"I think it's better to talk to you in person. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info" Huo Sheng considered the wording.

Lu Yang smiled and said, "What is so serious? ”

Huo Sheng said: "Boss, it's about the free electricity......

"It's not a big deal, even if it's free, we don't have much to lose. Now the big electricity consumers of Penglai Island are the municipal government and Penglai Group, and other individuals or companies consume very little, at most more than 10 billion, and the loss of this part of the income has no impact. Lu Yang said.

"Boss, I don't think this part of the income is a problem, just like you said, the whole island is free of electricity, and our annual loss will not exceed 20 billion." Huo Sheng said, "The problem is the free policy! ”

Lu Yang leaned forward slightly, listening carefully.

Huo Sheng organized the language: "I think the most suitable policy for us at the moment is to reduce the price, not to free it." Even if we issue electricity subsidies, it is better to achieve free of charge in disguise than direct free. Although the cost of power generation on our Penglai Island is very low, and the management cost is not high, there is a cost to this after all, and power generation needs to consume resources. If electricity is free, no one will pay attention to electricity, and the phenomenon of waste will be very serious! ”

Lu Yang bowed his head slightly, expressing his agreement with Huo Sheng's reason.

"On the other hand, once it's free, I'm afraid it won't be possible to charge it again in the future. I talked to Mayor Yu that according to the development speed of Penglai Island, the population may exceed 8 million or even 10 million in the future, and the consumption of electricity will increase in the future. For now, free electricity doesn't make much of a difference, but what about the future? Huo Sheng said slowly.

"That's a reason too." Lu Yang agreed.

"In general, I don't think it's time to be free, whether it's for Penglai Island or Penglai Energy, it's not a good thing. So, I hope boss, you'll think again. ”

Lu Yang pondered for a while, he leaned lightly on the railing, looking at the lake next to him.

"Lao Huo, to tell you the truth, what you said makes a lot of sense. Actually, I've thought about it before. There are a lot of free things in this world, the most typical is compulsory education, but electricity is free, I'm afraid this is the first time. Electricity, unlike compulsory education, is a consumable and cannot bring as much added value as education, so the wider and longer we are free, the more money we lose. ”

After Huo Sheng heard this, he was even more puzzled: "Boss, since you know this truth, why do you still want to implement it for free?" ”

Lu Yang said: "I'm not thinking about electricity or other commodities, but about the social welfare of Penglai Island. ”

"Social welfare?" Huo Sheng didn't understand, what does this have to do with social welfare?

"It is no exaggeration to say that Penglai Island has now become one of the most developed regions in the world. Last year, the GDP of Penglai Island was about 1.6 trillion yuan, and according to the permanent population of 1.8 million, the per capita GDP was nearly 900,000 yuan, 135,000 US dollars, ranking among the top in the world, equivalent to 2.5 times that of the United States. ”

Huo Sheng also knew a rough idea of the data Lu Yang said, but he was still a little surprised when he heard Lu Yang say this.

In terms of actual income, the per capita income of Penglai Island residents last year was 520,000 yuan, 79,000 US dollars, which was also among the top ten in the world. It can be said that Penglai Island is the most developed region in China, and there are not many regions in the world that can compare. ”

"I really didn't expect us to develop so fast!" Huo Sheng sighed, he was very surprised that the per capita income of Penglai Island exceeded 500,000.

"So, in terms of the level of economic development, we are already very high." "In terms of welfare policy, we have to change something, and we can't follow the domestic one, because the two sides have different levels of development. ”

Huo Sheng understands a little, but he doesn't understand too much.

"These are not only questions for me to consider, but also for you." Lu Yang slowed down his tone, "What kind of place Penglai Island is, you all know very well......"

Huo Sheng nodded involuntarily, in ancient times, Penglai Island was the kingdom of Luyang, and the residents of the island should be counted as his subjects. Although there is no such statement now, the reality is that every grass and tree on Penglai Island belongs to Lu Yang, and although the residents of the island have no legal affiliation with him, they are actually similar.

“…… Managing Penglai Island is different from managing Tianxin Group, or Penglai Group, and we have to think about more things. After a period of reform, we have realized the separation of the management functions of the municipal government and Penglai Group, however, as the senior management of the group, you still have to see a wider vision, and pay more attention to social benefits while considering the company's benefits......"

Huo Sheng understood this, simply put, Penglai Island belongs to Luyang, Penglai Group belongs to Luyang, and these workers can't just stare at their own one-third of an acre, but also take into account other industries in Luyang.

