"Someone killed Song Tianyao?" He Xian was taken aback. "Who is the murderer?"
Knowing the relationship between He Xian and Pedro Lobo, the butler, without consulting Pedro Lobo, smiled and bowed slightly to He Xian, saying, "The murderers are several Big Tin Yi officials, but I heard that the mastermind behind it all was a man named Lin Xiyuan."
Upon hearing the name Lin Xiyuan, Pedro Lobo grunted in response, almost instantly transforming from a pitiful scapegoat fawning over He Xian and Mao Wanqi into a cold, murderous old man. "Lin Xiyuan? Lin Xizhen's younger brother, who's been playing the coward for decades? He hired someone to kill someone in Macau? Good!"
Chapter 341 Unknown
"Brother Ting, this is my good brother A-Zhong. Back in the day, when I stole dog meat in Kowloon Walled City, I always gave him a dog leg. I never thought he'd become a tycoon in Malaysia. He came back to Hong Kong to visit relatives this time and actually remembered me, his old friend, and wanted me to bring him to meet you, Brother Ting He-prefix gangs. Speaking of which, A-Zhong was one of the 'Wo' gang members back in the day." Old Fourth Nine of Wo On Lok Xia Mao Ming, now down on his luck as a newspaper vendor with only one arm, grinned with a missing front tooth as he introduced the Malaysia Su Wenting he had brought with him.
Su Wenting sized up A-Zhong across from him. Ah Zhong had a ruddy complexion and was dressed in a suit and tie. He was sitting across from Su Wenting at the tea table with a restrained smile. He was obviously a wealthy man who had been pampered for many years. Compared to Xia Mao Ming, Ah Zhong was like heaven and earth.
Su Wenting beckoned over his personal henchman:
"A-De, take your Uncle Shrimp Hair to buy some new clothes, then bring him over to have tea with me. You underlings have no manners and don't know how to respect your elders. Uncle Shrimp Hair contributed to the gang when he was young, so remember to take care of him as he gets older."
His henchman, A-De, immediately came over and, without waiting for Xia Mao Ming's consent, half-helped, half-carried him out of the private room at On Lok Teahouse. Su Wenting, fiddling with his Xia Mao Ming beads, picked up the other man's business card, glanced at it, and said to the Malaysia tycoon sitting opposite him with a half-smile, "Mr. Sun Zhizhong from Malaysia, is that you? What brings you here? Let's not beat around the bush. Xia Mao Ming is the kind of person who only knows how to smoke opium and brag; it's best to let him go far away."
Sun Zhizhong smiled faintly across from him, "Xia Mao does love to boast, but there's one thing he said that's true. Back then, I did steal chickens and dogs with him. I know he's not very useful, but I've been away from Hong Kong for over ten years, and he's the only friend I can barely call a gangster. Without asking him to show me the way, how can I meet you, Mr. Su?"
"Mr. Sun is a respectable man, running rubber plantations and cement factories in Malaysia. Why would he come to Hong Kong to meet us low-level gangsters?" Su Wenting rolled a cigarette himself and asked Sun Zhizhong casually.
Sun Zhizhong laughed heartily, "Mr. Su, have you ever been to Malaysia? There are more China person there running rubber plantations, cement factories, and tin mines than dogs running on the streets of Hong Kong. Besides, they've been in the rubber plantation business for generations. How can a nobody like me, who's only been there for a little over ten years, compete with them? I'm barely making ends meet. Before I left Hong Kong, I was practically a gangster. I was part of the Blue Lantern' gang of Wo Luk Ping, a gang with He-prefix gangs. But when I came back this time, the Wo Luk Ping's brand had long since collapsed. Otherwise, I wouldn't have come to see you, Mr. Su. And if I were truly doing legitimate business, I wouldn't have come to Hong Kong again and wouldn't have any connection with the Hong Kong gangs. Of course, it's all just a facade."
"Oh? I wonder what other businesses Mr. Sun does besides these two?" Su Wenting asked, turning his head to look at Sun Zhizhong with a cigarette in his mouth.
"In my 400-acre rubber plantation, 200 acres are planted with opium, and I also have a processing plant. The reason I came to Hong Kong this time is because I heard that various gangs in Hong Kong are still running Opium dens, so I plan to sell the heroin refined from opium to Hong Kong. And now, the best opium business in Hong Kong is Mr. Su's Wo On Lok. Mr. Su, you should understand what I mean, right?"
"You have Yellow Arsenic?" Su Wenting's interest was piqued upon hearing this.
"Yellow Arsenic" is the alternative name for heroin mentioned by Sun Zhizhong. In Hong Kong, only Li Caifa of the Green Gang knew how to refine opium and opened a few Yellow Arsenic restaurants. Compared to traditional Opium dens, Yellow Arsenic restaurants were practically robbing opium addicts of their money. Once an opium addict had smoked Yellow Arsenic, he would never touch his pipe again. He would abandon his family and business, even selling his wife and house, just to buy a few packets of Yellow Arsenic from the opium den to smoke.
After Li Caifa's death, his morphine factory was initially seized by 14K. However, Chen Zhongying, who was in charge of the morphine factory, died at the same time as Li Caifa. There was also instability within 14K. The skilled workers in the morphine factory took advantage of the chaos to run away. The people of 14K did not know how to refine morphine, so the Yellow Arsenic hall in Hong Kong was short-lived. Later, due to the lack of supply, they all closed down.
"I not only have Yellow Arsenic, but my factory can also refine Yellow Arsenic. To be honest, Mr. Su, I supply all the Yellow Arsenic in New Fuzhou, Malaysia. Now I'm preparing to sell it to Hong Kong." Sun Zhizhong said, opening his briefcase and taking out a small bag of Yellow Arsenic, which he pushed in front of Su Wenting. "This is the goods from my factory. Mr. Su can have someone knowledgeable verify the goods. I can also invite several Big Brothers in the opium business, such as Wo On Lok, to Malaysia to visit my rubber plantation, see the factory, and inspect the sources of the goods. I know Wo On Lok is doing well in the opium business in Hong Kong, but Mr. Su Wo On Lok don't know if I, Sun Zhizhong, am just boasting. A visit to Malaysia will allow us to understand each other and prove my sincerity in cooperating."
Su Wenting was indeed tempted. Wo On Lok had grown into a powerful force among the He-prefix gangs triads because Wo On Lok Big Brother, Snake King Nam, had helped the Lin Family sell opium. When Su Wenting rose to prominence, he had also accumulated wealth by selling opium for the Japan. Wo On Lok still owned the most Opium dens in Hong Kong. Opium was already extremely profitable, but Su Wenting knew that Yellow Arsenic extracted from opium was clearly even more profitable. If all the Opium dens in his territory switched to Yellow Arsenic, he could easily steal all the Opium den from the other triads in Hong Kong.
This Sun Zhizhong from Malaysia seems to be sincere. I can indeed consider sending a few of my trusted followers to Malaysia to see if Sun Zhizhong really has a factory that can continuously supply Hong Kong. If what Sun Zhizhong said is true, then it is almost foreseeable that Wo On Lok will almost completely dominate the Opium den business in Hong Kong.