1982 Started from Hong Kong

Chapter 288 Return to Hong Kong
Zhai Yuan, who graduated from junior high school, had a cordial and friendly talk with his classmates from Peking University and Tsinghua University.

The students are very interested in overseas, Hong Kong, and the movies produced by 91 Entertainment.

But the most frequently asked question was about the experience of Zhai Yuan, a successful person of the same age as them.

"Mr. Zhai, you must have made a lot of money in a capitalist city like Hong Kong, right? May I ask if you feel empty inside that you have become a millionaire at such a young age?"

"This classmate asked a very good question. I am not afraid to tell you honestly today that these few years have been the most empty for me. So since the establishment of 91 Entertainment, I have not received a single month's salary. All the accounts are managed by the director's wife next to me. I have never touched money. I have no interest in money. Because the happiest time was when I lived in Sau Mau Ping Estate... in a room of only seven square meters."

"Mr. Zhai, I have a suggestion for you. For a young, wealthy, successful person like you, it would be better to have a few more beautiful girlfriends so that you won't feel lonely."

"I'm not afraid to tell you the truth. I've never had a girlfriend in my life. I'm also face-blind and can't tell who's pretty and who's not. So I envy you guys for being able to find true love on campus and working hard together. I only have money and may never get true love."

"Mr. Zhai, you..."

"I'm not afraid to tell you the truth..."

Zhai Yuan talked freely.

Xu Qi stood aside, looking up at the sky from time to time, observing the patterns on the ceiling.

The students below had innocent and sympathetic eyes, realizing that even rich people have so many troubles.

After the meeting.

The phrase "I'm not afraid to tell you the truth" is popular on the campuses of Peking University and Tsinghua University.

Sitting in the Santana on the way back, Zhai Yuan asked, "How did I perform just now?"

Xu Qi smiled but did not answer.

Zhou Xuejun stared at the road and said, "Oh, by the way, what are we going to eat tonight?"

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Seven o'clock in the evening.

At Zhou Xuejun's invitation, Zhai Yuan went to his home for a meal.

At that time, the concept of buying commercial housing was rare. Earlier, the Zhou family had three generations living together, and they were only allocated a unit in a tube-shaped building a few years ago.

There are seventy or eighty rooms upstairs and downstairs. It is said to be a single dormitory, but in fact it has long been a building for married employees.

Zhou Xuejun led Zhai Yuan into the building and coughed heavily. The dim voice-controlled lights illuminated the corridor.

Going up to the third floor, Zhou Xuejun stopped in front of a south-facing door, knocked on the door, and a woman wearing glasses came out.

"My wife, you can just call her sister-in-law."

Zhou Xuejun introduced his wife. Apparently, his wife had known that Zhai Yuan had returned, and she welcomed him warmly into the house. There were already several home-cooked dishes on the table in the living room, and a bottle of Wuliangye had been opened. The treatment was quite high.

"Boss Zhai, please take a seat. I'll go cook two more dishes."

Zhou's wife greeted Zhai Yuan with a smile, and when she walked into the kitchen, she turned back and winked at Zhou Xuejun.

Zhou Xuejun coughed and said, "I'll go in and help. You sit here and watch TV for a while."

Zhai Yuan responded.

Old Zhou’s black and white TV doesn’t have a remote control. To change the channel, you have to walk up to it and turn the knob whose scientific name you don’t know.

Zhai Yuan was too lazy to adjust the setting, so he just listened to the news broadcast on TV.

I was bored and took a look at the layout of the room. It has two bedrooms and a living room, front and back balconies, a kitchen and a bathroom. It seems that Zhou Xuejun is quite respected in the Federation of Literary and Art Circles.

in the kitchen.

When Zhou Xuejun came in, Zhou's wife closed the door and asked him, "Have you told Boss Zhai about sending Pingping to Hong Kong to study?"

Zhou Xuejun tutted his mouth in dissatisfaction: "How can I tell them this? Besides, with how little we earn, how can we afford to send our daughter to study in Hong Kong? Besides, what's so good about Hong Kong?"

