Chapter 992 Adding Fuel to the Fire

The plainclothes officer made a phone call. Soon, the patrolmen from nearby Yi came over: they talked briefly, then walked over to Fan Wubing and his gang, showed their credentials, negotiated a few words, and arrested all the members of the Black Tiger Gang, and then left.

Fan Wubing and his gang stayed for a while. When they had almost finished eating, they left.

Early the next morning, everyone came to the scene of the memorial service held by the police department for Lei Jia.

Since the case of Meng Fei and others killing Lei Jia was simple, all the information that could be made public had been made public, and most of the reporting materials provided by Lei Jia had been confirmed. At present, Meng Fei and others have been transferred to the judicial department for processing. The Provincial Police Department has applied for the title of martyr for Lei Jia and has been approved.

It is said that within the national police system. There will also be activities to learn from Lei Jia's spirit of not being a black evil force and its umbrella forces, and daring to fight against evil forces, to express appreciation for Lei Jia's fighting spirit.

Because of this, there were many leaders who came to the memorial service. The provincial capital also organized representatives from all walks of life to come to mourn, including student representatives from various universities, and there were thousands of people. The reporters from the TV station had already made arrangements.

So much so that after Shen Ying and other real classmates and friends of Lei Jia came, they found that they had no place to stand and could only watch from afar.

In the spacious and tidy mourning hall, white flowers were hung high, and a large standard photo of Lei Jia was placed on the table in the middle. She was wearing a police uniform and smiled lightly. Her voice and appearance were still vivid, which made the worshippers feel sad and sighed, thinking that such a good little girl was gone, and the criminals in police uniforms were even more hateful.

Fan Wubing had never seen Lei Jia before, and at this time, seeing Shen Ying and other classmates, their eyes were red. Obviously, he remembered Lei Jia when she was alive, and it seemed that she was still popular.

However, what he found most incomprehensible was the representatives from all walks of life standing in front of Lei Jia's coffin to pay tribute, especially the college students, who cried like they had lost their loved ones, and those who didn't know thought that something had happened to their family.

This made Fan Wubing shake his head, and then looked at the reporters from Donghai TV who were posing for interviews, and couldn't help but look down on them. Even if they were just trying to create public opinion, they should have filmed it realistically. Would anyone believe such an exaggerated interview?

In comparison, the people in the Lei family seemed a little at a loss, wondering when their daughter had these filial sons and grandsons?

"These are probably all out to take the opportunity to get credits. Fan Wubing said to Shen Ying, "Those who can participate in such major events are basically the backbones of the Niuhui, and there will always be three or five credits added.

Otherwise, how could they perform so vividly?"

"Not really, or maybe the students are more emotional. Facing Fan Wubing's speculation, Shen Ying felt a little powerless, but she couldn't find strong evidence to refute it, so she could only protest weakly.

A deputy governor of the province attended the memorial service, and several leaders from the provincial department also attended, which was regarded as the leaders' attention. However, because Lei Jia's direct superior was the murderer who killed her, the unit leader was exempted, and the few colleagues in the department were also arrested for being involved in the case. It can be said that they were all arrested, so the part of the colleague's recollection was missing.

Fortunately, Lei Jia also had a group of good classmates, which made up for these shortcomings slightly, but she had a lot of classmates, and finally selected some classmates to recount the past. These stories that sounded very real resonated with everyone, and the group of students cried even harder.

The provincial department expressed deep condolences for Lei Jia's unfortunate death. In addition to the normal compensation for the martyrs' families, it also promised that Lei Jia's younger brother, who was in college, would not rush into the provincial department police team after graduation, so that he could take over the gun in the hands of the martyrs, inherit Lei Jia's will, and continue to fight against criminals.

After the memorial service, this farce finally ended. The hearse sent Lei Jia to the crematorium on Xirang. When everyone saw a wisp of light smoke coming out of the tall chimney. This was a relief.

"A wisp of light smoke disappeared, as if the fragrant soul turned into a flying wild goose. Wait until the Qingming Festival next year, the drizzle relies on thunder to recall the old appearance." Fan Wubing stroked Chen Ying, whose eyes were red, and composed a poem casually.

