Hong Kong gangster movies are popular in the juvenile years of a generation, and under the enlightenment of these movies, the mainland has popularized the outfit of wearing sunglasses and wearing a jacket, setting off a big wave of "ancient puzzle boys", then, hong Kong gangsters are really like in the movie, can they fight with real knives and guns at every turn, and all kinds of illegal and disorderly transactions are everywhere?
Under the background of the brotherhood and chivalrous story in the movie, other elements are less important, and many people do not take the movie seriously.
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In fact, in Hong Kong in that era, street fights did happen from time to time, although the scene was terrible, but there were still many eager people who wanted to join the gang.
At that time, Hong Kong was colonized by the British, and the British government had always adopted a laissez-faire management model for the Chinese area, which also brought the foundation for the emergence of gangsters.
Coupled with the inaction of the Hong Kong police, the gangs' more wanton behavior eventually angered the British government in Hong Kong, and finally discovered this unstable bomb, but it was too late to eradicate this intertwined block.
Why did the gangsters in Hong Kong disappear in the early 20s, and there were no more rumors?
This has to start from the time of Hong Kong's return to the motherland, since Hong Kong returned to the embrace of the motherland, the People of Hong Kong finally no longer have to pay protection fees between the police and gangsters to live, but how did such a huge organized group disappear so quickly, where did they go?
Gangsters: Break the tolerance of Hong Kong and Britain
Gangster movies in Hong Kong movies are the most popular genre in the past, with bloody fight scenes and tense and exciting storylines that always tugged at the heartstrings of the audience, but most mainlanders only know little about Hong Kong's gangster industry and gradually forget it after its disappearance.
As a result, the organizations that were once an important symbol of Hong Kong and the "glory" that created "glory" in Hong Kong's history disappeared. What about the ins and outs of hong Kong gangsters.
To talk about His disappearance, first go back to His beginning. The most fundamental reason for the establishment of these organizations is the laissez-faire attitude of the British government in Hong Kong to the administration of public security in Hong Kong, so when a vicious incident occurs, it can only be solved by these residents of the city who do not know anything about the law and the bottom line, and the result of improper handling is that it will become more and more intense.
Interests unite these people and bring new contradictions. Disputes between individuals were resolved, and these gangs were formed one after another, and the fights between the gangs began, and during the period of great increase in the number of gangs, firefights occurred from time to time, and the bloody killing activities were several times more serious than in the movie.
These gangs with rules but no bottom line have finally discovered the truth that the strong are kings, and the pressure that has no control has made them more promiscuous, and the gangs and the police and rich businessmen in Hong Kong have colluded and begun to embark on more evil international crimes, smuggling arms and narcotics, peddling drugs and arms in Hong Kong, hiring killers to train killers, and all kinds of criminal acts that we can hardly imagine are commonplace in gangster organizations.
In this fiery environment, ordinary residents of Hong Kong have become the biggest victims, and the Ming Era is progressing, but the overall social environment of Hong Kong is constantly moving towards darkness.
But finally they ushered in a turning point, because the day of Hong Kong's return to the motherland is getting closer and closer, which not only means that Hong Kong has been re-included in China's territory, but also means that all hong Kong residents are also under the legal protection of China.
Gangster: What is really disappearing
In 1997, when Hong Kong was returned to the motherland, these gang organizations turned into birds and beasts and did not dare to make a sound, and the sudden restoration of tranquility made people wonder where the huge organization of tens of thousands of people had gone from before, and whether the fear brought to them by the return of Hong Kong really had such a great power that these people who did nothing evil for money could give up their own interests.
In fact, the disappearance of the underworld after the return of the underworld in 1997 was not instantaneous, and their disappearance was not completely absent in the true sense.
The disappearance of Hong Kong gangsters has a stage, and the form of disappearance is also relatively special, which should be judged from the first great purge of Hong Kong gangsters by the British government in the 50s, and the impact of this purge on gangster organizations, as a poisonous strain that stands in Hong Kong and is entangled, it can really be described as wildfires that cannot be burned endlessly.
Due to the continuous expansion of the scope of crimes involved in Hong Kong gangsters and the aggravation of malignant influence, the British government of Hong Kong finally realized in the 56-year general strike that if this cancer is not eradicated, Hong Kong will one day lose control.
These lawless gangster organizations took advantage of the opportunity during the suppression of the strike to burn and loot, extort and kidnap, buy and sell, and everyone who could make a profit had someone to share the cup.
