Chapter 126 Kowloon Walled City
Author: Tai Chi Hands
But Du Sheng really shouldn't indulge in the gentle countryside anymore.
At least today and tomorrow, he has to go to the boxing gym to spar with Zhou Billy and find out how he feels.
Ever since he conquered Changsheng Street and was appointed by Du Sheng to be the manager of this street, Zhou Billy has been full of energy.
Coupled with the hard training during this period, Zhou Bili's combat power is about to return to the five-and-a-half-star level.
If he stood in the boxing ring and fought in a regular match, even if Du Sheng tried his best, he would still be a draw, and he would never be as relaxed as he was at the beginning.
In addition, there are a lot of routines and dirty tricks in the ring. Du Sheng's fight tomorrow night will still be irregular. We must find an experienced player to discuss this on the spot.
This is also the reason why he often comes to Zhou Billy for discussions recently.
Unknowingly, the time came to the evening of the next day.
Tin Hau Temple Street is located in the north of Kowloon Walled City. There is an ancient Tin Hau Temple here. This street is also named after this ancient temple.
Although this place is usually quite busy, it is particularly lively tonight.
Because the ring battle with the two names "Hong Hing" and "East Star" is set in Bolton City on Temple Street, Tin Hau.
As a well-known Sangui zone in Hong Kong, the Kowloon Walled City has always been a breeding ground for crimes such as drug trafficking, stolen furniture, killings, and robberies in the eyes of outsiders.
Even in the eyes of foreigners, this place is dirty, poor, and backward, and it is a refugee gathering place. If no one leads you in, you will either be robbed or escape death.
In fact, it is not surprising that outsiders misunderstood. In the past twenty years, Xiangjiang Zhengfu has sent thousands of policemen to forcefully enter the Walled City and eradicate the evil forces inside. However, they have been unable to do so and have caused quite serious casualties.
Thousands of people resisted the village, and its reputation was ruined.
In the past two years, even the policemen have not dared to take a step closer, for fear of making progress but never returning.
But is it really that bad?
Du Sheng, who was currently in the walled city, directly denied this one-sided impression.
There are many high-rise buildings here, people's lives are relatively stable, and robbery and crime are quite rare.
Of course, prohibited illegal places such as dog meat stalls, mahjong parlors, gambling stalls, fan stalls, opium dens, etc. can be found everywhere.
In fact, since the mid-1970s, real estate developers have entered the Kowloon Walled City and transformed the former low-rise squatters into high-rise buildings.
But precisely because of the numerous high-rise buildings, no matter it is day or night, the residents of the Walled City must rely on lighting lamps or candles for lighting, making this a city that never sleeps.
Moreover, after years of operation, the Kowloon Walled City has become an independent and autonomous city within a city. Except for a small number of residents who have taken to the streets, most of the residents are engaged in legitimate business.
Because the manufacturing industry here is very prosperous, including plastic factories, blacksmith factories, lumber factories, weaving factories, hardware factories, electroplating factories, etc.
Factories that are doing well can earn millions of dollars in profit every month. In addition to selling their products in Hong Kong, they are also sold to Western Europe, Northern Europe and other countries.
And contrary to the image of the Kowloon Walled City promoted by the Emperor's colonial government as a dirty and messy environment with rampant robbery and violence, the crime rate here is not high.
Even gangsters and wanted criminals from the outside world will not act recklessly in the walled city. If they do evil, they will choose to leave the walled city and go outside.
In the walled city, they were docile and good citizens, giving money to those who deserved food and drink, and paying rent to those who deserved it.
Even the four major corporations, Hung Hing, East Star, Sun Kee, and No. 1, have to abide by the rules in the Kowloon Walled City and do not dare to mess around.
All because in the walled city, besides them, there are even worse rule makers:
Dragon Hall!
It is composed of four major prefixes + major business alliances and pan-association alliances.
It can be said that more than 60% of the assets of Kowloon City Walled City are controlled by Longtang.
Especially the water and electricity that have been lacking in the walled city are completely pinching the throats of the residents.
Because the British colonial government has always refused to provide running water and electricity to the homes, buildings and factories in the Walled City, these two things have always been a headache for the residents of the Walled City.
Although Xiangjiang Zhengfu was later forced to set up water pipes and power supply stations near the walled city, Longtang kept them under control for the sake of profit and distribution.
Longtang is the emperor of land here!
And why did you choose the Kowloon Walled City for tonight's arena battle?
The reason is also very simple, because Longtang controls more than 50% of the underground black boxing and fighting gambling in Xiangjiang.
The two big names each occupy a director seat in Longtang. Arena battles involving major grievances are basically held in Longcheng.
"Did you see that the gambling stalls, nightclubs and foot bathing city on Longjin Road over there are our Hongxing industries."
Gan Zitai, who was accompanying him, had been here several times, and now he introduced Du Sheng and Gugu Zai with great interest.
Du Sheng glanced at the gambling stalls and nightclubs and found that the Hongxing flag was painted on the signboards or light boxes, and even flags were planted.
He guessed that the reason for this was most likely because the police had no control over the place, and it was used as a warning sign to prevent unsighted outsiders from causing trouble.
"Brother Prince, I heard that we are fighting in a fighting ring tonight. Is it any different from other fighting games?"
Hearing Du Sheng's question, Gan Zitai knew that both of them were here for the first time, so he smiled and introduced the underground boxing match in Kowloon Walled City.
