Great time travel

Chapter 6, Sadako is here too!

Although Hong Kong became a British colony very early, until liberation, Hong Kong's status in the Eastern world at that time was more focused on a military port than a business center, and it did not occupy an irreplaceable position in China's economic map. The status of Shanghai is far inferior to that of Shanghai.Because the old China, which was in a semi-feudal and semi-colonial state, was almost completely open to the Western market. Foreign personnel, funds, and goods could all enter the Chinese mainland without hindrance, so naturally there was no need to bypass the British-controlled In Hong Kong, it took a lot of trouble.

It was not until the founding of New China and the outbreak of the Cold War that Hong Kong became the only springboard between New China and the Western world as the whole world was torn apart by the Iron Curtain, and became a transit point for economic and trade exchanges between the Chinese mainland and the West. The rapid development of Hong Kong's economy.Taking advantage of the special semi-closed historical background of mainland China during that period and relying on the huge Sino-Western entrepot trade, Hong Kong became the leading transportation hub and trade center in Asia in the second half of the [-]th century.Subsequently, a financial center and an accompanying tourist city were established.

However, with China's reform and opening up, this monopoly position of Hong Kong began to gradually disappear.Initially, Hong Kong still has some first-mover advantages and can act as an intermediary between China and the West, earning the price difference and fees for both sides.However, as all parts of China are making great strides towards "internationalization", the degree of opening up to the outside world has suddenly accelerated.As well as the gradual increase of "China Hands" in Europe, America and the West, the political and cultural barriers are gradually dispelling.More and more Chinese people can directly contact Europe and the United States, and Hong Kong's intermediary role is getting weaker and weaker.The benefits brought by the original closure of the mainland to Hong Kong are rapidly disappearing.On the contrary, the ever-existing political and institutional gap between Hong Kong and the mainland is gradually turning into the biggest negative factor restricting its economic development.

In fact, as early as the beginning of Hong Kong's return to the motherland, many insightful people have already seen the above problems.The first chief executive even put forward a series of plans for Hong Kong's economic transformation ambitiously, such as low-cost housing, Chinese medicine port, cyber port...etc.It's a pity that these plans are too grand and too grand, and generally have some ambitious and unrealistic flaws. In addition, there are too many shit-stirring sticks in Hong Kong. In the end, they were all rejected by a group of unscrupulous real estate developers and white-hearted bananas. People are broken.Therefore, in the most critical years, Hong Kong itself closed all windows of opportunity.No matter how much capital flows in and out of the Hong Kong market, it will still not flow into the production process, improve circulation efficiency, and balance distribution. For an economy that cannot digest excess capital, too much money is not a blessing.Take off the coat of Hong Kong, it is like a shell company.People who want to do things can't do things.The active ones engage in speculative and rentier short-term business, and the rest wait for the savior.Without endogenous incremental space, the paper wealth in the bubble is a big dream after all.

Even so, Hong Kong at least has the advantages of a financial center and a deep-water port. Although it can't be as prosperous as before, it won't deteriorate day by day.But the problem is that, as a Chinese city that closely relies on the international business system for its livelihood, Hong Kong undertakes a considerable part of the re-export logistics and capital flows between the mainland and the outside world—although the overall proportion is constantly declining, this is the basis of Hong Kong’s external competitiveness.The prerequisite for this model to continue to operate is that mainland China’s global trade must continue to grow, and globalization must continue to develop in order to maintain Hong Kong’s prosperity.

However, no one thought at the time that history develops in a spiral, that is to say, within a certain period of time, globalization may also go backwards in great strides.In this way, a violent anti-globalization tide broke out suddenly, causing the international free trade in the world to suddenly turn cold, and Hong Kong's financial and port businesses immediately entered an ice age.However, due to geographical limitations, Hong Kong's geographical conditions as a entrepot trade hub are far inferior to those of Shanghai and Guangzhou, and even compared with many other ports in the Pearl River Delta, there is no obvious advantage - because there are many excellent ports in the Pearl River Delta, Hong Kong is not unique.In particular, Guangzhou is not only a port and a provincial capital, but also located in the center of the Pearl River Delta and occupies the estuary of the Pearl River. This allows Guangzhou to easily radiate the vast plains and even the northern mountainous areas by virtue of the Pearl River waterway. The political and economic center of China is also the maritime trade hub of South China.And Hong Kong was just a desolate small fishing village until it was occupied by the British.In fact, the most suitable use of Hong Kong has always been the military port guarding the export of the Pearl River Delta. It is a bit difficult for Hong Kong to act as an economic and trade center, which belongs to a special situation in a very historical period.If it declines, it will be more in line with Hong Kong's historical original appearance.

