I am many years in the courtyard

Chapter 452, Opening and Acquisition Party
December NO. 1970, 12, November [-], the Wuxu Year of the Lunar Calendar.

This day is suitable for traveling, meeting relatives and friends, getting married and engaged, opening a business, and doing business.

In other words, it’s a good day for opening.

And this day happened to be the day when Huimin Supermarket opened.

On the eve of the opening, all the staff who came from Hong Kong Island had arrived at their respective workplaces.

Based on the knowledge gained from previous training on Hong Kong Island, they will use this knowledge to jointly operate Huimin Supermarket.

He has also followed Bald Eagle for many years, but he did not instill any chicken soup into these employees.

There is no such thing as impromptu speech. What needs to be said was already said when we were on Hong Kong Island.

Compared with passionate speeches, it is more practical to pay wages.

For example, their employees, even ordinary warehouse managers with the lowest salary, have a monthly salary of 230 US dollars a month.

This salary level is basically the same as the salary of the warehouse keeper here at Bald Eagle. After all, there are not only Hong Kong residents in Huimin Supermarket, but also Bald Eagle locals.

But when this money was converted into Hong Kong dollars, it became one thousand, three hundred and thirty-four dollars.

If this is the salary, even if it is placed among the white-collar workers in Hong Kong, it would still be in a mid- to high-level position.

As for the salary of a warehouse keeper in Hong Kong Island itself, it is actually only a little over [-] Hong Kong dollars, which is not as good as a fraction of what it is at Huimin Supermarket.

And, in addition, employees who come to work at Bald Eagle are provided with food and accommodation.

The reason for this is naturally to attract more Hong Kong residents to come here to pan for gold.

Food and accommodation are generally the bulk of expenditures for migrant workers.

Moreover, there is no delicious food here at Bald Eagle. Apart from the fact that the big guys are not used to it, the food here is also very expensive.

Therefore, the inclusion of food and accommodation is the most attractive point during recruitment.

He has appeared in Huimin Supermarket for many years, looking at the supermarket casually, and there are Huo Jiandong, Bao Yugang and others nearby, who also follow him to inspect.

"Have the prices of these goods been too low over the years?"

When I first walked into Huimin Supermarket, the first thing I saw was the fruits and paper towels, all at promotional prices, very cheap.

For example, bananas, even in Hong Kong Island, cost eight cents per pound, which is not cheap.

However, the oranges and bananas on sale in front of me are actually priced at two cents!
For the bald eagle, wouldn’t it mean that he would make a fortune?
It’s not the business that makes money, but the consumers that make money.

Two cents on the dollar. For Bald Eagle citizens whose average salary is four to five hundred dollars, can this be called money?

It’s not money at all!

Hearing Bao Yugang's exclamation and the surprised expressions of Huo Jiandong and others, I didn't feel strange about their reactions for many years.

Because this was what he expected.

"Brother Gang, Brother Dong, even you are surprised by such a cheap price. I think our Huimin Supermarket has already achieved half the success."

"But aren't you afraid of losing money?"

Huo Jiandong asked back, his expression was not worried, but more curious.

Huang Jiacheng opened his mouth, but did not speak.

He is not responsible for supplying fruits, but he can still make a simple estimate of the price and cost of the goods.

"How can you lose money?"

Many years ago smiled and said, "The business philosophy of small profits but quick turnover has been formulated by us from the beginning, so please don't worry."

It is said that businessmen pursue profit, and this is evident from this.

The price of two cents in the US dollar, converted into Hong Kong dollars, is one cent and six cents.

Even if the price of bananas purchased on Hong Kong Island is three cents, or even lower, with the shipping costs across the ocean and the preservation potion used during transportation, these costs are at least five cents in Hong Kong dollars. ah?
As a result, the cost of a pound of bananas has reached eight cents in Hong Kong dollars, while the gross profit is only three cents and six cents.

