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Nanako's father, Kazuo Kusakari, even sent a congratulatory gift from Japan: a sailboat made of pure gold, symbolizing smooth sailing!
Dragon and lion dances and firecrackers filled the casino entrance, creating a lively atmosphere.
To promote the casino's prosperity, Xu Lang also had Shui Ling and others mobilize customers from all over Southeast Asia to come and play. These wealthy people would take Xu Lang's gambling ship on a cruise around the high seas, and then disembark in Haojiang to reach the Paramount Casino.
In no time, the Paramount Casino was packed with guests, every table was full, and many big clients booked out the entire VIP room. The turnover that day reached nearly HK$200 million!
That evening, Xu Lang hosted a grand banquet, inviting Dr. He Xinshui and others to dine at the largest hotel in Macau. Many of the leaders and underlings of Tung Sing were also present. All the hundreds of tables in the hotel were filled, and the atmosphere was incredibly lively!
However, not many local gangs from Macau came to celebrate, because Xu Lang had not invited them, and they were not very familiar with Tung Sing, so they mostly adopted an observer's attitude.
However, some people in Haojiang were still unhappy, especially after seeing that He Xin had given Xu Lang the operating rights for only 20%, and that the opening of the Paramount was so lively with so many guests.
Although most of the guests at the event were recruited by Xu Lang from Hong Kong Island, Taiwan, Malaysia and other places before the opening, these local community groups couldn't help but feel envious of the Paramount's booming business, thinking that the Tung Sing, a dragon from across the river, had stolen their business in Macau.
As the saying goes, cutting off someone's livelihood is like killing their parents!
Some less powerful clubs might think twice and stand by and watch, but some powerful clubs might not be able to resist the urge to make a move!
The next morning, two hostesses at the Paramount Casino were standing at the entrance, smiling and greeting customers, when suddenly they saw several cars speeding towards them from a distance, with several black Mercedes-Benzes surrounding a super-luxury Rolls-Royce.
The car drove straight to the entrance of the Paramount Casino. After the doors of several Mercedes-Benz cars opened, a group of men in suits stepped out. One of them, a man with no shirt under his suit and two eagle tattoos on his chest, walked quickly to the Rolls-Royce and opened the door.
A man stepped out of the Rolls-Royce. It was early spring, and he was dressed in an extremely luxurious fur coat, wearing sunglasses and holding a Cuban cigar. He looked every bit the show-off.
This man is called Gao Laosi, the head of the local triads in Macau and On Lok. The man with the tattoo on his chest is his henchman, Da Zai Ying!
As soon as Gao Laosi stepped out of the car, his two trusted henchmen, Fatty Long and Xu Xiong, came out and followed behind him.
Wo On Lok is one of the top triads in Macau, with thousands of underlings. They own more than a dozen streets in the reclaimed area of the Cathedral Parish. Ko Lao Si himself owns the Taishan Racecourse and his men are also mainly engaged in a large share of the local gambling business in Macau.
Today, the leader of the Anle Society and several of his confidants all showed up, but they were clearly there for Dongxing!
With an arrogant and domineering demeanor, Gao Laosi strode into the casino with his gang of henchmen. Upon seeing this, the two hostesses quickly gave a wink to the Dongxing henchmen behind them, who then hurriedly ran to inform Hao Ji, the current manager of the Paramount.
Before Hao Ji even came out, Gao Lao Si swaggered over to a baccarat table, glanced at a customer playing, and Da Zi Ying, who was next to him, immediately kicked that customer in the butt.
"Get lost! Can't you see our fourth brother is here?!"
Seeing that the other party had a large number of people and was coming in a menacing manner, the guest immediately dared not speak, patted his butt and quickly left.
Old Gao sat down on the platform with an air of superiority, shrugged his shoulders, and Fatty Long next to him quickly took off his pretentious and expensive fur coat.
Then Gao Laosi took a puff of his cigar and blew the smoke ring directly in front of the dealer:
"Where are the chips? Your Paramount is opening, how am I supposed to play if you don't give away hundreds of thousands of chips?"
