money player

Chapter 71 Business is business
There are dozens of Qinggai parlors in the walled city. Chatting with young and beautiful girls costs between two and ten yuan, while old and lustful ones only cost one yuan.

Qinggai means chatting. There will always be one or two simple conversations at the beginning of the service. Near the end, there may be an urging of "hurry up, hurry up". The guests should still be able to hear it when they come out of the cubicle after smoking the fairy cigarette. Retention sentences such as "come see me next time" or "come back often in the future".

There are also three opium dens in the walled city. Taoist friends used to smoke a good smoke on the couches built with broken wooden boards. The buffet costs two yuan. There are high-end private rooms where you can order fragrant tea, snacks, fruits, and more. The young girl rubs her shoulders and legs, or orders a Hibiscus Yanniang Red Sleeve Cream to replenish her skin. This kind of consumption can cost dozens to hundreds of dollars.

In addition to the opium den, there is a more civilian "canteen". In a dilapidated room, there is a shabby wooden table with a few candles on it and a few candles whose bottoms have been baked until they are pitch black. The iron spoons and the needle tubes with two layers of stains on the tube wall were used. One was used and the other was not cleaned, let alone disinfected.

The charge in the canteen is very cheap, only eight cents. If you are lucky, you can meet a Taoist friend who died on the spot, and you can also get the job of disposing of the body. The reward is enough to last three or four times, and then you can have a bowl of rice. .

Taoist friends who have reached this stage rarely die from overdose. Before the toxins in their bodies are lethal enough, most of them will die from various diseases caused by cross-infection.

When Wang Shuning introduced the canteen, a group of them happened to pass by a canteen. The smell of roasted opium, the smell of sweat, and the rotten smell of body ulcers were intertwined. The smell was extremely strange and it was like ammonia. It is very aggressive. It drills directly into the nostrils, stimulating the secretion of nasal mucus. It also drills into the eye sockets, making the corners of the eyes moist.

Holding his nose, he quickly passed by the dining hall. When the smell of poverty in the slums was the only thing left in the air, Wang Shuning continued to introduce the gambling dens in the walled city.

There are only two decent gambling halls, one is 14K, and the other is Xin Ngee Ann. Every day, cars and boats park at the ferry terminal to pick up guests. When guests enter the gambling hall, whether they win or lose, the gambling hall is responsible for eating, drinking and having sex. Good luck. Not only can you eat a lot in the gambling hall, but you can also leave with the loot. If you are too lucky, you may be easily robbed outside the walled city.

It is not easy to be robbed in the walled city. Gambling houses have the responsibility to protect the safety of their gamblers in the walled city. Otherwise, not many gamblers would dare to come. After leaving the walled city, they do not have this obligation. They can just arrange for someone to take the money. retrieve.

In addition to the big gambling halls, there are also some small gambling stalls, with two, three, four or five tables. The turnover will not be too much in one day, and the foundation is weak. If the gamblers win hard, there will be no capital for turnover the next day. , so the appearance of eating is often quite ugly. Not only does the croupier have to be tampering with it, but also it is difficult for gamblers who win a lot of money to take the money out of the gambling stalls.

In the Walled City, there are many Chinese flower stalls, margin betting, and horse racing betting shops that can be found in every corner of Hong Kong. This kind of business is not easy to do in the Walled City, but it is exploited very hard outside. , had no choice but to run to the walled city to continue business.

Zihua is a bet on 36 numbers. Each number from 1 to 36 represents the name of an ancient person. 1 pays 30, and the knife boy can saw the big tree. In order to attract more people to place bets, the Zihua Factory publishes all kinds of calligraphy books, which are sold in paper shops.

There are 36 names and images of ancient people in the book. Each ancient person has several stand-ins for providing tips. Zihuashu has a full-body portrait, and each part of the body is "supported" by a word. Zihuashu makes Zihua closely related to daily life, and is very popular among women, children and the working people.

The Chinese Character Flower Factory prints flower titles every day, which is the title of the Chinese character flower, claiming that the character it blooms must be related to the title. The flower title appears on the front page of the tabloids every day. It will be a picture with an ambiguous meaning. It is said that the characters in the picture will have hints. You can follow the picture to find the number you should bet on in the flower book.

Of course, this is all Zihua Factory's deception, and winning or losing is controlled by the big banker and Zihua Master behind the scenes. The master of the Zihua General Factory reads all the bets returned by the agents (agents) every day and knows which numbers are the most popular numbers, so he deliberately does not draw this number and kills three parties.

When opening the character flower every day, characters representing 36 ancient people are put into 36 clay pots. When the time is up, the host will break one of the clay pots at will, and the character that falls out represents the winner. Since Master Zi Hua has already grasped the bettors’ betting trends, not many people will win the words that come out of the pot.

The business philosophy of Zihua Factory is to eat big and lose small. Each issue will produce a small group of lucky people. Perhaps it is because winning the prize can easily stimulate the mentality of getting something for nothing in Hong Kong, or maybe the boat operators are ignorant and do not pay the bad guys. To share profit and profit, Zihua stalls have become the number one target of the police station, and various operations to sweep away Zihua stalls have emerged one after another.

