"Chen Sheng, I know that this requirement is not in line with business logic, but now there are tens of thousands of people in Hong Kong who are still working in the textile industry, and once they lose their jobs, it will also cause some trouble to the stability of Hong Kong, and at the same time, they will also fall into difficulties in life." Youde said. As the governor of Hong Kong, he does not dare to say how much he loves the people of Hong Kong, but in any case, he does not want a large number of people to lose their jobs in Hong Kong.

"Mr. Hong Kong Governor, not I poured cold water, Hong Kong's current situation, is no longer suitable for the garment industry this basic manufacturing industry, with Hong Kong's labor costs, do these industries will only suffer serious losses, the reasons for this, we are also very clear, and now the real estate market recovery, the service industry will also recover, these industries will also form a large number of jobs, sooner or later will compete with the traditional manufacturing industry, when the time comes, these industries will still run, or go out of business, rather than now trying to find a way to survive, it is better to have a long pain than a short pain, Just let the market decide for itself. Chen Zhiwen shook his head and said: "Unless these industries go to the high-end, such as making their own brands, but the cost is very high and the risk is very high, and from the perspective of time, it is too late." ”

The emergence of economic upgrading in a place will inevitably bring labor pains, just like the emergence of automobiles, which will inevitably lead to the unemployment of millions of coachmen, and the real estate market in Hong Kong is about to rise, which is an ironclad direction, no one can change it, even Chen Zhiwen is impossible, a large amount of hot money, countless funds within Hong Kong, even ten Chen Zhiwen, can not stop the enthusiasm of these funds to speculate in real estate, only the market itself, can be adjusted.

The textile industry is relatively low-end in which era, extremely sensitive to labor prices, mainly in Europe and the United States in the 50s, and then to Japan in the 60s, and then the Japanese economy is good and flows to Southeast Asia and Hong Kong, to this day, Hong Kong's labor is too high, it flows to the mainland or other Asian countries, which is also unable to stop, that is, many developed countries come forward useless, water flows low, this is the essence of business, but whether it is Europe, America or Japan, although the textile factory is gone, But the brand has also been built, and you can even eat the fattest piece of meat in the entire industrial chain, but Hong Kong is obviously not good, and the time in the past 20 years is to OEM for others, even if there are a few own brands, that is, gangsters in Hong Kong and nearby Chinese areas.

The only one that can be considered successful may be Chen Zhiwen's Anta, but Anta's current scale can't even satisfy itself, and it can't do anything about others.

"That's true, but so many people are unemployed, it will also cause a lot of trouble, besides, the real estate market is just beginning to heat up, when to the peak of employment, no one knows, besides, whether these textile workers can enter the construction industry, it is difficult to say." Youde said with a frown.

Yes, Hong Kong's current real estate market is recovering, but it will take a while for the recovery to recover, and it will not immediately return to its peak, even in Hong Kong's construction industry, there are still a large number of workers wandering, or there are fewer job opportunities, let alone other industries.

Hong Kong's industry, in fact, is indeed difficult to sustain, this is a little social common sense people know, but the government still hopes that this day can come later, the best real estate market exploded, the textile factory people are poached, then let it be, but the problem now is that the failure caused by various international competitions, the speed of the fall is too fast. In the middle of this year, the Hong Kong Governor's Office also sent a business team to visit countries in South America and the Middle East, just to open up new markets for Hong Kong's textile industry, but the effect was very poor. People also want cheap, there is no cost advantage, is there a special competitiveness, who wants to buy from you at a high price?

Therefore, they can only hope for Chen Zhiwen, because Chen Zhiwen's Galaxy Trade, docking is a lot of famous supermarkets in the world, and supermarkets also sell a large number of clothes, many years ago, the biggest customer of Hong Kong's clothing industry is Galaxy Trade, and therefore led to the establishment of a large number of new factories, but in recent years, a large number of orders have gone to the mainland, although there are also many factories in Hong Kong to invest, and those who did not go, they are in trouble.

