Chapter 1

Song TIANYAO stood outside the report room of huangzhukeng police training school with a colorful cigarette in his mouth. Although it was just early May, the weather during the day was almost 30 degrees. In addition, being in the crowd waiting for an interview made people feel stuffy and irritable. It was not long. The T-shirt and trousers song TIANYAO was wearing had been beaten through by sweat and stuck to his body.

At this time, although song TIANYAO had just reached the age of 18, he was actually a 35 year old middle-aged man. I don't know why, song TIANYAO, the boss of an industrial company who was shot in 2015, crossed into Hong Kong in 1951 and the young man with the same name.

Song TIANYAO of the previous life was very rich and powerful. In this life, song TIANYAO was born in a squatter house. A family of four people lived hard in a wooden house less than 20 square meters. His father song Chunliang was a shoemaker and made a living by setting up a stall on the street to repair shoes every day. His mother Zhao Meizhen worked as a handyman in a teahouse. Song TIANYAO also had a 15-year-old sister song Wenwen, who sold tea in a women's teahouse.

The song TIANYAO family, like more than 400000 poor families in Hong Kong, live at the bottom of the city.

Recently, however, the family has seen a glimmer of dawn, that is, song TIANYAO has reached the age of 18 and can apply for the police training school. After graduation in five months, he can become a uniformed police officer.

In 1951, a newly hired uniformed police officer received a monthly salary of 120 Hong Kong dollars. With a gray income, he could get up to 300 Hong Kong dollars a month. For poor families like the Song family, the monthly income of 300 Hong Kong dollars was astronomical.

Song Chunliang goes out early and returns late every day to repair shoes in the street. Zhao Meizhen works hard to wash dishes and sweep the floor in the teahouse. The combined monthly income of the two people is not 200 yuan.

However, the police training school is not easy to take the exam. In addition to being healthy, having correct facial features, being literate and being able to read Chinese newspapers, these two points can also be ignored. The most important thing is that you have to have money to give Chinese interviewers and receive enough benefits from each other before you can enter the police training school and wear the tiger skin representing the identity of the Royal Hong Kong police.

At this time, song TIANYAO was carrying a huge sum of HK $3000 pieced together by his parents, waiting for his name to be called in the report room.

In fact, song TIANYAO is not interested in being a policeman. Although being a policeman is definitely the first choice for Hong Kong's civilian children in this era. Only after failing to pass the police examination can he find another way to live, song TIANYAO knows that even if he mixes Leiluo in the film and becomes chief inspector Hua, he is greedy for $500 million. When the Independent Commission against corruption was established in the 1970s, he still has to run away obediently? Is it possible that a dignified man will pass through once and become a corrupt policeman, which is only worth 500 million a lifetime? Finally, he died of old age and was not allowed to return home?

On the contrary, at this time, Hong Kong is waiting for prosperity after the war. All the famous Hong Kong financial giants in later generations took advantage of the situation and soared to the sky. If song TIANYAO really wanted to choose, he would rather not take the police academy examination than fight for wealth in the business field.

To take a step back, the Hong Kong uniformed police in 1951 were completely high-risk occupations, because many defeated Kuomintang soldiers were in exile in Hong Kong. Many of these people hid guns, and they had no personal or money in exile in Hong Kong, and had combat experience, so they had to do some unprofitable business. From 49 to 51, more than 10 uniformed police were shot and killed in the street, More than 30 people were wounded and robbed of their guns. The police had to patrol the streets in a team of three. They did not dare to act alone. There were shooting and kidnapping cases every day, but the pile of cases grew higher and higher, but the solution of the case was far away. On the one hand, the police did not act, on the other hand, because of the serious shortage of manpower. The total population of Hong Kong has exceeded the 1.5 million mark, However, the total number of police officers in the Hong Kong police force is only more than 9000.

Moreover, it is not the arrogant time in the 1960s when the police took over all the initials of the gangs and unified the division of gangs' territory. Now it is an overbearing time when the initials of the gangs are powerful, seize all the docks for smuggling, kill red eyes and even the police dare to beat and chase in public. There are thousands of people with any prefix, and the members with big initials at all the docks are even more relaxed, Sometimes, when the police solve cases, they need the support of the British garrison in Hong Kong.

"Song TIANYAO!" a voice shouted song TIANYAO's name in the report room.

Song TIANYAO quickly spit out his cigarette butts and hurried into the report room. A young man who had just finished the interview passed him with a happy face. Looking at his face, it was obvious that he had been admitted to the police academy.

"Are you song TIANYAO?" a black and fat deputy inspector of military uniform sat behind the interview table, with an old-fashioned fan blowing cheerfully.

The fat inspector of song TIANYAO Dynasty made a stand at attention: "it's me, sir."

Fat inspector impatiently threw the newspaper on the table in front of song TIANYAO: "pick it up and read the news above."

Song TIANYAO picked up the "Xingdao daily" and read the above news according to the book. From beginning to end, there was no Caton or hesitation.

