Chapter 398: Reform and Innovation
Chapter 398: Reform and Innovation
Beng Zui Tian was worried and folded his arms: "Brother Zheng, please come out. You can't just sit and wait to die."
The head of Jintian Hall, Jiuzhihua, trembled his legs: "Lao Zhong is Liao's partner, and they run the factory together. Not to mention Shenxiantang, Liao Zhihong's efforts in the Heung Yee Kuk are enough to bring us down."
Qi Zhengjun asked, "Chuixi, what do you think?"
The craftsmen in Sheung Shui had the most contact with the Liao family.
Chuixi smoked a cigarette and said, "There is no way! This is not a matter of fighting and killing, or grabbing territory. In the past, young people in the countryside had no future, and they joined the society just to make a living."
"Is there anyone who believes in brotherhood and wants to get ahead? Maybe there is, but I'm not one of you. If there is a better way out, who would join a gang?"
"I would have quit the club eight or ten years ago."
Upon hearing this, Prince Yun got furious and slammed his palm on the table: "Chuixi, what are you talking about? Do you want to get away?"
Chuixi glanced at him and said unhappily, "Ayun, stop slamming the table at your elders and calm down."
Jiuzhihua said: "Chuixi is right. It's useless to defeat Lao Zhong now. We have to burn down the factory."
Chuixi flipped the Zippo lighter and said, "I can burn down a factory, but I can't burn down the development plan of the people in the New Territories."
Qi Zhengjun said solemnly, "Destroying someone's financial resources is like killing their parents. Let's not even talk about burning the factory. We, Hongshun, have taken root in the New Territories and should repay the villagers."
"It's not okay to have a baby without a sloppy job. To ensure the inheritance of the community, I decided to make a reform. I will allow the club to recruit foreigners and let foreign workers do the dirty work."
Chuixi, Jiuzhihua, Bengyatian's faces suddenly changed, Taiziyun, Niu Shi and others looked thoughtful, and the head elder Dong Shu nodded and said, "The society is not trying to seize territory or cut off its financial resources. It is simply lacking manpower to do the work. Hiring foreign workers is a solution."
Beng Ya Tian felt sick and objected loudly: "Grandpa, the Hongmen is a Han organization. Recruiting a bunch of Indians, blacks, and Indonesians will make people laugh to death if you tell others about it."
Chuixi agreed: "That's right. Bringing a bunch of black guys out to dry horses in the middle of the night could easily hurt fellow disciples by mistake."
The roots of the Hongmen organization are based on the theme of "overthrowing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty, and restoring China". During the hundreds of years of inheritance, it has undergone several changes, but its underlying tone has always been strong in nationalism.
Ask a nationalist organization to open its doors and accept a group of foreign workers with different skin colors, races, languages, and cultures.
This could easily lead to a backlash from the brothers. If the society was not facing a life-or-death situation, Qi Zhengjun would not dare to change the family rules. However, Niu Shi expressed his firm support: "The lives of black people are so cheap. In Indonesia, where illegal workers work, Indians and 'boat people' are as plentiful as rice."
"Recruiting them to join the club to make blue lanterns and do odd jobs can reduce labor costs. They can go out to dry horses and even if they are killed by someone, they don't need to be treated. This will further reduce costs and is worthwhile!"
Boat people refer to the Vietnamese refugees who fled by boat after the fall of Saigon.
From 1975 to 1990, more than one million refugees fled Vietnam, spreading across Southeast Asia, with hundreds of thousands of them fleeing to the mainland and Hong Kong Island.
By 1980, Hong Kong Island had received more than Vietnamese immigrants, who were placed in vacant military camps in Sham Shui Po and put under centralized management.
They are allowed to go out of the camp to earn wages during the day and must return to the camp at night.
The former Governor Murray MacLehose refused to recognize the refugees' status and wanted to contact Vietnam to repatriate the refugees. But after the new Governor Youde took office, he immediately relaxed the refugee control, causing a large number of refugees to pour into Hong Kong Island.
The concentration camp had formed a "Vietnamese Village" and houses were constantly being built. The Vietnamese people began to integrate into Hong Kong communities.
During the period of rapid economic growth, Hong Kong Island needed a cheap labor force, but the illiteracy rate of Vietnamese boat people exceeded 99%, and they carried a large number of infectious viruses, making them a typical garbage population.
