Chapter 024: First Arrival

Hong Kong can be said to be a desert area for high-tech electronic technology, especially the semiconductor industry, and the other three of the Asian tigers have completed the upgrading and transformation of their industrial structure in the wave of computer industrialization in the 80s.

There are world-class electronics giants such as LG and Samsung in South Korea, computer giants such as Acer and Asus in Taiwan, and the wafer foundry industry led by TSMC and UMC occupies an important place in the world's semiconductor industry. Although Singapore's chartered semiconductor companies have been losing money year after year since entering the 21st century, they have performed well in other high-tech fields such as biopharmaceuticals and genetic engineering.

The early 80s were a sensitive moment when the Chinese and British governments were wrestling with Hong Kong's future and destiny. While the other three tigers are struggling to develop, Hong Kong is stormy and economically turbulent.

After the dust settles on the issue of Hong Kong's return, the British government of Hong Kong has no intention of governing it, anyway, this Oriental Pearl has been determined to be removed from the crown of the Empress of the British Empire in the near future, and what they want to do is to make trouble for the Chinese government as much as possible.

This is by no means good news for Li Xuan's electronics career, which has not yet started. But now that he was reborn in Hong Kong, he has no choice. It is not that he did not consider the development of the United States in the past, and the experience in the United States in his previous life has already made him understand that the so-called American dream of freedom, democracy, and equality is just a wonderful vision in Obama's speech, but that the United States will always be a world dominated by white people, and as a yellow-skinned Chinese, invisible glass ceilings are everywhere.

In fact, Hong Kong students are no less intelligent than their counterparts in the other three Asian Tigers. In the 90s, students from the Department of Electronic Engineering of the City Polytechnic of Hong Kong designed a new processor based on the company's MC68000 processor during their internship at Motorola Hong Kong. This low power consumption processor, which was later named Dragon Ball by Motorola, was adopted by Palm, a popular personal digital product at the time.

It's just that Hong Kong's light industry, which is dominated by textiles, garments, and toys, did not keep up with the pace of the times and transform in time in the new global economic wave in the 80s, but moved north to the mainland, where manufacturing costs were lower, to grab profits, which not only missed the good opportunity for industrial upgrading, but also caused Hong Kong's industry to gradually decline after the hollowing out, factories continued to close, and a large number of workers became unemployed.

After that, Hong Kong was forced to carry out the third economic transformation, from an economy dominated by manufacturing exports to an economy dominated by financial services, and the income gap between the upper elite and the lower workers continued to widen, and the gap between the rich and the poor became increasingly wide, which also led to a series of problems later. After Hong Kong's return to the motherland, the SAR government also allocated land near CUHK to establish a science park, but after all, it was too late and failed to achieve much climate.

After coming out of Professor Zhao Weiming's home, Li Xuan thought of many questions along the way, since he was reborn as a Hong Kong person in this life, when he has the ability in the future, he will contribute to this place where he was born and raised, but now he is still powerless.

"Vincent, a girl surnamed Zhong called you, asking you to reply to her quickly when you come back!" As soon as Li Xuan returned to the dormitory, Lin Yuhao squeezed his eyes at him, "Say it yourself, is this your girlfriend!"

"Of course it's my girlfriend, it's still a pretty girl! You also hurry up and find a girl, and it hurts your body to use five girls every night!" Li Xuan scolded him with a smile.

"You don't slander me!" Lin Yuhao was a little innocent, and he was a little angry when he was ridiculed by Li Xuan. Li Xuan didn't continue to pay attention to him, picked up the phone, pulled the phone line and walked out of the balcony to make a call.

"Honghong, are you missing me!" Li Xuan heard a familiar voice coming from the microphone, and his words couldn't help but become gentle.

"Ah Xuan, are you free tonight, my old bean and my mother want to invite you to my house for dinner!" Zhong Chuhong changed his previous gentleness and said in a very serious tone.

"Hehe, is this the rhythm of the mother-in-law and son-in-law?" Li Xuan guessed that there must be family members around her, "If you are free, you must be free!"

"Okay, then it's decided!Give me a call before you leave!" Before Li Xuan could continue to laugh a few words, Zhong Chuhong couldn't wait to hang up the phone.

The first time he came to the door, Li Xuan was naturally embarrassed to go empty-handed. When he appeared at the door of the Zhong family's clothing store, he carried three or four gift bags in his hands, including tonic wine for Zhong Chuhong's parents, snacks and toys for her younger siblings.

Zhong Chuhong had already been waiting at the door, and when he saw him coming, his slightly nervous face finally showed a smile. She took Li Xuan's big bag and small bag, although she hated him for spending money indiscriminately, but her heart was actually as sweet as drinking honey.

"Dad, Mom, this is my friend Li Xuan, you just call him Xuanzai!"

Li Xuan couldn't help but feel a little funny in her heart, with the nervous expression on her face, even a fool could see that the relationship between the two was not ordinary, I really don't know how she practiced those shadow skills in her later life.

