The time has come to January 1961, and the location is unknown, because for many years on the train, it has been traveling for two days and two nights.

It was late from the day of departure, so how could it not be late halfway?

The last time I went to Guitou Mountain on a mission, I took the train at that time, and it was the same, and I was often late.

Even if it's late, the speed of the train is still very slow.

However, this is also a characteristic of the fifties and sixties, and in this era, there are only a few people who can go out.

After all, just buying a train ticket is not something that ordinary people can do.

There was a clanging sound in my ears and green mountains outside the car window.

In winter, the southern country is full of greenery.

Yu Guangyuan was a little tired, but he still read a book during the day.

For many years, it was similar, occasionally I would take out medical books to read, and occasionally I would take out foreign language books that no one could understand.

It's certainly not about cupping, it's about learning.

I've been studying Burmese for more than a month, and I've been to Sunshine City again, and it's completely finished.

But it doesn't mean that there is no possibility of using it in the future, so when you have time, you can take advantage of the victory to chase it.

Late at night on the fifth day, the train finally arrived at the transit destination, Baiyun City.

When I arrived at this place, the climate suddenly warmed up, and the temperature during the day was actually eighteen or nineteen degrees, I couldn't believe it.

On both sides of the road, unknown wildflowers are blooming at random, and it is truly a flower city.

It's a pity that for many years, I can't act at will, otherwise I will fold a few beautiful wildflowers for the children to enjoy.

After resting in the hotel in Baiyun City for one night, the next morning, when the sky was just dawning, many years and Yu Guangyuan set off again.

This time it's not planes and trains, it's ships.

Take the ferry by the river and go all the way down the river to the sea.

Around noon, we finally arrived at our destination.

In fact, when I took the boat, I had already thought about the place I wanted to reach this time for many years, and it must be the southern city of Hong Kong Island.

Just when he arrived near the Victoria Harbor wharf many years ago, Tang Buqi received a call from Zhao Junyao in the capital.

learned that he had not come back for many years, but was taken to Hong Kong Island by Yu Guangyuan, and he was immediately angry and scolded.

"Okay, you're old Yu, I knew that you kid would make a trick, but I didn't expect you to forcibly take my people away, wait for me!"

In the office, Tang Buqi's scolding was very loud, but it was useless.

Now, he can't contact Yu Guangyuan at all, and he can't do anything he wants.

"Old Yu, you have finally arrived, Leader Sun has been waiting for you for several days."

On the dock, Hong Chaosheng and Yang Limin, representatives of China Resources Company, who came to meet them, greeted Yu Guangyuan with a smile.

Obviously, the three of them are very familiar old comrades-in-arms, and this relationship is obviously extraordinary.

For many years, he just saluted the army, but was stopped by Yu Guangyuan with a look.

This is Hong Kong Island, not the capital, and there are many aspects that need to be paid attention to.

"This is what you mentioned on the phone for many years, right? Not bad, yes, really talented."

"Okay, let's stop chatting, let's go back first."

Everyone exchanged a few words at the pier, and then got in the car and left.

Queen's Road West, a very ordinary tenement building, this is one of the offices of China Resources on Hong Kong Island.

After coming here, he was taken to the room on the first floor of the backyard to rest for many years, and Yu Guangyuan was taken to a meeting by Hong Chaosheng and Yang Limin.

At this time, Sun Guohua had already communicated with the capital about the purchase of grain.

Since the end of last year, with the increasingly tight food shortage in Beijing, the inventory has been urgent.

At the same time, the transfer of grain from various provinces and other localities can no longer solve the problem of food shortage.

Based on this situation, the import of food has become a solution to the problem.

In fact, following the Sunshine City for many years is one of the solutions to the problem of grain imports.

Or at that time, the leadership was already thinking about it.

For many years he didn't know that, after all, his mission was not that.

For the next two days, he stayed on Hong Kong Island for many years, and it was not until the third day that he was allowed to go out, and Yu Guangyuan also exchanged him for 100 Hong Kong dollars.

Seriously, it was the first time he had traveled so far in so long and still had freedom of movement.

"Xiao Xu, this is not the capital after all, there are many temptations, if you act alone, you must pay attention to safety, don't cause trouble, remember to call if there is anything"

Due to the need for meetings every day, Yu Guangyuan has completely forgotten about it for many years.

The latter stayed in the tenement building for two days, and Yu Guangyuan remembered.

You can't let it suffocate for many years, right?

