"Chen Sheng, hello." Youde smiled and shook hands and said: "You handled the run on Hisense Bank very well last time, Prime Minister Thatcher expressed very high sponsorship to you, she thinks you are the future star of Hong Kong, and it is also the highest achievement of our Hong Kong under the glory of Her Majesty." ”

"Mr. Governor, it's over." Chen Zhiwen is a little speechless about this aura, his career has a ghost relationship with the Queen of England, even if he is not in Hong Kong, he has the same chance to grow up in Wanwan and even the United States.

It's just that Hong Kong's real estate market, in the case of knowing the future trend, is a super ATM, which is difficult to replace in other places, and only a city like Hong Kong, the economic resilience is not strong, which will lead to violent fluctuations in the real estate market in a few years.

Governor Youde continued: "Her Majesty, Her Majesty the Prime Minister, and we, the House of Representatives of the United Kingdom, are very appreciative of the Chinese entrepreneurs who can succeed in Hong Kong, and without you, Hong Kong would not be able to achieve the economic success it has today. ”

The meaning of this sentence is obvious, and Chen Zhiwen naturally understands that he wants to make his own team, so he said: "Of course I hope that Hong Kong's economy will get better and better." ”

There are no reporters in the core area of this banquet, but there are other political and business celebrities around Chen Zhiwen and Youde, and what they say cannot be denied, once they are introduced into the trap, they may be reported in the newspaper the next day, Chen Zhiwen is naturally very cautious about this, just say some empty words, no matter who it is, who doesn't want Hong Kong's economy to get better and better? Even the British government in Hong Kong, which broke the jar in the later period, did not dare to say the opposite in public.

"Of course, with entrepreneurs like Chen Sheng, our Hong Kong economy will inevitably become stronger and stronger." Youde also understood that Chen Zhiwen was going around in circles, and he didn't force it.

"Naturally, I am willing to do my best to serve Hong Kong's economy." Chen Zhiwen said: "However, there will be some troubles in the future in Hong Kong's industry. ”

"What kind of trouble?" Youde was immediately interested.

"The rise in labor costs and land prices has forced many factories to move away, and once they leave, they will never come back." Chen Zhiwen said.

"The transfer of low-end industries should be the inevitable development of each region, right? Aren't they all the same in the United States, Europe, and Japan? Youde also understands economics, thought about it and said.

"But these countries have high-end industries, low-end industries began to transfer, and now Hong Kong is different, there are no high-end industries, once the low-end industries are introduced, the entire industry will be gone." Chen Zhiwen said.

"Although I don't know much about the electronics industry, I know that Midea has been rated as one of the top ten electronics companies in the world by Fortune in the United States. Youde said.

"Midea is indeed a high-end industry enterprise, but Hong Kong does not have relevant high-end facilities, Midea's factory in Hong Kong, is just for assembly, basic shape parts production, not a high-end industrial chain, if not because I am a Hong Kong native, then Midea's headquarters in Wanwan is more suitable. There are at least a large number of high-quality electronic talents, and the industrial chain is also much more mature. Chen Zhiwen said: "In the absence of any advantages, if Hong Kong's labor costs continue to rise, then Midea's assembly industry will also be transferred out." ”

"What does Chen Sheng mean?" Youde was taken aback and hurriedly asked, the employment figures driven by Midea Group in Hong Kong are very terrible, that is, direct, may not be less than 40,000 people, which also includes a large number of high-income talents in Midea's headquarters, and these people's welfare is very good, and their spending power can at least drive the indirect employment of tens of thousands of people in Hong Kong.

If such a large enterprise moves out, the blow to Hong Kong's economy will be very large, and the indirect impact can not be estimated at all, think about the tens of thousands of young people alone, the impact on the society will be very bad, these years, an important reason for the development of the economy in various regions, is to stabilize the young people, otherwise these people have no job and no income, will inevitably cause social chaos.

"We can't change the labor cost, but the lease cost of this piece, there is still room for operation, I hope that the future of industrial land, the price of preferential strength must be large, so that at least can delay the speed of some related industrial transfer." Chen Zhiwen said.

"Chen Sheng's Midea Industrial Park, the cost is not too high, right? And it's your own. Youde said.

"Hong Kong's industrial cost is naturally nothing to me, but for other factories, it is too expensive, if these factories are gone, then the Midea factory can not be alone, a large factory, is required to have enough related facilities, otherwise, the cost of transportation and time will be too high." Chen Zhiwen shook his head and said.

