The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 297 Too Remote! ?

The next day.

Liu Tao met with the members of the working group.

The level of this working group is very high, which fully demonstrates the importance that the higher-ups attach to Hong Kong.

The working group's office is guarded by fully armed soldiers and bodyguards from a security company provide security services.

This office is located in Central, the most prosperous place in Hong Kong. This building originally belonged to Jardine Matheson and now belongs to Panshan Group. The working group is located on the best floor of the entire building.

The president of Xinhua News Agency's Hong Kong branch can only serve as deputy head of the working group.

"Leader!" Liu Tao looked at the leader of the working group and his body straightened involuntarily.

Liu Tao had met this leader before in the capital. He was a battle-hardened general who had also been to Guangdong Province. He was a leader who was proficient in both military and political affairs.

He didn't expect that after retiring to the second line, his leader would come to Hong Kong to serve as the head of the working group.

"Comrade Liu Tao, we said goodbye in Beijing, but I didn't expect to meet again in Hong Kong." The leader smiled and introduced Liu Tao to the other members of the working group: "This is Comrade Liu Tao, from the weapons industry system, general manager of Huaxia Panshan Group Corporation. He is our China's God of Wealth. The current working location of our working group was provided by Comrade Liu Tao."

Many people saw Liu Tao for the first time and were all surprised.

Due to the limitations of information dissemination and Liu Tao's low profile, few people know him.

Many people here are hearing about Liu Tao for the first time.

"This is the president of the Xinhua News Agency's Xiangjiang Branch, President Zhu, and this is..." The leader introduced the leaders of other working groups one by one, and then introduced the situation of the working group.

This working group is very large, with 500 people covering all fields. The mission of the working group is to maintain social stability and economic development in Hong Kong in recent years and ensure Hong Kong's smooth return.

Liu Tao also introduced his group one by one.

"Thanks to your actions this time, I believe Hong Kong will soon return to normal and even create new glory." The leader said with a smile.

Liu Tao pondered and said, "Leader, in order for Hong Kong to have enough talents to support future development, I plan to establish Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Hong Kong City University to provide conditions for Hong Kong's industrial transformation and upgrading. However, this requires the working group to communicate with the Hong Kong government and obtain the Hong Kong government's consent and support. After all, the university belongs to Hong Kong and cannot be separated from the support of the Hong Kong government."

Liu Tao has also conducted an investigation and has come to understand that the main reason why Hong Kong currently has no high-tech enterprises is that Hong Kong’s talent pool is not good enough, especially talent in science and engineering.

This time, both the Polytechnic University and the City University will focus on science and engineering to balance the current situation in Hong Kong where liberal arts are strong but science is weak.

Universities have always been the driving force behind technology.

If Hong Kong wants to truly complete its industrial transformation and upgrading, it cannot do without a large number of talents.

"Establishing a university is a good thing. It is completely beneficial to the development of Hong Kong. Our working group will communicate with the Hong Kong government on this matter." The leader nodded and said.

Liu Tao said: "Next, we will build computer manufacturing plants, automobile manufacturing plants, motorcycle manufacturing plants, home appliance manufacturing plants, and mobile phone manufacturing plants in Hong Kong. This will require a huge investment and should be able to solve a large number of employment problems in Hong Kong."

Originally, these factories were planned to be set up in Pengcheng, but under the current circumstances, we have to consider building factories in Hong Kong as well.

The situation in Hong Kong must be stabilized, otherwise the consequences will be quite serious. As an important window for internal and external exchanges, as long as Hong Kong continues to prosper, it can continuously introduce funds into the mainland. At the same time, it is a very good choice for the mainland to raise funds through listing in Hong Kong.

There is no stock market in mainland China now.

The society generally lacks money and is very short of funds.

The leader listened to what Liu Tao said and nodded slightly. These five factories can provide a large number of jobs for Hong Kong. As long as everyone has a job, they will naturally dare to consume, and the whole of Hong Kong will be stable.

The above positioning of Hong Kong is very clear, that is, it is a transit base for mainland China's import and export goods.

It is also because many import and export goods in the mainland are transited through Hong Kong, which has brought great convenience to Hong Kong. The country's reform and opening up is accelerating, and the import and export trade will become more and more prosperous in the future. Because of the free trade policy implemented in Hong Kong, it will also become a transit base for the mainland to communicate with the world.

Liu Tao and his team had a sincere and frank exchange with the working group. Both sides are on the same side. The working group needs Liu Tao and others to invest in building factories to stabilize Hong Kong and provide development guarantees for Hong Kong's future. Liu Tao and his team also have to deal with the working group for a long time. Many things have to be supported by the working group or solved through the working group.

Now they have almost taken control of some industries related to people's livelihood, such as electricity, transportation, gas, water supply and other industries.

They will also have bigger moves in the future, such as bringing more water from Pengcheng to supply Xiangjiang, expanding the capacity of existing power stations and investing in new power stations, all of which are based on the future development of Xiangjiang.

In addition, there is another very obvious thing, which is to rebuild the main roads and improve the road standards of these roads so that the Type 80 main battle tanks can directly pass through them without damaging the road surface.

"Aren't Tin Shui Wai and Tung Chun Wai too remote?" the leader was a little surprised.

Tin Shui Wai and Tung Chun Wai are located in Yuen Long District in the New Territories of Hong Kong. The economy here is almost entirely small-scale farming. Apart from some indigenous people, there are also some people who secretly swam across the border from the mainland. It is a very remote place in Hong Kong.

Tin Shui Wai is separated from Pengcheng by the Pengcheng Bay, less than 5 kilometers away from Pengcheng, while Tung Chun Wai is even closer to Pengcheng, separated by the Pengcheng River, less than meters away.

"It's better to be remote, it's most suitable for factories. If it's in a prosperous place, it won't be suitable." Liu Tao smiled, "In a prosperous place, we can set up business and research institutes at that time."

With him here, there is actually no need for any research institute.

However, it is necessary to attract talents and provide jobs.

"Once the factory is built, this place will attract people. With people, development will be fast. Maybe within a few years, it will become a prosperous place." Liu Tao said.

In fact, this action is not just about investing in building a factory.

As gold, silver, diamonds and other commodities were shipped in from Africa and Southeast Asia, Liu Tao and Ho Ying-tung would also expand their jewelry business.

The jewelry business is definitely profitable. You can make a lot of money just from selling and recycling gold.

As for jewelry here, as long as gold, silver and diamonds are processed into jewelry, they can be sold to countries or regions such as Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia. The market can be said to be quite broad.

Liu Tao was not worried about the remoteness.

Roads and docks can be built in Tin Shui Wai and Tung Chun Wai, and even subways can be built in the future. As long as we are willing to invest money, it is only a matter of time before transportation facilities are improved.

(End of this chapter)