51% is owned by the state, which is also the current cooperation scheme in the mainland to allow foreign ownership of commercial properties.

"Mr. Xu is really optimistic about the future of Shanghai!" Huang Daohan said with a smile, the whole plan seems to be indeed beneficial to his side, after all, you don't need to pay any money, you can get 51% of the shares of a new commercial street, and at the same time get taxes, and the original residents will inevitably get new housing and additional compensation, the only thing to pay attention to is that the new commercial street can not be too close to the original downtown area, otherwise it will not be good to be robbed of business.

Xu Zhi said with a smile: "I am optimistic about the development prospects of the mainland, as Shanghai is the central city of the mainland economy, and I believe that in the future, the economy of Shanghai will not be lower than that of Xiangjiang in the future." ”

"Thank you Mr. Xu for your good words!" Huang Daohan didn't really take it seriously, after all, the current Shanghai is still too far away from Xiangjiang.

After a pause, Huang Daohan said again: "Mr. Xu, according to the current law, even if this commercial street is established, it must be operated by us, after all, foreign capital is not allowed to enter the retail field!"

Xu Zhidao: "Secretary Huang, in fact, my definition of this commercial street is not the same as Nanjing East Road, the reason why I think of this project is because I found that although there are many places to play in Shanghai, for Western tourists, many things involve the culture of our Chinese nation, and they don't understand the truth at all."

But since these people have come to Shanghai, we naturally need them to consume, so as to stimulate the economy and increase the country's foreign exchange reserves, so I have the idea of building a pedestrian street, according to my design, this street is mainly for bars, billiards, indoor sports, etc., as well as a large number of hotels, entertainment facilities, so as to be able to earn a lot of foreign exchange for Westerners. ”

"So that's the case, Mr. Xu's idea is really good. Huang Daohan thought about it, and if this new commercial street did not take the domestic retail route, but targeted overseas tourists and businessmen, it was likely to form a new big foreign exchange earner.

Xu Zhi added: "However, we have another requirement, if the law allows wholly foreign-owned ownership of properties in the future, then we also hope to be able to distribute all the properties according to the proportion of shares." ”

By the end of the 80s, foreign capital can be wholly owned, then many shops on this street naturally need to operate by themselves, and then joint ventures will always be a little inconvenient, and more importantly, property rights must be clearly separated in this era, otherwise in the future, these huge profits will cause great trouble.

"I need to meet again to discuss this. Huang Daohan replied that the future law will be discussed later, not to mention that the business plan may not be able to be passed at the municipal party committee meeting, and even if it is passed, there will be a bunch of details to be discussed in the future.

Xu Zhi smiled and said, "Then I'll wait for the Jieyin from the city government." ”

"No problem, I'll hold a meeting of the municipal party committee tomorrow morning to discuss this matter. Huang Daohan nodded and said.

Xu Zhi said: "Regardless of whether the project can be passed or not, there will be no changes to the Pujiang Bridge, so I hope that the municipal government can establish a project team as soon as possible to connect with our engineers." ”

"Naturally, that's not a problem. Huang Daohan immediately turned to Wang Weide beside him and said, "You immediately call the Transportation Bureau and ask Director Shen to come here." ”

"Yes. Wang Weide immediately agreed, got up and left.

Xu Zhi took a sip of tea, and then said: "Secretary Huang, there is one more thing I want to communicate with you, but it is not a commercial investment. ”

Huang Daohan asked, "What's the matter?" Mr. Xu, please say. ”

Xu Zhi said: "Secretary Huang, in the past few days in Shanghai, I have been to the Suzhou River, and found that the water pollution there has been very serious, to the point where it has to be treated, I have an idea, maybe I can help some?"

"What is the method of Mr. Shi Xu?" Huang Daohan asked, he didn't believe that the other party would invest in cleaning up the entire Suzhou River.

As early as the 60s, the pollution of the Suzhou River has attracted the attention of the government, and tens of thousands of people have been mobilized to "declare war on the Suzhou River", but the effect is not good.

In the 70s, Shanghai built two pipelines to direct a large amount of sewage to the mouth of the Yangtze River, but formed two large pollution belts in the ocean, which can be clearly seen from the plane, and a large number of wharves are surrounded by sewage layers, which seriously affects the circulation of goods in Shanghai, and was forced to cancel the plan.

According to the general international law, when the per capita GDP of a region is as high as 4,000 US dollars, pollution will occur, but the per capita GDP of Shanghai is only 1,500 US dollars at this moment, and it is already surrounded by pollution, which is also the pain in the heart of Huang Daohan, the secretary.

"Has Secretary Huang heard of the World Bank?" asked Xu Zhi.

Huang Daohan nodded and said, "I've heard of it." ”

Xu Zhidao: "The World Bank has a project that provides low-interest loans for developing countries, and Secretary Huang can go and find out that Shanghai can use the World Bank's loan to repair the pollution of the Suzhou River." ”

This kind of large-scale infrastructure project cannot take the general commercial bank loan route at all, otherwise just the huge interest can crush the borrower, and the commercial bank needs to see the future return of the project, this kind of pollution removal project has no economic benefits, and it is naturally impossible to lend.

But the banks of some international organizations will participate in this kind of thing, and the interest rate is low, but under normal circumstances, there will be some political requirements, but Xu Zhi can't control this kind of thing.

In the original history, in a few years, Shanghai will also seek loans through the World Bank to deal with the pollution of the Suzhou River, and now it is not a practical benefit to say it yourself, but it is also a personal favor, not to mention that it can help millions of residents near the Suzhou River, which is also a good thing!

"Oh, there is such a thing, I immediately arranged for someone to find out, thank you Mr. Xu for telling me about this. Huang Daohan immediately wrote down this incident in his heart.

Xu Zhi also stood up and said: "In that case, I will leave first, and we will continue to discuss in detail about the Pujiang Bridge and Pedestrian Street project in the future." ”

"Okay, then I'll send Mr. Xu. Huang Daohan nodded and said.

"Thank you!" Huang Daohan delivered to the door, and Xu Zhi soon left the city government building with a few of his subordinates.

The next day, several engineers under the umbrella of Hutchison arrived in Shanghai, and after following Xu Zhi's requests, they began to work with some experts from the Shanghai Municipal Transportation Bureau to investigate the terrain on both sides of the Huangpu River, intending to find the best location for the bridge.

The Shanghai Municipal Government also held a meeting of the Municipal Party Committee to discuss the "Pedestrian Street Plan" proposed by Xu Zhi, but it was heard that the controversy was quite large, and no consensus was reached that morning.

For Xu Zhi, this kind of big investment naturally does not need to be so urgent, although the municipal party committee meeting did not agree, but also did not veto, indicating that there is still hope. Moreover, even if the project is approved, it will need to be fully negotiated on the address, investment scale, construction bidding, etc., and these are naturally the responsibility of its elites.

He had been in Shanghai for a long time, and after a flight with his family and subordinates to Shenhai City, and after a brief exchange with local officials, he returned to Xiangjiang from the Luohu port pass.