It's not the time to go on a mission for the time being, so it's normal to let it go out for many years.

After all, he has not been a child for many years, and he has been staying in the tenement building, what is the matter?

Yang Limin, they want to send someone to go out with them for many years, but they can't use it.

Because I have been able to speak English and Cantonese for many years, let alone Mandarin, I don't need it at all.

As for whether he will get lost?

Is this the problem?

In the 60s, Hong Kong Island was a multilingual city, and Cantonese was not yet emerging at this time.

It can only be said that there are many Cantonese speakers on Hong Kong Island, but there are also many Mandarin speakers.

At this time, there were about two or three hundred thousand white people on Hong Kong Island, and these people were all English-speaking.

There are also those black people in the Elephant Country, as well as some Nanyang people, who also basically speak English.

However, more than 90 percent of the three or four million people are from us, and 80 percent of these groups are from Baiyun City and other areas.

Therefore, Cantonese is the most common group of people.

Since he has known so many languages for many years, and is a soldier king, he doesn't need others to take him shopping.

Coming out of the tenement building, many years soon merged into the flow of people.

In the 60s, Hong Kong Island had already begun to emerge.

The economy has begun to take off, and many Chinese billionaires have also begun to gain momentum.

Many of the buildings on both sides are already more than a dozen storey buildings, and many industrial buildings began to rise at this time.

Even the concept of off-the-plan properties has emerged in the real estate world.

Because in 1953, the Fok's real estate company Lixin Real Estate Co., Ltd. changed the previous history of building houses first and then selling, and when building new properties in Yau Ma Tei, Hong Kong, it actively called on the public to pay a deposit in advance and sell the house in installments.

Travelling along this street for many years from Queen's Road West, it was quickly attracted by the bustle ahead.

It was a bank, and there were a lot of people queuing.

After many years of glancing, instead of joining in the fun, I went to another bank nearby.

"Hello, what is the price of gold now?"

After walking into the bank hall, many years of direct fluent and authentic London accent directly confused the staff.

Obviously, he was wearing a very ordinary black tunic suit, which was not trendy at all, and he could even see that he seemed to be someone from the north who had just arrived.

As a result, this London accent really made the staff unable to fix it.

There was a pause for several seconds before the staff finally reacted.

"Hello sir, the current price of gold is $42 per ounce, which is $263 when converted into Hong Kong dollars."

In the fifties, the exchange rate between the Hong Kong dollar and the US dollar was not fixed, but constantly changed according to market supply and demand.

According to relevant statistics, in the early fifties, the exchange rate of the Hong Kong dollar against the US dollar was about 1 Hong Kong dollar to 0.13 US dollars.

But by the late fifties, the exchange rate had risen to about $0.15 per Hong Kong dollar.

At present, it is 1961, during which the US dollar has fallen, and the Hong Kong dollar has risen slightly, and one Hong Kong dollar can be exchanged for about 0.16 US dollars.

In October last year, the price of gold in London soared to $41.5 an ounce, exceeding the official price by 18.57%.

By January of this year, the price had soared to $42, the price that had just been heard for many years.

At the same time, on the Bald Eagle side, the Bald Eagle at this time has begun to unite London, Paris, Frankfurt and other eight countries to establish a gold treasury this year.

It is expected to come up with $270 million in gold, which is responsible for maintaining the price of gold and taking measures to prevent foreign governments from holding dollars to exchange for gold from bald eagles.

As we all know, after World War II, the Bretton Woods system was established around the world.

This system is a double peg system, with the US dollar pegged to gold, and the currencies of other IMO member countries pegged to the US dollar, establishing the hegemony of the US dollar in the capitalist world.

But in 1960, when the dollar's balance of payments continued to deteriorate, the market reacted immediately: the price of gold rose!

Of course, the gains are very limited, after all, the Bretton Woods system is really good.

It wasn't until the seventies that the system collapsed.

So in the sixties, the price of gold was always very stable.

"So, do you recycle gold here? And how much does it cost? ”

Many years of hearing the words nodded, and then asked again.

The staff was overjoyed, but replied cautiously.

Definitely accept gold, the streets and alleys of Hong Kong Island, don't have too many currency exchange and gold recycling shops.

After all, this business is very profitable.

For well-known reasons, many people travel from Hong Kong Island to Europe, America, Nanyang and other foreign places.

Most of these people carried a lot of gold and silver, and from the 40s to the 60s and 70s, they could make a lot of money by doing gold recycling business on Hong Kong Island.

