Chapter 272: Two Paths
Time flies quickly, with the end of the investment fair, various investors have also entered the high-tech industrial park, and at this time, those power companies have also begun to restore power production in an orderly manner.
Because they found that Liu Haotian had a very tough attitude towards pollution control, and at this time, Meng Qinghu, secretary of the county party committee, became more and more ambiguous in his attitude towards these polluting enterprises, and did not support them with a clear position as before, but let them consider the overall situation of the development of Longhu County, so that they and Liu Haotian had to negotiate seriously.
In this case, they have realized that with the entry of these high-tech enterprises, it will be more and more difficult for them to survive as a serious polluter.
Especially when Liu Haotian gave them time to prepare for a gradual withdrawal, more and more companies became more and more anxious.
In particular, Lin Xiaohu, chairman of Longhu Power Group, directly resumed production. After all, for Longhu Power, as long as production continues, the daily profit can be hundreds of thousands, which he is absolutely unwilling to give up.
As for the gradual withdrawal, he never thought about it, because he believed that as long as they were the power companies, Liu Haotian would have no way to do anything with them.
And they have already formulated a strategy of drawing salaries from the bottom of the kettle, which will make Liu Haotian completely admit defeat when the time comes.
Liu Haotian has also been very busy recently, but many people don't know what he's busy with, because recently, Liu Haotian often goes to some mountainous towns and towns, and sometimes goes on business trips for a day or two.
For Liu Haotian's behavior, everyone in Longhu County has long been accustomed to it, and no one pays attention to it anymore.
Three months after the end of the investment fair, with the entry of major investors' funds, Longhu County High-tech Zone ushered in the peak period of construction, everywhere you can see a high-rise building is rising from the ground, everywhere there are huge tower cranes in continuous operation, all kinds of material transport vehicles in the high-tech zone on the road galloping.
On the morning of this day, Liu Haotian came to the high-tech zone again to inspect, and Qi Zhidong, director of the management committee of the high-tech zone, personally accompanied him to inspect various construction sites.
From time to time, Liu Haotian communicated with the persons in charge of the major investors who stayed on the construction site, asking them if they had encountered any difficulties and what coordination they needed to do in Longhu County.
These responsible persons have said that Longhu County and the high-tech zone have done a very good job in this area, and they have not encountered any difficulties so far.
Liu Haotian is very satisfied, which shows that after Qi Zhidong took office, he has a good control over the management committee, and the heads of all aspects of the management committee attach great importance to these investors and provide services in place.
At this moment, Liu Haotian suddenly found that all the tower cranes that were originally running suddenly stopped, and the sounds of various constructions that were originally noisy seemed to have stopped at this moment.
Liu Haotian suddenly frowned.
At this moment, the mobile phone of the person in charge of the sensor manufacturer, who was communicating with Liu Haotian, rang.
The project manager of the construction party said anxiously: "Mr. Wei, the entire construction site suddenly had a power outage, and the workers on the tower crane are now very anxious, and more than a dozen workers are trapped on the crane up and down the construction, and they are very scared."
Mr. Wei's face turned pale when he heard this, and he knew very well what it meant to have a sudden power outage during the busy construction process.
Thinking of this, Mr. Wei looked at Liu Haotian and said: "County Magistrate Liu, there was a sudden power outage at the construction site, and now people are panicking, and the main power supply and backup power supply are all out of use. β
At this moment, Qi Zhidong's mobile phone also rang, and then it never stopped, and he soon received a series of calls.
After putting down the phone, Qi Zhidong looked at Liu Haotian with a stern expression and said: "County Magistrate Liu, it's a big trouble, all the construction sites in our high-tech zone are out of power. Including the management committee of the high-tech zone, there was also a power outage. β
Liu Haotian's face was gloomy at that time, and he directly called the person in charge of Longhu County Electric Power Company, and asked directly: "There is a power outage here in the high-tech zone, what is going on?"
"County Magistrate Liu, I just received news that all the power companies in Longhu County have stopped transmitting power to our power grid at the same time, and at the same time, the power grids that were responsible for the coordinated supply of electricity to us have also stopped supplying, that is, now our Longhu County Power Company has no power available. County Magistrate Liu, I was just about to call you, hoping that the county can come forward to coordinate and help us obtain power resources, otherwise, I am afraid that our authority will fall into a state of widespread power outage. β
After listening to the other party's response, Liu Haotian's face became extremely solemn.
At this moment, Liu Haotian's phone rang.