Recognizing the seriousness of the situation, the British government of Hong Kong immediately urged the Hong Kong Police Department to set up an "anti-triad group" to successfully arrest more than 600 gang leaders and escort them out of Hong Kong for detention, and more than 10,000 ordinary members of the triad were arrested.
Although this arrest did not bring a devastating blow to the gangs, it successfully shocked them, and from 56 to 74 years, the dark characters of the Hong Kong gangsters played their strong adaptability and began their first transformation so that they could continue to breed in Hong Kong.
The suppression of the police station has allowed the triad to be caught everywhere and can no longer enjoy unimpeded crime, so they have seized the biggest weakness of human nature, greed, gang organizations bribe the police station, and the police officers of the authorities, no matter how big or small, are in league with the gang, so that they have a chance to revive.
At that time, the criminal activities of the gang organization only stayed in the opening of pornography, gambling and drug venues, and everything behind them really made them a huge harm that had to be eradicated.
In the early 1970s, gangs began to dabble in profitable international crimes, smuggling drugs and arms, and the sheer number of Straight-witted people was astonishing.
This moment is also the first stage of the gang organization began to disappear, with the rapid development of Hong Kong's economic development, the gang organization is also constantly keeping up with the trend, and finally someone stepped forward to decide not to let it grow, in 74 Hong Kong set up the Independent Commission Against Corruption.
The establishment of the Anti-Corruption Office finally cut off the work between the gangs and the police, and without the umbrella, the gangs did not dare to act rashly and the Hong Kong police launched a long war.
The constant tightening and suppression of the gangs has clearly constrained the actions of the gangs, the number of crimes has decreased significantly in a few years, and with the arrival of more serious high pressure, the gangs have once again begun to transform to face the upcoming return of Hong Kong in 1997.
With the approaching of 97, the Hong Kong police have taken a more severe sweep against the underworld, and the Hong Kong underworld has taken a different turn in response.
In order to escape the severe legal sanctions of the mainland, many gangsters realized in advance that they should be whitewashed as soon as possible, so the central organization and strength of the gang began to transform into a modern enterprise company system, and the former hierarchical system of jianghu became today's "regularized" management, such as the chairman, vice chairman, and manager.
More and more legitimate enterprises have also appeared in the name of gangsters, they are eager to launder money and whitewash their identities, and these acts at the top have also led to instability at the bottom, and most of the bosses have not thought of providing some financial support and help for their own bottom gangs.
So the internal structure began to collapse from the bottom, the fight between the gangs decreased, the strife between the factions began, and these rat infestations without food began to kill each other.
The disappearance of hong Kong gangsters is not instantaneous, and their initial disintegration begins from within. With the iteration of the gang bosses, their management has become more and more loose and disorderly, allowing the Hong Kong police to easily eliminate them, while the lower gangs of the gang are still not satisfied, infighting and conflicts of interest often occur, which also gives the police more opportunities to clean up, and the prison has become their home.
The threat of the police coupled with internal instability, the Hong Kong gangsters are no longer the big brothers who covered the sky in Hong Kong, and their dangerous buildings are crumbling. Driven by interests, many underworlds have begun to solve their own problems, and the bosses of some gangs have been killed by their own gang's disciples and grandchildren.
With the disintegration of all aspects, the Hong Kong gang has gone from the tens of thousands of people left, and those little Luo Luo who are not afraid have disappeared in the true sense, and they have either washed their hands or been arrested and imprisoned.
The floating of members has made people at the middle level start to worry, and it has also made those small organizations with little power feel desperate, so in order to have more members, they no longer have a strict system to require members, even women and teenagers are included in the organization.
This situation has caused the overall quality and threat of the gang forces to decline, and the fierce outlaws of the past have become rare.
This has also attracted the attention of the police, because criminal activities have begun to extend to teenagers, and the data on juvenile delinquency has been increasing, so the Hong Kong Police Department has begun to crack down harder, detecting many gangs that specialize in recruiting teenagers.
These gangs recruit young people not only because of the lack of personnel, but also because they want to cultivate successors in them to prevent the organization from eventually reaching the end of its demise.
But the demise came faster, small and medium-sized organizations were cornered, they had to constantly keep a low profile, their only source of interest could only rely on small industries in the gray area, such as cabarets and dance halls, etc., and they could no longer set off any storms. Such gray industries still exist even today, but they cannot escape the punishment of the law.
