Age of Dreams

In the 1930s and 1940s, many craftsmen and cultural people fled to the safe zone of Hong Kong in order to avoid the war, and then took root, and their craftsmanship was naturally passed down.

Cantonese cuisine is the main food in Hong Kong, but the eight major cuisines in Huaguo have the best chefs here, no less than the masters of the state banquet. Although the price is more expensive, it is definitely worth the money.

But Qiao Guoer is not the kind of dainty young lady who insists on gargling with bird's nest, seasoning with abalone, and matsutake as a base before eating.

Shuchuan has a lot of snacks. People born in Shuchuan generally don’t like to eat big meals. Instead, there are various street snacks and fly restaurants, which are places they are more willing to explore.

Qiao Guoer felt that if she and her lover were sitting in a high-end restaurant in a serious manner, eating a meal under the watchful eye of the waiter, the feeling would be indescribably awkward. [

So she took the information that Zhu Hong helped to collect some time ago, and took Xiao Qi to the streets and alleys of Hong Kong.

Beef brisket noodles, pork intestines, fried beef river, silk stocking milk tea... The two of them wandered around and their stomachs were already bulging.

Before I knew it, it was ten o'clock in the evening, but Tsim Sha Tsui was still crowded with people, many restaurants, gold stores, and shopping stores were patronized by many people.

"Why is it so late, and everyone is still so excited?" Seeing such a grand occasion, Qiao Guoer asked in surprise.

"Because everyone expects too much from Hong Kong, it's hard to come here, so you have to hurry up." Xiao Qi said with a smile, "Don't look at how prosperous Hong Kong is now, in fact, after the financial crisis in 1997 , the entire Hong Kong economy is almost about to collapse!"

"Oh?"

"Hong Kong's economy was originally built on a virtual economy. Real estate and financial investment are their main directions. The benefits brought by the duty-free port have already become less important with the opening of places such as Dongfang, Nanwan, and Dalian. Get up. Under such circumstances. In 1997, Soros led the international financial giants to wreak havoc in Hong Kong, almost destroying Hong Kong's stock market, followed by at least one-third of the property market collapse. I can’t stand it anymore.” The young man talked eloquently: “For example, the stars we liked when we were young, Liu Dehua, Zhang Manyu, Zhong Zhentao, etc., all lost money in the real estate market and almost didn’t even wear pants. Celebrities who lost most of their wealth in the stock market , even more so.”

"Giggle~~" Qiao Guoer smiled softly. "In the past few years, I often heard that some retired singers and movie stars came back. I think this is the reason."

"That's why when I grew up, I realized that stars are not as mysterious and aura as they appear on the surface. They are just like football stars. They don't have much culture and brains, and they eat youth food. Once they stop filming and singing The previous accumulation is simply not enough to maintain their decent life, so many of them are poor."

Listening to Xiao Qi's narration, Qiao Guo'er nodded and said: "Okay, these people have brought the blame on themselves, so there's no need to talk about it. You haven't said why Hong Kong has improved in the past few years!"

At the request of his wife, Xiao Qi continued: "After 1997, the Hong Kong government originally wanted to cheer up. But gradually they found that no matter how hard they tried, Hong Kong, which lacked real economic support, was still constantly It was weakening, and even the cultural exports that flourished in the 1970s and 1980s were gradually replaced by Japan and South Korea. Since about 2002, the Hong Kong government felt that it could not sustain it, and finally asked the central government for help.

Hong Kong's attitude towards the central government. They have always been relatively resistant, they always feel that they are superior to others, so they usually don't pay much attention to the central government, and if it is not a last resort, they will not lower their heads and ask for help from the mainlanders they look down on!

Hong Kong is a territory that Hua Guo took back with great difficulty, and it is also an important export port. Of course, the central government is unwilling to let them weaken like this, and finally become a pool of stagnant water. So after serious discussion and thinking, a policy was finally made to allow mainland residents to travel freely in Hong Kong in July 2003. Allow mainland residents to travel and shop in Hong Kong.

This trick really worked. By 2005, two years later, Hong Kong had recovered to the level of 1997 relying on the tourism economy. And with the high consumption of mainland residents in Hong Kong, it has gradually driven all walks of life in Hong Kong, such as catering, gold, luxury goods, etc., and Hong Kong has become the prosperous situation we see today. "

Xiao Qi said a lot, Qiao Guoer listened with relish, but she had never heard of these summaries from later generations.

But that doesn't mean she fully agrees, "Didn't you say that Hong Kong's biggest business is port trade? How did it become tourism? I remember that Hong Kong's tourism industry has always been less than 5% of gp, right?"

"If you only talk about air tickets, accommodation and meals, of course it's only 5%." Xiao Qi said with a smile, "Hong Kong people are very cunning, they never count aviation, gold, various luxury goods, electronic products, etc. ...and usually when every mainlander comes to Hong Kong, he will buy many such products with large price differences. Together, these can account for at least 30% of the revenue of the above-mentioned industries, and the proportion will increase further in the future. Isn't it big?"

I remember the statistics in 2012, the consumption of gold, various luxury goods and electronic products by mainlanders in Hong Kong has already exceeded 50%, which is equivalent to the increase in the turnover of these businesses in Hong Kong Doubling is equivalent to the consumption of millions more Hong Kong people. Doesn't this help Hong Kong's gp much?

South Korea and Japan, who have not seen the financial crisis in the future, are crying and begging for Chinese people to travel? [

It's just that the sharp conflict between Japan and China on the island issue at that time directly caused a sharp drop in the tourism of Chinese people, which severely hit their tourism industry and caused the decline of the Japanese economy.

South Korea is different. Through currency depreciation, every Chinese tourist who goes to them brings back big bags and small bags, which greatly promotes the growth of their economic gp, and they are smiling happily like Hong Kong.

The young man did not mention another big income in Hong Kong, that is, merchants bring goods.

During the peak period, hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong people travel back and forth between Hong Kong and the customs clearance port in Nanwan every day. Like ants moving, they break up the container goods on the cargo terminal in Hong Kong and transport them into the mainland.

By 2011, there were more than 200,000 Hong Kong people relying on the trade of water travelers alone, and the total value of goods escaping in a year exceeded hundreds of billions, which forced the Hong Kong and mainland governments to join forces Hit it to calm public opinion.

If it weren't for the hard work of these water travelers, the wharf in Hong Kong would definitely be much empty.

"However, I see that these large and small restaurants in Hong Kong don't have a very good attitude towards mainland tourists." Qiao Guoer suddenly smiled when she remembered what happened before, "It's like in Hong Kong movies, the shop waiters are all slovenly, Acting like everyone else owes them money."

"They only have the psychological superiority accumulated over the years." Xiao Qi smiled lightly, "It is said that the quality of mainlanders is poor, but the quality of Hong Kong people is not much better... Back in the 1980s and 1990s, they went to the mainland to be cheated and abducted. Yes, aren’t they Hong Kong people? With a disgusting attitude, they collectively refer to mainland tourists as nouveau riche, and this mentality itself has problems!”

After a pause, Xiao Qi sighed again: "They are worse than the Japanese in this regard. Even if the Japanese don't like you in their hearts, they are very polite when it comes to tourists, and the quality of service will make people feel worthy. That price...in Hong Kong, it’s more about spending money to find fault, but there are too many people in the motherland, and the price is still cheap, so Hong Kong’s tourism is considered popular!"

Xiao Qi also expressed his feelings.

Hong Kong has returned to China, but their mentality is still outside the mainland. This kind of mentality is really bad! (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point to vote, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users, please go to read.)