Hong Kong: Rise of the Kings

Just when everyone was speculating on what Du Yongxiao would do, Du Yongxiao, wearing a white suit, came to the Kowloon Bus Headquarters alone.

The receptionist in charge knew him, and when she saw him standing up to greet him, Du Yongxiao made a "Sit down" gesture.

The lady at the front desk hesitated to speak.

Du Yongxiao smiled at her and went straight up the stairs to the fifth floor.

The receptionist thought for a moment and immediately dialed the intercom: "Boss Lei, Mr. Du is here."

When Du Yongxiao came to the general manager's office area on the fifth floor, he happened to peek out and saw Lei Juekun sitting in the office with the open door, placing teacups in front of the empty space opposite the desk.

Seeing Du Yongxiao appearing at the Kowloon Bus Company, Lei Juekun was stunned for a moment, and then he laughed. Du Yongxiao also smiled and wanted to enter Lei Juekun's office, but was blocked by Lei Juekun's personal bodyguard at the door. .

"Aju, you don't even know Mr. To Yongxiao? He is the Chief Superintendent of Hong Kong. Be careful about inviting you to drink coffee." Lei Juekun said loudly to the bodyguard.

Following his words, it seemed that the entire Kowloon Bus Company fell silent.

Du Yongxiao?

Hong Kong super tycoon?

That Chinese First Chief Superintendent?

The personal bodyguard stepped aside, with a look of surprise on his face, and asked Du Yongxiao.

Du Yongxiao smiled at him, which made the bodyguard even more "flattered". He felt that this legendary ruthless man was very approachable. How could he look like a "tiger who cleans the streets" or "slaughter people with bloody hands"?

Du Yongxiao stepped into Lei Juekun's office, and sat down in the guest seat opposite Lei Juekun's desk with a natural expression. He took a look at the calligraphy and painting hanging behind Lei Juekun, which read a big "luck". He smiled and said, "You haven't changed it yet?"

Lei Juekun smiled slightly, and while ordering someone to replace the cup of tea in front of Du Yongxiao, he said: "I work in transportation and drive a Kowloon bus. The word "luck" is very good, which means transportation and luck."

Du Yongxiao nodded and glanced at the tea being taken away: "Are there any guests in front of me?"

"Haha, a business partner." Lei Juekun seemed unwilling to say more. He sat back in his seat, put his hands on the desk, and looked back at Du Yongxiao with a smile: "As for you, you just came back from the United States to see me. Is there something wrong?"

Du Yongxiao smiled: "I made big claims to the outside world, saying that I would solve the rickshaw protest, and Boss Lei must have heard about it a long time ago."

"I heard something." Lei Juekun nodded, and then gave Du Yongxiao a thumbs up: "Only people like you, Ah Xiao, can do such things as asking for orders for the people, but it wouldn't be possible for me. You We also know that our bus company is in the reform stage now, and we are in a mess here, so how can we be in the mood to care about other people's affairs."

"Boss Lei is humble. When it comes to popularity and qualifications, no one dares to say you are second when it comes to transportation. If those rickshaws were smarter, they should come to you directly to find a solution to the problem instead of me, the newcomer. A person who is not very clear about the situation in Hong Kong." Du Yongxiao seemed to be smiling but not smiling, and the corners of his mouth were unpredictable.

We are all smart people, how could Lei Juekun not understand what Du Yongxiao meant.

The situation now is obvious. Those rickshaw drivers have become obsolete products of the times. Their only strength is pulling rickshaws. They are familiar with Hong Kong's geographical environment and are especially experienced in walking through the streets. Other than that, they have no abilities.

If Lei Juekun is ambitious and wants to expand his taxi fleet, he can bring these rickshaw drivers under his command and let them switch from pulling rickshaws to driving taxis.

Of course, Lei Juekun will bear a great burden in this way.

First, the "training fees" for these rickshaw drivers, the "driving license fees" for taking the driver's license test, and the "living allowance" during their studies, etc., all cost a lot of money.

In addition, most of these rickshaw drivers are rough people with little education and don't even know their ABCs. It's a bit of a rush to ask them to get a driver's license.

In contrast, if Lei Juekun refused to accept them, he could directly select from some young people with driver's licenses and save a lot of money immediately.

