Lin Xiaoguang's answer was ambiguous. He neither affirmed that he wanted to enter the real estate industry in Hong Kong nor said that he would not enter it. He also seemed to ask why it was said to be very difficult.
Seeing that he had no other emotions and his expression was normal, Wen Yongen relaxed and continued.
"New Territories residents, or villagers are more appropriately called."
"They live a self-sufficient farming life. The staple food of rice and some fruits and vegetables they need can be obtained through farming. The remaining necessities can be obtained by selling some rice, vegetables and fruits."
Lin Xiaoguang agrees with this. The New Territories are very backward. The reason why they are backward is because they are all rural areas and there are only a few towns, let alone cities.
In the 21st century, the New Territories is also the most backward place in Hong Kong, with the lowest housing prices.
"But that's it. Their lives can maintain food and clothing, but they cannot get rich. The money they get from farming is enough to support the family, but if they want to build a small house, it is not enough. Not to mention the large economic consumption of small houses.
, some small things, such as paying for children to go to school, medical treatment, etc., they basically can’t come up with money.”
Man Wing-yan continued: "The villagers in the New Territories have their own land and houses, and their lives are very stable. Men in the New Territories are generally not very motivated. Take the labor market in Hong Kong as an example. They would rather hire mainlanders who have fled Hong Kong.
I don’t want to have a New Territories man either.”
"Hong Kong is a city of immigrants. The local indigenous people have land and houses, but the immigrants do not, so they work the hardest."
This is true. Hong Kong immigrants are divided into World War II immigrants, mainland civil war immigrants, and immigrants who fled Hong Kong. Most of these people have received a good education and have certain assets. Even immigrants who fled Hong Kong have nothing.
, their hard work and hard work are also well known.
The heads of the four major families in Xiangjiang are basically all immigrants from World War II. Sir Shao came to Xiangjiang before the war, the chartering king came after the war, and so did Jin Yong.
As for immigrants fleeing Hong Kong, there are even more.
Zeng Xianzi, chairman of the board of directors of Goldlion Group, Liu Mengxiong, the "godfather of futures", famous writer Ni Kuang, Luo Wen, the godfather of the music industry, Liang Liren, the "gold medal screenwriter", etc., and there is also Li Hanzhai, chairman of Next Media Group.
Wen Yongen couldn't help but nod when he saw him. He was encouraged and his confidence suddenly increased and he continued.
"If you want to provide loans to villagers in the New Territories to build small houses, and then complete this investment by repaying the loans, it will be very difficult. First, there are no banks in Qinhuai. Second, there are no upstream and downstream construction companies in Qinhuai.
Three, Qinhuai has no jobs available for men from the New Territories, and the fourth is that the risk of repaying loans for men from the New Territories is very high."
"In fact, villagers in the New Territories have a strong desire to build small houses. However, the small house policy has been implemented for nine years. Only a very small number of people have built small houses, and most people have not."
"Throughout the 1970s, Hong Kong's economy developed rapidly. A man could find a job and earn HK$1,000 a month and HK$10,000 a year. After two years of work, he could build a one-story small house and five years of repairs.
Two floors, three floors were built in eight years, but it didn’t happen.”
Lin Xiaoguang was also surprised by this. His hometown in Chang'an historically built new houses every three to five years after the household quota system was implemented. You must know that there is a Guanzhong Plain with one crop a year, while Xiangjiang is a subtropical zone with three crops a year.
Why do people with poor natural conditions live better than those with good conditions?
"Men in the New Territories are relatively resistant to working outside. The atmosphere in the entire New Territories is relatively conservative. Only a few people go out. But most of those who go out will choose to come back after working for a period of time. The remaining people who stay in the village basically
They are just dawdling around doing nothing, and many people have become young and dangerous. It is impossible for them to work and make progress and pay off their mortgages."
At the end of the story, Wen Yongen's emotions became intense.
"Don't worry, drink a glass of water." Lin Xiaoguang kept listening with a calm expression. After listening, he stood up, poured a glass of water and handed it to her.
"Thanks!"
Lin Xiaoguang finally got a general impression of the men in the New Territories after hearing the end. Isn't this just stealing Guevara? It's impossible to work part-time. It's impossible to work part-time in this life. It's not like doing business. It's just a mixed society.
Only by growing things can you maintain your life.
Although he said this, he felt that there should still be a solution.
"According to this, their willingness to build small houses is actually not very strong. So, what do you think they desire most?"
Wen Yongen said word by word: "Education."
"Why this?" Lin Xiaoguang frowned slightly, thoughtfully.
"There are historical reasons for this."
Man Wing-yuan explained: "The New Territories was the last to be ceded to the British. Before that, it had always been the front line of the anti-British resistance. The villagers in the New Territories were naturally at odds with the British Hong Kong government. This was also the case after the June 7th Movement in Hong Kong.
The reason why the British government introduced the small house policy to win over New Territories residents."
"It can be said that the entire Hong Kong and Hong Kong Island were developed by the British, and Kowloon was developed by the Chinese. The exception is the New Territories, which is relatively isolated from Hong Kong society."
"But for now, the New Territories is the most backward in Hong Kong."
"It is impossible for the villagers in the New Territories to fail to see this, but due to various problems, the New Territories cannot be developed. If you propose a loan plan to build small houses, some people will indeed accept it, but this is just an inducement."
"Education is different. Developing education is the consensus of people in the New Territories and is also the most urgent problem to be solved at present. If you propose to build schools in the New Territories and recruit teachers so that boys and girls in the New Territories can go to school and receive education, more than one million villagers in the New Territories will
I support you from the bottom of my heart, you are their reborn parent."
With sincere words and sincere eyes, Man Wing-yan said: "You treat others with sincerity, and the villagers in the New Territories will also treat you with sincerity."
"You must know that the British Hong Kong government will never build public compulsory education schools in the New Territories, and the Hong Kong capitalists will never build them. They will only build private aristocratic schools with high tuition fees. I am a New Territories person, and I know very well what New Territories people are like.
You know, we have a clear distinction between love and hate, and whoever treats us well, we will repay them a thousandfold."
"Although education is a pure investment without any return, its impact is long-lasting. As long as you can develop education in the New Territories, you are selling the pot and selling iron. People in the New Territories will support it to the end."
"Mr. Lin, you treat me as a countryman, and I will repay you as a countryman. This is the attitude of more than one million people in the New Territories."
These words were spoken decisively and resoundingly.
Lin Xiaoguang was moved by it.
What Wen Yongen said was limited, but he thought more.
The entire city of Xiangjiang currently has a population of more than five million, out of less than six million. Villagers from the New Territories account for just over one million, which is more than one-fifth of the entire population of Xiangjiang.
This is a great force.
"Education?" Lin Xiaoguang murmured to himself, and couldn't help but think of Hong Kong in later generations. Things happened frequently. In the final analysis, there was a problem with education.
As he thought about it, his eyes gradually lit up.
This seems feasible. Hua Run will step forward to establish a school and take over the power of education for the country.