Even if the Lei Jia incident was completely resolved, her classmates also dispersed from the west to the east. Shen Ying also had her own things to deal with, so she returned to Beijing in advance. Fan Wubing stayed behind to continue to deal with things here, preparing to settle the affairs of Hengshan Port and Haizhou Pharmaceutical Group.

Perhaps the news that Jiang Investment Group planned to open Hengshan Port spread, which immediately caused panic in South Korea, worrying that its Busan Port would become a second-rate port.

According to an intelligence document sent to Fan Wubing by the Prime Minister's Office, the Korean Consulate General in Shanghai submitted a "Logistics Report of Donghae Province" to the Korean government and the Presidential Office, analyzing the impact of the opening of Hengshan Port in Donghae Province on South Korea.

The report caused a great shock in South Korea, because South Korea has always hoped to build a Northeast Asian logistics center with Busan Port and Gwangyang Port as the center. After the completion of Hengshan Deepwater Port in Donghae Province, it will form the world's largest comprehensive deepwater port collection together with Jiangshan Port currently under construction. South Korea is worried that this will pose a great threat to South Korea's logistics center development strategy.

In response to the report, the Korea International Trade Association held a press conference a few days ago, saying that the Korean government will use subsidies to reduce the site rental fee of Busan Port to 7% of that of Shanghai Port, and introduce preferential policies such as tax exemption for foreign companies entering the zone. In addition, it will accelerate the implementation of the port expansion plan with an investment of US$9 billion. Three of the new berths will be put into use in three years. The expansion project will be completed in ten years. In order to cope with the pressure brought by emerging Chinese ports such as Hengshan Port.

However, the Korean side also stated that as long as the port positioning of Hengshan Port and Busan Port is clarified, there will be no conflict between the two sides. The advantage of Busan Port lies in exporting to Japan and North America, while the advantage of Hengshan Port lies in its strong hinterland support.

Japan also has the same sense of crisis as South Korea. South Korea and Japan are the main competitors of China in the competition for port hegemony in Northeast Asia.

Feeling the dual pressure from China and South Korea, the Japanese government plans to restore the country's position as a key international shipping center in Asia and reverse the downward trend of Japan's position as a global shipping center. The government is formulating policy initiatives that will help curb the growing hollowing out of Japanese industry.

According to government policies to be announced soon, Japan may select two ports to be upgraded as important regional container transportation centers. The selected ones may be the Tokyo Bay Port, which is mainly engaged in domestic shipping, and the new container port in Kitakyushu. The port, which is planned to start operations in three years, will serve as an international transshipment center. It can operate and handle some of the largest container ships all year round.

Some reactions from the domestic side also expressed different opinions on Fan Wubing's plan to invest in Hengshan Port, especially the reaction from Shanghai Port, which is the largest port in terms of throughput at present, and has also felt great pressure from Fan's investment group. It plans to raise funds and start investing in the Yangshan Port project to ensure its leading position.

Even the Hong Kong Port has expressed its focus on the Fan Investment Group's upcoming entry into the port industry, especially Hutchison Whampoa and other Li family companies have expressed different opinions on the Fan family's extended reach.

Fan Wubing felt a little disdainful of this, thinking that these people's vision was too shallow.

In fact, the domestic port cargo and container throughput have maintained high growth for many years, becoming an important force driving the development of world ports. The gradient transfer of the world's manufacturing industry has made China become the world's manufacturing center, and the high growth of foreign trade has driven the high growth of port throughput. This trend will continue for a long time in the future.

However, the biggest problem with container transportation in domestic ports is the unreasonable structure of transportation methods. Similar ports abroad; such as Rotterdam, Hamburg, Antwerp, Long Beach, etc. Their road, rail, and water transport container transportation ratios are generally around three to one to one.

Taking Shanghai Port as an example, 80% of container transportation is completed by car, and rail transportation accounts for less than one percent. This has brought great pressure to Shanghai's road system, and is also one of the reasons for the tight road traffic in Shanghai in recent years.

