Speaking of their names, many friends who are familiar with Hong Kong history or Hong Kong movies will be familiar with them. It can be said that they left a "bandit name" in the history of Hong Kong in the last century.
In addition, this group of bosses also has a group of younger brothers. For example, there are Zhu Yucheng and Hu as assistants. Generally speaking, these younger brothers can't change their nature and have formed bad habits. But Zhu Yucheng is different. He bought 28 properties and didn't gamble or go whoring.
"Big Brother" Zhang Ziqiang
1On April 7th, 955, Zhang Ziqiang was born in Yulin, Guangxi. When he was four years old, his parents wanted to make a living in Hong Kong, so the whole family settled in Hong Kong. At that time, Zhang Ziqiang's family opened a herbal tea shop in Yau Ma Tei, Hong Kong. Their only Chinese medicine skill was to make a living simply.
The "black boss" who grew up in Yau Ma Tei
As the saying goes, "those who are near the ink are black, and those who are near the ink are black." Although Yau Ma Tei is a small area in Hong Kong, there are frequent fights here, which is the gathering place of Hong Kong triads. In other words, Zhang Ziqiang grew up in such an environment. Because he witnessed many underworld behaviors, he gradually began to learn to fight and associate with street gangsters, and gradually became a local tyrant, known as "a brother." He has a lot of criminal records in the police station. He has been in and out of the police station since he was twelve years old and has become an "old acquaintance" of the local police.
Zhang Ziqiang occupied one side.
Gradually, Zhang Ziqiang's "turf" has gone out of Yau Ma Tei and turned to Hong Kong as a "century gangster". Since the 1990s, he has made a fortune through more "unique" means-robbing banks and kidnapping children of the rich. For example, under his leadership, the younger brothers robbed seven gold shops in Hong Kong, with a total value of more than 7.5 million yuan.
At 199 1, he even hijacked10.6 billion Hong Kong dollars in the cash truck. Because the banknotes were serial, he chose to throw them all into the sea, causing a sensation throughout Hong Kong.
And he was the only robber among his associates who didn't wear a mask at that time. It can be seen that he is completely dismissive of public rights. Later, he kidnapped Li Ka-shing's eldest son, Li Zeju, and demanded a high ransom.
It is such a local overlord and underworld leader who overturned his car in 1997-because he illegally bought nearly 800 kilograms of explosives and more than 2,000 detonators from the mainland in an attempt to create a terrorist incident in Hong Kong. Finally, he was found by the police and finally arrested. At the end of the same year, he was sentenced to death and deprived of political rights for life.
"Little Brother" Zhu Yucheng
As mentioned earlier in this article, Zhang Ziqiang has two trusted younger brothers. One is Zhu Yucheng, and the other is Hu. In the case of extreme kidnapping and bank robbery, these two can be described as heroes, and they got a lot of money from the case. Among them, Hu favored women, had many mistresses, gave birth to many children and lived a luxurious and decadent life.
Another Zhu Yucheng is completely different from other bandits. He is not close to women and doesn't like gambling. He has always been a "think tank" in the gang, mainly giving advice to the team, with many tricks. It is said that at that time, in order to contain Li Zeju, he drove a van to chase Li Zeju's luxury car, forced into Repulse Bay intersection, and made great contributions. He is also the younger brother who shares the most stolen goods, with more than 80 million Hong Kong dollars.
It was also after this case that he was reused as a confidant by Zhang Ziqiang. Later, he also planned a number of robberies and kidnappings on his own, and collected nearly 200 million Hong Kong dollars in stolen money. Zhang Ziqiang praised him for his "outstanding military achievements".
Turn to the real estate market
Smart as Zhu Yucheng, he knows his situation and that being a triad is not a long-term solution, so he took the initiative to take a back seat early and return to normal life. Li Ka-shing once advised him: "Stop it, your money is completely enough!" However, other accomplices did not agree, and they were addicted to beating, smashing, robbing and burning.
Unlike them, Zhu Yucheng chose to wash his hands of it. He listened to Li Ka-shing and invested in real estate. With a solid capital base and extensive contacts, Zhu Yucheng bought 28 properties back and forth, mainly in Zhuhai. As we all know, Hong Kong was the "Four Little Dragons" in Asia in the 1990s, and real estate was its pillar industry. The real estate market is in a good situation, and Zhu also made a big profit from it.
Eventually arrested.
However, the justice of the earth is long and slow, and the underworld members who made such a big mistake will eventually be arrested. 1997 After Zhang Ziqiang was arrested, Zhu Yucheng and others were pulled out like grasshoppers. Even at that time, Zhu Yucheng had retired from the Jianghu for some time.
It is said that Zhu Yucheng took the initiative to spit out all the stolen money when he was being interrogated. At that time, these funds were not just more than 200 million Hong Kong dollars, but billions of dollars! It can be seen that he is good at collecting money, and his assets should be the most among all Zhang Ziqiang's younger brothers.
Facing the trial, the police asked Zhu Yu why he wanted to buy 28 properties. He replied, "You can't squander the money you earned with your life." This seems reasonable, but it really makes people laugh and cry.
As the saying goes, "money is spent on the roots, good steel is used on the blades", and manpower and material resources should be used in key places. Zhu Yucheng is a person who uses good steel on the "bad blade". Judging from his great success in real estate investment, he is a man with a business mind and is very good at raising funds.
If he can go the right way, then his final result should be much better than that at that time. However, he chose a wrong path, so he embarked on a wrong life path.
We often say that life is a heavy journey, and we need to make choices at every fork in the road, and each choice will lead to another completely different life path. Like a waterfall choosing a cliff. It became a magnificent song; When the seed chooses the soil, it becomes vibrant green. Only when a person makes a good choice can he have a better life. Just like Zhang Ziqiang and Zhu Yucheng, although they had a so-called "glorious" past, judging from the results of life, they are all losers on the road of life.