In the summer of 2001, Linshui City, the capital of Haidong Province.
A black Mercedes-Benz sedan drove smoothly into the municipal government compound and stopped in front of the office building. Several officials who had been waiting at the door of the building quickly walked forward, preparing to open the car door and welcome the distinguished guests to get out of the car. Before they could leave,
When they arrived, the front and rear car doors had been opened from the inside, and three young people, two men and one woman, got out of the car. The leader was Qin Hai, the chairman of Daqin Group, followed by one on the left and one on the right.
, respectively, are Tian Ruzhi, deputy general manager of the group, and Wang Xiaodong, deputy director of the sales department of the group.
At the turn of the century, the Daqin Group also completed an epoch-making transition from old to new. A group of veterans including Ning Zhongying, Qin Minghua, Fu Wenbin, and Xiao Dongping all retreated to the second line and were replaced by a young group headed by Song Hongxuan.
After more than ten years of hard work, Song Hongxuan took over the position of general manager of the group, responsible for the overall coordination of the entire group. Ning Mo, Tian Ruzhi and several other young people served as deputy general managers, each in charge of one aspect of the business. Wang Xiaochen succeeded Fu Wenbin
He served as the dean of the School of Materials Science, and Sun Yuzhi and Zhang Yating served as deputy deans respectively. Others such as Yu Haitao, Miao Lei, Xia Yangjie, Xu Xiaoqi, Heizi, etc. all served as department directors or general managers of subordinate group companies.
Today's Daqin Group owns several major industries such as steel, nonferrous metals, chemicals, semiconductors, ceramics, glass, cement, etc., as well as many businesses derived from the materials industry, such as materials machinery, rare earth permanent magnet motors, and audio equipment.
, sportswear, etc., the total fixed assets have exceeded 100 billion yuan, making it a huge industrial empire.
Three years ago, the electric vehicle project promoted by Qin Hai achieved success. Daqin Group and Hongyuan Automobile Company jointly established Daqin Automobile Company, specializing in the production of pure electric passenger vehicles. Daqin Automobile uses self-produced permanent magnet motors as
Powered by graphene supercapacitors with full intellectual property rights as energy storage components. Military expert Zhou Linlei organized a team to help develop a complete electronic control system. It is said that many electronic control technologies used on military aircraft are used. According to Zhang Dai
Wei estimates that its level has reached the standards of world-class electric vehicles.
The design of the car's appearance, chassis and suspension was completed by a professional team from Europe. Qin Hai believed that a brave man must be rewarded with a big reward, and offered five times the high salary. He moved this team from their old employer
He was recruited to specialize in the design of Daqin electric vehicles. After countless experiments and a huge amount of money, a full range of Daqin electric vehicles from economical to luxury models were born, and several competitions were held in Paris, New York and other places.
It won praise from industry experts at the 2016 International Auto Show.
It is not enough just to develop a model, bringing it to market is the ultimate success. Since the promotion of electric vehicles is the top priority of the entire group in the near future, Qin Hai, the chairman, has taken on the role of salesman without hesitation.
This time I went to Linshui, hoping to open the door to this megacity on the eastern coast.
"Are you Mayor Li?" Qin Hai saw who was the chief official from among the officials who came forward. He walked straight towards the middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes with a big smile.
Stretched out his hand to him.
"Yes, yes, I am Li Dongyuan."
That man was Li Dongyuan, the deputy mayor of Linshui City. Qin Hai had contacted him in advance when he visited Linshui City this time.
According to past experience, when a wealthy businessman like Qin Hai visits a certain city, the local mayor or even secretary will personally go to greet him. Although Linshui is a very large city, it is not suitable for investors of Qin Hai's level.
He would be negligent. Even if he went downstairs to greet a deputy mayor, he should at least be in charge of his official duties. He would take a bath, fast, and sit in the office waiting.
However, the situation this time was a little strange. On the way here, Qin Hai received a call from Li Dongyuan, saying that the mayor and secretary could not get away because they had such-and-such urgent and important matters, so what? Qin Hai was worried about this
Of course I don’t believe that the government department will have important things at any time, but as long as they want to arrange it, they can always make time. The two official officials chose not to greet Qin Hai immediately, which expresses an attitude towards
There is some resistance to what Qin Hai wants to talk about.
"Mr. Qin, I'm very sorry. Secretary Song received a temporary notice and went to report to the Provincial Party Committee; Mayor Liang couldn't come to greet you because he had an important foreign affairs reception. They asked me to express my gratitude to you again and again.
Sorry, the city government will host a banquet for everyone in the evening. Secretary Song and Mayor Liang will be there in person to toast to Mr. Qin and everyone."
Li Dongyuan said to Qin Hai, with the word "sincerity" written all over his face, although Qin Hai knew that what he said was just an excuse.
"It's okay, I'm sorry for delaying your work." Qin Hai smiled and shook hands with Li Dongyuan, also pretending to be frank on his face, as if he was convinced of Li Dongyuan's explanation.
