Chapter 470

Noon,

ATV and TVB broadcast Fat Peng's "Political Reform Report" at the Government House at the same time.

After many citizens listened to it,

their political sensitivity was not very high, so they couldn't hear anything, and instead felt—hey, it seems okay.

However, on the Xinhua News Agency side, it was already a bit of a mess.

The leaders cursed Fat Peng for being shameless and cursed the UK for making trouble!

Soon,

the senior leadership of the East also quickly obtained the latest content from various channels and was naturally extremely angry.

The conditions agreed upon in '83/'84, you say overturn and overturn?

Damn it!

"Must stop it!"

And the higher-ups also realized Fat Peng's second layer of sinister intentions. Malaysia/Singapore and India/Pakistan were lessons from the past, so at first, they didn't dare to talk about this matter publicly, but let the leaders stationed in Hong Kong negotiate.

Fat Peng wants political reform, so it definitely won't land immediately.

It needs to be agreed upon by the Legislative Council, then go through a series of processes, and finally be published in the "Gazette" before it can be officially 'legislated'.

However, before the Legislative Council, he still has to do many things.

That is to fan the flames.

Engage in propaganda, promote his 'political reform philosophy'!

That night,

Fat Peng invited TVB to do a live exclusive interview.

At this time, 20:00, TVB's ratings were approaching 80%.

In the interview,

Fat Peng stated: "The political reform proposal is just a 'suggestion', and there is room for discussion."

However, Fat Peng knew very well that the East would not accept this proposal.

He wanted to sow this proposal in the hearts of Hong Kong people; once the East finally overturned this proposal, then Hong Kong people would form a huge psychological gap.

This way, it would 'cultivate' a Hong Kong elite class that does not trust, does not accept, and even challenges the north, thereby adding discordant notes within the East, and even sowing the seeds of division.

Fat Peng knew clearly that the higher the democratic expectations of Hong Kong people, the more the British would earn in this gamble.

This is the greatest mission of Fat Peng coming here to be Governor, and it is also the political mission of peaceful evolution launched by the Western world since Churchill delivered the "Iron Curtain" speech.

On the other side,

under the night sky.

At the home of Mr. Zhu of China Resources.

Today, Mr. Zhu invited Director Guan Zu and Sister Ruan Mei to his home for dinner in the name of a family banquet.

Director Guan Zu and Sister Ruan Mei arrived at the door with gifts after 19:00.

"Ah Zu, Ah Mei, you're here......"

"Uncle Zhu, sorry for the wait......"

In the living room, Mr. Zhu welcomed them warmly, his face filled with a kind smile. And his wife was preparing meals in the kitchen.

Not long after,

the dining table was filled with sumptuous dishes. Steamed grouper, braised pork with preserved mustard greens, stir-fried lily bulbs with snow peas and cashews, and a pot of abalone soup.

The four sat around the dining table, chatting about trivial matters in life while tasting the delicacies.

With the broadcast of TVB at 20:00, the lively atmosphere suddenly cooled down.

"Bang~~~"

Mr. Zhu was so angry he slapped the table.

"Sinister villain!"

After dinner, Director Guan Zu and Mr. Zhu came to the study.

The two sat on the sofa.

Started making tea~~~

Mr. Zhu said with a solemn expression: "Ah Zu, this move of Fat Peng's is truly sinister. On the surface, he says the political reform proposal is just a suggestion and there is room for discussion, but in reality, he just wants to deeply plant this proposal in the hearts of Hong Kong people through propaganda."

Director Guan Zu nodded: "That's right, this is an open conspiracy, and we have no way to deal with it."

Mr. Zhu: "We hope to strengthen propaganda in the media, so that Hong Kong citizens can understand the true purpose and harm of Fat Peng's political reform proposal......"

Director Guan Zu nodded and shook his head: "It's useful, but also useless...... We have to consider the political sensitivity of the citizens; they don't have that many thoughts, they only look at superficial things; whoever sounds good, they feel is good......"

Think about that trend of 'freedom', and the 'Yilin style', which influenced many, many people in the country to yearn for that kind of 'free sweetness'.

As a result, when checking the accounts, good guy, abstract terms like 'full payment for vegetables' actually appeared in the mouths of 'free and wealthy' American buddies.

After understanding it carefully, I discovered that most ordinary Americans don't even dare to go to the hospital, take painkillers every day, and what about 496, working two or three jobs a day, otherwise they can't even afford to live in a house and are kicked out of rental housing......

The more I look, damn it, it's really a kingdom of monsters.

What Director Guan Zu wants to express is: freedom is very attractive; at least at this time, ordinary people identify more with the propaganda of freedom.

Therefore, even if the media exposes Fat Peng's conspiracy, it's useless.

Mr. Zhu sighed: "Yes."

This is the difficulty.

