Rebirth of Hong Kong Island, leading the technology war

Chapter 334

Lin Yu'e's question seems quite abrupt, but it is actually normal.

Lin Yu'e had a good relationship with Hu Yingxiang, the head of the Hu family, and naturally had some communication with Hu Wenxin.

In the past, Lin Yu'e had heard a lot about Hu Jiangshan's "evil deeds", but recently she heard that Hu Jiangshan had changed his character, so she was very curious whether he would show up this time.

Li Ziji and Guo Pingjiang stood at the back and smiled at each other.

Obviously, they were in a state of mind to enjoy the show.

Hu Jiangshan was a notorious, disgraced prodigal son that everyone hated. Hu Wenxin didn't even dare to bring him out to embarrass himself.

In fact, Hu Jiangshan has never appeared in such occasions in the past two years. The two of them are much more clear about this than Lin Yu'e.

Hu Wenxin said quickly: "He, he will be here soon."

Li Ziji was surprised: "Ah? This is really rare. Let's sit together later so that the young people can have a good exchange."

Lin Yu'e smiled and said: "Yes, the future of Hong Kong Island still belongs to the young people. They should be allowed to communicate well on how to make the economy of Hong Kong Island better."

Hu Wenxin nodded in agreement.

The scale and scale of this cocktail party were indeed grand. Not only business celebrities came, but also some top politicians. Lam Yu-oe herself represented the Hong Kong government, so the younger generation would naturally be eager to show their faces.

For example, several people from the Li family came, including Li Changxi, of course, and several people from the Guo family also came.

Other prominent figures are no less impressive.

This is also a big reason why Hu Wenxin called Hu Jiangshan over. If he doesn't come to this occasion, it means that he has no confidence in his own heir and appears too guilty, which is too embarrassing. How can he survive in Hong Kong Island in the future?

In addition, Hu Jiangshan had indeed changed his personality, so it would not be embarrassing for him to show up, which made Hu Wenxin feel more at ease.

At this time, Guo Pingjiang asked: "Mr. Hu, I heard that Hu Jiangshan is busy with his career recently?"

Hu Wenxin hesitated for a moment: "Yes, he is busy with something else recently."

"fuss?"

Li Ziji smiled and said, "Mr. Guo, you may not know that Hu Jiangshan seems to have done something big recently."

Guo Pingjiang's curiosity was immediately aroused.

The same is true for others, such as Lin Yu'e.

Lin Yu'e asked: "Big things, what big things did Hu Jiangshan do?"

Li Ziji said: "I don't know the details, but I heard Changxi mention that Hu Jiangshan seems to be working in the aerospace industry."

"Ah? The aerospace industry?"

When the others heard this, they were all shocked.

Lin Yu'e was the most surprised, her eyes widened. She didn't expect Hu Jiangshan to be involved in the aerospace industry. This was too unpopular.

Although Hu Jiangshan applied to the Hong Kong government for a restricted zone for the space launch site and went through the entire process and submitted a full set of information, this was not within the scope of Lin Yu'e's responsibilities, and he did not need to go through her as the top leader, so naturally he did not know about the space launch site, and had never even heard of it.

Li Ziji only had a vague understanding of it. Li Changxi did talk to him about it, but he didn't go into too much detail.

The reason why Li Changxi spoke unclearly was because he felt it was boring. Why should he show off to Hu Jiangshan?

That would only boost other people's morale and destroy your own prestige.

Anyway, Li Ziji found it funny after hearing it. Hu Jiangshan had indeed performed well recently, at least he had not caused any more trouble. But to say that he could accomplish anything great was ridiculous, even more ridiculous than a sow climbing a tree.

Not only Li Ziji didn't believe it, but others didn't believe it either.

Hu Wenxin felt that others were full of malice, so he had to bite the bullet and said to Lin Yu'e: "Madum, I don't know exactly what he is doing. When he comes, let him tell you in detail."

Lin Yu'e smiled and nodded.

As for the rest, she was just asking casually, there was no need for her to know every detail.

Lin Yu'e is also knowledgeable. The so-called aerospace industry covers a wide range and may include very small aspects, such as spare parts, or even simple consulting services, or it may be self-media in the field of aerospace.

At this time, others were also whispering, talking to each other, and discussing.

"Is Hu Jiangshan the son of Hu Wenxin and Yuan Caihua?"

