Early in the morning of the third day of the Lunar New Year, on this day, it seems that all the media have received a unified notice, and all of them work overtime.

Then the first newspaper went out on the street, and gradually, after a great storm had been brewing all night, began to appear. First of all, as soon as the Sun and Moon News came out, it was a big real hammer, which disclosed in detail part of the details of the bribery and solicitation of Kant, the first brother of the police.

There was an uproar across Hong Kong.

The contents revealed in the Daily and Monthly Bulletin involved more than 20 officials of the British government in Hong Kong.

Collapse way corruption.

All morning, Li Lu watched TV leisurely in the living room on the second floor, with special reports all day long, and smiled from time to time. It was Liu Xia who went to Rong's Mansion early in the morning, firstly to visit Grandpa Rong, and secondly, to bring back the fourth Guo Hanwei.

There's not much more to do next.

Since the establishment of the ICAC, Hong Kong people have a very clear understanding of the corruption situation of public servants, and that nerve has long been very sensitive. This has led to the cleanest period in the history of the civil service since 1974.

In other words, just as Hong Kong people began to regain confidence in the civil service, a collapsed corruption storm suddenly swept in on the third day of the Lunar New Year. Tremendous pressure from public opinion forced the British government in Hong Kong to enter a state of urgent investigation in the afternoon, and by night, the situation in London was already known.

Five days later, the situation on all sides had stabilized. Since Kant, more than thirty officials have been arrested by ICAC investigations, and there have been a large number of vacancies in the police system. Brontosaurus performed well and became the first chief inspector.

Li Lu and his entourage returned to Lugang on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year. Yu Jiahao temporarily stayed in Hong Kong to continue to do the expansion of Fenyuan's Hong Kong branch, while Guo Hanwei also stayed in Hong Kong and was responsible for the affairs of the Red Star Hong Kong branch. Guo Hanwei's status has risen, he is not only a cadre of the Fenyuan system, but also an important backbone of the Red Galaxy.

Liu Xia followed Li Lu back to Lugang, and like Li Lu, her parents in Lugang were also adoptive parents, and her adoptive father was actually the son of her grandfather's own brother, and the relationship was closer.

Xiang Ping stayed in Hong Kong to assist Guo Hanwei in his work, while Wan Shan returned to mainland Hong Kong with Li Lu. Before the Lantern Festival, there were big things in both mainland Hong Kong and Hong Kong, and Li Lu had to assign the main personnel. Xiang Ping's English training was changed to Hong Kong.

Yu Jiahao's mid-level villa has become their temporary base, from which the business orders of the two major companies are issued, and Li Lu's instructions will arrive here first, and then the various responsible persons will implement them.

Many of the imported goods of Fenyuan Company are transited through Hong Kong, some of which enter the customs from here to the inland port by land, and most of them are to the hands of the Hong Kong branch, and then transshipped to the inland port. In fact, these transshipped commodities do not have to be unloaded, and they only need to wait for the completion of intermediate transaction procedures before they can set sail and be shipped directly to the dry port. Because foreign suppliers are unlikely to accept Huaxia coins, transactions are usually completed in Hong Kong and then transshipped to a dry port base.

However, this kind of transaction lasted for almost a year, including Yu Jiahao, no backbone of Fenyuan Company went to the scene to see it, and some of them were reflected in the transaction accounts.

Guo Hanwei stayed in Hong Kong, but also took on the task of inspecting these sites on the spot. Yu Jiahao was busy recruiting, Guo Hanwei and Xiang Ping began to inspect point by point, Liu Jianchuan was the first person in charge, and he took it around.

As a result, before they set off, the news of the accident at the Kwai Chung pier came.

That night, Guo Hanwei and Xiang Ping followed Liu Jianchuan and hurried to Kwai Chung Pier No. 3. Pier 3 is an international cargo terminal, from which most of Fenyuan's cargo is landed or made a short stay to send to the dry port.

"Mr. Xiang, Mr. Guo, today's matter is not a big deal, there will always be such a conflict in the first half of a month. Kwai Chung is a place with a lot of oil and water, and there are several factions competing for benefits. It's like saying that a cake is just such a piece of cake. Whoever can eat more, if they can't talk, they will fight. In the car, Liu Jianchuan introduced.

