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"The technique was too clean!"
"It doesn't seem like a provocation, it's more like a test!"
The two exchanged a glance, knowing full well that they were playing a game of cat and mouse.
Although the Tojoyama branch hasn't made any explicit moves, the group behind them has already surfaced.
Chapter 563 Nine Dragons Rise in the West
It seems that some of the people who were previously eliminated by Dongxing have defected to forces from other regions and are making continuous moves in the surrounding areas.
This fire wasn't for burning anything; it was to send a message to Tung Sing.
After learning of this situation, Xu Lang did not immediately convene a meeting or issue a statement.
He simply had someone check all the handover points of the logistics lines on Hong Kong Island and re-examine every node, including those small factories, transit stations, trucking fleets, and downstream partners that had been outsourced.
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He didn't rush to do anything; he simply had the judge put a few checkmarks on the list.
"Find them among these people!"
"Whoever has been in frequent contact with the outside car teams recently is the key to success!"
"besides-"
"Find out who leaked the location of this abandoned warehouse!"
On the third day, Shengfa Transportation, a fleet under Dongxing Group, suddenly moved out of the old warehouse in the middle of the night and moved its headquarters to the Donghuan Industrial Zone overnight.
This transfer quickly caught the judge's attention because the transportation company had hardly expanded its business in the past year, but its profits on paper had continued to grow, and it even won an unusual engineering transportation order last month. The cargo owner was a shell company called "Fuda Holdings".
This "Fuda Holdings" was only registered two months ago. It is located in an office building in Causeway Bay and has only three staff members. In reality, it is a temporary shell company.
What's most intriguing is that the legal representative of this "Fuda Holdings" is actually the same registered accountant who had previously been in contact with Kowloon Harbour.
The matter is clear.
This group of people changed their identities and tried to infiltrate again.
This time, instead of focusing on the docks or the main logistics network, they changed their approach, starting with the outsourcing companies at the bottom level, trying to reshape the routes little by little, set up old accounts, and transfer orders and wash goods under the name of Tung Sing, waiting for the right time to make a big move.
Lei Yaoyang also received a tip that Shengfa Transportation had recently contacted an overseas express company, which had offered to cooperate on "small-batch customs clearance of electronic parts" and proposed to open "new routes" for Dongxing overseas.
Upon hearing this, Xu Lang only uttered three words:
"Take them down!"
That evening, Ah-Ji led his men to the "Sheng-Fa" fleet transfer station. Without alerting outsiders, they quietly entered the building. Ten minutes later, the manager, accountant, and driver—the three main personnel—were all asked to leave and taken to the old factory in Tai Po for an "internal audit."
The following day, Shengfa Transportation announced a public suspension of all operations for restructuring, with all employees taking leave and all original routes temporarily taken over by Donghui Logistics...
On the other hand, "Fuda Holdings" closed down its doors that same day, its legal representative went missing, and its three-person office team absconded.
The Hong Kong underworld had already sensed something was amiss.
No one dared to say that Xu Lang had been exonerated, and no one dared to test the waters with the "peripheral convoy" line.
But those outside haven't given up.
On the fifth day, a batch of overseas goods suddenly appeared in Dongxing's secondary warehouse. They were "metal parts" transferred from Thailand. The box numbers did not match, the labels were blurry, and the outer packaging was labeled "high-end craftsmanship".
Xu Lang immediately ordered the warehouse to be sealed off. After only one hour of investigation, he determined that the goods had not cleared customs at all. Someone had used the 4.0 registration of a processing plant under Dongxing Group to go through the "fast sample channel".
This company is nominally an exporter of jewelry parts, but it actually stopped production six months ago. The factory manager ran away, and the legal representative has changed three times.
Hung Man-tung discovered that the entity behind it was a shell company called "Kim Man Technology," which was located in an old industrial area in Yuen Long. It rented a shop upstairs and never turned on the lights or worked, yet it paid taxes every month. It seemed normal, but in reality, it was just a channel for grey-market transactions.
Chapter 564 The Gong Re-emphasizes
After reviewing the documents, Xu Lang immediately gave the order:
"We don't want people!"
"The factory is closed!"
"We retain the title, but the shell company belongs to us!"
"Let's see who dares to dump goods here again!"
A few hours later.
All employees of "Jinwen Technology" were taken away, and a sign saying "Temporarily Closed" was posted on the site.
That batch of goods was returned untouched.
They won't accept a single penny.
Once the news spread, all the outsiders who were still observing fell silent.
Hong Kong Island has once again been thoroughly exploited by Tung Sing.
Xu Lang didn't personally take action, nor did he cause any bloodshed. However, after several rounds of rectification, everyone understood one thing—as long as you cross Dongxing's bottom line, no matter how deeply you hide, how many layers of shell you change, or who is behind you, the final outcome will be the same.
15 Wang Jianjun put it very bluntly.
"Brother Lang is killing chickens without using a knife!"
But Hong Wentong knew even better that Xu Lang wasn't without a knife, it just wasn't worth drawing it yet.
The real big fish hasn't surfaced yet.
But it will be soon.
The Tojoyama branch can no longer sit still. They're either going to make their move from the shadows or sending someone else to take action. Either way, they'll leave traces sooner or later.
Xu Lang, however, had been waiting all along.
We're just waiting for that person to personally step onto Hong Kong Island.
At that point, the entire game is no longer about probing, but about finding the right time to make a move.
