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Chapter 116 Questions from the Inspection Team

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    The sun sets in the west.  Several luxury buses, escorted by police motorcycles, drove into Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, and parked one after another outside the Peninsula Hotel.  The Peninsula Hotel is the most luxurious five-star hotel in Hong Kong and the oldest hotel.  When Hong Kong fell, Hong Kong Governor Yang Muqi took a small steamer and signed the surrender letter here.  After the victory of World War II, it was in this hotel that the Japanese troops stationed in Hong Kong signed the instrument of surrender to Britain. This hotel became famous throughout the world.  The door of the bus opened, and hundreds of white people in suits and ties got off the bus. They gathered in small groups, chatting and laughing, and entered the hotel lobby.  So many white people gathered in groups, but they did not attract any attention from others.  Because most of the residents chatting on the seats by the fountain outside and walking in the lobby are white people with strong perfume and different hair colors, and all they hear is English.  People have the habit of staying in groups. White people working and doing business in Hong Kong rarely communicate with Chinese people. They usually have their own places for dining, accommodation, entertainment, and socializing.  The Peninsula Hotel is one of the most famous places. The most famous place here is afternoon tea. Every afternoon tea time, many ghosts will come here to watch the sea view, chat and laugh.  Edmund followed the group with a smile on his face and whispered to a fat middle-aged man next to him.  As the child of a former bankrupt businessman, he was not eligible to stay in this luxury hotel.  Fortunately, thanks to being a member of this study tour group, he was also accommodated. He also followed the study tour group, was warmly received by the Hong Kong government, and traveled throughout Hong Kong.  But he knows his position very well and never dares to compare himself with other members. He is always cautious in his words and deeds, is polite to every member, and works hard to build a network of relationships.  "When exactly do we have to wait until we can meet with the Chinese? In the past few days, I have been receiving company documents through the hotel fax machine and handling official business in the room. It is too inconvenient." The slightly fat middle-aged man who talked to Edmund  The young man took out his handkerchief, wiped the sweat from his neck, and kept complaining.  This is an Oklahoma producer named Tolan.  Rupert has a small electrical appliance factory with more than 500 workers, and his status is only slightly higher than Edmund.  The two of them sat next to each other on the plane and had adjacent hotel rooms, so they were relatively close during the inspection trip.  ¡°At least you still have business to attend to.  Edmund sighed in his heart, but with a smile on his face he said with relief: "I see soon. Hong Kong is not very big. We have traveled all over, and we all know what we need to know. Yesterday I heard the speeches on behalf of those big companies  Lawyer, I found someone from the Hong Kong Government Administration Bureau and said that if we don¡¯t allow the inspection team to have contact with the Chinese, we will lodge a protest. Didn¡¯t you see that we only took a quick tour today and then returned to the hotel?  Let¡¯s get to the point.¡± The reason why Americans keep pretending not to know and follow the reception staff sent by the Hong Kong government around Hong Kong is certainly not because they have a good impression of the British.  As the rebellious descendants of the past, the British see Americans as a group of nouveau riche; the Americans also sneer at these declining nobles, and neither side deals with them.  ¡°But the people sent by the Hong Kong government to contact us secretly reached an agreement with representatives of several large companies in the inspection team, so that the inspection team could cooperate with the Hong Kong government¡¯s actions.  Although the contents of the agreement have not been made public, everyone knows it.  The Hong Kong government has stated that it intends to establish an electronics industrial park and then provide preferential treatment in terms of land, water, electricity, and taxation to American companies that settle in the park.  At the same time, it is promised that the settled companies and the Hong Kong government administrative departments will jointly establish a park management committee to preside over the daily management of the industrial park.  If every company that settles in sends a representative, then American and British capital will naturally have an absolute advantage in the management committee.  As long as all companies unite and speak with one voice, the Chinese will not have the right to speak and can only act as a parts supplier, unable to give or ask for anything.  The United States and the United Kingdom have already used this method skillfully, whether in politics or business.  People from Hong Kong and Britain don¡¯t need to explain it clearly, people here know it well.  