Chapter 179 Discrimination! (asking for monthly ticket)
Wells didn't stay too long, he felt that Li Changhe needed to rest.

But with Li Changhe's current physical condition, he really didn't feel that tired.

But it’s good that Wells left. Li Changhe was planning to take a walk and buy some clothes for himself.

Although the temperature in Hong Kong Island in July is not as high as that in Beijing, the humidity in the air is very high.

It's especially easy to sweat in this kind of weather, and your body becomes sticky when you sweat.

Li Changhe took a shower first, changed into another set of clothes, and then picked up the phone on the table.

Called room service.

Soon, a young and beautiful waitress walked to the door of Li Changhe's suite and knocked gently.

"Hello sir, is this room service you called?"

"Yes, help me get a laundry bag and take this suit down to wash it!"

Li Changhe pointed to the suit on the bed and spoke calmly to the waiter.

"Okay, wait a moment!"

The other party spoke to Li Changhe respectfully and politely, then turned around to get the clothing bag.

There was no trace of contempt in his words for Li Changhe speaking Mandarin.

After all, she knew very well that no matter where Li Changhe came from, anyone who could live in the top luxury suite of the Peninsula Hotel was not someone she could afford to offend.

Soon, she came over with a laundry bag, tidied Li Changhe's suit, put it in, and then left respectfully.

Li Changhe picked up the phone again and dialed another number.

That was the phone number for driver Richard's room.

"Hello, Mr. Li."

"Richard, let's meet in the lobby. I need to go out for a while."

Afterwards, Li Changhe took the room card, packed his wallet, locked his documents in the safe in the room, and then walked out.

Arriving at the elevator entrance, Li Changhe pressed the down button and then smiled.

He suddenly remembered that in his previous life, it was already the 1990s and an elevator had just been installed in the hospital in the small city where he worked.

At that time, elevators seemed to be a rare thing. The hospital had to have someone specially to press the up and down buttons and open and close the doors in the elevator to prevent ordinary people from pressing the buttons.

Oh, the times!
They took the elevator and quickly arrived at the lobby. Richard was already waiting in the lobby and saw that Li Changhe had changed his clothes.

Richard thought for a moment and reminded, "Mr. Li, your room at the Peninsula Hotel has free laundry service. You can ask the hotel to wash your clothes for you."

Richard thought that Li Changhe was from the mainland and might not know about this.

Unexpectedly, Li Changhe nodded calmly: "I know, I have handed it over to them."

"Has it been paid?"

Richard was a little surprised to hear Li Changhe's answer.

Is Mr. Li from the mainland so proficient in the hotel’s luxurious services?
Is he really from the mainland?

"Okay, I'll go drive first."

Soon, Richard drove the car to the hotel entrance, and Li Changhe opened the back door and got in.

"Mr. Li, where are we going?"

After getting in the car, Richard asked Li Changhe seriously.

"Let's find a shopping mall first. I plan to buy some clothes. Do you have any good recommendations?"

Li Changhe asked calmly.

Richard thought for a moment, then said, "Actually, there are a lot of brand stores around the hotel, but these stores are a bit scattered, and the weather outside is not suitable for scattered shopping."

"Why don't we go to Harbour City? The Ocean Terminal in Harbour City is the largest shopping mall in Hong Kong Island. It is an indoor plaza with many world-renowned brands. You can buy anything you need there."

"Of course, the stuff inside is also more expensive, as they are world-famous brands!"

Richard suggested to Li Changhe.

He had some thoughts before recommending Harbour City. After all, Mr. Wells gave him cash and a credit card in the afternoon.

This shows that Mr. Li Changhe is a VIP guest who is in charge of his life. After all, he lives on the top floor of the Peninsula Hotel and even asks Kai Pingzhi to be his driver.

So ordinary shopping stalls are definitely not suitable for Mr. Li. Harbour City is the most suitable one.

"Okay, let's go to Harbor City."

Li Changhe nodded gently.

He had never been to Harbour City, but he knew this place.

Harbour City is the most prime commercial site under the Wharf Group, located in the best location on Victoria Harbour.

In the future, the annual rent from Harbour City alone will exceed 10 billion yuan.

The shopping mall here is in no way inferior to the Times Square in Causeway Bay.

The most important thing is that in the future, whether it is Times Square in Causeway Bay or Harbour City in Hutchison Whampoa, they will all be Pao Yu-kong’s industries.

In comparison, although Li Jiacheng is known as the landlord of Hong Kong Island and the entire Hong Kong Island is called the Li family's city, in terms of high-quality land, he really cannot compare with the land owned by Bao Yugang.

After getting Li Changhe's approval, Richard drove to the Ocean Terminal of Harbour City. Due to the terrain and geology of Hong Kong Island, many parking lots in Hong Kong Island are not underground parking lots, but are built on the ground and rooftops.

Richard parked the car and got out with Li Changhe.

