12dz Chapter 425 Going All Out! Zhao Ruilong Leads the Charge!
Chapter 425 Going All Out! Zhao Ruilong Leads the Charge!
Late at night.
Fu Wenbing escorted Zhao Ruilong downstairs.
I glanced back and saw the bodyguard carrying my bag following behind me.
The guard immediately slowed down and distanced himself from the two men.
"Brother, the situation is very clear now!"
"He launched a combined attack of anti-corruption and economic development!"
"They not only want to use the sword of anti-corruption to bring down our people, but they also want to surpass us in economic development!"
Zhao Ruilong walked slowly, a faint smile on his face.
"I think this is a good thing. Competition leads to progress, and victory and defeat lead to growth!"
"Moreover, competing to see who is more honest and dedicated to public service and who is better at developing the economy is obviously a great thing for ordinary people!"
Fu Wenbing, with his hands behind his back, paced back and forth, smiling:
"That's true. Maintaining appropriate competition is essential for our team to keep pace with the times and for the best to be weeded out. Otherwise, if everyone colludes and becomes a den of snakes and rats, it will bring disaster to the country and its people."
"That's why President Shen isn't in a hurry to get rid of him. In any group, there has to be someone who opposes. Otherwise, without an opponent to disagree, trip you up, and create competition, it's hard for the people to unite!"
"Moreover, we are walking a path that no human civilization has ever walked before. Although the direction of development and the ideological line are clear, we cannot always cross the river by feeling for stones in the specific development and governance!"
"Although we have enough historical experience and lessons to learn from history and avoid repeating the same mistakes on major issues, who can guarantee that they will always be right in different eras and social conflicts?"
Zhao Ruilong nodded silently.
When a country is weak and its people are poor, and it is necessary to focus all efforts on economic development, then reformers who dare to think and act are naturally the right ones.
In the original drama, why was Zhao Lichun able to rise so quickly and serve as the top leader of Handong for two consecutive terms?
It's all because he shouted the slogan "I'm not afraid of making mistakes, I'm afraid of not reforming," and even if it meant polluting first and cleaning up later, he was determined to develop the economy with all his might.
Under his influence, Li Dakang, his chief secretary who had served him for many years, also became a radical and ambitious man, shouting the slogan "Anything not prohibited by law is permissible".
however……
Times have changed, and circumstances have shifted.
When economic development is no longer the top priority, and the focus shifts to addressing uneven development and insufficient distribution, reformers who have already become beneficiaries are naturally no longer in the right.
In the original drama, Zhao Ruilong was so lacking in political acumen that his father was promoted in name only but demoted in reality. The Gao Yuliang he recommended did not successfully take over as the top leader of Handong, but instead, Sha Ruijin was parachuted in.
Even at this point, he was still unaware of the impending danger, unable to guess that Sha Ruijin had come to Handong with the mission of settling accounts with the Zhao family, and still eyeing the small amount of money from Dafeng Factory…
Fortunately, after transmigrating, I put in a lot of effort to defy fate and have already changed a lot.
The Huilong Group, which he and his second sister owned, was no longer the privileged enterprise that relied on power and money transactions and reaped the benefits of the times in the fields of real estate, engineering, and oil and gas.
Instead, it is a super technology giant with a large number of employees and substantial assets, involved in many high-tech fields such as semiconductors, the Internet, new energy, aerospace, and high-speed rail.
As the pillar of the Zhao family, even though his father, Zhao Lichun, was still a reformist who wholeheartedly wanted to develop the economy, his thinking had long since changed, and he now pursued a high-quality economy.
As for the other members of the family, Zhao Anbang, Zhao Lidong, Zhao Ligen, and others have also made faster and more steady progress with his help. Even Gao Yuliang, Qi Tongwei, and others have made considerable progress.
She even married Lu Yike, who had a powerful background, helped her father promote military reform, and formed solid cooperative relationships with Zhang Xiaoxue and her father, Fu Wenbing and his son, Ye Guangxuan and his daughter, and others.
This way.
Even without President Shen's protection in the future, as long as the key figures on our side have held their ground, they are essentially invincible and will not suffer the loss of their families.
Looking back now, it seems that Ge Junshan was the one who was pushed to the limit.
In their eagerness to achieve impressive economic results in a short period of time, they are more radical than reformers.
When the era of vigorous economic development comes to an end and the domestic and international situation undergoes a fundamental change, it will be them who will be held accountable!
"Ruilong, I have a small question I've been wanting to ask you. Could you answer it truthfully?"
"Heh, do we need to be so polite between us? Just ask!"
Although Zhao Ruilong spoke frankly, he was still wary.
He was also imagining how he should answer Fu Wenbing's question about the source of his continuous flow of funds and technology.
Or perhaps Fu Wenbing wanted to know if he would really go to Xirong to help him invest in and incubate two major industrial clusters: electronic information and new energy vehicles.
Even when he asked if it was possible to invest in building a high-speed railway between the two major western cities, Xirong and Jinjiang, for coordinated development, he readily agreed.
However, after glancing around, Fu Wenbing asked in a low voice:
"Do you know what it means to say, 'A general should consider defeat before victory, and thus he will never be defeated in a hundred battles'?"
Zhao Ruilong rolled his eyes.
"I graduated from Handong University, and you're testing me on military strategy? Especially such a simple and basic one!"
Fu Wenbing put his arm around Zhao Ruilong's shoulder and chuckled.
"Since you know what that means, and you've built Huilong Group into such a large company, aren't you afraid of losing it all in the future and being completely taken advantage of?"
Zhao Ruilong smiled calmly.