"I can't help it, Mr. Hong Kong Governor, although Galaxy Trade has a large number of orders, but the price of the terminal is also calculated by the major supermarkets, if I give the order to Hong Kong at a high price, then I will either sell it to the supermarket at a higher price, but then the supermarket will definitely not agree, they will only change the supplier, or I will bear the loss, this requirement is a bit excessive, right?" Chen Zhiwen said.

It's not that Chen Zhiwen is unwilling to help Hong Kong industry, the problem is that the garment industry factories in Hong Kong cannot last, today he just promised to come down, a loss of hundreds of millions, but these factories will still close down or move to the mainland, so what's the point of tossing it down? Even developed countries in Europe and the United States will not pay to subsidize textile factories to stay, which is completely illogical, and no matter how much you toss it, it will still be the same in the end.

"I also know this, so I came here today to have an offer." Youde said.

"Oh, what offer?" Chen Zhiwen asked curiously, he is not a fool who can be the governor of Hong Kong, he knows that it is difficult for such a strong man, but he still mentions it, then there must be some backhand.

"I know that Chan Seng still has a lot of land to be developed, especially in the Tin Shui Wai area." Youde said with a meaningful look in his eyes.

"Is the Hong Kong government going to prepare to develop Tin Shui Wai?" Chen Zhiwen asked quietly.

As early as the mid-70s, during that time, Chen Zhiwen was still just budding, the acquisition of Hutchison with serious losses, and many people were not optimistic, thinking that the newborn calf was not afraid of tigers, at that time, although Chen Zhiwen had absolute confidence in the acquisition of Hutchison and other investments, but the debt problem and capital chain problems still existed, and the pressure was there, but even so, he still arranged a special acquisition at that time, that is, the acquisition of about 5 square kilometers of Tin Shui Wai land in Tin Shui Wai.

In the original history, this land was first acquired by China Resources, ready for large-scale development, known as the town, to create a new town of about 300,000 people, the ambition is huge, people are amazing, but such a large land, China Resources did not have the ability to develop, and finally was acquired by Li Jiacheng, built the most famous fourth largest walled village Jiahu Villa.

However, although Jiahu Villa is very large, it has an area of more than 3 million square feet, less than 1/10 of 5 square kilometers, but even so, Jiahu Villa has become the largest source of profit for Cheung Kong Industrial Group in the 90s.

Of course, Li Jiacheng's capital has always been the blackest, and the town of Tin Shui Wai was originally intended to build this place into a new ecology that can develop itself, but Li Jiacheng didn't care about it after making a profit, leaving a mess, of course, it may also be because it is difficult to do.

In this life, Chen Zhiwen acquired the land in Tin Shui Wai in advance, and he has always put it there, at most, let his Yili Milk Company use it as a base, and then compete with the International Milk Company to provide fresh milk for Hong Kong citizens, and leave the rest alone.

The reason why it was acquired so early is because Chen Zhiwen has long known that once he succeeds in several physical fields, even if most of the industries are transferred to the mainland, as long as a small part stays in Hong Kong, it can make these become the ecological foundation of a new town. It is also difficult to say how many people are willing to stay in the factory after the real estate economy in Kowloon, Yuen Long.

It's just that it is very difficult for Tin Shui Wai to develop, especially in the early stage, because this kind of town building needs the most basic logic, that is, infrastructure, housing environment, employment, related facilities, etc. need to be developed simultaneously, and it is difficult to develop without one.

Only the government can take the lead, and when the government takes the lead, many policies are implemented, and a large amount of capital can rely on policies to invest.

Chen Zhiwen has been waiting for this day, because the Hong Kong government had plans to build a new town as early as the MacLehose era, and Tin Shui Wai was also one of the targets, otherwise, China Resources in the early 80s would not have been able to take such a large piece of land.