Driven by interests, the acrimony between Britain and the United States is naturally no longer the main conflict. Working together to overwhelm the Chinese and seize the right to speak on the portable recorder has become the main purpose of both parties.  After asking the headquarters for instructions, representatives of several large companies immediately hit it off and wore the same pants as the British Hong Kong authorities, putting aside the Chinese who paid them to come.  Those small companies are not without complaints about these small actions in secret.  Even if the voice of the portable recorder market is controlled by the United States and Britain, small forces like them can only admire the last one, watching the big companies eat the meat, and they eat the soup.  ??It is said that it is not as good as the Chinese people who ask for help, but it may be more fair and they will benefit more.  But it¡¯s okay to complain, but big companies have to be persuaded to take the fat off their mouths.?Don¡¯t even think about taking part of it out and giving it to small companies.  It is better to seriously consider whether to invest in Hong Kong next based on the results of these days' inspections, combined with one's own strength and needs, which is more realistic.  "Edmund, what do you think of Hong Kong? Is it cost-effective to build a factory here?" The weather was very hot, and Rupert was a little fat. He was sweating non-stop. As soon as he wiped away the sweat, the sweat started flowing down from his head again.  It's like being fished out of water.  "Hong Kong, it's too hot!" Edmund shrugged his shoulders. Seeing Rupert's displeased expression, he quickly changed his words, "Just kidding! As long as I can make money, just let me open the company to  The Sahara Desert is no problem." His eyes were distracted as he recalled what he had learned over the past few days and began to analyze seriously: "To be honest, there are pros and cons to setting up a factory in Hong Kong." "Oh, can you tell me?  "Hearing the conversation between the two, several members of the same small company came closer with interest, and a brown-haired man about 1.8 meters tall asked.  "Of course it's no problem!" Seeing so many people interested in his analysis, Edmund cheered up. This was a rare opportunity to build connections, and he didn't want to miss it. "Let's talk about the disadvantages first: Hong Kong's high-quality technology  The insufficient number of workers is a big problem; then there is the lack of enough electronic engineers; the per capita income is not high, and it is far away from the European and American end consumer markets; Hong Kong's laws may not be friendly to us; the lack of large capital makes financing difficult; the most critical thing is, here  There is a water shortage, and the shortage is severe! Let¡¯s analyze it one by one. There are now 5 million people in Hong Kong, and the proportion of people engaged in industrial work has reached a record high of 2.4 million.  Among these people, only half, about 1.2 million, actually work in factories, and most of them work in factories with low technical requirements such as textiles and garments. Toys, watches, etc. have slightly higher technical requirements.  A small enterprise can only absorb 13% of the number of workers, which is between 200,000 and 300,000. Workers of this level can only go to the assembly line, and they are required to do overly precise work.  Obviously he is not competent" The members of the inspection team who were listening around nodded their heads in agreement with it.  "Secondly, I learned that there are very few polytechnic universities in Hong Kong, and there is only one, the Hong Kong Polytechnic. Other engineering schools include Kwai Chung Technical College, Kwun Tong Technical College, Construction Industry Training Authority, Garment Industry Training Authority, Wong Hak Kim  Industrial colleges, these colleges have been established for a short time. The shortest Huang Kejin Industrial College was only established last year. Moreover, the teaching materials are outdated and there is a lack of qualified teachers. They can only train junior industrial workers and a small number of intermediate technicians, and there is no scientific research that can be engaged in research.  This means that the factory can only engage in electronic product assembly and assembly line production. It will be very difficult to do further product research and development unless we hire high-paying R&D personnel from Europe and the United States and form a dedicated research team. But in this way, our  The research and development costs will be higher than those in Europe and the United States." He talked eloquently, and the number of delegation members attracted gradually increased.  Everyone has their own judgment during the inspection process. Strong companies will also organize special investment consultants to write inspection reports, but small companies do not have this power, so they pay more attention to the opinions of others.  The result of this inspection is related to whether Edmund can revive the family business, so he is extremely attentive and strives to collect every useful information during the inspection process, organize it, and gradually piece together a complete puzzle.  The analysis he made has a very high reference value for every company in front of him, and everyone is listening carefully.  "R&D is a big problem!" "Hong Kong's industrial base is still a bit weak. It's okay to do some primary industry, but for in-depth development, it cannot provide high-quality technical personnel." Everyone listened to Edmund's analysis and exchanged ideas in low voices.  .  "The third problem is that the income of local residents is not high and they cannot become a place for product consumption. Last year, Hong Kong's per capita GDP was HK$72,000, which is approximately US$15,000. The per capita wage is HK$1,300, which is approximately the equivalent of  Two hundred and seventy-six dollars is about one-third of the monthly salary of US$800 for American workers. The spending power is limited. Neighboring Southeast Asia and Taiwan are poorer than Hong Kong. The number of consumers who can buy relatively high-priced electronic products is estimated to be  It will not exceed 30 million. Only Japan has a slightly higher income, with a per capita monthly income of around US$600. Its total population is 110 million, which is half of the 220 million people in the United States. It will be a huge country that we need to pay attention to.  market, but this market is relatively conservative, and it will take some effort to develop it. Finally, mainland China, which is adjacent to Hong Kong, has a larger population, reaching one billion" When this number was reported, the whole audience was shocked.  There was an exclamation, and many people had greedy looks in their eyes.    One billion people!  A thought emerged in the minds of those present: with so many people, even if each person buys something for one dollar, it is a huge figure of one billion dollars!  "But this is just potential! Since the income level in mainland China is even lower, and due to the lack of strict statistics, we cannot know the exact figures. We can only get a rough estimate from the Hong Kong government report: the per capita income there is only 20 to 30 US dollars, which is currently completely  There is no possibility of a mature market. In other words, our initial goal is to focus on the United States and Europe, but Hong Kong is too far away from these two places, and it requires a long sea route to send goods there.  Paying sea freight, terminal storage fees, customs duties, and land freight fees has increased the cost of sales" More and more people came around, so much so that it blocked the passage of hotel guests, and the hotel had to come over and ask them to move aside.  Converse in the seating area without disturbing other guests.  After Edmund sat down, he continued: "Then there is the local water shortage. As far as I know, Hong Kong's fresh water is not even enough to meet residents' domestic water needs, let alone consume larger industrial needs. As we all know, the electronics industry is a large consumer of water.  , manufacturing one square centimeter of single-sided printed circuit board consumes 117 gallons of water. With Hong Kong¡¯s weak water reserves, I doubt whether it can support a complete electronics industry" Boom!  The members of the inspection team surrounding him became excited. Many people were speaking, intending to express their thoughts, and the scene suddenly became extremely chaotic.  The demand for water in the electronics industry is higher than that in general industries.  Manufacturing a printed circuit board is just the preliminary step, which requires 117 gallons of water. This is still a single-sided board. The increasingly popular double-sided board consumes even more water, twice as much!  Others include the production of semiconductor discrete devices, electronic components, and integrated circuits, which consume dozens or even hundreds of times more water than printed circuit boards!  If you can¡¯t even guarantee residents¡¯ domestic water supply, how can you guarantee factory production needs?  What¡¯s more, the electronics industry has higher requirements for water quality. Even the water quality requirements for equipment cooling water are higher than ordinary domestic water.  As for process water, specially prepared industrial pure water must be used, and process water accounts for half to 80% of the total water used by electronics companies, so the demand is huge.  The members of the inspection team couldn¡¯t believe how it was possible to develop the electronics industry in a place like Hong Kong that is so short of water, and they all became noisy.  "Then why investigate? There is no need to invest in a place like this!" "We have stayed in this wet and stuffy place for so long, and this is the result. If I had known it, I wouldn't have come!" "Yes! I  I just left the company and came here. There are still a lot of things waiting for me to deal with in the company. It¡¯s a waste of time!¡± ¡°You can¡¯t say that. Since Mr. Edmund analyzed it so thoroughly, he just said it was beneficial.  There are disadvantages, but we are only talking about the disadvantages now, not the advantages. It would be wise for us to listen to it before making a decision." Just when everyone was eager to argue, the crowd was pushed away, and a person sent by the Hong Kong government  The receptionist squeezed in sweating profusely, his face flushed with anxiety, and loudly said: "Sir, you are wrong! We have enough water supply to fully meet the needs of the development of the electronics industry. There is absolutely no problem!"  
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