money player

Chapter 100 Frankness

No. 12 Hillwood Road, Tsim Sha Tsui.

A tenement building similar in size to Xian Yaowen's Building 1.

In the afternoon at William Chen's Law Firm, Xian Yaowen not only consulted on small advertising matters, but also chatted with William Chen about the business of Jinji Trading Company. During this period, William Chen invited him to come to Shanlin Road to play cards in the evening.

Parking the car on the side of the road where several cars were parked, Xian Yaowen asked Qi Longque to wait in the car. He walked up the stairs of the tenement building and passed by several people who were probably plainclothes agents. building.

On the second floor, the door is open, and the clatter of mahjong can be clearly heard in the corridor.

Following the sound, I entered the room and saw a spacious living room with three mahjong tables arranged in a Z-shaped shape in the center. Two of them were fully staffed, and they had already divided the work and worked together to build the Great Wall.

There were only three people at the other table, one was William Chen; a middle-aged man about fifty-five or sixty-six, who probably had a problem with his right leg. He was holding a leaf card in his left hand, and his right hand reached under the table from time to time to pinch the knee of his right leg; There is also a middle-aged man, Mao, who is about fifty years old, and has a spirit that does not match his age.

Slowly walking forward to take in the whole situation in the living room, Xian Yaowen quickened his pace a little and came to the three-person table. Sorted by age, he paid attention to the two middle-aged people one after another, then clasped his fists and said: "Inspector Yao, Inspector Liu, I'm sorry, I'm late."

As a lawyer who loves to play games, it is impossible to imagine how big his social circle is. In the afternoon, William Chen asked to play cards. Xian Yaowen wanted to refuse, but when he heard that his poker partners were Yao Mu and Liu Fu, he immediately changed his mind. At the same time, he also changed his mind again. Refreshing the understanding of William Chen’s social circle, it seems that there is no one he doesn’t know in Hong Kong.

Vaguely, he felt more and more that William Chen had the identity of a senior agent or an intelligence broker before or now. If not, it was because he happened to meet William Chen in the final period of gaining momentum for his meteoric rise. Spurring, he boarded the Wilhelm with a crossing ticket.

"Is this Mr. Xian?" Yao Mu put the leaf card in his hand on the table and turned to look at Xian Yaowen.

"I'm Xian Yaowen, how do you feel about Chief Inspector Yao's hand skills?" Xian Yaowen responded with a smile.

"It's not very good. I ordered two cannons, both of which are big names." Yao Mu replied, pointing to the empty seat in the corner, "Mr. Xian, please sit down. After this one is finished, the four of us will officially start."

Xian Yaowen nodded, sat down at the empty seat, tilted his head, and looked at the cards that Yao Mu had held in his hand again. The cards were good and he had already called them.

William Chen drew a card, played another, and looked at Xian Yaowen, "Adam, why are you here so late?"

"I've been busy during the day, so I couldn't get off work early. I just hurried here after dinner."

Liu Fu touched William Chen's card, played one, and looked at Xian Yaowen: "What kind of business does Xian Sheng do?"

"I do both clothing and gold. I buy gold from Europe and Africa and wholesale it in Macau. The business is not easy. I am planning to open up new markets recently."

Hearing Xian Yaowen's words, Yao Mu's eyes lit up inadvertently, and Liu Fu raised his head higher.

"Mr. Xian, can you make gold weapons?"

"Inspector Liu, goldsmithing is the business of the gold shop. The only gold bricks and bars that have passed through my hands are gold bricks and gold bars. They don't look good and cannot be eaten. They take up space at home. If not for this, my It won’t be difficult to do business.”

Liu Fu laughed loudly and said: "Xian Sheng is joking, who in the world doesn't like gold bars? Our Chief Inspector Yao likes gold very much and has always planned to open a gold bank."

"Oh?" Xian Yaowen looked at Yao Mu and said, "Chief Inspector Yao wants to open a gold bank?"

"I have this plan after I retire." Yao Mu said calmly.

It is no secret that Yao Mu likes gold. It is said that when he celebrated his birthday last year, all the policemen in Hong Kong who were eligible to participate in the birthday party were sealed with a vessel made of gold.

Then again, who doesn’t like gold.

"Then I have to ask Chief Inspector Yao to take care of my business. The price must be affordable. I just need to make some hard-earned money."

"Let's talk some other time. That's nonsense."

Yao Mu put the leaf cards in his hand on the table. William Chen and Liu Fu glanced at the cards and took out the money from the drawer to pay the bill.

Xian Yaowen joined and the game continued.

The process of playing cards could not be said to be boring, but it was by no means exciting. There was no cleverness involved. The few people just casually chatted about irrelevant content, and Xian Yaowen did not deliberately lead the conversation.

In the ranks of Detective Hua, Yao Mu is now the veritable number one, closely followed by Liu Fu. After Yao Mu retires, his seat will be replaced by Liu Fu step by step. The British are not fools. How can the basic balance of power be achieved? I don’t understand it, but it can be explained step by step that two people can’t pee in the same pot.

