Section 35 Cooperation with Government
When Li Cong was having trouble with the land, the Feicheng Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government also held a standing committee meeting for Li Cong's enterprises. The theme was to support enterprises in the area so that the government could obtain corresponding benefits. It has never been said in just one place that the energy group will not accept any foreign investment under any circumstances. He wants to hold 100% of the energy group, otherwise he would rather not cooperate.
"Everyone, I believe that everyone has heard about this energy group that appeared in Wenyang Town recently. It's not our fault that he didn't attract our attention when he started to develop. After all, his various activities at the beginning bypassed the town, The two levels of government at the county level, and now they are attached to PetroChina, we are even more difficult to point fingers at others. In my opinion, we should treat it as an ordinary enterprise and try to take care of the lower departments to avoid trouble. PetroChina is not something we can mess with, and besides, the person in PetroChina Province has already greeted us many times, as long as he does not evade taxes, he has nothing to do with us." The speaker was the secretary of the municipal party committee, Huang Jiang, a An old Communist Party member in his fifties, who will go to the National People's Congress for the elderly after finishing his term, naturally thinks that more things are better than less things.
"Secretary Huang, I think it's better not to be so conservative. Of course, our officials must make decisions for the people. He develops in our territory. We are obliged to support such potential enterprises. We have all read the report. In a few years, he will become the leader of the country Large-scale enterprises may even be faster. His company currently has hundreds of employees. According to his current development speed, if his second phase of the project is all launched, it may require thousands or even tens of thousands of workers. A large enterprise with more than 10,000 people has emerged. The effect it brings should never be the tax. I think their transportation capacity has reached its limit. If they want to increase their transportation capacity, they will build roads. Wenyang Town has always been a remote area in our city, and the problem of road construction that we planned to plan was stopped because of funds. If they want to expand production, they must be able to build roads, so our budget can be saved. This is just On the surface, we can set aside an industrial zone for him in the dark. This requirement is that all workers must use our territory. Everyone knows that unemployment has reached a level that must be paid attention to. Tens of thousands of people are employed. The question is worthy of our consideration, what do you think?" The new mayor Zhao Wenbo who spoke was young and capable, and it is said that he was considered a moderate leader in Beijing, and he had the commonality of leaders of his generation. They have to make some achievements and create opportunities for the old men in Beijing to promote themselves.
The two top leaders showed two different attitudes, which made the people below feel a bit difficult to do. The secretary's idea is a bit conservative, but it is also the safest way. If it develops, it can be rewarded. If it fails to develop, the city will not suffer any losses. , the mayor's words may be the thoughts of most young officials. How can there be returns without investment? Besides, this opportunity is so good that the government doesn't need to invest anything. As long as a few plans are issued, it is estimated that all the money for road construction can be paid by enterprises. I have done it myself, and I still have political achievements, but the disadvantage is that if the company goes bankrupt, the government will have to continue this unfinished project, especially the plan for the industrial zone, which is all used for arable land. If there is no corresponding effect, I am afraid that the compensation for farmers alone is enough for the government to drink a pot.
"I feel that what Secretary Huang and Mayor Zhao have said makes sense. Can we find a compromise that neither does nothing nor takes too much risk. After all, we are the government, not an enterprise. We We can’t decide anything based on profit. We have to be responsible for the 980,000 people on this land. I’ve seen Mayor Zhao’s industrial park plan. The arable land in the village will be fully requisitioned, and tens of thousands of people will face the situation of having no land to cultivate. If this industrial park is to be connected together, many people will need to be relocated, which is also a huge expense.
Can this energy group afford the money? Their president Li Cong has already said that they will not sell any shares, nor will they engage in any form of joint venture. We will not be able to find any benefits in their profitable projects, so I think we have to consider the issue of job recruitment mentioned by the mayor, and some supporting facilities such as road construction are what we have to get. So what I mean is that the energy group must agree to our conditions before we can support energy. group. "Li Mingfang, chairman of the CPPCC, is a peacemaker. In many cases, the leaders of the old and the young and the two generations will be the top ones. He, a person in the middle age group, has to come up with a compromise. The people here in Feicheng are relatively lucky. Yes, no matter whether it is the old generation or the young generation, there are no so-called corrupt officials, and they are still willing to serve the people anyway.
