Rebirth: The Era of Hong Kong Tycoon

Chapter 1 [Poverty is the original sin]

September 1969, 9, Kowloon District, Hong Kong.

Lin Rongheng walked out of the Mong Kok Police Station, but his mind returned to three months ago. When he woke up, he found that he had traveled from 2022 to Bao'an County in 1969. On the first day of his travel, Lin Rongheng decided to come to Hong Kong to fight hard, and then practiced hard in the Pearl River. After three months of swimming skills; finally, yesterday, I successfully crossed the Deep Bay (Shenzhen Bay) and arrived in Yuen Long, Hong Kong.

In the late 60s, due to the boom in Xiangjiang’s economy and the need for a large amount of cheap labor, it was easy to obtain a household registration in Xiangjiang; early this morning, Lin Rongheng came to the Mong Kok Police Station to get his identity settled.

"Brother Rong, where shall we go?"

The person who spoke was Lin Rongheng's hometown, now called 'Li Chaocheng', and the name was given to him by Lin Rongheng; when he decided to come to Xiangjiang, Lin Rongheng paid attention to the more reliable people around him and brought them with him; In the vast ocean, there is a person who can help each other.

Lin Rongheng said, "Let's go, let's find a pawn shop and mortgage the antiques we brought!"

The antiques were exchanged by Lin Rongheng with his own rations. In his own eyes, they were antiques, but in the eyes of others they were worthless. Lin Rongheng even saw villagers light kerosene lamps with bronze utensils.

Li Chaocheng said in disbelief: "Brother Rong, are these things really worth anything? We should have exchanged more if we knew earlier!"

Lin Rongheng said with a smile, "You are not afraid of sinking into the sea with Antique!"

Li Chaocheng said embarrassingly: "Isn't there two more bicycle tires? The two of us are so good at swimming, there is no problem with bringing a few more."

Lin Rongheng waved his hand and said, "It's too late to say those things. Before going to sea, who knows what's going on in the sea. Let's go, let's find a pawn shop."

After walking out of the pawn shop, Lin Rongheng couldn't help but look back at the door of the store called 'Shunchang Dabao', and he must remember its name well!

Three pieces of porcelain from the Ming and Qing Dynasties were sold for 3300 Hong Kong dollars.

Lin Rongheng reported the hopeful start-up capital, and in the end it was only 3300 Hong Kong dollars, which is almost half a year's salary of ordinary citizens in Hong Kong.

Shaking off the unpleasant thoughts in his mind, the current priority is to rent a house, otherwise the two will sleep on the street.

Sham Shui Shed has always been an underdeveloped area in Xiangjiang, where you can see old tenement houses with decades of age everywhere; even in the 21st century, Sham Shui Shed is jokingly called "a place more Tin Shui Wai than Tin Shui Wai" by Xiangjiang people.

Lin Rongheng and Li Chaocheng rented a room in Sham Shui, with an area of ​​150 square feet and a monthly rent of 150 Hong Kong dollars; because their wallets were not deep enough, the two chose to live in Tang Liu, which is the top floor of the tenement building; there is no elevator in the tenement building. , so the higher the floor, the cheaper the rent.

The people living in tenement buildings in Sham Shui She are basically divided into two categories:
One is a family with a family. They will live in a larger sub-divided room. A sub-divided room is a large unit in a tenement building divided into several small units, each about a few square meters.Subdivided rooms are also divided into good and bad conditions. If the environment is worse, the kitchen and toilet are shared with other residents. The luxurious subdivided room has a space where the left or right hand cannot be straightened, that is, the toilet, bathroom and kitchen are in the same place, referred to as ' Left kitchen and right toilet'; there is even a situation of 'going to the kitchen and going to the toilet', that is, the cooking stove is above the toilet!

One is the one leased by Lin Rongheng and Li Chaocheng. It is a small bedroom, and the toilet and kitchen are shared with other users. The toilet is also a bathroom. It is possible that you are taking a shower and others are shooting guns. After washing, it is equivalent to spraying perfume. .

In later generations, there will be a worse situation: single poor, they will rent a cage house, that is, a bed, their world is one of the bunk beds, and all their property is placed in this space; in order to prevent theft , the grids are separated by iron wires, which is like a cage for pets, which is the origin of the name of the cage house.

