Text: Chapter 2, Hong Kong
Walking on the stairs, Lei Weidong also remembered the details of the other party through his memory. The person in front of him is his grandfather's adjutant Wu Fang, everyone calls him uncle, he is 63 years old this year, and he has been a soldier for Lei Jun's grandfather since he was 17 years old.
I heard my father say that Uncle Wu was a native of Northeast China, and in 918, Uncle Wu's relatives were killed by Japanese devils, and Uncle Wu ran to the gate alone, and he was tired and hungry at the time, and he was dying on the side of the road.
If it weren't for Lei Weidong's grandfather who happened to pass by, Uncle Wu would probably starve to death, and since then Uncle Wu has been following Grandpa, and Uncle Wu will follow Grandpa wherever he goes.
In 49, Uncle Wu went to Xiangjiang with his grandfather, and later worked in the theater. Wu Bo is very loyal to Lei Weidong's family. There has never been a marriage match, and there are no children and no daughters.
In Uncle Wu's words, his life was saved by his grandfather, and his revenge was also avenged by his grandfather. Grandpa's kindness to him, he can't repay it for making cows and horses for our family all his life.
Because he has no children, he cares and loves Lei Weidong as much as his own grandson.
Almost every day after being busy in the theater, I have to visit Lei Weidong and greet Lei Weidong.
Lei Weidong blew himself up and gave up, Wu Bo saw it in his eyes and hurt in his heart, and he didn't know how many times he persuaded him to no avail.
originally thought that Lei Weidong would be able to come out slowly with the passage of time, but he didn't expect that after only one night, Lei Weidong in front of him had already changed.
Coming down from the upper floor, I saw Wu Bo's car parked at the door, which was a very popular Mustang muscle car in the seventies, which is an American sports car equipped with a large displacement V8 engine, strong horsepower, and muscular appearance.
In his previous life, Lei Weidong was an ordinary person, although he had traveled to many cities in China because of his work. But I have never been abroad, not even Hong Kong. The perception of Hong Kong is completely limited to television, movies and books.
In the former life, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, the full name of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, is the world's third largest financial center after London and New York, and is called "Port Nuren" along with New York in the United States and London in the United Kingdom.
But in the eyes of Lei Weidong's generation, the most memorable thing in Hong Kong is movies, and the first thing that comes to mind when talking about Hong Kong is Hong Kong movies.
Hong Kong cinema began with the first Hong Kong film "Zhuangzi Tries a Wife" in 1913. After the Second World War, a large number of mainland film talents and funds moved south, and a number of film companies were established in Hong Kong, which led to the extraordinary prosperity of Cantonese films in the 1950s. (It can be said that the prosperity of Hong Kong Wenhuan is mainly due to the fact that Hong Kong has gathered a large number of elite talents from the mainland).
Among them, the "Once Upon a Time" series of films, which was created in 1949, has been filmed more than 60 times in a row, becoming the longest-running series of films in world history.
For a period of time, governments in East Asia only allowed Hong Kong films to be imported, giving Hong Kong the nickname "Hollywood of the East":
Leslie Cheung, Bruce Lee, Wong Kar-wai, John Woo, Tsui Hark, Ann Hui, Chen Guo, Chow Yun-fat, Jet Li, Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung, Andy Lau, Tony Leung, Nicholas Tse, Leung Ka-fai, and Stephen Chow are all internationally renowned.
The Hong Kong International Film Festival and the Hong Kong Film Awards, held in March and April every year, are the annual events of the Hong Kong film industry.
The development of the film and television industry in the 80s of the 20th century was the heyday of Hong Kong films, and at its peak, Hong Kong produced 300 films a year, surpassing India, which had the world's largest film output at that time.
It's a pity that in the mid-to-late 1990s, due to various reasons, especially the rampant piracy, Hong Kong films declined.
It is still 1977, and Hong Kong is still undergoing the second economic transformation, from an industrial city to a financial and service city.
Hong Kong is not the international metropolis of the future, the world's third financial center. At present, Hong Kong is mainly Hong Kong Island and Kowloon, which are still relatively prosperous, but not in the New Territories, which is similar to the countryside. Many factories in Hong Kong are currently in the New Territories.
Soon, however, Hong Kong's manufacturing sector will decline. The British government is really dark enough, in order to crack down on manufacturing in the 80s, direct industrial land cost 80,000 Hong Kong dollars per square meter.
At this price, how is it possible for the manufacturing industry to develop. It can be said that when the policy of the British came out, Hong Kong's manufacturing industry was devastated.
