Hong Kong's former haunted building, Champagne House, now gathers girls from all over Asia

Built in 1957, Champagne Mansion is a 10-story building for both commercial and residential use. The original site of the land belonged to the family of Macau gambling king Stanley Ho, and was later spotted by top tycoon Henry Fok, who bought it for a high price of HK$1.13 million. At that time, Champagne Mansion was a well-known high-end place in Kowloon, frequented by celebrities and celebrities, and had a wide range of nightclubs and restaurants. It also gathered a large number of camera shops and watch shops - the favorites of the rich.

In the late 1990s, a stagnant pool of water was reborn due to desire. The rise of pornographic websites, coupled with its unique location, are driving Champagne Tower to a road of no return. One floor, one prostitute pornography industry. This is a unique form of existence in Hong Kong's "red light district". "Floor" refers to the room, and "prostitute" refers to the sex worker in the room. According to Hong Kong law, "premises, vessels or places used entirely or mainly for prostitution by two or more people" will be defined as "sex service places". Therefore, places where only one person engages in prostitution in a place can be retained.



Champagne Building was thus "renovated". The original residential units were cut into cubicles (partitioned rooms). A room of several hundred square meters was divided into five or six small rooms at most. The rooms of less than 20 square meters were crowded but fully equipped, with only beds and bathrooms. Hundreds of sex workers gathered here, and it became a well-known "brothel". In its most glorious period, Champagne Building had the reputation of "200 prostitutes on the first floor". There was a "grand occasion" of 80 prostitutes queuing outside the brothel. Once you enter the building, you will see the bright lights and the pungent smell of cosmetics.

Colorful neon signs such as Guimei (white people), Tuodi (locals), Beigu (mainlanders), Binmei (Filipinos), Mala (Malaysians) are openly hung on the sidewalks of the streets, and the floor and room number of the service are clearly indicated. Later, Hong Kong laws were amended to control explicit signs, and pornographic advertisements came into being, using the guise of "looking for friends", "home care", "home services", etc., with contact numbers or addresses attached. Today, there are still small cards of pornographic services in major hotels, and it is hard not to say whether they evolved from this.



But how does Champagne Tower attract so many girls to choose to sell their bodies? The reason is simple: it makes money quickly. There are two main types of sex workers here: one is controlled by the gangs, "keeping" sex workers of different nationalities↓

But how does Champagne House attract so many girls to sell their bodies? The reason is simple: it makes money quickly. A large part of them are girls from the mainland and Southeast Asia who come to Hong Kong to work. They have no skills in Hong Kong. Faced with high rents and consumption, this is their way to make money quickly. There are two main types of sex workers here:

1. Those who are controlled by gangs and "feed" sex workers of different nationalities

2. Those who set up their own business, rent a unit and work to make money while living.


Just like the prostitute played by Sandra Ng in "Golden Chicken", when she was young, her monthly income could reach more than 7,000 Hong Kong dollars, and when she was a clown in a dance hall, her monthly income was at least 40,000 Hong Kong dollars, while the monthly salary of a bank clerk was only 1,680 Hong Kong dollars. According to the real responses of many "Feng Jie", even if the rent is high, the monthly salary is as high as 40,000 or 50,000, which is much higher than working in her hometown. Especially for Filipino girls from overseas, the average monthly income of the whole country is only about 1,800 Hong Kong dollars, but for them in the "red light district", this is just a night's salary.



But having money is only one thing. The life of a "Feng Jie" is not easy. Even if they make a fortune, it is only a job for the young. Most Feng Jie have squandered their savings when they were young. When they are old and ugly, they can only live a tight life and dress as revealingly as possible. But the Feng Jie of Champagne Building has a natural advantage. After all, they are famous and do not need to solicit customers on the street. They can just wait at the door for many customers who come to visit them.

Being in the "pornographic" service industry, the advantage is that you can meet all kinds of customers, but in order to survive, you must accept the pickyness of customers. However, for the one-floor prostitutes, they have the least say. Women working in this industry are usually older sex workers, and there are many single mothers with children, which is why they are often insultingly called "Feng Jie" or "Bei Gu". Compared with nightclub girls, the price is very different, and there is almost no right to choose. In "Golden Sky Mansion", there are still many one-floor prostitutes, who serve the various needs of customers. If the customer likes cosplay, they will dress up to welcome them.

However, the erotic stories in the drama are not fictional erotic gimmicks to assist the plot, they are just a corner of the truth. This is a paradise for men to seek pleasure, but also a habitat for evil. The horrible sight behind the "one prostitute per floor" phenomenon is the truth of reality. The real criminal incidents under the relevant entries make people deeply aware of the harm this industry has on social atmosphere and safety. For example: CoCo and Shasha are two prostitutes. They married Hong Kong people in the mainland in their early years, and then applied to Hong Kong to work in the pornography industry for a living, but they did not expect to be brutally killed by perverted murderers after robbery.

Another example: AMY came from the mainland and worked in a brothel run by a prostitute named Ashan. When the police arrived at the scene, they found that the deceased's tongue was protruding, blood was oozing from her nostrils, there was a towel next to the body, and two condom packages were left on the ground. Later they found out that it was her husband who committed the crime under the guise of a "prostitute killer" case.



You will find that these stories have appeared in "The Golden Sky". The rise of the pornography industry has supported Champagne Tower, but these common crimes have also accelerated the decline of Champagne Tower. In 2017, the Hong Kong police launched their last large-scale anti-pornography operation. A large number of Fengjie left one after another. A reporter later visited the building and found that Fengjie was not there. Only the remaining condoms and cheap sheets were left in Champagne, which were tattered and extremely old.