Chapter 55 old rich hong kong

old rich hong kong Feng Tang The boss of my consulting company, less than fifty, with white beard and hair, said that he has been consulting in Hong Kong for more than 20 years, working an average of 70 hours a week, and needs to rest for half a year, check his time, and wait for his own soul Catch up with your own body and see if you will be choked by memories.I asked where to rest, and he said to go to Australia, which is completely different from Hong Kong, where the sky is high and the earth is far away, and there is no human habitation.I said, okay, let's have a meal together before leaving Hong Kong.

In order to leave a good impression on the boss, the secretary suggested to go to a French dish called Spoon on the second floor of the Intercontinental Hotel in Kowloon, with floor-to-ceiling glass windows, the sea is outside the window, and Victoria Harbor is opposite the sea.It starts at 7:30 in the evening. The scenery is much better than the dishes. The external temperament of the dishes is much stronger than the internal taste. Basically, it is for the eyes to eat.Looking towards Hong Kong Island from the floor-to-ceiling glass windows, the north side of Victoria Peak, from east to west, along the narrow hillside and reclamation area, are full of tall buildings: International Finance Center Phase II and Phase I, Exchange Square, Bank of China Tower, Yangtze River Center , Pacific Place, etc., look higher than Victoria Peak in the background.The sky is already dark, the sea water is like sapphire, and the eyes can still distinguish the ups and downs and translucency. The Taiping Mountain is like black jade. The lights of various tall buildings are on, with different colors. Gemstones and diamonds of various colors on the table.From the Star Ferry Pier in Kowloon, ferries frequently leave for the Central Pier on Hong Kong Island, and the lights on the ferry are also on, like scattered beads to add to the icing on Mo Yushanzi.

At my strong request, the boss sat in a seat facing the sea, and I sat facing him. At 8:30, fireworks began to be set off in Victoria Harbour.Moyushanzi seemed to be unable to hold the many sparkling gemstones, and began to spew into the sky, and then slowly fell under the action of gravity, and the night sky became equally bright and sparkling in a few seconds.The boss strongly urged me to sit with him on the seat facing Victoria Harbour. The fireworks were even louder. Everyone around put down their knives and forks and stopped chewing. I found that they were basically couples in pairs. The history is different, the eye color is different, and under the reflection of the fireworks, they are all shining brightly, like gemstones and diamonds of various colors.My phone vibrated, and I received a text message: Tonight, Qixi Festival, what are you doing, heartless?No drinking, no evil eyes, no casual chatting with pretty girls.The night was getting darker, the lights in the restaurant were dimmed, and the couples of young men and women around us began to rub each other, and their necks began to entwine and circle each other like swimming birds.The boss and I sat upright, looking out the window, the scenery outside the window is so beautiful.

"Today is Chinese Valentine's Day, Chinese Valentine's Day. If it weren't for the huge age difference between us, we would probably be regarded as gay by the people around us." I said, helping the big guys who don't understand Chinese understand why there are so many pairs of young men and women around, and when the fireworks start , Why do little men and women strive to stretch their necks and become swimming birds. "Oh." The boss continued to look out the window, "Hong Kong is indeed a beautiful city, it's just in decline." "I can't see it. This restaurant is so expensive, and there are so many people. It's almost full."

"In the early 1990s, the window seat of this restaurant had to be reserved a month in advance, and the table would be turned over three times every night." Thinking about it carefully, what the boss said is right. Hong Kong has indeed been rich, suddenly rich, and rich. The city is luxurious, exquisite, efficient, and orderly. Hong Kong Island is a hill rising above sea level in the South China Sea.The places that can be picked up and pounded are planted with tall buildings like terraced fields.When the environmental assessment can be passed and the public's opposition can be quelled, the sea is filled and then tall buildings are planted.The area between Hong Kong Island and Kowloon is no longer the sea, but a river that cannot be considered very wide. Going out to sea by cruise ship is not called going to sea in the local area, but a cruise river.If we work harder and fill in the sea, Kowloon and Hong Kong will be connected, the river will become an underground river, and people and cars will no longer need to travel by boat or through tunnels.From the liberation of New China to before the reform and opening up, in the past 30 years, Hong Kong was the only gateway to the outside world in a huge China. Even if it is crowded again, the forces of hot money and hot money will continue to squeeze in this tiny place. There is a place on Queen's Road. The place where you pee and brush your teeth is like a young boy who is only allowed to have pimples on the tip of the nose in a square centimeter. It is difficult to think that the tip of the nose is not as ripe and shiny as pearls.It is the uniqueness of this historical condition, coupled with the legal system and English-speaking labor force created by the British Empire for a hundred years of colonization, in the past 30 years, Hong Kong has been pushed from a small British barracks and supply station to the world's No. A large port, the third largest financial center, and the third most expensive metropolis.

