Rebirth 76: Industrial Internet Empire

All this happened so fast. In the blink of an eye, the three gangsters were all lying on the ground wailing. By the time Ren Jie came to his senses, the battle was over.

Ren Jie took a closer look and found out that the people who came to help were the young woman Wan Qingsha who almost couldn't get on the boat and two young men. Ren Jie didn't have time to thank them, so he asked them to follow him and leave the place of trouble quickly!

After passing three street intersections in succession, Ren Jie saw a simple teahouse on the roadside. He stopped, looked at the young woman and said, "Sister-in-law, there are two brothers. Fortunately, you came to the rescue. I can't thank you enough for your kindness." !”

The young woman also said politely: "If you hadn't helped us advance the head fee, where would we be now? We wouldn't have to be polite to each other!"

Ren Jie also smiled and said: "Okay, no thanks then. You haven't eaten yet, right? Come on, I'll treat you to dinner!"

The young woman quickly declined: "No, no, we just ate..."

But the child in her arms said inappropriately: "Mom, I'm hungry!"

Hong Kong-style morning tea has always been famous for its exquisiteness. Ren Jie, who had just eaten two whole bowls of noodles, couldn't help but have an appetite. After eating and drinking, several people started chatting.

The young woman's name was Liang Adi, and the two young men were named Lin Guohua and Li Heping. Ren Jie didn't take it seriously. Most of the people who took risks in this era had an unknown past and rarely used their real names anymore, just like him. I will always use the name Yang Mo from now on.

After chatting for a while, Ren Jie casually asked: "Sister-in-law, when I was at the dock, I heard you say that you came here to visit relatives, why didn't you find anyone?"

Liang Adi said with a wry smile: "The child's uncle once said in a letter that he was working as a loader at Yuen Long Pier. We went to find out about it and he said he had stopped working here a long time ago. He seemed to have joined some kind of factory. We don't know which factory specifically. It is said that it is probably in the Kwun Tong area, and we are going to look there again!"

Ren Jie pondered for a moment and then said: "Sister-in-law, do you think this is a good idea? I haven't found a place to live either. How about we go to Kwun Tong together and rent a house to live in first? We are unfamiliar with each other and we can take care of each other!"

Liang Adi waved her hands repeatedly and said sheepishly: "To be honest, our money has been spent on paying the capitation fee. If we don't have money to pay the rent, the dock workers said that in our situation, we can go to the North District Relief Center first and wait. After I get my new identity, I’ll find a place to work.”

Ren Jie smiled and said: "Sister-in-law, you're welcome. I want to rent a house anyway. The child is so young and it is inconvenient to go to the relief center. We need to find a place to stay first and then make plans. We will get through the day gradually. As long as we are willing to If you endure hardship, you can make your way anywhere!"

Liang Adi no longer refused. For Ren Jie, the only place he is familiar with in Hong Kong now is Kwun Tong. Every time he came to Hong Kong in his previous life, his favorite place was to go to the Kwun Tong Industrial Zone ruins and visit Asia. The industrial civilization of the Four Tigers.

After two or three bus trips, the group finally arrived in Kwun Tong. Today's Xiangjiang is an era when the metallurgical shipbuilding industry and light industry are at their peak. The financial services industry is just in its infancy, and the manufacturing industry has not yet begun to move inland.

The entire Kwun Tong Industrial Zone is lined with factories and has the largest population in Hong Kong. Ren Jie and others started looking for a place to stay along the large shantytowns outside the industrial zone. After walking for half an hour, they stopped at a shantytown called Cha Kwo Ling. area and found two simple shacks with lofts.

It is said to be a house, but in fact it is just a wall built by myself with broken bricks and stones, and the roof is covered with linoleum to protect it from wind and rain.

The next day, Liang Adi and others went to the North District Relief Center and received half a bag of rice, and bought some basic daily necessities. The next day was waiting for the new identity to be issued.

Ren Jie leaves early and comes home late every day. He rides the tram through the streets and alleys of Xiangjiang every day. He needs to adapt as quickly as possible to this new world that barely existed in his memory of his previous life. He has to be swept away before escaping. He has paid his friends for their hard work in selling vegetables in the past six months. It is too early to talk about how to repay them in the future. He must find new opportunities before losing all the money. Xiangjiang in this era is undoubtedly for adventurers. paradise!

Ren Jie traveled through the streets and alleys during the day, and browsed various Chinese and English newspapers he brought back at night, collecting and summarizing useful information. The pile of newspapers in the house was already more than a foot high...

It was another clueless day. As soon as the exhausted Ren Jie returned to the rental house, Liang Adi brought a bowl of fragrant noodles. For the first time, a few pieces of pork head meat and a poached egg were added to the bowl. Ren Jie joked: "Ah. Sister-in-law, why did you add extra food today? Is there any happy event? "

Liang Adi's eyebrows showed excitement, and she said happily: "Our new identities are finally here, and starting from tomorrow, we can go out to work!"

Ren Jie also smiled and said: "This is really a happy event worth celebrating! Sister-in-law Adi, I finally have hope for the future."

After chatting for a while, Liang Adi went upstairs. Ren Jie was eating noodles while browsing the newspaper of the day. As soon as he picked up the newspaper, he saw a brief financial news from Sing Tao Daily:

Affected by the "European oil crisis", the local transportation industry continues to slump. The listed company Wharf issued a warning that profits will fall sharply this fiscal year. Affected by this, at the close of the afternoon today, Wharf's stock price hit a new low for the year!

Ren Jie quickly dug out all the financial newspapers and periodicals he brought back during this period and found out all the business information and stock price changes about Wharf...

In his previous life, many of Ren Jie's university colleagues were fans of Li Chaoren. Ren Jie had also read some legends about him, especially the famous "She Tun Xiang Commercial Acquisition Case", which established his status in the Chinese business community in one fell swoop. .

Ren Jie lit a cigarette, carefully sorted out the fragmented details in his memory, and then integrated all the information collected about Wharf. A bold idea gradually became clear in his mind...

After receiving his new identity, Ren Jie officially changed his name to Yang Mo. Ren Jie, an educated youth from Yanjing in Xiaping Brigade, thus erased all his marks in the world, although some people and things will always be engraved in his heart!

In the next few days, Yang Mo rushed back and forth between the stock exchange and the Kowloon Pier. At this time, two years had passed since the first stock market crash in Hong Kong's history, and the Hang Seng Index had slowly climbed from a record low of 150 points to more than 300 points.

On the blackboard in the lobby of the exchange, Wharf is still actively trading. Wharf is one of the core assets of Jardine Matheson & Co., the largest British-owned foreign bank. Although due to poor performance, the stock price has bottomed out from 87.6 two years ago to 18.7. Wharf, whose main business is docking, warehousing, and freight, was hit hard by the outbreak of the European oil crisis and the dark clouds over Iran and Iraq. It was hardly favored by any investors...

But many people also ignore that Wharf is located near the Kowloon Pier and has a large area of ​​undeveloped reserve land. Even Jardine Matheson itself is not aware of the value of these lands!