The king of ghost horse comedy

Chapter 391 Waving the flag and shouting
Hong Kong's economic boom has also led to a rise in food prices. A claypot rice used to cost only 15 yuan, but now it has risen to [-] yuan.And what is more representative of the price is the housing price. During the stock market crash in [-], you could buy a house for [-] Hong Kong dollars.Now it costs at least [-] Hong Kong dollars, and the price has increased by at least five times.

Rising labor costs and rising prices have caused the industrial products produced in Hong Kong to gradually lose their price competitive advantage, and their leading position in the international market has gradually been eroded by Taiwan, South Korea, Southeast Asia and other regions.

And Hong Kong is a typical city with a small land and a small population. Domestic demand cannot meet the current industrial growth at all. As a result, if we do not quickly open up new markets in the future, or find another competitive advantage in products, then sooner or later, Hong Kong's manufacturing industry will It will collapse, and millions of Hong Kong people will lose their jobs.

The financial section of "Daily Daily" then gave a solution. There are not many ways for Hong Kong's manufacturing industry to go. One is to go south to Nanyang and other places to open factories and use cheap local human resources to reduce production costs; there is another way. It is forced to transform from an industry with low technical capabilities and low barriers to entry to a high-tech industry: the other way is to go north, using cheap human resources in the interior and sufficient raw materials for production, and continue to maintain its own low cost.

However, the first way is to go south to Nanyang for development. Although the cost of local human resources is very low, the level of education is also very low, and most of them are illiterate aborigines.Coupled with the political turmoil in Nanyang countries, a coup d'etat is imminent, wars, protests, strikes, etc., the investment of Hong Kong businessmen may not be effectively guaranteed.

At the same time, Hong Kong is not a country, but a city under the rule of the British Empire.Once there is a problem with Hong Kong businessmen's investment in Nanyang, it is uncertain whether Britain is willing to stand up for Hong Kong businessmen.Even if it chooses to stand up for Hong Kong businessmen, it is still unknown how much it can do. It is hard to say whether it will just make a speech to condemn, or it will adopt economic sanctions or use military force.What's more, with the current declining national strength of the United Kingdom, it is still a question of whether it can deter the Southeast Asian countries.

Therefore, investing in Nanyang seems to have a good prospect, but it is actually full of dangers. If you are not careful, you will lose your wealth and life.

Once again, if you choose the second way, you must invest a lot of money in scientific research.However, given the level of science and technology in Hong Kong, it is extremely difficult to complete the transition to a high-tech industry.The reason why Silicon Valley in the United States is famous all over the world and has become a well-known high-tech industrial area in the world is because there is one of the most famous universities in the United States next to Silicon Valley, and there are many research institutes, laboratories, etc. Technological talents all over the world.And it is the gathering of so many of the world's smartest brains that makes Silicon Valley's high-tech products emerge in endlessly.

And the well-developed financial industry in the United States has also provided a steady stream of funds for the development of high technology, and the amount of these funds is large enough to scare a group of Hong Kong businessmen to death, and they are not a heavyweight at all.Although Xu Guanwu's angel investment fund has made a lot of investments in Silicon Valley over the years, it is still not the most capitalized investment fund in Silicon Valley.Those funds that are rich and not short of money are all backed by Wall Street bankers, and their money can basically be said to be endless.

And if Hong Kong businessmen are required to spend so much money to invest in high-tech industries, and start from scratch, first establish a university, then hire world-class experts and scholars, and finally recruit the world's smartest students, and then let them enter the laboratory for research , and then wait for the research results before proceeding to commercial transfer.I'm afraid it will take more than 15 years.How can merchants wait for such a long time?
And if Hong Kong businessmen are unwilling to pay the money, the British Hong Kong government is obviously unwilling to pay the money. They don't even bother to invest in the high-tech industries in the UK, so how can they be willing to invest large sums of money in Hong Kong? !So this second road seems to have a door, but in fact even the windows are sealed.

The only way left is to go north to the mainland. The mainland has a vast territory, a large population, rich raw materials, and most importantly, the same culture and language, which will save Hong Kong businessmen a lot of trouble.Although the mainland has experienced catastrophe for ten years before, and there was compulsory public ownership before that, Hong Kong businessmen have doubts about investing in it. However, if the mainland adopts the reform and opening up policy and can really implement it to ensure political stability, then Not a bad place to go.

The financial section of "Daily Daily" spent a month of intensive reporting to get a pulse on Hong Kong's future economy, and hired Hong Kong and world-renowned financial experts for consultations, and prescribed three prescriptions for the future development of Hong Kong's economy.Of course, the first two were rejected by "Daily Daily" itself, so the only way out is to go north.

With the style of "Daily Daily"'s original close to the people, it only reports Ma Jing, Mark Six, Hong Kong local financial news, etc., and is relatively far away from the kind of reports on major family and country events. Looking at the predictions of horse racing and so on, I never expected to see such serious content.

So at the very beginning, everyone thought that the financial section of "Daily Daily" was a joke, and it would be good to run this promising newspaper like Ma Jing. What kind of pulse can you give Hong Kong's economy when you have nothing to do? !Are those things that we, the common people of Shengdou, can worry about? !Those things are for the Governor of Hong Kong and the gentlemen of the Legislative Council to waste their brains. We just want to have jobs, earn money, and have meat to eat.

