The next day, three black Volkswagens drove low-key to the door of the Governor's Palace, and then after some inquiries by the doorman, one of them drove in, and the other two parked in a parking space not far away.

After the establishment of the Independent Commission Against Corruption, many government officials have been cracked down, and people here can no longer be casually evacuated, and although outsiders are not compulsory, there is still no need for everyone to be too high-profile.

The car was parked in the underground garage, where people were already waiting, and a blonde woman stepped forward and said, "Hello Chen Sheng, Governor MacLehose has arranged for me to lend you here, and he is already waiting for you in the office." ”

"Thank you." Chen Zhiwen said politely.

The underground garage has an independent elevator leading directly to the first floor of the Governor's Palace, and it is obvious that Chen Zhiwen's arrival this time is also a secret inside the Governor's Palace, at least the ordinary staff do not know.

The governor's office is located on the ninth floor, and the entire building should be full of high-ranking officials, and along the way, I met 2 people, and Chen Zhiwen didn't know him, but they looked at Chen Zhiwen twice.

Knock knock.

The blonde knocked on the door to the governor's office, and a "come in" was heard from inside.

Opening the door, Chen Zhiwen saw at a glance the black-haired, black-eyed, authentic Englishman MacLehose, as the first governor in the history of the Hong Kong government to carry out a large-scale anti-corruption storm, but he felt like a very ordinary literati, and he didn't feel the ruthlessness of sending hundreds of people to prison at all.

"Chen Sheng, welcome to you." MacLehose walked over with a smile and shook hands.

"It is a great pleasure, Mr. Governor, to meet with you." Chen Zhiwen also said with a smile.

Although MacLehose's reform of Hong Kong's clean government, there are certain political reasons behind it, but not everyone can undertake this mission, when MacLehose just took over Hong Kong, Hong Kong happened to encounter an unprecedented real estate crisis, housing prices plummeted, the Hang Seng Index fell to the ankle, many banks ran out, and Hutchison, a giant at the level of one of the four oceanic banks, was facing a bankruptcy crisis.

Coupled with the outbreak of the global oil crisis, Hong Kong's industry, which has little to do with real estate, has been hit like never before, and the streets of Hong Kong are full of unemployed young people wandering around, putting the whole society in turmoil.

As a result, MacLehose used his ability to set off a storm of integrity in Hong Kong.

After all, any country or city, only when the economy is developed and during the period of rapid rise will it be able to obtain real tranquility, otherwise, a large number of unemployed groups will inevitably make a lot of trouble, no matter how honest the government is, it is useless.

This is also Chen Zhiwen's reliance, since World War II, economic development has become the mainstream, together with the presidents of various countries to visit other countries, in the past are generals, now bring large company bosses, business giants, the status of the ZZ soared rapidly.

"Chen Sheng, please take a seat." MacLehose took Chen Zhiwen to the interior of the office, a set of European-style sofas, and said: "I have long heard that Chen Sheng likes to drink tea, and we in the UK also have the habit of drinking tea, which we can be regarded as like-minded." ”

"Drinking tea is good for our body." Chen Zhiwen smiled and said.

"Yes, it's just that when we understand this truth, we are basically 40 years old, and Chen Sheng is only in his 20s, which is really rare." MacLeho said with a smile.

The blonde assistant once again brought the tea that had been prepared a long time ago, and Chen Zhiwen took it and said, "Thank you." ”

MacLehose is the same, saying: "This is a Brazilian specialty of Yundai tea, which only has a little output at a peak of more than 2,000 meters, which is very rare. ”

"It tastes good." After Chen Zhiwen tasted it, he praised that this bit of face still has to be given, although he just thinks the taste is average, and he can only say that it is not difficult to drink. Drinking tea is just an excuse anyway.

"In fact, in Europe or other regions, there are also many high-quality teas, and Chen Sheng can taste more." MacLehose said with a smile: "I heard that Chen Sheng just came back from the United States, didn't he try American tea?" ”

"No, Mr. Governor, you should know that Americans still like coffee, and I'm mainly engaged in business exchanges there, but I don't pay attention to tea." Chen Zhiwen said, it didn't take long to go to Europe and the United States, so many things, who cares about tea?