The more chaotic times pass, the wealth will only become more and more concentrated in the hands of a few people. This is the case in any country in the world.

Lin Rongheng and Li Chaocheng bought some daily necessities, and when they returned to the entrance of the tenement building leased in Shenshuishe, a well-dressed aunt greeted them.

"Liangzi, did you just move in today?"

This aunt's face was full of enthusiasm, which made Lin Rongheng's heart tremble. After all, she was an aunt, not a sister!

Such an enthusiastic aunt made Lin Rongheng sigh, Sham Shui Wah is not bad for Sham Shui Wah, and even the poor are 'old phoenix'.

With Lin Rongheng's shrewdness, he naturally knows what this aunt does!

"Yeah! We just moved in today. Look at the daily necessities we just bought." Li Chaocheng said in a kind tone, thinking that he had met a hospitable neighbor.

Seeing that Li Chaocheng was so good at talking, the aunt went a step further, took out a silk silk, and stepped forward to help Li Chaocheng wipe the sweat. The silk silk was obviously sprayed with perfume, and Lin Rongheng next to him could smell it.

Li Chaocheng was immediately flushed, but Lin Rongheng came out to make a clearance.

"Auntie, don't provoke my girlfriend! He won't like you!"

After Lin Rongheng finished speaking, he pushed Li Chaocheng and walked towards the stairs, leaving behind two stunned women; why did he say two women, because not far from the three of them, there happened to be a young girl who also lived on this floor. After hearing Lin Rongheng's words, he was so frightened that he didn't dare to go forward.

Back in the room they rented, Li Chaocheng's face was still red.

"Brother Rong, what do you mean by what you just said?" Li Chaocheng said timidly, looking like he really believed it.

Lin Rongheng said angrily, "I'm here to help you out! That old woman just now was a 'Phoenix', wouldn't you like it too?"

Li Chaocheng was immediately anxious and said, "I don't like her, I thought she was our neighbor!"

Lin Rongheng said with a smile: "Since you don't like it, why are you listening to her nonsense, the cheap perfume almost didn't make me faint."

After speaking, Lin Rongheng began to pack up. The two of them didn't have much things. In Lin Rongheng's words, he would definitely be able to make a lot of money before winter came, and there was no need to buy too much!
In the rented house, there was only a dilapidated bunk bed and no wardrobe. The two of them didn't have anything, and they were quickly cleaned up.

Seeing that Li Chaocheng was thinking, Lin Rongheng asked, "You wouldn't be really interested in that old woman just now, would you? Chengzi, just bear with it, Brother Rong promises to make a lot of money soon, and I'll take you to find him. Pretty little sister."

Little brother has needs, Lin Rongheng can understand, not only understand, but also have to solve, otherwise I will be sorry for the trust of little brother.

Li Chaocheng blushed and said embarrassedly, "Brother Rong, I'm not thinking about that, I don't like that woman, and I can be my mother soon. I'm thinking, why is she such an old woman? Are you still going to do this?"

Hearing this, Lin Rongheng said without hesitation: "Poverty! Let me tell you, being poor is the original sin, being poor is easy to commit crimes, being poor is easy to stand up and take risks, and being poor is easy to do some degrading things. , everything can be related to poverty; maybe it can be said: in Sham Shui Po, poverty is the authoritative answer to almost all problems. In short, if we want to get rich, we must leave Sham Shui Po early.”

Lin Rongheng is very confident that he is the next Li Cucumber, because he wrote commercial novels of Xiangjiang in his previous life, he knows the history of Xiangjiang like the back of his hand, and has a clear understanding of the fortunes of the wealthy; with these memories, even if he is now far behind Li Cucumber , Lin Rongheng is also confident to surpass Li Cucumber's wealth in 15 years.

Lin Rongheng had already shown his determination when he changed his name to both 'Rong' and 'Heng'.

Li Chaocheng nodded quickly and said, "Brother Rong will definitely make a fortune, I believe in Brother Rong!"

Lin Rongheng patted Li Chaocheng's shoulder and said, "If I make a fortune, you will also make a fortune, good brother, show your loyalty!"

Immediately moved by Li Chaocheng, Lin Rongheng couldn't help admiring himself, and easily subdued a loyal little brother.

(End of this chapter)