“…… For today's society, welfare is a major matter related to citizens' living standards and social stability. Lu Yang said, "I won't comment on the domestic welfare system, in Penglai Island, I hope everyone can feel that this society is warm and full of hope, and people's lives are happy." In other words, not only do we have a good economic development, but also a high level of people's happiness. ”

"So boss, do you want to implement high benefits on Penglai Island?" Huo Sheng asked.

"Hmm."

Huo Sheng thought for a while and said, "Boss, a high welfare society is very good, but I don't think it's suitable for Penglai Island at this time." ”

"Tell me what you think."

"High welfare can certainly guarantee a higher standard of living for citizens, but it can also lead to excessive financial pressure on governments, resulting in waste of social resources and inertia of citizens, as the Nordic countries are a good example of. Sweden, for example, has a high welfare system, and the government has maintained a huge fiscal deficit all year round. ”

Huo Sheng paused here when he said this, and he suddenly thought that if Penglai Island implemented high welfare, wouldn't it be equivalent to Lu Yang taking more money to support others, purely out of his own pocket.

"Boss, if Penglai Island has a population of 10 million in the future, the annual expenditure on social welfare will be astronomical." Huo Sheng said.

Huo Sheng didn't know that Lu Yang was not a miser, although he didn't go to college, but he had the feelings of a traditional Chinese scholar in his bones, and the ideal of "being poor is good for himself, and reaching is for helping the world", the reason why he mentioned high welfare is to create an ideal society by himself.

"There is no problem with funds and resources, Penglai Island." Lu Yang said calmly.

Huo Sheng shrugged his shoulders and continued: "At present, Penglai Island is in a vigorous development, technological innovation in all aspects is continuous, we are basically absorbing high-quality talents, social stability, and there is no problem, so there is no need to implement high welfare." On the contrary, I think we need to have more policies to stimulate competition...... Fairness and efficiency are one of the eternal problems facing humanity. For Penglai Island at the moment, fairness is not a problem, efficiency is a problem. ”

Lu Yang breathed a long sigh of relief and said: "I understand what you mean, indeed, in terms of needs, it is indeed not suitable to implement a high welfare policy now. It's just Lao Huo, making money has never been my goal, if I have a choice, I hope that the people under my command can have a better life. ”

"I really don't know what to say, it's a blessing for all of us to meet a boss like you." Huo Sheng said with a complicated expression.

"Well, in fact, we don't have to be so entangled, in terms of the development of Penglai Island, we should be able to achieve both efficiency and fairness. This time the electricity is free, I may not have thought it through, think about it again, if it really doesn't work, according to what you said, the electricity subsidy will be issued to individuals. However, there is another policy that we must implement, and that is to raise taxes. ”

Lu Yang changed the topic and talked about another issue he had been considering.

"I agree with this!" Huo Sheng expressed his attitude, "In the past, we implemented low taxes in order to attract more talents to Penglai Island, but now the population of Penglai Island has reached a stage of saturation, and the income of residents is generally very high, so there is no problem in raising taxes." ”

It was the first time for Lu Yang to discuss the content of social construction with others, both of them came out of Huaxia, and knew many shortcomings of Huaxia, and when discussing Penglai Island, they unconsciously wanted to avoid these. However, because they have no experience, they talk about programmatic things and do not talk about specific contents.

Near noon, Huo Sheng went back, and after this conversation, Lu Yang had many ideas, and he immediately recorded them when he got home. Generally speaking, Lu Yang's original intention of building a high-welfare society has not changed, but he is more pragmatic in terms of specific measures.

……

Penglai Island began to promote the Hope Lighthouse, and the towering Hope Lighthouse appeared on the official website of the Penglai Municipal Government and Penglai Group, attracting the attention of many people.

At the beginning of construction, many people were speculating about the specific purpose of the lighthouse, and some people speculated about wireless energy, but Penglai Island did not confirm it. Now, the Penglai City Government and the Penglai Group have jointly announced that the 1,088-meter-tall Hope Lighthouse will serve as a wireless power transmission station for the entire Penglai Island, providing electricity to the vast sea area within a range of 1,000 kilometers, which is really surprising.

Radio stations are the concept of many organizations, from the wireless charging of electronic products to the idea of a human space power station, and the wireless transmission of electrical energy is the key.

Lu Yang entered this field relatively early, because he has Tiandao credit card in hand, and now the most advanced wireless power transmission technology in the world is in his hands, and those energy transmission towers built by Tianxin Group need to pay patent fees to Lu Yang. (To be continued.) )