(.) The board of directors of Heung Kong Telecom held a meeting on the third day after Zhou Liwen's arrival in Hong Kong, at which Richard, as chairman, announced that Heung Kong Telecom would invest heavily in mobile business, launching three network services in Hong Kong and Macao, and also came up with a plan to invest US$200 million.

The board of directors undoubtedly approved all of this decision, knowing that in recent years, Heung Kong Telecom's many splits in Richard's hands have hurt its vitality, and it was not until Zhou Liwen acquired its mobile business and became the second largest shareholder that the telecommunications business was stabilized. And now, Zhou Liwen is famous, and he has invested heavily in the expansion of 3 businesses, which is a good thing for Heung Kong Telecom, which fool will object? Even some directors smiled after the meeting, and when this incident was disclosed, the stock price of No. 8 Tsai would definitely rise sharply, which is not only a good thing that everyone wants to see, but also strengthens the public's confidence in Heung Kong Telecom's investment.

This is indeed the case, when the next day in Xiangjiang newspapers and media published the board of directors resolution, the stock price of No. 8 Tsai should rise sharply, reaching the highest price in recent years, not to mention, this time there is Zhou Liwen invested heavily to build 3 business gimmick, which has aroused the market's pursuit, and some teachers and grandmothers are so happy to see the rising stock price these days.

After the board of directors approves and the project is confirmed, the next step is the tedious work. Of course, this does not need to be done by Zhou Liwen himself, but as a key project, he must stay in Xiangjiang for a few more days until the project is on track. What's more, the cooperation with the southeastern province has not yet been followed, and this matter must also be dealt with. But there was no news from Guo Tao's side, and Zhou Liwen didn't urge, and it wasn't until a week passed that Guo Tao called to tell Zhou Liwen that he had a little eyebrows

Zhou Liwen immediately asked Guo Tao on the phone what the situation was, and Guo Tao told him that it was better to meet and talk about it in a sentence or two. Anyway, Huacheng is not far from Xiangjiang, Zhou Liwen asked him to come over immediately, and Guo Tao rushed to Zhou Liwen that afternoon.

"You mean it's not the connectivity?" Zhou Liwen asked in some surprise.

Guo Tao shook his head and said: "It's not true, it's true, I have asked someone to inquire about this matter carefully, and the situation is quite complicated." ”

"Guo Fatzi, what about you playing tongue twisters? What is there to say directly, and how can I judge this ambiguity? Zhou Liwen said a little unpleasantly.

"Don't worry, don't worry, listen to me slowly" Guo Tao looked at Zhou Liwen angrily and laughed, handed over a cigarette, and lit one himself, and then talked to Zhou Liwen.

Guo Tao is not wrong, this matter is indeed a bit complicated, as he said, it is not and it is not, and it is also true. Regarding the cooperation project, the above is indeed as Wei Zi said, and Unicom Southeast Province Company is also very interested in this project. As the second mobile operator in China, Unicom has been pressed by mobile companies, not to mention that Telecom is also preparing to engage in mobile business, intending to take a share of this market.

In this case, except for the market share in the southeast where China Unicom is higher than that of China Mobile, there is not much comparison at all. If you want to keep users, compete with competitors in the market, and face the threat of telecommunications, you must have an advantage. It just so happened that at this time, Heung Kong Telecom came to talk to Unicom about the cooperation of the 3 business, how could people with a little vision not understand that this was a very good opportunity.

At present, smart phones have basically replaced the original 2 mobile phones, but compared with North America and Europe, the 3 network has no foundation in Asia, especially in China. In the marketization that began a few years ago, companies such as China Unicom and China Mobile have theoretically entered the market, and their operations are basically up to them. Therefore, the construction of domestic 3 networks is necessary from the perspective of the general trend and the direction of enterprise management.

For this reason, Unicom was very enthusiastic about the contact with Heung Kong Telecom at the beginning, after all, the two sides already have a cooperative relationship in many aspects, and even some shares of the two sides are crossed, and it is not wrong to say that they are their own people from this point of view. The personnel of China Unicom who participated in the negotiations also attached great importance to this project, and they had calculated internally that if the mobile company could successfully build the network as soon as possible, it would be of great help to Unicom's business development, and it was not impossible to even surpass the mobile company in one fell swoop.

In the early stage of negotiation, the two sides quickly reached an intention, and if they were the operators of capitalist countries, it was natural to sign an agreement and enter the cooperation process. But don't forget, although Unicom is currently a first-class operating company, to a certain extent, it has entered the market and operates in accordance with market rules. But after all, the national conditions are different, with the hat of the enterprise, the bones have not changed, and the mother-in-law above is not missing. If that's all it takes, then forget it, but the key is that some situations are not only the mother-in-law's problem, but even people who can't hit with eight strokes can stick a pole sideways, making a mess of the already clear situation.

This is the current situation, just when Unicom basically reached an agreement within the company, ready to report this matter to the head office, and then officially set up the project, the unexpected suddenly came.