"The difference here is huge. The classification alone includes rules competition, fighting competition, weapons competition, and life and death competition."
It turns out that the underground boxing matches in the Kowloon Walled City have evolved into a variety of methods from their initial creation to the present, and a graded system has also emerged.
First of all, there is the rules boxing. Players want to make some money by fighting at the lowest level. They are not professional boxers, and they generally do not cause any deaths.
Rich people won't pay too much attention to this kind of match. Only poor people will watch this kind of low-level boxing match. The bet amount is not high, so the players get very little money.
Next is the regular underground black boxing fight. Apart from not being able to hold weapons, there are no other rules and regulations, but the disability rate is quite high.
Weapons Arena, as the name suggests, is a professional arena for playing with cold weapons. It can be said that a sword can show blood.
The life and death challenge literally means going on stage to decide between life and death.
And what they were fighting was a variation of fighting ring, wheel fighting.
The location is in Bolton City in front, and crowds can be seen coming from time to time along the way, which shows that they are full of yearning for the two-character ring battle.
"Will Mr. Jiang come tonight?"
Du Sheng was very interested and asked a few more questions.
Because as far as he knew, Bucky, Liangkun, Dinosaur and others all loved gambling, so they would definitely come to join in the fun and place a few bets.
As for the Kowloon City District, people are very careful. Even if Big Boss B doesn't call him, he will probably be there and someone will have to be sent to maintain order.
"Mr. Jiang generally does not participate in such activities. He may send a representative or Chen Yao."
Gan Zitai had obviously heard about Du Sheng's achievements, and he was quite kind to such a fierce junior.
Especially after learning that Zhou Billy was recruited by Du Sheng to become a boxer, he became even more interested in exploring it.
Because those who dare to face the wrath of the Three Tigers of the East Star are too rare.
Even for him, in order not to be affected by common things in his boxing practice, he would avoid this kind of trouble if possible.
However, as a militant, if he hadn't considered that he had to conserve his physical strength before the start of the ring battle, he would have wanted to compete with the opponent to see how good he was.
Du Sheng nodded slightly to express his understanding.
Without him, Kowloon Walled City would still be a bit chaotic.
It's okay if nothing happens, but it will definitely be a big deal if something happens.
The assassination of the dragon leader has happened twice here.
Gu Guzai on the side didn't know if he hadn't gotten over Da Fei's death yet, so he didn't interrupt the conversation between the two and seemed taciturn.
The group arrived at the entrance to Bolton City and found that an inspection post had been set up in front.
For safety reasons, both boxers and spectators must be screened before entering.
The young man sent by Longtang to receive him came forward to show the letter, and Gan Zitai took the lead and entered first.
This time the arena battle was held in the open-air courtyard of Bolton City, and the specifications were quite high-end.
Du Sheng was also slightly surprised when he saw the appearance of the courtyard.
The entire courtyard was at least several hundred square meters, with all but the top pillars opened up. A large slanted grandstand was set up around the ring in the center, allowing six to seven hundred people to gather at the same time to place bets and watch the boxing excellence.
At this moment, most of the auditorium is already occupied, and there is a high probability that it will be full tonight.
Above the stands, there are more than a dozen small raised boxes, where you can enjoy the competition on the ring more clearly and without interference.
After all, Kowloon Walled City is a slum in the eyes of outsiders. Such a weird post-modern style makes it look much taller.
Moreover, this grandstand does not feel cluttered and noisy. There are waitresses in Catwoman costumes walking around in each aisle, delivering drinks or placing betting orders to the guests in the grandstand from time to time.
Most of the guests in the private rooms were accompanied by female companions. There were all kinds of fruits and drinks on the table, and they looked relaxed.
Du Sheng saw Liangkun at a glance. Bucky and others were in one of the boxes. When he saw Liangkun holding a woman in his eyes, he smiled and made a gesture.
Du Sheng nodded slightly, and under the leadership of Longtang reception manager Meng Bo, the three of them came to the players' bench on the left and stood still.
As for the contestant seats on the right, three boxers from Dongxing Club also happened to arrive.
The leader is a crow with golden hair and a swaying walk!
However, Du Sheng's eyes fell on the two people behind Crow.
A man with dark skin, tall and burly build, with a bare upper body and a pair of combat trousers on the lower body, looked like a strong African man with a crew cut.
If the information given by Chui Shui Tat is correct, this person should be Red Stick Luo Man who was stationed in Kwun Tong by Capture the Dragon Tiger.
He started out with a five-star combat power. His father is a black man. He is ruthless, arrogant and conceited. He especially hates eucalyptus girls and is often played to death and crippled by him.
There is no other reason, because Luo Wen's mother was a eucalyptus girl who was invaded by black ghosts and gave birth to him. As a result, his mother hated this son very much and abused and beat her in various ways since he was a child.
It is precisely because he grew up in such a hateful environment that Luo Wen was obsessed with violence since he was a child. He also loved Sanda. He beat his mother to death at the age of 11 and won the Damu Fight Championship at the age of 19.
Du Sheng searched around in his mind and looked a little strange.
Because when Luo Wen first appeared on the stage, he caused trouble in the bathing city jointly owned by Chen Haonan and Da Fei, urinating everywhere and alarming O Ji. This is indeed very African.
In addition to Luo Wen, another boxer sent by Dongxing is He Yong.
Although He Yong was only a little over 1.7 meters tall and looked harmless, Du Sheng did not dare to look down on him.
Chapter completed!