We can't develop industry, we can only develop the service industry. Most of Hong Kong's manufacturing industry has been transferred to the mainland, and various service industries have developed at a rapid pace in an all-round way, making it the financial capital of Asia.
The theater of Lei Weidong's house is on Queen's Road on Hong Kong Island, and the location is very good. The theater was built in 1957 and has been around for 20 years. From the outside, the theater is built in the style of Hong Kong's fifties and sixties, or is it a red brick structure. From Lei Weidong's point of view, the style is a little old.
The interior was renovated once in '74, so it can be said that the interior is luxurious. Because the projector, audio, tables and chairs and other equipment have only been replaced for two or three years.
When the movie is shown, both the projection effect and the sound are a notch higher than the old theater nearby.
Although the ticket price is 1 yuan higher than the surrounding small theaters, it is still crowded, and although the theater has more than 900 seats, the occupancy rate is above 7 floors. And some good movies, such as Xu Guanwen's ghost horse comedy-style movies, are hard to find and full houses.
Although the theater is very large, there is still a lot of vacant land around, and there is an outdoor parking lot, it can be seen that Lei Weidong's grandfather bought a large plot of land at that time, and it is estimated that the grandfather did not have much money in his hands at that time, otherwise it is completely possible to build a building here, get a multi-purpose hall, and rent out the façade while showing movies, which is more profitable than a simple theater.
Because it was morning, the theater had not yet opened, and there were not many people, in the theater, Lei Weidong walked and watched, and estimated how much the theater could be worth.
In his previous life, although Lei Weidong didn't worry about eating and drinking, he was just an ordinary person. Every day, we have to work hard to make money for firewood, rice, oil and salt.
At that time, Lei Weidong often thought that it would be better if he was a rich second generation, with an industry, and he didn't have to worry about his children and life every day. Now it seems that God is not kind to me, and I have traveled to Hong Kong and become a rich second generation.
Looking at this theater, according to the price of Hong Kong, the theater plus land is worth at least a few million.
Millions in the seventies, not millions after 2010.
Because of the economic crisis, the average house price in Hong Kong was only more than 2,000 Hong Kong dollars per square meter last year, and by 2010 it was 6.7 million square meters. Some villa plots even reach 1 million square meters.
In the Celestial Empire, people often say that real estate developers are black and housing prices are too high. However, compared with Hong Kong, the housing prices of the Celestial Empire are not one or two points worse.
In Hong Kong, although the richest man Li is the pride of Hong Kong people, he has occupied the richest man in China for many years. Although it was later surpassed by Ma Ge and others, it is estimated that the richest man Li has a lot of hidden wealth. It's not the ones on the surface.
The numbers on the wealth list can only be used for reference and can never be trusted. A few years ago, when the richest man Li divided his property with his son, his assets were worth more than 400 billion Hong Kong dollars, but after a few years, they decreased. Of course, it may all be given to the son. )
But the most scolded by Hong Kong people are real estate developers such as Li Shoufu and Li Diwang.
Where did the richest man Li get his money, and it wasn't just to build a house and make money. In Hong Kong, there is a kind of luxury house called a thousand-foot mansion. It sounds like a large area, but it's actually just over 100 square meters. (one square meter, about nine square feet) Lei Weidong's house in his previous life was bigger than this.
In Hong Kong after 2017, the price of a thousand-foot luxury house will be more than 40 million Hong Kong dollars. Owning a house of your own in Hong Kong is a dream for many Hong Kong people. Seventy percent of Hong Kong people can only live in public rental housing, and only 50 or 60 square meters are built by the government for ordinary people, and they have to live with one family.
Don't believe it, if the house in Hong Kong is not expensive, Liu Datou will not use a house to smash open the boudoir of the beautiful Li Gangjie.
You must know that Liu Datou is not a villa (back then, after Liu and Li dated Sister Hong Kong, they immediately gave her a unit worth more than 8 million yuan and located in Happy Valley Le Tao Yuan, which is nearly 100 square meters away.
In December 1993, Sister Li Ganger was arranged to live in a mansion worth 19.82 million yuan and more than 200 square meters, which won Sister Li Gang's public love in the same year: "Da Liu is the most important man in my life. )
That was still in 1993, and by 2017, let's not talk about how high Hong Kong's housing prices were.
It can be said that Lei Weidong does nothing in this theater, and in the 21st century, he is a billionaire worth more than a billion. If the theater can be converted into a shopping mall, the rent alone can allow Lei Weidong to live a life of spending time and drinking.