And some southern cities also became interested after seeing the desalination plant built by Qinglan Company in Jincheng.
If we can get Qinglan Company to build one or two desalination plants here, it will definitely alleviate the problem of fresh water supply.
Cities like Lucheng are water-scarce cities, with almost 80% of daily water taken from Longjiujiang.
Sounds incredible, right?
After all, for a coastal city like Lucheng, there should be a lot of precipitation, so as a rule, there should be no shortage of water.
However, the water resources of a region are not only considered based on precipitation, but also require a comprehensive analysis of the local geographical environment.
In the past, even the water dug from the ground in Lucheng was very salty and could not be used for normal drinking. Moreover, many streams were also dirty and could not be used as drinking water.
Therefore, for a long time, residents in this area have relied on "Tingzai water" for supply. "Tingzai water" refers to water transported by ships. Every household is equipped with water storage devices such as water tanks or urns.
When it rains, urns, pots and buckets are placed under the eaves and in the patio of every household to collect rainwater.
However, drinking such water will also have adverse effects on the body.
With the technological and economic development of Longguo in recent years, this situation has been greatly improved. Through the water resource allocation project, the residents of Ludao do not have to use the old method to obtain freshwater resources.
However, since then, population pressure has also increased, and water resource allocation alone has become increasingly unable to meet demand.
Therefore, in recent years, Lucheng's senior management has also been seeking solutions with water giants like Velia, hoping that the two parties can cooperate to build a sewage treatment plant that can meet the city's tap water supply needs.
It's just that the conditions proposed by Velia are a bit harsh, and 70% of the factory's operating rights and shares will be handed over to Velia.
This is unacceptable to Lucheng officials. Now that I have seen the desalination plant of Qinglan Company, I have thought of another way.
In addition, Fengcheng is not very far from Lucheng. It can be reached in a few hours by high-speed rail. So Lucheng officials organized a team to go to Fengcheng headquarters to prepare for negotiations with the top management of Qinglan Environmental Sanitation. By the way, they visited the local water affairs.
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As soon as Wei Hui and others got off the high-speed rail station, they first went to the hotel they booked to put their luggage. Then they did not rush to the headquarters of Qinglan Environmental Sanitation, but inspected the local water affairs situation in the city.
They are particularly concerned about the water quality after sewage treatment.
"Excuse me, sister, I would like to ask, how much is your water bill here?"
Wei Hui stopped a fat aunt who seemed to dare to come back from buying groceries.
The fat aunt was stunned, "Who are you?"
"Oh, we are from out of town, and we are here to investigate the water affairs situation here."
With this explanation, the fat aunt finally understood.
"That's it. If you have any questions, just ask!"
Seeing that his aunt was very cooperative, Wei Hui asked the team members on the side to prepare records: "What are the regulations for residents' tap water charges here?"
"The cost of tap water? For ordinary houses here, it's about 68 cents per ton. For sewage treatment, it's only 6 cents per ton."
The fat aunt thought for a while and replied.
"Six cents per ton? Sister, how much does your family pay for water every month?"
Wei Hui was a little surprised. The price was cheaper than the one in Lucheng.
"Well...my family only uses 10 tons per month, so I only pay 13 yuan a month."
The aunt thought about it in her mind and answered.
"Sister, are you telling the truth?"
Wei Hui was even more surprised.
"Of course, what can I lie to you? Now we in Fengcheng basically don't need meter readers. That Qinglan company seems to have installed some kind of smart water meter in each of our households. The monthly water consumption is automatically
Calculated, we all can pay our bills online, instead of going to a special place to pay water bills like before."
"Sister, can I go to your house and take a look at the smart water meter?"
Wei Hui requested.
"Of course, come with me."
The fat aunt was also very enthusiastic, chatting with Wei Hui and others while walking on the road.
After arriving at the fat aunt's house, Wei Hui saw the smart water meter installed by Qinglan Company after being guided by the aunt.
This smart water meter takes longer to run than an ordinary water meter, but the real-time water consumption data displayed on it is constantly changing.
Based on this situation, Wei Hui and others visited other neighbors, and the situation was similar.
They found that Qinglan Company's smart water meters are quite convenient. Now even the meter readers have been streamlined, which undoubtedly reduces the company's employment costs.
It is also in line with the development of local companies, further reducing residents’ sewage treatment costs.
In fact, regarding this smart water meter, it is actually connected to the artificial intelligence Xiaohei. Once a household has not paid its water bill for more than a month, it will be reminded. If it does not pay the water bill for a long time, it will be through the bank card bound to it.
or financial account to make mandatory payments.
This is an unchangeable provision.
After all, the water fee is only a few dozen yuan per month. For those poor households, it is okay. Generally, they only need to apply to Qinglan Company and submit a certificate, but normal residents can always afford this amount of money, right? p>
The operation of Qinglan Company also requires money, so it is natural that no "laosha" is allowed to appear.
