money player

Chapter 21 Your son is the richest man in Hong Kong

Thursday, March 12th.

At seven o'clock in the morning, the Qi brothers stayed behind to look after the house. The other members of the Armadillo team and two tow tanks boarded the Air France flight, flying to Paris instead of the destination London.

The reason why I flew to Paris was not because I had something to do, but a helpless choice.

In 1949, civil aviation airliners had a relatively short flight range and poor reliability. They needed to be refueled and overhauled midway, and a single stop might take more than ten hours. Therefore, current air tickets usually include the cost of food and accommodation at the stop. Expensive fares get even more expensive.

When applying for a passport a few days ago, Xian Yaowen went to a travel agency and found out that the cheapest flight ticket from Hong Kong to London was 3088 yuan. At that time, he almost ran away. This was so fucking terrible. Just buying a one-way ticket would make him bankrupt. Fortunately, He glanced at the bottom of the fare list in time and found that the fare for Air France to Paris was only 356.00 yuan.

Xian Yaowen checked with customer service and got a reply that the decimal point was correct. Air France was running a promotion and the fare was so "cheap", but he had to take care of the food and accommodation at the stops.

The problem of food and accommodation was easily solved. Before departure, Xian Yaowen asked Wang Xiamin to prepare more than 20 kilograms of fried rice. Zheng Yueying sewed several millet bags and schoolbags. He went to the street and bought some dried meat and pickled vegetables. It’s time to live together.

The issue of drinking water is even simpler. Each person is given a kettle. The issue of accommodation is not complicated. Each person brings a blanket and a military coat.

Security check does not exist at this time. In order to show respect to the airline, Xian Yaowen and his party carried five pistols. Four were placed in the only suitcase, one was dismantled into parts, and everyone hid a little of the other two. The eleven bullets he carried were strung into a necklace and hung around Xian Yaowu's neck.

Xian Yaowen attaches great importance to this trip to London, and he is also a little scared in his heart. Before getting on the plane, he had learned about the hijackings. So far, there have been three hijackings in the world, and two were committed by Peruvian revolutionaries eighteen years ago.
Another incident occurred in Macau. It is said that four members of a society were chased by a hostile society after doing business in Macau. Then they panicked and hijacked a plane to escape. Unexpectedly, the passengers on the plane were quite bloody. The resistance was fierce. Inadvertently The captain was killed with a gun, and the others couldn't fly the plane, so they had to be buried with the captain.

Depending on the intensity of the three hijackings, Sin Yao-man felt that he did not have to worry about hijackings. He only needed Gods and Buddhas to bless the plane smoothly and not to cause any problems. In order to add more luck to the plane, he went to Mazu Temple, Wong Tai Sin, and Bao'an. Renzenji Temple, even the gooseneck bridge, a holy place for beating villains, did not forget to burn incense in the past.

Maybe it was his sincerity that moved all the masters. Although the four-day and four-night flight was bumpy, they ate fried rice along the way, made a floor at the airport, suffered a bit, and received a lot of looks, but they and the others were still not surprised. Arriving at Paris Orly Airport without incident.

After getting off the plane, Xian Yaowen bought a map of Paris and the latest "Michelin France Travel Guide" at the airport. While others, Grandma Liu, looked around like entering the Grand View Garden, he stood aside and studied the map and the guide.

After doing research, Xian Yaowen called two taxis and the group went to the Latin Quarter near the university town.

Before coming, Xian Yaowen read an article "Paris Chop Suey" published in the second issue of this year's "Travel Magazine". It introduced the situation of Chinese restaurants in Paris, and also mentioned the names of several cheap hotels near the university town. By the time of World War I, most of the Chinese workers and overseas Chinese who stayed in Paris lived in the Latin Quarter.

[I read the article. The word chop suey in the title is not a curse, but has two meanings: one is that the article is mixed and choppy, and the other is that the chop suey is eaten. There is a landmark node in the development of Chinese food overseas, which is Li Hongzhang’s visit After he became an American, someone borrowed his name to create "Li Hongzhang Chop Suey". With much publicity, the Chinese food represented by "Chop Suey" gradually became popular among people from all walks of life in the United States.

Therefore, in the early days, in the eyes of many foreigners, Chinese food = chop suey, and it is actually quite appropriate to use chop suey to represent overseas Chinese food. ]
A group of Orientals would be a bit conspicuous on the streets of Paris, but it would be better to hide among the Chinese in the Latin Quarter.

In a "Paris Prince" hotel with a fake name, he opened a six-person room that was not much different from Datong Pu. Xian Yaowen asked others to seize the time to take a hot bath and replenish their sleep. Paris map plotting something.

It is only over 300 kilometers from Paris to London, but there is the English Channel in between. It is impossible to go directly by car. You can only take a car to Normandy, and then take a ferry there, or take a plane.

On the plane, Xian Yaowen had a friendly chat with the flight attendant, and learned from the other person the real reason why the flight was so cheap. It turned out that Air France opened a route from Shanghai to Paris two years ago. After moving to Hong Kong in a hurry, many things were not yet cleared up, but a series of contracts signed had to continue to be fulfilled. Air France had to operate at a low price first, and then returned to normal prices after everything was cleared up.

Therefore, it is impossible to fly. Expensive fares are the norm nowadays. For more than 4 kilometers, the fare is equivalent to 0.2 shillings per kilometer, or pounds. It is too expensive. Xian Yaowen simply does not have the budget.

