"Go to the Welfare Department to apply for social security or family child welfare?" Seeing Tong Baoling's face flushed, Huo Dongjun changed the subject.

Tong Baoling is the kind of traditional woman, she can become cheerful during the period of working in the magazine, which is already very good, Huo Dongjun is afraid that he will talk about some topics again, so that Tong Baoling will become the ostrich who only knows how to keep his head shut and is silent.

Tong Baoling turned her face sideways and looked at Huo Dongjun who was driving in front of her, this man sitting next to her sometimes makes her feel that she has never known him, the little boy who followed Ah Bang back then, the rotten boy who mixed up in the estate, and then stood in front of him, protecting Ai'er and himself, and the members of the club who had a hard top in Gui Lijie, and now he has become the owner of a magazine with a luxury car and a lot of money.

Eighteen years old is not a real adult, at least Tong Baoling thinks so, even at the age of eighteen, even marriage requires the consent of both parents or guardians to get a marriage certificate, many eighteen-year-old teenagers are still studying, but this angular man, with hard eyebrows and eyes, no longer sees the childishness of young people, but there is a unique charm that makes people break their hearts.

"Are you asking?" Huo Dongjun glanced at Tong Baoling sideways, and found that Tong Baoling was staring at him, and asked strangely, "Do I have stains on my face?"

"No, nothing. Tong Baoling retracted her gaze and looked out the window on the other side again.

Huo Dongjun exhaled speechlessly, and drove towards the headquarters of the Welfare Department on Queen's Road East in Wan Chai.

The Welfare Department may be the most well-known department of the Hong Kong government, and many people at the bottom will not care about the policies or systems of other departments, but they will definitely understand the policies of the Welfare Department as soon as possible, because only the Welfare Department is the only government department responsible for the poor.

The so-called responsibility, of course, is not to respond to requests, but to verify, review, and schedule, although the procedures are cumbersome, but at least let the poor have a hope.

When he arrived at the headquarters of the Welfare Department in Hu Chung Building on Queen's Road East, it was already four o'clock in the afternoon, and he parked his car in the underground parking lot of the building.

may not have noticed that Tong Baoling got out of the car from the co-pilot, and the two female staff thought that Tong Baoling had driven to the Welfare Department by herself, but after she left, the two female staff actually talked about Tong Baoling not far away, so that Huo Dongjun, who was sitting in the car, could hear it clearly.

"Hey, drive a Mercedes-Benz to receive the welfare of a single parent and a child? This woman is really immoral, even if she is a single parent, she doesn't need to receive that little welfare money if she can drive a Mercedes-Benz, and she is not afraid of being scolded. ”

"Rich people are stingy, you look at the woman's appearance, she must have followed a rich guy after the divorce, and she wants to receive relief in the name of a single parent, this kind of woman is even cheaper than a woman standing on the street. ”

Huo Dongjun didn't get out of the car to help Tong Baoling defend himself, there was no need at all, this kind of 38 is everywhere in Hong Kong, even those grandmothers in the housing estate talked about Tong Baoling killing Chen Guobang all day long, and he went to his own bed to have his current life, Tong Baoling himself can see it, of course Huo Dongjun will not jump out and distinguish again.

Leaning on the back of the driver's seat and thinking about the news thrown by Zhao Hongjun, the mobile phone in hand suddenly rang, Huo Dongjun had not moved, and the two female employees who were chatting outside and were lazy and did not go to work were startled by the ringtone, and came over to find that there was someone in the Mercedes-Benz, and immediately hurriedly left.

Huo Dongjun answered the phone, and on the other side of the phone was Heixing's voice with a smile: "Let Shi Bana help me buy red bean paste?" ”

Huo Dongjun laughed twice, but he didn't speak, Heixing continued over there: "Shi Bana has already left, he said that you want to ask Lu Zhaotang for dinner by the way, and I want his phone number, so I will call you, is there something to do, although I don't know what to do, but the right ones are more difficult to fight than our ones, I know, the people in the rivers and lakes are full of words, and the businessmen may not." ”

Huo Dongjun still just smiled, but he didn't remain silent anymore, but said: "There are some things, I want to talk to Uncle Tang, he is a member of the Yuen Long District Council, and he only came out by fighting, he seems to be easier to understand than me about this kind of thing." ”

"You call him yourself, I don't have his number, but I called Lu Bingrong to get it, my identity, it's inconvenient to talk to him, you don't have a problem, but I tell you, don't think that you call him Uncle Tang, you and him are really like uncles and nephews. Blackstar said in a slightly frustrated tone on the other side of the phone, and finally said a string of numbers.

Huo Dongjun felt that the tone of Hei Xing's words was a little abnormal, but he didn't ask Hei Xing, and hung up after chatting with Hei Xing, but he was suspicious in his heart, did Hei Xing say this sentence mean that he had suffered Lu Zhaotang's loss?

"Uncle Tang?" Huo Dongjun sat calmly for three minutes before exhaling turbidity and dialing Lu Zhaotang's phone number.

On the other side of the phone, Lu Zhaotang's voice was slightly joyful, and he asked in a relaxed tone: "Which one is looking for me?" I am Lu Zhaotang. ”

"Uncle Tang, I'm "Men's Weekly" magazine, Huo Dongjun. ”

Lu Zhaotang was silent on the other side of the phone for a few seconds, probably recalling the name Huo Dongjun, and after a few seconds, he continued to smile and say, "Oh, it turned out to be Ah Jun, the one who worships God in the Second Holy Palace?"