"That's right, Chen Sheng's business is getting bigger and bigger, I have been in many countries, but I have never seen a business wizard like Chen Sheng, in such a short time, he can sell two products in Europe and the United States, and can also become the pillar of Hong Kong's export industry." MacLehose said with a smile, easily bringing the topic to the right path.

"This is what I should do, and I also hope to strengthen Hong Kong's manufacturing industry, so that our products can be exported to Europe and the United States." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said that European culture generally does not like to be too modest, and Chen Zhiwen naturally wants to be ambitious.

MacLehose asked again: "What does Chen Sheng think of Hong Kong's manufacturing industry?" ”

"It's dangerous." Chen Zhiwen said lightly.

"What do you mean by that?" MacLehose asked, having only been in Hong Kong for about three years, the governor already spoke fluent Cantonese.

"The main problem is the price of land, which is too high." Chen Zhiwen said.

"In recent years, Hong Kong's real estate market has not been good, and although the price of industrial land has risen a little recently, it is only half of the price compared to three years ago. Isn't that a good price? MacLeho asked with a frown.

"The industrial land price ratio is not the past, but the nearby and even thousands of miles away from the country, my industrial park project, Wanwan and South Korea have put forward the policy of free land, and even a city in the United States has come to say that it can give land for free, Mr. Governor, you say from my point of view, how to choose?" Chen Zhiwen said.

There is indeed a city government office in the United States that sent a fax to Hong Kong Red Bull, probably the content is to invite Red Bull to build a factory in the United States, it is estimated that it also saw the best-selling Red Bull, and theoretically speaking, with Red Bull's profits, the high labor costs in the United States can also be covered, but the trade unions over there can annoy people, and Chen Zhiwen will not go to the United States to build a factory unless he has to.

MacLehose thought for a moment and said, "Then according to Chen Sheng's meaning, Hong Kong's industry has no advantages?" ”

"Going forward 20 years from now, Hong Kong's industry is very advantageous, but from now on, although exports will not decline, the development trend will get worse and worse." Chen Zhiwen said.

"Why?" MacLehose asked, "Is it just because of the price of the land?" ”

Chen Zhiwen said: "Land price is indeed one of the main reasons, but not the only one, the past 20 years, Hong Kong can develop well, there are two important factors, the first is the deep-water port, naturally suitable for terminal shipment, but now the world has changed to the container model, although the volume of shipping has increased significantly, but the requirements for the port are not so high, this point, Mr. Governor should know better than me."

The second point is that because of the mainland more than 20 years ago, a large number of talents and entrepreneurs flowed into Hong Kong, these are the elite talents of the mainland, so many people gathered in one city, it is difficult for the city to be underdeveloped, but now decades have passed, and the new generation of people have grown up locally, even if they rely on the wealth and knowledge of their parents, they will only be slightly stronger than normal people. Look at our neighborhood, Wanwan and South Korea have much larger land, more population, and naturally more relative talents, which will not have an effect in a short period of time, but as long as we pay attention to education, it will be completely different after a generation.

The third point is the price of land, the price of land is too expensive, it is the natural enemy of industry, it takes a lot of money to build a factory, although the land is valuable, but overseas countries attract investment, basically there are various preferential policies, especially some pollution-free and high-yield enterprises, land is free of charge is a normal operation. ”

Another point is naturally that the reform of the mainland, preferential policies and cheap labor costs quickly absorbed Hong Kong's industry, which naturally cannot be said, but even if there is no such thing, Hong Kong's industry will not last long, that kind of high housing prices, can only maintain high-tech industries, but Hong Kong's population, and there is no foundation for high-tech industries, even Chen Zhiwen, it is difficult to leave any suitable industries for Hong Kong in the future.

The future of Hong Kong really seems to be only real estate.

"Overseas countries have a large land area, and Hong Kong does not have an advantage in this regard." MacLehose said.

"Singapore is not a big area, we have also communicated with them, although they will not be free, but the price of land is only one-fifth of that of Hong Kong, and there are many preferential tax policies." Chen Zhiwen continued.

