Chaiwan, Xinguang Theater---

In the 1960s, there were almost 173 large and small cinemas in Hong Kong. If the theaters that sing big dramas were included, it would be enough to reach more than 300.

In a small place, there are so many theaters and cinemas, which shows how prosperous Hong Kong cultural and entertainment was in this era.

In fact, in Hong Kong in the 1960s, there were far more theaters than cinemas. Many Hong Kong celebrities and gentlemen and wealthy men still maintained the old habit of watching opera rewards.

However, with the development of the times, Hong Kong films have gradually risen and have begun to quietly erode the market occupied by theaters.

The young people in Hong Kong are even more flocking to this super fashionable culture and art, so that whenever a good movie is released, major theaters will be filled with scenes. Martial arts films adapted from martial arts novels are even more popular among young people in Hong Kong.

At this moment, because the martial arts blockbuster "Yu Bow" adapted from Liang Yusheng's novel will be released tonight, many young people from Chai Wan and near Chai Wan have come here, hoping to have a look.

The stall vendors who usually do street trading also received news and gathered around the Xinguangda Theater and began to set up stalls to do business.

Su Dingxian followed Hu Yaotai to the theater, and he heard all kinds of shouts from afar--

"Selling sugar water, which can promote salivation and quench thirst!"

"Selling pears, big and crispy pears!"

The pear seller took a fruit knife and peeled the pears very quickly--the round pears were seen flying at his fingertips, and soon a bunch of skins peeled off, revealing the white and tender flesh, not even a single skin.

There are also those who sell pineapples, who are also very skillful in throwing the pineapple into the air, brushing it, slashing it with a knife, and the juice flew across the ground and turned into eight petals.

Su Dingxian looked at the scene before him, and it was even more lively than the previous night market stalls.

When Hu Yaotai arrived at the entrance of the cinema, he found his father Hu Laosi in a familiar way.

Hu Laosi pushed the cart and was standing by the roadside to sell sugarcane. He seemed to dislike him, a weak boy. Seeing Hu Yaotai as if he hadn't seen it, he was stinking. Instead, he saw Su Dingxian and said with a smile: "Axian is here----Hurry, eat sugarcane!"

Su Dingxian didn't meet Mr. Hu. He picked up the sugarcane and tasted it. Not to mention that it tasted very good.

Hu Yaotai was very unhappy with his father's attitude of being ignorant. He also picked up a large cut sugar cane, opened his mouth and chewed it, and said, "How is the business tonight?"

Dad Hu said, "It's okay."

"What does it mean? So many people must have made a lot of money!" Hu Yaotai gnawed the sugarcane, and his eyes began to look into the money box with his eyes unhonest.

Dad Hu became alert, "It has nothing to do with you if you make more money."

"How come it doesn't matter? I'm your boy! From now on, your money and this stall will be mine!" Hu Yaotai said, then reached out to touch the money box.

Dad Hu slapped the knife that cut sugarcane on the money box with a "snap", and said, "If you don't want to cut your fingers, take your claws away!"

Hu Yaotai: “…?!”

He muttered awkwardly: "The old man has a big temper!"

Then he chewed at the thick sugar cane a few times, then he sat on the small cart, spitting out the scum in his mouth and said, "You think I want to take your money, I want to invite Axian to watch a movie!"

Dad Hu glanced at his son, "Do you think I will believe it?"

Hu Yaotai was anxious: "Why don't you trust me so much? I'm your boy! Ah Xian just invited me to have a meal, and I invited him to watch a movie. Is this very reasonable?"

Dad Hu had a stern face and didn't speak.

Hu Yaotai: "Also, we haven't seen each other for a long time. This is my territory. I'll use some money that belongs to me in the future to invite my good friends to eat some melon seeds and candies, which is reasonable, right?"

Dad Hu pulled up the sugarcane knife. His actions scared Hu Yaotai and jumped down from the small push cart, "What are you doing?"

"Didn't you say you want to get the money? Get it yourself!" As he said that, Dad Hu used the tip of a knife to pick up the money box.

Hu Yaotai looked at Su Dingxian.

Su Dingxian spread his hands at him, meaning I can't give you any advice. Who knows whether your father's move is a trap or a discovery of conscience?

