Lin Sanqi recalled a funny story about a general named Su.
It is said that after the liberation, General Su accompanied his wife shopping. When they arrived at Nanjing Road, General Su suddenly stared at a coffee shop and said to his wife, "This place is really nice!"
After saying that, he pulled his wife into the coffee shop.
Mrs. Su was very surprised, because General Su never cared about these little things, so why would he suddenly bring her to a coffee shop?
When Mrs. Su, who thought her husband had suddenly come to his senses, was immersed in the romance created by the coffee shop, General Su suddenly said something to her.
"If we set up a few machine guns in this store, we could guard the entire street."
This made the old lady so angry that she went home without drinking the coffee.
Lin Sanqi laughed when he thought of this. He guessed that soldiers had no thoughts of love at all. All they thought about was how to occupy strategic locations and how to deploy troops.
Lin Sanqi took a few bites of the apple and then said with a smile:
"Wang Jin, I'm bringing weapons with me this time. They're all state-of-the-art pistols, rifles, sniper rifles, and even quite a few bazookas. I'll distribute them among you later so your security capabilities can be taken to the next level."
Wang Jin was delighted when he heard this:
"That's great, boss. We've all been anxiously awaiting the arrival of your weapons. Yesterday, a member of our Fengzitang's third team was injured in the calf by He Anle's men while protecting the pharmacy. Everyone is holding their breath."
Lin Sanqi was startled when he heard this and asked hurriedly, "What's going on?"
A shooting is no small matter. If it happened in another time and space, the entire city's police force would be mobilized and would not stop until the case was solved.
Wang Jin led Lin Sanqi to a corner and reported in detail what happened yesterday.
The time was set to the morning of the previous day.
As the doors of Lingnan Tang Chinese Medicine Clinic and Pharmacy opened one after another, it also marked the arrival of the opening hours of a new day.
At this time, there were long queues in front of both the clinic and the pharmacy.
The surrounding shops opened earlier than the Chinese medicine clinic. The shop assistants stood at the door in groups of three or four chatting, thinking that today would be another ordinary day.
As a result, in the morning, a group of yellow-haired men wearing flowered shirts came over. The Hong Kong people knew at a glance that they were gang members who had come to visit.
Wang Jin was the head of Fengzi Hall. He had noticed early on that these thirty or so people had come with ill intentions, so he ran to the Chinese medicine clinic and reported to Lin Kucan:
"Boss, Yu Tonghua from Anle is here again."
He Anle is a long-established gang in Hong Kong and the de facto underground emperor of Kowloon. Yu Tonghua is the red stick of He Anle's Kowloon branch and the gang's gold medal thug.
When Lin Kucan heard that gang members were coming, he was a little surprised:
"That's not right. We should have paid our share this month."
Lingnan Hall now has both money and connections, but Lin Kucan feels that he is new to Hong Kong and should keep a low profile as much as possible and avoid conflicts with the local people of Hong Kong.
In addition, the monthly membership fee of several thousand yuan is not a large sum for a Chinese medicine clinic, so I am willing to spend money to buy peace of mind.
At least for now, I don't want to get into conflict with the gang.
Therefore, when He Anle came to collect the membership fees every month, Lingnan Hall would hand them over voluntarily and never defaulted on the payments. There was also peace between the two sides.
In the past, the gangs that came to collect protection fees were all small thugs, but this group of people, like tax officials, went door to door and gave a number based on the sales of different shops.
This number will not be too high or too low, and the gangs also know that they cannot kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
After paying the protection fee, the shops can do business with peace of mind and everyone is in harmony;
Of course, if you don't pay, that's a different attitude. First they'll smash the store and throw manure, then they'll beat people and steal things. If the store owner doesn't back down at this point, it's not impossible for him to disappear from this world.
The Hong Kong River is surrounded by the sea on three sides, so it is very convenient to use one person to fill the land.
Wang Jin was very alert and said to Lin Kucan:
"Boss, they're not here with good intentions. The rules of the underworld require membership fees to be paid monthly, so they're either here to pay for extra expenses, like a leader's birthday, or because they need medical expenses due to a gang fight.
But according to our inquiries, there haven't been any major incidents within Anle recently. So, sending over thirty or so Red Sticks this time is clearly an attempt to exert pressure. I'm afraid they're either eyeing our clinic or hoping to double their protection money."
Lin Kucan nodded slightly:
"Let's first listen to their purpose. We don't want to cause trouble, but we're not afraid of it at the critical moment."
Wang Jin felt relieved when he heard this. He had been feeling very uncomfortable because of the protection fee he had to pay every month. He was a world-class infantry king, but he was actually bullied by a few thugs. He was too embarrassed to see his comrades if he told others about it.
