Chapter 458 Capital Construction Meeting

After Morgan Sr. agreed to build the infrastructure, John convened a meeting at Morgan Manor to lay out the specific work.

The heads of government departments and related enterprises were all present, and the Rockefeller family also sent representatives to attend.

"There are three main aspects involved in this infrastructure work. Transportation, network, new energy.

In terms of transportation, subways and railways can no longer keep up with the development needs of the times, and R&D projects must be launched to make faster, more convenient and more comfortable trains and subways to facilitate people's travel and improve the speed of freight transportation. I hope that in 30 years we will be able to get there in 4 hours by train from New York to Los Angeles. ”

"That's possible! That's faster than an airplane. ”

As soon as John's words fell, someone in the conference room was surprised.

New York is nearly 4,000 kilometers away from Los Angeles in a straight line, which means that trains need to travel 1,000 kilometers per hour, and commercial airliners generally travel at 900 kilometers per hour.

"Hehe!" John smiled when he heard some doubts in the conference room, and looked around at the crowd. "There's a saying in NASA that says, 'I can do anything I can think of.'" I think it is much easier to speed the train to 1,000 kilometers per hour than to land on the moon, and we have landed on the moon in 1961, there is nothing impossible in the United States, as long as we dare to think and dare to do it, we will definitely achieve it. ”

Is a 1000-kilometer high-speed train a fantasy?

Some nations had already begun to build before John's rebirth.

It's not that the United States can't build high-speed trains, it mainly depends on whether the top management has the political will, and if so, high-speed trains of 2,000 kilometers per hour can be built.

I think we can't use 30 years at a speed of 1000 kilometers, 63 years MIT proposed the concept of maglev train, 68 years to obtain a superconducting EDS maglev patent, the technology is currently in use in Japan, 74 years we have begun to design, Experiments, a maglev train with a speed of 500 kilometers per hour, but after the end of the 75-year congressional appropriation, this technology has been stopped, and now as long as it is re-invested and strongly supported by the state, I believe that 1000 kilometers per hour in 20 years is not a dream. ”

The president of the Union Pacific Railroad Company was the most familiar with trains, and he had always been involved in the maglev project, but unfortunately Congress did not support it, and the project eventually died.

"Very well, then let the government take the lead and introduce a national maglev plan, with an annual allocation of 500 million US dollars to support the development of maglev train technology. In addition, it has joined forces with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lincoln Laboratory, General Electric Company, Argonne Laboratory, etc., to form a maglev train technology research and development committee. ”

"It's the boss!"

"It's JK!"

The president of the Union Pacific Railroad Company was very happy to see John's vigorous development of high-speed trains, and he used to study maglev to the death of Congress, and he allocated more than 100 million yuan every year, and his boss was generous.

John then deployed the Internet and new energy, vigorously supported the Internet and new energy technology, and listed the Internet economy and new energy economy as the new growth point of the future economy of the United States.

Finally, at the end of the meeting, John proposed the mayor of New York, the largest city in the United States, and its mayor is recognized as the second largest city in the United States.

"I've heard someone say that there are four of the best jobs in the world: the President of the United States, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the President of the World Bank, and the Mayor of New York. ”

"Huh!"

Everyone in the room laughed at John's words.

With a smile on his face, John looked at the mayor of New York and asked, "Cuomo, do you think the position of mayor of New York is great?"

"Sir, I've never been down before 12 p.m. since I became mayor of New York, and I've been on the job almost all year round except for sick leave for four years, but I love it. "Cuomo has been tortured by John for several years, focusing on both public security and the economy, in order to achieve the task, he has hardly rested, but he has finally made some achievements.

I don't know where the person who said this came to such a conclusion, New York, as a business card city in the United States, is the mayor here, which represents not honor and power, but greater responsibility.

New York has done a good job in recent years, with a significant decrease in the crime rate, a steady increase in the economy, and a significant increase in public satisfaction, but this is not enough, as a business card city, it must do better.

I would like to suggest here two areas that need to be strengthened.

First, transportation, especially the subway, is so bad that I hope New York can speed up the improvement of the subway to improve the people's difficulty in traveling and the problem of urban congestion.

Second, urban infrastructure, greening, and public toilets should be increased.

I hope that within three years, New York will come up with a workable plan to radically improve these problems in New York. ”

"Yes sir. ”

Cuomo nodded, feeling the burden on his body increase again.

After talking about New York, John then brought up the mayor of another city in the United States.

"If New York is doing well, Los Angeles is doing very averagely, except for being economically satisfying, other places are bad, especially traffic, I don't understand why Los Angeles is more congested than New York? Los Angeles is the same as New York, and I hope to come up with a plan to improve the traffic problem in three years.

The other point is the problem of greening, the greening in the rich areas is slightly better, the rest of the area is very bad, I hope to be able to improve, and I want to say, who decided to plant palm trees in Los Angeles in the first place? This kind of tree is expensive to import, it has little cleaning effect, it can't provide shade for pedestrians, it needs high cost of maintenance, why plant this kind of trunk? Los Angeles has completely stopped planting palm trees, a variety of beautiful and practical trees, cherry blossoms sent by Japan the year before the year, as well as our own maple trees, ginkgo trees introduced from China, these numbers are very beautiful and very practical, a variety of these trees, the itinerary is a certain scale, and then you can also engage in some cherry blossom festivals and other activities to attract domestic and foreign tourists to increase the number of tourists.

As the city that receives the most tourists in the United States, Los Angeles should show its best side before tourists, so Los Angeles should not only become the safest city in the United States, but also become a garden city and the most beautiful foreign business card of the United States. ”

Los Angeles has little rainfall, and the green plants are basically watered by hand, and the water source cannot keep up with the large-scale planting of trees. ”

The mayor of Los Angeles also wanted to plant more trees, but the conditions did not allow it, and as for the palm trees, they were indeed very chicken, but they were not planted at his request.

"If you don't have enough water, won't you find a way to recycle rainwater? If we don't lack seawater desalination technology, won't you build a seawater plant? John is angry, the United States desalination technology is already very advanced, Los Angeles is sitting on a large sea, and it is embarrassing to say that there is a shortage of water.

"Yes, boss!"

The mayor of Los Angeles did not dare to argue.

"I hope that when you encounter something, don't always make excuses, when you run for a good slogan, after being elected, it seems that you have amnesia, if you feel that the job is difficult to do, you are not capable enough, you just tell me, I will find someone to replace you. If you think you can do it, I hope you will be able to do it and make the citizens of Los Angeles happy. ”

"It's the boss!"

The mayor of Los Angeles blushed, and was coaxed in front of more than 100 people, and his face and guilt were gone.

The director of a wealthy family born again

The director of a wealthy family born again