money player

Chapter 83 Temple Street Meeting Han Sen

Su Lizhen served herself a bowl of porridge from the casserole in the center of the dining table, took a few sips with a spoon, then turned to Xian Yaowen and said, "Would you like to go out with me on the street today?"

"I don't have time during the day, but I can at night."

"It's okay tonight." Su Lizhen felt a little happy in her heart.

Xian Yaowen glanced at his watch subconsciously, "I will pick you up at half past six."

"Okay." Su Lizhen nodded slightly, her secret joy turning into joy.

After breakfast, Xian Yaowen first went to the factory to study buttons, and then took the personnel manager Zhong Lin to visit Xu Leping, a painter who had just arrived in Hong Kong for a few days. As a painter, Xu Leping was not well-known in the art world, but he regarded him as From the perspective of fashion designers, it can be said that he is a famous person.

This person was introduced by an eyeliner from Shanghai who is in her forties. She was probably a fashionista who loved beauty when she was young. She often read "Linglong" and "Beiyang Pictorial", two magazines that published new clothes, and would also make her own clothes according to the style of the new clothes. clothing.

According to her, she loved Xu Leping's fashion paintings the most, so when Xu Leping happened to rent a house from her, she was so happy. Xian Yaowen could feel the excitement of a little girl when she saw her idol on the phone. Emotionally, I guessed that if Xu Leping waved, she would throw herself into his arms.

What about Linglong and Beiyang Pictorial, which involve his knowledge blind spot? Fortunately, Zheng Yueying knew that these two magazines can be classified as fashion magazines. Some well-known painters such as Ye Qianyu, Liang Baibo, Li Shanfei, Fang Xueyuan, He Zhizhen, etc. can draw some Fashion paintings are published on it, and these people can also be called the earliest "non-professional" fashion designers in China.

After understanding this situation, Xian Yaowen paid great attention to Xu Leping, because Xu Leping was the first person he heard in Hong Kong who could be called a fashion designer.

In the process of looking for a pattern maker, he already learned from the pattern maker that there is no concept of clothing design in Hong Kong at present. Men's clothing is influenced by British style. Pattern makers will often go to the theater to watch Western movies and copy the movies. Costumes of male actors.

Just like several of his suits, the originals can be found on well-known Hollywood actor Douglas Jr. and second-rate actor Ronald Reagan.

Women are better off, the cheongsam can save a little face.

Based on the comparison of reality, Xian Yaowen took a relatively advanced path and inexplicably became a pioneer in Hong Kong fashion design. It is no wonder why he is so tired when walking.

No matter how tired he is, he has been doing pretty well recently, and it was still smooth when facing Xu Leping.

When chatting with Xu Leping was in a good mood, Xu Leping took out a recently completed painting and asked him and Zhong Lin to appreciate it. As soon as he saw the painting, he knew that this person was stable. Without him, Xu Leping's paintings did not require professionalism. It can be understood with only a certain knowledge of appreciation. It is not surprising that Xu Leping did not become a famous painter.

The art of painting, especially the works after the 20th century, takes a path that is incomprehensible to people. It’s okay if you can’t understand it. Normal people should not be able to understand it.

Perhaps Xu Leping also knew that he would not be successful in painting. When he offered a monthly salary of 200 yuan + sales share, and a guaranteed income of 5000 yuan a year, Xu Leping readily agreed to join Zhonghua Garments.

Since then, the last shortcoming of Zhonghua Garment has been made up, and it can set sail in a low-end manner.

Xu Leping was not asked to choose a date to take up the job, but was dragged to the factory as soon as the decision was made. Xian Yaowen threw several ideas in his mind to Xu Leping and asked him to formulate drawings.

After arranging the work, Xian Yaowen went to the Dadong Telegraph Office to send a telegram to Hepburn, entrusting her to purchase a complete set of teaching materials from the London College of Fashion. Xu Leping's professional knowledge in fashion design was insufficient and he needed to study hard.

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At seven o'clock in the evening, Xian Yaowen, who had planned to take Su Lizhen to Hong Kong Island, came to Temple Street because of some unexpected events.

At this time, Temple Street was one of the few places in Hong Kong where stalls could be set up freely. No permit was required. As long as they were within the designated area, anyone could set up stalls if they wanted. Of course, just because the Hong Kong government has no objections does not mean that other people have no objections either. The police and the social groups must have to fight through these two tough hurdles.