A retired veteran comrade from the southeast province did not know why he was actually concerned about this matter, and no one knew where he heard the news, and when he learned that China Unicom was going to cooperate with Xiangjiang Telecom in the three networks, he vigorously opposed it. Not only that, this veteran comrade, who had seen Marx soon, was in a very good spirit, and personally went to the province to find the deputy provincial leader of the competent department, and pointed out that such cooperation in China Unicom was extremely dangerous and extremely irresponsible to the state

The leader was also surprised when he heard this, and hurriedly asked him why he came to such a conclusion. This veteran comrade made a set of remarks on the spot, and there were three reasons for this

First, telecommunications, especially mobile telecommunications, as an important part of the country, must be developed independently, and cooperation with foreign capital will cause the problem of leakage of secrets in military, civilian and other channels, which is not conducive to social stability.

Second: the investment in 3 networks is too large, the current 2 is completely enough, and then it is unnecessary to invest such a large amount of money to engage in duplicate construction, and it is better to consider people's livelihood issues with this money, such as building a few hope primary schools, and increasing wages and benefits for everyone.

Third, this kind of cooperation cannot ensure the infiltration of foreign hostile forces, and who knows what kind of heart the other side has, and if the weak point of the country's mobile communications is quietly grasped by taking the opportunity of this project, what can be done in the future if something causes sabotage?

As for these three points, there are some other sporadic small problems, such as smart phones are easy to cause playthings to lose their minds, at present, in the absence of 3 networks, so that many young people hold their mobile phones every day to play, if the 3 business is opened, then pay it back? He also disagrees with the argument put forward by some people that Xiangjiang Telecom does not belong to real foreign investment, knowing that the former chief minister put forward the slogan of "one country, two systems", and is doing so now. Since it is two systems, it is inevitable to distinguish between domestic capital and foreign capital, and foreign capital is foreign capital, not to mention that in such an important project, it is not safe for ordinary domestic capital to enter, let alone introduce foreign capital? Whoever does this is a traitor and a sinner of the country and the nation

With such a large number of hats crackling and buttoning down, who would dare to pick it up? Looking at this old comrade who blew his beard and stared at his eyes, the deputy provincial leader in charge was also dumbfounded, this refutation was not good, and it was not good to persuade him, so he could only be calmed down temporarily, and then truthfully reported to the above. After learning of the situation, the main leaders of the province also felt that their heads were as big as a fight, and they discussed and unanimously decided not to cause this trouble, but to say hello to Unicom and let them stop the matter for the time being, so as not to be grabbed by the old comrades and hold on to the pigtails and make the matter bigger.

In this way, Unicom, which received the notification, was dumbfounded, and at this time, Unicom was almost about to sign a cooperation with Xiangjiang Telecom, but this situation happened. Like the leaders of the province, although they all know that this old comrade is simply messing around, no one can refute these hats, and the level of the veteran comrades who have been tested for a long time is certainly not covered, and whoever opposes it will be held responsible, and if there is no fear of 10,000 things in this world, they are afraid of what happens, and this ...... in case.

After thinking about it, China Unicom couldn't come up with any good way, so it could only postpone the matter, on the one hand, it dragged with Xiangjiang Telecom, and on the other hand, it tried other ways to see if it could bypass this matter.

After listening to Guo Tao's story, Zhou Liwen couldn't cry or laugh, he never thought that this would be the case. The real reason for the incident was too unexpected, and he thought at first that there was a problem within Unicom, and it was actually a retired old comrade who had made trouble for a long time.

"You don't have to look for a move, to tell you the truth, even if you do, it's useless. This old guy is not a vegetarian, don't look at him retreating, this energy is not small. Guo Tao finally told Zhou Liwen this, shook his head and sighed.

"What did this old guy do before?" Zhou Liwen couldn't help but ask.

"The retired official did not do much, barely a deputy provincial level, but he has old qualifications, many protégés, and a complicated network in a southeastern province, which is very difficult to mess with. Otherwise, the province would not have looked at the way. ”

"What's going on in his house? Have you learned more about this? Zhou Liwen thought for a while and asked.

Guo Tao smiled, took out a piece of paper from his bag and slapped it in front of Zhou Liwen: "I knew you had such a question, look at it." ”

Unexpectedly, Guo Tao was still very careful, Zhou Liwen praised him, and then picked up the paper and looked at it carefully.

This piece of paper is written about this person, including his position before retirement, the scope of work, and so on. In addition, there is his family and children.

Just as Guo Tao said, this old comrade's previous position was not too high, and it was not the case that he was said to be at the vice provincial level, and he was only put on when he was relegated to the second line, and he was first the secretary of the municipal party committee of a city in the province, and only when he was old enough to take up the post of deputy director of the provincial people's congress, so he was promoted from the department level to the vice province.

However, he has a wide range of connections, and he promoted many young people in the ministry when he was the secretary of the municipal party committee, and now several of these young people promoted in the ministry have served as the main leaders in the province, and there are even more leaders at the county and city levels below, and from this point of view, his influence in the province is very great, otherwise he would not have caused the current situation because of his opposition alone.

