Chapter 205 Meeting with the Hong Kong Governor and Investment Conditions
"Hong Kong Governor?" Yang Wendong's heart moved. He had actually anticipated that this might happen.
Elena on the other side of the phone said: "Yes, the secretary of the Hong Kong Governor's Office has asked you to go to the Hong Kong Governor's Office at 10 a.m. on March 9, and then you can have lunch with the Hong Kong Governor.
I’m not sure about the other specific matters. The people in the Hong Kong Governor’s Office don’t know you, so I’m afraid you won’t believe me. It’s also because you contacted the government department through me, so they contacted you through me. "
"Okay, I will arrive on time." Yang Wendong promised.
Since you are working under the British Hong Kong government, it is not in your own interest to please them, but at least to maintain a good relationship.
Although being a British ghost is generally not a good thing, after World War II, the international situation changed, and the British Hong Kong government also hoped to a certain extent to turn Hong Kong into the Pearl of the Far East. At this point, At least it is in the interests of most Hong Kong citizens.
After hanging up the phone, Su Yiyi, whose belly was already quite big, asked: "Governor Bai Gang wants to see you."
"It's not Governor Bai Gang." Yang Wendong said with a smile: " His name is Bai Liji, which is an English name. "
The current Governor of Hong Kong is named Bai Liji, but some Hong Kong people are used to giving ghosts Chinese names. Bai is a surname. Some people are used to it. Governor Bai.
"A lot of people outside call it that." Su Yiyi smiled and asked: "Then the governor is looking for you because of our ten-person industrial park plan."
"Absolutely. What else is more important than providing employment for tens of thousands of people?" Yang Wendong nodded.
Although Britain or other former powers colonized many countries and regions for their own country's economic gains, they did not care what happened to the locals. Only a few people like Elena could. Be special.
But for the sake of stable rule, the colonists also need to maintain regional stability, especially the British Hong Kong government. It is not because the British have the ability to colonize here, but because of the compromise after the international ZZ .
Therefore, stabilizing the employment of local people is also the top priority of any colonial government. Otherwise, it will become a mess and cannot be cleaned up. But there will be huge pressure from international public opinion, and even the United States will be added to the trouble, because the United States is very It was like breaking down the trade barriers of the British colonies long ago.
Su Yiyi said: "Then you have to wear better clothes."
"Well, OK." Yang Wendong thought for a while and said: "Go to Lane Crawford to buy some clothes, your belly is getting bigger and bigger. It’s time to buy some more.”
“Well, just in time to take a look at the children’s clothes.” Su Yiyi nodded.
The two soon arrived at the Lane Crawford store on Queen's Road in Central.
This is currently the most high-end shopping mall in Hong Kong and belongs to Wheelock Group.
After choosing a few sets of clothes, Su Yiyi said: "Brother Dong, I feel that most of these clothes are geared towards ghosts."
"Normally, most of the ghosts are rich people now." Yang Wendong replied.
Although the wealth in Hong Kong is gradually transferring to Chinese groups, the mainstream is still British capital, especially with the rise of Chinese financial groups, and wealth is too concentrated. Currently, only a few Chinese are considered wealthy. group, most of the others can only be said to be able to maintain food and clothing.
Su Yiyi nodded and said: "It would be great if there was a clothing store specifically for Chinese people."
Yang Wendong smiled and said: "Perhaps, if you get bored in the future, you can open a few stores in Hong Kong. A store like this? ”
"I'm here to open a shop?" Su Yiyi asked in surprise: "But I don't know anything."
Yang Wendong shrugged and said: "Do you think I know glue or building houses? It's different. You can have your own. Enterprise?
This kind of investment is just for fun, just find someone to take care of it. ”
In the past, many rich ladies or celebrities in Hong Kong would open their own brand clothing stores. Anyone with money can enter this industry, and the threshold is extremely low.
Of course, most of them will lose money and fail, but it is also because the rent is too expensive. For me, if I buy a property early and then operate it casually, I will not lose money.
"Oh, okay, it will be more convenient for us to buy our own clothes." Su Yiyi nodded and said.
"Yeah." Yang Wendong didn't care, it was also a trivial matter.
Whether it is a hotel, clothing, supermarket or other terminal service industry, the eternal problem is rent. As long as you buy the house in the early stage, it will be difficult to succeed later.
However, if you want to grow bigger, you still need to invest heavily even in the early stages. There is no rush at the moment. I will slowly accumulate properties in Hong Kong first. When the number of properties increases, then whether it is to collect rent or to do what you want, Nothing is a problem.
