Chapter 153 Cousin, how are you?

  Xiangyang Town, the reconstruction of the electric furnace factory has begun.

  Once the funds are in place, it is not difficult to rebuild the electric furnace factory. In 1988, it was not popular for migrant workers to go to cities to work. There was a large amount of surplus labor in the countryside. During the slack time in the farming, one dollar a day was given to take care of a meal. Some migrant workers rushed to work.

  The construction site is full of enthusiasm. Although there is no construction machinery, even the cement and cement rely on labor, but the progress of the project has not been delayed at all.

  At noon, the pork and cabbage stewed vermicelli is the only dish that is filled with white-flowered pork fat, which is very shiny. The rice is steamed buns with white flour, and there is no limit. You can eat as much as you want.

  For the migrant workers at the time, this was already a top-notch lunch. A bowl of pork and cabbage stewed vermicelli, dipped in steamed buns, bite down, and the mouthful of oily water is delicious!

  In the big bamboo basket, there are white flour buns. A simple and honest man in his forties is instructing to put the rice.

  Li Weidong came from the side, handed a whole box of cigarettes to the hand of the honest man, and said, "Director Ma, is it okay today?"

   "Director Li, I have said it many times, don't call me the director of the horse, just call me the old horse." The man said.

  "That's OK, old horse!" Li Weidong pointed to the big blue bird in the distance, and then said: "I've got something for you, put it in the car, let's go and get it together!"

  The old horse's name is Ma Zhongyi, and he is the original director of the Xiangyang Town Electric Furnace Factory. After the electric furnace plant suffered a fire, the entire plant was gone, and Ma Zhongyi lost his qualification as the director.

  Now that Li Weidong wants to rebuild the electric furnace factory, he naturally needs a person familiar with the environment, so Li Weidong invited Ma Zhongyi back to work as a supervisor on the construction site.

  Ma Zhongyi can be regarded as the head snake of Xiangyang Town, not only in Xiangyang Town, but also in the villages under Xiangyang Town.

  Let’s take the matter of rebuilding the electric furnace factory. Ma Zhongyi can call the migrant worker No. 100 at will, so it is most appropriate to leave the reconstruction of the electric furnace factory to Ma Zhongyi.

  Li Weidong called Ma Zhongyi to the front of the car, took out a box of white wine from the trunk, and then said: "Lao Ma, take this wine back to drink."

   "Director Li, this can't be done, how can I ask you for something!" Ma Zhongyi shook his head.

   "You watched on the construction site all day, and it was very hard. Take this wine back and drink a few glasses in the evening to relieve fatigue." Li Weidong said.

"I should stay on the construction site, I am not afraid of hard work!" Ma Zhongyi sighed: "This electric furnace factory was caught in a fire, and I was also responsible for the factory director. The town did not hold me accountable. Thank God already. But the jobs of the 200-odd workers in the factory have been broken! I am thinking about rebuilding the electric furnace factory as soon as possible so that the 200-odd workers can have jobs and not go home to farm. ."

"Lao Ma, you have to relax a little bit, don't get tired, and when the factory is rebuilt, I have to count on you to be my deputy director!" Li Weidong smiled, and then said, "This is actually the case. , I have to go to the far door in the past two days, and it will take more than ten days to come back. During the time I am away, the electric furnace factory will hand you over."

   "Director Li, don't worry, I am watching here every day to ensure that the project can be completed with quality and quantity! Maybe when you come back, the factory will be built." Ma Zhongyi said.

Li Weidong handed a briefcase he carried to Ma Zhongyi's hand, and then said: "Lao Ma, there is 30,000 yuan in it. You should keep it first. If there is a place where money is needed on the construction site, use it first. This money."

   "So much money, I dare not take it." Ma Zhongyi refused.

"Lao Ma, if I give you this money, I can trust you. Besides, it took me ten and a half days to go out this trip. In case you have money, you can use this money as an emergency to avoid delays. The progress of the project has been reached." Li Weidong said.

  Ma Zhongyi hesitated, and finally accepted the briefcase: “That’s OK, I’ll take this money first, don’t worry, I will not spend this money indiscriminately, and I will repay you when you come back!”

  Li Weidong didn’t really trust Ma Zhongyi. He gave the money to Ma Zhongyi because there was no one under him temporarily, but he wanted to use the 30,000 yuan to test whether Ma Zhongyi was worthy of trust.

  Now Li Weidong is about to start his own business, and he needs to build his own team. Ma Zhongyi is a good candidate.

  As the former director of an electric furnace factory, Ma Zhongyi has experience in managing enterprises, and he is also a local snake in Xiangyang Town. For Li Weidong at this stage, Ma Zhongyi is a suitable person to set up a team.

   handed over the work of the construction site to Ma Zhongyi, and Li Weidong went home to pack his luggage.

  Li Weidong does have to go out far away, his destination is Hong Kong Island.

  With the invitation letter from Chen Jiade, Li Weidong's entry procedures went through smoothly. Next, Li Weidong plans to go to Hong Kong Island to register the patent for the air fryer.

  Li Weidong did not choose to enter Hong Kong Island by land, but booked a direct flight from East Island to Hong Kong Island.

  Because if you enter Hong Kong Island by land, you definitely need to go through the SAR. At that time, you had to apply for a pass to enter the SAR. For Li Weidong, it was not as convenient as a direct flight.

  At that time, it was difficult to find a direct flight ticket from the Mainland to Hong Kong Island. Li Weidong found the relationship with the Foreign Economic and Trade Department before buying a ticket to Hong Kong Island.

