Chapter 557: 542 Five Star: Focusing on Livelihood Issues, Cage Homes and Cage Dwellers!

In the afternoon, Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu returned to the Five Star Group building.

"Boss~~~"

"Boss~~~"

Many employees looked over one after another.

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu smiled and nodded, looking at them one by one...

Huh, there are 4 newcomers.

With Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu's memory, he could recognize the employees of the Five Star Group building. So once there were newcomers, he could distinguish them immediately.

Among these 4 newcomers, there was one Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu recognized.

(Image·"Fight Back to School")

Looks like Wakin Chau, but actually it's Joe Cheung.

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu remembered the Political Department agent in "Fight Back".

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu was amused.

Checked the loyalty, each one was 0%.

Naked undercover agents.

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu stopped his steps and said with a smile: "You guys, just came?"

Joe Cheung and the 4 people hurried over and saluted: "Boss!"

"We joined the job the day before yesterday."

"Being able to join the Five Star Group is our honor!"

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu looked at the 4 people: "You guys are classmates?"

Joe Cheung said: "No, we met when we joined the job, and then participated in the group's induction training together."

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu: "Oh~~~ what school did you graduate from?"

"Back to boss, I am from Hong Kong University."

"I am from University of Science and Technology."

"I am from Chinese University."

"Oh, all university students~~~ all talents, did you get assigned positions?"

"Yes."

"I am in the Human Resources Department."

"I am in the Finance Department."

"I am in..."

Everyone was working in this building.

In the Five Star Group building, no one from the Political Department had successfully inserted themselves into the office here, so being able to arrange for these people to work in the building was truly a happy event for the Political Department.

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu heard this, but shook his head directly: "You guys are all new, working in the office directly is not conducive to your growth."

"Look at our executives, everyone started from the grassroots."

"You guys are all university graduates, I am very optimistic about your future!"

"So, you should go to the grassroots to train!"

"It just so happens, I just went to Lantau Island, and a project there needs to be prepared..."

Joe Cheung and the others almost cried.

Don't~~~

We finally managed to mix into the headquarters building.

And you are transferring us out again?

"Boss... we..."

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu waved his hand, interrupting Joe Cheung's words: "No need to be excited, this is my expectation for you..."

After speaking, he said to Wu Lianqian beside him: "Say hello to a few departments and send these 4 people down to Lantau Island."

Wu Lianqian: "Yes!"

Joe Cheung and the 4 people: "............"

Stormy crying.

Political Department side.

In front of the floor-to-ceiling window,

Riley was on a satellite call with Jonathan, the person in charge of MI5 in the UK,

"Sir, according to your instructions, 100 new undercover agents have been invested in the Five Star Group."

"Another 100 will continue to be invested later, and by then there will be a total of more than 300 undercover agents."

"We will try our best to arrange for agents to get close to the senior management of the Five Star Group..."

"Yes, the Five Star Group must belong to our MI5... no, it belongs to you, big sir!"

After finally hanging up the phone, Riley breathed a sigh of relief.

Leaders are really hard to coax.

Always asking when they can control the middle and senior management of various departments of the Five Star Group.

When?

How would I know?

Now more than 200 undercover agents, I don't know if it's Mercury retrograde or what, they are stuck at the grassroots supervisor level and can't go up.

But fortunately, this time, 4 people entered the Five Star building to work.

The chance to get close to the Five Star senior management is greater!

Hahaha~~~~

He picked up his coffee and drank it happily.

Ring ring ring~~~~

"Minister, something happened..."

"What's the matter?"

"We just met Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu downstairs, and then Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu said we were talents, and wanted us to go to the grassroots to train..."

"Puff~~~~"

Riley almost sprayed a mouthful of coffee.

"Grassroots again?"

"Is the grassroots of the Five Star Group so lacking in talent?"

Riley cursed angrily!

More than 200 talents!

All at the grassroots!

Sinful!

When can the plan to parasitize the Five Star Group succeed?!

Sham Shui Po,

Today the weather is sunny.

Sham Shui Po Police Station.

Young Mao Zai was detained for 15 days and released after serving his sentence. (Movie "Cage Dwellers", Beyond·Wong Ka Kui)

Then,

A red taxi, screech—stopped at the entrance of the police station.

Brother Hao!

"Good boy~~~"

Passenger policeman dad Lin sir, sitting in the back seat, greeted Mao Zai.

Mao Zai was speechless.

