Return to Hong Kong Island for a Century

Chapter 25 Shopping (Second update, please collect and vote)

"This..." Li Song was still a little skeptical, and then he glanced at the calendar and found that today was Christmas Eve.

In his previous life, Li Song's family only celebrated traditional festivals, mainly because they had no money. The rich could celebrate every day, but the poor could only celebrate a few important festivals.

"Maybe uncle was delayed by something. I don't think any father would deliberately break his promise." Li Song poured a cup of instant coffee for Alin and said, Alin had lived abroad before, so she liked drinking coffee more.

"Really? But it's not the first time." Arlene said, holding the coffee.

"Is your school closed today?" Li Song asked curiously.

"Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow are holidays. I've taken a leave this afternoon." Arlene said as she held the instant coffee and leaned in to smell it.

"Oh." Li Song said.

When Arlene heard Li Song say "oh", she knew that there was no further development.

Arlene cursed in her heart, "What a fool!"
Arlene's father originally said that he would return to Hong Kong Island to spend Christmas with Arlene and was coming back today. Unexpectedly, he called at noon and said that he couldn't come back due to something.

Arlene and her father were originally in two different places, and Arlene's mother was taking care of Ying, so they were rarely together.

I didn't expect that he wouldn't come back even after the holiday.

Arlene felt very aggrieved and wanted to find someone to talk to, but today was Christmas Eve and none of her best friends had time. If a girl asked a boy out, she was afraid that he would misunderstand her.

So Arlene thought of Li Song. This idiot really didn't know what Christmas Eve represented.

"Brother Song, why don't you accompany me to the movies?" Alin asked proactively, looking at Li Song expectantly.

Li Song calculated in his mind that watching a movie would waste several hours, and during these hours he would have to write at least five to six thousand words, which would be five to six hundred yuan, and even more when it was published later.

Watching a movie would cost money, and maybe a meal would be required. Li Song was about to refuse when he thought of this.

But when he looked up at Arlene holding a teacup and looking at him with a pair of big eyes, he felt that he couldn't refuse, so he said, "Okay then!"

"Then let's go." Arlin finally breathed a sigh of relief when she heard that Li Song did not refuse.

"It's only two o'clock in the afternoon..." Li Song blurted out.

"Let's go out for a walk. You've been here for so long, but you haven't been out shopping yet. Let me take you out for a walk." Arlene was speechless when she heard this.

"Okay then." People with Li Song's personality would not feel any pressure to reject others over the phone or text message, but as long as the request is not excessive in person, he would not refuse.

So Li Song changed into a sweatshirt and prepared to go out with Alin.

"Brother Song, now that you have money, you should dress up and fix your hair." Alin looked at Li Song and was speechless. His outfit did not match hers at all.

Arlene wore a beige coat today, with a pink sweater underneath, yellow pants, white leather shoes, and long hair draped over her shoulders.

The coat is not buttoned, it’s open... Well, good-looking people look good in anything.

"Okay." As long as it doesn't involve huge interests, Li Song won't refute anyone.

As soon as Li Song and Alin went downstairs and took a taxi to leave, Liu Jiale came to Li Song's house, but there was no one there.

Liu Jiale reversed the car several times because he was afraid that someone would follow him and find Li Song, who was also the God of Wealth of the newspaper.

Liu Jiale waited for a while, but didn't see Li Song, so he called Li Song on his phone.

However, the pager sometimes has information delays, so Li Song did not receive it immediately.

At this time, Li Song was accompanying Alin to the mall. At a cosmetics counter, Alin was looking at the cosmetics carefully.

Li Song was waiting on the side, thinking about the plot of the novel or his next plan.

"I don't know how long it will take to apply for an international patent." "Jialing seems to have introduced Honda's 70cc motorcycle engine technology in 81."

"Although there were many domestic motorcycle manufacturers later, most of them imported the technology from Xiaoben. Xiaoben did a good job in exporting technology."

"I must develop a motorcycle engine by 80, and then I can license it to other domestic motorcycle manufacturers at a low price."

"As for exports, it's only third world countries that are doing well. In fact, some countries in Africa are doing very well economically at this time."

"The main focus is on the mainland. If that doesn't work out, we can just produce the engines ourselves."

"After we produce motorcycles, we can organize an international race around the mainland and offer more prize money. I believe this will attract many teams. Now that the country has opened up, we are eager to host such a large-scale competition."

"Also, we will be developing marine external engines in the future, like the ones used by the big planes in Hong Kong movies."

"As for semiconductors, it's not too late to seize the opportunity now."

"The key is to bring some military technologies to the civilian level. For example, some tank engine technologies can be used on trucks without any problems."

"And the engine technology for Big Brother's troublesome launchers is actually tank engine technology."

"In addition, there are many technologies used in military aircraft that can also be used in civilian applications."

Li Song kept following behind Alin. Alin looked at this person, looked at that person, and then looked at Li Song behind her. She sighed in her heart, going shopping with this idiot...

If it were another boy, he would definitely come up and ask if she likes it or not, and might even take the initiative to buy milk tea or something.

But Li Song seemed absent-minded, keeping a certain distance from him, neither too close nor too distant.

After walking around, I saw a place with quite a few people.

Arlene hurried over and found that it was a jewelry store that was having a sale.

"Christmas benefits are available."

"Deposit 10,000, get 10,000 free."

"Big Sale on Diamond Rings." Arlene saw a poster hanging in this old jewelry store.

"Wow!" Arlene queued up and entered the store, looking at the diamonds one by one.

"Miss, would you like to buy diamonds?"

"We are having a promotion right now. We will set the ring for free and give you a gold setting. We don't charge any processing fees."

"Miss, please take a look." The clerk saw Arlene and Li Song. Arlene's outfit was okay, but Li Song's was just average. The clerk knew that it was unlikely that she would buy it, but he still tried to sell it loudly, for others to hear.

"Let's just take a look, just take a look." Arlene looked at the labels on the counter. They were too expensive.

The cheapest ones cost tens of thousands of Hong Kong dollars, and those are very small ones. There are also those that cost two or three million, and several hundred thousand.

Li Song followed behind, showing no interest in the diamonds.

However, Li Song was somewhat interested in some of the following things.

Jadeite and Hetian jade are not cheap in 2080. Although there are several places producing jadeite and Hetian jade, there are almost no places left after their place of origin.

Moreover, the jade at that time was all about color. Transparent jade was not very valuable at that time, such as the white ice egg-shaped jade.

Arlene saw Li Song looking at the jade stones carefully, but she didn't think that Li Song would buy them because she knew that Li Song had no money.

"When I get married, I must have a big diamond ring." After leaving the jewelry store, Arlene couldn't stop thinking about diamonds.

(End of this chapter)