strictlysupreme Chapter 127: Liang Kun's Trouble
Chapter 127: Liang Kun's Trouble
After Zhang Kai finished speaking, Dinosaur hesitated for a moment and said, "Sir Zhang, my people found out that Daquan Xiong recently hosted a group of Daquan boys, and he even took them to Causeway Bay to play on the evening of the 8th."
When Dinosaur finished speaking, not only the two Sirs were surprised, but even Lu Yongqiang was very surprised.
Daquanxiong, this man is not an unknown person. He was a well-known figure in Tuen Mun back then. He was the most powerful general under Zhao Tai.
Zhao Tai has always been in contact with people from the Big Circle. If the people who attacked Siyan are indeed a group of people from the Big Circle, then this matter may really have a lot to do with Zhao Tai.
Siyan has always been very ambitious, otherwise he would not have thought of plotting against Lu Yongqiang before. After being thwarted by Lu Yongqiang, Siyan set his sights on the Xingtai Society.
In recent times, there have been constant frictions between Siyan and Xingtai, and a big fight even broke out between the two sides.
The people of Xingtai were indeed powerful, but their numbers were too small. The result of that battle was that Siyan's side won and Xingtai lost a street. However, although Siyan won, it was a miserable victory. Seven or eight of his men died and hundreds were injured. The resettlement and medical expenses alone cost more than two million.
Of course, as the loser, Xingtai also suffered heavy losses. Not only did it lose a street of territory, but several people also died and dozens were hospitalized.
After the war, both sides felt that the losses were too great, and there were constant minor frictions, but no major actions.
Zhao Tai was not a good person to begin with, so it was reasonable for him to collude with people from the big circle to kill Siyan.
Lu Yongqiang and Dinosaur said everything they could, and the two police officers did not make things difficult for Lu Yongqiang and the others. After coming out of the police station, Dinosaur took the initiative to invite Lu Yongqiang to have a chat.
The two of them entered a private room in a teahouse. After the waiter left, Long Kong took the initiative and said, "I'll take a small loss. The seven streets near Qingshan Bay will be mine, and the rest of the territory will be all yours. Handsome Qiang, do you think this division is feasible?"
Siyan's territory is the largest among the three. It now has about twenty streets of various sizes, but the bustling areas are the streets near Qingshan Bay.
There was not only a dock there, but also a seafood market. It had been bustling in the past, but then Four Eyes started gambling boats and a red-light district, which also brought a lot of excitement to the nearby streets. It seemed that Dinosaur had ceded most of his territory to Lu Yongqiang, but in fact, he hadn't suffered any loss.
After Dinosaur finished speaking, Lu Yongqiang did not agree immediately. Instead, he thought about it for a while before saying, "I can agree to your proposal. It doesn't matter if I give Qingshan Bay to you. But..."
Lu Yongqiang didn't say what happened next. If Jiang Tiansheng was the leader, he probably wouldn't interfere in Tuen Mun's affairs. But now that Liang Kun is the leader, it's hard to say...
Seeing that Lu Yongqiang only said half of his words, Dinosaur asked, "Handsome Qiang, just say what you want to say. Why are you hesitating so much? If you think my proposal is unfair, you can say it now."
Lu Yongqiang smiled and said, "Like I said, I have no problem with your proposal. I'm just worried that the society will interfere in our Tuen Mun affairs, so Dinosaur, you'd better discuss it with Brother Bin. I think the higher-ups should notify us to hold a meeting."
The two didn't talk for long before they left.
And Lu Yongqiang's guess was correct. In the evening, Lu Yongqiang received a call from Liang Kun, informing him to go to Zhongyi Hall for a meeting the next morning.
Almost all of Siyan's confidants died, and none of the remaining people were capable of taking charge. This saved Lu Yongqiang and Dinosaur a lot of trouble, allowing them to divide Siyan's territory very smoothly.
The people on Four Eyes' side were all from Hongxing, so Lu Yongqiang and Long Kong not only took over Four Eyes' territory, but also took over Four Eyes' subordinates.
That Four-Eyes guy has a lot of subordinates. Lu Yongqiang counted them and found that he had more than 800 more subordinates. Even if Dinosaur has fewer people than him, he still has at least 600 to 700 people.
To be honest, Lu Yongqiang originally had only about 800 men under his command, not to mention those who didn't want to fight and had started doing legitimate work. Suddenly, the number of his subordinates more than doubled, which made Lu Yongqiang somewhat annoyed.
Except for those who work in legitimate industries, Lu Yongqiang's subordinates basically all joined security companies. An ordinary subordinate can earn about 2,000 yuan a month. If he can become a team leader, the salary will be more than 3,000 yuan.
In addition to the salaries from the security company, these people also receive bonuses for parking or watching the scene, and if they go out to fight, they will also receive a bonus every time. In total, the monthly salary paid to the subordinates is around two million.
This is just the money given to his younger brothers. His trusted aides, such as Dadong and Duxie, get even more. Dadong gets no less than 100,000 yuan a month, and Lu Yongheng gets even more, almost 500,000 yuan a month. Just to his dozen or so trusted aides, Lu Yongqiang gives out two to three million yuan a month.
Fortunately, Lu Yongqiang can make money, otherwise he would not be able to support his previous subordinates. Now there are more than 800 more subordinates. If each of them earns 3,000 yuan per month, that would be close to 3 million yuan per month.
