Survival in Hong Kong's Wealthy Families in the 1950S

Name: Survival in Hong Kong's Wealthy Families in the 1950S
Author: Old Monk Eats Vegetarian

五零香江豪门生存法则

by Old Monk Eats Vegetarian (老衲吃素)

Status: Completed
Length: 902k Words
Genre: Romance
Era: Modern Era
Updated: 1y ago
Source: JJWXC

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Su Wenxian transmigrates into the body of a girl living in a shantytown in 1950s Hong Kong. As soon as she arrives, her adoptive parents try to sell her off as a concubine! They’re brandishing a knife and forcing her to become one? Then they can all die together! Luckily, she is soon recognized by a wealthy family and brought back as their heiress. As soon as she returns to the family, she is told the so-called rules for surviving among the rich: First, speak less and observe more. Second, always be on your guard. Third, be useful to the family if you want access to its resources. And for a girl like her, raised in a shantytown, the only use she has is to marry for the family’s benefit. Su Wenxian says, “I’m not interested in an arranged marriage. I’d rather start a business.” Her wealthy cousins scoff. Marrying into another rich family is the proper path for a young heiress. Later, with vision and business acumen seventy years ahead of her time, Su Wenxian rises above her own family on the Hong Kong Rich List. She earns the nickname “The Golden Touch.” An arranged marriage? Now the elders of the wealthy families beg her to come home and take over the family business. The rich-family playbook doesn’t suit her. She’s the one calling the shots! * Before the wealthy family acknowledged her, Su Wenxian worked for tycoon Jiang Xishen. Her outstanding abilities soon made her his trusted confidante. But because of her stunning beauty, everyone naturally assumed she would become his concubine. Later, she returned to her wealthy family and became an heiress. Now everyone said she was qualified to marry him as his principal wife. Later still, their names appeared one after the other on the wealth rankings, and no one talked about whom she might marry anymore. All they knew was that the tycoon had bought a house beside her mansion and become her neighbor. At the annual meeting of the Real Estate Association, Jiang Xishen, the chairman, sat beside Su Wenxian, the vice chairman. Someone sharp-eyed noticed the chairman reach for the vice chairman’s hand, only to be rejected. His mood was sour for the rest of the day. That night, a tabloid reporter photographed Jiang Xishen in a bathrobe, chest bare, knocking on her door and pleading with her, “I was wrong. I shouldn’t have let myself go so much last night.” “When are you finally going to admit what I am to you?” “You make me look like your lover. I can only come over at night…” The next day’s headline read: “Billionaire Shows Off His Chest at Night, Desperate to Win the Heart of the Wealthy Family’s Boss.” * Note: A fictionalized, pseudo-1950s Hong Kong. I consulted more than a dozen reference books, but couldn’t find everything I needed. For the sake of a smoother story, please treat it as an alternate world. The author isn’t from Hong Kong and writes entirely in Mandarin. There may be an occasional insult or a line or two in Cantonese, but it should all be understandable. *Coming soon* From the Start, I Became a Concubine in Hong Kong From the start, I transmigrate into the body of Zhou Xinian’s concubine. Zhou Xinian is a Hong Kong tycoon in the 1950s. Fang Jinghe gazes at Zhou Xinian’s handsome face, broad chest, and six-pack abs in the lamplight. Well… why not enjoy the view first? The trial run is just as delightful as expected, but since she’s currently his concubine, she sweetly praises him: “You’re so wicked, my lord. You’ve worn me right out.” As a worker from the modern era, she’ll do her job properly while she’s a concubine, keeping the boss who pays her happy. In private, though, she rolls up her sleeves and studies like crazy, secretly earning admission to TOP 1 Hong Kong University. She transforms from a woman dependent on a man into a senior manager at a trading company. Then she waves goodbye to Zhou Xinian. “Forgot to tell you, I can sleep with you, but I won’t be anyone’s concubine.” * Much later, Fang Jinghe has become the chairwoman of a real estate company. She brings a suitcase full of cash to Zhou Xinian to buy a plot of land. Zhou Xinian says, “Besides buying my land, you could buy me, too.” Fang Jinghe says she can’t afford him. Who could afford the richest man in town? Zhou Xinian pulls off his tie and starts unbuttoning his shirt. “Or you could try me out in person first.” Well… why not enjoy the view again? * From the start, I became a Hong Kong tycoon’s concubine. By the end, I became a Hong Kong tycoon. Theme: Independence and self-reliance