MacLehose shook his head and said: "The area of Singapore is indeed similar to that of Hong Kong, but their land is mainly plains, and Hong Kong is the opposite, which you also know very well." ”

Chen Zhiwen nodded and said: "Indeed, but the investment of enterprises will not accept Hong Kong's high land prices because of the mountains in Hong Kong." ”

MacLehose asked: "According to Chen Sheng, won't Hong Kong's industry be a dead end in the future?" ”

Chen Zhiwen replied: "I can't say that, there are still first-line opportunities."

The kind of textile industry and garment industry in the past, there is no way to make money in the future, that is, now, these industries are actually not profitable, this is because Hong Kong industrial buildings are up to more than a dozen floors, and the land price is evenly apportioned, but Wanwan, South Korea and even Thailand They can be exempt from land prices, and they can also build industrial office buildings, on this point, Hong Kong's industrial competition has no advantage, and there is labor cost, Hong Kong's labor cost is not high for Europe, America and Japan, but compared with nearby areas, it is also much higher, so in the low-end personnel-intensive industry, Hong Kong is completely inferior to the rest of the surrounding area.

The only opportunity is to transform and produce goods with high value-added value, such as the electronics industry, the food industry, or to make your own brand, so that both the clothing industry and the toy industry can grow for a long time. ”

In fact, Hong Kong's industry can still last for a period of time, not Chen Zhiwen flickered, but in the next ten years, the industrial chain of Europe and the United States began to transfer, for Asian countries, it is a wave of super dividends, whether it is Wanwan, South Korea, some Southeast Asian countries and Hong Kong, are in an incremental market environment of rapid industrial development, therefore, even if the proportion is reduced, but the total output value of Hong Kong's industry is still rising, even if it is the textile industry.

It wasn't until the mainland was reopened that after the 90s, everything was siphoned off, and the industry in Hong Kong and even nearby countries was seriously affected.

"Then the Ming people don't talk darkly, what kind of conditions does Chen Sheng need to be willing to put this beautiful industrial park in Hong Kong?" MacLeho lit the window.

"My requirements are not high, just the land price given by Singapore." Chen Zhiwen said.

MacLehose was silent for a moment and said: "Chen Sheng is really good at bargaining, directly cutting it into one-fifth, which is really rare, and this request is not impossible to agree, but I also have a condition." ”

"Please." Chen Zhiwen was a little surprised, it was originally a lion who opened his mouth, but he didn't expect to be able to agree immediately.

"This industrial park of yours needs to be placed in the place designated by the Hong Kong government, Yuen Long, and you can choose a piece of land." MacLehose said.

"Yuen Long?" Chen Zhiwen quickly understood in his mind, as far as he knew, since MacLehose came to power, he thought that Hong Kong's population was too concentrated, with a population of 4 million, most of which were concentrated on Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula and Hung Hom on the other side, so he also proposed a new town plan, and this town was naturally Yuen Long.

In fact, Chen Zhiwen also considered this, and placing his industry in the new town of the Hong Kong government will definitely attract a large number of people to the town, but before he said it, he was mentioned by MacLehose first, and it is estimated that this should have been in his idea a long time ago.

You must know that without enough industry, it is difficult to really relocate hundreds of thousands of people with the policy support of the Hong Kong government, and even if it can, it will take at least ten years and a lot of energy.

Because this town-building plan has long been heard of in the market, but even many real estate developers are not interested in it now, you can imagine the difficulty of this, but an industrial park that can provide tens of thousands of jobs can help at least 1/3 of the busy.

"Any questions?" MacLeho asked with a smile.

"Over there is no industrial base in Yuen Long, even the roads are not very developed, and the personnel supporting facilities are not perfect, such a place, Mr. Governor, even if you give it to me for free, I am not willing to invest in such a place." Now that we know that the Hong Kong government wants to use its own industrial chain to complete the new town plan, it is natural that we have to reverse the army.

Besides, there are no supporting facilities there, although you can build it at a little cost, but now you have to make some more benefits!

(End of chapter)