After Liu Haotian answered the phone, a familiar voice sounded beside Liu Haotian: "County Magistrate Liu, I am Lin Xiaohu, chairman of Longhu Electric Power Group, and also the president of Longhu County Electric Power Association. β
Liu Haotian's face was a little gloomy, but his tone was very calm: "If you have any demands, say it." β
Lin Xiaohu said: "We ask the county to directly issue a document to completely cancel the relevant regulations that require us power companies to withdraw after one year, and allow us to produce and operate normally." Otherwise, I believe that the power supply in Longhu County will encounter serious obstacles. That's not what we power companies want to see. But without us as power companies, I believe that such problems will always exist. β
When Liu Haotian heard this, he still didn't understand that the large-scale power outage that occurred just now was caused by the joint efforts of these power generation companies.
Liu Haotian snorted coldly and said, "Mr. Lin, is it true that if I don't agree to your request, our Longhu County will face a continuous large-scale power outage?"
Lin Xiaohu nodded: "It will definitely be like this." β
Two cold flashes flashed in Liu Haotian's eyes, and his tone suddenly became tough: "Mr. Lin, I'll give you another chance at the end, are you sure that you, the power generation companies, must force me to take back the previous document?"
Lin Xiaohu nodded: "County Magistrate Liu, this is a must, because we power generation companies need to survive, we can't accept the fate of gradually withdrawing within a year, we have made such a great contribution to the economic development of Longhu County, you can't let us fully withdraw because of the introduction of these high-tech enterprises, it's unfair." β
Liu Haotian nodded lightly: "Okay, then let me ask you one last time, can you represent all the other power supply companies?"
Lin Xiaohu nodded: "Yes, I can represent, now all our power companies are in our company's conference room, if you need it, I can let each of them stand up and make a statement." β
Liu Haotian nodded: "Yes, video call, I want to see if what you said is true, and whether they are willing to express their support for you." β
Immediately afterwards, Liu Haotian directly made a video call with Lin Xiaohu through the 5G video call technology that comes with his mobile phone, and witnessed the scene of dozens of heads of power companies at the scene collectively putting pressure on him.
Liu Haotian smiled after reading it: "Comrade Lin Xiaohu, the heads of power companies, I know your attitude. β
Lin Xiaohu said with a smile: "County Magistrate Liu, then how do you respond to our appeal?"
Liu Haotian said with a smile: "My response is very simple, only three words. β
"What three words?"
"Impossible!" Liu Haotian said word by word.
Lin Xiaohu's face darkened at that time, and he glared at Liu Haotian on the video call and said, "County Magistrate Liu, you're not joking, are you?"
Liu Haotian said coldly: "Do you think I'm joking?"
"Aren't you afraid that Longhu County has been in a state of large-scale power outage?" Lin Xiaohu was aggressive.
Liu Haotian smiled disdainfully: "Do you think that you, the power company, can cover the sky with one hand?"
After speaking, Liu Haotian hung up the phone directly, and then directly dialed the phone of Yan Zhixiong, secretary of the municipal party committee: "Secretary Yan, I am Liu Haotian, and now some of our power production enterprises in Longhu County, in order to force me to withdraw the comprehensive document on the gradual withdrawal mechanism of serious power pollution production enterprises formulated in our county, they have united to stop supplying power to our Longhu County power grid, and at the same time, a lot of public relations have also been carried out, and the city's power grid has also stopped supplying power to our Longhu County, and now I ask you to help us coordinate this matter." β
Yan Zhixiong was silent for a while, and said slowly: " Liu Haotian, I already know about this matter, and I can also help your county to coordinate this matter, but there is one thing, I must make it clear to you, these power companies in your Longhu County are indeed very energetic, not long ago, the leaders of the province have greeted me, and we Tianmu City's attitude towards power companies made a tactful criticism, and also made it clear that due to the serious power gap in the province, the power resources that can be allocated to our Tianmu City are also limited, and it is impossible to supply them indefinitely, so in the future, the power gap in our entire Tianmu City will be relatively large, thereforeAlthough I can coordinate part of the electricity utility in Longhu County, it is impossible to supply it indefinitely, and you have to think of a way to replenish the power gap, otherwise, we will all face problems. β
Liu Haotian suddenly realized why Lin Xiaohu, chairman of Longhu Power Group, behaved so toughly, it turned out that their energy was so great.
Even Secretary Yan felt the pressure.
Liu Haotian pondered for a moment and said: "Secretary Yan, you give me three months, and I promise that within three months, the power gap in our Longhu County will be completely filled, and at the same time, in one year, even if there are no thermal power plants, our Longhu County will continue to become the largest power output base in the entire Tianmu City!"
