Chapter 3517

Su Xinghui said, "Uncle Gu, it won't work if you don't help me."

Gu Shanmin smiled and pointed at Su Xinghui with his finger, "You kid, aren't you relying on me?"

Su Xinghui said, "If I don't rely on you, who should I rely on?"

Gu Shanmin smiled slightly and said, "The key is to see whether this project conforms to national policies, whether it conforms to the overall planning of the country, and whether it is conducive to the country's economic development. If all conditions are met, I have no opinion."

Su Xinghui was overjoyed. He knew that Gu Shanmin saying this was equivalent to agreeing, and he thanked him repeatedly.

Gu Shanmin said, "Don't be in a hurry to thank me. You must be mentally prepared. It is impossible for the country to pay all this money for you. You have to raise some of it yourself."

Su Xinghui said, "Of course I know this. Now Baozhou can be considered to have money, so there is no problem with raising this part by ourselves, as long as the high-speed rail can be built."

Gu Shanmin smiled and said, "Hey, you kid, you are rich and powerful now!"

Su Xinghui said, "Of course, Baozhou City's annual fiscal revenue is now 10 to 20 billion."

Looking at the heroic Su Xinghui, Gu Shanmin nodded slightly with a gratified look. He had watched Su Xinghui grow up since he started working. Now Su Xinghui had grown to such a point. The Baozhou he governed had seen its output value increase several times in a few years, and its fiscal revenue had increased more than ten times. It was truly incredible.

Gu Shanmin said, "Building a high-speed rail is the first thing, so do you have a second thing?"

Su Xinghui said, "Of course I do. The second thing is the real estate market."

Gu Shanmin said, "Real estate market, do you mean the excessive increase in housing prices this year?"

Su Xinghui nodded and said, "Yes, Uncle Gu, don't you think the increase in housing prices this year is too high?"

By September this year, the average price of the national real estate market had risen by nearly 10%, and the average price of those first- and second-tier big cities had risen by more than 20%, and the average price of individual cities had risen by 30%. This number was indeed shocking.

Gu Shanmin nodded slowly and said, "We have also noticed this problem, but the central government has already taken countermeasures to regulate housing prices."

Su Xinghui said, "But these countermeasures are useless, and housing prices are still rising sharply, so I think it is necessary to increase the intensity of housing price regulation."

How could Gu Shanmin not know that what Su Xinghui said was the truth? He also knew why the central government's regulation didn't work. This was because the real estate development companies behind it were all interest groups. These interest groups had huge power and they hoped that housing prices would rise, so housing prices couldn't come down.

Su Xinghui had already spoken very politely. Gu Shanmin smiled bitterly. Although he knew the tricks behind the sharp rise in housing prices, Gu Shanmin had no way to deal with it alone. The power of the interest groups behind this was too great, and it was not something he and the Yu family could withstand.

Gu Shanmin said perfunctorily, "Xinghui, I know, I will suggest that the central government increase the intensity of regulation."

Su Xinghui knew that Gu Shanmin's words were a bit perfunctory. He said sincerely, "Uncle Gu, housing prices cannot continue to rise like this. If they continue to rise like this, the common people's lifelong savings may not be able to afford a house. They will become house slaves for a lifetime, and you must know what consequences this will have."

"In the future, the economy will be kidnapped by the real estate industry, and all other industries will be curbed by the real estate industry, or even lose their creativity. Think about it, those outstanding scientific researchers, whose lifelong savings cannot afford a house, who will still invest in this industry?"

Su Xinghui's words exhausted the harm of the sharp rise in housing prices in the real estate industry. Gu Shanmin's brows wrinkled tighter and tighter. His vision was of course very long-term. He could hear that Su Xinghui's words were very reasonable. In fact, there was already such a trend.

The housing prices in those first-tier cities had already exceeded 10,000, and a house cost hundreds of thousands or millions. Relying on their own wages, the working class could not afford a house in their lifetime.

In this era, there is a saying that those who make atomic bombs are not as good as those who sell tea eggs, and those who hold scalpels are not as good as those who hold pig-killing knives. This shows that the income of those senior intellectuals, especially scientific researchers, is still too low. If their lifelong wages cannot afford a house, who will still engage in scientific research?

Gu Shanmin lit a cigarette and pondered there. His face looked a bit hazy behind the smoke. Su Xinghui knew that Gu Shanmin was considering his words, so he didn't disturb Gu Shanmin's thoughts.

After a long time, Gu Shanmin pressed the cigarette butt into the ashtray and nodded, "I will consider what you said."

Su Xinghui said, "Uncle Gu, I think a country's strength ultimately depends on technology, not houses. No matter how many houses are built and how beautiful they are, if the technological strength cannot keep up, it is strong on the outside but weak on the inside. We must also introduce more policies to support high technology, further improve the treatment of scientific researchers, and establish the country with real industry, not speculate on housing to rejuvenate the country!"

Gu Shanmin nodded and said, "What you said is very reasonable. I think we should indeed invest more in high technology."

Gu Shanmin knew that Su Xinghui had always attached great importance to high technology. In Baozhou, a number of advanced technologies had emerged, and some technologies were even leading in the world. Therefore, Gu Shanmin was very easy to accept Su Xinghui's words because Su Xinghui had already achieved excellent results.

Su Xinghui said, "If you can think this way, it is a great fortune for our country and nation!"

Gu Shanmin smiled and said, "Don't flatter me. I am very happy that you can come to me today to talk about these things."

Su Xinghui said, "I have a third thing to tell you."

Gu Shanmin said, "Is there a third thing? What is it? Tell me."

Su Xinghui's expression became solemn, "Uncle Gu, this third thing is that I want to suggest to you that we should modify the family planning policy, at least open up the second child."

Gu Shanmin's face also became solemn, "Modify the family planning policy? Open up the second child?"

Su Xinghui nodded and said, "Yes!"

Gu Shanmin pondered again. He knew that Su Xinghui had never been aimless. What he said must have a reason. He thought that the family planning policy needed to be modified and the second child should be opened up, which must have his reasons.

However, can the second child be opened up now? China's population is still too large, so the per capita GDP and per capita income have not gone up. If there are fewer people, will life improve a little?

After pondering for a while, Gu Shanmin said, "Tell me your reason."

Su Xinghui said, "Objectively speaking, the family planning policy has made China have hundreds of millions fewer people. Under the social conditions at that time, it played some positive roles, but under the current social conditions, the family planning policy has reached the time when it needs to be changed."

Gu Shanmin said, "Go on."

Su Xinghui said, "According to the natural law of population replacement, the total fertility rate of society must be maintained at above 2.0 to maintain the natural replacement of the social population, so that the total population will not decrease. This is equivalent to saying that a woman must have more than two children in her life so that the population will not decrease. But now, China's total social fertility rate is only about 1.5."

"Such a low fertility rate indicates that China's population has begun to decrease. The reason why it hasn't decreased now is just because people's life expectancy has been extended, but this will lead China into an aging society. After another ten years or so, the number of deaths will exceed the number of births, and then China's population will begin to decline, and the rate of decline will become faster and faster." ===== CHAPTER 3519 =====