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Should we select a batch of customers who come to our door?
Xu Lang didn't even think about it.
"Reject every single one who comes!"
"Dongxing only cooperates, it doesn't form cliques! 587"
"If they want to make money, they have to do something!"
"They want prestige, but we won't give it to them!"
"The Southern Star Alliance is meant to be used to trample on them, not to give them face!"
After listening, none of the three people refuted it.
After the meeting ended, Wang Jianjun and the judge left with their respective groups, while Hong Wentong remained alone in the conference room. After reviewing the documents one last time, he got up, neatly folded the draft plan on the table, and put it in the locker.
In recent years, Tung Sing has been keeping a low profile, controlling its statements, actions, and scale. Xu Lang personally oversees the pace each time, never allowing anyone to move too fast.
But this time, he not only didn't press the issue, but also took the initiative to agree.
What does it mean to loosen your grip?
Chapter 595 Xu Lang Breaks the Old Situation Again
This means he wants everyone on Hong Kong Island to understand one thing:
Xu Lang wasn't ignorant about business; he was just too lazy to play the game before.
That evening.
The phrase "South Star Alliance" appeared in the circle for the first time.
There was no fanfare, no press releases, no opening ceremony; only a few core companies under Dongxing quietly updated their company profiles, adding this sentence:
"Our company has passed the preliminary review of the Hong Kong Island Southern Star Alliance and has been included in the regional integrated dispatch network!"
Outsiders might not understand it, but insiders will get it at a glance.
This statement is equivalent to giving a signal—
Anyone willing to cooperate with Tung Sing only cares about making money, regardless of their background, origin, or connections. Tung Sing no longer adheres to the old gang system; as long as you can get things done and are willing to be affiliated, the money will come.
Before midnight that night, the Dongxing peripheral reception team received thirteen applications for cooperation, covering six categories: logistics, warehousing, model agency, private security, short-term financing, and exhibition services.
This is only the first day.
The next day, more than twenty other companies came.
Among them are companies that were previously affiliated with the Tojoyama branch but never dared to show their faces.
These people aren't here to take sides; they're here to find a way to survive.
They all knew that Tianyao Society was completely dead, and the Tojoyama branch was now hiding from the wind and not coming out. No one could openly cover these "odds and ends" of their business. If they didn't find a backer soon, they would starve to death.
Xu Lang was their last straw.
On the third day, Xu Lang approved the "First Batch of Preparatory Enterprises of the Nanxing Alliance" at the Dongxing headquarters, totaling twenty-five companies.
There were no symposiums, no signings, not even group photos; each company was simply given a dispatch agreement bearing the Dongxing seal.
There is only one sentence above:
"You make the money, we'll maintain order!"
These seven words were circulated dozens of times in the circle in less than a day.
With these words, Xu Lang gave Dongxing a completely new look.
From that moment on, no one called him "the boss of the biggest gang in Hong Kong Island" anymore.
Someone privately gave him a new nickname—
"President of the Dongxing Chamber of Commerce!"
After the words "President of the Tung Sing Chamber of Commerce" were spread, the atmosphere on Hong Kong Island changed completely in just five days.
Previously, people focused on who had the most power, who dared to disrupt the business, and who dared to collect protection money. Now, it's all about who can be accepted by the "South Star Alliance," who has clean accounts, who can ship goods smoothly, and whose company can get on board Dongxing's dispatch system.
Those small gangs that were still hoping to make a living by fighting and killing were silenced by this trend.
Those gray-market companies that used to operate on the periphery of Dongxing have now all voluntarily switched to legitimate procedures. It's not because they want to launder their money, but because they know that Xu Lang will only allow them to survive if their accounts are clean and their paperwork is complete.
The long-established nightclub "Golden Coral" in the North District of Hong Kong Island, which had previously refused to hand over its back-end shares, has recently sent over the entire equity transfer agreement, willing to transfer its nominal controlling stake to "Chenxing Entertainment Management Company" established by Tung Sing.
A small foreign trade customs brokerage company in Central, which used to have a close relationship with Tianyao Society through shady dealings, has now proactively cleared out its inventory, submitted a cooperation application, and provided a complete set of accounting documents, requesting Dongxing to arrange "unified scheduling".
Even several long-established money laundering dens in the Wan Chai area, which originally operated under the name of the Tojo Mountain branch, secretly passed messages to Tung Sing through intermediaries.
"We're willing to give up our territory and let the Tung Sing people take over, just please don't leave us with no way to survive!"
By this point, even some of the old hall masters of Dongxing were a little caught off guard.
