Hong Kong Island's New Rich Era

Chapter 55 Industrial Park Plan
Next, Wang Xingfa reported on the development of various businesses of Orange Technology in the past month, especially the development of games, the research and development of portable players, and the development of home game consoles. Everything is progressing as planned.

Currently, technical cooperation negotiations are underway with Yalida. Liu Zhicheng knows that such business negotiations will take at least several months, if not a year, to conclude.

In the previous life, Yalida was acquired by Warner in 76 due to a shortage of funds. Will the initial technical cooperation turn into a direct acquisition?

Overall, everything was still within Liu Zhicheng's expectations, and he was still moving forward in his own direction. He never got involved in non-manufacturing businesses (except real estate).

When we have sufficient funds in the future, we will select several key scientific research fields for development and strive to develop them into world-class levels.

After Wang Xingfa left, Liu Zhicheng called Han Chunxi again and said, "Assistant Han, I remember that I told you to build an industrial park for 10,000 people. Who will follow up on this now?"

"Mr. Liu, since Mr. Hao took charge of Huangpu Group, I have been assisting Mr. Hao in managing the entire investment team."

"Well, then tell me about the industrial park." Liu Zhicheng's question was tantamount to tacitly agreeing that Han Chunxi would continue to lead the investment team.

Han Chunxi was delighted when he heard Liu Zhicheng's question and said, "Our team has had preliminary discussions with the Hong Kong Lands Department about the industrial park. The Hong Kong government is unwilling to lower the price for industrial land, and the few small plots it has provided do not meet our requirements."

"We are now asking the Hong Kong government for help, and land transfer fees are the main source of fiscal revenue, so they are definitely unwilling to lower the price."

Liu Zhicheng shook his head and said, "So we have to use the media to build momentum, take back the initiative, and defeat the Hong Kong government?"

"Mr. Chen, this is not a question of whether to create momentum or not. It's just that according to the size of the plot we require, it will cost several hundred million, which is a bit uneconomical. Besides, the land prices in Singapore and Taiwan are super favorable."

"I know this, but Hong Kong and Macau are my roots and I don't want to easily transfer my investment."

"I understand what Mr. Liu means. Although we can bring a large number of jobs, I am worried whether the Hong Kong government will care about our industry?" Han Chunxi said with a frown.

"Although Hong Kong's economy has improved now, it is still not very good. But we have a Governor MacLehose who has a strong understanding of the economy. I believe they still care. No matter what, we have to give it a try." Liu Zhicheng said slowly.

In the early days, the British Hong Kong government did not care about Hong Kong's economy and people's livelihood at all. However, after entering the 70s, due to Hong Kong's special geographical location and its deep-water port, it became a distribution center for world trade and could bring visible benefits to the British Empire. Only then did the British government begin to pay attention to Hong Kong's economy and people's livelihood construction.

After the current Governor Murray MacLehose took office, with the support of the British Empire, he successfully launched the Independent Commission Against Corruption in Hong Kong to combat all kinds of corruption, build Hong Kong and develop its economy.

Of course, after Hong Kong's return to China was confirmed, the Hong Kong government began to let things get bad, allowing the real estate market to become chaotic and deliberately increasing civil servants' incomes on several occasions, which led to a real estate bubble that lasted for 85 years starting in 12.

In addition to combating corruption, MacLehose also introduced policies on many occasions to encourage the development of the electronics industry, making an indelible contribution to Hong Kong's 'Four Little Dragons' era.

From this we can see that the Hong Kong government still held a welcoming attitude towards industry during this period.

"Then we can only give it a try." Han Chunxi nodded and said, although he was not involved in the management of Liu Zhicheng's series of companies, he came from a financial background and understood the current real estate market in Hong Kong.

Therefore, Han Chunxi has been looking for suitable land for some time, but the demand for land is too large, and considering the surrounding infrastructure to meet the basic living needs of the workers, it is impossible to build it in a remote place.

On the other hand, as the boss's assistant, he naturally has to consider more interests for the boss, of course, for future development, he can demolish and develop real estate. Liu Zhicheng thought about it and said, "You must not let Tiantian Newspaper be the first to publish it. First, find other newspapers to blow the wind first, and then follow up on Tiantian Evening News. Although some things are known to everyone, we still have to find a chance for both parties to step out."

After the meeting, Liu Zhicheng sent a strong investment inspection team to Taiwan and Singapore to investigate investment and factory construction matters.

A few days later, there was a gust of wind in Hong Kong newspapers.

"Industrial land prices are too expensive. Hong Kong's largest technology company, Orange Technology, intends to build a 10,000-person production base in Hsinchu Industrial Park in Taiwan!"

This is a report from The New Paper.

This issue of the news newspaper used one page to report this news, and the picture below was a photo of Wang Xinfa, general manager of Orange Technology, meeting and shaking hands with the deputy director of the Xinqiao City Investment Promotion Bureau of Taiwan.

The report mainly introduces Orange Technology, whose arcade games and Chigo fans are sold all over the world, the industrial profits it generates every year, and how many jobs it creates and how many families it supports.

Since the existing factory scale can no longer keep up with production needs, there is an urgent need to build a complete industrial park to complete the production tasks brought about by the massive orders.

The construction plan of the industrial park was also introduced. It is planned to move all of the group's industries into the industrial park to form a larger scale, which will be able to provide tens of thousands of jobs for citizens in the future.

If this plan is followed, the new industrial park will not only drive local development, but also create more employment opportunities for Hong Kong citizens.

Moreover, once Orange Technology moves out of Hong Kong, what will happen to its supporting factories?
If Orange Technology chooses to leave Hong Kong, thousands of citizens will lose their jobs, which will bring immeasurable losses to Hong Kong.

"If Orange Technology really leaves Hong Kong, are you ready?"

This is the conclusion of the Xin Bao report, and it is also a question to the soul of Hong Kong.

That evening, the Tiantian Evening Post reprinted the article.

The next day, other mainstream newspapers in Hong Kong, led by Tiantian Daily, began to pay attention to the incident. Many newspapers even reported it on their front pages, creating a huge impact.

Soon, public opinion in Hong Kong seemed to be controlled by one hand, and there were many reports that Orange Technology might leave Hong Kong.

For the employees of Orange Technology, when they learned that the Orange factory might leave Hong Kong, they were immediately disappointed.

For ordinary workers in Hong Kong, having an ordinary job is already a blessing, not to mention the salary and benefits of Orange Technology.

Many newspaper reporters also went to the doors of Orange Technology and Chigo International to interview employees, and they all expressed their hope that they would stay in the company and that they would not lose their jobs.

Because their current jobs not only support their families, but are also very prestigious, making them more confident in life.

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