In fact, Zhao Yi also wants to go to the northwest to see how the trees are being planted there. Several years have passed there. Although it will take time to become a dense forest, their importance cannot be denied at all.
Not to mention the significant impact that large tracts of forests have on the local climate in the northwest, not to mention their role in preventing northwest windy sand from eroding Tengger Pasture and Mu Us Pasture.
Even with so many trees planted, and there are many more valuable trees, the economic value generated is immeasurable. They are the source of raw materials for the furniture industry that Zhao Yi has laid out, and they are also the raw materials for the high-end paper industry that he has long wanted to get involved in. source.
But just when Zhao Yi was planning to go there, the Cornerstone Materials Company in Nanjing sent a message saying that they had made a breakthrough in an important material.
This material is of great significance for changing our country's energy structure, that is, photovoltaic ceramics. Although it seems like nothing, there was similar technology in the country in the previous life.
However, the photovoltaic ceramic materials developed by Cornerstone Materials are different from previous generations. Not only do they have a very high solar energy transmission rate, but they are also used in a wide range of applications.
Let’s not discuss other things, but the ongoing urbanization construction of China Housing Corporation. If all the exterior walls or roofs are decorated with this kind of photovoltaic ceramics, then the electricity demand of the entire building can basically be guaranteed.
It is conceivable that if this kind of photovoltaic ceramics is put into use on a large scale, then in the future, residents in the city will basically be able to get rid of the use of grid power and become completely self-sufficient.
Of course, this does not mean that so many thermal power plants built by Xinhui Energy Company have no place to play. Domestic industrial power demand still requires these power plants to provide a large amount of power supply.
Although the world's current attention to climate is not as strong as that of later generations, this is an inevitable trend. Paying attention to the earth's environment and climate means paying attention to the life and death of mankind.
Therefore, in the absence of climate agreements such as the Kyoto Agreement and the Paris Agreement, Zhao Yi is also consciously moving closer to clean energy and expanding the proportion of clean energy in our country's overall energy structure.
Otherwise, Xinhui Energy Company would not build a photovoltaic power plant specifically. However, the current domestic electricity prices are very low, and the benefits of building photovoltaic power plants are very low. There are currently no domestic financial subsidies in this regard.
Therefore, Xinhui Energy Company only built a photovoltaic power plant on a trial basis and has not continued to expand in this area.
Of course, more importantly, the thermal power plants built by Xinhui Energy Company have undergone strict treatment of waste gas emissions. Polluting waste gases have basically achieved zero emissions, and what can be discharged is basically carbon dioxide gas.
Although this is a greenhouse gas, long-term emissions may also have an impact on the atmospheric structure and the global climate, but this is the best we can do under current technical conditions.
Of course, the more important reason is that the current international community does not pay enough attention to this kind of greenhouse gas, and the country has not focused on it. Global greenhouse gas emissions have not yet reached the level of changing the structure of the atmosphere.
However, as the global economy further explodes in the future, carbon dioxide emissions will become higher and higher, and sooner or later it will reach the threshold that changes the atmospheric structure. By then, carbon dioxide emissions will also become a serious environmental problem.
Therefore, photovoltaic power generation is still a very feasible method in the future, but it is not without problems. In the process of manufacturing photovoltaic monocrystalline silicon and polycrystalline silicon, pollution is actually quite serious.
Moreover, Zhao Yi is not satisfied with the power generation efficiency of the photovoltaic panels they have developed so far. Currently, Xinhui Energy Company and Cornerstone Materials Company are working hard to solve the problem and strive to come up with more efficient photovoltaic materials.
The photovoltaic ceramic products they developed this time were actually developed as part of their plan. They have a higher energy transfer rate than the silicon photovoltaic materials they jointly developed before.
This is also an important reason why they specifically sent this news to Zhao Yi alone. They hope that after Zhao Yi sees this material, he will decide whether to build a large-scale photovoltaic power plant similar to the previous one.
When Zhao Yi saw the information they sent, his first idea was not to use it in specialized photovoltaic power plants, but to use it in all buildings built by China Housing Corporation.
Because the external performance of this kind of photovoltaic ceramics is no different from ordinary ceramic products, and it does not only have one specific physical property, it can also be customized in this regard.
If this kind of photovoltaic ceramics is used on architectural ceramics, the effect will be as mentioned above, and it can basically fully meet the daily electricity needs of urban residents.
Moreover, this photovoltaic ceramic product can not only be used in residential buildings, but can also be used on a large scale in commercial buildings, which will be a huge supplement to the electricity consumption of my country's service industry.