The dealer could tell that Gao Laosi was deliberately there to cause trouble. Otherwise, given his status, he could have easily gone to the VIP room and sat arrogantly in the lobby. It was clearly because there were many people here that he could show off and cause trouble.
At this moment, Hao Ji walked over quickly, glanced at Gao Lao Si, and said:
"Is this the fourth brother of Wo On Lok? I am the manager of Paramount. If you're here to have fun, you're absolutely welcome. But if you're here to cause trouble, Tung Sing won't be afraid of you!"
Old Gao looked up at Hao Ji and said:
"It's true what they say, when the cat's away, the mice will play! Does Tung Sing have no one else? They've actually sent a woman here to hold things up!"
Hao Ji was a gambling queen from Thailand, but she wasn't well-known in Macau or Hong Kong. Moreover, she had just taken over the Paramount Ballroom and didn't want to cause Xu Lang any trouble so soon after arriving. So she swallowed her anger and said:
"I am the Lady of Taiguo. Mr. Gao, if you haven't heard of me, you're welcome to play a trick on me!"
Old Gao chuckled:
"I'm sorry, I don't like playing cards with women, I prefer other things. If you don't mind, I can play along."
At this point, even Hao Ji, a true Buddha, lost her temper and gritted her teeth, glaring at Gao Lao Si:
"Mr. Gao, if you really want to cause trouble, Dongxing is ready to oblige!"
Old Gao smiled coldly and suddenly stood up.
At this moment, a group of several hundred Anle dwarf mules suddenly rushed in from outside, each wielding a steel knife and looking fierce and menacing.
"Willing to play along?"
Old Gao looked at Hao Ji with a cold smile:
How will you play along?
"I have over five hundred brothers here, and with Anle's side, we have seven or eight thousand underlings. With just one order, I can shut your Paramount down in no time! If I'm in a good mood, I can send several hundred underlings over every day to have some fun with you and make your casino go out of business!"
When Hao Ji saw that Gao Lao Si had actually summoned hundreds of his underlings, her face turned pale and then bluish.
Xu Lang had already returned to Hong Kong Island. On the Macau side, Tung Sing only had one or two hundred men. Hao Ji herself was not very good at fighting, except for her superb gambling skills.
Therefore, faced with Gao Laosi's overbearing attitude, Hao Ji decided to swallow her anger for now:
"Mr. Gao, what exactly are you trying to do?"
Old Gao smiled faintly and said:
"It's very simple. You people from Hong Kong Island came to Macau to open a business without even asking us local bigwigs. This makes me, the head of the smuggling operation, very unhappy. Especially since Mr. He, for some unknown reason, gave you an incredibly low price of 20%!"
"Now that your casino is open, I don't want to make things too difficult for you, but you must give me some benefits!"
Hao Ji looked at him coldly and said:
"What's the benefit?"
"It's easy!"
Old Gao stretches out one palm:
"I want 50% of the shares, and I want to sell my goods in your establishment. Otherwise, I'll shut down your Paramount and make sure it never goes out of business! I'll give you three days to consider. You can pass this on to your boss, Xu Lang!"
After saying that, Gao Laosi led Da Zaiying and the others away from the Paramount Casino in a swagger.
……
"what!"
Upon hearing Hao Ji's phone call, Xu Lang's brows furrowed in anger.
Since becoming the head of Dongxing, this is the first time someone has dared to be so arrogant and domineering as to come to his territory and cause trouble.
Gao Laosi actually asked for 50% of the shares and wanted to sell number four at Xu Lang's Paramount!
This isn't just causing trouble, it's like defecating on someone's neck!
After a moment's hesitation, Xu Lang said to Hao Ji:
"Hold on tight, I'm going to Macau today!"
He had just hung up the phone when a crisp system notification sounded in his mind:
"System task triggered. This task: Resolve the crisis facing the Paramount Casino, eliminate Gao Laosi's He Anle, and completely eliminate Gao Laosi!"
