Chapter 215 Hong Kong News

At eight o'clock that evening, young and old gathered in front of the TV in the hotel, waiting to watch the Japanese TV series "Volleyball Girl" introduced by Guangdong TV.

On November 16, 1981, the Chinese women's volleyball team defeated the Japanese team 3:2 in the final of the third World Cup Women's Volleyball Tournament and won the world championship for the first time. Since then, the spirit of women's volleyball has become a symbol of the era of reform and opening up.

It is natural that the imported "Volleyball Girl" is popular. Even if we won the championship by defeating the Japanese team, it did not prevent us from watching their "Volleyball Girl" intoxicated.

Don't say it, the Japanese are really good at shooting this kind of competitive sports film. What "Slam Dunk", "Tennis Boy", "Captain Tsubasa" and so on. Whether it is an animation or a TV series, it is shot very well.

China, which has just started to produce TV series independently, has not yet started this kind of film. Now it should be preparing to shoot the four great classics, which is our current skill point.

The next day, Yanyan, Fangtong and Fangfang made an appointment with a local girl to play children's beach volleyball on the beach. Just lower the net bag.

Yanyan and Fangtong imitated the movements while shouting "Thunderbolt from the Clear Sky" and "Meteor Fireball". It was a bit addictive!

Changchang and Xiaowu were forbidden to get too close, fearing that they would be hit by the ball. The two tried desperately to get close, but were then carried away by their mothers.

"Let's go catch fish, catch fish."

Lin Yan and her cousin's wife walked on the beach with their children, and they all felt that it was great to spend a warm winter in the south. Although the four old people were not used to it at first, they were now happily "building the Great Wall".

The cousin's wife said: "If our two families buy houses in the same community, it would be good to come here every winter to spend a warm winter in the future."

Lin Yan thought about it. Mingche had always said that the elevator apartment bought by Mingfeng and his cousin's wife was not scarce and could be bought whenever they wanted. There was no need to buy it at the beginning of the business. If you want to spend a warm winter, just stay in a hotel for three or four weeks like this time.

According to him, in the future, it should be like Hong Kong, Europe and the United States, and build elevator apartments. In order to meet the needs of ordinary people moving to the capital, Shanghai and other big cities. In this case, living in a bungalow is completely unable to meet the needs. Even a seven-story building without an elevator is far from meeting the requirements.

New York, London and other places are full of skyscrapers, and the twin towers of the New York World Trade Center are even hundreds of floors. In Tokyo, I heard that there has been a lot of noise about building skyscrapers in the past two years. If the capital, Shanghai and other places are built like this in the future, elevator apartments will not be uncommon.

"Maybe I will only buy a Xiguan mansion for office and B&B for the time being. However, when your house is delivered, we can book a hotel nearby or buy a car to drive when we come to spend a warm winter. It will be just as convenient to move around."

The two families spent the New Year together in the hotel. The old man was a little uncomfortable, not spending the New Year in his hometown. But it is true that the climate here is very comfortable and everyone is together. It was not used to the first year, but it will be used to it after two years.

In the third year of junior high school, Fang Mingche and his family of four went to Hong Kong from Guangzhou. The others were driven by Brother Mingfeng and traveled by car in Guangdong. Fang

Mingche and his family took a bus to the customs and passed through with business visas. After passing, they took another bus. Changchang was held in front of his father throughout the journey, and Yanyan was held by her mother.

Yanyan had been educated by her grandparents and parents that Hong Kong is our territory, how it was lost by the Qing government, and we will definitely take back Hong Kong.

When she set foot on the land of Hong Kong, she saw that the surroundings were as prosperous as the international metropolises she had visited, such as New York, London, Paris, and Tokyo, and she couldn't help looking around.

Fang Mingche said, "Let's go to the hotel to put down the luggage first, and then we will take our time to go shopping."

"Oh, okay."

Fang Mingche hailed a taxi. After his wife and daughter sat in the back seat, he took his son to the passenger seat, "Repulse Bay Hotel."

