It is precisely because of this that I began to have a new understanding of Mayor Liu, and this new understanding is a kind of worry for me - will this person appear at some point in the future?
What's the problem?
The problem I am referring to is not something wrong with him, but the possibility of causing trouble to Secretary Chen, including me of course.
Secretary Chen laughed again, "Chairman Lin's reminder makes sense. Let's do this. I, Mayor Liu and Mayor Feng will be the ones accompanying us then."
The motorcade quickly entered the city and stopped inside the Municipal Party Committee. Then the three of us and Lin Yi walked up the street together. Lin Yi's entourage was arranged by people from the Municipal Party Committee Office to rest in a hotel. Lin Yi specifically said
He said: "We cannot add trouble or burden to you. The expenses can only be settled by ourselves. Secretary Chen, please accept my request."
Secretary Chen said: "Chairman Lin is a member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and our leader, so we should receive him as well."
I was surprised: when did he become a member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial CPPCC? But then I remembered that Governor Huang seemed to have told me that Lin Yi had made such a request. Now it seems that his request has been approved.
Lin Yi smiled and said: "Ashamed, that's just a false name. I am a businessman. If our Jiangnan Group can do something for the reform of Shangjiang City, we would be deeply honored. Secretary Chen, we are an enterprise, and many things need to be done
We have the support of the government, but we cannot cause trouble to the government. This is my consistent principle."
Secretary Chen smiled and said: "Forget it, then we won't care about your accommodation problem. But the food issue must be solved by us. Chairman Lin, you are our respected guest, and we must fulfill our friendship as landlords."
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Lin Yi said: "Thank you."
A few of us left the municipal party committee office building, and of course there were several secretaries behind us. Lin Yi's secretary was also there. Looking at her, I couldn't help but think of Shangguan Qinlai, and the guilt and sting in my heart appeared again. Until
To this day, I still don’t know whether what I did was right or wrong.
It is already late autumn at this time. The temperature in Shangjiang City is slightly lower than that in the provincial capital, and the air is better than that in the provincial capital. Walking on the street immediately gives people a cool and comfortable feeling. In fact, for a local municipality like us
For leaders, there are not many opportunities to walk on the street like this on weekdays. Most of our time is spent in offices, conference rooms and cars.
This is certainly due to the fact that we have too many meetings and too much work on weekdays, but more importantly, it is due to our own unwillingness. In our subconscious, we are not willing to do that, because doing so will make us feel that we have lost our identity.
Being able to mingle with the masses is often the need for officials to put on a show.
This is actually a relatively complicated mentality: on the one hand, we feel that we should go out and mingle with the people, but on the other hand, we cannot let go of the airs in our hearts, or we feel that it is unnecessary.
We walked forward along the main street of the city. When we just left the municipal party committee office building, many people were greeting us. Most of these people were cadres from various departments below.
Secretary Chen didn't pay much attention to them. At first he nodded to these people who greeted them, but then he ignored them at all. I took care of the nodding to them. Secretary Chen was introducing the situation of the city to Lin Yi.
There is no time to pay attention to the greetings of those people.
Soon we walked to the city center. Many people knew us. After all, local TV stations had news reports about us every day. Many people were looking at our group with expressions on their faces.
They are all different, some look interested, some are whispering, pointing to outsiders, and some bold people run over and greet Secretary Chen at the same time, and some are asking: "Secretary Chen."
, I heard that our city will be completely demolished and rebuilt?"
Secretary Chen stopped talking with Lin Yi. He raised his hands to everyone and said loudly: "The transformation of the city is inevitable, but it is impossible to demolish and rebuild everything at once. We will do it step by step. The main purpose is
In order to change the dirty and messy appearance of our city and let everyone live a better life."
Some people continue to ask: "What should we do if we can't afford to buy a new house?"
Secretary Chen smiled and said: "Don't worry about this issue. How many private houses you have now will be given back to you with new houses of the same area. Of course, if you want to live more comfortably, you must buy more at market prices."