There are even many gold stores, all of which are passed down from one store to three generations, and people are still in the store.

And for banks, recycling gold is one of their jobs, so how can they refuse this door-to-door business?

More than ten minutes later, many years took a wad of more than 10,000 Hong Kong dollars in cash, put it in his pocket, and came out of the bank.

He just sold a small piece of gold in exchange for a little cash.

How can you not take advantage of this opportunity to make a purchase when you are free to move around on Hong Kong Island for many years?

There are many things that cannot be used in the capital, but food can be bought, right?

You can also buy seafood, right?

There are also a lot of dry goods, Chinese medicinal materials, etc., a lot of things, I'm afraid there are no in the capital.

So, he's going to have to do something.

As a result, not long after he went out, there were more and more people in the bank next door that he saw just now.

And just as he was passing by, there was a riot over there.

Listening to the excited shouts of the onlookers, I was stunned for many years: the co-authors of this Chinese bank were actually run by the people, causing the bank director to die of a cerebral hemorrhage on the spot.

So, for a while, the scene was even more noisy.

The concept of speculation on off-the-plan properties has been around for seven or eight years since 1953.

Many people exchange small money for big money through off-plan speculation, and before the completion of the real estate, they pay a small deposit, book one or more houses and sell them to others, take a high deposit, and earn the price difference.

However, one thing that is well known is that there is a great deal of competition between Chinese banks and British banks.

The bank that was run on this time is obviously a Chinese-funded bank.

In other words, because of the speculation, the British-funded banks obviously made bad moves.

That's why it caused a run on the run, which eventually led to a tragedy.

It's just that shopping malls are like battlefields, and although British banks have strong financial resources and great power, Chinese capital is rising and showing its edge.

It also makes the British banks a little scared, and because of the relationship between speculation and pre-sale properties, they can't win against other Chinese-funded banks.

Under normal business methods, I didn't expect the final result to be like this.

It's cruel!

The bloodiness of the capitalists is actually much more than that.

For many years, I just watched for a while and then left.

Hong Kong Island seems to be prosperous, but in fact it is also full of dangers, and it is not suitable for others.

After leaving the bank, he turned around and plunged into the clothing market to make some purchases.

Half an hour later, by the time he left the clothing store, he was completely renewed.

Even if he passed by Yu Guangyuan now, it is estimated that the other party would not dare to recognize him.

After all, people rely on clothes.

Walking out of the street, many years ago reached out to stop a taxi and asked the driver to take him to the nearby seafood market.

At this time, the taxi business on Hong Kong Island was already very extensive.

After all, taxis have taken root on Hong Kong Island since the twenties, and last year, in 1960, the number of registered taxis on Hong Kong Island exceeded 1,026.

The number of taxis is still very impressive.

And it can also be seen from the number of taxi registrations that the economy of Hong Kong Island has indeed begun to take off, because there are more and more people taking taxis.

There are two types of charging methods: negotiating by time and distance and charging by meter (meter).

For many years, it is enough to directly let the other party charge according to the distance, and the seafood market is not very far anyway.

There are seafood markets on both Hong Kong Island and Kowloon, but there is no cross-harbour tunnel between them.

If you want to open to traffic, you can only rely on ferries.

Therefore, the seafood market that I have wanted to go to for many years is naturally the seafood market on Hong Kong Island.

So, taxis drove directly from Queen's Road West to Pok Fu Lam Road, crossed the other side of Hong Kong Island, and dropped off many years at Wah Kwai Village on Shek Pai Bend.

Since it was here, I was relieved for many years.

Because the Pokfulam Road I just passed through is all mountainous, there are few cars, and the concealment is very high.

He only needs to get the license plate number, and then he can take out his officer's command car openly and drive on the roads of Hong Kong Island.

"Wouldn't the command vehicle be too exaggerated, though?"

For many years after getting off the bus, I stood on the land of Huagui Village and thought silently.

If it weren't for the officer's command car in the space, then he could still spend a lot of money to buy a car on Hong Kong Island.

It's just that taking more than 100,000 or 200,000 yuan to buy a car feels like a waste for many years.

No way, after staying in the capital for several years, he has developed the habit of calculating, and he will think about one thing when he buys any big thing: is it worth it?

Forget it, let's take one step at a time.

Although Huagui Village is a village, there are still many modern buildings here.