"Upon completion of the mission, the host will receive the reward: the loyalty of the Black and White Impermanence brothers!"
Upon hearing the system's notification, a glint of light flashed in Xu Lang's eyes, whose brows were already furrowed.
Just as he was preparing to deal with Gao Laosi, the system randomly triggered a mission, requiring him to eliminate Gao Laosi's He Anle.
Since that's the case, then I might as well go with the flow!
Thinking of this, Xu Lang immediately waved and summoned Luo Tianhong, Tang Shankui, and Ma Teng, the second brother of the Scorpion Gang.
"You will come with me to Haojiang, and take a thousand elite brothers with you. Have them take a boat to Haojiang!"
Upon hearing the order, Luo Tianhong and his two companions immediately turned around and selected a thousand elite henchmen from within the Tung Sing organization. They sent them to Macau by ferry, while the three of them, along with a few henchmen, followed Xu Lang himself and took a helicopter directly to the Paramount Ballroom.
As soon as Xu Lang arrived at the Paramount, Hao Ji came to greet him.
Seeing that Xu Lang arrived at the Paramount in less than an hour, Hao Ji felt much more at ease, but thinking of the humiliation she suffered at the hands of Gao Lao Si earlier that day, her eyes couldn't help but redden.
"Big brother..."
Xu Lang glanced at Hao Ji and smiled faintly:
"It's alright, I'm already here!"
Hao Ji nodded:
"That Gao Laosi is too arrogant; he's clearly here to cause trouble today!"
Xu Lang smiled:
"It's alright, I'm here in Macau to cause trouble too. I'll show these so-called local bullies in Macau that when it comes to causing trouble, if I, Xu Lang, say I'm second, no one dares to say they're first!"
……
After causing a scene at the Paramount, Gao Laosi knew that Xu Lang was unlikely to obediently give him 50% of the shares, and his plan to sell "number four" in the Paramount was utter nonsense, since there was an unwritten rule in Macau that it was forbidden to sell "number four" in casinos.
Therefore, Gao Laosi kept a close eye on Dongxing's movements!
Soon, the young eagle ran over to report to him:
"Brother, Tung Sing has transferred a lot of people from Hong Kong Island. I heard that several ferries are full, and there are at least a thousand people!"
Upon hearing this, Gao Laosi gave a cold laugh:
"I thought Tung Sing was really that powerful, but it turns out they just brought in some underlings to bolster their numbers! A thousand Tung Sing underlings, while we and An Le have a total of seven or eight thousand underlings. How could they possibly be a match for us, eight against one!"
Upon hearing this, the young eagle immediately smiled and flattered him, saying:
"Exactly! They might as well just hand over the casino shares to avoid losing too badly and having to slink back to Hong Kong Island in disgrace!"
Old Gao snorted coldly and said:
"Da Zaiying, you, Fatty Long, and Young Master Xiong, take three thousand men and head straight to the Paramount!"
"Didn't they mobilize a thousand men? I'll send out three thousand at once and crush them!"
"it is good!"
Upon hearing this, the young eagle immediately stood up and shouted:
"Don't worry, boss! Today, our three thousand men will definitely cut those Tung Sing guys to pieces, then swim back to Hong Kong Island!"
After saying that, Da Zaiying immediately turned around and walked out of Gao Laosi's living room, where he found Fatty Long and Young Master Xiong.
The three men, along with Anle, gathered three thousand of their most capable henchmen and then marched in a grand procession from the main area toward the Paramount Casino.
The Cathedral Parish is only two blocks away from the Paramount Casino, which is why Gao Laosi was so resentful that He Xin gave the Paramount to Xu Lang.
Soon, Da Zaiying and his two companions arrived near the Paramount Casino with three thousand men. Once the three thousand men were deployed, they surrounded the Paramount Casino.
So many short mules, all armed with steel knives and pipes, their faces gleaming with a fierce and murderous aura, immediately frightened the people nearby so much that they dared not approach. Even the hostesses at the Paramount entrance were so frightened that they ran back into the casino.