Since the land is rare, it was built with care.The completed high-rise building is like a Montblanc pen made in Germany. When you look closely, every detail is carefully taken care of, and every inch of land is squeezed out by top architects with the best technology and craftsmanship at that time. effect.Due to the high density of high-rise buildings, the corridors between the high-rise buildings are connected, and all people and vehicles are diverted. In 80% of the cases, business meetings can be reached on foot without a car, and there is no need to use an umbrella in thunder or rain.Because of the density, you can often bump into celebrities and feel like you are living in a boiling life.In less than a year, I ran into Zhou Xingchi twice while catching a plane at the airport. He was wearing sunglasses and a linen shirt. His body was as thin as a hairless chicken, and his expression showed the face of early depression.I bumped into Jackie Chan twice while having morning tea or lunch at the hotel, and I sat next door, talking with some foreigners, in a white casual suit, beige trousers, and a flower for fifty men.I was withdrawing some cash from the ATM machine downstairs at the headquarters of HSBC. I caught a glimpse of Stanley Ho's Rolls-Royce with the license plate HK 1 turning right on the side road towards Queen's Road Central. He was sitting behind the driver, on the right hand side It should be the bodyguard, the bodyguard wears gold-rimmed glasses, there is no flesh on his face, and there is a little gentleness between his brows.A few tens of meters away from the headquarters building of HSBC Bank is the Oriental Mandarin Hotel, where there are delicious cakes and chocolates. On the night of April Fool’s Day that year, I think many people must have seen it falling from the hotel like falling flowers. Leslie Cheung.Although the tall buildings are impenetrable, the reserved places for people to relax physically and mentally cannot be violated.Among the high-rise buildings, there is a free public sports field and a garden in the middle of the street and a children's playground like a bonsai.Take a taxi for 5 minutes, and the well-protected and well-equipped Taiping Mountains will open three or four mountaineering entrances, waiting for people to climb and sweat to reduce their belly.Three or four stops by subway is the yacht marina in Causeway Bay. It takes less than half an hour to go out by yacht to the uninhabited outlying islands and the vast Pacific Ocean.I have never seen this kind of intensive convenience anywhere else in the world.

The people have some money, eat, drink, prostitute and gamble.After food and clothing, and some money, buy a house and a car. Mercedes-Benz cars on the streets of Hong Kong are as common as Santanas on the streets of Shanghai.One person has two cars, and some money to buy art and antiques.Although it was not the prime time, Christie held a preview of the autumn auction at the Hong Kong Island Convention and Exhibition Center, and there was still a lot of people. The little old men had elegant expressions, their thinning white hair was combed neatly, and the little old ladies put on a little makeup and their muscles were atrophied. On her wrist, Laokeng's jadeite bracelet, the color of water is so thick that the entire little hand wearing the bracelet is faintly emerald.There is no need to pay any deposit or provide any certificates. Everyone can get started with any auction item. Even if it is Kangxi's suet white jade seal, you can ask the waiter to take it out of the glass cabinet and put your hand on the jade seal. On the top of the carved dragon, eyes slightly closed, vaguely felt that Kangxi's hand was still on it just now, and the residual warmth was still there.A little south of Queen's Road Central is Hollywood Road.The 2,000-meter-long small street is lined with antique shops, calligraphy, painting, porcelain, furniture, and jade.Most of the shopkeepers are men, with different ages, ranging from thirty to seventy years old.The business of antiques has been cheating since ancient times, so in a trance, this street is a two-kilometer river and lake. In fact, every shopkeeper is a master of swordsmanship. You crack or bleed.After a trick, I picked out a few new and old jades that could be faked, and said, "These are wrong", and said, in the Beijing Antique City, I often drink tea with Xiaocui from Hebei, Acai from Guangdong, and Dazhang from Henan. The shopkeeper's murderous intent gradually faded away. He made me a cup of aged Pu'er and asked me whether I was doing business or collecting.The shop owner looked at the Taiping Mountain not far away, and said, I have passed too many good things in my hands. I have gone to Taiwan, the United States and Europe, and I have gone to the middle of the Taiping Mountain and the mansion on the top of the mountain. "Sometimes I feel sorry for my ancestors, but I also think that there is fate and doom in it. Is it really better to stay in China than to put it in the Metropolitan Museum? Can I escape the Cultural Revolution if I stay in China? Can I escape corrupt officials?" I have been to the apartment of an old collector in Mid-Levels. The houses built by the colonial government for government officials in the early days are not at all the acrimonious and cramped buildings that are commonly seen in Hong Kong.The appearance of the apartment is dilapidated, but it is tall and clean, with dense vegetation. When entering the house, the old collector wears a cotton round-neck shirt and big pants, turns off the headlights in the living room, and turns on the surrounding spotlights, and the house becomes a museum: visit Jingzhou imitation There are more than a dozen of Shi Dabin's purple sand pots, and there are four or five round jade beasts and jade figures in the Shang Dynasty. The jade species, knife workmanship, and color are all good. There is only one thing.The old man said that the highest state of antiquity is not possession, but temporary acquisition. People who play antiquity are cashiers, and they only deal with them. Therefore, it is better to have good eyesight than to have a treasure. When the eyes see it, the heart is slightly drunk.The old man also said that there are still some good things stored in the safe in the basement of the HSBC Bank headquarters before the fate comes, and this time I can't see them.

