In the main hall of the Qing Gang, hundreds of young men from the Qing Gang gathered together, and there was a lively lion and dragon dance at the entrance.
Today is the day when Huang Guobin, the master of Qingmu Hall, and Xu Zhongyi, the white paper fan, take office.
First, paper and incense were burned to worship Emperor Guan Sheng. The speaker, Mr. Yuan Si, sat at the main seat, and then the other eleven hall masters sat on both sides.
Huang Guobin and Xu Zhongyi took off their upper bodies and knelt in the middle. Lin Jiale, the leader of the hall who was presiding over the ceremony with a red cloth tied on his head, stood up, slapped Huang Guobin on the back with a knife and asked loudly: "Do you love brothers or gold?"
"Love brother!"
He slapped Xu Zhongyi on the back with another knife and asked: "Do you love brothers or gold?"
"Love brother!"
Then he killed a big rooster and poured twelve roosters' blood into bowls of wine. The twelve hall masters knelt in front of Mr. Yuan Si, raised their wine bowls and said in unison: "Today we have made an alliance with blood, and we have formed a sworn alliance with the Golden Orchid. We share the same sorrow and are willing to die together. If we violate our oath, we will have three swords and six eyes, and the retribution will be clear.”
Then they drank it all in one gulp, and everyone smashed the bowl into pieces and said in unison: "Love and righteousness, wealth and splendor, disloyalty and unrighteousness, according to this lotus!"
The host shouted in a long voice: "It's done!"
Fourth Master Yuan's face glowed brightly and he sent people out to hand out red envelopes. Today he was promoted to deputy chief of the police station. He has strong soldiers and horses under his command. He is ambitious to make new achievements and compete for the position of the next chief of the police station.
Qingmutang's territory is not large, with thirty or forty young men below him. Qingmutang's territory is two streets in the French Concession, Grand French Street and Racecourse Street. Fourth Master Yuan asked him to collect protection fees and run two gambling stalls and a song and dance hall. . Half of the monthly profits from the protection fee are handed over to Fourth Master Yuan, 70% of the profits from the dance hall and gambling stalls are paid, and the rest belongs to Qingmutang.
This song and dance hall is the Paramount Song and Dance Hall, located on Grand France Street. This song and dance hall is ostensibly run by the Qinggang, but the major shareholder behind it is Cheng Cigeng. Of course, without the cooperation of the Qinggang, the song and dance hall cannot operate.
Huang Guobin didn't have time to take care of these things, so he left them all to Xu Zhongyi, who was better at this.
Huang Guobin has been following Cheng Cigeng for the past few days. Before going out, his mother told Huang Guobin: "Stop buying snacks for my little sister. She will eat so much sweets every day that her teeth will be damaged. I have to take her to the dentist."
Huang Yueyue pouted, as if she was dissatisfied with her mother's words. During this period, Huang Yueyue was eating well and sleeping well. She had a lot of meat and fish and snacks every day, and she almost gained weight.
Huang Guobin pinched her little face and said to her: "Yueyue, be obedient. You can't eat snacks anymore!"
Huang Guoan said: "Brother, I have been too busy recently and want to find something to do."
Huang Guobin said: "You stay at home and take care of yourself first. When the illness is completely cured, I will ask your brother Zhongyi to find you a job."
Xu Zhongyi spent the whole day in the Paramount Cabaret these days, and he hooked up with Liang Yuting again. Liang Yuting knew that he was the manager of the Paramount Cabaret and a white paper fan of the Qing Gang, so she was willing to find a backer. She fell in love with Huang Guobin, but Huang Guobin didn't like her.
Huang Guobin put on a mustache and followed Cheng Cigeng for several days. He could roughly figure out Cheng Cigeng's daily schedule. Cheng Cigeng took several bodyguards with him when he went out, and his family lived in the Japanese Concession, so it was really difficult to start.
"Sir, your coffee." A waiter brought a cup of coffee.
Huang Guobin was sitting on the second floor of the coffee shop diagonally across from Cheng Cigeng's house. When someone came out, he scanned it with his Sharingan. He stared at it all morning and didn't see Cheng Cigeng go out.
At this time, a car stopped in front of Cheng Cigeng's house. Cheng Cigeng walked out of the house and got into the car.
"Let's go to the cinema. There's Chaplin's "Modern Times" today." Cheng Cigeng told the driver.
