Li Fei, looking down at the crowd bowing uniformly before him, barely managed to keep his composure, thinking he was so kind of demon god who could catch bullets with his bare hands.
He didn't speak, and over three hundred people maintained their bowing posture, not daring to stand up.
The atmosphere at the scene gradually beca oppressive as many people started to sweat profusely.
"Enough."
A mont later, a deep voice sounded from beneath the mask.
Upon hearing this, the over three hundred people at the scene breathed a sigh of relief, stood up, and looked up at the Green-faced Ghost King on the stand.
"Liu San should have already ntioned to you in these past few days that I indeed plan to take over the business left by the Tiger Saber Gang and to reestablish the gang. However, many of the old rules will have to change,"
Li Fei declared loudly.
Hearing that the Green-faced Ghost King planned to rebuild the Tiger Saber Gang, the crowd was inwardly delighted, and soone imdiately exclaid loudly,
"We are willing to follow the Ghost King with utmost loyalty!"
"We are willing to follow the Ghost King to the death!"
"The Ghost King's martial arts are unmatched, and he will surely unify Xing City's World!"
"..."
For a mont, everyone loudly declared their positions, bowing once again to Li Fei on the stand.
Li Fei raised a hand, and everyone quickly fell silent.
"Among you, there are many who are bloodstained and utterly reprehensible. Such people are not the ones I want,"
Li Fei said coldly.
These words made many in the crowd shudder with fear.
Then, dozens of burly n wielding weapons rushed in from the entrance and surrounded those on the left side of the line.
These were the people whom Liu San had nad earlier.
"rcy, Ghost King, rcy!"
Soone imdiately knelt down, frantically kowtowing towards Li Fei.
"We were all coerced by the Tiger Saber Gang!"
The rest knelt and kowtowed as well.
They were all painfully aware of their past deeds, so none was wronged; all of them were pleading for rcy.
Li Fei coldly watched these people, then his raised right hand swung down sharply.
Swish, swish, swish —
With that gesture from Li Fei, the strong n brandishing weapons directly attacked those kneeling on the ground!
These strong n were experts from Qingyuan Fist Village, and under the arrangents of Shangguan Xiao, they had now sworn allegiance to Li Fei.
So of the kneeling individuals were at the Body Breaking Stage and tried to resist, but were quickly split into halves.
The one who struck was the well-known expert from Qingyuan Fist Village, 'Golden-breaking Hand' Xiang Du.
Just a few days ago, Qingyuan Fist Village's experts had suffered heavy losses in an unexpected event. Now, the only usable martial master-level expert they had was Xiang Du.
Soon, the specifically selected individuals were cleanly slaughtered!
In fact, all the people present tonight could be considered evildoers and scum in the traditional sense.
According to the laws of the Da Lan Dynasty, the vast majority on the premises deserved the death penalty, and the rest could not have escaped prison.
Now, those who were specially singled out by Li Fei for execution were infamous scum, the sort whom ten death penalties would not suffice!
Li Fei wanted to rebuild the Tiger Saber Gang and lead Xing City's World into a new era. But this ship sailing towards a new era could not accommodate the dregs of the old era.
On the martial arts field, half of the ground was stained red with fresh blood and covered with bodies, while the pungent sll of blood perated the air. The people on the other half of the ground were paralyzed with fear, their faces drained of color.
Although none of these people present were of good standing and were more or less accustod to bloodshed, this was their first ti witnessing slaughter on such a scale!
From over three hundred people, only just over a hundred remained!
They had all co with sincerity to pledge allegiance, yet it turned into a snare.
Speaking of killing a chicken to scare the monkeys, this killing was far too cruel and ferocious!
At this mont, the remaining people looked at Li Fei with deep-seated fear.
The Green-faced Ghost King had truly beco a god of death from Hell in their hearts!
After the slaughtering ended, the experts from Qingyuan Fist Village left the venue, leaving behind a ground littered with corpses.
Only then did Li Fei slowly speak,
"Alright, it's ti to establish the rules. I hope you all rember them well."
As the words fell, the remaining people hastily stood up from the ground, focusing their attention on Li Fei, fearing they might miss sothing and bring about fatal consequences.
Standing behind Li Fei all this while, Liu San stepped forward, holding a thick stack of parchnt and began to read:
"Effective imdiately, all opium dens are to be closed, and all opium destroyed..."
Shangguan Xiao had told Li Fei that if he did not like the current Tiger Saber Gang, then he should change it into what he desired.
Thus, Li Fei began his drastic transformation of the Tiger Saber Gang:
Legitimate businesses would continue, but they could no longer rely on the backing of the Tiger Saber Gang to forcefully seize and monopolize goods.
Gambling dens and brothels would also continue—as these two businesses were legal in the Da Lan Dynasty, soone would occupy this market share if Li Fei did not. Especially the brothels—since the recorded prostitutes would have a hard ti transitioning to other industries in their lifeti. If Li Fei did not need them, they would have to continue elsewhere, possibly under even worse conditions.
Therefore, both the gambling dens and brothels would remain operational, but the gambling dens would no longer allow croupiers to rig the gas, no loaning allowed, no predatory loans, and no violent debt collection practices.
As for the brothels, no coercion into prostitution, no arbitrary abuse of the won, no withholding of salaries, and regular free dical check-ups must be scheduled for these won.
After openly arranging the businesses, the under-the-table dealings followed.
Firstly, the opium dens—completely destroyed, never to reopen!
The business of murdering and human trafficking on the black market stopped, not allowed to continue.
Others such as private salt, Powerful Crossbows, armor, and even munitions businesses could still proceed.