This part of the gross profit does not even include the cost of Huimin Supermarket.

After all, Huimin Supermarket’s employee wages, water and electricity costs are very huge.

Well, the land of Huimin Supermarket itself was purchased directly, so there is no cost.

Bald Eagle has a vast land and abundant resources. After all, it is the fourth largest country in the world, so land prices are certainly not expensive.

why?
Because Huimin Supermarket is not entirely built in the city center. On the contrary, it is built on vacant land near many residential areas.

This is because Bald Eagle people like to live in houses like villas and rarely live in cities.

Secondly, they are a country that sits in cars. If the supermarket parking lot is not big enough, it will definitely not attract customers.

After all, citizens come to shop by car, and there is no parking space. How can they come to the supermarket to purchase?

Therefore, the profit earned by Huimin Supermarket from selling a pound of bananas will definitely not exceed two cents of Hong Kong dollars.

Doesn't this make you lonely?

Have you earned a loneliness, laughing and saying nothing for many years?

It seems that the profits made are very, very small.

But in fact, this is the original intention of Huimin Supermarket, and it is also one of the keys to defeating other competitors.

If the price is not cheap enough, why is it attractive?

Although the Bald Eagle people are not short of money, they should go to death to earn their money.

But no one is a fool.

In contrast, there are more poor people in Bald Eagle, and their unemployment rate is actually not low.

Moreover, poor people’s money is the best to earn.

After all, if the prices of Huimin Supermarket are always so low, then it will be a good company for ordinary citizens.

They will definitely regard Huimin Supermarket as their home.

As long as Huimin Supermarket has a huge flow of people and attracts customers to the supermarket, if they don't let them spend tens or hundreds of dollars for many years, then what supermarket will be opened?
Bananas cost two cents a pound and weigh ten or eight pounds. Is that normal?

Two or three cents a roll of paper towels, a big pack, is that okay?
Five cents for a big roast chicken, one or two, very reasonable, right?
These seemingly very cheap products are far lower than the prices of their counterparts. For ordinary citizens, their appeal is absolutely unparalleled.

When they check out, they find that their shopping carts are filled with many items, but they cost dozens or hundreds of dollars in total.

Even though it hurts, I even comfort myself in my heart and will come to this supermarket again next month.

But is it possible?
The paper towels will be gone in about a month, the bananas in three or four days, the roasted chicken in a day.

Therefore, after all these items are used up, won’t consumers go to the supermarket again?

When I go to the supermarket for the second time, I definitely won’t have as many items to purchase.

However, will the low-price section of Huimin Supermarket always be about bananas and paper towels?

Occasionally putting some unsalable or even near-expired products in the low-price area will definitely attract a large number of people to snap up them.

In the original time and space, Wal-Mart did this, and then it became the top spot in the global retail industry.

And he has been sitting on this top spot for many years.

Many years ago, a group of people inspected Huimin Supermarket and waited for its opening.

The opening day soon came.

According to the tradition of southerners, they should celebrate by beating gongs and drums, performing lion dances, and setting off firecrackers.

But this is the bald eagle, forget about these traditions.

Just put a few opening flower baskets and make them a little more gorgeous.

The publicity method is of course very simple, hard advertising: sending leaflets, horn trucks, posters, etc.

Trumpet car promotion is nothing new. The business atmosphere here at Bald Eagle is very strong, and it has been used to its advantage for a long time.

Therefore, even before it opens, nearby residents already know that Huimin Supermarket will open on December 12th.

Many people come here because of its reputation, and some people just want to see if it is really that cheap?
Of course, there are also colleagues who send people over to spy on the military situation.

For example, Wal-Mart Supermarket, in 1970, had nine supermarkets.

Moreover, Wal-Mart Supermarket itself is a low-price store and has a very direct competitive relationship with Huimin Supermarket.

After all, the business strategies of the two retail businesses are almost the same, if not exactly the same.