Zhou's wife gave him a sidelong glance and said, "Is it bad that everyone in your company is rushing to go on business trips? If you are embarrassed to mention it, I will talk to him later."

Zhou Xuejun stopped him, saying, "Don't do that. We don't have such a deep relationship with them."

Zhou's wife said unhappily, "You come to our house for dinner without any friendship? I fried all the bacon I saved for the New Year for him!"

in the living room.

Zhai Yuan was unaware that the couple in the kitchen had already started an argument and was leaning back on the knitted sofa listening to the news.

"…This year, the policy of supporting studying abroad, encouraging going abroad, and free coming and going was put forward. An unprecedented wave of going abroad swept across the country. Young people lined up in front of the consulate to apply for visas. The number has now exceeded 50,000…"

Zhai Yuan was listening with one ear and the door of the bedroom was opened a crack.

A teenage girl poked her head out and looked into the living room, sizing up Zhai Yuan curiously.

Zhai Yuan smiled at her, guessing that she was Lao Zhou's daughter, and waved, "Come and watch TV."

The girl from the Zhou family came out with a shy smile.

There was another little girl following behind her, who was younger, about fourteen or fifteen years old.

He looks a little familiar.

Before Zhai Yuan could think about it, the girl from the Zhou family came over and said politely, "Hello, Uncle Zhai."

Zhai Yuan frowned when he heard this, and smiled helplessly: "Just call me brother. Do you know me?"

The girl from the Zhou family nodded and glanced towards the kitchen: "My mother said you can send me to study in Hong Kong."

Zhai Yuan was stunned and vaguely knew why Zhou Xuejun invited him to dinner tonight.

……

The dinner table.

The little girl Zhou Ping and another girl whose name she couldn't remember went back to their room to do their homework.

Zhou's wife kept saying that they had already eaten and didn't want anyone to come out and disturb them.

Zhai Yuan said he didn't drink much, so Zhou's wife quickly took away the Wuliangye and took out a few cans of Jianlibao from the cabinet.

Zhai Yuan smiled and said to Zhou Xuejun: "Okay, my sister-in-law is very virtuous."

Zhou Xuejun snorted and laughed, thinking that she was asking for help, which was not usually the case.

Zhai Yuan then said, "Are those two girls your daughters? I don't think they are very old. It's too late for you to have children."

"How can you have both? The policy doesn't allow it."

Zhou Xuejun said: "The older one is from my family, and the younger one is a distant cousin of hers from the south. She recently came to Yanjing to stay for two days."

When talking about his own daughter, Zhou Xuejun hesitated to talk.

Zhou's wife, who was standing by, kept winking at him, and the couple exchanged glances at the dinner table.

Zhai Yuan found it interesting but didn't point it out.

When the meal was almost over, no one brought up the matter of their daughter going to school.

The food tastes delicious.

Zhai Yuan put down his chopsticks and took the initiative to say, "I just saw the news that the country now supports and encourages people to study abroad. Have you ever thought about sending your daughter abroad?"

Zhou's wife immediately perked up and complained, "Of course I want to, but there is no chance. If you want to pay for it ourselves, we can afford it, but you know the situation at Mr. Zhou's workplace, and if we send the child away, we're afraid people will gossip about it."

Zhou Xuejun went on to say: "Another reason is that sending the child abroad is too far away, and I am worried about her being alone."

"Then Hong Kong is the place. It's not far away. My sister is also studying there, so we can take care of each other."

Seeing that the words were clear, Zhai Yuan didn't say anything more: "Why worry about gossip? Just say you're going to my company to film a movie and come over for further studies."

Zhou's wife was overjoyed when she heard this.

Zhou Xuejun picked up his glass and said, "Come on, let's have a drink."

……

Finished the meal.

Zhai Yuan drove back to the hotel by himself.

At Zhou Xuejun's home, the couple kept expressing their admiration for Xiao Zhai, saying that he was a good comrade.