He specially booked this hotel because this famous hotel was going to be closed and demolished within the year. This hotel opened on New Year's Day in 1920 and has hosted many Hollywood stars, politicians from various countries, tycoons, and literary giant Hemingway.

This is also the place where Bai Liusu and Fan Liuyuan met in Zhang Ailing's "Love in a Fallen City".

Two years later, the movie "Love in a Fallen City" directed by Ann Hui and starring Miao Qianren and Chow Yun-fat was filmed at the Repulse Bay Terrace Restaurant here. The later famous "Lust, Caution" was also filmed in the same place.

When the taxi driver heard that he was going to the Clearwater Bay Hotel, he immediately knew that they were rich people and provided very thoughtful service.

He was amazed in his heart that this family clearly had a mainland accent. Are mainlanders so rich now? I heard that they are still short of food and clothing, and so many Cantonese people flee to Hong Kong every day. For this reason, he has always been grateful that his parents came to Hong Kong thirty years ago.

He talked about this with Fang Mingche, and Fang Mingche smiled and said, "The mainland is carrying out reform and opening up, and is on the road to becoming rich. You are welcome to come back to the mainland when you have time."

When they arrived at the place, they were shocked to see the pure white two-story European-style building built 60 years ago.

They had heard Fang Mingche say that this hotel was 60 years old, and they thought it would be a bit old. They even thought that he chose to live here to save money. But after looking all the way, it was not the case at all. This area is obviously aristocratic. It should be the area where the rich people in Hong Kong hang out.

Yanyan said directly, "Dad, this place is so beautiful!"

Fang Mingche said, "Yes. Don't think it's outdated just because it's 60 years old. The buildings on the Bund are older than this. Are they outdated?"

"No."

"As for the interior, it should be renovated every few years. Let's go and check in."

The family of four booked a room with a terrace. You can directly see the beach and the sea. It can be said that the water is clear and the sand is fine, and the scenery is picturesque.

After putting away their luggage, they went to the restaurant for lunch. They ate Western food, of course, as their family was now very familiar with eating Western food. There was also a band playing in the restaurant.

Lin Yan had a feeling that this place must be very expensive. But it had already been booked, and Yanyan seemed to like it very much. She didn't say anything. It was only for occasional use, and their family could still afford it.

Thinking about the shock of the taxi driver, she felt quite relieved. Why do you look down on us mainlanders?

After lunch, Fang Mingche asked Yanyan, "Are you still going to see the skyscrapers?"

Yanyan waved her hand quickly, "No, no, we'll just climb some mountains and swim in the sea around the hotel."

"Okay, then we'll stay here today. Tomorrow we'll go explore the market and go shopping."

Sitting on the terrace restaurant, Yanyan asked, "Dad, why is Hong Kong so prosperous? Is it because they are capitalist?"

Fang Mingche shook his head, "No. Hong Kong has a very good geographical location, close to the sea. And it's a free trade port. Hong Kong people are also hardworking and willing to work hard. However, it also has something to do with the decision of the great man."

Yanyan said, "What decision?"

Lin Yan, who was taking care of her son eating, also looked over. She had never heard of the last point.

Fang Mingche said, "In fact, in 1949, the 101st Army led troops to the Luohu Port, ready to come to recover Hong Kong and wash away the century-old national humiliation. At that time, he led the Fourth Field Army all the way from the white mountains and black waters to the ends of the earth, and was invincible. Shenzhen was just a place he passed by. Just when he was about to take back Hong Kong in three hours, he received a call from Chairman Mao in Beijing, asking him to keep Hong Kong, it would be useful!"

Lin Yan nodded, "So Hong Kong developed in the 1960s and 1970s by taking advantage of such a favorable time, location, and people?"

Fang Mingche nodded, "Yes. Now the chief designer has drawn a circle in Shenzhen, and he also wants Shenzhen to seize the opportunity like Hong Kong and take off as a window of reform and opening up."

