Chapter 388: Competition, Striving for Prominence
Chapter 388: Competition, Striving for Prominence
Jijiao Heitou's one month's rent has been wasted, and his girls have no customers to work for. Some of them were lured by the grooms of Zhongyitang and gradually transferred to work in Zhongyitang.
Da Shengyong sat on the sofa, spread his hands, and said helplessly: "When Zhihui recruited girls from the mainland, they said they could earn several thousand Hong Kong dollars a month. Those girls were willing to risk going to jail and sneak into Hong Kong Island."
"If Malan doesn't open soon, the ladies will all run away before Zhongyitang comes to help."
Jijiaohei, wearing a black T-shirt, vented his energy on the sandbags indoors, then turned around and looked at Chen Zhihui, panting and saying, "Zhihui, what do you think?"
Chen Zhihui sat alone on a sofa with his legs crossed, putting down a newspaper, and said seriously, "Brother Zhao, Shenxiantang is making things bigger. If we don't fight them now, there will be no way out."
Jijiaohei was tearing off his boxing gloves, and frowned when he heard this: "That's so exaggerated, Zhihui. Shenxiantang borrowing the police's hand is no different from us borrowing the police's hand, it's just a gust of wind."
"He doesn't even have enough girls under his command, how can he take over the entire Hong Kong market?"
Chen Zhihui raised the newspaper in his hand and said, "Wu Bochao from the Kowloon Municipal Council and officials from the Department of Health attended the founding ceremony of a new organization, the Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Association."
"The registered address of the association is Tak Fung Building on Shanghai Street, the most popular prostitute unit in Mong Kok."
Jijiaohei was not a big shot who was good at making plans, but he was sharp-minded and immediately realized Shenxiantang's tactics. He asked with a dark face, "Are you saying that Shenxiantang established the Infectious Disease Association and wants to be the horse king of Hong Kong Island?"
Chen Zhihui nodded: "They have a hospital and a magazine, and now they have set up an association. It is obvious that officials and businessmen are colluding to take over the groom ladies in Hong Kong Island."
"The anti-pornography operation will soon be over. Shenxiantang will definitely call all the well-known pornographic men in Hong Kong to a meeting. Invite them to join the Infectious Diseases Association. If they are willing to join, they will have customers to share. If they are unwilling to join, they will use the Infectious Diseases Association to build momentum."
"When publishing news about a stable spreading a disease in a newspaper, you don't even need to specify the address of the stable. You just need to say which street and which building it is in. I guarantee that there will be no customers in the stables on the entire street and in the entire building."
Da Shengyong screamed, "What a psycho! The flesh trade is also a monopoly!"
Jijiaohei understood that the lady's ditch could not be monopolized, but the right to speak could be monopolized, so he sighed and said, "What a smart guy, so sharp!"
"I'll just treat the money I spent on Taikoo City as tuition fees. It's all gone down the drain."
"Let's talk to Zhongyitang and ask them to include us in the Infectious Disease Association. We can strive to become the vice president and help them earn the money back."
The horse ranch business is not his main source of income, so a small loss is acceptable to him.
Chen Zhihui said, "Boss, Shenxiantang's plan is very impressive, but without a magazine as a weapon and a hospital as a cash register, it won't work."
"There are so many smart people in the world, not everyone can make Shenxiantang's wish come true."
While the egg tart guys were counting money until their cramps came and making the most of the horse stable business, many horse stables were closed down, causing a large number of gangsters who used to rely on the horse stables to lose their livelihoods and become idle.
In the first few days, the bad boys took the girls to eat and drink, have sex and scream, and their lives were pretty good. But as the money in their pockets gradually ran out and their wages were squandered, the bad boys began to make a fuss, wandering the streets, trying to get the girls to work.
The ladies are prostitutes. Playing with the groom for two days is entertainment, but they don't get paid for eating and sleeping with him. What's the difference between that and working for free every day?
From the young ladies to the grooms, the pressure increases layer by layer, making the big guys look worried and sad, as if their mother has died.
Rich bosses can help their grooms survive for another ten days or half a month by giving them more money. Poor bosses have already started to take risks and let their grooms secretly collect customers.
But the police crackdown on prostitution has not yet ended, and it is easy to be caught by the police if you solicit customers privately.
