“Good idea! I’ll have Chicken bring the Dragon Head Cane right now!”
Big D’s eyes lit up when he heard his good brother's suggestion, he truly was his blood brother.
Killing three birds with one stone, whether he hid the Dragon Head Cane and kept playing overtime, or made Deng Lao Gui re-elect, or even made a double Chairmen, he wouldn't lose no matter what!
Yes.
In Big D’s eyes right now, winning was more important than becoming Chairman, becoming Chairman was just a bonus he got along the way as long as he won.
That’s just how childish he was.
“Wait!! If you do it this way, wouldn't you be telling everyone that the Dragon Head Cane is in your hands, that you stole it? Nobody should know it’s in your hands at first, you can take it out after a while, and even if you need a scapegoat to say you found it, you still need to ask Chicken for it…”
Seeing Big D reach for the fire brick to call Chicken, Chen Dong immediately stopped him.
“What do you mean? Are we taking it or not?”
Not just Big D, even Long Mao and A Bao were confused.
“….I mean, we can’t let people know the Dragon Head Cane is in your hands, if they knew, wouldn't you be hindering the new Chairman’s rise to power? You have to get someone to do it in secret, preferably without even Chicken knowing, understand my meaning?”
Chen Dong made a slicing motion with his hand to Big D.
“Hmm… then what?”
Now all three of them understood.
“But you still have to go ask Chicken for the Dragon Head Cane later, you should make a big scene about it, the bigger the better, then when it’s gone, no one will suspect you. After all, with your personality, if you don’t fight for it and make a fuss, no one will believe you. You have to make a big deal out of asking Chicken for the Dragon Head Cane, then people who know you will think it's reasonable, and won’t suspect you. Do you get it now?”
Chen Dong explained, word for word, afraid that Big D might not understand.
“Of course! Am I that stupid? I know how to do it, I’m leaving.”
After understanding, Big D got arrogant again. After finishing his words, he left with Long Mao.
“Boss… I don’t understand, why are you helping Big D? I think A Le is actually pretty good too.”
After Big D and Long Mao left, A Bao started the car and left the headquarters, then said.
“Of course we can't let that old schemer A Le take over so quickly, you may think that old schemer A Le is always smiling and giving people the impression that he is very easygoing, but we are all out here, who is really that elegant and easygoing? A Le is a typical wolf in sheep’s clothing, he never lets anything go, think about it, besides the two shops that we got, have you heard of anyone else getting anything real from A Le?”
Chen Dong was a bit hot inside from using his brain too much lately, so he closed his eyes to rest his mind as he said.
“If you say it that way, it seems there really hasn’t been anyone. The most I’ve heard is that A Le will lead everyone to conquer Tsim Sha Tsui...”
A Bao thought for a moment, then nodded. He hadn’t heard of anyone else getting anything good from A Le, besides the two shops they got, and those were all given by Big D.
“Exactly, that’s the thing, A Le just keeps talking big and making empty promises, he seems so good at it, but there’s never anything real, conquer Tsim Sha Tsui? Is it really that easy to conquer Tsim Sha Tsui? If he had the ability, he wouldn’t have just been clinging to his little piece of land in Jordan for all these years, he would’ve already united Yau Tsim Mong. A Le is a typical schemer, not much ability but full of tricks. If we let someone like him take over, how can we grow bigger and stronger? Do you think that if he really took over, he wouldn’t target Big D first, then us? We may not have much power right now, but who told us to be the only ones besides Big D who can fight? Besides, we still need to grow bigger and stronger, and we’ll inevitably be targeted by A Le. Right now, we let Big D keep fighting with him, let him be distracted, and we can quickly grow stronger, then even if A Le really becomes Chairman, as long as we are strong enough, even if he is the Chairman, he can’t do anything to us. Out here, you can only trust your own mother and your boss, don’t trust anyone else. You can’t judge people by their looks.”
Chen Dong explained.
A Bao was similar to Big D, he didn't have much of a mind. Someone like him could make his subordinates trust him if he was the boss, but he would eventually get played if it came to scheming, Big D would not have been able to get to where he is today if he didn’t have a good wife who listened to him.
A Bao was the same, although he could fight, if the original owner died and he didn’t come through, he would have probably become the stepping stone for some protagonist.
He still couldn’t remember which movie A Bao came from. Tony’s and Chang Wei’s images were just too strong, at best you could add a mercenary role, but A Bao wasn’t a mercenary, he didn’t even know how to use a cleaver, let alone a military dagger…
“When you go back, you keep an eye on Chicken’s right-hand man Four Eyes. I don’t think Chicken will easily hand over the Dragon Head Cane, he might have his right-hand man Four Eyes hide it. Remember to wear a mask when you take action.”
Chen Dong suddenly thought of something and told A Bao.
He really didn’t trust Big D’s ability to do things. In the movie, wasn’t the Dragon Head Cane taken by Jimmy?
Now the Dragon Head Cane wasn't lost because of the mere 100,000 HK dollars that Jimmy got in the movie, and he was also the second person to support Big D after he got beat up, so there was naturally no scene of Jimmy fighting for the Dragon Head Cane. But the situation in this big movie world was more complicated than in the movie, the United Triads were not the only one in charge, who knew who else would get involved? It made sense that Big D had so much power and couldn’t even get a Dragon Head Cane, let alone this situation.
So, just in case, he still planned to have A Bao help Big D, and he could also earn some commission. Big D was always generous with his money, the last time he gave him some inside information, it was worth over a million USD, what about the Dragon Head Cane this time?
Chen Dong suddenly felt that even if he couldn’t make a fortune doing business like his peers, he could still live well in this world, and in a very chic way…
“Understood.”
A Bao nodded.
............
8pm, Have Courage Restaurant.
“Chicken, is the Dragon Head Cane in your hands? Be a man tonight, Have Courage and give it to me.”
Big D booked the entire restaurant and invited all the old guys who supported him, even the temporarily traitorous Old Ghost was invited.
Big D listened to Chen Dong’s advice, but he didn’t take action right away. He went home first and told his wife Chen Dong’s advice. After getting his wife’s confirmation that it was feasible, he did as Chen Dong said, making a big deal out of asking Chicken for the Dragon Head Cane so that everyone knew, then when the Dragon Head Cane was gone, no one would suspect him.
So, when Big D walked into the private room with his younger brothers, he didn’t beat around the bush, he just went straight to the point and said to Chicken.