Chapter 658 Three billion yuan of investment

Deng Zhong came quickly, but anyone who knew could understand his eagerness.

Deng Zhong has been in the position of deputy secretary of the provincial party committee and vice governor of Liaoning Province for ten years, and if he cannot make any progress in the near future, he is facing the possibility of taking a back seat. For these officials, it is natural to hope that their political life will last for a long time, and it is best to meet Marx when they can still be in a high position and hold great power, so when he heard about this, Deng Zhong immediately came to Wuye County without hesitation.

Of course, this is also because he has innate advantages, first, he is the deputy secretary of the provincial party committee and vice governor, and it can be said that he can completely speak on both sides of the provincial party committee and the provincial government; Second, he is the descendant of the secretary of the provincial party committee, and the secretary of the provincial party committee is the first high-level of Liaoning Province to learn the news; Thirdly, and most importantly, he can be regarded as a member of the Mei family in the capital, and the Mei family is good with the Fang family, what he knows, about Fang Mingyuan, is naturally more detailed than many people in the province. Therefore, when the Mei family in the capital called and informed him of the incident, Deng Zhong felt that he had another chance to go further

It can be said that along the way, Deng Zhong was repeatedly thinking about the news from Wu Ye and the capital, thinking about how to win the greatest benefits for himself in the first meeting with Fang Mingyuan.

The news of "3 billion yuan investment" from Wuye County was like a nuclear warhead, and it bombarded the high-level leaders of Liao Province to pieces.

The investment of 3 billion yuan may not be a large amount in later generations, and the central government has opened its hand slightly, which is a huge amount of trillions of dollars, but in the northeast in the early 90s, such an investment was like a long drought and a rainy day.

With the process of China's reform and opening up, while China's economy is moving forward rapidly on the track of market economy, the northeast suddenly shows an old and weak pace, and is falling further and further behind. Compared with the glitz and grandeur of the south, the northeast is bleak and deserted; Compared with the prosperity of the people in East China, the Northeast shows embarrassment and hardship; Compared with the rapid development of North China, the Northeast is stumbling and embarrassing; Even compared with the vast and barren northwest, this land that once created a boiling life seems a little helpless and lost.

In the process of transitioning from Jihua economy to market economy, the three northeastern provinces, which are the bases of heavy industry and the three northeastern provinces with the largest concentration of large and medium-sized state-owned enterprises, are facing the dilemma of declining industrial economic efficiency and difficult production. There are also many bitter ones in the country.

It was the first bankrupt enterprise in the country

It is the city with the largest number of laid-off workers in the country

It is the city with the highest concentration of residents living in difficulty

This is also the place where the officials are most serious

And not only industry, but also the agriculture of Northeast China is also facing the same embarrassment, with a large backlog of traditional advantageous agricultural products, slow increase in farmers' income, and little improvement in agricultural economic efficiency, and other bright problems have surfaced, triggering a series of uneasiness.

All this, compared with the striding forward of the south and the Shanghai market, is in extremely sharp contrast.

Therefore, the officials of the three provinces are in a hurry, not only because they are not in charge of the people, it is better to go home and sell sweet potatoes, but also because they have no political achievements, what can they use to ask the central government for their own soaring?

But no matter how urgent it is, it is useless, there is no national inclined policy, there is no support for many projects, there is no huge amount of capital investment, and it is not possible to attract a large amount of foreign investment like the southeast coastal areas.

In order to be able to attract investment, in order to get funds and projects from the central government, the relevant officials of the three provinces can be said to have run short and worn out their mouths

Therefore, when Qian Yue and Qi Yueming sent back the news that Fang Jia, the major shareholder of Carrefour Supermarket and a well-known private entrepreneur in Qinxi Province, intended to invest 3 billion yuan in Liaoning Province, it immediately shook the top level of Liaoning Province, which was a huge amount that the officials of Liaoning Province who were busy for a year last year did not reach

Moreover, these officials in Liaoning Province are more aware of the fact that what the Fang family can bring is not only the three billion yuan of investment as said, but also Hong Kong and Japan. Even investments in the United States. The extraordinary development of Qinxi Province is no secret among the provincial cadres.

In the final analysis, no one can deny that it is precisely because of the close relationship between the Fang family and the Guo family in Hong Kong that the Guo family's investment in Qinxi Province has been driven, and the Guo family's investment has played a leading role in Hong Kong's business community. The Fang family has brought formal investment from Japan's Sega Co., Ltd. to Qinxi Province, although the scale of the investment is not very large, but the significance it represents is something that no one can ignore. The export of electronic products to Japan is a great honor for China's electronics industry -- although those in the know know that there is a lot of water in it, this does not prevent the officials of Qinxi Province from viewing it as their great political achievement.