Therefore, after being hit by the anti-globalization stick, other places can slowly recover, and Hong Kong, which is inherently deficient, is directly beaten into the pit. At least, the trade share lost during this period is I can't come back again, and the status of the financial center of South China is gone. Due to the problem of the special zone system, the handling of ports with the mainland is not smooth enough, and the transportation of goods is not as convenient as the ports in the mainland.How can Hong Kong's millions of people be supported by the remaining tourism industry?Even if the Hong Kong authorities lose face and don't want to play gambling, they can't play in Macau next door!

As a result, decades into the 21st century, Hong Kong has become a city of the ultra-rich and the poor, on par with Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.Year after year, the economy continues to slump, and the unemployment rate is so high that people with a little ambition go to the mainland. Those who stay here are basically either the old, the weak, the sick, or the bum. The SAR government has to apply for subsidies from the central government to ensure that The subways and buses will not be shut down across the board. Even so, the SAR’s finances are stretched, and they are often so poor that they can barely afford to hire police officers to maintain law and order...

Not to mention the recent Hong Kong economy, which has been hit by the South China Sea nuclear explosion and the Dementor Rebellion one after another. The real estate and finance, which were already in a zombie state, were directly nailed to the coffin. The unemployment rate in Hong Kong is naturally It is also a new high.Under such circumstances, it is good enough that there are no fights and riots on the streets of Hong Kong all day long. Where can there be any prosperity?
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"...Unexpectedly... Hong Kong's economy has become so miserable, no wonder the streetscape in Central looks so outrageous!"

After listening to Wang Qiu's explanation, Ju Chuan Shizuka suddenly realized, "...So, can Hong Kong be prosperous again in the future?"

"... Difficult! Even a god can't save a person who committed suicide. What's more, the long river of time never flows backwards. Opportunities, no matter for a person or a country, are all important things. Once you miss it, you won’t come back.”

Wang Qiu shrugged, "...Hong Kong has become the radiant Pearl of the Orient. It was originally an abnormal state under a special historical environment. Now it is just a return to the historical normality. It is not bad to be able to 'disappear everyone' in the end. Even if the central government If you want to interfere, first of all, the 50-year promise of SAR autonomy and Hong Kong people ruling Hong Kong has not yet expired; second, even if you want to boost Hong Kong's economy, where should you find another unique profit growth point for Hong Kong now? Is it just relying on tourism? Isn’t this a joke?! If things are so difficult, why bother?”

"...Well, it seems that Hong Kong is indeed disappointing now, but let's talk about your next crossing mission first."

Nan Lixiang changed the topic, "...how are the preparations for going to the plot world of "A Thousand Bone of Flowers" going?"

"...It is still under discussion and consideration. After all, this is a world full of demons and immortals. The risk factor is horribly high, and there is even a risk of complete annihilation as soon as you enter it—if you unfortunately end up in some unlucky place. For the sake of To improve the safety rate of missions, the relevant departments have already contacted the author of "A Thousand Bone Flowers", and they will fly over tonight, hoping to provide us with some useful inspiration."

Wang Qiu smiled wryly and spread his hands, "...But I still feel very nervous. After all, in such a world, even dropping a nuclear bomb may not be very effective. There are also Doraemon black games such as "If the Phone Booth" that involve the law of causality. Technology props, what kind of results will come out in the end, only God knows... I can only hope that the two people trapped over there are women, and they can use the 'pregnancy escape method' to cheat the main god system, otherwise if they must Score points, and if you collect all [-] bonus points, how many people will die on our side!"

"...Eh? Are you still not sure about the gender of the two people in the plot world of "A Thousand Bone Flowers"?" Ju Chuan Shizuka asked with a frown.

"...From the "Book of Time Traveling", it can only be confirmed that among the two newcomers who are trapped in the infinite space reincarnation in the plot world of "A Thousand Bone of Flowers", one is Yang Qing and the other is Xu Cai. Judging from the names, I really can't tell whether these two guys are male or female..."

Wang Qiu explained in this way, and at the same time opened his "Book of Time Traveling", and pointed out the part about "A Thousand Bone of Flowers" to Ju Chuan Shizuka.

"...They are all unisex and unisex names...I hope they are all female, otherwise people really don't know what to do..."

Ju Chuan Shizuka bit her finger and muttered, then showed a confused expression, "...Eh? But why did the writing on it suddenly disappear?"

When Wang Qiu heard the words, he quickly looked closely, and suddenly turned pale with shock——eh? The plot world of "A Thousand Bone Flowers" just disappeared?
This also means... those two guys who were trapped in the plot world of "A Thousand Bone of Flowers", who didn't know whether they were male or female, just belched to death?

Then, this probably means... Before he could sort out his brain circuit, he was interrupted by a horrific scream.

"...Ahhh-ghosts! There are ghosts! There are ghosts!!!

The three of them turned their heads and found that in the communication room of the base tens of meters away, the middle-aged uncle with a protruding beer belly had been frightened and fell to the floor, while a female ghost in white with long hair covering her face and a faint green look , is slowly crawling out from the monitoring screen in the communication room of the base...

"...Damn! Even Sadako ran out! Isn't this world really crazy?!"