In addition, Huimin Supermarket, the fierce dragon crossing the river, is completely targeting Wal-Mart Supermarket.

Therefore, on the opening day, Walton, the founder of Wal-Mart Supermarket, personally went to Huimin Supermarket.

As soon as he entered the supermarket parking lot, he was shocked.

"God, isn't the parking lot of this supermarket too big?"

Walton looked solemn and felt increasingly worried.

After parking the car and entering the supermarket, he was directly in the low-price area, and he felt bad all over.

Two cents for a banana?

Even if the price is low, bananas of this size look great, right?

Is this really selling bananas?Instead of wholesale bananas?

And these tissues are from a brand I’ve never seen before. What kind of Hairou tissues are they?

Picking it up and taking a look, Walton found it among the many small English fonts. The place of origin was actually Hong Kong Island?
Where is Hong Kong Island?
God, is this the devil?
Many people won't notice this, and it's Walton who looks closely.

Because the price is so low, it’s definitely weird!
"Hey, P&G and Kimberly-Clark are both injured. Maybe I can contact them?"

Walton's expression flickered, but he put it aside immediately. He had better get over the difficulties in front of him first.

In Bald Eagle in 1970, there were two giants in the entire paper towel market, one was Kimberly-Clark and the other was Procter & Gamble.

Before the 60s, Kimberly-Clark was the absolute dominant player in the paper towel market, with a market share of over 50.00%.

In addition to Kimberly-Clark, there are other tissue brands.

But after entering the 60s, Kimberly-Clark encountered a strong rival in the paper towel market, Procter & Gamble.

This company entered the paper towel industry by acquiring a paper mill, and soon launched its own brand of paper towels, vigorously promoting them and going straight for a price war.

Because there was minimal differentiation among the brands of paper towels, P&G's strategy successfully cannibalized Kimberly-Clark's market.

Through the melee throughout the 60s, Kimberly-Clark's market share plummeted to 40.00%.

However, Procter & Gamble's market share has reached 20.00%.

As a businessman who runs a low-price supermarket, Walton is no stranger to paper towels.

Because it is very common in consumers’ shopping carts.

However, whether it is Kimberly Clark, Procter & Gamble, or other brand companies' paper towels, the price has never been so low.

That’s why Walton was so shocked when he saw the price of paper towels just now.

Then he continued to visit the supermarket, but he became more and more shocked. Even at the back, his hands and feet became cold.

Too cheap!

Regardless of whether it is daily necessities, fresh seafood, dry goods, cooked food, fruits, dairy products, etc., the prices are extremely low.

How to compare?
There's no way to compete!

All the products in Wal-Mart are more expensive than those in Huimin Supermarket.

As the saying goes, there is no harm without comparison.

Price strategy is a normal means of business competition.

If Huimin Supermarket, a dragon crossing the river, dares to come to the Bald Eagle Market, it will never be eaten.

What's more, Huimin Supermarket suddenly opened [-] large supermarkets, covering an area of ​​more than [-] square meters.

If you add a parking lot, the area will be even larger.

Not to mention, the fried noodles, fried chicken, fried chicken wings, toast, etc. sold in the deli area alone occupy more than 500 square meters, which is very large.

And there is a lot of traffic.

It was still around three in the afternoon when Walton went to Huimin Supermarket.

It stands to reason that this time is not the peak period of supermarket business.

Even considering that it was the first day of Huimin Supermarket’s opening, the flow of people would be huge, but I didn’t expect it to be so big.

There were at least 400 people gathered around the deli area.

In a small space of more than 500 square meters, apart from the department store space, is there still [-] square meters of free space left?
So, can this flow of people not be terrifying?

Walton, who was squeezed out of the deli area, was completely stunned.

He didn't even know how he left Huimin Supermarket, and he had no memory of driving back to the company.

Walton was not the only one who suffered a brutal blow, there were also many competitors.

Because the emergence of Huimin Supermarket has greatly challenged the entire Bald Eagle retail industry.

