novelraw Chapter 58 Hyena Locks Horse's Throat
Chapter 58 Hyena Locks Horse's Throat
By the time Chen Guanjiang arrived at the Diamond Restaurant, it was already evening.
Before even entering, one could hear Zhou Xinian loudly mocking himself: "I, Zhou Xinian, became a member of parliament at thirty and was appointed a Justice of the Peace at forty, and now I've ended up like this..."
With conclusive evidence, Zhou Xinian originally thought that he had made a meritorious arrest and that he could retain his seat on the Jockey Club board of directors by handling the "drug-driving horse case". However, he never expected that MacLehose would not give him this opportunity at all.
Appointing someone else to preside over the trial and having it broadcast on television is tantamount to trampling on Zhou Xinian's reputation in front of 1500 members, 10,000 viewers, and those watching on television.
Pushing open the door, one sees Zhou Zhanqiao and Gan Huihui, who are silent, and Zhou Xinian, who is drunk and dejected.
Chan Kwun-kong sat down and asked directly, "Has Sir Chow finalized the deal with Kowloon Motor Holdings yet?"
"No, you want to borrow money again?"
If even such a remarkable achievement couldn't retain his seat on the Hong Kong Jockey Club board, it's likely that even winning the Kowloon Motors board wouldn't save him.
Chen Guanjiang's eyes lit up with joy, and he continued to ask, "So, Sir Zhou, how much do you have left?"
"There's still over 5000 million Hong Kong dollars left," Zhou Xinian said absentmindedly, downing a glass of bitter wine.
By selling 53.2 shares of Dairy Farmers at an average price of HK$162 per share, Zhou Xinian cashed out a total of HK$8618 million.
Acquiring Kowloon Motors, a company with a total share capital of 2000 million shares, at HK$18 per share does not require a large amount of capital.
The repeated acts of helping him weren't just about exploiting Zhou Xinian's guilt; it was all for the enormous sums of money he held. Otherwise, why would he have the time to play along with Lao Deng?
"That's great!"
Chen Guanjiang said excitedly, "Can you lend me this money first? I'll give you 10% interest for three months."
Zhou Xinian rolled his eyes at him and continued drinking in silence. With his seat on the board of directors of the Jockey Club in jeopardy, he naturally had no interest in the 10% interest.
"What if... we added another Peng Lilai?" Chen Guanjiang said with a smile, toying with his wine glass.
"Peng Lilai? Who's here!" Zhou Xinian asked, slightly drunk.
Chen Guanjiang explained, "This guy was the middleman in the horse poisoning case, connecting with various peripheral betting sites and money laundering channels above, and with jockeys and grooms to carry out the actual work below."
"Is the person in your hands?"
"Yes! Even the veterinarian works here."
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Zhou Xinian instantly sobered up a bit and began to make plans in his mind.
If Ji Da, Xue Jifu, and Deng Zhaojian fail to find out the truth, but he manages to find out the truth, will the prestige he gains be enough to support his continued tenure as a director of the Jockey Club?
"It turns out you circled them early..."
Zhou Xinian immediately realized what was happening and hurriedly asked, "Have you found out about the channels for disposing of stolen goods? Have you exposed the mastermind behind it? How much money have you recovered?"
"The distribution channels are located in the Hong Kong Walled City, Macau, and Singapore..."
Chen Guanjiang continued, "I haven't been asked about the specific routes for selling the stolen goods, the mastermind behind them, or the funds involved, nor should I be the one to ask."
As media outlets, uncovering and exposing news is for the purpose of increasing newspaper sales. Even if the stolen money is traced, it won't end up in their hands. Only a fool would bother to investigate such things and risk getting into trouble.
Although MacLehose was not afraid of these scoundrels during his term, he could neither get promoted nor make money by catching the mastermind behind the scenes. There was no benefit to him, but he also did not want to meddle in other people's business.
"Don't ask me about it, wait until I ask."
Zhou Xinian seemed to have regained his former glory, excitedly saying, "I'll lend you HK$5000 million, just hand over the person."
"No problem! Happy cooperation."
Looking at the loan agreement Chen Guanjiang handed over, Zhou Xinian was taken aback. So he had Chen Guanjiang completely under his control? But he didn't hesitate at all.
After signing his name and writing down the check, Chen Guanjiang got up and left, too lazy to argue with Zhou Xinian.
Through several encounters, it became clear that Zhou Xinian's obsession with the Jockey Club board of directors was too deep and too heavy. Only after losing his seat would this guy truly wake up.
No matter how you reason with him, it won't work. As long as there's a sliver of hope of keeping the Jockey Club director, this old man will cling to it relentlessly. Rather than trying to persuade him to lend you the money, it's better to just swindle him out of it.
Of course, it can't be called a scam; the 10% interest rate will not be reduced by a single penny. In the financial world, "integrity" is paramount. Yes, that's it.
I returned to the newspaper office late at night.
Tang Yufei was already waiting there, presenting a codebook with both hands. Chen Guanjiang casually flipped through it a few times and called over Cai Chenxi, a former criminal investigation team member and now a logistics employee of "Kanbu," to decipher it.
The encryption method used in this codebook is too outdated. It simply converts letters into numbers and encrypts them by multiplying them using an MXN matrix and modulo 26. This is a encryption method that is quite backward to the 30s.
Not long after, the code was successfully deciphered.
The document clearly records the betting details and financial transactions of a total of 212 races from 1971 to the present, involving 21 Jockey Club staff members who received betting commissions from outside the venue, as well as a senior superintendent of the Kowloon District Police.
Although these people are all referred to by nicknames, it is not difficult to find out their true identities.
For example, the nickname of this senior superintendent in Kowloon District, after being deciphered, is "Rotten Boy Heng".
Who in Kowloon doesn't know "Robbery Henry," the gambling addict whose Chinese name is Han De?
Since it involves South Korea and Germany, it's impossible not to mention Lan Gang and the 14K they support.
Of course, Chan Kwun-kong doesn't care who committed the "horse poisoning case." That's a matter for MacLehose and the Jockey Club to care about. Only a fool would have nothing better to do than concoct medicine for himself.
What Chen Guanjiang really cared about was the subsequent decryption!
Of the 21 Jockey Club staff members, although some were arrested, some managed to escape. Deciphering and controlling their criminal information is tantamount to controlling their lifeline.
Controlling them is not about forcing them to return to their old ways; it's simply about having them provide the "Wang Dog Daily" with information about the horses every day, including details about each horse's performance or food intake.
Previously, newspapers had to pay to buy this information, and then hand it over to "horse commentators" who would write articles for publication.
The next level of "horse commentators" spend their days squatting at the horse farm watching the horses train. By observing the horses' performance during training and the horse manure that is cleaned up each day, they gather information and compile it.
Only Oriental Daily News did not need to purchase horse information, observe horse training, or study horse manure; instead, the Jockey Club staff proactively provided all the details.
In this way, a large amount of expenses can be saved, and the authenticity and timeliness of information can be guaranteed. In the long run, which horse racing newspaper will be able to compete with Oriental Daily?
Horse racing information provided by the Hong Kong Jockey Club;
News and information provided by wireless;
Neither of them needs to pay a huge cost to have resources far exceeding those of other newspapers, which is the foundation for Oriental Daily News to become the leading newspaper in just one and a half years.
However, starting today, the Oriental Daily News will lose this information channel, and the history of Hong Kong's horse racing newspaper will be rewritten...