Countercurrent 1978 starts with the production team

In the afternoon, Kam Hing Building, Murray Road, Central.

Chu Jianghe and Ma Liang got out of the taxi, looked at the old-fashioned office building in front of them, and then looked at the note in their hands to confirm that they had found the right one.

Chu Jianghe has not forgotten the purpose of his trip to Hong Kong City. He is still very worried about Zhang Li's situation and does not know what is wrong with him.

After receiving the news, he asked Lao Wutou to go back and pack his luggage, while he and Ma Liang rushed here without stopping.

After seeing the tall buildings in front of him, Chu Jianghe felt that this trip might not be fruitful.

This is obviously where Chen Youlin registered his leather bag company, but they may not necessarily be here.

I told Chen Youlin that in the re-export trade, the goods ordered from the mainland only need to be repackaged in the port city, which is obviously not suitable here.

The rent here is high, and it is not convenient to find people. For their business, it is better to find a warehouse near the port or rent a dilapidated house in the countryside near the port.

Labor is cheap in the countryside. Find someone to repackage the purchased goods. Once repackaged, they can be shipped directly to the port for shipment, and then resold to another country.

But now that he's here, Chu Jianghe is still going to go up and take a look, there's no way he won't have any clues.

Chu Jianghe followed the instructions on the note and took Ma Liang to the fifth floor.

It couldn't be seen from the outside, but when the elevator door opened, Chu Jianghe only glanced at it a few times, and the general situation was clear to him.

There are signs hanging at the door of these rooms. At a glance, there are about a dozen different companies.

Chu Jianghe frowned. It was a mixed bag here. Chen Youlin really registered a leather bag company and only rented a small office.

Slowly searching along the right side of the elevator, Chu Jianghe finally found the sign for Qiang Sheng Trading. As expected, General Tie was guarding the door.

Chu Jianghe looked around and saw that almost every company was closed.

At this time, a middle-aged man wearing a white shirt and working-class style came out of an office and hurried past him. Chu Jianghe grabbed him and asked, "Brother, where are the people from this company?"

Pulled by Chu Jianghe, the man looked Chu Jianghe up and down, and then heard his mainland accent, and said impatiently: "I don't know."

Then he threw his arm and went straight to the elevator.

Chu Jianghe had no idea what to do, and he couldn't force him to say no even if he didn't want to say anything.

Ma Liang saw that Chu Jianghe had touched his head. He smoothed his sleeves and prepared to find trouble with that person. He said, "Who is he? I'm just asking a question. What's your attitude?"

Chu Jianghe quickly stopped him. The most important thing now was to quickly find the whereabouts of Zhang Li and not cause any further complications.

At this moment, an aunt happened to appear at the stairs, holding cleaning tools in her hand. She should be the cleaning staff of this building.

Chu Jianghe walked over with a friendly smile on his face: "Auntie, let me ask, where are the people from that company?"

Perhaps Chu Jianghe's handsome face came into play at this time. After the cleaning lady saw Chu Jianghe and heard his mainland accent, she didn't show any disgusted expression.

"Which one?"

Chu Jianghe pointed to the Qiangsheng Trading brand again: "That's the one."

The cleaning aunt probed her head and looked in the direction that Chu Jianghe was pointing. She looked confused at the sign of Qiang Sheng Trading. She pondered for a while and said, "Which one are you talking about? I'm not sure. There seems to be one." No one’s been around for a while.”

Chu Jianghe was a little disappointed. Since the cleaning lady in this building didn't know, it would be a waste of time to ask others.

"Oh, that's it. Thank you, auntie."

After Chu Jianghe finished speaking, he was about to leave temporarily and think of other solutions. Unexpectedly, he was stopped by the cleaning aunt as soon as he turned around.

"and many more."

"What's wrong, auntie?"

"There seemed to be a group of people looking for this company a few days ago, and they didn't look like good people."

"Oh? Do you know who he is specifically?"

"I don't know, but looking at the drawings on their arms, they look like people from a club."

"A member of a gang?"

Chu Jianghe's heart tightened and he frowned. Zhang Li and Chen Youlin were both old friends, how could they get involved with people from the club.

Could it be that the two of them offended people in the society and hid themselves, so they had no contact with him during this period?

But Chen Youlin can be considered a local snake. Even if something big happens, it's not like he can't even notify himself.

Chu Jianghe thought about it but couldn't figure it out. He could only suppress the anxiety in his heart temporarily. It was useless to be anxious at this time.

"Okay, thank you, auntie."

Chu Jianghe said politely to the cleaning aunt, and then led Ma Liang out of the building.

After leaving the door of the building, Ma Liang saw Chu Jianghe's unkind expression and asked cautiously: "Brother, is something really wrong with Brother Zhang?"

Chu Jianghe shook his head and said, "Don't think blindly. We still don't know the specific details of what happened. Everything we say is just guessing."

Since strong trade seems to be related to the people in the society, we can only start with the society.

Chu Jianghe really didn't want to have anything to do with those societies. Remembering that Lao Wutou's friends were also members of the club, it seemed that he still needed to come forward in this matter.

Not to mention letting him come forward, at least he should come forward to inquire about the information.

Wait until you find out the information and then see what is more appropriate.

The port city is a natural deep-water port and a free port. The management of the exchange of people and goods is very loose. In addition, after the war, countless refugees poured in, including from the mainland, Southeast Asia, and locals. The population structure here has always been very complex. .

Since life is not easy for the people at the bottom, there is a breeding ground for associations.

Many people choose to join societies because of their livelihood.

The British government only cared about making money for itself, and because it was unwilling to bear the cost of governance because of insufficient income, it allowed these associations to grow.

It is also because the British government is lazy. The British have always had little interest in managing the Chinese. They often simply find convenient compradors from the Chinese to manage indirectly, using China to control China.

Many times they only need to manage these societies to achieve indirect rule.

When necessary, you can also sacrifice the community to decorate your appearance.

In fact, Hong Kong City's associations have never developed, and all activities have been strictly controlled.

These societies are more like chamber pots in front of those in power. They use them when they want to, and then throw them away after using them.

The Hong Kong city in the 70s and [-]s was really a mess. Corruption was rampant in all industries. From street vendors to company managers, from ordinary civil servants to senior police superintendents, everyone was affected by corruption.

Rampant corruption has brought serious disasters to society. The efficiency of the bureaucracy is extremely low, social integrity has been completely lost, and people's lives are miserable.

The strong demands of the people and the emergence of Ge Baigu prompted the British to establish the Independent Commission Against Corruption in 1974, which was directly responsible to the supreme minister, and began to launch an anti-corruption campaign.

It is only in recent years that the social atmosphere in Hong Kong has improved slightly.