bookbashuk Chapter 348 Fermentation
Chapter 348 Fermentation
Towards the end of the drinking session, Huang Dacheng called over the Zhong sisters, and the gathering changed from a vegetarian meal to a meat-based one.
As usual, Long Nier and I headed home.
"Brother, it seems the news has spread already?"
On the way back, Long Nier said.
"It must have spread!"
I nodded. If Huang Dacheng knew, how could the other wealthy people not know?
In Hong Kong Island, the real tycoons are those quietly powerful families who own land.
Land in the core areas of Hong Kong Island is basically monopolized by major families.
The Yu family back then was also such a family.
At its peak, the Yu family owned hundreds of hectares of land, all located in prime locations on Hong Kong Island, including a portion of the famous Causeway Bay.
Decades ago, it wouldn't have been an exaggeration to say that Causeway Bay belonged to the Yu family.
And then there's Temple Street, the infamous Thirteen Young Masters of Temple Street—why are they so awesome?
It wasn't because his gang was powerful, but because the entire Temple Street belonged to his family; he was a landlord.
These large landowners are the true masters of Hong Kong Island.
The drain on Hong Kong Island's auspicious energy has had its greatest impact on these landowners.
"Nier, just you wait, the real show is just beginning!"
I said.
As expected, in the following days, tabloids began reporting on the Grand Hyatt Hotel.
Not two days after the report was published, the Yi An Long family, the Lee family's top enforcers, made their move.
Several tabloids that have reported on the Grand Hyatt Hotel have reportedly been vandalized or burned.
A week later, a rumor spread that the two major families in the New Territories, the Tang and Liao families, had invited Master Wu and Master Li to the Grand Hotel respectively.
Both the Deng and Liao families were powerful clans.
Behind Wo Shing Wo is the Deng family.
That Master Wu was known as the underworld's personal feng shui master.
Many underworld bosses seek him out when they need something, so it's not surprising that the Deng family is looking for him.
Master Li is also very famous, specializing in serving the wealthy, so it's normal for the Liao family to seek him out.
However, these two don't get along very well.
Later, in the Hong Kong Island Feng Shui Competition, Master Wu was the one who set the questions. Two of the five questions were set by Master Wu. Master Wu's apprentice won, but Master Li's apprentice was eliminated because of those two questions, which led to many unpleasant incidents.
No matter what industry you're in, if there's a clique, nothing good ever comes of it.
However, none of this concerns us. We two brothers are different from them. Although people in the feng shui circle envy and are jealous of us, they dare not say anything.
There's no other reason than that Nier's intimidating power is too great.
Even now, tabloids are still rehashing old news, reporting on Ni'er's practice of using poison to save Jiang Liangan.
That's not the point. The point is that there are photos above showing Nier inserting the Gu worm into Jiang Liangan's body.
Reports can be fabricated, but photos cannot, especially when the person being treated is a wealthy man like Jiang Liangan.
To put it another way, while the support of the gambling king and his fourth wife was certainly a factor in our ability to establish ourselves in Hong Kong, Nina also played a major role.
With Nier around, those forces, both overt and covert, dared not make a move.
Humans are all afraid of death.
The Deng and Liao families did not hide the fact that they had consulted a feng shui master.
Everyone was waiting for the results, but after two days, neither of them said anything. What they said was not much different from what Fatty Lin had told Huang Dacheng.
The "dragon staircase" and the crystal chandelier that conforms to the earthly evil numbers are common decorations found in most hotels; they're nothing special.
In other words, neither of them could give a clear answer.
Or rather, it's not that they didn't want to speak, but that they dared not speak.
The message they released to the public was that their skills were not yet proficient and they could only discern this much.
The phrase "not proficient in one's skills" is quite apt; both are seasoned foxes, and one can immediately understand its meaning.
Following these two, many other well-known feng shui masters visited the Junyi Hotel.
Some of these people went on their own, while others were invited by powerful families.
As for how we knew, the reason is simple: paparazzi were staking out the entrance of the Grand Hyatt Hotel.
Although the Li family tried to suppress the news and prevent certain things from being reported, the matter was too hot to be contained.
Moreover, some tabloids have said that we won't report anything else, just which feng shui masters went to the Grand Hyatt Hotel, is that not enough?
Some lesser-known feng shui masters, in order to gain attention, deliberately collaborate with paparazzi to get photographed, just for the sake of being featured in the news.
At this point, the matter had slipped out of the Li family's control.
Thirteen days after the incident escalated, Jin Gu sent an invitation, asking the three of us to visit his villa.
"The main event is about to begin!"
Upon receiving the invitation, Fatty Lin rubbed his hands together excitedly.
"President Jin is very patient; he waited for more than half a month before contacting us!" I said.
"Fatty, have you decided what to say?" Long Nier asked.
"The same method we used to deal with Huang Dacheng!" Fatty Lin said.
At 5 p.m., we set off for Jingu's villa in Repulse Bay.
When we arrived, we discovered that Da Li was there too.
"Xiao Lin, Thirteen, you should know why we called you here today!"
After taking his seat, Jin Gu spoke directly.
"It's all because of the Li family's hotel. This whole thing has blown up so much, everyone who needs to know knows now!" Fatty Lin said.
"That's right!"
Jin Gu nodded and asked, "What do you think?"
"Mr. Jin, I have indeed been to the Junyi Hotel and seen it. In my opinion, there's definitely something fishy going on, but I didn't look into it closely. The few times I went, I was with the Zhong sisters from Mr. Huang's company!"
"That's what Fatty Lin said."
"So what did you figure out?" Da Li asked hastily.
There are three main points!
Fatty Lin held up three fingers and repeated what he had said to Huang Dacheng that day.
After listening, Jin Gu pondered for a moment and asked, "What's your opinion on the matter of absorbing luck?"
"Mr. Jin, there's no smoke without fire!" Fatty Lin said meaningfully.
"Xiao Lin, we'd like you to go to the Junyi Hotel and take another look, preferably in more detail!" Jin Gu said.
"Mr. Jin, you can do it, but I won't do anything else!" Fatty Lin said.
"What? Is our Master Lin afraid too?" Da Li provoked.
"My dear Brother Li, how could I not be afraid? He's the richest man after all. What if I cause trouble and he issues a kill order against me?" Fatty Lin said, feigning exaggeration.
"You're afraid of this?" Da Li clearly didn't believe him.
"Brother Li, have you ever heard a saying?" Fatty Lin asked.
"What did you say?" Da Li asked.
"No matter how skilled you are in martial arts, you're still afraid of a kitchen knife!"
"That's what Fatty Lin said."
"Yeah, what if we're walking down the street and a stranger suddenly comes up to us and stabs us, or pulls out a gun and shoots us?" I added.
"Don't worry, I won't let you solve the problem, as long as you can find out the truth!" Jin Gu said.
Fatty Lin thought for a moment and said, "That's fine, but it's agreed that we'll only investigate the matter, not disrupt it!"