Sunday, February 8, 1948.

Today is the day before Chinese New Year's Eve, Lin Zhichao took Tang Caiyun shopping in Central, followed by two light bulbs - Tang Caiying and Lin Xiner.

Fortunately, these two light bulbs are more sensible and will hardly disturb Lin Zhichao and Tang Caiyun dating.

At this time, many refugees can still be seen on the streets of Hong Kong, even in Central. And everyone is used to it, and they will not drive it away.

If you look closely, you will find that in Hong Kong society at this time, hawkers can sell on the street at will, and the owners of the shops will not maliciously drive out the refugees at the door, and the whole Hong Kong is more tolerant.

Wealthy people don't stop because there are refugees in front of the store, and they are accustomed to going into shopping.

The spontaneous market on Queen's Road is crowded with young girls selling dried fish, grandmothers selling newspapers (who may be women, but they are older), Royal Marines shopping, and British soldiers patrolling with guns on their backs.

At first glance, most of them are poor, poor people who want to survive.

"Those refugees are so pathetic! The weather is so cold that they can only sleep under the eaves at night. Tang Caiyun's kindness was overflowing, and she said to Lin Zhichao.

Lin Zhichao smiled and said, "Don't worry, they can eat well, and they don't need to worry about war." The difficulties are short-lived, and those who arrive in Hong Kong soon will live in wooden houses. ”

Hong Kong's population has skyrocketed, and there is indeed a shortage of housing.

An old three-storey wooden tenement building in Wan Chai is home to as many as 90 people, many of whom sleep on six-storey "shelf beds". This is a good situation, and a large number of Hong Kong residents who have been forced to evict (landlords have increased rents to evict people in order to demand sky-high ceiling fees) and new refugees have been forced to build a large number of stilts, wooden houses, and even "paper houses" on the rooftops of tenement buildings, on the side of the street, and around urban areas, forming many densely populated wooden housing areas.

These wooden houses were built one after the other, from the street to the end of the street, forming a spectacular "rooftop wooden house street". Since it was necessary to buy timber and iron sheets for dozens of yuan to build wooden houses at that time, some poor people simply went to the streets to collect cardboard boxes and build "cardboard houses". These paper houses mostly use a few strips of wood as roof trusses, cover the roof with "asphalt paper", and nail the paper bark around them, forming another wonderful flower in the wooden house area - paper bark house.

Due to the complexity of personnel and the historical background at this time, these wooden house areas, rooftop wooden house areas, and paper bark houses often became areas where evil forces committed crimes and hid filth and filth, and social problems abounded.

Therefore, social darkness is often in the slums, and the upper class is out of sight and out of mind.

Originally, during this period, Hong Kong real estate developers were small businesses, and they usually built 2 to 4 houses for sale, and this method was commonly known in the industry as "speculation of four hot meats".

There is an unwritten rule among these people that the building of a house should not exceed 5 storeys, otherwise the approval of the Governor in Council will be required.

Lin Zhichao's early development of 'tiered sales' and 'phased sales' has made a great contribution to the residential real estate market; of course, it is not to change the situation of housing shortage in Hong Kong in one fell swoop, but to alleviate it relatively some.

After all, even in another 10 years, it is estimated that the proportion of private homes in Hong Kong will not exceed 35%.

In order for more people to be able to afford housing, Hong Kong must first industrialize and reach a certain level of prosperity, thus generating a lot of purchasing power. Otherwise, even if the capital enters the real estate, the house is not easy to sell, and it is in vain.

Tang Caiyun suggested: "Brother Zhichao, should we purchase some things and send them to these refugees?" ”

Lin Zhichao immediately shook his head and said, "It's not safe!" When the time comes, when the things are distributed, some people do not receive them, but offend people in plain terms. Caiyun, it's not that I'm stingy with that little money, it's that I don't think it's a good idea. You know, there are more than 100 workers in my factory, and I prefer to send supplies to them to benefit their families. It just so happens that Cheung Kong is going to give oil rice to workers in the afternoon, and I will take you to experience it. ”

When Tang Caiyun heard this, she didn't have any hypocrisy, so she said happily: "Well, I think what Brother Zhichao said is very reasonable." You are now supporting so many workers, and there are many family members behind these workers, and it really makes much more sense to send them supplies than to inevitably send things to the streets. ”

Lin Zhichao looked at Tang Caiyun unexpectedly, but he didn't expect this woman to be hypocritical at all.

Tang Caiyun stuck out her tongue and said cutely: "Brother Zhichao, you don't think I'm hypocritical, right?" She was smart enough to find the message conveyed by Lin Zhichao's eyes.

