MTL - Reborn Capital Tycoon-Chapter 4 tram

  Chapter 4 Tram

   After getting off the boat, Chen Yi rushed to the station as soon as possible, found the tram to Causeway Bay, and asked the driver where he was leaving.

  There were not many people on the bus, and the driver casually said the time, but ignored Chen Yi and the two. On weekdays, there were not many people traveling from Shau Kei Wan to Causeway Bay. If it was not the rush hour, the tram would not leave on time.

   Seeing that the car was not going so fast, Chen Yi took Haozi to find a seat in the car, and was going to take a rest before talking.

   "Haozi, take this money." Chen Yi took out a Hong Kong dollar with a face value of 50 yuan from his wallet, and handed it to Haozi.

"Brother Yi, why are you giving me so much money? I have money with me." As he spoke, Haozi put his hand into his pocket, but he didn't take it out, because he only had a few Hong Kong dollars worth two yuan in his pocket. This is what he asked for at home when he came out.

Chen Yi ignored his words, put the money into Haozi's hand, and said, "I told you to take it, and you can take it. You can go to your cousin later, you can't just go to someone's house without taking anything with you." Bar."

   "When the time comes, you can buy something and take it to your cousin's house. By the way, ask me about what I explained. Do you understand?"

   Haozi murmured: "I don't need so much money anywhere. When I go there later, I can just buy them a few catties of fruit on the way."

   Seeing him like this, Chen Yi patted him on the shoulder and said: "Haozi, be more open-minded, and when my work is done, you brother Yi will lead you to earn a lot of money."

  In the 1970s, although Xiangjiang’s economy had begun to develop rapidly, the average salary of people was only about 600 to 700 yuan, and it was only a few cents to buy a bottle of soda these days.

  The labor cost of Xiangjiang rose sharply in the 1980s and 1990s, and the 1970s was just the beginning. At this time, Xiangjiang’s economic development mainly relied on demographic dividends. The cheap labor force made Xiangjiang receive a large number of low-end industries from Europe and the United States.

   These days, with tens of thousands of dollars, dozens of people can be recruited to set up a small factory and start a company. It is very simple to open a company in Xiangjiang. You only need to spend a little money and register the company name.

  Compared with other places, the procedures are simple, convenient and not cumbersome.

However, now that Chen Yi is asked to give out ten thousand yuan, he is not capable, and one thousand yuan is no problem. Previously, with his excellent grades, he was ranked among the top three in the school, and the school rewarded him with more than one thousand yuan. Chen's father and Chen's mother did not take the money, but let him decide how to use it.

Fifty yuan is already a lot in Haozi's eyes, but it is nothing in Chen Yi's eyes. It's just that he is almost running out of the previous one thousand yuan. not come.

  After waiting for about half an hour, the seats in the car were almost full. Seeing that the car was about to leave, Haozi got up from his seat, "Brother Yi, the car is about to leave, so I'll get off first."

  Chen Yi nodded and said: "Go, be careful on the road."

  Hiroko responded and got out of the car through the back door.

  Chen Yi was at the window, looking at Haozi standing beside the car, suddenly thought of something, and said, "Haozi, remember to come to my house for dinner tonight."

   Haozi said: "Understood, Brother Yi, you should also pay attention on the road, if you need anything, you can find Mingzai, he is in Causeway Bay."

  When Chen Yi heard the name 'Ming Tsai', he smiled wryly and nodded.

  The Ming Tsai mentioned by Haozi is also one of Chen Yi's former friends, but compared to Haozi, Mingzai has joined the club and become a gangster because of his personality, regardless of his family's opposition.

Although Brother Haonan and Pheasant were not well-known at this time, the underworld forces in Xiangjiang were much more rampant than in later generations, especially now that the four major detectives have not stepped down, but they are coming soon. Chen Yi, who is familiar with Xiangjiang culture, knows clearly Xiangjiang will establish the famous ICAC no later than next year.

  After the establishment of the ICAC, the public security problem in Xiangjiang will be well resolved. At that time, I don’t know how many people will be arrested in the famous Stanley Prison.

  Although the problem of the underworld in Xiangjiang cannot be completely resolved until Xiangjiang returns, this does not hinder Chen Yi's overall impression of Xiangjiang.

Those fights and killings are more or less attractive to people of Chen Yi's age, but Chen Yi will definitely not be so stupid as to get involved in gangsters, nor will he let the people around him go On that road, he has already thought about it, as long as he starts here, he will find a way to fish out that little friend of Ming Zai, so as to prevent him from going down the road of no return in the future.

   The distance from Shau Kei Wan to Causeway Bay is not too far. After two or three stops, the number of people on the bus gradually increased. For some reason, there was no one sitting next to Chen Yi.

   However, Chen Yi, who was deep in thought, didn't notice this. While looking at the scenery along the way, he compared the Xiangjiang of this era with the inland of later generations.

   This is not the first time he has been to Xiangjiang Island, but every time he comes here, Chen Yi feels like living in a third- and fourth-tier city in later generations.

Xiangjiang Island is the earliest developed area in Xiangjiang. Most of the buildings in Xiangjiang have been completely modernized. Most of the buildings in Xiangjiang are a combination of Chinese and Western. They are deeply influenced by the West. The overall development is not much different from the third and fourth inland cities decades later. difference.

As for Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, the current Xiangjiang is definitely not comparable to the first-tier inland cities decades later. When the economy of Xiangjiang exploded in the 1980s and 1990s, Xiangjiang at that time was comparable to the first-tier inland cities decades later in all aspects. about there.

  In general, it is an undeniable fact that the modernization of Xiangjiang was several decades ahead of the inland areas.

   It's just that after entering the 21st century, the inland of the later generations has completely exploded its potential, and the infrastructure construction has sped up like a madman.

  In addition, after entering the 21st century, Xiangjiang began to stagnate in all aspects, which led to the situation that after more than ten years, the inland first-tier cities gradually caught up with Xiangjiang.

  Later Xiangjiang’s economy stagnated, and many people blamed it on high housing prices, feeling that high housing prices limited the overall development of Xiangjiang.

   It is undeniable that high housing prices have indeed restricted the overall development of Xiangjiang to a certain extent, but don’t forget that high housing prices are a common problem in most first-tier cities.

  In the inland areas where the economy developed in later generations, housing prices in not only first-tier cities, but also second- and third-tier cities are ridiculously high.

   Therefore, high housing prices restrict economic development, which can only be regarded as one of the reasons, and the problem cannot be completely attributed to high housing prices.

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  (end of this chapter)