Chapter 38: Mouse Trap
Chapter 38: Mouse Trap
The two walked downstairs, and Zhao Liming asked, "Brother Dong, where are we going?"
"Hardware market." Yang Wendong replied.
In the 50s, Hong Kong's industry had begun to show a very strong upward development trend, especially plastics, textiles, and the most basic metal processing industry.
The development of industry naturally drives the development of hardware stores.
There are also some factories in Tsim Sha Tsui, so there are also many hardware stores and markets.
Yang Wendong walked around and found a store that looked decent in size. After he entered, there were no other customers inside, so he asked, "Boss, do you have any glue?"
"Glue? Yes." The boss was a bald man in his 40s. When he saw Yang Wendong, he immediately asked happily, "What kind of glue do you want, sir? Pressure sensitive? Instant dry? Latex? Glass glue?"
"..." Hearing the boss's many professional terms, Yang Wendong's head was a little confused. He didn't quite understand. Then he thought about it and asked, "I just want to..."
Before he finished speaking, several policemen suddenly walked in. When the boss saw the policemen, his smile disappeared immediately and he said to Yang Wendong, "Sir, please take a look around first. I'll come back later."
"Yeah, okay." Yang Wendong nodded. He just happened to need some time to learn more about it.
"Ah sir." The shop owner walked up with a more smiling expression.
"Aaron, business is good. There are always customers every time they come to your shop." The leading policeman, with a cigarette in his mouth and a face full of fat, said with a smile, patting the shoulder of the shop owner, Aaron.
Aaron quickly said, "Sir, it's just a small business."
"Don't talk about small business. I hear you say your business is bad every day, but I heard that you moved to a new house recently?" The policeman, smoking a cigarette, sneered.
A-Long said, "We changed to a low-end, inferior one. We just had a son. Our house is too small. We need to change to a bigger one. Otherwise, it will be difficult for a family of eight to live in."
"Is it difficult to live? You have married three wives. Don't be too proud of yourself when you were living a carefree life." Another policeman said with a smile.
After listening to this, Yang Wendong, who was standing by, couldn't help but look at the bald boss.
incredible!
Aaron smiled and said, "Sir, I regret it so much now. I am under a lot of pressure."
"Okay, old rules, pay the fee." One of the policemen said after looking at his watch.
Aaron said, "Okay, keep it."
After collecting the money, the police chatted for a while and then left while chatting and smiling.
"Puh~" The bald boss A'long spat out subconsciously, but suddenly remembered that there were other people in the store, so he smiled and said, "Excuse me, gentlemen."
"Was that one month's fee?" Yang Wendong asked.
The bald boss, A'long, nodded and said, "Yes, one month, but that's just the police. There are also gang members. In addition, we have to pay rent and property fees. Sigh, although the world is getting better, it's still difficult."
"Well, it's all the same actually. Without these people, your rent will also increase. Do you believe it?" Yang Wendong said with a faint smile.
In fact, no matter what kind of society it is, the fundamental principle is to let the lower classes barely survive. At most, a civilized and clean society uses legal and non-violent means, but the current Hong Kong society uses violence.
Of course, the former is definitely better, after all, society is still progressing.
But capitalists will use all means to earn the highest profits, this is eternal and unchanging, at most because of the improvement of the productivity of the whole society, the life of the lower class will not be so hard. Aaron was a little surprised and said: "Yes, in fact, it was more chaotic in the past few years than it is now. It has been better in recent years, but the rent has indeed increased more sharply."
Zhao Liming, who was standing by, asked, "Boss, you have three wives?"
Ah Long said with a smile: "Yes, there were too many foreigners in Hong Kong in the past few years, and several women fell in love with me. If I could afford it, it wouldn't be surprising if I had five or six."
"Great." Zhao Liming gave a thumbs up.
Aaron sighed and shook his head, saying, "What's so great about that? I didn't know much when I was young, but now that I have to support a family, I know the pain. I have six children now, you don't know how tiring it is to raise them."
"Liming, you can do this when you have money in the future." Yang Wendong smiled and said, "Boss, I want to apply glue on the wood board and then stick leather items. What kind of glue is better?"
"How strong does the stickiness need to be? Should we take it off later, or just leave it alone after it's stuck on?" Seeing that the conversation was getting down to business, the boss, Aaron, returned to normal.
Yang Wendong said: "It needs to have very strong adhesion, the kind that can stick to things even after being stored for a long time."
The purpose of buying glue is, of course, to make the most famous mouse-catching artifact in later generations: the sticky mouse board.
This thing is simple in theory and easy to make, but because I had no money in the early stages and could not register a patent, I never started.
Now the time has come. Moreover, we want to deal with so many rats on the dock and in the surrounding areas, but we cannot use rat poison on a large scale. So we can only use this magical weapon, which has become very effective in later generations.
Aaron turned around, glanced at the cabinet behind him, took out a small bottle of transparent glue from it, and said, "This is a kind of glue called NK5308 imported from Japan. It is very sticky and can be glued to wood."
"How much is a bottle?" Yang Wendong asked, looking at the approximately 50 ml (1/10 of a mineral water bottle) of glue in his hand.
Aaron said, "2 dollars."
Yang Wendong thought for a moment and asked, "Is there a factory in Hong Kong that makes glue?"
The boss, A-Long, shook his head and said, "As far as I know, there isn't. Glue is considered a chemical industry. There shouldn't be such an industry in Hong Kong. Everything is imported."
Yang Wendong asked again: "If I buy a lot, can it be cheaper?"
The boss asked, "How much do you want to buy?"
Yang Wendong said: "It's a lot. If this glue is good, hundreds of bottles may not be enough. It would be better to have a large package."
The boss, A Long, said, "I can find a distributor to buy the glue from. The glue is in barrels, and a barrel probably weighs ten kilograms. But I haven't asked how much it costs."
"Okay, please ask for me when you have time. If there is no problem with the glue, I will come again next time." Yang Wendong said.
The boss said, “Okay.”
Yang Wendong asked again: "Oh, right, I need a layer of something similar to paper that can cover the glue, but the glue won't stick to it, so it can be torn off directly without affecting the properties of the glue."
"Yes, this smooth sticker will do." The boss took out a large piece of paper and said, "As long as it is smooth enough, it won't stick. There are a lot of this kind of paper in factories or the construction industry."
"Well, let me see." Yang Wendong took it and touched it. It felt very much like the back of the tape.
Very smooth, as long as the surface is smooth enough, it will not be stuck.
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(End of this chapter)