After reading, song TIANYAO pressed the two thousand Hong Kong dollars in his pocket on the newspaper and respectfully put it back in front of the fat inspector. The fat inspector, who was originally cloudy and sunny, saw the stack of zero and whole notes in the newspaper. Suddenly, the whole person relaxed, looked up and down at Song TIANYAO for more than ten seconds, shook the money off the ground with the newspaper and said in a righteous way: "Bribe the Royal Hong Kong Police? People like you will only be the black sheep of the police force. If you die, I will note on your file that you will not be hired by the police training school in the future. Go."

Song TIANYAO didn't believe that this was what a Hong Kong policeman said. After going out, the first few said that everything would be ok if they put the money in the newspaper. How can this guy be honest and clean when he got here? Moreover, others were recruited for offering HK $1500 bribes, and their own HK $2000 was rejected?

Picking up the scattered banknotes one by one, song TIANYAO wanted to turn around and go out, but he thought that if he went home like this, his wonderful parents might hang in front of him together, so he smiled: "Sir, do I read a little less? I can repeat, 3000 words?"

"I told you to go out! If you don't want to go out, I'll let someone drive you out!" said Inspector black fat fiercely.

Without any hesitation, song TIANYAO put away the money and turned out of the report room. Behind him, the fat inspector continued to shout, "next!"

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Song TIANYAO walked out of the door of the police training school. His cousin Zhao Wenye, who was waiting for his news outside, quickly stepped up with a smile on his face: "brother Yao! How's it going? Do you want to stay in the training school and start practicing today? Don't worry, I must have no problem taking care of my uncle and aunt."

Zhao Wenye, 17, is the son of song TIANYAO's aunt. He has a pleasant appearance and a tall and strong body. Now he works hard at the wharf to make money. He is also one of song TIANYAO's few playmates from childhood to childhood.

"Pick his mother. I don't know when I offended the interviewer. That bastard didn't charge money and even kept me on file. I'm not allowed to take the police test again in the future." song TIANYAO took out a cigarette and lit one, waving to the rickshaw in the distance: "let's go home first."

Zhao Wenye was shocked by song TIANYAO's words. How is it possible? My cousin is the most literate youth in the wooden house area of Jialin Bian road. When I was a child, I specially learned to read and write with my grandfather. Even the drug store on the street sometimes couldn't get busy, I asked my cousin to help copy the prescription. Since the beginning of this year, my uncle and aunt have publicized the news that my cousin was going to take the police academy. Everyone in the wooden house area knows that my cousin will be admitted to the police, Now, my cousin actually told me that he lost the election? And never again?

"Brother Yao, isn't there enough money? I'll find my brother on the dock to borrow it right away. It's not enough. We can also borrow usury..." Zhao Wenye trembled at the corners of his mouth. When he said this, even his hands began to shake unconsciously.

He knows too well the importance of having more police relatives. He has told his boss about it at the Sheung Wan wharf, and the boss has also spoken. As long as song TIANYAO is admitted to the police, his uncle doesn't have to repair his shoes every day. He can go to the wharf warehouse to help order goods. His monthly salary is 150 yuan. He can also change from a piece work laborer to a "chip raiser" in the wharf warehouse (the person on the dock who is responsible for helping coolies calculate their wages with wooden chips) he can earn at least ten yuan a day. Even his aunt can change a relaxed and more expensive job in the teahouse without washing dishes and sweeping the floor.

"It's none of the money. I said three thousand words. That bastard still drove me out. There must be other reasons. Sooner or later, we can find out." song TIANYAO patted Zhao Wenye on the shoulder with a cigarette in his hand and said indifferently.

A rickshaw quickly stopped next to them. Zhao Wenye also wanted to persuade his cousin to save money. After all, 2000 Hong Kong dollars was borrowed. If he couldn't get into the police school, he had to give it back to his neighborhood relatives. Taking a rickshaw from the Southern District of Hong Kong Island to the central wharf would cost at least 70 cents. It's better for them to walk over. 70 cents can buy two bowls of pig blood porridge to fill their stomach, and there's still a dime left. But look at Song TIANYAO's expression , Zhao Wenye bowed his head and said nothing.

"Go to the central pier." song TIANYAO told the coachman after Zhao Wenye sat up.

The two wheels of the rickshaw turned flexibly in place. The spokes of the rim made a light sound, carrying them towards the central wharf.

Central pier, at the narrowest part of Victoria Bay, is far from Tsim Sha Tsui. The green and white star ferry shuttles back and forth in front of Hong Kong Island and Kowloon to transport all kinds of people across the sea.

A voyage of less than two kilometers takes only seven minutes to arrive. A boat every five minutes costs one yuan per person. There is no mistake in wind and rain.

Sitting on the star ferry, song TIANYAO patted the shiny wooden seat, looked sideways at the Hong Kong Island left behind and muttered:

"Being a policeman? Collecting protection fees? How can you do business quickly? A star ferry business alone, one yuan per person, regardless of the cost, makes more than 10000 a day. How long does it take for a military uniform to collect enough black money?"