History of Hong Kong Island

Chapter 171 Widow
"Ah Hao is going to get married?" He Dingxian was a little surprised, and asked: "Brother Nineteen's widow, Brother Nineteen has so many widows, which one did he marry?"

Bai Fanyu said: "Aunt Six, Liu Mudan, used to be a red card singer in Paramount. Five years ago, I followed Brother Chen Shijiu and has been managing the cigarette stall business for Brother Nineteen. He is considered a member of the club."

Generally, the family members of the big bosses seldom join associations. Once they do, they must seek power.

He Dingxian didn't expect Wu Shihao to hang out with the widow, but when he thought about it carefully, if Mudan had any rights in Chao Yiyong, it would be of great help to Wu Shihao.

He frowned and asked, "Is this aunt enjoying herself in the society?"

"Brother Nineteen trusted me before, and helped Brother Nineteen manage the club's accounts as his concubine." Bai Fanyu thought about it: "In terms of rights, I don't have much, but as Brother Nineteen's only concubine in the club, everyone All three points."

Chen Shijiu's first wife had long since passed away, and the concubines he married later used to play cards with money all day long, focusing on enjoying himself.

On the contrary, the concubine who is married the latest is the youngest and the most ambitious.

Maybe it's because of Chen Shijiu's high status in the world, his age, and his pursuit of inheritance.

He Dingxian pondered and said nothing: "If you want to take power smoothly, don't you also have to discuss cooperation with her?"

Bai Fanyu nodded: "If you don't give her benefits, you can't take her power, otherwise outsiders will accuse me of bullying orphans and widows. This is a violation of Hongmen's 36 oaths and must not be done."

"That is to say, besides handing over the accounts, she will definitely continue to manage the cigarette stalls?" He Dingxian felt something was wrong, and said in a deep voice: "This is what Yiqun will be in charge of Chao Yiyong's cigarette stalls, which is equal to Yiqun Got the cigarette card!"

There was a trace of fear in his heart.

Bai Fanyu said: "Actually, if she doesn't get along with Ah Hao, we can slowly take back the cigarette stalls, but Ah Hao wants to marry a widow."

One is famous and the other is real. It's really fun to have a false name and strength to back it up.

He Dingxian drank his tea and said in a calm voice: "It's not easy for me to talk about this matter. It's only natural for men and women to love each other. Now there is no such thing as a chastity. What's more, Ah Hao is willing to accept Brother Nineteen's widow, everyone I only feel that Ah Hao is being loyal."

If Ah Hao had always come here for the cigarette stall, then things would be far from simple.

"However, brother is going to get married, I can always ask a few words about it, and ask Ah Hao when the time comes." He Dingxian said.

Baifanyu said: "Okay, and I may not be able to stop the righteous group's merger with Chao Yiyong. If I strongly oppose it, it seems that I want to squeeze out Ah Hao deliberately, and my reputation will not be good."

He can fully guess Mr. He's thoughts. He Sheng definitely doesn't want Yiqun to be merged into Chao Yiyong. It is easier to manage the two prefixes separately.

If they merged into one prefix, it would be difficult for He Dingxian to tell Yiqun what to do. Of course, the trendy prefix must do things for him, but whether it can develop into the desired form is up in the air.

Therefore, after he came to power, he tried to stop the matter of merging the Yiqun into Chao Yiyong, but the resistance he encountered was greater than expected. Many of his uncles felt that accepting the Yiqun would not only strengthen the strength of the society, but also make a fortune. , go to bad luck.

Moreover, accepting volunteers can also show Chao Yi's courage to accept brothers from his hometown.

He Dingxian knew it in his heart, and said with a smile: "I think you are afraid of others' gossip, and you also like Peony. You want to compete with the younger generation for a handful of old bones?"

"Hahaha." Baifanyu laughed out loud, ignoring the fact that her daughter was by her side.

"If you can't stop, you don't have to stop. Ah Hao didn't even discuss with me about Yiqun's merger with Chao Yiyong." He Dingxian said: "As the speaker of the prefix, he can decide everything about the prefix. As the boss of the prefix, I can only decide whether to support it or not."

Two days later.

Central District, Hollywood Road.

Tea restaurant.

He Dingxian sat behind the table, holding the menu in his hand, and asked aloud, "Ahao, what do you want to eat?"

Wu Shihao was wearing a white shirt, sitting across from him, speaking bluntly: "Same as usual."

"One piece of pork chop rice, one piece of roast goose rice, plus two cups of iced lemon tea." He Dingxian put the menu aside, and after speaking loudly, a waiter immediately repeated it, wrote the list and handed it to the kitchen.

Wu Shihao drank the iced lemon tea brought by Shangkou, adjusted his posture, sat up straight and said, "Brother Xian, can I help you with anything?"

"No."

He Dingxian leisurely stirred the drink with a straw, and said in a relaxed tone, "No matter how delicious the fruit is, eating too much will make you tired. Today I specially invited you to drink tea, and let's chat about some personal matters."

"hey-hey."

Wu Shihao smiled happily and said happily, "Okay!"

He Dingxian saw two meals served and asked, "Uncle Bai told me, are you getting married soon?"

Wu Shihao showed the appearance of a shy boy, smiled embarrassedly, and said subtly: "Yes, my wife is beautiful and kind, and it is my blessing to have a crush on me."

"Congratulations." He Dingxian said with a smile, "I have absolutely no objection to you marrying Brother Nineteen's widow, but I have to discuss some things in advance."

