou Chaoxian heard Sheng Jiale's agreement, and the gloom on his face disappeared immediately. He stood up from the sofa excitedly, and even took out a bottle of red wine from the wine cabinet and poured it, and said to the other end of the phone:
"Thank you very much, Mr. Sheng. I will transfer the 10% profit from the video game business in North Hall and Hong Kong Island to Mr. Sheng soon."

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Chaoxian shook the red wine glass in his hand, his face full of joy, his eyes shining with golden light, and a curve at the corner of his mouth:
"Ding Zongshu, Minister Hou."

"You two are teaming up to play a trick on me, right? I want to see who wins in the end."

On the other side, after Sheng Jiale hung up Zhou Chaoxian's call, he quickly dialed a few numbers on the phone and called Baimao Ahuai. In less than half a minute, someone answered the phone, and Baimao Ahuai's excited voice came:

"Boss, you called me, is there something you need me to do?"

Sheng Jiale smiled and nodded, then said to Baimao Ah Huai on the other end of the phone:
"Now that Health & Happiness is in your hands, it is in a stable period and is operating steadily."

"I just received a commission from Zhou Chaoxian, and I need you to help me complete it. As for the specific details, just go to Zhou Chaoxian and he will tell you." (End of this chapter)