"Of course, as long as it is a highway currently under construction in the mainland, I am interested, but the funds are limited, and I can only choose part of it." Chen Zhiwen smiled and said.

Domestic highways, never look at it, can not do every one can have high returns, or, part can only say not to lose money, from the perspective of investment, it is not very cost-effective, unless there is really no good investment direction, it is not bad to choose, but for Chen Zhiwen's capital, it is obviously impossible, casually invest in a little mainland real estate, it is also very beneficial.

However, the construction of expressways in the mainland is not casual, but according to actual demand, where the demand is high, where the first place to build, and the high demand is naturally the first and second tier cities, those third and fourth tier cities, there are not even a few factories, why build a highway? Only when the overall economy takes off after a decade or twenty will there be a sense of construction.

In the 80s, most of the high-speed buildings were built with the highest profits in the future, because they were all connected to the first-tier cities or quasi-first-tier cities, and the benefits of such cities were naturally high, Chen Zhiwen also participated in several such high-speeds, and those left in the 90s were relatively less, Shanghai-Wuhan Expressway is one of them, the reason why this high-speed was not established in the 80s, or because of the relationship between the Yangtze River water transport, the carrying capacity of a high-speed is not comparable to the Yangtze River water transport in any case, In addition, in the 80s, the country's funds were tight, and there were many high-speed projects to be built in other places, so naturally there was no project. Even a few decades ago, there was no east-west railway project here.

However, the biggest disadvantage of water transport is that the efficiency is too low, too low efficiency, but may cause greater losses, especially when the economy along the Yangtze River begins to develop, it is inevitable that there is an urgent need for high-speed land transportation, therefore, in the original history, it was also in 1992, the most front-end Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway was established.

This time, the state directly approved the Shanghai-Wuhan Expressway, probably because of the reason that Chen Zhiwen proposed it in the early days.

"Mr. Chen is interested, because of the economic development needs of Suzhou Province, there is an urgent need for a highway from Jinling to Shanghai, originally Suzhou Province also wanted to build it by itself, but in this case, it may take two years to prepare funds, and the central government also took into account that Chen Sheng had proposed such a plan, so it is better to entrust this expressway to Mr. Chen." Director Wang said with a smile: "However, the central government, Jiangsu Province and Shanghu City also hope that Mr. Chen's investment can first take into account the actual needs of the society, and first build a section of the expressway from Jinling to Shanghai. ”

"Naturally, this is not a problem, I will definitely build the eastern highway first." Chen Zhiwen readily agreed, in fact, the core section of the expressway from Shanghai to Hankou is located in the tail section of Jiangsu Province, which will be the most pivotal section of the entire high-speed system in China, whether it is cargo transportation or personnel travel.

And from Jinling to the west, it belongs to the general high-speed, the investment will not be lost, but it will not make a big profit, but this is basically a direction of the road, it makes no sense that you just want to build to make money, no matter what else, it is also impossible.

"That's good, because this first phase is in Jiangsu Province and Shanghai, so you can negotiate the details with the local government in the future, as for the issue of financial cooperation, it is also your internal consultation, if there are any problems, you can report to the central government." Director Wang also said that the local highway is basically the local master, and the central government will decide what project to build according to the national strategic development needs, and after the project is approved, it is basically handed over to the local management, at most every once in a while to understand or review.

"No problem, in terms of funds, if the funds in Suzhou Province are insufficient, I can also arrange for banks in Hong Kong to borrow, and there will be no financial problems." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile that large-scale infrastructure often costs tens of billions, but in fact, as long as there is hope of making a profit, most of it is also funded by banks. It's just easier said than done, for banks, such loans are also very risky, once something goes wrong, even HSBC has to eat and walk, so it is inevitable to need a big mortgage, and this is much simpler for Chen Zhiwen, his three words, many times enough.

"Okay, I also hope that I can see the construction of this highway one day sooner." Director Wang said with a smile.

After entering the 90s, the domestic economy is about to enter the era of rapid development, and "if you want to get rich first build roads", this ancient truth is eternal, the traffic is not good, and all businesses are closed, therefore, whether it is a port or a high-speed, will enter the stage of rapid development.

However, no matter how large the scale of Hutchison is, even if it has a large amount of profits from Japan, it is impossible to invest in too many high-speed projects, the first is not allowed, it is impossible for you to come alone, and the second is that there are too many places where domestic development needs funds, and there is no need to invest in high-speed projects with low profit returns, after all, projects like Beijing-Tianjin-Tangzhou Expressway, Guangdong-Shenzhen Expressway, and Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway are still very rare.

Relatively speaking, there are still many places where the impact of investment and the rate of return are far greater than that of highway projects, such as another large-scale infrastructure port, or when an area becomes a special zone, it needs to carry out large-scale economic development.

In such a place, there was Shenhai City in the 80s, and the Chen family also participated a lot, but after all, Shenhai City is only a test field, and its foundation is a county-level city, so it can't accommodate too much money, and Chen Zhiwen also gave this benefit to his old man in the early days, and it was only after 85 years that Chen Zhiwen arranged for the land to participate again.

No matter how fast Shenhai City develops, it is still not as good as other super cities in the past ten years, such as Shanghai City, even Shenhai City may not be comparable in 2020.

In the 90s, Shanghai had several golden opportunities for investment, one was the development of Pudong Port, and the other was the establishment of the Pudong Special Economic Zone.

After a few days in Yanjing, Chen Zhiwen met with some senior department officials, but did not discuss any actual investment, purely some future expectations, etc., and then he took his own plane to Shanghai.

Compared with Yanjing, which has not yet opened up its basic real estate business to foreign investment, Shanghai is at the forefront of the entire mainland.

