Chapter Thirty-One: Hua Xing Society Makes Its Move

  (Today's first update, yesterday was moving house, so I couldn't update for everyone, sorry about that. Today 4 updates, second update at 8 am, third update at 5:30 pm and fourth update at 6 pm. The book is now on the new book nomination list, if you haven't clicked yet, I'll die. You Meng is currently working night shifts so the update time is not easy to arrange, everyone bear with it. Next month will start day shift. This afternoon's two chapters may be released ahead of schedule.)

  As soon as the two of them entered the door, Old Master Ma came forward to greet them, obviously having waited for a long time: "Ah, you've finally arrived, come on in and let's talk."

  After arriving at the office, Old Horse ordered the waiter not to disturb them and closed the door. He took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and handed it to the two men with trembling hands.

  "Boss Ma, we've come to handle the transfer procedures today. You won't disappoint us, will you?" Wang Sheng smiled and kicked the black trash bag under Boss Ma's feet.

  Old Ma looked at the black trash bag, using his still trembling hands to untie it, and a round human head rolled out. "You guys are indeed not ordinary, I received news this morning and suspected that you might be behind it, looks like my guess was right."

  "Huh? I don't know where Boss Ma got the news from?" Tang Feng asked. Guan Zhiyong had made his move during the meeting at headquarters this morning, and logically, the subordinates of the waste should have tried to prevent the news from leaking out. After all, this waste was the big boss of the South District, and if the news of his death got out, the South District would definitely be in chaos, and other forces would come to take advantage of the situation.

  Old Ma sighed and said, "Do I need to go ask around? This matter has already spread throughout the A underworld. The relationship between those few underlings of Waste was originally not good. In the past, Waste could still suppress them, but now that Waste is gone, everything has turned upside down. Just this morning, I received nearly ten phone calls. The A underworld is now very concerned about you few."

  "Haha, really a waste, even the subordinates are a group of fools, counterattacking at this time? Isn't that giving others an opportunity to take advantage of the situation? It's better to just hand over the southern district directly." Wang Sheng said disdainfully.

  "This is it, I haven't even asked how to address you two?" Mr. Ma had wanted to build a rapport with the two men, but only realized when he got to the point of speaking that he didn't even know their surnames.

  Tang Feng pretended to be suddenly enlightened and said, "Look at my memory, haha, don't mind me, brother. You can call me Death God, he's called Right Hand."

  Ma Lao Ban is also a clever person, he knows that the two are unwilling to tell him their real names, and he doesn't ask much. This can't be blamed on others, who in the Jianghu doesn't have a few enemies? What's most feared is when they involve one's family members. They do this because it's unavoidable.

  Accompanying laughter, "Death God Brother, that person called Stabbing Blade is also under your command, right? He's really formidable, single-handedly taking on Waste and his over 20 subordinates, except for Waste, the others were all heavily injured. Astonishingly, he was still able to leave unscathed, and when leaving, he said to Waste's younger brothers: "Remember, I am Huaxing Society's Stabbing Blade. Dare to compete with my boss for territory? Hmph, if you want revenge, come find me. For this period of time, I will be in Black Mantaro." Truly admirable!"

  Those words were Guan Zhiyong's attempt to intimidate and confuse others about their strength, making them dare not act rashly. At the same time, it also made a name for themselves, letting everyone in the martial arts world know that a new force called Huaxing Society had emerged in the Southern District. However, Tang Feng was unaware of this and said with some surprise: "Oh? There's such a thing? My brother didn't tell me about it."

  "What's the plan for Death God Brother next? You don't know, now that there are some powers on the path who want to come to the southern district to get a share of the pie. But they can't figure out your strength and don't dare to act rashly. Just this morning, I received those phone calls, eight out of ten were asking about you." Old Master Ma said, but in his heart he was greatly shocked. Such a big thing didn't mention? Is it because they think this matter is nothing or did they forget? If it's the latter, then that's okay, but if it's the former, then these people's strength is really too terrifying.

  "There are still so many people who care about us? I wonder how Boss Ma told them." Tang Feng was very interested in this, he was worried that no one could help him say something on the road, if he said it himself, the degree of authenticity would be greatly reduced.

  Old Ma smiled awkwardly and said, "To be honest, I told them that your strengths are unfathomable, and it's better not to provoke you if possible. Hehe, as you know, even if I don't admit it, others think I've surrendered to you now, so the stronger you are, the safer I am."

  Tang Feng was overjoyed, this was exactly the result he wanted. In that case, all the big shots in the A underworld would absolutely not take any rash action before they figured out their own bottom line. This period of time was just the best opportunity for his own development. By the time those big shots came to their senses, it would already be too late.