In the afternoon, the family went to a nearby temple to take a look.

Lin Yan looked at the two huge statues standing side by side, "This one is Guanyin, who is this one?"

"The sea goddess Mazu, the fishermen in the southeast coast all worship Mazu."

Changchang also looked up in his father's arms. The Guanyin statue was white. He preferred to look at the colorful Mazu statues.

The family actually only stayed here for one night to experience it. Because it is really very expensive! Now is not the time to enjoy it so much. If it were not for the fact that this place was going to be closed and demolished this year, Fang Mingche would definitely not spend this money.

The next day, he went down the mountain and went into the city to stay in an ordinary hotel. After visiting the city, he took a taxi to the Peninsula Hotel for afternoon tea.

The two children played happily all the way. Fang Mingche and Lin Yan are still investigating the market.

When the loan for the old western-style building is approved, the loan of 150,000 or 60,000 yuan will be used to repay the 100,000 yuan owed by the courtyard house. The other 50,000 or 60,000 yuan can be paid back to the public account. The courtyard house can continue to be used for mortgage and loan. Last year, the bank only approved a one-year loan.

But this year, the house is completely completed, and the homestay is operating normally. It is estimated that an additional 10,000 or 20,000 yuan can be borrowed.

The loaned money will be used to pay another 100,000 yuan to the travel agency's public account. Another 20,000 yuan in dividends will be distributed to the Wang family, and there will be about 300,000 yuan left in the public account. After offsetting the loan owed to the bank + interest, there is still a net profit of 100,000 yuan. By then, the six commercial vehicles will also be released from the bank mortgage.

Therefore, it is entirely possible to open another store this year. Hong Kong is a free trade port, and there is no tax on imports and exports. This is very friendly to the export business. We are planning to open a store in Hong Kong in the first half of this year. After

inspecting the commercial district that afternoon, Changchang muttered, "Tea, tea!"

He was a little hungry after shopping and wanted to have afternoon tea again.

Lin Yan said, "You are quite good at enjoying yourself."

The little guy had a face full of enjoyment when he went to the Peninsula Restaurant for afternoon tea that day. I am thinking about it again. But it is also very expensive there, so it is good to experience it once.

As for now, she looked at Yanyan, "Sister Yanyan, didn't you pack afternoon tea snacks?"

There are many Michelin delicacies on the streets of Hong Kong, and the family has eaten a lot in the past few days. Lin Yan felt that she must have gained weight, but she was wearing winter clothes and it was not obvious.

Yanyan agreed, "I'm coming, I'm coming."

Then she took out the boxes of food she had packed from the packing bag, "Changchang, come here, sister will feed you Dorayaki. This is specially packed for you."

Fang Mingche looked at his son's blue sweater after he took off his coat, "Are you really feeding him like Doraemon?"

Even if he didn't watch much cartoons, he knew that Doraemon liked Dorayaki the most. He gave birth to a son, but he hasn't played much with him yet. But Yanyan was having a lot of fun.

Yanyan chuckled and said, "It depends on whether he likes it or not." Changchang

liked it very much. This is the taste that children like. Yanyan was very happy to feed him, and she fed him a few sips of milk tea from time to time to prevent her brother from choking.

The family stayed in Hong Kong for five days, and then took a boat to Macau. It takes only one hour to get there.

Lin Yan looked at Yanyan lying on the side of the boat and Changchang who was happily looking at the sea in his father's arms, "It's only an hour away. The store in Hong Kong is open, so we don't have to consider Macau for the time being."

Fang Mingche said "hmm", "Going to Macau is mainly for sightseeing."

However, the public security in Macau during this period is probably worse than that in the mainland. We have to pay attention to this, and retreat quickly if the situation is not right.

He rented a car directly when he arrived in Macau, and put a handy weapon in the car. Fortunately, the people of Macau still live a normal life. They don't cause trouble and nothing happens.

