Brothers Fight the Tiger Together (continued)
In the Central Police Station, in his office, Lam Kong in the middle of the room, spreading his hands and looking at Gao Lao Cheng, who was silently smoking a cigarette, across from him. "Hey, Big Brother," he said, "Even if you've looked after me before, haven't I done enough? You said you'd raid the factory, so I wore Uniformed Branch and ran from Central to North Point, crossing the border to arrest people for you. You said you'd take photos, and I agreed, take as many photos as you want. But I'm not a judge. Even if I know English and know how to flatter Foreign Devil, Hong Kong still has laws. People can have their families pay bail. Making fake drug packaging doesn't mean they'll be hanged. At worst, they'll pay more bail and appear in court on time, right? Can you help me get them out of the station?"
Gao Lao Cheng just kept quiet, a cigarette dangling from his lips. Lam Kong, hands on his hips, glared at Mangongshi had just returned from the photo studio with the pictures. "Hey, how can you be friends with this stubborn, unreasonable scoundrel for over ten years? He never considers his friends' feelings at all, a complete scoundrel!"
"We've been ordered to do this, and Ah Shing has no choice," Mangongshi said to Lam Kong. "How about we find a way to pin a few more charges on us?"
"Brother, do you think he's some street Old Tao (drug addict)? You think you can just pin charges on him? He's a factory owner, a rich guy. What if that bastard has the money to hire some famous lawyers? I'd be ruined." Lam Kong paced around the room, frustrated. "The boss's family is waiting outside to sign bail. They can buy you half an hour at most. They absolutely must release him within half an hour."
Mangongshi straightened up from the wall and sighed, "Forget it, find one of your brothers to take me to the interrogation room. I'll chat with that boss for a bit to scare him and get him to send his family away. He can come back in a few days to bail me out. Why make me do this kind of thing again, where people curse me behind my back to have a son without an anus?"
"Headless Brother, there's a guy outside who calls himself Likang Song Tianyao who wants to see Brother Shing." A plainclothes officer pushed open the door and said to Lam Kong, Gao Lao Cheng, and Mangongshi Shi inside the room.
Upon hearing this, Gao Lao Cheng looked up from his desk at Mangongshi. Mangongshi reached into his robes and handed Gao Lao Cheng an envelope containing the newly developed photos Gao Lao Cheng took it and walked towards the door.
Gao Lao Cheng left his office, Lam Kong, still indignant, said to Mangongshi, "He's just a secretary, yet he's so eager to flatter me. I'm Detective Sergeant the detective squad, and I don't even get a smile from him. Am I not even as good as a secretary?"
"That secretary got Fuyixing into the docks." The blind man patted Lam Kong on the shoulder. "You, a cop, can only call Ah Shing when you don't have enough pocket money to pay for the night, and have him clean up your mess. Anyone else wouldn't give you a smile."
Upon leaving the police station, Gao Lao Cheng saw Song Tianyao standing outside the door. He quickly took two steps forward and handed Song Tianyao the envelope in his hand. "Secretary Song, it's all done as you instructed. These are photos from the factory raid. Also, the statements have all been taken. Whether it's the workers or the boss, they all confessed that Zhang Yuliang arranged for a lawyer named Pan Yunming to instruct them to do it. The written statements have also been copied."
After saying this, Gao Lao Cheng turned to look at Rotten-Life Ju and the others behind Song Tianyao, and frowned slightly. "Secretary Song, if you need people, just ask me or Brother Lei. Fuyixing has over 10,000 people, you can choose any you like. It's not good to use outsiders and embarrass Fuyixing."
People in the underworld are very clear about the distinction between insiders and outsiders. In Gao Lao Cheng's eyes, since Fuyixing followed Likang into the docks, they would not complain about any of Likang's affairs, big or small, even if Likang made Fuyixing and his men run themselves ragged. However, for Likang Kang, since he already had Fuyixing helping him with his work, he could not arbitrarily involve other underworld groups, because that would be tantamount to damaging Fuyixing's reputation and standing in the underworld.
"I didn't pick it up. It was arranged by the Chu Family. This afternoon, the Zhang Family almost killed me to silence me. The Chu Family was afraid I would die, so they temporarily assigned Chao Yong Yi's men to stay with me." Song Tianyao knew that this kind of thing had to be made clear, so he stopped opening the envelope and explained it to Gao Lao Cheng.
"I'll help Secretary Song find someone. When it comes to fighting, Fuyixing has many people who are better than me. This kind of thing is Fuyixing's duty. We don't need outsiders to help Fuyixing. We can afford to hire as many people as we need." Gao Lao Cheng heard Song Tianyao say that someone was trying to kill him to silence him, his expression changed, and he waved to call his underlings.
While looking at the photos, Song Tianyao said, "No need. The most important thing is to keep an eye on the Customs warehouse for me. I don't know if the Uncle Yan Chu Family sent Chao Yong Yi's people to work with me, or if Chairman Chu had other plans. We can't afford to cause any trouble at this time. If you have time, please arrange for someone to send Likang's Foreign Girl lawyer to Lu Yu Teahouse. The warehouse can't be disturbed these next few days, understand?"
As he spoke, Song Tianyao took out his wallet from his pocket. Of the 100,000 yuan that Second Young Master Chu had borrowed with an IOU, 50,000 yuan was spent on fishing for Zhang Yuliang, another 5,000 yuan was lent to Second Young Master Chu as pocket money, and another 20,000 yuan was spent on dealing with reporters, photographers, and hiring staff. Only a thin wad of 20,000 yuan remained in his wallet. 10,000 yuan was still needed to pay for the flower-offering fee that his mother had helped him find. He then counted out another 3,000 yuan and handed it to Gao Lao Cheng: "Take this to the police and your brother for tea. We'll settle your share after the whole matter is settled. Also, A Shuan was badly burned in the fire, and we don't know if he's alive or dead. I'll pay for the medicine and other expenses afterward, no matter how much it costs. If he dies, remember to remind me to go to his house and see him off."
After saying that, Song Tianyao turned and got into the rickshaw. "Lu Yu Teahouse, I need to wait for someone."
Chu Xiaozhong frowned as he listened to Kong Wing-yan tell him about the news outside about Likang and his younger brother that day.
Hearing that his playboy brother had become one of the founders of Hong Kong Oxfam with the wife of the deputy director of the Industrial and Commercial Administration Office, and that Likang was donating deworming medicine to the public for free, with reporters from major newspapers covering the event and photographers following the whole process, Chu Xiaozhong couldn't help but feel envious.
His younger brother is incredibly lucky. After this incident, it's likely that around the time of Likang's second drug donation this year, Chu Xiaoxin- hsin's name on his business card will be followed by the initials "JP". It's safe to say that Chu Xiaoxin has already secured one of the quotas for Chinese Justice of the Peace of the Peace appointed by the Government House this year.