It is most likely to be self-defeating to play aggressive in front of two people who cannot deal with each other. Besides, Xian Yaowen does not have to win over both of them. Yao Mu only needs to have his way. He needs to make friends with Liu Fu.

Yao Mu is old and not in good health. The poker game lasted until about nine o'clock, and the three tables almost stopped working in no particular order. The other two tables said hello to Yao Mu and left on their own. Xian Yaowen and the three were escorted by Yao Mu personally. Go outside the door.

When the three of them came downstairs, Xian Yaowen said to Liu Fu: "Chief Inspector Liu, would you like to have some midnight snack?"

"Okay, I happen to be a little hungry." Liu Fu agreed happily.

"How about going to Temple Street nearby?"

It was only a few hundred meters away from Shanlin Road to Temple Street. Xian Yaowen wanted to create an opportunity for Han Sen to meet by chance. It was up to him whether he could seize it.

Liu Fu made no objection, and the three of them got into their cars and drove to Temple Street.

When they arrived at Temple Street, they didn't choose a place. When they saw a food stall with vacancies, the three of them sat in and asked the boss to make some special dishes. The three of them opened beers and drank first.

After drinking a glass of wine, Xian Yaowen said: "Inspector Liu, I am a straightforward person. I like to speak directly, so I won't beat around the bush with you. The reason why I participated in the card game today is to get to know you, Inspector Liu. "

Liu Fu adjusted the glasses on his nose and said with a smile: "I just like to deal with straight-minded people. If Xian Sheng has anything to say, you might as well speak up."

Xian Yaowen pointed at William Chen, "My gold business will be very big. I can't run it alone. I need a lot of partners who can help the business. William is one of my partners.

I know that Chief Inspector Liu's nephew is Dong Fuhe's boss. Dong Fuhe is quite powerful in the dock. If Chief Inspector Liu thinks he can represent you, I would like to invite him to meet with me and let's discuss it. Possibility of cooperation. "

"Xian Sheng, how big is the business when you say it is big?" Liu Fu asked.

Xian Yaowen raised his left hand, bent his index finger and held it with his thumb, keeping the other three fingers upright. "Using two years as a dividend calculation period, Chief Inspector Liu and the Liu family can get this amount."

"Three hundred thousand?" Liu Fu asked tentatively.

"three million."

"Seriously?" Xian Yaowen nodded, "If nothing unexpected happens, this number can be higher. However, I must say something up front. Money is not so easy to get. Since you get money, you need to do things. In the future, in business I don't care how many people die in Dongfuhe during the process, I just want to see the business proceed normally.

Every partner involved in the business will be responsible for a certain amount of things, and it is only natural that he should do his or her own part well. We will not talk about credit, let alone hard work. We will only talk about dividends, and we will get as much dividends as we have contributed. "

Liu Fu was silent for a while and said, "Xian Sheng's business is not just gold smuggling, right?"

"Yes, gold is just the beginning. In the future, there will be Western medicine and other industrial products. They are all serious things. There will be no guns, ammunition, or drugs. I am a serious person and only do serious business. I will not do illegal business."

"Hahaha." Liu Fu smiled heartily: "Is Xian Sheng sure? You won't be happy for nothing, right?"

Xian Yaowen picked up the wine glass and said: "Inspector Liu, I just invested nearly two million to build a factory and buy machinery. The money has been spent, but the business has just started. I am busy from morning to night every day, playing with women. Taking time out of your busy schedule.”

Liu Fu knew the elegant meaning after hearing the song. He raised his wine glass and clinked it with Xian Yaowen, "Xian Sheng, leave me a phone number and I'll ask Ah Ju to call you."

"25001, my home phone number."

……

After having midnight snack, on the way out, Xian Yaowen and William Chen parked the car on a relatively empty roadside with a tacit understanding.

After getting off the car, William Chen came to Xian Yaowen's car, leaned on the car, lit a cigarette, and said, "Adam, I want to know your full plan."

"There are many people doing smuggling business on the dock. It's no secret. What else don't you understand?" Xian Yaowen pressed his hands on the edge of the car roof and twisted his waist.

"Profits from ordinary smuggling business are limited. Where did the three million you promised Liu Fu come from?"

"William, are you testing me?"

"what?"

Xian Yaowen glanced at William Chen's face, "You don't need me to popularize the Berlin Blockade and the Berlin Airdrop, right?"

"unnecessary."

"Then I guess the establishment of the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic does not require me to say anything more."

William Chen gave Xian Yaowen a "what do you think" look.

"OK." Xian Yaowen lit the cigar and took a puff, "When I was in London, I found the 1945 "Tribune" and specifically read George Orwell's article in the column, and used the word 'cold war' for him. This word is very appropriate to describe the world living under the shadow of nuclear war, and I agree with what he said, "The world will be a peace without peace."

I think the main pattern of the world in the future is that the Soviet Union and the United States each have a group of supporters, with the bottom line of not fighting a nuclear war, and using all means to kill the other side.

Do you think my statement is correct? "

"I agree."

