Chapter 359 A clear conscience

Chapter 359 A clear conscience

Chapter 359 A clear conscience
Queensway, Central.

Night falls and the neon lights come on.

White-collar workers who have just finished work gather in groups of three or five, arm in arm, linger in saunas, massage parlors, and bars, enjoying their moments of relaxation.

The big bosses walked into the club, hugged the pretty girls, and enjoyed life amid the lights and the clinking of glasses.

A bustling metropolis with bright lights and bustling crowds of people.

Several gangsters, smoking cigarettes, stood at the door of Huadu Nightclub, helping the boss guard the car.

In the box, the boss of He Yongshun, "Laogui", the boss of He Xingfa, "Baitoutu", and the boss of He Yiyong, "Ajian", all had ugly expressions and looked at each other.

Cai Zhenbing sat in the middle of the sofa with his legs crossed and his legs spread wide. He said, "Either, take some money and live abroad for retirement, or..."

"despair!"

He touched the hostess's thigh with his left hand and snapped his fingers with his right hand.

The Lechang red stick "Black Lion" pushed open the door, grabbed the collar of the host, Shouguqiang, and came in. He glanced at everyone and smashed Shouguqiang's head hard on the table.

Bang.

A loud tremor shook several empty beer bottles to the ground, shocking the three people present. The old ghost even dropped his cigar and screamed, "Black Lion, what are you doing!"

Originally, there were only traces of abuse on Shouguqiang's face, but the violent blow just now made Shouguqiang faint on the ground.

Black Lion wiped the tip of his nose with his index finger, his face disdainful, and said provocatively: "Old bone, if you keep talking nonsense, I will kill you with a knife first!"

Bai Tou Weng is a young white-haired man. His nickname sounds old-fashioned, but he is actually only in his early 40s. He has considerable influence in Chai Wan and is a traditional gangster.

Seeing Black Lion's behavior of betraying his master and ancestors, he was so angry that he blew his beard and glared, muttering: "Man does what he does, God is watching, Black Lion, be careful of being struck by lightning!"

Black Lion looked at him and spoke politely: "Uncle Whitehead, have you become stupid from worshipping Guan Gong? Can I take you to Qingshan Road to have your head checked?"

Cai Zhenbing smoked a cigarette and said calmly, "I'll give you a few minutes to think about it. Do you want to take the money and hand over the society to me, or do you want me to pay the money and have your men kill you three first?"

"Think it over carefully, three bosses!"

Ah Jian sighed, stood up suddenly, picked up a suitcase on the table, and looked back at the two people as he stood up: "Let's go."

The old man stood up, grabbed the suitcase, and said unwillingly, "You have guts!"

The old ghost hurriedly took the box and bowed to Cai Zhenbing fearfully: "Thank you, Mr. Cai, thank you very much."

There wasn't much in the box, only one million US dollars, but it was enough to feed three small-time bosses.

When Cai Zhenbing saw the three people leave, he looked contemptuous, waved to Black Lion to come forward, and said, "I'll give you a week to organize the people with the four-character prefix."

"We broke into Saigon Street in Mong Kok and smashed Lao Zhong's night market."

Black Lion clasped his fists and responded, "No problem, Mr. Cai."

The Black Lion, the first of the four small-name gangs to lean towards Cai Zhenbing, can be said to have reaped all the benefits and will become the de facto boss of the four small-name gangs.

Since Cai Zhenbing has a lot of money and does not rely on the group to make money, his status is somewhat detached. Rather than being the person in charge, he is more like the behind-the-scenes boss of the group.

With the support of the Political Department, he chose a Feng Shui location in Hong Kong Island, resumed his old business, and made a lot of money. With the cooperation of local companies, it was more convenient to ship goods to the world than to stay in the province.

But who would be willing to leave their hometown unless they are forced to flee?

"Shenxiantang, the Hong Kong police are on my side, what can you use to play with me!" Cai Zhenbing enjoyed the verbal attacks from the hostess. Being in the arms of the girl, he felt a little unreal.

Fate is so unpredictable, sometimes good, sometimes bad.

Three days later, 91 Chigua Newspaper published a piece of news.

