Second, when Xiao Min was pregnant with Xia Xiang in Yi County, he had a bad impression of him, "Xie's proposal to transfer Xia Xiang back to Yan City, asked him to pay attention to Xia Xiang's every move. Later, Ba County opened up mountain roads, developed tourism, and made great strides to a new level in the economy, which was ostensibly due to Li Dingshan's contributions. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Xia Xiang is making suggestions behind the scenes, and Xia Xiang is indispensable to the prosperity of the county today.

Later, Xia Xiang was transferred back to Yan City, and he also heard Xia Xiang's bits and pieces in his intermittent contact with Chen Feng. Although he didn't pay much attention to him, he still took it to heart as soon as he heard Xia Xiang's deeds. His transfer to Shancheng City as deputy secretary of the municipal party committee and acting mayor was a major opportunity in his political life. In the mayorship of a single city. If he has made political achievements, at his current age, he will be the secretary of the municipal party committee for another term, and he can also retire to the people's congress and the CPPCC at the level of deputy provincial level before retirement.

Before coming to Shancheng, Wang Xiaomin carefully studied the history and current situation of Shancheng, and also made a detailed comparison between Shancheng and Yanshi. It is found that a single city has been in terms of economic development in recent years. It is already far behind the other sister cities.

As early as the establishment of Yan Province, when the license plate number was arranged, it was sorted according to the economic scale at that time. Yan City is the first, Qintang City is the second, and Shan City is the third. Decades later, the license plate of a single city is still Yan first, but the economy of a single city in Yan Province has not ranked in the top three, ranked 5th last year, 6th this year, and it is difficult to say whether it can keep the 6th place next year, Wang Xiaomin has felt great pressure before he took office.

The industrial structure of a single city is aging, and the city's light industry is a thriving cotton imitation factory. Now it's zeroed. are on the verge of bankruptcy. The city's heavy industry is also underdeveloped, of course, it cannot be said that it is underdeveloped, and the single-city iron and steel plant is known as one of the three major iron bases in the country, with total assets of more than 100 million yuan. With 20,000 employees, it has a comprehensive production capacity of 10,000 tons per year. But the single steel is huge, but it belongs to state-owned enterprises. The production efficiency is low, and the input-output ratio is low. The staff is bloated and burdened. It is not the ideal heavy industry in Wang Xiaomin's mind.

It should be said that in addition to the single-city steel mills, there is almost no other heavy industry base in a single city. It can be said that the industrial structure of a single city is very unreasonable, there are almost no emerging industries with high added value, basically more than ten years of industrial structure, after the transformation has long been completed in the developed provinces in the south, the single city is still the same as most of the cities in Yan Province, sleeping and not waking up!

From Xia Xiang's performance in the urban village reconstruction team of Yan City, to when he was the deputy county magistrate of Anxian County, he attracted investment, expanded scenic spots, and built resorts for Anxian County. Open up the mountain road, etc., it can be seen that Xia Xiang has excellent political wisdom and keen business acumen. In particular, Wang Xiaomin was greatly taken aback after carefully studying all the commercial projects handled by Xia Xiang. Because the projects that Xia wants to fancy are all profitable. The set goal was achieved.

It is not difficult to attract investment, but the difficulty is how to have a sustainable profit point after foreign funds can be entered.

Wang Xiaomin's real intention of wanting to see Xia Xiang very much today is that after he heard that Xia Xiang was from a single city, he moved his mind, hoping that Xia Xiang would explain the future development ideas of a single city from the perspective of a single city person.

The three of them chatted first. Slowly, Wang Xiaomin stepped into the topic and said his true intention.

Xia Xiang listened, bowed his head and said nothing.

He also knows the situation in a single city. Not only a single city, the whole Yan Province is a similar situation, the industrial structure is backward, the people's minds are stable, and the lack of progress has led to the decline of Yan Province in the national ranking year by year. It is precisely because the economic situation of Yan Province is not as good as year after year that it is unable to stand up in the face of investment in Lingnan Province.

