Rebirth: Outstanding

"Ayao, the English newspaper you want, let me help you go to the English journals borrowed from the Great Library. I will have breakfast." Seeing Song Tianyao walk into the library again, Kang Lixiu, the librarian of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, brought it from the service desk. I bought all kinds of English newspapers on the way to the library, as well as the English periodicals and breakfast that Song Tianyao entrusted him to borrow from the library of the University of Hong Kong the day before.

Song Tianyao put the two yuan on the service counter, first took the breakfast paper package of milk and pineapple buns, and said to Kang Lixiu, "Thank you, Brother Xiu."

Then he bit the bread and stood in front of the service desk and flipped the English newspaper. Conleyxiu began to clean the library every morning, wiping the bookcase with a rag in his hand, and nagging: "Ayao, every time you It’s been almost two months since I came to the library to read books. You don’t need to work? At a young age, don’t read as a nerd. You can understand English and keep beautiful notes. Even if you are not a college student, you must apply for a job as a clerk in a big company. Yes, it’s a big deal. You can use my library card to borrow the book and take time to read it at night.

In two months, he has been very familiar with Song Tianyao. This young man is almost the favorite reading person he has seen in the library of the Chinese Language Institute for three years. He brings his own notebook, pen, and even ink bottle every day. , Sitting for a few hours, more attentive than many college students in class.

This library was donated by the philanthropist Feng Pingshan to the University of Hong Kong. At the time of the donation, Feng Pingshan's only requirement was that the library must be open to the public free of charge. But since it has been open for so long, few ordinary people in society come to the library to read books. Everyone is busy for life. Sometimes some people are free and just come here to read, prose and the like, like Song Tianyao's boring economy. It can be said that there are almost no people with historical materials and professional documents.

Song Tianyao came to the reading room of the library every day to read in rain or shine. After Kang Lixiu had known him for a long time, he began to help him check some books in his spare time. Song Tianyao would be a man again. Every three to five days, he waited until the library was closed in the evening. At the end of work, I asked him to find a tavern and order some cheap lo-mei to drink two glasses.

Now Kang Lixiu has become accustomed to Song Tianyao asking him to help buy newspapers, borrow books from the Great Library (referring to the University of Hong Kong Library), and even bring breakfast. He is about to graduate at the age of 22 this year, and Song Tianyao is 18 years old. He likes to read books, and he is a friend of the same age and similar interests, so he dared to persuade Song Tianyao to find a job first and not read himself as a nerd.

"Quickly, I will finish my notes today. I won't bother you tomorrow. I have found something to do." Song Tianyao put the last bite of pineapple bread into his mouth, then took a sip of milk, still staring at the news in the newspaper. Replied.

Conley paused after correcting the action of wiping the bookcase, and looked at Song Tianyao: "Really? You read books here all day, and you don't even go to work. Where can you find something to do."

Song Tianyao patted these English newspapers and periodicals on the service desk: "On this, I can read it."

"Reading makes you dizzy. You are talking big words." Seeing Song Tianyao filming those newspapers and periodicals, Kang Lixiu only treated him as a joke, and turned around to continue to get busy.

After Song Tianyao finished eating, he took his notebook and walked to the reading room with newspapers and magazines. This time, instead of reading the newspaper, he opened his thick notebook and began to understand and record the world business situation during this time.

He came to study not for self-cultivation, but to find a suitable emerging industry to prepare for business. The existing industry in Hong Kong is dominated by major Chinese or British and American companies. Although he can make money as long as he does it seriously, it depends on his mind. He can also win a lot of wealth and even status, but at best, it is just drinking some fat soup behind the big Chinese businessmen. If there is no right to say in an industry, then he might as well continue to follow Chu's family and rely on the big tree to enjoy the cool.

However, emerging industries can’t be created by casually tapping their heads, especially during the embargo period, Hong Kong’s various industries can be said to have suffered a double blow. With the support of the United States, Japan’s economy has rapidly risen and taken over the market originally occupied by Hong Kong. Even if Hong Kong’s labor force is cheaper than Japan due to the influx of foreign population, the price of raw materials soared during the embargo period alone has made Hong Kong’s various export industries unable to fight the most common price war with Japan to gain market share. .

Under the double blow of rising raw materials and strong dumping of Japanese products, the bosses of various industries in Hong Kong can only watch their products in Europe and the Middle East have their market shares taken away by Japanese companies.

Even if Hong Kong is now the shipowner of shipping, most of its cargo ships with enough displacement are rented by Japanese companies for transportation.

In the current market environment of Hong Kong, if you still do business in the existing industry, it is tantamount to entering the blood-red Hong Kong commercial market that has already been smashed naked, and the Chinese are robbing themselves of food and beating their own people. Even if you kill the red eye, you must bow your head in front of the big Chinese businessmen who dominate the industry, obediently follow the rules that the other party has customized for a long time, and the other party can easily lead the same industry to get rid of yourself.

This is the reason why Song Tianyao came to the library to read various economic books and periodicals. He wanted to be an industry that no one else has done in Hong Kong for the time being. It is useless to rely on thinking ahead. You must know if it is available in this period. Can the market be sold?

During this period of time, Song Tianyao basically listed all kinds of businesses that he could think of in Hong Kong that have not yet existed, but in the face of the embargo, they are basically not perfect, especially many low-cost raw materials must be backed by the mainland. In order to maximize the benefits.

