Siheyuan: Grassroots Counterattack

The president was obviously stunned when he heard the name, and then shook hands with Li Tianyi as if nothing had happened, "Mr. Li, what are you doing here?"

Li Tianyi looked around the office unnoticeably, then spoke a secret code, his eyes fixed on the president's reaction.

The president hesitated for a moment, but still responded with a secret code. After Li Tianyi exchanged the secret code with the president, they both breathed a sigh of relief.

"Comrade Li, welcome to Hong Kong Island." The president shook hands with Li Tianyi again enthusiastically.

"Thank you, Comrade Zhao."

"Don't call me Comrade Zhao. Just call me Mr. Zhao. I'll call you Mr. Li."

Li Tian nodded slightly. It was indeed inappropriate to call each other gay in a place like Hong Kong Island.

"Mr. Li, what happened last night? Why didn't our contact pick you up?"

"Mr. Zhao, this is what I wanted to ask. I waited there at the agreed time last night, but no one came to pick me up until almost dawn. I had no choice but to disguise myself as an overseas Chinese and enter the city."

"Now I have applied for a Hong Kong Island identity card, and my name is Maic Li."

President Zhao was very shocked. The statements of both parties did not match each other at all, so one of them must be lying.

President Zhao walked to the phone, dialed a number, said a few words and then hung up.

Then he talked to Li Tianyi about domestic affairs. After more than ten minutes, the phone on the table rang. President Zhao picked up the phone and answered it, but his face looked a little bad. Finally, he put down the phone, came to Li Tianyi and said, "Hey, I'm really sorry, Mr. Li, we didn't arrange it well. The person who was supposed to pick you up went out for a drink, and finally we were late."

"It's okay, Mr. Zhao, as long as it doesn't cause any trouble."

It turned out that President Zhao had just called his subordinate and asked him to investigate the man who went to pick up Li Tianyi this morning.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for the man to tell everything. President Zhao was shocked. This was not the first time.

"Mr. Zhao, when will the batch of machines arrive?"

President Zhao pondered for a moment and said, "It was supposed to arrive tomorrow, but something went wrong along the way, so it was delayed for three days."

"Well, let me know when the machine arrives." Li Tianyi was about to leave, but President Zhao stopped him. "Mr. Li, aren't you going to live in the place the agency has arranged?"

"No, I now have an official identity in Hong Kong Island, so I can go to the hotel and get a room. I will come back in three days."

President Zhao thought about it and agreed. It would be good for Li Tianyi to live with them, but since Li Tianyi didn't want to live here, he had no reason to stop him.

After saying goodbye to President Zhao, Li Tianyi left the newspaper office, hailed a taxi on the roadside, and headed for a nearby hotel.

After the room was unlocked, Li Tianyi entered the room. He was really tired that day, so he simply washed up and went to bed to rest.

He slept for a whole day. When he woke up again, it was already dark. Li Tianyi came downstairs and came to the dining area. The meals in this hotel are free, like the buffets in later generations. You can take as much as you eat. As long as you don't waste food, you can eat here as long as you want.

Li Tianyi took the plate and picked out a few things he liked, got a drink, then found a table and enjoyed a quiet dinner.

To be honest, he hadn't had such an elegant meal for more than 20 years. In China, the purpose of dining was to fill his stomach, but here the main purpose was to enjoy himself.

Looking at the tall buildings and the hustle and bustle of traffic outside the window, Li Tianyi felt as if he had returned to the afterlife.

It’s not that he missed the future life so much, but this familiar feeling made him feel sour in his heart, as if he was homesick.

After dinner, Li Tianyi politely declined several waves of approaches and went straight back upstairs.

He planned his itinerary for the next two days carefully. With so much foreign currency in his space, it would be useless if it were just sitting there. He might as well put it to good use and make money from it. When the country opens up, he will have a place to stay in Hong Kong Island, right?

Thinking of this, Li Tianyi confirmed again whether the door was locked, then took out some US dollars from the space, opened his suitcase, and put the money in.

There is 100 million US dollars in this box, which is equivalent to more than 700 million Hong Kong dollars when converted into Hong Kong dollars, enough for Li Tianyi to squander.

After sorting out all the things, Li Tianyi took a shower and rested.

The next morning, after having breakfast in the restaurant, Li Tianyi took his suitcase and took a taxi to HSBC.

As soon as he entered the bank, a young lady came to greet Li Tianyi, "Hello, sir, how can I help you?"

Li Tianyi didn't understand Cantonese, so he kept speaking English. He explained the situation in English, and the young lady quickly switched the language to English and asked again.

Li Tianyi explained his purpose, "Hello, I want to open an account in your bank and deposit some money." (Please forgive the author's poor English, the following dialogue is automatically translated into Chinese.)

The young lady's smile became more sincere, "Yes, sir, please follow me over here."

As she spoke, she led Li Tianyi to a meeting room. The young lady served Li Tianyi a cup of coffee, asked Li Tianyi to wait for a moment, and then she went to find the manager herself.

Soon a middle-aged man followed the young lady in. The young lady introduced both parties and then she walked out.

The manager looked at Li Tianyi inconspicuously, then asked, "Hello, sir, how much money do you want to deposit?"

Li Tianyi put the box on the table, then opened it, and the manager saw dozens of US dollars inside.

"This is 100 million US dollars, and I have to keep it here. Does your bank have any real estate business? I want to buy some shops, properties and villas."

"Yes, of course." The manager had just woken up from his shock and was surprised by Li Tianyi's words. Li Tianyi was just depositing money here, so they didn't make much profit. But if Li Tianyi bought a house here, then their profit margin would be huge.

"Please wait a moment, sir. I'll send someone in to check the amount." The manager picked up the phone on the table and made a call. Soon, several bank staff came in, greeted the manager and Li Tianyi, and then started counting the money without stopping.

Fifteen minutes later, several staff members went out one after another, taking away Li Tianyi's suitcase. At the same time, Li Tianyi had a card in his hand, which was his bank card at HSBC.

The manager also brought out the property brochure of their bank and asked Li Tianyi to select the property he was interested in.

Li Tianyi selected shops from this booklet based on the information from later generations and the information on the development of Hong Kong Island in later generations provided by the library in his mind.