This old dad of his, an old-fashioned person, does everything according to the rules. He stole something last time, and then was caught by his old dad and sent to the police station, detained for 15 days.

Simply an old fogey!

Mao Zai was listless: "Old dad~~~"

Lin sir said to the driver Brother Hao: "Hey, driver, you can't park here, illegal parking."

Brother Hao: "There are no police, just park here."

Lin sir: "Who said there are no police? I am a policeman!"

Took out his police officer ID.

Brother Hao: "............"

Fine fine fine!

Stepped on the gas pedal!

The car lunged forward, Lin sir fell backward, covering his head.

And at this time,

Mao Zai didn't say a word, ran away quickly, and soon got into a friend's van.

"Mao Zai, where are you living now?"

"Don't know, definitely don't want to go home and see my old-fashioned dad."

"Do you have money?"

"No, do you?"

"Only a few dozen dollars."

Three friends discussed it,

"With this money, why not go live in the cage home..."

Then,

Soon the three came to a building.

Huaxia Men's Apartment.

This building was a cage home building.

Cage homes first appeared in the 1950s. At that time, Hong Kong's population grew rapidly, a large number of immigrants poured in, and housing demand increased sharply. Many low-income people, including foreign laborers, could not afford high rent or housing prices, so to solve the housing problem, cage homes were born.

It was to dismantle a house into individual cages.

A 70-square-meter house was filled with dozens of three-story iron cages.

During the peak period, the 80s and 90s, Hong Kong's housing prices continued to rise, and cage homes became the helpless choice for many poor people.

According to relevant statistics, at that time, about 100,000-200,000 people lived in cage homes in Hong Kong.

During this period, the problem of cage homes also attracted widespread social attention.

"You want to live here?"

"Yes."

"Come on."

Administrator Gu Yaozu took Mao Zai to one of the cage homes: "There is an empty bed here, you live here."

And what Mao Zai didn't know was that someone died in this bed yesterday, and the seventh day after death hadn't passed yet. And the one who handled the corpse was Mao Zai's father, Lin sir.

Just when Mao Zai moved in,

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A lawyer wearing glasses walked into the cage home.

"Hello, Mr. Gu... you are the administrator of this building, right?"

"That's right, who are you?"

"I am a lawyer from Xu Liang Law Firm, I came here this time to talk to you about moving out."

"Moving out?"

"Yes, the government is currently preparing to demolish this old building, and the shareholders of the Juye Group, who own the property rights of this building, have already agreed. Now, the only ones left are you residents."

As soon as this was said,

The whole cage home exploded.

"Moving out?"

"Impossible!"

"Not moving, absolutely not moving, if we move out, where do we live?"

"Right."

Lawyer: "Everyone, first of all, I want to make one thing clear to everyone: this house belongs to the owner, this is the owner's right; however, you can rest assured that when you move out, you will receive a sum of compensation."

"How much?"

"This has to wait for notification from above, you need to vote... let me explain in advance, those who agree first will receive a higher compensation."

Everyone discussed it.

Some were determined not to move, some said if they could compensate five or six thousand, they would be willing to move.

However, they thought too much; at most, they would compensate three or four hundred.

The residents here were diverse.

There was Tang San, who was mean and stingy, relied on selling fake medicine, liked to take small advantages, and "stole" the lewd books from the deceased's cage.

There was a superstitious but kind Daoist priest.

There was Ah Si, the pot-mender who was always silent.

There was a 99-year-old centenarian, from Shandong, who lost contact with his brothers after coming to Hong Kong and had never found his older brother.

Lawyer: "Mr. Gu Yaozu, please help with this matter."

Gu Yaozu: "I am just responsible for collecting rent and management here... I have to call Mr. Xia to verify."

He was the manager here and also a resident here, for 24 years.

Lawyer: "Okay, but Mr. Xia is not in Hong Kong... Mr. Xia is just one of the eight shareholders of the Juye Group."

Gu Yaozu made a call, and it really couldn't get through.

Soon the lawyer left.

The whole cage home was in a mess, everyone panicked.

"If this place is demolished, where do we live."

"Do we have to live by the bridge?"

"Damn it!"

Mao Zai looked at all this, he just felt it was noisy.

Soon, many people thought of the Five Star Group.

"Why don't we go to the Five Star Property Company."

"Right right right, I think it's possible."

"Wait, we can also find the district councilor, make a big deal out of this, so we can also fight for our rights."

Gu Yaozu had been here for 20 years and had already developed feelings for the old residents here. He knew that once this place was demolished, the residents here would have nowhere to live, become homeless, and have no shelter from the wind and rain.