Director Guan Zu: "I guess next, Fat Peng will have 2 more steps:"

"First, it's propaganda...... he will definitely run all over Hong Kong, promoting his political philosophy......"

"Second, the Legislative Council voting process......"

Mr. Zhu frowned tightly: "If he really goes everywhere to promote it, it seems we have no way to stop it......"

Director Guan Zu: "Yes, can't stop it."

Mr. Zhu: "But the Legislative Council......"

Director Guan Zu spread his hands: "In the current Legislative Council, my influence definitely can't compare to Fat Peng's...... Although I will actively oppose it and also let Gao Jin, Ah Wah, and the others vote against it, I only have 7 votes; I have no way to influence the remaining councilors...... this needs you to influence them."

Mr. Zhu nodded: "We will do this work, contact people from all walks of life in Hong Kong, especially those with insight, and let them understand Fat Peng's conspiracy and jointly resist this political reform proposal."

After speaking,

Mr. Zhu looked at Director Guan Zu: "Ah Zu, your prestige among the people is so high; is there really no way at all?"

Director Guan Zu: "There is a way that isn't a way!"

Mr. Zhu's eyes lit up: "What way?"

Director Guan Zu: "I made a plan."

Director Guan Zu called Gong Wei downstairs and took out a document.

Placed it on the table.

"《Plan for Solving Hong Kong's Housing Dilemma through Raising Civil Capital·Low-Cost Housing Construction Plan》?"

Mr. Zhu picked it up and took a look.

"Plan background: Hong Kong's housing prices have remained high for a long time, becoming a burden that many citizens find difficult to bear. High housing prices not only make the dream of buying a house out of reach for ordinary people but also cause the number of families with housing difficulties to continue to increase, seriously affecting people's livelihood and social harmony and stability."

"This plan is led by the government/company, establishing a company through the way of citizens' capital investment, aiming to integrate the strength of all parties, build low-cost housing, alleviate the housing tension, and promote housing prices to return to a reasonable range."

Mr. Zhu looked at Director Guan Zu.

This plan...... seems to have nothing to do with Fat Peng's plan.

Director Guan Zu: "Let me introduce it......"

Director Guan Zu roughly introduced the plan:

"First, the purpose of this plan is to let those poor residents have houses to live in......"

"Need 3 conditions:"

"One: The East and the British Hong Kong government agree to approve a large amount of land for construction."

"Two: Citizens raise funds and invest with capital."

"Three: Need a company with sufficient prestige, or a government department, to coordinate this matter."

Is this third point, a government department, okay?

No!

Because the government has a Housing Department. What does the Housing Department have? Public housing estates! Its nature is the 'low-cost housing' in this plan.

From 1954 to now, in 38 years, what has public housing evolved into?

Um,

refer to the situation of low-cost housing in later generations and you'll roughly know what the situation is.

As for a 'company with sufficient prestige'?

Whatever the four major families, whatever the Malaysian Wong family, the Singaporean Kwok family, Swire...... all get out of the way!

We citizens only recognize the Five Star Group!

Conscience!

Thumbs up·jpg

According to the data Director Guan Zu currently collected, there is a shortage of 1 million residential units in Hong Kong, which means more than 4.5 million citizens in Hong Kong have no 'house' to live in, accounting for 77% of the total proportion.

(ps: as shown in the picture, previous text, I wrote 7 million citizens, now adjusted to 5.8 million.)

(ps: housing data source: as shown below·1997 '85,000 Plan')

Mr. Zhu listened to Director Guan Zu's introduction and couldn't help but frown: "Your plan is a bit difficult."

"By then, those real estate companies, and citizens who own houses, will definitely crazily oppose your plan."

Director Guan Zu nodded: "It is a bit difficult......"

After returning in '9*, the first Governor launched an "85,000 Plan," saying he wanted to build cheap houses, allowing 70% of Hong Kong people.

Not a single mistake, not a single word missed!

Then, he was besieged by a large number of real estate bosses and middle-class people who owned houses.

(Data picture: '85,000 Plan')

Of course, the reason why the plan was shelved, besides these, there was a bigger reason—the financial crisis.

The government had no money and couldn't get it up.

Subsequently, housing prices began to continue to soar.

In the past life, Director Guan Zu was also tossed to death by the housing prices in the mainland. And Hong Kong's housing prices were even crazier than the mainland's.

It can be seen that Hong Kong citizens are really in deep water.

And how cheap are these real estate developers?

They hoard land in their hands without building or selling, constantly blowing up housing prices, and only start building and selling buildings when they are at a high level.

The heart is really dirty!

Since I, Director Guan Zu, am here, have approval rating rewards, have system rewards, can't I beat you bastards?

This plan, Director Guan Zu originally didn't dare to take it out, because there were too many enemies all at once; even if Boss Cheng had been his brother for more than a year, he would probably turn his face. And the middle class who own houses would also oppose Director Guan Zu, fearing that housing prices would fall.

