Han Shaoqing left the Hong Kong Sanctum and glanced back. He felt the Ancient One's reaction was a bit strange, but he didn't dwell on it.
After returning and meeting with Wu Shihau, they bought a villa as their base. Han Shaoqing didn't need to worry about these things; Wu Shihau could handle them.
At this time, there were no property speculators yet, so housing prices were relatively cheap. A villa cost only a few tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong dollars. In a more remote area, a few tens of thousands would be enough.
Meanwhile.
After the news of Fatty Chiu's death spread, Big Grizzly and Puppet Chiang both received the message. Although they were somewhat surprised, they immediately mobilized their men, preparing to seize territory.
The two groups met in Flower Street. Puppet Chiang and Big Grizzly both brought a few hundred followers, all armed.
Flower Rong, one of Big Grizzly's underlings, asked, "Today is Lord Yan's birthday. If we do this, will he get angry with us?"
"Hmph, I want him to know that when Big Grizzly gets angry, nobody can handle it!"
Big Grizzly and Puppet Chiang had always been at odds. Now that Fatty Chiu was dead, and his territory was up for grabs, neither side was willing to back down, and a fight was inevitable.
As soon as they met, Big Grizzly roared, "Puppet Chiang, you son of a bitch, Fatty Chiu's gone. Give me a share of Kowloon, and we'll all be happy."
Puppet Chiang retorted angrily, "Bah! I haven't even settled the score for you sneaking around in Kwun Tong and Tsz Wan Shan, stealing my business. Now you want a piece of Kowloon? You've got a big appetite, aren't you afraid of getting stuffed?"
As soon as they met, the two started trash-talking. Upstairs, two policemen were drinking soda.
One was called Lui Lok, the other Pig Oil Tsai.
Pig Oil Tsai, who was stout and fat, took a sip of his soda and complained, "I really don't understand these people. They're here to fight, why do they waste so much time talking nonsense?"
Lui Lok chuckled, "Then let's give them a hand."
With that, he flung his soda bottle, smashing it against Big Grizzly's head.
Big Grizzly was hit on the head with a soda bottle, and his head was bleeding. He thought Puppet Chiang's people had struck first, and roared, "Kill them all!"
Puppet Chiang was stunned. He hadn't given the order yet, and only knew who had thrown the bottle, but now that things had come to this, he could only go along with it.
"Cut them down!"
"Kill them all!"
The two sides charged at each other, and the shouts of battle echoed through the entire street.
The sound of blades clashing, and the screams of those wounded, filled the air. Most people were using steel pipes; only a few had knives, because it wasn't necessary. These triad members didn't want to be responsible for any deaths.
Some picked up beer bottles and threw them. The scene was extremely chaotic.
Sometimes, when they got carried away, they couldn't tell who was on whose side, and just started attacking anyone they saw.
In such a chaotic situation, getting killed by your own people wasn't out of the question.
Perhaps because Wu Shihau and the others weren't present, Big Grizzly's side was losing ground this time.
After a melee, watching his underlings suffer heavy casualties, Big Grizzly's face was filled with heartache.
It wasn't that he was worried about his underlings, but about his wallet.
These underlings were the foundation of his livelihood. If they were all seriously injured, he would be severely hurt, and the medical expenses alone would be a huge expense.
Seeing that the situation was turning against him, Big Grizzly hurriedly shouted, "Stop! Stop! Puppet Chiang, this time, I admit defeat."
Puppet Chiang heard this and waved his hand, shouting, "Stop! Stop it all!"
After signaling to both sides to stop, Puppet Chiang looked triumphantly at Big Grizzly, who was being supported by Flower Rong: "You, you dog bear, you're already done for so quickly? According to the rules of the jianghu, you give me a share of your business in Hong Kong, and we'll let this go."
They were all in the game, belonging to the same triad. Neither side was going for the kill.
However, a few unlucky ones were hacked to death on the street.
That was normal. Every time the gangsters clashed, at least a few would die.
"I..."
Big Grizzly hadn't finished speaking when a flurry of footsteps approached.
A group of Riot Police, holding shields and batons, surrounded them from both sides of the street.
"Fire!"
With the order, a row of tear gas grenades were launched.
"It's the cops, we're surrounded."
"Those bastards, took our money and still meddling in our business."
"It's not Lord Yan's people, it's the British."
Seeing the British show up, Big Grizzly and Puppet Chiang's expressions changed.
The Hong Kong police force was corrupt, they all had their connections, generally not interfering with each other.
But the British were different, it's not that they weren't corrupt, it's that they were too greedy, often taking the opportunity to make huge demands.
And the British had the army backing them, although there were many gangsters, they only had steel pipes and machetes, no match for the army.
Upstairs, Lui Lok was also puzzled: "Who called the Riot Police?"
Pig Oil Tsai squinted, "Looks like Hunter."
Lui Lok was a little worried, "Those British are ruthless. Have the brothers keep an eye on things, let's not have any more deaths."
"Understood, Lok Gor."
Pig Oil Tsai left, letting the Chinese police assist with the arrest.
After all, everyone was Chinese. They'd see each other eventually, so they had some restraint.
Hunter was different. That guy was British, and never really treated Chinese people like people. He was quite ruthless and had once beaten someone to death, but he didn't go to jail because of his privileges. He was still a detective.
Big Grizzly and Puppet Chiang's men had already fought each other to a standstill. Now that the British were stepping in to make arrests, they didn't dare resist, and were eventually taken back to the station.
They wouldn't die, but they'd have to bleed heavily to get out.
Lui Lok was very unhappy with the British, but even though he was unhappy, Hong Kong was still a British colony, and the British were the biggest. There was nothing he could do.
So what if he became a detective chief inspector? He was still just a dog raised by others, replaceable at any time.
The next day.
A villa area in Kowloon.
Han Shaoqing, Wu Shihau, Tai Wai, Sai Wai, Ya7, Wu Shizheng, and Ah Hua were temporarily living together.
After breakfast, Han Shaoqing looked at Wu Shihau and the others: "Ah Hau, I plan to do some jewelry and aquatic product businesses in Hong Kong. I need you guys to help me. I'll provide the money, and you provide the effort. I'll give each of you five percent of the shares."
"What are shares?" Tai Wai hadn't read much, so he didn't know these things.
Han Shaoqing explained, "It's giving you a share of the profits. If things go well, in a few years, each of you can become a millionaire."
"Millionaire!"
Tai Wai laughed and said, "Brother Qing, we're just roughnecks. Whatever you say, we'll do it, no questions asked."
Wu Shihau was more composed. Having been hustling in Hong Kong for a few years, he knew a bit about how the different factions were set up. He said, "If we want to get into the jewelry and seafood business, we'll need to grease some palms. Yi On controls the seafood, and Wo Shing has a grip on the jewelry. We'll need to check with Lord Yan on the police side. Only if we keep them all happy will they leave us alone."
"It doesn't have to be so complicated. I can talk to them. You just need to recruit some people and learn some basic management skills."
Han Shaoqing looked towards the cars parked outside and said, "We have company."
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