Rebirth of Hong Kong 1981

   Chapter 456 Shekou

   When Yang Chen and Secretary Liang finished discussing the issue of water sources and were about to go to another processing factory to inspect, a person came and interrupted their trip.

   An old man who seemed to be over fifty years old, after greeting Secretary Liang, looked at Yang Chen with a smile, "Yang Sheng, hello, welcome to the special zone..."

   "Hello, Secretary Yuan" Yang Chen hurriedly stood up, with a little doubt in his eyes, wondering why this old man came here.

   For some reason, Yang Chen always felt that this old man seemed to be coming at him.

   Seeing Yuan Geng coming in and getting close to Yang Chen, Secretary Liang immediately realized what the other party wanted to do.

   So, he hurriedly interrupted: "Lao Yuan, why do you have time to come here? You are not busy with your work in Shekou, come here to waste time and money..."

   Yuan Geng saw Secretary Liang teasing him, with a faint warning in his eyes, but he didn't care, and still warmly greeted Yang Chen.

  The development of Shekou is obvious to all. Yuan Geng naturally knows what Secretary Liang is anxious about. Now Yang Chen is the biggest financial owner of the special zone. Secretary Liang does not want Yang Chen to be dragged by him, and it is reasonable.

  Although Shekou belongs to the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, it has the title of a special zone in the special zone, which is similar to the relationship between Shenzhen and Guangdong, that is, they are one and independent.

   Hearing Secretary Liang's words, Yang Chen couldn't help but light up.

  ‘Time is money, efficiency is life. ’

   Yang Chen remembered this sentence, it seemed that the old man in front of him was the first to shout it out when he was the secretary of Shenzhen Shekou Special Economic Zone.

   In the early days of reform and opening up, "Shekou" was used as a "test tube" for the inland special economic zone, and it has the title of a special zone in the special zone.

  The reform and opening up in 1978 and the establishment of several special economic zones in the inland area. Because of its proximity to Hong Kong and Macao, Shekou has a geographical advantage and can obtain greater support from overseas Chinese, so it has become a test field for economic system reform.

   The person leading the economic development of Shekou is the old man in front of him, the pioneer of reform and opening up, and the first person to break the big pot.

  Because of the success of Shekou, several special zones in Shenzhen and Shenzhen were established. The contribution of the old man to the country is not that big.

   It's just that Yang Chen didn't understand why the other party came to him.

invest? Yang shook his head. Although this old man dared to break the big pot of rice, he was still somewhat conservative in nature.

   The reason is very simple. Not long ago, more than a dozen rich people from Hong Kong, led by the richest man Li, came to the special zone. They took a fancy to the development of Shekou and wanted to invest in Shekou.

  Unfortunately, the old man finally refused.

  The old man doesn't seem to want such a foreign capital to break his plans for Shekou, or he has concerns about the enthusiasm of Li's richest man and others.

   Based on this, Donghua Group has never dealt with this old man since it came to the special zone, and none of its processing plants have entered Shekou.

   Of course, the most important point is that Shekou is too small, and the ten square kilometers of land is simply not enough for Donghua Group to exert its power.

   You must know that Han Wenguang and the three people are planning to set up 100 processing factories for Carrefour products in the special zone by the end of the year. The scale of each product factory is based on the entire Asian market.

   Shekou is too small to hold the big monster Donghua Group.

   As for the rest, Yang Chen really wasn't interested in Shekou, but it wasn't that he wasn't interested at all. For example, the port, he was very interested.

  Shekou is located in the southeastern part of the Nantou Peninsula in the Special Economic Zone, facing Zhenzhen Bay in the east, Zhujiang Estuary in the west, and across the sea from Yuen Long and Lau Fau Shan in the Hong Kong New Territories.

   is the main route to enter South China, extending in all directions. The waterway is 3.5 nautical miles away from the Hong Kong New Territories, and 25 nautical miles away from the Haojiang River and Zhuhai. It is connected to Guangdong and Guangxi through the Pearl River system.

In later generations, Shekou Wharf is one of the largest transshipment centers in China, with an annual throughput of 15 million tons, an annual container volume of 500,000 TEUs, and an annual passenger flow of 5 million passengers. It is an important distribution center in South China. and transit ports.

   It is precisely because of Shekou's geographical advantage that the richest people in Hong Kong are particularly interested in this, especially the few rich people who made their fortunes in real estate.

   It was just that the richest man Li and others were self-defeating, and they came in groups, making it clear that they wanted to eat meat.

   How big is the whole Shekou talent? If the old man really put more than a dozen rich people in it, it would be uncertain who built Shekou.

  Although Mr. Yuan dared to be the vanguard of reform and opening up, he was still under the firm support of socialism in essence, and the country pursued a socialist economy, not a complete capitalist economy.

  You have a bunch of rich people here. Once they take root in Shekou, who will have the final say in Shekou's economy? controlled by whom?

   Therefore, Yang Chen also understands the decision of the old man in front of him. Everyone has a lot of concerns these days, and it is already very remarkable that the old man can walk in the front.

   After a few words of flattery with the old man, Yang Chen asked, "Secretary Yuan, I don't know what instructions you have for the boy?"

   Seeing Yang Chen's question, Secretary Yuan didn't hesitate and said straight to the point: "I'm here mainly to see if Yang Sheng has any plans to bring its Carrefour to the special zone."

   Yang Chen was taken aback for a moment, and asked uncertainly, "Secretary Yuan wants my Carrefour to enter Shekou?"

Secretary Yuan nodded and said: "Yes, Shekou's economy has improved a bit now, but there is only one supermarket that can be bought on the table. I also know a little about Carrefour's position in the retail industry of Hong Kong, so today I am I'm here just to see if Yang Sheng is interested in you."

   Originally, he and a few colleagues wanted to set up a supermarket by themselves, or pull over a supermarket from Xiangjiang, but today he changed his mind immediately after hearing the news that Yang Chen was coming to the SAR.

   Not long ago, many Hong Kong businessmen investing in Shekou were a little more concerned because he refused to invest more than a dozen Hong Kong tycoons headed by the richest man in Hong Kong.

   Now that Shenzhen has been completely opened up, compared to the entire Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, the 10-square-kilometer circle in Shekou is pitifully small. Due to the previous influence, the old man is afraid that everyone will not invest in Shekou.

   Shekou is obviously difficult to develop with his own strength alone, so Secretary Yuan focused his attention on Yang Chen.

   Unlike Li Shoufu and others, Yang Chen's company's main business is not real estate. Affected by Xiangjiang Real Estate, Secretary Yuan naturally doesn't want Shekou to become a place to speculate on land.

  No matter how high the land is, it can't bring about actual economic effects. Compared with Li's richest man and others, he hopes that Yang Chen will enter Shekou and add vitality to Shekou.

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   (end of this chapter)