Chapter 17: Windfall
Regarding Chen Yuxing's anger, Lu Zonghao behaved very calmly: "From the moment I made the decision to come to the street, I knew that Bai Fanqiang would not have such a good heart, and we were all mentally prepared for this, didn't we?" ”
Chen Yuxing looked at Lu Zonghao a little helplessly: "Having said that, the situation here is even more complicated than I imagined, now you have not only lost control of the street, but also have an additional debt of 50,000 yuan every month, how can this money be raised?" ”
"What else can I do, of course it's fighting!"
Hong Guoju slapped the table: "This street is our own territory, and the yard gang occupies the territory without planting a flag here, which is not in line with the morality of the rivers and lakes, let's take back the territory, it is justified!" ”
"Land grabbing? What to grab with what? ”
Chen Yuxing smiled dumbly: "Just rely on our kittens to challenge the entrance of the code gang?" ”
"Bosses, don't be kidding, we're at war with the code gang, what's the difference between this and going head-to-head with boxing champion Ali."
The shrimp boy diligently handed a cigarette to a few people: "The code gang is in the hall here, there are at least 50 people in town, once the flag is waved and shouted, hundreds of brothers can be called within half an hour!" Without the support of Yau Ma Tei Tongkou, wouldn't we be sending us to death? ”
Chen Jinxing pondered for a moment, his eyes fierce: "Brother Hao, I have a way, why don't we capture the thief and capture the king, and find a chance to get rid of Ma Wei?" If he dies, the hall of the yard gang will definitely be in chaos. ”
"It's not going to work."
Lu Zonghao put out the cigarette butt in the ashtray: "Ma Wei is just the younger brother of Chen Mingzhe, even if we kill him, someone else will take over this position, it will only take an hour to drive here from the island, we can't be like whack-a-mole, let's assassinate one by one, right?" Besides, even if the yard gang is in chaos, what are we going to fight? ”
"Or do we gather a vote of brothers and cut off their financial routes?"
Hong Guoju is rare to be smart once: "We can code to help one by surprise and collect the protection fee of this street before them, there is no money in hand, what does Ma Wei use to support his younger brother?" ”
Chen Jinxing's lips trembled, and he let out a "snort": "Do you think Chen Mingzhe is a rotten boy like us?" Charging a month's less protection fee is just a drop in the bucket for him, if he really wants to fight an economic war, he will take one or two million out casually, which is enough to kill us! ”
"A few bosses, I also think this method will not work, and we may not be able to collect this protection fee."
Shrimp Boy sneered: "Now the merchants on the street know that the big guy can't help the Zhenshan Tiger, although Brother Hao was sent to be the new boss, but Brother Hao, your reputation is very different from Chen Mingzhe." If the merchants offend you, it's a big deal not to come to this street to do business, but if you offend the Earthquake Tiger, it will be difficult to move an inch on Hong Kong Island! ”
Hong Guoju's chest rose and fell angrily: "This doesn't work, that doesn't work, everyone is still a fart!" Let's wait for death together! ”
Lu Zonghao drank the tea without hesitation: "Shrimp boy, when is the date of the fruit bar?" ”
"In the past, we collected money from the 20th of every month to the 25th, and the stalls that did not pay the protection fee within the time limit would splash paint, smash shops, hurt people, and so on according to the amount of arrears! After the code gang came here, they also acted according to our old rules. ”
After introducing the situation, Shrimp Boy said: "Brother Hao, I stayed here before, and I was in charge of guarding the entrance of the hall, and now the handover has been completed, and from tomorrow, I won't come." ”
When Lu Zonghao saw the shrimp boy's resignation, he thought he was afraid, and said with a smile: "What, you also want to join the code gang?" ”
"How is this possible! Even if I have no backbone, I won't go to the hostile forces to beg for food! ”
Shrimp puffed up his chest slightly, and then fell into depression: "My parents died early, and I still have a younger sister to support at home, and I need an expenditure every month, and I used to have ground rent to maintain, and now that you are here, this money should be handed over to the court." I've asked a friend to get a job parking at a dance hall in Tsim Sha Tsui, Brother Hao, and I hope you can understand my hardships. ”
Lu Zonghao asked rhetorically: "You go to park, how much salary do you get every month?" ”
Shrimp Boy said truthfully: "The basic salary is 1,000 and 5, counting tips, I can barely get more than 2,000 a month." ”
Lu Zonghao made a condition: "Stay here, this month's rent will be used as your salary, starting next month, I will give you a salary of 5,000 yuan every month, and if you need to do anything, I will pay you extra." ”
Shrimp didn't feel happy, but said half-incredulously: "Brother Hao, you're not kidding me, are you?" ”
Lu Zonghao took out the Hong Kong dollar in his pocket: "Or I will pay you a month's salary in advance?" ”
Seeing Lu Zonghao's actions, the shrimp boy hurriedly got up, and said in a trembling voice: "No, no, no!" No more! Brother Hao...... From now on, you will be my boss! ”
Although Hong Kong Island took off economically in 1980, it was also a bit like the early stage of the mainland's reform and opening up, with a large gap between the rich and the poor.
Even for front-line firefighters who belong to the disciplined forces and have civil servants, the maximum salary point is less than 4,000 yuan.
For a low-level gangster like Shrimp Boy who has no education and no skills, being able to get a fixed monthly salary of 5,000 yuan is already a green smoke from the ancestral grave.
Early this morning, the shrimp boy was still having a headache about how to go in the future, but he didn't expect to come so soon, and excitedly said that he wanted to invite the three of them to drink soda, and ran out of the fart.
Chen Yuxing waited for the shrimp boy to leave, and then he spoke: "Brother Hao, I know that you are in a hurry to establish a team now, but it seems that there is no point in spending such a high price to envelop such a pawn as the shrimp boy?" ”
Chen Jinxing's worries are not unreasonable, and now the quota of 50,000 yuan demanded by Bai Fanqiang has become a big mountain on Lu Zonghao's head.
Come out to mix, especially to be a big brother, it's all piled up with money.
The younger brother below was injured and hospitalized, and he was released on bail at the police station, as well as the capitation fee for each errand, which is a lot of money.
Mixed associations are similar to marching and fighting, and the premise of any personnel transfer represents the burning of funds.
In Chen Xingxing's view, Lu Zonghao offered such a high salary to the shrimp boy without solving the source of funds, which is undoubtedly increasing the burden on himself.
"Shrimp Boy is the old man in this hall, with him, we can save a lot of trouble and save time to understand here."
Lu Zonghao knew what Chen Jinxing was worried about, looked at the calendar on the wall, and patted Chen Jinxing on the shoulder: "Today is the seventeenth, wait patiently for three days, I will take you to make a windfall." ”
Chen Yuxing was puzzled: "What windfall? ”
Lu Zonghao smiled without saying a word, and stretched out two fingers.
Chen Qixing tried to understand: "Two hundred thousand? ”
Lu Zonghao shook his head slightly: "At most two months, I will let Bai Fan Qiang get out of class!" ”