Huang Guobin quickly paid for the coffee, hurried downstairs, called a rickshaw, and told the driver: "Follow the car in front."
The rickshaw driver often traveled around this area, so he naturally recognized that it was Cheng Cigeng's car. Huang Guobin muttered: "Humph, this man is having an affair with my wife. I want to follow him to see if he is going on a date with my wife. If I catch her hooking up with a man outside, she will have to be beaten to death."
After saying that, he handed the coachman a piece of ocean.
The rickshaw driver glanced at Huang Guobin sympathetically, then happily took the money and followed Cheng Cigeng's car in front.
He could not earn even one yuan from driving a rickshaw for two days, so he was naturally happy to meet a generous customer today.
There are people everywhere in the city, as well as a mess of small vendors. Cars really can’t move as fast as rickshaws.
"Sir, don't worry, as long as you don't leave the city, you will definitely follow me."
Huang Guobin held a gun and a dagger in his arms to see if there was any chance that he would directly kill Cheng Cigeng.
The driver said naggingly: "I often pull carts in this area. I know Master Cheng. He is the richest man in Jinmen. He has seven concubines at home, and he even eats outside. I only heard that he He likes to watch movies and goes to the cinema every three days. I have never heard that he likes to steal people, but it’s no wonder that the house flowers don’t have the fragrance of wild flowers.”
"We don't have many cars like his. I heard someone said it was a Toyota bulletproof car, just like the Emperor's car."
Huang Guobin frowned. Fortunately, the talkative coachman said one more word, otherwise he would be in big trouble. If he fired a few shots at the bulletproof car, he might not be able to kill Cheng Cigeng, and it would be difficult for him to escape.
The car stopped at the entrance of Tiansheng Cinema. Cheng Cigeng bought a ticket and entered the cinema. Huang Guobin got off the rickshaw, bought a ticket and followed him in.
Can you make a fuss about it in the cinema?
Huang Guobin sat in his seat looking for Cheng Cigeng's figure. The lights in the cinema were dim and there were so many people that he couldn't see clearly where Cheng Cigeng was sitting. He couldn't see anyone and couldn't even use his Sharingan. However, the movies of this era are really good. Huang Guobin felt sleepy while watching them, but others watched them with relish.
After the movie ended, Huang Guobin was a little depressed, and it was difficult for the cinema to take action unless he followed him to buy adjacent seats.
At this time, a voice came from the loudspeaker of the cinema: "Looking for someone, Miss Wang Meijuan, please go to the exit and someone is looking for you."
Huang Guobin seemed to have found a way.
However, Cheng Cigeng had already gone home in a bulletproof car and could only wait for the next opportunity.
Huang Guobin returned to Datong Trading Company, bumped into Wang Tianmu and explained the situation. Wang Tianmu said angrily that Mu Liancheng's car was bulletproof like his. I am the only one who doesn't have a bulletproof car, right? I have to Get one quickly.
Wang Tianmu and Huang Guobin discussed the details of the operation and started to get rid of Cheng Cigeng in the next few days.
Huang Guobin returned home. Huang Yueyue saw that he came back empty-handed and ignored him angrily. Huang Guobin took out a handful of toffee from his pocket and gave it to her: "Hide it quickly, don't let mom see it."
Huang Yueyue took the candy, hugged Huang Guobin and kissed her. Huang Guobin petted her head lovingly, and the little girl disappeared with the candy in her arms.
After dinner in the evening, Xu Zhongyi was settling accounts. Huang Guobin practiced Bajiquan, found Xu Zhongyi, and said to him: "You can help Guoan find a job in the next two days to see if there is anything suitable for him."
"Let him go to Paramount and be a manager. I can't go there every day. I have to have someone to keep an eye on him."
"It's better not to let him get involved in gang affairs. I'll pay him to open a cigarette shop. You can choose an address."
Xu Zhongyi pulled the abacus and said without raising his head: "Well, that's fine. I'll look around tomorrow and see where it fits."
Chase Trading Co., Ltd.
Wang Tianmu looked at the almanac.
Su Lianlian asked: "What are you checking?"
"I'm checking to see which day is the right day to send someone off."
"Send people off?" Su Lianlian didn't know why.
Wang Tianmu looked at the almanac and said: "This is the day, the third day of September, it is suitable for people to be buried."
