As one of the most prosperous cities in all of Asia, Hong Kong Island saw a constant stream of smuggling.
It ranged from vegetables and fruit, even drinking water, to electrical appliances and cars.
Wherever there was demand, there was bound to be a smuggling trade.
The smuggling industry was inextricably linked to the major criminal societies.
Although Zhou Quan now had the societies large and small in Yau Tsim District struggling to breathe under his pressure, he had always known where to draw the line.
Serious crimes involving drugs, murder, and arms were absolutely forbidden in his jurisdiction.
Beyond that, there was another prohibition: ordinary citizens must not be endangered.
These were the ironclad rules Sergeant Zhou had laid down for every society in his jurisdiction.
Anyone who dared cross those lines would be struck down as soon as they were discovered.
Aside from that, Zhou Quan turned a blind eye to other gray-area businesses, and even illegal ones.
As long as nobody reported them, he would not go looking for trouble with those societies.
The reason was that those societies needed to survive too.
If Zhou Quan left those Gou Hok Jai no way to make a living, they would certainly band together and fight for their lives.
Take Wo Sing Wo, for example. It had a full fifty thousand registered Gou Hok Jai on Hong Kong Island.
Besides, Wo Sing Wo was not the only dominant society. Several other long-established societies were its equal.
Below those top societies were countless other groups of all sizes.
Taking smuggling as an example, could Zhou Quan possibly not know that almost all the alcohol sold in Wo Sing Wo's and Hung Hing's Tsim Sha Tsui establishments had been smuggled in?
Of course Zhou Quan knew. If those establishments sold legitimately