Damn it, all product prices are too low.

There is a dimensionality reduction strike-style low-price dumping strategy that is really overwhelming.

According to incomplete statistics, within two or three days of the opening of Huimin Supermarket, the sales of other supermarkets in New York fell by [-] to [-] percent.

After the successful opening of Huimin Supermarket, many years ago, the group of them happily left Bald Eagle.

In just one supermarket, the sales on the first day exceeded [-] US dollars.

Twenty supermarkets, that's more than 200 million, and this is just one day's turnover.

You know, the annual turnover of Wal-Mart's nine supermarkets is only 3000 million US dollars.

This gap, I have to say, is very big!
Many years after they returned to Hong Kong Island, they issued instructions to those supplier factories and went all out to expand production scale.

For a time, many factories across Hong Kong were recruiting workers. Young people from mixed society, seeing such high wages, all ran to work in factories.

Many people who had just sneaked to Hong Kong Island from the mainland, Treasure Island, Garden City and other places also entered the factory one after another under the introduction of relatives and friends.

From September to now, in just a few months, factories have been springing up like bamboo shoots after a rain throughout the New Territories, Kowloon, Tsuen Wan and other places.

The population also surged rapidly. In a short period of time, Hong Kong Island's population increased by nearly 10.

Even in December, tens of thousands of Cantonese people took ferries from the cold river to the New Territories, Kowloon and other places every day.

Villa 72, Deepwater Bay.

For many years, I sat at the main seat in the restaurant, listening to the little boy talking happily about the competition, with a smile on his lips.

On the surface he was very calm, but on the inside he was very happy for the little guy.

According to the little one, he has already won No. 1 in the British Mathematics Competition.

In March next year, he will go to Hungary again to participate in the International Mathematical Olympiad.

At that time, he will represent Hong Kong Island in the competition.

I participated in a competition in London before. It was just a small competition organized by Great Britain by gathering outstanding seeds from various colonies to compete in London.

After all, hundreds of years ago, London was also the center of mathematics in the world.

When the little boy finished speaking, he praised him for a few years, and then looked at Brother Jing and the others.

"Where are you guys? The final exam is almost here. How are you preparing?"

The Spring Festival of 26 will come earlier, and it will be New Year’s Eve on January [-]th of the lunar calendar.

So the final exam will be earlier.

"Dad, don't worry, I will definitely get good grades."

Hot Wheels said loudly, with a confident look, but received blank looks from his three sisters.

Xiaodoubao and the others knew very well whether he was diligent or not.

Besides, how complicated can an elementary school exam be?
I think back then, Xiaodoubao and the others all got perfect marks.

Well, Bai Tofu is still a little behind, but her results are not bad either.

What's more, there are seven children in the family, excluding Xu Yi who is just over one year old. Currently, Bai Doufu is the most outstanding child in the family.

Even the little boy, a mathematical genius, is still a little behind.

There's no way around it, Bai Doufu is a best-selling author and a double-platinum certified singer, so he has a lot of buffs.

She released her childhood album in June this year, which quickly became popular throughout Hong Kong. Then it quickly broke out of Hong Kong Island and became popular in Southeast Asia and East Asia.

Who asked her to bring her own traffic?

Despite the follow-up, because she did not participate in commercial performances at all, she lost a lot of money.

However, commercial radio stations and televisions are playing her songs, and record stores are still selling them.

As time went on, by the time November came, we had successfully sold one million records.

Although the data is for the entire Southeast and East Asia regions, it is still very impressive.

After all, in this era, everyone doesn’t have much money in their pockets.

A record costs 16 yuan and five US dollars, which is 95 yuan and [-] cents when converted into Hong Kong dollars.

In an era when the per capita salary was only over 400 Hong Kong dollars, it was necessary to spend a quarter of the monthly salary to buy a record. Only those crazy young people would do such a thing.

"Well, it's good to have confidence, but you can't be arrogant, you hear me?"

