Started from Hong Kong Island

Chapter 2 002 [Treasure Hunt in Antique Shop]

Li Wendi moved all the goods into the store for Guo Cuiting, and had dinner with the mother and daughter.

In the blink of an eye, night fell, and Li Wendi finally had some free time to sit on the bench in front of the store and think about what had happened today.

He was sure that this was Hong Kong in 1971, an era of opportunities and dangers. The opportunity was that one could make a career, and as the saying goes, 'if you stand on the right vent, even a pig can fly', referring to this point in time. The danger was that gangs were rampant, the police force was corrupt and colluded with gangs, and they treated human life as worthless. Death one day would be just a matter of a moment.

According to the original history, this situation would continue until the early 80s, which means that Li Wendi would have to bear it for ten years.

Although he was also a member of a gang, he was a low-level desperate person who would hack people at any time. He would either be hacked to death by others or go to Stanley Prison. Thinking of the horror of the Hong Kong Prison in his previous life, Li Wendi could not help but gasp.

However, reason told him that his identity as a gang member would help him run a small business and live a better life. Of course, this was before he had the ability to protect himself.

"It's really a double-edged sword. It can kill people, but it can also hurt yourself." Li Wendi sighed softly, with a look of disappointment on his face.

At that time, the stock market in Hong Kong was in a bull market. Even the old ladies selling vegetables knew that they could make money in the stock market, which was better than selling vegetables.

However, as a low-level gangster, Li Wendi only had a few hundred yuan in capital, and it was just wishful thinking for him to make a fortune in the stock market.

"If you want to live a good life, you still have to accumulate initial capital."

Under the dim light, sister Li Xiaonan was busy doing her homework, occasionally looking up at Li Wendi. Her brother seemed different from usual.

Although the original owner was a gangster, he was still quite fond of his younger sister Li Xiaonan. He gave part of the money he earned from fighting to Li Xiaonan, so the two siblings had a good relationship.

After finishing his homework, Li Xiaonan walked over to Li Wendi and asked softly, "Brother, I heard that you went to a gunfight again today. Should we do something 'legitimate'?"

In the past, Li Wendi would definitely ignore Li Xiaonan because the original owner didn't want to scold his sister.

But now Li Wendi smiled warmly and nodded, "Maybe after a while, I still need this identity now."

Li Xiaonan blinked her big eyes, somewhat delighted. This was the first time her brother responded to her suggestion directly. However, she was a little worried that her brother was just perfunctory, so she continued to ask, "When exactly?"

Li Wendi turned his head to look at this cheap sister, put his palm on her head habitually, and said with a smile, "Try to do it in the second half of next year. Brother must at least earn enough money to open a store."

"Open a store? What kind of store do you plan to open?" Li Xiaonan grasped the key point.

Forehead.
Opening a store is a general term.

Li Wendi continued, "We need to wait and see what kind of store to open. The important thing is to make some money, otherwise there will be no start-up capital."

The two siblings chatted like this until after 10 o'clock when they returned to their small room to sleep.

Li Wendi's room is only about 60 square feet, and after putting a bed and a table in it, there is not much space left.

Compared to the house in his previous life, Li Wendi felt a little uncomfortable, but still acceptable.

He lay on the bed, recalling things from his past life, trying to find some way to make money, but unfortunately he found nothing. Perhaps because he only had a vague understanding of Hong Kong, he fell asleep unknowingly.

The next morning, Li Wendi spent thirty cents to buy two fried dough sticks and a hot rice noodle roll for breakfast, and ate until he was half full.

After yesterday's curfew, things are starting to get back to normal today.

The gang that Li Wendi belongs to is called He Liansheng. The person in charge used his connections at the Sai Wan Police Station to successfully release most of the gangsters who were arrested yesterday. Some of them needed to stay behind to take the blame.

Both sides suffered heavy losses, except for the police, who made a profit from the "bribe". However, the police decided to divide Sai Wan into two parts, with each side taking half, and He Liansheng getting the area near Sheung Wan.

In the early 60s, Sai Wan was the headquarters of the "Nanbeihang" business, with many shops and warehouses, and was a distribution center for seafood.

In the mid-60s, the Hong Kong government decided to develop Kwai Chung into a container terminal, and the old docks and cargo holds in Sai Wan gradually lost their significance.

Now some real estate developers have set their sights on these old warehouses and want to demolish them to build commercial buildings or commercial and residential buildings.

The real estate industry was booming at that time, but small real estate developers did not dare to be the first to take action. Large real estate developers were also competing fiercely in Wan Chai, Causeway Bay and other places, and built many commercial buildings, so they could not take care of Sai Wan for the time being.

Li Wendi looked at the somewhat deserted warehouse concentration area. Most of the warehouses were empty at this time. The warehouse owners wanted to sell them and recover the funds to invest in other industries. Of course, he wanted to get these good things, but unfortunately he was short of money and the warehouse owners were unwilling to give them for free. He did not have the capital to rob, so he could only sigh at the warehouses.

"Wendy, why did you run away yesterday?" A gangster came over with a smile on his face, followed by a few gangsters.

The gangster who was speaking was named Wei Renwei, who had the same initials as Li Wendi. They had a good relationship, so he dared to joke about this matter.

Li Wendi said expressionlessly, "If I don't run away when the police come, am I going to go to jail? I don't think I'm that stupid."

"Haha!" Wei Renwei laughed a few times, put his arm around Li Wendi's shoulders, and said, "I'm really sorry about what happened last time. This time I'll treat you as an apology. How about it? Do you want to honor me?"

The last incident referred to "Wei Renwei misunderstood Li Wendi causing trouble in the dance hall." Later it was confirmed that the dancer wanted to seduce Li Wendi but failed, and wanted to save face, but did not expect Li Wendi to overreact, so Wei Renwei and Li Wendi even had a fight.

After all, that dance hall belongs to Wei Renwei.

"Okay." Li Wendi didn't know much about Wei Renwei's personality. Although he had some fragments of the original owner's memories, they didn't grasp the key points. He couldn't effectively analyze Wei Renwei's habits.

Li Wendi took this opportunity to observe the Hong Kong market to see if there was any chance to make a fortune in a short period of time.

"Then let's go to Wan Chai. A group of new women just arrived." Wei Renwei smiled a little arrogantly.

If it weren't for the original owner's bravery and martial arts, Wei Renwei wouldn't think so highly of Li Wendi.

As a deputy manager in his previous life, Li Wendi was used to this kind of "playing around", as long as it didn't get out of hand.

When we arrived in Wan Chai, rows of dance halls came into view. The flashing neon lights were not too glaring during the day, but they were uncomfortable too.

"Huh?" Li Wendi looked to the other side. It was an antique shop that looked particularly out of place on this street.

Wei Renwei noticed Li Wendi's expression and laughed, "It was opened not long ago. I don't know what those people did. This is a love street. Why open an antique shop here? Are there any customers looking for antiques?"

Li Wendi holds a different view, and this may be an opportunity for him.

He had some research on antiques in his previous life (in fact, he suffered a lot in this business), and was able to identify antiques from certain dynasties, so perhaps he could make some money from this.

So he said to Wei Renwei, "Brother Wei, I'll go take a look. You guys go play first, I'll come over later."

Wei Renwei waved his hand and said, "Go ahead, come find me in the box later."

Li Wendi had naturally been to the dance hall here and knew where Wei Renwei's permanent box was.

(End of this chapter)