Chu Xiangqian had no doubts about the price of 30,000 yuan, and buying a house with a store would have more room for appreciation than a simple house.
I silently calculated it in my mind, and then I was shocked again.
At this time, one small yellow croaker is equal to 208 Hong Kong dollars, and thirty thousand is 144 small yellow croakers.
During the Republic of China, this was definitely a sky-high price.
This shows how strong the actual value of the U.S. dollar, which is directly linked to gold, is at this time.
Fortunately, when I thought about it, calculated purely based on the price of gold, it would be equivalent to more than two million when gold cost 500 per gram a few decades later.
But by that time, the land for this drug store alone will cost one to two hundred million.
Chu Qianqian nodded immediately, "Okay, I can still get the money."
Not to mention Gong Er, Lao Jiang and Yixiantian, even Gong Changqing and Chen Shenglan were surprised.
The old lady hurriedly asked, "Go forward, where did you get so much money?"
The old man Gong asked, "You don't want to sell the antiques I collected for you, right? That's not possible. I would rather live in my sister's house or in a shack than let you sell the antiques passed down by my ancestors."
Come down baby."
"Master, please don't make blind guesses, okay?" Chu Xiangqian wanted to say that he had bought a lot of small yellow croakers from hunting, but then he thought about it, he had been in the city for less than two months.
Even if one wild boar is exchanged for one gold bar, it is impossible to exchange for 144 small yellow croakers in two months.
After thinking for a while, he said, "Do you still remember what I told you, my wife, and Uncle Jiang last time?"
Chu Xiangqian deliberately did not mention the cave and the treasure in order to mislead the master and his wife.
Gong Changqing, Chen Shenglan and Lao Jiang were stunned, and then they remembered that Chu Xiangqian killed seven islanders.
So, when this kid kills some islanders, he might get a lot of good things from them or from their homes.
Thinking about it carefully, Chu Xiangqian got a lot of porcelain and antiques from these islanders, and that group of people must also have hidden hard currencies such as gold bars and silver dollars.
Gong Changqing and the old lady felt relieved.
Gong Er and Yixiantian couldn't help but look at Lao Jiang.
Lao Jiang thought for a while and secretly said that he couldn't talk about this matter, not even to the girl, lest he lose his trust in Xiangqian.
Shaking their heads silently, Gong Er and Yixiantian immediately stopped asking.
Early the next morning, after Chu Xiangqian woke up, he entered the Novice Village and killed all the refreshed wild monsters. Then he got up and went to the practice room on the first floor to practice boxing.
When he was sweating slightly, Lao Jiang smiled and said hello, "Xiao Chu, I bought a famous breakfast here on Hong Kong Island. Come over and have some."
Chu hurriedly thanked Qianqian and entered the restaurant, where he saw Gong Er, Gong Changqing and the old lady already waiting for him.
He hurriedly apologized, and as soon as he sat down, the old lady served him a bowl of white porridge, and gave him shrimp dumplings and siu mai.
Gong Changqing felt faintly jealous when he saw it.
Chu Qianqian waited for Gong Er to move his chopsticks, then picked up the chopsticks, picked up a shrimp dumpling for the old lady, and then started eating.
Now, while Gong Er was eating, he glanced at Chu Qianqian and Chen Shenglan.
Secretly, my sister-in-law lived a wealthy life in the first half of her life, endured hardships in her middle age, and in her later years she met this apprentice, Qiang Xiang, and she was considered a blessed person.
Thinking about it this way, I couldn't help but feel a little sad.
The old lady secretly used her arm to nudge Chu forward and mouthed at Gong Er.
After Chu Qianqian came to his senses, he hurriedly used the other end of his chopsticks to pick up a shrimp dumpling for Gong Er, "Uncle, you should eat more nutritious things. If you don't have dietary restrictions, you might as well order some milk from tomorrow."
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If you have dietary restrictions, then drink a cup of soy milk every day."
After saying that, he looked at Gong Changqing and Lao Jiang, "Master, Uncle Lao Jiang, and my wife all have to drink it. This is to supplement protein. And we Chinese people have been accustomed to plant protein since ancient times. Drinking soy milk is actually better than drinking milk.
Easy to absorb."
The four old guys all laughed after hearing this.
Looking at Chu Qianqian, his eyes became more and more kind.
After breakfast, I wanted to help the old lady clean up, but even Gong Er refused to let him do it, so he and Lao Jiang could only go next door to ask about the house.
This dry goods store is indeed not small, but the mainland itself has not enough to eat, so it is basically impossible to buy all kinds of dry goods from the mainland.
I have stopped using this nearest source of goods and want to go to Southeast Asia to purchase goods. The cost of shipping alone will increase a lot.
As for Hong Kong Island, there is some meat, but there are very few dry goods in the mountains.
The owner then came up with the idea of selling the shop and moving his family to San Francisco for development.
Upon hearing that Chu Xiangqian wanted to buy this three-story building, the shopkeeper hurriedly asked him and Lao Jiang to sit down, while he hurried upstairs.