  Thinking so in his heart, his face didn't reveal a hint of joy, he furrowed his brow and said: "We originally planned to keep a low profile, but Boss Ma's one sentence has pushed us to the pinnacle of the A underworld. Now I reckon many people have started investigating us. Ah, never mind, Boss Ma isn't an outsider, so we won't pursue this matter."

  Old Ma's heart skipped a beat, but after hearing Tang Feng say that he wouldn't pursue the matter, he finally let out a sigh of relief, wiping away the cold sweat on his forehead: "As long as Brother Death doesn't blame me, it's all good."

  Suddenly, Tang Feng said a sentence that shocked the other two people in the room: "Boss Ma, I don't plan to buy this store anymore."

  Ma Lao Ban panicked, jokingly said: "Now if Tang Feng doesn't buy the store, people on the street will think he's a hitman hired to kill useless people. And that useless person's younger brother will use this as an excuse to swallow both the person and the store? Thinking of this, he hastily said: "Die, Die Sheng Ge, you can't do this, if you do this, what am I going to do? How about I give you a discount?"

  Wang Sheng was also somewhat displeased in his heart. Not to mention that this store is absolutely a profiteering industry, just Tang Feng's approach made him dissatisfied. Isn't this harming Old Master Ma? "Boss, isn't this not quite right? If we do it like this, wouldn't that be equivalent to harming Old Master Ma? You're not afraid they'll come looking for trouble and want to retreat?"

  Tang Feng smiled and said, "Don't be in a hurry, I haven't finished speaking. I'm not buying the store, but I want to cooperate with Old Master Ma. I'll put in 2 million yuan as capital, and we can split the store 50/50. You can still manage it, and I'll arrange for someone to take care of security. Then, I'll just wait for my monthly dividend."

  Wang Sheng felt a little ashamed in his heart, he had misunderstood Tang Feng's meaning. Although he didn't understand why Tang Feng did this, he still said in a low voice: "Boss, I'm sorry..."

  With a wave of his hand, Tang Feng interrupted Wang Sheng's words and said with a smile: "Don't forget, you're not my younger brother, you're my brother. Between brothers, even if we have misunderstandings or curse at each other, or even fight, what's the big deal? Don't be so sensitive, I'm not that kind of person who likes to boss people around. From now on, no matter what we do, as long as we have different opinions, just say it."

  Wang Sheng was moved, he knew that Tang Feng had already regarded him as a true brother.

  Ma Boss's evaluation of Tang Feng has gone up another level. In the underworld, what's most important is face. If it were someone else who had just been given a slap in the face by their own brother, they probably wouldn't have said anything. He called out in a good tone: "Good, Death God Brother isn't an ordinary person. Just this magnanimity is admirable. But I don't know why Death God Brother wants to cooperate with me. You should know that one person earning money will always be more than two people splitting it."

  Tang Feng took a drag on his cigarette, picked up the beer on the table and took a sip before saying: "Since we're going to cooperate in the future, I'll be straightforward. Firstly, I don't have enough manpower, can't spare anyone to take care of this place specifically. Even if I could, they wouldn't be able to do it, none of them are cut out for business. Secondly, I value the influence behind you, which may not be of much help in other areas, but at least in business, we'll have a lot less trouble."

  Boss Ma nodded in approval: "I'm not saying anything, but if you really take over this store directly, it's not easy to handle. Not to mention other things, just the heavy taxes on the entertainment industry and the need to curry favor with those officials above. Although you'll still make more than splitting it between two people, it's a hassle. Since Death God brother looks up to me like that, I won't say much more. My backing is actually my maternal uncle, who is the deputy director of the A City Public Security Bureau. With him around, at least we don't have to worry about small-time hooligans causing trouble, and he can also use his connections to help us reduce our taxes."

  Tang Feng furrowed his brow and said, "Forget about the tax reduction, it's not worth taking advantage of the country's generosity. As long as your uncle can guarantee that the store will be peaceful and won't have police coming to inspect every other day, that's all that matters." What people in this line fear most are the police, those ruthless individuals who take your money without hesitation and still waste a whole day's business time.

  Old Ma nodded and said: "En, no problem. Then let's go handle the formalities?" He had already decided to follow Tang Feng.

  Tang Feng smiled and said, "No need for formalities, I don't think Old Master Ma would take advantage of me in such a small matter, right?" Before Old Master Ma could respond, he continued, "We're all family now, so it's awkward to keep calling you Old Master Ma. From now on, let's just call you Big Brother Ma. You can discuss things with my right-hand man, he's my brother and I trust him to handle things well." The main reason Tang Feng had his right-hand man stay in the store was that he was the most experienced among them, after all, they had all been in this line of work before.