My courtyard shelter

After some greetings, the four of them sat down.

Zhang Kai rejected Xiao Bao's courtesy and picked up the teapot to pour a cup of tea for each of the three people.

"Speaking of which, this tea was sent by you, Old Xu, so I am just offering you a gift."

"How does our tea taste?"

Xu Dong asked casually.

"Not bad, quite good. To be honest, since I drank your tea, I always feel that other teas are not right and lack a little fragrance."

"If you like it, I will give you another ten or eight kilograms later. The tea garden at home has a good harvest this year."

Zhang Kai raised his teacup and toasted the other party: "You have a lot of good things at home, so I would be disrespectful to refuse."

"You're welcome."

Xu Dong replied immediately.

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In fact, he knew very well that the other party was deliberately trying to get close to him. At the level of the governor, let alone tea, even if he wanted to eat the food grown in the "Guanghan Palace", he would not have no chance.

Zhang Kai put down his teacup and started to get to the point.

Today's gathering has two main purposes:

On the one hand, it is to exchange favors and reminisce about the past;

On the other hand, he also wants to get a general understanding of the details of South New Province, especially the basic situation of the local business community, through the mouth of the richest man.

This will have a very important reference for his future policy direction.

"Old Xu, I have looked through the state's information these two days, and I found that in recent years, the development speed of South New Province...especially Sydney has slowed down significantly.

It stands to reason that we have the population and resources here, which should not be the case. From your perspective, what do you think is the reason?"

Zhang Kai asked humbly.

Xu Dong lowered his head and pondered for a long time, then slowly said: "There are many reasons. Some people say that this is a resource curse, some say that it is the impact of the stagnation of immigration, and some even say that this is the upper level deliberately suppressing overseas development."

"Oh? The first two are reasonable, but the third is pure nonsense." Zhang Kai shook his head, "The domestic demand for overseas resources is almost endless, and the upper level cannot stop eating because of choking."

"I think so too."

Xu Dong quickly echoed.

"Is there no other reason?"

"Yes, but I'm afraid that saying it out will cause trouble..."

Zhang Kai quickly waved his hand: "It doesn't matter, just say it, I'm just giving it as a reference, and it will be subject to detailed investigation and demonstration later."

"Okay, then I'll say it straight."

Xu Dong took a sip of tea, paused for a moment, and then put forward his own point of view:

"I think the fundamental reason is still the problem of the industrial chain. Sydney and even the entire Kangaroo Country do not have a large-scale industrial chain. This is the biggest bottleneck restricting development."

"Can you tell me in detail?"

Zhang Kai couldn't wait to say.

Xiaobao on the side also pricked up his ears.

Xu Dong nodded and gave a long speech:

"The current world's economic center is in China, this is beyond doubt. In addition, there are two secondary sub-centers, one is the Mediterranean Economic Belt, and the other is America.

Our Kangaroo Country is big and small, especially the location is not very good, it is far away from these three major centers. Once the distance is far, it cannot be integrated into the global industrial chain at all, and it will be more and more difficult in the future.

At present, the only advantage is the resource industry, especially coal and iron ore, but these two industries have reached their limit, at most, they are weak and lack new development momentum."

After listening to his father's analysis, Erbao couldn't help but interrupt and said, "Dad, this is not right, Tesla is in Sydney, I think it is developing quite well?"

"Don't forget that Tesla's market share is less than 5%. The reason why it is developing well now is entirely due to the development dividends of Kangaroo Country in the past few years.

In other words, its market is mainly concentrated in Kangaroo Country, and more than 90% of the other production capacity is in China. Tesla has also reached its limit."

Xu Dong shook his head.

"There's one more thing Dad didn't say." Xiaobao added: "Compared with traditional fuel vehicles, electric vehicles have at least half as many parts as traditional fuel vehicles, which gives Tesla a chance."

"Your analysis is very reasonable."

Zhang Kai looked thoughtful.

"There are many companies like Tesla in Kangaroo Country, but their development potential is very limited. They can only rely on the local market. It's probably difficult to go abroad."

Xu Dong couldn't help but sigh.

Zhang Kai helped the other party to refill a cup of tea: "Old Xu, don't hide it. Since you can find the problem, you can definitely find a solution."

"Based on my many years of experience, there is actually only one way before us, that is to develop high-tech and turn passivity into initiative, so that we can seize the initiative." Xu Dong didn't keep it a secret.

"Alas!" Zhang Kai slapped his thigh hard, "Everyone knows the importance of developing high-tech, but it's easier said than done!"

"No matter how difficult it is, we have to do it. Once the global industrial chain is truly established, we will only be left further and further behind. Besides, the Philippines and America are also not short of mineral resources. By then, we won't even be able to keep our original advantage."

Xu Dong was not exaggerating.

What his wife said before was right. Places like Kangaroo Country will only develop more and more slowly in the future. This place is indeed suitable for retirement.

If it weren't for the current small number of elderly people in society, which only accounted for less than 5% of the total population, "elderly care" would indeed be a good development direction.

Zhang Kai frowned more and more, and took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and handed one to each of them. Soon, the four people on the scene started to smoke.

"Old Xu, the more I think about it, the more I feel that... your family's seaweed industry is a good choice. If it really develops, there will definitely be great potential in the future."

Xu Dong hurriedly shook his head: "It's too late. The research and development center of Xinke Seaweed has long been transferred to the South Philippines. There are only two pure cultivation bases left in the country, and the production capacity is less than one-tenth."

"Can it be transferred back?"

Zhang Kai tried to negotiate.

"It's difficult. The board of directors will never agree."

"The state can provide subsidies and help you exempt from taxes. In short, everything can be negotiated."

"Old Zhang, let me tell you the truth. Gaoke Group has been in the Philippines for many years and will not move back easily. Moreover, the two companies are not subordinate to each other, and the possibility is almost zero."

Xu Dong explained patiently.

There is another reason that cannot be said directly. If the R\u0026D center is moved back, it will also offend the local officials, and this move will seriously damage the interests of the group.

The price is too high, and the wise will not do it.

"Is there really no way?"

Zhang Kai still did not give up.

Xu Dong smiled bitterly and said: "Old Zhang, I advise you not to hold out hope. Let's take a step back and say that relying on only one R\u0026D center is simply a drop in the bucket. You should think of other ways!"

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