"Modi is a political strongman who comes from a humble but popular background and is hailed as India's future political star.

Under Modi's leadership, Gujarat's economic growth rate has topped India's list in the past two years, and many foreign investors have settled in the country.

He was a doer, but also an Indian nationalist, at least not a mere politician. ”

Taking advantage of the break between dressing upstairs, researcher Ma Hongwen introduced Modi's information to Han Hao.

In the conference room of the presidential suite, Han Hao had a friendly exchange with Modi. Just now, he officially confirmed the identity of the other party through the Chinese consulate relationship.

Modi is the chief minister of Gujarat, the equivalent of a senior official, and he has the power to decide all matters in the state, big and small.

"Dear Chinese guests, we in Gujarat are preparing to build a large industrial park, and the automotive industry is our focus on attracting investment. I have been informed through channels that you are interested in setting up a new automotive plant in a joint venture with the Tata Group. If it is convenient, we always welcome you to visit the site and invest.

I admire China's Nanyue model, which is used throughout Gujarat to learn from. If you visit the site, you will find that there are many advantages in common. ”

Modi sat on the sofa and extended an invitation to Han Hao.

"Thank you very much for your recommendation, but the joint venture project still needs to be certified by Tata Motors, they tend to develop in the province, and we will respect the opinions of local partners. ”

Han Hao is not in a hurry, now that he has the initiative, he wants to hear what other preferential policies the Indian side can come up with.

"As long as you insist, I think Tata Group's Rattan will seriously consider your suggestion. Compared to Pune Industrial Park, we have a cheaper land price and can provide a large area of industrial land with three links and one level. In addition, many of our government officials have visited Nanyue Province, and Shekou District is our friendly exchange unit, which is a competitive advantage that our state cannot describe in money.

Time is money, and what our state government promises to do will be done, which is actually very difficult in India. ”

Gujarat is located in the next province, bordering Pakistan to the north, but close to the coast with a deep-water port.

This time, Modi showed full sincerity, and there were many Chinese elements in his words, which made Han Hao feel good.

Therefore, Han Hao agreed to the invitation to visit Gujarat two days later, and he wanted to see what kind of place was like in the region known as India's Nanyue Province! It can be said that India has learned from China in many aspects, and Mumbai is known as India's Hujiang City, while Gujarat is called Nanyue Province.

When Han Hao talked to Tata Group CEO Ratan on the phone and talked about his preparation for an inspection trip to Gujarat, he didn't seem surprised at all and said with a smile.

"Modi actually came to me a few days ago, he is an outstanding doer among Indian officials, and to be honest, I also want to visit their state, after all, you Chinese have an old saying that you can't put all your eggs in one basket." ”

It turned out that the news of the joint venture was leaked by Latan, no wonder Modi could know so much inside information, and Han Hao understood.

Fly to Ahmedabad, the capital of Gujarat, which has a population of 3.4 million and is the sixth largest city in India.

Modi specially went to the airport to greet Han Hao's arrival, and the high-ranking officials greeted the airport, which is a high-standard reception in India. Without too many cumbersome ceremonies, Modi directly let Han Hao get on the bus and went straight to the Sanand Industrial Park, which he had vigorously built.

The two-way, four-lane highway is lined with green trees, and from time to time there are large billboards saying that foreign investors are welcome to come and invest.

"When you foreigners come to us in India, there will be three preparations. One is to prepare the dots, the second is to prepare the generator, and the third is to prepare the toilet and wastewater treatment tank. None of these three things will exist in our Sanand Industrial Park. You just need to develop industrial production with peace of mind, and the government will take care of the rest. ”

Modi said to Han Hao, who was sitting on the side.

In India, corruption is common among grassroots officials, and it is very common to eat and take cards, so it is essential to deal with them. There is also a serious problem of power shortage, and power outages are commonplace. As for the toilet problem, it is related to the situation in India, they are used to going to the toilet in the open air, coupled with the lack of infrastructure, there are no sewage pipes, and the number of toilets is very small.

More than half an hour later, the Sanand Industrial Park came into Han Hao's eyes, because a huge arch stood with the name of the industrial park.

I saw a two-way six-lane main road in the park straight to the south, and there was no end in sight. On both sides of the road, every few kilometres, a newly built road stretches to the east and west. On both sides of these roads are either brand new factories that have just been built, or construction sites that are being carried out in large quantities.

If it weren't for the bilingual signs around him in English and Indian, Han Hao would have really thought that he had returned to the domestic industrial park.

"The power supply in the industrial park will be guaranteed 24 hours a day, and even if there is a power outage in the urban area, the industrial park will not be plagued by power outages. In addition, a railway will be built in the next three years to connect to the port of Mundra, which has an annual throughput of nearly 100 million tons. At that time, it will be very convenient for you to import auto parts and enter the industrial park by sea. ”

Building a nest to attract phoenixes, this is the essence of China's investment attraction, and now it seems that it has been learned by the shrewd Modi. Han Hao was very satisfied with his introduction, at least compared to Pune, the investment environment here is more superior.

