12dz Chapter 203 The High-Speed Rail Dispute! Only you, Zhao Ruilong, can deliver the final blow!
Chapter 203 The High-Speed Rail Dispute! Only you, Zhao Ruilong, can deliver the final blow!
"So this is a clue?"
Zhao Lichun asked jokingly.
"It's hard to say, we'll have to investigate to find out."
Zhao Ruilong put away his phone and immediately got up to go to the kitchen.
After a busy afternoon, I was starving.
After a quick dinner, the two went straight to the study.
"What's your opinion on the obstruction of land acquisition and demolition for the high-speed rail project?"
Zhao Lichun offered his son a cigarette.
"What do I think?"
Zhao Ruilong accepted the cigarette.
He took out a lighter, lit his father's cigarette first, and then slowly sat down.
"Isn't the problem with the demolition process just a way to get more compensation?"
"I think as long as it's not too outrageous, I should readily agree."
"But those who cheat and swindle demolition compensation, or those who make exorbitant demands, must not be tolerated."
"However, this large-scale leak has taught us a profound and painful lesson. We must learn from it, optimize and improve relevant laws and regulations, and prevent similar incidents from happening again."
"Is this your approach?"
Zhao Lichun frowned, looking somewhat incredulous.
"What else can we do? Things have come to this."
Zhao Ruilong smiled wryly and asked in return.
ah~
Zhao Lichun sighed, took a drag of his cigarette, and said with a sneer:
"I thought you were a clever guy, capable of coming up with brilliant ideas to quickly complete the demolition without spending much money, but I never expected..."
Zhao Ruilong chuckled and retorted, "I'm a human, not a god. The situation is already like this, what else can you expect me to do? This isn't as simple as requisitioning and demolishing a hundred or so acres of land!"
"The entire first phase of the Yanhu High-speed Railway project is over 300 kilometers long, passing through multiple cities and counties. Hundreds of thousands of households are within the demolition area, and many of them have already made preparations. What am I supposed to do?"
"Should we just not demolish them? Completely overturn the existing design and re-survey and design a new route? Resubmit the application to the General Affairs Council? How much time and money would that take? Can we afford it?"
Zhao Lichun shook his head slightly.
"We really can't afford to wait any longer!"
Zhao Ruilong continued:
"Moreover, the existing plan from Jingzhou to Tianhai is the best one after repeated comparisons in terms of route alignment, station locations, and engineering construction."
"Even if the plan is to be changed, the cities along the route will remain the same. The only area that can be changed is the rural areas. However, the detour will increase the distance and construction cost, and will also increase the operation and maintenance costs after it is put into operation, which is obviously less cost-effective."
"If you want to complete the demolition quickly and cheaply without changing the plan, I don't think even a god could do it. The companies and residents who want to be demolished have invested a lot in order to get more demolition compensation. How can they do a losing business?"
"Leaving aside the businesses slated for demolition, how much equipment they've hastily acquired and how many new workers they've hired, just look at the farmers whose homes are being demolished—they're adding to their houses, rushing to plant fruit trees, hastily getting married, and getting pregnant in a rush..."
Zhao Lichun waved his hand.
"Alright, alright, let's do it this way!"
"On the way back from Yanjing, I thought and thought, and this was the only solution I could come up with."
"We failed to maintain secrecy, and the residents whose homes were demolished took advantage of the situation. We really have to look for the problem within ourselves."
"But the lack of supervision in this area really needs to be seriously reflected upon, otherwise engineering projects will not be able to be carried out in the future."
After taking a puff of his cigarette, Zhao Lichun said with a somewhat worried expression:
"Demolition and relocation issues are actually easy to resolve; they can be settled by simply spending more money."
"The real problem now is the procurement of high-speed rail vehicles and the introduction of technology, which is not going very smoothly."
Zhao Ruilong was somewhat bewildered.
"Isn't it?"
"Didn't I already talk about the strategy of exchanging market access for technology?"
"The Railway Administration should be fine with this bidding strategy, right?"
"Introducing advanced technology, jointly designing and producing, and creating a national brand! Hasn't this high-speed rail development path and principle been approved by the top leadership?"
Zhao Lichun chuckled.
"You think the Railway Administration is run by Liu Zhiheng alone? Don't forget, he's just the deputy director!"
"Uh……"
Zhao Ruilong's expression froze.
Zhao Lichun didn't need to say anything more; Zhao Ruilong understood instantly.
As the saying goes, wherever there are people, there is a world of its own.
Where there is a world of its own, there are naturally factions and competition.
Liu Zhiheng is indeed obsessed with high-speed rail and strongly supports its development.
Without his strong push, the first phase of the Yanhu High-speed Railway project would not have completed so many procedures so quickly, including company establishment, route survey, scheme design, and project approval.
But as Zhao Lichun said, he is still only the deputy director.
His abilities and authority are inevitably limited.