It will only have negative impacts such as creating ethnic conflicts, disrupting social order, and giving rise to underground gangs.
This has resulted in frequent sexual assaults, thefts, and robberies in Hong Kong in recent years. It also laid the groundwork for future chaos in Hong Kong, but as long as the triads dare to make a move, the Vietnamese, Indonesians, and Filipinos will indeed be the new blood in the underworld.
The gang leaders argued endlessly. Qi Zhengjun said, "Well, I'm not forcing every gang to accept foreign workers. I'm just setting the rules. It's up to them to decide whether to accept them or not."
"In short, if the society wants to continue to operate, it should seek innovation and change. No one objects, right?"
The sitting leader did not force any request, and the oppositionists such as Chui Ji and Beng Ya Tian had no reason to object.
The new rules were passed with approval and acquiescence.
To join a triad, you don’t need any knowledge or even language. All you need to do is find a few Vietnamese people you can communicate with and give them some job opportunities and benefits.
He can immediately pull out Vietnamese brothers to help and control the Vietnamese thugs by blocking resources.
Tai Ziyun, Niu Shi, Uncle Dong, Qi Zhengjun and others implemented the plan at a rapid pace. Within three to five days, many Vietnamese and Indonesian people began to appear in front of the Lianhexu vegetable market, Kam Tin stables and the Lianhe gambling den.
Wanshengtang's restaurant "Peli" booked the entire Xiaotaoyuan. Through Liao Zhihong's introduction, he was fortunate enough to invite Yin Zhaotang to the hotel for a meeting.
Different from Hongshun who was trying to reform and innovate and keep up with the times.
Perhaps the initials are too small and there is no need to struggle.
Pili threw away all his dignity, abandoned Wansheng's glorious history, and threw the title of Xiangzhu into the toilet. Based entirely on strength, he stood guard at the gate of Xiaotaoyuan, waiting to help open the door when Yin Zhaotang got off the car.
Be respectful and humble all the way.
Yin Zhaotang enjoyed it very naturally. During the banquet, Pi Li, who was in his early thirties, took the opportunity to toast and said humbly: "Mr. Yin, Wansheng's territory can no longer be defended. There are more than a hundred brothers left."
He flicked the ash with his left hand, put the cigarette butt in his mouth, opened his briefcase, took out two stacks of Hong Kong dollars, and threw them on the table: "Here are two hundred thousand, give the brothers a parting fee."
The factory only recruits young men with the same name as the boss. It doesn't matter if they are from the Blue Lantern or the Four-Nine Job family. But no employed people will be allowed in.
This is to prevent someone from setting up a triad-like trade union organization within it.
Beer's face was uncertain, and he forced out a flattering smile: "Mr. Yin, that's not what I meant."
Liao Zhihong put out his cigarette and chimed in, "Ah Tang, Pi Li wants to open a labor agency to recruit people for your factory."
General workers and odd jobs in factories have high mobility, and sometimes business is tight and temporary workers are needed. Subcontracting the manpower to an intermediary is a good idea.
Otherwise, the electronics factory has one human resources department, and the sneaker factory has another human resources department, and recruitment cannot be unified. It is a good idea to separate them and set up a separate agency.
Pili is a smart man. He was willing to give up his gray industry and directly switch to regular work to integrate into the development of the New Territories. A labor service company cannot support hundreds or thousands of people, but it can support more than a hundred brothers without any problem.
Lao Zhong’s company is at most his largest client. There are other factories in the New Territories that need manpower dispatch, so labor agency companies have a considerable market.
Yin Zhaotang pondered for a moment, then nodded and agreed: "No problem, but the agency fee will be paid directly to me, and I don't need to charge the workers."
It is actually quite difficult to manage rural workers. The intermediary company with a triad background will undoubtedly make things easier. Some small operations can be turned a blind eye, but the bottom line is that the workers enter the factory, earn hard-earned money, do not owe food and wages, and do not deduct intermediary fees arbitrarily.
Beerli was overjoyed and nodded quickly: "Thank you Mr. Yin for giving Wanshengtang a bite to eat. I will follow the rules as Mr. Yin said."
Silly Hui was sitting in the lobby, eating a work lunch with his classmates. He saw a few Indonesian girls wearing heavy makeup coming to the door of the restaurant to solicit customers. He threw away his chopsticks in panic and shouted tremblingly, "Oh my god, there's a ghost!"
(End of this chapter)