Chapter 1374 Lingdingyang Bridge!

The family with the highest income in Hong Kong is of course the Yang Ming family.

However, the income of most Hong Kong citizens is very high in the world. Compared with the Yang family, the gap between the rich and the poor is very, very large.

It can be said that this is simply incomparable.

Just like the ordinary people in the previous life are incomparable to Li Jiacheng.

It is precisely because of that that Yang Ming still attaches great importance to the future worries of these ordinary Hong Kong citizens, that is, pension insurance and medical insurance.

If pension insurance and medical insurance are solved, then the worries of most ordinary people will be solved.

According to the MPF paid by these ordinary people themselves and the part paid by the company, under normal circumstances, when they retire, their pension should be quite a lot.

However, Yang Ming knows that it is definitely not enough.

If you can get income through MPF investment, then this fund belongs to the snowball expansion type, then the greater the investment income, the more funds you get, and when those people retire, the MPF will have more pensions.

It can be said that similar pension funds in every country in the world use this method to increase income, as well as land depreciation, etc.

Before this, Huifeng Bank was responsible for investing in the MPF, with an annual return of 3% to 4%. It was calculated that there were tens of billions of Hong Kong dollars a year, which seemed to be a lot.

However, in Yang Ming's opinion, this investment return rate was similar to the interest on deposits in the bank.

And this time, Kayla came back, and Kayla knew her situation very well, so Yang Ming proposed that she be responsible for the Hong Kong MPF investment fund, on the one hand because he trusted Kayla, and on the other hand because Kayla was his woman.

This matter was naturally handed over to her to handle.

Shen Yi and Pu Weishi had no problem, and even felt that no one was more suitable for this position than Kayla.

After the discussion.

Shen Yi and Pu Weishi went down, and Kayla stayed here.

When Governor Zhong Yijie and his wife came, in addition to Zhong Yijie, there was also the new Chief Secretary of the Hong Kong Governor's Office, Bai Teng. As for the original Chief Secretary, Wei Yixin, he had returned to London.

He did not have the opportunity to serve as the Governor of Hong Kong, but only served as the Chief Secretary. Now that it was the last term, he had no way to stay in Hong Kong, so he could only be recalled to London.

And Bai Teng has another name.

Peng Dingkang.

In history, the last governor of Hong Kong.

This time, the other party was also invited to attend the New Year's Eve dinner.

At this time, Governor Zhong Yijie was invited to meet Yang Ming.

After the two greeted each other.

Zhong Yijie knew Kayla beside Yang Ming.

"This is Kayla."

"Sir Yang, I know her."

Kayla is not simple, she can represent Yang Ming in London.

"Now she is back in Hong Kong, preparing to be the general manager of the Hong Kong Mandatory Provident Fund Investment Fund."

Responsible for the general manager of the Hong Kong Mandatory Provident Fund Investment Fund?

That is to manage the current 300 billion Hong Kong Mandatory Provident Fund.

"Sir Yang, I believe in Miss Kayla's ability very much."

In fact, like Pu Weishi, he does not believe in Kayla's ability, but believes in the ability of Yang Ming and the Empire Group. It is most appropriate for the Hong Kong Mandatory Provident Fund to be handed over to Kayla.

After talking about this,

Last year, Yang Ming talked to Zhong Yijie about the establishment of Xiangjiang Central Park. This matter has a great influence in Xiangjiang, and of course the support rate is also very high.

Perhaps except for a small number of real estate consortiums that oppose it, most people in Xiangjiang support it.

It is precisely because of that that Zhong Yijie's influence has also increased.

This time, Yang Ming proposed a bigger plan.

Yang Ming wants Xiangjiang to gradually integrate into the country, the Pearl River Delta, which is the future Daya Bay area.

About the proposal of the Greater Bay Area.

Historically, in 1994, Wu Jiawei, then president of Xiangjiang University of Science and Technology, proposed to benchmark San Francisco and build the Pengcheng Xiangjiang Bay Area. At the beginning of the 21st century, Guangzhou took the lead in proposing to rely on Nansha Port and benchmark the Tokyo Bay Area.

On October 28, 2009, the relevant departments of Guangdong Province, Xiangjiang and Haojiang jointly issued the "Research on the Coordinated Development Plan of the Greater Pearl River Delta Urban Cluster" in Haojiang, proposing to build the Pearl River Estuary Bay Area and jointly build a world-class urban cluster in the three places.

In 2014, the work report of Pengcheng first proposed the concept of "Bay Area Economy", and proposed to build a new pattern of opening up to the outside world with the new development of "Bay Area Economy" and accelerate the promotion of cooperation in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

Although in history, some people have proposed the development of Hong Kong and Pengcheng to benchmark the San Francisco Bay Area next year.

However, it was impossible to achieve at that time.

Instead, it was slowly proposed after more than ten years of development in the 21st century.

