"If we say we won't sell it, then we won't sell it. You black-hearted real estate developers are taking our old buildings and using them to build new buildings."
"Once the building is completed, they sell it at a high price, forcing ordinary people like us to not even be able to afford a house to live in!"
"I will never let you do what you want even if I die!"
Granny Gao beat and scolded me until she couldn't breathe properly.
He held the broom in one hand and rubbed his chest with the other.
Seeing this, Ma Dandan quickly signaled the two people to leave first.
If anything happens to Grandma Gao due to her anger, no one can bear the responsibility.
Li Ninghao was kicked out of the door. Just as he was about to say a few words in rebuttal, he felt someone spit on him.
He has a mild mysophobia, and the saliva is like a thorn in his body.
He quickly took out a tissue from his pocket to wipe it, and heard Granny Gao say to him:
"Unscrupulous real estate developer, bah!"
"Get out of my house right now. If you dare to come here again, I'll throw hot water on you!"
Li Ninghao, who had never been insulted like this before, was extremely angry.
He is a student studying architecture at the University of Hong Kong and also an architectural designer at Qihang Real Estate.
Being excluded from taking over the building is extremely depressing.
She was even beaten with a broom by this evil mother-in-law.
He has a very strong self-esteem and at this moment he deeply doubts whether there is any fairness in this society.
He walked downstairs in a sullen manner, and didn't even hear his girlfriend Yu Wenyin calling him from behind.
And the late night snack stall on the other side.
Zhao Zitong was drinking wine and chatting with a few men.
If you want to understand a city, you can never avoid its food culture.
In the hearts of many working people, food eaten at night is particularly delicious.
If we delve into the origins of late-night snacks in the city, we can get a glimpse of it from the jokes heard from elders who have been making a living in Hong Kong for half their lives.
In the 1960s and 1970s in Hong Kong, wage earners were struggling to make ends meet and had to work more and take on multiple jobs.
People get up early and go to bed late, so the breakfast and late-night snack industries came into being and became a part of the city.
On summer nights in Hong Kong, you must wear slippers and stand at the late-night snack stall.
Look at the chefs in vests and aprons heating up the oil on the stove.
The thin slices of marinated beef are sizzling in oil.
The chef stir-fried the noodles with an iron spoon in one hand and put the bean sprout rice noodles into the pot with the other hand.
Turn on high heat and stir the wok quickly. The rice noodles coated with soy sauce will be shiny and crisp, and the aroma of the wok when it comes out of the wok will make you feel heartbroken.
The master standing in front of Zhao Zitong,
The arms have beautiful lines and the movements of stir-frying beef noodles are neat and clear.
The beef noodles rolling in the streets of Hong Kong and the sweaty men's arms are a sight to behold in terms of both food and sex.
But Zhao Zitong had no intention of appreciating the scenery.
"Cheers! Brother Li, drink more!"
Two bottles of Zhujiang beer and a plate of dry fried beef noodles.
She has obtained a lot of useful information from the yellow-haired brother.
The yellow-haired brother is called Li Guoqiang, and he is 38 years old this year.
Although the yellow-haired big brother and his brothers were dressed like gangsters collecting loan sharks.
But in fact, he is not a local Hong Konger. Instead, he is a decorator who sneaked in from the mainland in the 1970s.
They are called decoration workers, but actually they are just bricklayers in their hometown.
During those years of natural disasters, the family almost starved to death and fled to Hong Kong.
Hong Kong is a very special city.
Not only is the geographical location special, but the historical reasons are also special.
From the "land sale" in Hong Kong in 1841 to the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong in 1941,
As a trade entrepot and commercial port in the Far East, Hong Kong's main industry is entrepot trade.
As well as the shipping industry, warehousing terminal and dock industry, and financial industry that have developed around re-export trade.
Therefore, many wealthy people later made their fortunes through shipping.
For example, the shipping king, the gambling king, etc.
At the same time, with the development of the economy, the increasing demand for land and housing has promoted the development of land and housing construction.
However, due to limitations of factors such as the level of economic development at the time, the real estate industry was still in its infancy.
Founded in 1898, the British Land Company was the most important real estate company at the time.
It holds a portfolio of high-quality properties in Central, Hong Kong's most prosperous commercial core area.
At that time, the main business model of the real estate industry was to purchase properties and collect rent, and real estate development became the mainstream of the entire industry.
In short, renting out properties brings considerable profits to large property owners and property companies.
To sum up:
Whether in the mainland or Hong Kong, whether in ancient times or modern times.
Those who own land are the bosses...
In the past, the fields were rented out to tenants.
The land is then rented out to companies and workers.
During World War II, Hong Kong experienced three years and eight months of Japanese fascist rule.
It was not until August 1945, after Japan surrendered, that the British Hong Kong government was able to return to Hong Kong.
Large-scale reconstruction work was then carried out, the economy recovered rapidly, and the population began to grow significantly again.
The population growth forced a large number of Hong Kong residents and new immigrants from the mainland to build shacks, wooden houses and "cardboard houses", forming many densely populated wooden house areas.
The cage house where Zhao Zitong lived at that time was one of them.
This phenomenon made "housing shortage" the most serious problem in society at that time.
In February 1947, the Hong Kong government formulated new management regulations to stop the increasingly fierce trend of rent increases and forced evictions and encourage owners to repair buildings, which greatly promoted the maintenance and reconstruction of old buildings after the war.
A large number of Chinese businessmen also began to turn to the real estate industry, including the famous Huo family and the Li family.
Chinese businessmen gradually began to challenge the dominant position of British businessmen, seized golden business opportunities, and established a large number of new real estate companies.
In this era, many new real estate tycoons, financial industry tycoons, and trade industry tycoons were born in Hong Kong.
At this time, the mainland had just experienced four years of civil war and established the People's Republic of China.
This was followed by the "Great Leap Forward" and the "natural disasters of those years".
People across the country are struggling to make ends meet. They can’t even get enough food, let alone build houses.
Three parts are natural disasters, and seven parts are man-made disasters.
Then there is the booming culture...
Although this period of history is hard to recall, deliberately avoiding it does not mean that it did not happen.
Use a bronze mirror to adjust your clothes and hat;
History is a mirror that can help us understand the rise and fall of nations.
Using people as a mirror can help you understand your gains and losses.
Only by facing history can we create the future.
"Big sister, I'll be honest with you. I had a crush on you the moment I saw you. Come on, come on, have a couple more drinks with me!"
The strong Sichuan dialect brought Zhao Zitong back to reality.
Li Guoqiang is from Mianyang, Sichuan.
He kept calling her "big sister".
Zhao Zitong didn't hesitate, picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp.
"Good!" Several migrant workers applauded her together.
"Brother, there is something I don't understand. This man named Gao Feng owes you money, so you should go to Gao Feng. Why are you bullying an old widow?"
Although it is said that a son should pay for his father's debts, it is really unreasonable.
It's just as infuriating as the ancient practice of punishing the entire clan.
"Little sister, I told you only when I saw it was you."
Li Guoqiang came over and whispered in her ear:
"It was Gao Feng's wife He Wenshan who asked us to come..."