Year: I had a good time when I was young

Chapter 529 The importance of newspapers

Luotuo shrugged, "I asked someone and found out that some of the valet parking guys in some venues are afraid that if customers see taxis waiting outside the venue, they will reduce the number of times they drive when they go to the venue to drink in the future.

To avoid getting drunk and having to drive home by yourself.

Only then did Chu Sheng's taxi drive away several times. It's just that Chu Sheng wasn't in Hong Kong before. In order not to cause Chu Sheng trouble, I kept suppressing it and didn't find anyone to fight with. "

After hearing this, Deng Fei shook his head helplessly.

This reason sounds strange, but if you think about it carefully, at least half of the income of those parking valets depends on tips from customers.

And if someone is drunk, the valet parking guy will often help the customer drive the person back.

You can earn three to five yuan every time you talk, and if you talk ten or eight times a month, you can earn a few tens of yuan.

If there are fewer people driving to the bar, it will really affect their income.

Deng Fei nodded hurriedly, and Chu Xiangqian continued, "Also, I plan to lobby the Secretary for Home Affairs to build a special taxi station for quick pick-up outside the two piers between Kowloon and Hong Kong Island. .

From now on, people traveling to and from Kowloon and Hong Kong Island will see neat queues of taxis as soon as they leave the pier.

In addition, in various larger hotels, if guests need it in the future, they can also call the taxi company and reserve a car in advance.

After the three measures are implemented, the monthly turnover of each taxi should increase by 30 to 50%. "

Deng Fei shook his head, "Chu Sheng, if a special taxi station is set up on the pier and we look for customers at the pier during the rush hour every day, business will never be bad."

Luo Tuo frowned slightly and quickly realized that there were many office workers on Xianggang Island, working in high-end office buildings in Sheung Wan, Central and Admiralty, but living in Kowloon.

If you get up a little late, there will be many people waiting for the ferry every morning. Indeed, many people will take a taxi when arriving at the Central Pier from the Kowloon Pier to avoid being late for work.

The opposite is also true, but there are far fewer people who live in Heung Kong Island but work in Kowloon.

Deng Fei took advantage of this, and although Luo Tuo felt unhappy, he was also helpless.

But this guy is not stupid. There are also many customers at the airport. Otherwise, he would not only lose 2 yuan every month.

It’s just that there are very few drivers who can speak foreign languages, and poor communication leads to at least 30% to 40% of tourists simply traveling by bus.

The remaining 20 to 30% of tourists have basically booked hotels before arriving on Hong Kong Island.

The hotel had a special car to pick them up, and even a minivan that had not obtained the operating rights did private work and stole many guests.

Although Luotuo wanted to drive away all the buns, he was worried that if he found someone to fight with someone, he would be scolded when Chu Xiangqian came back, so he endured it.

And the Tsim Sha Tsui Pier is not without its advantages. The bar street alone can attract many people.

As long as we attract people to come over for dinner and drinks, not only will the business on the bar street be much better, but some of the people who drink will probably take a taxi home.

Then those rickshaw drivers and minivans need to be driven away.

But if this happens, there will inevitably be disputes and maybe fights.

After Chu Xiangqian heard this, he picked up the phone with a smile and called He Yisheng from Oriental Daily to ask him if there had been many cases of robbing customers on rickshaws in recent years, as well as cases of black rickshaws robbing customers.

Or, will there be any cases of illegal drivers extorting and robbing customers this year?

Normally, it is inevitable for unlicensed car drivers to rip off customers.

From now on, taxi drivers will all have the same moral character.

Car drivers are at the lowest level. Not to mention robbing customers, they will not fight back even if they are yelled at by customers.

But if the guarantee is not complete, some people will be desperate or take advantage of the situation. Once such a case really occurs and the newspapers report it, many women will definitely prefer to work as taxis in the future instead of rickshaws or black cars that have not obtained the operating rights.

Zhang Tianzhi's expression changed after hearing this. He used to pull a rickshaw.

Although the boss did not frame the driver, it did affect the livelihood of many people.

It's just that the boss didn't let Luo Tuo and Deng Fei deliberately find someone to act to frame the coachman. Instead, he asked the newspaper to check whether a coachman committed the crime. Zhang Tianzhi wanted to speak out for the coachman, but felt that he had no reason to persuade the boss.

This is a typical example of one person committing a crime that affects the entire industry.

Sure enough, although the vast majority of rickshaw pullers are ordinary people who make a living, there is always a rat excrement.

The most recent case involved a rickshaw driver who escaped from Vietnam last month and injured a customer after quarreling with him.