Only then did he call Zhou Ping and her cousin out of the house and come to the table to eat.

"Pingping, you must study hard when you go to Hong Kong. It's not easy for your parents to support your schooling..."

Zhou's wife was educating her daughter.

The cousin who was eating at the same table with her bowl in her hand looked at her cousin Zhou Ping from time to time with a bit of envy in her eyes.

"But I'm a little scared to go to Xiangjiang alone."

Zhou Ping said with a pout, turned to look at her cousin, and called out, "Yu Feihong! Why don't you come with me?"

…………The trip to Yanjing came to a successful conclusion as the end of September approached.

Zhai Yuan is finally about to embark on the journey back to Hong Kong.

Moon Lee followed him in and out early in the morning, looking reluctant to leave.

Zhai Yuan went to the small restaurant downstairs and ordered two servings of tofu pudding, one sweet and one salty.

Moon Lee said: "I want to eat salty food too!"

Two bowls of salty tofu pudding were served.

Zhai Yuan saw Moon Lee frowning and joked, "If you don't like it, don't eat it."

Moon Lee shook her head stubbornly, scooped a spoonful and put it into her mouth.

Zhai Yuan asked: "Can you swallow it?"

Moon Lee pursed her lips, raised her face, opened her mouth and stuck out her tongue so that Zhai Yuan could watch her eat it.

Zhai Yuan: "...You don't need to show this to me."

After breakfast, I drove her around the area.

Around three o'clock in the afternoon.

Zhai Yuan hugged her and went back to the car: "It's about time, let's go to the airport."

Moon Lee hummed in a depressed tone, "After you returned to Hong Kong and saw Chow Hui Man and the others, did you forget about me?"

"No~" Zhai Yuan scratched Moon Lee's nose and said with a smile: "Hurry up and finish filming this movie. I will give you acupuncture after returning to Hong Kong..."

Speechless all the way.

Drive to the airport.

Many friends I met during this period came to see Zhai Yuan off.

"Look at our popularity."

Zhai Yuan patted Xu Qi on the shoulder and said, "Just focus on filming. I'll go back and tell Shi Nansheng that you miss her so much that you can't eat or drink."

Three women stood in a row behind him.

Maggie Cheung had not yet recovered from her emotional trauma and had no plans to return to Hong Kong for the time being. She and Wong Siu-fung sandwiched Moon Lee on both sides.

Li Saifeng looked at Zhai Yuan, who was chatting and laughing with everyone, with a look of reluctance to leave.

Wang Xiaofeng frowned and said, "Hey, you're not speaking from the heart, are you?"

Moon Lee looked at her with a pout and nodded aggrievedly.

Seeing this, Maggie Cheung sighed silently and gently hugged Moon Lee in her arms.

Guan Zhilin standing aside squinted at the three women.

She had been bullied by Wang Xiaofeng more than once recently, and she hated Zhai Yuan as well. Seeing Zhai Yuan approaching, she walked straight over, put on a smile and gave him a warm hug.

"Mr. Zhai, see you in Hong Kong."

Seeing this, Moon Lee took a deep breath and unconsciously clenched her fists.

Wang Xiaofeng felt sorry for her sister, and her eyes were filled with murderous intent: "I'll kill you! Tomorrow when we shoot the scene on the stage, let this Golden Rooster see what a full-scale fight is like!"

Amidst the voices of practice.

Zhai Yuan boarded the plane to Pengcheng.

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Hong Kong, Kai Tak Airport.

Zhai Yuan walked out of the airport lobby dragging his suitcase.

The satellite had been waiting in the pickup truck for a long time.

Zhai Yuan didn't tell anyone else when he came back.

I was afraid of encountering a scene where several women bumped into each other again.

"Mr. Zhai is out."

Satellite said while sitting in the car.

Shen Wei was leaning against the car door smoking a cigarette. Hearing this, he looked up and saw Zhai Yuan alone. He hurriedly threw away his cigarette butt and walked towards him.

