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"If Hong Kong Island is going to be quiet—then let's get things moving outside!"
"Spread the word that Tung Sing is preparing to go overseas to do business!"
Let's see who loses their temper first!
On the night Hasegawa left port, a round of reshuffling began within the Tung Sing gang.
Wang Jianjun personally selected 27 people from East Kowloon and Tsuen Wan, divided them into four groups, and assigned them all to warehouses, docks, and transfer stations. On the surface, it was a logistics expansion, but in reality, they were all veterans selected by Xu Lang, who had either led their brothers or done life-or-death jobs.
The logistics department's document scheduling, vehicle affiliation, and transfer lists were all completely overhauled overnight, and even the drivers underwent retraining.
The first to notice something was wrong were a few individual merchants who had been following the outside world to deliver goods. They found that their goods could not be delivered to the old warehouse and had to be reported to the new warehouse. After confirming several times, they learned that the original warehouse had been transferred to a different management.
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These people may not say it, but they all know in their hearts that Xu Lang is really going to make a big move.
Meanwhile, rumors were also circulating on the other side of Hong Kong Island.
Several local triads that had originally sided with the Tianyao Society underwent personnel changes within just a few days. Some leaders suddenly "retired," some "went back to the mainland to retire," and an old man who ran an underground currency exchange business in Causeway Bay simply "ran away" without even taking his accounts with him.
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Everyone knows that someone is trying to get away beforehand.
Within Hong Kong's triad circles, some began to feel uneasy, some began to observe, and others were secretly eager to try their luck.
Three days later, a new name was suddenly mentioned—"Coastal Federation".
The organization's origins are unclear and its structure is vague. It is said to be a new platform created by several local small and medium-sized community groups in collaboration with the aim of integrating external projects and managing them centrally.
The name sounds fancy, and the way they do things is extremely low-key. They don't hold press conferences, don't do publicity, and don't put up signs. They just quietly registered a bunch of shell companies and signed several resource points that were being negotiated with Dongxing in a short period of time.
Chapter 588 Huan Sheng's Affiliation
They were intentionally targeting Tung Sing, but were also extremely cautious in avoiding it.
After receiving the news, Lei Yaoyang cursed in the conference room of Dongxing headquarters and slammed the names of the heads of those companies on the table.
"These companies all did business with Tung Sing before. They were acting like cowards when Brother Lang was clearing out their debts, but now they're already hooking up with other companies!"
The judge glanced at the documents and said in a low voice.
"They shouldn't be the mastermind '587,' they just have someone backing them up!"
"This Coastal Federation is using Hong Kong Island as a springboard, trying to take over all the surrounding areas while we're moving outwards!"
"They want to take over the seats we vacated!"
"A brilliant plan!"
Xu Lang listened without saying anything, but simply tapped the table lightly.
"Then we won't let them have their way!"
"We're laying out our business as a foundation, not for them to take a slice of the pie!"
"Hong Wentong, keep a close eye on those companies that have changed their legal names at 'Jianhong Wharf'!"
"Take some men to the warehouse in Sham Shui Po and tell them—if anyone dares to touch this place, we'll shut it down immediately!"
"Lei Yaoyang, keep an eye on the entry and exit records of those escort models from the 'Coastal Federation,' and investigate their financial flow!"
"If there's a problem with the accounts, start with theirs!"
"Let them know that when Tung Sing doesn't go to sea, they don't even have a chance to get ashore!"
Upon receiving the order, all parties mobilized swiftly.
Lei Yaoyang first secured two key companies for the "Coastal Federation" registration capital transfer: a shell company that acted as an advertising agency and a newly transformed micro-business platform.
The heads of both companies were "invited" for tea, and the next morning, both companies suspended operations citing "operational issues."
Next, Tiger Dami personally led a team to Sham Shui Po and found more than 70 boxes of undeclared goods in a warehouse that was under renovation. More than a dozen of these boxes were labeled as "cultural and creative crafts" but were actually filled with imported duty-free cigarettes.
That night, the warehouse was sealed off.
Meanwhile, on the other side of Hong Kong Island, outside the nightclubs, three model agencies that partnered with the Coastal Association had their shareholders temporarily changed. The one who was originally affiliated with Tung Sing suddenly returned, bringing a contract, and regained control of the operation.
Not a single shot was fired, not a single conflict occurred...
The Coastal Federation reacted swiftly, immediately convening an emergency internal meeting. However, the leaders discovered that their lawyer had suddenly resigned, their accountant in charge of back-office settlements was on "sick leave," and even the financial intermediary they were supposed to invest in had announced its "withdrawal from the project."
Then, someone received a message saying that Tung Sing's next step would be to investigate the source of their funds.
Then, within three days, this "Coastal Federation" disappeared without a trace.
Once the storm passed, nobody mentioned it again.
Meanwhile, Tung Sing, without firing a single shot, wiped out an underground alliance that was just starting out and had already established several projects on Hong Kong Island within three days.
No one knows how they made their move. All that is known is that the leader of that association was "interviewed" by people from the outer circle of Dongxing in a small bar, and then took a car to the airport without even taking his luggage.
After all this was over, Xu Lang finally laid out the formal cooperation agreement he had received from Hasegawa in the conference room on the top floor of the East Star headquarters.
Write down the pen and sign it.
Next comes the first real step in going global.
Chapter 589 Sounds on the Streets of Central
After the cooperation agreement was signed, Xu Lang did not announce it to the public immediately. Even within the Dongxing Gang, only a few core branches received verbal notification that the main branch would mobilize manpower to prepare for an external operation codenamed "South Line No. 1," requiring all actions to be kept secret and all participants to sign confidentiality agreements.