  At the end of the 1980s, China’s main aircraft on international routes was McDonnell Douglas 82, and Airbus A300 was rare. At this time, Air China’s free Moutai has also been cancelled, so Li Weidong did not drink Moutai, but instead ate a few pieces of dark chocolate on the plane. The cocoa flavor was thick and the taste was pretty good.

  After arriving on Hong Kong Island, Li Weidong did not look for a place to live, nor did he go to the Donald Law Firm. Instead, he called a taxi and went straight to Fuji Bank.

  Li Weidong only carried a few hundred dollars of foreign exchange, and he still exchanged it on the black market. After all, in 1988, it was quite difficult to get some foreign exchange.

  This little money is not enough to spend, so Li Weidong first went to Fuji Bank to convert the 15 million yen into Hong Kong dollars.

  The 10 million yen that Li Weidong pledged to the bank had already been redeemed by him.

  Currently, clothing is a foreign exchange earning enterprise. If you want to take a loan, you don’t need a mortgage at all. You can borrow several million yuan with the identity of an export earning enterprise.

  In the 25 million yen from Tianfeng Company that year, 10 million of which was taken by Li Weidong to buy imported knitting machines, and the remaining 15 million yen has been rising in value. In 1988, one U.S. dollar could be exchanged for more than 120 yen, and Li Weidong’s 15 million yen could also be exchanged for more than 120,000 U.S. dollars.

  The Hong Kong dollar is closely focused on the exchange rate of the US dollar. The fluctuation range of one US dollar to the Hong Kong dollar is 7.75 to 7.85. Based on the median price of 7.80, Li Weidong’s 15 million yen can be exchanged for approximately 950,000 Hong Kong dollars.

  For Hong Kong people at that time, 950,000 Hong Kong dollars was also a huge sum. In 1988, the per capita monthly income on Hong Kong Island was more than 3,000 Hong Kong dollars. For ordinary people, millionaires were out of reach.

  With more than 900,000 Hong Kong dollars, Li Weidong felt his waist straightened a lot, called a taxi, and said in half-baked Cantonese: "Go to the Regent Hotel."

  In his previous life, Li Weidong traveled north and south to do business, and he could understand the dialects of various places. Take Cantonese, for example, as long as the other party doesn't speak too fast, Li Weidong can understand it, but it is a little troublesome to speak.

  For most northerners, proficiency in Cantonese is not easy. The pronunciation is probably like the phrase "I am a **** slag Hui, if you are a brother, come to chew me".

  The taxi driver started the car, and while driving, he was chatting on the walkie-talkie.

  "See you in the ice room later..."

   "Wait until after the shift..."

   "I pulled a cousin in the car, let's not talk about it..."

  The driver did not speak very loudly and spoke very fast. Li Weidong could only understand a few words intermittently.

  After a while, the driver stopped the car into a chaotic downtown area.

  "Here! Fifteen and a half dollars!" The driver turned around and asked for money.

  Li Weidong looked out the window, thinking that the Regent Hotel should not be in such a chaotic area.

  "Which direction is the Regent Hotel?" Li Weidong asked in rusty Cantonese.

   "It's there!" The driver pointed to the side of the road.

Li Weidong looked in the direction the driver was pointing, and first saw a roadside shop selling dry goods. There was red paper with half price of ginseng pasted on the wall. Next to it was a corridor. There was a shabby sign on the corridor that said " Lijing Hotel, please go to the second floor.

  "How does this look like a place for major health care!" Li Weidong looked at the driver awkwardly, and then said: "Are you going to the wrong place? This doesn't seem to be the Regent Hotel."

   "Yes, many of your cousins ​​from mainland China live here." The driver said.

  In the 1980s, Hong Kong people liked to call mainlanders "cousins." This title naturally contained some ridicule, rejection, and some fear. And many "uncle cousins" are indeed unscrupulous, always looking for some special places to try local products.

Li Weidong looked helpless, he took out one hundred Hong Kong dollars from his wallet, handed it to the driver, and then said: "I am going to not the Regent Hotel, but the Regent Hotel, the five-star one, and the rest is yours. tip!"

  The driver saw one hundred Hong Kong dollars, and his eyes flashed. He took the Hong Kong dollars in one hand, and then stretched out his big finger: "Cousin, how are you!"

  ……

  The next day, Li Weidong came to Donald Law Firm.

  With the experience of taking a taxi, Li Weidong simply stopped showing his half-baked Cantonese. After all, as soon as this half-baked Cantonese was exported, people would know that he was from the mainland, and there might be some jokes.

  At the front desk of Donald Law Firm, Li Weidong said directly in English: "I'm looking for Mr. Zheng."

  The young lady at the front desk was taken aback, as if she had heard something inexplicable, and then he confirmed in English: "Sir, are you looking for Libby?"

   "I don't know his English name, I only know his Chinese name is Zheng Jianan." Li Weidong said, and took out the note written by Chen Jiade.

  The young lady at the front desk confirmed her name and asked, "Sir, how should I call you?"

   "My name is Li." Li Weidong replied.

  The young lady at the front desk picked up the phone, dialed a number, and said; "Libby, there is a Mr. Li looking for you."

  The young lady at the front desk whispered a few more words, then put down the phone, smiled politely at Li Weidong, and said in English: "Sir, please follow me."

  Li Weidong followed the lady at the front desk, walked to the office with a piece of money, and knocked on the door.

  "Please come in." A woman's voice sounded from the room.

  The young lady at the front desk opened the door and said, "Libby, this gentleman wants to see you."

  Li Weidong also walked into the room, and saw a mixed-race beauty sitting behind the desk!

  Li Weidong realized instantly that he seemed to have an oolong.

   "Look at me, this bad luck reminder. I thought that speaking English would be smoother, but it was still a joke. I also said that I was looking for Mr. Zheng. Zheng Jianan turned out to be a woman!"

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