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Chapter 858: Little Tyrant Storm (Second update, please subscribe)

As usual, a long queue formed outside the Nanyang Consulate early in the morning.

Yang Chengjie, smoking a Camel Nanyang cigarette, stood outside the Nanyang Consulate. Although it was just the beginning of April, the temperature was at least over 80 degrees Fahrenheit. Being among the crowd of people queuing for interviews, it made people feel stuffy and irritable. It didn't take long before the shirt and trousers he was wearing were soaked with sweat and stuck to his body.

At this time, Yang Chengjie would occasionally cast his eyes towards the long queue in front of him, wondering when it would be his turn.

Although he attended high school, Yang Chengjie had never been rich. When he was in the mainland, his family lived in Guangzhou City. The four members of the family lived in a shop with a store in front and a house in the back, and they could barely make ends meet. His father, Yang Chunsheng, was a shoemaker, and he made a living by making and repairing shoes every day with several apprentices.

Later, he followed others to escape to Hong Kong Island in a daze. The family lived in one house. His father made a living by repairing shoes at a roadside stall, while his mother worked as a handyman in a teahouse and his sister also sold snacks in the teahouse.

Before coming to Hong Kong Island, Yang Chengjie's family was the lowest class in Guangzhou. Now that they are in Hong Kong Island, they are still the lowest class here, just like the hundreds of thousands of poor families here.

Now, Yang Chengjie, who just graduated from high school, came to the Nanyang Consulate just to try his luck for a chance to change his fate.

It should be my turn soon!

At this time, a newsboy nearby was waving a newspaper and shouting.

"Read the newspaper, read the newspaper, the Nanyang Naval Aviation Force demonstrated its sword in the Gulf of Siam, and won a great victory in its first battle - a 6:0 victory!"

Seeing the long line in front of the consulate, the newsboy asked directly while holding the newspaper.

"Sir, you are all going to Nanyang. Look at the news from Nanyang. It's a great victory in Nanyang!"

As soon as the newsboy finished speaking, a roar was heard over there.

"Down with Nanyang hegemony..."

Soon after, a large group of people holding banners came rushing over. Upon seeing this, the uniformed policemen at the consulate door blew their whistles immediately.

Amid the shrill whistle, the people who had been queuing dispersed with a loud noise, but Yang Chengjie did not disperse. Instead, he took the opportunity when the long line dispersed to run towards the consulate door. When the door was about to close, Yang Chengjie squeezed into the consulate while the door was closing.

Before Yang Chengjie could catch his breath, the shouting behind him became louder, and along with the shouting, bricks and other objects flew in. The police outside the door held up shields and blew whistles to try to disperse them.

Inside the gate, a team of military police in military uniforms and armed with weapons were rushing out of the consulate into the courtyard. The leading officer saw Yang Chengjie standing there and pulled him over.

"Go in quickly, it's dangerous here."

Finally, Yang Chengjie entered the consulate. Now, no matter how chaotic the situation outside was, it had nothing to do with him.

There are still many people like him who are here to apply for visas in the consulate. Now, many people from Hong Kong Island go to Nanyang to work and earn money. Of course, there are also many people who go to Nanyang to study. After all, the universities there do not charge tuition fees.

"Okay, I can go to Nanyang to study at university!"

Just as Yang Chengjie breathed a sigh of relief and was waiting expectantly to meet the visa officer, there was still a storm outside the consulate.

The wind and rain were actually just a minor episode, irrelevant to the overall situation. A few hours later, when Yang Chengjie left the consulate, there was nothing else outside the consulate except the mess on the street.

Occasionally, you could see a few vendors passing by on the street, but Yang Chengjie didn't care about it at all. He seemed a little excited at this time, as he could finally go to Nanyang to study at university.

On the way home, when passing by the cinema, Yang Chengjie habitually looked at the cinema. The poster outside the cinema was very eye-catching, and there was a huge poster sign above the door.

A man and a woman are gazing at each other, and the four big words "Dangerous Liaisons" below are also very eye-catching. This is a movie from Nanyang. In fact, at least half of the movie posters posted in cinemas are Nanyang movies.

In the past few years, Nanyang films have long replaced Shanghai films and become popular in Hong Kong Island. Not only in Hong Kong Island, but also in Macau, Taiwan Island, even in South Korea, Japan, South Vietnam and other places, Nanyang films are also popular.