As soon as she got off the bus at Temple Street, Su Lizhen naturally put her hand on Xian Yaowen's arm. Within two steps, she pulled Xian Yaowen to a stall with peipei candies and asked the stall owner to pick up a pack of peipei candies. Xian Yaowen went to the stall first. He stuffed a piece of crushed candy into his mouth and stuffed another one for himself.

Sweet in the mouth, sweeter in the heart. Su Lizhen is like a bird just released from the cage. Everything she sees is new. Xian Yaowen is like a puppet on strings. One moment she is pulling her to the jelly stall, and the next to the steaming sweet potato stall. Stewed sweet potatoes, passively become a bad customer - just look at it, sniff it, but don't buy it.

When he was pulled to the third stall, Xian Yaowen came back from a slightly narcissistic state. Su Lizhen was not happy because he was shopping with him, she was purely because of the shopping itself. It didn't matter whether she had someone to accompany her. At most it's just embellishment.

When he was pulled to a hot cane stall, he asked, "You rarely went shopping before?"

Su Lizhen took the cup of hot cane juice from the stall owner and took a sip. The sweetness of the juice made her couldn't help but squint her eyes. After being intoxicated for a while, she opened her eyes, turned to Xian Yaowen and said, "This This is my fifth time shopping since I came to Hong Kong.”

"Four times in three years?" Xian Yaowen said in disbelief.

"Yes." Su Lizhen nodded, took another sip of hot cane juice, and narrowed her eyes again.

"The security of Hong Kong is not so bad that we cannot take to the streets."

"He doesn't like me walking on the street alone. I rarely go out and only stroll around when I'm shopping." Su Lizhen opened her eyes and said calmly.

"He doesn't go out on the street if he doesn't like you. Is it because of a wife's duty or because of guilt?"

"All."

"Oh."

Su Lizhen drank up the hot cane juice in the cup, and then dragged Xian Yaowen to a stall selling bowls of chicken wings. When she was about to ask for a bowl, Xian Yaowen pulled her away.

He had seen a bowl of fins before. They were made from real ingredients, and there were real fin heads and tails inside. The bowl of fins that cost only a penny had shark fin scraps in it. He knew from his buttocks that the ingredients came from leftover "stained water" from restaurants. ".

Unable to eat a bowl of chicken wings, Su Lizhen turned to Nanru peanuts, Dongfeng snails, sugar water, etc. Unlike Su Lizhen, Xian Yaowen mainly focused on some clothing shops and stalls.

Like Medical Kuk Street in Sham Shui Po, Temple Street also has many family-style clothing workshops. In order to attract customers, they will set up street stalls to attract business.

While paying attention to clothing making, he would also turn his attention to the old clothes stalls. In front of the stalls, there were many well-dressed people picking through old and shabby clothes. Under the bright lights, most people just barely With enough food and clothing, if you want decent clothes, you can only go to the old clothes stall and buy an old clothes worn by others. The price is as low as 10% or 20% off new clothes, so it is still affordable.

There was a sign beside the old clothes stall with the word "煲焄" written on it. At first, he couldn't understand what he was doing for a living. When a customer who bought used clothes came over to inquire about the price, he finally understood. I guessed that "boiling" should be boiling old clothes in hot water to achieve the effect of sterilizing and driving away lice.

Not to mention, this business is quite clever. Most people don’t have a big pot that can hold a thick piece of clothing. It is just a necessity, so the business will not be bad.

Shopping and eating all the way, the two of them unknowingly arrived at Banyan Tree Head, the dividing point between the north and south of Temple Street. There was a large open space next to Banyan Tree Head, which was crowded with people. A dozen or 20 or 30 people formed a circle and stared at the circle. In the center, cheers could be heard from time to time.

Arriving in front of a group of people, Su Lizhen took a look inside and immediately showed a look of fear, "The snakes (the branch that sells Dali Pills, extracts gallbladder from live snakes, and sells snake medicine or eye medicine) are so scary."

"If you're afraid, just look at another one."

Xian Yaowen gave a sigh of relief and pulled Su Lizhen to the back of another crowd. He took a look inside first and saw that it was a qigong performance "Iron Wire Around the Neck" performed by a street guy. Then he gave Su Lizhen the prime spot where he could easily see the performance. .

The performer selling Dali Pill, with the help of his assistant, circled it around his neck five or six times, then turned the circle by himself, wrapping the wire to his chest, and then roared, and the exposed skin on his cheeks and upper body was covered. It started to turn red, and then there were a few more "Ah smacks" sounds. Two arms supported the iron wire and pulled it to the left and right. Suddenly, there was another loud roar and the iron wire broke.