In fact, Hong Kong's economy has inevitably moved towards the road of the original history, which no one can stop, and the same is true for the traverser, today's remarks, one is to divert Youde's attention, so as not to be questioned many times, and the second is to fight for the last chance for some industries in Hong Kong.

When housing prices rise 4 times in 6 years, all the costs of the whole society are increasing substantially, entrepreneurs are facing not only the rise in labor wages, but also the rental price of a larger head, which is not a problem for Midea and its suppliers with high profit margins, but in the basic manufacturing industry, it is almost unbearable, because you can't compare with the counterparts of Wanwan, Southeast Asia, and South Korea.

Once the low-end is transferred, the high-end is rootless, and if it doesn't go, it will have to go out of business.

"Reducing the cost of industrial land is too impactful for me to make decisions on my own." Youde thought for a moment and said.

"This is natural, I don't mean to reduce the cost of industrial land in Hong Kong, but to choose a place, the Hong Kong government to give a certain area, the establishment of a high-tech industrial park, only some high-tech industries, can settle in to obtain high-quality factories, and then the Hong Kong government can also give certain preferential policies." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile.

Although this group of ghosts is not of the same mind as the Chinese in Hong Kong many times, the Governor Youde in front of him has a good attitude towards Hong Kong's industry, and it is also a supportive attitude.

In the original history, in 1985, after the confirmation of the Hong Kong issue, Hong Kong caused difficulties in the textile industry due to the increase in costs, and Governor Youde personally led a team to Canada, Australia and other Commonwealth regions to promote Hong Kong textiles, and also brought back a lot of orders.

Now, with the industrial base of the United States, it is not impossible for Hong Kong to keep a small part of the high-tech industry for the future in the 80s, after all, the labor cost of Japan and South Korea in the future is not lower than that of Hong Kong, but it also has its own industry, but Japan and South Korea have a large population and enough high-tech talents, so they can maintain the stable development of several large-scale industrial chains for a long time.

In Hong Kong, this is naturally impossible, especially the electronics industry, which is basically impossible to gain a foothold in Hong Kong for a long time, but some other high-profit industries with short industrial chains are still possible, such as cosmetics, some precision processing industries, etc., or his own Red Bull drink, but he will not deliberately stay in Hong Kong in order to maintain Hong Kong's industry, at least the Hong Kong government must have strong policy support.

"However, how to identify it as a high-tech industrial zone?" Youde asked curiously.

"The simplest is the proportion of highly educated people in the factory, or the number of global patents, and so on." Chen Zhiwen said.

"High-tech industrial parks? This name sounds very interesting, and in a few days, I will discuss it with the relevant government staff and then give Chen Sheng an answer, how about it? Youde thought for a moment and said.

"Okay, I'm waiting for the good news." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile. Perhaps an industrial park cannot survive for a long time, after all, Hong Kong's labor costs will continue to rise in the future, rising to higher than those in Europe and the United States, but hundreds of enterprises in the industrial park, maybe a few or even a dozen can survive for a long time.

After all, in the original history, under the natural development, Hong Kong in the 21st century also appeared several manufacturing companies with a scale of more than 10 billion Hong Kong dollars, although these factories also moved to the mainland, but Hong Kong, at least some of the R & D bases and headquarters.

Besides, the labor cost is not completely impossible to solve, such as the Tin Shui Wai land in his own hands, because it is far away from Hong Kong Island, the house price will not be ridiculously high, and the labor cost is naturally the same, in his planning, the future industry in Hong Kong can be relocated to Tin Shui Wai in a small part, and at the same time, his own real estate company can also develop there, and eventually form a mutually beneficial common development.

But Hong Kong can't rely on itself? Ideally, there would also be a different industry as well.

The idea of the "high-tech industrial park" made Youde chat with Chen Zhiwen for a few words, then said goodbye, and then walked to the others.

Like Chen Zhiwen, most of the Chinese billionaires present are wise and self-protective, no matter what kind of mentality they really have, but on the surface, they are the same, only a small number of people, for the sake of interests, stand on the side of Hong Kong and Britain, as for others who will stand on the opposite side of Hong Kong and Britain, naturally there are also them, but the Hong Kong government has already had a list, so naturally they will not be invited here. For example, Hu Yingxiang, who has recently made large-scale investments in the mainland, one after another, although the British government in Hong Kong did not speak, but everything was in their eyes.

Half an hour later, Youde finished visiting everyone, the area above, the auction officially began, no matter what the real purpose is, since it is a charity auction in name, of course it has to be auctioned.