Many young people in Hong Kong are familiar with the movie stars from Southeast Asia, such as Jeanne, the heroine of "Dangerous Liaisons", who is a favorite of Yang Chengjie. In the movie, she played an indulgent young woman who was beautiful in appearance but as vicious as a snake.

Although the film received rave reviews in the newspapers and Jeanne's acting skills were highly praised, Yang Chengjie had not seen the film because... it costs money to watch a movie.

"With this money, I might as well go to the teahouse and watch TV..." Thinking this in his mind, Yang Chengjie rushed to the teahouse. Of course, he did not come here to drink tea, but to be a waiter. There were not many customers in the teahouse at this moment. In addition to a few sparse tables of guests, there were more than a dozen waiters. Most of them stood at the edge of the hall, watching the 17-inch TV.

Yang Chengjie, who had changed into a teahouse waiter's shirt, also came to the lobby. His sister Yang Liyun quickly pointed to a seat nearby and said.

"Brother, sit here."

Then the brother and sister quickly watched TV. The news was playing on TV.

Looking at the TV, Yang Chengjie asked.

"What's on TV?"

"It's the 'Siamese Crisis'. The news said they blocked the Gulf of Siam because Siam used armed personnel to infiltrate and threaten Malaya, so they were forced to defend themselves and use the blockade to avoid the outbreak of war in Malaya."

As soon as Yang Liyun finished speaking, Uncle Chen on the side started shouting.

"Bullying, Nanyang is really bullying. Malaya is British territory, it has nothing to do with Nanyang. The British are not in a hurry, but Nanyang rushed over in a hurry, acting like a gangster, being rude and unreasonable, and directly shooting down someone's plane. He is really determined to be a running dog of the foreign devils."

As soon as Uncle Chen finished speaking, Uncle Song next to him shouted.

"Chen Laosan, you are lying with your eyes open. Everyone knows that Malaysia is supported by Nanyang, and it is our turn for the Tang people to be in charge. Nanyang is helping the foreign devils, and they are basically helping the Tang people. If people with ulterior motives break in, there will be wars and killings. How can the people live in peace?"

"To live a peaceful life is to be a slave to the capitalists in Southeast Asia. Southeast Asia is standing on the side of the foreign devils, and they are specifically bullying us Asians..."

"As a slave?"

As he spoke, he pointed at the TV.

"Look at what the people in Nanyang are doing on TV. They are still slaves. The slaves live in Western-style houses and drive cars! They still bully Asians? In my opinion, Nanyang is right to do this. If someone dares to provoke him, he will beat them to death. If he doesn't beat them and they give in, they don't know how many bowls of rice they have to eat!"

"Song Liangyu, you... you are unreasonable. That's overbearing and hegemonic. If he has the ability, why doesn't he go against the foreign devils? I think Nanyang is just a mother who feeds the foreign devils. Now that the British dare not show up, they have all been replaced by Nanyang dogs..."

Listening to their shouting, Yang Liyun turned her head and asked.

"Brother, what is hegemony?"

Yang Chengjie was stunned by his sister's question and said.

"Who cares about hegemony or not? As long as the people can live a good life, that's all. I think Nanyang is pretty good. What did they say on TV? Well, Nanyang is protective of its people and is domineering. What's wrong with that?! Not convinced..."

Yang Chengjie said, imitating the words of the TV host.

"You have to bear it. If you can't bear it, if you want to fight, we will accompany you."

Seeing that Uncle Song and Uncle Chen were about to start arguing, the foreman on the side coughed and said.

"What are you yelling about? Just watch TV. If you have nothing else to do, just mop the floor..."

As soon as the foreman shouted, everyone stopped talking and just looked up at the TV. The TV was playing a program from Asia Television...which was also a TV station in Nanyang.

In the past few years, Nanyang’s movies and TV programs, like Nanyang’s products, have penetrated into every aspect of life in Hong Kong Island.

Even though some people mock Nanyang verbally, they have long been unable to leave Nanyang.

Soon, the show changed, and they all laughed loudly, following the laughter in the show. It seemed that all the previous disputes disappeared, and people just followed the show to express their joy, anger, sorrow and happiness.

Even Uncle Chen, who was filled with righteous indignation just now, looked happy while watching the variety show on TV...

(End of this chapter)