Chapter 683 Fatty is Strong
Zhang Bin has gained a lot of weight.
Zhang Bin is now much fatter than Qin Zhengguo, and his whole body seems to have been "blown up" like a balloon.
Not only was he fat, Zhang Bin also grew a beard. In mainland China, only elderly people grow beards, but in Hong Kong, it is common for men to grow beards, so when Zhang Bin grew a beard on his lips, he looked completely different from before.
The reason for this is that Zhang Bin wants to change his appearance. Although he is in Hong Kong and things he did in the mainland are not under his jurisdiction, one must worry about the present and always be prepared for the worst.
There is no such thing as plastic surgery now, and the neighboring country to the north has not yet started the plastic surgery craze, so Zhang Bin can only find another way.
Speaking of this method, it is inseparable from the martial arts novel master Mr. Gu Long. Zhang Bin found inspiration from his masterpiece "The Twins of Red Dust", because Mr. Gu Long said that as long as you can eat, it is easy to get fat, and when a person gets fat, his appearance will change drastically, and he may even become unrecognizable to others.
Zhang Bin tried it, and the result is what you see now.
Zhang Bin is now a typical fat man, with a belly as big as that of a pregnant woman about to give birth. With the small mustache on his lips and the scar at the corner of his eye, he has the style of the famous Hong Kong actor Lin Xue in later generations. Let alone other people, even if he stands in front of his father, he probably won't be recognized.
Zhang Bin is now somewhat famous in the underworld, and is known as Fatty Qiang. The reason for this nickname is that he is fat, and secondly, because Zhang Bin has changed his name. Now he is called Han Shaoqiang, and this is what is written on his Hong Kong ID card.
After arriving in Hong Kong, Zhang Bin took Lu Sanxi with him and eventually chose to join a small local gang, becoming one of the many young and dangerous people in Hong Kong.
After becoming a gangster, Zhang Bin finally settled down and started working as a parking attendant.
Parking is the most basic income for many gangs, and members who have just joined the organization often do this job. Zhang Bin is no exception. He and Lu Sanxi have been parking for more than two months. With his better eyesight and observation ability than ordinary parking boys, Zhang Bin has done very well in this line of work.
The income of a parking attendant mainly comes from tips, which is similar to the service industry in Western countries. Because the parking fee is fixed, most of it has to be handed over, so the tips given by the guests are the real income.
Unlike ordinary gangsters, Zhang Bin is a former boss after all, or a "brain eater" in Hong Kong parlance.
During the more than two months that he worked as a parking attendant, Zhang Bin always received the highest tips. Moreover, because of his diligence and eloquence, he had a very good relationship with the bosses and big men who came to park their cars. Sometimes, when the other party was in a good mood, they would go out of their way to chat with him.
Zhang Bin has no problem making a living with this job, but no matter how well a parking boy does his job, he is still just a parking boy after all.
After seeing the glamorous world of Hong Kong, especially the time when he accidentally saw Song Yuanchao, Li Daqi and Qin Zhengguo on the street, Zhang Bin was immediately stimulated. They were all educated youth who returned to the city. They had the same starting point and even worked together. Why did Song Yuanchao and Li Daqi , while he was reduced to being a parking boy on the streets of Hong Kong like a stray dog?
Afterwards, Zhang Bin specially asked someone about it and found out the real identity of the person who kidnapped Qin Zhengguo, and also understood what kind of big company Xiangjiang Shenghua Group was.
Although he regretted parting ways with Song Yuanchao and others, if he had not been so greedy at the beginning, perhaps he would not be like this now.
Wearing a suit and leather shoes, working in a high-end office building, driving a luxury car, living in a villa, and eating delicacies from land and sea...
It's a pity that because of my one momentary lapse of judgment, I ended up in this situation.
However, Zhang Bin just sighed a few times, feeling a little indignant. One's destiny is unpredictable. Things may change over time. Since Song Yuanchao and others can become big bosses, why can't he become a big boss as well?
While working as a parking boy, Zhang Bin got to know a lot of people. Among them were big guys in the underworld, business owners, but the majority were ordinary people.
Compared with the latter, these big guys and business owners naturally looked down on gangsters like Zhang Bin, but Zhang Bin didn't care about that, because he thought it was good to get to know them, maybe it would be useful one day?
As for the latter ordinary people, those who own cars in Hong Kong are not really ordinary people. After all, those who can afford a car nowadays are at white-collar elites. In recent years, prices in Hong Kong have skyrocketed. Ordinary Hong Kong citizens can't even afford to maintain a car, let alone buy one, with their monthly salary.
Through getting to know, interacting with and talking with these people, Zhang Bin learned a lot and made friends with several of them.
More than two months later, Zhang Bin decisively quit his job as a parking boy and started a "business" with a small boss he met when he was a parking boy.
It is not quite accurate to call it a business, because to put it bluntly, their business is a side business, which is to get some things to the mainland through special channels and then sell them.
To put it bluntly, it is smuggling. This business is not new in Hong Kong. It has existed for many years. However, due to the closedness of the mainland and the economic conditions at that time, the target customer groups were different.
After the reform and opening up, this business began to increase among the people. Back then, Song Yuanchao brought back micro-mirrors, electronic watches, calculators and other items from the south to Shanghai and Yanjing to sell. This is how these things came about. Because most of the goods entered the mainland by water, they were also called "parallel imports."
Zhang Bin had done business in the mainland, especially in Guangzhou, and was very clear about the sales and high profits of these things. And the small boss he knew happened to have his own factory, which could not only produce some counterfeit foreign goods, but also buy some in-demand products from abroad.
