Hong Kong Comprehensive: Who said that those who practice martial arts have no money?

Chapter 34
Actually, seriously.

The north-south direction is not simply to guide the goods to the north, but to guide the ocean from the south, and to look north to China.

It is worth mentioning that today's Nanhang mainly serves Chinese compatriots, because most of the traders in Nanyang during this period were Chinese.

As for the formation of the north-south line.

That's because 90.00% of the new immigrants who came in the early days were poor people from the mainland, and most of them had no life skills.

But have backbone!

Instead of relying on foreigners to poison the compatriots with opium, they chose to engage in small business and trade, which gradually developed into the current North-South Tour.

Since 1870, the tax paid by the North-South Railway has accounted for nearly [-]% of the tax revenue of the entire Hong Kong Island.

It is the same as the real estate in the previous life, a proper pillar industry.

Therefore, without north-south traffic, there would be no Hong Kong Island.

Until the end of World War II, Western countries implemented an embargo on the mainland and restricted the export of goods from China to Hong Kong, resulting in the gradual decline of north-south travel.

However, as the earliest Chinese-funded entrepot trade house, it is still prosperous even after 60 years.

On the crowded Bonham Street, the lively voices can be heard far away.

The seafood groceries, local specialties, Chinese medicine shops, and businesses on both sides are even more overwhelming.

Li An went in and out of several businesses, and finally stopped at the door of a car dealership.

When you walk into this car dealership with a store area of ​​less than [-] square meters, the first thing that catches your eye is the four characters "Tongchang Car Dealer".

On both sides are all kinds of brand-new bicycles, tricycles, and rickshaws, and the air is filled with the pungent smell of lubricating butter.

"What do you want?"

As soon as Li An entered the door, he was wearing a blue-gray gown in front of the counter, and the boss in his forties warmly greeted him.

"A bicycle that can carry cargo."

Along the way, I entered several car dealerships, which were full of fancy foreign brands, and many of them didn't even have a back seat for a passenger.So now when Li An walks in, he directly asks the boss straight to the point.

"Then you've come to the right place when you come to our Dachang car dealership."

Hearing this, the boss had a smile on his face and led Li An to the right hand side where the rickshaw was displayed.

Bypass the rickshaw and point to a row of bicycles behind.

"This is the latest bicycle from our head office on the mainland. The wheels are 28 inches. It is mainly used by troops and companies, so the structure is very strong. The design load is [-] kilograms or more. Generally, you only need to pull [-] kilograms. There is no problem with the goods.”

The boss glanced at Li An imperceptibly, seeing that he seemed interested, and continued:
"These bicycles are just to open up the market here and in Nanyang. They are only sold in our branches. Of course, the key is that their price is only half the price of other brands of bicycles."

Li An looked at the memorable [-] bars in front of him, and asked, "How much?"

"Twenty dollars."

The boss responded with a smile.

Near noon, Li An visited several grocery stores before riding his bicycle back to the dock with a large push of miscellaneous things.

San Jiangshui, who was holding a pocketbook from a distance, came over.

He circled the bicycle twice and clicked his tongue:
"Yo! I even bought a new car."

Li An pushed the bicycle with both hands and stopped: "It's for Ah Xin to purchase goods."

Sanjiang Shui laughed twice and signaled to the pergola not far away:
"Ah Xin will be waiting for you when the newspapers are sold out in the morning. Go over first, and I'll come back after I buy something to eat."

"Bring some to Ah Xin by the way."

Li An said something and pushed the bicycle towards the pergola.

"Ange!"

Ah Xin, who was originally sitting, quickly stepped forward to lend a hand.

"Ah."

Li An nodded in response.

While unloading, he said:
"The newspaper stalls will be open tomorrow, so you don't need to go get newspapers for sale at noon. You go directly to Yau Ma Tei and Mong Kok to get two issues of magazines and tabloids. These are not time-sensitive like newspapers, so you can get more at a time. With so many crew members, we don’t have to worry about selling out.”

