When it comes to making money, Zhao Zitong is of course confident. Not only does she want to make money, she also wants to buy a house. No, not only does she want to buy a house, she also wants to build a house.
"Mom believes in you. We will definitely have one million in the future, right?" Sun Shaofen smiled.
One million
Mom’s goal is so small!
"One million is too little, Mom. One million can't even buy a three-square-meter house." Zhao Zitong said with a smile.
"Buy a house? You want to buy a house?"
Sun Shaofen has not been able to sleep well for several nights since she found out that the old building she lives in is going to be demolished.
She is now so worried that the mother and daughter can't even afford to rent a house, let alone buy one!
And from the way Zitong sounded, one million is a bit of a turn off for her
"Houses in Hong Kong are so expensive. Mom never thought about it. As long as I can afford to rent a house with an elevator, Mom will be satisfied."
Sun Shaofen has lived in a cage house for many years and has developed rheumatism. She doesn't have any requirements, she just wants to be able to afford the rent for an apartment with an elevator.
Are houses in Hong Kong expensive
It’s really expensive, almost 30,000 yuan per square meter.
According to the current average wage of 5,000 per capita in Hong Kong, a house of 100 square meters would cost 3 million.
If you don't eat or drink every month, you can save 60,000 yuan a year. 3 million yuan, that's enough for 50 years!
So some people say that the "selling of pre-sale properties" and the bank loan system invented by the Huo Group have harmed many young people, making them become house slaves as soon as they enter society.
But in fact, without these two systems, it would be really difficult to buy commercial housing with your salary.
When you have saved enough and are old, what else do you need a house for
For Zhao Zitong, she should be grateful for these two systems, which allow young people to live in commercial housing before the age of 30.
Otherwise, you will have to be like our parents in the 1950s and 1960s, who saved money for 30 years, thinking that they could buy a house when they retired.
As a result, the currency depreciated, housing prices rose, and people aged...
"Mom, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but your vision is too small. Can you think bigger?"
Zhao Zitong peeled a big shrimp for his mother and put it in her bowl.
I remember when I was a child, my mother always helped me peel shrimps. But as far as I can remember, the original owner never peeled shrimps for Sun Shaofen once.
This little heartless person!
Sun Shaofen looked at the peeled prawn in the bowl, her eyes reddened:
"Mom doesn't expect you to make much money. Mom wants you to get into a good university and find a stable job. After all, doing business is too risky."
Seeing that his mother was still obsessed with his college entrance exam, Zhao Zitong didn't keep her in suspense: "Don't worry, Mom, I said I would go to college, and I will definitely go to college."
"Okay... Then I'm relieved, mom."
Sun Shaofen was particularly happy today, her face was red, and she drank a lot of wine.
Zhao Zitong held up a glass of wine, ate spicy fried crab, and enjoyed the food and wine with her mother, good friends and kind neighbors.
At this moment, she felt particularly good and satisfied.
Under the same starry sky of Hong Kong, Zhuo Zhenfeng and his partner Fang Chenyu were eating seafood and drinking wine in a food stall.
Many food stalls in Hong Kong do not have indoor seating, only roadside seating.
A round wooden table, a few plastic chairs, a side street, and quick, delicious and authentic cooking filled with the aroma of woks!
It is now July, the hottest time of the year in Hong Kong. There is no air conditioning outside. Zhuo Zhenfeng and Fang Chenyu are sweating while eating.
"I didn't expect that the dignified Young Master Zhuo also likes to eat at this kind of roadside stall?" Fang Chenyu picked up the cold beer in his hand and filled it up for Zhuo Zhenfeng.
The icy beer full of bubbles swirls in the glass, giving it a special summer feel.
Fang Chenyu was Zhuo Zhen’s classmate at the Faculty of Law at Cambridge University. After graduation, the two founded Tianchen Law Firm together.
It was originally called Fengchen Law Firm, but "Fengchen" and "Fengchen" sound the same, so Zhuo Zhenfeng suggested changing the name to "Tianchen".
There is another partner in the law firm, but he is mainly responsible for overseas projects and is often not in Hong Kong.
The law has some requirements for law firms. You can open a law firm, but a partnership firm cannot have fewer than three partners.
In many movies and TV dramas, there is a particularly powerful person in law firms—the “senior partner”.
In fact, “senior partner” has the same meaning as the “senior director” Tony in the barber shop, and is used to fool Mr. Wang.
Because there is no hierarchy among partners, they are just equivalent to shareholders of a company.
However, in real life, ordinary customers who don’t understand the concept are still very receptive to it.
Mr. Wang came to the law firm and sat down with a thump.
The secretary at the front desk came with a lawyer wearing glasses and a suit:
"Mr. Wang, let me introduce you. This is our senior partner, Attorney Liu."
Mr. Wang slapped his thigh and said, "Hey, Lawyer Liu, hello, hello."
Mr. Wang may not know who Lawyer Liu is, which university he graduated from, and how many lawsuits he has won.
But when he heard the name of senior partner, he and Lawyer Liu were very happy. They always felt that Lawyer Liu must be an extraordinary person when they heard the title.
Lawyer Liu also felt more confident and reassured because of the business card of "Senior Partner".
It's just like Erkang in "Returning Brother Pig" who just briefly mentions others when introducing them, but when introducing himself, he uses a bunch of titles with the same meaning, just to show off.
"Roadside stalls are good, they are down-to-earth, I like roadside stalls."
Zhuo Zhenfeng sighed while drinking his ice beer:
"It was only after I went to the UK that I realized how authentic Hong Kong's food culture is. And only by coming to the food stalls can you experience the real authentic Hong Kong food culture."
"Having a few drinks and watching the chef cook the dishes to your table, it's a wonderful experience, don't you think, Lawyer Fang?"
On summer evenings in Hong Kong, you can often see a few friends who have just finished work gathering together, sitting at a street stall, ordering a few hot dishes and drinking a dozen cold beers.
It is so pleasant to vent your grievances, chat a little and talk about family matters while enjoying the fragrant and steaming street food.
For a moment, Zhuo Zhenfeng felt that this was the real, down-to-earth Hong Kong, not dealing with a bunch of boring people wearing suits, ties, holding champagne.
Fang Chenyu saw his smug look and had guessed something: "What's going on? Is there something going on recently?"
He knew all about Zhuo Zhenfeng's love history.
After being injured in Hong Kong, he fled to the UK.
He was unfaithful for a while, but it was only half a year, he changed his girlfriend almost every month, and even the most difficult school beauty was pursued by him.
But half a year later, he never had a girlfriend again, and he was single for the next four years.