As for his family structure, it is also very simple, his wife has passed away a few years ago, he lives alone in the provincial party committee, has two sons and a daughter, the eldest son is the county party committee secretary in Rong County, and the second son works in the provincial general office, and the level is deputy director. The daughter is the general manager of a state-owned enterprise, and also has the administrative rank of deputy director. As for the grandson, grandson or something, it was mentioned a little on the paper, and Zhou Liwen didn't see too much fame when he looked at it.

Zhou Liwen is now very clear that the problem in front of him is this old comrade, as long as this problem is solved, the cooperation negotiations with Unicom can continue, if it cannot be solved, then this matter will be shelved. As for whether this old comrade is old or has ulterior motives, Zhou Liwen does not know, if it is the former, it is a little troublesome, Zhou Liwen also encountered such an old Yu department in the early years, his brain is rigid, his thinking is one-sided, he is rigid and tough, and it is very difficult to deal with. And relying on his old qualifications and wide connections, you can't refute him yet, otherwise you will get a big head if you get entangled.

But if it's the latter, Zhou Liwen has to think carefully about how to deal with it, there is no cat in the world that doesn't eat fishy, and sometimes, some changes in the situation are often driven by interests. As the old man often says, there is no love for no reason in this world, and there is no hate for no reason.

Saying hard work to Guo Tao, Zhou Liwen put the paper aside and chatted with him about Guo's situation. Over the past year, the development of Guo's has entered another period of take-off, and at present, Guo's shipping has taken shape after the addition of Situ, and with the company's new purchase of several container ships and bulk carriers, the business of some routes has also begun to develop steadily.

Zhou Liwen pointed out to Guo Tao that the bulk carrier transportation business in Australia and major ports in China is the most important in the next few years, and with the hot domestic real estate market, related industries have also entered the best period. Especially in the steel industry, this year's construction steel rose by 2 in the first quarter and 5 in the second quarter, and has risen by more than 6 so far. Last year, the price per ton of rebar was about 26 yuan, at the end of last year it reached 36 yuan, and now it has exceeded 66 yuan, and the price will break through the high level of 86 yuan.

What does this mean? Of course, it represents the unprecedented huge demand of the domestic steel industry. At the same time, it has also accelerated the development of the country's economy. In fact, the country is not a country lacking iron ore, from the storage of iron ore is very huge, but the country's iron ore impurities are more, in the refining cost is more cost-effective than foreign ore. In the case of huge demand from the steel industry, the demand for imported iron ore is also growing rapidly, which also includes the import demand for scrap and other charges.

There are only a few major sources of high-quality iron ore in the world, and Australia is the leader. Since last year, China's iron ore imports from Australia have increased significantly, and the international price of iron ore has also risen for this reason. Compared with the demand, the transportation link is weaker, some shipping companies at home and abroad are grasping shipbuilding and buying ships to seize this market share, Zhou Liwen of course will not miss it, and instructed Guo Tao to grasp the transportation of these routes to ensure that he eats a piece of fat in this wave. In addition, for the import of waste materials, such as scrap steel and other products, the General Administration of Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China has put forward a qualification plan for operating enterprises, and Guo's foreign trade company can also prepare in advance to seize the opportunity.

In this speech, Zhou Liwen and Guo Tao talked about the evening from the afternoon to the evening, sketching a huge blueprint for him. Guo Tao was excited when he heard this, nodded again and again, and when he arrived the next day, he hurried back and implemented the plan prepared by Zhou Liwen.

After Guo Tao left, Zhou Liwen was not idle, he asked Pang Yishan to help find a few private detectives in Xiangjiang, and handed over the affairs of the old comrade to these private detectives to inquire. However, Zhou Liwen told them that they must be careful when investigating, and they can't startle the snake, after all, the other party's level and identity are over there, and it is best not to cause trouble if they can.

As for Huacheng, Zhou Liwen didn't give up, and before Guo Tao went back, Zhou Liwen asked him to continue to find out the situation, especially Lin Zijian and Gao Bin. The two of them are people in the system, well-informed, and they will tell themselves as soon as they hear something.

It took several days to wait, and when Zhou Liwen almost thought that this matter was going to be yellow, the news finally came.

First of all, Lin Zijian and Gao Bin delivered the news from Huacheng, saying that the two sons of this old comrade were not fuel-efficient lamps, and first said that his youngest son, don't look at him working in the provincial office, but he also opened a company in private, doing import and export and real estate trading. Of course, his real estate is not like the real estate development of Zhou Liwen or Richard, but uses his power to buy and sell land in order to make huge profits.

As for his eldest son, who is the county party secretary, he is not a thing, in addition to loving empty talk, good face and like to eat wild meat, he is also very lustful, and he actually raised five second wives in private, and even three of his sons were born to him.

Immediately afterwards, there was also news from the private detective, this is about the daughter of an old comrade, according to their investigation, it is true that his daughter is the general manager of a state-owned enterprise, but she also opened two companies by herself, and used the channels of state-owned enterprises to make money for her company, which is a bit similar to Zhou Liwen back then. In addition, this woman is also very gambling, often goes to Ao Island to play, every weekend as long as there is time to play for a day or two, and in the casino is very generous.

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