More importantly, the use of photovoltaic ceramics on these commercial and residential buildings not only basically achieves self-sufficiency in electrical energy, but also makes it possible to achieve reverse power transmission to the grid.
Moreover, the electric energy generated by this kind of building is also very stable and risk-resistant. Residents and users do not need to worry about sudden power outages.
So after receiving the news, Zhao Yi immediately changed his itinerary and planned to go to Nanjing, because this kind of material is so important to our country.
What’s even more ingenious is that the timing of their development is perfect. China Housing Corporation is currently negotiating urban planning with those 10 cities.
These works have not been completed yet, and of course the construction stage has not started. China Housing Company can add this important element during the architectural design.
If this kind of photovoltaic ceramics is developed after these buildings are built, then even if Zhao Yi has this idea, he will not use photovoltaic ceramics because he doesn't have too much money to use up.
Zhao Yi's special plane landed in the city of Nanjing. Although there are two of his most important companies in this city, he still rarely comes to this city. Even the urbanization projects carried out by China Housing Corporation in this city He did not participate in the negotiations.
So when Zhao Yi's special plane landed, the mayor of Nanjing came to pick him up personally. To be honest, Zhao Yi's visit this time was not for business negotiations, and there was no need for cooperation with the government.
Even so, the mayor still came over personally, because Zhao Yi's industry is now very important to Nanjing, and it cannot be overstated.
Although they also knew Zhao Yi's impression from the outside world, the mayor still came over in person because he felt that these already established industries were not as stable as he imagined.
Because Pusi Chemical Company, headquartered in Shanghai, has begun to gradually evacuate their production plants from Shanghai. Only their headquarters and R&D center are retained in Shanghai, and the rest have been moved to other places.
Changsha, as the capital of chemical products planned by Zhao Yi, must have received a very large share. Coupled with the existence of Procter & Gamble Daily Chemical Company, it is already a veritable chemical capital in China.
As for the chemical plants that have been moved to other places, it is mainly because of their proximity to resources. This is part of resource optimization, and it also brings great economic development opportunities to the local area.
Although Pusi Chemical Company announced that it would learn from the lessons of the poison gas leak in Bhopal, India, and would relocate its chemical plant away from the city, it had no other considerations.
Although it is not wrong for Pusi Chemical Company to say this to the outside world, it is true that the production of chemical products has certain risks. If it is produced in a city or on the edge of a city, it will be fine if nothing happens, but it will be a big problem if something happens.
However, governments in other places have seen some signs from this incident, that is, Zhao Yi may conduct a new round of layout of his industries and decentralize more productive affairs.
Just like Baiwei Food Company, which was just established not long ago, their production plants are spread all over the country. Although it is based on the principle of proximity to the production area, this trend is exactly the same as that of Pusi Chemical.
There is also some other evidence. For example, the initial factories of Hualong Clothing Company were built in Shenzhen or around Shenzhen, but later their production factories deliberately moved to other coastal special zones for construction.
Hualong Clothing Company's actions naturally led Huansha Textile Enterprises to do the same. Although Hualong Clothing Company's current employment scale is so large, the number of factories in Shenzhen is actually very small.
The land area of Shenzhen is not large, and it cannot fully accommodate an enterprise of the size of Hualong Clothing Company. No city can say that it can fully accommodate an enterprise with a population of tens of millions.
Therefore, the current situation of Hualong Apparel Company is very similar to that of Pusi Chemical, that is, the headquarters and design and operation departments have remained in Shenzhen, and the factory is gradually moving to other places.
For existing foreign trade apparel, the only place to choose production factories is in coastal areas. These coastal special zones that were originally established have become the main force in undertaking these manufacturing factories.
In addition to foreign trade apparel, the scale of the domestic apparel market has also begun to gradually expand recently. The production bases of the apparel products supplied by Hualong Apparel Company are located in the mainland, such as Henan, Anhui and other places.
Huansha Textile Company is basically following the steps of Hualong Clothing Company. There is no other way. Their current main source of income still comes from Hualong Clothing Company. If they don't follow, it will cause a lot of trouble.
In the past, these behaviors could be said to be the development needs of Zhao Yi's enterprises, but after the recent introduction of the national development plan, this behavior is no longer a personal behavior.
They are all well-informed people, and they have heard Zhao Yi's speech at the meeting, which shows that this is not only the industrial development needs of the company, but also Zhao Yi's deliberate move to balance regional economic development.
Take Polaris Company as an example. In the past, their manufacturing industries were basically distributed in various cities and counties in Guangdong Province. They did not distribute their industries to all parts of the country like the above companies.