In the past few days, Xiang Ping and Guo Hanwei have also learned a lot about the local situation in Hong Kong. In this small place, there are gangsters running rampant everywhere. Xiang Ping was in charge of contacting Lei Long a few days ago, and he got to know more deeply. He also knew that several underground forces on the Kwai Chung side were very large, and the British did not dare to act rashly.

Guo Hanwei frowned and said, "Do you mean that we have to pay protection money?" ”

Shrugging his shoulders helplessly, Liu Jianchuan said, "Of the nine docks in Kwai Chung, three belong to the king of the ship, two belong to Brother Cheng, and the remaining four belong to the interests of several big families. Even the dock of the king of the boat is paid a fixed amount every month, otherwise it will be difficult for his dock to run smoothly. This is the rule of the subterranean. ”

"I'm sorry, these people you are talking about, except for a Cheng brother I have heard of, I don't know anyone else." Guo Hanwei said.

Liu Jianchuan didn't know how to say it.

Xiang Ping asked, "Whose dock are we using?" How much does it cost a month? ”

"We are individual passengers, and we pay according to the number of berths of the ship. It is the third pier of Brother Cheng. That piece of land belongs to the Three Lans Society. Liu Jianchuan hesitated for a moment and said, "Pay 150,000 Hong Kong dollars at a time." ”

Xiang Ping then asked, "How many times do we berth each month?" ”

Guo Hanwei replied on his behalf, "Fenyuan has an average of one boat every three days, and Red Star has one flight a week. There are at least fifteen berths a month. ”

At this time, Guo Hanwei's face was already very ugly.

"More than two million." Xiang Ping pondered.

Although for the value of commodities carried by a cargo ship of more than 10,000 tons, more than two million is nothing. The imported goods of Fenyuan and Red Star are all high-value electronic and mechanical goods. Taking Panamax cargo ships as an example, with a deadweight of about 50,000 tons, Red Star and Fenyuan have at least one bulk carrier of this type berthing at Kwai Chung every month, carrying tens of millions of dollars in cargo. In comparison, the protection fee of hundreds of thousands of dollars is nothing.

However, it is important to know that this is only an additional expense that will be included in the "normal wear and tear". With Brother Cheng's No. 3 pier and related facilities, there is also the payment of rent or something.

After years and simple calculations, in a year, the two major companies of Red Star and Fenyuan need to pay more than 20 million Hong Kong dollars in Kwai Chung alone.

Guo Hanwei thought that more than 20 million Hong Kong dollars could already build two provincial-level Red Star Pavilions. In Xiang Ping's concept, more than 20 million Hong Kong dollars is already an unimaginable astronomical amount.

"This money can't be paid anymore." Guo Hanwei said decisively.

Liu Jianchuan was suddenly a little anxious, "Mr. Guo, if you don't hand it over, if you don't pay it, our goods won't be able to leave Kwai Chung at all, and once the transshipped goods are berthed in Kwai Chung, the ship will definitely not be able to leave the port." In this way, many freighters can only be sent directly to the dry port, our foreign trade will suffer heavy losses, don't forget, foreign suppliers are unlikely to be willing to accept Huaxia currency. ”

The original intention of the establishment of the Hong Kong branch is to solve this problem, even if the Red Star Defense Company has the right to use foreign exchange independently, there is no way to solve the problems of Red Star and Fenyuan.

"Nope." Xiang Ping said, "What happens now will happen in the future, but we must not pay this money again." ”

Liu Jianchuan was stunned, "Then, what should I do?" ”

In fact, Xiang Ping and Guo Hanwei understood that Liu Jianchuan was not in collusion with any forces, but because he was a local and knew the local situation very well. In his opinion, paying more than 2 million Hong Kong dollars a month can ensure the normal circulation of hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars of goods, and this account is cost-effective.

The most important thing is that in the consciousness of Liu Jianchuan and many local businessmen, an inertia has been formed - if you pay money, you will have business to do, and if you don't pay, it is not good to do any business.

Do you think Brother Cheng didn't pay the money?

In the final analysis, it is Hong Kong under the rule of the British government in Hong Kong that presents an environment in which gangs are rampant, social order is extremely poor, and power and money trading is commonplace. In such an environment, you must either change yourself or change the environment.

Xiang Ping's sentence was confirmed: "Lao Li explained before leaving, such money will not be paid again in the future." It seems that he had expected it. ”

Li Lu undoubtedly wants to change the environment.