Senior Inspector Chang Shixiu of the Special Branch of the Royal Police Force conspired with mainland drug lords to smuggle and sell drugs. The report quoted the mainland court's disclosure of the case. The only thing missing from publicly declaring that the Hong Kong British authorities used Hong Kong Island as a drug transit point was naming the names of the suspects.

The press release is very radical, but combined with the reports of the Narcotics Bureau in the past two years, Hong Kong Island has indeed seized a large amount of methamphetamine. The weight of methamphetamine seized in a year has exceeded that of white powder.

This is the first time a new trend has emerged, which indirectly confirms the newspaper reports.

"Pick that star. The Political Department is working with drug lords. The foreigners will do anything to make money."

"Where's the ICAC?"

"The police force is so powerful in fighting corruption, do you have the guts to investigate the Special Branch?"

Readers never expected that after reading the pornographic pictorials, there would be something even more exciting.

Readers of news newspapers prefer two types of news the most: one is official news, which is quite positive; the other is tabloids, which are quite wild, such as reporting that the police department is shielding drug lords.

It's so wild.

In this issue, 91 Chigua Newspaper appeared for the first time, boosting the sales of 91 magazine, with copies sold and the printing factory reprinting it twice.

There was not enough ink, so after calculating the costs, we simply stopped printing.

91 Chigua News is free, and the cost of purchasing ink from outside has increased, which is not worth it.

I had to order more ink and paper to prepare for the next issue.

At the same time, public opinion continued to ferment and citizens were discussing it heatedly. The Police Force had to come out and say: Dear citizens, although the Political Department is under the police force, the Internal Investigation Division of the Police Force has no authority to investigate the Political Department. Sorry!

It seems like an apology, but in fact it is a cut-off.

ICAC also stated that it has not yet initiated a notice of investigation and will report it to the Governor General’s Office.

Acting Governor-General Haddon-Cave publicly stated that he would not investigate the Special Branch during his acting term and that everything would have to wait until Governor-General Youde arrived in Hong Kong to implement the order.

He also stated that he believed in the fairness and integrity of the Political Department and that it was the unscrupulous black media that quoted false news from the mainland, and called on the general public to view the matter objectively.

English newspapers, led by the South China Morning Post, and British Chinese newspapers have begun to launch a war of words using the "mainland drug lords" as a starting point.

It is a tradition for Hong Kong media to engage in heated discussions. After the English newspapers launched a counterattack, many media outlets, including Ta Kung Pao and Sing Tao Daily, published editorials in support of the investigation into the Political Department.

There are also opponents whose argument is that it is throwing dirty water on the mainland.

Left-wing newspapers began to join the war of words. The Hong Kong Xinhua News Agency published a list of arrests made in the mainland, as well as some details of the case, using a bloody name to compare the Hong Kong British authorities.

Although the drug lord was from the mainland, the drug den was busted and the people were arrested. No matter how bad it is, he is always doing something.

On the contrary, the Hong Kong government has been passing the buck at every level, putting politics first, and arousing opposition from a large number of citizens.

It is a pity that the public opinion against the British colonial rule in Hong Kong is not public opinion, but instigated by the mainland and manipulated by public opinion.

From the police force, the ICAC, to the acting governor, all of them passed the buck, but in fact one of the reasons was that they just wanted to quickly take the money and get away with it.

They were alert enough, so alert that they could easily understand the situation and realize that 91 Newspaper and Cai Zhenbing were just side players in the confrontation between China and Britain.

You can run as far as you can in this whirlpool. If you are not careful, you will be crushed to pieces. Those who dare to play this game on stage are all desperate criminals, tying their heads in their trouser pockets to get ahead.

Thatcher hadn't even left yet when the struggle had already begun. If she lost the war of words, a large number of bureaucrats in the intelligence system of the British Hong Kong authorities would be in trouble.

Chang Shixiu faced the informal hearing of the ICAC Chief Investigator and said righteously: "I am working for the Special Branch!"

"The Political Department only deals with politics. If I have any problems, they are all political problems. I have never colluded with drug lords. I have a clear conscience."

(End of this chapter)