Xu Zhenbang_A Hong Kong story of a big pawnshop_Hong Kong and Macau only

Author: Xu Zhenbang Publisher: Bright Light Culture Book size: 150mm x 210mm Number of pages: 256 Publication date: June 2025 ISBN: 978-988-8884-47-6 【Content Introduction】 Xie Junhao wrote a recommendation: "(The author) uses personal experience to turn historical materials into vivid stories." Tse Kwan-ho: //Hong Kong is a city full of stories. Every street and every signboard carries the weight of time. Pawnshops, this ancient industry, is like the undercurrent of the city, silently witnessing the ups and downs of countless lives. Mr. Xu Zhenbang spent ten years visiting pawnshops all over Hong Kong, picking up these historical fragments hidden in the market one by one, and compiled his third book about Hong Kong pawnshops - "Big Pawn - Hong Kong Stories in Pawnshops". Last year, I had the honor of working with Mr. Xu in the TV series "Bright Pawn". When he served as a consultant, he was always polite and smiling. He knew all the anecdotes and industry rules of the Hong Kong pawn industry, and he was very knowledgeable. We, as outsiders, were very enlightened and benefited a lot. Mr. Xu's love for pawnshops has reached the level of "obsession", and he can be called a "pawnshop fanatic". // In the past ten years, the author Xu Zhenbang has visited all pawnshops in Hong Kong and completed more than 200 pawn redemption procedures without having to face a loss. He can definitely be called a "high-class person". These experiences as a high-class person have deepened his understanding of the pawn industry. Among the many interviews, the most meaningful and fulfilling one for the author was when Mr. Tse Kwan-ho asked him about pawnshops. Mr. Tse Kwan-ho wanted to understand the situation of pawnshops in Hong Kong and was preparing to collect information for the TV series "Bright Pawnshop" that he produced and starred in; and the author eventually became a consultant for the series. This was when he first started researching pawnshops, and he never thought that his research results could be used in the production of a TV series. The author mentioned: "Perhaps this book may be the last one I publish on the subject of pawnshop research, but I am sure that the research on pawnshops will continue. I hope to discover more information about Hong Kong's pawnshop culture in the future and contribute to the research on Hong Kong's history and culture." 【About the author】 Xu Zhenbang He used to be a middle school teacher. He likes to travel around Hong Kong and write short stories. He has published many books on Hong Kong cultural studies and micro-fiction.