On December 24, Li Hualong came to work at the Ming Pao newspaper office, and at about 4 p.m., Zha Liangyong knocked on the door of his office.

"Brother Cha, what's the matter?" Li Hualong put down the pen in his hand and asked with a smile.

"I just got bad news, there is a fire in the wooden house area of Shek Kip Wei, the fire is very big, and it has not been controlled yet, and the wooden houses that have been burned down have left tens of thousands of people homeless, which is very pitiful!" Zha Liangyong said in a deep voice.

Li Hualong was stunned when he heard this, his brows furrowed, he pondered for a long time, and said slowly: "We should do something for the victims." After Hong Kong's liberation, a large number of mainland refugees moved to settle in Hong Kong, and the Hong Kong government did not have a housing policy for the lower classes. In recent years, many refugees have built wooden huts on the side of the mountains, and these wooden huts are poorly equipped, with poor sanitation and high density, so fires are frequent. I think that as a socially responsible newspaper operator, I should make an appeal for the government to intervene directly in the housing supply of the lower classes, and the government should organize the construction of some houses to house the fire victims...... Personally, I would like to donate a sum of money. ”

"So our newspaper will report on it on the front page tomorrow?"

"Yes!" Li Hualong stood up, "Let's go to the fire scene together and feel it in person." If there are no special circumstances, I hope that all my colleagues in the newspaper will work overtime tonight......"

More than half an hour later, Li Hualong, Zha Liangyong, and several other reporters from Ming Pao Bao came to the scene of the fire, took some photos, and interviewed several victims.

That night, all the colleagues of the "Ming Pao" newspaper office stayed in the newspaper office and worked overtime, and they were busy until 11 o'clock in the evening, when the newspaper was reformatted, and most of the articles that had been prepared for publication were removed and replaced with articles on fire and government housing policies.

Li Hualong personally wrote an article published in Ming Pao, and the article was titled "Christmas Eve, Not Peaceful!" Christmas, where is the joy? 》。

In the article, Li Hualong gave a detailed introduction to the current housing situation of the lower classes in Hong Kong, and established the Hong Kong Building Construction Committee to set up a fund for the construction of multi-storey residential buildings, the resettlement of fire victims and people living in wooden houses. At the same time, it called on the government to amend the building regulations to allow the construction of high-rise buildings, so that more housing can be built on limited land, reduce housing costs, and allow more people to have houses to live in; In addition, he called on Hong Kong talents to donate money to the victims, and he said that he was willing to donate HK$3 million in the name of his parents.

Before Li Hualong went to see the scene of the fire, he planned to donate 1 million Hong Kong dollars, but seeing the painful expressions of so many victims because of the loss of their houses, he felt very sad, and when he came back to write the article, he thought about it and increased the donation by 2 million Hong Kong dollars.

In order to draw more attention to the unprecedented fire in the Shek Kip Mei wooden house area, Li Hualong asked that on December 25, the Ming Pao newspaper be supplied to readers free of charge, and on that day, the circulation of Ming Pao was increased to 300,000 copies.

In addition to the "Ming Pao" report on the fire, other newspapers also reported it, but the "Ming Pao" report attracted the most attention, not only the attention of ordinary people, but also the attention of the British government in Hong Kong.

Li Hualong actively contacted the Governor of Hong Kong, and with his efforts, the government quickly became efficient, and before New Year's Day, the "Emergency Subcommittee on Abandoned Matters" was established, and on January 12, 1954, the first batch of six-storey houses were built on the site of the disaster to house the fire victims.

Many wealthy people in Hong Kong have extended a helping hand to the victims, because of the benchmark set by Li Hualong, those old rich people are not to be outdone, there are four billionaires who have donated more than 3 million, three billionaires who have donated more than 3 million, and more than 20 billionaires who have donated 1 million.

As of January 15, the British government in Hong Kong has received 45 million donations, which can allow many victims to live in buildings.