Therefore, Director Guan Zu originally planned to start around '95.

However, now this Fat Peng insists on promoting some 'closeness to the people', 'I am doing it for your own good', and is going to make trouble next.

Then I won't be polite!

I want to drag you into the water!

Director Guan Zu: "Once this plan is thrown out, it will definitely be full of storms......"

"Four or five million ordinary citizens will support me, because they don't have houses......"

"And all real estate developers, as well as my previous enemies, will also run out to scold me and make trouble......"

"In that case, the whole of Hong Kong will discuss this matter......"

Director Guan Zu looked at Mr. Zhu,

"Mr. Zhu, you understand what I mean......"

"Regardless of whether this plan succeeds or not, the news hot spot will be sucked away by me, then Fat Peng's propaganda for his political reform will be greatly discounted!"

Mr. Zhu's eyes lit up.

Slapped his thigh!

"That's right! We can't stop him, but we can divert the attention of Hong Kong citizens!"

"This plan of yours is good!"

It's also an open conspiracy.

And Fat Peng still has no way to deal with Director Guan Zu.

Director Guan Zu drank some tea: "Although this plan is very difficult, I still hope it can be passed...... so I hope Mr. Zhu can do me a favor and help me communicate with the higher-ups."

Mr. Zhu was solemn: "You say!"

Director Guan Zu: "This matter is about land approval...... such a big plan will definitely involve a large amount of land, which needs the nod from the mainland."

In the "Declaration" back then, why was this land constraint agreed upon?

It was to prevent the British Hong Kong government from constantly selling land and then transferring funds back to the UK.

After all, the British really can do it!

Um...... the subsequent new airport plan was the practice of transferring funds.

Mr. Zhu thought about it and nodded: "Okay, I will raise it upward."

Director Guan Zu raised his glass: "Thanks!"

As long as the mainland agrees, on the Hong Kong side, Director Guan Zu has his own way to press Fat Peng to agree.

What?

You don't agree?

Aren't you 'close to the people'?

Aren't you very 'thoughtful for the citizens'?

Did you hear the voices of those 400-500 million citizens without houses?

A new day.

Fat Peng finished swimming, took a bath, and then started eating breakfast.

Still British food.

Fried eggs, bacon, sausages, mushroom soup, toast, baked beans......

Then watch TVB news.

It was reporting his political reform philosophy, but what made him dissatisfied was that TVB's report was a bit 'vague'. Clearly, TVB was avoiding trouble.

Switched to the ATV channel.

Good guy, it didn't report it at all.

Fat Peng was so angry he almost couldn't eat breakfast.

Director Guan Zu, I am your friend!

Soon, the newspapers were delivered. Fat Peng flipped through these newspapers; um, most of the newspapers were reporting his political reform proposal, and they were all headlines.

This is good!

After breakfast, start working!

Secretary Kane walked in: "Boss, your upcoming speech itinerary has been arranged."

The speech itinerary is him running to all districts and places in Hong Kong to promote his political reform philosophy.

Promote it fiercely.

Fat Peng: "Speak."

Secretary Kane: "The itinerary is 20 days, one location every 1-2 days, starting from Tuen Mun, then Yuen Long East, Yuen Long West, Tai Po, Quanwan, Kwai Tsing, Yau Tsim Mong, Wong Tai Sin, Kwun Tong, Sheung Wan, Wan Chai, North Point......"

Fat Peng looked at it for a few times and nodded: "Just follow this......"

"Let the newspapers report......"

"And these few days, you go to these places and promote it well; I don't want to see no one there when I arrive."

(Citizens: Are you giving out eggs?)

Secretary Kaixi nodded: "Please rest assured, boss!"

A new day,

the whole of Hong Kong reported Fat Peng's itinerary.

After Mr. Zhu saw the newspaper, his first reaction was: Director Guan Zu guessed it right.

And on Director Guan Zu's side, he came to ATV.

Officially started making trouble!

12 o'clock, ATV news was broadcast as usual.

Ratings 73%.

Anchor Wen Huixin: "Dear citizen viewers, good noon......"

"Today, Mr. Director Guan Zu, the boss of the Five Star Group and a legislative councilor who has always been concerned about Hong Kong's livelihood issues, brought us a plan he has been brewing for half a year......"

"A plan aimed at solving the housing problem of 4.5 million citizens in Hong Kong......"

"...... Hong Kong's housing prices have remained high for a long time, ordinary citizens have difficulty buying houses, the number of families with housing difficulties continues to climb, seriously affecting people's livelihood and social harmony and stability......"

"Mr. Director Guan's plan is led by the government/company, establishing a real estate company through the way of citizens' capital investment......"

At this time,

the 8-person family of Fat Suet in Quanwan......

Seeing this news, their eyes lit up!

(End of chapter)