History of Hong Kong Island

Chapter 111 Font Size: Yiqun, Established!

"Bring it."

"At the fruit bar." Wu Shihao opened his mouth and replied, "Brothers will deliver it tonight."

He Dingxian nodded: "Thank you."

Wu Shihao said respectfully: "Don't forget Mr. He's help. Without Mr. He, I would not be here today, Ah Hao..."

He Dingxian was noncommittal: "So, you came to find me today, just to tell me that you plan to set up a brand name to hang out?"

"Do you know that my company cannot have a name."

Seeing the big boss frowning slightly, Zhu Youzai secretly screamed in his heart that something was wrong. Today, Ah Hao made a special trip to meet the big boss to discuss matters, but he didn't expect to cut straight to the point and set up a brand name.

The big boss thought it was Ah Hao who ran the boat once, and asked him to have a meal when he came back from Southeast Asia. The three of them were happy, but following Ah Hao's words, the three people on the field had their own thoughts, and the situation was complicated.

Wu Shihao said: "I know the rules of the big boss, but I have [-]% of the shares in the fruit bar business, and the big boss's money is converted into [-]%."

"This is my own business, so I don't want to be the big boss, but I want to come out and play by myself."

He Dingxian nodded slightly, picked up the teacup, took a sip, then put down the teacup and asked, "Can you get ahead by yourself?"

Wu Shihao's expression froze, and he opened his mouth and said, "Big Boss, it's fine if you only do legitimate business, and I only want to do legitimate business."

"But you have the right, I don't, I don't have the right, so I can only rely on my fist!" He clenched the five fingers of his right hand, and shouted: "The fist is not strong enough, if you can't beat someone else, someone else will come and knock you down!"

"I open a fruit farm to get water with peace of mind, and then what? In Thailand, I have to compete with others for orchards. I have to fight. In Hong Kong Island, I have to compete with others for fields. I still have to fight. In order to sell a truckload of durians, I have to bring The brothers fought from Thailand to the Chai Wan pier, and all the brothers worked hard, and I was the boss, so I could only lead the brothers to rush up."

"Brother Xian, didn't you rely on your own guns and knives to achieve today's success? Didn't you rely on the hard work of your brothers? Movie theaters, paper mills, which ones are not in business, and which ones have never called people? They died during the period. How many brothers!"

"How many people died!"

"Crack." He Dingxian raised his hand and handed over a cup of tea, gently placed it on the tea tray, without any wavering in his eyes, and asked calmly, "Say it straight, what kind of business do you want to establish a brand?"

Wu Shihao took a deep breath: "Sell the fruit bar first, and then sell seafood. As long as there are more, I can set up a seafood market, sell abalone, and sell kelp."

"If you have spare capacity, you can transport some parallel electrical appliances, gold and so on. In short, do more sea business instead of shore business."

"I will definitely not make things difficult for Brother Xian."

He glanced at Inspector Hua's face, his eyes were unpredictable, and his tone was a bit apprehensive.

Normally speaking, as one of the subordinates of the chief inspector of the first district, to do business, one must step into the big boss's territory, and with the big boss's cover, he must make money.

The big brother is at ease with his own people, and he can make a fortune, but he knows that the big brother doesn't like the appearance of associations under his subordinates, and forming an association will somewhat offend the big brother's taboo, so he never mentions that he wants to go to Mong Kok to find food.

"Business at sea is full of wind and waves." He Dingxian said while blowing on his teacup.

Wu Shihao was wearing a white coat with a short black lining. He waved his hand and shouted loudly: "The greater the wind and waves, the more expensive the fish!"

"Big boss, people who go out to sea are not afraid of wind and waves, but afraid of running in vain!" He raised a finger, with a determined expression and a harsh tone.

He Dingxian nodded calmly: "OK, you have so many people supporting you, the name has already been established."

"You don't need to ask me."

Wu Shihao nodded and bent down: "Brothers all rely on the big boss for food, never dare to forget the big boss' friendship, and are willing to work for the big boss for the rest of their lives."

"In the future, the big boss will tell you what to do, and the brothers will definitely fight to the end."

He Dingxian raised his teacup, lowered his head, and smiled: "Thank you, it's not impossible to do business on the shore. Although my land in Mong Kok has been divided, it's no problem to add another name next year. Inspector Cai in Sham Shui Po, Yau Ma Tei Inspector Zeng and Inspector Lei in Kowloon Tong are my friends, and if you want to go ashore to say hello, you always leave a few blocks out."

"But let's do the business at sea first. Selling durian, abalone, and running a seafood market are good. I don't need to leave [-]% of the shares in the fruit bar."

"Don't get me wrong, the 3 yuan for the fruit bar was given by me to support my brother's entrepreneurship. Converting it into shares has spoiled our friendship."

Wu Shihao pondered for a while, and finally nodded: "Boss, I understand!"