As early as 1987, Shanghai City conducted the first auction of commercial land in the country except Shenhai City, and a piece of land in Puxi was sold for more than 4 million US dollars, creating a historical precedent.

This is much faster than working hard to make money in a factory industry......

In the following years, several plots of land were auctioned in succession, but the scale was not very large, and many foreign real estate companies, including Hong Kong investors, were also waiting.

It's just that they didn't expect that the restrictions on bidding for land in Puxi, which they chose to be optimistic about, have not been lifted, but Pudong next door has ushered in the development of the Special Economic Zone.

"I'd rather have a bed in Puxi than a suite in Pudong", this sentence is the economic portrayal of Shanghai in the entire 80s, unlike the ordinary skyscrapers everywhere in later generations, Pudong is now basically villages and farmland, and the factories are scattered by the Yangtze River, and there are a few, the largest, that is, the instant noodle factory invested by Master Kong here.

Throughout the 80s, every morning, Pudong has hundreds of thousands of people flowing to Puxi, they are Pudong natives, because there is no local job, can only go to Puxi to seek life, early and late return, which brings great pressure to the traffic in Shanghai, in the earliest days, Hu Yingxiang also deliberately built a bridge on the Huangpu River, the main purpose is to alleviate this traffic pressure.

However, as Puxi's economy is getting better and better, there are more and more jobs and wages, which has led to more people wanting to work in Puxi, and in this case, even if a few more bridges are built, it is useless. In order to alleviate this problem, the Shanghai municipal government wants many enterprises to go to Pudong to work or open factories, but there are few responders, even if Master Kong's factory has tens of thousands of employees, but in the face of such a base, it is also insignificant.

And now, the central government ordered in April this year that Pudong will be used as a special economic zone to carry out large-scale development, such a policy is obviously encouraging, a large number of state-owned enterprise departments, has been invited to enter Pudong, some foreign companies, also to interest, after all, the development of Shenhai City, is a lesson from the past, not many people in the early days can see it, and now it is too late to regret it.

In the future investment planning of the mainland, the Pudong New Area can be said to be the most important, because only this place and Shenhai City, in the 90s, was a blank space that could accommodate a large amount of capital investment.

On the rate of return, it is not necessarily compared to some special investment projects, but the amount of funds that can be accommodated is enough, and the influence is big enough, for big capital, invest 10,000 yuan to earn 1 million, the rate of return is 100 times, but basically there is no interest, are too lazy to waste this time, and investing 10 billion can earn 3 billion, and the rate of return is only 30%, which is enough to make any big capital red.

When Chen Zhiwen came here, the Pudong Development Zone naturally sent a director Lin who was responsible for investment promotion to accompany him, and the senior management of Hutchison Land also came here.

"There's no sign of development here!" After coming to Pudong, Chen Zhiwen asked.

Where they are located is Pudong near the Huangpu River, not far away, is Master Kong's factory, which was originally chosen for today's Pudong development.

Under normal circumstances, this kind of development will definitely start from the Yangtze River, because the waterway is smooth, the transportation is convenient, and it is close to Puxi.

Today is July, and it has been almost three months since the central government issued the policy, so it stands to reason that even if the house is not built so quickly, it should at least be a little quiet!

"Mr. Chen, the district committee has actually had relevant ideas for a long time, and the early development plan has also been planned, but with reference to Hong Kong's experience, the building next to the Huangpu River must be built at one time to avoid the situation of demolition in Hong Kong every 20 years." Director Lin explained with a smile: "It's just that in this way, if you want to build it at one time, you will inevitably need a lot of funds, which is still a lot of financial pressure, so it has not yet been completely determined." ”

"The central government should also have funds for such a large-scale development, right? And isn't it possible to get a loan from a bank? Chen Zhiwen asked.

"The central government does not allocate much. We also need to use it on the blade, mainly for transportation and a small number of landmark buildings, as for bank loans, that is also considered by the state-owned enterprises that invest, and the government is not good at borrowing too much. Director Lin explained.

"That's right." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said.

In that era, because the land price was not expensive, the cost of building a house was relatively high, and the higher the house, the cost increased exponentially, so there were more than 20 floors in that year, which was already very high.

In that era, capitalists would not build super high-rise buildings, because it was not cost-effective, with the same construction area, it would be more cost-effective for me to buy more land and build a few buildings, Chen Zhiwen would definitely do the same if he was in that era, and when the land price rises in the future, it is obviously more cost-effective to have more land. Unless it's a company like Hongkong Land, which chooses the prime location in Central, plus it has cards, it's keen to build high-rises.

Of course, the main force of the development of Pudong in China is state-owned enterprises, but the money of state-owned enterprises does not fall from the sky, even if there are national tasks, but there is still a certain degree of freedom, after all, at the national level, it is impossible to impose a hard and fast rule on who builds what kind of building, because it is not necessary. Shanghai and various state-owned enterprises are pro-sons, and the old father arranges for everyone to cooperate, as for how to cooperate, it is an internal matter.

"Mr. Chen, are you interested in building a few super buildings in Pudong?" Director Lin asked again.

"Do the various data shapes of the buildings to be built need to be decided by the government?" Chen Zhiwen asked rhetorically.

"Yes, but we don't have too many restrictions, as long as we meet our basic requirements, then comply with building regulations, and don't fit out of the surrounding environment, then there will be no big problem!" Director Lin said.

"What about the quantity?" Chen Zhiwen asked.

"Of course, the more the merrier, Chen Sheng, this Pudong, even by the Huangpu River, has a lot of land." Director Lin smiled and said.

"Then I hope to build a super mall here, and then, near it, another large five-star hotel, plus a few office buildings." Chen Zhiwen pointed in one direction and said. (End of chapter)