However, this small boss had previously cooperated with other people and only conducted sales in Hong Kong. He had no channels for sales by water or in the mainland. Although he could still make money, he only made a small profit, and the bulk of the profit was taken away by the middlemen.
After Zhang Bin got to know the small boss, he suggested that he do it himself. He thought that if he could control the supply of goods but only make a little hard-earned money, what was the point? When the small boss told him that he had thought about this problem, but he had no channels, Zhang Bin told him that he had channels even though he didn't have them! As long as the small boss could provide the supply of goods, he would be responsible for the rest. The two of them could work together and each take 50% of the profits. Isn't that better than now?
The other party was skeptical about Zhang Bin's words, but at the same time, Zhang Bin's suggestions also touched the young boss's heart and made him eager to make a move.
Seeing that he was still hesitating, Zhang Bin simply proposed to take a batch of goods directly from him. As for the channels and sales, he would be responsible for them, and he would not have to worry about what happened next. It was equivalent to only being responsible for shipping in Hong Kong as before, and there was no risk at all in this way.
Seeing Zhang Bin say this, the young boss who was still hesitant just now became even more entangled in his heart. If he cooperated like this, wouldn't he still be eating the soup and letting others eat the meat? After thinking for a long time, the young wife gritted her teeth and agreed to cooperate with Zhang Bin. A parking boy has such courage, why can't he give it a try?
After dealing with the small boss, Zhang Bin found a suitable ship captain through the gang's channels and his own connections, and then took the risk of boarding the ship and personally taking a batch of goods to the mainland.
I won't go into the details, but Zhang Bin almost got into trouble the first time he brought goods, but fortunately he arrived safely. When he arrived, Zhang Bin got in touch with the people he knew before. Of course, he couldn't use his previous name, so he used the name Han Shaoqiang on his Hong Kong ID card.
In addition, Zhang Bin had gained a lot of weight and grew a beard, and the scar at the corner of his eye changed his appearance drastically. The other party just thought that he was introduced by a friend. After seeing the goods, he was very satisfied and directly paid for all the goods he brought.
The first batch of goods was a great success. Although the amount of goods brought over was not much, the profit was quite high.
When Zhang Bin completed the delivery and returned to Hong Kong, the young boss was ecstatic to see the result, because the profit from just this small batch of goods was much more than the profit from the large batch he had shipped before. Such a huge profit made him dance with excitement.
In this way, the two began their formal cooperation.
Zhang Bin is indeed smart, dares to take risks, and knows how to build good relationships with all parties, especially with the big bosses of the organization.
In addition, Zhang Bin has channels in the mainland, an advantage that many people who sell parallel goods do not have. After several collaborations, not only did Zhang Bin make a lot of money, but even the small bosses who cooperated with him also became rich. As for the bigwigs within the organization, they received a lot of respect and gradually began to use Zhang Bin, promoting Zhang Bin to be their right-hand man. The young and dangerous guys also changed their name for Zhang Bin from the original Fat Brother Qiang to Fat Brother Qiang.
Half a year later, Zhang Bin became one of the important cadres of the organization, and his "business" gradually grew bigger and bigger.
After initially cooperating on an equal footing, Zhang Bin gradually became the boss. Of course, the small boss still kept his share, but it was reduced from the original 50% to 30%. But even so, the small boss was willing to do so, because this proportion was still much more than what he earned before. Coupled with the ability and courage shown by Zhang Bin, the small boss was even willing to become his "little brother" out of admiration.
Zhang Bin is now famous in this industry, and his supply of goods is not limited to the initial ones. In order to expand his business, he also set up a company in Saigon, specializing in the production of A-grade goods, and the monthly turnover is amazing.
With the money, Zhang Bin moved out of the rooftop where he lived before and bought a large luxury apartment.
He also has a luxury car to travel in and out, as well as bodyguards and drivers.
Just like Lu Sanxi who had been following him before was one of Zhang Bin's bodyguards and drivers. In addition to Lu Sanxi, he had dozens of other people under him who were brave enough to fight and fight, and he could be said to have reached the peak of his life.
"Brother Fei Qiang!"
"Hello, Brother Feiqiang..."
He was wearing a Zhongshan suit, his leather shoes were polished to a shine, he had a big bun on his head, a windbreaker draped over his shoulders, and a pair of sunglasses on his nose.
Zhang Bin came to his company in great style. After becoming rich, Zhang Bin did not dress like ordinary gangsters, but rather was very different. It was said that this kind of dress was very elegant. Xu Wenqiang in "Shanghai Beach" dressed like this. The only difference between Zhang Bin and Xu Wenqiang was a white scarf. Moreover, Zhang Bin came from the mainland, so he felt that this kind of dress suited him more.
Walking into the company, Zhang Bin smiled and greeted his younger brothers one by one, looking approachable. But if you think Zhang Bin is a good person just based on this attitude, you are totally wrong. Zhang Bin dared to kidnap Qin Zhengguo back then, and the ruthlessness in his bones will not change even if he has gained a lot of weight.
At the beginning of this business, Zhang Bin's sudden rise quickly aroused the dissatisfaction of several gangsters who were originally engaged in parallel imports. They threatened to teach Zhang Bin a lesson as a newcomer and make him understand the rules.
But unexpectedly, not long after that, Zhang Bin didn't run into any trouble at all. Instead, those people who had threatened him either had an accident or disappeared inexplicably. After similar situations happened several times, everyone had a deep feeling about the ruthlessness of Zhang Bin's methods. Because Zhang Bin now smiles at everyone he meets, speaks kindly, and looks polite , he is also called a "smiling tiger" behind his back.
