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Chapter 21 Pigs for Hong Kong

Li Lei was originally very curious about today's Xiangjiang, but the procedures were difficult to handle. Now that Xie Liren invited him, the procedures would definitely not be a problem, so he agreed.

Zhengda Kangdi is a foreign company, and it is much more convenient to enter and exit than other institutions. Li Lei was given the name of a company employee, and the relevant procedures were quickly completed.

There were four people when we set off. The driver and secretary were in the front row. Xie Liren and Li Lei sat in the back row. After the car started, Xie Liren told Li Lei the arrangements for the trip, "I have some business to go to Xiangjiang, so let Ah Qiang will drive you around and have a look around, and the company will be responsible for everything you buy.”

Li Lei's futures earnings have not been cashed out, and he doesn't have much money in his pocket, so Xie Liren's arrangement just happens to be a timely help.

He didn't bear the burden of human favor because of this, let alone the aflatoxin thing, just based on the palm oil futures information he disclosed, CP Group will definitely make huge profits, and spending a little money is nothing at all.

When the car passed the train station, Li Lei saw through the window that a train had just arrived, and the people in the car rushed down as if fleeing for their lives, gulping for fresh air, and there were noisy pigs grunting in the carriage.

"Stop, this is the 751 special train?" Li Lei hurriedly shouted, he had heard about this special train for a long time, and now that he meets him, he must take a few photos.

"Yes, Xiangjiang people want to eat pork, they all rely on the three special trains 751, 753 and 755. Since you are interested, Ah Lei, let's go in and have a look!" Xie Liren has also heard of this train.

The driver stayed in the car and waited, and the other three went down together. They were enjoying themselves in the special zone. The secretary reported the name of the unit at the door, and the staff led them to the platform where the 751 special train stopped.

In 1962, under the care of Comrade Wu Hao, the Ministry of Foreign Trade and the Ministry of Railways jointly created three express trains numbered 751, 753, and 755 (later changed to 82751, 82753, and 82755 times), respectively from Wuhan, Zhengzhou, and Shanghai. Departing from the city, it is fully loaded with fresh and live products for Hong Kong every day, and arrives in Hong Kong via Shenzhen.

Ordinary trains take five days from Wuhan to the special zone, but 751 uses a special express lane, and all cars encountered along the way have to give way to it. The whole journey only takes two days, and the same goes for the other two trains.

The main purpose of these special trains is to transport live pigs. After the special train arrives in the special zone, the local import and export department will transfer it to COFCO's agency in Xiangjiang, Ng Fung Hong, a subsidiary of China Resources, for distribution and listing.

Although the transportation took a long time, the breeders continued to take care of the pigs in the car. The pigs on 751 arrived in Hong Kong healthy and lively.

It’s just that the breeders escorting the live pigs are suffering. These special trains are divided into upper and lower floors (there are also three-story cars), and the layers are connected. The height of the layers is less than 1.4 meters.

Enduring the stinky smell, they yelled to drive the live pigs to stand up and feed them with water and feed; once they found dead, disabled, or second-rate pigs, they had to be unloaded from the train by hand; Flying, splashing on the face and body from time to time, sweat mixed with pig feces and urine, it was too late to change.

They have to eat and live with pigs, cattle and sheep for dozens of hours, fan the animals, feed them, give them medicine, and clean up their excrement, making themselves smelly but dare not relax.

The escorts transporting fruits and vegetables have to go on the road with the vegetables in the ice cubes. Many people suffer from old cold legs when they retire.

Fortunately, these hard work and sacrifices were not in vain. The pigs transported by three special trains exchanged valuable foreign exchange for New China; one ton of pork can be exchanged for five tons of steel, and ten tons of pork can be exchanged for one tractor. contribution.

Li Lei took out his camera to take a few photos, and chatted with the breeder escorting the car, and then returned to the car. Through the chat and observation just now, he found a problem, "Mr. Xie, I think most of these pigs are They are all fatty, do the people in Xiangjiang like them?"

Nowadays, the breeding industry in the mainland is mostly free-range farming, and the proportion of large-scale and industrialized farming is relatively low. The common people naturally prefer to raise fat-growing breeds.

Everyone is short of oil and water these days. Everyone’s favorite is the kind of big fat meat with five fingers thick fat. One bite of oil is very satisfying. It can also be refined and fried with lard is also delicious.

Later, when the economic level improved and everyone had no shortage of oil and water in their stomachs, lean pigs gradually replaced fat pigs and became the new darling of the market.

"Many people complained, saying that the fat meat is too greasy, but the price of importing lean pork from other places is too expensive, so they can only make do with it for the time being." Xie Liren replied.

Li Lei nodded, keeping these in mind, he may be able to get involved in this business in the future, whether it is supplying lean pigs or frozen meat, there is a lot to do, and Shuanghui has made a lot of money by relying on this.

The car restarted and headed south. After a short time, it exited the customs, entered Xiangjiang territory, passed through Dapu, Shatian, and entered the Lion Rock Tunnel. When it came out of the Lion Rock Tunnel, it arrived at the urban area of ​​Xiangjiang. The places he had seen before appeared in front of Li Lei.

Ding Xiaoxie took Fang Ting to go shopping in Yau Ma Tei, and Brother Haonan once opened a Kowloon Ice Room here; Hongxing Shisanmei’s Portland Street, I heard that there are many female Buddhas here; Brother Haonan’s Causeway Bay, Pheasant Chai Wan in Chai Wan, Kwun Tong in Tai Tin Er, and Sai Wan in Chen Yiu.
The Queen's Road East in Luo Dayou's song, the Lion Rock that Luo Wen sang, and the next stop is Daimaru, Nathan Road, Baidexin Street, and Times Square in Tin Hau.
Today's Xiangjiang is more friendly than Li Lei's later generations. Perhaps this is because most of the Hong Kong film and television dramas he loved when he was a child were shot in the 90s and [-]s. When he comes here now, he naturally feels familiar. .

They didn't go to the more famous Peninsula Hotel. Because of Uncle Shao, the Peninsula Hotel was mostly people from the film and television industry, and Xie Liren had many business activities to attend when he came to Hong Kong this time, so he stayed at the Hilton in Central.

This hotel used to be the only five-star hotel on Hong Kong Island. It is located in the old Murray Parade Ground. The 26-storey hotel is said to be the largest Hilton hotel outside North America at that time.

It was officially opened in June 1963. In 6, it was acquired by Li Cucumber's Hutchison Whampoa Group at a cost of HK$1994 million, and then closed and rebuilt into the Cheung Kong Group Center.

Xie Li was rich and powerful, so he booked two high-floor suites. The location of this hotel is excellent. After entering the room, lying on the bed, you can see Victoria Bay through the window.

Li Lei was a little tired from the car ride, and he didn't want to move when he got to the room. Xie Liren saw him and smiled, "A Lei, then you should rest for a while. In the evening, let's go to Fulinmen to have a big meal, and then go to the nightclub to play!"

Hey, if you say this, I won't be sleepy anymore!

(End of this chapter)