Chapter 6、Sadako is also here!

Although Hong Kong became a British colony very early, until the liberation, Hong Kong's status in the Oriental world at that time was more focused on military ports than commercial centers, and did not occupy any irreplaceable position in China's economic map, and its position in trade was far inferior to Shanghai. www.biquge.info Because, in the past, which was in a semi-feudal and semi-colonial state, the old China was almost completely open to the Western market, and foreign personnel, capital, and goods could enter the Chinese mainland directly without hindrance, so naturally there was no need to bypass Hong Kong under British control and spend a lot of trouble.

It was not until after the founding of New China and the outbreak of the Cold War, as the world was torn apart by the Iron Curtain, that Hong Kong became the only springboard between New China and the Western world, and gained the status of a transit point for economic and trade exchanges between the Chinese mainland and the West, which promoted the rapid take-off of Hong Kong's economy. Taking advantage of the special historical background of Chinese mainland's semi-isolation during that period and relying on the huge scale of Sino-Western entrepot trade, Hong Kong became the leading transportation hub and trade center in Asia in the second half of the 20th century. With this, there is also a financial center and an attached tourist city.

However, with China's reform and opening up, Hong Kong's monopoly began to gradually disappear. Initially, Hong Kong also had some first-mover advantage and could act as an intermediary between China and the West, earning the difference in prices and fees on both sides. However, as various parts of China have made great strides towards "internationalization", the degree of opening up to the outside world has accelerated suddenly. As well as the gradual increase in the number of "China experts" between Europe, the United States and the West, the political and cultural barriers have gradually dissolved. More and more Chinese can directly connect with Europe and the United States, and Hong Kong's intermediary role is becoming weaker and weaker. The benefits brought to Hong Kong by the original closure of the mainland are rapidly eroding. On the contrary, the political and institutional gap between Hong Kong and the mainland is gradually turning into the biggest negative factor restricting its economic development.

As a matter of fact, as early as the beginning of Hong Kong's return to the motherland, many people of insight had already seen the above problems. The first chief executive was even more ambitious to put forward a series of plans for Hong Kong's economic transformation, such as low-cost housing, the Chinese medicine port, and the Cyberport...... Wait a minute. It's a pity that first of all, these plans are too too grandiose and grandiose, and they are generally a bit ambitious and unrealistic, plus there are too many-stirring sticks in Hong Kong, and in the end they were all crushed by a bunch of unscrupulous real estate developers and yellow-skinned banana people. Thus, in the most critical years, Hong Kong closed all the windows of opportunity on its own. No matter how much capital flows in the Hong Kong market, it will not flow into the production chain, improve the efficiency of circulation, and will not balance the distribution. Stripped of Hong Kong's coat, it's like a shell company. People who want to do things can't do things. The activists go into the short-term business of speculative rentier, and the rest wait for the savior. Without endogenous incremental space, the paper wealth in the bubble is a big dream.

Despite this, Hong Kong at least has the advantages of a financial center and a deep-water port, and although it cannot become more prosperous day by day as before, it will not deteriorate day by day. The problem, however, is that as a Chinese city that is closely dependent on the international business system for its livelihood, Hong Kong is responsible for a significant portion of the mainland's entrepot logistics and capital flows with the outside world – albeit a declining overall proportion, which is the basis of Hong Kong's external competitiveness. The premise of this model is that Chinese mainland's global trade with China must continue to grow, and globalization must continue to develop in order to maintain Hong Kong's prosperity.

However, no one could have imagined that history would be spiraling, that is, that globalization could also regress in a certain period of time. In this way, a vigorous anti-globalization counter-tide suddenly broke out, causing the world's international free trade to suddenly turn cold, and Hong Kong's financial and port business immediately entered an ice age. Due to its geographical limitations, Hong Kong's geographical conditions as an entrepot trade hub are far inferior to those of Shanghai and Guangzhou, and even compared with many other ports in the Pearl River Delta, Hong Kong is not unique. In particular, Guangzhou is not only a port and a provincial capital, but also located in the center of the Pearl River Delta, and occupies the mouth of the Pearl River, which makes Guangzhou can rely on the Pearl River waterway to easily radiate the vast plains and even the northern mountainous areas, and because of this, Guangzhou has been the political and economic center of Lingnan since ancient times, and it is also the maritime trade hub of the entire South China. Until the British occupation, Hong Kong was just a small and desolate fishing village. In fact, the most suitable use of Hong Kong has always been a military port to guard the export of the Pearl River Delta, and it is a bit difficult for Hong Kong to act as an economic and trade center, which belongs to a special situation in an extraordinary historical period. If it declines, it will be more in line with the original historical appearance of Hong Kong.