Some of the things in the auction are from the collection of the Hong Kong government, and some are donated by some wealthy people. This auction will also be published in several official newspapers tomorrow, and it can be said that it will leave a name in history, so many people are very interested.

Some antiques were easily auctioned for millions of Hong Kong dollars, and several heads of British-funded consortia were very interested in it, as were some Chinese, and Chen Zhiwen did not participate at all, and his money would not be spent here to feed the dogs.

A week later, Chen Zhiwen received a phone call from Hong Kong Governor Youde, and the Hong Kong government had agreed in principle to the plan for this high-tech industrial park, but there was no plan for where to choose and how to build it, and it still needs to wait.

Chen Zhiwen can only express "happy" about this, when it comes to the cheap transfer of a large amount of land, the efficiency of the Hong Kong government, I am afraid I can't bear to look at it directly, the conflict of interest is too big, as early as the end of the 60s, the Hong Kong Industrial Association proposed that the Hong Kong government should build a large-scale exhibition base, in order to facilitate the global industrial buyers to visit Hong Kong's industrial products, the Hong Kong government naturally agreed to this matter, but in the 80s, it has not been completed, and the subsequent decline of Hong Kong's industry, this is not to be considered, and finally it will not be done.

It was September and the most important month in Hong Kong's history.

However, the Iron Lady wrestling will not be until the end of the month, and at the beginning of the month, another big event happened, a well-known gold shop in Hong Kong, Xie Liyuan went bankrupt.

This is a century-old shop, which has existed since the Qing Dynasty, has a long history, and is very well-known in Hong Kong, not enough because the family-style business model is too conservative, so it is far from being the opponent of Chow Tai Fook and Xie Ruilin, and the scale has been surpassed by the descendants a long time ago.

Originally, there was no problem in maintaining such a model, not seeking to be rich and rich, but the whole family lived a life of chic and easy, how to say that the scale was hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars, and in Hong Kong in the 80s, it could be regarded as a wealthy family with a high status.

It's a pity that the current head of the family is jealous of the profits of the real estate market and is definitely starting a second business.

In a word, I am not afraid of the rich second generation eating, drinking and having fun, but I am afraid that the rich second generation will work hard.

In order to have funds to enter the real estate industry, the contemporary owner has launched a "thousand gold accumulation plan", which is similar to bank deposits, users spend money to buy gold here, but the gold is stored in Xie Liyuan, and when you want to cash out in the future, Xie Liyuan gold shop will return the funds according to the price of gold on the day, and at the same time, Xie Liyuan gold shop will also provide a certain amount of interest.

Such a project was immediately welcomed by many consumers who like to invest in gold, both can have interest, but also participate in gold investment, and Xie Liyuan gold shop theoretically only needs to use the consumer's funds to buy gold, if the consumer cashes out, and then sells, the source of benefits is to absorb a large amount of funds.

But in fact, this is not the case at all, Xie Liyuan gold shop will take the money, to invest in real estate, as a result of the left two years ago the international gold price soared, the right side of the current Hong Kong housing prices fall, under the double blow, the entire company's capital chain has problems.

But the problem is lagging, after all, many people keep their funds here for a long time, using other people's funds to compensate customers who come to withdraw money early, and then until September '82, when the company's funds are completely cut off.

This has caused panic among countless consumers who have bought gold "futures", and they have gone to Xie Liyuan Gold Shop to withdraw their funds, or gold.

But at this moment, Xie Liyuan's gold shop has long been empty, and the funds in the account are less than one million, how can he still have the ability to repay the money.

The next day, I don't know where the wind came from, it was reported that Hang Lung Bank, one of the Chinese-funded banks in Hong Kong, had a close relationship with Xie Liyuan Gold Shop and was a shareholder of Xie Liyuan Gold Shop, so a bunch of investors holding gold coupons issued by Xie Li Yuan Gold Shop ran to Hang Lung Bank and asked Hang Lung Bank to exchange cash.

This in itself is an inexplicable thing, and it was naturally rejected by Hang Lung Bank, which has a close relationship with many enterprises, how can it be possible to take responsibility for enterprises?

However, the adverse reaction soon came, and it was reported in the market that there was a problem with the withdrawal payment of Hang Lung Bank, and the holders of Xie Liyuan Gold Shop Gold Coupon gathered at a branch of Hang Lung Bank, which was reported by unscrupulous media, and immediately rendered that Hang Lung Bank had been run.

Thus, the real run occurred, and on the first day, Hang Lung Bank was withdrawn 70 million Hong Kong dollars.

(End of chapter)