Reborn as a 500 Million Inspector: A Legacy of Loyalty and Glory - Chapter 35

Chapter 35 Either at the top or at the bottom

The launch of a major project is definitely not something that can be done with just a few words. The business community in Hong Kong Island is waiting to see the joke of the Kowloon Walled City.

Especially the son of the Ho family, who directly said that Lei Luo’s attempt to manage the Kowloon Walled City would certainly fail!

A person who hasn’t even studied for years.

A person who only knows how to oppress the good people and collect bribes.

A lawless social scum!

If he succeeds, I, Ho Junwei, will run around Central naked!

These words, spoken at a banquet, were intentionally spread by the son of the Ho family throughout the Hong Kong Island business circle.

Soon, rumors began to spread, and it was revealed that Lei Luo had offended Ho Junwei in the past. Combining the two, the wealthy people on Hong Kong Island who were just waiting to watch the drama suddenly understood what was going on.

If they had been waiting for Lei Luo to approach them before, now, even if Lei Luo came to beg for help, it would be useless.

The Ho family is one of the five largest wealthy families on Hong Kong Island, who would dare to provoke them?

Lei Luo, the former chief detective of the police, was not even worthy of being a shoe-shiner if the Kowloon Walled City didn’t have the support of the police. The business circle of Hong Kong Island was buzzing with excitement. However, Lei Luo seemed to have not heard a thing and continued to do his work at the Kowloon Walled City office, day by day.

During this time, Huo Dong came to ask if Lei Luo needed any help. Lei Luo’s only instruction was: aggressively acquire land!

Apart from the foundational business of shipping, Lei Luo ordered Huo Dong to abandon all other businesses. Huo Dong only considered it for half an hour before decisively following Lei Luo’s instructions.

During this period, he had already begun to sell off his businesses and some of his assets to prepare for the real estate market. With Lei Luo’s support, Liu Chen had already established a foothold in Kowloon.

Not only that, many of the people who had fled the Digital Gang before had been recruited back by Liu Chen. Even Chen Min, who had been guarding the widow of Li Tai, resigned from his police position and joined Hongxing.

With Liu Chen maintaining order, Kowloon Walled City remained calm and safe. One week later, a dense crowd of gang members gathered outside Kowloon Walled City.

These were members from various major gangs on Hong Kong Island, specially sent to join Lei Luo’s construction company. Although they were called gang members, few of them were actually registered in the roster; most were just peripheral members.

The tens of thousands of gang members on Hong Kong Island were mostly like this. Lei Luo had anticipated this. In fact, these were the exact kind of members he wanted. These people were trying to make a living, but they had no other way but to follow the black path before.

Lei Luo welcomed them all and accepted them without hesitation. But the gang that sent over the scattered foot soldiers to fill the numbers had its shares of stock calculations slashed in half.

The various factions were unaware of Lei Luo’s true intentions, thinking that Lei Luo was merely angry at them for sending in unqualified people, and they didn’t dare to argue.

In the end, it was counted that there were over 30,000 scattered foot soldiers, and another 10,000 were formal gang members. Most of them came from large gangs like Yianhui and Heshen, and they were all dissenters.

Altogether, there were nearly 50,000 people, a scale that no construction company on the island could match. The newly formed construction company was called Hong Kong Island Construction, with Lei Luo holding 51% of the shares, and the rest distributed among the gangs (49%).

He had also employed construction companies from the White Eagle side through Sherry, which had now arrived at Hong Kong Island. Lei Luo had already had the blueprints reviewed through connections.

The construction company just had to follow the plans. However, when they saw the crowd of tens of thousands of people and were told that they were apprentices, all the workers’ faces turned dark.

The team leader immediately approached Lei Luo and said this was an impossible task. But in the face of the several hundred thousand cash Lei Luo tossed out, the leader quickly changed his tune, saying there was no such thing as impossible!

With the lead instructor in place, Lei Luo immediately divided the 40,000-plus people into several workgroups for the project. These were all people from the summer country, with blood ties to the nation, and their learning abilities were unquestionable.

Lei Luo put the “Fast Construction Card” into the city block project, and work began immediately.

The “Fast Construction Card” was unreasonable, as the construction site looked chaotic, yet the efficiency kept improving with an unexplainable speed and stability that the foreign workers couldn’t comprehend.

The construction site leader often muttered, “My God!”

As for the construction machinery, since the local equipment suppliers didn’t provide it, Lei Luo spent money to clear the way and purchased everything from abroad.

Once the project officially started, James finally unified the police department’s stance. The higher-ups allowed Lei Luo to mortgage the city block project in exchange for bonds. However, Lei Luo would have to give up his shares as collateral, and if the bonds failed, he would be forced out of the project.

“Alo! I’m putting everything on the line to support you!”

“You must make me proud!”

“If this project succeeds, the higher-ups at the police station will agree to promote you!”

“I’ll make sure you become a senior inspector, second only to me!”

James spoke excitedly, slamming the table as he talked to Lei Luo, while Yan Tong and Han Zhen next to them showed envious expressions and raised their glasses to wish success.

In Hong Kong Island, it was very hard for Chinese people to attain high positions, even in the police station. However, Lei Luo just smiled and raised one finger at James.

“James, forget the promotion.”

“I’ll tell you, in the police station, there are only two types of leadership positions.”

“The first type, the highest level, the ones who say and it counts.”

“The second type: the lowest level, the ones who say and actually do.”

The ones who say and do are the ones who have all the practical benefits. Those in the middle might appear glamorous, but to Lei Luo, they were useless.

As the Chief Investigator, Lei Luo had direct command over tens of thousands of officers in Hong Kong Island. Both uniformed and plainclothes officers had to follow his orders, and he was closest to the grassroots level of society.

Once the position rises, the power disappears, which is clearly a way to marginalize him. When Lei Luo pointed this out, everyone in the room understood. Their gazes towards Lei Luo shifted entirely.

James was stunned for a moment, then slapped Lei Luo on the shoulder.

“Alright, it’s up to you, if you don’t want to do it, I’ll help you take the heat.”

“The premise is that this project succeeds! We all stand to profit!”

James didn’t continue because he knew Lei Luo fully understood the stakes. If the project failed, no one would be able to protect Lei Luo, and James would immediately sever ties.

James had someone bring over the folder, and inside was the bond issuance permit!

With this permit, Lei Luo’s grand development plan could truly be implemented!

He smiled and raised his glass, clinking it with everyone around.

“Cheers to everyone, for great wealth and success!”

“Great wealth and success!”

Lei Luo drained his glass, his eyes gleaming with a dangerous, wolf-like light!

Those around him, including James, couldn’t help but shiver, sensing something monstrous in his gaze…