267: A rising tide lifts all boats(1/2)
"After defeating the Lei Gang, my territory has increased a lot. I was worried that no one would help me take care of it. It was so great that Aren went to help me."
Faced with Ni Yongxiao's proposal, Lin Yao did not refuse.
He had no reason to refuse. The game halls and underground bars in Mong Kok were all paid by Ni Yongxiao.
If their relationship is compared to the superior and subordinate relationship in the company, Ni Yongxiao is equivalent to the chairman, while he is the regional manager.
The chairman wants to stuff people down. What can a manager do? Do I not use yours?
This is unrealistic.
"Brother Yao, please take care of me in the future."
Chen Yongren smiled and picked up the wine glass and cried Lin Yao.
Both sides drank it all, and the matter was decided.
"A Yao, how is Mong Kok going on? Is there any place to need my help?"
Ni Yongxiao asked without raising her head while eating the steak.
Lin Yao thought about it. Since taking over the territory and brother of the Lei Gang, he now wants people to have territory, and there is no other burden except for lack of money.
After all, the territory below has just been obtained, and there are a hundred and a few guys to support him, so the funds are indeed a little tight.
"Mr. Ni, since you have spoken, I won't hide it from you."
"I am really nervous about funds, and I have a plan in my mind. Brother Long from Shuntian has plans to retire. I am thinking about whether I can contact him and bring him to our side."
"Since Brother Long is going to retire, the management rights of the club must be handed over."
"It's a hand to others, and it's a hand to us."
"I plan to borrow millions from you first to win over Brother Long and see if I can convince him and let him and us swallow Shuntian together."
"If we can eat Shuntian, our doorstep at Mong Kok will become a big company second only to Hongxing, which will be very beneficial to us."
Lin Yao did not ask for money directly, but opened his mouth to borrow money.
The Ni family is not a good house, so the more they invest, the more they will naturally be requested.
Lin Yao does not like decentralization. He can nominally accept the leadership of the Ni family and pay a certain share of profits to the Ni family every month.
But he didn't want to owe the Ni family too much, which would lead to a decrease in his control over the hall.
If you give money directly, after you annex Shuntian, who will this credit be counted on?
Do you guys listen to him or Ni Yongxiao?
Lin Yao would rather borrow money than want Ni Yongxiao to stretch his hands too long.
If you don't believe it, you can check out other clubs.
After reaching the level of the hall master, I am still very free. I pay one-third of the profit every month and just do other things by myself, which is a bit like a vassal state.
He asked Ni Yongxiao to pay the money directly. When Mong Kok became all in the future, Ni Yongxiao said he wanted to transfer him to another place. Do you think he listened or not?
After hearing this, the efforts were in vain.
If you don’t listen, your troops, money and food are all paid by others, and you won’t take any action if it is reported.
"Good thing, I have no reason not to support it."
No matter what his thoughts were in his heart, Ni Yongxiao showed no emotion on his face, and asked with a smile: "How much do you want to borrow?"
"Eight million!"
Lin Yao explained: "Shuntian has a large territory, and every month there are various sanitation fees, which are almost one or two million.
Of course, Brother Long did not take this money alone. He has more than 200 younger brothers under his command, plus several veterans who fought the world together.
I guess Brother Long’s own net worth should be 10 or 20 million, and he can’t be much more.
Shuntian was his half-life of hard work, and it was not easy to make him sell the club.
If he didn't want to retire and was all focused on making money, I wouldn't have the confidence to pull him into the water."
"Eight million!"
Ni Yongxiao didn't speak, shook his red wine glass, and didn't know what he was thinking.
After a while, he let out a sigh of relief and said, "Eight millions are not a small amount, but I support you, for nothing else, just to set up a sign in Mong Kok and increase our popularity."
Ni Yongxiao is not a pure gangster. Compared to the identity of the person involved, he is more like a businessman.
In business, Ni Yongxiao wanted to expand the power of the Ni family, not just for more territory, but for the black business.
If you have a lot of territory and a lot of younger brothers, you will have a lot of say.
Even the police dare not offend the heads of Hong Xing and Dongxing. Why? They are too forced to get out of control.