Close to the sea, there is a large seafood market.

At this time, it was already early in the morning, and the seafood had already been sold, and all that was left were some not very good tail goods.

For many years, I walked around and didn't buy a single seafood.

It wasn't until the price was almost touched that the sale began.

There are no more cheap seafood and some expensive seafood left.

Because these are not so easy to sell, cheap seafood is naturally sold out because of the large quantity.

Expensive seafood is naturally due to the high price, and not everyone can afford to consume such seafood every day.

Reef fish such as eastern star grouper, mouse grouper, west star grouper, sea red grouper, melon seed grouper, golden dragon grouper, and Tsing Yi are also relatively easy to catch seafood.

As we all know, most "reef fish" have a pair of colorful and good-looking skins, with more meat and less meat, and the fish meat is tender and delicate, firm and firm.

Therefore, for many years, I directly sold and spent more than 1,000 yuan to pack all the seafood from several nearby stall owners.

And make sure it's a live fish.

Seafood like rat grouper will not taste as fresh if it is a dead fish.

As the best of steamed fish, reef fish such as rat grouper and eastern star grouper are very representative seafood.

Moreover, there is a saying in the market: mouse spot, Napoleon wrasse, sea red spot, and Tsing Yi are the "four kings of fish" with a very high value of Cantonese cuisine on Hong Kong Island.

Since the 40s, Cantonese cuisine has been popular in this part of Hong Kong Island, and various wine shops and food stalls have sprung up since that time.

After the rapid development of the 50s, coupled with the take-off of Hong Kong Island's economy, it created a boom in Cantonese cuisine.

After entering the sixties, those liquor shop owners naturally wanted to do what they liked in order to better harvest the money of the rich.

Therefore, the names of the four king fishes, the eight seafood, etc., were all played out by them.

Although at the beginning, it was only promoted through chefs, waiters, etc., but after ten or twenty years, it has long formed an unwritten rule.

In particular, the abalone, the first of the eight major seafoods, has been played with new tricks by the owners of wine shops and dried seafood shops.

Sayings such as one-headed abalone, two-headed abalone, etc., emerge endlessly.

After all, in the Ming and Qing dynasties, abalone was already among the top eight seafoods.

In addition, Hong Kong Island itself is located by the sea, and the seafood products are extremely abundant, so the seafood culture is popular.

For many years, I have tasted a lot of seafood in my previous life, and I have eaten a lot of Cantonese restaurants, of course, I know these seafood cultures.

More than 1,000 Hong Kong dollars was still worth a lot in the 60s.

On Hong Kong Island at this time, the monthly salary of a clerk was about 100 yuan to 300 Hong Kong dollars, and the monthly rent of public housing at this time was about 80 to 200 Hong Kong dollars.

An ordinary private house is $15,000 to $25,000.

Hong Kong Island's economy has shown signs of taking off, as can be seen in wages and the number of factories.

In the 50s, the number of registered factories on Hong Kong Island was only 3,000, but by 1960, it had skyrocketed to more than 10,000.

It's growing very fast.

It is mainly because of the large demand for labor in various industries that the manufacturing industry on Hong Kong Island will flourish.

After buying the seafood, it was shipped away in three batches over the years.

He told the seafood boss that he had driven here, and he was the brother-in-law of the owner of a newly opened wine shop in Kowloon, so he could transport the seafood himself and get it on the bus, anyway, he had a lot of strength.

At first, the bosses were just skeptical, after all, such a big customer, the vendors of the seafood stall wanted to please him.

But with many years of directly carrying a fish tank weighing more than 400 catties, the bosses were suddenly dumbfounded.

In this era, there are indeed many strong men, in order to make a living, they have carried three or four hundred catties of firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, tea, etc. on their shoulders many times.

Especially in places like seafood stalls that require heavy work, there are also a lot of Hercules.

However, for many years, he has been dressed brightly, and although he looks tall, he is thin, so why did he carry a fish tank weighing more than 400 pounds?

For many years, he didn't pay attention to the bosses, but took the fish tank and left first.

walked out of Huagui Village, came to a remote place, and after confirming that there was no one around, he immediately put the fish and water in the fish tank into the space.

It's so troublesome to not have a car, and he has to do it again and do it two more times.

If you have a car, you can drive it directly to the door of the seafood stall, which is much simpler.

But it doesn't matter, anyway, a few more rounds of responsibility will be regarded as training.

Anyway, he has been on the road lately, and he hasn't trained well.

