Through the wealth life

Chapter 819 Mutual pressure
Time flies, and it is May in a blink of an eye.

During this period of time, Li Guangyu, Governor Youde and Yinglun conducted many negotiations on the right to issue banknotes in Hong Kong dollars, but unfortunately the two sides have not been able to reach a consensus.

The British government's asking price is too high, and Li Guangyu will not agree with that side's opinion. This time, the British government is probably forced by the domestic economic situation. Let Tianyu Bank or Hong Kong Bank get the right to issue banknotes in Hong Kong dollars.

Naturally, Li Guangyu would not agree to such a condition, what a joke, since he has so much money, he might as well just buy Standard Chartered or HSBC, why bother.

At present, the public opinion in Hong Kong is also in an uproar. Youde announced that the subway from Hung Hom to Tin Shui Wai, and the road from Tsuen Wan to Tin Shui Wai and the tunnel from Lam Shan have not been started. Realtors are even more dissatisfied.

Youde communicated with Xiangjiang councilors and government departments, expecting to agree to the construction of the plan, and at the same time contacted the major groups in Xiangjiang to ask if they were interested in building these two projects.

It is very interesting that some departments in Xiangjiang did not agree to allow more land to be developed by subway investors, which led to an indefinite delay in this matter.

The most miserable thing now is the people who are following the land of Wharf. Some of their group capitals are not very strong.

Li Guangyu also purchased 100 hectares of industrial land in Tin Shui Wai, while Wheelock Group and Star Properties Group each purchased 50 hectares of commercial land.

Cheung Kong Properties, Shau Kee Group, Sun Hung Kai Properties Group, New World Development Group, Wanbang Real Estate Group Hongji Properties, and Huaren Properties have all taken actions here.

This is also what makes Youde most unhappy. There are so many funds for land sales here, and the Financial Secretary actually opposes the construction of the subway to Tianshuiwei, and also said that the government has no money. Could it be that the money from these land sales has disappeared.

In Youde's office, Xiangjiang Financial Secretary Xia Dingming is enduring Youde's anger, and he has nothing to do about it, he can only bear it.

After the anger subsided, Youde said to him: "You have to know that there are 10,000+ people in Tianshuiwei. Now these people are quite unstable. They are eager to improve their traffic conditions. Do you want to wait for them to surround us? Governor's Mansion?"

Xia Dingming didn't believe that these people would do this, and Youde was too exaggerated. This time, it wasn't Youde who wanted to announce these things to the outside world, so he gave the citizens of Tianshuiwei area extra thoughts. When he didn't mention this before, why didn't he See them have an opinion.

This time he couldn't agree with this opinion. The construction of this subway is not in their interest, and it will only benefit the Chinese capital group.

Moreover, many people in England implicitly stated that they should not agree to build this subway for the time being. The local side is negotiating with the Li's consortium, and this will also be a bargaining chip for them.

As for the outburst of emotions among the citizens of Tianshuiwei and their dissatisfaction with their government, Xia Dingming believes that there must be some forces supporting it, especially the Li's consortium. The construction of the subway is the most beneficial to the Li's consortium.

Moreover, the negotiation between the Li Consortium and the British government still failed to reach a consensus. Now it was just putting pressure on them. He believed that with Li Guangyu's intelligence, he would not do something out of the ordinary.

This time, it was just some usual tricks of the Li Family Group. In the past two days, Jiayi TV and Xiangyu Daily reported the most. Today they interviewed this one, and tomorrow they interviewed that one.Express dissatisfaction with the government for not building the subway and not considering their travel.

Xia Dingming said: "Governor, I am not the only one who objected to this matter. The chiefs of the Department of Justice, the Administration Department, the Police Department, and the Garrison Command all objected. Tianshuiwei is too far to the north, and it is very close to the mainland. We should speed up the Sham Shui The development of Tin Shui Wai, Tsuen Wan, Tseung Kwan O and other places can be put aside for the time being.”

Youde is also very helpless. A large number of officials in Xiangjiang oppose this matter, and he has no way to enforce the plan.

Youde also knows that there is a tug-of-war between the Lee Consortium and the British mainland, and he has also received requests from some people to put some pressure on the Lee Consortium here, hoping that Li Guangyu can agree to the British government's request .

Now the problem is, he has not put pressure on the Lee consortium, they themselves feel the huge pressure, and now the citizens of Tin Shui Wai are asking the government to build a subway to the city for them, and at the same time improve their road transportation, and promote Tin Shui Wai better development of the region.

It would have been fine if Youde hadn’t planned before, so there wouldn’t be the troubles now. Now that Youde has planned, there are a lot of land transfers in Tin Shui Wai and Yuen Long areas, which have a lot of financial revenue, but now the government is not ready to build. Public opinion naturally rose.

In particular, some radical citizens demanded that the Hong Kong ICAC strictly investigate the Financial Secretary and the Administrative Office. They believed that the government departments had embezzled the money, so they had no money to build these two projects.

Xiangjiang is financially independent, and Xiangjiang's taxes belong to Xiangjiang itself. The huge amount of funds for this transfer of land is in their hands, and no one will believe it if they have no money.

Youde said: "I know some of your thoughts, you just think that the main interests of the Tianshuiwei area are the Chinese-funded groups headed by the Lee consortium, that's why you rejected it so simply, HSBC and Standard Chartered have contributed a lot. From a purely work perspective, tell me, is it worthwhile to build a subway from downtown to Tin Shui Wai?”

This time the Lee consortium wants to move the cheese of HSBC and Standard Chartered, so how could they sit still? The Li consortium and the British government have been in a stalemate until now, and there are many credits to these two banks.

The shareholders behind the two banks are not idle in England. They are running around in all directions, doing ideological work for the British MPs, and letting them reject the Lee consortium's share of the right to issue Hong Kong dollar notes.

Xia Dingming naturally knows the benefits of building this subway. Tianshuiwei has several major universities, a huge Lee's Industrial Park, and a lot of capital investment. The development there is not a problem at all. The construction of the subway will speed up the development of Tianshuiwei. The government can also get more tax revenue.

It's just that it's not just about development issues, there are still many games in the future, which he can't decide.

Xia Dingming said: "I think we still have to respect the opinions of the local people. At present, we are not suitable for the construction of this subway, and at the same time we cannot give up too many benefits. For the time being, we can invest in some other aspects, such as strengthening The hardware configuration of the police force, such as the salaries of civil servants, has a lot of opinions on this aspect. The Lee Consortium has raised wages because of the exchange rate issue, and we need to keep up."

Youde was too lazy to continue talking with Xia Dingming, he knew that Xia Dingming would not agree to the construction of the Hung Hom to Tianshuiwei subway at the moment.

This matter still needs to wait for the results of the negotiations between the Li Consortium and the British local government. Only after there are results over there, some plans on his side can be easily implemented.

This made Youde feel a little aggrieved. As the governor of Xiangjiang, he couldn't decide whether to build two projects, so he was quite unhappy about it.

(End of this chapter)