The Birth of the Hong Kong Island Family.

Chapter 6 [The First Pot of Gold]

On the last day of 1946, Lin Zhichao finished his work at the "New Star Newsstand", and the next day he went to Beacon Hill at the northern end of Kowloon without stopping to check the terrain here.

He didn't come here to be a robber, although he was in good health, and he didn't come here to build a wooden house, but to make a fortune.

In his previous life, Lin Zhichao read a piece of information about Hong Kong, which probably meant that in late January 1947, the Philippine Airlines "Air Bawang" transported 1 million US dollars worth of gold, but it crashed into the top of Beacon Hill, all the gold was lost, and the crew was helpless. people survive.

There is also a saying that the police and firefighters in Xiangjiang sealed off Bijia Mountain, and when they went down the mountain, it was not very convenient to walk, and only [-]% to [-]% of the gold was recovered. It is said that these policemen have made a fortune because of this; A few days after the mountain, people were allowed to go up the mountain to look for gold, and it was said that some people got rich again.

The authenticity of these "get rich" information is unknown, but anyway, the plane crash is true, so this information is Lin Zhichao's biggest opportunity.

As the saying goes, the "first pot of gold" is the most difficult. Lin Zhichao has no background and backing, so it is very difficult to make a fortune quickly.Moreover, in this era of chaotic black and white order, there are too many variables and difficulties in slowly developing.

And 'time' is the last thing he wants to wait. After all, it takes five years for a traveler to earn the 'first pot of gold', how many opportunities will be lost.

In his previous life, Li Chaoren had a venture capital of 1950 Hong Kong dollars in 5. It is impossible for him to earn it by working part-time. It is said that it is the support of relatives and future mother-in-law.Even so, he almost went out of business in the mid-50s (bad quality was returned in large numbers, banks froze loans).

Therefore, if you want to succeed, you must have strong capital or a deep background; otherwise, it will take many years to get up after a failure.

Or there may be a big opportunity to make a fortune quickly and become a generation of heroes, such as Liao Baoshan and Chen Weinan.

'Beacon Hill' is located at the northern tip of the Kowloon Peninsula, close to the Shek Kip Mei wooden house area of ​​later generations, and on the east side is the Lion Rock.

Lin Zhichao needs to be familiar with the route of the entire Beacon Hill, and calculate the approximate time when the police and fire will arrive.

As for ordinary people, the police must have arrived first, because Shek Kip Mei is still a certain distance from Beacon Hill; what's more, ordinary people don't know that a plane has fallen, and even if there is a noise, they dare not attack rashly. .

Once the plane crashes, Kai Tak Airport may get the news at the first time, then determine the location where the radar disappeared, and finally notify the police and firefighters; the entire reaction time may take more than 30 minutes.As for the nearest police station and fire department, it is estimated that it will take a certain amount of time to reach the top of the mountain. The important thing is that they need search time.

On the whole, Lin Zhichao had about an hour. Of course, he didn't know the exact direction of the plane's fall, but it was said that it was the top of the mountain.

And if he keeps his eyes on the sky as much as possible during the daytime in late January, he can save a lot of searching time.

1500 million US dollars worth of gold is about ten tons of gold. If the plane crashes, the gold is likely to fall all over the ground near the 'crash site'.

Lin Zhichao is not greedy either, he intends to get 100kg of gold. After all, being greedy may cause him to be discovered and it is difficult to escape.

For 100kg of gold, he scored two transfers. He needs to find two places to bury gold in advance. For the first time, he takes about 2kg of gold and hides the nearest place; 50kg was hidden in the second location, and finally returned to Hong Kong Island with only the remaining 50kg of gold.

Lin Zhichao has already started planning these plans, but now he still needs to conduct on-the-spot investigations and make preparations in advance.

He first came to Shek Kip Mei, not far from Beacon Hill, and carried out peripheral activities as he planned to build a wooden house here.

Shek Kip Mei is a well-known wooden house area in later generations. With the outbreak of the mainland war, many refugees went to Shek Kip Mei to build wooden houses; and then a catastrophic fire broke out, and more than 5 people were left homeless overnight. In an emergency, the British Hong Kong government decided to build 7-storey H-shaped buildings in the disaster-hit area of ​​Shek Kip Mei in order to resettle the victims. By the end of 1954, 8 H-shaped buildings were finally completed, becoming the first generation of public housing estates.

Through the surrounding activities, Lin Zhichao's identity was not alerted by others. As for the fact that there were already many refugees, Lin Zhichao didn't take the safety issues that caused him to heart. He carried a small knife with him, It is the best weapon.Besides, there is currently no organized group of refugees.

After the 20th day, Lin Zhichao came to a place near the top of Bijia Mountain with full confidence. After 19 days of exploring the terrain, he was very confident.

