Chapter 555: Youde's Thoughts
The next morning, the Cao Weiqing Charity Foundation briefed the outside world on the details of the donation made last night, and at the same time explained the criteria for this assistance.
The Charity Foundation has contacted the Xiangjiang government and obtained information about the victims of the disaster, and today they will go to some families who have been particularly affected by the disaster to send them relief funds.
Because Cao Weiqing was pregnant, Li Guangyu arranged for Gan Qin to be the representative of the Li Group, and a group of members of the charity foundation went to a particularly hard-hit family in the Tin Shui Wai area.
This time, not only did Li Guangyu arrange for Gan Qin to go, but Li Ka-shing went directly to a disaster-stricken family by his wife Zhuang Mingyue and a group of charity foundation personnel.
Lee Shau-kee, Kwok Tak-sheng, Fung King-hei, Cao Wenjin, Stanley Ho and others have arranged for their own children or senior executives of the group to go to the affected families and send them relief funds.
This is a show made by these Chinese families, but no matter how you interpret it, it is undeniable that they did help these Xiangjiang citizens who were in extreme difficulty.
As for why the major Chinese families in Xiangjiang are suddenly making such a move now, many top personnel know very well.
Especially the Governor of Xiangjiang, You De, he knows very well that the Chinese family has always been very low-key, they always like to hide their clumsiness, unwilling to show their wealth and strength, let alone in the limelight.
At this time, these Chinese families were anxious to expand their own influence, reflecting a kind of anxiety in the hearts of these families.
Just the day before yesterday, the naval battle between Britain and Argentina over the Falkland Islands began, and the news has spread all over the world, and the Xiangjiang side naturally knows the news.
Youde also felt great pressure on the development of Xiangjiang's economy, and social stability is the most basic condition for the rapid development of a region's economy.
At this time, some middle- and upper-class people in Xiangjiang were full of worries about the future, and if they could not dispel their inner worries as soon as possible, the economic development of Xiangjiang would be severely hit.
To this end, Youde specially held a drinking party on the evening of the 2nd, firstly to thank these families for extending a helping hand in this disaster and helping the affected citizens to overcome the current difficulties, and secondly, to communicate with the major families in Xiangjiang to dispel some of their concerns.
Youde didn't want to start a sharp decline or even regression in the economy of Hong Kong after he succeeded MacLehose, in which case he would become the object of criticism in the future, especially when it came to MacLehose, there were countless praises, and he himself became a negative teaching material.
Youde didn't want his career to end in the Governor, he also wanted to be able to serve in the heart of England, and even sit on the throne of Prime Minister one day.
Affected by the financial crisis in Europe and the United States, Xiangjiang's export trade has further declined, and at the same time, the continuous increase in Xiangjiang's labor costs has also allowed Xiangjiang's manufacturing industry to move to the mainland and treasure islands.
Xiangjiang's top families now have real estate companies in their hands, and these families obviously don't care about how Xiangjiang will develop in the future, they are all focused on interests, and the same is true for British-funded consortia, whether it is Jardine Matheson or Swire, even if it is not the Kadoorie family of the British-funded conglomerate, they all have real estate groups in their hands.
When doing business for ten years is not as good as the profit of real estate for one year, it is not to blame all families and consortia for pouring into the real estate industry.
Youde is already powerless to change this situation at this time, and now the situation has been formed, and the manufacturing industry has almost relocated, if the real estate also falls at this time, I don't know what Xiangjiang will develop.
And Youde knows very well that many local parliamentarians want Xiangjiang to develop like this, and the government will buy land at a high price, and then take a large amount of tax back to the British side, which is simple and effortless, and does not require them to think too much about things.
Youde also knows that in such a small place as Xiangjiang, it is simply unrealistic to develop a low-end manufacturing industry with no technical content, and the high labor cost of Xiangjiang is enough to discourage these enterprises.
Therefore, he put his idea on high-tech, and this requires countless technical talents to support the development of high-tech in Xiangjiang, now Xiangjiang only has Xiangjiang University and Xiangjiang Chinese University is far from enough, he wants to build several more universities, especially engineering universities, in order to provide talent support for the future development of Xiangjiang.
At the reception in the evening, when Youde proposed to build several universities, everyone present expressed their support for this, hoping that the government would start the plan as soon as possible.
The government's establishment of universities is only good for them, and a large part of the talents cultivated by these universities in Xiangjiang are cultivated for them, and every year graduates of the two universities in Xiangjiang enter their enterprises.
At the party, Youde said: "I also know that many of us are confused about the future in the past two days, and we are very anxious about it. Please rest assured that Hong Kong will maintain its current peace and stability, and I hope that you will have full confidence in Hong Kong, and at the same time, the economic development of Hong Kong will also require joint efforts. ”
As for Youde's statement, the helmsman of the Chinese family is noncommittal, and such a big problem cannot be counted by his commitment to a governor.
Li Guangyu himself didn't have anything to worry about, the others were anxious, he was staring at the opportunity inside, and he was still thinking about taking advantage of this opportunity to make a lot of money inside.
Then Youde talked about the development of South Korea, Treasure Island and Singapore, which are also the four Asian tigers, which emphasized the technology industry led by the electronic semiconductor industry, and he hoped that everyone could invest more in the development of this, and also explained to everyone how big the market and output value of these industries will be in the future.
It's a pity that there are very few responses to Youde, and even Li Guangyu, who now has the largest semiconductor company on the island, has not responded to the topic of Youde.
Li Guangyu knew this too well, once Xiangjiang decided to return to the mainland, the British side did not think about developing the economy of Xiangjiang well, they were more of a delay in the future development of Xiangjiang, creating a series of problems for the mainland, and it was difficult for high-tech industries to develop in Xiangjiang.
However, Xiangjiang still mainly focuses on tertiary industries such as finance, services, and tourism, and without the support of the government, many industries cannot develop at all.
Just like the current Xiangjiang, the two universities are biased towards liberal arts, science and engineering talents are very few, and most of the talents of Li Guangyu Xingyu Group need to be recruited from Baodao and Japan.
Seeing this form, Youde asked Li Guangyu and asked Li Guangyu to talk about his views on this aspect, which is why Li Guangyu has a relatively large industry in this regard.
Li Guangyu said: "Mr. Youde, some electronics industries dominated by semiconductors are not able to play and earn money by investing a little money, which not only requires a lot of research funds, but also requires enough technical talents. ”
Li Ka-shing, Lee Shau-kee and others are even more silent, they have no intention of playing high-tech, they also know their own capabilities, they are more into the traditional industries, these industries they can know their development, and those high-tech industries they do not have much certainty.
Besides, they don't have as strong capital as the Li consortium, and the treasure island semiconductor company alone has invested 500 million US dollars, so they might as well invest in real estate with so much money, maybe the capital has doubled.
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