That is, two days ago, I stayed in the room in the backyard of the tenement building and trained briefly.

But after all, it is not formal training, and the effect will be very different.

The difference between indoor and outdoor training has been understood for many years before the National Games in '59.

It took more than ten minutes before and after, and after many years, I finally put all the more than 1,000 Hong Kong dollars of seafood back into the space.

When I passed by a seafood stall just now, I saw the menu for many years, two cents for minced meat porridge, five cents for beef brisket rice, and one dime for meat buns.

This price is a little more expensive than in the capital, but the wages here are generally much higher than in the capital.

After all, here on Hong Kong Island, even some dishwashing aunts have a salary of eighty or ninety now, and the average salary must have exceeded 100.

However, the average salary in the capital is only thirty or forty yuan, not to mention that there are vast rural areas that are not included.

So, there's really no way to make a simple comparison.

For many years, I didn't eat at a food stall, but I stopped a taxi on the side of the road and went back to the tenement house.

Although he was allowed by Yu Guangyuan to go out shopping, it would be better to go back to eat at noon.

The taxi did not stop directly at the tenement building, but was still a kilometer away from the tenement building, and put it down for many years.

After the taxi left, it took many years to find a place near where no one was, and quickly changed his clothes back.

Although the shiny leather shoes are good-looking, if you wear them like this, you will definitely be scolded for many years.

It's still much more comfortable to wear in a black tunic and a mille-feuille bottom.

After returning to the tenement building, many years ago, he first went to Yu Guangyuan to report, but the latter was in a meeting, and no one paid attention to him.

He had to go to the cafeteria to eat first.

Most of the layout of China Resources is actually similar to that of the mainland, and the tenement building also has its own canteen.

After all, this place, in the next period of time, I am afraid that it will need to receive leaders from the capital frequently.

The specific situation is naturally because of the need to purchase food.

Sun Guohua and Yu Guangyuan came to Hong Kong Island to solve the food problem.

At present, the food shortage in the interior is very huge, and when he set off for Sunshine City, Yu Guangyuan mentioned one point in the meeting in which he participated, importing 1.5 million tons of grain from foreign countries.

I was on a plane at the time, and I heard about it many years ago.

After all, on the plane, except for the take-off stage, Yu Guangyuan chatted for many years, and was called to a meeting by the leader later.

At that time, one of the topics discussed by the leaders was how to import grain from foreign countries.

Since there was no such precedent before, everyone was relatively cautious.

Foreign countries did not know that there was a famine in the interior at this time, and they just thought that there was a spring famine.

After all, without contact with some higher-level data reports, it is impossible to know about the drought problem in many places in North China.

In addition, in addition to problems such as drought, big pot rice is also one of the reasons.

Due to the laziness caused by the big pot of rice, there is no poverty.

Otherwise, there would not have been a commune like Feng Guoqiang and others, because there was no corresponding plan, and the food ran out early, leading to the continuation of the famine.

Places like Qinjiagou, Yaojiaba, Yangjiazhuang and other places are almost the same.

For many years, I only knew that it was necessary to import grain, but I did not know that it was no longer 1.5 million tons, but 5 million tons of grain.

Because at the moment when the plane landed in Spring City, in the early morning of the day they went to Sunshine City for many years, the capital called to inform them that they needed 2.5 million tons of grain.

After that, many years after the arrival of Guangyuan and Hong Kong Island, the grain became five million tons.

This is also the reason why Yu Guangyuan has forgotten for many years, after all, five million tons of grain is too much.

With such a huge gap, and the need to keep it secret, and to find ways to import it from foreign countries to Hong Kong Island and then transfer it to the mainland, after so many procedures, what a huge amount of work that needs to be completed.

Not long after, not long after eating in the cafeteria, Yu Guangyuan frowned and followed Sun Guohua and them to appear in the cafeteria.

"Hey, Xiao Xu, why are you eating here? Didn't you go out for a walk? ”

When Yu Guangyuan saw it for many years, he was a little relieved in his heart, and he also asked curiously.

Although he had not been promised for many years to transfer from the Tiger squadron to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and although he had been married and had children for many years, he was only a young man of twenty-four years after all.

As long as you are a young person, when facing the world of flowers, there are few people who are not lost in it.

Although he has been a tried and tested warrior for many years and will not be fascinated by the prosperity outside, it seems a little wrong to have to run back to the canteen of the tenement building to solve it after lunch, right?

