Chapter 13: Unexplained Premonition
Kwan Tsai Sum finally agreed to cooperate!
Although he didn't think Wu Feng's suggestion would make a lot of money, making a small profit wasn't a problem.
And that was indeed the case; they encountered significant obstacles right from the start.
Mainly, schools in Hong Kong were almost entirely divided among Triad forces.
Especially public schools, which even became a source of recruits for certain Triads.
As for private schools, Kwan Tsai Sum's power wasn't enough to intervene.
Fortunately, his boss, Long Gen, was supportive. He helped contact other Wo On Lok halls, providing Kwan Tsai Sum's subordinates with many places to sell star posters.
With the Mexico World Cup in full swing, sales of star posters were not low.
Following Wu Feng's suggestion, temporary internal and inter-school football matches were organized, which also allowed Kwan Tsai Sum's subordinates to sell many high-quality replica jerseys and shoes.
Most unexpectedly, the star cards were extremely popular!
They not only had photos of the stars but also basic information like height and weight, and most importantly, they indicated the card star's strength and potential.
Wu Feng made up a lot of it, but students loved it anyway.
It was like the craze for Little Raccoon Liangshan cards that swept through schools in his previous life.
It seemed like small-scale dabbling, but the sales figures were actually not low!
Almost every day, there was a net profit of tens or even twenty-odd thousands!
Wu Feng unilaterally provided goods like posters and cards, from which he could get about a quarter of the profit.
He was actually quite satisfied; among the old Si Jiu of Hung Yee, very few had an income that reached half of his, as small Triads had too few income channels.
In fact, although Wo On Lok, where Kwan Tsai Sum belonged, was a first-tier Triad, it was actually in decline.
In the movie, Lok's slogan for running for Wo On Lok's leader was to lead the Triad into Tsim Sha Tsui.
Although the Yau Tsim Mong District was a prosperous area in Hong Kong, the true core was Central and Causeway Bay.
It was difficult for Wo On Lok to establish a foothold in Tsim Sha Tsui, let alone enter the core areas of Hong Kong.
Apparently, the current situation of Wo On Lok was still quite good; at least Long Gen's position as the Mong Kok Hall Master was quite stable, and Kwan Tsai Sum was also doing well.
But the areas Kwan Tsai Sum's subordinates could operate in were still a bit small!
If they could cooperate with Hung Hing, they could directly target the middle class and white-collar workers in Central and Causeway Bay, and make a good harvest during the World Cup, as their financial resources were quite abundant.
Kwan Tsai Sum didn't notice that the relationship between his subordinates and Wu Feng had become quite good after this period of cooperation.
In fact, while Wu Feng was making money from the World Cup craze, he also intended to keep all his subordinates busy, to avoid trouble for himself!
Wu Feng alone had no less than three hundred Blue Lanterns under him who depended on him for a living!
These guys, apart from helping with parking and running errands for takeaways, basically had no other source of income and idled around all day.
When there were too many low-level rascals gathered together, trouble was easy to come by, and fights were commonplace.
During the World Cup, because of betting, everyone was restless and easily irritable.
Arguments with customers often occurred in nightclubs, which greatly affected the nightclub's business.
Of course, nightclubs wouldn't function without these low-level rascals guarding them. In short, their large gathering had pros and cons, depending on how the Big Brother utilized them.
Wu Feng's idea was simple: to keep most of his Blue Lanterns busy.
While making a profit, they could also help Wu Feng make money!
Most of Hung Yee's Blue Lanterns were scattered around Sai Kung.
That was where Brother's Home, Tiu Keng Leng, was located, and Wu Feng's New Home, Tseung Kwan O, was also there.
Although this place belonged to the impoverished rural areas of Hong Kong, schools and New Territories were all available!
Excluding those who made a living from fishing and had little money, some profit could still be squeezed out.
Spreading the manpower there and going through some effort had some effect; at least they all made some money.
Brother was very supportive of this. If it weren't for the difficulty of making rash moves, he would have wanted to personally rush back to his hometown to make a good fuss. Wealth not returned to one's hometown is like walking in fine clothes at night, and it applied to him as well.
Hung Yee had done so well, so Kwan Tsai Sum's subordinates would only earn more!
They were all 'milk is mother' types, so they were naturally very grateful for the opportunity Wu Feng created for them.
As for Wu Feng himself, he originally wanted to take the opportunity to write an exciting football novel, but then he thought about it and gave up.
Mainly, he was not familiar with European football at that time, and it was easy to have loopholes.
European football in the 1980s was too unfamiliar to him. Even if there were existing excellent football novels to draw upon, he didn't want to waste them in vain.
Football novels were a niche genre after all. If Wu Feng wrote one without enough fame, it would easily lead to the awkward situation of a pearl being covered in dust.
Besides, he couldn't completely focus on writing at the moment.
Since he knew who the final champion of the Mexico World Cup was, he naturally had to make good use of it to accumulate his first pot of gold through legitimate betting.
He didn't want to attract too much attention, so he simply bet on Brazil, another football powerhouse in South America, as well.
By carefully calculating the odds, the more he invested, the greater the final profit!
He didn't have a lot of money at hand, but he could certainly come up with hundreds of thousands in Hong Kong dollars.
If he were to bet heavily across the board, making tens of millions in profit would be no problem.
Unfortunately, when he was planning to place a heavy bet, a very clear sense of crisis suddenly arose in his heart.
It was as if, if he were to disregard everything and place a heavy bet, he would definitely encounter unforeseen dangers, and it was even very likely to endanger his life!
This sense of crisis was, in fact, a special sensory ability he had developed through the tempering of blood and fire during the Two Mountains Battle, and it was quite accurate.
After his soul transmigrated and merged, this wonderful perception ability not only did not weaken but even strengthened somewhat.
However, he had never mentioned it to anyone, not even his Brother.
When this premonition suddenly appeared in his heart, Wu Feng naturally dared not be negligent and wanted to find out the truth.
Then, he realized with a wry smile that the reason for the premonition was the specific amount of his bet and the potential profit he might receive.
With two million in profit as the dividing line!
If his World Cup betting profit this time did not exceed two million, everything would naturally be fine.
But if his World Cup betting income exceeded two million this time, there would be a great risk to his life.
It was impossible for Macau casinos to not be able to afford to lose two million; that would truly be an international joke.
Wu Feng guessed that it was very likely that his betting profits would be directly exposed, attracting the covetousness of certain powerful figures in the underworld, and only then would his life be in danger!
Don't think that two million Hong Kong dollars isn't much, but for Wu Feng, it was a bit hot to handle.
As a Hung Yee Big Boss, having a net worth of two million was still a bit out of line.