Three more days passed, and while the surface of Hong Kong Island remained calm, the air pressure inside Tung Sing was dropping lower and lower.
The Tojo Mountain branch stopped directly provoking them, and the smaller gangs on the periphery retreated. Even the shell companies they had been frequently in contact with before disappeared as if they had all evaporated.
On the contrary, the representatives of the chambers of commerce of those old families began to frequently contact legitimate companies under Dongxing, under the guise of cooperation and exchange, but in reality, they were trying to probe more details.
The judge has arranged for call monitoring on all lines and for people to keep watch. Every stranger who enters the Dongxing jurisdiction will be recorded immediately.
More importantly, there is a new name—Shen Yan.
This is not the first time this name has appeared in Tung Sing's sights. He started his business in underground finance in Macau in his early years, and later moved to southern Thailand to do commodity trading. Behind the scenes, there are many rumors of his shady dealings, such as "liquidating for others" or "coordinating resources".
He wasn't from the Tojoyama branch, but he had a murky connection with them.
Recently, this person quietly arrived on Hong Kong Island and stayed at a private club that is not open to the public. He met with seven or eight people, all of whom were small leaders of some local fringe groups, as well as the owners of two underground financial outsourcing companies.
When the news came back, Xu Lang was inspecting the production line of Dongxing Jewelry Factory.
This factory was personally invested in by Xu Lang in his early years and is one of the legitimate businesses of Dongxing.
It doesn't usually get involved in community disputes, but because this line connects the mainland and foreign trade platforms, it has always been the object of covetousness of various forces.
The renovation was just completed last month, which reorganized several old production lines and incorporated some design sketches into its own brand.
After reporting Shen Yan's movements, Hong Wentong handed over a list of guests from the recent "Eastern Trade Conference," including several key figures who had briefly met with Shen Yan.
The document circled the names of three newly registered companies, each registered under a separate business name. However, their financial flows were almost identical, with funds all originating from one source, yet the goods they purchased were different, including tea, porcelain, and used electrical parts.
Xu Lang glanced at it a few times, then casually tossed it aside. He instructed the white-clad assassin, Aji, to secretly contact one of the logistics managers to find out the true source of the supply.
Chapter 565 The Jewelry Smashed
Meanwhile, Xiaotianhu dealt with a disturbance at the "Donghai Logistics Port" in North Point.
The dispute originally stemmed from a wage dispute among outsourced unloading workers, but in reality, Tojo Yamashita had paid a few people hush money to create internal strife and provoke the port authority to intervene, thus using this as a pretext to shut down the port.
If the port is indeed closed for three days, Tung Sing's goods will have to be diverted to other routes. Firstly, they will have to rely on unfamiliar connections, and secondly, the intermediary costs will be much higher.
Xiaotianhu didn't stand on ceremony. He led his men inside, tied the three troublemakers up in a car, and threw them into the "Jian'an Transportation Dispatch Department" under Dongxing Group. They were locked up overnight, and the next day they were sent to the port management office. He didn't mention a word about the reason, and that was how the matter was suppressed.
These petty tricks come one after another, not as direct provocations, but as attempts to trip people up at every turn. They know they can't really hurt people, but they're trying to get to their nerves.
Wang Jianjun has already transferred three branches to replace the staff in North Point, replaced the security guards in three nightclubs, and started retraining his own team in the logistics department instead of using outsourced manpower.
On the seventh day, Shen Yan appeared at a small restaurant in Yau Ma Tei.
The judge had arranged for someone to listen in on the conversation in advance. That night, he met privately with Long Fei and Cai Dafa. They didn't leave any trace of their conversation, but a few keywords were enough for Xu Lang to make a judgment—they were talking about the "territory consolidation plan."
It's no longer about business or peripheral logistics, but rather about using the guise of "unifying the big gangs" to bring together small and medium-sized gangs outside of Tung Sing, attempting to drain Tung Sing's outer resources through a "gang alliance," especially several construction sites and newly approved projects that are in the process of expansion.
After listening to the report, Hong Wentong threw the list directly onto the table.
"There's no need to guess what this person is up to!"
"By joining forces with external groups and breaking through our external networks, their next step is to force us to shrink our main force, and then they will use the excuse of discussing 'resource sharing'!"
"They're not afraid of us attacking them, they're afraid of us refusing to talk!"
Xu Lang nodded, his tone indifferent.
"Then let them talk!"
"Judge, have someone send an invitation to Shen Yan, saying that I've arranged a dinner party at the Yinghai Hotel and would like to invite him to a meal!"
"We won't talk about anything at the table, we'll just eat!"
"But under the table, I need to know which hand he made first!"
The following night, the private room on the twelfth floor of the Yinghai Hotel was brightly lit.
Shen Yan arrived with only one assistant. He was all smiles, speaking slowly and softly, but his eyes held a hint of probing.
Xu Lang sat in the main seat, with Hong Wentong on his left and the judge on his right. Hu Dami, Wang Jianjun, and Situ Haonan were also sitting at the table.
Nobody said much; they just ate and drank casually.
Shen Yan wanted to speak, but Xu Lang didn't look up. Only when the last dish was served did Xu Lang put down his chopsticks and stand up.
"This meal was quite good!"
"Since Mr. Shen has come to Hong Kong Island, please stay well, it's quite windy!"
Then left.
The others didn't move; they all stayed with Shen Yan until they finished the last dish of fish before slowly taking their leave.