The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 600: Hong Kong-Shenzhen Integration
The next day, at night.

Liu Tao's car drove towards the Huo family.

His car is a high-end Chinese sedan. The glass is bulletproof and the body is specially made, which is much safer than other Chinese cars on the market.

There was a security vehicle in front and behind.

Tonight, most of the current family heads in Hong Kong have gathered at the Huo Mansion, and today's cocktail party is destined to be extraordinary.

When Liu Tao arrived at the Huo Mansion, he saw Huo Yingdong coming out and personally greeted him at the gate.

Huo Yingdong said: "Mr. Liu, welcome."

"Mr. Huo, you're welcome!" Liu Tao said with a smile.

Then he walked in under the leadership of Henry Fok.

When they arrived at the reception room, they saw many familiar people there. When they saw Liu Tao and Ho Ying-tung coming, they all greeted them.

After a while, Huo Yingdong held up the wine glass and said to the microphone: "Thank you all for coming to this cocktail party I hosted."

"Mr. Huo, you are too polite. How can I not come when you invite me?"

"Yingdong, how could I not honor your invitation?"

"Mr. Huo, you invited me to this party, which means you think highly of me. Why wouldn't I come?"

Everyone present responded to Ho Ying-Tong.

In the past ten years, things have been going smoothly for Ho Ying-Tong, as if he was riding a wind up to heaven. His career has been growing bigger and bigger, and his status has been getting higher and higher. Now he is the undisputed number one in Hong Kong and has a great influence in the entire Chinese world.

Fok Ying-Tong continued, "I know that you may still have many questions about why I invited you to this reception today. I invited you here mainly to serve as a matchmaker. I also know that you are all very busy and it is rare for you to have the opportunity to get together. Today, I took this opportunity to invite you here to exchange some ideas with you."

"Hong Kong belongs to everyone, to all Hong Kong people, not to one individual or one family. The future of Hong Kong requires everyone to offer suggestions and contribute their wisdom. If you have anything to say about the development of Hong Kong, feel free to say it," said Ho Ying-tung.

By giving up business and entering politics, Ho Ying-tung also hoped to achieve something.

This time, he wants to promote the integration of Hong Kong and Shenzhen!

Hong Kong is developing very fast and is one of the best developed cities in Asia, with great achievements in all aspects.

But at the same time, Hong Kong has room for development, with only 1106.66 square kilometers of land, which can at most allow Hong Kong's future population to reach 1000 million.

Moreover, Hong Kong’s current status is largely due to the support of the central government. It can be said that Panshan Group’s several major industries have directly reversed Hong Kong’s industrial structure and development direction.

At present, Panshan Group is the backbone of Hong Kong and the stabilizer of Hong Kong.

Electricity, communications, networks, transportation, oil, ports and terminals, shipping, finance, electronics industry, automobile industry, motorcycle industry, etc., Panshan Group can be seen behind them. Panshan Group has either a full monopoly or a semi-monopoly.

If Hong Kong wants to develop, it must undoubtedly rely on the mainland. With the vast mainland market, it can also better play the role of a transit station and better assume the role of a bridgehead and a bridge of communication. Only by promoting the integration of Hong Kong and Shenzhen can Hong Kong have greater room for development.

The entire city of Pengcheng is developing very fast! Pengcheng has nearly 2000 square kilometers of land, which means that the permanent population of Pengcheng can reach 2000 million or even more.

By the time Hong Kong and Shenzhen are integrated, they will become a huge city with a population of 3000 million. The development opportunities and potential there are unimaginable, and the power that can be unleashed will be extremely astonishing.

Even if the land can be better utilized, the huge integrated city of Hong Kong and Shenzhen may have a population of 4000 million.

Ho Ying-tung had already planned to bring in another two to three million people from the mainland before the end of his term, so that Hong Kong's population would reach 1980 million. Moreover, these two to three million people would be equivalent to more than 500 million people moving from the mainland to Hong Kong after , which would be of great help to Hong Kong's cultural integration and stability.

As Henry Fok raised the issue of Hong Kong-Shenzhen integration, the entire reception room became lively and everyone had different opinions.

Some people agree with this and think it will be of great help to Hong Kong and a major benefit to Hong Kong.

Some people hold a negative attitude. They think that Hong Kong is doing pretty well now. Hong Kong is governed by Hong Kong people, maintains a capitalist system, and has a large number of policy benefits. If the integration of Hong Kong and Shenzhen is promoted, it is inevitable that some of the benefits will be divided up by Pengcheng, or even taken advantage of by Pengcheng. The integration of Hong Kong and Shenzhen is more beneficial to Pengcheng, not Hong Kong!
Many Hong Kong people have complicated attitudes towards Pengcheng.

Firstly, Pengcheng was very poor before. Even now, there is still a huge gap between Pengcheng and Hong Kong. In the eyes of Hong Kong people, Pengcheng is undoubtedly a poor relative, and they naturally look down on poor relatives.

Secondly, Shenzhen is the best choice for Hong Kong people to invest in the north. Often, Hong Kong people who invest in the north prefer to invest in Shenzhen.

So in fact, many people do business in Pengcheng and often go to Pengcheng.

There are even many people who keep mistresses in Pengcheng and enjoy a life of luxury in Pengcheng.

However, many people do not want to see the integration of Hong Kong and Shenzhen, just like people do not want to see their poor relatives turn over a new leaf and live a good life.

"Mr. Liu, what do you think about the integration of Hong Kong and Shenzhen?" Ho Ying-tung was somewhat surprised to see such loud opposition.

Since a few years ago, the discussion on the integration of Hong Kong and Shenzhen has never stopped, and the academic community has also conducted research on this. The benefits of the integration of Hong Kong and Shenzhen are self-evident.

Ho Ying-tung thought that with the preparations over the past few years, there shouldn't be much opposition.

Liu Tao paused for a moment and said, "I don't think I need to say much about the benefits of the integration of Hong Kong and Shenzhen. Now there are three bridges between Hong Kong and Shenzhen, and the two places can travel very conveniently, whether by space, by ship, or by high-speed rail."

"Everyone present here, there are many industries in the mainland. I think everyone knows how huge the market potential is." Liu Tao said, "Whoever misses this opportunity will regret it in 20 or 30 years, because his family will decline because of it."

These wealthy people in Hong Kong now have a huge advantage, that is capital!

If one has a good vision, wealth will grow like a snowball, and the family's wealth will probably last for at least forty or fifty years.

However, if you have poor vision and fail to seize opportunities, you will be abandoned by the times and your family will decline.

Even though these wealthy people possess astonishing billions of wealth, in the current era, they can decline at any time without any ripples.

The four major families of the Republic of China were once so powerful and possessed such astonishing wealth, but what about now?
(End of this chapter)