"It's me, Uncle Tang. ”

"What's going on, Ah Jun?" Lu Zhaotang confirmed Huo Dongjun's identity, and his tone was a little more familiar.

"It's a big deal, I just want to invite Uncle Tang to dinner, I was in a hurry to meet last time, and I didn't have time to listen to you a few more words, I want to ask you to give me some advice. "Huo Dongjun knows that you don't need to go around in circles with this kind of person, it's best to open the door to meet people and let him know your intentions, otherwise going around and around, in his opinion, you will only treat yourself as a monkey in the circus.

Lu Zhaotang paused after listening to Huo Dongjun's words, as if he was thinking about the time, but he quickly spoke: "No problem, I happened to be in Happy Valley today, my Langwei is the first in the second class this time, and I am preparing to celebrate, I can come over to my private celebration dinner in the evening, just like that, I will wait for you to meet and talk later." ”

"Thank you, Uncle Tang. After Huo Dongjun said thank you, Lu Zhaotang on the other side hung up the phone with a smile.

Huo Dongjun's face was a little depressed, the time he was looking for was really declining, the horse race promotion celebration dinner, he just wanted Lu Zhaotang to help him analyze the current problem from his perspective, but at this time, if he didn't give a gift, Lu Zhaotang would definitely be able to remember his name, but if he gave a gift, although it was only a few questions this time, but just now he put on an attitude of asking about something, if the congratulatory gift is too thin and not enough to show his sincerity.

Just as Tong Baoling came out of the elevator, Huo Dongjun started the car, collected his thoughts, and asked Tong Baoling who got into the car, "What's wrong?"

Tong Baoling shook her head: "There is still a schedule." ”

"I have known for a long time that this will happen, Aunt Feng has been scheduled for a few years, and it is very difficult for poor people to spend government money. Huo Dongjun spun the steering wheel and drove towards the exit of the parking lot.

Happy Valley is in Wong Nai Chung in Wan Chai, very close to Queen's Road, Fok Dongjun did not throw Tong Baoling directly in Wan Chai, but drove back to Kwun Tong and sent Tong Baoling back to Yuet Wah Street, then turned around and returned to Wan Chai, when passing Chow Tai Fook on the way, he got out of the car and entered the store to choose a 12-ounce golden horse, 32,000 Hong Kong dollars, and asked the salesperson of the gold store to help pack it, and then rushed to the Jockey Club in Happy Valley.

The first gift was given 30,000 yuan of gold ornaments, Huo Dongjun was not unhappy, but the timing of this gift was very imperfect, Hong Kong's parliamentarians at this time accepted gifts are not within the scope of the ICAC's investigation, especially Lu Zhaotang, a businessman who is worth no more and has raised a few horses in horse racing, and gave tens of thousands of gifts among friends, so that the ICAC believes that he will seek private employment for the other party because of accepting a bribe of 30,000 yuan, and the ICAC will not believe that people who become legislators have not much pursuit of money, on the contrary, they want to go further in politics, so as to pay more attention to their social image。

Huo Dongjun is not worried that this golden horse will bring trouble to Lu Zhaotang, but he is worried that the first gift will reach the amount of 30,000 yuan, and he just asks a few questions to solve his doubts, and if he really encounters a tricky problem and needs Lu Zhaotang's help, I am afraid it will be difficult to speak again.

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Happy Valley is not only the Jockey Club's racetrack, on the contrary, Happy Valley is a high-end residential area in Hong Kong, many well-known mansions are built here, Hong Kong's stars are not a few people living here, and even if the Jockey Club's racecourse is built here, Happy Valley and Wan Chai and Causeway Bay are also Hong Kong's model of quiet, this district has no night games, no entertainment venues, the flow of people is relatively simple, of course, Shing Wo Road, Shanguang Road and other street high-end restaurants and hotels are essential, more than 20,000 members of the Hong Kong Jockey Club, which member's horse wins, will be held in the nearest Happy Valley hotel to hold a celebration banquet, and Jockey Club members are either rich or expensive, so over timeIn addition to horse racing, Happy Valley is also famous for its hotels and restaurants, and many people who come to Hong Kong for tourism, even if they don't watch horse racing, will come to Happy Valley to taste high-end food.

Huo Dongjun drove the car along Lantang Road into the open-air car park outside the Happy Valley Racecourse, picked up the gift box and got out of the car, and walked towards the Lido Hotel directly opposite the racecourse, without being pointed out, because a red banner was hung outside the door of the Lido Hotel to celebrate the Hong Kong Jockey Club member Mr. Tang Siutong's love for Maranway Wai Promotion.

Looking at this red banner, Huo Dongjun remembered the appearance of Tong Baoling walking out of the Welfare Department building, the poor have to wait for a year or two or even longer to receive a little relief from the government, but in the same city, the upper class people who are either rich or expensive can rent the entire hotel because of the winning horse they raise, and the cost of this dinner is likely to be worth the sum of the relief funds applied for by the poor people waiting for relief in Hele Village.

Drunken and golden, full of lights, poverty, rain and wind, rich and poor have built this city of desire.