Chapter 479 - 443 Jianghu Matters
"Master Wu, please have a seat here."
In the room, Lin Yun actively greeted Wu Li to sit down.
"Is there a target?"
Wu Li sat down and asked straightforwardly.
Lin Yun nodded, personally poured a cup of tea for Wu Li.
"This time it might be a bit risky, and I would like to seek your advice."
Wu Li took a sip of tea, "Let’s hear it."
Lin Yun: "As you know, due to the all-out war with the Longhua Association, we have given up a lot of territories, and many businesses have been forced to stop."
Wu Li nodded. Organizations like Zhiqing Hall, which straddle both the legal and illegal worlds, had long moved beyond the primitive stage of relying on protection fees for revenue. They owned many enterprises, the most common being nightclubs, bars, and KTV lounges. These were actually the basics; the rest varied widely, spanning industries such as real estate, hospitality, fashion, and foreign trade... and some even involved the entertainment industry as hidden investors in many movies and TV dramas.
Of course, every organization emphasized different businesses. For instance, Zhiqing Hall’s main legitimate business was in catering, owning over a hundred Chinese restaurants throughout the Los Angeles area, catering to various market segments and making up over 40% of their annual revenue.
However, with the onset of full-scale war with the Longhua Association, recently any restaurant owned by Zhiqing Hall encountered disruptions—some people came under various pretexts to start trouble, then escalate to vandalism; some simply vandalized, not just once but almost every other day, making business impossible to sustain.