Hong Kong: Rise of the Kings

Seeing that the life and death lot was drawn, those who didn't draw the lot beat their chests and stamped their feet, cursing that they were unlucky and could not contribute to the society.

The four who drew the life and death lot, including Wai Zui, tried to force out a smile, looking righteous and fearless, saying that they would sacrifice their lives for the society, and this time they finally got the chance.

Lian Haodong didn't care about these. Drawing the life and death lot was a hard rule for all major societies. Whoever drew the lot had to go, no matter if the other party was the Commissioner of Police or the Governor of Hong Kong, they had to kill them.

"Very good, the four of you are all excellent and have a high level of awareness. You are worthy of being our loyal and faithful warriors!" Lian Haolong raised his chicken blood wine and toasted.

"Now, on behalf of my elder brother Lian Haolong's spirit in heaven, I toast you a glass! I hope you will win the first battle and take Du Yongxiao's life back!"

Lian Haodong said, picked up the chicken blood wine and drank it all, and smashed the wine bowl on the ground.

The four crooked-mouthed men also hurriedly raised their glasses and drank up, clapping and smashing their bowls together.

"Roar!"

"We will not let Brother Dong down and avenge Brother Long!"

"Kill Du Yongxiao!"

"Kill Du Yongxiao!"

The four waved their fists.

The whole hall was boiling with blood --

Just then --

"Who said he wanted to kill our Brother Xiao!"

"Who? Get out!"

Lian Haodong didn't expect an outsider to break in, and shouted.

All the Zhongxinyi disciples showed their weapons in unison, machetes, sledgehammers, and baseball bats.

There was a commotion.

There were noisy footsteps.

More than 30 anti-explosion police broke in, and behind them were hundreds of armed police with live ammunition, each ready for battle.

The anti-explosion police held shields in formation, wearing helmets and holding batons, looking at Lian Haodong and others sharply.

"Why are there so many policemen?"

"Who leaked the news?"

"Damn it, let's fight them!"

Lian Haodong also wanted to fight. In the current situation, only fighting can make a way out.

Just when he was about to give orders and fight with this gang of cops, boom--

There was a huge earthquake outside!

"It's bad, Brother Dong! There are three trucks of police outside!"

"It's bad, Brother Dong! The other side has support and is holding submachine guns!"

The searchlight shone over--

The whole Juyi Hall was as bright as day.

The Zhongxinyi brothers who were holding weapons and wanted to fight the police were blinded by the searchlight.

When they finally opened their eyes, the situation in front of them changed again. They didn't know when there were police everywhere!

These policemen included not only plainclothes, military police, patrol police, but also marine police and fire police!

They were like birds in a cage, surrounded tightly.

"It's over, there's no chance to fight!"

"Why are they so cops?"

The people of Zhongxinyi have never seen such a big scene. This is not a thief arrest, it's simply a police parade, with all kinds of soldiers.

"Fuck you, don't think we can be bullied just because you have more people!"

Zhongxinyi, a big rough man, roared, and then rushed towards the anti-explosive police holding shields.

Crack!

The anti-explosive police beat him up.

"They actually beat up Da Niu?"

"Let's go together and help Da Niu!"

Seven or eight Zhongxinyi disciples were about to take action, but saw a man walk out from behind the police team, pull out a gun, click, load the bullet, aim at Da Niu's legs and shoot twice!

"Ah, my leg!"

Daniu hugged his leg and screamed miserably.

The police and Zhongxinyi were both stunned.

Then the man said to the police with a gun: "What are you doing? Shoot these vicious gangsters who dare to attack the police!"

Turning back, the man pointed his gun at Zhong Xinyi and others: "Who else wants to come? I still have five bullets here!"

The people of Zhong Xinyi were in a commotion.

The riot police stepped aside with shields in hand, and replaced them with a large number of military police holding submachine guns.

Kachacha!

All the submachine guns were loaded, making a terrifying sound.

It can be believed that as long as the people of Zhong Xinyi dared to rush forward, they would be beaten into a hornet's nest.

"Don't be afraid! They are police officers. Police officers have rules and regulations. They dare not shoot randomly!"

Lian Haodong saw that everyone was shrinking back and shouted loudly.

"What do you mean by dare not shoot?"

The man raised his pistol and pointed it at Lian Haodong and shot directly at Lian Haodong's left leg.

Lian Haodong screamed, knelt on one knee, and looked at the other person in disbelief, "You, you——"

"What do you mean you? My name is Datou Wen! Last time I tried to catch you, you ran away, and in the end your big brother Lian Haolong took the blame for you. Where can you run today? You dare to plot to assassinate Director Du, you are tired of living!"

