Section 50

Diamond Hill in Wong Tai Sin District, the name of this place originally meant to dig out the stone from the mountain, but later because of the translation, it became the Diamond Mountain, and later it became a conventional illusion because of false rumors. It is one of the nine peaks in Kowloon, Hong Kong, and its nearby area is also known as Diamond Head. It is located to the east of the district and is mainly a residential area. In addition, there is the famous Diamond Hill Market in Hong Kong, where you can see all kinds of materials that can be used in life and business.

Lu Li asked for the address and drove to the Diamond Mountain, as Chen Qiqi told him, it is very prosperous, in the food trading area, from seafood to meat products, a branch road is full of open shops, in and out of the flow of people, a lively scene.

He walked back and forth along the street, and walked into a store called Mai Ji Beef and Mutton, which did not see and smell the smell of beef and mutton in the Tian Mu District, but was very neat, with three or two desks, several men and women were talking on the phone, and in his ears were a few words of English mixed with rapid Cantonese and occasional English, which Lu Li did not understand at all, "Sorry, excuse me." ”

"Mi lives a little ......" The man who was on the phone replied without raising his head, suddenly realized what the other party said, put down the ballpoint pen, raised his head and stared at his round eyes, "You ......"

"I'm from the mainland, and I want to ask you, are you interested in doing business?"

"Uh......" The man sighed, said a few words into the phone, put down the phone and stood up, frowned slightly, glanced at Lu Li for a while, and then said slowly: "Please...... There is little room for the baby. With that, he turned and entered.

After a few moments, he and a middle-aged man turned out, "This is." ”

The middle-aged man also couldn't speak Mandarin, so he had to slow down and say, "Xiao surnamed Guan, this gentleman?" ”

"My surname is Lu."

"Oh, Lu Sheng, please come to my office and speak." The man surnamed Guan let him into his office, sat down opposite him, and said slowly, "Lu Sheng, I can't speak Chinese, please forgive me." ”

"It's okay, I can understand some Cantonese, as long as you don't speak too fast."

"That's good, that's good. Lu Sheng, do you want to drink something? Is coffee OK? ”

"Just bring me a glass of water."

Taking a glass of white water and placing it in front of him, Mr. Guan said, "Lu Sheng, you just said that you have a business that you want to bury with me?" ”

"That's right, I know you're in the beef and mutton business here, if I want to buy it, how much does it cost a catty?"

"Jin?" The man paused for a moment, this unit of measurement was a little unfamiliar to him, and after a while, he remembered that this was used by the mainland, "Yes, Lu Sheng, we use 'pounds'." Well, a pound is 453 grams. He was afraid that the other party would not understand, so he wrote it again with a pen.

"I see, on our side, that's a little more than nine taels. I wonder how much does a pound of lamb cost to you? ”

"HK$4.55."

Lu Li did the math, that is, about 1.8 yuan, which is really much more expensive than when he was in China! "So, what if I want more? Are there any other offers? ”

"Lu Sheng, my Mai Ji is also a long-established shop, and it has always been clearly marked with prices, and Tong Su is not bullied. Whether you're a regular customer or a Governor, I'm here for the price. ”

Luli nodded in understanding. Looking back at the narrow storefront, the four men and women outside were talking on the phone again, the business here was really good, "I understand, Mr. Guan, I understand." However, I see that although your business here is very busy, you don't have a lot of people. ”

Mr. Guan didn't know what he wanted to say, so he nodded, "It's just the clerk in the office, and there are other workers who are not here." ”

Between the questions and answers, Lu Li has already done a good idea, to what he saw on Mak Kee and this Sazhi Road, there are a lot of such stores, although the Hong Kong market is prosperous and lively, but after all, it is in a situation where there are more monks and less porridge, such as a store like Mak Kee, the monthly sales figure can also be approximate, it should not exceed HK$400,000, thinking of this, he made a decision, "Mr. Mai, if it is sold?" I mean, if I have lamb and I sell it to you, how much pound can you pay for it? ”

The man didn't want his conversation to take such a different turn, and his face suddenly sank, "It turns out that Lu Sheng came today to joke with me?" ”

"Of course not. I just want to do business with you, if you don't want to, I'll leave right now—you're not the only one on Saji Road, I can find someone else. ”

The man rolled his eyes and glared at him for a long time, and finally muttered, "No more than HK$3.35." ”

"Okay, I see." Lu Li didn't stop any longer, got up and said goodbye to the other party, "Mr. Mai, please believe me, I definitely didn't mean to joke with you. I mean, if one day I can get a lot of lamb, I'll be the first to talk to you. ”

The man obviously didn't take his words to heart, nodded perfunctorily, and shook hands with him, "Goodbye, Lu Sheng." ”

When Luli walked out of Mai Kee, he had already made a plan in his heart: borrow someone else's chicken and hatch his own eggs! This time the purpose of going to Hong Kong has basically been achieved, the location of the first step has been chosen, just waiting to return to China, and then complete the corresponding affairs, you can go back to Hong Kong and start a business action!

