Chapter 8 Legend of Lichie

Song Tianyao knew the legend of the North Point Dance Floor Nightclub, but he never had the chance to set foot in this Hong Kong entertainment holy place. The latest and fastest update

The North Point Dance Floor Nightclub, whose real name is Li Chi Garden Nightclub. 49 years ago, it was known as the three major nightclubs in Hong Kong, along with the "Guangzhou Restaurant" in Hong Kong and the "Parram" in Central.

Although the name of a restaurant in Guangzhou is called "Stock Restaurant", it actually treats the restaurant as a dance hall. It is the first nightclub that opened in Hong Kong. That year, in 1935, prostitution banned in Hong Kong, and a large number of prostitutes and girls were introduced into nightclubs and transformed into dancers. It was also the Guangzhou restaurant invented a word that bought a street clock, which means that after singing and dancing, it was able to spend money to bring the dancers out of the nightclub.

It can be said that from 1935 to 1945, Guangzhou Restaurant was the only one in Hong Kong's world of beauty and beauty, until 1945, when Paramount Nightclub opened.

Paramount Nightclub was opened by a British ghost named Charlie. It is different from the traditional decoration style of the old-fashioned restaurant in Guangzhou. Paramount takes the name of "Palleon" in Shanghai back then and introduces a modern Western style. Both the buildings and employees are British style. This style immediately attracted all British officials in Hong Kong, and also allowed British merchants who do business in Hong Kong to find entertainment holy places that suit their tastes. From the Governor of the Hong Kong Colonial Port to ordinary British merchants, as long as they are British, almost all their entertainment venues will be arranged in Paramount. This attracted many Chinese rich people who want to bribe the senior officials of the ghost and talk about business with British merchants to come to Paramount to support them. Therefore, in just half a year, Paramount won the reputation of being the leader of the Guangzhou restaurant and replaced it, but the good times did not last long.

In 1946, Li Kuofa, a Shanghai-born Hong Kong Wenren and a tycoon leader of the Qing Gang, known as "Hong Kong Du Yuesheng", opened a Li Chi Garden Nightclub next to the Seven Sisters Bay in the North Point. If the Paramount opened by the British only took the name of the Paramount in the Band, then it can be said that Li Kuofa's Li Chi Garden Nightclub brought all the luxury of the beach to Hong Kong.

The name Lichi Garden sounds less elegant than Paramount, but it includes swimming pools, golf courses, nightclubs, restaurants, chess and card halls and other entertainment venues. The entire nightclub is like a luxury resort. As soon as it opened, it appeared in the American magazine "Life" that month. It was called the largest entertainment venue in the Far East by the magazine. The owner Li Kuofa was also called the "Emperor of Hong Kong Nightclubs" by the magazine.

Moreover, Li Kuofa planned the first general strike of dancers since the opening of the port of Hong Kong by the Qing Gang. The target of the general strike was the "Parramite" nightclub. That night, the dancers in Hong Kong went on strike, and all dance halls and nightclubs were closed. The dancers united and accused the Paramount Nightclub of distributing tax deductions on them and withholding their wages.

Paramount Nightclub knew that it was the planner behind Li Jianfa, but she had no choice but to do anything, because whether it was public opinion or labor law, it was not good for Paramount Nightclub. Moreover, the mothers Sang, the big sister and manager in the nightclub almost all have a background in the character, and no matter which character is, they would give face to the Qing Gang veteran Li Jianfa. During this strike, three of Paramount Nightclub's four major mothers Sang switched to Li Chi Garden. Although Paramount Nightclub finally made concessions to the dancers, increased the salary of the dancers and peacefully resolved this matter, it made Li Chi Garden gain a good reputation among the dancers, because before planning the strike, Li Chi Garden had already increased the salary of the nightclub dancers, far exceeding the average income of the dancers in Hong Kong.

