Chapter 402 Unable to Stop the Bleeding
Hong Kong.
A special group that made a lot of money in the previous precious metals trade has recently become active .
The reason is that gold prices are surging again.
Aoba Bank raised the anchor price for gold exchange between gold yuan from 500 gold yuan per gram to 600 gold yuan per gram.
A subsidy mechanism has also been activated, and all people holding gold yuan can automatically receive a subsidy of 1 gold yuan for every 5 gold yuan they have.
This made Persia, which held a large amount of gold and silver, ecstatic.
More than 70 billion yuan in foreign exchange appeared out of thin air with more than 14 billion yuan.
Even though the Jinyuan is anchored to gold, in fact few people will exchange it for gold now. The reason is that Homo sapiens' products are very cost-effective, and many of them are indispensable.
However, the forces that borrowed money from the wise men did not react much.
After all, the borrowed gold yuan is not within the scope of increase, and the depreciation of gold yuan against gold also means that they can use the same gold to repay more gold yuan foreign debt.
Especially for Tianzhu.
Bodhidharma has already had ideas about the gold in the country.
But this has little to do with Hong Kong's underground black market.
At this time, those who hold gold or gold have seen their assets increase by 20% out of thin air, making gold and silver even more popular.
Many people may think that if the gold yuan depreciates against gold, the value of the gold yuan will decrease.
In fact, the value of the gold dollar remains strong.
The reason is that the current circulation of trade dollars in the international market is only about 1.27 trillion, which is still relatively small.
However, the total productivity of Homo sapiens as a whole can reach 34.5 trillion yuan, which means that the proportion of productivity of Homo sapiens companies invested in the international market is less than one twentieth.
Internationally, the concern is not about the flooding of money, but about the difficulty in obtaining enough money.
As an economy with a huge industrial chain, a large number of advanced technologies, and almost explosive productivity, most of the production capacity of the Zhiren Company is mainly consumed internally, and the proportion of foreign trade is too small.
Now, if people who hold gold and silver go to Homo sapiens to do some shopping, it will not cause too much fluctuation in prices.
Hong Kong is a big window open to Homo sapiens companies.
Naturally, it has become a hot commodity in the eyes of many people.
In less than a few days, the scale of gold smuggling surged again, especially the gold flowing in from the north, which once again reached a high level.
Inside an apartment building.
Three young men were carrying a large bag of gold-plated items and looking around vigilantly. Although this kind of thing was not illegal in Hong Kong, it was unlikely that someone would come specifically to rob them.
But they are still very cautious.
Back in my apartment, although it was small, I still set aside a room as a dedicated studio.
Under bright lights.
One of them carefully placed the gold-plated parts into the molten gold water.
"Ajie, when will the next batch of goods arrive?"
"My cousin is receiving the goods in Chaozhou, but it is difficult to receive them. The underground gold price there has soared to 9,100 Huayuan per gram." Ajie spread his hands helplessly.
Another young man wearing glasses was a little indignant: "Alas! How can a small family like us compare to those big guys? I heard that they directly ship gold-plated parts here in containers, and there are special factories in the New Territories for refining."
But Ajie is very self-aware: "Haha, don't think too much, we can just do a small fight, otherwise the consequences will be serious."
After soaking all the gold-plated parts in molten gold water.
The three of them sat on the narrow balcony.
I took out a dozen beers, boiled peanuts and beef jerky from the refrigerator.
“Done!”
"cheers!"
The three of them took a swig of beer.
Ajie looked at the evening of the city with dazed eyes.
There were fiery clouds in the sky, crowded streets, and the hot evening breeze.
"There are fewer people here!" The young man with glasses lit a cigarette: "Huh... Is there really still hope here?"
"At least the housing prices have dropped a lot." Ajie Tao said.
House prices in Hong Kong have indeed fallen.
Because in the first seven months of this year, 1.03 million Hong Kong locals were siphoned off by Homo sapiens companies, and nearly a quarter of Hong Kong locals left here.
Even though a large number of wealthy Chinese from Southeast Asia came here to buy property, it only temporarily stimulated Hong Kong's housing prices.
Population is the foundation of a region.
Many young people who are under great pressure in life and cannot find suitable jobs choose Zhiren Company as a shortcut.
There are even many people who secretly run away and directly give up the houses they bought with loans. There are quite a few such people.
Anyway, after going to Zhiren Company, the real estate companies and banks in Hong Kong have no way to ask Zhiren Company to hand over these people.
Many people found that after abandoning their houses and going to Homo sapiens, the world was vast and open, and then this phenomenon began to spread.
This forced Hong Kong to take action and restrict those who have not repaid their loans from leaving the country.
However, there are still more than 70,000 houses abandoned, which has caused very bad effects and directly hit Hong Kong's real estate hard.
You have to know that nearly one-fifth of the population disappeared in a short period of time. Many people actually had a small house. The selling behavior of these people, coupled with the default on loans and abandonment of houses, which city can withstand such an impact?
Therefore, housing prices in Hong Kong have now fallen by nearly 52%, and there are signs of further decline.
After all, Hong Kong faces Southeast Asia, and many families have relatives working for Zhiren Company, so they are well-informed about all kinds of information.
People are most afraid of comparison.
Many lower-class civilians look at their own pigeon coops and have to work hard from dawn to dusk every day. Compared with the benefits of the Zhiren Company, many people suddenly feel psychologically unbalanced.
Even if house prices fell by 52%, they still felt they could not afford to buy a house.
Then why not run away?
Those who couldn't stand it any longer simply packed up and ran away.
The weaknesses of a city like Hong Kong are too obvious: it has a dense population, weak industries, and almost zero mineral resources. It simply cannot accommodate a population of more than six million.
Now the siphoning of the Zhiren Company is just to make Hong Kong return to its original ecological niche.
According to the predictions of many institutions, Hong Kong's population may drop to around 1 million, and housing prices will probably fall to 10% to 20% of the previous level.
Hong Kong is not short of rich people now, but short of low-level labor.
Young people like Ajie are unwilling to do the hard work of waiters.
Especially in the catering industry, even if the minimum hourly wage is raised to HK$85, no one is willing to do it.
Many restaurants can only rely on family members to survive.
Even many native Hong Kong people are wavering at this time.
Ajie took a sip of beer and said, "People like us can only work for those bosses for our whole lives. What can we get in the end? Occupational diseases? A pigeon cage? Or living in a nursing home? And then living without dignity?"
"Huh...have you made a decision?" another young man blew out a smoke ring.
Ajie nodded and said, "After I finish this deal, I will pay off the mortgage in advance, then remove the restrictions on leaving the country and take my family to find a job at Zhiren Company."
"Congratulations!"
"What about you?" Ajie asked with a smile.
The young man shook his head helplessly: "I have already paid off the mortgage on my house, but the old man is stubborn. I guess I have to wait until he is 100 years old."
"Then you'll have to wait." Ajie teased.
"Let's take it one step at a time! With the help of Homo sapiens, we can speak louder."
Ajie drank the beer in the can and looked at the land under his feet without any nostalgic feeling in his heart.
The last rays of sunset slowly disappeared over the horizon.