When the audience applauded, the seller of Dali Pills had already taken out a box from a cloth bag and said loudly: "Fellow folks..."

Yes, here comes the drama. The flow of emotions has not changed for hundreds of years, and the lines have not changed.

If you look at another one, you will see that the words are written with flour... Breaking big stones on the chest, breaking stones with fingers, horse tricks (playing monkeys), one after another. After watching each for a few minutes, you can find that most of them are selling Dali Pills, and only a few of them are. Simply relying on rewards.

After watching the sideshow, and just as she was about to leave Banyan Tree Head and head to the other end of Temple Street, Su Lizhen was attracted by the divination of birds again.

"I want to do the math." Su Lizhen said coquettishly to Xian Yaowen.

"it is good."

Following the arrival of the stall, Xian Yaowen saw a birdcage on the stall, which was divided into three compartments, each holding a bird. There was a red-bottomed sign on the birdcage, with the words "everything is four cents" written on the top and "everything is four cents" on the bottom. It contains contents that can be used for divination, such as travel, lost property, illness, and marriage.

In front of the birdcage, cards used as "signs" are neatly arranged.

With such a layout, you can guess the general pattern at a glance. Before Su Lizhen gave 40 cents to start the lottery, Xian Yaowen secretly stuffed another two yuan into the stall owner. The stall owner understood, opened the birdcage, released a bird, and then the bird came out. Give it a light stroke on the head, and when you let go of the bird, inadvertently adjust the direction of the bird's head.

The unfettered bird jumped around on the cardboard a few times, then suddenly stopped at one place, lowered its head, and took out a piece of paper from the middle of the cardboard with its beak.

The stall owner took the card and looked at the signature on it. He smiled and said to Su Lizhen, "Madam, sign it."

Su Lizhen's other free hand squeezed Xian Yaowen's wrist happily, and then stared at the stall owner with burning eyes as he put the signature back between the cards, washed them, and changed the order of the cards.

Then, following the same pattern, the second bird is released.

Not surprisingly, the one the bird picked out was still signed as before.

The third bird, still the same.

All three times, the fortune was good and good luck came.

When the stall owner asked Su Lizhen what she wanted to ask, she was stunned for a while, then glanced at Xian Yaowen secretly, and then said softly: "Heir."

"The heavens and the earth are created for a good match, and the day will be auspicious and the time will be good for all things. If you get this lot, it is no small matter, and you will be loyal and upright. Madam, this is a lucky lot. Everything you ask for will come true. Madam, when you want a child, , he should be here." The stall owner shook his head, pretending to be an expert. "Thank you." Su Lizhen was delighted. After thanking her, she handed over a five-dollar Hong Kong dollar.

After leaving the stall, Xian Yaowen didn't ask Su Lizhen about her intention to have a child. There were some things that didn't need to be asked or said. You will understand after a month.

Entering the other end of Temple Street, Xian Yaowen raised his gaze and glanced at the door curtains on the street from time to time. When he walked about fifty meters, he saw a signboard "Senji Sparrow Fun", and his destination was reached.

Cross the street, enter the shop, and go up the stairs to the second floor. You can see a room filled with mahjong tables. Four people are sitting in front of each table, discussing loudly how to tear down the Great Wall and rebuild it.

Han Sen sat at the table closest to the intersection, with his face facing the intersection. As soon as Xian Yaowen and others went upstairs, he saw him and asked the person next to him to help him continue the fight. He came to Xian Yaowen and greeted: " Xian Sheng, I'm sorry to bring you to a place like this."

"It's okay." Xian Yaowen waved his hand.

In the afternoon, Zheng Yueying told him that Han Sen wanted to visit him, but it was him who decided to come to Han Sen instead, so Han Sen decided to meet here.

Han Sen pointed to a door and said, "Sheng Xian, there is an office next door. Let's go over and talk."

"Arrange a seat for her to play a few games." After speaking to Han Sen, Xian Yaowen patted Su Lizhen's hand again, "You play a few cards and I'll go talk about something."

Su Lizhen nodded obediently and followed the people arranged by Han Sen to a mahjong table.

Xian Yaowen followed Han Sen to the office next door. Han Sen got busy, made tea, and took out a box of Juliet No. 2 that Xian Yaowen usually smoked. He made a gesture of invitation, "Xian Sheng, please taste it. I asked someone to bring it from abroad." I don’t know if it’s authentic or not.”