If it was the three major nightclubs in Hong Kong 49 years ago, then after 49 years, only Li Kuofa's Li Chi was left in Hong Kong. In 49, the Kuomintang was defeated and Du Yuesheng came to Hong Kong. At the same time, countless Shanghai rich people came to Hong Kong with Du Yuesheng. It can be said that 80% of Shanghai's wealthy businessmen gathered in Xiangjiang. Li Kuofa also seized the opportunity and arranged for people to charter boats to Shanghai. He invited a group of well-known figures in the service industry in Shanghai, all of which were hired into Li Chi Garden with high salaries, and built Li Chi Garden into a high-end consumption place in one fell swoop, completely opening the distance from the other two companies.

For dinner, Lichi Garden has a famous chef specially invited from a well-known restaurant in Shanghai.

Dressing, Lichi Garden is well-known in Shanghai, and once presided over the tailor who made clothes for the President of the Flower Country.

Haircuts, Lichi Garden has a barber who once shaved his head for three handsome men on the beach.

These wealthy people in Shanghai also allowed a group of Hong Kong local beggars and colonial ghosts to see what wealth is. The newspapers recorded that when Du Yuesheng came to Hong Kong, the Ford Car Store sold 105 cars in January, which was twice as many as the previous year.

When cars are still exclusive to rich people for Hong Kong people, the servants of Shanghai rich families can ask the driver to drive a Ford 49 car to help deliver them to the vegetable market.

Unfortunately, many senior government officials in Hong Kong at that time had only the Ford 49 cars, which meant that they were no different from the servants of Shanghai's wealthy families.

The place where these Shanghai rich people spend time at night is Li Kuofa's Li Chi Garden. With his connections in Hong Kong and his identity as a Shanghainese, Li Kuofa has been able to get along with Shanghai rich people and Hong Kong people, and is proud of his youth.

However, the wood is revealed in the forest and the wind will destroy it. Hong Kong is a colony of the British. A Chinese is actually called the emperor of the Hong Kong nightclub by American magazines. A nightclub run by Chinese is actually called the largest entertainment venue in the Far East. How could a proud British man swallow this?

So, opposite the Lichi Garden Nightclub, Charlie, an Englishman, opened a Tiangong nightclub. The architectural decoration style was completely imitated according to Lichi Garden, and the area was larger than Lichi Garden. The dancer, Mother Sang, who spent a lot of money to poach Lichi Garden, played charity cards on the day of the opening day, and invited the director of the Welfare Department of the Hong Kong Colonial Government and a group of senior government officials to attend, which immediately attracted countless wealthy people who wanted to establish relationships with the Hong Kong Colonial Government to flock to the Tiangong Nightclub. The Tiangong Nightclub was crowded with people, and the Lichi Garden was deserted.

Just when everyone thought that Li Kuofa could not beat the British, at 9 o'clock on the night of the opening of the Tiangong Nightclub, he had been ill since he went to Hong Kong and stayed in the door and never set foot in the fun. Du Yuesheng, who had never set foot in the fun, dragged his sick body and got off the car at the gate of Lichi Garden, opposite Tiangong Nightclub, and walked into Lichi Garden Nightclub step by step.

Du Yuesheng from Shanghai Beach went to Lichi Garden tonight. The news spread throughout Hong Kong like the wind. At this time, many wealthy Shanghai people who wanted to meet senior officials of the Hong Kong government in the Tiangong Nightclub, stood up and ran towards Lichi Garden.

At the end of the development, Chinese officials in Hong Kong, inspectors, many veterans and disciples of the Hong Kong Youth Gang gathered in Lichi Garden. Even in the end, the Director of the Welfare Department couldn't help but enter Lichi and met Du Yuesheng.

Du Yuesheng sat in Lichi Garden for only two hours and saw only a few people.

However, after that night, Lichi Garden became the base camp for all the people from all walks of life in Hong Kong, and it was prosperous. The Tiangong Nightclub was difficult to sustain after less than a year, and it was a good time to close the door.

At this point, no one in the Hong Kong Festival dared to jump out and compete with Li Juefa, and Li Juefa truly confirmed the title of the emperor of the Hong Kong nightclub.
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