Siheyuan's Journey Through the Ages

Chapter 104 An easy identity

Liang Haowen looked at the 100 US dollars in front of him and sighed in his heart. Since when did he have to take a business worth 100 US dollars in person? Never mind. Everything is difficult at the beginning. Ma Qing is an eloquent man, so it won’t be difficult to get his identity. He might as well take the business.

Although Liang Haowen looked down on this business in his heart, his professional ethics forced him to say, "Mr. Ma, the British Hong Kong government is actually turning a blind eye to immigrants coming to Hong Kong. It's easy to get your identity. You can find any lawyer and pay him 200 yuan to help you."

Liang Haowen continued, "You can even go to the police station and give the police a few dozen dollars to get a permit to leave the street."

Ma Qing was very satisfied with Liang Haowen's honesty. "This money is not only for my identity. I just came to Hong Kong, I am unfamiliar with the place and I don't have an identity. I hope that Lawyer Liang can help me find a place to stay for a few days. After the identity is obtained, I still need Lawyer Liang's help in many things."

After hearing what Ma Qing said, Liang Haowen thought, forget it, since he has nothing to do recently, he might as well help this young man who has fled to Hong Kong. It would be a good thing to make a good relationship with him.

Liang Haowen took the money and said, "How about this, I'll take you to a hotel and get a room. You can stay there first while I get you an ID card. You may have to go to a few places with me. Within five days, I will get your ID card sorted out. I guarantee that you can skip the paperwork and get a Hong Kong ID card right away."

Here I would like to share with you some basic knowledge. When applying for a Hong Kong ID card, in addition to the process of verifying information, signing, recording fingerprints, and taking photos, you will also receive a "Receipt for Application for Hong Kong ID Card", commonly known as "travel paper".

This document is one of the documents that can prove the identity of the applicant. The information on it includes the applicant's name, ID number, date and place of collection of the ID card.

Applicants can collect their official ID cards from the office during the collection time stated on their ID card application receipt.

However, the Hong Kong government at this moment is inefficient and corruption is rampant. Even if you get a passport, you don’t know when you will actually get your ID card.

"Good, the money was not wasted." Ma Qing gave himself a big thumbs up in his heart.

Liang Haowen was a straightforward man. Since he had taken on this non-business order from Ma Qing, he said hello to his wife and took Ma Qing out.

Walking onto the street, Liang Haowen asked, "Mr. Ma, do you have any requirements for accommodation?"

"As long as it's clean and safe, it's fine. I'm new here, so I don't have any requirements. Lawyer Liang, don't call me Mr. Ma anymore. You can call me Ma Qing or Xiao Ma."

Liang Haowen nodded, "Then you can just call me Brother Liang. I see that you are really young, so I will follow the custom of us Hong Kong people and call you Qingzai."

"No problem, Brother Liang, please feel free to do as you like." Ma Qing is an expert at climbing up the ladder.

Liang Haowen's expression softened all of a sudden. "It seems like we are really meant to be together. If it were in the past, I would never have done such a troublesome thing."

"That really troubles Brother Liang."

"Forget it. Since I'm away from home, I'll help if I can. I'm a good person after all." Liang Haowen said with emotion.

"Brother Liang will never regret what he did today. Today's kindness will definitely be rewarded handsomely in the future." Ma Qing said with certainty. "Haha, you are so arrogant, I'll be waiting for you." Liang Haowen obviously didn't take Ma Qing's words to heart.

Liang Haowen certainly didn't expect that his life trajectory, which was originally about to sell his property in Hong Kong and go abroad to make a living, would change because of the boy in front of him, and that his law firm would become one of the top ten in Hong Kong in the future.

Liang Haowen took Ma Qing to an unknown hotel, booked a room for her and paid for seven days. He then took Ma Qing to the police station and other government agencies. A week later, Ma Qing got a Hong Kong ID card of that era from Liang Haowen's law firm.

Ma Qing held the red plastic ID card and looked at it over and over again. He finally had a real legal identity in Hong Kong.

The red vinyl identity card has been issued since June 1960. The front of the identity card contains the holder's photograph and left thumbprint, while the holder's name and other personal information are on the back.

"Thank you, Brother Liang. This really helped me a lot." Ma Qing thanked happily.

"It's a small case. This kind of thing can be done with a snap of fingers. Don't take it to heart." Liang Haowen acted incredibly arrogant. Those who knew him knew that he had obtained an ID card, while those who didn't thought he had obtained an arms trade license.

As soon as Ma Qing got his ID card, he continued to make his request, "I have another matter that I need to trouble Brother Liang with."

"You kid are relying on me, just say it, but don't go too far." Liang Haowen said helplessly.

Ma Qing took out a ruby ​​necklace from his trouser pocket and handed it to Liang Haowen. Liang Haowen's eyes widened when he saw it, "You, this..."

"My grandfather got this when he went to Guandong. I heard that he got it from some White Russian noble. I see that the ruby ​​on this necklace is so big, it should be worth a lot of money."

Ma Qing never has to think before he talks nonsense. The piece of jewelry he got in Changchun had no other advantages except the size of the gemstone. Ma Qing didn't want to suffer and start from scratch to torture himself, so he took out the ruby ​​necklace to exchange for money.

"This is worth at least a ten-story building. Look at the main gemstone. I think it's about ten carats. Add to that the surrounding small gemstones, the base, and the necklace itself. This is truly a valuable item."

Ma Qing started to perform again, "This is the last thing my grandfather left behind. If it weren't for it, I really wouldn't have come to Hong Kong."

"Oh, why do you say that? What's wrong with Hong Kong? It's much better than your mainland."

"Brother Liang, before coming to you, I traveled around Hong Kong and found that there are quite a few poor people here. I don't think the lives of people at the bottom of society are much better, especially the places they live in, which are almost like doghouses. It's hard to turn over a few pounds in a place that's a little bigger than that." Ma Qing's words were double entendres.

It was not known whether Liang Haowen could hear Ma Qing's voice-over, but he nodded in agreement, "Qingzi, I didn't expect you to have so much information, and you trust me so much that you showed it to me. Aren't you afraid that I would steal it? Now that I say it's mine, who do you think the police will believe?"

"No, why should I be afraid? If you keep this thing, I will become a tile and you will be porcelain. I'm afraid of you. I sneaked into Hong Kong from thousands of kilometers away in the mainland, and I'm afraid of this." Ma Qing changed the subject, "The key is, I believe in Brother Liang's character, you won't do this."

(End of this chapter)