"It's not like all the money is gone, is it?"

On the other side, Sun Guohua had already sat down, waved his hand, and let him sit down for many years.

Looking at the latter's well-eaten meals, the plates were very clean, Sun Guohua nodded secretly with satisfaction, but said with a smile:

"I remember if Lao Yu didn't give you a hundred Hong Kong dollars? What did you buy? By the way, have you eaten enough? If you haven't had enough, go get some more rice, but you won't be hungry. ”

The leader's words are not blame, just simple inquiries and concerns.

In other words, the leader is just bored, taking advantage of the meal time to idle with subordinates like this for many years.

After all, as we all know, a leader's time is very precious, and under normal circumstances, I won't greet you so much.

Many years directly from his pocket, he took out the one hundred Hong Kong dollars that Yu Guangyuan gave him this morning.

Then he stood up, looked ahead and said:

"Report to the leader, I didn't spend money, I just walked around Hong Kong Island, saw a bank being run, I heard that the chairman of the bank died of a cerebral hemorrhage, and also visited the seafood market, wharf, beach, the leader has finished reporting, please instruct."

Sun Guohua couldn't cry or laugh, and hurriedly waved his hand to let him sit down.

Fortunately, this is a tenement building, if you see it like this for many years outside, you will definitely be regarded as an outlier.

"Didn't you tell me, this is Hong Kong Island, don't take those rules in China."

Although the leader said so, for many years it was just a silly giggle.

In front of the leader, the main character is a 'well-behaved, obedient and sensible, not messy, and measured warrior', but you can't let the leader think that you are deep or arrogant.

Otherwise, you don't know when you will be hated by the leader.

Being such a humble subordinate is better than being too flattering to the leader and being disliked by the leader, right?

After all, I haven't been in contact with Sun Guohua many years ago, so who knows what kind of character the other party is?

Therefore, a simple subordinate is the standard for passing.

Yu Guangyuan next to him also said with a smile:

"I gave you money to save money, but I didn't let you not spend money."

"Leader, I don't have to spend money where I go, so I can't buy fish in the seafood market and come back, right?"

Many years smirked in response, and was sent away by Yu Guangyuan with a wave of his hand.

"Have you eaten enough?"

"Eat your fill, leader."

"Then are you going to go out in the afternoon?"

"Leader, can I still go out?"

Of course, you can go out, but the meeting has not yet decided on a specific plan, and it is not the time for many years to carry out the task.

So, after staying in the tenement building for many years, I went out with a kettle again.

This scene naturally fell in the eyes of Yu Guangyuan and Sun Guohua, and the two couldn't help but be happy.

It stands to reason that many years of family have a beautiful wife and children, and they should spend money to buy some things for their wives and children to go back.

But he didn't buy anything, and he couldn't do it without strong willpower.

However, many years have not been bought?

He didn't dare to buy it!

The main clothes in the capital are gray tones, but here on Hong Kong Island they are colorful, why buy them back for many years?

So he bought ordinary clothes such as white, black and gray, and did not dare to buy clothes with other colors at all.

You can't bring it back and cause trouble, can you?

In addition, he spent a lot of money and purchased a large number of fabrics.

These fabrics are rare in the capital, although they are also black, gray and white, but Qin Huairu has a sewing machine, which can be tailored to children.

After buying these things, it was already past three o'clock in the afternoon.

I happened to pass by a shop that sold cars, and I was immediately attracted by it for many years, and then I stepped in disobediently.

"Welcome, sir, please take a look."

In a word from the staff, the sense of service is still very strong, and it has also brought many years back to reality.

The cars here are really very different from the command cars in the space.

The command car definitely doesn't think about comfort, only about speed and other aspects.

Therefore, although I haven't driven it a few times for many years, I also know that the command vehicle in space is really just like that.

But these cars in front of us need to consider not only comfort, but also aesthetics, fuel consumption, safety performance and so on.

Of course, the restrictions of the times, the cars of the sixties, in fact, are like that, ugly!

"How much does this car cost?"

A two-door convertible that has been favored for many years, this is the Mercedes-Benz 190SL, with two round headlights in front and a dumb front mouth.

The big front of the car looks very bulky, with only two seats, and it is a proper luxury car.

The dashboards are also antiques, but they look much better than the command cars in the space.

"Sir, this is the latest model in our shop, and it's a Mercedes-Benz imported from London."

