In the 60s, because the developed countries in the West were undergoing industrial restructuring and needed to transfer labor-intensive industries to developing countries and regions, coupled with the outbreak of the Annam War, and even further back, until the outbreak of the Goryeo War in the 50s, due to the huge demand brought about by the war, Hong Kong Island, a frontier excellent port of peace, suffered several waves of good fortune, resulting in rapid economic and social development, and became one of the richest, most economically developed, and with the highest standard of living in the world.

In the decade from the 50s to the 60s, the number of factories on Hong Kong Island increased from 1,478 to 10,032, and the number of workers increased from 80,000 to 370,000.

In the 60s, Hong Kong Island was a chaotic era of black and white, with the number of crimes committed by the Hong Kong Island Police Force exceeding 100,000 every year.

At that time, except for the aborigines of the New Territories, no one claimed to be Hong Kong people, but Chaozhou people, Shunde people, Huzhou people, F Jianren, a chamber of commerce in one place, a word in one place, when you need to come out, many times you don't need to go to the police, but the word comes forward, and people are righteous and keep promises.

In the 60s, Hong Kong Island was still an era of laughing at the poor rather than prostitutes, and parents would rather marry their daughters to rich people as little wives than marry their daughters to poor boys.

The "Great Qing Law" is still implemented on Hong Kong Island, and polygamy will continue for several years......

Even ordinary citizens, as long as they have this thought, there are many wives who have two wives at the moment, especially the women who fled from the north, who have no relatives and can only choose to marry a local man as a concubine in order to survive......

Coming out of the Hong Kong Island Municipal Government Building, Li Yuan didn't feel that the air was particularly sweet, the smell of car exhaust that had been absent for a long time, the aroma of food from the food stalls on the street, the dense high-rise buildings as far as he could see, and the endless stream of cars, all made him feel like a second-tier city in his previous life......

I was used to the days when I needed a ticket to buy a box of matches, and after spending half a month coming here from Sijiu City, there was always an illusion of time and space changing.

If it weren't for the fact that the young girls on the street wore miniskirts and used a lot of hairspray on their heads to perm their hair, which is the so-called "cloud suit", and the men wore Hawaiian shirts, which were colorful and green, and their heads were combed with hair cream to form an ironed "grease suit", Li Yuan wondered if he was wearing them again......

Looking down at the new Hong Kong Island ID card in his left hand, with the three words Li Aiguo written on it, and then glancing at the map on his right hand, Li Yuan walked west.

In fact, those who escaped will also be repatriated.

Unless you can run to the city, running to the city is a victory, not only will you not be repatriated, but you will also be sent all the way to the city hall to help you quickly get your ID card.

An industrialized city, with a population of just over one million, is naturally far from sufficient and needs to replenish its population.

The fugitives from the northern continent are the best supply places.

As for why they were repatriated......

Because if a guardrail is not added, the population of Hong Kong Island will not be more than 2 million now, and 5 million will not be able to stop......

Those who stay are either fast runners or have brains, which can be regarded as improving and optimizing the quality of "immigrants".

By the way, the official language of Hong Kong Island is English at present, and the upper class is proud of Chinese communication, and there is a fancy worship of the magic capital Dashenghai.

Cantonese...... It is regarded as a popular language in rural New Territories.

For example, Run Run Shaw, Jin Yong, Zou Wenhuai and other tycoons who will influence the Chinese cultural circle for many years in the future live to death on Hong Kong Island, and they are still not proficient in Cantonese......

This phenomenon continued into the late seventies......

According to the map, Li Yuan found a Chow Sang Sang gold shop on D'Aguilar Street in Central.

This gold shop, which opened in Guangdong for three or four years, will not be black and black, and there will be so many troubles......

As luck would have it, the British government's decision to remove the pound from the gold standard at the beginning of the year in an attempt to control the trade deficit led to a sharp rise in the price of gold, from $8 to $15 per gram.

In the 60s, the exchange rate of the Hong Kong dollar against the US dollar was about 5.65, which means that one gram of gold was equivalent to 84.75 Hong Kong dollars.

Ten taels of a large yellow croaker, about 312.5 grams, or 26,484 Hong Kong dollars.

What is the concept of prices on Hong Kong Island at the moment?

A Repulse Bay mansion, which was worth about one billion in later generations, is now a set of 980,000 Hong Kong dollars.