"You are a policeman, how dare you just-——"

Before he could finish the sentence,

Bang!

Datou Wen shot Lian Haodong's other leg again.

Plop!

Lian Haodong fell to his knees, his eyes bloodshot, staring at Da Tianwen.

"You still dare to stare at me? Do you believe I can blow your head off?" Datou Wen's face was full of anger, and he directly pressed the barrel of the gun against Lian Haodong's forehead.

Lian Haodong wanted to be tough to avoid being looked down upon by his men, but he found that Datou Wen's eyes were murderous, and he really wanted to kill people.

I was scared all of a sudden!

At this moment, Lian Haodong remembered that this big-headed Wen was not a good person. It was said that he had been with the "blood-handed butcher" Du Yongxiao for too long, and was infected with the devil's "killing without blinking" temperament. Now it seems to be true.

"No, I surrender! I was just joking! Haha, Officer Chen, don't take it seriously!"

Although Lian Haodong is the brother of the Zhongxinyi boss Lian Haolong, he is also a strong man at ordinary times, but compared with his big brother Lian Haolong, he is a little greedy for life and afraid of death.

Now that the big-headed Wen is fierce, he immediately becomes cowardly.

Those Zhongxinyi disciples were originally very ashamed, thinking that they were not brave enough and dared not fight with these cops. Now that they see that even their boss Lian Haodong is like this, the self-blame in their hearts immediately disappears, and they even despise Lian Haodong. What the hell? I thought he was a real boss, but it turns out that he can only roar with his mouth!

Datou Wen used his gun to hit Lian Haodong's forehead: "You were very powerful just now, weren't you going to avenge your elder brother? Why are you weak now?"

Lian Haodong's forehead was hit into an egg-sized bump, and it hurt so much that he grimaced and said: "My elder brother went against you policemen, and he deserves to die! I have no choice. If I don't avenge him, I won't be able to convince the public! Please understand!"

Datou Wen smiled, "I've heard that the loyal and righteous brothers are like dragons and tigers. The eldest brother Lian Haolong is a dragon, and the second brother Lian Haodong is a worm. They usually just like I like gambling, I didn't expect..."

"Sir, you are right, I have no future, please let me go!"

"Let you go? That depends on your performance!" Datou Wen put the gun into the trap and grabbed Lian Haodong's collar: "Tell me, who is the person who wants to mess with my boss behind my back?"

"That person is... is——" Lian Haodong hesitated, "Mr. Li!"

...

The next day——

After experiencing equity changes, industrial fires and other accidents, Ming Pao ushered in its first press conference.

As the organizer of this press conference, Ming Pao revealed some "inside information" to the outside world. First, this press conference will be an important meeting after Ming Pao's equity restructuring. The structure of Ming Pao after the restructuring and the future development direction will be announced to the outside world.

Second, this press conference will have important figures appearing, and a series of reform measures will be announced to the outside world at that time.

For the two news revealed by Ming Pao, the outside world reacted strongly, and most people speculated that the legendary Hong Kong tycoon Du Yongxiao would be the king of Ming Pao this time.

Before, Ming Pao and Du Yongxiao started a secret war. Everyone in the newspaper industry knows about this. Even the fire at Ming Pao was blamed on Du Yongxiao by some people, who believed that it was Du Yongxiao's revenge.

Of course, some smart people would not think so. In their opinion, Du Yongxiao's status and position are so high that he has many ways to destroy Ming Pao. He doesn't even need to do anything to bring Ming Pao down. Why use such a despicable method?

Unfortunately, there are still too few smart people in Hong Kong, but there are many people who like gossip. More people believe that the fire was set by Du Yongxiao. If he didn't set the fire, there would be no drama and no topic to talk about.

In a word, today's press conference is very important. At least in the eyes of many people, it is an opportunity to clear Du Yongxiao's false accusation.

As the founder of Ming Pao, Jin Yong originally wanted to excuse himself from the event because he was sick. He couldn't stand Du Yongxiao's show-off on the stage. Ming Pao is like his "own son" to him. Now it has been snatched away by Du Yongxiao. He really doesn't want to see this ending.

However, the bigwigs on the board of directors advised him to "take it easy" and that there would be such occasions in the future. He could avoid it today, but not tomorrow.

Jin Yong heard this and sighed helplessly, "Okay!"

Accompanying Jin Yong to attend the press conference were Ming Pao's second in command Shen Baoxin, Jin Yong's personal friend, Ming Pao columnist Ni Kuang, and Ni Kuang's sister Yi Shu.