After a while, the two picked out their clothes and left.
On March 9, Yang Wendong came to the Hong Kong Governor’s Office.
In a convoy of five cars, only Yang Wendong’s car was able to enter, and a safety inspection was conducted for a while.
After confirming that there was no problem, the car was put in, and a white man wearing black glasses came to receive Yang Wendong.
"Hello, Yang Sheng." Gui Lao shook hands politely and said, "I am Siegel, the secretary of the Hong Kong Governor's Office, and I am here to pick you up to meet Mr. Bai Liji, the Hong Kong Governor."
"Okay, thank you." Yang Wendong also shook his hand politely.
Then Siegel took Yang Wendong into the Hong Kong government office building and came to the deepest room.
There was a 30-year-old Caucasian blond woman at the door. After seeing Siegel and Yang Wendong behind him, she reported on the phone and let them in.
In the governor's office, a tall and thin man stood up when he saw the person coming, and said with a smile: "This is the post-it king, Yang Sheng, right? I've heard about it a long time ago. I have passed your name;
In Chinese, it means that a hero emerges from a young age.”
“Hello, Mr. Governor,” Yang Wendong said politely, “I am very honored that you can know me. , Mr. Governor, you are one of the best governors since the opening of the Hong Kong government.”
This sentence is not flattering. The word "one", anyway, I don't know what the denominator is.
Palridge himself is not bad. Before coming to Hong Kong, the governor of Hong Kong was the governor of Singapore. During his tenure, he resolved many constitutional crises and participated in autonomy negotiations, which can be regarded as safeguarding the British Empire. At the same time, it also avoids possible military conflicts.
After coming to Hong Kong in 1958, although he was not as good as MacLehose in rectifying governance and corruption, he still made a lot of achievements, especially the launch of low-rent housing, the construction of many hospitals and schools, and negotiations with the mainland. Buy water, solve the long-term water shortage problem in Hong Kong, etc.
"Haha, Yang is so polite." Bai Liji was very happy when he heard the praise for himself, and then said: "Please sit down." Thank you." Yang Wendong replied.
After the two sat down and chatted casually for a while, Bai Liji went straight to the topic: "Yang Sheng, I think you also know the problem of massive unemployment in Hong Kong. Now it has become a problem for the Hong Kong government and even Hong Kong society. The Hong Kong government Now we are investing millions every month to help these people.
Since your company also has the intention to build a large industrial park, I want to promote the implementation of this project as soon as possible. ”
< br>"One million?" Yang Wendong was a little surprised and asked: "The Kwun Tong side shouldn't need so much money, right?"
Bai Liji shook his head and said: "The Kwun Tong side is just one of them It’s just a question. Maybe Yang Sheng didn’t pay attention to it. In recent years, the number of refugees coming to Hong Kong has been extremely large, tens of thousands of people a month;
In addition, there are many people in the mainland who are unemployed, so the Hong Kong government The expenditure in this regard is very large.”
"Refugees?" Yang Wendong nodded. There have been many people coming to Hong Kong in recent years.
However, these people are actually the driving force for Hong Kong’s economic development in the future, because many of these people have academic qualifications. With their continuous influx, the labor costs of Hong Kong’s manufacturing industry will not be as high as those of other countries and regions. The same improvement has led to the development of industry.
It’s just that the first few years are definitely difficult and are a challenge to the entire society. If hundreds of thousands of young people don’t have enough to eat, it will probably keep the British Hong Kong government awake at night. .
"Yes, you also know what's going on." Bai Liji said: "I won't say more."
"Well, okay." Yang Wendong nodded and said: "Then let me put it bluntly. As a Hong Konger, if my factory wants to expand on a large scale, Hong Kong is naturally the first choice;
But there are many problems when choosing Hong Kong. The most basic one is land. Hong Kong lacks large areas of flat land. Even if it does, it has already been used. This is very detrimental to the development of large-scale industries. "
Bai Liji agreed and said: "Yang Sheng is right, but it can only be said that Hong Kong Island and southern Kowloon lack such land, and there is still no shortage in the northern New Territories. "
Yang Wendong shook his head and said: "There is no shortage there, but there is no infrastructure, no people, and no roads. It is impossible to set up a factory there. ”
After a few decades, Hong Kong’s housing prices will be high. If some of his manufacturing industries can still stay in Hong Kong, he will also consider moving to the New Territories North in his previous life, which is near Tin Shui Wai, which is also close to the deep sea. You can take advantage of the industrial chain on the opposite side.