“How’s the exchange going?”

Handing the suitcase to Shen Wei, Zhai Yuan went straight to the point and asked about his money first.

"No problem. The money has grown several times and is now worth over 400 million."

Shen Wei followed Zhai Yuan and said, "But I think Manager Du is not in a good state. He has been under constant surveillance recently."

As he spoke, he pulled out a handwritten account book from his pocket: "The accounts for this period are all here."

Zhai Yuan got into the car, said hello to Wei Xing, and opened the account book to take a look.

More than 300 million Hong Kong dollars were leveraged five times, and the increase was about 20% in a few months. The Japanese yen was advancing by leaps and bounds in the futures market, and entering the market was no different from picking up money.

"I'll go to the exchange tomorrow, and I'll monitor the market myself for the next period of time."

The time for America and Japan to sign the Plaza Accord was getting closer and closer. At the critical moment, Zhai Yuan could not trust Du Jiancheng, the stock broker who had lost all his money.

Shen Wei put the suitcase in place, nodded and declared his love.

Zhai Yuan then said to Wei Xing: "Go take a look at the Yuen Long factory."

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Yuen Long.

Hong Kong Qvod Technology Company.

The pickup truck stopped and Zhai Yuan jumped out.

The factory is half built, with a brand new factory building on the left and workers still working on the construction on the right.

The sound of jingling is endless.

Zhai Yuan looked around the surroundings and walked straight into the renovated factory building.

In the factory.

Dozens of villagers from Xiawan Village put on work clothes and sat in front of a long table with plastic shells and various electronic parts on it. The villagers were sitting in front of chairs assembling machines.

"Hurry up! You are the first batch of assemblers. You will teach other workers. Everyone must assemble at least 20 VCDs every day."

Guan Weiming was patrolling around with a few technicians. As soon as he looked up, he saw Zhai Yuan standing at the factory door. He was immediately surprised, and then he walked up to him quickly with a smile.

"Mr. Zhai, when will you return from the mainland?"

"An hour ago." Zhai Yuan put his arm around Guan Weiming's shoulders and glanced around: "What's the situation?"

"It's just like what you see. Everything is going smoothly. However, we can only assemble VCDs at the moment. The production line for optical discs has not been built yet."

Guan Weiming smiled and said, "Everyone is waiting for you to call us for money so that they can buy machines and start working."

Zhai Yuan nodded: "Don't worry, the funds will be in place before the end of the year."

But I was thinking that if the stock market moves fast enough, I would be able to place orders next month.

Spent half an hour in the factory.

During the period, I also chatted with experts led by Tao Zongyi.

Zhai Yuan said, "Lao Tao, thank you for your hard work. Also, when I was in the mainland, I went to the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The mainland academy has just added a title of 'postdoctoral fellow', so I helped you apply for it."

Tao Zongyi was not very interested in this matter. He pulled Zhai Yuan and said, "Mr. Zhai, please take a look at the second-generation optical disc we have developed this time. With the new integrated circuit in the VCD, it can realize the one-touch menu function..."

He Zilang got wind of it.

Rushed to the factory from Xiawan Village.

As soon as he saw Zhai Yuan, he also reported the latest progress on his side: "This is your letter of appointment as the village representative of Xiawan Village. The Hong Kong government will give you a monthly salary of 4,000 yuan. If you want to run for a councillor, the next general election will be in March next year. I have contacted several village representatives to support you. It would be best if this factory can be officially opened before this year so that the villagers in their village can come in to work..."

Xinji was responsible for the construction, and as soon as Zhai Yuan came back, the news quickly reached Xu Jiaqiang.

Xu Jiaqiang rushed to the factory after He Zilang.

As soon as we entered the door, we exchanged pleasantries as usual and reported on the recent developments in the factory.

Then he said to Zhai Yuan in great joy: "Mr. Zhai, Alan has given birth to a boy. I want him to recognize you as his godfather."

(End of this chapter)