Everyone knows that Macau's gaming industry is very developed and it is a gambling city. But in fact, the scenery and food in Macau are very charming. Especially some buildings are brightly colored, like a fairy tale world. Yanyan and Changchang liked it very much along the way.

Fang Mingche and Lin Yan accompanied them all the way and took care of them, taking pictures for them. The two siblings had a lot of fun.

Yanyan said, "Dad, Hong Kong and Macau are so much fun. The country has to take them back soon so that more people can come and play."

"Well, according to the 99-year lease, one is 97 years and the other is 99 years."

Yanyan calculated that there are still fifteen years and seventeen years. Fortunately, she will not be old by then.

Fang Mingche and Lin Yan's eyes twitched. What are you talking about here, a six-year-old girl?

Lin Yan said, "Fifteen years, I will be in my early forties."

Fang Mingche said, "It would be great if the two of us grow old together." This is what he looks forward to most in his life.

When they returned to Guangzhou, Yanyan talked about Hong Kong and Macau with her brother, sister, younger brother, and younger sister, shared the food she packed with them, and showed them photos.

Fang Tong asked her father, "Dad, Uncle Jiu and Aunt Jiu have taken Yanyan and Changchang to Hong Kong and Macau. When will you take me, Mom, Xiaowu and Grandpa and Grandma?"

Fang Mingfeng said, "It's hard to get a visa. Wait, when the security in the south is better, Dad will go south to expand the business."

Bringing the whole family to Guangzhou to spend the warm winter is actually very impressive at the moment, and the cost is not small. But people are afraid of comparison! Tongtong and Yanyan are of the same age. But Yanyan has not only been to Hong Kong and Macau, but also to Japan, Europe and the United States.

Fang Mingche looked at Yanyan. In the previous life, it was actually Yanyan who envied Sister Tongtong for being able to go to the big city to play. In this life, he can finally make his little girl the object of envy.

It was almost the Lantern Festival, and everyone flew back to the capital from Guangzhou.

When they arrived at the airport, they went back to their respective homes. Fang Mingche and his family were still picked up by a business car and returned to the courtyard. After a meal, Fang Minghua and his family returned to the small side courtyard. Father Fang sat down with great interest to check the bills of the B&B for more than 20 days.

Fang Mingche and Lin Yan naturally stayed as well. They had been gone for four weeks, and the New Year's red envelopes had not been distributed yet, let alone anything else. They had to check Gao Xiang's bills first.

Fang Minghua and the others walked home directly, carrying suitcases.

Yuan Shufen said, "Minghua, how much did we spend on Mingche and Lin Yan during the New Year?"

Fang Minghua said, "It must be more than a thousand." Round-trip air tickets, and the money for staying in hotels and meals for so many days.

Yuan Shufen thought for a while and said, "Now that we can't repay them, let's work hard to be a poor relative like Granny Liu who is not annoying."

She hinted that he should speak softly instead of harshly. Judging from the looks of Mingche and Ayan, as long as they work hard to be independent and not annoying, they will not be treated unfairly.

"Yeah."

Han Mei estimated that she would be able to return home with a full load after work today. She found a bamboo basket and hung it on the back seat of the bicycle, and put all the gifts that her elder sister-in-law brought from Hong Kong, Macau, and Guangzhou to her parents-in-law and herself. It was a full box! Other colleagues also had some, but they were just souvenirs.

During the previous Chinese New Year, my mother-in-law grumbled that the Fang family went to the south to spend the warm winter. She also said to Lin Yi, no matter how capable your sister and brother-in-law are, according to the old rules, it is not easy for us to get close to them at

this time. It is better to follow a beggar son than a daughter of an official! Listening to the words, the old lady was still very envious. And it is useless to dislike her own son at this time, the contrast is too obvious. But because the contrast is too obvious, it can't stimulate Lin Yi. The grass will not be jealous of the big tree!

Instead, his uncle and aunt said, "Your salary is only one-third of our Xiao Ming's," which stimulated him a lot.