A further case occurred when Renault was not on board with Inspector Zonghua, when a coachman and four boys robbed a gold shop together.

The other four people fled at the scene, but the driver was unlucky enough to be caught.

Renault was competing with Yan Tong for the position of Inspector General Hua at the time. In order to solve the case as quickly as possible, he first offered the driver 3 in the police station, and then increased the price to 8, asking the driver to reveal his accomplices.

And 8 was already more than the money that five people could get from robbing the gold and selling it to the black market. After Yan Tong found out about it, he took the initiative to expose it and damage Renault's reputation, and it became widely known.

Chu Qianqian smiled and chatted with He Yisheng for a few minutes. He Yisheng repeatedly promised that in the next three days, not only Oriental Daily will report this news.

We will also seek help from a few newspaper editors we are familiar with, and together we will ask for standardization of the rules of the rickshaw industry in the newspaper.

And this matter will definitely gain the support of many forces.

The first one must be the two bus groups that specialize in operating Kowloon New Territories and Xianggang Island.

The second one will be a bicycle and motorcycle dealership.

The third group is some citizens who have suffered losses from rickshaw drivers and black rickshaw drivers.

If the three of them join forces, they may demand that this industry be banned.

If Chu Qianqian was behind the scenes and talked to the ghost guys, and offered some benefits, the ghost guys might really be able to make some noise.

But Chu Xiangqian doesn’t want to be so desperate. Although there will indeed be no rickshaws on Hong Kong Island in the future, that will only happen when society has developed to a certain extent, buses and other means of transportation have become more popular, and the market has spontaneously eliminated rickshaws.

But even in the new millennium, there are still some rickshaws concentrated at the Star Ferry Pier, specifically for tourists to take photos and experience.

Moreover, rickshaws on Hong Kong Island actually have license plates, so they can’t be banned just because you want to.

But as long as there is a deadline for discussion in public opinion, this industry will inevitably become more difficult than before, which is for sure.

As long as there is a buffer period, the eliminated rickshaw drivers can slowly flow into industries such as construction workers.

But Chu Xiangqian thought this way from God's perspective. If the coachman's income decreases in a month or two, it means that the family's life will be more difficult.

To put it bluntly, he has now transitioned from an ordinary person to a capitalist, and his mentality has changed.

Fortunately, he drew a line and said to Luo Tuo and Deng Fei, "Listen clearly, don't trouble the rickshaw drivers. If I find out that you are looking for someone to act and deliberately mess with those rickshaw drivers, I will cause trouble for you.

As for black cars, that’s up to you. ” ˆ ˆ Those who can buy a minivan these days cannot be poor. Chu Xiangqian will naturally not be soft-hearted towards them.

But to be honest, Xianggang rickshaws were priced at 40 as early as the 400s.

Now, together with a license plate and a second-hand car, it costs thousands.

To say that a coachman is so poor that he can't even afford food is definitely a lazy person. Or if you have three or five children at home, life will be really difficult.

Luo Tuo and Deng Fei were nervous, thinking that Chu Xiangqian wanted to make money as well as fame.

Little did he know that when Chu Xiangqian entered the taxi business, he expected that there would be fewer and fewer license plates in the future.

Even in the 8s and 90s, when the license plate of a car was worth one million Hong Kong dollars, the taxi industry fell into a low-income industry.

The money earned by taxi drivers on Hong Kong Island is hard-earned money, and it is only a little higher than the average salary every month.

The bulk is still taken by license plate owners and taxi companies.

Chu Xiangqian still remembers a movie from the 90s in Hong Kong that said a car owner had 10 taxi licenses while driving by himself. At that time, his net worth exceeded 5 million.

A license plate is like a storefront. After the rent is taken away, the profit will naturally be reduced by half.

When the economy is good, drivers earn more. When the economy is bad, business is as difficult as a street restaurant.

The next day, several newspapers reported on the irregularities in rickshaws and black cars, which immediately aroused discussion in the whole society.

Before Chu Xiang took the second step, the bus company jumped out and attacked the two industries of rickshaws and black buses.

Why is it unsafe to ride in a black car? Those who ride in rickshaws are poor.

News about drivers and drivers deliberately taking detours, robberies, and sexual intercourse appeared in large numbers in the tabloids in the next few days.

Because the Oriental Daily belongs to Chu Xiangqian, the secret guys from the Transportation Department have recently used Hader to invite him to dinner.

After hearing this, Chu Xiangqian knew that he must be someone from the bus company. He took the opportunity to expand the bus route and secretly sent a lot of money to Gui Lao.