His purpose for this trip to London was to dig out a pot of gold. However, it was not 100% possible to dig out this pot of gold. He had to leave some room for himself. If the trip was in vain, he would still have money left over. Come and find another way.

Xian Yaowen drew a circle on the map, "This residential area is close to the Paris industrial area. It should be easy to 'borrow' a truck. Come with me tomorrow morning."

Then he drew a circle at another location on the map, "This is the only way out of Paris to Normandy. Tomorrow I will ask Xiyou (Xian Yaowu) to lead the team to wait there. We will rush there as soon as we borrow the car. Go meet them."

"Is the ticket to Normandy expensive?" Chanshangfei asked.

"It's not too expensive and affordable, but our group is too eye-catching. It would be better to drive there by ourselves." rest."

We have been together for almost a month. Although Xian Yaowen has never introduced the identity of the third young master and the housekeeper, Zhuang Fei and others have eyes and brains, can see and think, and can basically guess the identities of the two. Not far from ten. "Captain, I have a question that I have been holding back for a long time. Can you answer it for me?"

Xian Yaowen chuckled and said, "Ask."

"You won't let go of those two meat tickets. You have to bring people over for this mission. How did you arrange it?"

"Don't think too much now, everything will be revealed when we get to London." Xian Yaowen took out two cigars and handed one to Zhuang Fei, "Since you asked about this matter, I just happened to tell you about the mission. If this If this mission goes well, we can get a lot of money, 80% will go to me and 20% will go to you.

All the money will not be given to you immediately, but only a small part will be given to you to improve your life. The rest I will take as capital for business, and then convert it into shares for you, and I will pay dividends every year in the future. "

Xian Yaowen showed a self-deprecating expression, "What I am best at is actually not eating at the knife edge, but doing business. But I have no choice. I have no capital at hand, so I have to eat at the knife edge to accumulate capital first. You have seen the situation in Hong Kong, even if If you want to do business quietly, you must have a knife in your hand. You are the knife I found for myself.

Pig Nose and the others eat knife-edge rice for a while. As long as they are lucky enough to survive, they can do some small business to pass the time. But you can't, they have to eat knife-edge rice all the time, and they can't see the light, so they have to hide in the dark. "

"I do the dirty work?"

"You can understand it this way in the early stage, but it will be a little more complicated in the later stage. I won't say more about things that haven't happened yet. When we get along for a longer time, you will understand that I am a very contractual person. I will give you as much as you want. As much as you can get.”

Xian Yaowen patted Chu Fei on the shoulder and said, "Since you are lucky enough to survive the battlefield, then adjust your world-weary mood, live a good life, live a life like yourself, marry a wife, have children, and spread your business, maybe when your son is here In one generation, your Chu family will become the richest people in Hong Kong."

Chanchanfei said with a smile: "My son is the richest man?"

Xian Yaowen smiled lightly and said: "It doesn't matter if you don't understand now, you will understand in the future. It's a pity that this trip is tight, otherwise I would find you a French widow and have fun."

After two wars, most of the bloody men in France have died. Chinese people who can take care of their families are very popular with women in Paris, especially those who are strong and strong like you. When the widow sees it, she will definitely pull her away and not give birth to a child. No matter how young you are, you won't be allowed to go out. "

Hearing this, Zhuang Fei looked shy, like an unmanned chicken.

Xian Yaowen was very curious about Chuang Fei's emotional experience. After fighting for several years, he could die on the battlefield at any time. Most people would enjoy themselves in the moment. How he could remain so shy about men and women was something to talk about. It takes a lot of unforgettable love to have this kind of virtue.

But this is a side story, Xian Yaowen is not in a hurry to gossip, he still has to dig for gold right now.

When the bathroom was free, he went to take a hot shower, put on the suit that was in the suitcase, straightened his hair, put on his glasses, and took Xian Yaowu and the third young master out of the hotel door.

The French are quite pragmatic. In the early days of Paris, land was at a premium, and the universities had no financial resources to expand. Each school was very small, with only a few teaching buildings and no other facilities. There are no endless large campuses in the British and American countries, no stadiums and sports fields, no student activity centers, and many schools don't even have cafeterias, let alone dormitories.

Accommodation became a big problem. Since there were no dormitories in Paris public universities, the French government planned the Paris International University City in the south of Paris in the 19th century and invited governments from various countries to fund the design and construction of dormitories in their own countries to provide accommodation for international students in Paris.

Standing in front of the Oriental Building in the university town, Xian Yaowen introduced the third young master: "There is a saying among the international students in Paris that the French government invited the Manchus to come over to build the building. When Cixi was in power, Li Hongzhang took power. One by one, the funds allocated to build the buildings ended up in whose hands, so in the end the buildings in our country disappeared, and the international students could only live a wandering life."

The third young master asked curiously: "Is this rumor true?"

"It's false. The construction of the University City was only started in 1920, and Cixi has been dead for twelve years. Most of the rumors in the world are spread by rumors, and there are people with ulterior motives behind them. For example, you, the Liu family, are they true? It doesn't matter if you are rich but not benevolent. The times need your image to be rich but not benevolent, so you must be rich but not benevolent.

I don’t know if Thunder Tiger gave Mr. Liu the confidence. Your Liu family’s actions are too slow. We are just small sampans in the tide of the times, drifting with the tide and involuntarily. Third Young Master, I must apologize to you for causing many offenses during this period. "

　I'm not sure whether it was possible to take a boat directly from Paris to London in 1949. The information I found showed that there was a period of restrictions in 1949. The specific date was not specified, so I defaulted to the restriction. If anyone knows, please correct me.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)