Now that the boss is tough, he doesn't mind teaching these gangs a lesson.
Citizens queuing for medical treatment and medication saw the men in flowered shirts approaching and all stepped aside, wondering how Lingnan Hall had gotten into trouble with the underworld. They were probably going to be ripped off.
Lin Kucan was wearing a traditional long gown, followed by his eldest son and Wang Jin. They hurried out of the clinic and walked in front of He Anle and the others.
"It's a pleasure to meet you all and the brothers of Anle. I wonder if you are here to see a doctor or to get medicine?"
A small thug started cursing:
"Your mother was ill, so you didn't see our Brother Hua coming over. This time, I came to inform you that your Lingnan Hall's business is booming, and the monthly protection fee should be increased."
Yu Tonghua, holding a cigarette in his mouth and shaking his feet, said arrogantly:
"Boss Lin, you came from the mainland before, and since you're new here, we saw that it wasn't easy for you, so we let you go. That's why we only charge you a few thousand dollars a month. This is also because An Le Zhai and I are kind-hearted.
But now your business is picking up. Look, it's already noon and there's still a long line. How much money can you make every day? So it's reasonable for the protection fee to increase. We're all businessmen, and if there's money, everyone should share it, right? "
“Yes~~~”
And Anle's friends in flowery shirts all started to make a fuss.
At this time, many young and strong men came out of the shops around the clinic and looked at the more than 30 people in the middle of the road with unfriendly eyes.
The people waiting in line to see the doctor knew that today was going to be bad, and many of them had already started to retreat quietly.
However, this group of people did not go far. They stretched their necks to look over from afar at the street corner. It is the nature of Chinese people to gossip.
Wang Jin was about to take a step forward, but Lin Kucan raised his hand to stop him.
Lin Kucan still smiled and clasped his fists and said:
"I wonder how much protection money Anle and his brothers are going to ask Lingnan Hall to pay each month?"
Yu Tonghua stretched out a finger.
Lin Gancan's face changed as he screamed, "Ten thousand a month?"
In an era when ordinary workers in Hong Kong only earned more than 200 yuan a month, 10,000 yuan was definitely a huge sum of money. This level of protection fee was also the same as that of the nightclubs on Portland Street.
Yu Tonghua smiled contemptuously:
"Ten thousand? Boss Lin, I've done the math. Your clinic and pharmacy have a monthly turnover of over one million. Are you giving ten thousand yuan to a beggar? Listen up, you have to pay 100,000 yuan every month!"
Lin Gancao felt dizzy when he heard this. He used to work at a Chinese medicine hospital in the mainland and his monthly income was only more than 40 yuan, which was only 30 Hong Kong dollars.
Now these floral shirts are exported for 100,000 yuan even without any production, which almost made him faint.
Lin Kucan narrowed his eyes, knowing that the visitor was probably not just here to collect protection money, because the underworld has its own rules, and protection money cannot be collected to the point of destroying someone's family.
He Anle came here today, obviously to find fault, not to collect debts normally.
Thinking of this, Lin Kucan put on a smile again:
"Brother Hua, right? I'm friends with Mr. Ma from the Yau Ma Tei Police Station. Please give me some face. 100,000 is too much."
"Sir Ma? Ha, Fatty Ma is just a small-time district police chief, what's his point? You're using him to pressure us. Alright, alright, hurry up and bring the money over. We'll start collecting the money from now on."
At this time, Huang Xiaoji in the fruit shop couldn't bear it anymore. He was young and couldn't stand the bullying.
"The money is collected on the 6th of every month. Lingnan Hall has already paid it. It's only the 20th now, so even if we collect the money, it will start next month. If you collect protection money twice a month, you and Anle will not be afraid of being laughed at by the underworld if you tell others about it."
Yu Tonghua glanced over:
"Who the hell are you? How dare a fruit vendor talk to me, Brother Hua, like that?"
Huang Xiaoji snorted lightly: "He's just a street thug. If you're brave enough, fight me. Let me see how powerful the so-called red sticks are."
Those who can become Red Sticks are definitely the most capable and courageous people in the gang.
Hearing that a fruit shop clerk dared to challenge him, Yu Tonghua became furious.
Of course, he didn't take Huang Xiaoji seriously, so he continued to hold the cigarette in his mouth, raised his foot quickly and kicked sideways, without giving the other person any time to react.
If an ordinary person was kicked like this, his leg would be broken.
Just when everyone thought that the fruit shop clerk was going to be unlucky today.
Huang Xiaoji didn't try to avoid it, but raised his left foot and charged forward head-on:
"Just in time!" (End of this chapter)
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