As for government low-rent housing? The waiting list would take at least several years.

It wouldn't be their turn.

Thinking for a moment, Gu Yaozu said to everyone: "Tomorrow I will go to the Five Star Property Company, and also to the two councilors, to reflect the situation here, everyone rest assured..."

Many residents cheered.

The next day,

He got up early, Gu Yaozu took his mentally disabled son and went out.

Went to the Five Star Property branch in Sham Shui Po.

It was a first-floor shop on the street.

"Demolition..."

The receptionist employee asked while registering.

"More than 4,000 residents..."

"Okay, we already know the situation, our company will go to your place to understand the situation in the next two days, and then after the investigation, we will report to the Kowloon Department as soon as possible."

"Thank you! Thank you!"

Gu Yaozu breathed a sigh of relief and thanked them repeatedly.

Subsequently, he rushed to find Councilor Xu (District Council Councilor) in Sham Shui Po.

Councilor Xu was a supervisor at HSBC, so the office location was in HSBC Building in Central, so he could only run to HSBC Building to find Councilor Xu.

"The law that everyone is equal before the law simultaneously protects the rights of tenants to live in houses and the rights of owners to take back houses, but the problem lies in the fact that when these two rights conflict, theoretically both sides can make compromises, which means you take a step back, and he takes a step back."

Councilor Xu's analysis was very objective.

"As councilors, under legal circumstances, we will definitely consider the citizens."

"Your request is just a reasonable relocation compensation, you are not refusing to move. You go back and tell those residents to tidy up that place."

"In two days, I will bring some reporters to visit you, so that we can attract the concern and attention of the citizens, and then you can put forward your requests to me in front of the reporters, how about this method?"

After listening, Gu Yaozu felt that this Councilor Xu was not bad.

"Then trouble Councilor Xu."

"You're welcome, this is what we should do."

After Gu Yaozu left,

Councilor Xu made a call to the Juye Group and negotiated the bargaining chips.

He was taking money to do things, and would not help those poor cage dwellers.

Not long after,

Gu Yaozu also visited another Councilor Zhou.

"If you can mobilize those residents to put forward requests to me together and let me assist, no problem. If reporters come, this matter will be even easier to handle, because this can create public opinion pressure."

"I will represent you and exert pressure on the government, owners, and financial groups to fight for the greatest rights for you. For example, extending your relocation deadline, increasing your compensation amount, etc."

Councilor Zhou didn't care about cage dwellers, he only cared about prestige.

He needed to operate this matter, let everyone know about this councilor, and then get the votes for the next district councilor.

He wanted to use this matter to show off!

However, from this point, it could also be seen that Councilor Zhou's strength was not much worse than Councilor Xu's. Councilor Xu brought reporters himself, while Councilor Zhou hoped that Gu Yaozu would invite reporters to cooperate.

Gu Yaozu thanked: "Thank you Councilor Zhou, reporters right? I'll go find..."

Just when Gu Yaozu thought he had to wait many days,

Five Star Property employees went to the building of the cage home and conducted an investigation.

Taking photos...

Counting the population...

Investigating occupation, income...

One cage dweller after another, out of trust in Five Star Property and Five Star Group, cooperated very much, lively and extraordinary.

Although at this time, Five Star Property didn't make any promises.

But...

Five Star Property's good deeds have always been well-known.

Full of trust!

So the cage dwellers all felt that Five Star Property would definitely be able to help them.

So when Gu Yaozu returned to the cage home, he felt that the whole cage home was filled with a festive atmosphere, everyone was smiling.

Probably...

Only during the New Year and festivals would there be such an atmosphere.

The next day,

Five Star Group building.

Li Cangdong, the person in charge of the West Kowloon Property Branch, brought the cage home data and came to the Five Star Group building in Causeway Bay.

Knocked on the door of Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu's office.

"Boss."

"Ah Dong~~~ come, drink tea."

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu and Li Cangdong sat down in the sofa area.

Kung fu tea, tea fragrance curling.

Li Cangdong drank a cup of tea and started reporting what happened this time.

"Yesterday, the Sham Shui Po branch, an administrator of a cage home came to the branch to reflect on a matter..."

Li Cangdong recounted the matter,

"Then the Sham Shui Po branch sent people to investigate and collected all the data, and came to report to me last night..."

"I feel this matter is quite big, and I want to ask Brother Zu for an idea." ===== CHAPTER 558 =====