"I know that. Xu Zhi nodded and said.

Huang Daohan asked, "Then I don't know when Mr. Xu is going to build this bridge?"

Xu Zhi said: "Of course, the sooner the better, as long as you and I will negotiate the content of the cooperation, you can start building the bridge immediately, and I think that since we have decided now, then the design and site selection of the bridge can start now, so that as long as the contract is signed, the funds of both parties can be received, and the construction can start immediately." ”

Seeing that Huang Daohan seemed to be a little hesitant, Xu Zhi asked again: "Secretary Huang, are there any questions?"

Huang Daohan smiled and said: "It's nothing, it's just that many budgets of the municipal government for the entire 81 years have been decided, and now there are suddenly more such big projects, and I have to discuss it with the municipal party committee again." ”

"That's it!" Xu Zhi understood, although Shanghai is currently the largest city in China and the industrial capital, and its fiscal revenue is the first in the country every year, compared with other provinces, Shanghai in the 80s handed over a large amount of financial revenue to the central government.

For example, in 1980, Shanghai's fiscal revenue was 16 billion yuan, and it retained 2.77 billion yuan, which was only about 17% of the fiscal revenue. In the same year, Beijing's fiscal revenue was 4.56 billion yuan, and 2.722 billion yuan was retained, with a retention rate of 59%, and it was not until 1985 that the central government increased the retention rate of Shanghai to 25%, but it was only half of Beijing's.

Other provinces are more exaggerated, such as Guangdong Province, because of the economic dividends brought by the three-to-one supplement model, from 1980, the central government ordered Guangdong Province to increase its annual fiscal revenue by 10%, but in 1988, almost the same industrial production scale as Shanghai City, Guangdong Province handed over a total of 1.5 billion yuan, less than a fraction of Shanghai.

This is also why the central government has all the good projects in Shanghai, such as the Baosteel project, SAIC Volkswagen and later the Pudong development, are all returns to Shanghai.

However, that is also the future, in the current 81 years, the entire Shanghai City can only use 2.7 billion yuan, but to support the operation of the entire Shanghai administrative system, but also to be responsible for all kinds of basic people's livelihood construction, there is often a shortage of funds.

For example, in recent times, the Shanghai Municipal Transportation Department has been building pedestrian bridges at various traffic intersections to alleviate traffic congestion, but the progress has been slow, reportedly due to a lack of budget.

Xu Zhi thought for a while and said: "Secretary Huang, if the municipal government has financial difficulties, we can change the cooperation plan." ”

Huang Daohan said: "What plan, Mr. Xu, please come in." ”

Xu Zhidao: "I estimate that the construction of this bridge may require about 100 million US dollars, if the shares are halved, then we need to contribute about 50 million US dollars each, my proposal is that the funds of the municipal government will also be advanced by us, so that the project can start as soon as possible, but I hope that Secretary Huang can promise me another investment." ”

"What investment?" asked Huang Daohan.

Xu Zhidao: "I have been to Nanjing East Road a few times in the past few days, and the business atmosphere there surprised me, it is said that it is only the first people's shopping mall, which can attract 200,000 people every weekend, which is unlikely in the whole of Xiangjiang, and my Evergrande company is committed to investing in commercial projects, so I hope to be able to enter Shanghai for investment?"

"First People's Shopping Mall!" Huang Daohan was taken aback, and quickly shook his head and refused: "Mr. Xu, the First People's Shopping Mall is very special, if you want to invest, I can't agree." ”

"Secretary Huang misunderstood!" Xu Zhi smiled and explained: "I don't want to acquire or invest in any existing shopping malls or institutions, but our company will develop a commercial project. ”

If Shanghai is the pearl of the mainland economy, then the first people's shopping mall is the most economical in the whole Shanghai, with annual sales of more than 100 million yuan, because of the abundant supply and fame, it is also the preferred shopping paradise for foreign tourists, businessmen or mainlanders who hold foreign exchange coupons, and can earn tens of millions of dollars in foreign exchange for Shanghai every year.

It was impossible for this kind of project to be transferred to foreign capital in Shanghai at the time of reform and opening up, and the main purpose of the state to attract foreign capital at the moment was to be able to jointly earn foreign exchange and develop the economy, rather than to transfer projects that could earn foreign exchange on its own.

Huang Daohan nodded, as long as it wasn't the idea of hitting the first shopping mall, so he asked, "What kind of project is Mr. Xu talking about?"

Xu Zhi asked, "I wonder if Secretary Huang has heard of the pedestrian street?"

"Pedestrian Street, I've heard of it!" Huang Daohan nodded and asked, "Does Mr. Xu want to build a pedestrian street in Shanghai City?"

Xu Zhi nodded and said, "Yes, in Western countries, many cities already have a business model of pedestrian streets.

Because there are no cars in these streets, they can attract a large number of tourists and pedestrians to come to consume, and now that the country has been reformed and opened up, Shanghai is the core of the national economy, so it is time to have a pedestrian street of its own?"

Huang Daohan pondered for a moment and asked, "Then I don't know where Mr. Xu plans to build this pedestrian street?"

Xu Zhi said: "Danfan Pedestrian Street is generally a prosperous place, so according to the current situation in Shanghai, it can only be located in Puxi.

In general, in international cities, the construction of pedestrian streets is to change the original street into a pedestrian street, so that the cost will be reduced a lot, but at present, Shanghai can have this condition on Nanjing East Road, which is naturally not passable.

But we can choose a street elsewhere in Puxi, tear down all the buildings and rebuild them, and we need to expand the area on both sides and build new buildings to international standards. ”

Xu Zhi said the whole plan very calmly, and it was a dream to dye Jingdong Road, but now in Shanghai, in addition to the Bund and Nanjing East Road, other places are just ordinary lots, and the construction of a commercial pedestrian street in these places is also a beneficial and harmless commercial investment in Shanghai.

Huang Daohan thought for a while and said: "Mr. Xu, the population density in Puxi is very high, even if you choose an ordinary street, according to your idea, it will be to demolish the homes of thousands of families, plus the follow-up investment, this is probably much higher than building a bridge." ”

"Secretary Huang rest assured, I have already thought about this. Xu Zhi said: "The cost of demolition is naturally responsible for us, I can also fund the construction of the new house of the demolition household, and the living environment is better, everything involving the financial aspects are responsible for our side, the municipal government only needs to undertake the demolition process and the land planning of the new demolition house, according to the distribution of the joint venture law, you can get 51% of the shares of a new commercial street, I think it is a good thing for both the municipal government and these demolition households." ”