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() "Mr. Zhou, I wonder if you have paid attention to it in the past few days when you came to Hong Kong. It is a hot topic in Hong Kong newspapers recently! Second-hand housing, both the price and the transaction volume are increasing!" With the deepening of the chat, Li Xuan began to turn the topic to the Hong Kong property price that has been very concerned by the recent public opinion.

"I am also deeply touched by the issue of high property prices in Hong Kong! The price of a new house in the deep-sea special zone is about 25,000 yuan per square meter, which is about 5,000 yuan per square meter when converted into Hong Kong dollars. The housing price per square meter in the urban area of ​​Hong Kong has exceeded 2 10,000 Hong Kong dollars, five times that of the deep-sea special zone!

This has led to a large number of ordinary Hong Kong citizens who cannot afford to buy a house and can only rent a house. Rent has become the largest household expense in Hong Kong! "Zhou Nan said with some sigh.

Li Xuan couldn't help but smile freely. The director Zhou compared the housing prices of the Deep Sea Special Zone with Hong Kong, which is really not a good example. You must know that after years of rapid economic growth in Hong Kong, wages in Hong Kong have also risen. Now the monthly salary of ordinary workers can generally reach 4,000 Hong Kong dollars, which means that five months' salary can buy one square meter of area.

In the deep-sea special zone separated by a sea, the average monthly salary of workers is about 400 yuan, and it takes more than half a year of wages to buy an area of ​​​​one square meter. From this point of view, the relative housing price of the deep-sea special zone is undoubtedly more expensive than that of Hong Kong.

However, unlike Hong Kong, the commercialization of residential housing will not be fully rolled out until the end of the 1990s. At present, the mainstream method in China is to divide the housing for unit welfare and raise funds to build a house. The price is much lower than that of commercial housing.

Of course, Li Xuan is not going to argue about which place is more expensive, deep sea or Hong Kong. His purpose is to elicit his own purpose through the excessively high housing prices in Hong Kong. So he continued: "We have a non-profit academic research institution under the Oriental Group called the Oriental Economic Research Institute. The Oriental Economic Research Institute is mainly based in Hong Kong. of other organizations to provide decision-making reference!

According to the "Hong Kong Population Research Report" released by the Oriental Economic Research Institute not long ago, as of the end of last year, the permanent population of Hong Kong who obtained permanent residency has exceeded 6 million, an increase of 1 million over 1980. That is to say, in the past ten years, the average annual net increase of population in Hong Kong is as high as 100,000!

In addition to the natural growth rate, the most important factor is the influx of new residents from China. As the return of Hong Kong approaches, the exchanges between Hong Kong and the mainland will be closer, and the number of people pouring into Hong Kong from China will continue to grow. By the end of this century, the total population of Hong Kong is likely to exceed 6.5 million!

And Hong Kong, as a small place, can bear a limited population. Hong Kong Island and Kowloon have already been fully developed, which forces the Hong Kong government to continue to develop new towns in the New Territories to accommodate the growing population! The reason why the Hong Kong government changed its immigration policy from a boycott system to an arrest-and-release system in 1980 was because the urban area of ​​Hong Kong could no longer sustain the large-scale population growth!

The growing population will put enormous pressure on the entire society of Hong Kong, because everyone has to eat and sleep, and must provide them with jobs that can support their families and shelter from the wind and rain. Hong Kong's economy has maintained robust growth over the past three decades. Although factories have moved northward in recent years, the newly emerging electronics industry has replaced the original textile, clothing, toys, plastic flowers and other industries, and continues to provide a large number of jobs for Hong Kong society.

However, the housing problem has become more and more prominent. According to the "Hong Kong Population Research Report" of the Oriental Economic Research Institute, young people between the ages of 20 and 30 account for more than 30% of Hong Kong's total population structure. That is to say, one-third of Hong Kong's population is now about to get married or have children.

Chinese people pay attention to starting a family and starting a business. No matter where the mother-in-law chooses a son-in-law, they will always pay attention to whether they have a house or not, and whether they can give their daughter a stable home! Therefore, there will be a lot of demand for marriage rooms in Hong Kong in recent years!

