Chapter 1: Hong Kong in the Eighties

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"Ya, why did you end up in Hong Kong? It's been eighty-two years! ”

Zhang Shaoping still can't believe it, a night of hangover, he traveled to Hong Kong in 1982 in a daze, and occupied the body of an unlucky guy named Zhang Shaoping.

Zhang Shaoping, a 14-year-old half-old teenager, his parents have just died, he has no relatives in Hong Kong, and only has a five-year-old sister Zhang Mengying. He couldn't get out of the shadow of his parents' death at all, and he quickly became a flying boy from a good student, skipping school and dropping out, fighting and brawling, and learning all over again. Finally, in the group fight a few days ago, he was beaten half to death, and then he was sadly snatched by Zhang Shaoping's nest.

The neighbors Uncle Wang and his wife were kind people, not only sent Zhang Shaoping to the hospital and paid for the hospitalization, but also helped him take care of his young sister. This is also the good popularity of Zhang's father and mother, and they helped their neighbors a lot before their deaths.

With no money on him, Zhang Shaoping didn't dare to be hospitalized for too long, and was discharged in two days. After being discharged from the hospital, Zhang Shaoping had to think about his future way out.

He is not Zhang Shaoping, he has the mind and soul of an adult, he will not sit and eat empty, and there is not much left in the family to squander.

Zhang Shaoping is like a thinker, pondering the future and the way out.

The predecessor, but graduated from a third-rate university, is a third-rate Internet writer, gets up earlier than chickens, sleeps later than dogs, works hard, begs for rewards, and lives a dry life. Others also drove Mercedes-Benz and BMW, and they didn't dare to take a taxi if they were in a hurry, so they only squeezed the broken bus that was always overloaded. Other people's sisters are either pure and lovely college students, high school girls, or glamorous female stars and tender models, but they are often not wanted by upside down, and they always trouble the "five brothers".

"I can't stumble like I did in my previous life!" Zhang Shaoping thought about it, waved his hand violently, and yelled hysterically, "Lao Tzu must drive the best car, soak the most beautiful girl, smoke the best cigarette, drink the best wine, and live in the best house!" ”

The wish is good, but the first step is to solve the current difficulties and think of a way to make money.

This is the "housing estate" of Sha Tin.

The so-called "housing estate" is actually a patchwork of more than a dozen super courtyard houses composed of several super residential buildings, all of which are inhabited by poor citizens from the bottom of Hong Kong. Wet and rough roads, crowded and narrow laneways, dilapidated shacks, various advertisements, criss-crossing power lines...... Zhang's family has a small tea restaurant outside this place, and the family eats and lives here, although they can't make a lot of money, they can also eat food and clothing and have a little surplus.

Zhang's father and Zhang's mother were both immigrants who were smuggled to Hong Kong in the 60s, and they became a couple by chance, and after some hard work, they finally settled down.

But after the death of Zhang's father and mother, Zhang Shaoping's two siblings were still young and could not afford to operate at all.

If you want to revive your family business and make a fortune from a tea restaurant, it will not work, just hiring chefs and clerks is an expense for the boss, and such a small restaurant relies on small profits and quick turnover, and cannot afford to hire people at all. Zhang Shaoping is most familiar with this road, but first excludes it.

Buying a lottery ticket? Unreliable! I don't even look at the welfare lottery in the mainland, who has the leisure to remember Hong Kong? This one doesn't work!

Writing a novel? I don't have the aura of the legendary protagonist.,I haven't forgotten it.,So I've read a little impression of the novel.,But I can't memorize it.,Write slowly Maybe you can write a rough idea.,But the writing can't pass the test!

Writing a screenplay? For the same reason, I haven't written a script, I have an impression of the movies I've seen, and the story can be roughly told, but I can't write a script.

As an actor? You can work part-time, mix a box lunch, and you may become a talent in the future, but you can't solve the current difficulty: sit and eat empty.

Speculating on stocks? Ya, in addition to remembering a few big financial crises and the ups and downs of the stock market, the details of each stock are known!

Sing? Draw? Handing out flyers? Food delivery? ...... can think about it, Zhang Shaoping has thought about it all, the promising has no talent, but the ability to do it can only be a casual worker with no level.