"In 1941, Britain and the Soviet Union jointly invaded Iran. On the surface, it was because Iran and Germany were too close. The two countries 'had to' take military action in view of their own interests. The real reason behind the scenes..."

Xian Yaowen spread his hands and said, "I won't talk about the UK. You probably know better than me. The Soviet Union has to wait until a long, long time ago when Grand Duke Ivan IV of Moscow was crowned Tsar and formally established Tsarist Russia. After that, for nearly 200 years, Tsarist Russia has been competing with Sweden, Denmark and other countries for the Baltic Sea coast.

In the early 18th century, during the reign of Peter the Great, Tsarist Russia was at war with the Kingdom of Sweden for a long time. In the Great Northern War, Peter I defeated the Kingdom of Sweden and gained access to the Baltic Sea.

In the late 18th century, during the reign of Catherine II, she had been tit-for-tat with the Ottoman Empire and fought several Russo-Turkish wars. Finally, she gained control of the Crimean Peninsula from the Ottoman Empire, thus establishing a stronghold on the Black Sea coast. A stable naval base was established.

But the problem is that the Bosporus Strait in Istanbul, the only outlet of the Black Sea, has always been firmly controlled by the Ottoman Empire. In order to enter the Mediterranean from the Black Sea, Tsarist Russia must get through Istanbul.

Istanbul is the capital of the Ottoman Empire. Occupying it is equivalent to destroying the country. How could the Ottoman Empire agree? The two countries fought for a long time. In the end, the Crimean War broke out. The Ottoman Empire used the power of Britain, France and other countries to beat Tsarist Russia. Dayton, Istanbul was saved.

It was very obvious that the southwest seaport was very difficult to open. When Alexander II came to power, Tsarist Russia changed its thinking and planned to expand eastward to Central Asia.

William, when the British and the Manchus were fighting the First and Second Opium Wars, Alexander II took advantage of the situation and forcibly sent troops to the Far East. Later, Alexander II laughed, saying that the West is not easy to fight, and the Easterners are easy to bully, and so is Vladivostok. It was renamed Vladivostok, which translates to Son of a Bitch Eastern Ruler. "

"Adam, you don't need to bring too much personal emotion into your story."

"Okay." Xian Yaowen flicked the cigarette ashes, "There's nothing more to say later. My meaning has been very clear. Tsarist Russia and now the Soviet Union have always been obsessed with finding an outlet to the sea, especially now that the Cold War has taken shape and the United States has It has the ability to clamp down on the Soviet Union’s outlet to the sea. The Soviet Union urgently needs a smooth maritime transportation channel. Where do you think this channel is?”

William Chen said without thinking: "Korean Peninsula."

"Hmm, the Korean Peninsula has been experiencing constant friction in the past year. North Korea's intention to unify the Korean Peninsula is very obvious. I bet that a war will definitely break out. South Korea's military strength is not as good as North Korea's, and its actual combat experience is not as good as North Korea's. Once the battle begins If the war starts, South Korea will be suppressed by North Korea. It will be like chasing a duck all the way, being driven to Busan and Masan area, just one step away from being driven into the sea.

But it is this last step that North Korea probably cannot do. The United States will not just watch the Korean Peninsula being unified. What the Soviet Union wants, how could the White House staff not think of it? They will not watch the Soviet Union pick up a ready-made Cheap. "

"Why do you think the Soviet Union is taking advantage of the situation? The Soviet Union doesn't send troops to help North Korea?" William Chen said.

Xian Yaowen said with a half-smile: "William, you are testing me again. Even if the United States occupied the entire Korean Peninsula, it would not threaten the security of the Soviet Union. There was no need for the Soviet Union to change its plan to recuperate and fall into the quagmire of war again. It only needed to stand Just keep the fire behind and support with some weapons.

What's more, once American troops reach the Yalu River, one country will definitely send troops. The Soviet Union can sit in an invincible position and watch the tigers fight. When the war reaches a stalemate, it only needs to send a few diplomats to negotiate and bring the North and the South together. As long as the dividing line in North Korea is returned to the 38th parallel, the Soviet Union will not suffer any losses. "

"I understand, the place you want to smuggle is not Hong Kong at all, but the mainland." William Chen pretended to suddenly realize.

Xian Yaowen said with a straight face: "William, I am sincere to you, and I hope you are also sincere to me. I don't believe you can't understand the situation on the Korean Peninsula."

"OK." William Chen shrugged and said, "My views on the Korean Peninsula are similar to yours, but I'm not as sure as you. What if you lose the bet?"

Xian Yaowen said nonchalantly: "If you lose, you lose. The profit from smuggling to Hong Kong is not bad. At most, I will take a small share for myself and use most of it to compensate you partners. When doing business, I have always been honest and will not Let the partners suffer.”

"Aha, Adam, I like your honesty." William Chen laughed and said, "I can already smell the scent of pound ink. A castle is full of pounds with a denomination of one hundred dollars. Please call me Duke William from now on."

"As long as you are happy, I can call you Prince William."

"Thank you, Mr. Adam."

(End of this chapter)