However, due to the restrictions on the annual land transfer in Annex III of the Joint Declaration, the number of newly built commercial housing in Hong Kong in recent years has been far behind the growth of demand, resulting in a serious imbalance between supply and demand. And this is an important reason for the skyrocketing property prices in Hong Kong in recent years! "

Zhou Nan listened to Li Xuan's long exposition, and could not understand the meaning of the other party. Oriental Group is one of the first-class consortiums in Hong Kong, one of the few companies whose main business is not real estate. But Zhou Nan didn't believe that the other party used such a long page and such detailed data to discuss the issue of Hong Kong housing prices with himself, which was useless.

Just listen to Li Xuan continue: "Not long ago, when I had dinner with Mr. Li Jiacheng, the boss of Changshi Group, I also talked about this issue! After the high housing prices in Hong Kong have been passed on, it has caused inflation in the entire Hong Kong economy, which has made Hong Kong enterprises The increase in production costs has greatly weakened the international competitiveness of the entire Hong Kong!

Faced with this problem, Mr. Li Jiacheng and I both believe that it is necessary to properly restrain the excessive growth of housing prices in Hong Kong, otherwise it will be detrimental to the long-term prosperity of Hong Kong's economy. So recently, Mr. Li Jiacheng and I have been actively contacting other real estate developers in Hong Kong, and we all agreed to let the Hong Kong real estate industry, which has a fever, return to a rational and healthy track!

Maybe soon, the Hong Kong Real Estate Association will lobby the Hong Kong government, hoping that the Hong Kong government will pay attention to the current imbalance between supply and demand in the Hong Kong property market, and introduce some targeted policies to improve the current situation, such as increasing the land supply area for commercial and residential buildings. , Increase the construction of public low-rent housing, etc.!

Of course, when it comes to issues such as the increase in land supply and the distribution of land transfer fees, the central government in the mainland cannot be bypassed! Therefore, the Hong Kong Real Estate Association will definitely send a representative to visit you in the near future and explain the situation in detail! If necessary, you can also organize a special Hong Kong delegation to report directly to the leaders of the central government in person!

Although our business of the Oriental Group does not involve real estate, the Hong Kong property market is a major event related to the long-term economic development of the whole Hong Kong, and will also have a profound impact on the future development of the Oriental Group. Therefore, I, like countless other ordinary citizens who are suffering from high housing prices in Hong Kong, hope that the mainland and the Hong Kong government will attach great importance to this issue and create a good governance for the six million Hong Kong citizens! "

Zhou Nan finally understood Li Xuantu's words from his words. Li Xuan wants to break through the restriction in Annex 3 of the Joint Statement that the Hong Kong government can only sell 50 hectares of land each year during the transition period! As the head of the Chinese delegation in the Sino-British negotiation, Zhou Nan is very clear about the meaning of this Annex III.

The reason why the Chinese side asked to add this Annex 3 was to restrict the authorities of the British Hong Kong government from breaking things and selling land on a large scale to make money in the last few years before the handover, leaving a mess for the future SAR government. Therefore, unveiling the restriction that only 50 hectares of land can be sold each year is undoubtedly a big problem that affects the whole body. Zhou Nan's first reaction was to refuse.

But Zhou Nan rationally did not answer immediately, because from what Li Xuan said just now, we can tell that this was a carefully planned action! If it is said that increasing land supply is not necessarily a bad thing for Hong Kong real estate developers, then increasing the construction of cheap public rental housing is definitely cutting the flesh on real estate developers!

If everyone went to live in public housing, who would spend money on commercial housing developed by real estate developers! Keep in mind that the area of ​​50 hectares per year does not include the land granted to the Hong Kong Defense Council for the construction of public housing. As long as the Hong Kong government is willing to spend money, no matter how many public housing units are built, the Chinese side will support it with both hands.

But these real estate bigwigs in Hong Kong are willing to sacrifice their own interests for the long-term stability of Hong Kong's economy, which makes Zhou Nan a little unbelievable. He didn't believe that capitalists would think they had too much money, after all, they opened companies, not shantangs!

Thinking of this, Zhou Nan couldn't help but glance at Li Xuan again. The smiling man in front of him is the most famous philanthropist in Hong Kong. According to the statistics of relevant domestic departments, the other party has spent more than 2 billion Hong Kong dollars in donations in the fields of education and medical care in China in recent years.

It can be seen that suppressing Hong Kong housing prices is beneficial to Li Xuan's Oriental Group, so it is likely that Li, the God of Wealth, is behind the actions of Hong Kong real estate developers! I have to say that Zhou Nan got close to the truth in a second.

