When the time came in November, as Yangpeng Expressway entered the bidding stage, Li Huayong was busy again.

On this day, Li Huayong was studying the drawings of Yangpeng Expressway in his office, considering which of the 10 bids he would vote for. At this time, Lin Lanhua rushed in:

"Yong, what do you mean?"

Seeing Lin Lanhua, who was standing in front of him with a stern face, Li Huayong was inexplicable:

"Orchid, Sister Orchid, what do you mean? I don't mean anything. ”

"You don't care about that project in Liwan, right?"

Li Huayong was stunned at first, and then he was happy after figuring it out. In the past few days, I have focused on the Yangpeng Expressway, and I have really asked less about the Liwan project. It's not for other reasons, it's mainly because the demolition has just started on the Liwan side, and with the vigorous cooperation of all parties, especially Zhu Dingyuan's actions, it hasn't encountered any major problems for the time being.

What surprised Li Huayong was Lin Hui's current attitude, could it be that a young woman like her would also care about such mundane things? Or did she also know that she was the future landlord's wife, so she was particularly interested in this project?

"This... I don't care, it's not normal right now, so I'm ......."

"Humph!"

"No, there's Sister Orchid here, you're in charge, I'm relieved, so I'll ......."

"Humph!"

Li Huayong didn't need to continue to explain to Lin Hui, because at this time, Zhong Zhiwen walked in:

"Ah Yong, Mr. Lu has arrived. ”

"Oh, it's here, please, no, no, I'll go and meet it myself. ”

The "Mr. Lu" in Zhong Zhiwen's mouth is naturally Lu Yuquan, and he specially came to Yangcheng to meet Li Huayong.

There is no way, if you undertake another highway, then with the management resources that Li Huayong has now, and even the management power in Lao Lu's hands, it seems to be a little stretched. A few days ago, when he was on the phone with Lao Lu, Li Huayong also mentioned this matter to the other party, and Lao Lu didn't say anything else at the time, only that he was going back to Xiangjiang, and when he came back, everyone would meet in Yangcheng.

I heard that Lao Lu was coming, and Lin Hui didn't have anything to say, so she obediently went with Li Huayong to greet Lao Lu.

"Xiao Li, I didn't expect it......"

After everyone met, Lao Lu first came to such a sigh. What he said "didn't expect" is, of course, that he didn't expect that in a short period of time, there would suddenly be two more projects, Yangcheng Liwan and Pengcheng Futian. It should be said that these two projects are outside the original plan, and neither Li Huayong nor Lu Yuquan expected that there would be so many projects to be done at once.

It can be said that it is precisely because of these two more projects that Lao Lu must run this trip in person. After all, these projects are not Li Huayong's business alone, in addition to the layout of Li Huayong's personal career, in fact, they are also related to Lao Lu and his family's "Lu Ji Construction" The focus of the future development.

Because the relationship and friendship are all there, Li Huayong didn't talk too much nonsense after everyone met, facing Lao Lu, Lin Hui, and Zhong Zhiwen, he directly said his thoughts:

"Uncle Quan, I'll tell you the truth, in the current projects, what I personally value the most is this Yangpeng Expressway, after all, Jinqiao Yinlu Copper House, so we have to find a way to get in this field anyway, not only to find a way to get in, if we can win the bid this time, we will also do the corresponding resource tilt for this piece. ”

When Li Huayong said this, he inadvertently glanced at Lin Hui, but found that Lin Lanhua was staring at him, so naturally, Li Huayong's words made a big roll of the eyes of the young woman in literature and art.

On the contrary, Lao Lu was not surprised by this, because a long time ago, Li Huayong had discussed this issue with him, a Xiangjiang construction company wants to make a difference in the mainland, and it will definitely not be possible to take the ordinary road, just because of the huge difference in labor costs between the two places, which makes it difficult for Hong Kong enterprises to gain an advantage in the competition.

So if a company like the old Lu family's "Lu Ji Construction" wants to develop in the mainland, it is more suitable to take the path of specialization or mechanization. In other words, it is necessary to undertake projects that use fewer ordinary workers.

If you think about the problem from this perspective, the road and bridge project is undoubtedly more suitable. Although the road and bridge project also requires a large number of general workers, compared with the housing construction project, the proportion of general workers is still not so high.