Sometimes, in order to achieve a certain goal, it is necessary to make compromises in other aspects.
After taking a deep drag of his cigarette, Zhao Lichun slowly said:
"Your proposed strategy is sound, and the principles are sound. The problem now is that we still have significant disagreements about which international giant to partner with!"
"The four major international high-speed rail giants have gone to great lengths to seize our country's high-speed rail market, some even resorting to diplomatic relations."
"Although we prefer to cooperate with Himemers based on factors such as technological strength, long-term development, and operational needs, we don't mind if the price is a little higher."
"But some people think that Fran Arteston is also good. Their high-speed trains with a speed of 350 kilometers per hour are also world-class. Of course, there are also many people who support Thomson and Pompeo."
Zhao Ruilong nodded slightly.
Don't be fooled by the small scale of this high-speed train procurement, which involves only 18 trains.
However, the first phase of the Yanhu High-speed Railway is the first high-speed railway in China.
Everyone knows that if there's one season, there will inevitably be a second season.
Once the second phase of the project is to commence construction, more high-speed trains will inevitably need to be procured.
Furthermore, this is to facilitate a seamless connection between drivers and passengers.
To maximize savings in personnel training, maintenance, and other aspects.
It's unlikely that the second phase of the project will be subject to open bidding.
They will directly approach the vehicle supplier for the first phase and conduct single-source procurement.
The key is……
China also has an even larger-scale high-speed rail plan of eight vertical and eight horizontal lines.
We need to build tens of thousands of kilometers of high-speed rail and purchase thousands of high-speed trains.
So whoever becomes the recipient of the technology transfer will reap huge profits in the subsequent localization cooperation.
After all, if you're going to introduce technology, how can you not pay technology transfer fees and patent licensing fees?
And if you introduce someone's technology, how can you not purchase a series of hardware and software, and not buy corresponding technical services?
Before the Chinese people can digest, absorb, and innovate independently to create high-speed trains with Chinese standards and complete domestic production, they will definitely make a fortune.
Looking at the whole world, only China has the conditions and strength to build high-speed rail on a large scale. Other countries are either too poor and too small, or they have already built them or do not need them at all.
and so……
Is this still a competition between 18 high-speed trains?
This not only relates to the procurement of hundreds of trains for the second phase of the Yanhu High-speed Railway, but also determines who will gain the right to speak in the future high-speed train market in China.
Driven by profit, the four major international high-speed rail giants are naturally scrambling to compete.
To secure this deal, they even resorted to diplomatic relations.
It's not hard to imagine that they must have sought help from many people in China and at the Railway Administration.
With each serving their own master, the competition naturally intensifies.
As a result, it has been delayed until now, with all the shareholders' funds in place and the project about to officially start.
As a result, the initial work of procuring high-speed rail vehicles and introducing technology has not yet been completed.
"The China Railway Administration is the major shareholder of the Yanhu High-speed Railway. It has absolute decision-making power over which giant it cooperates with."
Zhao Ruilong took a deep drag of his cigarette, squinted slightly, and asked:
"The main reason this work has been delayed is probably because of Director Huang, right?"
Zhao Lichun glanced at the door subconsciously.
After confirming that the door was closed, he flicked off his cigarette ash and leaned forward.
"I had two talks with him during my stay in Yanjing."
“He knew that both our Handong Province and Tianhai City preferred to cooperate with Ximenzi.”
"The price is a bit high, but the technology is indeed advanced enough. After introducing and absorbing it, it will also help to quickly improve our technical level."
"Although he did not specify which company he was cooperating with, I speculate that he personally prefers to cooperate with Sichuan Qi to introduce Shinkansen high-speed train technology."
Zhao Ruilong chuckled.
"Cooperating with small companies? It's better to find people from France. At least our Jingzhoupu Town Rolling Stock Plant has already cooperated with Arteston and produced and delivered a lot of subway trains."
Zhao Lichun could only manage a wry smile.
"So now the problem is very difficult to solve!"
"Not only do the shareholders disagree, but the senior management also has different opinions."
Zhao Ruilong stubbed out his cigarette.
"But we can't just keep dragging this on, can we?"
"In my opinion, it would be better to announce the detailed plan for the eight vertical and eight horizontal high-speed railways as soon as possible."
"Let everyone know that the Yanhu High-speed Railway is only one part of it, and in the future we will not only purchase high-speed trains from one supplier."
"The international high-speed rail giants that didn't win the bid this time, if they want to participate in subsequent procurement bidding, should find domestic vehicle manufacturers to cooperate with as soon as possible..."
Zhao Lichun interrupted, asking, "And this time? How do you convince all parties to agree to cooperate with Himmler?"
"Isn't that simple? Let President Shen make the final decision, so we don't waste time arguing back and forth!"
As Zhao Ruilong was speaking, his phone buzzed.