Chu Xiangqian took the opportunity to propose building taxi waiting areas at the docks and airports. This matter was not troublesome, and the public funds were provided. Hader agreed directly for the sake of the champion horse.

Unexpectedly, people from Kowloon Bus and China Bus actually came to the door. Chu asked Qianqian and found out that his approval was successfully passed, but the increase in bus routes was stuck at the Transport Department and the Secretary for Home Affairs.

The Transport Department also wants to expand the number of buses on Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and the New Territories, but the Secretary for Home Affairs does not intend to hand them over to these two companies.

Instead, we will subdivide new routes and hand them over to a third party, which means we plan to issue a third bus license.

Chu Xiangqian guessed that it was probably because Hader had bought too many blood horses recently and was short of money.

Of course, most of the bloody horses were given to Hader by Chu Qianqian and Hader in exchange for benefits.

But if Chu Xiangqian makes a profit, Hader cannot accept other people's money, and he may even have to spend money while working for Chu Xiangqian.

It was only because the value of the blood-blooded horse was high enough that Hader was willing to work for him.

Then Chu Xiangqian thought that Kowloon Bus and China Bus felt that they would definitely leave it to them to expand their operating routes.

Therefore, the money given secretly dissatisfied Hader and his crooks, so they took the opportunity to hint that a third license might be issued.

CMB and KMB are naturally impatient. When their business reaches its limit, they turn to monopoly, and these two companies have occupied a monopoly position from the beginning.

If a third bus company appears, it is foreseeable that profits will be greatly reduced, which will also mean that the expansion opportunities of the two companies will be cut off in the next ten or eight years.

They approached Chu Xiangqiang because Hader asked for a high price and was worried that in three to five years, he would use a third license to blackmail them again.

Then I thought of recruiting someone with enough strength to join the team.

Chu Xiangqian was naturally eager to invest in these two companies, but the other party was only willing to give 5% of the shares, which made Chu Xiangqian feel a bit useless.

Naturally, if you want to control these two bus companies, you won't be able to do it during this crisis.

Although 5% of the shares is still profitable, the bus company's profit is only a few million a year these days, and 5% is only two to three hundred thousand.

This little money was not enough for Chu Xiangqian to use his connections to lobby Hader for these two companies.

Not to mention that there must be other tricksters behind Hader.

If the third license is really issued, the money that Gui Lao will earn will be at least several million Hong Kong dollars.

Upon hearing what Chu Xiangqian said, people from the two companies shook their heads helplessly and said they would go back and discuss it with the board members.

It's a pity that the two companies didn't find Chu Xiangqian, but now that they have found him, it's easier to ask for help than to give away.

Chu Qianqian made a phone call to Bridge at the Jockey Club.

Ask him to invite other members of the poker club to meet at the racecourse in Yau Ma Tei.

Bridge guessed as soon as he heard that it should be the champion-looking horse that Chu Xiangqian mentioned had arrived in Hong Kong.

Chu Xiangqian drove to the racecourse by himself, and then drove a special trailer for transporting horses out for a few laps, using the tits to make sure that no one was following him.

Then he took 11 sweaty horses back to the racecourse.

Then he went out again, taking the black sweat-blooded horse that had been promoted to one level and had added strength, and the other 9 sweat-blooded horses, and returned to the racecourse again.

When the car entered the racecourse, not only Hader, Nelson, Bridge, Gebai, Lucas, Blair, Charles, Hahn, and Turner had already arrived at the racecourse.

Even Fei Bo, Lan Gang, Lei Luo and Bai Fanyu came after hearing the news.

Moreover, Linda is still working at Yau Ma Tei Police Station. When Charles asked, Linda said calmly that she didn't know. Charles immediately mistakenly thought that Linda didn't want to tell him.

Then he asked Linda to go to the racecourse with him, and Linda naturally followed.

Chu Qianqian looked at Linda, who was wearing a green police uniform, a white shirt, and the title of inspector on her shoulders, and Alyssa, who was wearing a red windbreaker. He immediately wanted to drag the two sisters into his big office at the racecourse and teach them a lesson. .

When everyone saw Chu Qianqian getting out of the car, they all immediately gathered around him, but Alyssa ran the fastest and threw herself directly into his arms, hugging his neck and saying softly.

"Honey, I want a sweat horse too."

Chu Qianqian rolled his eyes at the girl, but since she was his own woman, there was nothing wrong with giving her and Linda two bloody horses.

The two sisters usually come over to ride horses and exercise.

Moreover, since the horses were raised at the racecourse, nominally the two horses belonged to the sisters, but in fact the ownership rights were still at the racecourse, which was Chu Xiangqian's.

(End of this chapter)