Kowloon Station, Lin Xiaoguang got off from here and exited the station.
The sun was scorching, and it was still very hot in September. He was sweating as soon as he left the train station.
When he walked outside, he looked up at the sky. The red sun was shining in the sky, which was very dazzling. Looking around, as far as the eye could see, to the west was the Hong Kong Polytechnic, now also called the Polytechnic, and to the south was a construction site under construction.
"This should be the Hung Hom Stadium, right?" he thought thoughtfully.
"Xiaoguang, here!"
Lin Xiaoguang followed the sound, took a closer look, and saw a person walking over here waving his hand.
It was Zhong Wenzhang.
The only person he could inform about this trip to Xiangjiang was Brother Wen.
When they met, Zhong Wenzhang patted him on the shoulder, and while busy carrying his luggage, he said: "Are you tired from the journey? It takes more than forty hours from Peking to Guangdong, and then transfer, and there are also several trains from Guangdong to Xiangjiang.
When I was young, I was tortured enough before."
"Let's go, get in the car, take a taxi."
He took Lin Xiaoguang and went to the taxi station to queue up. Lin Xiaoguang could only chat while walking and smiled: "It's okay. Besides, it's still a hard sleep. I'm young and can handle it."
Soon after getting into the taxi, Zhong Wenzhang started chatting with him: "Xiaoguang, when you get to Xiangjiang, you still have to follow the locals and learn to speak Cantonese."
He secretly pointed at the taxi driver in front of him and whispered: "The people in Xiangjiang are not very friendly to people who speak Mandarin. The middle-aged and elderly people are fine, but the young people in their twenties, oh, they all call us mainlanders..."
"I've heard about this." Lin Xiaoguang smiled, obeyed, and started to speak Cantonese.
Zhong Wenzhang's eyes suddenly lit up: "Who did you learn it from? It's quite authentic."
"My roommate, Chen Yiming, is from Wandong."
"That's good, I'm afraid you're not used to it yet." Zhong Wenzhang felt reassured, then looked out the window and asked: "Are you in a hurry to go to Huarun to report? Why don't you go to dinner first? Then meet the editor-in-chief.
He has wanted to see you for a long time."
"Chief Editor-in-Chief Zhai of your company, I am indeed prepared to meet you, but don't be in a hurry until you have settled in."
"Okay, let's eat first."
When we arrived at a Cantonese barbecue restaurant, Lin Xiaoguang's greed was lured out by the smell of the aroma. He couldn't help but admire: "Brother Wen, you know me best, you know that I like to eat this barbecued pork rice."
"Hurry up and eat it. Xiangjiang's barbecued pork is quite authentic."
While chatting and eating roast goose rice, Zhong Wenzhang suddenly said: "Just in time, the manuscript fee for "Kunlun" has not been given to you yet. I will send it to you later, or you can go to the newspaper office to get it. As agreed before, it is one hundred and two thousand words.
Ten yuan, three hundred thousand words, thirty-six thousand Hong Kong dollars."
"Also, I just gave you all the more than 420,000 Hong Kong dollars you asked me to deposit in the bank."
Speaking of this, Zhong Wenzhang expressed his bitterness: "My whole body is not worth ten thousand yuan in total. If you give me this money, you will make me worried. I am afraid that I will lose it one day."
"Okay, it just so happens that I need money for something, but, Brother Wen, I can't thank you enough for your kindness, but I still thank you."
"Don't be polite to me!" Zhong Wenzhang shook his head and noticed that he just said he had something to do. Suddenly his heart moved and asked: "When you come to Xiangjiang this time, aren't you going to work in Huarun? Are there other things?"
Brother Wen was not an outsider, so Lin Xiaoguang simply said: "Brother Wen, I want to do business."
Zhong Wenzhang was shocked: "Business? Are you not going back to the mainland?"
"Go back, of course. On the one hand, I will work in Huarun. On the other hand, I will go to a tax haven to register an offshore company. Then I will come to Hong Kong to register the company, find a partner or agent, and then hire professional managers to take care of the business.
That’s fine, I don’t need to come forward, and it can be hidden from the country, wouldn’t it be great?”
"I'm convinced by your brain." Zhong Wenzhang had to be convinced by Lin Xiaoguang's unbridled thinking and bold style.
"But, Brother Wen, I actually have something to ask you." Lin Xiaoguang was a little embarrassed.
"If you have something to say, just say it, don't ask for it."
Lin Xiaoguang took a bite of green vegetables, swallowed it and then said: "Brother Wen, have you heard the recent news? About the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone."
"Of course I know. Although I am in Xiangjiang, I am in the news system anyway. If I don't know about this matter, I am too unqualified." Zhong Wenzhang shook his head and looked at him: "What? Is your matter related to this?"
Lin Xiaoguang nodded, then talked about Lei Meng's story, and finally said: "Now the central government is very determined to reform and open up. Shenzhen is a experimental field. In other places, you can only be self-employed, but Shenzhen is different. I just want to
Please help me apply for a border defense permit and let him come to Shenzhen."
After listening to this, Zhong Wenzhang was thoughtful and said jokingly: "Is this related to the business you plan to do in Xiangjiang?"
"Brother Wen is awesome, I won't hide it from you, yes, that's it."
"Alas..." Zhong Wenzhang sighed, his face changed slightly, and said: "I can help you with other things, but I really can't help you with this matter. If you had been earlier, a month ago, I might have
I'll help you find a relationship, but that's not possible now."
"A month ago, the special zone was not established yet, Brother Wen."
"Yes, I almost forgot."
"Then why was it possible a month ago but not now? Brother Wen, is something wrong with you?" Lin Xiaoguang felt that Zhong Wenzhang was not feeling right.
Zhong Wenzhang looked him up and down, sighed for a long time, and then said: "You are not an outsider. Let me tell you this. I have fallen out with my family. I can't use my family's connections now. Besides, they want me to return to Guangdong."
Zhouzhou, I don’t want to go back, I guess the newspaper office won’t be able to resist, and they will have to deal with me.”
"Why should we have a falling out?" Lin Xiaoguang couldn't figure out that a twenty-eight-year-old man would have a falling out with his family.
"It's not because of the marriage."
"Brother Wen, has your family introduced you to someone?"
"It's not the introduction partner, it's the baby we've been dating since childhood. Our two families are family friends. Both families want us to get married. I don't agree."
"Why don't you agree? Isn't my sister-in-law beautiful?"
"Being beautiful is very beautiful, but it has nothing to do with being beautiful. It's just that I don't like it."
"If you don't like it, what should you do if your sister-in-law likes you? It hurts the girl's heart too much if you do this." Lin Xiaoguang smiled, then felt curious and asked: "By the way, who is my sister-in-law?"
"Don't call her sister-in-law. I'm not interested in her, and she's not interested in me either. Well, you know her too."
"I know? Who is it?"
"Sister Qingtong."
"What?" Lin Xiaoguang was shocked. Teacher Fu and Brother Wen were forced to get married by their family?
After a while, he came back to his senses. With mixed emotions and a lot of thoughts in his mind, he immediately asked: "Brother Wen, where is Sister Qingtong now?"
"She can no longer do her job at the Consulate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Los Angeles. Her family members found connections to transfer her back to China. A while ago, she hid in Xiangjiang. I haven't seen her in the past two days. She should still be in Xiangjiang. Wait a minute.
I will take you to see her when I have time."
"Brother Wen, we've finished eating. Let's go find her now."
"Are you in such a hurry? She may not be here at the moment. She may have gone out. Wait a minute, and she will still be paid for the meal."
"I'll pay for this meal, don't say anything else, get in the car quickly!"