Although the affairs of Tin Shui Wai are now difficult, Xu Zhi is not worried at all, because he knows the future history, as long as the Sino-British negotiations are concluded by the end of next year, the policy of "one country, two systems" will ensure the future prosperity of Hong Kong, and at the same time, the reform and opening up of the mainland will use Hong Kong as a fusion point of Eastern and Western culture, economy and ideology.

By the beginning of the 85th century, the housing prices in Xiangjiang will rise rapidly, and in less than two years, they will exceed the peak of the bubble in 1981, except for a slight fluctuation in the late 80s.

In the Sino-British negotiations, there was a restriction on the sale of land by the Hong Kong government, that is, from 85 to the return to the motherland, the Hong Kong government could not auction more than 50 acres of land in each year, and the excess amount must be agreed by the central government of the mainland.

The original intention of this article was to prevent the British from auctioning off the land in Xiangjiang before the handover in 97, but this article also severely limited the housing market in Xiangjiang every year.

The scarcity of land production led to an imbalance between supply and demand, coupled with the cooperation of the British government in Hong Kong, the wealthy in Hong Kong, real estate speculation groups, and intermediary companies, which eventually caused the housing prices in Hong Kong to rise 10 times in 12 years.

However, private land is not subject to any restrictions, the four major families of Xiangjiang, the reason why they can rise, is because since the 70s, they have been hoarding land at a low price, the 50-acre limit between the Sino-British negotiations has created a huge appreciation of the land in their hands, and these people are also very smart, they know that once they fully develop these land, the housing prices in Xiangjiang will fall, so everyone tacitly develops a little bit every year, which ensures their own profits, but also ensures that the remaining land in their hands is still valuable.

But in this life, the land in Tin Shui Wai is owned by Xu Zhi alone, although he will not develop too much land at one time, but after all, the area base here is too large, and in the future, the number of houses launched every year can definitely meet the needs of many middle and lower classes.

This is a win-win strategy for both parties, ordinary people can get high-quality housing conditions at a lower price, and Evergrande can also make huge profits from it.

As for why it is only the middle and lower classes, it is also because in the early days, the conditions here are far less than those in commercial places such as Central, but if the popularity is sufficient in the future, it may also attract many wealthy people to settle down, and then the entire new town will be successfully developed in the true sense.

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Just as Xu Zhi was laying out the blueprint for the future of Tin Shui Wai, the Hong Kong society was surging.

Downing Street intended to use the economic fluctuations and panic of the people in Hong Kong as a weapon to exert pressure on the mainland government in international public opinion, and the British government in Hong Kong was naturally extremely cooperative, and some British newspapers published some sensational articles all day long, saying that if Hong Kong was not managed by the British, it would inevitably be destroyed.

At the beginning of the year, the Governor of Hong Kong, Youde, instigated members of the two bureaux to organize a separate delegation to London to petition the British Government, demanding that the "British Government" not compromise with the mainland government and that it must continue to rule Hong Kong......

In addition to the so-called represented public opinion card, the British also play the "economic card", deliberately creating panic, Xiangjiang is a capitalist society, the stock market and financial market are very sensitive, a little rumor, a word from the government, will cause violent fluctuations, causing prices to soar, people go to the supermarket to buy daily necessities, food, toilet paper and so on......

At the beginning of this year, PARKnSHOP acquired Wellcome, and also acquired some other supermarkets that closed down or were transferred in the price war.

However, this low-level strategy will only hurt the ordinary people of Xiangjiang, and the mainland government directly issued harsh words:

"If the UK does not change its approach to negotiations, then we need to consider the need for negotiations to continue. ”

"If the lives of the people of Xiangjiang are in a state of chaos for a long time, then we will take back Xiangjiang in advance in a non-peaceful way. ”

This was already considered a threat, and it also completely woke up a group of people who were jumping up and down.

Eventually, in order to prevent the matter from developing to the brink of uncontrollable development, the British government sent a professional negotiation team with the intention of formally starting discussions on the future of Hong Kong with the mainland side.

After the "exchange of sovereignty for governing power" was explicitly rejected by the mainland government, the British team proposed that after 97, Hong Kong needs to maintain some close contact with the United Kingdom, and this so-called close connection means that after 97, the Hong Kong government also needs to regularly "report" to Buckingham Palace on various policies in the territory.

This is clearly another provocation to the sovereignty of the mainland, and after two more negotiations, Hong Kong Governor Youde also participated, and he called on China and Britain to give full consideration to the interests of Hong Kong, hoping that Hong Kong can send a delegation to join the negotiations as a third-party representative.

In order to show that he was from the perspective of the Chinese in Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Governor's Office specially invited some well-known figures in Hong Kong to attend a dinner, including some wealthy Chinese in Hong Kong, parliamentarians, and well-known figures in society.

At 7 p.m., the interior of the Governor's House was brightly lit.

When Xu Zhi arrived, many people had already arrived first, and in order to show the grandeur of the banquet, Xia Dingji Handen, the second person in Xiangjiang, personally greeted the guests at the door.

"Hello, Mr. Handen. Xu Zhi politely stepped forward and shook hands, although the position of Chief Secretary is lower than that of the Governor of Hong Kong, the Governor of Hong Kong is largely responsible for external and internal policy decisions, while the internal management of Hong Kong is mainly responsible for the Secretary for Administration.

According to the current administrative rules, the Chief Secretary is the head of the government, the chief civil servant, and the ex-officio member of the Executive Council and the Legislative Council.

"Xu Sheng, welcome. Xia Dingji greeted in proficient Cantonese: "Please come inside, Sir Youde has been waiting inside for a long time." ”

"Thank you. Xu Zhi nodded and smiled, and then entered the main hall.

As soon as you enter the hall, you can see Sir Youde surrounded by a group of people like stars holding the moon, surrounded by some heads of British consortia in Hong Kong, such as New Bijian, Michael Kadoorie, and Shi Wyah.

"Xu Sheng, long time no see. Suddenly, a familiar voice came from behind.