After the inspection, Wei Hui took the team directly to the headquarters of Qinglan Company, and Li Jingyang also greeted him at the gate early.
After welcoming the people in, Wei Hui didn't say any formal words and went straight to the point.
"Mr. Li, we want to cooperate with your company and hope to build a seawater desalination plant in Lucheng to alleviate the current situation of water shortage."
"We agree in principle with this, but the specific discussions still need to be discussed."
"What conditions do you have, Mr. Li?" Wei Hui said directly.
"It's like this. It's okay for us to build a seawater desalination plant in Lucheng, but we also need to build a sewage treatment plant and allow us to operate gas. Our Qinglan Environmental Sanitation side has all the operating rights. Lucheng only has supervision.
Right, the annual contracting fee is 1 billion soft sister coins, and the fund payment must be completed in time.”
"Mr. Li, this condition is too harsh. It is unacceptable to us. Can we relax the condition?"
Wei Hui shook his head.
"Sorry Mr. Wei, then we don't have to talk."
The management rights of the desalination plant must be entirely in the hands of Qinglan Environmental Sanitation. If it is operated by the local government, the core technology inside will be exposed to a certain risk, and some of these official operations seem a bit bureaucratic, which is not conducive to Qinglan Company.
profit.
And it is also incidental to tie up the sewage treatment plant. If one day the local sewage treatment plant has a water supply problem, then a large part of the pressure will be transferred to Qinglan's desalination plant, which has certain risks.
In order to solve such root problems, Qinglan Environmental Sanitation will never allow such Qinglan to appear.
You must know that they are also a commercial company, how could they not know about Velia's recent actions?
This is also to block Velia's market expansion around the Shanmei area.
Once Velia encircles Qinglan Company's market, it will be very troublesome.
Once the agreement is reached, Lucheng's water company will be integrated and all its operations and technology will be replaced by Qinglan Company. In this way, it will not be easy for Weilia to continue to expand through mergers and acquisitions.
Wei Hui had no way to make decisions on his own, so he had to report Qinglan Sanitation's conditions to the senior management of Lucheng over the phone.
Lucheng's senior management also changed the new plan after intense discussions.
Wei Hui could only lead his team to hold a debate meeting with Qinglan Company again, and finally the two sides reached an agreement.
Qinglan Company will establish a new branch in Lucheng, integrate and streamline the local water companies and water plants, and replace related equipment and personnel.
Lucheng official side retains 40% of the shares of the integrated and reorganized Qinglanludao Water Affairs, and has corresponding supervisory rights.
Qinglan Company, on the other hand, holds 60% of the shares with a certain capital ratio and technology, 100% of the operation and management rights, and has also obtained the local gas franchise rights.
Regarding the water fee issue, it will not be higher than the official standards set by the country to ensure water quality, etc.
Moreover, the annual contracting fees must be paid within the deadline, otherwise the contract will be void.
As soon as this cooperation agreement came out, major cities were shocked. Didn’t Qinglan Environmental Sanitation say that it would not expand for the time being?
How come we quietly negotiated another cooperation?
No, let’s not talk about this first. We must take advantage of this trend to contact you.
Other cities took notice and started relay competitions.
I hope that we can negotiate cooperation before representatives from other cities, otherwise we will have to queue up again.
But Wei Liya is a little angry.
"Fuck!"
Kaiya couldn't help but cursed.
Originally, they had a good negotiation with Lucheng, and they were just one step away from signing an agreement.
Who would have thought that Cheng Yaojin from Qinglan Company would show up halfway and hinder their next plan.
"No, it seems that we still need to move our position. But how can Qinglan Company's technology achieve such low-cost tap water supply?"
Kaiya looked at the report in his hand and was a little surprised.
They have also been collecting relevant information about Qinglan Company, a peer competitor.
According to data, all the cities currently contracted by Qinglan Environmental Sanitation have implemented large-scale sanitation services, water service fee reductions, and have also reached health standards in terms of water quality, which is no different than the standards stipulated by Europa. But it’s not like they never sent commercial spies, but they were quickly discovered.
Especially after the artificial intelligence technology of Qinglan's parent company Suiren Technology became famous, many of the inspections were carried out by their black security assistants, and it was impossible to put money in to investigate.
Qinglan Company's personnel management is also very strict. Many employees are registered, and a security review is conducted every three months to prevent the infiltration of outsiders and harm the interests of Suiren Technology and its subsidiaries. "In this case, we can only use some negative public opinion to slow down the progress of Qinglan Company."
Kaiya decided to use the public opinion offensive to put pressure on Qinglan Company.
Soon, news appeared on the Internet that harmful substances were found in Qinglan Company’s water quality tests, which immediately attracted the attention of many netizens.