A 1,600-square-foot unit in Mid-Levels will become an old property in a few decades, and it can be sold for more than 20 million, and it is now worth 100,000 Hong Kong dollars.

Ordinary property, a set of 1 to 20,000 Hong Kong dollars.

A Prince sedan valued at HK$12,000.

The pork chop buns in the tea restaurant are one of eight millimeters, and one penny is equal to ten millimeters.

The tram fare is six cents, and you can eat a bowl of pig blood porridge for six cents.

The salary of an ordinary clerk, two hundred dollars.

In other words, as long as he sells two large yellow croaker, Li Yuan can immediately live the life of a middle-class citizen on Hong Kong Island.

So don't think that Hong Kong Island is full of gold, everyone is making a fortune, and there are still many poor people after all.

There are a large number of people living in the wooden house area of Jialin Biandao, and the whole family lives in a 20-square-meter wooden house.

Li Yuan sold 20 large yellow croakers in exchange for five large golden bulls with a face value of 1,000 Hong Kong dollars.

The eyes of the gold store manager revealed a very complicated look.

With his current salary, it would take him about forty or fifty years to save up to make that much money......

Maybe at some point, he has a black mind in his heart.

But looking at the indifferent smile on Li Yuan's face, he still dispelled this thought.

Doing business on Hong Kong Island, especially in the gold shop business, if your eyesight is not good, you will not be able to do it for a long time.

At least in his senses, this man from the north is not a person to be messed with......

After smiling with the manager of the gold store and the buddy, Li Yuan entered a dress shop on the side of the street, there was no clothing store on Hong Kong Island in this era, and the poor people bought their own fabrics to make the clothes they wore, and the rich people went to the dress shop to ask the tailor to tailor their clothes, and the rich Chinese who were more particular about it would go to Shenghai to ask the old qualified tailor to help them customize their own clothes.

Of course, it won't work since the year before last......

"No ready-to-wear? Is it okay to add ten dollars? ”

Li Yuan asked with a smile.

After being embarrassed for a while, the boss agreed: "Okay, even if I am scolded, I will help others!" Pretty boy, you can find my dress shop as soon as you enter Hong Kong Island, which means that you have a vision. Hollywood celebrities are looking for me to make dresses! Now, do you know each other? ”

He asked, pointing to the pictorial hanging on the wall.

Li Yuan looked at it, well, the photo with Marlon Brando, awesome!

Li Yuan asked, "Dare to ask the boss's name?" ”

The boss said: "My name is Zhang Huohai, eh, my hometown in eastern Guangdong, I was originally a large landlord in Guangdong Province!" Most of the money I have earned over the years has been sent back to the mainland and handed over to my old beans for saving. Because I think that the Chinese will not bully the Chinese, at least much better than the British capitalists, right? As a result, there was chaos in the north, and my old bean was beaten to death, and all the family property was confiscated. Now everything has to start all over again, alas. ”

Li Yuan was silent for a while, it turned out to be him......

shouldn't have known, but who made Li Yuan love to listen to Leslie Cheung's songs in his previous life?

This is Leslie Cheung's old bean ......

Li Yuan asked, "Then you recognize me as from the mainland, and you are still willing to take care of me?" ”

Zhang Huohai smiled bitterly: "It's not my old bean that you killed, it's useless to hate you?" Na, pretty boy, just these suits, you can choose yourself, which one you like. ”

Li Yuan chose a black suit, he has a well-proportioned figure, and he has practiced martial arts all year round, so that his body shape does not look thin and weak, but it is not so exaggerated, in short, it is very in line with the aesthetics of the Chinese cultural circle.

After Zhang Huohai praised him, Li Yuan paid the money and asked, "Boss, may I ask, do you know what this is?" ”

Li Yuan took out a photo in his hand.

When Zhang Huohai saw it, he smiled and said, "I really asked the right person, this is Jardine's Mountain, I just came back from measuring my clothes over there." A house here costs two or three hundred thousand, to say the least. But I don't know which one it is. You can find a rickshaw and ask over there. In order to compete for business with trams, there are 1,700 rickshaws in Hong Kong, and they go to Hong Kong and Kowloon for five cents, which is very cheap. They know a lot better than me about the rich families in Hong Kong and Kowloon. However, it is not easy to say that last year's Hong Kong Island stock market crash, many rich families went bankrupt and became poor...... By the way, there is a shoe store next door, so you can buy a pair and change it in. ”

After Li Yuan thanked him, he said goodbye and went out.

