Zhao Wenye was confused. "Not the club? Why are we having a meeting?"
"You'll see when you get up there. Central is a desert area, and it's under the noses of the Foreign Devil. I can't be as arrogant as Brother Hung was at the Mong Kok Police Station. I have to be careful. If he's a dictator, then I can only follow the Foreign Devil and be democratic, right?" Lam Kong stepped onto the stairs. "A members-only club, not bad, right?"
"I don't understand what you're talking about, Brother Kong." Zhao Wenye followed behind Lam Kong, who skillfully pushed open a wooden door.
Looking inside, there was a large conference room with a long table on both sides, where more than a dozen gangsters were already seated, smoking or chewing betel nuts, occasionally exchanging swear words and making jokes. Tie Tou Su, who had been shot by Zhao Wenye earlier, was also among them.
Upon seeing Lam Kong lead Zhao Wenye in, the martial arts figures stopped what they were doing, looked at Lam Kong, and greeted him in unison, "Sergeant."
Lam Kong took the seat of honor in the center of the conference room without hesitation, lit a cigarette, and arrogantly surveyed the dozen or so gangsters in front of him. After a long while, he said calmly, "From today onwards, the Gambling dens and Opium dens on Li Yuen Street East belong to Flathead Ping. I said before that if you break a good piece of information, you can get a street's business. Flathead Ping's information is good, and I, Headless, keep my word. If anyone else dares to set foot on that street besides Flathead Ping, I'll kick them out of Central."
Among the dozen or so martial arts figures, a man with a slightly flat head and narrow eyes immediately laughed, "Thank you Headless Sergeant."
The other martial arts figures looked at Flathead Ping with disdain. Lam Kong, cigarette dangling from his lips, calmly observed their expressions and slowly said, "Do you think that leaking other people's information to the police violates the code of the martial arts world? That you've tainted yourself with imperial aura? That you'll be ridiculed?"
No one present responded.
"Stupid! The ones I told you to expose are all armed robbers. Which gang in Hong Kong would rob people with guns? Are they gangsters? No, they aren't. I've recruited many armed robbers who don't even know the rules of the Hung Mun Society, let alone the slang of the underworld. They don't even know the gang's code. How can they be considered gangsters? These people are inhuman. They're all Kuomintang soldiers who fled to Hong Kong. They're broke but have guns and the guts to kill! You treat them like gangsters, but they treat you like lambs. Maybe one day you'll get shot in the back, and it'll be those people you don't want to expose who did it! Can gangster code be used as money? If you're so poor that you have to beg, and you say you're a direct descendant of the five Five Ancestors of Hung Mun Society, will someone give you money? Idiots." Lam Kong tapped his finger on the table and said calmly:
"Besides territory, there's A-Yip behind me. Some people have seen him, some haven't. He's currently in the Marine Police Anti-Smuggling Squad. I'm telling you this: who can come up with information that interests me like Flathead Ping? In the future, if you want to smuggle opium or the like at sea, the Marine Police can not only help you avoid them, but also provide cover. If you encounter Britain sailors checking, you can transfer your cargo to Marine Police to be transported into Hong Kong. You want territory to make money, I want promotion and wealth. Let's cooperate. That's the purpose of me establishing this club."
"However, I'm making this clear beforehand: if any of you here still haven't contacted me within three months and aren't willing to pay money in lieu of communication, you'll be automatically expelled from the club and will no longer be a member. Without membership, you're no longer one of us in Central. At that point, we can all work together to take over your territory, which wouldn't be against the rules. So don't blame me for Headless making this clear beforehand."
"Did you hear me?" Lam Kong asked one last time.
The meeting room was completely silent.
Lam Kong suddenly stood up and kicked the conference table hard, roaring, "Fuck you! Did you hear me?!"
"I heard."
"I heard."
A dozen or so martial arts figures immediately responded.
Lam Kong's handsome face was contorted with rage. "Don't think that just because you all bow down to the Big Brother, you're all just sycophants. I may only be a lowly Sergeant now, but my Big Brother is the Governor of Hong Kong! Meeting adjourned!"
Zhao Wenye, standing nearby, was now completely convinced that Lam Kong hadn't opened the club out of lust.
Chapter 306 Six-Person Dinner (Part 1)
Song Tianyao never expected that Lu Peiying would take the initiative to introduce him to girls.
Especially after Song Tianyao had just shown the Foreign Girl around the house that Chu Xiaoxin had given him.
Even if Lu Peiying didn't know about her relationship with the Foreign Girl, Second Young Master Chu certainly did. In Song Tianyao's eyes, Lu Peiying was a graceful and well-mannered young lady from a respectable family. She wouldn't bring up such a thing knowing that she already had no shortage of women.
It probably wasn't her own idea, and besides, she should know that Song Tianyao wasn't the kind of womanizer who spent his days drinking and chasing women.
Of course, Song Tianyao is not a Buddhist, and he does have the side of a man who is attracted to beauty. However, his lust for women is more often manifested when he is sitting at a roadside food stall eating cart noodles and drinking herbal tea, openly admiring the pretty girls walking by. As for seeing a pretty girl and immediately having the idea of going to bed with her, that's the Headless Lam Kong, not Song Tianyao.
Song Tianyao is now nineteen years old, which is considered well past the age for marriage among Hong Kong China person. People he knows, such as Lei Yingdong, already have a wife and concubine and two sons. Cheng Yu-tung and Ho Hung-sang have also long been married with children. As for Chu Xiaoxin, he is only now arranging his engagement and wedding preparations, making him an older bachelor. Moreover, before meeting Song Tianyao, Chu Xiaoxin was in a situation where he was neither good enough for a woman nor good enough for a woman from a lower social class. It was impossible for women from lower social classes or beautiful women from the entertainment industry to marry into the Chu Family. On the other hand, Chinese businessmen of equal social standing to the Chu Family did not want to marry their daughters to a playboy. Therefore, it was only after Chu Xiaoxin truly made his fortune and obtained the title of Justice of the Peace that the marriage was delayed.
Since Lu Peiying usually behaves gently, politely, and understandingly, this couldn't possibly be her own idea. Chu Yaozong? Madam Chu? Lu Wenhui? Or perhaps one of Lu Peiying's close friends, seeing that she now has some money, sees her as a potential catch and is trying to get to know her?
Although Lu Peiying jokingly offered to introduce a girl to Song Tianyao, she did not directly reveal the girl's identity or background. Instead, she gave Song Tianyao an address and phone number.