That part is gone. For those who do not have private housing, the government will also consider building low-rent housing to solve this problem. We are a people's government, and the living issues of ordinary people are our first priority. Don't worry, everyone."
Just now, when Secretary Chen was answering a question, many people gathered around him, and people immediately burst into applause.
Then someone else asked, "Secretary Chen, I heard that many workers will be unemployed in the future. Is this true? What will workers do after they lose their jobs? How will they support their families?" [
Secretary Chen replied: “With the restructuring of enterprises, some workers will definitely be laid off, but please rest assured that the government will adopt seniority buyouts and find ways to re-employ them to properly arrange their future lives.
.After all, our Shangjiang City is too poor. As long as our economy develops in the future, there will be no problem with re-employment. Dear fellow villagers, you must believe in the party and the government, and you must believe that we will
Take care of these things. I'm sorry everyone, today I am accompanying my guests to inspect the future development of our city. Let's find an opportunity to chat in the future. Haha! Let's disperse and go about your own business. Look, this road
You guys are all blocking me... Haha! Let’s find time to chat in the future..."
People slowly dispersed, but there were still many people looking at Lin Yi in surprise. He and Secretary Attitude were the only strangers in our group. Lin Yi's temperament looked very much like that of a leader, with a refined elegance.
Such majesty. Moreover, he was personally accompanied by our municipal party committee secretary and mayor of Shangjiang City. I was secretly thinking: These people must be guessing what high-level official he is.
Lin Yi did not live in the city center and looked at the surrounding situation. At the same time, he also asked questions such as what units there were in these places and what proportion of private housing occupied them. I remember he told me before: he only wanted to develop
It is the most central area of our city, and we hope to build it into a commercial center. Now it seems that his intentions are still the same.
But what I didn't expect was that he insisted on seeing the whole city. So we spent the whole morning on this street.
It wasn't until close to noon that Lin Yicai said: "Secretary Chen, although I have been to Shangjiang City before, I have never observed this city as carefully as today. Secretary Chen, I don't know what you think about this city.
Have you done any overall planning for positioning or construction?”
Secretary Chen said: "Our place has always been a heavy industrial city. Now the first thing we have to do is to reform state-owned enterprises, but the concept of our heavy industrial city will still not change. As for urban construction, we are in the process of overall planning. At present,
We are preparing to invite bidding for planning and design plans across the country, and future urban development will definitely be carried out in accordance with the planning and design plans."
Lin Yi nodded and said: "Secretary Chen, today I carefully observed the appearance of this city. Perhaps it is because I usually pay great attention to the elements of a city, so I quickly discovered that this city is different from other places.
s difference."
Secretary Chen immediately asked: "Oh? Chairman Lin, tell me, what is so different about our city?"
Lin Yi said: "Secretary Chen, in fact, this city was a heavy industrial city only a few decades ago, and this city has been a place with a strong cultural atmosphere since ancient times. Even now, we can still see this
There are some very tasteful ancient buildings in this city, but they are too shabby, so they are not conspicuous. Secretary Chen, I don’t know if you have noticed, but every city in our country seems to be copied from the same version.
Likewise, other than reinforced concrete or reinforced concrete, or high-rise buildings, they have no characteristics of their own. Some people call such a city a symbol of modernity, but nowadays such a style is everywhere, and people's vision will be numb.
Even in places like Beijing and Xi'an, not many ancient buildings have been preserved. I think this is a mistake made by these cities when they were planning many years ago. Why is the ancient town of Lijiang so popular today?
In the final analysis, it is because it has distinctive characteristics. Therefore, Secretary Chen, I hope that Shangjiang City can also have its own distinctive characteristics, so that this city can be given a distinctive and distinctive symbol. Now your
Urban construction is relatively late, which is not a bad thing. I think it is a good thing, because now we can learn from other cities’ planning problems and be more rational about the future of a city.