Since Lei Juekun was in business, of course he was good at settling accounts. When he heard Du Yongxiao supporting him to help the rickshaw drivers, he laughed loudly, took out a Marlboro brand cigarette from his pocket, handed one to Du Yongxiao, and said to himself He held one in his mouth, then took out the lighter, lit it skillfully with one hand, lit it for Du Yongxiao and then lit it for himself. Finally, he flicked out the flame with a snap, and said with a cigarette between his fingers: "If you are ten years old like you, When I was a few years old, I was high-spirited, and maybe I still had the courage to help others even when I was in trouble, but now -" shrugged, "I am old and can't be saved!"

"Being old or not, mentality is the most important thing; whether you are willing to help others is the most important thing. In order to develop transportation in Kowloon, the expansion of the rental system is inevitable. From this perspective, it is always necessary to recruit people. Although those rickshaw drivers have no education, But I believe they are absolutely willing to learn in order to survive. The most important thing -" Du Yongxiao held a cigarette and looked at Lei Juekun seriously: "Is anyone willing to give them a chance?"

Lei Juekun leaned back in his chair and smiled disdainfully: "Opportunities are earned by oneself, not given by others. Although they are pitiful, they still have to work hard. Only in this way will they not be out of touch with the times. But then again Let’s get back to it—”

Lei Juekun looked at Du Yongxiao in turn: "Since you have promised to help those rickshaw drivers, then you will help to the end. I and other big guys all support you spiritually! You have also said that you should give them a chance. , neither I nor anyone else objects to it, after all, someone needs to do it to make money, and even more so to do good deeds, someone needs to be willing to do it.”

"I hear what you want, I will do this good deed, and Boss Lei will just watch from the side?" Du Yongxiao flicked the ash into the ashtray.

Lei Juekun picked up the teapot at hand, poured some tea into Du Yongxiao's tea cup, then smoothed his hair with his hand, and lowered his head slightly guiltily: "Everyone has his own ambitions. You are still young, and you have the opportunity to try and make mistakes. , I’m old and I can’t make a mistake. If you came here today just to ask me to help, then I’m sorry, I really can’t accept those people-” After saying that, he raised his head and said to Du Yongxiao: “I’m sorry!”

"You haven't sorry for me, and you haven't sorry for anyone. To be honest, I came here today just to ask casually, and I didn't mean to force you. After all, I took over this matter myself and it has nothing to do with you." Du Yongxiao smiled lightly: "So We’re still friends, aren’t we?”

"Of course. You and I are still partners, and my Golden Princess Cinema Line works closely with your Jiahe. That's how it is in business, one code belongs to the other, brothers settle accounts clearly, everything must be explained clearly." Lei Juekun said He took a breath and said, "My tea is of good quality Pu'er. If you like it, Xiao, you can drink a few more cups."

Du Yongxiao smiled.

"Let's drink tea another day. Now I have to travel to a few more places to solve the problem." Du Yongxiao flicked the ashes of his cigarette and said to Lei Juekun in a calm tone.

Since the other party wanted to invite tea as a farewell, Du Yongxiao was embarrassed to stay any longer.

Lei Juekun stood up and looked at Du Yongxiao: "In that case, I won't try to stay anymore. You have to drink tea in your leisure time."

"After you finish these things, I'll do the work." Du Yongxiao stood up, smiled at Lei Juekun and said.

The two chatted for a while, and then Du Yongxiao turned and walked outside: "I just returned to Hong Kong. To be honest, I haven't been to many places yet, but today I have to go to a few more places."

Lei Juekun personally sent Du Yongxiao out of the gate of the Kowloon Bus Company and watched Du Yongxiao get into the car driven by Yan Xiong and leave.

After Du Yongxiao left, Lei Juekun returned to his office and stared at the new cup of tea in front of him, which Du Yongxiao had not even touched.

At this time——

Li Jiacheng, a Chinese tycoon in a black suit, accompanied by barrister Song Bingshu, opened the door and walked out. He sat in the seat where Du Yongxiao had been sitting before. Like Lei Juekun, he looked at the cup of tea in front of him in silence.

"Boss Li, do you think Du Yongxiao knows you are here?" Lei Juekun raised his head and looked at Li Jiacheng opposite, and asked.