"Mr. Li"

After getting off the car and preparing to leave, Richard suddenly called him.

"Ok?"

Li Changhe looked at him, and Richard's face struggled a little, then hesitantly asked: "Mr. Li, can you speak English?"

"You mean, I will be discriminated against there?"

Li Changhe said with a smile.

Richard saw that Li Changhe had revealed his concerns in one sentence, and he sighed.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Li, I didn't think of that just now."

"Some Hong Kong Islanders generally have a bad attitude towards people with mainland accents, especially some shop owners and waiters in Harbour City."

"But if they hear English being spoken, their attitude will be better."

"After all, the foreign language is so good, many people envy the foreign language."

Richard explained to Li Changhe somewhat embarrassedly.

Li Changhe smiled and nodded: "I understand, we can communicate in English later."

Li Changhe had already thought about the discrimination he would face when coming to Hong Kong.

Don’t even mention that it is 1979 now. Even if another forty years pass and the mainland has already competed with the United States, there will still be people in Hong Kong who discriminate against mainlanders.

Li Changhe had read a very interesting analysis in his previous life, which was written by a native of Hong Kong Island.

He said that in Hong Kong Island, the wealthy class does not discriminate against mainlanders because they know very well that they have to rely on the mainland to make money.

Then, the fat men and women in the countryside of the New Territories do not discriminate against mainlanders. They even cross the border to Shenzhen every now and then to buy groceries, eat and get massages, because the service and living standards there are particularly cost-effective for them.

There is only one type of people, those young people in the service industry in Hong Kong, who have no house, no car, no high-end job, and whose jobs are the lowest type of jobs that do not provide "three no products", who particularly like to show off their superiority towards mainlanders.

Because these people can only show their superiority as Hong Kong people through this attitude.

Moreover, they are not afraid of being complained about or fired because Hong Kong Island is a high-welfare society that favors the lowest level of people.

A very important point in identifying the bottom level is the income level. If they are unemployed, it proves that their income has been reduced, and the benefits they receive will be higher.

Li Changhe was quite surprised when he saw the answer.

However, when he later saw that mainland netizens were called giant babies fed by socialism by overseas Chinese, he understood.

Life is really hard for some grassroots people overseas, and even fruit freedom is difficult to achieve.

The mentality hidden behind discrimination may be envy, jealousy and hatred!
It's like how South Koreans envy Chinese people for feeding watermelons to pigs, but after they carefully eat the watermelon, they have to eat the rind as well.

Of course, this is all future conditions. As for now, Li Changhe feels that this discrimination should be real discrimination.

After all, the mainland's national strength is really weak now, the economic gap is too big, and it is indeed not as good as others.

In fact, once you see through some things, you will not be so pretentious.

While walking on the road with Richard, Li Changhe even thought with interest in his heart, what should he do if he encounters discrimination next time?
Should he learn from the actions of the Dragon Aotian-style protagonists in the online novels of his previous life and fire the waitress who discriminated against him? Destroy her job and make her cry bitterly?
Or change another plot, for example, buy a lot of products in front of the waiter involved, increase the performance of other staff? Then make her envious and regretful?
Then Li Changhe realized that he had thought too much.

In those brand stores, the attitude of the waiters is indeed neither too friendly nor too unfriendly, but they are not particularly targeted.

Generally speaking, the service attitude of these people is not much different from that of the sales clerks in domestic department stores.

There is no welcoming warmth, nor is there any brainless sarcasm.

Richard, on the other hand, had been observing Li Changhe's expression, thinking that if there was anything wrong, he would have to step forward and reveal his identity to these people.

After all, no matter what, Mr. Li is now a VIP guest who is guaranteed to give birth to a child.

Bao Sheng has now become a shareholder of the Wharf Group and has joined the board of directors.

As for Bao Sheng’s status, no matter how powerful these brand stores are, they have to weigh the pros and cons.

Fortunately, in the end, it seemed that because Mr. Li spoke English, the shop assistants did not operate blindly, which made Richard feel relieved.

Li Changhe was in Harbour City. He first bought two sets of casual clothes on the third floor, and then bought two sets of sportswear on the second floor.

Then he carried the bag and returned to the car with Richard.

These sets of clothes should be enough for him to wear backwards for the next few days.

"Mr. Li, where are we going next?"

After Richard got in the car, he asked Li Changhe again.

Li Changhe thought for a moment, then asked Richard, "Richard, do you know La Salle College?"

"Of course I know. It's a very famous boys' school in Hong Kong Island, on Boundary Street."

"Mr. Li, are you going to La Salle College?"

"Yes, just go over there. I need to do something over there."

Taking advantage of the fact that he has nothing to do today and Bao Yugang has not yet returned to Hong Kong Island, Li Changhe plans to go to La Salle College first to handle the matter entrusted by Zhang Shiqi.

(End of this chapter)