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 chaos of the war, and then they took root, and their crafts were naturally passed on.

Hong Kong is dominated by Cantonese cuisine, but the eight major cuisines in China have the best chefs here, no worse than the masters of state banquets. Although the price is more expensive, it is definitely worth the money.

But Qiao Guoer is not the kind of eldest lady who has to gargle with bird's nest, season with abalone, and make matsutake before eating.

There are a lot of snacks in Shuchuan. People born in Shuchuan generally don't like big meals. Instead, they are more willing to explore various street foods and fly restaurants.

Qiao Guoer felt that if he and his lover were sitting in a high-end dining room solemnly, under the watchful eyes of the waiter, and eating meal one by one, this feeling would be really unspeakable.

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

Beef brisket noodles, pig intestines, dry-fried Niuhe, silk stockings and milk tea... The two wandered around, their stomachs bulging after eating, and Qiao Guoer yelled and couldn't stand it.

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

"Why is it so late, everyone is still so excited?" Qiao Guoer said in surprise as he watched such a grand occasion.

"Because everyone expects too much of Hong Kong, it's hard to come here, so why don't you have to hurry up." Xiao Qi smiled, "Don't look at the bustling and bustling Hong Kong now, in fact, after the 1997 financial crisis , The entire Hong Kong economy is 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 of tax-free ports have already become less important with the opening of the East, South Bay, Dalian and other places. Under this situation. In 1997, Soros led the international financial predators to wreak havoc in Hong Kong, almost destroying Hong Kong’s stock market, and immediately following the collapse of the property market by at least one third, Hong Kong Can’t stand it anymore.” The young man said openly: “For example, the celebrities we liked when we were young, Liu Dehua, Zhang Manyu, Zhong Zhentao, etc., all lost money on the property market and almost didn’t even wear pants. The celebrities who lost most of their wealth in the stock market , It’s countless."

"Gluck~~" Qiao Guoer smiled softly. "In the past few years, I often heard that certain retired singers and movie stars are coming back. I guess that's why."

"So when I grew up, I learned that stars are not as mysterious and halo as they seem on the surface. They are just like football stars. They don't have much culture and brains. What they eat is youth rice. Once they stop filming and singing. The previous accumulation is simply not enough to maintain a decent life for them, so a lot of them are destitute."

Listening to Xiao Qi's account, Qiao Guoer also said with his jaws: "Well, these people are also responsible for themselves, so don't talk about it. You haven't said why Hong Kong will get better in the past few years!"

At the request of his wife, Xiao Qi continued: "After 1997, the Hong Kong government originally wanted to try to cheer up. But gradually they discovered that no matter how hard they work, Hong Kong, which lacks actual economic support, still keeps going. The cultural output, which was weak and even flourishing in the 1970s and 1980s, was gradually replaced by Japan and South Korea. Starting around 2002, the Hong Kong government felt that it could not keep it going, and finally cheeklessly asked the central government for help.

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

Hong Kong is a territory that China has finally recovered, and it is also an important window to the outside world. Of course, the central government is not willing to let them weaken, and eventually become a stagnant pool. So after serious discussion and thinking, the policy was finally set, and in July 2003, Hong Kong free travel for mainland residents was opened. Allow mainland residents to travel and shop in Hong Kong.

This trick really worked. In 2005, two years later, Hong Kong relied on its tourism economy to return to its 1997 level. And with the high consumption of mainland residents in Hong Kong, it has gradually driven various industries 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, and Qiao Guoer heard it with gusto, but she had never heard of these summaries from later generations.

But it does not mean that she agrees completely. "Isn't it said that Hong Kong's biggest business is port trade? How did it become tourism? I remember that Hong Kong's tourism industry has never reached 5% of GDP, right?"

"If you only talk about air tickets, accommodation and meals, of course it is only 5%." Xiao Qi smiled, "Hong Kong people are very cunning. They never count aviation, gold, various luxury goods, electronic products, etc. in it. ...And usually every mainlander who comes to Hong Kong will buy a lot of such products with a large price difference. Together, these can account for at least 30% of the revenue of the above-mentioned industries, and the proportion will further increase in the future. Is this pulling back? Isn't it big?"

Remember in 2012 statistics, the consumption of gold, various luxury goods and electronic products in Hong Kong by mainlanders exceeded 50%, which is equivalent to the fact that mainlanders have increased the turnover of these businesses in Hong Kong. Doubled, which is equivalent to the consumption of millions of Hong Kong people. Doesn't this help Hong Kong's GDP much?

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

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

South Korea is different. Through currency devaluation, every Chinese tourist who goes to them comes back with large and small bags, which greatly promotes their economic GDP growth and laughs like Hong Kong.

The teenager did not mention another big income in Hong Kong, that is, water passengers bring goods.

Hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong people go back and forth between Hong Kong and South Bay's customs clearance ports during the peak period. They move the container cargo on Hong Kong's cargo terminal into the mainland like ants.

By 2011, the number of Hong Kong people who depended on the business of water passengers alone for food exceeded 200,000. The total value of the goods stolen in a year exceeded hundreds of billions, and the Hong Kong and Mainland governments had to join forces. Give it a blow to calm public opinion.

If it weren't for the hard work of these tourists, the wharf in Hong Kong would definitely be a lot empty.

"But I see these large and small restaurants in Hong Kong ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ are not very good to mainland tourists." Qiao Guoer remembered his previous experience, and suddenly laughed, "It's like a Hong Kong movie. , The shopkeepers are all rough, just like everyone else owes them money."

"They only have the psychological superiority they have accumulated for so many years." Xiao Qi smiled faintly. "It is said that the quality of mainlanders is poor, but the quality of Hong Kong people is not much better... Back then, they went to Kengmeng in the Mainland in the 1980s and 1990s. Isn’t it the Hong Kong people who are abducting? With an attitude of disgust, calling mainland tourists collectively called upstarts is a problem in itself!"

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

Xiao Qi can be regarded as sentimental.

Hong Kong has returned to China, but their psychology is still detached from the mainland. This kind of mentality is really undesirable! (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (m) to vote for recommendation votes and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation. For mobile phone users, please go to m to read.)