"Mr. Du, this is the famous Haw Par Villa in Hong Kong! Also known as the Garden of Jack-of-all-trades! ”

A bald real estate agent wiped the fine sweat on his forehead, walked in front, and introduced to Du Cannon and Du Yongxiao.

In the back, the mother Li Cuilian took her second son Du Yongshun and youngest daughter Du Yongmei to follow behind, looking left and right.

Du Yongxiao originally planned to build a villa near the Peak Road to live.

I don't know who Du Dacang heard that there is a famous Haw Par villa for sale in Sham Shui Po here, and the owners of this villa are the Nanyang tycoons Hu Wenhu and Hu Wenbao brothers.

Originally from Fujian, the Hu brothers were born in Yangon, Myanmar in 1882. His father, Hu Ziqin, was a veteran Chinese medicine practitioner living in Myanmar who opened Yong'an Tang in Yangon, selling gold balm.

The Haw Par brothers also have an older brother, Hu Wenlong, but Hu Wenlong died young, so there are only two Haw Par brothers in the Empire.

In 1908, after the death of their father, the Haw Par brothers inherited Yong'an Tang, with the leopard brother in charge of product research and development, upgrading the formula of the signature tiger balm and the tiger brother in charge of production and sales.

In 1918, the Hu family of Yong'an Tang was already the richest man in Yangon.

And in 1923, the Hu brothers made an important decision to let Tiger Balm break out of Burma and go to Asia!

Singapore was the first place of residence for the Hu brothers. But opening up new markets is not always easy, and when Tiger Balm first landed in Singapore, pharmacies controlled by local companies were reluctant to buy from the Hu brothers. So the brothers won by surprise and gradually occupied the market by advertising.

In the following years, not only did Tiger Balm gain a foothold in Singapore, but the Hu Brothers' business also spread to Hong Kong and Guangzhou.

In order to show his status as a local tyrant among the local tyrants, Boss Hu began to do things, one of which was to build Haw Par villas in Hong Kong, Singapore and the mainland.

Although the big man Hu Wenhu grew up in Myanmar, he was expelled from an English school because of Taipi when he was a child, and he was a fanatical lover of traditional Chinese culture when he studied Chinese private school since he was a child, so the function of this villa also includes but is not limited to promoting traditional Chinese culture, especially traditional Chinese morality.

In order to build the Haw Par Villa in Hong Kong, Boss Hu specially brought the team that built the Haw Par Villa in Singapore to Hong Kong from Singapore, and he himself served as the chief designer.

Design blueprints? Hehe, it doesn't exist, Boss Hu himself is the blueprint. Boss Hu will come to the construction site every day and tell the workers what new tricks they want, from what kind of ghost to what color to paint, Boss Hu has it all! Both! Ask them one by one!

It took almost three or five years for this villa to be built, that is, the super-large villa in front of me, which covers an area of tens of thousands of feet.

When Du Dacang was in the mainland, he especially worshipped these two legendary "kings of gold oil".

I heard that in order to sell the "Tiger Balm Panacea", the brothers changed their private car into a tiger head car, and changed the horn to a tiger roar.

In addition, Hu Wenhu wears a tiger and leopard striped suit or leather jacket all the year round, and does not forget to advertise his own brand when attending events.

It can be said that the Hu brothers have always been the idols in Du Dacang's mind.

During the years when Du Dacang sold soap, he always adhered to the Hu brothers' sentence "being able to do business is only half, and spending money on advertising is the first" as a business philosophy.

For this reason, Du Dacang also frantically advertised his own brand when he sold soap, but unfortunately he didn't have a car at that time, otherwise he would definitely make his private car a "soap type".

Du Cannon held his hands behind his back, listening to the introduction of the bald agent, completely looking like the head of the family.

Du Yongxiao followed behind, but didn't talk much, looked up at the gate of the villa, a very large archway, two words to describe -—— swagger!

A couplet on the archway is even more ostentatious!

Shanglian: Ten thousand waters return, and the silver waves around the sea are in full view;

Downlink: Gold bottle appreciation, front mountain cuidai moth eyebrows.

Horizontal criticism: I am the King of the Golden Tiger, hey! Oh! Oh!

Du Yongxiao frowned when he looked at the couplet.

The bald agent is a smart person, and he can see at a glance that Du Cannon is pretending, and Du Yongxiao is the big male protagonist, so he hurriedly explained: "The two don't look at the thought expression of the Haw Par Villa is straightforward, simple, and simple, and the couplets on several plaques in it are Yu Dafu's handwriting." ”

"Yu Dafu?" Du Yongxiao frowned.

Du Cannon: "Who is Yu Dafu?" Also sells panacea? Or sell soap like me? ”

The bald agent smiled awkwardly and explained: "Yu Dafu wrote it. ”

Du Cannon put his hands behind his back and nodded: "Oh, write!" "Shooting the Condor" and "Condor" I like to watch! ”

The bald agent was embarrassed again: "He is a writer during the Republic of China." ”

"Oh, it's so early, it's a pity!"

The bald agent was afraid that Du Dacang would say something "earth-shattering" again, so he hurriedly said: "In order to compete with Nanyang Siang Pao, the richest man in Nanyang, Chen Kah Kee, Hu Wenhu specially created a series of newspapers and periodicals such as "Sin Chew Daily", and specially hired Yu Dafu as the editor-in-chief of the literary and artistic edition of "Sin Chew Daily". At the invitation of the master, Yu Dafu did some private work for the boss in his spare time, and of course it was nothing to write couplets. ”

As he spoke, everyone had already walked into the interior of the Haw Par Villa, and the bald broker pointed to a pavilion in front of him and said, "Na, the door and the couplet above were written by Yu Dafu!" ”

Du Yongxiao looked -——

"Rucuifang"!

"Yu Dafu was written in Gengchen (the twenty-ninth year of the Republic of China), Wu Weiruo's book".

Left and right couplets –

Shanglian: The refreshing air comes from the west, and you can see the thirteen bends of smoke;

Downlink: The Central Plains Lao Beiwang, from the beginning of the 90,000 miles of Pengcheng.

Du Yongxiao had to nod, after all, a writer is a writer, and these couplets are still of some level.

Du Cannon looked at the couplet and nodded: "Not bad!" But I still like the one at the door, especially the horizontal batch, the one that screams! ”

The bald agent hurriedly wiped his sweat.

The fine guy Du Yongshun followed behind: "I like it!" I love screaming the most! ”

Mother Li Cuilian pulled his ears: "I like your size!" Whether you buy this villa or not, you haven't gotten it yet! ”

After scolding her son, Li Cuilian hurriedly squeezed out a smile at the bald agent: "I'm sorry, I'm scolding my son, you continue!" ”

The bald agent hurriedly said, "Oh, okay! ”

Pointing to the big villa, he said: "In general, the biggest feature of this villa is that the place is big enough, and there are many sculptures in it!" For example, Liang Zhu, Sun Wukong made trouble in the Heavenly Palace, by the way, there is also that - Wu Song fights the tiger! ”

Not far away, a statue of Wu Song riding on the back of a tiger is raising his fist.

Before the bald agent finished speaking, he saw Du Yongshun trotting over, riding directly on the tiger's back with Wu Song, raising his fist and making a gesture towards the tiger's head, raising his eyes and smiling and asking his eldest brother Du Yongxiao, "Brother, do you think I am powerful?" ”

(End of chapter)