The process of this meeting has a very similar result to the previous few times. The proposal of Secretary Li of the CPPCC has been proposed by most of the Standing Committee. It is concluded that Li Cong must do three things. The first is the connection from the provincial highway. This first-class road in Wenyang must bypass Feicheng County, and the government will provide a design plan and a construction team to be responsible for the construction; secondly, Li Cong must recruit at least 70% of the workers in the county; thirdly, the land for land acquisition must be transferred The resettlement fees for gold and farmers are fully funded by the energy group.
This decision can be said that the city does not have to bear any risks. This road plus some resettlement costs may cost billions, but the 5,000-acre industrial park is also very attractive to Li Cong. The so-called skyrocketing prices, the government On the other hand, it made such a condition, and it depends on how Li Cong counter-offers.
Li Cong got such a draft contract within two days after the meeting ended. Looking at such a clause, Li Cong felt that it was nothing. He was fully capable of completing these by himself. He also thought that such a clause was very good. , and even prepared to donate millions to the poverty alleviation fund newly established by the government. Li Cong felt that he was not short of the money. It was his duty to do something good for the people. Lu himself will get a lot of advantages, but he still has to hold a meeting to listen to everyone's opinions. Li Cong was afraid that his opinions would not be enough, so he called the team members sent by CNPC here.
"Look, everyone, this is the draft contract given to us by the Feicheng City Government. This is a good opportunity for us. Although the terms are a bit harsh, I personally think our company is still acceptable. You can share any opinions. .” Li Cong himself was very satisfied, but the faces of the people seemed not quite right.
"Other things are easy to talk about. We don't lack the money, and we need this land if we want to develop, but road construction is a big problem. We can build roads, but what we want is to connect with the expressway, and It’s not about building roads to Feicheng, which makes the cost too high for us.” said the father of Li Cong, vice chairman of the energy group.
"What's the matter with this, isn't it just a few extra kilometers?" Li Cong felt that this was an easy and achievable task.
"How many kilometers? My brother, do you know what the cost of a highway is? It says a first-class road, two-way four-lane, and the cost per kilometer is as high as tens of millions of yuan. The interface from our place to the highway is 30 If we detour to Feicheng, it will cost several hundred million more, and our financial situation may not meet the investment requirements." This is the first time Li Cong knew that road construction would cost such a large price, and it seems that several hundred million is not enough up.
"There is also the cost of relocation. Will we supervise it or they will supervise it. If we occupy their home, we have to pay them back. Should we build a building? Or should we build a yard for them as it is now? When the government gave us this contract, it was clearly playing us, and all the expenses were borne by us, and they were all taking advantage of it.” Two vice presidents of the company were already displeased.
"Then what advice can you CNPC give us?" Li Cong turned to CNPC's advisory group.
"Mr. Li, according to the information just sent by the analysis team at our headquarters, we suggest that you can cooperate with the government this time, but if you want to modify the terms, the government will definitely not pay a penny this time. Their bottom line is that we can repair the expressway directly to the exit of the provincial expressway, and the government will not force us for the remaining few kilometers, so the price we pay is still very high, so our advisory team will give you Another suggestion is that all the payments will be guaranteed by PetroChina and the government, and all the funds will be implemented on loan.” The head of CNPC’s advisory team is an uncle in his forties, and he seems very responsible.
"Loans? But as far as I know, we need at least 2 billion in loans to support this project. Even if you have a good relationship with the bank, you need to pay more than 5% interest, 100 million yuan a year? The bank is simply Stealing money." Li Congtian didn't like to cooperate with banks, and felt that his capital chain was still good, so why throw such a sum at the bank every year.
"Mr. Li, haven't you heard that the industrial and commercial tax authorities dare not look for loans and the public security court dare not arrest them? Many rich people have money themselves, so why use bank money? Isn't that the same reason? ?” Li Cong hadn’t thought about this matter, or someone from a big company would drill the machine.
The meeting was very short, and it was completed under Li Cong's request for efficiency. Finance Minister Li Yan was in charge of negotiating the loan with the government, and the government sent a negotiating team led by the mayor himself.
The road of development is tortuous. Li Cong took another step today, that is, he knew that he would borrow money. In fact, if Li Cong would bear all the burden, the group could also bear it, but there would be no benefits of loans. Let CNPC pick up a big favor from me. We all have 2 billion in deposits. Do we still need you to guarantee it? Just wanted to maintain a balance, and let CNPC take the lead so easily. It seems that we are still young.