Lardboy sat aside and let out a long sigh: "Oh..."

The shares in the three results column, on the contrary, represent that Wu Shihao still has feelings for the big boss, and don't want [-]% of the shares, which means that the two only have a cooperative relationship in the world.

He Dingxian tasted the tea, his eyes were empty, and he suddenly said: "By the way, do you know what it means? You can't touch the smoked flour!"

"Even if these two brothers make money, they are earning black-hearted money. In the future, it will be more profitable and longer-term to make seafood and durian than selling opium and powder."

Wu Shihao nodded quickly: "I know, thank you, big boss, for your advice."

"Ah."

"Let's just leave things like this. What's the name of the fruit bar?" He Dingxian asked suddenly when he opened his mouth to see off the guests.Wu Shihao stood up and bowed deeply, bent over and said, "Yiqun!"

"The font size is also called Yiqun!"

He raised his head.

He Dingxian nodded and said with a smile: "Yiqun fruit bar, good name, Yiqun's brand name is very good, the word Yi is the first, brother Yiqun."

"Big boss, goodbye."

Wu Shihao didn't answer, bowed again, turned and left the company.

Lard boy sat in the office with an uneasy expression, and tentatively said cautiously: "Brother Xian, Ah Hao can't help it either, he's in the Jianghu, he can't help himself."

He Dingxian sighed and said: "I know, sometimes you can't blame people for going the wrong way. Many people in the Jianghu are also forced. Everyone wants to get a bite of food in peace and security, but people are good at being bullied, and horses are good at being ridden. If you want to make money, you have to do it." You have to come out and fight. If you work hard step by step, no one will be willing to be low-key and small. At the beginning, I felt that Ah Hao was ambitious, so I let him do things, let him go to sea, and give money to others..."

Zhu Youzai looked at the big boss's expression, and said carefully: "An ambitious person is ruthless in doing things, and brothers are convinced. Big boss, no ambition is useless. Back then, I said I wanted to be Inspector Hua's recruiter." Ren, that’s my ambition too.”

"That's right, everyone is the same, so since Ah Hao started his own fruit bar before setting up the club, I have no reason to stop it."

"He came to inform me that he didn't mean to ask for my consent, but just hoped to get my support." He Dingxian saw it clearly.

Zhu Youzai said, "It's all the same. Everyone in the world knows that he is your horse boy, and when he comes out, everyone gives him three points of face. It's all for your sake, including his brothers. I respect Ah Hao's loyalty a lot, and I also count on your reputation."

"Now that you are a detective, you are qualified to carry a small initial. Even if you can't become a big club, it's still easy to join a third-rate club."

"It just so happens that you also need a group of people to help you do things, even to suppress the Chaoshan Gang. Since the righteous group regards the Chaoshan people in the housing estates as brothers, it will also be a member of the Chaoshan Gang in the future."

"Brother Xian, it's just right for Ah Hao to stand up, it can be used."

He Dingxian admitted frankly: "You are right! So I have no intention to suppress Ah Hao, and I will inevitably use Yiqun in the future, but I can't help Ah Hao to let him be unscrupulous. From today, he is him, and I am me. , Brothers must have a count in their hearts."

Lard Boy had regrets on his face: "The path he chose, he will go on."

He Dingxian knew that he and Ah Hao were actually the same kind of people. They were also forced into a corner, had to risk their lives to get out of the company, and were equally ambitious to get ahead. It's just that he was lucky and had a starting point of wearing a military uniform. , have some memories in mind.

If he stands on the same starting line as Ah Hao, he may not be able to do better than Ah Hao. The reason why a hero is a hero is that he will definitely stand out from the crowd. Therefore, he knows very well how Ah Hao will make his name bigger and bigger. Qiang, no matter how many means he needs to use, he will draw a clear line with Ah Hao, and wait until Ah Hao steps over the boundary and make a clean break. At that time, he will not care about what Ah Hao does, and he will not be able to control him.

As for the merits and deeds that Ah Hao has done in the past, all the accounts have been buried before, otherwise, how could Ah Hao have the right to bring his brothers to stand up and say that he wants to establish a name?What makes a housing estate boy?It's not about relying on the big boss to support him!
"Whatever, keep an eye on Yiqun anyway. If Yiqun ships flour from Thailand to Hong Kong Island, tell me immediately."

He Dingxian said out loud.

Lard boy grinned in surprise: "No way? Ah Hao has been relying on you all the time, how can he do such a thing? You just told him."

He Dingxian smiled and said: "He used to rely on me, but he won't necessarily rely on me in the future. He knows my attitude. Once he becomes big, he will definitely find another backer."

"However, in a short period of time, I don't dare to mess around. We still need to start the fruit bar, seafood, and smuggling business step by step, but we must guard against it."