Hu Yaotai thought, my father wouldn't be so cruel to chop off his hands - he will chop off his hands, who will wipe his shit and pee when he gets old in the future?

Hu Yaotai reached out and touched the money box.

Dad Hu didn't move.

Hu Yaotai finally took out the money, and then---

"I'm going to buy it!" he said with a foreign accent, "Why is this so?"

Su Dingxian looked at it and found that Hu Yaotai's hand had only five or six yuan in total, which was so pitiful.

Seeing his son looking at him with eyes as if he was looking for an answer, Mr. Hu threw the sugarcane knife in his hand and sighed: "Hey, business is difficult these days!"

...

It turns out that venues like cinemas are threatened by those clubs and characters because of crowds and crowds, and they need to pay stall fees to occupy a good position.

Mr. Hu has been doing business for a long time, of course he understands this principle. However, his beloved son Hu Yaotai always causes trouble outside. He has almost lost all the money he has saved. How can he have the money to pay for those who charge stall fees now?

So he was rushed to this relatively remote place to do business. Those who paid the money took a good seat. Whether it was selling sugarcane or fruits, he could make a lot of money, and he could only make a living.

Of course, Mr. Hu would not say these words to his son Hu Yaotai. In his heart, although Hu Yaotai likes to make trouble, he has made a lot of hard-earned money, he is always his own boy.

So Mr. Hu told Su Dingxian and the others that business is difficult to do now, especially those who sell sugarcane like him, the competition is too fierce, and many new immigrants from abroad have set up stalls to start this business.

He also said that there is no threshold for this business, as long as you know how to peel sugarcane, it is not like those who sell pears and pineapples, who must be able to juggle, making it like selling art on the street.

"Also," said Mr. Hu. "Most of the people who watch movies now are young couples. Girls are very reserved and don't like eating sugarcane. They think it's ugly to eat!"

When Su Dingxian heard this, he looked at those who sold sugarcane. Sure enough, most of the people who bought sugarcane were rude men, and few girls took the initiative to buy sugarcane.

Hu Yaotai ignored these things and nagged his father: "I have said it a long time ago. While you are still young, let you learn more crafts - you can also play beautifully by selling sugarcane. Look at me..."

Hu Yaotai picked up a thick and long sugarcane, put his hands on the curtain shed, and stuck out his butt, and started playing monkey play.

Dad Hu raised his feet and kicked him in the butt, "Get out of here!"

Hu Yaotai didn't care, but Su Dingxian pondered for a moment and said, "Actually, if you can't buy sugarcane, can you sell sugarcane juice?"

"Uh, sugarcane juice?" Old Dad Hu was stunned.

"Yes, squeeze this thick and hard sugar cane into delicious sweet juice and put it in a cup to sell it. Many people should buy it." Su Dingxian said confidently.

After all, Mr. Hu is a businessman who is used to doing business. After a little thought, he knew there was a chance. He immediately became interested and insisted that Su Dingxian talk about how to do it.

Su Dingxian mentioned the hawker model of squeezing sugarcane and selling sugarcane juice in his previous life. He only needed to install a juicer and set up some disposable paper cups from convenience stores. When customers bought it, they squeezed it and sold it in real time, just like selling freshly squeezed juice...

The more Mr. Hu heard it, the more he felt something was wrong, and then asked what the hell was the sugarcane juicer?

Only then did Su Dingxian remember that the sugarcane juicer machine appeared in the late 1980s, when Karaoke was popular, and in order to increase the variety of juice, someone invented this tool.

So, Su Dingxian briefly described this sugarcane juicer.

In fact, the principle of sugar cane juicer is not complicated. It is divided into electric and hand-crank. It uses gear rotation to squeeze sugar cane. As long as you understand a little mechanical principle, you can weld it out.

Listening to Su Dingxian's description, Mr. Hu's eyes became brighter and brighter, saying that the "sugar cane juicer" was the old-fashioned "sugar cane bed"? It just replaced the wood with steel machinery, saving a lot of effort.

Su Dingxian did not expect that the ancients had the tools to squeeze sugarcane, and they couldn't help but feel ashamed.

Mr. Hu didn't think so much. He had long been drawn to Su Dingxian's wonderful ideas and thought to himself, "Business is difficult now. If you really create this novel model, your business may be able to come back to life."
Chapter completed!