"In terms of funds, it's not a problem, since the country needs me to invest, of course I am duty-bound!" Xu Zhi affirmed with a smile.

Many overseas businessmen or enterprises who have invested in China, including Xiangjiang, like all kinds of joint ventures, the most fundamental reason is the lack of funds themselves, and the second is that they are worried about the problems of mainland policies, but these two points are not a problem at all for Xu Zhi, who knows the future.

According to his estimates, the most likely reasons why the mainland is willing to let the International Trade Center project be wholly owned are: first, no matter how important the project is, it is only a building, not a large-scale factory that can improve the country's strength, and it does not matter whether it is a joint venture or not.

It is said that at the beginning of this year, the American industrial giant 3M came to Shanghai to discuss investment cooperation, and the first request was that it should only engage in sole proprietorship and that its products should only be sold in the mainland. Although the need for each other's products is one of the important factors, it is clear that the domestic cooperation has gotten rid of the premise that joint ventures must be carried out at the beginning.

In the past two years, there has been more and more domestic cooperation with the West, but trade is still dominated by deficits, and the central government needs more dollar foreign exchange. Assuming that the total investment in the first phase of the project is 500 million US dollars, the joint venture country can only get half of the investment of 250 million US dollars, so that the wholly foreign-owned capital can get all the 500 million US dollars.

Fourth, it may also be that the domestic finances are tight and can't come up with so much money!

Many people may wonder how the mainland government can't come up with renminbi.

But this is also a fact, since 78 years, the central government is very concerned about the economy, but more attention to people's livelihood, in the early 80s, the poverty of the people in the mainland is unimaginable, this is a per capita GDP of the world's fourth lowest country, the vast majority of Africans have a stronger income than the country.

The average income of hundreds of millions of peasants is less than a dime a day, and at the same time the grain yield is low, they also need to pay grain taxes.

In order to increase peasants' incomes, the central government has raised the purchase prices of some staple grains, but in order not to increase the economic pressure on the urban population, the central government has to carry out huge subsidies.

At the same time, the housing of the urban population is also a top priority, and a large number of housing construction also consumes a lot of fiscal revenue.

In the early 80s, the central government had an annual fiscal revenue of about 100 billion yuan, and in order to balance the fiscal deficit, the central government had to reduce the scale of infrastructure construction by 9 billion.

Seeing that Xu Zhi agreed, Director Wei happily continued: "Okay, then I'll report it immediately after I go back, I don't know what other problems Mr. Xu has?"

Xu Zhi thought for a while and asked, "Then I don't know when this project will be officially implemented?"

Director Wei said: "Mr. Xu, as long as there is no problem with your funds, then soon we can start further negotiations on the details, and after both parties have no problems, we can sign the contract immediately." ”

"Good. Xu Zhi nodded and said, "Then I will immediately arrange for architectural experts from Xiangjiang to come to the capital to conduct on-site inspections first, and then prepare for follow-up design problems." ”

"No problem. Director Wei said with a smile: "Mr. Xu, rest assured, I will also arrange for experts in construction to accompany me, and we will work together to build the entire building for the country as soon as possible." ”

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After the high-level officials in Beijing and the mainland decided on the cooperation plan for the International Trade Building, the follow-up negotiations were all kinds of details, such as the land area required for construction, floor height, building shape and internal space design, nearby transportation, fund payment plan, etc., and all this naturally did not need Xu Zhi, the boss, to personally participate, only when it was really difficult for the two sides to choose, he needed to come forward in person.

The Xiangjiang delegation stayed in Beijing for a week, and then took the original flight back to Hong Kong, but Xu Zhi did not go back together, but got on the green train in the mainland and went to Shanghai with a click.

The trains of this era are far less than the high-speed trains of later generations, with an average speed of only 60 kilometers per hour, which is not as good as the accelerator of an ordinary car in later generations.

But the train is the first choice for all people to travel, not to mention the plane, the price is too expensive, and the car, is not realistic, in the era of the national highway network has not yet been popularized, the cost of car travel will be higher, and there are not so many buses to do transportation between cities, because most cities, the number of internal buses is not necessarily enough.

Of course, with Xu Zhi's identity, it will inevitably bring certain privileges, he is riding in a separately closed luxury car, hanging at the end of the train, along the way, you can not only experience the great scenery of the motherland, but also do not have to experience the crowded carriage.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, the train arrived in Shanghai.

Knowing that Xu Zhi and his entourage were coming from the capital, the Shanghai Municipal Government dispatched a greeting team headed by the secretary general of the city's senior officials.

"Hello Mr. Xu, and welcome to Shanghai again. As soon as Xu Zhi and his entourage got out of the car, Secretary-General Zhang was the first to step forward and say.

"Secretary General Zhang, long time no see, hello" Xu Zhiye smiled and stretched out his hand and shook him tightly.

At this moment, the platform has obviously been emptied, and there are crowds of people next door, but this one, there are only Secretary General Zhang and others, and the surrounding area is blocked by the railway police, and others are not allowed to come in.

Many people passing by were very curious, but under the gaze of the patrol police, they watched for a moment and left.

Secretary-General Zhang said with a smile: "Mr. Xu, it is almost dark now, and the secretary has booked a banquet at the Peace Hotel, and specially asked me to come to the station to greet you." ”

"Secretary Huang is so polite. Xu Zhi nodded and said with a smile, in the territory of the Chinese, this kind of banquet culture is inevitable, whether it is to talk about business or increase friendship, it is always inseparable from this wine table.

Soon, everyone came to the Peace Hotel, where Secretary Huang of the Municipal Party Committee and a group of officials from the Ministry of Commerce were already waiting.

After the banquet, many officials became enthusiastic and came over to toast Xu Zhi repeatedly, these are the investment leaders of various districts in Shanghai, and they all know that Xu Zhi's capital has invested in Shanghai in the past few years, and naturally hopes to carry out deeper cooperation.

However, Xu Zhi's daily schedule is very tight, according to the plan, he still needs to talk to Secretary Huang about some important cooperation matters tonight, with Secretary Huang here, it is naturally impossible for this group of people to really get drunk with distinguished guests.

After the banquet, Xu Zhi, Secretary Huang and several top officials in Shanghai came to a conference room.

Secretary Huang smiled: "Mr. Xu, I'm sorry, everyone is happier today, maybe a little too enthusiastic!"

Xu Zhi waved his hand and smiled: "It's okay, it's just a little wine." ”

Secretary Huang nodded and said: "Okay, Mr. Xu, this time I invite you to Shanghai, in addition to inviting you to participate in the opening ceremony of the Songpu Bridge tomorrow, there is another thing I hope Mr. Xu can cooperate with us in Shanghai again?"

"What kind of cooperation?" asked Xu Zhi.

The most important purpose of this visit to Shanghai is for the opening ceremony of the Songpu Bridge, which is a cross-river bridge jointly built by Hutchison and Shanghai City two years ago and the first joint venture bridge since the reopening, which is of great significance, Xu Zhi of course has to come in person, at the same time, CCTV will also send reporters to interview, and then it will be broadcast in the news broadcast for 20 seconds.

Huang Daohan said: "Mr. Xu, the central government has already sent news that by next year, Shanghai will soon become the next batch of special economic zone cities. ”

"Special Economic Zone?" Xu Zhi said with a smile: "This is to congratulate Secretary Huang, the current success of Shenhai City is well known to the whole country, and the current foundation of the Shanghai Stock Exchange, once it is opened, the economy will be able to take off further." ”

Secretary Huang smiled: "So I hope Mr. Xu can help with this." ”

Xu Zhi asked, "Secretary Huang, please speak?"