Chapter 467: Off-island
Zhu Qing'an stumbled along the way and took his brother to do many jobs. Finally, he settled down. Later, when he had some savings, he moved out of the shantytown with leaks on three sides and went to Kowloon Walled City, where he rented a house with other fellow villagers.
Then he got to know the foreman who brought him into the industry. He was tall and good-looking. Entertainment venues were very welcome to such service personnel. After training and learning, he officially started working.
After listening to him, Xia Zhizhi comforted him: "It's not easy for you to make a living in this unfamiliar place with your brother alone. Fortunately, you are on the right track now."
In Xia Zhizhi's view, this is a simple life, no different from other people in the environment.
But for Zhu Qingan, this was the ups and downs of his first half of life.
Hong Kong is a small city with a large population. Most of its things are imported. To put it bluntly, it cannot even be self-sufficient in fresh water. Resources are scarce and everything needs to be bought with money. Money has to be earned, and things don’t fall from the sky. As a result, Hong Kong people are very competitive at work.
Living in such an environment for a long time, I feel very tired both physically and mentally, but I can't relax for the sake of life. I can only move forward like a wound-up alarm clock, ticking and ticking, without stopping for a moment.
The people at the bottom are all exhausted from trying to survive, and they don't have the energy to sympathize with others. This is the first time that Zhu Qing'an has heard someone say that his life is not easy.
The child's eyes immediately turned red.
Xia Zhizhi patted his back. Ah Ju came back just in time. There were no take-away boxes in those days, so Ah Ju brought a tray with several kinds of food on it.
Xia Zhizhi handed a bowl of food that didn't look very nice to Zhu Qingan and said, "Have a midnight snack."
Zhu Qing'an calmed down and obediently started eating.
He didn't know why, but when he looked at Ah Ju, he just felt a little inexplicably guilty.
He thought that Ah Ju should be Xia Zhizhi's partner or male companion, and that he was the dancer Xia Zhizhi had ordered.
Thinking of this, he quickly shook his head to get rid of the unhealthy thoughts in his mind. Bah, bah, bah, he is not a dancer, he is just here to chat with Miss Xia.
Not all customers are sex addicts. Some people order a dancer just to chat and drink with them, and then walk around and dance when they feel like it.
Zhu Qingan: …
He secretly glanced at Xia Zhizhi, who was eating wontons one bite at a time. Ah Ju helped her lift her hair. From Zhu Qingan's direction, he could see diamond earrings hanging on her ears.
The diamonds of different sizes inlaid together reflected dazzling light under the refraction of the lights on the dance floor.
Shining like a star, yet unattainable like a star.
After finishing her meal, Xia Zhizhi took out a handkerchief and wiped her mouth carefully. Then she took out a piece of cash from her bag and handed it to Zhu Qingan: "Thank you for chatting with me for so long."
Zhu Qingan took the money in a daze, then stood up and left the booth with mixed emotions.
Xia Zhizhi didn't care how the child felt. After all, she was young and beautiful, generous, and warm to others. She was a top-notch, high-quality customer in the world, and it was a blessing for them to meet her.
She is extremely shameless and thinks that she is a fairy from heaven who has fallen into the human world and is a very noble person. If she meets someone lucky enough, and if that person is smart enough to make her smile, she will not hesitate to show her mercy and will allow that person to directly cross the class.
After a few days, Xia Zhizhi stopped going to nightclubs.
Because she saw a good opportunity to develop the sect.
Although Hong Kong is not a big place, Kowloon and Hong Kong Island take up the vast majority of its geographical area, but it has more than 200 outlying islands.
Some of these outlying islands are similar to villages and are inhabited by people, and travel between them is done by ferries, just like buses.
Some outlying islands have become like private territories for wealthy people, and they have private cruise ships for travel.
Those who can occupy such a place are both rich and noble.
As a colony, the British in Hong Kong at that time had a higher status than Hong Kong people.
Among this group of British people are politicians and businessmen. They are arrogant and bossy even to their Hong Kong colleagues who work in government departments. Don't expect them to get along with ordinary citizens.
It is one thing to enjoy the attention of Hong Kong people, but when they do not regard the other party as equal to themselves, most of the time, they disdain to squeeze in with Hong Kong people and prefer to play with white people who are also foreigners.
So in addition to their usual residence, the British developed a beautiful outlying island as a place for private entertainment and gatherings.
They are going to have a party soon to have some fun.
This kind of news is generally not spread outside. Although Hong Kong media newspapers write all kinds of nonsense, they will not and dare not report gossip about the British.
Xia Zhizhi was able to learn this news thanks to her fake best friend Chen Ruoyi.
This girl returned from studying in the UK. Her family is engaged in the textile industry and has business cooperation with the British.
She was a classmate of the British kid's, so she helped her family get the ticket.
When she met her classmates, she overheard them complaining that they were going to attend a party on an outlying island in two days, a dance like the one that the Eagle Party used to hold.
To outsiders, this party might seem quite grand, but to her classmate, she had attended it countless times since she was a child, so it was not something new. Therefore, she did not really want to go. She complained to Chen Ruoyi and discussed how to find an excuse to avoid the party.
That classmate didn't want to go, but Chen Ruoyi did.
Apart from anything else, by getting in touch with foreigners and expanding your network, you might be able to negotiate two more business deals for your family.
For children born in a merchant family, no matter where they look, they are always thinking about whether they can develop some new orders.
Unfortunately, her classmate said that they don’t bring Hong Kong people, only foreigners to play with.
Although Chen Ruoyi felt sorry, she didn't force herself to do it. After all, this wasn't a business deal, so what was the point of sticking to him?
That is, he just complained while chatting with Xia Zhizhi.
When Xia Zhizhi heard this, she had an idea in her mind, and asked the name and direction of the island out of curiosity.
Chen Ruoyi thought she was just curious, so she told her about it, and she also sighed: "I have never been to that outlying island. I always thought that place was uninhabited, but I didn't expect it to have been occupied a long time ago. No wonder I never saw a ferry going there. I was also surprised why such a good place was not developed."