Lao Jiang whispered, "The man just now is the eldest son of the owner of this shop. I have heard this boy say several times that many people who open restaurants in San Francisco, USA, make money.
I just told you that his family might have sold the house."
Chu Xiangqian shook his head secretly, 30,000 Hong Kong dollars would be 7,500 in US dollars.
This money is indeed a lot of money in this day and age, but after moving to San Francisco, it would be easier if I bought a store myself, but if I rented a store to do business.
Thirty or forty years later, it won’t even be necessary to wait until the new millennium.
In just the 1980s and 1990s, the other party will find that rent will become a gold-eating beast that swallows up most of the profits.
Then I discovered again that I had struggled all my life, not to mention buying back this house on Hong Kong Island.
Can't even afford one-tenth of the price.
This is just like the people who sold their courtyard houses and went abroad in the 1980s.
If Chu Xiangqian buys Gong Er's house and the neighboring rooms and builds a building with more than ten floors, it will cost at least several billion Hong Kong dollars in the future.
Just collecting rent alone can easily amount to one to two hundred million a year.
The result of the negotiation was surprisingly smooth. Since Chu Xiangqian knew that the other party's eldest son was eager to free Mi Lijian, he would of course bargain.
It was cut all the way from 30,000 to 28,000, but the owner of the house, an old man in his 60s, refused to go any further.
Chu Xiangqian probably knew in his heart that the price was no longer enough.
Finally, he said, "I won't give any Hong Kong dollars. How about we settle the deal with 13 gold bars of 10 taels?"
At this time, a 10-tael gold bar is worth 2,080 Hong Kong dollars, and 13 gold bars is 27,040.
The father and son murmured for a while, and it was exactly what Chu Xiangqian expected. They just bargained for another half an hour and then pretended to be in pain and agreed.
As for the dry goods in the store, in fact, apart from bacon, this family has no other dry goods to sell.
Otherwise, I wouldn’t be in such a hurry to sell the house.
This time it is more suitable for Chu Xiangqian.
After that, you need to invite the mediator and witnesses, and then go to the housing management department to transfer the title.
Chu naturally invited Yixiantian to Xiangqian's side. Gong Er was still a little worried and asked Lao Jiang to invite Ye Wen and a few people he knew to come over as witnesses.
Chu Xiangqian himself did not forget to hire a lawyer, but if he wanted to hire one, he would hire someone from a big law firm.
After three days of disturbance, the house finally became his.
Then he found someone to come over and make repairs. As for redecorating, Chu Xiangqian gave up the idea after thinking about it.
After the house is tidied up, we will treat guests at the nearby restaurant.
The middleman, witnesses, neighbors and some Kung Fu masters whom Gong Er knew and who opened a studio to accept apprentices also invited them. Finally, after listening to Yixiantian's words, even people from the Yau Ma Tei Police Station also sent invitations.
By the way, each of the five invitations to the police station contained 100 yuan.
As for the short mules on the road, both Yixiantian and Laojiang said no.
Chu Qianqian thought for a while, and it seemed that Sanjiang Shui, a disciple of Yitianshou, was the little boss on the road.
This guy brought someone with him to go to Yixiantian to collect the fee, but he was punched several meters away by Yixiantian.
If it were the palm that Chu Qianqian gave him a few days ago, he would have broken all the bones in his body.
But it seems that the power of that palm is even greater, but it can be exerted but cannot be withdrawn. It lacks a bit of skill.
After Sanjiang Water was beaten, the fees were no longer collected, and he turned around and insisted on worshiping Yixiantian as his master.
Probably because Sanjiang Shui and Gong Er were both from the north, Yi Yian Tian actually accepted him as his apprentice.
On the day of the treat, many neighbors came over. Seeing that Chu Xiangqian was tall and handsome, and hearing that he had also acquired Bagua and the inheritance of Xingyi, the way he looked at Gong Er couldn't help but change.
Everyone used to think that there was no one left in the Gong family.
But I didn’t expect that at the end of last year, Gong Er heard that he would not be able to hold on any longer, and the martial arts community on Hong Kong Island was still filled with regrets.
Unexpectedly, after the Chinese New Year, not only did her cousin come from the mainland to visit her, but a nephew also came with her.
At first, when everyone heard about it, they thought that this cousin, master and apprentice, was thinking about the money from the second palace.
Unexpectedly, the day after they came to the house, they spent 27,000 Hong Kong dollars to buy the house next door to the house where Gong Er lived.
Now no one will say anything about eating too much.
And when a woman has her family members to rely on, if outsiders want to bully her, they have to think carefully.
And what everyone is most concerned about is the killer moves and unique skills in the hands of Gong Family Sixty-Four passed down by Gong Baosen.
Before the banquet even started, someone came to the door.
Chu Xiangqian was greeting guests and chatting with several of Yixiantian's apprentices.
While chatting with Sanjiang Shui about the situation in this area.
A middle-aged man dressed in a mandarin jacket and long robe stood up and said to Gong Ergong, cupping his hands.