If it is said that the Fang family can bring Hong Kong capital, Japanese capital, and even American capital to Liao Province, for the economic development of Liao Province and the political achievements of officials, the significance of this is extraordinary, therefore, following Deng Zhong and the leaders of the relevant ministries, the high-level leaders of Liao Province have completely reached a consensus, and they must express to the Fang family that the attention and welcome of the provincial party committee and government of Liao Province to this proposal are not too demanding. The provincial party committee and the provincial government have given Deng Zhong the power to make decisions on the spot

The meeting between Fang Mingyuan and Deng Zhong can be said to have taken place in a peaceful and cheerful atmosphere.

First of all, Fang Mingyuan once again told Deng Zhong that the Fang family did intend to invest in the construction project in Liao Province, and promised that if everything went well, the total investment would be no less than 3 billion yuan within five years. However, the specific projects to be invested in are still vague. However, Deng Zhong can also understand that the meeting between the two is just to set a large framework and development direction for future work, and the specific work will naturally be improved by relevant personnel in the future.

"Secretary Deng, to be honest, I don't know much about many policies in Liao Province. I would like to ask, if our family plans to invest in the mining industry in Liaoning Province, what are the policy restrictions? Of course, it won't be mineral resources such as gold and oil. Well, it's about coal and iron ore. Fang Mingyuan smiled.

"The Fang family plans to enter the mining industry?" Deng Zhong was a little surprised, he didn't expect Fang Mingyuan to make such a request. You must know that the Fang family now has good results in the supermarket chain, film industry, and video game industry, but I have never heard of the Fang family's investment in the mining industry.

"To be precise, it's not to enter the mining industry, but because we plan to enter the steel industry, in order to better control production costs, we will enter the mining industry together, so our goal is currently limited to coal and iron ore." Fang Mingyuan's words surprised Deng Zhong again. However, in ninety-four years, the central government had a trend of liberalizing the private steel industry, so Deng Zhong was not very shocked by the Fang family's intention to enter the steel industry. On the contrary, I was faintly happy, if what Fang Mingyuan said was true, then the investment of 3 billion yuan was really wanted to be invested in Liao Province.

Deng Zhong pondered for a moment and said: "Mr. Fang, mineral resources are an important wealth of the country and an indispensable basic raw material for industrial development, and the country has always attached great importance to this piece. Of course, the province welcomes foreign investment in this area. However, now the coal mines and iron mines in the province are facing problems such as aging production equipment...... "Deng Zhong obviously thought that Fang Mingyuan was interested in acquiring the existing state-owned coal mines and iron mines, so he still reminded him.

Of course, Fang Mingyuan knows that today's three northeastern provinces, whether coal mines or iron mines, are facing problems such as aging production equipment, insufficient attention to the safety of miners' production, the fact that easy-to-mine resources are close to exhaustion, the production cost is constantly rising, and there are many problems left over from the history of the mine. You must know that in later generations, the difference in the safety of coal mine production in China is famous for all shijie. More than thousands of people die each year in coal mine accidents, making coal mining in China one of the most dangerous occupations on the shijie. Moreover, in places like coal mines and iron mines, the interests of all parties in them are complicated, and if they are really acquired, it is a big headache to just replace the production equipment and sort out the complex internal relationships. So Deng Zhong also kindly reminded him.

"Secretary Deng, I do not plan to acquire the existing coal and iron mines in Liao Province, but I plan to explore in the territory of Liao Province and look for new mineral deposits." Fang Mingyuan smiled and said, "If I can, I hope to be able to get the help of the relevant exploration department in the province." ”

Deng Zhong couldn't help muttering in his heart again, and Fang Mingyuan's answer was beyond his expectations. The Fang family actually did not plan to acquire existing coal mines and iron mines, but planned to develop new mines, which avoided the trouble caused by the acquisition of existing coal mines and iron mines, but there were a lot more uncertainties. You must know that the exploration of new mineral deposits is not a child's house, not only the investment is huge, but when it will be productive, but no one can say for sure. If after a year or two of exploration, there is still nothing, will this investment be wasted?

Fang Mingyuan saw Deng Zhong's hesitation and said with a smile: "Secretary Deng, it seems that I didn't make it clear, which caused your misunderstanding. The new steel-making plant, as long as it is approved by the province, must be selected for construction, and before the new mineral deposits are discovered, if the construction of the steel-making plant is completed, raw materials can also be purchased from the current coal and iron mines. ”

The stone in Deng Zhong's heart was immediately put down, no matter what the results of this exploration were, a modern steel mill can appear on the land of Liao Province, and it is also quite considerable for the economic pull of Liao Province. At the very least, the corresponding achievements will be in hand.

Fang Mingyuan stretched out his hand and pulled a map of Liao Province from the table, put it in front of Deng Zhong and said, "We have even chosen the site of the factory, and it is here."

Deng Zhong looked in the direction of Fang Mingyuan's finger, and couldn't help but be stunned.