It was also the Qiu family's unique vision that finally helped Haide to become the ruler of Lingnan Province after sacrificing the huge interests of other aspects. Captain Hyde was expected to be in most of the capital. But after teaching the old man of the Qiu family face-to-face. I decided to go to Lingnan Province. Before the rest of the family fully realized that the economic sphere was slowly becoming a decisive force in changing the political landscape, the Qiu family had already taken the lead. It is precisely because of this that not long after Haide took office online, he encountered the Qiu Xufeng incident, and the outcome was decided as soon as he made a move.

If Haide Chang had been in charge of Lingnan Province for two years earlier, Qiu Xufeng would have been able to make a lot of achievements in Anxian County with the help of the economically developed east wind of Lingnan Province. Although Chief Haide waited in the capital for more than a year in order to become the secretary of the provincial party committee of Lingnan Province, it seems that it is still a very good thing to do. Soon after Hyde became secretary of the provincial party committee. Just shot one after another. took advantage of the economic advantage to save a lot of disadvantages for the Qiu family.

It is foreseeable that after Qiu Xufeng arrives in Bao City, he can make better use of the advantages of Lingnan Province. Bring in investment and funds to change the disadvantages of being tied up in Anxian County. In contrast to political power, which sometimes cannot reach the influence of every region, economic power, however, can be in any of them. The place shows great power. Just the day before yesterday. Xia Xiang had already introduced Qiu Xufeng and Cao Yongguo to meet, and he also told Cao Yongguo privately that Qiu Xufeng could bring investment to Bao City, and let the mayor let Qiu Xufeng be in charge of the economy when arranging the division of labor.

Speaking of the current situation in the past, just like the steel mills and pharmaceutical factories in Yanshi, it is said to be a super-large state-owned enterprise. In fact, it is also in a state of loss, but in order to maintain the image of state-owned enterprises and for the livelihood of tens of thousands of workers, the state subsidizes a large amount of funds every year, and uses bank loans to offset the losses every year. If everything had been according to the laws of the market, the Yanshi steel mill and the pharmaceutical factory would have closed down long ago.

But the national situation is the national situation, and it is necessary to take care of the large state-owned enterprises of Yiyouri, otherwise it is easy to cause the society to ask about the old Pu Ce Xia Xiang It is understandable, but what he can't understand is why the developed provinces can successfully transform. And the old state-owned enterprises in Yan Province either rely on old capital, or rely on bank subsidies, or there is only one way to go out of business?

Can't you really face the market and fight in the tide of the market?

It's not that I can't, I don't dare, it's that the responsibility is not clear.

As a conservative province, because of ideological traditions, people who hold leadership positions in state-owned enterprises are not running enterprises, but officials. Ultimately. I still don't regard myself as a manager, but as a government official, the main purpose of holding a leadership position is to be promoted, in order to improve the next level, rather than trying to make the enterprise bigger and stronger.

Whether the enterprise is profitable or not is not necessarily related to whether they can be promoted, who still has the heart to run the enterprise with heart? Anyway, after a few years of seniority, and then move to a good place to move up to the next level, you can comfortably increase your salary and salary, and as for the life and death of state-owned enterprises after he leaves, it has nothing to do with him.

Yan Province was not without good enterprises and good products back then. In the middle of the decade, once a watch factory was known throughout the country. At that time, the watchmaker filmed a popular advertisement in which the watch was dropped from a helicopter. Falling to the ground at a height of more than ten meters, the watch was safe and sound, and it still walked normally, which became a sensation and became a well-known brand in China.

There was also a Yuhuan brand TV set that was famous all over the country at that time. It is also the leading brand in China. Sales are in short supply,Many people want to buy a color TV,But also ask for favors to line up,It can be seen that the hot sales scene at that time。

It's a pity that time has passed, and the watches of famous brands in those years are now even sold in factories. And the nationally famous Yuhuan TV,Now it has been reduced to an accessories factory,Become an accessory of emerging brands。

It's painful to think about.

Xia Xiang also learned the fact that before the periodical market was booming, the newspapers and magazines in Yan Province were also leading the country, and there was a youth magazine whose circulation once ranked first among similar magazines! There is also a current political newspaper, with a circulation of up to 10,000 copies, and the social and economic benefits are both bumper, which makes peers envious.