"I know dad."

Many years of affirmation have made the Hot Wheels kid even happier.

Qin Huairu next to her suddenly remembered something and said:
"By the way, the child's father, New Year's Day will be here in a few days. Should we move to Barker Road to watch the fireworks show?"

"Okay, no problem."

The New Year's Eve fireworks show is a show created by David, the governor.

Gein made a lot of money as the official of Hong Kong Island this year. He had so much money that he didn't know how to spend it, so he thought of this cool way to celebrate.In the past year, all walks of life on Hong Kong Island have developed very fast, especially the convenience of public transportation, which has driven the flow of people.

In November last year, MTR Line [-] opened for operation.

Other lines No. [-] and No. [-] are also gradually put into operation.

The four lines [-], [-], [-] and [-] that are still under planning will also be put into operation in the next few years.

Places like Deep Water Bay are about to be opened to traffic. You can imagine how fast the construction of the MTR project is going.

With the convenient MTR, it is much easier for citizens to travel.

But it's still a bit inconvenient.

For example, it will be very convenient for many people when they go to Central.

But when I went to see the flowers on the land reclaimed by the Rolls-Royce Group, I encountered difficulties.

Many people can only get off the bus at HKU, then walk to the Rolls-Royce Group's R&D center, and then take a minibus to the beach.

After reclaiming land from the sea, the Rolls-Royce Group did not immediately invest in building a building.

Instead, while laying the foundation, the greening belt on the ground is being built.

An entire ten square kilometers of land are enclosed, and more than four square kilometers are covered with green belts, roads and other public spaces.

There are also several large parks above, with many flowers and plants planted in the parks.

In May and June this year, lavender was in full bloom, forming a sea of ​​flowers that could be seen very clearly on Zhougong Island and Lamma Island.

Therefore, many people went to see lavender at that time.

Some time ago, many flowers bloomed over there, colorful and very beautiful.

The scene of flowers vying for beauty should be a scene only in spring.

But this is Hong Kong Island, and even in December, the temperature is only seven or eight degrees.

And the temperature of seven to eight degrees will not last long.

What's more, these flowers are all transported from the Tuen Mun farm.

They are neatly stacked in this land-reclaimed area purely to attract citizens to come and buy flowers.

Only when something is profitable can you do it with all your energy, otherwise why bother?

Many of them come here to have sex for free, just to look around.

But it doesn’t matter, it’s good to bring popularity.

Besides, with such a large flow of people, wouldn’t it be possible to rent it out?

Many small vendors are happy to come here with their carts to sell those goods, delicacies, etc.

If a food street or bar street is formed here, wouldn't this land be half the battle?

If you want to build a high-rise building, the underground foundation must continue to be excavated.

The land reclamation has filled in the 80-meter water depth from the sea level to the seabed, but it will definitely need to continue to dig into the seabed.

Otherwise, if the foundation of the building is not solid, it will definitely be destroyed.

As a result, the cost of building this building is naturally not cheap, and the construction time will be very long.

In addition to this project, Rolls-Royce Group's business has also increased a lot in the past year.

Apart from other things, the main aero-engine business alone has directly won orders for 58 engines, and the revenue suddenly exceeded [-] million pounds.

In Hong Kong dollars, that is 84 billion yuan.

Just the main business alone has revenue approaching tens of billions.

There are also two major automotive business modules of Rolls-Royce and Bentley, investment business, R&D center business, etc., and the revenue has already exceeded [-] billion Hong Kong dollars.

The R&D center is not without revenue, and its revenue figures are also very impressive.

For example, the Comfortable diapers produced by Baiyun City many years ago had hundreds of patents.

Most of the patents are sold directly to Comfortbao Factory, and a small number are leased.

Comfortable's revenue in the past year has exceeded 20 billion Hong Kong dollars, and the tax paid to the Hong Kong government alone has exceeded 8000 million Hong Kong dollars.