The entire preparation work lasted for three days, during which Xu Lang did not show up again, and only Hong Wentong and the judge were in charge of the arrangements.
The core location is in an old fishing port area south of Hong Kong Island. This place used to be a transshipment point for smuggling by the San Kou group. It was later abandoned and acquired by Tung Sing at a low price. Now it comes in handy.
The first batch of personnel consisted of more than 60 people from Dongxing's logistics department, shipping group, and external resource management group, plus more than 10 capable people responsible for intelligence, accounting, and handling preliminary acquisition documents. All of them were concentrated in a temporary command post converted from an old dock office building on the side of the fishing port.
Wang Jianjun was in charge of opening up the sea transport routes, Lei Yaoyang led people to take stock of the port's inventory resources, and Hu Dami was stationed on the perimeter, checking all the traffic pipelines, security systems, and surveillance lines in the surrounding streets.
In almost three days, an old wharf that had been dormant for more than a decade was completely turned upside down and renovated into a small outpost that combines cargo handling, warehousing, office space, and accommodation.
This happened so fast that even other gangs on Hong Kong Island didn't have time to react.
The only one who noticed was Tojoyama.
Three days later, at night, people from the Tojoyama branch suddenly appeared outside the fishing port.
A silver-gray private car was parked at the entrance of the dock for ten minutes. The people in the car did not get out, but simply contacted an unknown channel via walkie-talkie before leaving.
The next morning, Matsui, the liaison for the Yamaguchi-gumi on the outskirts of Hong Kong Island, delivered a letter through an intermediary. The letter was short, containing only two sentences.
"Dongxing wants to go to sea? Sure!"
"But the Tojo Yama clan doesn't like others running wild on their doorstep!"
After reading the letter, Hong Wentong sneered, crumpled the letter into a ball, and threw it into the trash can.
"They're trying to cross the line!"
“We haven’t touched a single piece of their land, but they’re the first to jump out because they’re afraid we’ll expand our business into their backyard!”
The judge didn't speak, but simply remarked the map on the table, marking more than a dozen routes from Old Port to the South China Sea, even drawing the hidden waterways that were easiest to pass through at night.
"We won't be using regular sea freight for this batch of goods!"
"Take the express route, bypass the southeast waters, and land at Houhai!"
"That area was cleared by our partners!"
"A round trip can be completed in as little as three days, and the round trip takes a maximum of thirty-five hours!"
Xu Lang sat to the side looking at the map, pointing to the 587 estuary at the southern end, without saying a word.
That afternoon, the first batch of "South Line No. 1" trial operation containers were shipped out.
What the outside world doesn't know is that this batch of goods wasn't a proper shipment at all, but rather a whole batch of empty containers and old circuit board casings used for testing, entirely for assessing the smoothness of the transport channels and the transit time.
Within three hours, the goods passed through the port, trucks, and docks and were loaded onto the ship without any obstruction.
In the fifth hour, we arrived at the open sea via the first fast route, where we were met by the people arranged by Hasegawa.
The reply arrived at the Dongxing command post in the seventh hour.
"The passage is clear, and the route is feasible!"
"Ready to begin shipping!"
Chapter 590 Dongxing Continues to Show Its Power
On the evening of the day he received the reply, Wang Jianjun led a team to dispatch thirty transport vehicles from Kowloon South. They inventoried all the peripheral businesses that had been stockpiled, unsold, or in stock in the past from several old industrial areas, abandoned factories, and logistics transfer warehouses. The first batch of shipments consisted of 236 boxes, including five categories of goods, all of which were sensitive commodities that were in high demand in the market but whose circulation was restricted.
At 11:30 p.m., all the lights at the fishing port were turned off.
Only two ships were slowly approaching the shore to load cargo. The whole process took less than an hour. Once loaded, they set sail immediately, one taking the main route and the other taking the hidden route, diverting to the sea.
This marks the first time Dongxing has officially shipped goods by sea, and it is also Xu Lang's first step in officially exploring the Southeast market.
But what really caught everyone off guard was the next morning.
An insider message suddenly exploded in the underground circles—
"A new port line on Hong Kong Island has experienced a funding shortage, logistics have come to a standstill, suppliers have absconded, and customers have switched orders!"
No one named names, but everyone knew—.
That was the last self-operated port of the Tianyao Society.
This port was previously operated by a shipping company they partnered with, handling the reverse express route from Southeast Asia to Hong Kong Island, dealing with high-frequency, fast-moving consumer goods.
However, after Dongxing set sail, customers on this route suddenly disappeared, cargo owners withdrew their investments, operating funds could not be recovered, and the port was forced to close its warehouses and suspend operations.
Even more critically, the shipping company's actual operating account had direct equity ties with a company previously used by the "Coastal Federation".
The news caused an uproar in the industry.
The Hong Kong underworld instantly understood one thing—
Xu Lang's move was to use the guise of going to sea to sever the entire Tianyao Society's supply routes in the southeast.
The day after the port ceased operations, the two peripheral managers of Tianyao Society on Hong Kong Island disappeared without a trace, three peripheral modeling agencies ceased operations, and a film subsidiary was dissolved. The entire industry chain collapsed within 72 hours.
No one dared to say a word.
Even Tojoyama fell silent.
In the Southern District of Hong Kong Island, in an abandoned industrial building near the old airport, a secret meeting is underway without nameplates or notes.