"You're asking me why I didn't leave myself a way out, right?"
"Then I'd like to ask, why should we hand over this land we love to people we hate?"
"..."
Fu Wenbing frowned and froze.
Zhao Ruilong's question stung him.
Not only did they stand there speechless, but they also felt ashamed.
"The Bund, a bustling metropolis, was a dreamlike place of extravagance and decadence."
"Living in such an atmosphere for a long time makes people feel numb and their bones naturally become soft."
"Where would they be so fearless against powerful enemies and fight to the death? They'd only think, if we risk our lives, how will we make money?"
"Once the thought of clinging to life and fearing death takes hold, it becomes impossible to go all out. One might even fantasize that if things don't go well, one can surrender and live a life of ignominy..."
Zhao Ruilong didn't say anything more.
Countless people throughout history have proven this.
This land has never had a precedent of surrendering and losing half its territory.
Those who surrender will be looked down upon by both sides.
Zhao Ruilong stopped, turned around, and smiled at Fu Wenbing, who was still standing there in a daze.
"Having no way out is the best way out!"
"If you don't give it your all and end up losing, you'll regret it for the rest of your life, even if you don't die!"
Fu Wenbing snorted coldly and took a step to catch up.
"It's still uncertain who will emerge victorious!"
"Besides, with our strength, how could we possibly lose?"
The two smiled at each other and went to the parking lot.
Just before getting into the car, Fu Wenbing suddenly spoke.
"By the way, there's a guy from Handong Yantai who runs a tourism business in Tianhai, he's quite interesting."
"He had been running charter flights for many years, with several thousand flights a year, which gave him the idea of buying his own plane and starting his own airline."
"Unfortunately, the civil aviation industry in our country is not yet open, so even if he has money, he cannot establish a private airline. Therefore, he asked someone to ask me for help."
"He knows that we were able to restart the large aircraft project and have a commercial aircraft company in China because I introduced you to Qiu Lingzhi at Tianhai Aircraft Design Institute."
"His meaning is very simple: as long as we can help persuade the Civil Aviation Administration to lift the restrictions and allow him to establish an airline, he will order at least ten domestically produced large aircraft, regardless of the price!"
Zhao Ruilong frowned.
"Good heavens, ten of them! Does he know how expensive airplanes are?"
Fu Wenbing, holding onto the car door, smiled and said:
"He has investigated many foreign private airlines, so of course he knows the price of airplanes!"
He said that based on the price of the Boeing 737, our domestically produced large aircraft would cost about 60 million US dollars per aircraft.
"Ordering ten domestically produced large aircraft may seem like it would cost 600 million US dollars, but it's not something that you have to pay all at once."
"It takes time for us to persuade the Civil Aviation Administration, it also takes time for them to recruit staff and set up an airline, and it takes even more time for the domestically produced large aircraft to pass test flights and obtain certification."
"Once everything is ready, COMAC won't be able to deliver ten domestically produced large aircraft all at once. Since the deliveries will be made gradually, there won't be too much financial pressure for them!"
"Moreover, he has been in the tourism business for many years and his business is doing very well. In addition, the planes he bought are all high-quality assets that can be mortgaged to banks, so I think money is definitely not a problem!"
Zhao Ruilong frowned, and asked with great curiosity:
"What's his name?"
Fu Wenbing said, "His name is Wang Tinghua, the founder and general manager of Tianhai Chunhua International Travel Agency Co., Ltd."
"So the airline he wanted to found was called Spring Airlines, with the intention of winning by offering low-cost flights?"
Fu Wenbing was quite surprised by Zhao Ruilong's words.
"Yes, have you heard of him?"
Zhao Ruilong shook his head.
"No, I was just guessing!"
"You guessed very accurately!"
Fu Wenbing smiled, then put his hands on his hips and said:
“I was thinking that we’ve put in so much effort and energy to restart the domestic large aircraft project, and you’ve also invested tens of billions of yuan in the whole project.”
“The engineering prototype has already been built, but the four major airlines are still unmoved, to the point that our Chinese commercial aircraft carriers don’t even have a single potential customer. This can’t go on.”
"Since Wang Tinghua is so eager to buy planes and start an airline, our civil aviation industry will eventually have to loosen restrictions. Rather than letting him spend huge sums of money to buy foreign planes in the future, it's better to let him buy ours!"
Zhao Ruilong nodded and said, "Sure, we should keep the good stuff in the family!"
"His travel company is located in Tianhai, and the future Chunhua Airlines will also inevitably place its headquarters in Tianhai."
"It just so happens that the headquarters of COMAC is also in Tianhai, so the training of personnel, delivery and operation, and maintenance of aircraft can be very convenient."
"Moreover, he wants to run a low-cost airline, and in order to minimize personnel training and maintenance costs, it is best to always work with only one aircraft manufacturer."
"It would be best to continue purchasing and using only one model and its derivatives, and the domestically produced medium-sized passenger aircraft that we are developing can meet their needs."
"If you want to increase passenger capacity, you can cancel business class and switch to all economy class, or buy extended-range aircraft. If you want to fly to longer routes, you can buy extended-range aircraft with increased fuel tanks."
"Yes!"
Fu Wenbing said with a broad smile:
"What I'm thinking is that since both companies are based in Tianjin, any needs or problems can be addressed through timely communication."
"Moreover, I personally believe that China's economy is developing rapidly, and more and more people will be willing to travel by air in the future."
"Since he's going to launch a budget airline that offers good quality at low prices, it's bound to be popular with the public, and its market prospects are absolutely guaranteed!"
Zhao Ruilong gave a thumbs up.