Shanghai in the 80s, is far from the Pearl of the Orient a few decades later, the bus on the road is very old, many of them are still trams left in the Republic of China, resources are also very tight, on the bus platform, many people queue up to wait for the bus, and when you want to get on the bus, you may have to wait for several rounds.

Outside of Puxi, most of the buildings are two-storey in style, with roofs that look like shacks, and some of the commercial streets are actually made up of countless small shops, which are very similar to the small commodity markets of later generations.

In fact, the municipal government building is also a white building in the Republic of China period, and the roof is also a dome design, which has a strong sense of sight.

Following Wang Weide, Xu Zhi quickly arrived at the office of the senior city official.

Seeing Xu Zhi coming, Huang Daohan immediately got up and walked over, shook hands with a smile and said, "Mr. Xu, welcome." ”

"I'm disturbing Secretary Huang's work. Xu Zhi said with a smile.

"Where, Mr. Xu is polite, please take a seat. Huang Daohan took Xu Zhi to sit on the sofa in front of the desk.

Huang Daohan said: "I heard that the negotiations of Mark Company have been very smooth in the past few days, and it seems that we will be able to start formal cooperation soon!"

"Of course, the sooner the cooperation, the better!" Xu Zhi said with a smile, the negotiation with Shanghai is actually very simple, nothing more than the factory address, joint venture allocation, management issues, staff arrangements and so on.

The address is relatively simple, it is placed in Anting Town, which is also the location of the future SAIC Volkswagen factory.

The distribution of the joint venture is that the United States invests foreign exchange dollars, and the Chinese side invests in land, part of the cash, construction projects and other projects, the specific figure has not yet been determined, and as for the shares, the Chinese side is 51%, which cannot be changed, and the current joint venture law stipulates so.

The U.S. side of the management is unwilling to give in at all, which is also the meaning of Xu Zhi's arrangement, and the two sides have a big dispute on this article, but it is also normal, there will always be many disputes for such a large investment.

Generally speaking, the progress of the negotiations is far ahead of the Volkswagen project, because the U.S. side has made great concessions in the area of localization, which is a great temptation for the Chinese side, compared to the Volkswagen project, which does not know how long it has been arguing on this issue.

This is also Huang Daohan is more satisfied with the place, trucks are important production materials, the transportation of goods in the country largely depends on trucks, and the current domestic trucks are also extremely tight, although Shanghai is the industrial center of the country, but in the field of automobiles there is only one large tractor factory, if the mark project is established, the economy of that area will be driven, the government's tax will also increase a lot.

After chatting casually, Huang Daohan took the initiative to get down to business and asked, "Mr. Xu, I heard Xiao Wang say that you have a new investment plan, I don't know what the project is?"

Xu Zhi said with a smile: "Secretary Huang, I wonder if some infrastructure projects in Shanghai can be opened to our Hong Kong capital?"

After the reform and opening of the mainland, it has always intended to attract foreign investment to carry out infrastructure construction, but whether the specific investment or not has to be agreed by the central and local governments, and the infrastructure must also be joint ventures.

"In principle, there is no problem, I don't know what infrastructure project Mr. Xu wants to invest in?" Huang Daohan asked with a smile, although Shanghai has the largest tax revenue in the country in recent years, a large amount of fiscal revenue has been handed over to the central government, and he often has no money to maintain the city's infrastructure.

Xu Zhidao: "In the past few days, I have been visiting Shanghai City and enjoying the beautiful scenery of various places, but I found that if I want to go to Pudong, it is very troublesome, the ferry has to wait too long, and I heard that it is even more crowded when commuting to work, and there have even been stampedes before, so I think if I can build a bridge between Pudong and Puxi, it will be of great help to the people's travel!"

"Build a bridge?" Huang Daohan immediately fell into contemplation after hearing this, and said after a while: "Mr. Xu's proposal is indeed good, the people of Shanghai City really need such a bridge. ”

"Focusing on economic construction" is the main point of work put forward by the top leader of the Third Plenary Session of the 11 th CPC Central Committee, and this sentence is the core element of the development of the mainland government at present, which means that everything in the country must be compromised on this issue, and it is also a hurdle that every official cannot bypass.

But the development of the economy, the most important thing is convenient transportation, with smooth traffic, the goods of the factory can be transported quickly, low-cost, and the people can also travel easily and simply, the former stimulates industry, the latter stimulates consumption. This is an inevitable condition for the economic development of a region.

Hu Yingxiang was the first Hong Kong investor to eat crabs and invested in the most profitable expressway in the mainland in the future, the Guangzhou-Shenzhen Expressway.

If you want to be rich, you must first build roads, this is a truth that has existed since ancient times!

Xu Zhi said: "Secretary Huang is polite, my Hutchison Whampoa company has a branch under its name, the main business is to find suitable infrastructure projects around the world for investment, I personally am also very optimistic about this bridge connecting the Huangpu River, I can get income, and the people of Shanghai can also get greater convenience, Shanghai municipal government can also get taxes, kill three birds with one stone." ”

Huang Daohan said with a smile: "It is well said that our government attracts foreign investment, not to take advantage of foreign businessmen, but to develop together.

In fact, it is a shame to say that our municipal party committee has long had the idea of building a bridge connecting Pudong and Puxi, but it has been tight on funds and there is no way to set up the project.

Xu Zhi nodded and said: "I have already arranged for several engineers to build the bridge from Xiangjiang, and I won't say anything about the specific investment plan and funds, but I have some ideas, and I want to communicate with Secretary Huang here." ”

Huang Daohan smiled: "Mr. Xu, please speak." ”

Xu Zhidao: "Although Shanghai is the largest city in the mainland, but the number of cars is not high, if the bridge is only for cars, although it can also ease traffic, but still not to achieve the best effect, so in my plan, the bridge is more important to build for ordinary people, especially a large number of workers riding bicycles during rush hour, they also need to easily pass the bridge." ”

Huang Daohan didn't understand a little and asked, "Aren't there sidewalks on both sides of the bridge?

"Just the sidewalks on both sides are not enough!" Xu Zhi shook his head and said, "I plan to use a double-layer structure like the Nanpu Bridge, with cars on the top and a pedestrian on the lower floor, instead of trains on the ground, for pedestrians." ”

"Mr. Xu is really thoughtful. Huang Daohan said after thinking about it. At present, the number of bicycles in Shanghai is estimated to be the first in the world, the number is counted in millions, and the flow of people between Pudong and Puxi is also very large, if only rely on the pedestrian passage on both sides of the normal bridge, it is indeed far from meeting the demand, and it is indeed the best choice to build another layer from below, specifically for pedestrians.

"Infrastructure is naturally based on the convenience of the people. Xu Zhi smiled and said, seeing that Huang Daohan seemed to be a little hesitant, he asked again: "Secretary Huang, are there any questions?"

Huang Daohan said: "Mr. Xu should know that if such a bridge is built, according to the current law, it must be a joint venture!"