Chapter 519: The Olive Branch of the Zhi Gong Association
Chapter 519: The Olive Branch of the Zhi Gong Association
Yin Zhaotang arrived at the door of Wu Qi's room at the Peninsula Hotel.
Mr. Wu has already packed his suitcase and is counting the small invoices.
"Mr. Yin?" Li Huaichang, the assistant sent by the headquarters, opened the door with a surprised look on his face. Yin Zhaotang held up a document and said with a smile, "I have some work to report to Mr. Wu. Do you have time?"
Li Huaichang turned around and looked at the vice president. Wu Qi quickly packed the invoice and nodded: "Come in."
Li Huaichang turned sideways and raised his hand: "Please, Mr. Yin."
Yin Zhaotang saw the luggage by the window, walked over and said with a smile: "Sorry, Mr. Wu, for coming to nag me so late at night."
Wu Qi knew Yin Zhaotang's character, so he sat down on the sofa, asked Li Huaichang to make tea, and said with a smile: "Mr. Yin is the host, and I am the guest, so I should be the one to talk."
"But I have some things to do in China, so I have to go back first, so I won't be able to attend the remaining two days of the meeting."
The Zhi Gong Association in China is a pure political party and cannot engage in business. If it were a legitimate business association, it could help attract investment in China, but how many legitimate businesses can there be in the Hongmen Assembly?
There was really no need for him to participate in the remaining two days of the exchange meeting.
Yin Zhaotang sat down and said slowly, "I understand, but there is one thing I need to report to President Wu. Zhou Guoxiang, the head of the Hongmen San Francisco headquarters, colluded with Hua Banbao, the leader of the Hongmen Gang Renzidui, to discuss leaving the fans during the Hongmen conference."
"The two have been arrested by the police. The Number Gang and the Loyalty Hall each followed their own rules. The two have been killed in the cell!"
Wu Qi was also horrified when he heard this. He frowned and took the document, which contained the police's summary of the case and photos of the person caught red-handed.
"Damn it, you really don't know how to live or die!"
"China suffered a lot during the Opium War. Many of our ancestors sacrificed their lives and shed their blood to fight against drugs. The two of them openly betrayed their fans at the Hongmen Conference. They are simply scum of our Hongmen."
Although, in the 1980s, many chaos emerged in China in order to develop the economy, including the system and drug trafficking. However, the word "drug prohibition" has long been engraved into the backbone of China.
The Chinese Zhi Gong Hui has never had any exchanges with the overseas Hongmen. One reason is that the overseas Hongmen mostly make money through drug trafficking, smuggling, and human trafficking.
The Zhongyi Hall was able to attract domestic attention and become the only Hongmen member in the preparatory group, not only because of its courage to invest, develop high-tech industries and firmly support the return.
Another point is that they are determined not to deal in drugs or human trafficking. In terms of its background, Zhongyitang has long surpassed the underworld. However, Wu Qi was surprised by his courage: "You dare to get rid of the Zhitang in San Francisco, aren't you afraid that Lao Zhong's business will be hindered overseas?"
Yin Zhaotang laughed and said, "How can a group of insects and cockroaches run Hongmen well and inherit the ambition of our ancestors to save the country? I respect the spirit of Hongmen, not the insects in Hongmen!"
"If I don't get rid of him, I won't have any prestige in Hong Kong Island, let alone overseas business."
Wu Qi showed admiration on his face and nodded, saying, "Okay! Our Zhi Gong Hui cannot protect you overseas, but you will report to me and bring it back to China. In the future, the Zhi Gong Hui will firmly support Zhongyi Hall in the mainland."
"Anyone who is interested can join our Zhi Gong Hui and participate in politics."
After the 1950s, the Zhi Gong Hui’s political power fell into a period of weakness. Its only function was to serve as a banner to call on overseas compatriots to save the country.
