Cockroach is a kind of small crab that lives in rice fields and river banks, a small meat is less, the people of the provincial capital like to grind the cockroach to make cockroach sauce, used instead of soy sauce to use, more delicious than shrimp sauce, whether it is boiled or stewed meat, as long as a little bit, it can be ten times better immediately. But this was a long time ago, and now the rice fields have used countless pesticides, not to mention the cockroaches, even the mosquitoes and flies are all dead. The people of the provincial capital have long been accustomed to seasoning with mass-produced soy sauce and shrimp paste, and only occasionally get a bottle from relatives in the countryside, and put it in the refrigerator with great importance, and take it out to taste during the New Year's holidays.

In the past, there was a small river that zigzagged through the hills and flowed into the sea, where the salty and fresh water met and the cockroach tasted the most delicious. But now the little river had been dug up in a mess, and a high river had been built, and a parallel road was being built on each side of the river, and several horizontal paths had been extended from these two roads, drawing the earth into squares, apparently under development.

"That's what you call a good place?" Smith asked.

"yes, absolutely great place." Zhang Long said.

"Where's the good?" Smith asked, "It's not a small place, but there are not enough roads, you see this width, even if it is repaired, it will only have four lanes, we are a super factory, and the main road needs at least six lanes." Otherwise, if you encounter an urgent shipment, it will definitely be delayed. It's not close to the port, it's at least a hundred kilometers from here to the port, right? ”

"There are not more than 100 kilometers, the whole journey is 85 kilometers." Zhang Pu hurriedly said.

"Eighty-five kilometers is far enough, it's a long distance." Smith said.

"By land, of course, it's eighty-five kilometers, but by sea?" Zhang Long smiled.

"By sea?" Smith's eyes lit up, and he took a closer look at the terrain.

"It's actually very close to the provincial port, but the road is winding, so it's separated. If you go by sea, it will take half a day, which is similar to driving. Zhang Long said, "And there are no other factories here, so they can completely dominate." Four lanes may not be enough for public roads, but four lanes are enough for one factory. ”

"If you want to go by sea, you can't build a port?" Smith asked.

"There was already a plan to build a port, otherwise I would have taken you to the beach for something." Zhang Long said, "There used to be a small fishing port here, and it was not enough to park a few small fishing boats. But we only need to make a small wharf, which can park a few cargo ships and add a crane, so that we can load the ship here and transport it to the big port, and it won't take hundreds of millions. ”

"It would be nice if we could load a big ship directly in this port and go straight to sea." Smith was not greedy enough.

"It's good, it's good, the government won't." Zhang Long said, "Besides, if you want to build a port that can stop sea ships, how much money will be needed, at least billions." It is also necessary to let all the people who are smuggled in and out of the customs come in, and the price of the full set of supporting facilities is even more amazing. ”

"If the government approves it, I am willing to pay for it." Smith said.

"This maybe, with an investment of tens of billions, the government may be able to open up the net." Zhang Long said, "Anyway, you must have no problem running a port for internal transportation, the procedures may be a bit long, and with the approval of the Central Development and Reform Commission, it will definitely be done within a year or two anyway, and it will not delay the start of construction." ”

"You have to count the cost of buying a boat." Smith said.

"What is it to buy a ship, sea transportation is several times cheaper than land transportation." Zhang Long said, "The cost of hiring a driver to buy a car saves more than half." This transportation cost alone can save a lot, a ton can save dozens of dollars, you think about what an advantage this is. ”

"But what if this port can't be opened?" Smith asked.

"How can it not be opened, everyone has already received the pre-approved approval." Zhang Long took out a copy of the document to show Smith, "The plan has been completed, it is to be used as an industrial zone, and this large area of land has been leveled and converted into industrial land, water and electricity are connected, and roads are being repaired." The port is a predetermined supporting measure, and if it is written on the government document, it will definitely be opened. If you don't believe it, you can go directly to the people of the city government, and you can ask Secretary Sun directly. ”

Smithton believed most of it, of course, he wouldn't believe it all, and when the time came, he still had to ask Secretary Sun, "Can you really take all of such a large piece of land?" Are these lands in the hands of the government now? If you want to take all the land around you, how much will it cost? ”

"Most of the land has been sold, and a small part is in the hands of the government. The government is easy to do, you have invested so much, they must be willing to sell it at a low price, more than 10,000 yuan per acre. As for those in private hands, it won't be difficult. I have checked, there are a total of 24 companies, each with hundreds to thousands of acres, I estimate that about 2 billion can be taken, plus the government's hands, it should be about 2.5 billion, and it will definitely not exceed 3 billion. Zhang Long said.

