They are the big drug lords in Hong Kong, with more than 700 tons of opium in their hands, so the most heinous crime can be predicted in advance before the incident, and they retreat with all their bodies, and the only regret before dying is that they cannot return to their hometown.
Their descendants were born with disabilities, and by virtue of their strong family background, they won the favor of "Hong Kong's first beautiful woman" and became a couple, and the family is still prosperous and standing today.
They are the brothers Ma Xiru and Ma Xizhen, who are known as the "Underground Commander of Hong Kong" and "Ma Shi Shuangxiong".
In 1935, Ma Xiru was born in Chaoyang, Shantou City, Guangdong Province, his parents died early, and he and his brother Ma Xizhen, who was three years younger than himself, were lonely and bitter, and were raised by his uncle. Although he lived in the uncle's house, the uncle was also poor, plus the brothers were sent to the fence and were often bullied by the villagers.
In 1949, there was a "wave of escape from Hong Kong", and 14-year-old Ma Xiru was determined to change his fate and smuggled his 11-year-old brother Ma Xizhen to Hong Kong to try his luck.
Stepping into Hong Kong Island but without relatives, the brothers took root in the dock where they rested, and applied for a job as a coolie at the dock, although they were still young, but in order to survive, they could only be the scalp.
I often hear that "the children of the poor have long been home", and I have to say that behind this sentence there are many blood and tears, and people are forced out.
In the early 1950s, after a long time in the docks, coupled with the cleverness of the two brothers, they also knew some people, and with the help of their fellow villagers, they worshiped under the door of Wang Laoji, the "Character Flower King" of "Fu Yixing" at that time.
The society "Fu Yixing" is rarely heard of now, but it was an old society in those days, and it was circulated in the rivers and lakes: "The oldest Fu Yixing, the greatest and happy!" ”
Wang Laoji is known as the "King of Character Flowers" because he has many gambling stalls under his hand, especially the "Character Flower Stalls", and the "Character Flower Stalls" of that year are actually the predecessors of the current Liuhe Lottery.
"Word flower file" is that every time on the word flower stall, it will list thirty-six things or character names, the customer spends money to buy one of them, the bookmaker stipulates how long after the award, if you win the lottery, generally 10 yuan can get 300 yuan.
Although Ma Xiru and Ma Xizhen were young, they were very clear in their work and were deeply loved by Wang Laoji, and then Wang Laoji adopted their brothers as righteous sons and gave up a part of the gambling stalls for them to take care of.
When the Ma brothers officially took over the operation of the gambling stall, Wang Laoji found that he had found the treasure, because the profits of the farms they operated were much higher than before.
It turned out that almost all the gambling stalls in that year relied on the thousands of skill masters in the field or the organ props on the gambling table to pit people, and the Ma brothers removed these so-called unspoken rules as soon as they took office, and achieved "fairness, justice and openness" for gamblers.
Sometimes the gambling passenger gas is too good, and the gambling stall loses a lot of silver, and they also give it to them. It will not be like other gambling stalls, people win too much, they will not let go.
Because of this, the gambling stalls they run have a very good reputation, and many people are more willing to come to the scene.
After operating for a period of time, Ma Xiru found that the most profitable project in the field was the Word Flower File, and he was more willing to work the Word Flower File.
He found his younger brother Ma Xizhen, and the two of them summed up, first made a promotional poster of "Word Flower File", and then in order to make it easier for customers to see, they bought a fixed advertising space for the newspaper, so that customers could see the results of the lottery directly in the newspaper. This step is actually the prototype of the "Oriental Daily" they opened together in the later period.
In order to stand out among many "word flower stalls", Ma Xiru also engaged in a "buy word flower, send gifts" activities, such as sending egg tarts, sending a small electric fan or something.
The business of "character flower stalls" allowed the brothers to save the first bucket of gold, and then they went to Haojiang to investigate, and moved the hot dog racing in Macao to Hong Kong and became the dealer of the dog racing periphery. And also for these gambling industry to do support, opened a financial company, that is, put the number.