The organizations of Jiusan, Farmers and Workers, and the League also have scientific research, medicine, and intellectuals from all walks of life as their basic base. The mission of the Zhi Gong Hui to "unite overseas Chinese and unite the Hongmen" was completely destroyed in the 1940s and 1950s. Although it is right to rise up in the context of reform and opening up, accumulation takes time. Yin Zhaotang is undoubtedly a good target for the Zhi Gong Hui. First of all, it fully meets the "compatriots, united front" and is not considered to be crossing the line. He is also a member of the return preparation group, and will definitely have a place in Hong Kong's political arena in the future.
If the system can create a successful path of "Hongmen patriotic background, joining the Zhi Gong Association in China, and participating in politics and government affairs", it can be used as a model figure to attract overseas Chinese to return to China.
As long as Yin Zhaotang continues to invest in China and upholds his patriotic ideology, the Chinese people will also benefit and the government will certainly support him. The Zhi Gong Hui may be able to make great strides and return to its position as the "third party".
The democratic parties participating in domestic politics are called "third parties". This refers to the most powerful democratic parties, but there is no "second party" because if they enter the "second party", they will challenge the first party.
There is no one in the country who is qualified to challenge, so naturally he cannot be called second.
Yin Zhaotang had not expected that he would receive an olive branch from the Zhi Gong Association after a report. He was surprised and moved. He thanked them out loud: "Thank you, Mr. Wu, for your appreciation."
"I will seriously consider it."
Wu Qi didn't expect that he could get Yin Zhaotang to join the organization with just one sentence. After all, the Zhongyi Hall managed by Shenxiantang had total assets of over 100 million yuan and a force of 20,000 to 30,000 people, and had enormous value in united front work.
Representatives had already been sent from China to try to win them over. The Zhi Gong Hui was nothing more than a "Hongmen" in name. They could provide some political support, but it was not enough to win people over with just a word.
It was a good thing to have the opportunity to talk further, so he smiled and said, "Okay, when you have time, come to No. 55 Andingmenwai Street, the headquarters of the China Zhi Gong Association to meet me for tea."
Yin Zhaotang clasped his fists: "Of course, of course!"
Wu Qi was a "Second Marshal" and was definitely qualified to open a temple and recruit people. But if Yin Zhaotang wanted to join the general association, he had to do it in a grand and glorious way, like a bolt from the blue.
I have to talk to the president.
After sending Wu Qi to the hotel lobby to take a car to leave Hong Kong, Yin Zhaotang stayed where he was, lit a cigarette, and sighed in his heart. He didn't expect that a report would bring unexpected gains. He had hinted at the country several times before, but he was hesitant. It's ridiculous to say that his "patriotism" was all about emotions, interests, the color of his skin, and the Chinese characters he wrote.
It is a past that is closely related to life and closely integrated with experience.
It's not about rushing towards a certain flag.
In his previous life, when he was in college, he couldn't stand the lackeys who had to clean the counselor's dormitory for a quota. Gradually, he stopped thinking about joining the D. It's not that he doubted his faith. He just realized that in the world, there are many people who go with the flow, and few people who have firm faith. Although those who go with the flow can also be a force to unite, there are some doors that non-believers should not enter.
There are so many brothers who rely on him to make money, it is impossible for him to give up the foundation of the society. So, instead of being a fake D member, it is better to follow his heart and be a real Hongmen!
Compared with the ruling D, joining the Zhi Gong Hui, assisting the country, and uniting the strength of overseas Chinese is indeed a way to live up to oneself and the country.
He left the world-changing tasks to others, and he only cared about eating, dressing, and making his brothers happy.
After returning to his mansion in Tsim Sha Tsui, he calculated the time difference and waited until dawn in San Francisco before calling the chief mountain master Wan Shilong and said to him, "Mr. Wan, the chief mountain master Zhou Guoxiang smuggled drugs at the Chinese Hongmen Conference and violated the rules of the sect. He has been executed on the spot by our Zhongyi Hall to serve as a warning to others!"
(End of this chapter)