The so-called suitable price naturally refers to the vicinity of the Kowloon Peninsula, even if it is a little farther away from the sea, the total distance is only a few kilometers, plus there is a large number of people nearby, it is easy to recruit people by themselves, and you can basically quickly enter the state of new development, and more importantly, it is located in this location, the value is higher, even if it is industrial land, it is worth a lot after more than ten years.

As for Yuen Long, in fact, under the management of MacLehose, it did get a lot of development in the late 70s, the main reason is that the housing prices on both sides of Victoria Harbour have risen too much, under the long-term guidance of the government, plus the opening of highways and subways, Yuen Long's popularity has also reached a very high level in the 80s, and if you add the planning of Midea Industrial Park, it may be better than in history.

But now it's really not good there, I can't say that there are no people, but there are not many of them, they are all some indigenous, or a small number of workers, there is no industry, there is no economy, and there is only a little bit of industry, which is completely the government's free-range model.

MacLehose was prepared, and said with a smile: "Chen Sheng doesn't have to worry about infrastructure construction, since the Hong Kong government is ready to build a new town, the investment in this area will naturally not be less, we will build a road in Yuen Long that leads directly to Kwai Chung Pier and Kowloon Town, including people's livelihood, there will be a certain amount of investment, hospitals, fire protection, and schools, so as to ensure that a large number of people can live and work in Yuen Long, and if Chen Sheng's industrial park is added, it can provide tens of thousands of jobs, I think Yuen Long Town will be able to succeed, once successful, Chen Sheng's personnel needs are naturally not a problem. ”

Chen Zhiwen shook his head and said: "Mr. Governor, there is a certain relationship here, any international enterprise is to look at the existing supporting measures, and then invest, not to say that after investment to develop together, will do a good job, no enterprise has the obligation to cooperate with the development of the prefecture." ”

In addition to the state-owned enterprises in the mainland in later generations, this is basically established, large enterprises invest in a certain place to build a factory, must look at the industrial chain and related logistics, hydropower supporting measures, these things are not, expect large enterprises to help you get it when they come to invest, that is basically a pipe dream.

There are a few special investments in this situation, such as the German Volkswagen investment in China, but there is a certain significance behind this ZZ reason, and even so, the localization of the industrial chain has taken many years, even in the 21st century, many of Volkswagen's core components still use the CKD (overseas import) model to enter the country, and even far less than Tesla's degree of localization.

"As a Hong Kong native, doesn't Chen Sheng want to contribute to Hong Kong's economic development? Besides, Chen Sheng also knows that you are about to become a Justice of the Peace in the next year. MacLehose said with a smile.

"Contribution is naturally due, there are many ways to contribute, my charity fund invests in the field of education, if necessary, other aspects can also be invested, my industry still provides tens of thousands of jobs for Hong Kong, but contribution is contribution, business is business, if for this reason, I choose to invest more money in Hong Kong to build a factory, it will only lead to my products in the international competition at a disadvantage, over time, there is a possibility of being defeated by others, then the gains outweigh the losses." Chen Zhiwen shook his head and said.

In fact, Chen Zhiwen's investment is basically an assembly plant and other products, but the technical content is a little higher, and the profit is quite high, there are actually no hard requirements for where to put it, but no matter what, you have to let the British ghost guys have some blood.

"Then Chen Sheng will just say directly, how can I be willing to put this industrial park in Yuen Long?" MacLehose asked directly.

Chan Chi-man said: "Well, Mr. Governor, if it is placed in Yuen Long, I need a larger area, about 6 million square feet, all for free." ”

"This can't be, there hasn't been such a thing in Hong Kong's history." MacLehose hurriedly said: "Such a large area is all free, don't talk about me, the Lands Department will not agree." ”

"Mr. Governor, I can guarantee that none of this land will be wasted, all factories will be built, every piece of free land will bring employment, and it will also bring stable tax revenue to the future of the Hong Kong government, this piece of land is free, then the price of nearby land will double, and the Lands Department will have a higher income, this most basic cooperation model is common all over the world." Chen Zhiwen said lightly: "And I said that what I compare is with other places, Wanwan is free land, Hong Kong, if it is placed in Kowloon, I can consider buying land at a certain price, but in Yuen Long, this is my condition." ”

Although I don't look down on Yuen Long, MacLehose and others don't know that the free land policy in Wanwan South Korea is not weak in its attraction to capitalists, which can naturally put some pressure on the Hong Kong government.

"I've seen the list of industries that Midea has raised, which also includes the footwear industry, and in the next five years, more than 1 million pairs of sports shoes will be exported? Can Chen Sheng guarantee this? MacLehose asked suddenly.

"Of course, as soon as the new industrial park is approved, I will immediately build a factory with a production capacity of more than 2 million pairs." Chen Zhiwen said confidently.

Nike's development speed, but faster than Wal-Mart, Wal-Mart needs to build its own stores, but Nike doesn't need to, they just need to find a franchise, in the next ten years, Wal-Mart's annual turnover growth rate is about 40%, and Nike is 80%, it doesn't seem to be a big difference, but look at the five-year time gap, Wal-Mart has increased 5 times, Nike has increased 18 times. Millions of double production capacity is actually an underestimate.

Therefore, the Nike foundry in Hong Kong naturally needs to be prepared to the maximum and set the maximum production capacity, but it is estimated that as long as it takes four or five years, it may be necessary to build a new factory.

But this will be talked about later, after all, even if you know the future, you can't build the peak production capacity of the future at one time now, right? Planning for the next 5-7 years is almost enough, and it is impossible to meet the needs of personnel alone.