"If your joint venture plant is launched, I can guarantee that in 18 months, the new car will roll off the assembly line in Sanand. We will provide all the service packages to meet your requirements. ”

The Sino-Tajikistan joint venture project has an investment of up to 2 billion yuan, which is one of the largest foreign investment projects in India, so Modi did not hesitate to use all means to intercept it.

After looking around, it was confirmed by the Chinese Embassy in India that it is feasible to invest in Sanand Industrial Park. After that, Ratan also made a field visit, and after discussing with him, the two sides agreed in principle to invest in the Sanand Industrial Park led by Modi, and Han Hao also signed an intentional investment agreement.

The joint venture project will be divided into two parts, the first part is a motorcycle manufacturer with a production scale of 3 million units, and the first phase of the project will be put into operation with a scale of 800,000 motorcycles. Huaxia Motorcycle will provide technical support to establish a motorcycle R&D center in the local area. The second is a joint venture with a production scale of 300,000 units, which will produce two major models, Huaxia QQ and Huaxia Hongguang, and then introduce Huaxia Light and Huaxia pickup trucks according to the situation. In the first phase of the project, the company will achieve a production scale of 120,000 units in one step, and Chunghwa Group will introduce engine and transmission plants, and if possible, establish a joint R&D center with Tata Motors.

With a total investment of 2.2 billion yuan, it will be the largest foreign investment project in India in 2004.

As we all know, China is a foreign exchange control country, and if you want to invest abroad, you must go through the review of the relevant government departments, so the officials of the Ministry of Commerce are brought this time to cooperate with the application for foreign exchange transfer at that time.

The last time I invested in Russia, I took advantage of the friendship between China and Russia, and quickly obtained the approval of the relevant state departments. This time in India, Han Hao is also confident that the country will strongly support this.

After returning to China, Chunghwa Group also has to prepare a complete set of feasibility analysis reports and financial capital plans for the state to review, and only after verification can it really start investing in India.

Han Hao only set the general direction, and the specific implementation measures will be carried out by his professionals, and the trip to India can basically come to an end after the cooperation is finalized.

However, before leaving India, Han Hao specially planned to go to a well-known local shopping mall to buy some special gifts to bring back to China.

As soon as Han Hao stepped out of the Mercedes-Benz, he found a large group of people gathered at the door of the store, and they were looking around at him.

The general manager of the mall personally greeted him at the door and acted as a salesperson to carefully introduce the products in the mall to Han Hao.

India is a major consumer of gold and a major processing of jewelry, and the shopping malls are full of dazzling gold jewelry.

However, after walking a few steps, Han Hao found that the entire mall was empty, and he couldn't see any customers except the salesperson.

"Why aren't there any other guests coming in?"

Han Hao asked casually.

"Dear Chinese guests, because of your arrival, to avoid others disturbing your shopping, we are closed to accept you alone. ”

This mall is also owned by the Tata Group, so after receiving Latan's order, the mall activated the first-class treatment to welcome Han Hao.

Usually, Ratan's wife comes to shop, and it is also closed, which reflects a kind of privilege in India.

"We Chinese like to be lively, let the customers waiting to shop at the door come in, they will not disturb my shopping." ”

No wonder he was surrounded by a group of people as soon as he got out of the car, and found the reason Han Hao asked the other party to lift the order to lift the closure, he was really not used to such special treatment.

Soon, people at the entrance of the mall were let in, including many foreign tourists, and the entire mall suddenly returned to normal business status.

Why is it said that the gift is light and affectionate, Han Hao now knows, and it takes a lot of brains to choose a suitable gift for someone.

Han Hao chose precious Indian tea for his father, a string of mahogany Buddhist beads for his mother, and a set of skin care products for his sister, which is known as pure natural in India, and finally bought a gold bracelet with gems for each of his two little nephews.

After doing this, Han Hao didn't leave directly, but went shopping again, and he wanted to give someone a gift.

It can't be too expensive, but it can be very in line with the other party's taste, and Han Hao has a slim image of the other party in his mind.

That's it!

As far as the eye could see, Han Hao saw a beautiful checkered shawl in the mall, and he walked straight over.

"This is a hand-woven scarf made from Kashmir's precious cashmere and is a favorite of beautiful women in our country. ”

The store manager who accompanied him enthusiastically introduced in English.

"But compared to your noble status, this is just an ordinary item. Please wait a moment, I'll have someone bring the treasure of the counter. ”

After a while, the female clerk opened the locked container and took out an off-white shawl with a print from inside.

"It was a shawl made from cashmere from a pure-blooded mutant Kashmir sheep, and it took three years to get enough cashmere for this shawl. Without the addition of any dyes, it took 8 months to complete this back-to-basics piece after it was hand-woven and embroidered by one of the region's most renowned master shawl craftsmen. According to her own words, this shawl is the proudest work of her life, and you can see that her signature is embroidered on the bottom. ”

The store manager introduced the reason for the preciousness of this shawl to Han Hao.

**With the material of the shawl, Han Hao feels extremely soft and comfortable, due to the lack of cashmere stock, this shawl is limited in size, and it can also be used as a scarf.

"Just it, pack it for me. ”

Han Hao didn't even ask the price, so he bought it directly.