The direction of development. Do you think it’s Secretary Chen?”
At this time, Mayor Liu said: "It is true. Our Shangjiang is a city with a history of more than a thousand years. There are indeed many ancient buildings that have survived in the city. Fortunately, our construction has lagged behind in recent years, otherwise those places would have been long ago.
It was torn down.”
Secretary Chen nodded and said: "Chairman Lin, what you said makes sense. To be honest, I have never thought about this issue seriously, but what you just said reminded me. What you said is so reasonable. This issue is also
It's so important. Chairman Lin, you have made us feel that we have gained a lot today. This is a golden word. Chairman Lin, please continue. What do you think we need to pay attention to specifically?"
Lin Yi said with a "hehe" smile: "I'm just talking about my personal views. But since Secretary Chen asked me this question, let me finish my thoughts. I think you should keep the original meaning of this city."
On the basis of existing and repairing ancient buildings, the planning of the entire city should also reflect local characteristics. The characteristic of the city of Shangjiang is its cultural heritage, so it is best to focus on ancient buildings and modernization in the style of the city.
The layout of the building must not disrupt this main style. In fact, the experience of Beijing and Xi'an can be used for reference in this regard. At least they are relatively coordinated in the combination of ancient buildings and modern buildings. In the final analysis, it is still planning.
, and the main idea of the planning must be proposed by you. In addition, I suggest that you better move those factories outside the city and build a special industrial park. This will be very beneficial to the quality of the city, and
This is also a long-term consideration.”
Secretary Chen nodded, "Chairman Lin, what you said makes sense, and you are considering the city's long-term perspective. However, it is not easy to build this city according to the ancient architectural plan. The government will have to invest a lot of money. We have to invest a lot of money."
Shangjiang's economy is relatively backward, so this is too difficult."
Lin Yi nodded and said: "That's true. First of all, the cost of planning and design in the early stage will be much higher, and there is also the cost of environmental improvement in the early stage of the city. I also noticed just now that the river in this city is very polluted.
It is serious, and the silt in the river needs to be cleaned up, the river needs to be reinforced and beautified, and part of the river needs to be vacated on both sides to create a cultural landscape. These are very expensive things. However, this is very useful for improving the taste of a city.
It's good, if you really want to build this city from a long-term perspective, you must do this. Secretary Chen, I still say the same thing, if you can give me enough preferential policies, our Jiangnan Group is willing to invest huge sums of money
Let’s build this city together with you.”
Secretary Chen smiled and asked: "So Chairman Lin, what kind of preferential conditions do you want us to give you?"
Lin Yi said with a smile: "I don't want you to be exempted from taxes or anything like that. That would be too unethical of me. Shangjiang City's economy is underdeveloped, and our private enterprises must contribute to the local area instead of harming the development of the local economy.
Secretary Chen, you may also know that our Jiangnan Group is the largest taxpayer in Jiangnan Province every year, and I have always had the concept that we never engage in fraud on issues such as tax payment. This is also the duty of our enterprise.
point."
Secretary Chen nodded and said: "Of course I understand this. I am also very moved by Chairman Lin's words. Then, please give me a brief summary of your requirements."
Lin Yi said: "Actually, I only have one request, that is, we hope that all urban reconstruction projects in Shangjiang City will be undertaken by our Jiangnan Group. And we must also participate in future urban planning and design. Secretary Chen, to be honest, at present
Real estate development projects in the provincial capital have slowly entered a state of excess. Although housing prices will continue to rise, land resources are slowly depleting at the same time, and our development costs are getting higher and higher. Therefore, our Jiangnan Group may
In the past few years, we have gradually shifted our focus to the cities surrounding the provincial capital. Today, when I arrived in Shangjiang, I suddenly discovered that this city is unique, so I really want to use the funds and technical strength of our Jiangnan Group to build this city into a
A city with a special style. I require that the transformation of the entire city must be carried out by our Jiangnan Group. Of course, there are factors to avoid competition and reduce costs, but more importantly, I hope that this city can be built according to unified standards in the future.
