Chapter 2000: Railways Are Also to Be Piloted

"Feng, yesterday you said you wanted to build a high-speed railway that traverses the east and west?" Eric saw that everyone was silent, so he took the initiative to stir up the topic. He came here just for this matter.

"Our investment in port terminals naturally also includes supporting logistics construction. The United States is the country with the highest trade volume in the world, and it is in great need of efficient logistics channels and guaranteed transportation volume."

"The high-speed railway, this is our opportunity. Once it is completed and put into operation, it will greatly improve the domestic logistics channels in the United States, and those who operate this railway will definitely make money."

Eric shook his head: "Feng, we have considered this matter, and there are a few points that you may not have considered."

"You are using China's high-speed railway construction as a reference, right? China's railway transports more than two billion passengers every year, while our railways in the United States only have more than 20 million passengers per year. There is a hundredfold gap in this, not to mention our railway mileage In fact, it is twice as big as your Huaxia."

"You Huaxia can make back your capital through passenger transport, and freight is the profit. But in the United States, freight is the main means of profit, and there are not many people in passenger transport."

The aviation industry in the United States is very developed, and basically every family in the United States has more than one car. Many people choose to drive by themselves when traveling, and take a plane for long distances. If they need it, they rent a car. They are used to it. I have a car.

It doesn't mean how big the cities in the United States are. In fact, many cities in the United States only have a population of one million.

But the public transportation in the United States is really not good. There are not many people on the subway, and the bus is even worse. Except for the popular and prosperous areas, there is very little public transportation.

"Feng, I know, you want to say that as long as the speed increases, many people will choose to take the high-speed railway, because it is no slower than an airplane at certain distances, and it is even more convenient."

"But in this way, the interests of the airlines will be affected. Can you understand me?"

If the speed of the railway is raised and the choice of passengers is increased, it will be a heavy blow to the airline. Just like in China, when the high-speed rail and EMUs were in operation, didn't the air tickets also be discounted crazily because they couldn't be sold.

In any country, the airport is in the suburbs, and the train station is generally in the urban area, which may not be very prosperous. It must be closer to the city center than the airport.

The construction of high-speed rail will hurt the interests of those airline shareholders, which will form some resistance.

"Feng, there are more troubles than that. Just think about it. The auto companies in the United States are in a cold winter. Both Tongyong Automobile and Kelaisi are losing money. With the help of the government, they can survive. The only one that does not need government assistance Foote Enterprises, sold you half of the brand business."

"If the high-speed rail is built, it will have a great impact on car sales. So, you don't object, do you?"

"Another important point is that when we build a railway, it must not be on the original railway line, but it must not be too far away. This involves a problem of compensation for demolition. I don't know how much compensation for demolition is in your Huaxia. But in our country, it's very high."

Because real estate in the United States is permanent ownership, as long as you can afford the property tax. The resources dug out of the house at a certain depth belong to you, even if there is a diamond mine underneath.

Therefore, the cost of demolition in the United States may be higher than that in China, and Americans will never choose a house for you to compensate, but ask for more cash, and then buy a house that they think is better.

"Feng, you said yesterday that one kilometer would cost about 30 million U.S. dollars, but that was calculated based on the cost of your China? If it were in our country, we think that the cost should be increased by at least 30%, that is to say That's about $40 million a kilometer."

"A distance of more than 4,000 kilometers will cost 160 billion U.S. dollars. Do you think we can afford this amount together? Alright,

Even if it is affordable, but how much is the economic effect? Don't use the righteousness of the country to say that our consortium is not a philanthropist. We support many employees. "

"So we can take out more than 10 billion US dollars at most. How much can you take out? The rest of the money can only be borrowed from banks. And it will definitely be blocked by companies such as automobiles and airlines. Then only our own banks may give loans. , have you carefully assessed the risks involved?"

Feng Yu was stunned for a moment, but he didn't consider this carefully enough, ignoring the resistance of other industries in the United States. If he wanted to invest, Feng Yu would definitely use a loan to invest. It would be too uneconomical to cash out.

Project funds will become the biggest constraint, and the prospect of profit is relatively slim. Could it be said that this cooperation cannot be achieved? Then there will be great constraints on their logistics network construction.

Li Zeju spoke again at this time: "Eric, just now we talked about the pilot issue of the port, so why can't the high-speed rail open an experimental section first?"

Feng Yu's eyes lit up, that's right, the high-speed rail can also open the experimental section first.

Eric and Reed looked at each other, which is actually what they wanted to say. Release the news first, open an experimental section, and then look at the reactions of all parties before making a final decision to see if it is worth building such a long high-speed rail.

The country of the United States is different from China. China considers the whole thing. Even if the country invests, even if it is not profitable, it should be convenient for the people.

But the United States is a private investment, and they must consider profitability. If it was the first two years, they might be able to ask for government subsidies, but now, where does the US government have any money? They are all taking the initiative to sell national debt to Huaxia.

This is the case in both the United States and the United Kingdom. Electricity, gas, transportation, communications, etc. all belong to different private companies, and even the degree of electrification construction varies from region to region. Even more than ten years ago, the civil voltage standards of many states in the United States were still different, and they were just unified at the end of the last century. At that time, when you bought electrical appliances, you had to explain to the store what kind of available equipment you needed, or You buy a home transformer.

In China, grid connection has long been achieved, and local grids also belong to the country, and must abide by the unified standards of the country. The implementation of different standards is to make our products unique, so as to obtain higher benefits.

Everyone looked at the map for a long time, and finally Eric proposed to build an experimental high-speed rail from Los Angeles to Las Vegas, which happened to pass through their state of California.

Feng Yu and Li Zeju looked at each other and nodded in agreement. The next step is to wait for the reply from the United States, and Feng Yu will also communicate with the country and prepare to visit the United States to build a factory.

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