In Ni Yongxiao's view, black business is just a means of protecting himself, and making money depends on white business.
Only by combining black and white can he be invincible and achieve the glory of the Ni family.
"Thank you Mr. Ni for your support. If you succeed, I will return these eight million to you within one year."
"If you don't succeed, you will naturally not be able to use the money, and I will send it back to you directly."
Lin Yao had the idea of winning over Brother Long, but he didn't know whether he could succeed.
Fortunately, there is no harm in not being successful. Unless Brother Long wants to die, he will not criticize the money. If he does not do anything, he will just wait to be chased.
"What's the matter? We are a family and don't need to say two people."
Ni Yongxiao nodded with a smile and called everyone to eat and drink.
I ate until after nine o'clock in the evening. When the song ended, everyone left, and Lin Yao got into the car and returned to Mong Kok.
He did not tell Ni Yongxiao at the banquet that Huang Zhicheng was the murderer of his father. It was not that he didn't want to say it, but that he felt that the time had not come.
There was no problem with using Ni Yongxiao's hands to deal with Huang Zhicheng.
But after thinking about it, he just told Ni Yongxiao that it was too cheap for him.
In order to find the mastermind behind the scenes, Ni Yongxiao even used private detectives, which fully demonstrated his resentment towards the people behind the scenes.
Lin Yao thought about it that even if he wanted to kill someone with a knife, he had to sell Huang Zhicheng at a good price, and even use him as a bargaining chip.
He always felt that he and Ni Yongxiao had a cooperative relationship. He joined the Ni family to make money for Ni Yongxiao and took what he deserved, and no one owe anyone what he deserved.
There is no reason to be so selfless.
Time passes, and months are coming in a blink of an eye.
Time came to 1984, and the territory of the Lei Gang had been completely annexed by Lin Yao and the Fusheng Gang, and his younger brothers had grown from fifty people to one hundred and forty people.
Chen Yongren did a good job under his hands. Lin Yao asked him to manage eight mahjong halls. Not only did he manage it in an orderly manner, but he also discovered a younger brother named Dibiya Road from outside.
Dibiya Lu, from "Infernal Affairs 1", appeared like Sha Qiang, and was one of the small leaders under Han Chen.
This person is funny and humorous, has good abilities, and is even more loyal to Han Chen.
Lin Yao was not very clear about how Chen Yongren discovered him and did not ask much.
It is impossible for him to occupy the good things in the world alone. It is nothing to give it to Chen Yongren if he is not outstanding.
In general, Lin Yao has been living a very down-to-earth life in the past few months.
Several companies in Mong Kok are more restrained. There may be occasional fights, but no one has broken up.
Brother Long was still talking. He had feelings for Shuntian and the contact was not very smooth at the beginning.
But as the number of contacts increased, Lin Yao could feel that he was shaken.
He wanted to go to Switzerland to retire, but the consumption there was very high. Ten or 20 million Hong Kong dollars were nothing to go to Switzerland.
He was also thinking about it. Shuntian was defeated by him. Now he has to stop doing it. There is no difference between Shuntian's existence or not.
Anyway, he has to let go. If he cooperates with Lin Yao and sells the club, he can make a final profit. What can he lose if he rejects Lin Yao?
The world of martial arts has long changed. Those with rich become bosses, while those without money live hard. This is the real world of martial arts.
On one hand, it is 8 million Hong Kong dollars, and on the other hand, it is brotherly loyal.
Even though Brother Long has been struggling in the club for decades and has always been in a difficult position when facing a choice.
Lin Yao was not anxious about this. As long as Brother Long did not refuse harshly, he seemed to have the intention of agreeing.
This is like chasing a girl.
If you ask her out for fun and she doesn't refuse, it means you don't hate this.
What's left is not natural.
......
In the past few months, in addition to Brother Long, there has also happened something that Lin Yao is interested in but has little to do with him.
Song Zihao and Tan Cheng broke up.
Like the plot of "The True Heroes", Song Zihao rejected Tan Cheng's favor, making him angry.
At the same time, Song Zihao's younger brother is also investigating Tan Cheng's evidence of guilt. In order to protect his younger brother, Song Zihao cannot sit idly by.
To be continued...