Because Lin Yi always thought that his cousin Zhu Qiming was dumber than him. As a result, this cousin went to high school and now earns more than 100 yuan a month. There will be a stable job for him to take over in the future.

Han Mei told Lin Yan a good news, "After the persistent stimulation of the people around him, Lin Yi is finally ready to take action. He wants to find a part-time job!"

Lin Yan said, "That's a good sign! If he wants to do a small business, don't stop him. You can support him appropriately."

Han Mei said, "He only takes one day off a week. One day a week, there will be no repeat customers for any business. Sister, he wants to be a part-time driver for our one-day tour. Do you think it's okay?"

Lin Yan thought about it, "You are the office director, and you are the one who schedules the part-time staff. Do you think we are still short of people in this area?"

Three Mingche fellow townsmen and clansmen went to Shanghai before, and two were left in the capital. In addition to the retired soldiers recruited in the early stage, there is really no shortage of people. She supports Lin Yi's progress, but it doesn't mean that she has to accept him even if she doesn't lack people here.

Moreover, even if she wants to accept him, she can't rush to accept him as soon as he says so. It makes them seem like they are begging him to come! At least the first time she opens her mouth to test him, she should give him some time.

If you get something too easily, you won't cherish it. Don't bring the slacking off in the factory to the travel agency. Or come here to be a "royal relative".

My brother-in-law and sister-in-law still run noodle shops outside. Everyone knows that doing catering is very tiring!

Han Mei was embarrassed. She knew that the travel agency was not short of drivers now. Even if there were six commercial vehicles, there was no shortage. A lot of people were recruited in the past two years. Even the sixth commercial vehicle that was just added had already been hired by my brother-in-law's relatives.

But driving was Lin Yi's only specialty.

"Then I'll go back and discuss it with him."

When Lin Yan gave her the things, Fang Mingche asked about Gao Xiang and his wife. The retired soldier who stayed in the B&B told him that Gao Xiang had found two houses for rent nearby. The couple was taking time to pack up and prepare to move in.

Fang Mingche heard that he was still planning to continue renting a house outside, so it was estimated that there were still conflicts between the two sides. Xie Ping was also tough this time!

However, they might need to give up one of the three rooms at Grandpa Gu's place.

He looked at the accounts made by Gao Xiang, and after confirming that they were correct, he strolled over to chat with Grandpa Gu. When it comes to handing out red envelopes, it's enough to have Lin Yan, the proprietress.

Nowadays, fewer people go to the small courtyard to watch TV in the slum. Before the Chinese New Year, Zhu Dahai, Hu Yong and others all bought TVs.

Fang Mingche found Grandpa Gu walking his bird with a cage nearby, and casually asked if the extra room in Gao's house had been given up.

"Why, you want it? Impossible, how can you be short of a room now?"

This kid now has more houses than he does. That big courtyard is equivalent to four of his slum.

"Just asking casually."

Grandpa Gu said, "Xiao Gao said he wanted to move out. His mother was not happy and wanted them to move back, but he did not change his mind. He finally acted like a man, otherwise he would always be controlled by the women in the family. Well, Song Quan said he wanted to rent a house after moving out. His Song Chi is getting older day by day."

Fang Mingche nodded. It was not appropriate for the child to live in the same house with his parents when he grew up.

Grandpa Gu exhaled, "When do you think I can take back the whole yard?"

If that day comes, he would also like to ask Yangshi Lei's people to do it. The yard is so ugly for dozens of people to live in. Every time he passed by the small side yard, he felt a little uncomfortable when he saw the Fang family living comfortably in a single house.

It was his house, but he had no right not to rent it to those people.

Fang Mingche said, "How about you wait for ten or eight years? The capital must be developing rapidly."

The Asian Games will be held in 1990. Before that, many bungalows will be demolished and many buildings will be built. That should be an opportunity.

Grandpa Gu said, "There is no other way. You are not looking for me just to gossip, are you?"

Fang Mingche said, "You are old and shrewd. Do you think Liu Qingfeng and Geng Shan are upset recently?"