At the very beginning, the report on the financial section of "Daily Daily" did not attract much attention from the citizens of Hong Kong, and even the businessmen in Hong Kong did not wake up.If they want to read financial reports, they usually don't read the financial section of "Daily Daily", because this newspaper is too low-end, and it is mainly for Shengdou Xiaomin.The report on international financial news is also not timely, and it is far behind "Sing Pao", "Hong Kong Economic Journal", "Sing Tao Daily" and so on.

However, as the reports gradually deepened, the numerous reports for several days in a row finally attracted people's attention.In particular, "Daily Daily" has invited local financial experts from Hong Kong, as well as world-renowned financial experts, which has increased the authority of the financial report of "Daily Daily" and made Hong Kong citizens believe that Hong Kong's economy is really about to reach its peak. A bottleneck is gone.Afterwards, all kinds of facts, reasoning, and examples made Hong Kong citizens believe that if they do not plan ahead, they will really be in trouble in the future.

Of course, Xu Guanwu is pessimistic about Hong Kong's economy, and there are other newspapers that are optimistic about Hong Kong's economy, such as "Sing Pao", "Letter", "Huaqiao Daily" and so on. They all advise Hong Kong citizens not to be too pessimistic. big swings.However, the report on the financial section of "Daily Daily" is purely fabricated, worrying about the sky, spreading rumors and causing trouble, lest the world will not be chaotic.

Of course, they also have their own reasons. First, Hong Kong’s geographical location is superior, almost in the very center of East Asia, with Southeast Asia in the south, Taiwan in the east, North Korea in the north, and Vietnam, Thailand and other places in the west. Such a good geographical location The location is just right for a trade hub.And Hong Kong's seaport is world-renowned, and its shipping and freight transportation ranks among the top in the world, so there is no need to worry about being surpassed by other ports.

In addition, Hong Kong is a free trade port. The loose economic policy is unmatched by other regions in East Asia. With its status as a free trade port, it can also attract a large amount of investment. Even if it cannot be transformed into a high-tech industry, it can also be transformed into a financial industry. Industrial Area.

Naturally, Tian Tian Daily also refuted the views put forward by "Sing Pao", "Xin Pao" and "Hua Qiao Daily".Although Hong Kong's geographical location is superior, it is not irreplaceable. Singapore guards the Strait of Malacca and occupies the transportation route between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. Its geographical location is even more superior than that of Hong Kong.Moreover, Singapore's port is no worse than Hong Kong's. As long as Singapore develops in the future, Hong Kong's advantages will decline sharply.

In addition, the geographical location of Shanghai, Guangdong, Shantou, Xiamen and other places in the mainland is no worse than that of Hong Kong. Once developed, Hong Kong will have no geographical advantages.Hong Kong was developed when it took advantage of the magic city. If the magic city became a pilot for reform and opening up, then Hong Kong's so-called advantages would disappear.The human, financial and material resources of the mainland are not something Hong Kong can compete with.

As for the so-called free trade port, it is actually just a policy advantage. Once other regions follow suit, Hong Kong may not be able to compete.And even if it is upgraded to a financial service-oriented society, with the large-scale influx of hot money, Hong Kong's originally high prices are bound to continue to skyrocket. It is hard to say whether ordinary Hong Kong citizens will benefit by then.

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The truth is always getting more and more confused, and the only solution is to shut up the other side.

After hearing the truths of both sides, the citizens of Hong Kong were all dazed by their minds, and hardly knew which side to believe.

On the surface, the British Hong Kong government did not respond to this kind of market debate, but in private, it has been praising the mainland, and the "Daily Daily", which proposed that going to the mainland is the way to survive Hong Kong's economy, has been rejected by the British Hong Kong government. warn.On the other side of the sea, Wanwan also blocked several films of Xu's, and they refused to pass the inspection.

Seeing the month-long report on the financial section of "Daily Daily", it has already aroused a lot of repercussions in the society, and basically achieved the publicity effect Xu Guanwu wanted.He immediately agreed to Wanwan's request and stopped publishing news that bad-mouthed Hong Kong's economy and promoted the mainland.

Wanwan is quite happy that Xu is so knowledgeable about current affairs.However, in view of Xu's repeated pro-China tendencies, he still wants to teach him a lesson.They sent a message to Xu's side through the bamboo union, if they still want to keep the Wanwan market, it is best to come here in person.

After Xu Guanwu received the message from the Bamboo Federation, he couldn't help being taken aback at first, thinking that it would be too childish for an authority's message to be passed on through the Black Society.

But then I thought that in history, the Bamboo Union was indeed incorporated by the Kuomintang for a period of time, and the "Jiangnan Case" scandal that caused a sensation in the world was also caused, and I immediately understood.

However, even though he received the news, Xu Guanwu had no intention of going to Wanwan. He told his elder brother and the others about the matter, and asked him to go to Wanwan to talk to the authorities there on his behalf.

After hearing this, Xu Guanwen couldn't help but smile bitterly. This isn't the first time he wiped his second brother's ass. Back then, Xu Guanwu made a fuss about going to the mainland to participate in the Canton Fair. As a result, Xu's movie was blocked by Wanwan, and he was at the mercy of life and death. Not approved.Now I didn't expect to be named again by the Wanwan authorities for reporting news that is inclined to the mainland. It really can be regarded as "evil deeds".

In fact, Xu Guanwen doesn't understand why the second brother is so inclined to the mainland. In the 70s, 80s, 90s, and even until the new century, Hong Kong people always had a sense of superiority when facing mainlanders.

Whether in movies or on TV, mainlanders are either cousins ​​who have never seen the world and always make all kinds of jokes; , making a living by selling their own meat, etc. In short, they are either male robbers and female singers or country bumpkins.

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