After listening to Wang Shuning's introduction, Xian Yaowen came up with the idea of ​​​​promoting the birth of a legal lottery, dressing it up as a charity and welfare, and sharing the profits with the police force, customs, and Po Leung Bureau, weaving a huge network of interest chains.

This idea has certain feasibility. The biggest stumbling block is probably the Jockey Club. It is a bit tiring to implement, but it is very promising. If you need to intervene in the game of competing for the chief detective in the future, you can add a trump card to your support targets.

Wang Shuning talked about "business" that is inextricably linked to public security, and then he talked about public security itself.

The association that controlled the east part of the city a year or two ago would regularly collect protection fees from every household. Anyone who disobeyed would be brutally beaten and suppressed. However, as the scale of the walled city gradually expanded, perhaps due to the good intentions of people's hearts, or perhaps due to the tendency of people's hearts to follow the rules, residents in the east of the city spontaneously formulated rules and regulations for public security.

At this time, the association is no longer the barbarian that only knows how to suppress and bully residents. Although the east part of the city is still controlled by the association at this time, they very much support the residents of the walled city to establish corresponding public security rules and provide a lot of resources. With human and material support, they are the enforcers of the city's rules.

As Xian Yaowen thought, the punishment for "crimes" such as theft, robbery, rape, etc. in the east of the city is very severe. It is also stipulated that no fights are allowed in the walled city, and weapons such as knives, guns, sticks, and guns are not allowed to enter the walled city. Everything will destroy the city. The image of a walled city and any behavior that hinders "business" operations are prohibited.

Ironically, civilians would feel safer living in the walled city than living outside. As long as they did not actively participate in the "business", trouble would not come to their doorsteps.

When passing through a narrow alley, Xian Yaowen saw a prominent notice painted on the wall of the alley: "If there is a thief, break the tendons and hamstrings of the hands." Wang Shuning explained that wherever such notices are posted, it has been theft. high incidence areas. After exiting the alley, we came to an open space with a pattern like a patio. It was surrounded by buildings and dilapidated bungalows on all sides. There was an empty space in the middle. There were stalls all around the houses, selling roast meat, roast goose, fragrant meat, snake soup, etc. There are all kinds of Teochew dishes and seafood. There are people sitting at every stall and the business is pretty good.

Several people came to the center of the patio. Wang Shuning asked Xian Yaowen for his opinion, "Mr. Xian, what do you like to eat?"

"William, what do you want to eat?"

"Fragrant meat."

"Last time you said you were a dog lover." Xian Yaowen teased.

"You're not talking about me." Chen William replied, and then said to Wang Shuning: "Wang, I love black dogs today. Give me half of them for my love."

"The dog meat is rolling three times, and the gods cannot stand still." Xian Yaowen put his arm on Chen William's shoulders and said with a smile: "William, you have finally realized the true meaning of love. Divide everything in half, half a bed, half a dog, or... The cutest black dog.”

"One black, two yellow, three flowers and four white, black dog is the most delicious." William Chen shrugged and said indifferently.

"Okay, I'll love the black dog with you."

Xian Yaowen and William Chen sat down at the table of the fragrant meat stall, and Wang Shuning followed the stall owner to select ingredients.

William Chen glanced at the direction Wang Shuning was leaving, took out two cigars to share, and then lowered his voice and said to Xian Yaowen: "Do you think it is feasible to develop real estate in the walled city?"

"William, you asked this question too late and too early. You didn't ask it last time. Why didn't you wait until you heard Wang Shuning's plan before asking?"

"The king and I just have a cooperative relationship, not a partnership like you and me."

"I believe it." Xian Yaowen sneered, nodded, and said, "My real thought is that the prospects are good. If the project can be implemented well, there should be good profits. I really like what Wang Shuning said last time. The plan is to turn 100 million into 220 million in one and a half years, which is pretty good.”

"You should understand that half of it is mine, so..."

Xian Yaowen waved his hand, "No need. So, 60 is the minimum return I am willing to risk. If it is lower, I will not participate. Or, you can borrow it from me in other names, marry a concubine, keep a lover, etc., whatever, as long as it is Regarding your personal life, I can lend it to you without interest.

William, business is business. You asked me to borrow money in order to make money. You should share some of the profits with me. If the business goes well, everyone is happy. If it doesn't go well, can I ask you for debt? Why don't you sit down and negotiate amicably to come up with a repayment plan that won't make you too embarrassed? "

William Chen thought for a while, spread his hands and said, "Okay, I have no objection to the interest. Since you are optimistic about this business, do you need to give you a share?"

"No need, I have several deals that are in the start-up stage, and I'm just too busy." Xian Yaowen tapped his index finger on the table, "And I'm not familiar with this place enough, so I have no plans to invest here for the time being. I told you last time I have an immature idea, and I will discuss it with you when it matures."

"How long does it take to mature?"

"Don't worry, before the idea is implemented, there is another business for you to cooperate with. When I am free during the Spring Festival, I will discuss it with you in detail. Oh, by the way, I invite you to my house to spend New Year's Eve."

"OK."

(End of this chapter)