"If he uses my name to sell goods in my territory behind the scenes, if he tells the Jianghu people he will laugh his ass off..."

Zhu Youzai immediately said solemnly: "Big boss, don't worry, I will keep an eye on it."

……

Yau Ma Tei, Shanghai Street, at the entrance of a newly opened fruit bar shop, there are layers of fruits in wooden frames, including fresh bananas, pineapples, and piles of durians, mangosteens, and custard apples that are placed directly on the ground.

More than a dozen short-sleeved, dark-skinned, well-built horse boys squatted or sat, gathered under the signboard of the fruit bar. Several horse boys were moving goods in the store. Some citizens passing by came forward to ask prices. Buy.

"Fruit bar" refers to chain stores or fruit merchants with their own purchase channels. Unlike small fruit stalls and fruit vendors, most of them are engaged in wholesale business. Retail fruit can be sold or not. I know that another newcomer has joined the battlefield.

At this time, Wu Shihao was walking steadily with a cigarette in his mouth, and walked towards the fruit bar step by step among the crowd. The brothers at the door of the fruit bar got up one after another, staring at the boss. The two brothers couldn't help asking: "Brother Hao, how are you doing?"

Wu Shihao nodded, joy immediately appeared on the faces of the brothers, and Amin shouted: "Boss, Inspector He will support us as expected!"

"What's the name of the name?"

Wu Shihao looked up at the signboard with the words "Yiqun Fruit Bar" on the store door, threw the cigarette butt on the ground vigorously, and shouted: "Yiqun!"

Tonight, in a fruit shop on Shanghai Street in Yau Ma Tei, 37 brothers worshiped Guan Gong, cut off the chicken head, drenched their blood to form an alliance, and set up a flag of righteousness!
This is not only the first brand name born under Inspector He, but also a career built by Ahao and his brothers. However, the establishment of Yiqun has not caused any disturbance in the world for the time being. Famous names die every day, someone rises up, some francks are established, and some fumbles. The mere name of a Chinese inspector can't cause any disturbances.

What's more, the brothers plan to start water business first, and they have not yet set foot on the shore, but judging from the development route Wu Shihao has set for the brand, it can be seen that Wu Shihao is already a gangster who judges the situation and eats brains.

……

He Dingxian met Zou Huaiwen in Central at night, and Zou Huaiwen brought him good news from the newspaper office. Cha Niangyong had agreed to serialize martial arts novels in "Oriental Daily", and promised to also publish them in "Oriental Daily" at the price of one cent per word. "serializes the first martial arts novel "Book, Sword, Enmity and Enmity", and the request is to have a serial column like "Liang Yusheng".

He Dingxian couldn't help frowning slightly when he heard the words: "Oriental Daily will open another column at the same time, which will squeeze Liang Yusheng's works."

Zou Huaiwen also nodded in approval: "The "Oriental Daily" has a limited space, so we can't use the entire newspaper to serialize novels, right?"

Such a blind pursuit of profit is tantamount to giving up the public opinion attribute of the newspaper, which is a very immature behavior.

He Dingxian shook his head: "Speak clearly with Zha Niangyong, "Oriental Daily" plans to add a new issue, and publish "Oriental Evening News."

"His "Book and Sword Enmity Record" was serialized in "Oriental Evening News"."

Zou Huaiwen said that there is no problem: "Well, with the "Oriental Daily" as the basis, the sales of "Evening News" will be guaranteed, and the "Daily" can be notified in advance of the news of the listing of "Evening News."

"But Cha Niangyong's conditions are very strict. What if he doesn't agree?"

He Dingxian smiled: "Is there a company in Hong Kong Island that offers a higher price than us? No one will give him a penny."

"Since he plans to come out and write novels, he must have spotted the hot market for martial arts novels and needs a platform with high public acceptance."

"You tell him that today is different from the past, whether you want a word of love or not, if the novel can boost the sales of "Evening News", I can consider showing mercy and buying the copyright of his novel, otherwise there will be no shortage of readers in Hong Kong." Niang Yong, most people write novels."

After seeing the success of the "Oriental Daily" hype, the Hong Kong Island newspapers' sales have been increasing steadily thanks to martial arts novels, and they have urgently launched novel serial sections one after another.

For example, "Ta Kung Pao", "Hong Kong Island Commercial Daily", "Wen Wei Po", etc., and even "Feng Yue Bao" and "Feng Feng Magazine" began to serialize martial arts novels in the back, which has the illusion that Hong Kong Island literati are very sought-after. This led to the emergence of a group of early martial arts novel writers on Hong Kong Island.

An unknown Zha Niangyong made his debut as the editor-in-chief of the "Literati Tea Table" and made his debut for the column.

Zou Huaiwen nodded immediately: "Okay, I'll talk to him, but buying his copyright...is it too bad? His copyright is also worth buying?"

(End of this chapter)