But it’s impossible to choose there now if you don’t have a clue.
Bai Liji agreed and said: "Yes, we have plans to develop there, but it takes too long. At present, places such as Kwun Tong and Tseung Kwan O meet Yang Sheng's requirements."
"Yes. Yes, since there is an urgent need in Kwun Tong, I can invest."
Yang Wendong paused and said, "It's just land. The problem must be solved. Last month I asked the officials in Wanwan, and they said that as long as I invest, the land will be completely free, and the location is near Taipei City.”
Although it is impossible for him to invest in Wanwan at this time, it does not mean that he cannot ask. Getting invitations and requests from there can also put pressure on the Hong Kong government.
For a place with enough land to invite a large industry, free land is only the most basic. In the previous life, when Foxconn was at its peak, where to invest, almost everything was free for local governments, and they would also use finance Give a large subsidy.
Bai Liji did not answer directly, but asked: "Where do you want to build this industrial park in Kwun Tong?"
"Wait a moment." Yang Wendong took out a Kwun Tong card from the leather bag he carried. The map, then pointed to a location and said: "Here."
"This location should involve a lot of demolition, right?" Bai Liji said after seeing the location.
Yang Wendong nodded and said: "Yes, so I also want to get a piece of residential land nearby, build a community, and then compensate these 600 households in proportion to the area.
And if they don’t want to live in the house I provide, they can also convert it into cash according to the market price.”
The location he chose is naturally the best, which is close to the coast and the central area of Kwun Tong. The price is that there are more people living here. Fortunately, they are all self-built houses and there are no developed commercial areas. , otherwise it would be troublesome.
Such a location, even in Kwun Tong, is extremely valuable. After all, the area is large enough. When Hong Kong's low-end industries move to the mainland in the future, if they find a way to convert it into commercial land, it will be worth hundreds of billions. It's all possible.
"It's a good method." Bai Liji nodded and said.
Yang Wendong added: "As for the commercial demolition, I also hope that the Hong Kong government can come forward as a government, so that the recovery speed will be much faster. Once they complete the demolition, I can start building factories immediately. It is the demand of construction workers that can create a lot of jobs. ”
Simple commercial demolition will be very troublesome if many people disagree or insist on demanding the price; but if the government comes forward, it will be much simpler. .
"Okay, that's no problem." Bai Liji didn't think much about it. The most important thing now was to create enough jobs to meet the needs of a large number of refugees, at least to ensure that they would not starve to death.
Yang Wendong added: "As for transportation, I also ask the Hong Kong government to build a road from here to the Wharf Ferry Terminal, with at least four lanes in both directions."
"That's okay." Bai Li Ji thought for a while and agreed. The Hong Kong government would build roads every year. Now it was only necessary to change one of them.
Yang Wendong asked again: "The only thing left now is the land price. This price is too high and we cannot accept it."
Bai Liji asked again: "How much area do you want? ?”
"10 million feet." Yang Wendong said loudly.
In fact, after calculation, 6-8 million square feet is enough. This is because many large-scale injection molding equipment cannot be placed on the second floor and can only be placed on the first floor;
As for other assembly and other positions , can be installed on high-rise buildings, which can save a lot of land area.
However, in this era, Yang Wendong naturally takes as much as he can. Even such a large area of land cannot be bought even if there is no legitimate reason.
After thinking for a while, Bai Liji said: "Yang Sheng, it is impossible to give you the land in Hong Kong for free. Even if I am the governor of Hong Kong, I cannot have this right. However, I will work with the Chief Envoy Let’s discuss it with others;
After we have agreed on the specific area and price we will give you, we will negotiate with you again. "
"Okay. Yang Wendong smiled and said: "I hope that the industrial park can be built as soon as possible, which will be beneficial to all three of us." ”
Hong Kong’s industry has been able to develop rapidly after 45 years. In addition to a lot of capital coming from the mainland, another reason is that the tax is particularly light. This was also deliberately done by the Hong Kong government at the time to attract many capitalists to open factories. Then it will create employment and stabilize a large number of idle young people.
But the government will also do this. Fiscal revenue is needed, so land sales are one of the lifebloods of the Hong Kong government. This is a matter of principle. It is almost impossible to get a large piece of land for free
But as long as the price is low. , is also acceptable. In the long run, the value is hundreds of times higher than the free Wanwan land.
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