bookbashuk Chapter 502 Invitation to the Charity Gala
Chapter 502 Invitation to the Charity Gala
"They didn't contact me. I heard you were being targeted, so I contacted the Zhao family. The person from the Zhao family said they would talk to the other families and warn the Xuanmen Association not to target you, so you can take on jobs normally!"
"I said calmly."
Of the four major families on Hong Kong Island—the Jin, Li, Ji, and Zhao—Second Master Liu mentioned contacting the Zhao family. A thought struck me, and I asked, "Second Master, which member of the Zhao family did you contact?"
"I'm looking for Master Zhao, the head of the Zhao family!" said Master Liu.
"What did he say?" I asked.
"In essence, the Zhao family is no different from the other three families. They all get close to the mainland while hooking up with John Bull. It's just that the Li family is willing to be the dog and has been put on a leash!" said Master Liu.
"Second Master, do you mean the Zhao family hasn't been put on a dog leash?" I asked.
Master Liu thought for a moment and said, "Let me put it this way, the dog leash around the Li family's neck is made of iron, making it extremely difficult for them to break free. The other three families, on the other hand, are only wearing nooses, which they can break free from at any time, and the nooses are almost bitten through!"
"Second Master, that's an interesting description!" Fatty Lin and I laughed at the same time.
"If the dog leash hadn't been made of iron and was strong enough, do you think John Bull would have supported the Li family so strongly back then, making them the number one family in Hong Kong?" Old Master Liu retorted.
"That's true!" I nodded.
"Second Master, what did Fourth Master Zhao say about our situation?" Fatty Lin asked.
"His meaning is simple: the Dragon-Slaying Nail is firmly planted on Hong Kong Island's dragon vein, forcing them to take action. However, they have no reason to act against the numerous earth spirits scattered throughout Hong Kong Island; if they do, they risk being targeted!"
"Isn't this just like wanting to be a prostitute while also wanting to maintain a virtuous image?" Fatty Lin said.
"What you're saying isn't wrong!" said Master Liu.
"Second Master, does that mean that from today onwards, those major families in Hong Kong, including the Xuanmen Association, will no longer target us?" I asked.
"They'll still target you, but there won't be any paparazzi staking out your shop anymore, waiting to report on Fat Mada's scandals!" said Master Liu.
"Second Master, why are you just like those tabloids?" Fatty Lin didn't expect Second Master Liu to call him Fatty.
"Isn't what I said the truth?" Master Liu retorted.
"Second Master, I give up, I give up!" Fatty Lin begged for mercy.
"You little rascal, take it easy!" said Master Liu.
"Second Master, this is how I make money. In Hong Kong, the women of those big families are the wealthiest. If I'm not allowed to do this, how am I supposed to make money?"
"I feel wronged," said Fatty Lin.
"You won't do it just because they tell you not to?" Master Liu retorted.
"Second Master, what do you mean?" Fatty Lin's eyes lit up.
"Do I need to teach you this? Don't you know how to be two-faced? Don't you know how to say one thing and do another? They don't let you do this just to save face. Once the paparazzi stop watching you, what are you afraid of?" Master Liu said irritably.
"Second Master, I understand!" Fatty Lin grinned.
"That's good. You guys, call me if anything happens in the future. Don't try to handle everything on your own!" Master Liu added.
"Second Master, we don't want to trouble you with such a small matter!" Fatty Lin chuckled.
"Virtue!"
Old Master Liu snorted and said, "Alright, that's enough for today. I'm hanging up. You guys get back to work!"
"Alright, Second Master, hang up now, I'm listening!" Fatty Lin said obsequiously.
"You're so mean!"
Old Master Liu cursed and hung up the phone.
Looking at the phone after it hung up, I said, "Fatty, we owe Second Master a huge favor this time!"
Don't be fooled by what Master Liu says about those wealthy families wanting to have their cake and eat it too, saying they don't want to attract attention and want to use us two brothers to deal with the evil spirits all over Hong Kong Island and break the feng shui formation that locks Hong Kong in five evil spirits.
In reality, ever since the seven dragon-severing nails in the Taipingshan dragon vein were pulled out, whether or not the earth evil was eliminated was no longer important to them.
With one of the Five Evils gone, the overall situation is already broken, and they can no longer be affected.
I don't know what Master Liu and Master Zhao said, but I can foresee that it was definitely not a pleasant conversation.
Among the four wealthy families on Hong Kong Island, the Li family was able to maintain its top position thanks to John Bull's influence.
If we're really comparing foundations, the Zhao family has the deepest roots.
The Ji family originally had a deep foundation, but the head of the Ji family died too early, and the remaining sons started fighting among themselves.
As for Jin Gu, his situation was similar to Li Gua's; he rose to prominence by relying on his father-in-law, except that he wasn't as ruthless as Li Gua, who completely exploited his in-laws.
"I understand!"
Fatty Lin nodded and said, "Madman, we should thank Second Master. Why don't you look through the old prescriptions our master left behind and think of a way to give Second Master a second spring?"
"Get lost!"
Hearing this, I couldn't help but laugh. That fat Lin is never serious.
The night after Mr. Liu made that phone call, all the paparazzi near our shop left.
We're actually quite troubled by these paparazzi.
It's not worth using witchcraft on them, and it wouldn't sound good to others.
If we really take action against them, given the Xuanmen Association's track record, they'll report it the very next day.
If we don't act, they're like toads that don't bite but are still annoying.
Later, Fatty Lin said he didn't care about those things. Anyway, the nickname "Fat Mada" had already spread, so we could report it if we wanted. That's when we stopped.
Now that's good, all those paparazzi have left, and we're finally free.
Two days later, we received an invitation to a charity gala.
Before Wu Peiwen's incident, we often received these kinds of invitations.
At first, the three of us went together, but later I felt it wasn't very interesting, so I let Fatty Lin go by himself.
This guy is thriving.
After Wu Peiwen got into trouble, or more precisely, after Wu Peiwen had a dispute with us over the entertainment industry, the invitation disappeared before we could retaliate against him.
Now another invitation has come.
This invitation was obtained through Guo Meiqi.
Even so, we can see that this invitation is closely related to Master Liu. Without his phone call to Master Zhao, we wouldn't have received the invitation yet.
This charity gala was organized by Guo Meiqi's close friend, Mo Feifei.
Mo Feifei also participated in the Miss Hong Kong pageant in 93. She participated not to win any championship, but to experience life.
The Mo family is a prominent financial family.
Mo Feifei's grandfather had many titles.
For example, the first generation of stockbrokers in Hong Kong after the war, the veterans of the gold and silver trading market, and the early participants in the Hang Seng Index.
From the 1950s to the 1970s, Mo Feifei's grandfather was known as Uncle Fei from Chaozhou and was a big shot in the financial circle.
Mo Feifei's father went on to establish the family investment company, Feiying Capital, which mainly deals in Hong Kong stocks, US stocks, bonds, private equity, real estate finance, and asset allocation for the wealthy. His net worth is in the billions of Hong Kong dollars, and he owns an entire floor of office space in Central.
On Hong Kong Island, the Mok family is one of those reclusive wealthy families that are unknown to the general public.