When paying the bill, Han Hao looked at the price of this shawl with several zeros behind, and the calculation unit was still US dollars. Sure enough, it is worthy of being the treasure of the box, and the price is really worthy of its identity, but this money is just insignificant to Han Hao.

This can be regarded as an occasional large personal consumption expenditure in Han Hao's life, he usually doesn't care much about his own food, clothing, housing and transportation, but this time he has invested in this scarf.

Chen Lingxi sat in class looking at the blackboard and listening to the teacher's lecture, but her mind flew out of the classroom.

Han Hao was as insignificant as a bird flying south for the winter, and counted that today was the 6th day, but he didn't expect it to take so long to go abroad. Although he repeatedly hinted that he should not think about Han Hao's situation again, the more depressed he was, the more concerned he became, which made Chen Lingxi a little helpless.

Just last night, she dreamed again, dreaming that she was in the same car with Han Hao again, but instead she drove by herself. Unexpectedly, he couldn't brake no matter how he stepped on the brakes, and the whole car kept rushing forward, which made Chen Lingxi wake up in the middle of the night.

At this time, her phone vibrated to indicate the receipt of a text message.

"I just got off the plane, I'm going to return the book to you, and by the way, I brought you a gift, and I'll see you at the old place near the school at half past 12 noon. Just wait for you for 10 minutes, and don't wait for the expiration date. ”

The sender shows "X", which is exactly Han Hao's pronoun.

The direct flight to the capital took off from Mumbai at 2:30 a.m. and arrived at the capital airport at 11:25 a.m. Han Hao slept soundly on the plane. At half past twelve, Chen Lingxi wouldn't go to class, but where was the old place? Han Hao didn't say it explicitly, according to what he meant, he wanted Chen Lingxi to guess by himself.

“：）”

Understanding Han Hao's intentions, Chen Lingxi returned with a smile. Just to return the book, she had to go to the appointment.

The place where he and Han Hao meet near the school, except for the hospital, Shaxian snack bar, and McDonald's, there is no other place to choose. Among the three, the hospital first ruled out that McDonald's is possible but people come and go, so there is only one snack bar in Shaxian County to choose from.

After a little analysis, Chen Lingxi understood where Han Hao meant the old place.

Riding a bicycle with a schoolbag on his back, he came to the Shaxian snack bar on time, and sure enough, he saw an SUV "Tang" parked here at the door, and Chen Lingxi, who was familiar with the number of the license plate, knew that he was not looking for the wrong place.

"I knew that this little problem couldn't help but be smart for you!"

As soon as Han Hao saw Chen Lingxi coming as promised, he was immediately in a good mood, and after not seeing him for a few days, he felt that the other party seemed to be more beautiful. I don't know if I have seen too many female compatriots in foreign countries in India, but as soon as I got off the plane, Han Hao felt that Chinese women were more beautiful.

Taking advantage of the inspection, Han Hao finished reading both books, and now he officially returned them to the other party, after all, they were books borrowed in the name of Chen Lingxi.

"As a thank you for your help, this is a gift that I brought back to you and it is not worth much. An Indian kid chased me and asked me to buy his mother's work for their family. I saw that I had done it with two birds with one stone, and I took it back to thank you. ”

Han Hao said lightly.

This example is not a lie he made up, but he was indeed pulled by an Indian child around the hotel to buy a shawl, but the shawl was just a bag that Han Hao bought himself.

He took out the shawl wrapped in old Indian newspaper and handed it to Chen Lingxi.

"It's-"

Since he was a child, he learned that he couldn't easily accept other people's gifts, Chen Lingxi looked at the shawl handed over by Han Hao and hesitated.

"I remember the last time in the hospital, your scarf was stained with blood, this shawl is not very suitable for use as a scarf, and it only cost more than 200 yuan. If you don't want to go, you can give me the money back, and you don't need to add the travel expenses. ”

Seeing this, Han Hao unfolded his shawl and gestured.

His offer is hundreds of times lower than the real price, if he really wants to tell the truth, it is estimated that Chen Lingxi will not dare to ask for it.

"Well, then I'll thank you. ”

After listening to Han Hao's words, Chen Lingxi no longer twisted, and generously accepted the gift of the shawl. She plans to find a time in the future to choose a gift of similar price to return to Han Hao, so that they don't owe each other.

"It feels good, is it really so cheap in India?"

Chen Lingxi asked after touching the material of the shawl, she had always wondered if Han Hao had underquoted the price.

"India's purchasing power is weak, just like Americans come to China to spend, and the renminbi is more valuable locally. Moreover, India has always been a traditional country in the handmade textile industry, and their things are cheap and beautiful. I buy directly from the producers, so there are a lot of intermediaries. ”

Han Hao replied without blinking his eyes.

Back in the dormitory, Chen Lingxi hurriedly checked the price of Indian cashmere shawls on the Internet and found that the price was between 300 and 500 yuan.

"If you return the gift, it should be enough according to the standard of 500 yuan!"

Thinking that the scholarship he had saved was enough to cope, Chen Lingxi muttered alone in front of the computer.