In fact, although the total container throughput in the Yangtze River Delta has been growing rapidly, the gap is still large. Even if the throughput capacity of existing ports is increased by one percent, the overall container transportation capacity of the Yangtze River Delta is still in short supply.

Compared with inland ports. Hong Kong Port still has certain advantages. From the perspective of the density of international flight routes, the number of international flights in Hong Kong far exceeds that of Shenzhen Port. From the perspective of customs clearance procedures, Hong Kong implements a free port policy. Except for restrictions on drugs, arms, tobacco and alcohol, all other goods are given the green light. However, due to the need to combat smuggling, the rate of unpacking and checking goods in Shenzhen is generally around 5%. From the perspective of offshore financial settlement, Hong Kong has free foreign exchange in and out, while Shenzhen is subject to foreign exchange control, and port and shipping settlement is more convenient in Hong Kong.

The current port construction boom is, to some extent, a compensatory response to the stagnation of port construction since the 1990s. Since last year, the insufficient throughput capacity of domestic ports has gradually emerged, and this year the phenomenon of cargo stagnation in ports is very serious.

The Yangtze River Delta with high economic development. It is indispensable to have the support of a large number of port groups. The competition for the Northeast Asian shipping center requires the rational layout of port groups in the Yangtze River Delta region.

Without macro-regulation and regulation, the current situation of duplicate construction of ports in the Yangtze River Delta will inevitably hinder the sustainable development and core competitiveness of the region. Several ports should also clarify their respective division of labor in the spirit of cooperation and mutual benefit according to market positioning, and turn the competition for the first port caused by the construction of Hengshan Port into peace, so that it can become a weapon to promote regional cooperation and achieve a win-win situation in the economy.

At present, everyone's eyes are too shallow, just staring at the fat meat in their own bowls, fearing that it will be snatched away by others. But they did not see that in the future development, the growth of the shipping industry will be much greater than the growth of the port industry's capacity. There is only a feast that can't be eaten, so why should it be suppressed?

In any case, I always ignited the dispute over port construction in advance, which is a challenge for foreign capital that is not yet ready. In order to develop themselves and improve their competitiveness, the major ports that continue to support funds will also consider cooperating with mainland capital to avoid losing at the starting line.

When the news about the construction of Hengshan Port was leaked, Donghai Province felt a little nervous, fearing that something unexpected would happen. As a result, the cooperation was aborted, so Wu Fukuan met with Fan Wubing again and exchanged many details on the details. The overall cooperation framework was formulated and a cooperation agreement was secretly signed. However, in view of the current situation, there is no official announcement.

"How is the situation lately?" Fan Wubing asked Wu Fukuan casually.

"What?" Wu Fukuan was stunned for a moment, and then realized that Fan Wubing was asking about the follow-up progress of Lei Jia's case.

Mentioning this matter, Wu Fuzhen himself had a bit of a headache, and said to Fan Wubing, "The forces behind Lin Xiangtong, Hu Kewei and others are still relatively strong. So far, although some evidence of their collusion with criminal groups inside and outside the province has been found, Money laundering or drug trafficking, but there are not many documents that can directly convict. It is not that simple, especially if you want to convict a deputy provincial official."

Fan Wubing nodded and expressed his understanding. For cadres, in addition to showing the difference in rank, the official hat also has an important function of exonerating crimes and reducing sentences. At the deputy provincial level, ordinary trivial matters You really can't do anything to them, unless it involves some major events or violates the official rules of this class, which will cause their behavior to arouse public outrage and lead to ruined reputation.

For now, as long as Hu Kewei sticks to his words, Lin Xiangtong's responsibility will not be very big. Anyone can understand the principle of beating a snake and not dying. Therefore, Wu Fukuan is deeply worried about this and does not know how to promote it. this matter.

But the trouble is that the province does not have much influence on the case. After the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection intervened, the matter cannot be left to its own side.

Fan Wu was sick enough to think for a moment. Then he said to Wu Fukuan, "It seems that it's time to add fuel to their fire!"

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