"As for your new proposal, Li Sheng, I will report it to the central leaders in Beijing as soon as I go back! We are willing to listen to the real voices of Hong Kong citizens, establish the party for the public, govern for the people, and come from the masses to the masses. Go, it has always been the unswerving revolutionary belief of our Communists!" Zhou Nan said sincerely.

It was already ten o'clock in the morning when Zhou Nan arrived at the Rainbow Residence on Gough Mountain Road. The host and guests chatted for about an hour before Li Xuan began to entertain the guests for lunch! The point of a family banquet is not whether the dishes are rich or not, but a friendly attitude.

What's more, it doesn't mean that the richest man's family eats abalone, shark fin, bird's nest and sea cucumber every day. In fact, Li Xuan's family's recipes are not very different from ordinary people's, but his family's chefs are more skilled.

After the luncheon was over, Zhou Nan bid farewell. He needs to go back as soon as possible to digest the various information obtained today, and some aspects may also need to collect data for detailed analysis. Li Xuan has been dubbed the underground czar by Hong Kong people, and his influence on the city of Hong Kong is definitely beyond doubt.

And since Li Xuan solemnly raised the issue of Hong Kong housing prices to Zhou Nan today, Zhou Nan felt that even if the domestic side ultimately disagreed with the other party's request to increase the supply of land, a sufficient and reasonable reason must be given. Otherwise, Li, the God of Wealth, will use public opinion to guide a little, and it is very likely that the central government will lose public opinion in Hong Kong!

No matter how surging Zhou Nan's heart was, Li Xuan very politely sent the guests to the door, and he was relieved after watching them leave the door in the car.

"You seem to attach great importance to this President Zhou. I have never seen you treat his predecessor so politely before!" Zhong Chuhong asked curiously, standing beside her husband. As the hostess, she is the host of the entire family banquet, and she also watches the guests leave with her husband.

"I don't value him, but the mainland government behind him! The future development of Dongfang Group will revolve around two core strategies, one is high-tech represented by the Internet and it industry, and the other is China, which has great growth potential. Market!" Li Xuan took his lover's hand and explained softly.

"I feel like you didn't pay much attention to the mainland market before, why did you suddenly change your mind!" Zhong Chuhong took her husband's arm very naturally and continued to ask.

"When did I say that I don't pay attention, I have always emphasized that the Chinese market is the market with the most growth potential in the next three decades. If the European and American markets are the present of the Oriental Group, then the Chinese market is the future of the Oriental Group!

Did you know that Dongfang Commercial also handed in a report yesterday that the TV-related industry alone, the revenue we received from the Chinese market last year was as high as 100 million US dollars! "Li Xuan shook his head and said ~www.readwn.com~ There are so many? I remember that rca company does not seem to be vigorously developing the domestic market!" Zhong Chuhong showed a surprised look. As Li Xuan's wife, although she did not participate in the Oriental Group The specific management of the company, but the basic situation of the company is still clear.

"Yeah, we originally invested in the construction of a production base in the Deep Sea Special Zone, with the aim of reducing the production cost of our color TVs and computer monitors with the help of cheap domestic labor costs, so as to gain an advantage in the competition with Japanese companies! rca company The production capacity in the deep-sea special zone is mainly to serve the export to the European and American markets, as for the mainland domestic market, it is only incidental!

In contrast, Lu Group's penetration of the domestic market is much harder than ours. There are as many as 8 joint ventures all over the country! The profit that Lu Qintian swept away from the mainland last year was as high as 400 million Hong Kong dollars! Seeing that Zhong Chuhong was interested in listening to these business matters, Li Xuan said in detail.

Although Dongfang Group has not developed the TV market in the mainland on a large scale, its subsidiary rca is a supplier of upstream technology in the domestic TV industry. For example, of the hundreds of TV production lines introduced in China in the 1980s, more than one third were completed by rca.

For companies like Lu's, the number of TV sets sold in China far exceeds that of rca. However, most of Lu's company's key color TV technologies are obtained from rca company, and a large amount of technology licensing fee needs to be paid to rca every year. It can be said that every TV set sold by Lu's in China indirectly contributed a part of the profits to rca company and Dongfang Group. (To be continued.)