nashuaworldcup Chapter 177 The Underestimated Liang Kun
Chapter 177 The Underestimated Liang Kun
Just as Lu Yongqiang expected, less than a week later, Hongxing held another temporary meeting.
A total of three things were decided at this conference. One was to decide the leader of Causeway Bay, another was to decide the leader of Sai Wan, and the third thing was that the sign of the main hall in Sham Shui Po was taken down and the sign of the Twelve Main Halls was replaced by the hall in Kwun Tong District.
Here, we have to say that Liang Kun still has some tricks up his sleeve.
He used the condition of supporting the Kwun Tong District Hall to become one of the Twelve Main Halls to make Da Fei willingly withdraw from the competition in Causeway Bay.
Afterwards, he found Wuliang and Han Bin, and the three of them tinkered with it. In the end, Sai Wan was given to Han Bin's subordinate Dao Zai Qing, and Causeway Bay was given to Wuliang's subordinate Greyhound, which was a win-win decision for all parties.
The reason why it is called a win-win-win situation is that under normal circumstances, no matter whether Liang Kun wins over Han Bin or Wuliang, he can control the majority of votes in the gang meeting and achieve his goal.
However, Liang Kun did not choose to cooperate with one side, but cooperated with both Han Bin and Wu Liang. This is the cleverness of Liang Kun.
For Liang Kun, his primary enemy now is Jiang Tiansheng. In order to deal with Jiang Tiansheng, he can cooperate with anyone at any cost.
However, this cooperation also has a prerequisite, that is, his position cannot be threatened. He does not want to solve the threat of Jiang Tiansheng and then immediately have Han Bin or the prince jump out to compete with him for the position of the leader.
Han Bin, Thirteenth Sister and Dinosaur are iron-clad allies. If Han Bin wants to be the leader, Thirteenth Sister and Dinosaur will definitely support him unconditionally.
Although the Prince, Xiyan, Wuliang, and Ma Wangjian are allies, this alliance is not solid. When everyone has the same interests, they are definitely of one mind, but when their interests diverge, they have different thoughts.
After Dao Zai Qing became the leader of the Sai Wan gang, Han Bin's allies now consisted of four leaders, giving him four votes during the vote.
In order to check and balance Han Bin, Liang Kun chose to cooperate with Wuliang and support Greyhound to become the leader of Causeway Bay. In this way, Liang Kun also had four votes.
In addition, Liang Kun also found Da Fei and supported Da Fei to be the leader. In this matter, whether Da Fei admits it or not, he owes Liang Kun a favor, and in the eyes of some people, Da Fei has become Liang Kun's man.
In this way, in the eyes of those who don't know the truth, Liang Kun has five votes. In this situation, no matter who wants to unseat Liang Kun, they must carefully consider whether they are sure of winning.
On the day of the gang meeting, Liang Kun first used Liang Ma as an excuse, and using the incident of someone pulling down the flag of the Sham Shui Po gang as an excuse, he proposed to take down the sign of the Sham Shui Po main hall.
After some wrangling, the elders of the community proposed that a vote be held to decide whether to remove the sign of Sham Shui Po Main Hall.
In the subsequent vote, Thirteenth Sister, Han Bin, Dinosaur, Wuliang, Fatty Lai, and Liang Kun agreed to abolish the Sham Shui Po Main Hall. Prince voted against it, while Small Eyes and Ma Wangjian abstained.
Because this vote concerned Liang Ma, she was ineligible to vote. Nine votes were cast, with six in favor, one against, and two abstentions. The results were announced, and the Sham Shui Po main hall was abolished and replaced with a Sham Shui Po branch hall.
After the voting results came out, Liang Kun recounted Da Fei's contributions over the years, and then proposed that the Kwun Tong district halls be divided to fill the vacancies of the twelve main halls.
After another round of wrangling, the elders of the community proposed a vote to decide.
As a result of this vote, except for the prince who abstained, the other eight people all agreed. In this way, Da Fei became one of the twelve leaders of Hongxing.
Afterwards, Liang Kun proposed to select the leaders of the Causeway Bay and Sai Wan gangs as soon as possible on the grounds that the situation in the underworld was unstable.
Afterwards, Wuliang recommended his subordinate Greyhound to be the leader of Causeway Bay, while Xiyan recommended Lu Yongqiang. Ganbin's side did not recommend anyone.
After that, voting began to decide the winner. The result was that Lu Yongqiang was the runner-up. Except for Xiyan who voted for him, everyone else, except Taizi and Ma Wangjian, abstained and voted for Greyhound.
After the leader of Causeway Bay was chosen, everyone began to discuss the candidate for the leader of Sai Wan. Han Bin recommended his subordinate Dao Zai Qing, and then Fatty Lai recommended Zhang Shun.
The result is obvious. Zhang Shun, like Lu Yongqiang, is destined to be a runner-up. Except for Fatty Lai who voted for him, everyone else either abstained or voted for Dao Zai Qing. The final number of votes was: Dao Zai Qing 7 votes, Zhang Shun 1 vote, and 3 abstentions.
Under the operation of Liang Kun, the twelve Hung Hing gangs were Yau Ma Tei Gang, Mong Kok Gang, Po Lam Street Gang, Kowloon City Gang, Kwai Tsing Gang, North Point Gang, Aberdeen Gang, Sai Wan Gang, Causeway Bay Gang, Tuen Mun Gang, Kwun Tong Gang and Chai Wan Gang.
After this gang meeting, the situation in Hongxing changed dramatically. Han Bin, Thirteenth Sister, Dragon Ball, and Knife Boy Qing were all in one group. Liang Kun, Fatty Lai, Wu Liang, and Greyhound were all in one group. Prince, Small Eyes, and Ma Wangjian were all in one group. The last one, Da Fei, was barely considered part of Liang Kun's group.