"Uncle Zhong, Aunt Zhong, hello!" Li Xuan politely greeted Father Zhong, who was reading the newspaper, and Mother Zhong, who came out of the kitchen after hearing the movement.

"Hurry up and sit down, come and have a light meal, and buy something!" Zhong's mother greeted Li Xuan very warmly, and then turned her head to her husband on the side and scolded lightly, "You are really, you read those broken newspapers all day long! When you see a guest, you don't know how to get up and pour a cup of tea!"

Father Zhong is a good temper, smiled at Li Xuan helplessly, and was about to get up to pour tea for Li Xuan, Li Xuan hurriedly stood up and said that he would come, and at this time Zhong Chuhong stood aside and had already made him a cup of coffee.

"You talk to my dad, I'll go to the kitchen to help my mom cook!" Zhong Chuhong couldn't stay in the living room, left a sentence, turned around and went to the kitchen.

"Ah Xuan, what do you do!" Father Zhong said casually.

"I'm still in university, and I've just been admitted to CUHK this year!" Li Xuan replied.

"It's good to go to university, it's easy to find a job after graduating from college, and Hong Kong is a society that attaches great importance to diplomas! My family is not as good as you are when you study!" Father Zhong couldn't help but be a little happier when he heard that he was a college student, and his tone became more enthusiastic.

The two talked about a lot of things but never got to the point, Li Xuan knew that the Zhong family invited him to this meal today to ask about opening a video game hall. Although Zhong Chuhong thought that the personnel in the game hall were complicated, he couldn't resist the desire to change his family's living conditions after all, and after repeatedly calling Li Xuan to confirm that there was no problem, he finally told his family about it.

Seeing that Father Zhong's face was a little embarrassed, Li Xuan also knew that the other party was a little unable to let go, and felt that he was looking for help from his son-in-law, who might be the future, and felt that he was a dwarf and a little lacking in confidence.

So Li Xuan took the initiative to talk about the fact that he and his eldest brother Li Ke partnered to open a small company to produce video game consoles. Under his intentional guidance, the two chatted more and more enthusiastically, compared with his daughter Zhong Chuhong, Zhong's father understood the social reality better.

The club has taken root in the depths of Hong Kong society, not to mention dance halls and nightclubs, and those small fruit stalls and fish stalls on the street that are open for business, which one does not need to pay the money? Even this small clothing store of the Zhong family is no exception, and people will come to collect the money on a fixed day every month.

It is a common thing to pay for the payment of security and safety, so Father Zhong is not as exclusive to the community as his daughter, and it is no surprise that this is part of the rules of survival in Hong Kong society for him.

Li Xuan also saved a lot of tongues because of this, he was still quite concerned about his own women's affairs, and he had already asked his eldest brother Li Ke to help circle several popular alternative addresses suitable for opening a game hall.

These places are all in the core territory of Heletang, and he has already said hello to Brother Qiang, and when the time comes, he will be responsible for the inspection of the venue, Shao Yongqiang is naturally willing to sell his face, and will say hello to him and other bigwigs in the club.

This matter was settled, and Zhong's mother began to inquire about the situation in Li Xuan's house during dinner. The posture of being a son-in-law for his daughter made Zhong Chuhong, who was sitting next to Li Xuan, very ashamed, and he didn't dare to look up after the whole meal. Li Xuan naturally answers all questions and talks naturally.

The situation of the Li family was not as good as that of the Zhong family a few months ago, although now the two brothers have run their own factories and become bosses, but in the eyes of Zhong's father and Zhong's mother, they are the right people, and their daughter's appearance is not high. Li Xuan's appearance tonight can be regarded as preliminarily recognized by them.

"Ah Hong, you go and send Ah Xuan!"

Li Xuan was about to say goodbye and leave, but Zhong's mother already had a tendency to regard him as a quasi-aunt, with a rich smile on her face, and gently pushed her daughter.

"Is my watch tonight still qualified?" Li Xuan took Zhong Chuhong's hand and said with a smile, he had already met his parents, so there was no need to hide it.

"It's okay, barely passing!" Coming out of the house, Zhong Chuhong became the hearty and generous girl again.

"Why don't you go to my house for a light meal too?" As soon as Li Xuan finished speaking, he was glared at by Zhong Chuhong.

"It's been a long night, and I don't want to fall asleep, I don't know if I can spend the night in the boudoir?" Li Xuan hugged Zhong Chuhong into his arms and whispered in her ear.

"Don't be like this, give me some time, okay?" Zhong Chuhong couldn't raise his head shyly.

The relationship between the two has reached third base, but it is still one step away from hitting a home run, and Zhong Chuhong has always refused to let go of the last line of defense.

Li Xuan was not in a hurry, and hugged the beauty for a deep kiss before opening the car door, and then drove away under Zhong Chuhong's affectionate gaze.