I'm not in a hurry to look for it, I can't find it like this, I'm afraid I'll recruit Sir first.

I first called a rickshaw and went to the nearest real estate agency to buy a house, which is in Jardine's Hill......

Then he asked the rickshaw driver: "This brother, I heard that the housing prices on Hong Kong Island have dropped a lot?" ”

The rickshaw driver said, "Can you not come down?" Last year, it dropped the most ruthlessly, and the house of 20,000 yuan was sold directly to 10,000, and when it was the most panicked, 8,000 was paid. ”

Li Yuan was curious: "What are you afraid of?" ”

The rickshaw driver laughed angrily and said, "You say you're afraid of beggars?" One moment you have a nuclear bomb to the north, and another hydrogen bomb to the north. Wow, the poor can't afford to wear pants, they can't eat enough, and they still do this. It's been like this in the past few years, you say you're not afraid?

I don't have silver paper, and if I have silver paper, I'll run early. It doesn't matter if you die, but the cubs in the family are still young, how can you bear it? Especially last year, under the influence of your side, there were also people on Hong Kong Island who went crazy, and Hong Kong and Kowloon were full of grenades, and many people died.

You are a ghost in the north, it's crazy, you hurt others and yourself......"

Li Yuan was silent for a while, and then said sincerely: "Excuse me, has the villa in Jardine's Mountain also been reduced?" I'm going to buy a set, do you have any suggestions? ”

“……”

The rickshaw driver was so angry that he wanted to throw this goods down and kick it back to the mainland, but for the sake of life, he still had to put up with this dog guest, and said, "Wow, so rich? Jardine's Hill is five minutes to Causeway Bay, and the smallest is more than 3,000 feet, even if the price is reduced, it will cost more than 200,000 yuan, can you do it? ”

Li Yuan said thoughtfully: "More than 200,000 yuan, that's okay, if you pay today, can you get a house today?" ”

The rickshaw driver didn't want to talk anymore, and with all the swear words he had learned since he was two years old, he scolded this bastard from the north!

Pu, your mother, if you take a rickshaw to buy a villa, you will be the only one in Hong Kong and Kowloon!

……

"Our company offers four bungalows in Jardine's Hills, each with its own garden, pool and garage."

"House No. 1, the largest in terms of saleable area, is three storeys high and has a French style inside and out."

"The lobby is connected to the garden and is about 1,472 square feet in size, with greenery outside, which is perfect for guests who value privacy."

"The rooftop is 1,085 square feet, which can be used for all kinds of gatherings and has a view of Victoria Harbour, which is very beautiful!"

"The last homeowner has only been renovated for half a year, and he hasn't moved in yet, so he has to make a ...... because of the stock market crash"

The intermediary company, a girl in a suit and overalls, introduced Li Yuan very kindly.

With this appearance, even if she is not selling a house, she is willing to talk more, the only pity is the mainland accent.

The rickshaw driver who was brought in by Li Yuanxu with a heavy interest of "paying five cents more" on the side was scolding in his heart: Hong Kong Island women are shameless, and they are also so big for the mainland!

Li Yuan said in a deliberative tone: "Brother, this villa is very good." ”

The rickshaw driver didn't know what to say for a while, so he nodded perfunctorily and said, "Of course it's good, no matter how good it is, you have to have money to buy it." ”

Pu your mother, it will be a shame to be kicked out for a while, look at the people around you, and look at them like monkeys.

Please, it's not a friend's!

Li Yuan looked at the sales lady and said, "Miss, if I pay the money today, can I complete the formalities and move in today?" ”

The sales lady smiled a little reluctantly, but still nodded and said: "Yes sir, all the decorations inside are new, and our company will send people to clean it every week." If you'd like to buy it, we'll also include bedding. ”

Li Yuan pointed to House No. 1 and asked, "How much is this building?" ”

The sales lady finally asked the right question, she looked at Li Yuan's face that was more handsome than the movie star Zhang Yang, and said in a gentle tone as much as possible, so as not to hurt her self-esteem: "The owner of House No. 1 has come out of 380,000 yuan, and after the discount, the minimum is 320,000 yuan...... However, House 4 is also very good, although it is a little smaller, but it is only 220,000. ”

After saying that, I thought it was funny, 220,000, even the vast majority of citizens on Hong Kong Island can't get it.