Then, since the beginning of the era, after the opening of the national futures market, many newspapers and periodicals in the south have sprung up, and with novelty and new packaging, they quickly occupied the market. The youth magazines in Yan Province have rapidly shrunk from the initial circulation of Tian Wan to 80,000, and even today it is less than 30,000! What's even more ridiculous is that the editor-in-chief of a youth magazine facing youth turned out to be an old man who was more than ten years old

It is strange to run a youth magazine with the thinking of the elderly, and to grasp the pulse of the market! The circulation of current affairs newspapers has dropped by 10,000 per year since the change of editor-in-chief. So far, the market share has only 80,000 copies. At that time, the circulation of 80,000 copies of a newspaper was basically on the line of life and death. And the editor-in-chief never felt that it was his reason, and he had to think about how to go further and become a director of Yan Provincial Daily.

Xia Xiang always thinks of Yan Province in the tide of the market. The gap with developed provinces is widening. It hurts. It's just that he is not in his position and does not seek politics, he is just a fantasy, and he can't influence anyone's decision.

Even in later generations, Yanyuan finally came out with a well-known national enterprise, Yisiniu Group. Siniu Group is a large-scale enterprise group integrating dairy cow breeding, dairy processing, scientific research and development, and its production and sales have always ranked first in the same industry in China. But suddenly there was a urea milk powder incident! As a result, overnight, Siniu Group fell into the dust. There was no return to the pomp and circumstance of its heyday. Many of the medium-sized brands that were previously acquired were also torn apart.

Too much experience and too many examples of blood and tears, just when Xia wanted to be an official at the grassroots level. Devoted to the construction of the grassroots, he rarely thinks about the overall situation and the whole. Now working in the General Office of the Provincial Party Committee, I have come into contact with a lot of information and materials in the information department, and I sit face to face with Wang Xiaomin. Let the future mayor of a single city ask him about his views on the adjustment of the industrial structure of a single city, and then think of the recent dissatisfaction and beating of the middle and upper echelons of the capital against Yan Province, many ideas that have been precipitated in Xia Xiang's heart for a long time have surfaced in his mind, and he has a feeling of accumulation.

Sure enough, it's a climber, look far!

However, thinking of his own identity, it is obviously very inappropriate to stand at the height of a mayor to criticize the economy of a single city. Wang Xiaomin was polite again, and then showed closeness to himself. After all, he is also the mayor of a city. He asked himself for advice, because he was approachable without a mayor's frame, and if he talked rhetorically and pointed out the country, he was arrogant and arrogant in ignorance of current affairs.

Xia Xiang said modestly: "When Minister Wang asked me, it is equivalent to asking about Yu Blind."

At the grassroots level, I was the highest executive deputy county magistrate. Now he is only the director of the information department, and whether it is seniority or realm, he cannot reach the level of looking at the overall situation. Let me give my opinion on the development of a single city. I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you. Besides, Mayor Shan's understanding of a single city is far above me, and he has a big picture of the situation

Poison Xiaomin and Shan Shiqi looked at each other, and the two smiled heartily.

Shan Shiqi said with emotion: "Xiao Xia, in all fairness, although Secretary Cao and I are not close friends. But it's also like a friend at first sight, and now I have some friendship, and I also treat you as a junior. What you did in the Yanshi Urban Village Reconstruction Team and the achievements you made in Anxian County may not be clear to others, but you can't hide it from me and Minister Wang. Minister Wang and I are here to meet you today on the day of your brother's wedding. There are some things that everyone knows in their hearts, "but those are not the main reasons, but because I think that such an opportunity, everyone sits in a fat." Ding can relax regardless of status. Easy chat door, you don't want me to be a single city book. Don't be the Minister of Organization or the Minister of Organization, just if the two of us are your elders, of course, if you are friends, just talk casually and talk about your views on the current situation. ”

Wang Xiaomin was obviously different from Shan Shiqi's roundness, his face straightened, and he said unhappily: "Xiao Xia, humility is a good thing, but you have to divide people." Needless to say, the relationship between you and Secretary Chen, Secretary Chen and I have also been friends for many years, otherwise we wouldn't be sitting together. How capable you are. I know how high my vision is. Otherwise, I would not have opened my mouth to discuss with you the economic structure of a single city. After I became mayor. Will there be a shortage of economic experts around? The reason why I discussed with you is because of your unique vision and accurate grasp of the market. Of course, if you feel like seeing out with me. It doesn't matter if you don't say it, I don't force it. ”

Wang Xiaomin's words were almost cold. Without a little sense of color. Shan Shiqi was a little embarrassed, and when he saw that the atmosphere was not very friendly, he wanted to play a round.

