No one knows what kind of medicine is sold in Li Wheat Gourd, Yan Sù's expression and smiling expression change so quickly, what does it mean?

Zhan Tianqi squinted at Li Mai, completely unaware of what he was thinking.

After glancing at it, Li Mai said slowly, "Basically, the views of both sides are very clear. Let me summarize. Proponents argue that the construction of the Kra Canal will improve the company's image and bring great benefits. Opponents argue that the company's current heavy load makes it unsuitable for the Markra Canal project, and that the Kra Canal is pessimistic about its earnings prospects. ”

Everyone keenly noticed that Li Mai omitted the most important part of Wang Jiaqing's speech, that is, on improving the country's maritime transportation. It seems that Li Mai does not intend to persuade the opposition from the commanding heights of national righteousness at the national level.

As a result, everyone invariably thought of one point - does Li Mai have a way to solve the problem of profitability?

In fact, those who can sit here and have a meeting are not taking money for nothing. Even the most business-minded old man at the beginning, after this period of stormy familiarization and learning, he has become a business master. Each of them knows very well in their hearts that according to the current situation, it is very difficult for the Kra Canal to make a profit.

There are accounts to be calculated, and the number will not deceive people. Even Li Mai would not deny this.

If he firmly grasps the commanding heights of democracy at the national level to persuade, Zhan Tianqi will have to recognize no matter how big his opinion is, in the final analysis, they are all Chinese, and they are all a generation that grew up under the red flag. But Li Mai doesn't seem to plan to bully people with a big hat.

Everyone looked at Li Mai and waited for him to continue.

Li Mai paused and said, "I support the Upper Markla Canal project. In response to the two objections raised by Mr. Zhan and Mr. Zhang, I will answer them one by one. ”

"First of all, Mr. Zhang believes that our group is not suitable for such a large project now, whether it is manpower and material resources. Here I would like to introduce a few facts. In the past three months, the HR department has integrated the engineering team, we have recruited more people, and at the same time, we have taken over the first engineering team from the Centennial Construction Group, and the water conservancy and hydropower company sold to us by Sunshine Agriculture Group has also completed the integration. Coupled with the large number of skilled workers employed, in fact, there is no problem in terms of construction teams. My goal is to build an engineering team of 100,000 people. I looked at the planning and construction plan of the Steel City. From the second phase onwards, Steel City does not need a construction team of the current size. In addition, some sub-projects can be outsourced to reduce the size of the Group's construction team as much as possible. At least 10,000 people can be selected to participate in the Kra Canal project. ”

"The solution to the second problem. Regarding the funding issue mentioned by Mr. Zhang. Indeed, now we have reached a more difficult point in maintaining the steel city project. I would like to make it clear that I have personally prepared 70 percent of the money that will be invested in the Kra Canal project. Commitment is a long process, so the remaining 30 percent is plenty of time to prepare. I will not use a penny of the group until my personal reserves are exhausted. I can tell you that this time will not be used for at least three years. Three years later, the steel city was also completed, and the preliminary works began to generate profits. I think there will be no problem in starting the blood transfusion of the Kra Canal project by the group at that time. ”

As soon as Li Mai finished speaking, Zhang Dapan's expression changed the most, and he couldn't help but say in his heart, Mr. President, since you already know it in your heart, why didn't you announce it to everyone earlier, you have to come out and be a first-of-its-kind bird. But he also knows to some extent that Li Mai naturally has his reasons for doing this, or he may use this dialectic meeting to highly unify the attitude of the board of directors.

Drinking some tea to moisten his throat, Li Mai glanced at Zhan Tianqi, and then continued, "Regarding the profit issue mentioned by Mr. Zhan. Mr. Zhan is very professional and analyzes thoroughly. That's right, the prospects for the profitability of the Kra Canal are slim. ”

"But!" Li Mai raised a finger, "there is a premise for saying this. ”

As he spoke, Wang Jiaqing personally operated the slide projector to play the slideshow.

"The premise is that the profit prospects we are now calculating are based on the one canal plan shown on the big screen. As you can see, this plan is basically the best one designed by the relevant agencies in Japan and Thailand. The canal is 102 kilometers long, 400 meters wide and 17 meters deep, and is a two-way waterway. Our predictions are based on such a canal. ”

"The reason why the estimated benefits are not optimistic is that the canal built using this scheme is not able to navigate all standard ships. For example, oil tankers of more than 150,000 tons cannot sail. At that time, the Japanese had one consideration when they made this plan, and that was Singapore. Singapore's petroleum, petrochemical and related industries account for more than 30% of Singapore's manufacturing industry, and if fully loaded tankers still sail through the Strait of Malacca, it will have little impact on Singapore's economy. At that time, the Japanese, including us Chinese, designed the canal to a depth of 17 meters to prohibit the navigation of fully loaded oil tankers. You can find the relevant number jù, how many oil tankers pass through the Strait of Malacca each year. ”

Speaking of this, Li Mai paused, let everyone digest it, and then turned his head to look at Zhan Tianqi and said, "The benefits can be changed through the new design scheme." Whether Singapore lives or dies is not on my radar. In your words, I am a businessman, and what I have to do is to maximize the benefits. If the navigable volume of the Kra Canal is more than 70 percent of the current volume of the Strait of Malacca, Mr. Zhan, do you still think there is no money to be made?"

Zhan Tianqi is such a character, a large number of numbers are stored in her mind, and she calculates them in just a few seconds. If what Li Mai said becomes a reality, then the Kra Canal will become a world canal with much better profits than the Suez Canal and the Panama Canal. In fact, the profitability of the Suez Canal and the Panama Canal is not as good as the outside world thinks, and in some cases it is even in the red.

In Zhan Tianqi's heart, as long as the profits of the Kra Canal can be maintained, this transaction has been done. She is not a short-sighted person, through a canal to control a country and radiate a region of the country, where to find such a good thing.

The reason why she strongly objected was because according to previous estimates, the Kra Canal would become a bloodsucking worm attached to the Gun Regiment Construction Group, and would continuously suck out the nutrients of the Gun Regiment Construction Group's new life. Naturally, she strongly opposes this kind of self-destruction of the Great Wall.

Li Mai said conclusively that Tong Guò would adopt a new design scheme to rob Singapore of food to maximize the canal's profits, and Zhan Tianqi was skeptical. Li Mai's strength is very strong, but after all, what he has in his hands is only a private enterprise, and the other party is a sovereign country. Will Li Mai win this battle?

Regardless of whether he can win or not, Zhan Tianqi now wants to know what kind of plan has the function of completely replacing the Strait of Malacca.

"Chairman Li, has the canal plan we designed ourselves come out, and can it be announced at the board meeting? Zhan Tianqi said.

Li Mai smiled and said, "The meaning of the question, the design center has already issued a draft, and now I would like to ask Chief Engineer Tang to tell you about the Kra Canal plan designed by our group itself." ”

Everyone's eyes turned to Tang Zheng, but they saw that Tang Zheng was absent-minded and didn't seem to hear Li Mai's words......