"Yeah, he used to be a good-for-nothing loser, but I heard he's changed recently."

"Hey, how can you change your nature? At most, you can be honest for a while, but your true nature will be exposed soon."

"I just heard from them that Hu Jiangshan is working in the aerospace industry. Is that true?"

"Hey, so what? Don't you know what kind of person Hu Jiangshan is? He sounds very impressive, but maybe he just sells screws."

"That makes sense. The aerospace industry is divided into high, medium and low-end. The most core and advanced part is impossible to be made in Hong Kong Island."

"Even if it could be done, it couldn't be done by Hu Jiangshan. He doesn't have the ability to do it."

"Oh, by the way, there seems to be an island that appeared recently. It's a very beautiful island. I heard that there is a launch pad on the island."

"…What launcher?"

“It’s a launch pad that can launch rockets.”

"How is it possible? How could there be such a thing on the island? Is it near Hong Kong Island?"

"It's near Hong Kong Island, and it only takes half an hour to get there by boat. Several of my friends have been there."

"That's impossible. There can't be a rocket launch site near Hong Kong Island. Who told you that? You must have seen it wrong."

"That's unknown. They can't be sure. Maybe they saw it wrong."

Since Lin Yu'e is here, she is the central figure and everyone will involuntarily revolve around her.

The crowd chatted as they walked and found a place to sit down.

At this time, young people would come over one after another to greet Lin Yu'e.

Lin Yu'e was a very friendly official. She would chat with everyone. Even if they didn't know each other, they would get to know each other and deepen their impressions, which would be remembered.

Li Changxi and Guo Zhenning came over together. They happened to be the sons of Li Ziji and Guo Pingjiang, and were recognized as the new generation of elites that the Li and Guo families focused on training.

I have a good relationship with this rich second-generation guy. Of course, we are not particularly good friends, but we can talk to him, so they can stand together in this kind of situation.

The two men came up to Lin Yu'e and greeted her with great courtesy and appropriate attitude.

Lin Yu'e looked at Li and Guo and said, "As expected, they are young talents that are being cultivated by a large family. Just looking at their appearance, they are outstanding talents, and they are rare among men."

Li Ziji and Guo Pingjiang hurriedly spoke a few humble words and said a few polite words.

"Madum, you are too kind. My boy is not worthy of the title of a talented person. He is immature in his words and deeds."

"My son is still a good person. If he does something wrong in the future, you should scold him and criticize him. Don't save face for me."

Lin Yu'e smiled and said a few polite words. She didn't have the leisure time to criticize these young masters. It was really boring.

To be honest, in terms of influence, these Hong Kong business tycoons are bigger, more powerful and more established.

Simply put, Lam Yuet-ngor was deeply worried about the future industrial development of Hong Kong Island. The direction was unclear and it was difficult for her to make a decision.

As the saying goes, do not meddle in matters that are not your responsibility.

Before taking office, Mrs Lam could never have imagined that Hong Kong Island’s industrial and economic structure would have such big problems and drawbacks.

And these drawbacks are obvious, but there is no suitable way to solve them.

To put it bluntly, Hong Kong Island is still an economy dominated by real estate and finance. Other industries are very weak, even negligible, and have no obvious contribution.

For example, in terms of traditional manufacturing, Hong Kong Island used to have very strong manufacturing industry. However, decades later, all kinds of factories have already moved to the mainland and Southeast Asia.

The real economy in Hong Kong Island has already reached a vacuum. Even if there are some factories left, they are small workshops, and there are almost no medium or large manufacturing companies.

Of course, Lam Yu-e and other Hong Kong government officials also knew that there was nothing they could do about it and that this was the way the situation was.

After all, Hong Kong Island is so small and land is very expensive. Building a factory will cost a lot of money just for the land price, not to mention the labor cost, which is even more expensive. Whether it is in the mainland or Southeast Asia, it is ten or even dozens of times more expensive.

Hong Kong Island no longer has the conditions to develop manufacturing industry.

But this does not mean that there are no other development paths. For example, high-tech industry is a key development industry that the Hong Kong government has always wanted to promote. Unfortunately, Hong Kong Island does not have such an atmosphere and it is difficult to change.

There are some Internet industries in Hong Kong Island, but they are relatively small in scale, have not produced anything competitive, and have no development prospects at all.

