1996 was a year of special significance since Hong Kong Island was opened to foreign trade.
Because of this year, the Hong Kong underworld, which had been fighting each other for over a century, underwent a dramatic change due to the appearance of one person.
With the establishment and launch of the Dragon Scale Foundation, the "Year Zero" of the underworld, belonging to the Dragon Gang and Lin Dong, has officially arrived.
In today's Hong Kong and Macau underworld, people as brainless as Wo Shing Lian Camel are a very small minority.
Since Camel was publicly tried and convicted by the foundation, he has vanished without a trace.
These petty people who lack a sense of the bigger picture and go against the tide, once they die, are simply gone, and not many people pay attention to them.
What the martial arts community fears is the power of the Dragon Gang, as well as Lin Dong's background and strength.
Given a powerful underworld figure who is rich, has people, guns, influence, and is also incredibly skilled in combat, who would be foolish enough to go against him?
Most importantly.
These bigwigs joined the Dragon Scale Foundation, which guarantees them an extra income of HK$300 million every year—a sure thing regardless of circumstances.
Which big shot would refuse such a golden opportunity, with money practically falling into their laps?
Of course, once they stepped through the gates of Dragon Scale, these people could no longer harbor any rebellious thoughts.
From the moment they joined, they were immediately swayed by Lin Dong's unwavering loyalty.
In the eyes of the government, the Dragon Scales force is easy to manage if used well, since the entire Hong Kong and Macau underworld only needs to communicate with Lin Dong.
However, if not handled properly, the sheer number of gang members, numbering in the hundreds of thousands, is enough to cause a major headache.
Therefore, how to manage their relationship with Lin Dong immediately became a key concern for those important figures.
To put it bluntly, nowadays, a single word from Boss Lin can bring peace and prosperity to Hong Kong, or it can plunge the underworld into bloodshed...
Therefore, even the last Governor of Hong Kong, such as Peng Dingkang, could not avoid giving Lin Dong the green light.
Moreover, Peng Dingkang himself is corrupt and has no connection to integrity; Lin Dong has too many weaknesses he can use against him.
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Time flies, and another month has passed.
The Dragon Scale Foundation has completed its operations in Hong Kong and Macau.
With its massive financial strength of nearly 70 billion, coupled with Lin Dong's memories of his past life, the foundation made its first foray into the Hong Kong foreign exchange and stock markets, easily reaping profits of over 30 billion in just one month.
Such high returns and jaw-dropping speed of making money left the bigwigs who had already joined completely in awe and utterly subdued.
In such a short time, each of them has earned nearly 100 million Hong Kong dollars. Tell me, what other business in the underworld can be so crazy?
Moreover, the money they're making now is money that can be made legitimately!
From this point on, the prestige of Long Lin and Lin Dong reached an unprecedented new height.
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During this period, the security situation on Hong Kong Island has improved a lot because the big shots in the underworld are busy making money with Lin Dong, so who has the time to go out and fight?
Although fights and brawls happen every day, mass brawls involving hundreds of people have basically disappeared.
With Lin Dong around, even the biggest conflicts between gangs in Hong Kong and Macau can be easily resolved.
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The CIA and the Good Friends organization seem to have made a pact to disappear from the public eye at the same time recently.
Their previous attempts against Lin Dong all ended in disastrous failure.
Therefore, even the most foolish enemy will understand one thing: direct confrontation and conventional assassination are ineffective against someone like Lin Dong.
Only by using unconventional methods and seizing the perfect opportunity can a fatal blow be delivered against a monster like Lin Dong.
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October 23, 1996, 7 p.m., Tokyo, Japan.
In the waiting hall of Haneda Airport, in front of a large floor-to-ceiling glass wall, Qingxuan, dressed in a blue Taoist robe, silently extended her right hand and accepted a black lacquer box handed to her by a woman in a kimono.
He felt a burning sensation in his palm; on the gilded lacquer box lid, a three-legged golden crow was embossed.
This reminded him of the hexagram he obtained last night at the Bamboo Temple: Fire over Heaven, Heaven below, signifying intense light but also the hidden danger of being burned alive.
"Li Huo" can refer to wars fought with firearms or wars fought with finance.
The unassuming box in front of him contained his greatest find from this trip: the Five Elements Breaking Array Bead.
Inside the lacquer box, five array-breaking beads, each the size of a longan, were neatly arranged:
The red pearl is the eye that breaks the fire array;
Yellow represents the earth bead, the eye that breaks through the earth formation;
White is the eye of the golden pearl, breaking the golden array;
Black represents water droplets, the eye that breaks the water array;
The green beads are the eyes of the wooden array.
These five array-breaking beads are specifically designed to counter and break the Five Elements array eyes of the Nine-Seven Feng Shui Killing Formation.
With these, as long as the timing is right, the five beads can be simultaneously placed into the five Heavenly Fiend positions of the array eyes, and this situation can be broken.
"I am very grateful for Ms. Tomoko Yamada's great support. Without your help, my trip would not have gone so smoothly."
Qingxuan put the lacquer box into her Taoist robe and bowed respectfully.
The woman in the kimono bowed in return and said softly, "You're too kind, Daoist Master. How could Zhizi not do her best to fulfill Mr. Lin's request?"
"Yes, speaking of Mr. Lin, he is the most incredible and extraordinary person I have ever met in my life," Qingxuan sighed.
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