Siheyuan: I am different He Yuzhu

When the car drove into the Executive Yuan and parked in the parking lot, Li Ze and He Yuzhu hurried to the office of the Minister of the Executive Yuan. After meeting Minister Z, Minister Z handed Li Ze a report on the current situation in Hong Kong, "Deputy Minister Li, take a look at this report first."

Li Ze took the report from Minister Z and quickly read it. After reading it, he looked up at Minister Z and said, "Minister, I feel that the social unrest in Hong Kong this time is not caused by water shortage. It seems that someone is behind the scenes fanning the flames and causing this situation."

"Well, Deputy Minister Li, you are right. How the incident happened is not the key. The key is that the people of Hong Kong are our compatriots. What we hope to see is how to let the compatriots of Hong Kong return to a peaceful life as soon as possible. I remember that when you came to me to report on the water supply from Lingnan Province to Hong Kong, you said that a young comrade gave you the suggestion, right? This must be that young comrade!"

"Yes, Minister, his name is He Yuzhu. He attended the Spring Export Commodities Trading Conference in Lingnan Province last month. He told me this after he came back."

"He Yuzhu, I remember it. It seems that we met in May 1956. He Yuzhu, hello!" Minister Z greeted He Yuzhu with a smile.

"Hello, Minister." He Yuzhu quickly stood up and said.

"Don't stand up when you say hello, sit down quickly! Comrade Yuzhu, can you tell us why you have this idea?" Minister Z said kindly.

"Report to the Minister, it was after I arrived in Baiyun City that I learned that some areas of Lingnan Province suffered from drought last year. I asked my father-in-law Lou Bingcheng about the water supply problem in Hong Kong. When I heard him say that the water supply problem in Hong Kong was a bit tense, I wondered if I could earn some foreign exchange for the country by supplying water to Hong Kong. After all, I once saw on the map that there are several rivers near Hong Kong in Lingnan Province. As long as we supply water to Hong Kong, we can bring at least several million Hong Kong dollars in foreign exchange to the country a year!" He Yuzhu then reported the content of his conversation with his father-in-law Lou Bingcheng in Hong Kong to Minister Z.

After listening to He Yuzhu's words, Minister Z looked at Li Ze. It seemed that the sudden water supply problem in Hong Kong was caused by He Yuzhu's father-in-law Lou Bingcheng. "Deputy Minister Li, please hand the document in your hand to Comrade Yuzhu and let Comrade Yuzhu take a look."

He Yuzhu took the document from Li Ze and quickly read through it. When He Yuzhu put the document down and looked up, Minister Z asked, "Comrade Yuzhu, what do you think after reading this document?"

He Yuzhu thought quickly in his mind and said, "I feel that the social unrest in Hong Kong this time due to water supply is caused by someone behind the scenes. Although it seems that someone is pushing it, it is actually caused by the long-term shortage of water supply in Hong Kong. As long as we can seize this opportunity, we can realize the matter of Lingnan Province supplying water to Hong Kong. At that time, our compatriots in Hong Kong can drink clean and hygienic water and completely get rid of the shortage of water supply."

"So what do you think is the right thing to do?"

"I feel like we don't need to do anything right now. We just need to wait for the Hong Kong John Bull government to contact us. I believe that before long, the Hong Kong John Bull government will be unable to withstand the pressure and contact us. At that time, we can take the opportunity to make some requests. As long as the Hong Kong John Bull government agrees, then this matter will basically be a success."

"Why should we take this opportunity to make demands? 95% of Hong Kong's residents are our compatriots. Now that they are in trouble, we should help them!" Li Ze asked with a puzzled look on his face.

"If we don't make any demands, the people in charge of the Hong Kong John Bull government will definitely think: Are we trying to win people's hearts and minds? Then they will be resistant to this matter. But if we take the opportunity to make demands, they will feel that we are purely motivated by interests, and their resistance will not be so great. Only in this way can we meet the Western way of thinking of kicking someone when he is down."

Minister Z stopped Li Ze who was about to ask more questions and said, "Yuzhu, what suggestions do you think are more appropriate?"

"First of all, the construction funds needed for the Lingnan Province to supply water to Xiangjiang must be provided by Xiangjiang. When I say provided, I don't mean provided by the John Bull government. If the Xiangjiang John Bull government pays the money, it means asking the banks in Xiangjiang to provide us with the loans needed for the project construction. This will reduce the financial pressure on our project construction and we can take the opportunity to obtain some foreign exchange."

"Since it's a loan, you have to pay back not only the principal but also the interest. We are already short of foreign exchange now, so how are we going to pay it back when the time comes?" Li Ze asked after hearing what He Yuzhu said.

"So we need to make a second request. We require Hong Kong to purchase no less than 1 million cubic meters of water from Lingnan Province every year, with the price set at HK$0.2 per ton. At the beginning of each year, the Hong Kong John Bull government must pay us a water guarantee of HK$2000 million. If Hong Kong's annual water consumption is less than 2000 million cubic meters, we will still collect HK$1 million. The part exceeding 0.2 million cubic meters will be supplemented by the Hong Kong John Bull government at HK$. In this way, we can use the money paid by the Hong Kong John Bull government to pay for the loan for our project construction."

"At the same time, we should also pay attention to choosing suitable banks as partners. I suggest choosing banks opened by compatriots rather than those with Western backgrounds. This is to avoid unnecessary risks and troubles, and to express our support and trust in our compatriots. I believe that through such cooperation, we can better promote the economic development and exchanges between the two places." He Yuzhu finished speaking all his thoughts in one breath.