nycdaug Chapter 183: Prosperity before the Stock Market Crash
Chapter 183: Prosperity before the Stock Market Crash
In the blink of an eye, 72 years have passed.
The beginning of the year 73.
The business war between Jardine Matheson Land, Chow Sak-nin and real estate developer Chinachem Wong Tak-fai for control of the dairy company is becoming increasingly fierce.
This also continues to push up the heat of the stock market, making Hong Kong citizens more enthusiastic about entering the market.
In this frenetic environment, even sanitation workers got involved.
A bowl of shark fin rice costs HK$150. It’s worth eating one bowl or throwing away the other.
In response, Li Shaoan just smiled helplessly.
When the stock market crashed two months later, they realized how hard it was to make money.
Temple Street Night Market.
Li Shaoan stood at the small stall of the little girl who had made a pinky promise with him.
Although they hadn't seen each other for more than a year, the little girl recognized him at first sight.
He smiled with his cute little gap teeth:
"Uncle, why haven't you come to my house to eat beef offal and fish balls for so long?"
Li Shaoan smiled at her gently and asked:
“You come to help again, why are you on holiday now?
How is the family business? Is it going well?
Is there anyone here to cause trouble?"
The little girl pushed her parents away and said seriously:
“Let me come, let me come.
I will help uncle cook fish balls and beef offal."
Her parents were a little anxious, but seeing that Li Shaoan didn't mind, he even smiled and waved at them.
He had no choice but to stand aside and watch his little daughter skillfully cut the beef offal.
"Yeah, it's winter break at school.
My family’s business is very good. The fish balls and beef offal cooked by my parents are delicious, but my cooking is even better.
No one came to cause trouble, there were many uncles watching, so those bad guys didn’t dare to come.”
After listening to this, Li Shaoan felt very happy.
It seems that the city is doing a good job and strictly enforcing its orders.
Li Shaoan is a rather contradictory person.
He would be very cruel to outsiders and those fierce criminals.
But the government takes great care of these common people who work hard for their three meals.
This has nothing to do with merit, it's just conscience.
"Okay, uncle, try the fish balls and beef offal I cooked. They are delicious."
The little girl picked up the paper box and handed it over carefully.
After Li Shaoan took it, he took out a big gold bull and gave it to her, but she snorted and said:
"Uncle, I'm treating you. We're good friends."
Li Shaoan laughed loudly upon hearing this:
"Okay, okay... Well, thank you, uncle."
"Hmm, come and try what I cooked to see if it's delicious."
Seeing her expectant look, Li Shaoan picked up a fish ball and put it into his mouth.
After chewing a bite, he looked at the boss with some surprise and said:
"Are these fish eggs made by Rat Spot?"
The boss replied:
“Yes, Mr. Li, the citizens nowadays are too rich.
Many people who eat fish balls require that they are made from rat grouper.
They don’t even eat ordinary fish eggs.”
Li Shaoan was speechless.
Are ordinary citizens in Hong Kong so extravagant now that they only eat fish balls made of grouper that cost a few hundred or a thousand Hong Kong dollars each?
"How much are these grouper eggs?"
The boss did not hide anything from him and said with a bright smile:
"Five Hong Kong dollars each, usually sold in batches of ten, fifty Hong Kong dollars a portion."
You can tell from the boss’s expression that he makes a lot of money, otherwise he wouldn’t be smiling so happily.
Li Shaoan asked:
"Boss, you're not going to buy stocks too?"
The boss shook his head and laughed:
"I don't understand these things, I always think they are gambling.
So I didn’t buy it.”
Li Shaoan nodded and said:
“Just don’t buy, the stock market is not normal right now.
You should just do your business peacefully.
Of course, if you have money, it’s better to buy a house and a shop.”
Li Shaoan still has a good impression of this family.
He didn't want to disrupt their family's peaceful life because of stocks.
After hearing this, the boss was thoughtful. He knew that a big shot like Li Shaoan would not speak nonsense.
It was obvious that he was saying this to give him a hint.
"Thank you, Mr. Li."
Li Shaoan waved his hand, left a big golden bull, touched the little girl's head and said with a smile:
"You cooked deliciously, so this is a reward for you."
When the little girl heard him say that, she smiled happily, with her teeth showing but her eyes not visible.
After saying goodbye to this kind family, Li Shaoan walked into the bustling street.
The economy is often most prosperous on the eve of a stock market crash.
Therefore, Hong Kong's nightlife is also very lively.
Countless beauties are still wearing short skirts and hot pants during this cold transition between winter and spring.
Handsome An was eating beef offal while admiring beautiful legs.
Some sighs in my heart:
“People in the north would never have imagined that Hong Kong in the 1970s was already so prosperous and open.”
Before he traveled through time, he could not have imagined Hong Kong in the 1960s and 1970s.
Countless young women on the streets are seen wearing hot pants and miniskirts.
He had always thought that those clothes were developed in the new century.
Yau Tsim Mong District and Kowloon City District are the core areas of the Walled City, so there are no groups of young and dangerous people appearing on the streets in these places.
That's why.
Business in these areas is more prosperous, and even housing prices have been pushed up a lot.
After strolling on this busy street for more than two hours, Li Shaoan was not ready to go back until after eleven o'clock in the evening.
I rode my bike slowly and it was already twelve o'clock when I returned to the Jardine Center Garden.
When he opened the door, he saw Miss Zhao still sitting in the living room.
Seeing Li Shaoan coming back, Miss Zhao immediately came up to him and smiled at him tenderly:
"Brother An, why did you come back so late?"
Then she helped him take off his coat and hung it on the rack.
Li Shaoan nodded and smiled:
"Well, I walked around outside for a few hours, checking the public security."
When he sat down on the sofa, Miss Zhao had already brought him a cup of hot tea.
"It's cold outside, drink a cup of hot water to warm your stomach first."
With his physique, he is not afraid of cold at all.
But he still enjoyed Miss Zhao's gentle care.
"Why are you up so late?"
Miss Zhao smiled gently and said:
“Isn’t it almost the New Year now?
So I am planning to give the children a happy New Year. "
Li Shaoan looked at her with a smile. It seemed that Miss Zhao was really suitable for this job.
"There's still a month until the Chinese New Year. You can take your time to think about it. You don't have to stay up so late."
Miss Zhao nodded obediently, then snuggled submissively in the handsome man's arms.
Meinan An knew that the main reason why Miss Zhao didn't sleep so late was that she was waiting for him.
He still cares a lot about the first woman he brought into this world.
And this woman really loves him, he can feel all these emotions.
After drinking the hot tea on the table, Li Shaoan smiled and picked her up and said:
"It's late now, I think we should rest."
Miss Zhao knew what kind of storm she would face next, and she buried her head in his arms shyly and whispered:
"Go take a shower first."
“Hong Kong’s freshwater resources are not abundant, so we cannot waste too much.
Let’s wash together.”
Miss Zhao's ears felt hot when she heard this, and she struggled as if she wanted to refuse but also to welcome it.
I know I can't resist, or I don't want to resist.
She hugged the handsome An tightly and whispered in his arms.