Chapter 446 Highway Project

"It's not just them, but even the officials who are vigorously building up the chengguan team, and they have to think about the possible consequences. Sun Zhaolun sneered, he has been living in Hong Kong, before coming to China, he did not know much about the situation in the mainland officialdom, but after all these years as the main person in charge of Carrefour supermarket, he still feels a deep hatred for some ills in Chinese society. However, he came today not to denounce the injustice of Chinese society with Fang Mingyuan, but to have other important matters.

In the days when Fang Mingyuan went to Qionghai, there was a big news in Qinxi Province, that is, it seemed that the state intended to build a highway in Qinxi Province to connect Fengyuan with the Shendu City of Zhongzhou Province. At the same time, this expressway in Shendu will be connected to another highway already under construction from Shendu to the capital.

When the news came out, of course, it sparked a lot of discussions, and the people who would benefit from it were naturally ecstatic about it. If this expressway can be built, then the speed of driving from Fengyuan to Shendu, and even to the capital will be greatly improved, which is of extraordinary significance to Qinxi Province, which suffers from insufficient railway capacity and more underdeveloped river transportation.

However, the huge amount of money required for the construction of the expressway is also a headache for the leaders of the Qinxi Provincial Party Committee and Provincial Government. Although it is said that the state will give money, the local government also has to raise corresponding funds, and this huge construction fund is also a very heavy burden for Qinxi Province, which is not economically developed. Moreover, in recent years, state-owned enterprises in Qinxi Province have fallen into the brink of loss or even bankruptcy, and urgently need a large amount of capital transfusion. How can there be extra money invested in the construction of highways. But they also understand that this is a rare opportunity, and if they give up, there will be no regret medicine in the future. I don't know who made the suggestion to borrow money from private enterprises to build roads, and then repay the loans with the toll of highways for vehicles.

Fang Mingyuan grinned secretly, history has really developed to this track of 'taking out loans to build roads and charging fees to repay loans'.

"There are fewer squares, and roads are more efficient, more efficient, and less expensive than railways. Road transport also has the flexibility of door-to-door direct transportation, which is especially suitable for passenger transport and less-than-truckload transportation of perishable goods and containers. This kind of function, the highway is more prominent. For example, after the completion of the Meishin Expressway in Japan, the journey time is reduced by about 75% compared with the original highway. Motorways also have much lower accident and fatality rates than other roads. And I have asked some experts in Hong Kong, according to them, although the cost of the expressway is high, the land is more, but the driving speed is high, the traffic capacity is large, the traffic accident rate is small, so the investment cost is generally only 7~10 years because of the cost of driving, including fuel consumption, tire wear, car repair and road maintenance expenses, etc., and the running time and the reduction of traffic accidents and get sufficient returns. Therefore, in many countries, when the traffic volume develops to a certain extent, as long as the financial resources permit, they will build highways," Sun Zhaolun said with a little excitement.

Fang Mingyuan nodded, he knew more about these data than Sun Zhaolun. In Shijie countries, the mileage of expressways generally accounts for only a few percent of the total mileage of highways, but they are often responsible for 20 or 30 percent of the total highway traffic, which shows that highways play a great role in promoting the economy.

He can fully understand Sun Zhaolun's excitement, once this highway is completed and opened to traffic, it will undoubtedly have another fast passage for the freight system of Carrefour supermarket. With the continuous expansion of Carrefour supermarket in Qinxi Province, the number of goods imported from all provinces and even overseas has increased greatly every year, although it is said that due to the relationship between Su Huandong, Carrefour supermarket and Qinxi Province's railway system cooperation is quite pleasant, but because the total railway capacity is limited after all, Carrefour supermarket is now the main force of cargo transportation, or rely on the road. Therefore, in Sun Zhaolun's view, if it is said that it can participate in the construction of this highway, it will be of great benefit to reduce the logistics cost of Carrefour supermarket and accelerate the transportation speed of goods. At present, Carrefour supermarket has sufficient funds, even if it invests heavily in the construction of highways, it will definitely not affect Carrefour supermarket's own capital turnover. In fact, not only that, if the construction of this highway is successful, it can also play a role in vigorously promoting the import and export business of Deguang Electronics Factory to Japan.

"Today, there are leaders in the province who have asked for my opinion, whether Carrefour Supermarket is willing to participate in the shares, I will not ask Fang Shaoyou to report the situation. Sun Zhaolun looked directly into Fang Mingyuan's eyes and said, "Do we want to get involved in this matter?"

"How much is the funding gap in the province?" Fang Mingyuan filled Sun Zhaolun with tea in front of him, seemingly casually.

"I'm afraid there will be more than 200 million," Sun Zhaolun said without hesitation.

"So how much does the province want us to invest? Is it a statement, or is it officially operated as an industry?" This is the key to the matter, if it is just the meaning, Fang Mingyuan does not want to spend more time on this matter, if the province hopes that the funds of Carrefour supermarket will enter on a large scale, then this matter will have to be carefully considered.

Sun Zhaolun picked up the tea in front of him, took a sip and said: "Fang Shao, you don't know in Yazhou, this matter has just spread recently, at present, as far as I know, the provincial party committee and the provincial government have been in contact with many enterprises, but no one seems to be willing to take over, and the provincial party committee and the provincial government are also helpless, so they found our head." ”

Fang Mingyuan nodded, to be honest just now, he was still a little strange in his heart, how could the Qinxi Provincial Party Committee and Provincial Government raise funds for road repair, how could they want Carrefour Supermarket to participate in it, it turned out to be a helpless move.

"The investment in this expressway is huge, the construction period is long, and the profit is naturally slow, and many companies are not willing to invest money for it. For the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government, of course, I hope that we will do as much as possible, and it is best to make up for the gap in funds at one time," Sun Zhaolun said.

Fang Mingyuan smiled secretly in his heart, in the early nineties, people have not fully realized the profiteering nature of the expressway, if they know that in the previous life, the highway invested by 1.2 billion yuan can eventually recover tens of billions of yuan in return, I am afraid that these people will break their heads and will squeeze in.

"The province also hinted that if we are willing to invest in this project, we can give Carrefour supermarkets greater preferential policies in other aspects...... Sun Zhaolun continued.

"Hahahaha......" Fang Mingyuan couldn't help but daxiao.