Chapter 596 Resumption of Supply on the Southern Route
Lei Yaoyang looked at the newly delivered list in the backyard of the main hall, frowned, and said:
Are we running a business now, or are we working for the finance department?
The judge stood to the side flipping through documents without even looking up.
"It's still doing business, but it's different from before!"
"In the past, we were responsible for collecting debts, cleaning up messes, and making a living by relying on our brothers' fists!"
"Now we're making sure the accounts are clear so that no one dares to touch a single penny!"
"Xu Lang doesn't want the position of 'Hong Kong Island boss,' he wants the entire city to revolve around his ledger!"
Lei Yaoyang gritted his teeth and said nothing more.
That evening, Xu Lang convened a closed-door meeting in the main building's conference room, attended by only seven people.
Hong Wentong, the judge, Wang Jianjun, Lei Yaoyang (600), Hu Dami, He Xigui, and Aji were all present.
There was only one map on the table, which showed the distribution of shipping routes and ports throughout Hong Kong Island and its surrounding areas.
Xu Lang didn't let anyone speak, but simply pointed to a location circled in red on the map.
"This is our regular dock for receiving goods on the southern route, called 'Luwankou'. There is an old factory building next to it, which is currently owned by a private consortium in Southeast Asia!"
"This factory building is empty!"
"I've already reached an agreement with Hasegawa; this area will be under our control from now on!"
"You must remember, from this point onwards, we are not shipping goods from Hong Kong Island, but rather shipping goods overseas!"
"This isn't where we make money; it's where we fire our first shot!"
Hong Wentong asked a question:
Who should be fired the first shot?
Xu Lang pointed to another location on the map.
"Tianshui Port, the reverse connection point on the southern line, was originally a backup shipping point for the Tojoyama branch partner!"
"Although they are not saying anything now, they still have that batch of old people and inventory in their hands!"
"If we want to gain a foothold on the southern route, we must first disable their cargo routes there!"
"From now on, Hu Dami and Lei Yaoyang will lead their men to carry out preliminary operations!"
"Send someone to negotiate. If they can't reach an agreement, then prevent their goods from leaving the country!"
"We've reached an agreement, so we'll take it!"
"Wang Jianjun is in charge of contacting the ship owners and affiliated small companies over there. Every transshipment point must be monitored. Anyone who dares to use the old smuggling channels again will be cut off immediately and their names will be sent over!"
"Ah Ji, take two groups of men and hand them over to He Xigui to collect intelligence and keep a close eye on any new forces that try to interfere in the southern front!"
"If they show up even once, they'll never be able to get into our system again!"
After saying this, Xu Lang stood up and glanced at everyone.
"We're not just expanding the gang, we're completing the system!"
"From today onwards, we, Tung Sing, are not just a local triad, but the first underground maritime dispatch system in Hong Kong!"
"Once this system is built, they'll have no choice but to eat under our feet!"
After the meeting, everyone went their separate ways.
The following morning, a subsidiary of Dongxing, "Haiyun Supply Chain Company," quietly opened for business, announcing that it would assist the "Nanxing Alliance" in establishing connections for Southeast China shipping routes and provide full-process services such as warehousing scheduling, transportation arrangements, port connections, and accounting settlement.
The company's legal representative is an office worker at Dongxing. The accounts are clean, the background is transparent, and even the office is decorated in a very formal manner, making it look like a real, legitimate company.
But everyone in the industry knows that the establishment of this company signifies Xu Lang's true ambition—
He went from being a "gang leader" who collected protection money to becoming an "underground dispatcher" who controlled shipments from the southern route.
Meanwhile, the Tojoyama branch was still observing.
What they were waiting for was for Xu Lang to reveal a flaw, for the outside world to distrust Dongxing, for the industry to question the "South Star Alliance," and for an accident to occur on the sea route.
Chapter 597 The Coastal Route Breaks
But they didn't get those things.
What arrived was Dongxing's first official export cargo, which sailed smoothly across the sea to the offshore docking point and was delivered to the warehouse.
When the various community groups on Hong Kong Island saw the photos of the cargo ship, they finally understood one thing.
This time, Xu Lang is not changing his career path.
It's the Investiture of the Gods.
Some time has passed, and the Dongxing Gang's peripheral businesses continue to keep other gangs firmly under control, without causing any trouble.
But Xu Lang already knew that it was the calm before the storm.
In the top-floor office of the East Star headquarters, Xu Lang sat on the sofa with a cup of cold tea beside him.
He was too lazy to drink, his gaze remaining fixed on the map of Hong Kong Island on the wall in front of him.
The distribution of businesses in each territory, warehouse scheduling, and several key areas marked with red circles are all clearly visible.
The door opened.