"Are you going to the municipal government again today?" Li Na pouted, unhappy.
Feng Yu told her to come and play, but Feng Yu always left early and came back late these two days, so he had no time to accompany Li Na. The only thing that made Li Na slightly happy was that Wen Dongjun stayed in the hotel and did not bother them.
Feng Yu hugged Li Na and said, "How about you come with me? I should be able to finish the work in two days."
"It's better not to do it. I don't know what I can do when I get to the municipal government. Then you go early and come back early. I'll prepare dinner for you at home." Li Na tidied Feng Yu's clothes like a little wife. . Feng Yu lovingly kissed Li Na on the forehead, patted her butt again, and then left with a bad smile amidst her cooing.
Things are going according to his plan, and Novan has stepped into Feng Yu's trap step by step. There is no way, Feng Yu's understanding of the situation in Russia is much deeper than Novan's understanding of China.
Especially when the mayor and deputy mayor cooperated with Feng Yu, it was difficult for Novan not to be fooled.
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"The lease term in Australia is seven years? It can provide more than 50,000 hectares of fertile land. The specific amount is determined according to Bingcheng's requirements? Low-interest loans are returned? Wasteland is also allowed to be reclaimed there? No one cares? The rent there is annual Pay half before the end? Pay half at the end of the year?" Nova frowned as he listened to what Translator Xue said about Australia's conditions.
The conditions offered by Australia are too good. If he were in Bingcheng, he might have chosen that country. But he can agree to most of these conditions. It was just about the rent, which he absolutely couldn't compromise on.
They need this rent to improve the government's financial situation. If it is only half, how can it be enough
Novan called two deputies to discuss it and decided to significantly lower the conditions today just to get Bingcheng to agree. Under the same conditions, Bingcheng would definitely choose Russia, which is closer to them and has closer relations, right? After all, because of last year's Olympic bid, many Chinese people began to hate Australia.
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"Mr. Mayor. We have communicated with the country and feel that the lease period can be relaxed. How about seven years? This is the longest period we can strive for."
The mayor bowed his head. Seeing Feng Yu making an eight with his hand, he understood.
"Eight years, if it was eight years, I think we would be happier."
Novan glanced at Translator Xue, who moved the teacup a little. Novan looked at the two deputies. He nodded with difficulty: "Okay, we can agree to this, but we have agreed to this, should you, Bingcheng, also make concessions in other aspects?"
The mayor stretched out his hand and made a gesture of please say something.
"The rent must be paid for one year first, and then at the end of each year, the agricultural products will be used to offset the second year's rent. Our rent is calculated based on the highest amount in the previous three years. The rent for land should also increase by a hundred percent every year like the rent for house. Ten out of ten.”
The mayor frowned: "Ten percent every year is definitely not enough. We can accept a three percent increase every year on the basis of the first year's rent. Is it okay to pay the rent for half a year in advance? The rest will be paid after the autumn harvest. Pay it off. Our farmers are also under great pressure to take out so much money at once. If farmers really have that much money, do they still need to go abroad to farm to earn money to support their families?"
"The rent will be increased by three percent. We agree to this. But the rent must be paid for one year in advance. Farmers have no money, so the city can advance it. You must also agree to this, otherwise we have no need to continue negotiations. "
Novan glanced at Translator Xue, who was picking up a tea cup and drinking water. Novan felt calmer. So, Bingcheng can make concessions on this.
"We can't afford that much money."
"That's your problem. If you don't pay and still want to use the land, it's not that good. Unless you are willing to increase the rent by 30%!"
The mayor glanced at Feng Yu and it seemed that he could only take Feng Yu's suggestion.
"Then let's change our thinking. We register an agricultural company, contract the land in the name of this company, and then subcontract it to farmers. In this way, we can solve our financial pressure."
"That's okay, but this agricultural company cannot be completely private."
"Of course, we don't have enough funds, so we will bring in other funds, but this company definitely has shares in our city."
"If that's the case, that's no problem." Novan was very excited. If it was done this way, the first rent could be paid to the account at the same time, instead of each farmer paying it separately, which would be better.
"We have made major concessions on this point, so I hope you can make concessions on land reclamation. In China, the wasteland we open by ourselves does not need to pay taxes because it is not registered farmland. I believe you The same goes for Russia, because the yield of wasteland will definitely decrease due to excessive weeds and other reasons, and if you still have to pay taxes, you will simply lose money!"
"No, no, no, Mr. Mayor, the wasteland is also our Russian land. On our land, we grow crops and get income. Why shouldn't we pay taxes? Of course, we will also make concessions on this point. The taxes are How about half a regular field?”
"The first year is tax-free, and in the second year we pay a quarter of the ordinary land rent, and then we pay one-half of the ordinary land rent every year. The wasteland will not produce any crops in the first year, and we can't even recover the cost of reclamation. ."
Nova made eye contact with the two deputies and saw that they had no intention of objecting. At the same time, they also noticed that Translator Xue's tea cup moved to the right.
"Okay, we agree to this one. Then there is the last one. You must contract at least 100,000 hectares of farmland."
"Fifty thousand hectares are guaranteed. If we have the ability, we will contract as much as possible. One farmer can cultivate up to 100 hectares of land. If there are too many, it will be too busy. If you want to allocate 500 farmers, it will not be possible. It’s so easy. Of course, if farmers from other cities around Bingcheng come to sign up, there’s no reason why we won’t want to package more. Maybe 100,000 hectares will not be enough at that time.”
When they heard it, it seemed that what the mayor said made sense. That's it, let's sign the contract quickly, lest Australia sign the contract first.
But at this time, the mayor put forward another condition: "Loan. I hope that our farmers can obtain interest-free loan support in Russia. It is too difficult for a farmer to come up with the funds to contract fifty hectares or one hundred hectares of land." Yes, even if our government advances part of it, we can’t let us advance all of it, right? They still need to buy farm machinery, seeds, pesticides, fertilizers, etc., and they also need to live, which all require money.”
"Interest-free loans are impossible. We can get low-interest loans for you and guarantee the loan interest, which is the same as the agricultural loan interest for our Russian farmers."
"The interest is the same after financial subsidies." The mayor emphasized.
"That's no problem. So our negotiation will be considered successful?"
"It's almost certain that it's successful. We'll discuss the details in the afternoon and then we can sign the contract. I wish us a happy cooperation!" The mayor smiled and stretched out his hand.
"Happy cooperation!" Nova firmly held the mayor's hand. (To be continued.)
PS: Thank you Snake for the big monthly ticket red envelope. This is the third update, the next update will be around 6pm