This tax may not seem to be much, but that is because the ComfortBao factory has only been established for one year and has preferential tax policies.

In addition to the legal tax avoidance that everyone is well aware of, the tax of HK$8000 million is actually quite a lot.

In addition to leading companies like Rolls-Royce, Hong Kong Island is also developing rapidly in several pillar industries such as manufacturing, real estate and shipping.

The most unexpected thing is Hong Kong Island's tourism industry, which also generates huge revenue.

Therefore, the purpose of holding a fireworks show on New Year's Eve this year is self-evident.

"Okay, no problem. The view over there is better. It's indeed a good place to watch the fireworks show."

Many Years smiled and nodded in agreement.

Then he added:

"By the way, let's talk to the fourth brother and the fourth sister-in-law when the time comes, as well as Xiaomei and Xiaoqian, and let's watch the fireworks together."

Since Xiaomei and Xiaoqian bought villas No. 55 and No. 36 in Deep Water Bay, they have moved there.

Although they still often come over to No. 72 to play, they have already lived there for a long time.

Especially Xu Xiaoman, after receiving her salary in June this year, she couldn't wait to move out.

But she was held back for many years, asking her to wait a little longer.

Now that the house price has soared a lot, it is not the best choice for her to buy it at this time.

And she is only one person, does she need to live in such a big house?

Just the villa No. 36 her sister bought, with only the two sisters living in it, looked like a haunted house.

It would have been even worse if the family hadn't hired two aunties to clean and cook.

Later, I went out for a trip many years ago and saw Legolas in the office.

"How is the Wharf Group's stock acquisition going?"

When he was chatting with Pao Yugang last year, he remembered the Wharf Group, so he suddenly had the idea to acquire this high-quality industry.

At that time, the idea was to acquire stocks secretly. After obtaining a certain number of shares, I would then find a way to contact those large retail investors or small shareholders.

"Boss, we have acquired 20.00% of the shares from the secondary market."

Legolas reported the report respectfully, with admiring eyes.

Many years of giving him enough trust and power allowed him to do it boldly.

As a result, after some investigation, I discovered that this acquisition journey would be even simpler.

Although the Wharf Group has a large business and a market capitalization of about HK$60.00 billion, its stocks are too dispersed. More than [-]% of the stocks in circulation are actually unbelievable.

Therefore, they acquired 20.00% of the stock share, but there was no fluctuation in the market.

Of course, Wharf's share price still rose.

The main reason is also very simple. The acquisition started last year and the time span to the end of December is almost twenty months.

It is also a normal sign that the stock price has skyrocketed for such a long time.

Overly diversified stocks actually have a lot to do with the major shareholder Jardine Matheson Group.

After Jardine Matheson Group took control of Wharf, it has always wanted to cannibalize other industries due to ambition and other issues.

For example, Jardine Matheson Land Group spent a lot of money to invest in this group.

Therefore, it will slowly reduce its holdings of Wharf Group shares in exchange for cash to acquire more Land Group shares.

"Hmm, so how many Land Group shares did we acquire?"

Many young people nodded slightly, and Legolas reported truthfully.

Land Group has relatively few shares in circulation, because not only are they acquiring, but Jardine Matheson Group is also acquiring, and there are even many people who are secretly acquiring.

It is not known exactly who is purchasing Land Group's shares.

The entire Hong Kong Island is so big. In addition to the four major foreign banks such as Jardine Matheson, Wheelock, Hutchison Whampoa, and Swire Pacific, there are also HSBC, AIA, Leybold Group, etc.

As well as Chinese-funded enterprises such as Yangtze River Company, Lixin Real Estate, and Global Shipping Group that are currently not very eye-catching.

As for Land Group, as one of the well-known real estate industry giants in Hong Kong Island, it is unknown how many people are coveting it behind the scenes.

"Okay, continue the acquisition, come quietly, don't alert the other party."

