The overwhelming public opinion offensive, regardless of left or right, seemed to be tacitly attacking the British Hong Kong government's policy this time. The anger that had been reserved before was completely ignited.
A small group of people have already gathered in Central to hold a demonstration. The marchers were all elderly people with some financial resources.
Zhao Yi and Lin Hexia were hiding in the house playing games and didn't pay much attention to what was going on outside. They only learned about the reports about the demonstrations in Central when they were watching the ATV news channel during lunch.
Watching the demonstrators holding big-character posters and shouting slogans "The robbery by the British Hong Kong government must not be tolerated" with an angry expression, they gathered towards the Governor's Mansion. Their final destination was the Governor's Mansion.
Judging from the picture, the scene was very orderly, and there was no fierce confrontation. The police did not come forward to interfere, but only maintained order on the scene. There was no phenomenon of smashing, smashing, and looting that often occurred in previous lives.
This is the first time Zhao Yi has seen such a civilized demonstration, but Zhao Yi feels that this wave of demonstrations is just a tentative demonstration.
If the attitude of the British Hong Kong government still cannot be changed, then subsequent demonstrations will not be so orderly, and the practice of beating, smashing, and burning will inevitably occur.
Especially after young people join in the later period, their hormones are overflowing, they are often impulsive, and they advocate violence to solve problems. Otherwise, there would not be so many gangs in Hong Kong.
TV not only broadcast the demonstrations of these citizens, but also many celebrities appeared on TV programs to openly criticize this policy of the British Hong Kong government.
"This policy of the British Hong Kong government violates both the democratic system and the capitalist belief in the sanctity of private property. It is nothing short of open robbery."
Zhao suddenly laughed when he saw what this person said. These people are really naive. They have probably forgotten how developed Western countries started. Their way of getting rich was not through hard work, but through robbery. Come.
Had their national power not been unable to support the global colonial system after World War II, they would not have given up the benefits they had obtained.
It was just forced by the situation, so they later changed the original method of open plunder, and instead adopted the method of global free trade to plunder the fruits of underdeveloped areas reasonably, legally and without bloodshed.
It would be better if it were free commodity trade. After all, both parties can gain some benefits. Although the weaker party gains less benefits, it is still a matter of mutual consent.
But promoting financial globalization is a bit naked, especially when the United States relies on its currency advantage and takes advantage of financial crises to plunder the world economy countless times.
Of course, financial globalization is not all unbearable. The purpose on the surface is of course good, which can solve global capital flows, rationally allocate assets to increase value, etc.
However, the dirty things inside cannot be ignored. The more a country relies heavily on external funds, the easier it is to be robbed through financial means.
Countries that often need external financial support often have underdeveloped domestic economies, so in the end it is the underdeveloped countries that become such lambs.
Therefore, the so-called modesty and courtesy of Western countries now means that they have an absolutely dominant position in almost all fields and can use technology and finance to carry out less naked plunder.
When they have no advantage in these aspects, they will pick up the shameless methods inherited from their ancestors and openly plunder. This is engraved in their bones.
So when Zhao heard such an innocent statement from this businessman, he couldn't help but laugh. Taking his own company as an example, if China had not become an important bargaining chip in the game between the United States and the Soviet Union, relying on the advanced technology of his companies, let Western countries are losing ground in these areas, and they may have already used state power to intervene.
With the current domestic strength, it is impossible to resist the pressure of the Western camp alone, so Zhao Yi needs to develop the domestic economy to a certain level before the end of the Cold War.
It can not only form an internal circulation, but also become an integral part of world trade. At the same time, it also needs to have sufficient deterrent military capabilities.
A virtuous internal cycle can effectively reduce external economic dependence, and by integrating with world trade, you can gain more friends. After all, interests are the best glue between countries, and you must also have weapons with deterrent power. , so that the robbers cannot act rashly.
It is now 1984. According to the original historical trajectory, there are only a few years until the disintegration of the Soviet Union. Time is very tight, but Zhao Yi does not want to save the Soviet Union.
Because although the Soviet Union is a socialist country like us, it is fundamentally different and is not a fellow traveler.
Historically, the honeymoon period between our country and the Soviet Union only lasted a few years. The rest of the time was a period of confrontation. The fall of the Soviet Union did no harm to China except for the lack of pawns to resist Europe and the United States.
As for going to the Soviet Union to pick up leaks, Zhao Yi expressed that he was not interested. Their skills were not lacking in Zhao Yi, and they were even much better than them.
Now it depends on how far Zhao Yi can bring the domestic economy. If the planned goal is not achieved by then, it is possible that the Soviet Union will be given a life extension and let it live for a few more years. This needs to be taken care of at that time.
Closer to home, such demonstrations are of little value to the British Hong Kong government and have no effect at all. Therefore, newspapers still criticize the British Hong Kong government in endless articles, but the demonstrations are getting smaller and smaller.