In fact, if he is not too urgent to use money, he can wait slowly, use the benefits of crossing his body, surpass many forward-looking surnames in this era, save money to invest in the real estate market, stocks, buy Microsoft, Cisco, Facebook, Tencent, Baidu, etc., before the age of forty, he can definitely realize his bold words of being a goddess.

The point is that he has no money now, and he still has to support himself and his sister!

"Ya, I don't believe that I am living in this closed era and suffocating to death by virtue of my identity as a 'person who has come over' in this era of information explosion?" Zhang Shaoping gritted his teeth and shouted, "What is the best money?" Information asymmetry is the best to earn! If I think about it, there's nothing I can't get over. ”

"Huh?" As soon as he finished shouting, Zhang Shaoping reacted suddenly, Ya's information is asymmetrical, isn't it just right between Hong Kong and the mainland now?

Zhang Shaoping was excited, as if he saw countless banknotes waving to him. In this era, Chinese mainland is reforming and opening up, and the market of 800 million people is gradually opening up and forming, but everything is scarce.

Zhang Shaoping remembered that he had read a research report in later generations, as if to say that in the mainland of this era, everyone wants to get a little bit of foreign atmosphere, even ordinary plastic bags, people who have never seen the world are collecting them as treasures.

Now that you have the idea to make a fortune, you have to have the initial cost, right? But Zhang Shaoping just didn't have any money, so he rummaged through the boxes and cabinets, and after looking for a long time, he only had one hundred and thirty-six yuan and eight cents.

"There's really no money!" Zhang Shaoping sat on the ground with his buttocks, looking weak, and he was worried to death. Thinking about it left and right, it is just that he can't make money, and the only last resort is to sell the small tea restaurant.

If it weren't for the exhaustion of the mountains and rivers, Zhang Shaoping would never have taken this move, no matter how bad the small tea restaurant is, it is also a home. Although Zhang Shaoping is very confident that he will definitely make money by buying goods in the mainland, he is afraid that if he really loses money, he will at least have a thought to leave to his sister to avoid living on the streets.

At this time, Zhang Shaoping definitely hated the predecessor of this body, he was a girl, and the cash balance left by his parents was called by this goods, and he squandered it in just a month, and then patted his ass and whimpered, leaving a mess for Zhang Shaoping to clean up.

"Brother, Yingying is hungry?"

The little sister's timid voice finally pulled Zhang Shaoping back to reality from his stunned state.

Looking at the innocent eyes of this cheap sister of the body, Zhang Shaoping's face was warm, he was an only child before the crossing, but he became an orphan after the crossing, and he had to shoulder the heavy responsibility of supporting his family and bringing his eldest sister, he only felt a lot of pressure.

"Oh, I'm almost starving my little princess, what do you want to eat? Brother will take you! Zhang Shaoping dotingly touched his little sister's little head.

Zhang Mengying bit her little finger and clicked her mouth: "I want to eat stockings milk tea, boiling eggs, egg tarts, pineapple buns, a lot of delicious food." ”

"Your little belly, can you eat so much?"

"People want to eat, they can't finish eating, so they can eat later."

"Hehe, that's not good, it's going to be bad, if you want to eat it in the future, my brother will take you there again, okay?"

"Brother lied, Yingying wanted to eat before, but you ignored me." Zhang Mengying pursed her lips and complained, obviously not believing in her brother's character.

These words hit Zhang Shaoping's heart at once, and it was sour. This body is a teenager, and it is reluctant to take care of himself, let alone a five-year-old sister! It would be nice to keep the two of them from starving.

"Yingying, my brother was wrong before, my brother knew that he was wrong, and he will take good care of you in the future, so you can forgive your brother, okay?" Zhang Shaoping hugged his little sister tightly and muttered. A feeling of blood connection arose, in his past and present lives, he had never had such a heavy burden on his shoulders as he did now.

"If you promise to take me to eat fried chicken thighs next time, they will forgive you." The little girl took the opportunity to put forward conditions.

Zhang Shaoping agreed: "Okay, good, good, it's all up to you!" ”

When the little girl heard the music, she smiled so much that she smiled and said happily: "Brother, you are so good!" ”

Under the pressure of reality, Zhang Shaoping racked his brains, but he could only make the decision to sell the small tea restaurant.

There is only one tea restaurant on this street, Zhang Shaoping, which is all lined by neighbors. After Zhang's Tea Restaurant closed, everyone had to go to other streets and alleys, and life was very inconvenient.