The "matchmaker" King of Horse Racing in Hetu is well versed in the rules of the underworld. He would rather pay out HK$600,000 from his own pocket to give a red envelope to the grooms and ladies under his wing, rather than let his younger brothers bring bad luck to the sir.
A subsequent police operation proved his wisdom.
The police held a press conference to announce the completion of the anti-prostitution operation to the public, and symbolically stated that they would continue to eradicate money-for-sex transactions. All the horse kings in Hong Kong knew that the police force's large-scale operation was over, and began to organize the prostitutes to start work.
The matchmaker gritted his teeth and persevered, but after opening the place for business, he found that the place was deserted and had few customers.
What was most infuriating was that even a large number of young ladies had run away. The coachman went to look for them, but was beaten up by the thugs from Zhongyi Hall and thrown into the street.
When the matchmaker received the invitation from the "Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Association", he tore it into pieces without even looking at it, threw it into the trash can, and cursed: "You picked that star, the one who touched my picture, and you want to turn the page without even a word of explanation?"
"You rely on the influence of newspapers and magazines, and you think I'm a dead man. Lao Wei, bring a few hundred brothers to Shanghai Street tonight to say hello to Lao Zhong's Shenxiantang!"
Lao Wei has a bald head, a slim figure, and a scar on his forehead. From front to back, he looks like a centipede and is very creepy.
At around 7 o’clock that evening, many gangsters in the same photo rode motorcycles and raced on the streets of Shanghai. The sound of accelerators roared continuously, which was very similar to the street bombing in later generations.
Unlike the ghost lights that blew up the streets, the gangsters in Hetu had real weapons in their hands. Some of them even threw Molotov cocktails and set fires on the streets. It was obvious that they were demonstrating and showing off their use of force.
As it was early, after the news spread, customers gradually stopped coming. While Dan Tart was gathering his brothers and arranging staff, he called the boss to report.
Although the matchmaker is just a blank paper fan, as the horse king of Hetu, he has more than a thousand ladies and more than two hundred grooms under him, and his business follows the territory of Hetu.
Many hall masters in Hetu are shareholders of Malan. They will definitely help out when something happens. Their status in the society is comparable to that of Dantazai and they have considerable influence.
What's more, the matchmaker's guardian is one of the twelve elders of this session, the famous "Lalan", the intermediary king of Hetu.
At around nine o'clock, more than a thousand Hetu blue lanterns gathered near Shanghai Street. More than 500 Hetu thugs appeared outside the Youliang Printing House in the New Territories. The number of people kept increasing and it was difficult to count them in the darkness.
Jiang Hao opened the refrigerator, took out a soda, pried open the lid with a bottle opener, handed it to the boss, Zuoshou, and Ale, sat on the sofa and asked, "Do you want to fight with Hetu?"
Yin Zhaotang watched the TV series, took a sip of soda, and said softly: "The matchmaker is just unwilling to suffer a loss, so he took advantage of the situation and asked us to come out to negotiate."
"If we can talk about business, of course we can."
Zuoshou smiled and said, "If you want to get a good seat at the table, you have to show your real ability."
It was not excessive for Dan Tart to ask his men to throw Hetu the groom out of Defeng Building. However, it would be a huge loss of face if an outsider was allowed to take the girl away on Shanghai Street.
Because, when prostitutes go out to sell themselves, they not only look at the number of customers, but also whether the boss can guarantee their safety. The club just recruited a group of prostitutes. If they don't show toughness, they may work in vain.
Yin Zhaotang said: "Matchmaker Gong is one of the top five horse kings in Hong Kong Island. It seems that he is trying to compete for the vice chairman of the Association for the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases by doing this."
"Hahaha!"
Left hand, Ah Le and the other man burst into laughter. After a while, Ah Le finally recovered and patted his chest and said, "These people are really unscrupulous in trying to get ahead."
At this time, a gangster was riding a motorcycle with a brother on board, speeding through Shanghai Street, when suddenly a van rushed out.
Bang!
Two thugs were immediately knocked flying by the force. One of them, wearing a helmet, tumbled to the ground and fell on the sidewalk. The other one crashed into the roller shutter door of a shop along the street and his thigh had been cut by the wire used to dry clothes on the second-floor balcony. Blood was all over the ground.
(End of this chapter)