Xia Xiang smiled: "Minister Wang smiled, I'm not hypocritical, nor am I going to see you, but I really don't know where to start." Mayor Shan has served as the mayor of Shan City for many years, and he should also know that Shan City, like other cities in Yan Province, is conservative and lacks enterprising spirit, but it cannot be completely blamed on policy reasons, and it is also related to the character of the people in Yan Province. The people of Yan Province have always been conservative. I would rather be poor at home than go out to work or start a business. Even if the business is small. It is also the idea of being a little rich and peaceful

Xia Xiang learned about the current situation of a single city from what he had learned. As well as the comparison with the current situation of Yan City, combined with the different development tracks of Yan City and a single city in his memory, he expressed his own simple opinions. Because the single city is his hometown, Xia Xiang still has a deep memory of the development of the single city in later generations. Basically, the single city has been moving forward steadily, and there is nothing outstanding about it. On the contrary, the efficiency of single-city steel mills has been declining year by year.

Although with the rise of the automobile industry in China, the demand for steel has increased, but due to the rise of new steel mills, the competitiveness of single-city steel mills has declined, aging personnel, outdated equipment, and low management efficiency, and most importantly, the production cost is too high, which has seriously hindered the market share of single-city steel mills.

Under the same circumstances, the steel of other companies is about 10% cheaper than that of the single-city steel mill, who will be the wrongdoer, and the steel of non-single-city steel will not be bought?

Later, due to the international increase in the price of iron ore. As a result, the efficiency of single-city steel mills has declined sharply. Because a single city is deep into the interior, the transportation is inconvenient, and it is far less convenient than the coastal cities in the transportation of iron ore. One ton of ore, the coastal steel mill is at least a few hundred yuan less than the single-city steel mill transportation costs, converted, the single-city steel mill alone is higher than the sales price of others, how to compete with others?

After learning from the pain, the Shancheng Steel Mill began to invest heavily in the construction of its own dedicated railway line. From a single city to the Bohai port of Huangbei to solve the urgent need. However, under the dual influence of the international and domestic environment at that time, the single-city steel mill has suffered heavy losses and suffered great losses.

It is precisely because of the transportation advantages and the convenient conditions of the port city that the Anshan Iron and Steel Branch in Lianyungang has gradually become stronger and has become one of the pillar enterprises of the domestic steel industry.

It was precisely after seeing the successful precedent of Anshan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. that Anshan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. built its branch in Lianyungang, so it made a painful decision to build a life-saving railway directly to Huangqi Port, a coastal city in Yan Province, so as to reduce the huge cost of transportation and gain cost advantages. It's just that it is one step later than others and has lost the market opportunity.

"It's like a single-city steel mill, it's a little short-sighted." Xia Xiang thought to himself that since he asked him to say it, he simply told the current disadvantages of the Shancheng Steel Mill. Regardless of whether Shan Shiqi and Wang Xiaomin accept it or not. also counted his wish. He also does not want to see the steel mills in his hometown repeat the mistakes of many large state-owned enterprises in Yan Province, which gradually lose the market because of transportation costs.

As soon as Xia Xiang's words came out, Shan Shiqi's face immediately became solemn: Xiao Xia, I hope you are not pretending to be amazing, in my opinion, the current influence of Shancheng Steel Mill in China is not bad. The current benefits are also okay, it is a large profit and tax in a single city, why do you say that the single city steel mill is short-sighted? ”

Wang Xiaomin was also surprised, but his attitude was slightly different from that of Shan Shiqi, but he asked with interest: "Tell me, why is he short-sighted?" In my opinion, it is nothing more than the common problem of some large state-owned enterprises, such as bloated personnel, people are superficial, in addition, the market prospects of the single-city steel mill are not bad, I am also more optimistic, as soon as you open your mouth, you point out the single-city steel mill, the largest enterprise in the single city, must be more long-term than me, see more deeply, let's listen

Shan Shiqi was surprised, but Wang Xiaomin accepted it with an open mind.