After getting rich, Hong Kong indulged the spirit.In Hong Kong with a population of 6 million, there is Li Bihua who writes. In terms of writing alone, in the mainland with a population of 1.3 billion, how many people are more vivid and enchanting than her?There is Wang Jing who made the film. After a tiring day, who would abandon the vulgar Wang Jing to watch Zhang Yimou, who is fake art and really kitsch?Who can write the history of modern Chinese culture without mentioning Zhou Xingchi?There is also Tony Leung, who has a pair of small eyes full of peach blossoms, Huang Qiusheng, who is full of drama and gossip, and Wong Kar-wai, who arranged for Tony Leung to touch all the female movie stars I want to touch in the movie "2046".Thirty years of wealth is not enough for Hong Kong to produce masters. When Wang Jing was young, they were all villains in Temple Street. They didn’t even know that there are three hundred poems, but it is enough for Hong Kong to produce a generosity of art and connivance for talented teenagers. .

In the early 1980s, after the reform and opening up, Hong Kong was no longer unique and began to decline. Hong Kong is too crowded. I walk on the sidewalks of Hong Kong Island. If I am in a hurry and want to go faster, I often feel like I am driving a Grand Cherokee beyond the second ring road in Beijing. I have to dodge and turn left and right Chong, nagging loudly "Don't do it (meaning I'm sorry in Cantonese), don't do it", hurried on.Once, I walked across a sidewalk in Hong Kong, and a dry goods and seafood shop next to the sidewalk was setting up bamboo scaffolding to repair the storefront.I was dragging a small trolley case that I didn’t need to check in on the plane, and a big man walked up to me. I said “it’s not right”, he probably didn’t understand, anyway, he didn’t turn sideways to give me a little space, I could only dodge in motion, The wheels of the trolley case swept over the bamboo poles of the scaffolding, and a voice suddenly screamed "Be careful, you're going to kill me." I looked up and saw an old man holding the bamboo poles tightly with both hands and legs. Shake, like overripe ginseng fruit about to fall.

Hong Kong is really too expensive. Similarly, Donglaishun, Shenzhen Shekou has 60 varieties of all-you-can-eat, all-you-can-eat drinks, lunch is 28 yuan per person, and Hong Kong Kowloon 281 people can hardly eat 80% full.Standing on the Nanshan Mountain and looking at Shekou Port, there are rows of brand-new shore-based bridge cranes in front of you.It is close to the industrial hinterland of the Pearl River Delta where containers are produced, and there is no need to pass through the gateway between Shenzhen and Hong Kong. The loading and unloading rate is half as low. It is only a matter of time before Shenzhen Port surpasses Hong Kong Port.After the parents of several Hong Kong natives retired, they decided to immigrate to Shenzhen after completing the Canadian immigration process.Canada is still cold, and besides growing some marijuana in your yard in spring and smoking it slowly in winter, what other spiritual life can there be?For the price of buying a bowl of porridge in Hong Kong, order two dishes and one soup in Shenzhen, and for the price of massaging a toe in Hong Kong, spend three minutes in Shenzhen to deliver a fruit plate.The owner of an antique shop on Hollywood Road said that nowadays, the members of the Hong Kong collectors group Min Qiu Jing She are dying, and no new ones are growing up. Now the largest antique market is in Beijing, and the strongest purchasing power is in Beijing and Zhejiang. It is better to open in Beijing. There is a branch store, the old store in Hong Kong is kept, and it specializes in ghost imitation handicrafts, and there is also a support for the new store in Beijing, and occasionally launders dirty money.

At nine o'clock in the evening, the fireworks in Victoria Harbor were over, and the boss and I left the French restaurant called Spoon and took the ferry back to Hong Kong Island. I said that despite the decline, Hong Kong still has complete law and order, and Shenzhen has the hand-chopping gang. Speeding gangs are popular in Guangzhou. Two rotten boys and one motorcycle. One person is responsible for driving and cutting off the belt of the purse, while the other is responsible for taking away the purse. The police recently innovated in technology and launched a hook gun similar to that of the Yue Family Army in the Song Dynasty and Emperor Yongzheng in the Qing Dynasty. Blood Droplet, I don't know if he can subdue the speeding gang.I said, how about it, boss, you have accumulated some money anyway, you don’t collect antiques, and you don’t have a mistress, why don’t you buy a mansion on the top of Victoria Peak, when you go to Australia to think about life, I will help you look at the house, no charge cost.