Let Song Tianyao directly cultivate for two years, and wait for the embargo to end before planning his own future. He doesn't want to waste time in vain, so he can only read as much as possible the post-war world tycoon American business journals. Americans only need it. , Everything is not a problem.

For most of the businesses, the United States is supporting Japan. Song Tianyao only noticed a term mentioned in this English magazine after reading a book for nearly a month and a half, the Beat Generation.

The article said that after the Second World War, American youths have experienced unprecedented confusion. The United States is currently prospering in science and technology, industrialization, and urbanization are expanding, developing rapidly, and material life is constantly improving. However, more and more young Americans are beginning to think that the current rich life is boring, boring, meaningless, and even lost the foundation of faith and education. They began to express their rebellion against life with a lifestyle of escapism and depravity. They used a series of rebellious behaviors such as fancy clothes, tattoos, wigs, piercings, absenteeism, non-marital sex, smoking marijuana, etc. to challenge the traditional American life and Moral concepts began to prevail in the city of San Francisco, and this kind of rebellious behavior has gradually spread to many autonomous states in the United States.

Song Tianyao is completely uninterested in the text of this article on the evaluation of American social development. He only saw the three words “Beat Generation, Fancy Clothes and Wigs”. After a week of data investigation, he crossed out the word Fancy Clothes. Only the Beat generation remains, the two words wig.

Collect as much information as possible about the Beat generation in the United States. After combining the situation and the memory of his last life, Song Tianyao can determine that the Beat generation in the United States will not disappear as quickly as a meteor, but will follow the Cold War situation that follows. Severe, the outbreak of the Vietnam War, etc., continued to grow, and expanded to Europe and other countries, and maybe even the so-called punk in later generations should develop from this so-called beat generation.

He decided to make wigs and sell them to the United States to make money for Americans. At least in the past few years, he can do so and become a leading Hong Kong company in this emerging industry. He will set the industry rules. All those who want to join the game must Follow his rules, no matter how much money is invested.

After he has the status, he can make money in the industry, and at the same time, like the Chu family, the Cai family, or other big Chinese businessmen, like the tiger and the leopard who waits for their prey in a hurry, look for opportunities to intervene in other industries.

Even after deciding on this idea, Song Tianyao deliberately took her to Sincere Department Store, Daimaru Department Store, Lane Crawford Department Store and other major Hong Kong department stores when Meng Wanqing came to visit her, looking for wigs, and in the end, whether it was a wealthy local businessman. The Shinse Department Store, or the Japanese Daimaru Department Store, does not have such new decorations. Only Lane Crawford has the wigs that are now popular in the United States, and there are only two types of eight hair styles, one of which is made at present. France, which has the most complete wig production technology, sells a single wig at 1,700 Hong Kong dollars, and the other is produced in the United States, with a single wig priced at 1,400 Hong Kong dollars. And the raw material hair required for these two kinds of wigs all come from real hair.

"Hey, remember to put the leftover garbage in the trash can tomorrow." Anyway, there was no one in the library to read the book in the morning, and Kang Lixiu said loudly towards Song Tianyao who was looking through the notes.

Song Tianyao raised his head and said to Kang Lixiu, "I always throw it by myself. This time I leave it to you. I said that I will start looking for something to do tomorrow, I'm afraid you won't have the chance to lose it in the future."

"Really find something to do?" Kang Lixiu threw the carton into the trash can, walked to Song Tianyao and said, "Which big company to work for? How about the salary? Hello, why don't I invite you to drink a few drinks at night as a celebration?"

Song Tianyao smiled at Kang Lixiu: "It's not a job. I'm going to San Francisco to investigate a business. I will invite you tonight. I would like to thank you for your care during this time."

"America?" Kang Lixiu put his hand on Song Tianyao's forehead and touched it: "Isn't your forehead hot? Is your brain broken? I have known you for so long and you haven't changed a few clothes. Breakfast is milk bread. Inviting me to drink is a cheap side dish. Can you go to San Francisco? It is more reliable that I send you to the Xiaogan Mental Hospital."

"Believe it or not, then you can treat it as if I am going to the mental hospital to inspect the business. When I come back from the mental hospital, I will help you bring souvenirs." Song Tianyao stretched his waist and shook his neck and said, "Go to my place to drink in the evening. Two cups, remember to bring your girlfriend. My woman will come over tonight and have known me for so long, so that you can see my woman's cooking skills. By the way, let your girlfriend join her in apprenticeship and give some tips on cooking."

"You are not an adult? You have a girlfriend?" Kang Li corrected that when Song Tianyao must have had a brain problem today, an exhilarating shout had already rang from outside the library to the inside of the library with heavy footsteps. , The sound was so loud that echoes echoed in the empty and wide library:

"Secretary Song! Secretary Song! There is a big business!"

"Quiet! This is the library! You thought it was a tram stop! You don't know the row of characters, keep quiet in the library." Kang Lixiu immediately shouted at the visitors when he heard the noise.

Song Tianyao also called out at the same time: "I didn't want you to come to see me without permission, how far do you go? Go to the street!"

Shi Yehui, who wears black-rimmed glasses and is more like a cultural person than Kang Lixiu and Song Tianyao, has rushed in front of the two of them after they finished talking, panting and looking at Song Tianyao: "Secretary Song, there is a big business to do!"