Li Yuan looked back at the rickshaw driver, and before he could speak, the rickshaw driver laughed angrily: "Don't ask anymore, you really want to be rich, and I believe that you won't call from the north, then buy it!" It's already so cheap! By the way, just call me Ah Sheng. Although I just met, I think you're very interesting. ”

The last sentence is clearly being explained to everyone......

Li Yuan nodded when he heard this, and then unbuttoned his suit, revealing a ...... inside Liberation Pack.

Even the sales lady laughed...... Is...... Hit the streets!

This thing is very spicy on Hong Kong Island.

Because of the idle business, the intermediary employees who watched the jokes for a long time burst into laughter one by one.

The sales lady was devastated and felt that in the next two years, she would become a joke in the mouths of her colleagues.

Then I saw Li Yuan take out a stack of big golden calves from the liberation bag, and then a pile of big golden calves, and then a pile of big golden calves......

There was silence.

The surprise in the sales lady's eyes almost didn't drown Li Yuan, and the rickshaw driver almost burst his eyes.

Pu your mother, this street rush can't be just finished robbing the bank, right?

The staff who watched the jokes for a long time around were also speechless.

They sell houses for commissions, especially villas, which are not open for three years, and they are open for three years.

I knew that this person was real, and when I first entered the door with the rickshaw driver, I shouldn't have pretended not to see it one by one......

Seeing the manager coming over, for fear of being robbed, the sales lady couldn't even take care of the beauty, trembled her hands, and began to go through the procedures for Li Yuan as quickly as possible.

……

Forty minutes later.

The rickshaw driver said to Li Yuan with a wry smile: "Big brother, don't play with me?" People want to drive you to see the house, you have to go first, take my rickshaw by yourself?! ”

Li Yuan didn't answer and asked, "Ah Sheng, do you know where there is a pharmacy on Hong Kong Island that specializes in stomach and digestion pills?" ”

Ah Sheng smiled helplessly: "Of course it's the Dragon and Tiger Hall of Prince Daoxi!" Wow, now there is no one on Hong Kong Island who doesn't know children's stomach and appetite pills? My boy doesn't eat well, so I'll give him one, and the effect is very good! ”

Li Yuan smiled and said, "Then take a turn and take a look...... Do you know the origin of this pharmacy? ”

Ah Sheng smiled as he ran: "How can you not know? All children on Hong Kong Island know it. The little fairy of Longhutang, who came from the mainland, was hungry and had nothing to eat, so he took out the ancestral recipe to sell stomach and digestion pills for children. A few years ago, the radio stations all over the street were playing that song, big guy, I'll sing it to you......

After walking through Xiao Zhoutian, chanting a mantra and pinching the fingers, I was a little fairy who had won the Tao in Longhu Mountain...... Worship the three Qing ancestors, don't cross the Dragon and Tiger Mountain, the trail I went south and north, practiced in the heaven and earth, came to the precious treasure land, the belly is called the sky, the trail I sell medicine here to mix up with the ability to eat, tired......

Oops, I don't sing well, my cub sings very well! ”

Li Yuan smiled and said, "You don't sing well." ”

Sheng: "......"

After no longer speaking, Li Yuan looked at the streets of Hong Kong Island in the 60s, which was a completely different scenery.

Everywhere you can see a beautiful cheongsam with glass stockings and brightly colored high-heeled leather shoes, or a self-made floral waist narrow-sleeved jacket, with a trouser tube like a skirt of the Tang dress, a pair of jade feet, stepping on high heels painted gold and red lacquered clogs, all kinds of style, pleasing to the eye......

It is also separated by a Bao'an River, but it is two distinct worlds.

If this kind of dress appears on the mainland, it is impossible to pick out a yin and yang hairstyle every minute, and pull it on the street.

Li Yuan's heart did not tremble like those mainlanders who had just arrived on Hong Kong Island after witnessing all this, as if they had opened their eyes to the world for the first time.

Because half a century later, the development of the mainland's first-tier cities is no longer much inferior to here.

However, to say that it is not touching at all is also a lie......

"Big guy, it's the Dragon and Tiger Hall in front, na, it's right there, on the left side of the street!"

Ah Sheng's voice came, Li Yuan came back to his senses, and his eyes fell on the left side of the street, on a small gatehouse, there was a plaque engraved with the words "Dragon and Tiger Hall".

He whispered, "Stop." ”

……

(End of chapter)