Chapter 1 Numbers
Chinese"Boss, come and pack Marlboro." Hou Wenjun stood in front of the store and shouted to the owner who was listening to the horse race inside.
"Little rotten boy, twenty yuan a pack, take the money." When the boss saw Hou Wenjun at the door, he honestly didn't want to do his business, this kind of rotten boy didn't study well in broad daylight to buy cigarettes. Of course, if it was other people's bosses who didn't dare to speak so impulsively, Hou Wenjun was the neighbor he grew up watching and watching become a rotten boy.
The boss picked up a pack of Marlboro on the counter and handed it to Hou Wenjun, and said very unhappily: "Wenjun, please don't buy cigarettes from me, your mother will talk about me again when she sees it." If you are a minor, you should go to school, do you want to squat in this kind of small shop like your uncle for the rest of your life. ”
Hou Wenjun didn't speak, just smiled. While taking out 20 pieces from his body and throwing them on the counter, he took the cigarette handed by the boss, and after skillfully lighting one, he swaggered out of the door of the store.
Hou Wenjun walked to the entrance of Marino Middle School at the end of the street, and lay on the railing on the side of the road waiting for the school to end.
Hou Wenjun is a name that stops the scum, and there are not 10,000 people in Hong Kong who are called Wenjun, but also 8,000.
Two years ago, he was still a good boy in school, and Lao Dou's sudden death made him have to support his home.
He doesn't want to be a rotten boy, but it's a pity that in this era of the rampant triad in Hong Kong, everything has the shadow of the underworld. Hou Wenjun, who wanted to help his family reduce the burden a little, began to do a little business at school, such as buying a pack of cigarettes and dismantling them before reselling them to classmates who couldn't afford to buy a whole pack, which is commonly known as selling "loose cigarettes". For example, helping a few classmates with good family conditions do homework, and you can earn a few dollars a day.
It's a pity that the good times didn't last long, Hou Wenjun, who was a little expert in making money, was targeted by gangsters outside the school, and the experience of being robbed after school for thirteen consecutive days made him understand what was the underground order in Hong Kong during this period. Living in Kwun Tong, Kowloon, he will not be able to escape the harassment of the triad unless he moves to the center of Hong Kong Island to attend a high-end private school.
In 1983, at the age of 15 or 6, he was unable to resist the harassment of these community thugs. Hou Wenjun, who doesn't want to be a money-making tool for these scumbags (robbing you every day, beating you if you don't have money, and if you don't want to be beaten, you have to help them make money), finally turned himself into a troubled boy like them, and followed Ma Wangbo, a subordinate of the talker in Wanchai District, and became a peripheral horse boy of Heliansheng.
With the power of blowing chickens and the subordinates sent by Ma Wangbo, he cleaned up a few gangsters who had been robbing him of his money before, and gradually became the so-called boss in Marino Middle School.
Time turned back to Hou Wenjun, who turned 18 a few months away in 1985.
"Brother Jun" and "Brother Wen Jun" just arrived at the end of school, and several students wearing school uniforms rushed out of the school gate, these are the little brothers that Hou Wenjun has accepted in the past two years. The guy who took the lead in this group is Chen Zhichao, one of Hou Wenjun's four horse boys, who is well-known in school for being able to fight and dare to fight.
Hou Wenjun, who has grown old and wise since he was a child, and has Ma Wangbo's support behind him, wants to envelop these 17 or 8-year-old students, and the so-called Four King Kongs under his command are the more outstanding guys in this group of people. Hit the boy - Chen Zhichao, the eldest sister head - Liao Shuzhen, Qiuqiu - An Zhiqiu, Four Eyes - Zhang Jiarong.
Among them, Chen Zhichao is mainly responsible for taking his younger brother to fight and maintain order in the school, and once there is a conflict with the gangsters outside the school, Chen Zhichao is responsible for leading people to settle down.
The eldest sister - Liao Shuzhen took a few little sisters and the good boy students in the school, mainly responsible for helping him make money, selling loose cigarettes, writing homework, and blackmailing students for pocket money. At night, I'm leading people to set up a stall or something.