"Hello, it's me. Have you found out who that MP3 player was sold to when it was manufactured?"
"Are you sure it's Liu Haibin? Okay, I understand. Thank you for your hard work."
After hanging up the phone, Zhao Ruilong immediately sent Qi Tongwei a text message.
Sitting opposite him, Zhao Lichun frowned and asked:
"Not the batch of goods that Zhong Xiaoai was robbed from?"
"No, it belongs to Liu Haibin. He bought a lot of goods from me before the listing, and he should still have a lot of inventory now, so he can resell some of it to Huang Wusheng."
After sending the text message, Zhao Ruilong put down his phone.
"However, the idea you suggested is still correct."
"In order to get cash, robbers will eventually have to find someone to sell the goods."
"So no matter who it is, if they suddenly have a large quantity of goods, it's worth investigating!"
Zhao Lichun sighed softly.
"It has been many days since the incident."
"Forget about the cargo, we couldn't even find such a large box trailer."
"Do you think it's possible that after the robbery, the gang didn't leave Handong Province, or even Lincheng City, but instead found a secluded place and hid the car and the goods?"
Zhao Ruilong said with a wry smile, "Of course that's possible, so the task force mobilized a lot of people and conducted a large-scale search centered on the crime scene."
"However, although trailers are large and their features are very obvious, they are also easy to hide. Many can be hidden in any old, enclosed warehouse."
"Besides, so many days have passed since the incident. Even if those robbers dismantled the car by hand, they would probably have already broken it into parts. So finding the car is definitely not realistic. The only option is to find the cargo."
"In addition, I have also arranged for people to keep a close eye on the music website's backend. If anyone uses the stolen MP3 bonus code to register as a free member, the backend will immediately lock their IP address!"
Zhao Lichun raised an eyebrow and said, "But so far, not a single one of the stolen MP3 players has appeared, right?"
"It's bound to happen sooner or later. Those robbers only wanted money, not lives. They tied Zhong Xiaoai up in the woods but didn't even take the opportunity to rape her. So they'll sell the stolen MP3 sooner or later. Once it enters the market, we'll have a track record!"
As soon as Zhao Ruilong finished speaking, Zhao Lichun shook his head and laughed:
"Your idea is good, but have you considered that this robbery was a typical high-IQ crime? Those robbers are very good at counter-surveillance. Would they not have thought of this?"
"That's why we're taking a two-pronged approach: keeping a close eye on the flow of goods in the market and on the backend of music websites. Even if they unpack and sell the goods separately at low prices, it will be difficult for them to do so quietly."
Seeing his son's serious expression, Zhao Lichun didn't say anything more.
He wasn't involved in law enforcement, and he didn't know much about criminal investigation.
But he believed that since the robbers were after money, it would be impossible for them not to sell so many MP3 players.
Especially now that MP3 sales are booming, many cities are experiencing shortages.
Even if those robbers are highly intelligent and have strong awareness of prevention, they can't keep refusing to sell forever.
Compared to this robbery case, which involved a relatively small amount of money, Zhao Lichun was more concerned about the high-speed rail project, which was worth tens of billions of yuan.
As the top official in Handong, he wouldn't have bothered to care if this case hadn't involved Huilong Group.
"The one who tied the knot must untie it!"
"Since you proposed building the high-speed rail, the idea of exchanging market access for technology was also yours."
“Your Huilong Group has invested a lot in the Yanhu High-speed Railway Company, so I think it would be better for you to make a trip to Yanjing.”
Zhao Ruilong pointed to his own nose and asked with a smile, "You want me to go to President Shen to make the final decision?"
"if not?"
Zhao Lichun said with a stern face, "What is my identity, and what is your identity?"
“If I go, there will be no room for negotiation. But you are a child, so you can speak freely without fear of offending anyone.”
"Besides, I heard that Fan Jian's case has been closed. After you finish your business in Yanjing, you can pick up Lu Yike and bring her back to Handong. Isn't that a good thing?"
Zhao Ruilong felt a pang of bitterness in his heart.
What's good?
Once I get to Yanjing, I'll not only have to deal with Lu Yike, but also with Chen Yang.
Especially Chen Yang.
Beneath that gentle and serene exterior lies a fierce tiger.
Now that we've been apart for a while, I'm afraid it won't be so easy to be satisfied.
"What's with that expression? Don't you miss Lu Yike? Even if you have other lovers, you should at least pretend to be someone else, right?"
After rolling his eyes at his son, Zhao Lichun continued in an annoyed tone:
"Also, Wei Lao's youngest son, Wei Yun, has returned to China. When you go to Yanjing this time, find some time to meet with him."
Zhao Ruilong raised an eyebrow.
"A Beijing socialite?"
Zhao Lichun gave a cold smile.
"What? Are you afraid you can't afford to associate with me?"
Zhao Ruilong stood up and sneered:
"Who's marrying above their station is still uncertain!"