Song Bingshu, the lawyer beside Li Jiacheng, also looked at his boss with curiosity.

Li Jiacheng is 48 years old this year, which is when a man is in the prime of life.

Today, he owns the Yangtze River Industrial Group, which owns real estate companies, plastic flower factory companies, financial companies, and even water and electricity companies that are related to people's livelihood.

Among the Chinese tycoons in Hong Kong, although he is not the richest, he is the sharpest. His entire career and entire business empire are booming.

Back then, Li Jiacheng's first job was as a salesman. He was promoted to business manager at the age of 17, and was promoted to general manager not long after. Started his own business at the age of 22, with total assets of only 50,000 yuan. Became the "Plastic Flower King" at the age of 29.

He is 48 years old this year. Ten years from his previous life, he will ascend to the throne of Hong Kong's chief plutocrat for the first time. At the age of 60, he was named the richest man in China by Fortune magazine.

"Whether he knows I'm here or not, I don't know; I only know that he came back at the wrong time - he is young and energetic, and even the Hong Kong government is very afraid of him, which is not a good thing. "

After a pause-——

"If I were him, I might choose not to wade into this muddy water. Unfortunately, there is no if. All he can do now is bite the bullet and go on! As for us -"

Li Jiacheng glanced at Lei Juekun: "I want to make this muddy water even more muddy!"

After speaking, Li Jiacheng picked up the cup of tea that Du Yongxiao had not touched and took a sip with a happy expression.

…

To Yongxiao came to visit Kowloon bus boss Lei Juekkun, hoping that the news would spread quickly.

Lei Juekkun is the leading transportation king among the Chinese in Hong Kong. He also owns the largest taxi company. There are 300 taxis in his company. Now even he is unwilling to help Du Yongxiao and accepts those rickshaw drivers who have no way to survive. , it can be seen that these people have been eliminated by the times.

On the other hand, it can be seen that although Du Yongxiao is very famous, he has been away from Hong Kong for too long, and his "strength" is obviously lacking.

Hong Kong is a small place, but the waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead. He, a rookie developing in the United States, can obviously no longer keep up with the pace of Hong Kong.

As a result, many people now sing bad words about Du Yongxiao and even make up children’s songs——

"Du Yongxiao, Du Yongxiao, the United States is joking when they come back; everyone is replacing their guns with cannons, but he is getting more and more confused, retreating and being late."

Of course, with a quick glance, you will know that these things are specially arranged by some thoughtful people.

No matter how bad Du Yongxiao is, he is still a super tycoon. How can he be so miserable?

It's just that these rumors are believed by people who don't know the inside story and the depth of Du Yongxiao.

then--

In response to To Yongxiao, different classes in Hong Kong began to make different voices————

The British Hong Kong government urged Du Yongxiao, as the Chinese Chief Superintendent, to resolve the issue of the rickshaw driver demonstrations as soon as possible before resigning -——

"Responsibilities should be implemented as soon as possible to avoid accusing the police force of failing to do things according to facts."

"Since you are boasting, you must go all out! Don't shirk the blame, let alone fool the people!"

The upper class in Hong Kong are suspicious of Du Yongxiao's strength. Their previous fear of Du Yongxiao has turned into disdain-——

"It turns out that the legendary tens of billions of tycoons are so virtuous that even a demonstration can't solve the problem."

"The super tycoon and the Chinese chief superintendent are all just exaggerations!"

"Don't think that after a trip to the United States, he will be more powerful when he comes back. It seems that we have underestimated him."

For the poor people in Hong Kong, the impression Du Yongxiao gave them before was that he was mysterious and omnipotent, but this time-——

"The mysterious Du Yongxiao fell off the altar and looked for help everywhere but drank cold water."

"The ultimate inside story, the losing battle before the resignation of the First Chinese Chief Superintendent!"

"When you have fallen into the bottom while pleading for the people, how can you make a comeback?"

Under these disturbing public opinions——

Chinese tycoon Li Jiacheng convened many Chinese businessmen to gather at the Sai Yeung Choi Street Chinese Business Association to hold a symposium on "The Rise and Decline of Hong Kong's Transportation".

