With the outcome on Nathan Road settled, Zhou Quan had a rare stretch of free time.
Lam Wai Lok and Kam Tsz Tai knew which way the wind was blowing. They obediently occupied the territories Zhou Quan had parceled out to them, rather than greedily continuing to stir up conflict.
Of course, their obedience did nothing to stop them from disliking each other.
In particular, under Zhou Quan's deliberate arrangement, their respective territories were effectively thorns planted right under each other's noses.
This made peaceful coexistence even harder for the two syndicate branches, which had already been at loggerheads.
Lam Wai Lok and Kam Tsz Tai were both perfectly aware of this.
The hard-line Sergeant Zhou above them would never allow their two branches to collude.
The Wo Sing Wo and Hung Hing branches in Yau Tsim District keeping out of each other's affairs was precisely the situation Sergeant Zhou wanted to maintain.
Thus, however much Lam Wai Lok and Kam Tsz Tai disliked each other, they had the sense to keep the Gou Hok Jai under them in line.
Minor friction and clashes were inevitable, but they absolutely could not cause any major disturbances, much less threaten the safety of ordinary citizens.
As for the drug trade, Lam Wai Lok and Kam Tsz Tai issued outright bans.
The Wo Sing Wo and Hung Hing venues in Yau Tsim District were absolutely forbidden from having anything to do with drugs.
It had to be said that Lam Wai Lok and Kam Tsz Tai's obedience and good sense made things much easier for Zhou Quan.
After he and his officers took turns having a few days off, he could finally focus all his attention on another major scourge in Yau Tsim District.
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