The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 954: Night Tour of Hong Kong
Hong Kong in 1997 seemed particularly prosperous.

As the most prosperous city in Asia, Hong Kong has a highly developed entertainment industry, with KTVs, bars, nightclubs and dance halls everywhere.

Even at night, Victoria Harbour is even more beautiful.

When traveling to Hong Kong, you always have to take a night cruise on Victoria Harbour.

A luxury yacht is currently cruising Victoria Harbour.

Liu Tao and his family enjoyed a seafood feast while admiring the night view of Victoria Harbour.

Victoria Harbour is located between Hong Kong Island (Central and Wan Chai) and Kowloon Peninsula (Tsim Sha Tsui). Both sides of the Harbour are prosperous areas, and there are countless attractions on both sides of Victoria.

On one side of Hong Kong Island, there are modern skyscrapers and the landmark Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre new wing, as well as the nostalgic Star Ferry. In Kowloon, there is the Hong Kong Art Museum and the Hong Kong Space Museum.

A Hong Kong developer once proposed to reclaim land throughout Hong Kong, so that Hong Kong Island could be connected with Kyu Li Island, Tseung Kwan O, etc. Hong Kong could gain 42 square kilometers of land, or 6.3 acres of land. According to the land prices in Hong Kong, the land auction alone could fetch more than 1.5 trillion Hong Kong dollars, which would not only cover the cost of land reclamation, but also allow the Hong Kong government to make a fortune.

After all, the biggest cost of land reclamation is earthwork, and the entire Victoria Harbour requires at most 10 billion cubic meters of earth and stone. The cost of the entire project will not exceed HK$1500 billion, and the Hong Kong government can earn about HK$1.4 trillion.

With these 42 square kilometers of land, the two sides of the strait will be connected, which can at least allow Hong Kong's population ceiling to reach 2000 million.

However, as soon as this proposal was put forward, it caused an uproar and countless Hong Kong citizens opposed it.

Liu Tao's family chatted and laughed, felt the sea breeze, ate a seafood feast, and drank juice.

Although Liu Tao personally serves as the chief designer of the Type 002 aircraft carrier, it does not mean that he will stay in the Yangcheng Shipyard all the time. He only needs to focus on the Type 002 aircraft carrier and stay in the Yangcheng Shipyard for three days a month to solve problems that others cannot solve.

Although Liu Tao is used to being a hands-off boss in such a huge Panshan Group, it is impossible for him to really not care about anything.

During this 8-day vacation, Liu Tao brought his wife and children to Hong Kong for a trip, and even borrowed a luxury yacht from Liu Ziyu.

Liu Tao naturally does not have a luxury yacht, nor is he suitable to own one, but he wants to borrow one, and there are many people lining up to lend it to him.

For example, Stanley Ho wanted to lend his luxury yacht to Liu Tao, but Liu Tao declined.

He borrowed Liu Ziyu's luxury yacht.

As the richest man in China and the richest woman in the world, even if Liu Ziyu does not go out of her way to enjoy a luxurious life, she still has luxury yachts, private jets, luxury villas, etc. without realizing it.

For example, a private jet is useful for business trips, meetings or vacations.

For example, a luxury yacht is conducive to enjoyment and has a quiet private space.

The reason why Liu Tao took his wife and children to travel to Hong Kong, a rare trip, was because his eldest son Liu Jingming was about to go to the University of California to study abroad.

The University of California is a world-class institution and a public research university in the United States. The reason for choosing UCLA is naturally because UCLA is also a strong team in the NCAA.

As expected, Liu Jingming continued to grow taller and is now 200cm tall. At this height, even though Liu Jingming is still very hardworking and exercises scientifically, his performance is declining instead of improving.

This also made Liu Jingming determined to switch to basketball and try to become a professional basketball player.

As Liu Jingming is about to go to the United States to study, Liu Tao naturally has to take time out to spend time with his child.

As for Liu Jingming's study abroad at UCLA, Liu Tao had already arranged it. Not to mention the recommendation letter, Liu Jingming's excellent grades and the fact that he was a three-gold medalist at the Olympics were enough for him to get a full scholarship. "Jingming, when you go to the United States, you must protect yourself well and get along well with your classmates. I heard that the United States is a bit chaotic, so you must pay attention to your personal safety." Zhu Lin couldn't help but feel a little worried when he talked about this.

Liu Tao said with a smile: "Los Angeles is one of the most developed cities in the United States. There is no danger for him to live in school. Don't worry too much!"

Besides, Liu Tao had already made arrangements for Liu Jingming’s personal safety.

How could he not care about his son's personal safety?

After swimming for more than two hours, the luxury yacht docked at the yacht marina.

This yacht marina is specially designed for docking yachts. Luxury yachts can be seen everywhere, all of which are private yachts.

The capitalist system is practiced in Hong Kong, and there are many rich people here.

Hong Kong has local wealthy people, wealthy people from the mainland, Taiwan and Macau, and wealthy businessmen from Southeast Asia.

In wealthy areas like Hong Kong, housing prices are staggeringly high, and any villa is worth hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars.

Some of the luxurious villas are worth billions of Hong Kong dollars.

For example, No. 79 Deep Water Bay Road is the residence of Li Ka-shing, and it is said to be worth more than HK$30 billion.

Afterwards, they went to Deep Water Bay, which is a villa that also belongs to Liu Ziyu. It was originally owned by Jardine Matheson and was purchased by Liu Ziyu in 1993. It is an old luxury villa in Hong Kong, covering an area of ​​more than 2000 square meters. The environment is very quiet and comfortable, with dense forest vegetation, good concealment, and a private swimming pool.

Whenever Liu Ziyu came to Hong Kong, he would stay in this villa. When Liu Zhenbang, Chen Fang and others came to Hong Kong for tourism, they also often stayed in this villa.

"Aunt~~" As Liu Jingming and his friends entered the living room, they saw Liu Ziyu lying on the sofa, watching TV and eating fruit. They all surrounded her, especially the two little children, who climbed directly onto Liu Ziyu.

Liu Ziyu teased the two children like a child king.

Liu Tao and Zhu Lin changed their shoes and washed their hands.

Liu Tao asked: "How is it going? What's new about the World Internet Conference?"

The World Internet Conference is being held in Hong Kong this year.

As one of the world's Internet centers, Hong Kong is positioned to face the entire Southeast Asia and is one of the intersections between China and the world's Internet.

There are two centers where the Chinese and American Internet intersect, one is in Beijing and the other is in Hong Kong.

One of the root servers of the US Internet is located in Beijing, while one of the root servers of the Chinese Internet is located in Los Angeles.

Up to now, the world's Internet has formed two sets of Internet, one is the Chinese Internet and the other is the American Internet. The Chinese Internet covers a wider area and has a larger population.

The two Internets are parallel and intersecting, cooperating and competing.

Europe has also gradually realized the importance of the Internet and wants to build a root server and a European Internet. However, it has lost the initiative and does not have enough power, so it is almost impossible to realize a European Internet.

The Internet in Europe is now a battlefield between the Chinese Internet and the American Internet, with both sides competing for the European Internet market.

(End of this chapter)