Lam Yuet-ngor has discussed this matter with many business leaders, hoping that they would help promote the development of local technology industries in Hong Kong Island, taking Guangzhou and Shenzhen as examples and striving to establish several large-scale technology companies.

But these bigwigs in the business world are very cunning. They say nice things and promise things readily, but in fact they don't care at all. They work hard in the technology industry and technology research and development industry, which require huge investments and have long profit cycles. How can they make money faster than the financial industry and real estate!

This made Lin Yu'e helpless, but she also knew that this matter could not be rushed and she had to take it step by step and work it out gradually.

Those sitting around Lin Yu'e were all big shots, and not far away were the big shots' children, the rich second generation, young masters, and rich girls.

Everyone basically chatted and drank their own food, but their attention was always focused on Lin Yu'e.

The dandies were not stupid. On the contrary, each one was smarter than the other and knew that every word Lin Yu'e said was important.

At this time, Hu Wenxin whispered to Yuan Caihua: "Isn't Ah Shan here yet?"

Yuan Caihua said: "It's not time yet. He may have encountered a traffic jam. He will be a little late, but not too late."

Hu Wenxin nodded. She was indeed a little worried that Hu Jiangshan would do something outrageous again, such as running over when the banquet was almost over. Although it was not a big deal, it was still a bit embarrassing compared to these more active peers, and would make people laugh.

At this time, Lin Yu'e said, "You are all very influential people in various circles in Hong Kong Island. I would like to ask you to give more advice and make efforts to develop more promising industries for Hong Kong Island."

Lin Yu'e looked at the bigwigs around her again and continued, "You should all know that, not to mention the financial industry, Hong Kong's real estate industry has entered a recession. All the local properties in Hong Kong have been developed. Land prices are getting higher and higher, housing prices are getting more expensive, and residents' purchasing power is declining, so the returns are naturally not that high."

"As for the real estate in the mainland, the first- and second-tier developed cities are now saturated. Everyone should have a rough idea of ​​how much room for development there is."

Everyone was stunned at first, looking at each other with different expressions.

Some nodded in agreement, some remained silent, and others were whispering to each other.

To be honest, there is nothing wrong with what Lin Yu'e said, but the real estate industry is still a popular industry in the eyes of most Hong Kong businessmen.

Although the income from real estate is not as good as before, and is even getting worse, Wang Xiaoer's New Year is getting worse every year, but he is still getting by, and it is still easy to make money.

The key is that everyone is very familiar with the real estate industry and their connections are concentrated in this industry.

How easy is it to change the livelihood of millions of canal workers?
Yuan Caihua winked at Hu Wenxin and asked him to say a few words.

Hu Wenxin coughed lightly and said, "Medam, our Hezhong Group is actively investing in the mainland's technology industry. We have established cooperative relationships with several mainland technology companies and have reached an agreement on many things. Our idea is to learn experience and technology now, and then bring them back to Hong Kong Island to establish related industries. This way, we can get twice the result with half the effort and have a high success rate."

Lin Yu'e smiled and nodded: "Sir Hu, I heard about your Hezhong Group. Have you already negotiated cooperation with Ningte Times?"

"Yes, Matm, we have signed a cooperation agreement with Ningte Times. Ningte Times' new power battery factory will have our shares, and we will send technicians to learn from it."

Lin Yu'e was very happy after hearing this: "Very good, that's great! Sir Hu really has good vision."

Li Ziji and Guo Pingjiang looked at each other with meaningful expressions.

Others have also heard something about the current developments of the Hezhong Group.

The cooperation between Quanzhong Group and Ningte Times is indeed enviable and jealous. Ningte Times is not an ordinary enterprise, it can be said to be the world's largest power battery company.

Power batteries are linked to electric vehicles and are a key industry that China is promoting.

Although Ningte Times is still making losses now, it has received support from the state and its future is relatively bright.

In a nutshell, Hezhong Group will definitely make money if it owns shares of Ningte Times!
Guo Pingjiang frowned and lowered his head and said, "I heard a piece of news that the reason why Hezhong Group was able to negotiate a cooperation deal with Ningte Times was because of Hu Jiangshan?"

Li Ziji was stunned after hearing this and waved his hand: "Maybe it's a bit exaggerated."

"makes sense."

Just then, someone came in.

Yuan Caihua turned her head and smiled.

It was Hu Jiangshan's beloved son who came.

(End of this chapter)