On the other hand, the BT model like Nanjiang, or the factory renovation project like Liwan, this is of course a development direction, but after all, these projects need to be advanced? If you want to choose between advancing capital and not advancing capital, then of course anyone is willing to choose a project that does not need to advance capital. This is actually what Li Huayong wanted to say to Lu Yuquan, and it is also the reason why he attaches so much importance to this Yangpeng Expressway.

For this kind of truth, Lu Yuquan, who has been in the mainland for so long, naturally understands it, so after listening to Li Huayong's words, Lao Lu is smiling and silent.

At this time, Zhong Zhiwen, who was on the side, was interested in Li Huayong's suggestion, and he interjected and asked:

"Ah Yong, I always heard you say that there are copper houses on Jinqiao and Yinlu, what's the matter? Is it really more profitable to build roads than to build houses?"

Li Huayong was surprised: "Isn't this an old saying in the construction industry, why, haven't you heard this kind of saying in Xiangjiang?"

Seeing Zhong Zhiwen and Lao Lu smiling and shaking their heads at the same time, Li Huayong came to his senses, and he smiled dumbly when he came to his senses. Strictly speaking, although this sentence is thunderous in the mainland, and many people who eat melons know this sentence, this is really not an "old saying" in the construction industry. Even in mainland China, this phrase was only popular in the first few years of the new century throughout the nineties, and probably after 2005, there were actually relatively few people in the industry who said this kind of thing.

After organizing the language a little, Li Huayong briefly explained to Zhong Zhiwen: "Let's put it this way, in the construction industry, bridge repair is considered to have relatively high technical requirements, and it can be regarded as "technology-intensive" in civil engineering, and the characteristics of road repair are that a large number of mechanical equipment are needed, which is a kind of "mechanical-intensive". "Technology-intensive" is higher than "mechanical-intensive" and higher than "manpower-intensive", which should be regarded as the internal logic of the statement "Jinqiao Yinlu Copper House". ”

Hearing Li Huayong's explanation, not only Lao Lu, but even Zhong Zhiwen nodded frequently. Indeed, Li Huayong's words are not difficult to understand, and they seem to sound very reasonable.

Li Huayong continued to smile and said: "Of course, the reason why there is a Jinqiao Silver Road in the mainland, especially this "Silver Road", is not only this internal logic, it should be said that there are other deeper reasons. ”

"Huh? Or is it something deeper?"

Faced with Zhong Zhiwen's questioning, Li Huayong refused to continue to explain, and he smiled silently.

It's not that Li Huayong doesn't want to explain, it's just that it's inconvenient to explain. Because the so-called "deeper reason" in his opinion is nothing more than the fact that the construction of highways in the whole country has just begun, and there is still a lack of experience in all aspects.

It is important to note that this lack of experience is all-encompassing and national. From design to construction, from management to supervision, it can be said that before the new century, the whole country lacked experience in all aspects of highway construction, especially in terms of supervision, which was at a relatively low level for a long time.

Li Huayong believes that it is precisely because of the low level of supervision that the term "silver road" has been created.

A characteristic of the construction industry, for example, from the three perspectives of design, construction and supervision, if the three are at a low level at the beginning, then whose level can improve faster?

Usually it will not be a design unit, let alone a regulatory department, the first to gain experience, the fastest level to improve, that must be the construction department in the front line.

To be honest, this is where the saying "Silver Road" comes from.

Li Huayong himself experienced that era, to be honest, in the early years of the expressway project, due to the low level of supervision, the construction party's life is simply not too moist, there are too many opportunities to "eat night grass".

After 2005, why did few people mention the "Golden Bridge and Silver Road"? At that time, it was replaced by "Golden Tunnel and Silver Bridge". Some peers think that the competition is too fierce, resulting in the dilution of the profits of the entire industry, but Li Huayong thinks not.

The real reason is that by that time, the level of regulation in the whole country has increased, and it is precisely because of the increase in the level of regulation that there are fewer and fewer opportunities to "eat night grass".

It's only 1987, and it's nearly 20 years before 2005, so I think there is still such a long time to eat "night grass..... Of course, it is understandable why Li Huayong attaches so much importance to this Yangpeng Expressway.

"I won't talk about the deeper reasons now, I believe Zhong Sheng will know in the future. ”

Li Huayong smiled after this sentence: "Okay, now let's discuss which bid to vote, according to the provisions of the bidding documents, a company can vote for two subgrade bids at the same time, of course, the bid is the bid, and finally I estimate that each company can only win one bid at most, now let's analyze these ten bids to see which two are most likely to win the bid." ”