Before Yang Ming came to this world, the so-called Greater Bay Area was actually more of a concept.

However, Yang Ming knew that the sooner it developed, the better.

Moreover, in addition to continuing to maintain Hong Kong's advantages, he was even more clear that the way out for Hong Kong in the future was to integrate into the country as much as possible.

So, now Yang Ming has thought about it.

The concept of the Greater Bay Area can be put aside for the time being, but the transportation infrastructure still needs to be developed.

Some time ago, he went to Lantau Island for a long time and went to the northern part of Hong Kong for a long time.

In fact, he had already thought about integrating Hong Kong into the country.

Transportation and communication are both the most important.

To this end, Yang Ming proposed to build a cross-river bridge connecting Pengcheng, Xiangjiang, Haojiang and Zhucheng based on the historical bridge.

In fact, it is a horizontal double 'Y' shaped cross-river bridge.

Because the traffic volume in Pengcheng is increasing, it will be much easier to build a cross-river bridge leading to Zhucheng and Haojiang River.

Moreover, waiting until the future construction is more than ten years later will waste a lot of time and money.

Historically, the predecessor of that bridge was the originally planned Lingdingyang Bridge. In the early 1980s, although the land transportation channels between Xiangjiang, Haojiang and the mainland were continuously improved, the transportation links between Xiangjiang and the west bank of the Pearl River Delta were restricted due to the obstruction of Lingding Ocean. In the late 1990s, due to the Asian Financial Affected by the crisis, Hong Kong believes that it is necessary to build a cross-sea channel connecting Hong Kong, Zhuhai and Macao as soon as possible to leverage the advantages of Hong Kong and Macao and find new economic growth points.

In fact, in history, in 1983, Hu Yingxiang, a wealthy businessman from Xiangjiang, proposed building the Lingdingyang Bridge, and the country also attached great importance to it.

However, this was opposed by many people.

Among them, Li Jiacheng may be the one who opposes the most.

Because it involves a large number of ports and terminals of the other party, the construction of this bridge feels that it will affect the other party's business.

Another thing is that some people think that the construction of this bridge will affect the feng shui of Xiangjiang.

There is a consensus in the Feng Shui community that the topography of Xiangjiang belongs to the "Turtle Land", with a male and a female tortoise. Among them, the Kowloon Peninsula in the north is called the "male turtle" due to the protrusion of Tsim Sha Tsui, and the concave areas such as Wan Chai and Central in the south are called the "female turtle".

The male turtle sends them off and the female turtle welcomes them, forming a "double turtle playing in the sea situation" (also known as the turtle going out to sea situation).

Between sending and receiving, the most prosperous Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong was formed.

In order to strengthen the connection between the two turtle bureaus, the relevant parties in Hong Kong specially built a "turtle egg"-shaped building - the Hong Kong Space Museum in Tsim Sha Tsui, the place where male turtles are located in the north, to attract female turtles to go north to hatch; and a "turtle egg"-shaped building was built in Wan Chai in the south. The construction of the "Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center" will attract male turtles in spring to move south, thus strengthening the connection between the two places, nurturing yin and yang, and creating magic.

The bridge is winding from west to east. The western section near Haojiang Pearl City is longer and the one near Xiangjiang is shorter.

At the sea end of the two sections of the bridge is an artificial island. The artificial island is shaped like a snake head. The two islands are connected through an undersea tunnel. From the aerial photos, the bridge looks like two snakes coming out of the sea, facing each other from east to west.

The two turtle fields in Xiangjiang face each other in the north and south. Is it a coincidence that they are in pairs?

In the past, Yang Ming wanted to blow up Lantau Island and develop land reclamation. Of course, many people opposed it.

But it is useless to object.

Even if many people think that this will affect the feng shui of Xiangjiang, if that is the case, the biggest impact may be on Yang Ming and the Imperial Group.

Since Yang Ming and the Imperial Group are not afraid, others don't have to worry.

This time, Yang Ming did not know whether Hu Yingxiang had proposed building the Lingdingyang Bridge as he had in history. However, Yang Ming knew that because his Asian Expressway was already Hu Yingxiang's expressway company, Hu Yingxiang probably did not propose it. .

In other words, this is the first time Yang Ming has proposed it.

Yang Ming pointed to the map of Xiangjiang, looked at Governor Zhong Yijie and said: "This is Lantau Island on the Xiangjiang River, this is Pengcheng on the opposite side, this is Zhucheng, and this is Pengcheng. Today, the Xiangjiang River and Haojiang River are separated by one river. It is still troublesome to take a ferry to get there. However, what if a cross-river bridge is built here? Then it can connect Xiangjiang, Haojiang, Zhucheng, and Pengcheng, and promote the four cities, and even the entire Zhuhai. The development of the triangle.”

Zhong Yijie was really surprised.

He didn't think about it at all.

However, Yang Ming actually thought of it now.

"Sir Young, what do you mean?"

