Chapter 384 Astonishing Speed
Fang Xinwu lay in the soft sleeper, thinking about this mission.
This time he came to conduct an on-site investigation into the speed of plastic replacement within Sapiens, the impact of the Tokyo fungus on Sapiens, and to evaluate its recovery speed.
Li Haoyun, who didn't want to talk to his son, leaned on the partition of the soft sleeper and talked to the fat man on the upper bunk opposite.
"Mr. Zhang, how is the jewelry business in Minnan Province?"
The fat man gasped, "Huff... Not so good. Gold and precious metals are very popular... Huff, the sales of jade and gemstones have dropped significantly."
"Jade is better, right? The jade market in Lingnan is pretty good in the first quarter of this year."
The fat man was very helpless: "You still have sentiment and the economy is better over there, but here many people are leaving from one village to another. They don't buy jewelry at all, but gold and precious metals."
"So serious?"
"It's not an exaggeration at all. You know that our Minnan region has a strong clan atmosphere. The first batch of villagers who came to work at Zhiren Company explored the route, and many of their good friends from the same village and clan called on their friends to go to Southeast Asia together."
"The situation in Lingnan is not that serious, right?" Li Haoyun hesitated.
Fang Xinwu, who was resting with his eyes closed, smiled bitterly to himself: "You live in Yangcheng, and your family has several buildings to collect rent, so of course you can't feel the population loss."
In fact, Fang Xinwu, who has internal channels, knows a lot of unknown data.
The rate of population loss in the east, west and north of Guangdong is very alarming, especially the local rural areas and urban villages, which have basically become empty.
In the past, many of these people would go to the Pearl River Delta and Hong Kong to work, but now they go directly to work for Homo sapiens companies.
The reason why the Pearl River Delta region still looks prosperous is mainly because the population from other inland areas is making up for the losses.
In addition, due to the recent upgrading of plastic materials, the factory operation rate has been fully increased, so there is no obvious decrease in population.
However, areas that have already been experiencing population outflow are clearly feeling the side effects of population loss.
People who used to go to the Pearl River Delta to work will come back to consume and build houses, and they will also go back to their hometowns during the holidays.
However, people who go to work for Zhiren Company rarely go back to their hometown to celebrate the holidays, because many people go there with their entire family, and then they are dispersed to branches and subsidiaries all over the country.
In this way, the family will most likely celebrate the holidays together in the local area instead of taking a special flight back home.
This situation has caused a serious consequence, that is, those who go out to work often sell off their properties, land, industries, furniture, etc. in advance.
The result is that housing prices in some backward areas have collapsed, and even if restrictions on selling are continuously imposed, the rate of decline cannot be slowed down.
After all, many villages are empty, with only a few local sages and wealthy families still maintaining their dignity.
These people are unwilling to give up the industries and networks they have painstakingly built up over decades, nor are they willing to "go along with the crowd" of peasants. They are also afraid that after losing their networks, they will become ordinary people again.
But those who were barefoot had no intention of staying.
The same thing happened in Fang Xinwu's hometown. His cousin Fang Xinxin brought her parents and brothers and sisters to Hongsawadi one after another.
As more and more people went to work for the Sapiens Company, a lot of information could no longer be locked. Even in remote rural areas, people knew that they could directly apply for jobs at the Sapiens Company.
However, many people still have doubts in their hearts, or they have a lot of businesses in their hometowns and are reluctant to part with these bottles and cans, so they are still waiting and watching.
Listening to the conversation between Li Haoyun and the fat man, Fang Xinwu knew very well in his heart that the only way to fight against the population siphoning of the Intelligent Company was to significantly increase various benefits, otherwise it would be difficult to suppress population loss.
But on second thought, he sighed inwardly. Anyone with a discerning eye could see this kind of thing. There was no reason why people in the government couldn't see it.
However, it is extremely difficult to significantly increase welfare.
Perhaps the current population loss is not a bad thing. At least the population pressure has been reduced and there is more cake to be divided.
Before they knew it, they had arrived at Dongzhi City.
The group did not go directly to the mining area because there was no need. The minerals in Hongsavadi were all developed by the Zhiren Company, and the purchase price was about the same no matter where they were purchased.
Exit the subway station.
The young man looked at the small city with a look of disapproval on his face: "Is this the pearl of Shan State - Taunggyi? It doesn't look that great!"
Li Haoyun rebuked directly: "Don't talk so much nonsense, I brought you here to learn how to do business, not to let you come here to find fault."
Taunggyi City is indeed not big, as the permanent population here is 1.06 million, and even with the floating population, it will not exceed 1.5 million.
The reason why it is not big is not because there is insufficient development potential here, but because when the Homo sapiens company develops real estate, it will strictly control the scale of urban construction to avoid the emergence of large cities with excessive populations.
According to the internal planning of the Sapiens Company, those urban branches can be divided into Class I, Class II, and Class III according to population size.
The third category is the urban branch with a population of 100,000 to 500,000, the second category is the urban branch with a population of 510,000 to 2 million, and the first category is the urban branch with a population of 2.01 million to 5 million.
Currently, the first-class city branches only include Yangon, Manila, Thonburi, Mandalay, Chiang Mai, Bandung, Sing Tao and Kuala Lumpur.
Moreover, the population of these first-class cities is decreasing, basically maintaining at around 3 million.
Megacities are of no use to giant corporations; instead, they create unnecessary weaknesses and troubles for themselves.
After all, concentrating the population in a few megacities makes it easy for them to be wiped out in one fell swoop.
Moreover, the various supporting facilities in super cities will appear very bloated and unable to improve the quality of life of residents.
Small and medium-sized cities are the key investment directions of Zhiren Company.
Of course, if the urban area is taken into account, the population of Taunggyi Branch can reach more than 8 million.
The current development trend within the Sapiens company is to invest in the construction of urban agglomerations, using high-speed subways and ground railways, highways, airports, and canals to expand the radius of the urban agglomerations to about 150 kilometers.
In addition to the main city of Taunggyi, the urban circle of Taunggyi Branch also includes 4 affiliated second-class cities and 7 third-class cities. This is the true face of Taunggyi.
Therefore, even though the total number of Homo sapiens employees is about to exceed 1 billion, many regions appear to be sparsely populated, but cities are not crowded.
Fang Xinwu and others walked out of the subway station and went directly to the bus stop on one side.
As soon as he saw that he had to take the bus, the young man immediately became unhappy: "Mr. Fang, let's call a taxi! I'm not used to taking the bus."
"Shut up, kid!" Li Haoyun was a little angry.
Fang Xinwu shook his head. This child is ruined.
After a while, the bus stopped.
The young man was forced onto the bus by his father Li Haoyun.
Unlike the buses you imagine, the buses here are more like minibuses, with more reasonable and spacious seats.
Fang Xinwu patted the seats and found that the previous plastic chairs had been replaced.
'Is this iron bamboo?'
He scanned the carriage and found that many plastic parts had been replaced with other materials, among which iron bamboo accounted for a relatively high proportion.
He picked up the cushion on one side and the slightly rough feel told him that it was made of fine linen, and the filling was probably replaced with cotton.
The air conditioning in the car was turned on very high. Fang Xinwu put down the cushion and sat down directly.
The fat guy at the side panted and said, "Huff... The seats here are relatively spacious, which is very good for a fat guy like me. I don't have to squeeze."
"Mr. Zhang, you should lose weight." Fang Xinwu joked.
The fat man laughed helplessly: "Haha... I can't control my mouth!"