After the other party finished reporting, he warned him like this for many years.

Legolas suggested:

"Boss, actually at this time, we can contact those small shareholders. As long as we speed up a little, we can take over the Wharf Group."

"In the past year or so, we have found out clearly that Jardine Matheson Group currently only holds 20.00% of the shares, but it has always controlled Wharf."

In his words, it’s time for Jardine Group to step down.

It's really irritating for a typical person to occupy the toilet and not take a shit.

"How confident are you?" Duan Nian asked with a smile.

"Boss, we are 90.00% sure, and the reason is very simple."

According to the investigation, Jardine Matheson Group, as the major shareholder of Wharf Group, controls the management of the latter.

The Wharf Group is a high-quality enterprise. It can generate hundreds of millions in revenue every year based on the container terminal. It is a very big family.

Investors holding Wharf Group stocks were looking forward to dividends, but the results were not satisfactory.

Because Jardine Matheson Group directly intercepted Wharf's cash flow, it was said to be an investment.

But in fact, he was secretly buying shares of Land Group.

This kind of operation is simple!

As a British capital that started out as a hawker, Jardine Matheson Group has had many scandalous operations in history.

Otherwise, there would not be such a group covering many industries now.

Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, a five-star hotel on Hong Kong Island, is one of the subsidiaries of Jardine Matheson Group.

There are also subsidiaries such as Jardine Pacific, Jardine Motors, and Kinmen Construction. Its invested businesses also include Wellcome Supermarket, shipping, real estate, insurance, etc., with more than 20 employees.

Such a huge conglomerate would never have developed to where it is today without some means.

However, because of the shady operations of the Yihe Group, it has been targeted for many years.

The Wharf Group has been eating up this fat piece of meat for many years.

"In this case, then you should contact those small shareholders. However, it must be kept confidential. You must not let Jardine Group know about it."

"Once the shares acquired exceed 50.00%, notify me immediately."

When Legolas heard this, he immediately became energetic and he could finally eat meat.

After Legolas left, he met other people over the years, all related to investment.

After all this work, he went home.

Now we are not going back to Deep Water Bay, but to 43 Barker Road.

To be honest, after many years, I am still not used to driving on mountain roads. Well, he has not hired a bodyguard or driver yet. He drives the car himself.

The main reason is that I am not used to it, and the second reason is that the current social environment in Hong Kong Island is much better.

The streets are full of uniformed police officers, giving you a sense of security.

A few years ago, the police force on Hong Kong Island was only about [-], and their combat effectiveness was average.

But what about now?
There are more than [-] police officers, and the police force's ideological education work is very strict.

Once any violation of laws and regulations is discovered, severe punishment will definitely be given.

Anyway, Hong Kong Island has a large population, and police treatment has been improved a lot, so there is no need to worry about not being able to recruit people.

The general salary level of white-collar workers in Hong Kong is in the range of HK$[-] to HK$[-]. Only a few percent of white-collar workers can earn a salary of [-] or more.

However, the salary of police officers is not low, reaching 800 yuan, and this is the basic salary of ordinary police officers.

The high-pay policy to support integrity began with numerous plans in [-].

In addition to the police, the salaries of government departments have also increased a lot.

Therefore, this is how a harmonious society slowly changes.

David, the governor, has even been touted by the media as a very powerful economic politician.

Hong Kong Island's harmonious environment, in addition to these, is also related to the gradual development of manufacturing, tourism, catering and many other industries.

Many people who come to Hong Kong Island from other places can easily find jobs on Hong Kong Island.

As long as you work hard, settling in Hong Kong Island is not a big problem.

In today's Hong Kong Island, the Immigration Bureau is the mascot, or it is the one responsible for printing documents.

Why can those people who secretly come to Hong Kong get their ID cards so quickly?

It is not a silent policy of the Governor: Foreign workers are welcome to come to Hong Kong to work and travel.

Therefore, most people who come to Hong Kong Island are either purely for tourism or looking for work.