As a result, after suffering the stick of anti-globalization, other places can slowly ease their breath, and Hong Kong, which is congenitally deficient, has been directly hit into the pit with a stick, at least, the share of trade lost during this period can never be returned, and the status of the financial center of South China is gone, and due to the problems of the special zone system, the throughput with the ports of the mainland is not smooth enough, and the transportation of goods is not as convenient as the ports of the mainland. Where can the remaining little tourism feed Hong Kong's millions of people? Even if the Hong Kong authorities don't want to play gambling and don't want to play gambling, they can't play Macau next door!

As a result, decades into the 21st century, Hong Kong has become a city of super-rich and a large number of poor people, similar to Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. The economy has continued to slump year after year, the unemployment rate is extremely high, people with some ambition have gone to the mainland, and those who remain in the local area are basically either old, weak, sick, disabled, or second-rate......

Not to mention the recent Hong Kong economy, which has been hit by the South China Sea nuclear explosion and the Dementor Rebellion, real estate and finance, which were already in a zombie state, have been directly nailed to the coffin, and Hong Kong's unemployment rate has naturally reached a new high. In this case, it is good that there are no fights and riots on the streets of Hong Kong all day long, where can there be any prosperity?

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“…… Unexpectedly...... Hong Kong's economy has reached such a miserable state, no wonder the streetscape of Central looks so unpleasant! ”

After listening to Wang Qiu's explanation, Shizuka Jukawa suddenly realized, "...... So, will Hong Kong be able to prosper again in the future? ”

“…… It's hard! Even immortals can't save their own dead. What's more, the long river of time never goes back, and opportunities are such things, whether for a person or a country, once they are missed, they will not come back. ”

Wang Qiu shrugged his shoulders, "...... Hong Kong has become a glorious Pearl of the Orient, which was originally an extraordinary state under a special historical environment, but now it is just a return to historical normalcy, and it is good to be able to 'stand out from everyone' in the end. Even if the central government wants to interfere, first of all, the 50-year commitment of the HKSAR autonomy and Hong Kong people governing Hong Kong has not yet expired; Second, even if we want to boost Hong Kong's economy, where should we find another unique profit growth point for Hong Kong? Is it tourism alone? Isn't that a joke?! If things are so difficult, why bother? ”

“…… Okay, it looks like Hong Kong is disappointing right now, but let's talk about your next travel mission first. ”

Nan Lixiang opened her mouth and diverted the topic, "...... How have the preparations for going to the plot world of "Flower Thousand Bone" been done now? ”

“…… It is still being discussed and considered, after all, this is a world full of demons and immortals, and the risk factor is terrifyingly high, and there is even a risk that it will be completely destroyed if you are unlucky enough to come to some unlucky place. In order to improve the safety rate of carrying out the mission, the relevant departments have contacted the author of "Flower Thousand Bone", and he will fly over this evening, hoping to provide us with some useful inspiration. ”

Wang Qiu smiled bitterly and spread his hands, "...... But I still think it's a lot of suspense, after all, in that kind of world, I'm afraid that even dropping a nuclear bomb won't be very effective. There are also Doraemon black technology props involving the law of cause and effect such as [If Phone Booth], and only God knows what kind of result will be made in the end...... I can only hope that the two people trapped over there are women, and they can use the 'pregnancy escape method' to cheat and deceive the main god system, otherwise if we have to brush points, and if we have to brush up on 100,000 reward points, we don't know how many people will die here! ”

“…… Belch? Can't you still be sure about the gender of the two people in the plot world of "Flower Thousand Bone"? Shizuka Jukawa asked with a frown.

“…… From the "Book of Crossing", it can only be confirmed that among the two newcomers who are trapped in the infinite space reincarnation of the plot world of "Flower Thousand Bone", one is named Yang Qing and the other is Xu Cai......

Wang Qiu explained, and at the same time opened his "Book of Traveling" and pointed out the part about "Flower Thousand Bone" to Shizuka Jukawa.

“…… It's all unisex names...... I hope it's better to be all women, otherwise people really don't know what to do......"

Shizuka Jukawa bit her finger and muttered, then revealing a confused expression, "...... Huh? But why did the handwriting on it suddenly disappear? ”

When Wang Qiu heard this, he hurriedly fixed his eyes and was suddenly shocked. The plot world of "Flower Thousand Bone" disappeared like this?

This also means...... The two guys who were trapped in the plot world of "Flower Thousand Bone" didn't know whether they were men or women, and they just burped to death?

And then, most likely, it also means...... Before he could clear his brain circuits, his thoughts were interrupted by a terrible scream.

“…… Ahh Ghosts! There are ghosts!!

The three of them turned their heads and found that in the base communication room dozens of meters away, the middle-aged uncle with a protruding beer belly had fallen to the floor in fright, while a white-clothed female ghost with long hair and a gloomy green aura was slowly crawling out of the surveillance screen in the base communication room......

“…… Depend on! Even Sadako ran out! The world is crazy, isn't it?!! (To be continued.) )