The two of them came not to watch the fun, but to be afraid that Jin Yong would faint under the pressure, so that they could call an ambulance.

According to Ni Kuang's words: "Don't think that Lao Cha is very good at writing martial arts novels. The bigwigs in the books are all heroes. In fact, he is very narrow-minded. This time, he was made to lose Ming Pao by the surname Du. He felt so uncomfortable in his heart. I was really afraid that he would faint!"

Regardless of whether what Ni Kuang said was true or not, the ambulance was ready outside the press conference.

The paramedics in the ambulance were also ready for battle. Oxygen cylinders, oxygen masks, glucose water, etc. could be used immediately.

In the press conference hall——

Hong Kong media gathered together.

In addition to Ming Pao's own people, there are also Oriental Daily, Sing Tao Daily, Tiger Daily, Ta Kung Pao, Wen Wei Po and so on.

The TV station also sent people here, including TVB and Rediffusion TV, as well as the hosts of Jiayi TV, which was just established not long ago.

At this moment, people from all walks of life have arrived. Those who know that this is just a press conference of a newspaper company may think it is some kind of great large-scale entertainment event.

There are not many people in the VIP area of ​​the hall. They are all some well-known figures in Hong Kong invited by Ming Pao to come and watch.

Of course, there will be some uninvited guests to join in the fun. After all, it is said that Du Yongxiao will appear today. It is also a rare opportunity to see him speak here in person.

"Mr. Li, do you think Du Yongxiao will appear today?"

Cheung Kong Industrial tycoon Li Jiacheng asked Li Zhaoheng with a warm smile.

Li Zhaoheng was accompanied by two people, one of whom was his trusted subordinate Li Tiansheng, and the other was his personal bodyguard Black Panther.

It is rare for Hong Kong tycoons to hire black people as bodyguards, so Black Panther still stands out in the crowd.

Li Zhaoheng bit his cigar, acting like a big boss, ignoring the eyes around him. He smiled and answered Boss Li: "Today is a big day. If he doesn't show up, who will obey him in the future?"

"Well, what does this mean?" Boss Li was puzzled.

"It's just the surface meaning!" Li Zhaoheng smiled, "Everyone knows that he has a feud with Ming Pao, and there are even rumors that he set fire to Ming Pao. If he doesn't show up today to explain clearly, I'm afraid he will be criticized and become a stain on his life."

Boss Li smiled: "I understand. If Du Yongxiao wants to prove his innocence, he must attend. If he wants to truly control Ming Pao, he must attend, because he must give an explanation to the outside world!"

"That's right! This explanation cannot be avoided. If he is smart enough..." Li Zhaoheng bit his cigar and turned around, smiling, but his eyes showed a hint of ruthlessness.

Li Tiansheng, who was standing behind him, knew that if Du Yongxiao appeared today, he would be attacked by the loyal and faithful soldiers. At that time, the scene would be in chaos. Even if Du Yongxiao didn't die, he would be skinned!

The most important thing is that after this battle, the myth that Du Yongxiao cannot be provoked will be completely broken. Let's see if he dares to be high and mighty and call himself the emperor of Hong Kong in the future? !

As for Li Zhaoheng's personal bodyguard Black Panther, at this time, he has no one in his eyes except Li Zhaoheng.

Li Zhaoheng is his boss and his protection. As for how powerful the legendary Du Yongxiao is, he doesn't care at all, because in his eyes there are only two kinds of people, the dead and the living.

"Everyone, be quiet! Today's Ming Pao press conference officially begins!"

The host, who was the emcee on the scene, came on stage to maintain order on the scene.

Soon, the noisy hall quieted down, and everyone looked at the press conference stand in front.

"Now please invite the president of Ming Pao, Mr. Cha Liangyong, to come on stage and speak!"

Pa pa pa.

Applause rang out.

Jin Yong came on stage with a melancholy look. He made a few opening remarks, which were nothing more than how Ming Pao was founded and how he accompanied Ming Pao to grow step by step.

Then the topic changed.

Jin Yong began to complain about how difficult and hard it was for him in the past. He wrote day and night for the development of Ming Pao, and the manuscript paper he used could fill the entire South Asia Bay.

Now he is old and has insufficient energy. Perhaps the development of Ming Pao in the future needs a new person to lead...

As for who this new person is, Jin Yong did not say it himself, but looked at the audience.

At this time, the host announced to the audience: "Now invite Hong Kong industrialist, President of the Du Group, and Mr. Du Yongxiao, Commissioner of Police of the Royal Hong Kong Police, to come on stage!"

There was a cheer from the audience.

Li Zhaoheng bit the cigar and turned it in his mouth: "The show begins!"