"Three billion." Smith looked at Cockroach Bay, if he could really take down the whole place, it would be really cost-effective, "Can you really dominate the entire development zone?" What if someone else won't sell? If it's in the corner, if it's in the middle, then our factory area won't even be a piece. ”

"Who is so blind," said Zhang Long, "there is nothing here, and if you buy the land and make a fortune on the spot, who will not make this money just to oppose us?" When the time comes, we fence it off, and it can't even build a factory. If we don't open our eyes, please ask the government to come out and coordinate, we are a large investor with tens of billions of investment, and the government will definitely favor us. ”

"Then I'll make this a key object of investigation." Smith said that if it was really as good as Zhang Long said, then it must be here. Sure enough, the decision to cooperate with the Zhang family was correct, although there were some twists and turns in the middle, but in the end there were still good results. If it weren't for the local boss, how could you find such a good place.

Smith himself is a foreigner, and his understanding of the provincial capital is limited to the city center and the few development zones he has visited, and he has never been to it a few times. The entourage brought is all Japanese, and their eyes are even darker, although they look very similar to the Chinese, but they are actually not as good as Smith, a white devil. At least Smith can speak Chinese, and if these Japanese go to the street by themselves, they can't even buy food to eat, so they can only go to McDonald's KFC.

Without the cooperation of the Zhang family, Smith could only listen to the recommendation of the provincial government, and he would like what the city government gave him, at most he would like the city government to give him a few more choices, but what was the use, the city government could give one they really wanted to recommend, and then match a few that were unreliable at first glance, so Smith had to choose the one recommended by the city government.

"By the way," Zhang Long said again, "when you inquire about the news, it is best not to say that you want to buy land and build a factory, otherwise those landlords will soon sit on the ground and raise the price when they hear the news." ”

"I inquired about the news of the industrial zone, not to buy land and build a factory, what else could it be?" Smith thought it was redundant.

"You can also say that you are here to build a supporting factory." Zhang Long said.

Smith made up his mind not to listen to Zhang Long on this matter, even if he gave more money, he had to confirm the news. Of course, Smith will not deliberately advertise that he wants to buy land in Jiaoxia Bay, and if it does not affect his work, it is of course good to save some. The first thing to determine is whether Jiao Xian Wan is industrial land or not. This is easy to check, go to the city planning bureau and ask to know.

It seems that investors like Smith who come with tens of billions of funds, no matter where they go in the world, are the target of the government. Not to mention the provincial capitals, which rely on foreign trade to eat, attracting foreign investment is simply a correct policy, and all kinds of preferential conditions for super-nationals are desperately given. Now that the country has more foreign exchange, the efforts to attract foreign investors have weakened a lot, but the policy that has been implemented for decades has long been engraved into the bones, and Smith wants to see the plan, how simple it is, and even confiscated the money, so he sent Smith the planning map of the entire area.

Zhang Long didn't lie at all, Jiaoxia Bay has really been planned as an industrial zone, and it is also a development zone for the next stage of key development, as for the port, it has also been included in the plan. However, the Planning Bureau said that it was not enough, and Smith went to the NDRC to inquire. The National Development and Reform Commission naturally did not dare to offend, and found out all the relevant documents, the port has been pre-approved, as long as the documents of other departments are done, the Development and Reform Commission can officially set up the project, and it will definitely be approved after the completion of the procedure.

As for the other departments, what port customs, the Department of Transportation, the Health and Fire Public Security Bureau, Smith all went to ask a round, and the news was the same, there is indeed such a port, it is indeed going through the procedure, and there should be no big problem in obtaining approval. As for water, electricity, transportation, etc., the news given by various competent departments is more conclusive, and they have already begun to do it, how wide and long the road is, what materials are used, how large the capacity of the substation, how to pull the line, how thick the water pipe, how to go the pipeline, Smith has got the information.

Since this is the case, it will definitely not be fake, but Smith still needs final confirmation before he can make up his mind, and he found Sun Xuefeng, secretary of the municipal party committee, "Secretary Sun." Of course, Smith didn't dare to wear a kimono at this time, a formal suit, very businesslike, "I want to ask you something." ”

"Oh? What is it? Sun Xuefeng asked amiably.

"It's a matter of Jiaoxia Bay, is it going to be developed as an industrial zone?" Smith asked.

"yes, you're interested over there?" Sun Xuefeng said, "It's a new development zone over there, and the supporting facilities haven't been done, so I didn't recommend it to you." And the land has been sold almost, and there is not much left. Do you want to build your factory there? It may not be very convenient. ”

Inconvenience? Smith sneered in his heart, it's not profitable, he didn't do a good job, and the land was almost resold, isn't this a contradiction, "I heard that there is a small port there, I'm very interested in the port, and I want to make a supporting factory over there, and a lot of goods can go ashore directly, I don't know if it's okay." ”