Liang Kun made a lot of efforts to help Da Fei become the leader. It can be said that it was Liang Kun who supported Da Fei to the position of leader. So in this case, whether Da Fei is willing or not, many people have automatically counted Da Fei as part of Liang Kun's group.
When Lu Yongqiang learned of this outcome, he was nearly pissed off. He had worked so hard to plan, but he was still a Red Stick in the Tuen Mun Tong. He wanted to become the leader, but he didn't know when he would be able to do so. But Da Fei, on the other hand, was blessed with luck and easily snatched up the position of leader.
But now that the matter is settled, there is no point in Lu Yongqiang being angry. He can only urge Lu Yongheng to speed up and complete the food city project as soon as possible.
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Two months passed in a flash, and under Lu Yongqiang's urging, the first four food courts that were renovated finally opened.
Lu Yongqiang first closed the three snack streets that he had cooperated with He Liansheng. One of these snack streets was located on the territory of Big D in Tsuen Wan, one was located on the territory of Lin Huaile in Jordan, and one was located on the territory of Jimmy in Wan Chai.
When the snack street business was first started, Lu Yongqiang provided the people and snack carts, and was responsible for all the operations. The partners only had to deal with the local municipal departments and be responsible for preventing people from causing trouble in the snack street. The most important thing was to crack down on small vendors who set up stalls illegally in the surrounding area.
The reason Lu Yongqiang's snack street business is so profitable is because he's uniquely positioned. As long as his snack street is there, there are no other small vendors in the ten or so nearby streets. Anyone who dares to set up a stall to steal his business will face having their stall overturned. If they refuse to change their ways, not only will their stall be overturned, but they'll also be beaten. From this point of view, Lu Yongqiang isn't exactly a good person. He may have some moral integrity, but it's not very strong.
Of course, the partner had put in so much effort, both in dealing with the local government and cracking down on the surrounding street vendors. Naturally, Lu Yongqiang had to give them enough benefits. The profit split between the two parties went from 50/50 at the beginning, to 40/60, and finally to 30/70, with Lu Yongqiang taking 30% and the partner taking 70%.
The reason why Lu Yongqiang gave up most of his profits was mainly because he was afraid of trouble. At the beginning, everyone split the profits 50-50. However, there were always people who were jealous of the income of the snack street. They either allowed others to cause trouble in the snack street or secretly did something behind the scenes. Some people even copied him and secretly organized people to set up stalls.
When Lu Yongqiang first discovered this situation, he went straight to the point of accusing them, but they always found excuses. Lu Yongqiang couldn't just turn against them. Furthermore, Lu Yongqiang's snack street business wasn't solely about making money; it was largely about supporting his subordinates and giving them jobs. Later, Lu Yongqiang simply offered to make concessions to solve the problem, starting with a 4:6 split and ending with a 3:7 split.
Even with a 30/70 split, some people still aren't satisfied. Recently, someone suggested a 20/80 split. One reason Lu Yongqiang decided to shut down his snack street business was because his profits were dwindling. If he continued, he'd be working for someone else.
Lu Yongqiang did suffer a loss as the snack street business was closed, but his partners suffered even greater losses.
For example, in Tsuen Wan, Lu Yongqiang invested in 150 food carts, generating a monthly profit of around NT$1.5 million. Big D took 70%, resulting in a total of around NT$1 million per month. Lu Yongqiang only received around NT$500,000. This money wasn't Lu Yongqiang's, but rather Ju Haochi Food Company's. Big D held a 30% stake in the food company, meaning that with the NT$500,000, plus Big D's NT$150,000, Lu Yongqiang ultimately received only around NT$300,000.
If Lu Yongqiang is unwilling to do the profitable business, naturally someone else will be willing to do it. For example, there are people who are willing to take over the three snack streets that have been closed this time.
Lu Yongqiang sold all the food carts in Tsuen Wan to Big D at a low price. As for the people who operated the food carts, Lu Yongqiang's subordinates naturally took them all away. Those who actually worked there were unwilling to stay, so Lu Yongqiang arranged jobs for them in the Food City. Those who were willing to stay were all left to Big D.
The food streets in Jordan and Wan Chai are handled in a similar way to that in Tsuen Wan, except that the transfer prices of the food carts are slightly different.
In Wan Chai, Lu Yongqiang has no relationship with Jimmy, so the price is naturally higher than that of Big D and Lin Huaile.
That morning, when Lu Yongqiang was inspecting the food city business, Shouhou called Lu Yongqiang.
As soon as the call was connected, Shou Hou said anxiously, "Brother Qiang, something happened! Big D was hung up on by Lin Huaile."
Hearing what Skinny Monkey said, Lu Yongqiang was stunned at first, and then he was ecstatic. He had been thinking about Big D's territory in Tsuen Wan for a long time. Now that Big D was dead, his chance had come.
Lu Yongqiang controlled his ecstasy and said, "Shouhou, it's inconvenient to talk on the phone. Tell me where you are now? I'll come find you right away."
Skinny Monkey said, "Brother, I'm at a black clinic on the outlying island. Big D's wife is injured, and the doctor is treating her now. Lin Huaile is sending people to look for us.
Brother, I need you to send someone to support me, otherwise it won’t be that easy to leave the island.”
After Shouhou finished speaking, Lu Yongqiang thought for a moment and said calmly, "Shouhou, are you safe over there for the time being?"
The skinny monkey said, "It's safe for now. But the outlying islands are under the control of He Liansheng. The outlying islands' Lord Ma Tianshou has great influence there, and he has always had a good relationship with Lin Huaile. If Lord Ma intervenes, I won't be able to hide here for long. I'll be found by his people soon."