Later, high interest rates became an illegal industry, and the Ma brothers reorganized the financial company into a financial company, creating a precedent for Hong Kong gangsters to open a financial company at that time.
With the money, Ma Xiru used a small amount of money to invest in the old bank and started the business of the wharf, and the main business of the wharf was smuggling.
In the mid-1960s, the Ma brothers' docks helped smuggle drugs, and "lame" Wu Xihao was one of his clients, Wu Xihao was brought into the industry by his uncle Wu Zhenkun in the early years, and at first there was only a small stall in Shijiaowei, and within a few years he became a huge richman.
Ma Xiru found that the money he made by helping people smuggle drugs was much lower than Wu Xihao's profits from drug trafficking, and he had money on hand, and behind him was the "Fu Yixing" community, and the starting conditions were much better than Wu Xihao's.
Therefore, Ma Xiru made a decision that violated his ancestors and transformed into a big drug lord with the same name as Wu Xihao and Hong Hanyi.
The younger brother Ma Xizhen originally did not want to be contaminated with these things, but watching his brother Ma Xiru jump in, he also entered the scene with the idea of "killing and not leaving his brother".
Then the money flowed into the pockets of the two brothers and became a huge richman.
In 1969, Ma Xiru and Ma Xizhen founded the "Oriental Daily", which was known as the "White Powder Newspaper" because many drug news codes were transmitted using the contents of the newspaper.
The brothers were run by Ma Xiru in the drug business, because Ma Xiru was known as the "White Powder Horse".
The Oriental Daily was mainly run by Ma Xizhen, and at that time, in addition to passing on the news, the most important role of the newspaper was to launder the illegal income obtained from the drug trade, so the younger brother Ma Xizhen was called "Golden Horse".
Ma Xizhen's business is undoubtedly very talented, although the original intention of the newspaper is to use as a tool to make money, but under the management of Ma Xizhen, the newspaper has won the honorary title of "Pin Crown" for 29 consecutive years, and his business acumen can be seen.
Relying on this divine operation, the Ma brothers earned countless gold and silver, accumulated thousands of family wealth, and the status of the jianghu jumped straight up, and soon reached the peak.
In its heyday, the Ma brothers were even more related to the "Yiqun" community of "Lame Hao", the "14K" and "New Yi'an" Xiang clan of Hong Hanyi, and the "four major families" of the underworld.
In 1974, the Independent Commission Against Corruption was established, and Wu Xihao, the most high-profile and least underground of the "Four Families", was the first to be knifed and sentenced to 30 years in prison, directly breaking the record, and the normal maximum sentence would only be 25 years.
Seeing that Wu Xihao was sentenced to a heavy sentence, for a time the wind and rivers and lakes were full of noise. As early as 1968, the four major inspectors of Hong Kong Island were already a signal in essence, but these drug lords looked at the great interests and were reluctant to give up.
When the Ma brothers saw Wu Xihao like this, they also realized that this time they were really moving, so they immediately closed their hands, leaving only legal businesses such as oriental daily newspapers to continue to run.
In 1977, Wu Xihao, who was in prison, confessed to many people, including the Fact that the Ma brothers had been smuggling drugs for them, so the Ma brothers were accused by the authorities of smuggling 700 tons of drugs between 1969 and 1974.
Before the prosecution, his brother Ma Xiru got the news one step ahead of time and fled to Treasure Island. His younger brother Ma Xizhen had many properties that needed to be closed and did not flee immediately.
In 1978, Ma Xizhen was arrested, and her brother Ma Xiru watched in a hurry on Treasure Island. Ma Xizhen found a powerful lawyer, paid 1 million bail, and then spent the night part-time, abandoned bail and absconded, went straight to Baodao, and after arriving, he was arrested by the local government for "illegal entry with fake documents" and imprisoned for 1 year.
This crime is much lighter than in Xiangjiang, when Wu Xihao was sentenced to 30 years for selling 30 tons, proportionally, the Ma brothers' 700 tons could not be sentenced to 700 years?
