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

After these people join the company, Midea can also train them in the professional direction according to their abilities, or send them to overseas institutions or schools for key training according to the company's needs and personal abilities, so there may be no effect in a few years, but after ten years or even longer, these people will become the real backbone of Midea.

At the same time, even for now, senior engineers are recruited from overseas, but if all R&D personnel are recruited from the United States and Europe, which have high benefits, then the salary expenditure alone is a very heavy burden, after all, if you want to dig these people to work in Xiangjiang, the price you pay will inevitably be much more expensive than local recruitment, and the number of basic R&D personnel is far more than that of engineers.

MacLehose nodded in agreement and said, "Xu Sheng, I can agree to this matter, but I will retire and return to China in two months, and I am 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 Xiangjiang." ”

Sir Youde is the next governor of the British cabinet, and it was officially announced in December last year that this person is a senior British diplomat who is familiar with Chinese affairs, and served as the British ambassador to China as early as World War II, and has always been known as the British "Hua Guotong".

Seeing that the issue of the return deadline of Hong Kong has surfaced, and MacLehose is about to retire, the British government sent Sir Youde at this time in the hope that he will be able to turn the tide and keep the Pearl of the Orient for Britain.

MacLehose thought for a while and said, "Okay, I will personally invite Dean Ou Huaide to come to the Hong Kong Governor's Mansion to discuss this time, and if Xu Sheng is free, he can also come together." ”

"Thank you, Mr. Governor. Xu Zhi smiled and said, "There is one more thing I want to discuss with Mr. Governor." ”

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

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

Some high-tech industries are indeed very profitable, but capital is profit-driven, and in the long run, why stay in Xiangjiang if there is a place with low land prices to build factories, 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 intervene in the development of the free market, and there is nothing I can do about it. MacLehose shook his head in refusal.

"Bullshit freedom!" Xu Zhi complained in his heart, in the early days when Hong Kong and Britain managed Hong Kong, in order to show the international market the free market principle of Hong Kong, legislation restricted many powers of the government, and the Hong Kong government would not interfere in the market for the development of any industry, unless it involved people's livelihood or the financial industry, otherwise the Hong Kong government would not interfere at will.

This extreme Western theory of "freedom" is actually the culprit of all the problems of Xiangjiang in later generations, you must know that the real European and American capitalist countries also have a large number of restrictions on domestic companies, the most famous of which is nothing more than the anti-monopoly law.

In Xiangjiang, instead of the anti-monopoly law, the government gradually formed an alliance of interests with real estate companies and banks, speculated on land prices together, made huge profits from them, and gradually allowed real estate companies to form monopoly capital, and finally became a big deal.

In 1992, the Hong Kong government and HSBC tried to raise bank financing interest rates to suppress housing prices, but they were confronted by a real estate consortium led by Li Ka-shing and Lee Shau-kee.

On the one hand, the real estate company set up a financial institution to provide loans to buyers, directly provoking HSBC, the largest wealthy bank in Hong Kong.

On the other hand, all the real estate companies joined forces to boycott the real estate auction held by the Hong Kong government, or even did not go to the venue, or all the companies set the price in advance, and there was no competition between each other at all, which also led to a sharp decline in the Hong Kong government's fiscal revenue, which relied heavily on land auctions.

In the end, both sides took a step back, but this tie ended only to increase the arrogance of the real estate company, and housing prices rose in the 90s until the outbreak of the Asian financial crisis in 1998, when the housing prices in Xiangjiang fell.

Xu Zhi continued: "Mr. Governor, the land price of Xiangjiang involves too many factors, and it is no longer humanly changeable, but industrial development is also important, and several of my companies are interested in making Xiangjiang the main manufacturing base of the group, but even Midea companies are unlikely to accept the current land price in Xiangjiang, so I have a suggestion."

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

Although Evergrande acquired Weicheng and acquired this piece of land of nearly 5 square kilometers, it does not mean that you can sit back and relax and wait until the 90s to develop and make a lot of money.

It is true that this piece of land is already privately owned, and as long as it is not illegal, it can be built, but if you want to realize your own town-building plan in Tin Shui Wai, you must need the cooperation of the Hong Kong government.

At the simplest point, a town needs hospitals, schools, police stations, fire departments, traffic management departments, and grassroots government management departments.

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

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

Although these problems will be solved slowly with the step-by-step development, if you can reach a direct agreement with the ruler of Xiangjiang, then the follow-up will be much simpler, even if the ruler is about to leave, but as long as the plan is set, the follow-up can develop in an orderly and unstable manner.

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

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

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

Xu Zhi continued: "At that time, after the establishment of Weicheng Company, China Resources Group once proposed to build a town in Tin Shui Wai that could accommodate 530,000 people, but in the end it did not work, one of the key reasons was that there was not enough economic strength to maintain such a large town in Tin Shui Wai.

My company plans to build enough factories in Tin Shui Wai to bring tens of thousands of jobs to the local area, and the daily consumption of these people can also lead to the development of the service industry, creating more jobs, so that the whole new town can run perfectly. ”

MacLehose's eyes lit up and said, "It sounds like this plan is good, I don't know if Xu Sheng can elaborate on it." ”

"Nature is not a problem. Xu Zhi nodded in agreement, and then briefly described the development plan of the entire Tin Shui Wai, including the construction plan of the wharf 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 Xiangjiang, I can promise to give some convenience in administrative approval, and in other aspects, if Xu Sheng has any needs, although he can put it forward." ”

Xu Zhi smiled: "Mr. Governor, although I can provide some jobs for Tin Shui Wai, it is impossible to meet the needs of 500,000 people, so in terms of transportation, I hope that the Hong Kong government can quickly connect a road from Tin Shui Wai to the Kowloon Peninsula." ”

"Highway!" said MacLehose after a moment's thought, "I need to discuss this matter with the Department of Transportation, but the construction of this road will require a lot of investment, and I guess I will have to let Sir Youde deal with it in the end." ”

"Thank you, Mr. Governor. Xu Zhi said with a smile that although adding a department to an academy is not a trivial matter, the demand for funds is not too high, at least it is much worse than building a road in the mountains.

Such a large basic investment, in any government, needs to be discussed for a long time, Xu Zhi does not expect MacLehose to be able to complete this road in the few months left in his term, he only needs to set the development plan of Tin Shui Wai, otherwise once it is delayed until Youde comes to power, Britain and the mainland officially begin to negotiate the return of Hong Kong, such a large investment, it is easy to be dragged into this political storm.