A city. Only through unified management and unified quality assurance can the quality of the city in the future be guaranteed."
Secretary Chen immediately hesitated and said: "Chairman Lin, this is an investment of tens of billions... Haha! I have no intention of doubting the strength of Jiangnan Group, but I know that your company has been involved in some battles in recent years.
Sir, such a large-scale investment may still be difficult for you, right?"
Lin Yi smiled lightly and said: "Real estate development itself is a kind of capital operation. Jiangnan Group's industries are more than 10 billion? Capital operation is to use 100 yuan to operate a 10,000 yuan project, or even larger. At present,
Although our Jiangnan Group is indeed spreading too far, we can slowly close the front. At present, our company's debt ratio is less than 40%. According to the laws of capital operation, as long as the debt ratio does not exceed 70%
They are all safe, so our Jiangnan Group does not have any financial problems."
Secretary Chen smiled and nodded: "I completely believe this. But Chairman Lin, you have to let me think about this matter. And for such a big matter, we must ask the provincial leaders for instructions, and we must also go to the Standing Committee."
The study passed."
Lin Yi smiled and said: "Of course. Today I just want to express our company's thoughts and sincerity."
I didn't say a word during their entire conversation. On the one hand, I had no chance to interrupt in a conversation like this. On the other hand, after all, Lin Yi was my father-in-law, so I was a little taboo about expressing my own opinions.
But I was very surprised, because I didn't expect Lin Yi to be so ambitious. You know, investing so much money in such a place where the economy is not developed and the people's purchasing power is relatively weak, the investment risk is very high.
Huge. And just as Secretary Chen is worried, according to the current situation of Jiangnan Group, it is not easy or simple to invest tens of billions here.
To be honest, I really don’t understand why Lin Yi is so interested in this city. As the largest private enterprise in Jiangnan Province, he can definitely make a difference in other aspects, but why would he choose such a place?
?I am very confused about this.
At noon, the municipal party committee and government hosted a banquet for Lin Yi and his party in a five-star hotel. At Lin Yi's request, everyone just drank a little red wine. Lin Yi said that he wanted to go up the mountain to see the ruins of the temple in the afternoon.
Secretary Chen smiled and said, "Well, I won't accompany you there this afternoon. I'll just ask Mayor Feng and Minister Wu from our ** Department to accompany you."
Lin Yi smiled and nodded: "Okay. I just want to go and see that place. I heard that it is a bit magical, so I want to experience it. Secretary Chen, I think that place can be used as the future city of your city in the future.
Part of the business card, if possible, should also be well crafted.”
Secretary Chen smiled and said: "Mayor Feng has the same idea as you on this point, and I agree with it. So we in Shangjiang City really have a lot to do in the future."
After lunch we started to go up the mountain. I asked the city government office to send two off-road vehicles. I accompanied him in one car, and in the other car was Minister Wu and our secretary. Lin Yi left all his men behind
, asking them to take a good look at the city. I actually arranged this arrangement because I wanted to talk to Lin Yi alone about something while we were in the car.
The driver is Xiao Cui, and I am quite reassured about his quality. As a driver of the municipal government, the most basic requirement is that you must have a sense of confidentiality, and you must not take the leader's words to the outside. Through this
After observing for a long time, I found that Xiao Cui performed very well at this point.
"Uncle Lin, are you really prepared to make such a large-scale investment in Shangjiang?" I asked him immediately after getting in the car. This question had already made me feel like a lump in my throat.
He nodded and said: "I do have such an idea. Making money has no practical meaning to me now. Money is just a bunch of numbers to me, and what I want to do most now is to do what I like to do.