Even though he was given more than ten streets, according to Lu Yongqiang's previous rules, shops with poor business or financial difficulties would not be charged protection fees. The protection fees collected from these territories could only reach about one million yuan per month, which was just enough for Lu Yongqiang to pay to the society.
In these more than ten streets, there are only eight nightclubs, including a bar, a nightclub, two horse racing rooms, two chess and card rooms, a billiard hall, and a game hall.
Makan, bars, nightclubs and other social business were all part of the society's business, so the money that fell into Lu Yongqiang's hands was just so-so, about four or five hundred thousand. The two chess and card rooms, a billiard hall and a game hall were Siyan's business, and could now be considered Lu Yongqiang's industry. The business of these places was not very good, and the combined income was about one hundred thousand.
After deducting these incomes, Lu Yongqiang has to subsidize 2 million every month to support these 800 subordinates. Thinking about the extra 2 million every month, it would be strange for Lu Yongqiang to be happy.
But now that Siyan is dead, Lu Yongqiang can't just sit there and do nothing. He must strengthen his power as soon as possible, so he has no choice but to bite the bullet and accept these more than 800 people.
In order to reduce the extra expenses, Lu Yongqiang gave a strict order to Duxie, asking him to lead these 800 people for a one-month training. If they couldn't persist, they could either go to Lu Yongqiang's factory to work and earn money to support their families, or find another job and go wherever they wanted. Anyway, he didn't keep idle people here.
The next day, Lu Yongqiang went to Zhongyi Hall.
At the gang meeting, Liang Kun did cause some trouble. He asked Lu Yongqiang and Longkong to avenge Siyan on the grounds that Lu Yongqiang and Longkong had divided Siyan's territory and subordinates.
And the two are only given one week. If they fail to avenge Siyan within a week, Liang Kun will issue an internal bounty. By then, anyone from Hongxing who can avenge Siyan can take Siyan's position and take over Siyan's original territory and subordinates.
According to Liang Kun, the territory that Lu Yongqiang and Long Kong had taken over might be spitted out. Lu Yongqiang and Long Kong naturally rejected this proposal, but it was useless to object. Liang Kun directly made the decision in the name of the leader.
Siyan is just a white-paper fan in the Tuen Mun gang, not the gang's leader. As the leader of Hongxing, Liangkun naturally has the right to make decisions for a position of this level. What's more, his proposal is righteous. After all, it is for revenge for Siyan, which no one can find fault with.
Under the strong push of Liang Kun, the matter was decided. If Lu Yongqiang and Longkong wanted to truly take over Siyan's territory and subordinates, they had to avenge Siyan.
After the gang meeting, two days passed in a flash. During these two days, Lu Yongqiang remained idle and did not even send people out to look for clues. However, the Dinosaur side sent a lot of people to look for people everywhere.
It’s not that Lu Yongqiang is not busy looking for people, but he believes what Dinosaur said. If that group of gangsters really have contact with people from Xingtai, there is no point in sending people to look for them.
Xingtai doesn't look big and is a third-rate society with only four or five hundred members in total. However, Xingtai's development path is very similar to Lu Yongqiang's, both of them are elite troops. Even with more than a thousand troops on Siyan's side, they were unable to take down Xingtai.
Having a small number of people naturally has its advantages. The first is unity. Xingtai has a strong sense of cohesion. Zhao Tai is almost the only one who calls the shots in the entire club. As long as Zhao Tai gives an order, the people below will fight bravely and fearlessly. The second is that it is difficult for outsiders to cause trouble. Over the years, Xingtai has almost never had any traitors.
In fact, not only Four Eyes had his eyes on Xingtai, but Longkong and Lu Yongqiang also had plans for Xingtai. However, Longkong and Lu Yongqiang were not as radical as Four Eyes and did not have large-scale conflicts with Xingtai. The two of them only sent people to contact several senior executives of Xingtai, hoping to take over Xingtai without bloodshed.
The Tuen Mun area is basically composed entirely of Hung Hing gangs, with only the Hing Tai gang left. Siyan wants to swallow up Hing Tai because he is ambitious and wants to defeat Lung Kong in one fell swoop and become the actual boss of Tuen Mun.
Long Kong was the leader of the Hung Hing Tuen Mun gang, but Lu Yongqiang and Four Eyes had always only recognized him as the leader in name, while in reality they each cared for their own interests. In Hong Kong's underworld, apart from their own gang, almost no other gang acknowledged Long Kong as the leader of Tuen Mun. They all addressed him as Tuen Mun Dinosaur, not Tuen Mun Leader Dinosaur. This was a shameful matter for any of the gangs.
Even more outrageous was the fact that, of the three factions in Tuen Mun, Luk Wing Keung was universally acknowledged as the strongest, while Dinosaur was considered the weakest. This meant that Luk Wing Keung's reputation was more influential in the underworld than Dinosaur's. Most people in the underworld speculated that Dinosaur owed his status to his brother Han Bin, otherwise he wouldn't have achieved his current position. This was a source of deep resentment for Dinosaur, and the fundamental reason he had always disliked Luk Wing Keung.
Therefore, Dinosaur has always been eager to prove itself, and the acquisition of Xingtai is a good proof of this.