Chapter 1209 Mr. Li Was Silent for a Long Time!

Historically, in 1987, Xiangjiang's per capita GDP was just over 9,000 US dollars, which was an upper-middle income level.

However, now because of the emergence of Yang Ming and the Imperial Group, Xiangjiang's per capita GDP has doubled or tripled, or even higher. In other words, Xiangjiang's per capita GDP is now between 20,000 and 30,000 US dollars.

It can be said that this number is very scary.

However, this is only per capita.

Because most of this wealth is concentrated in the hands of the Imperial Group and Yang Ming, not to mention that the generation and income of these many GDPs have nothing to do with most ordinary people in Xiangjiang.

Of course, on the other hand, the overall income in Xiangjiang is indeed much higher than in history.

For example, the executives of Imperial Group and the official employees of Imperial Group are already at the highest income level in the world.

After all, the Empire Group now has more than two million official employees in Hong Kong.

In addition to the parent company of Empire Group, such as Empire Games Company, ACG Company, Huifeng Bank, Zada ​​Bank, Overseas Trust Bank, Hang Lung Bank, etc., there are also Hutchison Whampoa, Jardine Matheson Group, Land Group, Wheelock Group, Xiangjiang Electric Light Company, Xiangjiang Water Company, Xiangjiang Qingzhou Yingni Group, Xiangjiang First Shipping Group, Xiangjiang First Airlines, etc.

Almost all the well-known large groups in Xiangjiang are in the hands of the Imperial Group and Yang Ming. It is precisely because of that that the Imperial Group increases the income of its executives and ordinary employees. In fact, more than one-third of the population or more than one-third of the families in Xiangjiang are Income will increase accordingly.

However, even then, before that, there were still hundreds of thousands of people living in cage houses in West Kowloon, East Kowloon and other places in Xiangjiang.

These people belong to the highest income bracket in Hong Kong. Even though the per capita GDP in Hong Kong is now nearly 10,000 US dollars, some people's monthly salary is still less than 2,000 Hong Kong dollars.

If these people spend most of their expenses on accommodation, food, and other expenses, they will have no money at all.

Especially in terms of accommodation.

These people simply cannot afford the high housing prices in Xiangjiang. Even when the real estate crisis broke out in Xiangjiang, some housing prices in Xiangjiang even returned to the level of the 1960s. For these people, being able to buy an ordinary small house is beyond their reach in their lifetime. things that come true.

And now that the housing prices in Xiangjiang have rebounded to a certain extent, not only the housing prices in Xiangjiang are getting higher and higher, but the rents are also getting higher and higher.

This has also led to the fact that those low-income groups can only live in cage houses if they are unable to take the initiative to provide public housing provided by the Hong Kong Governor's Office.

Moreover, the prices and rents of these cage houses are getting higher every year.

For example, when Yang Ming went to Wharf for the first time, he learned from people like Lai Guowen that the price was about 10 Hong Kong dollars at that time, but it gradually increased later.

Some time ago, when Yang Ming went there again, the price of cage houses there had increased to about 200 to 300 Hong Kong dollars a month.

In other words, according to some current low-income groups, even 2,000 Hong Kong dollars a month is equivalent to spending one-tenth of their income to live in cage houses that cannot even stretch their waists.

Even then, those cage houses are still very popular, and even if someone has just died, someone else will soon live in them.

Moreover, for those low-income people, their income is extremely unstable. They may have one or two thousand this month, but they may not have a penny next month.

It is precisely because of that that the news that Imperial Group and Sir Yang are planning to allocate houses to ordinary low-income people has shocked all classes in Hong Kong.

Bao Yugang admired Sir Yang's approach, but he couldn't do it. Even if he could, he wouldn't do these things.

On the one hand, Wu Guangzhen admired him, but on the other hand, he still couldn't figure out why he did that.

"Father, why did Sir Yang have to do that?" Wu Guangzhen asked.

"If you ask me the real reason why Sir Yang did that, I don't know. You can only know if you ask Sir Yang himself and he is willing to tell you."

Originally, these things were done by the Governor's Office.

However, apart from the home ownership scheme proposed by MacLehose, the Government House actually only solves the housing problem of a small number of people.

Moreover, it does not mean that poor people can afford to live in public housing.

Therefore, the home ownership scheme of MacLehose is not a real home ownership scheme.

The Yang’s Home Ownership Scheme proposed by Yang Ming is a real home ownership scheme.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Sir Yang is taking care of the weak.

Therefore, Bao Yugang knew that Sir Yang's existence had actually replaced the current role of the Governor's Mansion.

Sir Yang and the Imperial Group have done what the Governor-General's Palace cannot do. This is the real power of Sir Yang and the Imperial Group.

Today, it is still the Governor's Palace in name only.

However, Bao Yugang knew that, like the Mandarin trend in Hong Kong some time ago, if Sir Yang had not been behind it, it would have been impossible for the Government-General's Office to regard Mandarin as the official language.

"You should learn more from Sir Yang in the future."

"Yes, father."

Bao Yugang sighed, not knowing what he was thinking.

And at the Li family, not far from the Bao family's mid-level villa.

Deep Water Bay mid-level villa.

Li family.

Li Jiacheng just came back from get off work.

During this period, there have been rumors in Xiangjiang that the Imperial Group and Sir Yang wanted to allocate houses to people. Li Jiacheng is a very smart person. He thought it was impossible at the beginning.

When he got to know more, he found that it was somewhat different from what he imagined.

Sir Yang did give some people houses to live in, but it was not what he imagined.

Moreover, Li Jiacheng knew that from now on, the houses and housing prices in Hong Kong would probably never return to the crazy era before.

In other words, the Empire Group and Sir Yang changed Hong Kong, a city that relies on real estate.

"Sir, there is news that the Empire Group and Sir Yang gave houses to low-income people in Hong Kong." Madam Zhuang Yueming came over and said.

In fact, he was silent for a long time about this news from the beginning.

However, Li Jiacheng knew that this news actually had an impact on everyone in Hong Kong.

Just like when the Empire Group wanted to cancel the common area, some Hong Kong real estate companies, including him and Changgang Industrial Group, also formed an alliance not to cancel the common area at the beginning, but from later viewing, Li Jiacheng found something very ridiculous.

Because they did not cancel the common area, they suffered greater losses, and even almost failed to survive the real estate crisis.

On the contrary, Sir Yang and the Empire Group have more and more land in Hong Kong, becoming the real landlords of Hong Kong.

At this time, the five tigers of Hong Kong's real estate are nothing compared to the Empire Group.

Of course, now Changhuang Industrial Group has put its focus on the domestic market. In fact, the changes in Hong Kong's real estate have little impact on Changhuang Industrial Group.

"Do you think this is a good thing or a bad thing?" Li Jiacheng asked.

"Sir, this is a good thing for ordinary people, but not for people like us. The more ordinary people benefit, the greater our losses."

They are talking about the real estate developers who have developed in Hong Kong by relying on real estate.

"Then Sir Yang is the largest landlord in Hong Kong? Isn't it a greater loss for him?" Li Jiacheng asked.

"Sir, Sir Yang did not develop by relying on these real estates at all." Zhuang Yueming said directly.

After listening, Li Jiacheng was silent for a long time.