Ah Xin scratched his head, looked at the parked bicycle, and said with some embarrassment:

“If it’s too much, you’ll have to use a bicycle.”

Li An saw the other person's thoughts and smiled: "Take it and use it. It was originally bought for you to use for restocking."

"Thank you Ange."

A gleam of joy flashed in Ah Xin's eyes.

He had gone to the car dealership to ask about the price before, but he had been reluctant to buy it because of the price.

"Also, it's not just newspapers and magazines. You also need to bring back some cigarettes and soda drinks today."

"it is good."

As Xin said, he was about to leave on his bicycle.

But he was stopped by Li An: "Why are you panicking? Go after eating."

After sitting and resting for a while, Sanjiang Shui came back calmly carrying the food box.

After dinner.

Ah Xin put down the bowls and chopsticks and said: "Brother Shui, Brother An, I'm going to do my work first."

"Hey, wait a minute."

Li An called to stop the rushing Ah Xin, took out a Hong Kong dollar from his pocket and handed it to him:
"You haven't taken any money, how can you get the goods?"

Ah Xin took the money and smiled shyly.

"Be careful on the road."

"I know."

Ah Xin replied, pushing the bicycle and leaving quickly.

He didn't resist the job of handling the filing for Ang Li, but was very happy.

Because the salary is enough, which is more than that of his own newspaper boy, and he doesn't need to be exposed to the wind and the sun.

The key thing is that if he makes a lot of money by filing a file, he can also get a dividend of [-]% of the profit.

He has done his own calculations, as long as he does his best to manage the filing well, the dividends he gets will definitely be much more than his salary.

After Li An put away the dishes, he chatted with Sanjiang Shui for a few words.

After resting for two cups of tea, he left the pergola.

Because it will open early tomorrow morning, he has to set up the stall before finishing work in the afternoon.

However, Wu Shihao and his brothers still had to help.

In fact, setting up a stall is very simple

Use the ready-made wooden boards on the wharf to build a simple shelf, fix it at the stall opening, and then put on a thick waterproof rain cloth to prevent rain and shade, and pull the wires to form a simple newspaper stall.

As for the goods, they can be placed in the warehouse at the dock.

Early the next morning.

As soon as the dawn broke, Li An came to the pier early.

From a long distance away, I saw that the lights of my newspaper had been turned on.

Approach the filing.

Under the white light, Ah Xin leads a young man who is sitting on a low stool and sorting newspapers.

Hearing footsteps, the two raised their heads, saw that it was Li An, and quickly shouted:

"Ange!"

Li An nodded, signaling for the two to get busy first.

His eyes scanned the small newspaper stall.

The organized newspapers were neatly placed on the wooden table in front of the booth.The newspaper of the day is placed at the front, followed by some tabloids and magazines similar to Jade Girl Classic and Mo Hua.

The smoke box is also placed prominently on the right hand side.

There are whole boxes of soda on the ground, stacked one on top of the other.

Considering that this is a freight terminal, the sodas they took were all the comfort sodas from the water room, mainly because they were cheap, only selling for fifteen cents.

After all, most of the workers on the dock are reluctant to drink imported Coke.

As the sky brightens.

There are also people coming and going in front of the newsstand near the pier.

The coolies who came to work were surprised by the newly opened newspaper stalls. Many workers also stopped and spent a few cents to buy one or two packs of cheap rations.

Until the cargo ship docked, the crew disembarked.

The filing process just started to get busy.There is an endless stream of people who come to buy tabloids, magazines, and newspapers.

By the way, sodas and cigarettes are also sold a lot.

Ah Xin went out on his bicycle to pick up the goods twice more.

Been busy for most of the day.

Taking advantage of his free time, Li An breathed a sigh of relief.

On the first day the newspaper stall opened, the business was unexpectedly good.

(End of this chapter)