Qin Hai introduced Tian Ruzhi and Wang Xiaodong to Li Dongyuan, and Li Dongyuan also introduced his entourage, including Zhang Fan, director of the Municipal Development and Planning Commission, Wang Xuemei, deputy director of the Government Office, etc. The guests and hosts briefly exchanged greetings, and under Wang Xuemei's warm reminder,
Li Dongyuan repeatedly said he was rude and welcomed Qin Hai and his party into the office building and to the small conference room.
Li Dongyuan gave a brief welcome speech, Qin Hai expressed his gratitude, and then got straight to the point, saying: "Mayor Li, Director Zhang, we are here mainly to discuss the development of electric vehicles with Linshui City.
Some cooperation matters in automobile promotion and some related ideas have been clearly introduced in the materials previously sent to Mayor Li. I don’t know how Linshui City has considered it.”
"This question..." Li Dongyuan drawled, "After we received the materials from your group, we immediately reported to Secretary Song and Mayor Liang. Secretary Song attached great importance to this matter and instructed us to
Treat it as an important task, treat it seriously and actively cooperate. Mayor Liang personally attended the meeting, listened to the Development and Planning Commission's report on the promotion of electric vehicles, and ordered the establishment of a special group to be responsible for docking with Daqin Group's work. The docking group
The team leader is personally served by Mayor Liang, and Director Zhang and I serve as deputy team leaders. Director Zhang is responsible for daily work, so for the specific situation, please give Director Zhang a detailed introduction to Mr. Qin."
The secretary instructed that the mayor serves as the team leader, the deputy mayor serves as the executive deputy team leader, and the director of the planning committee is responsible for daily work. This level is worthy of Daqin Group's status in the domestic economic field. However, from the list of nonsense Li Dongyuan said
It seems that Linshui City's attitude towards this matter is definitely louder than rain. This pretentiousness is purely due to Qin Hai's identity. If it were anyone else, it would be difficult to even meet Zhang Fan, let alone
Let’s talk about Li Dongyuan.
While Qin Hai was deep in thought, Zhang Fan spoke. He first repeated the important instructions of leaders at all levels at length, then highly affirmed the application prospects of electric vehicles, and finally entered the substantive content:
"Mr. Qin, in the plan you submitted, you proposed that you hope to build an environmentally friendly city with Linshui City. You hope to replace more than half of the city's motor vehicles with new energy vehicles in 10 to 15 years, thereby basically solving the urban motor vehicle exhaust pollution.
This goal is very ambitious and very attractive. Our Development Planning Commission also fully affirmed this goal in its report submitted to the Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government.
However, regarding your company’s request to build 2,000 charging stations across the city within a year, we have repeatedly argued that there are still some difficulties and cannot be implemented for the time being."
"What specific difficulty is it?" Qin Hai asked.
"Well... it's more complicated to say." Zhang Fan began to falter.
Tian Ruzhi smiled slightly and interjected: "Director Zhang, regarding the construction of charging stations, our group has also conducted demonstrations in advance. In terms of funds, the hardware investment for each charging station does not exceed 10,000 yuan, and 2,000 charging stations is 20 million yuan.
This part of the funds will be fully provided by our group in the initial stage. After all the investment is recovered, we will hand over all the charging stations to Linshui City for free, which is equivalent to Linshui City obtaining this asset out of thin air. This condition should be
Very good deal.”
"Yes, yes, the financial problem... is indeed not a problem." Zhang Fan nodded in response.
“The second issue is the location. Because our electric cars use fast charging technology, it takes no more than five minutes to charge a car. Moreover, unlike gas stations, charging stations are not dangerous, so there is no need to have a charging station.
According to the requirements of the isolation area, it can be built as long as there is a temporary parking space. I think Linshui City cannot build a charging station because of the site, right?" Tian Ruzhi continued.
Zhang Fan hesitated for a moment and said: "As for the venue...it cannot be said that there are no difficulties at all. Of course, this difficulty can also be solved."
"Funds are not a problem, and venue is not a problem, so we don't understand. What is the difficulty that Director Zhang mentioned?" Tian Ruzhi showed a gentle smile and asked Zhang Fan.
"The main reason is that there are many reasons..." Zhang Fan frowned slightly, as if he was embarrassed, and said: "First of all, the planning department put forward opinions that the construction of charging stations needs to be included in the planning, and then the city can be built.
Construction and planning should come first, which is also a requirement of the central government. The planning department believes that it is necessary to scientifically measure the distribution of electric vehicles and determine the best layout plan for charging stations to avoid making adjustments after problems are discovered in the future, causing unnecessary waste.
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"This..." Tian Ruzhi knew as soon as she heard that Zhang Fan was talking nonsense. She couldn't help but want to open her mouth to refute. Qin Hai, who was sitting next to her, raised his hand slightly, stopped her, and then said to Zhang Fan with a smile: "Director Zhang
, please continue to tell us which other departments have any opinions." (To be continued)