Rebirth: Japanese investor

   Chapter 201 Hong Kong

   Kishimoto Masayoshi, Kobayashi Kiyoshi and others appeared in the waiting hall of Tokyo Narita International Airport. They are about to take a flight from Tokyo to Hong Kong.

   Kishimoto Masayoshi and Kobayashi Kiyoshi did not enter the VIP waiting room, and sat side by side on the soft chairs in the waiting hall. Neither of them valued things that were pompous signs of personal and social status.

   Masayoshi Kishimoto leaned back on the back of the chair, turned slightly sideways towards each other, raised his legs, and chatted, "How much do you know about Hong Kong?"

   "To tell you the truth, this is my first time to Hong Kong." Kobayashi Qingzhi said the truth.

   "Hong Kong is a paradise for the rich and a **** for the poor. This aspect is similar to Tokyo. Hong Kong is known as the Pearl of the Orient.

   Its economic lifeline is mainly concentrated on Hong Kong Island. The most unfair point is that there is no inheritance tax in Hong Kong. It is obvious that the rich will get richer, and the children and grandchildren will be sheltered by their ancestors.

  You think Tokyo is a mini-kingdom where the middle and lower classes live in small places, and Hong Kong will show you that they live in even smaller places. There is a saying that Hong Kong people make fun of themselves, pigs live more spaciously than them.

   The wealthy live on the top of the mountain, the wealthy middle class live in the middle of the mountain, and the ordinary citizens live in elevator apartments at the bottom of the mountain. As for the poor, they lived in the coffins of old tenement buildings at the foot of the mountain, often without elevators, in pigeon cages.

   Or, live in illegal houses above the rooftops. It is normal for a family of five or six people, or even more, to be crowded in a house of more than 20 square meters.

  Many young people are married and live apart from their parents. The per capita residential area in Hong Kong is defined by UNESCO as a challenge to the bottom line and dignity of human beings. "Kishimoto Masayoshi gave a brief introduction.

   "President, are you kidding me?" Although Kobayashi Kiyoshi has never been to Hong Kong before, he also knows that many Japanese people like to choose to travel and vacation in Hong Kong.

"You know I'm not joking when I don't laugh. The reason why Hong Kong lost its former position as a manufacturing center and became what it is now is that its government has implemented a strategy of de-hollowing out industries, which has led to the Many manufacturing industries in Hong Kong have gradually migrated to the northward mainland.

   In this way, it can be imagined that it is difficult for those low-educated and low-skilled personnel to find suitable jobs. Even if you find it, you won't get a good salary. Coupled with factors such as rising prices caused by inflation, the days of low-income groups are even more difficult.

   In this respect, Singapore is better than Hong Kong. The former elites know that no matter how the city develops, it is always necessary to solve the employment problem of the low-end population.

  Otherwise, the whole city cannot function. Therefore, Singapore is not as committed as Hong Kong to de-industrial hollowing out and blindly building its international status as a financial center.

  Singapore's public housing program is also well-planned, advocating home ownership. Today, several famous slum areas in Hong Kong are Tin Shui Wai, Tung Chung, and Chungking Mansions.

   In the past, the Kowloon Walled City, a slum, was world-renowned and one of the representatives of poor culture and economy.

   However, before Hong Kong was returned to mainland China, it was forcibly demolished by the British. The poverty rate in Hong Kong is similar to that in Tokyo.

  In addition to the widening gap between the rich and the poor year by year, the official data on the poor population has maintained a level of one-sixth all year round. "Kishimoto said slowly.

   When Kobayashi Kiyoshi heard what the president said, his heart suddenly became brighter. The reason why the other party will set up the office in Hong Kong has also been carefully considered.

   Otherwise, how could Masayoshi Kishimoto know so much? This involves the actual situation of many aspects of Hong Kong society.

   "I'm still curious, why did you, President, decide to set up your first office in China in Hong Kong?

  According to the habits and traditions of Japanese companies entering the Chinese market, they always prefer to set up their first base in either Dalian or Modu. " Kobayashi Qingzhi asked curiously.

   "Hong Kong people speak Cantonese, and Cantonese also speak Cantonese. The latter also has two of the four first-tier cities in China. Many companies in mainland China are always cautious when they think about going global.

   They often use the window of Hong Kong to look outside to learn more about international affairs and rules of conduct.

  Mainland China is a human society, state monopoly capitalism, not only different from Hong Kong, but also completely different from the social systems of Japan, South Korea, Singapore, and major developed countries in Europe and America.

   They pay attention to finding a relationship and go through the back door. If this is bounded by the Yangtze River, the more serious it is in the north, and the more accepting the modern market economy is in Vietnam. " Kishimoto said eloquently.

   "Ashamed. I am the person in charge of investment, but I don't know much about the actual situation of what you said, President." Kobayashi Qingzhi didn't mean to flatter him, he really admired it.

   Kishimoto Masayoshi smiled and waved at him. I was a Chinese in my previous life, and I don't know what happened in China?

  Especially after he read Sun Longji's "The Deep Structure of Chinese Culture" in his previous life, he was also very open-minded in thinking at that time.

   "It's basically like that in Korea. We focus on the related online game industry with one hand and the real estate industry with the other.

   As for the investment direction and focus of our Hard Gold Group in the next 20 years, one is to focus on emerging markets such as mainland China, and the other is to focus on mature markets such as the United States with sophisticated technology. "Kishimoto Masayoshi is very clear about the strategic development direction of his group company in the future.

   Kobayashi Kiyoshi understood the president's strategic intentions very well. This is not only repeated by him at the senior management meeting of the group company, but also the composition of their staff in Hong Kong this time has shown quite high standards. This shows that Masayoshi Kishimoto attaches great importance to entering the Chinese mainland market.

   "Since the chairman attaches great importance to the investment in the Chinese mainland market, then he should not only send Kato Rumiko over there." Kobayashi Kiyoshi put forward his own views.

   "The Hong Kong office is just one of our outposts, and the main job is to collect relevant intelligence and get in touch with some companies with great potential in mainland China.

   In the future, I will set up Hard Gold Group offices in four first-tier cities in mainland China. At that time, I will send another person.

  The current Chinese government has given many preferential policies to foreign investment, especially in terms of tax reduction and exemption. "Kishimoto said calmly.

   Kobayashi Kiyoshi understood the president's visionary intentions, so he no longer objected to Kato Rumiko's appointment as the head of the Hong Kong office.

   "At present, the thing that worries me the most is the lack of talents within our group company. The newcomers behind them have not followed.

   Minister of Personnel Takayuki Minano went around for headhunting and poaching people, and it also took time, and it was not something that could be done in an hour and a half. " Kishimoto Masayoshi thoughtfully.

   (end of this chapter)