Xie Wan still underestimated Nie Xiaoshuai's obsession with the grandmother of Jiulong.
Xie Changle ran to Xie Wan’s house to bring her a message: “Xiao Wan, that Manager Nie from China Resources is simply crazy. He goes to chat with Sang Biao as soon as he gets off work recently.
Is he doing political and ideological work in the country?
Sang Biao has been almost brainwashed by him. Now Sang Biao no longer calls himself the leader of the Black Society, but calls himself a poor peasant.
He had the name of Kowloon Walled City changed to Kowloon Village, and his office is now called the "Kowloon Village Committee".
Now we are waiting for you, the village party secretary, to meet with Nie Xiaoshuai, the party representative."
Xie Wan vomited blood and shook his head, saying, "If you take too big a step, you will get hurt. If you do this, it won't be long before you attract the attention of the British Hong Kong government.
Tell Sang Biao to stop doing this. I know he means well, but the current environment doesn't allow it.
Once the British Hong Kong government becomes aware of this, they will certainly clear out the Kowloon Walled City in the name of cracking down on organized crime.”
It's no wonder that Nie Xiaoshuai was able to convince Sang Biao. After all, Nie Xiaoshuai was right about one thing. Kowloon Walled City was originally one of the poorest slums in Hong Kong Island. Who among those who are involved in gangs here is not forced to make a living?
Sang Biao had already solved the livelihood of some of his subordinates through Xie Wan's business, and Nie Xiaoshuai was also willing to provide job opportunities for those young people who just idled away their time all day long. Naturally, Sang Biao could easily accept Nie Xiaoshuai's ideas.
After all, ordinary people, no matter where they are, are fighting for survival. They will support whoever gives them food to eat and a good life.
If anyone takes away the jobs of the common people, they will definitely lose their loyalty.
The British Hong Kong government never cared about the lives of the lower-class residents in Kowloon Walled City, so naturally the people here had no sense of belonging to the British Hong Kong government's control.
Xie Wan felt that he had to find something for Sang Biao and his men to do, so that they wouldn't be idle and cause trouble.
Xie Wan called Fan Zhi, Chen Ziqiang and Chen Baoluo to a meeting.
"Think about it, what kind of factory can we invest in in Hong Kong City to solve the employment problems of more idle people in society."
Chen Ziqiang said: "At our Shatin Film and Television City, we have always used people from nearby villagers and people from Kowloon Walled City introduced by Sang Biao.
The salary offered is also the most fair in Hong Kong.
But there are tens of thousands of poor people in Kowloon Walled City alone, and our Sha Tin Film and Television City cannot accommodate so many workstations.
We don’t know much about investing in factories, and we’re afraid of losing money!”
Xie Wan counted on his fingers which factory would make money in the future, and he could think of a lot of things. But as Chen Ziqiang said, none of them had much experience in running factories.
Not only do they lack experience, they also lack the skills. Just having money alone will not get the job done.
Among the people present, only Xie Changle had worked in a factory.
Xie Changle suddenly said: "We have no experience, but there are many people with experience in China.
The products produced by domestic factories are not easy to sell, and I am always worried about the export task. If I only sell pepper tea, the peppers from Southeast Asia are now competing fiercely with us. I am afraid that I will not be able to complete my task this year. "
Xie Changle is the director of the Sichuan Provincial Foreign Trade Department's Hong Kong Office. He couldn't help but think of the difficulties he was facing at work.
Xie Wan nodded: "Indeed, I plan to invest in China when the policy allows it, but now is not the right time and the resistance is too great.
At present, we can only cooperate with domestic companies as much as possible. We should try our best to purchase the raw materials from domestic companies. For the rest, we will have to wait a few years.
However, if we can develop a new industry and influence the upper echelons through Nie Xiaoshuai, we may be able to invest in China earlier and help the country’s construction.”
After some discussion, Xie Wan decided to develop the home appliance industry first. He let Chen Baoluo be in charge of overall planning, while Fan Zhi and Chen Ziqiang were responsible for contacting various universities in Hong Kong to recruit researchers and set up a research laboratory first.
While drinking coffee, Chen Baoluo complained: "Why do we have to engage in industry? The profit margin is low, management is difficult, and the risk of failure is high."
Xie Wan said firmly: "To solve the employment problem of the middle and lower classes, we can only rely on the development of industry.
Paul, I know you may not understand it now, but capital cannot only serve a few people. When capital excessively plunders the living space of the majority of people, it will lead to human tragedies everywhere.
I don’t want to see that day come.”
Paul Chen grew up in the UK and he couldn't understand Xie Wan's thoughts, but he knew that Xie Wan made this decision out of kindness, so he respected him.
"Okay, as long as our contract lasts, boss, you have to play the role of God, and I can only play the role of your Gabriel, responsible for conveying your will.
As long as you have enough money, you can find any talent you want. If the Japanese can make home appliances, we can make them too."
Xie Changle's eyes lit up as he asked, "We are making home appliances. Can you outsource the simple parts to me so I can make them domestically?"
Xie Wan was very happy when he heard this, "Yes, yes, yes, let my cousin place orders for what can be produced domestically, so that we can transfer foreign exchange to the country in a fair and open manner.
When recruiting workers, try to recruit people from Kowloon Walled City first. Fan Zhi should buy land and build a factory first. Let Sang Biao supervise the construction of the factory and don't let him sit idle. It's best to train his subordinates to become workers and stop them from getting involved in gangs in the future."
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After the confinement period, Xie Wan started to get busy.
The days passed quickly and soon it was the summer of 1978.
Xie Wan's twin children are already over one year old.
Xie Wan is usually busy with work, so most of the time he leaves his child with Aunt Zhou and the nanny. Occasionally, he will bring the child with him and put him in the space.
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