Volume 2: The crown and the hat are all over the capital, and the spirit is full of energy and enter the foggy city Chapter 103 Haidilao (End)
Subtitle of this chapter: The seven biggest hatreds in my life: Why don’t you let me drink water?
"Thank you, everyone."
Before he finished speaking, thunderous applause broke out in the venue... How is this possible?
It wasn't really a meeting, and no one was holding up a sign saying "Applause is expected here."
Everyone in Anliang Hall didn't know what to say. Well, some of them didn't understand what the new era, new atmosphere, new actions, and four transformations were. They were really confused.
Sister Jinfeng tugged at her husband's clothes and asked softly, "Boss, what does enterprise mean?"
A college student like Hongqi Wuge naturally understood what he heard, so he lowered his voice and replied: "Second Master's intention is to reorganize Hongmen into a company. In this company, everyone must follow the rules."
"Rules?" Madam Li asked doubtfully, "Don't we in the Hongmen have rules too?"
"My lady, this is different!" Li Jie explained: "The rules of our Hongmen are the rules of the underworld. The rules that Erye is talking about are the rules for making money."
This bridge engineering expert hit the nail on the head when he said that enterprise-oriented means establishing a scientific management system that is profit-oriented.
To put it bluntly, the goals of dynamic social groups like Anliangtang are very complex and confusing: they have political intentions, economic drives, and they also bear the obligations of charitable organizations and grassroots governments, and safeguard the legal or illegal interests of their members.
Of course, they are not all good guys and will not hesitate to use violence to achieve their goals.
However, these goals are not only diametrically opposed, but also inherently contradictory. For example, Western big companies do invest in specific politicians, but they require the transfer of benefits. And what has the American Hongmen's aid to Iron Fist Invincible been rewarded so far?
The lower-level members of the Hongmen did not have a deep understanding of this chaos due to their limited vision and knowledge. However, when they reached the level of Situ Meitang and Huang Jishi, they discovered that there were structural contradictions in the Hongmen system.
Although they did not have the theoretical level to summarize, they did understand this truth in practice. That is why Situ took the initiative to make the Zhi Gong Party and Hongmen separate.
Huang Jishi's expression also turned serious, and he exchanged glances with Situ Meitang.
These two old brothers who have been fighting together since Los Angeles naturally have a certain tacit understanding. In fact, how could this kind of thing happen today without the tacit approval of this big boss?
After the exchange, the military advisor of Anliang Hall clasped his fists and said, "It is true that listening to your words is worth ten years of reading. Master Yuan is indeed a top student of New York University. Now that Brother Li has quit, may I ask how you are going to arrange the affairs of Baishui Mountain?"
"Master Xiangzhu, you asked a good question. I wonder if you have seen the agreement signed by me and Brother Ziyi?"
Yuan Yan didn't wait for him to speak, and said directly: "The agreement clearly states that Brother Ziyi and I will each contribute assets worth 5,000 US dollars, and each party will hold half of the shares. But the right to make management decisions belongs to me."
"Some time ago, I entrusted Brother Ziyi to manage Baisui Mountain. Now that he has 'voluntarily' transferred the shares to the Anliang General Hall, I will naturally take back this power."
"As for how it was arranged? It was originally my business secret, but the Hongmen in the world are one family, so I will not hide it from you."
"Baishuishan will adjust its shareholding structure and hire Mr. Louis Baker as chairman and general manager. In fact, Baishuishan was originally registered in his name. Oh, he is the grandson of Mr. George Baker and a good friend of mine..."
Huang Jishi couldn't help but ask, "Second Master Yuan, is the Mr. George Baker you mentioned the partner of the Morgan Consortium?"
Master Yuan glanced at him, nodded and said, "Master Xiangzhu, you are right, it is Mr. Baker!"
Mr. Baker managed or authorized more than 50 companies at the same time, which was a record. So his grandson is now the chairman of both NYPR and Centennial Hill, which is nothing special.
Even the most out-of-touch Hongmen disciples would turn pale when they heard the name "grandson of a partner of the Morgan Consortium". How could they, who make a living in New York, not know what this identity means?
Unless they part ways with each other, they can't do anything to such a big shot.
Someone in the hall couldn't help but protest, "Second Master Yuan, would you rather trust the foreigners than our brothers?"
