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This is a story told from Hong Kong in the 1950s. It was a magnificent and treacherous era. The latest and fastest update, free reading provided

In the 1950s, Hong Kong's economy and society developed rapidly, becoming one of the richest, most economically developed and highest living standards in the world. The highest land price in Hong Kong was 251 yuan per square foot, and the population of Hong Kong was as high as 1.5 million. Foreign capital influxed, and the population increased dramatically. The prosperity and rise of the real estate industry could be foreseeable.

In the 1950s, Hong Kong gradually changed its identity from a trading port to an industrial city. With the rise of the real estate industry, industry was also driven, and countless funds flowed into Hong Kong from all parties to develop industry. In the late 1950s, Hong Kong's logo was changed from sails to tall buildings, representing that the real estate industry replaced the shipping industry and became the new standard for Hong Kong.

In Hong Kong in the 1950s, a newly-employed military uniformed policeman had a monthly salary of 120 yuan, but a lowest-level military uniformed policeman could get 300 yuan per month. The Hong Kong policeman's case-solving rate was stable at 6%-10%. In the entire 1950s, the Hong Kong policeman's crimes exceeded 100,000 yuan each year, and there was a disorderly black and white state. Every time the files were recorded and closed twice at the end of the year, hundreds of people were always placed outside the policeman's door. This was the head of a person who made a living by scapegoating.

In Hong Kong in the 1950s, Miss Hong Kong was not just the entertainment of Hong Kong people, but the top Asian beauty pageant that can be in line with the world. Miss Hong Kong selected could attend the Miss World beauty pageant in the United States. Miss Hong Kong champion would be signed into a large Hollywood film company in the United States and receive professional film performance training for half a year, with a weekly salary of US$250. At that time, a Ford luxury car in Hong Kong car company was priced at 2,000 US dollars. Miss Hong Kong at that time, regardless of her origin, the teahouse waiter could still wear the championship and become a star that thousands of people pursued.

In Hong Kong in the 1950s, singers were also called singers. They did not have their own concerts, nightclubs, bars, and dance halls. At that time, fans also had a unified name. The uncle and young group. In addition to comparing singing skills and limelight, singers at that time were also more large than their uncle's group. After the singers left the stage, they also had to take the initiative to go to the uncle and young group to socialize and toast, which was called Baishan in the industry. At that time, members of the uncle and young group were either rich or noble. In order to support the singer, they always booked all seats in the front row and went to support the audience regardless of rain or rain every night. They also followed the singer to turn around and compete with other singers' uncle and young group and spent a lot of money.

In Hong Kong in the 1950s, dancers could go on strike, leaving all nightclubs without dancers to accompany them, and asked nightclub owners to increase their salaries and benefits, and the guests beat the dancers drunk. If the nightclub owners do not stand up for the dancers, they no longer need to think of dancers coming to work in this store.

In Hong Kong in the 1950s, Filipino maids were still not available. Rich families were used to hiring experienced maids from homes, with a monthly salary of 150 yuan, a separate bedroom, a radio in the room, and two major holidays a year. The conditions are so harsh, so it is still difficult to find a high price for a maid in her self-combed. At that time, it was equivalent to the face of the owner.

In the 1950s, except for the indigenous people of the New Territories, no one claimed to be a Hong Konger, Chaozhou, Shunde, Huzhou, Fujian, and one chamber of commerce in each place, and one word for each place. When you need to stand out, you often don’t need to call the police. You just need to say hello to the president of the chamber of commerce or the boss of the charity. Naturally, someone will come forward to resolve the issue. Even if there is a fight, armed fight, casualties, and injuries in the end, you will never be benefited from the penalties of fellow villagers.

In the 1950s, the world's top brands had not yet been launched. People who were a little rich wanted to wear foreign clothes and tailor them to go to foreign foreign clothes stores. Really rich Chinese would pay for business trips every year, invite barbers and Shanghai tailors from Shanghai to tailor their clothes. At that time, a barber room with the Shanghai word "shanghai" in Hong Kong, barbers could be busy from morning to night, and earn 300 Hong Kong dollars a day with tips, which was higher than the monthly salary of many people.

In the 1950s, the number of factories increased from 1,478 to 8,809 in ten years, and the number of workers increased from 80,000 to 370,000. Countless tycoons became famous, including finance, textiles, shipping, entertainment, newspapers, toys, wigs, and clothing, and then they were called masters in various industries.

In the 1950s, Hong Kong was adjacent to Macau, a group of Kuomintang defeated troops formed by bandits traitors across the waters of both places, plundering merchant ships, with fierce ships and fierce guns and guns in place. It was called "Datian 2" at that time.

In the 1950s, people valued loyalty and kept their promises. When they first came to Hong Kong, they had no relatives. They just had to ask for help from a local accent in the teahouse, and tea guests from fellow villagers could get up to help. Whether they were studying, looking for a job, looking for a place to live, or asking their relatives, they would definitely handle it properly.

In the 1950s, there were 1,700 rickshaws driving on the road, competing for business with the ding-dang Hong Kong trams and emerging car buses. At that time, the tram fare was six cents per person, and six cents were at the price of the goods at that time. One bowl of pig blood porridge and two fried dough sticks were allowed. In order to fight against emerging transportation, rickshaws had a five cent trip to Hong Kong and Kowloon, and used their feet to fight cars. In the end, the Hong Kong government stopped issuing rickshaw license plates and restricted the route of rickshaws.

In Hong Kong in the 1950s, young men either went to the police academy, or just entered the word "name", or both. Only those who were rejected by both would go to the factory to work. Working in the factory was considered a sign of lack of hope. At that time, parents would rather marry their daughter to a rich man as a wife than marry a poor boy, which was an era where polygamy was allowed.

In the 1950s, when walking on the streets, you always meet beautiful women called "Jiao Po", or beautiful cheongsams with glass stockings and brightly colored high-heeled leather shoes, or a homemade floral waist-hugging narrow sleeves jacket, with a Tang suit with trousers like skirts, naked jade feet, and high heels with gold-painted clogs, passing by you in a charming way, and perhaps leaving a faint smell of "Guangshengxing" flower dew on the tip of your nose. The beauty of the world, like a fragrance, lingers in your heart.

In Hong Kong in the 1950s, countless rich and tycoons were still not yet successful, countless beauties and talented people were not yet old.

In Hong Kong in the 1950s, black and white colluded and order was chaotic, and no one had yet formulated rules between black and white.

In Hong Kong in the 1950s, a man named Song Tianyao traveled through time.
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