This step by step forced many people to retreat, and a large number of triad members began to quit and start new occupations to whitewash their identities, and these triad elements who flowed to society engaged in legitimate occupations.
Today's gangster is like a round piece of paper, and his surroundings are constantly burning inwards, and finally only the handful of ashes in the middle remains.
Near 97, in order not to become the target of the police, the process of legalization also began to accelerate, they began to set up the entertainment and catering industry and guard companies, from the role of exploiters to service providers, at that time most of Hong Kong's entertainment venues and catering industry, as well as schools, film and television industries were operated by the underworld.
In addition, they have also derived the loan shark industry, started a company, and then lent usury to others, or set up a debt collection company to be hired to collect debts for others, so that the continuous transition, the gang organization can no longer have any major impact on the security of Hong Kong.
But even if there is no impact, the police have not given up the investigation, as long as there is excessive behavior, then they will go all out to hunt down in order to build a more sound society with a sound rule of law.
When Hong Kong finally returned in 1997, we can see that the former low-level gangsters were either arrested or withdrawn, and the middle-level people also scattered and began to work hard to whitewash their identities and integrate into society, and the big leaders of those big organizations became big companies and entrepreneurs in Hong Kong.
They have indeed succeeded in whitewashing, but is it really not the underworld, many reports show that there will still be some protection fees in Hong Kong, or coercive incidents, it seems that as long as the darkness in human nature still exists, the evil forces will not completely disappear.
After the return of Hong Kong, the state attaches great importance to this and pours a lot of resources into the cause of fighting criminal syndicates and eliminating evil in Hong Kong, and Hong Kong finally has a peaceful day, and it is precisely because of everyone's fear of the laws and regulations of the motherland that the gangs began their spontaneous disintegration and transformation before 97, so that Hong Kong can return to the embrace of the motherland with a better appearance.
There are many well-known gangsters in Hong Kong after whitewashing, such as the famous Xiang Huaqiang through the film and television industry to completely wash himself into a film and television company, and even as an actor himself, many TVB celebrities have more or less relationship with him.
Although this whitewashing road is not easy, as long as it is successful, these people can escape the disaster, and many of Hong Kong's top film and television companies and enterprises have the shadow of gangsters.
Of course, there are also some gangster organizations that do not want to be whitewashed and do not have so much financial resources to whitewash, so they want to turn to the mainland to continue to develop, or stay in Hong Kong to become an organization that truly lives in the shadows, but in the 20th century, when law and order are more perfect, they can no longer be as blind as before, and they will eventually be brought to justice on this road of many unrighteous and self-destructive.
A former gangster has unveiled the lowest level of the gang for us, as he said, as long as there are interests and profiteering, then there must be gangsters.
These money-hungry extralegals would rather take great risks than take this path, and such people exist not only in Hong Kong, but everywhere.
Is the gang in Hong Kong really disappearing, this question can also be said to mean that the criminal and evil forces in China have really disappeared, everyone has an absolute answer in their hearts, that is, no, the endless news still lets us know that even today, when the rule of law is so complete, there are people involved in gray industries and dangerous areas.
So what kind of places do we not see, where have these disappeared gangsters gone?
They continue to try to grow in the dark corners of the human heart, because the gang whitewashing in Hong Kong lets us know that the real gangs have never been a group in the actual sense, they are crimes in the real sense, and the ultimate destination of crime is to be ended by justice.
summary
Thanks to the motherland for re-embracing Hong Kong in 1997, successfully deterring the gangsters who have been harming Hong Kong for decades, Hong Kong can finally have a more rule-of-law and fair social environment.
These people who gather together for the sake of profit, for the sake of profit and for the sake of profit, the greed of human nature cannot be stopped by law, but fortunately there is a state and government as our umbrella.
In recent years, the continuous special struggle against organized crime and evil forces has also made us see how much attention is attached to the countries with evil forces, and the bloody years like hong Kong's before will never appear again, as long as there is light, there will be darkness, and the motherland has given us strength, so that we will no longer fear it.
literature
"The Current Situation and Trend of Hong Kong Underworld Organizations III" Peng Bangfu
"Research on Hong Kong and Macao Triad Organizations and Triad Crimes" Li Fangxiao
"The Origin, Evolution and Formal Policies of the Hong Kong Triad", Shen Zhongping