Chapter 8: The Blue Lantern
After a few months of confusion in Mong Kok, Liang Kun finally received Wei Dingbang's first instruction: to join Hung Hing. And today, it is a "good day" for Liangkun to join Hongxing.
Most of the associations in Hong Kong come from Hongmen, and they have also inherited some Hongmen culture, simplifying the organizational structure of Hongmen. Although there are many people in Hong Kong who are gang members, and even many police officers before the Independent Commission Against Corruption, it is not so easy to join a club, and there will be some thresholds. In the early years, the gang had its own rules, the boss accepted the younger brother, and if you were too young, you wouldn't want you, at least until you became an adult.
With the development of the economy, the pace of society is getting faster and faster, and there is not so much to talk about, and the situation of receiving people on the spot in a red envelope at the Tsz Wan Mountain Stadium has begun to be commonplace, but such people are all unpopular guys, and the boss who really has the status of the rivers and lakes is still very particular about the sense of ritual when accepting people. The eldest brother of Liangkun who wants to apprentice is the red stick Feixiong of Hongxing Wangjiao, as the top-ranked hall of Hongxing, even if it is a "mosquito net show" with "blue lanterns", it is necessary to pay attention to pomp.
In ancient times, whenever someone in the family passed away, a pair of blue lanterns would be hung in front of the house. The club calls "trainee members" by hanging "blue lanterns", which means that they have died in the past, and when they hold an initiation ceremony on an auspicious day to become a "full member", they will be reborn. However, in Liangkun's view, the blue lantern of the club is equivalent to cannon fodder, and they help the club to charge into battle together. You have to live well, don't really let your family hang a pair of blue lanterns in front of your house. Moreover, the status of the blue lantern is very embarrassing, and if he doesn't enter the mountain hall, he can't report the name of the club, but when something happens, the club can help him get ahead according to the rules. It's like the door god posted during the Spring Festival: when you open the door, you're your own person, and when you close the door, you're an outsider.
Fei Hung's Todi (Base Camp) is a restaurant located in Sai Yeung Choi Street, Mong Kok.
Liangkun stood in the hallway on the second floor of the restaurant, looking at the room at the end of the hallway with the door closed and a red lantern hanging at the door. There is also a group of young men and women around him, who also came to apprentice Feixiong. Of course, boys are in the majority and girls are in the minority. However, because girls are in the minority, there are several boys around a girl. Of course, girls know what these boys think, but at the end of the road, what they can get and what they have to pay, these teenagers probably haven't thought clearly at all.
The closed door finally opened, and the frolicking of young men and women came to an abrupt end.
Walking into the room, Feixiong sat on a single Taishi chair on the top.
"Yes."
Liangkun bent down and handed over a red envelope containing thirty-six pieces of six to Feixiong.
Feixiong took the red envelope, didn't open it, and put it directly on the empty red tray held by a younger brother next to him.
"Tea."
Liangkun lifted the teapot from the red tray held by Feixiong's younger brother on the other side, opened the bowl, poured seven points of tea into the bowl, covered the bowl, held the tea bowl holder, and bent down to hand it to Feixiong.
"Big brother, please drink tea."
Feixiong took the tea bowl holder, opened the bowl, looked at the tea, and praised: "Tea seven wine eight, good, knowledgeable and gifted, I think you are a good material for a white paper fan." Why join Hongxing? ”
"My mother opened a horse pen on Brother Feixiong's territory, hoping that Brother Feixiong will take care of it."
"Hongxing welcomes brothers like you who are filial to their parents to join."
Feixiong took the tea bowl holder, took a sip lightly, and then covered the bowl, which was regarded as accepting Liangkun as a blue lantern.
"Thank you, Brother Feixiong!"
Liangkun hurriedly stepped aside, and there were still people waiting to give Feixiong red envelopes and master tea.
The same process goes on and on.
After collecting the last little brother, Feixiong stood up with the armrest of the Taishi chair, "I'm almost full of tea today." ”
A younger brother joked: "Brother Feixiong is strong and strong. ”
After listening to the compliment of the younger brother, Feixiong was also very proud, "The brothers and sisters who came to my door today, all of them have a share, follow me downstairs for a drink to celebrate." ”
Sitting down to eat together, Feixiong naturally sat the chief.
After everyone sat down, while the food had not yet been served, Feixiong inspected the newly acquired little brother with his eyes, and asked in a deep voice, "What are your plans after joining Hongxing?" ”
There is no prefix to support idlers, you join the club, you either contribute money or effort. If you hope to find a job to make a living from the club, you need to come forward when the boss asks someone to cut people to help; If you want to live your life in peace, you should pay your dues in accordance with the rules; Don't do either, and still use the club sign to be a shrimp and shrimp bully outside, you don't have to wait for other words to come forward, the club boss will punish you first.
When it was Liangkun's turn, he said, "My mother asked me to be a groom and pull business for her stable." ”
"Just now I praised you for being 'knowledgeable and gifted', unlike those guys, who either poured it to the full, spilled it at one end, or didn't pour a few drops at all. Would you like to follow me and do things? I usually have a lot of contacts, and I count on them to offend all my guests sooner or later. ”
"Brother Feixiong gives face, then I'll give it a try."
"Good brother. What is your name? ”
"Lin Huaikun."
"Damn, I'm asking for the name of the flower."
"Everyone calls me Liangkun."
"There are indeed enough pretty boys, what kind of groom to be? With your appearance, even if you go to be a cowherd, you can find your rich woman to line up from Mong Kok to Tsim Sha Tsui East. ”
"Brother Feixiong lifted me."
"It's not a lift, but now there is really a rich woman, empty and lonely, and she wants to find someone to accompany her. The woman was my business partner, and she didn't want anyone to know about it, so she entrusted me with it. I sent several gold medal cowherds over, but she was not satisfied, and wanted to find a boy who had just come out to mix, and the old cow ate tender grass. I think you're good, think about it. Don't talk about the boss cheating you, although that rich woman is in her forties, she looks about the same as her thirties, if she doesn't look down on me, I want to do it myself. ”
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"Wei sir, the situation is not good now!"
"What's wrong? You were spotted by someone else on the first day? Dude, are you playing with me? ”
"It's you playing with me! As soon as I bowed to Feixiong's door, he asked me to accompany the rich woman. ”
"I have applied to the Department of Justice for a 'Guarantee Against Prosecution' before I sent you on the mission, and your illegal acts will not be prosecuted, but there are certain restrictions on the seriousness of the violations. What's more, it is not illegal to be a duck. ”
"I thought the Hong Kong government would protect my chastity!"
"Maybe that rich woman is beautiful! You think, how can a rich man marry an ugly woman? And those rich women definitely don't care about money when they maintain it, maybe you take advantage of it! Don't think in the direction of those grandmothers, it will affect your sexual performance. ”
"Damn, take your mother."
"My mother sleeps in Cape Collinson, and if you go to her, I will not object. That's it, bye-bye! ”