The purpose of the meeting is to completely eradicate "rickshaws", a product that has been eliminated by the times. Especially rickshaws now do more harm than good, obstruct traffic, disturb public order, and like to form gangs and so on.

In contrast, another theme of the conference was, "The future and development of taxis."

According to Li Jiacheng's wishes, Cheung Kong Industries is planning to join forces with the Kowloon Bus Group to create the largest "taxi company" in Hong Kong, with a total of 3,000 taxis; covering Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and the New Territories, and even going deep into Macau.

…

at the same time--

Du Yongxiao, who is regarded as a "male pig's foot" in public opinion, is experiencing life, or to be precise, experiencing Hong Kong's taxis.

Since becoming prosperous, Du Yongxiao has either driven himself or traveled by private car.

The drivers range from Datou Wen, to Zhuang Dingxian, to Yan Xiong and so on.

These people are all powerful figures in Hong Kong. For example, Da Tou Wen is now the first chief inspector of Hong Kong Island and holds a high position of power.

Chong Ting Yin replaced Simon Yam as the chief instructor of the Hong Kong Flying Tigers.

Not to mention Yan Xiong, the former four detectives are now group representatives, directors, directors, etc.

Now Yan Xiong is serving as Du Yongxiao's temporary personal driver.

Hearing Du Yongxiao say that he would travel by taxi today, Yan Xiong looked confused, thinking that Du Yongxiao was in a bad mood after hearing those public opinions. He was about to speak when he saw Du Yongxiao waving to the taxi not far away.

The boss driver was picking his nose in the car. He suddenly saw Du Yongxiao waving his hands and subconsciously wiped his nose on the window. He stepped on the accelerator and came to Du Yongxiao with a pop: "Boss, are you going to the border?"

"General Chinese Chamber of Commerce!"

"Oh, I'm familiar with that place. It's at Sai Yeung Choi Street on Hong Kong Island! Get in the car quickly!" The driver was very enthusiastic.

Du Yongxiao smiled and got in the car.

Yan Xiong could see clearly from behind and hurriedly waved back.

Behind them were two BMWs with a total of eight people, all retired members of the police force, temporarily serving as Du Yongxiao's personal bodyguards.

When the eight people saw this, they hurriedly got into the car.

Yan Xiong also got into the Rolls-Royce and drove behind Du Yongxiao.

then--

The taxi was followed by a Rolls Royce and two BMWs.

The boss driver saw in the rearview mirror that he didn't know those people were following Du Yongxiao, so he curled his lips and said: "These rich guys are really interesting now, look at it, they don't overtake, they just follow us and eat shit! Haha!" "

"What, you're not used to it?"

"Of course! These rich guys are usually very arrogant and often overtake other cars! Mad, you often make me eat car farts!"

Like many drivers, this boss driver has an occupational disease and is a talkative one.

From the moment Du Yongxiao got in the car, he started talking non-stop.

Du Yongxiao was originally not interested in chatting with him, but the driver was very good at gossiping and told some weird things. He said that a female ghost appeared in the Wo Hop Shek Cemetery in the New Territories recently. She was very beautiful, with long hair and red clothes. At night, The people who took the taxi were given money; it was also said that a murder case of dismemberment occurred in Tin Shui Wai, and a strange black cat appeared at the scene. The black cat could actually imitate human speech...

Du Yongxiao shook his head after hearing this.

These drivers drive people around every day, and these stories are either heard on the radio or read in newspapers; in order to attract attention and boost sales, newspapers and magazines in Hong Kong even add fuel to these bizarre "stories" and stir them up. , no professional ethics at all.

But if you think about it carefully, Hong Kong is such a small place with more than 200 newspapers. In order to survive, it is inevitable that they will use any means to produce some "breaking" news. Being able to sell the newspapers is a victory, and who will care about these news? true and false.

In almost ten minutes, Du Yongxiao took a taxi to the headquarters of Huashang.

Du Yongxiao glanced at the meter in the back seat of the car. It cost almost six yuan.

The boss driver didn't know that Du Yongxiao looked at the "meter". When he saw the stop, he habitually stretched out his hand and patted the meter hard and said: "Chenghui, eight yuan!"

Du Yongxiao could see clearly that the price of the "meter" immediately jumped from "six yuan" to "eight yuan" after being slapped.

