Reborn Tycoon Rise

If Xiangjiang's higher education can be tilted toward the electronics industry, although it is unlikely to produce master-level talents in the short term, it can provide Midea with a steady stream of basic technical talents.

After these people join the company, Midea can also train these people in a professional direction based on their abilities, or send them to overseas institutions or schools for key training based on the company's needs, personal abilities and other conditions. Then there may be no effect within a few years. But ten years or more later, these people will become the real backbone of Midea Company.

At the same time, even now, it is enough to recruit senior engineers from overseas. But if all R\u0026D engineers are recruited from the United States and Europe, which have high welfare, then the salary expenditure alone will be a very heavy burden. After all, if you want to combine these The price paid to recruit people to work in Hong Kong must be much more expensive than recruiting locally, and the number of basic R\u0026D personnel far exceeds that of engineers.

MacLehose nodded in agreement and said, "Xu Sheng, I can agree to this, but I will retire and return to China in two months. I'm afraid that it may not be completed in time."

Xu Zhi smiled and said: "Thank you, Mr. Governor, this matter is actually not urgent. As long as you can promote this plan, I don't think Sir Youde will stop such a project that is beneficial to the economic development of Hong Kong."

Sir Youde is the next Governor-General selected by the British Cabinet. It was officially announced in December last year. This person is a senior British diplomat who is familiar with Chinese affairs. He served as the British Ambassador to China as early as World War II and has always been regarded as Known as Britain's "Huaguotong".

Seeing that the issue of the deadline for Hong Kong's return came to light and MacLehose was about to retire, the British government sent Sir Edward Youde in the hope that he could turn the tide and preserve Hong Kong, the Pearl of the Orient, for Britain.

MacLehose thought for a while and said: "Okay, I will personally invite Dean Au Wai-tak to come to the Hong Kong Governor's House to discuss this. Xu Sheng can also come together if he is free."

"Thank you, Mr. Governor." Xu Zhi said with a smile: "There is one more thing I would like to discuss with Mr. Governor."

MacLehose seemed to be in a good mood today and asked, "What's going on?"

"In addition to talents, sufficient land is also one of the important factors for the development of industry." Xu Zhi said: "In recent years, land prices in Xiangjiang have increased several times, and the rent of industrial land has also increased several times. This kind of land price is unbearable even for the electronics industry.

The profits of some high-tech industries are indeed very high, but capital is driven by profits. If things go on like this, why should we stay in Xiangjiang when we can build factories in places with low land prices? Even Midea companies will have the same idea. "

"Xu Sheng, you should know that the Hong Kong government's commitment to society is not to directly interfere with the development of the free market. There is nothing I can do in this regard." MacLehose shook his head and refused.

"Bullshit freedom!" Xu Zhi complained in his mind. During the early days of Hong Kong's British administration of Hong Kong, in order to show Hong Kong's free market principles to the international market, legislation restricted many of the government's powers. The Hong Kong government would not interfere in the market for the development of any industry. , unless it involves people's livelihood or the financial industry, the Hong Kong government will not intervene at will.

This extreme Western "freedom" theory is actually the culprit of all the problems in Hong Kong in later generations. You must know that the real European and American capitalist countries also have a lot of restrictions on domestic companies, the most famous of which is the anti-monopoly law.

As for Xiangjiang, not only does it have no anti-monopoly law, but the government has gradually formed an alliance of interests with real estate companies and banks to speculate on land prices together, making huge profits from it. It has also gradually allowed real estate companies to form monopoly capital, and in the end it is too big to lose.

In 1992, housing prices in Hong Kong aroused public outrage. The Hong Kong government and HSBC attempted to raise bank financing rates and suppress housing prices, but they were jointly resisted by the real estate consortium headed by Li Ka-shing and Lee Shau-kee.

On the one hand, real estate companies set up financial institutions to provide loans to home buyers, directly challenging HSBC, Hong Kong's largest financial institution.

On the other hand, all real estate companies join forces and strike out together at the real estate auction held by the Hong Kong government, without even going to the venue, or all the companies set the price in advance and there is no competition at all. This approach is also This has led to a sharp decline in the Hong Kong government's fiscal revenue, which relies heavily on land auctions.