He was very happy, humming a little song all the way back to the residence of Wah Fu Estate, and when he arrived at the rooftop of the building, Xu Yunjian had not come back yet, which was not surprising, the time was still very early, Xu Yunjian and Chen Qiqi went out shopping, naturally they would not come back so soon. After taking a hot bath, seeing that it was still early, there was nothing to do, so I simply went to Zhang Dadong's place.

I took a minibus to Causeway Bay, entered Zhang Dadong's lawyer's office, and found him, "I'm trying to find a way to find you!" Zhang Dadong looked very happy, "I have good news for you, a court order has been issued, and you can open an account in the bank in Lu Li's name!" I think in less than a few days, someone from the immigration department should come and talk to you. ”

"Talk? What to say? ”

"The main thing is your identity, as long as you pass this level and wait a few more jobs, you should be able to get a temporary residence permit in Hong Kong. At that point, you can walk out of the street at will, and even if you stop the police for questioning, you don't have to be afraid. ”

"What about my friend? Can he too? ”

"He's in a bit more troublesome, but don't worry, I can use him as your business partner to get the same temporary residence permit. However, there may be some delays. ”

"I see, I hope you can solve this matter for us as soon as possible. Because I have to go back to China at the end of September. ”

"Rest assured, I'll do it as soon as possible." As he spoke, he raised his wrist and looked at his watch.

Lu Li nodded and asked, "Mr. Zhang, I have something I want to ask you, you know, I am from the mainland, in my motherland, I have some friends, well, also have some relationships, now I want to ask you, if I do some trade between the mainland and Hong Kong, I don't know if there are any legal problems?" ”

"What kind of trade is it, can you tell me?"

"I want to ship some meat products from the mainland to Hong Kong to sell, more precisely, mutton. Of course, this is still a very preliminary plan, and there may be more in the future. ”

"This ......, of course, is theoretically fine, but there are two problems, first of all, you don't have the official identity of Hong Kong, even if everything is unimpeded on the Hong Kong side, the official link from the country to Hong Kong will be very, very troublesome; Second, meat products are imported, and Hong Kong's political axe is very strict in this regard, I mean, in terms of quarantine and inspection of meat products, there are quite strict standards. If there is even a problem at any point, the entire shipment will be destroyed. ”

Lu Li quickly rolled his eyes and thought for a moment, "In other words, whether it is in the mainland or in Hong Kong, these two aspects will be quite difficult?" ”

"Yes."

"So, let's assume that if I get my official residence permit in Hong Kong now and return to the mainland, can I be counted as a Chinese in Hong Kong serving the motherland?"

"Well, I'm sorry, I don't know much about the laws and conditions of the mainland, so I can't give you an answer." Zhang Dadong looked at his watch for the second time, and his expression seemed to Lu Li as if he was forcibly suppressing the impatience in his heart, "But according to Hong Kong's laws and regulations, it is very troublesome." ”

"Is there something wrong with you?"

"Huh? Ah, no, it's okay, it's okay. For a customer like Lu Sheng, I deserve it. ”

Lu Li was so smart that he saw at a glance that he had something to do, so he immediately got up and said goodbye, "Then, after my temporary residence permit is processed, I will contact you." How many days do you think it will take? ”

"It won't be more than a week." Zhang Dadong said, "In addition, Lu Sheng, if you carry out any business activities during this time, it is best to leave your shopping transaction vouchers. These things will be useful when applying for your official residence permit from the immigration authorities in the future. ”

"For example?"

"For example, if you go shopping at a place like the Funakoshi Department Store, they will issue you an invoice accordingly, and you can do that."

"Understood." Lu Li nodded, turned around and wanted to go, Zhang Dadong seemed to suddenly remember something, and stopped him again, "Mr. Lu, I remembered, do you have time at night?" ”

"There should be, you have something?"

"That's right, today is Pei Daxiang's birthday, she will have a banquet for her colleagues in the legal profession and other friends at her home in the mid-levels, I think, she has helped you at the beginning, if you are willing to go, she will be very happy."

"Is that okay? I mean, I don't even know what you have to say here. ”

"It's not very troublesome, the key is your current clothes, can I ask, how long have you been wearing your clothes?"

Lu Li looked down at the suit he was wearing, and shook his head suspiciously, "No, I change it every day, but you also know that I haven't been here for a long time, and your clothes here are very expensive, I can't afford them, so I can only take some clothes brought back from China." ”

"This can't be done, I won't hide it from you, the friends who attended tonight are all heads and faces, if you wear such a dress to attend, not only will others look bad, but Pei Daxiang will also lose face, do you know?"

Lu Li wanted to say no, but after thinking about it, he felt a little rude, if he didn't know about this matter, it would be fine, since he got the news from Zhang Dadong's mouth, but he didn't attend at night, it would be too unruly, "Then, what time are you going to go?" I'm going to buy a dress? ”

"The birthday feast officially starts at eight o'clock in the evening, and we can arrive at half past seven."

Luli looked at the time, it was only five o'clock now, I really didn't understand, there was still so much time to kill, why was he so anxious to look at his watch? "Okay, I'll go shopping for clothes now, and then, I'll go with you, okay?"

"Absolutely." Zhang Dadong said, "It can't be more than six and three o'clock at the latest, and it's always better to arrive a little earlier for this kind of thing." (To be continued.) )