In 1991, the movie "Dragon and Tiger Brothers of the Four Families" (also known as "Hong Kong Underground Commander") starring Lu Liangwei and Zheng Zeshi was an allusion to the jianghu road between Ma Xiru and Ma Xizhen, but the film only filmed the first half of their lives, in essence, their second half of life was just as wonderful.
The brothers set up camp on Treasure Island, with abundant funds to invest in legal business and real estate, and their industries are in the top of Great Britain, the beautiful country, and the kangaroo country. With a row of office towers in central London's financial district and the city of Westminster, it's simply unbeatable.
In addition, the legal industry in Heung Kong has also continued to operate and has developed well.
At that time, Wu Xihao's 30 tons of drugs were valued at 300 million, which was worth 7 billion yuan for the Ma brothers' 700 tons, and after the successful transfer of this money, after years of investment, their wealth is still a mystery, and even some people say that they are the real richest Chinese.
When they arrived at Treasure Island, the brothers were extremely low-key. Compared with Ma Xiru's low profile to the extreme, Ma Xizhen occasionally appeared in public several times.
At that time, when the Bamboo Gang opened the new Tangkou "Bear Hall", Ma Xizhen attended and sang a song on the spot.
In many movies, it is implied that the brothers and Lü Le are at odds, but in fact, they are not, because Ma Xizhen and Lü Le were filmed eating in the restaurant that day.
And Ma Xizhen also has a special hobby, that is, when smoking, he does not directly use a turkey to light a cigarette, but uses a lighter to ignite the banknote and then use the banknote to ignite, which is also no one.
There is this plot in the movie "The True Colors of Heroes" starring Zhou Runfa, and it is true that art comes from life.
In 1998, his brother Ma Xiru, who had been on the run for 20 years, died of illness at the age of 63. Before he died, he regretted two things, one was that he could not return to Hong Kong, and the other was that his son was not yet married.
Ma Xiru's son is not unfamiliar to everyone, his name is Ma Tingqiang, if you don't know who Ma Tingqiang is, then his wife's famous beautiful Hong Kong star Li Zi should be no stranger to everyone, Chen Haonan's girlfriend professional household in "Ancient Puzzle Boy".
In 2008, Ma Tingqiang won the favor of Li Zi, and the two married, which became the focus of everyone's attention for a time.
Perhaps Ma Xiru did something harmful, Ma Tingqiang was born disabled, and he had to walk on crutches all his life, most of them called him "the disabled rich", and some people ridiculed him as a "second generation crippled hao", in order to innuendo that his father's generation had a relationship with lame hao.
It is "everything can not be taken away, only the evil carries with them", in the movie "Chasing the Dragon", "Lame Hao" has such a line.
Ma Tingqiang has many industries, including medical treatment, investment, charity, technology, and information, and Li Zi also runs a listed company.
Ma Xiru's illness and death made Ma Xizhen realize that he was also old, and he also wanted to return to the roots and return to Hong Kong to have a look.
Ma Xizhen's son was Ma Chengkun, the boss of the Oriental Press Group at the time, and Ma Xizhen actually waited for the day when she returned to Hong Kong due to organ failure in her later years. In order to fulfill his father's wish, Ma Chengkun used huge resources without success.
Ma Chengkun's repeated appeals to revoke the wanted warrant of 36 years ago were not revoked after a verdict in 2014, which made Ma Xizhen lose hope.
In 2015, Ma Xizhen died of multiple organ failure at the age of 77. The "black, white and red" three roads of treasure island were all present at the scene to mourn, and the momentum was no less than that of any gangster.
In accordance with his will, the sons and daughters did not choose to cremate the body, but to do antiseptic treatment, and then chartered a plane to transport it back to Hong Kong for burial, to fulfill their wish to return to the roots of the fallen leaves.
As early as 1980, there was a large-scale series "People in the Jianghu", which is about the life of the brothers, and you may wish to take a look at it.
I have to say that sometimes it seems that the heavenly way is unfair, as a big drug lord has harmed many people and many families, but he can retire from the whole body and enjoy his old age in peace, but his last wish before death cannot be fulfilled, which is also rare in the world!