Wu Shihao nodded: "Don't worry, Brother Xian, Yiqun will never sell fans or opium,"

He Dingxian shook his head: "It's not these things. I've already talked about these things, so there's no need to talk about them again. It's your own choice to join the righteous group into Chao Yiyong. I didn't refuse the combination of the two trendy prefixes. reason."

"I want to ask you something, did you kill Chen Shijiu?"

Wu Shihao's expression was slightly astonished, but there was no surprise in his eyes, as if he hadn't guessed it, but he didn't expect the big boss to speak so directly, so he shook his head quickly: "No!"

"Brother Xian, if you suspect that I harmed Brother Nineteen because of a woman, I will guarantee with my life that I didn't know Mudan before. It was at the funeral that I saw Mudan for the first time." Wu Shihao's tone was firm, his expression Resolute: "If you want to suspect that I am for power, then Chao Yiyong has many uncles who can testify for me."

"Brother Nineteen's price tag for Yiqun to merge into the tide of volunteerism is to let me sit in the next session!"

"That is a licensed society in Hong Kong, the first prefix of the Chaoshan Gang, Chao Yiyong with 10,000+ members!"

Wu Shihao said: "What price is higher than this!"

He Dingxian was thinking: Damn, hook up at the funeral?Someone else just lost her husband, what kind of widow are you doing!Street boy!

He said after a while: "Okay, I'll believe what you say, the case is all done by Ah Weng, remember to invite me when you get married."

Wu Shihao let out a sigh of relief: "It will definitely, boss."

However, although Wu Shihao is with Mudan, it is obvious that the two will not get married so soon, because the relationship between the two is also a cooperative relationship, and the combination of interests is far more effective than a marriage contract. As long as the two stand together, they will not get married It doesn't matter.

After He Dingxian sent Wu Shihao away, he felt that Ah Hao was far from being easy to control at the beginning, and that a little power in the past could make him work hard.

Now he has power in his hands, ambition in his heart, consciously or unconsciously, and is on his own path.

"Huh." Wu Shihao got on the rickshaw, he let out a long breath, and his whole body became relaxed. The horse boy pulling the cart was his subordinate A Ming, who only heard A Ming ask: "Brother Hao, what did the big boss say?"

"It's nothing." Wu Shihao revealed the matter lightly, he didn't say anything, but he understood in his heart: "Brother Xian has already suspected me."

In the middle of the year, a dark horse emerged quietly in the film industry of Hong Kong Island.

"Lu Yuntao", a Nanyang businessman from Singapore, came to Hong Kong Island and established Hong Kong Island International Film Company, intending to shoot Mandarin films in Hong Kong.

The arrival of this dark horse did not attract the attention of many leftist film companies who were fighting for ideology, but it attracted the strong attention of Oriental Film Company and Shaw Brothers & Sons.

Because "Lu Yuntao" is not an unknown person, but the founder of Singapore's "International Film Distribution Company", which specializes in the distribution of Chinese-language films in Nanyang, and is the main rival of Nanyang's "Shaw Brothers Company".

Compared with "Shao Yifu", the head of the Shaw Brothers, Lu Yuntao is a real junior in the rivers and lakes, but Lu Yuntao was born in a wealthy Nanyang family and received good higher education and art education. The original intention of making movies came from photography. , after the establishment of the distribution company, it is the only company in Nanyang that can import art films. It has occupied a certain market in Nanyang by relying on its sword, and has also invested in film shooting in Taiwan.

At the suggestion of the big boss, Zou Huaiwen paid special attention to Shaw Brothers and his sons. Naturally, he paid attention to Nanyang's "International Film Distribution Company", and then received news that Lu Yuntao had established a branch in Hong Kong Island.

When He Dingxian received the news, he only felt the name of the person, but he didn't remember which big director or the boss of a film company. When he thought of Shao Yifu, he suddenly remembered that he had seen Lu Yuntao's name in Shao Yifu's own biography.

This Mr. Lu was Yifu Shaw's first real rival during his years in the film market. Relying on the spirit of "high quality, large investment, and excellence", he once surpassed Shaw Brothers' "short, flat, fast", "high The strategy of "turnover" has hit a corner and cannot stand up, because after all, movies are a kind of cultural creation, and the quality is obvious to all. , the more it can bless the reputation of excellent works.

Lu Yuntao was born in a wealthy businessman family in Nanyang. Whether it is life or business, he has never been short of money, so he can consciously follow the line of "excellence". Unintentionally, he became a major obstacle in the Shaw Brothers film career.

In two years, Lu Yuntao will acquire the "Yonghua Studio" which is on the verge of bankruptcy, and form the "International Film and Television Industry", which will open up a new situation for the smoggy Hong Kong Island film market.

The reason why his reputation is not obvious is that when his career was at its peak, he and his family were killed in an air crash. "International Film and Television" was reorganized as "Cathay Pacific Organization", and his wife and younger brother inherited the management.

Commonly known as dying too early.

When He Dingxian saw Lu Yuntao coming to Hong Kong, he immediately understood: "Shao Yifu is coming soon."

However, now he ignored the brewing turning point in the film market, and was talking with Huo Guantai about a more imminent matter. Due to the sudden deterioration of the situation on the peninsula by the ghost coalition forces, the British Hong Kong government tightened the shipping ban.

A batch of Huo Guantai's cotton was confiscated by the customs, and it was held in the ghost warehouse and could not be taken out!

(End of this chapter)