Yan Zhixiong was stunned for a moment, because he didn't expect Liu Haotian to speak so wildly.
However, Yan Zhixiong had more trust in Liu Haotian's talent, and nodded lightly: "Okay, in this case, I will personally coordinate and ensure that there will be no problems with the power supply in your Longhu County in the last three months." But it's only for three months, not even one more day. β
Liu Haotian said: "No problem. It's just three months!"
With Yan Zhixiong coming forward, an hour later, the power supply in Longhu County was fully restored.
In the conference room of Longhu Power Group, the expressions of the heads of these power companies were all very solemn, because they all knew the news that the power supply in Longhu County had been completely restored.
Hu Tiande, chairman of Tianma Power Group, said with a sad and angry face: "The matter has been clarified, the reason why the power supply in the high-tech zone can be restored so quickly is because Yan Zhixiong, secretary of the municipal party committee, personally came forward to coordinate and squeezed the power indicators of other counties and districts, and finally adjusted them to Longhu County."
However, it is only three months at most. β
Lin Xiaohu, chairman of Longhu Power Group, said with a gloomy face: "I really didn't expect that this Liu Haotian would have such a hard relationship, and he could actually find the secretary of the municipal party committee to personally come forward to coordinate this matter." Let's talk about what we should do next. β
Huang Yungang, chairman of Lingkong Power Group, raised his head and said: "I think that since Yan Zhixiong has come forward, it will be useless for us to find anyone in this matter within three months, so the only way for us now is to wait for three months." I believe that in three months, Liu Haotian will definitely bow down to us!"
Everyone discussed it carefully, and in the face of Yan Zhixiong's personal appearance, they really had no good way to do it, so they could only wait for three months.
Time passed day by day, and Longhu County was almost the same day by day.
On the one hand, on the side of Longhu County High-tech Zone, factories and office buildings have risen from the ground, and some factories have begun to recruit workers on a large scale, and many school-age workers around the high-tech zone have begun to work.
Many fresh and former college graduates in Tianmu City have also begun to apply for jobs in Longhu County High-tech Zone, and even some college students from famous universities have also come here.
Because the high-tech enterprises here are relatively clustered, and the annual salary for some high-end jobs is relatively high, although the geographical location is remote, but because of the high annual salary offered by these enterprises, graduates of these famous universities do not mind the location here is more remote.
All of a sudden, the high-tech zone was thriving.
At the same time, many people in the impoverished mountainous areas of Longhu County have also noticed changes in the surrounding environment, and many originally bare stone mountains have suddenly appeared with patches of silver glittering solar panels.
Longhu County is mountainous, and many of the mountains are sparsely wooded with occasional bushes.
It is difficult for all kinds of economic fruit trees to survive.
Due to the appearance of these solar panels, many people around the mountainous areas have found jobs, especially those whose families are slightly more difficult, and priority will be given.
With two days to go before the three-month deadline, the atmosphere in the conference room of Longhu Power Group was very depressing.
Huang Yungang, chairman of Lingkong Power Group, said with a gloomy face: "Mr. Lin, all of us have been deceived by Liu Haotian. β
Lin Xiaohu nodded lightly: "Yes, I really didn't expect that Liu Haotian would have such great courage and such strong means, and he actually introduced three major photovoltaic power generation enterprises, turned barren mountains into treasures, and comprehensively carried out photovoltaic power generation business."
According to the current trend, I am afraid that in a year, even if there are no thermal power generation companies like us, relying only on these photovoltaic power generation companies, Longhu County will become the power supply base of the entire Tianmu City.
At that time, I'm afraid that we, the thermal power generation enterprises, will really have no room for survival. β
"So what are we going to do?" someone asked.
Lin Xiaohu closed his eyes and pondered for a while: "The situation is pressing, if we continue to argue with Liu Haotian, we must die!"
We used to dare to argue with him because we thought that Liu Haotian couldn't leave us.
But now it seems that even without us, the economic development of Liu Haotian and Longhu County will not be too seriously affected, because we did not expect that Liu Haotian would directly introduce three major photovoltaic power generation enterprises into Longhu County.
Now it seems that the concept of lucid waters and lush mountains is invaluable assets has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, for environmental protection work and ecological civilization construction, Longhu County and Tianmu City have implemented very solidly, the living space of our high-polluting enterprises has been seriously compressed, if we want to continue to maintain profitability, it is indeed necessary to transform the economic development model, so I think that we should join forces to set up a large-scale photovoltaic power generation enterprise, directly enter the photovoltaic power generation industry, and at the same time in accordance with the requirements of the county documents, slowly withdraw from the thermal power generation industry within a year, which is the inevitable development of the historical trend, we have been powerless to stopγ
And we also have to admit that photovoltaic power generation is indeed not polluted, and we power generation companies must conform to the general trend of history, otherwise they will inevitably be eliminated by the times. β
While these thermal power companies are discussing what to do next, these coal producers in Longhu County are also holding a meeting.
