Tan Jingwei walked up to Sai Zhalunwang with a smile, shook his hand, and affectionately put his arm around Sai Zhalunwang's shoulder before leading him to a table in the corner. "General Sai, how have you been? Secretary Zhu just called to tell me. General, you really aren't very considerate. Why didn't you tell me you knew Secretary Zhu sooner? Come, sit down and have something to drink."
Sai Zhalunwang, his smile unchanged, didn't immediately answer Tan Jingwei's question, but instead asked with a smile, "Commander Tan, you smell strongly of smoke. Is something bothering you? I've already dealt with most of the local gangs in Hong Kong as you instructed, and we've barely managed to gain a foothold Hong Kong. If you need any help, please don't hesitate to ask."
"It's just a small problem, I'll figure it out myself, no need to trouble the general." Tan Jingwei smiled and beckoned to Sheng Zhaozhong beside him, "Fourth Brother, come and sit down."
Sheng Zhaozhong responded and walked to the dining table, greeting Sai Zhalunwang while secretly sneering to himself.
Tan Jingwei doesn't need you Thailand to solve his problems, because right now, you drug-making and drug-trafficking bastards are more troublesome to him than Song Tianyao!
Chapter 542 Siam Buddha Residence
Queen's Road is bustling with traffic and pedestrians. Near the street, there is a Thailand- style amulet shop called Siam Buddha Residence, where people come and go in a hurry.
Inside the amulet shop, Sai Charunwang's two henchmen Cai Bao and Wenren, sat idly behind the counter, conversing in Thai while waiting for customers.
"We had quite a few customers today. I'd conservatively estimate we lent out at least Hong Kong dollars 70,000. Ren, if we'd known money was so easy to make in Hong Kong, we should have come here six months ago." Cai Bao flipped through a ledger in his hand, which clearly recorded the amount of high-interest loans borrowed by Hong Kong gamblers over the past few days. In addition, it also contained the borrowers' home addresses and family members' private information, all to prevent anyone from disappearing from Hong Kong without repaying their loans.
Using the guise of a Buddhist amulet shop to secretly lend money at exorbitant interest rates was the first thing the Thailand did after establishing themselves in Hong Kong. In less than half a month, they had lent out nearly one million dollars and received back more than seven hundred thousand. In Thailand, all of them together might not be able to earn that much even after working themselves to the bone for three to five years. No wonder Cai Bao made such a remark.
Wenren chuckled and snatched the ledger, waving it at Cai Bao: "Six months ago? If it weren't for Sai Ba's connections between Taiwan and the Golden Triangle, and his harsh lesson to those Hong Kong thugs, we would have been swallowed whole, skin and bones, by now, if we hadn't recklessly come here six months ago, we wouldn't even have survived!"
"Of course I trust Sai Ba's plan." After showing respect for Sai Zhalunwang, Cai Bao spat disdainfully. "But what's so great about these local Hong Kong gangs? Last time, after killing so many gang leaders, I was prepared to have a good fight with these local thugs, but so far no one has come looking for trouble. They're just a bunch of cowards."
Cai Bao said this, even Wenren couldn't refute it. Golden-Tooth Lei, Chan Ah-sap, and other so-called underworld Big Brother had been visited by them after arriving in Hong Kong. They originally thought that these famous local tyrants must have something special about them, but later they found that these underworld people were just a disorganized bunch. That's why they didn't hesitate to shoot a group of underworld Big Brother under Sai Cha Lun Wang's orders.
I thought this action would surely invite retaliation, but a long time has passed since the incident, and no one has come to cause trouble. It seems that half of those gangsters have disappeared from Hong Kong without a trace.
Wenren shrugged. "Okay, I admit your opinion, because the gangsters in Hong Kong are indeed a bunch of useless blusterers."
After they finished speaking, they looked at each other and couldn't help but laugh, their smiles filled with arrogance and disdain for the local Hong Kong gangs.
"Hey! Do you really think you're invincible? If Hong Kong weren't going through such a turbulent time right now, and nobody had time to deal with us, would you be sitting here chatting and laughing so peacefully?"
A voice suddenly rang out, interrupting Wenren and Cai Bao's laughter. The curtain at the back of the amulet shop was lifted, and Sai Zhalunwang's son Nai Khun, emerged, banging on the counter loudly. "You've only made a few hundred thousand and you're already this arrogant. If you made any more, would you even remember your own parents' names? Don't forget your Sai Ba's advice: in Hong Kong, keep a low profile in your work, but make money ostentatiously. Always be careful of these China person."
Wenren and Cai Bao stopped smiling and lowered their heads, "Understood, Young Master Nai Khun."
Nai Khun twisted his wrist, loosening his ten fingers. "We're not enough cash at the back. Leopard, go to where the Japan are staying and find Paitoon."
"I understand!" Cai Bao nodded, braced himself against the counter with one hand, and leaped out from behind it, quickly walking out of the amulet shop.
Just as Cai Bao reached the shop entrance, a shifty-looking thug walked in. The two bumped into each other as they passed each other. Before Cai Bao speak, the thug hurriedly apologized, "Sorry, sorry."
With a broad smile, Cai Bao replied in somewhat broken Cantonese, "It's alright, sir. If you wish to buy amulets, please come inside and choose one."
The rascal nodded repeatedly, stepped into the amulet shop, Cai Bao turned back and smiled, giving Nai Khun and Wenren a look that meant another customer had come in, before turning and leaving.
Wenren's Cantonese was clearly better than Cai Bao's; otherwise, Nai Khun wouldn't have left him at the counter. Seeing the rascal enter and look around, he immediately went up to him and greeted him, "Sir, are you looking at amulets? Do you know anyone who can recommend you? If you do, there's a discount, and we can guarantee that our Siam Buddha Residence has the most reasonable prices in all of Hong Kong."
Without glancing at the various Buddhist amulets hanging on the walls of the shop, the rascal cautiously asked Wenren, "A friend told me that you can borrow money here at very low interest rates?"
Wenren smiled knowingly, glanced at Nai Khun beside him, and replied with a smile, "Ten thousand yuan, nine thousand five hundred will be actually received, with only ten yuan of interest charged each month. If you borrow more, we can discuss it further."