bookbashuk Chapter 552 The Five Great Families 2
Chapter 552 The Five Great Families 2
The fact that the powerful man surnamed Wang has fallen to the point of being nowhere to be found, is largely due to his stinginess.
He was not only stingy with his subordinates, but also with himself.
He was kidnapped more than once.
After being kidnapped once, he hired a bodyguard, but after a while, he thought the bodyguard fee was too expensive and dismissed him.
Not long after the bodyguard was dismissed, he was kidnapped a second time and reportedly thrown into the sea. His whereabouts remain unknown to this day.
"Sister Lingling, it seems the Lü family has committed a terrible sin!" Long Nier said.
"Chirp!"
Even Xiao Ba couldn't stand it anymore and nodded his little head in agreement.
Liu Lingling added some pork floss to Xiao Ba's small plate and said, "The Lu family's affairs are actually more than this!"
"What else has the Lü family done?" I couldn't think of anything worse.
"We forcibly seized the ancestral home to build factories and ancestral houses!" Liu Lingling said.
"What?" I thought I had misheard.
"You heard me right!"
Liu Lingling sneered and said, "When the Lü family was choosing a site to build their ancestral home and factory, they had their eye on that area in Kowloon Tong. Back then, it was a mass grave, and the Lü family bulldozed hundreds of nameless graves for it!"
"That's not the point. The point is that throughout the whole process they didn't move the remains, didn't offer any sacrifices, and didn't apologize. They just started building mansions and factories by ramming earth and laying foundations."
"So brave?" I was taken aback.
"Sister Lingling, did you say something wrong or did I mishear?" Fatty Lin was also confused.
"You heard me right, and I didn't say it wrong either. The Lü family did indeed level a mass grave and build factories and old houses!" Liu Lingling said.
"A house built on top of a grave is a major taboo in feng shui. Has no one reminded you of this?" Fatty Lin still couldn't believe it.
"People on Hong Kong Island are very superstitious about feng shui. The Lui family is a wealthy family, so they should believe in it even more. There's no reason for them to build a house on a grave. Are they trying to use negative energy to generate wealth?"
Before Liu Lingling could answer, Fatty Lin spoke again.
"I don't know if it's about using negative energy to generate wealth, but from a feng shui perspective, that piece of land definitely has good fortune in terms of windfall gains!" Liu Lingling said.
"That's it, they definitely want to make money through violence!" Fatty Lin said confidently.
"Sister Lingling, judging from your expression, the Lü family must have done something else besides this, right?" Fatty Lin asked again.
"That's right, there are more!"
Liu Lingling nodded and said, "In order to expand their business and monopolize the textile industry in Hong Kong, the Lü family colluded with British officials, fabricated evidence, and forged certificates, ruining more than a dozen small local Chinese textile families!"
"That's not all. To prevent those small families from becoming successful in the future and coming back to take revenge, they colluded with corrupt police officers to eliminate them completely, killing many people in prison!"
"Ruthless and vicious enough, I like this job!" Fatty Lin rubbed his hands together.
Seeing his expression, I knew that the Lü family would be severely injured, if not killed, and would definitely not recover.
"Xiao Lin, I don't care how you handle things, just one thing: make sure your hands and feet are clean. Don't forget your real purpose just for a moment of pleasure!" Liu Lingling reminded her with some concern.
"Sister Lingling, I understand!" Fatty Lin nodded.
We understand what Liu Lingling means. She's worried that we might get carried away and focus only on acting on behalf of Heaven, forgetting to eliminate the evil spirits and making things worse.
"It's good that you all know what's going on!"
Liu Lingling glanced at us and said, "Female worker, grave robbing, and harming colleagues—three major crimes in total. Back when the Xuanmen Association dealt with the Lü family's old house, they didn't put in any effort at all!"
"The Lü family already had heavy karmic debts, and their old house was located in a yin area. With just a few minor adjustments, they turned the Lü family's old house into a major earth-evil node in the southern district!"
She paused, then said, "I'll say it again, remember this: the Lü family's old residence is a key earth element node in the southern district. Those ungrateful bastards in the Xuanmen Association definitely have spies there. You must be extremely careful when dealing with this!"
"Yes, we know!" Fatty Lin nodded and asked, "Sister Lingling, the Lü family has committed so many sins, and those people from the Xuanmen Association have been fanning the flames, haven't they suffered any retribution?"
"Why isn't it there?"
Liu Lingling snorted coldly and said, "The Lü family has suffered from weak offspring and internal strife for generations. Their business is declining day by day, and there's serious infighting within the family. You'll find out when you investigate!"
"Got it, Sister Lingling, please continue. What's the situation with the remaining three families?" Fatty Lin said.
The Lu family's affairs are not difficult to investigate; we can just ask Hong Taidi when the time comes.
Hong Taidi is eager for us to beg him; ever since we helped him resolve his problems, he's felt indebted to us.
Take the case of Gambling King Lu this time, for example. Everyone else avoids him like the plague, but he took the initiative to ask if he needed anything!
Putting aside everything else, Hong Taidi is undeniably loyal and devoted to his friends.
"None of the remaining three are easy to deal with!" Liu Lingling took a sip of tea and said, "The third one started out in the pharmaceutical industry. When dealing with them, be extremely careful not to act impulsively!"
"What do you mean?" I was a little confused. Why were they telling us not to act impulsively?
"The third family, often referred to as the Cheung Chuk Shan family, immigrated to Australia as early as the 1980s. When they immigrated, the assets they took with them were conservatively estimated to exceed HK$10 billion!"
Liu Lingling held up one finger to indicate.
"Ten billion Hong Kong dollars in the 1980s?" Fatty Lin was a little incredulous.
"Is the Zhang family really that powerful?" I thought to myself.
What was the concept of 10 billion Hong Kong dollars in the 1980s?
To put it another way, even Li Gua, who had already shown his talent and was known as Superman, did not have as much wealth as the Zhang family.
Let alone Li Gua, the Zhang family's assets are enough to easily rank them among the top ten richest people in Hong Kong.
"How come we've never heard of such an awesome family?" Long Nier also became curious.
"Do you know why you haven't heard of it?" Liu Lingling asked.
"Why?" I asked.
"Because the Zhang family deliberately kept a low profile, not wanting outsiders to know about their family situation, if it weren't for the death of the matriarch who was in charge of the Zhang family back then, which led to a fierce battle over the inheritance, the outside world would not have known that there was such a Zhang family in Hong Kong with assets exceeding 10 billion!"
Liu Lingling said.
"Sister Lingling, tell me, what did the Zhang family do to have assets worth tens of billions?" Fatty Lin asked.
"I'll tell you about a few of the Zhang family's businesses, and you'll know how rich the Zhang family was back then!" Liu Lingling said.
"Sister Lingling, what do you say?" Fatty Lin nodded.
"The Zhang family was once the largest shareholder of Wheelock & Co., a long-established trading company!"
Liu Lingling held up one finger and mentioned one of the Zhang family's assets.
"The Federal Building and the International Building were also once owned by the Zhang family!"
Liu Lingling continued.
"Besides these two most famous buildings, the Zhang family also owns dozens of commercial buildings in Central and Happy Valley!"
Liu Lingling continued.
The more she talked, the more curious I became. Why would such an amazing family stay behind the scenes?