Qiuqiu-An Zhiqiu is the owner of this group, his father has two small gold stores in Guantang, as the daily pocket money of the three generations of single pass Qiuqiu is indispensable, and has been blackmailed by the gangsters outside the school before, after Hou Wenjun became famous, he took the initiative to invest in his account, and provided sodas, snacks or something for this group of people in the school every day, and when there was a lot of money, you could also take everyone to improve the food at noon.
Four Eyes-Zhang Jiarong, whose parents died when he was a child, grew up with this grandmother, is often bullied in school, Hou Wenjun accepted him, and picked him up, mainly responsible for helping this group of people hide weapons at home, if something happens, he is the best candidate for Hou Wenjun to push out the crime.
To be honest, Hou Wenjun is not a good person, he has long been accustomed to seeing the dark side of society since he was a child, since the community culture in Hong Kong is now prevalent, if you want not to be bullied, you have to adapt to this culture, and if you want to get ahead, you have to know better how to survive in the rules.
He doesn't have the aura of the protagonist in the novel, he doesn't get beaten when he reads, everyone calls him the boss, the money falls from the sky, and the stars plug in casually.
The father of this family died of illness early, and the mother-Hou Li Shufen was not in good health, and she could only do manual work at home, and Hou Wenjun also had a sister who was one year older than him - Hou Wenhui, and the previous reading results of the two sisters and brothers were not bad, but unfortunately the burden of the family made the sister almost have to go to the nightclub to beg for a living and make money to supplement the family.
Fortunately, I followed Ma Wangbo, this person is not bad, I know that Hou Wenjun's family conditions are not good, usually Wenjun just means something, so that the family is a lot more comfortable. Of course, the reason why Ma Wangbo is called Ma Wangbo is also because this guy makes a lot of money in horse racing, and he doesn't look at the 1,000 yuan that Hou Wenjun handed over, so after Hou Wenjun pays 1,000 yuan every month, Ma Wangbo has to draw 1,000 yuan to reward Hou Wenjun so that he can make up for his family.
1,000 yuan in 85 years is not a small amount in Hong Kong, and the monthly salary of a college graduate is only 2 or 3,000 yuan, and the monthly salary of a factory worker is less than 2,000 yuan. Not everyone is like Qiuqiu at home, with at least more than 100 yuan of pocket money every day.
After Hou Wenjun threw the cigarette to Chen Zhichao and asked him to smoke, he took these little brothers together and waited for the others to come out.
In less than a minute, Liao Shuzhen, Qiuqiu, Four Eyes and others also walked out of the school gate one after another.
"Brother Jun, this is today's account of three hundred and seventy-eight yuan, you can order a little." The first to come out, Liao Shuzhen walked to Hou Wenjun's side and took the initiative to kiss her.
18-year-old Liao Shuzhen has developed well, her facial features are also relatively exquisite, and there are many gangsters outside the school who want to soak her, so of course she has become one of Hou Wenjun's horses.
"Well, you take two hundred yuan, and get some clothes, bags and stuff for your little sisters in the evening, and remember to get a few more pairs of underwear." After Hou Wenjun took the money, he casually took out two hundred yuan in it and gave it to Liao Shuzhen.
"yes, long live Brother Jun." "Brother Jun is so good, kiss one." Hearing Hou Wenjun's words, Liao Shuzhen and the few little sisters who came out with her immediately gathered around Hou Wenjun and shouted and made trouble.
Hou Wenjun also dealt with them with a smile, these little sisters are Hou Wenjun's current money-making tools, a few months ago Hou Wenjun came up with two good ideas, one of which is to let these girls sell the underwear they wear. The underwear, which cost less than 3 yuan, was sold by him for 20 yuan a piece. The temptation of such lewd tricks for these teenagers who are still in adolescence can be imagined, and a school of two or three thousand people can sell more than a dozen in a day.
This made Hou Wenjun, who could only earn a few dozen yuan a day before, get rich overnight. Hou Wenjun, who is wealthy, generous, and able to cover the backstage, quickly gathered a group of rotten boys around him and dominated the only two middle schools in Guantang District.
Accompanied by more than a dozen horses and sisters, Hou Wenjun led the team to the tea restaurant where dinner was eaten on weekdays, where there was a younger brother from another middle school he controlled waiting to hand over the number to him.