If Shangjiang City can plan this city according to my vision, I would really like to come here to invest and develop. People have to leave something behind in this life, like that kind of reinforced concrete building, indeed
Without any sense of beauty, living in such an environment every day can only be boring. Nowadays, it is like this all over the country. In addition to high-rise buildings, there are fewer and fewer things for our nation, so I sincerely hope to give our future generations
If you leave something behind, it doesn't matter if you make a little money in Shangjiang City, as long as it can be built according to my ideas."
I shook my head and said: "Uncle Lin, to be honest, if you ask us to build this city exactly according to your ideas, it is not a realistic thing. For the future of a city, the local party committee and government must play a leading role.
, on the one hand, local party committees and governments must consider the functions of the city and the interests of the people, and may also consider the current economic interests too seriously. In today's situation where political achievements are only judged by GP, as a local
The politicians have to consider such issues. This is not just a matter for our Shangjiang City, but also for the whole country. To be honest, Secretary Chen has done a relatively good job on this point. At least he can do more
, think about the future of this city as much as possible. However, if you build this city according to your vision, the period of obtaining benefits will definitely be longer, because you have to build a city into a truly rich cultural city.
It is really not an easy task to establish a place with cultural heritage. It not only requires a large amount of capital investment, but also requires extensive publicity and various methods of cultivation. This is by no means a matter of one or two days."
But he said disapprovingly: "I don't think so. Today's media is so developed, it is not difficult to promote a place. For example, you can ask CCTV to do a special issue, or invite "The Same Song" to perform in Shangjiang City
Wait, this is ultimately a question of marketing methods, and it doesn’t cost much. For a city, spending tens of millions on publicity is nothing. When the time comes, our Jiangnan Group can sponsor this money.
As a sheep, when the quality of a city improves and its popularity increases, housing prices and sales will naturally increase. However, what you said about the leadership of local party committees and governments is true. In the final analysis, this is a matter of officialdom.
As for the local party committee and government, they fundamentally believe that they are dominated by private enterprises, which is difficult to accept. However, I believe that we can negotiate with each other and make concessions on this issue."
I nodded, but I was thinking: Maybe.
But what I am really worried about is actually his financial problem. As far as I know, Jiangnan Group has always been in a state of financial stress, especially after undertaking the construction of the Opera House project and developing the surrounding areas of the Opera House.
It has always existed.
But I couldn’t ask him this question. After all, it involved his business secrets and his self-esteem.
But I still believe in one thing: For enterprises and businessmen, they have very little cash flow, and they use capital operations to grow their assets. Although I don’t know the specific steps of capital operations.
It's still relatively new to me, but I know its principles, and I've been strengthening my study of this knowledge recently.
As the executive deputy mayor in charge of finance, I must learn this aspect because the government often needs capital to operate.
He immediately asked me: "Feng Xiao, what do you personally think about this matter? I am planning to invest here."
I thought for a while and said: "Uncle Lin, I hope you will be cautious. And even if you want to invest, there is no need for one company of Jiangnan Group to bear all the costs. I think, on the one hand, this is not realistic, because the characteristics of the market economy are
Fair competition, the method you mentioned is a monopoly in the final analysis, and some people will gossip in the future. Secretary Chen also has to consider this issue. So, I don’t think he will agree. Think about it, the conditions you proposed today are right
Our Shangjiang City is so advantageous but he did not agree to it right away, which already explains the problem. On the other hand, after all, Shangjiang is a prefecture-level city. To invest in such a large project, it will definitely not cost 100 yuan.
It can be obtained with only 100 million, no matter how clever your capital operation methods are, it will still be difficult, because the amount of investment required in the early stage is obvious, and according to the traditional pre-sale form of real estate, it may be the same in Shangjiang City.
We encountered some difficulties, because the income of ordinary people is so small, and their purchasing power is too limited. Therefore, the risk of investment will become very unpredictable. Furthermore, as the Shangjiang Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government
For example, specific requirements will be put forward for you in terms of construction time and progress, which increases the risks caused by the short investment period, because it requires you to invest more funds at one time but may
There is no return for the time being, which increases the risk of investment. Uncle Lin, do you think this is the case?"