In order to avoid running into the police and firefighters, he decided to go down the nearby Lion Rock after getting the gold.

The mountains in Hong Kong are not very high (about 500 meters above sea level), and there is no need to worry about getting lost or exhausted, so he has enough confidence, provided that the plane will really fall.He prepared dry food and canned food for ten days, bought watches, flashlights, cold-proof clothes, etc., pretended to be a 'refugee', and tried to avoid contact with people.

He camped in the shelter at night for rest, and during the day he came to the open place to watch the sky stalking.

One day, two days, three days, four days, five days.
Lin Zhichao scolded his mother on Bijia Mountain, because he found it too cold, and the recent weather is not good, and it is occasionally rainy.

And Xiangjiang belongs to the south, and the winter is almost cold to the bone, although the cold wave ends very shortly.Fortunately, he was well prepared and in good physical condition, otherwise he might have fallen ill.

At the same time, he also understood a truth that the plane crash may be caused by bad weather.

The sixth day (25th).

At around 8 o'clock in the morning, Lin Zhichao stood in an open space, looking at the sky, taking a break from time to time, but he didn't dare to rest for too long.

The weather was not good at this time, and a lot of fog filled the sky over Xiangjiang, but the more it was like this, Lin Zhichao thought that there might be a crash.

Suddenly, he saw something fall quickly, and then heard an explosion.

"Thank God, I didn't blow up to death!"

Lin Zhichao cursed with a smile, and then hurried towards not far away.

According to his rough estimate, the explosion was less than 1 kilometer away from him, which is a good location.

In less than 5 minutes, Lin Zhichao saw the scene of the plane crash, and there were sporadic sparks, and he hurried to meet it happily.

Before reaching the central crash site, Lin Zhichao saw gold scattered all over the place, as well as corpses.

"Don't be afraid, only the poor are afraid! What are the dead afraid of!"

Lin Zhichao cheered himself up, and quickly picked up the gold bars on the ground, feeling a little warm even with gloves on.

"2.5kg weight"

After getting it, Lin Zhichao shouted excitedly, and then calmly said to himself:

"I only need 50 yuan! I am a rich man in the future, just short of start-up capital, not greedy (actually already greedy)!"

Beside a corpse, there were many gold bars. Lin Zhichao held back his fear, picked them up, and put them in his backpack.

"Today's gift will give back to the society ten thousand times in the future!"

Lin Zhichao was already mixed with excitement and fear, and kept muttering in his mouth.

"Enough, don't be greedy!"

After picking up 25 pieces of gold, it weighed a full 62.5kg, but under Lin Zhichao's high-intensity excitement, it didn't feel heavy.He started to rush towards the first treasure spot, which was about 10 minutes away.

There is no marking around the treasure place, because Lin Zhichao is worried that people who go up the mountain to find the treasure will find it, and the location is quite hidden.

Returning to the plane again, Lin Zhichao calmed down a lot this time. After getting 25 gold pieces, he began to retreat in an orderly manner.Not directly down the mountain, but by way of the Lion Rock next to it.

The second treasure location is about 20 minutes away from the plane crash site of Beacon Mountain, and it has already arrived at the Lion Mountain area.Lin Zhichao put 10 pieces of gold in and buried it until it was almost invisible, so he continued on his way in peace.

At this time, he still has 15 pieces of gold on his body and weighs about 37.5kg. This has not caused him too much difficulty. Although he has consumed a lot of energy, Lin Zhichao has already stimulated his potential.

"It's a lot easier!"

Lin Zhichao didn't worry about gains and losses, even if he only had a batch of gold to survive, he could quickly become a tycoon.

Even if the entire 1500 million US dollars in gold, within ten years, he will not take it to heart.

"Back to the city!"

Lin Zhichao said easily.

At this time, he still has 15 pieces of gold in his hand. I don't know if it is 37.5KG, but it looks about the same anyway.The gold in Hong Kong is currently about 280 Hong Kong dollars a tael (37.5g is a tael, 16 taels is 600g a catty), so the value of the gold on his body is about 28.

Of course, he wasn't that stupid. The imprint on the gold bar also needed to be dealt with, although it will be rumored later that someone went up the mountain to hunt for treasure and made a fortune, and it was also a legal income.

At the same time, the price of gold in Hong Kong will continue to rise in the future, so Lin Zhichao holds at least 96 Hong Kong dollars in wealth.

However, these huge wealth need to be cleaned up a little bit, otherwise people in future generations will speculate too much about Lin Zhichao's development path.

On the way back, Lin Zhichao stopped and stopped. After all, he was a little tired after intensive physical exertion; fortunately, it was already Lion Mountain, and he was out of right and wrong.

(End of this chapter)