"In that case, I need a little time to discuss with other people, Chen Sheng, what you said is very reasonable, enterprise investment is a horizontal comparison, but the situation in Hong Kong also has its special place, what is the impact of the precedent of free land, I still need to judge, in this way, after New Year's Day next year, I will give you an answer, how about it?" MacLehose said.

"Okay, then I'll wait for the good news from Mr. Governor." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said. In Hong Kong, it is indeed a taboo to take land for free, after all, the main source of Hong Kong's fiscal revenue is the sale of land, that is, MacLehose is more concerned about the economy and industry, so he has a certain basis for talking.

But then again, Chen Zhiwen's request is actually not excessive, what country does not welcome this kind of high-quality output, which can provide stable tax revenue, drive a large number of jobs without any pollution? If the scale is a little larger, or the technology content is a little higher, such as the automobile industry, how many countries are sticking money to invite people to invest.

Considering that the culture and language of Hong Kong people are similar to those of the southern provinces of the mainland, when the industry is transferred in the future, a large number of mature workers and engineers here can be easily sent to the mainland, as the backbone of the entire industrial chain, and at the same time, as Hong Kong people, they naturally hope that Hong Kong will be better.

"Mr. Hong Kong Governor, there is one more thing I would like to discuss with you, that is, the land owned by Hutchison Whampoa in Hung Hom, I want to carry out industrial to commercial transfer, and the Hong Kong government has been talking with us for several months, so it is better to decide today." Chen Zhiwen continued.

"I've heard about this, the price given by the Lands Department is 480 million Hong Kong dollars, and this price is actually the market price." MacLehose thought for a while and said: "Industrial to commercial conversion has been in Hong Kong for decades, and it can be regarded as an important policy to maintain Hong Kong's real estate prices. ”

"It's not that you have to give in, you should be fine with appropriate discounts." Chen Zhiwen smiled and said: "Now Hong Kong's economy is not good, the real estate market is also slightly better, many people are still waiting, a large number of young people are also unemployed, even if my Midea Industrial Park can start construction soon, it will take at least half a year to stabilize production, and an industrial park can not absorb much employment, Hong Kong's main employment is still the construction industry."

Hutchison intends to build a large residential community in Hung Hom, which can accommodate at least 50,000 people, which can not only solve the employment problem of a large number of construction workers, but also reduce the housing problem in Kowloon.

However, there is too much investment involved, and the total investment is estimated to be HK$2 billion, which is a bit too much pressure for Hutchison. ”

In the original history of MacLehose, is through the Daxing real estate to solve the employment problem in Hong Kong at that time, although the construction industry is not as stable as the factory, but at least can solve the problem in the short term, it can also be said that 76 years later, Hong Kong land prices soared, and MacLehose also has a certain relationship, it is he who promoted the recovery of the entire real estate industry.

In fact, it is also because Hong Kong's economy is too poor now, and only a few companies are not bad, such as those Chinese-funded real estate, shipping giants or Chen Zhiwen's companies, and the others are not good, several major foreign companies except Swire, Jardine Matheson and Wheelock are getting weaker and weaker, and ordinary real estate companies have been tossed too miserably in the past few years, even if they see a little recovery trend in the real estate market, they dare not enter, or have no money to enter, and more importantly, banks have generally not recovered confidence in the real estate market.

No way, when there is no economic growth point, pushing up housing prices is the easiest solution.

"2 billion?" MacLehose was a little moved, but then said: "Chen Sheng is going to invest 20 billion, do you still care about such a little discount?" You know, no matter how much I discount, there won't be much. ”

"In the real estate market, a little discount can also leverage more funds." Chen Zhiwen said with a light smile.

MacLehose thought for a while, nodded and said: "Okay, then, I can promise to give you a 9% discount, so that you can transfer the Hung Hom land to business, but Hutchison must start construction of this project before March next year, try to recruit as many workers as possible, I don't care about your cooperation with the construction company, but to ensure that these workers can at least get their own basic living expenses every month, as for the number of workers, I need to ask professionals to decide according to the project plan you submit." ”

"Okay, no problem." Chen Zhiwen agreed.

In Hong Kong, there are generally real estate companies in arrears of contract payments to construction companies, and construction companies also have arrears of wages to employees.

But after 73 years, the market plummeted, and the source real estate company either went bankrupt or ran away or really ran out of money, and the construction company or Bao Gongtou was naturally the same, and when it was passed on to the workers, the salary may not be settled for a long time, but the entire construction industry will not work in the next two or three years.

This has also led to a large number of unemployed people in Hong Kong, and many people don't even have a place to live, and naturally, these people have become a headache for MacLehose.

That's why MacLehose desperately needs economic recovery, whether through industry or construction, to solve the employment problem first, or Hong Kong will never be better.

Chen Zhiwen actually knew about this matter for a long time, but he couldn't do anything about this kind of thing, at most, after the acquisition of Hutchison, he would help himself internally or for the related companies he served, and there were too many others, and the government was powerless, let alone him.

And now that I am personally in charge of a large-scale project for the first time, I can also drive thousands or even tens of thousands of construction workers, even if I only give a part of the living expenses first, it can be said that it has a certain social stabilizing effect.

Helping this kind of ordinary people, he will not pay a very big price, he is naturally willing to help this, besides, Hong Kong's economy recovers as soon as possible, and he can also obtain higher returns.

PS: Briefly talk about a contradiction that has always existed in business questions, negotiation of this kind of thing, in reality it takes a long, long time, it is impossible to really write like this, so sometimes it is successful at one time, everyone understands, otherwise what to do? I write seven or eight times in a year in the book, then you will have to vomit blood when you read it, and the plot will be chaotic, but some of them also need to be staggered, such as appropriately opening up a few months, and then talking about success, cooperation, and so on

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