In fact, it is difficult to sustain such spontaneous demonstrations. First, there are few stakeholders. There are very few private owners of undeveloped land in Hong Kong, and most of them are real estate developers.
And the real estate developers themselves will definitely not take to the streets to protest. Do you want to do this? After all, the British Hong Kong government still needs to rule for more than ten years.
There are also those farmers who own land. To be honest, they are not necessarily unwilling to sell their land. After all, they can make a lot of money from farming, and their lives are generally not rich.
If the price of the land purchased by the British Hong Kong government is right, they would not mind selling the land to make a fortune, then move into the city and do some business, and the provisions also include requirements for resettlement housing, which makes them even more okay with it.
The second is that continuous demonstrations require a lot of labor time. These time that should be paid are used to carry out these unpaid protests. Anyone with a normal mind will calculate the gains and losses.
After the tentative demonstrations, they felt that they could not change the attitude of the British Hong Kong government, and they were unwilling to continue investing time in it.
However, this situation is not what the real estate developers want to see. After all, they have the biggest losses, so they secretly contact some societies.
They were asked to organize the manpower for the demonstrations, while the real estate developers were responsible for providing the money. The two parties hit it off, and the demonstrations that had almost stalled were organized again with great vigor.
This time is different from before. Before, there were only some stakeholders. The demonstrations were all about expressing their reasonable interests and demands, so they were not so chaotic. In addition, they were all elderly people and lacked violent and impulsive emotions. .
The significance of this demonstration, which is linked to gangs and real estate developers, is different, and the composition of the people is also different.
This time, most of them were young people, and these young people themselves did not have much interest in it. They did not care about the purpose of the demonstration, they just came to get a salary.
Of course, there are also some young people who foolishly follow the demonstrations without getting paid. After all, people are group animals and are easily affected by the surrounding atmosphere. Young people in particular are willing to sacrifice their lives with just a few seemingly righteous words. Invest yourself in it with all your heart.
Therefore, the demonstrations this time were much more powerful than the last time. The number of demonstrators has reached 100,000, almost occupying the entire road in Central. From the TV, it is simply dense and massive.
Perhaps they are unwilling to break up with the British Hong Kong government for the time being. Although this demonstration was huge, there was no trouble yet. They just wanted to use more people in the demonstration to force the British Hong Kong government to change its attitude.
But they miscalculated. The British Hong Kong government did not issue any statement, not even a single official came out to express its position. It only deployed more police forces at government offices, and the Flying Tigers were dispatched to the Governor's Residence to perform security tasks. .
It seems that the turmoil outside has nothing to do with the British Hong Kong government. Now that the time is getting closer and closer to the deadline stipulated in the policy, real estate developers no longer have much time to carry out peaceful protests.
The real estate developers seem to be becoming more and more anxious, and have expressed to the cooperative societies that they will hold more radical demonstrations. Of course, the money will also be increased. After all, some people may be injured, some may be arrested, and more If it gets more intense, casualties are not impossible.
Just when the British Hong Kong government thought it had survived, larger and more intense demonstrations and protests had been organized secretly. This time it was not the real estate developers who had negotiated, but the groups below. of.
After all, if you want to achieve the results that the boss wants, you will definitely not be able to rely on yourself alone, so we adopted a cooperative approach.
This method of cooperation can be said to hit it off immediately. They were each thinking about how to fulfill the boss's request and made this protest march not only louder than before, but also more intense.
Through this kind of cooperation, they are more confident in fulfilling the requirements of the big bosses.
On the second day after the preparations were completed, Hong Kong citizens had just finished breakfast when a commotion began outside. Crowds of people shouting slogans gathered in twos and threes from all over the place.
Then they gathered in Central, Hong Kong. By noon, a demonstration team of 200,000 people had gathered in Central.
Instead of just staying outside the government building like before, they started to rush into the isolation zone organized by the police and fight hand-to-hand with the police. This stirred up a hornet's nest. The police no longer simply blocked them like before. , began to use some other means to disperse the crowd.
There were a lot of high-pressure water cannons, tear gas, etc. Some police officers stood behind and fired warning shots, hoping that the demonstrators would not mess around.
But this further aroused the indignation of the marchers. They were all young people, already full of blood, and being manipulated like this, and someone deliberately provoked them, they rushed to the government building regardless of the situation, and the police team was completely unable to resist this. The stocks were hit and collapsed one after another.
The Hong Kong government building was finally occupied by the demonstrators. Although some people were injured, there were no casualties yet. The situation at the Governor's Residence was different because the people responsible for security were the Flying Tigers, which belong to the military and are more violent than the police. many.
After one person was seriously injured and sent to the hospital, the scene completely lost control and a fierce melee broke out between the two sides. Fortunately, no one used firearms or equipment, otherwise it would be unknown how many casualties there were.
This demonstration has brought certain troubles to Hong Kong society. Many street shops were forced to close. At the same time, many young people who were working also left their jobs and joined the demonstrations. (End of chapter)