Xian Yaowen picked up one, put it under his nose and smelled it, then put it on the table, "It smells right. Sir Han is interested. I just finished smoking one on the way here. Take it slow before smoking. We might as well get down to business first." .”

Han Sen sat opposite Xian Yaowen, took out a silver cigarette case, lit a cigarette, took two puffs, and then said slowly: "There is a vacancy for three cigarettes in the Yau Ma Tei Police Station, and I need Xian Sheng's help."

Xian Yaowen tapped his fingers on the table a few times, "Can it be done with just money?"

"It can be done, but it will only cost a little more money." Han Sen looked at Xian Yaowen with hope, "It would be best if Xian could help say hello to the British people, so that we can save money and effort."

Looking at Han Sen's hopeful eyes, how could Xian Yaowen not be able to read his thoughts? Han Sen was not asking for money when he asked him to date him today. How much can a three firewood cost? If he worked hard, Han Sen could get it all by himself. Money is fake, but thinking about being introduced to a British guy is real.

Xian Yaowen knocked on the table a few more times, pretending to think for a while before saying, "How much does it cost to say hello?"

The joy on Han Sen's face flashed across his face. He secretly suppressed the joy in his belly and said calmly: "Thirty thousand yuan is enough."

"Is the matter urgent?"

"It's not too urgent. I can make it at the end of this month."

"I'll ask Aying to send the money to you tomorrow, and wait for the rest first. I have to meet with Detective Liu in the next few days. Things may change, and the order of some things may have to be changed."

"It needs to be changed."

Han Sen wiped the non-existent sweat on his forehead, and secretly felt lucky that Xian Yaowen was a man of good faith. He was Liu Fu's confidant, and he found the big water pipe as a backer behind Liu Fu's back. He was suspected of establishing his own business, which was not very good. It makes sense. If it was Liu Fu who introduced him to Xian Yaowen, it would turn into a superior's love for his subordinates, which would have a completely different meaning.

"Sir Han, today is the first time we have a conversation. You can treat me as if I have a shallow conversation, but I still have to tell you some things openly and honestly."

Han Sen straightened up and said, "Sheng Xian, please speak."

"First of all, the relationship I want to establish with you is a partnership. I help you and you help me. I don't have many messy things. What I need your help with is mostly business matters." Xian Yaowen raised his finger and pointed. Han Sen, "You will get a piece of the business. What you get will not be a commission, but a dividend. Therefore, there is no fixed amount. The more you earn, the more you will get. If you earn less, you will get less. You have to Take some risks.

Of course, it is definitely worth it, and you will get much more than the fee.

This is one, and the other is that we can keep our conversations simple in the future, tell each other what we need directly, and don't make the other party guess hard.

That's all I've said. "

Han Sen heard Xian Yaowen's criticism of what he just said, thought for a moment, and nodded, "I have no problem."

"Very good. This will make it easier for both of us in the future. I just ate some snacks on the street all the way here, and I want to have something serious. Do you have any recommendations?"

"If Mr. Xian doesn't mind, let's play two rounds of mahjong here first. I'll have someone pick up the game we caught during the day and prepare it for the stove later."

"What kind of game? You also know that I live in Sham Shui Po. There are a lot of game sellers on the streets. You can buy civet cats and pangolins if you want to eat them. I don't like ordinary game."

At this time, many people in Hong Kong like to eat game. Almost all game in Guangdong, Guangxi and Hong Kong can be bought, especially in the Sham Shui Po area. Vendors selling game can be seen everywhere on the streets. Some unemployed people in Shek Kip Mei rely on Capture wild birds for a living.

However, Xian Yaowen had only seen it before, but he had never eaten it. Wang Xiamin had only bought cooked snakes twice and nothing else, so naturally he had no chance to eat them.

"There are egrets and grass sparrows, Xian Sheng must have eaten these two, and there is also the eel, which Xian Sheng must be familiar with." Han Sen showed a hint of contentment, "But one of my brothers learned from his father I learned the art of stewing eel head there, and the stewed soup is not only delicious, but also nourishing."

"It's so powerful, so I want to try it." Xian Yaowen stood up and said, "Take two rounds, just two rounds. I'm not very good at playing, so I'll just treat it as a bonus for you."

The two of them came to the mahjong room next door while they were talking. Xian Yaowen walked to the table where Su Lizhen was sitting and took a look. He happened to see her opponent holding a handful of bad cards but beating Gu Zhang Fa Cai out. Su Lizhen saw Fa Cai. , immediately pushed the cards down, and shouted excitedly: "What a fool, what a fool, big three yuan."