Moreover, since the end of last year, Hong Kong's housing market has fallen into a downturn, and the economy has continued to decline, with the price of industrial buildings falling by 93% and residential buildings falling by 60%. In 81, when property speculation was at its hottest, the middle and low-end residences were 10,000 yuan per square meter, and now they are about 3,000 to 4,000 yuan.

However, at this time, Hong Kong has completed its economic transformation, the service industry has begun to prosper, and the downturn in the housing market is an opportunity for the catering industry. The three Chinese fast food chains, "Café de Coral", "Joyful" and "Maxim's", have taken the opportunity to lay out, and branches have blossomed all over Hong Kong.

In this case, Zhang Shaoping's store is very easy to get rid of, and the price is fair, and the full set of 40 square meters of tea restaurant changed hands, and the buyer gave 160,000 yuan.

The buyer was also easy to talk to, gave him two days to move, and asked him if it was enough, and said that if it was not enough, he could give him two days. Zhang Shaoping happily accepted the kindness and said that he would move out as soon as possible.

There wasn't much to move, a few clothes, some utensils, oh, and a black and white TV. The key is to find a house to live in, 160,000 yuan, which is a huge amount of money at this time, there is no shortage of owners in the housing village, Zhang Shaoping has to be cautious, in addition to not revealing his wealth, he must also find a place where the environment is relatively less chaotic as much as possible.

However, no matter how you look for it, two or three days is enough, and soon Zhang Shaoping took his little sister to settle down in the housing estate. Before leaving, the little sister was still reluctant to give up, and she was extremely attached to the small tea restaurant that used to be her own, and she also asked Zhang Shaoping with cute eyes: "Brother, can't we all come back to live in the future?" ”

"Hehe, when my brother makes a lot of money, I will change my little princess to a big house to live in."

"I don't want to live in a big house, when we have money in the future, can we buy back our tea restaurant?" Xiaomei asked happily.

Obviously, the body is dominated by the soul of the later generations, but for some reason, Zhang Shaoping is very emotional, listening to his sister's innocent words, his nose is sore, and his eyes are a little wet.

"Well, you are my little baby, you have the final say..."Zhang Shaoping took his sister's little hand and said softly.

The new accommodation is a single room of less than 40 square meters with a toilet. Zhang Shaoping used wooden planks to divide the house into two rooms, the inside was for the little sister, and he lived in the outer room. Clothes or something are hung casually. The houses in these buildings do not have a special kitchen, just put a table at the door of each room, put a kerosene stove, and stuff pots and pans in drawers.

It was evening, and everyone was ready to eat.

Although the corridor is narrow, the children of each family are running around, running up and down, and have a lot of fun. When a child saw that his own vegetables were cooked, he greedily grabbed a piece with his hands and threw it into his mouth, not afraid of being hot, and swallowed it after a few chews. Parents naturally scolded, and when they met someone who was too naughty, they would slap his ass a few times and scold him a few times.

Living here is very lively, the little girl Zhang Mengying doesn't recognize her life, and soon met a group of friends, following the little ones to make trouble, there are so many friends to play, she hasn't been so happy for a long time.

The residents of the corridor noticed that they had a new neighbor and greeted him warmly. Everyone is a poor family, and life is not easy, but the neighbors come and go closely, helping each other, and it is even more humane.

The east room of Zhang Shaoping's new house is an aunt in her fifties, kind and talkative, and everyone calls her Aunt Zhou.

After Aunt Zhou learned about Zhang Shaoping's family background in the chat, she couldn't help but overflow with maternal love, and encouraged Zhang Shaoping not to give up on himself, but to cheer up, take care of his sister, and live a good life.

At the end, Aunt Zhou also said enthusiastically: "Pingzai, you are really a good boy, you will take care of your sister when you are so young!" If you have any difficulties, troubles, etc., if you need help, just tell me, don't be embarrassed! ”

After dinner, several families living next door came to the door, all of them greeted each other warmly, and asked Zhang Shaoping's family if they needed help, and said that Zhang Shaoping usually went to their house when he was free. These neighbors are very simple, and there are not so many twists and turns.

It's just that Zhang Shao is thinking about going to the mainland to make a lot of money every day, how can he have time to go to the door, but Zhang Mengying's little girl has been visiting a dock for a few days, and she has even become a frequent visitor to Aunt Zhou's house.

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