The government does not need to spend money on land, nor does it have to pay taxes, and the construction cost per square meter will not exceed 150 Hong Kong dollars, and this kind of resettlement housing is provided to the disaster victims, with an average of 6 square meters to live in one person, which means that 900 Hong Kong dollars can build a resettlement house for one person, and 45 million can resettle 50,000 people.

According to statistics, the fire that broke out in the wooden house area of Shek Kip Mei on Christmas Eve caused 3 deaths, 51 injuries and left 58,203 people homeless.

The government and the Emergency Subcommittee on Resettlement Houses have no regulations on how to move out of the resettlement houses and how to do so, and who to arrange for them to live in the resettlement houses in the future.

Shortly after the establishment of the Emergency Subcommittee on Evacuation Matters, the Hong Kong government applied for assistance from the United Nations in the name of rehousing fire victims, and after some time, received a donation that would be used to build resettlement housing.

The houses built by the money donated by Hong Kong people to the fire victims were not enough to accommodate all the victims, and with the donation from the United Nations, almost all the victims were able to be resettled.

Jiu'an Construction Company, a subsidiary of Jiu'an Group, bid for the construction of 10 resettlement houses, and the company's construction project budgeter calculated that the profit for undertaking this project was 5 percent of the project price, although the profit was a little lower, but Li Huawen was still very active in the bidding, after all, the construction of government projects will help to build the company's reputation.

On January 27, the twenty-third day of the lunar month, which was the festival of sacrificial stoves, Li Hualong took a car to work at the "Ming Pao" newspaper office after having breakfast at home.

"President, I just received a courier from the United States today." The secretary said.

"Sent to me?" Li Hualong asked.

"Yes. Place it on your desk in your office. ”

"Oh, got it, make me a cup of tea, thanks!" Li Hualong walked into the office, picked up the courier on the desk, looked at the sending address, showed some smiles on his face, and said secretly in his heart, "No accident, it should be about "Playboy". ”

Tearing open the courier, Li Hualong saw the content of the letter, and he laughed.

The secretary entered the office with the freshly brewed tea, saw Li Hualong smiling, and asked with a smile, "President, what are you laughing at?" ”

"Why do you think I'm laughing?" Li Hualong asked with a smile.

"I don't know." The secretary smiled and shook his head, thought for a moment, and guessed, "Is it the movie shot by your film company that has been taken by the film distributor in the United States?" ”

"It's not. I don't have anything to do here, you go and get busy. ”

"Okay."

The letter he just received was sent to him by a San Francisco law firm because a man named Hughhefner in Illinois wanted to buy the "Playboy" trademark.

Previously, Li Hualong was with the help of this law firm to register "holiday" in the United States

inn" and "playboy", before registering these trademarks, he thought that someone would come to him to buy a trademark in the future, and for the sake of convenience, he deliberately linked the trademark registration information with this law firm, and if anyone wanted to buy a trademark, he could contact him through the law firm Guò.

The law firm in San Francisco wrote to Mr. Lee, which was also a service provided to him, and he had to pay for it.

After reading the letter, Li Hualong felt that the money paid to the law firm was well spent, because the content of the letter written to him by the law firm included the law firm's investigation into the matter.

The cover of the inaugural issue of Playboy magazine, founded by Hugh Hefner, was Monroe Semi-**, and the law firm that provided paid services for Li Hualong speculated that the inaugural issue of Playboy magazine sold more than 30,000 copies.

"You should send me a copy of Playboy, the first issue, which is very collectible."

Li Hualong drank two sips of tea, picked up the phone, and wanted to call Yang Meng, but thinking that it was unlikely that the other party was in the office, even if he called, he couldn't contact Yang Meng for a while, and he knew that Yang Meng would go home tonight, he thought about it and put down the phone again.

"Don't worry, I'll talk to her in the evening." Li Hualong laughed and muttered to himself.