When it comes to finding a job, as long as you are not too unlucky, it is not difficult to find a high-paying job.

From Tsuen Wan to Tsim Sha Tsui, and from Tsim Sha Tsui to Central, there should not be too many factories.

Coupled with the existence of the MTR, it is extremely convenient for many people to go out.

So no one makes trouble, and the association has no nutrients for survival.

Either struggle to the death, or quickly find a way to switch to other industries.

Based on this, I haven't bothered to hire a driver for many years.

After the car entered Baijia Road in the community, it became much quieter.

The Rolls-Royce parked in front of Villa No. 43. Before getting out of the car, I heard laughter coming from the villa for many years.

That’s why there are so many people, it’s very lively wherever you go.

Xiaomei, Xiaoqian, Xiaoman and the others are all here, and Xiaodoubao and the others are also on holiday. Can it not be lively now?

The holidays for primary and secondary school students in Hong Kong are still mainly Chinese.

The end of December is the traditional Western holiday, Christmas and New Year, so there will be several consecutive days of holidays.

In other words, their annual leave is from December 24th to New Year's Day.

More than 20 white people live on Hong Kong Island, but there are not many white children.

Because most white people are wealthy people, they are almost all middle and senior managers of large companies such as the four major foreign banks, or government employees.

The salary level of these people is not low, so they will not let their children stay in Hong Kong Island to study, but will be sent back to Great Britain or directly to Maple Leaf Country, Bald Eagle and other places for education.

Therefore, holidays for primary and secondary school students are naturally dominated by Chinese people.

Of course, Christmas and New Year's Eve are definitely holidays, so we can just make up for it on the weekends.

As New Year's Eve approaches, many tourists from the outside world come, and most of them come for the fireworks party.

A few months ago, in early December, many newspapers in Hong Kong reported that David was going to set off fireworks on New Year's Eve.

And they set off fireworks throughout Victoria Harbor, spending HK$500 million directly to purchase fireworks.

The fireworks factory even offered a discount, saying that they would make this order well even if they didn’t make money.

The newspaper publicized it for several days, which of course attracted a lot of attention from the outside world.

Therefore, the flights and planes arriving in Hong Kong these days are almost full.

Even Victoria Harbor has several cruise ships docked.

"Wow, today's dinner is so rich."

With the arrival of New Year's Eve, on this night, the house at No. 43 Barker Road felt like it was Chinese New Year.

Li Jinlian and the other five came here and prepared several sumptuous dinners, attracting all the little kids playing upstairs.

Little Fatty's words made everyone couldn't help but laugh.

"It's not like I haven't eaten it before. Is it worth making such a fuss about?"

Qin Huairu said with a smile, Xu Yi, a child, was more direct. He stretched out his little hand and wanted to eat it secretly.

She is only over a year old and can speak. She may use her hands, but why should she speak?
This kid doesn't talk much, but he is very persistent about food.

For many years, Qin Huairu and I were worried that she would eat too much and gain weight, so they would control her diet to prevent her from overeating.

Zhang Mingde was sitting in a corner of the living room, accompanied by small bean buns and small dumplings.

The two children were obsessed with medical books and couldn't extricate themselves.

The main reason is that they have heavy learning tasks, especially after entering junior high school, and there are more subjects.

Coupled with the fact that the little one is a math genius, the pressure on the two of them to be sisters is extremely high.

Therefore, they only had time to learn more medical skills from their master and grandfather.

For the time being, they can no longer catch up with Bai Tofu, but they don’t want to be surpassed by the little one.

"time to eat!"

Seeing that the dining table was already filled with food, many years ago shouted loudly, and then came over to ask his master to serve it.

The Victoria Harbor outside is full of tourists on both sides of the strait, and everyone is looking forward to it.

　Sacrifice a book: [The Age of Passion: Starting from the College Entrance Examination]

　　
　
(End of this chapter)