"Ah Chang Ji" is Hou Wenjun's current base camp, the boss here is his boss Ma Wang Bo's former subordinate Brother Chang, who was able to fight back then, married a wife from the mainland, and gradually faded out of the rivers and lakes, and returned to Guantang to open this tea restaurant. Hou Wenjun's boss bragging chicken's sphere of influence is mainly concentrated in the Wan Chai area, and Brother Chang on the Guantang side is regarded as a banner of his boss.
"Jun, here you are. Xiaohui, they are all waiting for you upstairs. As soon as Hou Wenjun entered the store, Sister-in-law Chang behind the counter immediately greeted him.
In the past few months, Hou Wenjun has been the biggest customer of Chang Kee, and every evening Hou Wenjun will bring his little brother to the store to eat, spending two or three hundred yuan each time, which is the biggest diner of Chang Kee.
"Sister-in-law is getting more and more beautiful, tell Brother Sù Chang, I'll go up first." Hou Wenjun said a few words and went directly to the second floor.
In fact, the so-called second floor of Ah Chang Ji is just an extra layer in the façade of the first floor, and the area of the second floor is less than half the size of the first floor, only about ten square meters, and there are only 3 tables on it, which can accommodate more than ten or twenty people.
After Hou Wenjun walked up to the second floor, Zhang Jiahui stood up with his little brother and said hello "Brother Jun" and "Brother Jun".
Zhang Jiahui is Hou Wenjun's younger brother in another San Li Nuo Middle School in Guantang and helps him run a business in San Li No.
After waiting for Wen Jun to sit on the chair in the middle, everyone found their own places to sit.
Zhang Jiahui also took the initiative to sit next to Hou Wenjun and said, "Brother Jun, this is today's number, four hundred and two yuan." ”
After Hou Wenjun took the money, he didn't count it and put it directly in his pocket, turned his head to a few little sisters in San Linuo Middle School and said, "Today, you follow Sister Liao to get a few clothes or something, and go to the night market on time at night to start work." Hurry up, take a few of the B boys to your house to pick up the goods, go to the night market to set up the stalls first, and I will cross the sea at night. ”
These 20 or so people on the 2nd floor of Changji are Hou Wenjun's most helpful subordinates at present, these people not only help him sell underwear or homework at school during the day, but also help him work in the night market at night to sell clothes, bags, jewelry, etc. This kind of capitalist management method is even darker than the underworld, of course, it is not for them to do it in vain, every week he will also share a little money per person, and each time each person gets only a hundred or dozens of yuan of pocket money.
"Got it, Brother Jun." "Roger." After waiting for the four eyes and a few people to answer, Hou Wenjun began to order food from Chang's sister-in-law who came up to write an order, and by the way, he ordered Chang's sister-in-law to serve the meal ordered by the four eyes and a few people.
After everyone blew the cowhide together, seeing that the time was almost up, Hou Wenjun asked Qiuqiu and a few people to go down to help Sister-in-law Chang get food.
When waiting for the braised pork rice ordered by Wen Jun to be served, the four eyes and several people had already finished eating and were ready to go to pick up the goods and set up a stall.
This is also where Hou Wenjun is smart, every time he eats, he will be the first brothers, and he will rush to the first one in a fight or something, of course, the last time he fought with his own hands was to settle the rotten boy of San Linuo, and Hou Wenjun has never made a move since then.
The signboard of the club sounds, the prestige of the big guy is strong, and he is very eye-catching, Hou Wenjun gradually became famous in Guantang.
He doesn't like to be regarded as a member of the community, but at present, there is no brand of Liansheng and Blowing Chicken, he wants to make money instead of becoming a money-making tool for others, so he can't take off this skin.
If he doesn't believe it, if he wasn't with Ma Wangbo, his subordinates might not have paid him a number every day or kept most of it from him, and only handed him a small part. That's the reality. The night pot is dirty and smelly, but you have to use it.
After eating, Hou Wenjun asked the younger brothers to change out of their school uniforms and put on casual clothes to go to the night market to start work, while he took Chen Zhichao and a few other boys to prepare to go to Ma Wangbo's mound to pay the numbers.