Besides, the trades of Martial Arts resources could also continue.
In the past, when the Tiger Saber Gang firmly controlled the Martial Arts Hall, obtaining Martial Arts resources was not difficult. Although Li Fei could now still control the Martial Arts Hall through the relationship with Shangguan Xiao, he had no intention of doing so.
In the future, Li Fei would also arrange for talented individuals to go to the Martial Arts Hall for "advanced studies", but he wouldn't bully others with his power; everything depended on their own abilities to strive.
Thus, the resources for Martial Arts Cultivation might have to shift from selling outward to buying them from outside, otherwise, they couldn't cultivate their own forces.
At last, the most detailed part of the rules set by Li Fei involved the smallest profit-making aspect—the "protection fee."
The "protection fee" was a characteristic of the tis, ranging from small street vendors to large departnt stores; unless there was a powerful backer, no one could avoid the "protection fee."
And those businessn with powerful backers had essentially already paid the "protection fee" in another form.
Originally, the leaders of the Tiger Saber Gang responsible for collecting protection fees thought that with the character of the Green-faced Ghost King, such fees would definitely not be allowed anymore, and they were going to be out of jobs.
Unexpectedly, under the rules set by Li Fei, the protection fee was still to be collected, only significantly less than before.
Moreover, the protection fee was renad to "City Managent Fee."
After collecting this "City Managent Fee", the people of the Tiger Saber Gang had many responsibilities:
They had to stand guard daily at fixed points to maintain market order and prevent any disturbances.
They had to clean up trash daily and keep the exterior of the shops clean.
At night, they also had to patrol to prevent fires and theft.
If the roads were damaged, with holes or broken paving stones, or if street lamps went out, they had to repair them promptly.
When it rained and there was water logging inside stores, they had to help...
In short, any business that paid the City Managent Fee could seek help with any problems during business hours.
This series of regulations left everyone present astonished.
Especially those responsible for collecting the protection fees, they felt their entire worldview was being challenged!
"Damn, collecting protection fees and having to do so much for the rchants, aren't we just laboring for others then?"
Working for others was impossible, it's a lifeti of... they turned their heads and saw the bodies scattered around, the leaders could only nod continuously towards the figure on stage, affirming that they would serve the Ghost King well.
To work tirelessly until death!
After Liu San finished reading the various "regulations" set by Li Fei, he said with a peculiar expression:
"The na Tiger Saber Gang also needs to be changed; from now on when you go out, don't tell others you're part of a gang. From now on, you're all employees of a legitimate company."
"Legitimate company? Work?"
These two terms were very foreign to the people present.
"From now on, everyone is part of the Qingyuan City Managent Company, and later on, you'll sign a labor contract."
Liu San told everyone.
After obtaining his consent, Qingyuan City Managent Company was registered under his na. aning that he was now the legal representative and chairman of the company.
From being a low-profile boxing agent in Qingyuan Fist Village to becoming the chairman of a company with the structure of the Tiger Saber Gang!
Even though he knew he was just a nominal leader, all of this still felt incredibly surreal to Liu San.
"At last,"
Liu San called out sowhat awkwardly, "I hope everyone rembers our company's slogan—"
"Be good people, strive for better every day!"
"..."
Everyone present looked at each other.
After a mont of silence, they finally shouted in unison:
"Be good people, strive for better every day!"
After everyone had finished shouting the slogan, Li Fei then said coldly:
"Dismiss."
So, the crowd scattered as if fleeing the martial arts venue.
Li Fei turned to look at Liu San, who imdiately stood up straight, his muscles tensed.
"Take more care with the company matters in the future; handle external affairs yourself, and contact only if you really can't resolve sothing,"
Li Fei told Liu San.
"Yes, rest assured, I will do my utmost to manage the company well for you!"
Liu San said solemnly.
Li Fei: "I have already told you the worst outco, if sothing happens to the company in the future, I might have a chance to escape by hiding behind, but you, as the visible corporate legal representative, will definitely be directly in the line of fire. If you can accept this risk, then it's fine."
Liu San laughed, "For a nobody like to have the chance to beco the chairman of such a company, it's a glory and a status many people would die for! Whatever happens in the future, I accept it, even if I die—this life would still be worth it! I must thank you for this opportunity!"
After saying this, he deeply bowed to Li Fei.
Then Liu San also left the venue, for he had many matters to attend to.
After Liu San had left, Shangguan Xiao ca out from a private box, and Li Fei also took off the mask from his face.
"Shi Gu."
"Hmm, Liu San is indeed capable, but what's most rare is that he has loyalty. Choosing him to manage the company for you was a good selection."
Shangguan Xiao told Li Fei.
Li Fei nodded, acknowledging Shangguan Xiao's comnt.
At that ti, when the Green-faced Ghost was targeted by both the Tiger Saber Gang and the Chief, Liu San was willing to risk eting Shangguan Xiao to relay ssages for the Green-faced Ghost, which gave Li Fei a good impression of him.
In this era, there are many capable people, but those who are capable and also loyal are few.
"All the rules you set, I can understand, but this 'City Managent Fee', with such a setup, you'll probably not only fail to make any money, but also have to put a lot of money into it. Spending so much manpower and energy to do those tasks, is it really worth it?"
Shangguan Xiao asked.
"Shi Gu, how far Qingyuan City Managent Company can go actually does not depend on how well the other businesses perform, but precisely on whether the 'city managent' part of the work can be done well."
Li Fei smiled, a gleam in his eyes.
Under the night sky, Xing City was still ablaze with countless lights.
The once-massive structure had collapsed, and a new fla was blossoming from the blood and corpses—
Emitting a radiance.
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