Early the next morning, Xiangyu Daily, Sing Tao Daily, Ming Pao, Industrial and Commercial Daily, Xiangjiang Economic News and other major neutral newspapers in Hong Kong carried special reports on the establishment of several universities with the title of building a university town on their front pages.
At nine o'clock in the morning, Jiayi Group, Xiangyu Culture Group, and Gan Qin held press conferences at the same time in the press conference halls of their respective office buildings.
Li Guangyu visited Youde yesterday afternoon and not only obtained the approval of the Xiangjiang Conservatory of Music, the Xiangjiang Film and Television Academy, and the Xiangjiang Medical University, but also obtained the approval of the Xiangjiang Academy of Fine Arts for Xiangyu Cultural Group, which mainly provides Xiangyu
Culture Group and Jiayi Group provide talents.
Youde is very supportive of Li Guangyu's willingness to build these universities. At the same time, he also knows that there is no problem with the financial resources of the Li Group to develop these schools.
Thinking about it, when he arrived, there were only Xiangjiang University and Hong Kong Chinese University, but in a few years, there would be as many as eleven universities in Hong Kong, and he believed that these schools were very popular in Hong Kong and many places in Asia.
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Xiangjiang is currently the film and television entertainment center in Asia. With the support of many TV stations and film companies in Hong Kong, there is no problem in the development of Xiangjiang Film and Television Academy.
The Xiangjiang Conservatory of Music has Jiayi Records, and behind it are many kings and queens from Japan, Peninsula, and Xiangjiang, as well as countless famous lyricists and composers, so there is no shortage of resources.
Xiangjiang Medical University has the backing of Kangxin Hospital, which has a lot of talents. Coupled with the Li Group's ability to poach people everywhere, the government does not need to worry about teacher resources at all.
As for the Academy of Fine Arts, Youde is not worried about the faculty in this area either. Xiangyu Culture Group and Jiayi Group have many internal talents.
If Youde hadn't seen that Li Guangyu had established enough schools this time, he would have encouraged Li Guangyu to establish a University of Electronic Science and Technology. Hong Kong is currently in urgent need of this type of talent.
It's just that Li Guangyu didn't mention it this time and established four universities again. Youde was really embarrassed to let Li Guangyu build them.
He plans to set up such a university by the government next year to provide Xiangjiang with talents in this field. Semiconductors, computers, the Internet, etc. will explode with vitality. Although Xiangjiang has planned a high-tech park, it is useless without talents.
Youde deeply knows that Xiangjiang will never be a production base for cheap goods. Labor-intensive industries are not suitable here. In the future, Xiangjiang will be developed more as a financial center, supported by high-tech industry research and development, commerce, and tourism consumption.
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Xiangjiang is suitable for headquarters and R&D center.
However, this place is not suitable for labor-intensive industries. Xiangjiang’s small area and high costs have already blocked the development path in this area.
The clothing, textile, toy and other manufacturing companies that are constantly moving to the mainland are a good example. Compared with the mainland, Xiangjiang has no advantage in labor costs.
In order for Xiangjiang to develop better in the future, it is urgent to improve the cultural level of Xiangjiang citizens. Only by allowing them to receive higher education can they be better integrated into the development of Xiangjiang.
In the future, Xiangjiang will still need more management talents and technical talents. Production companies that require a large number of workers will hardly consider building factories in Xiangjiang.
For example, the Li Group, which was a large clothing and toy manufacturing company in Tianshuiwei, has now moved to Pengcheng Special Economic Zone, where labor is cheaper.
In the future, the Lee Consortium is likely to move mobile phone manufacturing companies and computer manufacturing companies to mainland China for production, just like clothing companies and toy companies, leaving only design centers and R&D centers.
The establishment of these universities now can effectively solve the problem of insufficient higher education in Xiangjiang, and at the same time, it can cultivate various types of talents for Xiangjiang. The majors of these talents are also very suitable for the future development of Xiangjiang.
In the blink of an eye, Youde has been in Xiangjiang for four years. In the past four years, he has witnessed the signing of the treaty for Xiangjiang's return to the mainland, the collapse of Xiangjiang's property market, and the rapid development of the Li Group.
He did not destroy the development of Xiangjiang just because Xiangjiang was about to return to the mainland. He actively developed higher education in Xiangjiang and led Xiangjiang business and trade delegations to England, the United States, Japan and the mainland many times to promote the sales of Xiangjiang products in these areas.
Before the arrival of Youde, only 2% of graduates of Xiangjiang Middle School could receive higher education in Xiangjiang. With the operation of many schools, this proportion has now exceeded 10%.
Once universities such as Li Guangyu are established, this number will reach more than 15%, which is more than 7 times before the arrival of Youde, which was unimaginable before 1982.
The reason why Youde knew that Xiangjiang was returning to the mainland and still devoted himself to developing Xiangjiang was not only responsible for his own career and the more than five million citizens of Xiangjiang, but also because his wife was a Chinese with the same blood of Chinese people as Li Guangyu.
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Li Guangyu only hopes that You De's tenure in Xiangjiang can be longer. Although this idea is somewhat selfish, You De's long-term tenure here means that he cannot enter the core of the British government and hold important positions.
However, for the rapid development of his own industry and Xiangjiang, and for the return of Xiangjiang in a more stable manner, Li Guangyu still hopes that his idea can be realized.
Youde didn't know what Li Guangyu was thinking, otherwise he would have to talk to Li Guangyu. He unanimously hoped to serve in the British cabinet. For this reason, he deliberately made friends with Li Guangyu, so that Li Guangyu could support him when he had the opportunity.
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The Lee Group's influence in England continues to expand and it has close ties with the Conservative Party. As a member of the Conservative Party, Youde naturally hopes to strengthen ties with Li Guangyu.
He has been working here for four years, and there is only one year left before the expiration. He hopes that he can return to England next year to prepare for the new rotation in England.
At present, Thatcher is still strong. Youde believes that Thatcher can continue to be re-elected in next year's general election. As for the new cabinet members, Youde hopes to have a position of his own.
No one knows Youde's own thoughts for the time being. Today is the busiest time for the major newspaper offices in Hong Kong. Jiayi Building, Xiangyu Building, and Wheelock Building have to arrange personnel to go there.
Although they knew that this press conference was probably something that was published in the newspapers this morning, they were still unwilling to let go of the opportunity to be interviewed.
Especially at Wheelock House, today is Gan Qin's second press conference in nearly two years. All newspapers in Hong Kong are unwilling to miss this opportunity.
Many newspapers have complained about this. They obviously belong to the same company, so why don't they hold a press conference together? This has greatly increased the workload of their newspapers.
Before they could make arrangements, they received new news that Starlight Real Estate Group would hold a press conference at 9 a.m. in the press conference room of its building.
The heads of major newspapers felt that the Li Group was teasing people. Although it was not yet eight o'clock, the notice from the Starlight Real Estate Group was probably too urgent.
The most critical thing is that the other three locations of the Lee Consortium held press conferences at the same location, which made it impossible for them to have the same group of interviewers cover more than one location.
The most outrageous thing is the tycoon Li's Consortium. These groups have different office buildings. Unlike a few years ago, they only had to guard the Li's Building.