"Master Gong, I don't know if you, my nephew, are doing business in our shop. Are you just doing business, or are you also opening a shop to accept apprentices?"
Gong Er knew that someone was looking for trouble, and he sighed in his heart, but he couldn't directly take charge of Chu Qianqian.
But before she could say anything, Chu jumped up into the water in the Sanjiang River next to Qianqian and cursed, "Damn it, our junior brother is hosting a banquet here today to invite people to eat.
You bastard, you don’t have a good choice when. You insist on causing trouble here tonight. This is deliberately looking for trouble."
Before Sanjiang Shui became a disciple of Yixiantian, this guy had more than a dozen younger brothers.
Otherwise, it would not be his turn to take people to the newly opened White Rose Barber Shop in Yixiantian to collect fees.
After worshiping Yixiantian as his master, although the water of Sanjiang has converged a lot, his subordinates still have to eat.
Therefore, Sanjiangshui did not leave the gang. Even after learning martial arts, he became more powerful in fights and became much more powerful.
Fortunately, Yinxiantian still restrains him, making money is no problem, but being disorderly is not.
When the younger brothers of Sanjiangshui saw that their boss had jumped out, they naturally would not give in.
One by one, they rolled up their sleeves and cursed each other as if they were going to start a fight if they couldn't reach an agreement.
Yi Xian Tian shouted, "Sit down, it's your turn to take the lead in this matter."
Chu Xiangqian wanted to say that he had no intention of opening a restaurant and accepting disciples.
It’s just that things have already started, so saying this is just a shame.
Moreover, people have made it clear that they are causing trouble for themselves. If they don’t stand up, they will not be able to gain a foothold in the future. The gossip behind their backs will also prevent them from doing business.
He stood up and looked at Gong Changqing and Gong Er.
Gong Changqing nodded to Gong Er, "Sister, you have the final say in this matter."
Gong Er then asked Chu Qianqian, "Chu Er, what are your plans?"
Chu Qianqian stood up and said, "There is no need to open a restaurant, I have no shortage of business to support myself. If I accept a disciple, and I meet a suitable and good young man, I have to pass on the skills passed down by the master."
This may sound fine to ordinary people, but in the ears of those masters who specialize in opening restaurants to recruit apprentices, it is a faint mockery that they still have to sell their crafts to earn a living.
Not only did he offend more than a dozen masters, but even Ip Man's expression turned ugly.
Only Xiantiantian smiled. As a barber shop owner, he not only confiscated the apprentice's filial piety, but also confiscated the apprenticeship fee.
Instead, he took his apprentice with him to make money with his hands and skills.
In a sense, Yi Yian Tian is indeed more supported and loved by his disciples than those masters who only teach boxing and make a living.
And despite the fact that he and Master Ye are getting along well, he actually looks down on Master Ye because of Gong Er.
Seeing that Chu Qianqian even scolded Master Ye, I felt so happy.
The person who started the trouble answered the question and asked, "I wonder if Master Chu knows the rules of establishing a sect in our place?"
Chu Qianqian sneered, there was still a big difference between accepting a disciple and establishing a sect.
Having watched the movie, he knows the so-called rules, which is to enter the ring and compete with other masters.
If you can get recognition from most people, you will naturally be qualified to open a school and teach students.
If you can't win against anyone, then you definitely won't be able to open a gym, and no one will go to him to learn martial arts.
Chu Qianqian said with a smile, "Come on stage and have a fight. I've heard a lot about this kind of thing, but I've never seen it before. As the saying goes, do as the Romans do. Now that I've settled in Hong Kong Island, I'm naturally willing to abide by the rules."
After speaking, Chu Qianqian looked at the middle-aged man who spoke and said, "Looking at this, does this master want to give some advice to me, a foreigner?"
"My surname is Fan. I don't dare to give advice. I just want to give it a try so that you can see the sixty-four tricks of the Gong family."
Chu Xiangqian now fully understood that these artificial things were the Gong family's trick.
He unbuttoned his suit, took off his suit and stood in the middle of the restaurant hall, saying to Master Fan, "After all, it's just my own incompetence.
If I don’t practice Kung Fu well, I think it’s because my ancestors are not good at it, and I focus on other people’s Kung Fu.”
The man was directly torn apart by Chu Xiangqian, and felt ashamed and angry in his heart.
Put on a posture and give a reminder when Chu moved forward to clasp his fists.
He rushed forward fiercely and hit Chu Qianqian with a kick through the heart.
But in Chu Xiangqian's eyes, the opponent's movements seemed to have slowed down by a few percent.
Lifting his leg, he came first and put his foot on his leg faster than the opponent.
This place is on the side of the knee joint, with a large number of muscles, tendons, ligaments, fascia, lymph, arteries, veins and nerves.
If you go down with one leg, you might lose one of the opponent's legs.
Chu Xiangqian finally saved some strength, and after kicking, the opponent's lower body was helpless. He clenched his fists to accumulate strength, and slapped him with a fierce palm.