In the end, both parties took a step back, but this tied outcome only increased the arrogance of real estate companies. Housing prices continued to rise in the 1990s. It was not until the Asian financial crisis broke out in 1998 that housing prices in Xiangjiang fell.

Xu Zhi continued: "Mr. Governor, the land price in Xiangjiang involves too many factors, which can no longer be changed by manpower. However, industrial development is equally important. Several of my companies intend to build Xiangjiang into the main manufacturing base of the group. But even Midea cannot accept the current land prices in Xiangjiang, so I have a suggestion.

Evergrande Company has acquired all the shares of Weicheng Company, which means it holds ownership of 488 hectares of land in Tin Shui Wai. I hope to renegotiate the development agreement and development progress of this land with the Hong Kong government. "

Although Evergrande Company acquired Weicheng and obtained this land of nearly 5 square kilometers, it does not mean that it can sit back and relax and wait until the 1990s to develop and make a fortune.

This land is indeed privately owned. As long as it is not illegal, anything can be built. However, if you want to realize your own town building plan in Tin Shui Wai, you must need the cooperation of the Hong Kong government.

The simplest point is that a town needs hospitals, schools, police stations, fire protection departments, traffic management departments, and grassroots government management departments.

Among them, the first two are easy to deal with, and you can build your own hospitals and schools if you have money, but the police, fire and government departments behind them, no matter how "freedom" the Hong Kong government promotes, it is impossible for capital to intervene in these departments.

The construction of the factory will also involve environmental protection and fire protection, which also require the consent of the Hong Kong government.

Although these problems will be solved step by step, if we can directly reach an agreement with the ruler of Xiangjiang, then the follow-up matters will be much simpler. Even if the ruler is about to resign, as long as the plan is finalized, the follow-up can be Methodical and erratic development.

"Does Xu Sheng want to use Tianshuiwei as a new industrial production base in Xiangjiang?" MacLehose understood.

Xu Zhi smiled and said: "No, this is just the production base of several factories of my company."

"Oh, I see," MacLehose said with a smile.

Xu Zhi continued: "Back then, after the establishment of Weicheng Company, China Resources Group proposed to build a town in Tianshuiwei that could accommodate 530,000 people, but in the end nothing happened. One of the key reasons was that in Tianshuiwei, There is not enough economic power to maintain such a large town.

My company plans to build enough factories in Tin Shui Wai, which can bring tens of thousands of jobs to the local area, and the daily consumption of these people can also drive the development of the service industry and create more jobs. In this way, the entire new town It will run perfectly. "

MacLehao's eyes lit up and he said, "This plan sounds good. I wonder if Xu Sheng can introduce it in detail."

"Of course it's not a problem." Xu Zhi nodded in agreement, and then briefly described the entire Tian Shui Wai development plan, including the construction plans for the construction of docks and several major factories.

After listening to this, MacLehose pondered for a moment and asked: "This plan is indeed very good, and it can also solve the current overpopulation problem in Hong Kong. I can agree to it and provide certain conveniences in administrative approval. In other aspects, , if Xu Sheng has any needs, you can ask them."

Xu Zhi said with a smile: "Mr. Governor, although I can provide some jobs in Tin Shui Wai, it is impossible to meet the needs of a population of 500,000. So in terms of transportation, I hope the Hong Kong government can quickly connect a highway from Tin Shui Wai to the Kowloon Peninsula. "

"Highway!" MacLehose thought for a moment and said, "I need to discuss this matter with the Department of Transportation, but building this road requires a lot of investment. I guess Sir Yoder will have to deal with it in the end."

"Then I have to thank Mr. Governor." Xu Zhi said with a smile. Although adding a department to a college is not a trivial matter, the funding requirements are not too high. At least it is worse than building roads in mountainous areas. a lot of.

Such a large infrastructure investment requires a long discussion in any government. Xu Zhi does not expect MacLehose to complete the road in the few months left in his term. He only needs to finalize the development plan for Tin Shui Wai. However, otherwise once Youde comes to power and Britain officially begins negotiations with the mainland on the return of Hong Kong, such a large investment will easily be involved in this political storm.