Nonsense, of course I believe... the foreigners. The foreigners can make Baisuishan available on the market, what can you "brothers" do? Are you going to use it as a cover to smuggle illegal liquor?
Yuan Yan suddenly looked at the person who was speaking as if he were a fool and snorted softly.
Disdaining to answer this question, he turned his head and said to the host: "Big Leader, I will naturally not let my brothers suffer any loss."
"I just said that Baisuishan will increase its capital and expand its shares, and the total share capital will reach 50,000 US dollars!"
He stretched out five fingers of his right hand, and his left hand... well, of course he didn't put it behind his back. He looked around at everyone and said, "I will invest another 20,000 US dollars, and the remaining 20,000 US dollars will be left for the brothers of the Anliang headquarters. Part of it will be given as employee shares to the internal staff of Baishuishan for free, as a reward for their hard work during this period. And the other part..."
"It depends on whether you are interested or not."
As soon as he said this, the expressions of the people in the hall changed again. Some people showed joy, while the faces of others became even uglier.
Needless to say, the former are all close to Li Jie, and many of their disciples work at Baishui Mountain; while the latter are people who have nothing to do with him but want to take this opportunity to make a fortune.
"Second Master Yuan, you are indeed a good man who is generous and righteous!"
"Master Yuan, this is not fair!"
"Master Yuan, how much does this share cost?"
Now the Zhongyi Hall became lively. Some people happily thanked Mr. Yuan Er for his generosity, some complained about Mr. Yuan Er's partiality, and some were impatient and asked to buy shares directly.
"Silence!" When Military Advisor Huang saw that everyone was getting a little out of control, he immediately shouted, "This is Zhongyi Hall, not a vegetable market. Of course, this kind of important matter must be decided by the leader himself, so shut up!"
He turned around, clasped his fists towards Situ Meitang and said, "Big Dragon Head, what do you think?"
"Hmm..." The Anliang Hall boss hesitated for a moment and slowly said, "This is a serious matter, we will discuss it later."
He stood up and said, "Let's stop here today. Everyone, please go home first."
Everyone in the hall had no choice but to bow and say, "Yes, Big Dragon Head!"
Our Master Yuan bowed and was about to go over to greet Li Jie and his wife when he heard Situ Meitang say, "Second Master Yuan, please stay."
He clasped his fists and asked, "Big Dragon Head, what can I do for you?"
Situ Dalongtou smiled and said, "Second Master Yuan, I want to talk to you alone..."
"HgS, mercuric sulfide. The Chinese call the compound of sulfur and mercury cinnabar. In addition to this chemical formula, it is also the abbreviation of a huge company, but this is not an English abbreviation, but the abbreviation of the pinyin Hong Gong Si.
In fact, this company belongs to the largest gang organization in Chinese history, Hongmen. Its Chinese name is Zhusha Company.
Although the Hongmen once called itself Shuntian Hongying Yixing Company, this "company" was actually a gang-like organization in rural Fujian in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. Later, it was brought overseas by overseas Chinese from Fujian and Guangdong provinces.
Since its establishment, Zhusha Company has been a real enterprise adopting modern management model.
If you explore the predecessor of Zhusha Company, you will find that this company has the same origin as the world-renowned biopharmaceutical company "UMBRELLA" Group, which was founded by Mr. Yuan Yanshu in 1920 as "Baishuishan".
At the beginning, the Baishuishan Company had only one product, a health product called "Miracle Water". It is said that Mr. Yuan defeated sepsis by taking "Miracle Water", which was improved from the formula of the traditional Chinese medicinal wine "Acanthopanax Cortex". Therefore, this medicinal wine became popular throughout the United States in the early 1920s.
In 1921, Louis Baker, a famous American entrepreneur, became the chairman of the company. Under his leadership, Baishuishan became a world-renowned brand and even defeated the domestic medicinal liquor industry in China.
In the mid-1920s, Mr. Baker began to operate Baishuishan to go public. Later, Baishuishan would be acquired by Umbrella and become a very simple health product brand.
During this period, part of Baishuishan's business was split off, and this part was Zhusha Company.
Mr. Yuan Yanshu has never concealed the fact that he is a member of the Chinese gang Hongmen. In fact, many well-known Chinese people in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China were members of Hongmen. Even the Xingzhonghui, the predecessor of the Tongmenghui, was a branch of the Hongmen.
