jdhmnovel Chapter 123 Charitable Donations
Chapter 123 Charitable Donations
After the instant noodles became popular, it was not all a good thing. Many experts and scholars said that Lu Yongqiang was promoting gang culture and would have a bad influence on young people. Many people even called the relevant departments to report Lu Yongqiang and the instant noodle factory. Not only was this reported in newspapers, but even on TV stations.
The gang culture in Hong Kong has always been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Even if Lu Yongqiang did not publicize it, those bad guys would still join gangs. Therefore, Lu Yongqiang did not take the above remarks seriously. Instead, he felt that this was an excellent publicity opportunity. He has been fanning the flames behind the scenes and invited many tabloids and magazines to report on this matter. Naturally, Lu Yongqiang did not just hire people to discredit himself, but also hired people to whitewash himself, which made this matter a controversial situation.
The more people argued, the better the sales of Lu Yongqiang's instant noodles became. Even the sales of other products of the instant noodle factory increased significantly. This matter has been going on for nearly half a month now, and during this half month, the company's total sales have almost doubled.
But as time went on, some people realized that this was free publicity for Lu Yongqiang. Now there are fewer and fewer news reports criticizing Lu Yongqiang and the instant noodle factory, and only the gunmen hired by Lu Yongqiang are still persisting.
But Lu Yongqiang has already reaped the benefits, and he is also ready to completely settle this matter in two days.
Although this quarrel has increased the instant noodle factory's popularity, it has also inevitably damaged its reputation. Lu Yongqiang plans to make a charity donation in two days, and will donate 10 million yuan to charity in the name of the instant noodle factory.
Lu Yongqiang has already started preparing for this matter. He has already discussed this matter with Luotuo and several orphanages and nursing homes. When the time comes, Hong Kong students will lead the team and carry out charity activities for a week.
Lu Yongqiang did not plan to donate money directly, but rather in the form of supplies and to help build public facilities for orphanages and nursing homes.
After all, donating money directly is a very simple thing. Once the money is donated, it may not necessarily have the effect of laundering the profits. However, donating supplies and helping to build public facilities are different. This matter can at least maintain its popularity for one or two months.
Lu Yongqiang planned to slow down the process and make donations to each orphanage and nursing home one by one, and then invite TV reporters to come and interview him. The ostensible reason was to supervise the charity event and prevent fraud, but in fact it was an opportunity to publicize the event and keep the instant noodle factory popular.
During this month, Le Huizhen called Lu Yongqiang several times, hoping to arrange a meeting, but Lu Yongqiang always refused, using the excuse of being too busy. Later, Le Huizhen personally visited Lu Yongqiang twice, but was dismissed by Lu Yongqiang with a few words each time.
Le Huizhen had a temper like a spoiled little girl and could not stand Lu Yongqiang's neglect. The last time she saw Lu Yongqiang, she quarreled with him for a few words, then said something harsh and left. She never contacted Lu Yongqiang again.
As for the bad guys Hua and Wuying, after they recovered from their injuries, Lu Yongqiang arranged for them to work as parking attendants at the entrance of Brothers Entertainment City. As for their salary, apart from providing them with food and accommodation, there was no salary. Even the occasional tips they received were all confiscated by Lu Yongqiang's men.
After three days of parking at the gate, Wuying got sneaky and tried to run away with his car. As for the bad boy Hua, he accepted his fate and didn't run away with Wuying. Instead, he stayed and worked as a parking attendant.
After Lu Yongqiang found out, he really didn't let Wuying off. He directly sent people to Mong Kok to kidnap his brother. After that, Wuying was forced to drive back obediently.
After returning, Scorpion directly followed Lu Yongqiang's order and broke both of Wuying's legs. Scorpion was merciful and did not hit Wuying's joints, giving him a chance to heal.
It’s not enough to make Wuying sit in a wheelchair for a few months. His job as a parking attendant still has to continue, but now his younger brother is doing it for him.
Just as Da Mi analyzed, the commotion that night was so loud that Hong Yi knew about it within two days.
The leader of Hongyi is called Wang Jiu. People in the underworld call him Uncle Jiu to show respect, and call him Big Mouth Jiu if they don't. This man has been in the underworld for half his life and has some connections. He has a good relationship with the Hongxing's secret agents.
After Wang Jiu knew that Lanzai Hua and Wuying were with Lu Yongqiang, he did not take advantage of his seniority to find Lu Yongqiang directly. Instead, he asked Xiyan to pass on the message, hoping that Lu Yongqiang could hand the people over to Hongyi. Then Xiyan came forward to find Lu Yongqiang.
Wang Jiu and Xiyan should have a good relationship. Xiyan did not act as a lobbyist at the beginning, but asked Lu Yongqiang to do him a favor and hand the person over to Hong Yi.
Back then, Lu Yongqiang owed Xiyan a favor, and he never repaid it until now. Now that Xiyan came to him, Lu Yongqiang weighed the pros and cons and decided not to refuse. He originally wanted to repay Xiyan and hand the person over to Hong Yi.
Unexpectedly, when Xiyan heard that Lu Yongqiang spent two million to rescue the two bad guys, Hua, from Da Mi, he immediately changed his tone and said that his relationship with Wang Jiu was just so-so, and not so good that he would use his connections to help Wang Jiu get the people back.