Because with less and less demand for thermal power generation, coal producers have a growing backlog, especially with the increase in external coal imports, coal companies are facing a grim situation, and in order to survive, they must find a new path.
In the conference room of the entertainment club invested by Zhang Tianqiang, the largest coal boss in Longhu County, more than 20 coal bosses sat around the conference table with very solemn expressions.
"Mr. Zhang, now the demand for coal in thermal power plants is less than one day a day, the market is not good, the coal in our warehouse has piled up, we must find a way to sell them, otherwise, we will not be able to live this day. β
A coal boss said with a bitter face.
"That's right, Mr. Zhang, the provincial road leading from Longhu County to Tianmen County should be repaired, that road is too broken, and it is easy for our coal trucks to break the shaft when they cross that road. You have to come forward to find Secretary Meng in person. β
Everyone said it one by one, and most of them were touting Zhang Tianqiang's words.
Zhang Tianqiang was stunned by everyone's praise, and immediately patted his chest and said: "Okay, since everyone trusts me so much and supports me, then it is my duty to go to Secretary Meng for this matter, but there are some things I must explain to you first, Secretary Meng may give me some face, but sometimes, some things can't be done just by face, and when it is time for you all to bleed, you also need to bleed." β
Everyone said there was no problem.
Zhang Tianqiang immediately took two people into his luxury car worth tens of millions and galloped all the way to the county party committee compound.
At this time, in Liu Haotian's office, Qi Zhidong, director of the Management Committee of the High-tech Zone, put a plan he had formulated in front of Liu Haotian.
"County Magistrate Liu, take a look, this planning plan is a supplementary plan tailored by me in combination with the recent situation in our high-tech zone and the county.
I think that with the rapid development of our Longhu County High-tech Zone, with the current road traffic situation in Longhu County, it is not enough to meet our demand for road traffic, especially as more and more enterprises begin to put into production in the future, there will be a large number of materials transported in and out, and we are now Longhu County to Tianmu City and the surrounding counties and districts of the road is still based on provincial highways, although there is a highway from our Longhu County through the territory, but there is a distance of twenty or thirty kilometers from our county, and it is even farther away from the development zone, and the road transportation is very awkwardγ
Especially now that the major investment companies are in a state of infrastructure construction, the provincial highway leading to the high-tech zone is often congested, and the major enterprises are complaining, and I think we must solve this problem as soon as possible.
The best way to solve this problem is to build a highway from our county and high-tech zone to connect to the highway network 30 kilometers away, if possible, it is best to build a highway directly to Tianmu City, so that it is very beneficial to strengthen the convenience of our Longhu County in terms of transportation and logistics. β
Liu Haotian stood up and walked to the map of Longhu County and Tianmu City hanging on the wall, observed it carefully for a while, and then nodded lightly and said, "That's right, we in Longhu County really need these two highways.
However, I estimate that the difficulty is not small, after all, if these two highways are built at the same time, it will be at least more than 80 kilometers, according to the construction cost of the expressway, at least tens of billions of funds are needed, and this fund is unbearable for our Longhu County. The county treasury will certainly not be able to come up with such a large amount of money.
And now that half of the year has passed, even if we ask the city and the province for financial support, I am afraid that it may not be able to be there soon, we must think of a way!"
At this moment, the phone on Liu Haotian's desk rang, and it was the director of the county party committee office who called, informing Liu Haotian to go to the county party committee for a meeting, saying that the county party committee was going to discuss the issue of strengthening road traffic construction in Longhu County.
When Liu Haotian heard this, his eyes lit up, and he said to it with a smile: "If you really want to come what, we are discussing the construction of the expressway, like you are going to have a meeting to discuss this matter, I just mentioned this matter at the meeting, and now the county has reached a consensus, and I will find a way in the city and the province." β
Qi Zhidong was also a little excited.
At this moment, in the office of Meng Qinghu, secretary of the county party committee, Zhang Tianqiang, the coal boss, is lighting a cigarette for Meng Qinghu: "Secretary Meng, thank you so much, as long as this more than 100-kilometer provincial highway can be built, the tax payment of our coal enterprises will definitely increase significantly." I promise not to discredit the GDP data of our Longhu County!"