"If Xiangjiang wants to develop, it must be connected and integrated with the country, especially Guangdong Province, and transportation is the most important foundation. There are such bridges in San Francisco and Tokyo Bay."

It’s just that the current bridge may be longer and requires more funds.

Historically, this bridge was said to have cost 120 billion RMB. This was certainly a very valuable bridge, but that was more than ten years later.

Labor, materials and other aspects have increased many times, but if it is built ten years in advance, a lot of cost can be saved.

Moreover, it can promote the development of the three places faster.

Of course, even if Yang Ming wanted to invest solely in this bridge, it would be difficult.

Therefore, he is prepared to let the Imperial Group, Xiangjiang, Haojiang, Zhucheng, Pengcheng, and even Guangdong Province invest, and if he still feels that it is not possible, he can even let the domestic authorities participate.

Although the shares are dispersed, the investment funds are dispersed and the investment risks are also dispersed.

Moreover, according to the current investment, the maximum investment may be less than 50 billion RMB, or even lower, divided into six points, on average, it is probably about a few billion RMB.

Zhong Yijie looked at the design of this bridge more and more. If it was really like that, he really couldn't imagine the future.

"Sir Yang, why didn't you bring it up directly?"

He felt that Yang Ming and the Imperial Group could propose it directly and then negotiate with multiple parties. After the negotiations, they could conduct an environmental impact assessment and then confirm the start of construction.

Zhong Yijie didn't understand why he was asked to bring it up.

"Because it's more appropriate to be official."

Yang Ming hopes that the Governor's Office will propose it, and then the Imperial Group and the Asian Highway Kilometers Company will cooperate.

Of course, Zhong Yijie can personally negotiate with Guangdong Province, Haojiang Governor's Mansion, Zhucheng, Pengcheng, and even the country.

Of course, Yang Ming will write a letter to the old gentleman, Mr. Jiang, and he will definitely be very supportive when he knows about it.

"Sir Yang, I understand. This bridge is still very beneficial to the development of Hong Kong. I support it very much."

Yang Ming is very clear that the general trend is unstoppable.

In history, although it was delayed for more than ten years due to the competition of Li Jiacheng and others, it was finally built. In fact, in Yang Ming's view, it was a waste of golden time.

After talking about this with Zhong Yijie.

The two came down from upstairs.

At this time, more VIPs came, whether white or Chinese, they were all major elites and upper-class people from all walks of life in Hong Kong.

This time, Yang Ming invited the Dong brothers, Wu Guangzhen and his wife, Mrs. Bao and others.

. . .

At 18:00 in the evening.

The New Year's Eve banquet at the Repulse Bay Mid-Levels Villa officially began.

The New Year's Eve banquet was very lively.

It lasted until more than 21 o'clock in the evening. After the fireworks show, many guests dispersed.

Except for Huo Jianning, Mai Lisi, and Ma Shimin, everyone else left.

Just now, Yang Ming personally escorted the Governor Zhong Yijie and his wife to the upper floor.

As for the new Chief Secretary, Bai Teng, Yang Ming treated him as the white-faced Youde. Bai Teng already knew how influential Yang Ming was in London.

However, this time, he was also shocked.

It can be imagined that Yang Ming's influence and status in Hong Kong cannot be shaken.

After these people left.

Yang Ming left Mai Lisi and others to discuss this cross-river bridge.

"Boss, will the construction of this bridge affect our port terminal?" Mai Lisi asked.

Yang Ming saw Mai Lisi say that.

He wondered if Mai Lisi had said the same thing to Li Jiacheng in history.

But now it is different from history.

"Look here, most of our ports have been moved here. The construction of this bridge is not only harmless but also beneficial to us."

"Boss, what do you mean?"

"Yes, in the future this bridge will be connected to our deep-water port outside the reclamation area of ​​Lantau Island."

Ma Lisi, Ma Shimin, Huo Jianning and others were all very surprised.

In fact, they also knew that when Yang Ming wanted to blow up Lantau Island and then reclaim land on a large scale, it was destined to be different.

After discussing with them.

Ma Lisi and others went back first.

Yang Ming was still in the study.

And tonight, Zhou Huimin and Li Zi were once again shocked by the New Year's Eve banquet at the Repulse Bay Mid-Levels Villa.

Tonight, it can be said that there are many guests, and the most important thing is that they are all VIPs, big figures in Hong Kong, which Zhou Huimin and Li Zi dare not imagine.

At this time, Yang Ming was looking at the map there. After Zhou Huimin and Li Zi came in, the two women didn't know what Mr. Yang was thinking.

"Did you eat just now?"

"Mr. Yang, I just had dinner with Ah Zhu." Zhou Huimin said.

"Me too."

The New Year's Eve banquet at the Repulse Bay Hillside Villa was very sumptuous, with more than 20 dishes, and many of them were the first time for the two women to eat them. (End of this chapter)