Before the staff could finish the introduction, they were forcibly interrupted by many years.

"I know it's a Mercedes."

He spoke in a pure London accent and spoke very politely.

"I ask you how much it is, and you can just answer directly."

"Eight hundred and ninety thousand Hong Kong dollars."

In an instant, the staff shut up, and after quoting the price, they were silent.

"Can I take it for a test drive?"

Hearing the phrase many years, the staff looked at the many years again, and then said, "Sir, we need to check your assets." ”

Nest grass!

On Hong Kong Island in the 60s, there was such a thing as capital verification?

However, the pre-sale is all available, and it seems that the capital verification is not a big deal.

After all, he was not a celebrity on Hong Kong Island for many years, and the staff only sold cars.

In this era, it is quite troublesome to want to verify capital.

So, for many years, I had to learn more about the basic information of this car, and after determining that I wanted to buy it, I asked the other party how to verify the capital?

"Sir, there is an HSBC bank diagonally across the door, we can go to the bank first to verify the capital, and after confirming that there is no problem, we can test drive again, okay?"

Seeing this, many years nodded, then carried his handbag, followed behind the other party, and left the auto shop.

HSBC has a high status on Hong Kong Island and is currently one of the banks on Hong Kong Island that can issue Hong Kong dollars.

The Hong Kong dollar was born in 1863, the year of the beginning of the history of Hong Kong Island's local currency.

From 1863 to 1935, the silver dollar standard was practiced on Hong Kong Island, but the currency circulation was relatively chaotic.

After entering 1935, the Hong Kong dollar began to reform, and from then on, Hong Kong Island entered the era of the paper money standard.

In addition, the exchange rate standard of the pound sterling and the corresponding Hong Kong banknote issuance mechanism have been established.

In addition to the Hong Kong Island Government's own issuance of the "One Dollar" banknotes, the Exchange Fund also acts as a "currency board".

The Exchange Fund authorises three private note-issuing banks (HSBC, Standard Chartered and Lee) to issue banknotes each.

When issuing new Hong Kong notes, the three note-issuing banks must first pay 100% equivalent (equal to the issued amount) of British pounds sterling at a fixed exchange rate of "£1 = HK$16" to the Exchange Fund in exchange for a "Certificate of Indebtedness" issued by the Exchange Fund before issuing the equivalent amount of Hong Kong notes.

In addition, note-issuing banks may also convert GBP back to the Exchange Fund by holding a Certificate of Indebtedness.

This issuance and management mechanism is also referred to as the "pound exchange standard".

In fact, it is a double peg model anchored by the British pound: the Hong Kong dollar and the British pound are fixed exchange rates, and the Hong Kong banknotes are issued with the equivalent of the British pound as the reserve.

This was the history of the Hong Kong dollar before the 70s.

After the seventies, it had a lot to do with the violent shocks in the international monetary system.

Of course, even in the future, HSBC's position on Hong Kong Island is quite bullish.

Many years and the car shop salesman entered HSBC, and when the latter said the words to the bank staff for capital verification, many years directly took out several pieces of gold from the briefcase.

Directly shocked the staff.

Seeing that he was still preparing to continue to take gold out of his bag for many years, the staff hurriedly stopped:

"Sir, please go to the VIP room, don't count the gold here in the lobby."

The big yellow croaker in front of the counter still has a very strong visual impact.

At this time, many people who came to the bank to do business were staring directly at the gold many years ago.

The word 'want' was written all over his eyes.

Who wouldn't want so much gold?

Seeing this, many years nodded, then put back the gold he had just taken out into his bag, got up and went to the VIP room.

In the VIP room, he and the auto shop salesman were greeted by two bank staff, one was the manager of Mediterranean, and the other was the young lady at the counter just now.

"Mr. Han, how many grams of gold do you need us to deal with for you?"

Such a good thing as recycling gold, the manager of Mediterranean, really likes it.

According to the auto shop salesman just now, then it is necessary to verify the assets for many years, at least more than 500,000 yuan.

Because the bank can make a loan, the down payment only needs 500,000, and the rest can be purchased with a loan.

Although people in this era like to buy things in full.

But for many wealthy people, taking out a loan to buy things is the standard, and cash flow is king.

Since the advent of selling off-the-plan properties, it is nothing new for Hong Kong Island to take out loans to buy cars and houses.

Especially a rich car like a Mercedes-Benz, if you don't take out a loan to buy it, the average person really can't afford it. (End of chapter)