In the past, the favors owed by Lu Yongqiang were worthless, but now things are different. As Lu Yongqiang's development is getting better and better, he has the aura of a big boss. Now there are very few people who can make Lu Yongqiang owe a favor. Xiyan naturally does not want to waste the favor owed to him by Lu Yongqiang for other people's affairs.
Since Xiyan had changed his mind, Lu Yongqiang naturally would not hand over the person. After that, Hong Yi said nothing and the matter ended there.
However, Liang Kun got to know about this and went to Tuen Mun to find Lu Yongqiang. Initially, he wanted Lu Yongqiang to help him deal with He Liansheng. After being rejected by Lu Yongqiang, Liang Kun wanted to persuade Lu Yongqiang to join forces with him to directly drive away Hong Yi.
It’s just that I don’t know whether Liang Kun is on guard against Lu Yongqiang or thinks that Lu Yongqiang is easy to fool. This bastard is actually trying to get something for nothing. He doesn’t give any benefits and just wants Lu Yongqiang to send people to help him.
When Leung Kun first became the leader of the Hongxing Gang, he was full of vigor and thought that he could command the gang like Jiang Tiansheng. However, after he really took that position, he found that it was not the case at all. Compared with Jiang Tiansheng, his prestige was far inferior. Among the twelve major gangs, except for his own Yau Ma Tei gang, the other gangs either did not take him seriously or went against him. The only ones who had a good relationship with him were Brother Ji and Fatty Lai, but they were also fence-sitters. They would stand up when there was benefit, but would play Tai Chi with Leung Kun when there was no benefit.
How should I put it? Liang Kun thought that he was generous enough to bribe those bigwigs with a lot of money, so everyone supported him to be the leader. In fact, this was just Liang Kun's own idea. He was actually calculated by Jiang Tiansheng. He was given this position to take the blame.
At the time, the Dutch 14K, having been locked in a prolonged standoff with Jiang Tiansheng, enlisted the help of the Yamaguchi-gumi. With the two combined, Jiang Tiansheng was clearly no match for them, so he retreated and gave up his position as leader of the Hongxing faction.
Since Jiang Tiansheng was no longer the leader of the Hongxing Gang, the Dutch 14K has reached a ceasefire with Jiang Tiansheng and later reached a cooperation with Liang Kun.
After the cooperation was reached, things did not go smoothly. Firstly, Liang Kun did not have enough prestige, and many of the leaders of Hongxing did not buy his account. Secondly, Big Boss B had his eyes on Liang Kun and had people report him from time to time.
In the few months since Liang Kun became the leader, six of their flour warehouses have been inspected by the police. Although the amount of goods in each warehouse is not large, the large number of goods inspected has caused direct losses of over 10 million yuan in these six warehouses, and nearly 100 of their subordinates have been arrested by the police.
After becoming the leader, flour sales did not increase much, and he was also targeted by the police, which was enough to make Liang Kun's life difficult.
However, things are not stable in Tsim Sha Tsui either. Big D has almost finished his talks with many of the big men behind him, and he is anxious to withdraw his men back to Tsuen Wan. Therefore, the men of He Liansheng have had several conflicts with Liang Kun's men in recent times, and both sides seem to be about to have a big war.
Liang Kun went to Lu Yongqiang, but he didn't really want Lu Yongqiang to help him deal with Hong Yi. After all, Hong Yi's current strength did not pose a threat to Liang Kun. Liang Kun wanted Lu Yongqiang to help him deal with He Liansheng.
Lu Yongqiang and Big D weren't at the point of falling out yet, so naturally, they wouldn't agree. Since Lu Yongqiang wasn't willing to help deal with He Liansheng, Liang Kun naturally wouldn't promise him any benefits. As for the subsequent discussion about driving Hong Yi out, it was Liang Kun's attempt to test the waters, hoping to see if it would work. What if Lu Yongqiang went crazy and agreed? If Hong Yi was truly driven out, it would only benefit Liang Kun, not harm him.
That day, Lu Yongqiang took Gangsheng to the orphanage by car, followed by a car and two large trucks. Eagle was sitting in the car, and the trucks were loaded with clothes and shoes for the children, as well as many books, toys, snacks and other things.
When Lu Yongqiang and others arrived at the orphanage, there were already TV reporters waiting at the door.
Lu Yongqiang was very familiar with this orphanage. After his parents passed away, Lu Yongqiang and Dadong lived in this orphanage for a while. Although his original body had no abilities, he had the ability to spend women's money at the age of fourteen or fifteen because of his handsome face. So he and Dadong ran away from the orphanage when they were fifteen years old, and then followed the boss Baolong and joined the Hongxing gang.
Although Lu Yongqiang does not believe in ghosts and gods, he has killed a lot in the past two years and sometimes wants to seek peace of mind. However, Lu Yongqiang does not like worshiping Buddha and burning incense. Occasionally, he will go to the orphanage to stay with the innocent and lovely children. This is an effective way for Lu Yongqiang to regulate his psychology.
Of course, Lu Yongqiang would bring toys and snacks every time he came, and occasionally donate some money to the orphanage, but the amount was never very large.
The director of the orphanage was in his sixties, his surname was Zhang, but Lu Yongqiang didn't know her exact name. He usually called her Grandma Zhang. He only knew that she had no children, had been the director for more than ten years, and was considered highly respected.