"There is such a plan, but this is only a preliminary plan, Chen Sheng also knows that such a town-building plan is too difficult, and there may not be any results in more than ten years, but we still need to do it." Youde said.

In Hong Kong for so many years, Youde also knows the idea of Chinese capital, hoarding a large amount of land, nothing more than waiting for appreciation, Chen Zhiwen must be the same, but he still admires that he was able to buy such a large piece of land so many years ago, and now, the Hong Kong government intends to promote the development of Tin Shui Wai, and it is inseparable from Chen Zhiwen, because the land in his hand is a rare good place in Tin Shui Wai.

"So what do I need to do?" Chen Zhiwen asked.

"It has something to do with what I just said." "The labor cost in Hong Kong is the straw that crushes the textile industry, but in fact, the wages on both sides of the Victoria harbour are higher, and the wages in the depths of the New Territories are much worse. ”

"I'm afraid it's hard, right? So many factories are moving? Chen Zhiwen frowned and said, even when Midea moved to the mainland, it relied on a large number of orders to force the relevant industrial chain to transfer together.

"Yes, although the textile industry is not a high-tech industry, there are still requirements for manpower and some basic infrastructure, and there are basically no such things in the depths of the New Territories, and the cost of rebuilding is very high, and even if we want to, we can't do it together, unless, we are all in Tin Shui Wai." Youde said with a smile.

"Put Tin Shui Wai?" Chen Zhiwen's heart moved, and he somewhat understood what Youde meant.

"Yes, the Hong Kong government itself needs to build a town, then it is necessary to invest in infrastructure, the infrastructure requirements of the textile industry are not very high, by the way it is not difficult, the second is that the new town also needs a large number of people to live, so that there need to have a large number of local jobs, and the textile industry migrated to the past, it can perfectly solve this problem, and the textile factory is not worried that it will not be able to recruit people, the third is that it has just begun to develop, labor costs may be lower than many places in the New Territories, and there are a large number of people from the mainland, enough to push the cost to the extreme, may still not be as good as the mainland, but at least it is much stronger than the current situation. Youde said that the problems of the textile industry in the past two years, but he has a headache for a long time, especially now that Hong Kong is in a state of preparing for the handover, if something really happens, he will be unlucky, so he also needs to use all methods to ensure employment.

Employment is the biggest issue that any country is concerned about, there is almost no one, the presidents and prime ministers of Western countries, which one does not talk about employment every day, economic data is mainly based on the employment rate, etc., the economy is really good, there are more jobs, then the security and stability are all good, and vice versa.

"This is indeed a good idea, and I have to say that I am really impressed that Mr. Governor was able to come up with this plan." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said, he actually had a similar method before, that is, to let some industries invest in Tin Shui Wai, and any attraction to the past will slowly form a place for people to live.

But theoretically simple, the actual operation is very difficult, their own industry also needs part of the technology, in the time when no one migrates, there may be chaos, but if there is no industry, then the local want to develop, it is also a dream, but also involves a lot of basic investment, huge funds, this is a huge contradiction.

However, if the Hong Kong government comes forward and relocates a lot of the textile industry to the past, it will indeed drive a lot of popularity, so as to prepare for the initial development, and it will indeed be able to save these textile factories, of course, no one knows how outrageous the real estate market in Hong Kong will be in a few years, so this plan will eventually fail, but if the increase in housing prices is not very high, it may still last for many years, and, as long as this first step comes out, plus Chen Zhiwen's follow-up investment, Then the new town of Tin Shui Wai may really be able to come out, not the slums of Hong Kong like in later generations, but a town that really has its own economy, although it is still inferior to other places in Hong Kong.

"Haha, I didn't come up with it." Youde shook his head with a smile and said, "This matter is also of great benefit to Chen Sheng, but if you want to get such benefits, you have to pay, Chen Sheng, do you think what I said is right?" (End of chapter)