Chapter 476 Funny and Tragic
Seeing that Wang Yuanchao was listening seriously, Hu Meng felt a sense of accomplishment, thinking that the intelligence he had spent so much energy and effort to get during this period of time was not in vain, so he continued:
"Boss, why do these short mules in Hong Kong want to be officially registered and join the gang even though they know that they might end up dead on the street any day ?"
Hu Meng smacked his lips and said with lingering feeling: "Because in Hong Kong, as long as you are registered and become a member of a gang, as long as you are willing to work hard and the boss is not too outrageous, these people can basically earn a decent monthly income. At least in Hong Kong, their income is enough to support their families.
Each society has three more positions above the 49th position, namely the red stick, straw sandals and white paper fan, which are called Zhazhi.
The most desired thing for all the short guys in Hong Kong is to get a job in a gang, because once they get a job, they will be the big boss and can recruit younger brothers and fight for territories, which can be considered as being very successful in this small place like Hong Kong.
Theoretically speaking, the three positions are equal, with only differences in division of labor, not status.
The white paper fan represents military affairs and is responsible for giving advice and suggestions.
The red sticks are the thugs who are responsible for the fighting in the society.
Caoxie is a liaison officer. He is very good at dealing with people and has many friends. He is usually responsible for contacting the financial backers behind the society and attracting investment. "
Wang Yuanchao's curiosity about the Hong Kong gangs actually came from the movie Young and Dangerous in his previous life.
The Shan Ji in the film, Chen Haonan, the gangster of Causeway Bay, was very popular in China at that time through underground video halls and VCDs.
It once corrupted the domestic atmosphere to a great extent, causing countless children who should have studied hard in school to
Each of them dreams of becoming a gangster, bullying boys and girls in school, and engaging in campus violence, which makes these people feel very cool and particularly impressive.
Gangster culture has spread rapidly throughout the country like a spring breeze sneaking into the night, and its harmful legacy will last forever.
But Wang Yuanchao also knew that many people in Hong Kong joined gangs because they were forced to do so by life. They were all trying to survive and risk their lives to make a living. If Hong Kong's economic development could not keep up and the social distribution mechanism did not change, the lower-class people would have no way to survive, and the gang culture in Hong Kong could not be solved. After all, what everyone needed first was the right to survive.
Seeing that Wang Yuanchao was driving thoughtfully and had no intention of speaking, Hu Meng continued:
"Boss, I find it interesting that in Hong Kong, the most comfortable people in gangs are the leaders, pillars, and hall masters of the gangs, such as Red Sticks, Straw Sandals, and White Paper Fans."
Wang Yuanchao looked at Hu Meng in confusion. When you are in a club, the most comfortable department should be the leader of the club? So Wang Yuanchao asked: "What do you mean?"
"Hey, Hong Kong is such a small place, and there are so many gangs. If there is any disturbance, the leaders of the gangs will be on top of it.
If something really happens, the authorities will look for them, so people like these hall masters will be safer.
Even if they have nothing to do, these leaders have to go to O-Jie (Organized Crime and Triad Bureau) for tea from time to time. "
Wang Yuanchao smiled gloatingly and said:
"Haha, isn't this another version of "If you want to wear the crown, you must bear its weight?"
"Haha, Boss, don't tell me, it's really like this.
You have to know that in Hong Kong, the bottom of these gangsters are basically poor, and these people spend money lavishly, spending as much as they can, often without a penny in their pockets, and they work together with a group of people to make a few hundred yuan a day to get by, or they follow a powerful or rich boss, work for the boss, and eat and drink for free. Only when they get a job in a gang can they be considered to be ahead among the gangsters, and have money, younger brothers, territory, and women. Getting a job is the dream and goal of the gangsters. When they reach this step, they basically have everything they need in Hong Kong. "
Wang Yuanchao found it funny, but also felt that these dwarf mules were very pitiful.
You know, in his previous life, when Wang Yuanchao watched the Young and Dangerous movie, there was a very popular saying:
If you hang out with crows, you will go hungry nine times out of three days.
In a society like Hong Kong, following an unreliable boss is really bad luck. There are many people who risk their lives in fighting and killing, and there is no end in sight.
How many big bosses are willing to take out the money from their own pockets and give it to their younger brothers to spend?
Public is public, private is private. The big guys in gangs may not be smart, but they still know how to divide their money very clearly.
Although the money used to support the younger brothers belongs to the society, the leaders of the various halls, apart from the money they pay to the society, the rest is their own.
They try to get as much money as they can from the society, and if they can't, they try to spend it as much as possible and live it happily. This is the purpose of these big guys getting involved in the society.
Most of the hall masters think that it is a waste to give the society’s money to the leader, right?
If you're not in this business for the money, then are you really doing it for the brotherhood?
So Hu Meng's statement that the most comfortable things for the Guo Society were the red sticks, straw sandals, and white paper fans seemed to make sense. Wang Yuanchao did not dwell on this topic and asked, "Who are the most prominent people in Hong Kong now?"
"Except for the leaders of the major gangs, the most prominent ones on the street should be Big D, Crow and Dinosaur. The power of all the streets and gangs in Hong Kong is complicated and intertwined. Only the East Star in Yuen Long is all the same. The leader is the newcomer Crow, the tiger who came down from the mountain and was introduced by their leader in the past two years.
The Wo Luen Shing gang in Tsuen Wan is all the same, and the gang leader is Big D, the most popular gang member in Wo Luen Shing.
The Hung Hing gang in Tuen Mun is all the same, and the leader is a dinosaur with not much brains.
In the whole of Hong Kong, there are only these three places where they are all the same. They are the only gang here."
Wang Yuanchao frowned. How come crows and dinosaurs showed up so early in 1975? It felt like the time didn't match. Although he was complaining in his heart, these people were just a bunch of dwarf mules. They had little to do with Wang Yuanchao and could not affect him. He just asked curiously, "It seems that these three are not good places. They are all very poor?"
"Yes, Boss.
But don't underestimate these three places. They are the poorest places in the whole of Hong Kong. But they are all cleaned up.
The amount of money these halls collect every month cannot be compared to places like Causeway Bay, Mong Kok and Tsim Sha Tsui.
But according to what I have inquired, the dance halls, bars, chess and card rooms, parking lots, fruit stalls, chicken pens, underground gambling dens and so on in these places collect about one million in protection fees and various other incomes every month.
After all this, the monthly income of these hall masters is frighteningly high."
"Our garment factory is in Tsuen Wan. Now that area is the site of Big D, will it have an impact on the production of our garment factory?"
(End of this chapter)
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