Grandpa Gu thought for a while, "A little bit. Especially after Zhu Dahai, Hu Yong and others bought TVs. However, the income gap between them has widened."

When the vegetable business is normal, there is a profit of 10,000 yuan a month. Zhu Dahai has 18% of the shares, and Hu Yong and others each have 13.5%. There is no money left in the account for expansion. Except for some reserve funds, the money is divided when it is earned. So, they all have more than 1,000 yuan a month. Zhu Dahai is even close to 2,000 yuan.

But Liu Qingfeng and Geng Shan are still staying at 400 to 500 yuan a month. So, can the mentality be balanced?

Mainly because the scrap yard has not yet reached the point of really making money, the profit is 4,000 to 5,000 yuan a month. They only have 10% each.

Huo Chen is better, although he can only get more than 300 yuan. But he does not live in a compound with Zhu Dahai and Hu Yong. Compared with others in the village, he has a high income. He went to the Overseas Chinese Apartment to collect waste every morning, but the people living there were overseas Chinese and wealthy businessmen. He would not compete with them.

Fang Mingche waited in the small side yard for a while until Liu Qingfeng and Geng Shan came back with their tractor.

Song Quan came out and told them, "Xiao Fang is waiting for you two next door."

The two looked at each other and went straight over without going home. This winter, Zhu Dahai and Hu Yong's business was not very affected by the weather. But they have already contracted a vegetable garden and are preparing to build a greenhouse themselves. It shouldn't be affected so much next year.

In this situation, the two of them couldn't sit still. Even if Fang Mingche didn't look for them, they would look for him. He said that he would not let them live worse than Zhu Dahai in the future. When

they went over, Fang Mingche saw them and stood up and said, "You haven't eaten yet? Let's go, ask Boss Cui to prepare a table and let's have a couple of drinks."

The scrap station actually provides food. But they all earn four or five hundred a month, so naturally they don't want to eat a big pot with the scavengers. It's enough to eat at noon, and they still come back to eat by themselves in the evening.

When entering the house, Fang Mingche said to Sister Cui, "Sister Cui, let's have three dishes and one soup."

"Okay! The private room you used to like is empty."

After entering the room, the waiter came in to pour tea for the three people, then closed the door and left.

Liu Qingfeng said directly, "Teacher Fang, you said that you would not let us live worse than Zhu Dahai. He now gets 1,800 yuan in dividends a month. As for the two of us, our business is good, 500 yuan, and it has not yet exceeded 600 yuan."

"It's too cold for Zhu Dahai these two months, the vegetables don't grow, and the chickens don't lay eggs. There is no income yet."

Geng Shan said, "But they make 18,000 yuan for ten months a year. We can barely make 6,000 yuan."

6,000 yuan is actually a lot, almost ten times that of people of the same age in the factory. But Zhu Dahai is from a slum, and he stabbed Teacher Fang and Teacher Lin in the back to go out and work alone. Especially Teacher Fang said that he would not let them live worse than Zhu Dahai.

Liu Qingfeng also added: "They are discussing renting a farm to grow greenhouse vegetables. If this is really done, they won't have to take a two-month break next winter."

Fang Mingche said: "But the upper limit of the scrap yard is very high. You can calculate, from the opening in September 1979 to now, has our profit increased rapidly?"

Liu Qingfeng and Geng Shan thought about it, yes. In the beginning, it was more than 2,000 a month, including the vegetable business. Now, excluding the vegetable business, there are still four or five thousand.

"The scale of the vegetable business is so large, and the only way they can think of is to build a greenhouse to grow vegetables. In addition to our area, can they get people from other districts to buy vegetables? But the scrap recycling business can get bigger and bigger. With the development of industry in the past two years, more and more scrap has been discarded."

Liu Qingfeng and Geng Shan were still not very happy. Isn't this just wishful thinking?

"Then, can we increase our dividend ratio?"

(End of this chapter)