Mr. Yuan was not just an ordinary member. He was the second master of Baisui Mountain in Jiangsu before he went to study in the United States. After he returned to China in 1922, his father handed over the position of the leader of Baisui Mountain to his eldest son.
From then on, he became a real Hongmen boss.
In China at that time, this was not an identity that needed to be concealed, even for a great scholar and writer. Mr. Yuan not only publicly admitted that he was the leader of Baisui Mountain, but was also very proud of it. He opened a temple in Shanghai, the United States and Southeast Asia several times in his life to recruit disciples.
Because of his high reputation among the Chinese, every time he recruited disciples, it was a local event. In the 1940s, one out of every three adult men in Southeast Asia was a disciple of Baisuishan.
Baishuishan was not the only participant in Zhusha Company. At that time, more than 30 branches of the Hongmen in the United States had shares in it.
In 1925, the year this company was founded, the Deng Shaoyun Incident occurred, which had a profound impact on the Chinese community and various Hongmen sects in the United States.”.
Deng Shaoyun is the nephew of the famous naval general Cheng Bi-guang.
During Cheng Bi-guang's naval career, in addition to being heroically wounded in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, he also led the "Hai Qi" to South America to intervene in large-scale anti-Chinese incidents in Cuba and Mexico.
The Cuban president was intimidated by the might of the Haiqi ship and had to tell Cheng Biguang: "The Cuban military and civilians will never discriminate against overseas Chinese." The Mexican government apologized to the Qing government for the anti-Chinese incident and compensated the victims for their lives and property losses. The Qing government also had a successful gunboat diplomacy.
Therefore, Cheng Biguang enjoyed a high reputation among overseas Chinese, but his nephew was a scoundrel. Deng Shaoyun colluded with Los Angeles immigration officials and teamed up with the scum of the Hongmen Hall to extort local overseas Chinese. Unexpectedly, in 1925, he was hacked to death with an axe and his body was exposed on the street.
This incident involved almost all the Hongmen clans in Los Angeles. A large-scale "clan fight" was inevitable, and even American gangs began to sell weapons to the Chinese.
At this critical moment, Mr. Yuan and another Hongmen leader, Mr. Situ Meitang, who learned the news, were extremely anxious. They ignored their personal safety and resolutely crossed the United States from New York to Los Angeles with only a few guards. In order to save time, Mr. Yuan Yanshu also rented a plane from General Motors through his personal relationship.
After they arrived in Los Angeles, they immediately began to contact various local gangs, using both emotional and logical methods to persuade them. The leaders of various gangs were also very moved. Li Baozhan, chairman of the Gangzhou Club, and others deeply felt that Chinese Americans must unite, so they also became their allies..
Thanks to the efforts of these Hongmen bosses, various branches in the western United States held a large-scale gathering in Los Angeles, known in history as the "Los Angeles Peace Conference" and called "Shangjinshan" within the Hongmen.
At this conference, the Hongmen not only punished Deng Shaoyun's accomplices and expelled them from the Hongmen, but also banned several other notorious gangs.
What is even more historically significant is that the major branches of the Hongmen have passed a "peace agreement" that stipulates that members of the Hongmen are strictly prohibited from fighting each other, and any disputes must be submitted to this committee for adjudication. Members and branches that do not obey the committee's orders will be cleared out of the Hongmen. Those who commit serious crimes will be killed by everyone in the Hongmen. A 25-member committee and nine standing committee members were also established..
They jointly nominated Situ Meitang as the chairman of the committee and Yuan Yanshu as the secretary general. The committee also set up a special action team, which was jointly led by the committee and usually managed by the secretary general.
Another achievement of the "Shangjinshan" conference was that all the Hongmen gangs in Los Angeles invested in the Cinnabar Company.
The Cinnabar Company originally integrated the Hongmen halls in the eastern United States. As a result, almost all the Hongmen in the United States joined the Cinnabar Company, becoming a veritable "Hongmen Gold Mountain".
Since then, the ancient Chinese gang, Hongmen, has begun to transform into a modern enterprise and a modern political party. This should also be the first corporate underworld force in the world. "
——Excerpt from "Hongmen Chronicles: The World's No. 1 Gang"
