Chapter 124 9 Dragon City Walled City
With the country’s current strength, it would have been a simple matter to take back Hong Kong Island in the 60s.
As a person who came from the future, Zhang Dongliang certainly knew that the main reason why the country did not take back Hong Kong Island was to use it as a window for communication between the East and the West.
The significance of this window is to prevent the new country from being completely cut off from communication and contacts under the Western blockade, making it difficult for it to obtain some necessary advanced materials.
No matter how Hong Kong movies beautify the film, and how they portray gangsters as loyal and righteous people with brotherly love, this cannot erase the sins they have committed.
Zhang Dongliang never regarded them as a group of good people.
Many times, when government management is inadequate, the existence of gangs is also a form of order.
Zhang Dongliang has no intention of becoming a hero who eradicates all the gangs in Hong Kong, and this is not realistic at the moment.
He remembered someone saying that no matter how bad the government is, it is better than no government. No matter how bad the order is, it is better than no order.
If the current delicate and peaceful situation in Hong Kong is disrupted rashly, it will only bring greater suffering to the people.
So, should we stop doing anything? No, we just need to find the right time and choose the right person to do it.
After Hong Kong’s return to China, where have you ever heard of the existence of gangs in Hong Kong? Didn’t they all run away?
After enjoying himself for a while in Hong Kong Island, Zhang Dongliang had to leave quickly. The battlefield in the south still needed him to participate in the actual situation.
Why are you so eager to go to that battlefield?
Zhang Dongliang had a hunch that if he were really thrown back to the 1920s and 1930s, he might face the anti-Japanese front.
That was a national war, and it had to be fought no matter what. It didn't matter here in the South Vietnam. I was just a bystander, a tourist, and what I did and didn't do was up to me.
Learning war in war is the fastest way to make progress. This is also the purpose of Zhang Dongliang's plan to go to the battlefield in the south to gain experience.
I have received so much favor in this world, and with the existence of the small world, there should be no problem in keeping my life.
When you come to Kowloon Walled City, where to stay is a problem.
You may not know that Kowloon Walled City is actually divided into two parts, east and west, with a clear distinction in the middle.
The western half of the walled city is a normal residential area where people live and work in peace and contentment. Although it is very crowded, this small walled city is a paradise for the lower-class people who have nothing to start their own business.
The eastern part of the walled city is where the gangs gather. Powder stalls, chicken stalls, drug stalls, all these things are in the eastern half.
The gang only collected protection fees from the western half and did not harass the living area in the western part of the walled city.
Kowloon Walled City is called the City of Sin, mainly because of its eastern half.
It is impossible for him to live in the eastern part of the city with this aura. He would be out of place and too conspicuous.
With the mentality of visiting here for a while, Zhang Dongliang went to the west of the walled city and found a small hotel to stay in. He didn't plan to live there permanently, and he didn't plan to rent a house.
Zhang Dongliang changed his clothes specially, wearing a wrinkled T-shirt on the upper body and gray-white trousers on the lower body, and pretended to carry a small bag as luggage.
As soon as the hotel owner Uncle Chen heard Zhang Dongliang's accent, he knew he had just come from the mainland.
"Young man, just came from there?"
"Yes, uncle, life in my hometown is really unbearable."
In the past two years, due to natural disasters and the poor domestic economic situation, the number of people fleeing to Hong Kong has increased dramatically. Zhang Dongliang's reason is very reasonable.
"It's good to be here. As long as you are willing to endure hardships and work hard, it's easy to survive."
Zhang Dongliang said he planned to stay for 10 days and paid the rent for 10 days in one go.
The hotel owner, Uncle Chen, was very talkative and led Zhang Dongliang to the room upstairs. The room was cramped and small. You couldn't find a larger hotel room in Kowloon Walled City.
"Young man, you should hurry up and find a job. It would be better if you rent a house. It's very expensive to stay in a hotel for a long time."
I didn’t expect that the hotel owner, Uncle Chen, was such a kind-hearted person and he even considered his guests.
Over the years, there has been no major fire or other accidents in Kowloon Walled City, all thanks to the mutual help and care between neighbors.
Uncle Chen has seen many young people like Zhang Dongliang who have fled to Hong Kong. Perhaps in a few days, this young man will become his neighbor.
Perhaps because of the times, the lower class people in Hong Kong Island are more friendly to those who flee from the mainland. We cannot regard the normal people in the western part of the walled city as bad people just because there are gangs in the eastern part of the walled city.
In the 60s, there was a taxi driver protest because the Hong Kong Eagle government refused to issue identity cards to mainlanders who fled to Hong Kong. This shows how close the mainland and Hong Kong were at that time.
"Thank you, uncle. I will go out and look for a job soon."
"Young man, the place in the east is very messy. Don't run around when you first get here." The kind-hearted Uncle Chen reminded Zhang Dongliang.
"Thank you, uncle. I understand."
In the 60s, the small area in the western part of Kowloon Walled City was home to more than 600 companies and numerous dental clinics.
These dental clinics are basically opened by doctors who have fled to Hong Kong. The equipment is very advanced, even better than those in large hospitals.
Due to its low fees and good technology, almost everyone in Hong Kong Island comes here for dental treatment. It is very famous in Southeast Asia, which shows how prosperous this place is.
There are two more famous movies about the great hero Wu Guohao, one is "Unleashed Ho" starring Ray Lui, and the other is "Chasing the Dragon" starring Donnie Yen.
The movie "Limping Ho" starring Ray Lui is quite famous, and the image of a gangster boss was portrayed quite successfully, but the role played by Ray Lui does not conform to historical facts.
The reason is that Wu Guohao fled to Hong Kong Island as a child from a poor family. Even if he became a big boss, the rough atmosphere brought by his poor life since childhood could not be erased.
The image created by Ray Lui in "Limping Ho" after he became a big boss in the later period, his temperament was obviously inconsistent with Wu Guohao's experience. Ray Lui found the feeling of Ding Li in Shanghai here.
Zhang Dongliang has recently become a frequent visitor to the casino, where he has been killing everyone. In just a few days, he has earned the title of Gambling Saint.
Uncle Chen kindly reminded Zhang Dongliang not to go to the eastern part of the walled city, and Zhang Dongliang could only thank him. The purpose of coming here is to visit, so how can I not come? Well, besides, someone is giving me money.
Every time on the way to the casino, I could see Wu Guohao sitting on the second-floor terrace opposite the casino drinking alone.
After paying 20 Hong Kong dollars, he learned from a prostitute that Wu Guohao's wife had been dead for half a year. He had been depressed and drunk for the past six months.
"It seems that I am indeed the legendary plot troublemaker." Zhang Dongliang thought to himself.
Although Xiao Die did not allow himself to look at the cards again, Zhang Dongliang still remembered the main plot of the movie. Now the plot has developed to the middle, and it is about to reach the turning point where Wu Guohao becomes Bo Hao.
Zhang Dongliang didn't know if Wu Guohao would become Bo Hao after his involvement. Maybe his leg wouldn't get injured anymore?