In fact, she just wanted to do something with Lin Zhichao, and even if Lin Zhichao refused for no reason, she wouldn't really be angry. Now, she has found that Lin Zhichao is very good to the workers, and she understands the true meaning of 'charity'.

Of course, Lin Zhichao doesn't think charity is redundant, but his current strength is limited, so he can only take care of his workers first. If he has greater strength in the future, he is naturally willing to spend more funds and do charity more extensively.

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In the afternoon, Lin Zhichao took Tang Caiyun to the factory of Cheung Kong Industrial.

When a group of workers saw Lin Zhichao leading a beautiful girl, they shouted one after another: "Boss, Mrs. Lin"

provoked Tang Caiyun to be both happy and shy, Lin Zhichao did not correct the workers, but just introduced Tang Caiyun to several management and let everyone call them 'Miss Tang'.

"How is the production arrangement for the Spring Festival? Do you have any comments? Lin Zhichao asked.

Wang Liang immediately said: "I have already talked to everyone, everyone has no opinion, after all, the boss is to send double food to everyone, and to send New Year's goods to everyone, everyone also knows that the production task of the factory is heavy, and expresses obedience to the arrangement." ”

On Chinese New Year's Eve and Spring Festival, Cheung Kong still does not stop work, but half of the workers will leave work at 5 o'clock on Chinese New Year's Eve, while the other half will leave work at 5 o'clock on the first day of the new year. It is equivalent to that each worker has a dinner time with his family, and the entire Cheung Kong Industrial is still working for 18 hours (workers generally have 14~16 hours).

This is the case in factories in Hong Kong, where workers work almost 16 hours or more. After all, too many people outside are not working, and many factories even only give new workers a salary of 30 or 25 Hong Kong dollars (depending on the level of education and skills).

Fortunately, the salary of novices is 40 Hong Kong dollars per month, and as long as you get started, almost all of them are 60~100 Hong Kong dollars, depending on the work proficiency. Not to mention, at the end of this year, Lin Zhichao gave everyone double food and New Year's goods.

Next, Lin Zhichao distributed rice and oil materials to each worker, and encouraged everyone to make persistent efforts and work hard in the new year (let the boss live in a luxury house and drive a luxury car as soon as possible).

A group of workers smiled happily and hurriedly expressed their gratitude.

"Boss, you are really a good boss, the boss of Hong Kong is the best for you."

"The boss sent us double grain and rice oil, I haven't worked for half a year, the boss is a good person!"

"Boss Wishing you prosperity, I wish you and your wife an early birth to a noble son!"

The simple words of the workers soon filled the factory area of Changjiang Industrial, which moved Lin Zhichao. He has a goal in mind, that is, to only do high value-added manufacturing, get rid of sweatshops, and the welfare of its workers should belong to the top students of the entire manufacturing industry.

His zipper industry is, of course, a higher value-added industry, at least higher than the added value of Hong Kong's textiles and garments.

After the end of the awarding of benefits, Lin Zhichao explained to the management, and then took the initiative to take Tang Caiyun's little hand and prepared to go home.

Tang Caiyun's heart beat wildly, and she did not break free of Lin Zhichao's hand.

Back in the car, Lin Zhichao said with a smile: "The words of the workers are all simple, don't feel rough and unbearable!" ”

Thinking of the words of the early birth of a noble son, Tang Caiyun suddenly lowered her head and said in a coquettish voice: "Brother Zhichao! In the tone, it was full of coquettishness.

Lin Zhichao still touched other people's little hands, couldn't put them down, and said, "Where do you want to go!" ”

Knowing that Lin Zhichao was making fun of her, Tang Caiyun became even more shy, and said, "I didn't think about it!" It's you who are thinking! ”

Lin Zhichao laughed, provoking Tang Caiyun to serve with a fist, and the two were so close for the first time.

He is about to turn 20 years old, and Tang Caiyun is already 19 years old, but Lin Zhichao doesn't want to get married too early, and it is estimated that he will not consider it until next year (1949).

Fortunately, the relationship between the two has been recognized by both parents, which is a certainty, and Lin Zhichao has nothing even if he takes advantage of it.

The main reason is that Lin Zhichao's career is very important, and he can't get a new house now, so it's obviously not good.

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This Spring Festival, the families of Lin Zhichao and Tang Caiyun had a meal together, and once again confirmed the relationship between Lin Zhichao and Tang Caiyun, and when the time is ripe, the two will get married.

Lin Zhichao also visited two elders who had the grace to support him - Jian Dongpu and He Dong, and the two were also very happy that Lin Zhichao came to visit, after all, Lin Zhichao's achievements are already extraordinary. Promoting such juniors is equivalent to giving your descendants a good fate.

After that, Lin Zhichao quickly put himself into work.