Xian Yaowen glanced at the table. He had never made a white card before. Anyone who had played a few games of Hong Kong mahjong could guess that someone was playing big three yuan. He had a handful of bad cards, but he was playing out the easy-to-light fortunes. , it’s a ghost if it’s not intentional.

Looking at Su Lizhen who was happily collecting money, Xian Yaowen turned to Han Sen and said softly: "Sir Han, you don't have to be too polite. I don't want my woman to become a gambler. It's best to neither lose nor win, or lose a little and lose a lot." Yeah, I’m also afraid that she’ll make trouble.”

Han Sen nodded lightly, patted the person who lit the cannon twice on the shoulder, and then invited Xian Yaowen to go to an already vacant mahjong table.

There was nothing much to say about the card game. The other two people were accompanying them. Xian Yaowen and Han Sen were not thinking about the cards. They were just chatting. They were holding the Xiao Sixi card type and did not touch the Nanfeng stamp when they saw it. Sit back and watch the opportunity to draw slip away.

After three rounds of confusion, the ones who were pushed down were all small cards that relied on self-drawing and flower skills to calculate the level. The cards were played quite harmoniously, and the conversation was quite exciting.

"Xian Sheng, there is a chicken house next door. They raise two chicken flowers. One of them is very beautiful. It would be an understatement to say that she is like a fish or a wild goose."

"What is chicken flower?" Xian Yaowen played a card and asked casually.

"What I learned from Yangzhou Shouma is that girls who have been trained for several years will find benefactors and sell their virginity when they are old enough," Han Sen explained.

"Touch." Xian Yaowen pushed down the card he wanted to touch, "Is the little girl a human trafficker or did her parents sell her to a chicken stall?"

"There are no human traffickers doing this kind of business now. They are all sold by their parents. The people do not punish the officials, and it is difficult for us to police them." Han Sen originally wanted to offer the treasure, but after hearing Xian Yaowen's words, he could only change the direction.

"It's really unlucky for a little girl to have parents like this. How much does Shen Yu Luo Yan cost?"

"It takes two to three thousand to see what people are ordering."

"Two or three thousand, the buyout cannot reach tens of thousands." Xian Yaowen said noncommittally.

"Probably. Touch."

Xian Yaowen said with a smile: "How much food can a little girl eat in a year? The maximum cost is two hundred yuan, but it will only cost one thousand yuan in five years. Adding other expenses, it is one thousand and five times. It can earn seven times." , if you raise hundreds of them, the money won’t be too easy to make, it’s just too wicked.”

Han Sen echoed: "I also think it's unethical. If I had the final say, I would definitely not let the chicken house do this kind of thing."

"Tsk, you gave me another hint in just a few words." Xian Yaowen cursed and said: "The little girl is very pitiful. Since I heard about it, it is fate. I will ask A Ying to send me an extra 10,000 yuan tomorrow. You can buy the little girl." ”

"Xian Sheng wants to accept her?"

"Forget it, give her freedom, she can go wherever she wants, and I can do some good deeds." Xian Yaowen said nonchalantly.

"Xian Sheng is truly benevolent and righteous."

"Hahaha, you don't need to praise me." Xian Yaowen pushed the card and said happily: "What a fool, bah-gu-bah-gu, I can touch both cakes. I'm lucky."

　Popular science:
　　The rank and file (the promotion system for Chinese detectives in the book) is divided into police officers (agents, usually in plainclothes);
　　Senior police officer (Huo Qilin, played by Huang Naha in Empire of Money, has no actual authority and is a veteran);

　　Police Inspector (also called Detective Inspector, commonly known as Du Chai, functionally similar to Xu Fei played by Louis Koo and Dayong Da Yong played by Tao Dayu in "Criminal Investigation Files", but in fact the two people's positions on TV are San Chai);

　　Senior police officer (commonly known as Sanchai, the detective will basically leave the job. In fact, Sanchai is the position that leads the most front-line work);
　　Next up is the senior sergeant (that is, the detective);

　　Class A senior sergeant (that is, chief detective, the highest position in the detective system. As mentioned before, this position cannot be regarded as an official. For ease of understanding, it can be regarded as the highest-level non-commissioned officer. He has senior qualifications, and there are also good ones. Power, regimental commanders and division commanders should all be called "senior squad leader" when they meet.

　　The Chief Inspector is a bit like this. He is not an official and has to be called Sir when meeting the inspector, but he actually has great power over the Chinese).

　　
　
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