He sighed and said: "Yeah. What you said makes sense. But this is also the reason why I asked that it can only be developed by one of our companies, because then the pricing power will be completely in my hands. In the early stage,
Low-price promotions and appropriate price increases in the later period, so that I can control it. I believe that as long as we pay attention to the rhythm of market operations, the risk of investment will be reduced a lot. What I am most worried about now is government intervention in the market.
This is the most troublesome thing. After all, Jiangnan Group is an enterprise. Although it should also bear some social responsibilities, we are fundamentally different from state-owned enterprises. The first thing we consider is profit. The amount of demolition and demolition projects in Shangjiang City in the future
It is so big. If the government interferes with the autonomy of enterprises and forces enterprises to stop taking on too many social responsibilities, that is the biggest risk. Therefore, if Shangjiang City does not agree to my conditions, I will
I won’t invest a penny in this place. Although I do want to do something I want to do, I can only reluctantly give up.”
I suddenly remembered what Secretary Chen said to the citizens when we were on the street today, and I thought that Lin Yi's worries seemed to be reasonable.
We soon reached the foot of the mountain, then got off the car and walked.
Lin Yi actually rarely exercises, so I didn’t feel particularly tired this time because we rested many times on the way up the mountain.
Minister Wu introduced the situation of the temple to Lin Yi along the way. In fact, what he introduced was the content that Mr. Liu talked about last time. However, Lin Yi was very interested. Later he said: "If archeology discovers that place
If it is really the ruins of that temple, our company can undertake the future reconstruction work, and we guarantee that we will not charge you a penny in management fees, and the labor wages will be regarded as our donation."
Minister Wu was immediately overjoyed, "That would be great. There will be more than enough funds for the reconstruction of this temple."
Lin Yi shook his head and said: "Reconstruction is not the most important thing. Donations in the future can completely meet all the needs of reconstruction. I think the most important thing is publicity. If such a good subject is not well explored and carried out in-depth publicity, it will be too much.
It's a pity. The publicity and campaigning must start before the reconstruction. After the construction is completed, there will be a large-scale consecration ceremony of the Buddha statue. It is best to invite well-known national media to report the matter. This is where the most money is spent.
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Minister Wu sighed and said: "Chairman Lin is really different. The first thing he thinks about is marketing. Only you can imagine such a big deal, and you can do it. You will need to worry more about this project in the future."
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Lin Yi looked very helpful. He smiled slightly and said, "No problem. I'm very interested in this matter."
When I arrived at the mountain, I saw people from the Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau conducting archaeological excavations there. The Municipal Public Security Bureau and the Military Division assigned people on duty here to provide security.
That day I saw the photos that Minister Wu sent people to take, and found that the scene was extremely damaged by the citizens, which can even be said to be shocking. From the photos, I saw that the scene was completely turned into a mess, with holes dug everywhere.
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People have always had a mythical dream about getting rich, especially legends about treasures in a certain place, which are more likely to cause people to go crazy.
People have been this way on this issue for thousands of years. After all, the temptation of getting rich overnight is very huge.
What I didn't expect was that Mr. Liu was actually on this mountain. When he saw me, he immediately got angry at me, "Xiao Feng, how did you promise me? Look at this place!"
Minister Wu hurried over to persuade him, "Don't be angry, Mayor Feng didn't expect such a thing."
But the old man was still staring at me angrily.
I felt that this man had become more childish as he got older, and I felt funny in my heart. I smiled and said to him: "Old man, although this happened under unexpected circumstances, it is an
What a good thing, if something like this hadn't happened, how could I have invited the archaeological team here so quickly? You think so?"
The old man was startled for a moment...but he suddenly noticed Lin Yi's presence, and he seemed to know Lin Yi, "You, why did you come here?"
Lin Yi smiled slightly at the old man and said, "Shouldn't I come to this place?"
Minister Wu and I looked at each other with surprise on our faces.