The trick of "jumping the watch" is a common trick used by many big drivers in this era. Of course, it also depends on who the passengers are.

Obviously, this driver boss regarded Du Yongxiao as his son.

Du Yongxiao smiled, said nothing, and handed over ten yuan.

When the driver boss was looking for two yuan, Du Yongxiao said, "No need to look for it - now, is this your company's complaint phone number?"

Du Yongxiao glanced at the taxi business license placed in front of the car, as well as the driver's detailed information, and of course, the taxi company's complaint phone number.

The driver was stunned for a moment, then immediately smiled and said: "I'm sorry, it seems I made a mistake just now - I should have asked you for four yuan!"

Du Yongxiao also smiled: "I'm not good at math, and I don't know much about literacy, but it seems like you wrote on it 'if the complaint is successful, the compensation will be tripled' -" pointing to the small print under the complaint column.

The boss driver was stunned again: "You're lucky, today is fucking free!"

…

Sai Yeung Choi Street, Hong Kong Island——

Chinese Chamber of Commerce, conference room——

"Now this is the territory covered by our taxi company. There are three thousand vehicles in the three places of Hong Kong Island and Macau! In the future we plan to--"

"Traffic King" Lei Juekun stood in the conference room and spoke eloquently.

Li Jiacheng sat next to him, even more energetic.

In Hong Kong in this era, there were three types of taxis. They were urban taxis commonly known as "Red Birds", which were painted red and could travel across the three islands of Hong Kong.

The other is the New Territories taxi, commonly known as "Grasshopper", which is painted green and can only drive in the New Territories.

The last type of Lantau taxi, commonly known as "Blue Lantern", has a blue body and can only drive passengers within Lantau Island.

It can be said that these three types of taxis are distinct, each has its own territory and cannot be crossed.

However, Lei Juekun and Li Jiacheng have already designed it. If the "taxi empire" they build this time takes shape, they can completely break this boundary, because the three places are theirs and they have the final say.

"awesome!"

"Yes, isn't this unification of the world?"

Everyone nodded and expressed their admiration for Lei Juekun and Li Jiacheng working together to build the first taxi company in Hong Kong.

Those who came here to support us today are almost all Chinese business leaders from all walks of life.

Among them were real estate tycoons Li Zhaoji, Feng Jingxi, Guo Desheng, Hong Kong jewelry king Zheng Yutong, Hong Kong garment king Lin Baixin, Hong Kong steel king Pang Dingyuan, and even the Huo family sent someone to attend. He was Mr. Huo.

It can be said that today all the big guys in Hong Kong gave Zulei Juekun and Li Jiacheng face.

Lei Juekun is fine.

He and Du Yongxiao had a very good relationship before, and were even partners.

The only thing he is happy about now is to develop his ambitions and become the real traffic king of Hong Kong with the help of those British, controlling buses, taxis, and even the subway in the future!

Li Jiacheng was completely satisfied in his heart.

He has always been weighed down by Du Yongxiao, unable to be high-spirited or breathe heavily.

I thought that Du Yongxiao's return would set off a storm that would sweep through the entire Hong Kong business community.

Unexpectedly, Du Yongxiao fell into a quagmire and was unable to extricate himself, but in turn gave him a chance.

He was very wealthy and powerful, and the British were optimistic about him and took the initiative to introduce him to Lei Juekun, prompting the two major groups to cooperate.

Li Jiacheng thinks this is the reason why he has a sharp vision and stands in good team.

Where here?

This is Hong Kong!

Who is in charge of Hong Kong?

Of course it's British!

So if you want to develop in Hong Kong, how can you go against the British?

Of course you have to follow them and have a good relationship with them.

Look, now the rewards are here.

There were so many elite Chinese businessmen, but Gui Lao didn't even notice any of them, but he chose himself to cooperate with Lei's Group.

Li Jiacheng understood that this was because Gui Lao was too evil-minded and wanted to adopt a check-and-balance strategy. He did not want the Lei Group to be the dominant one, and it would be difficult to control the situation, so he pushed himself out.

But this is also trust! Trust!

If you don’t trust me, how could a ghost guy give you such a big fat piece of meat?

In a word -

"Whoever wins the Ghost Man wins the world!"