But they have now received some news. Although Polaris Company's existing industries have no plans to move, Polaris Company's new product production plants have chosen other places in other provinces.
This fully shows that Zhao Yi has done what he said at the meeting from the beginning. However, the transportation conditions in the mainland were not perfect before, so there was a limit to what he could do.
This signal is not good news for cities that rely heavily on his industries, because it means that their good days will come to an end.
Take Nanjing as an example. They didn't put much effort into acquiring the two major industries under Zhao Yi, and they didn't even provide many preferential policies. It was like gold coins fell from the sky while they were lying down.
This is also an important reason why the mayor of Nanjing rushed to pick up Zhao Yi's special plane as soon as he arrived in Nanjing. Times are different now, and economic development has become the top priority of the local government.
The reason why Nanjing has become famous in China in recent years is because of the two companies under Zhao Yi. If these two companies are like Hualong Clothing Company, Nanjing will be greatly hit.
The mayor of Nanjing coming to pick him up is not just a gimmick, but there are really some issues that need to be communicated with Zhao Yi. Not to mention bringing their other industries to Nanjing, that is the current industry. They hope that Zhao Yi will not move. .
Because in the past few years, Nanjing has become a veritable capital of heavy industry, with most people engaged in industries related to automobiles and materials.
If these industries are really evacuated to other places, not to mention the financial problems of the local government, but also the livelihood of so many people will be a big problem. As a leader, you have to consider the impact of this problem.
The materials and automobile industries are also different from the aviation manufacturing industry. Chengdu does not have such a strong sense of urgency because the best aviation supporting industries in the country are currently in Chengdu. This is their advantage that cannot be replaced by others.
Moreover, although the aviation manufacturing industry is high-end and high-end, the real output value is not as big as imagined. Last year was considered a good year for Star Express Company, and the annual output value was only about 100 billion yuan.
Even if there is a stronger development momentum in the future, it is impossible to reach an annual output value of more than one trillion yuan, because its market attributes determine the market size and cannot be changed by human power.
Therefore, Zhao Yi has never thought about moving the aviation manufacturing industry out of Chengdu, and there is absolutely no need to do so. Chengdu is a city that can accommodate this industry.
Zhao Yi has no plans to put huge industries in Chengdu anymore, because the presence of Star Express Company and Star Power Company will be enough for Chengdu to digest and absorb for many years.
After Zhao got off the plane, he found that the mayor came to pick him up in person, so he quickly stepped forward, reached out to hold the mayor's hand, and said, "This is just a private matter, so why bother the mayor to pick him up in person?"
"Mr. Zhao, you are too polite. At your level, there is no purely personal matter. Just like us, we don't have much personal time and things." The mayor responded with a smile.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with this. I came here this time because of the issue of photovoltaic ceramics. If all standards meet the requirements, a huge industry will be born, and the market size will be very huge.
It's just that neither Cornerstone Materials nor Zhao Yi himself has disclosed any information to the outside world, because once it is leaked, there will definitely be a lot of people coming to the door, which will disrupt their steps.
"How can I compare with leaders like you? You should have heard about me. I'm just a standard 'otaku'." Zhao Yi said politely.
"Mr. Zhao, please stop being modest. Of course we know a little about what the outside world says about you, but they just don't understand it. At least we have dealt with him before, and we still know what kind of person Mr. Zhao is." Said with a long smile.
It was not a problem to be so polite, so Zhao Yi did not continue to be polite, but said: "You and I are both busy people with official duties. I don't know what the mayor has to ask me for this time."
"Look at what Mr. Zhao said, you can't do your duty as a landlord if you don't have official duties. As an important investor in Nanjing, you have made a huge contribution to Nanjing. It doesn't matter if I come to pick you up this time." The mayor said. .
Although he said so, Zhao Yi didn't believe a word of it. He was the master who would go to the Sanbao Hall for nothing. If there was nothing, how could he come to pick him up in person? Everyone was very busy, and Zhao Yi didn't have any schedule. public.
If it were made public, then it would make sense for the mayor of Nanjing to come to pick him up. After all, as he said, his industry is very important to Nanjing. As a parent, you cannot turn a blind eye, as it will chill the hearts of investors.
But the secret itinerary is different. It has not been made public anyway. If the Nanjing Municipal Government pretends that it has not seen it, it is completely justified and no party can question it.
"Okay, I would like to thank the mayor for his warm hospitality." That's all Zhao Yi could say.
Sure enough, after Zhao Yi got into his car, the driver was ordered to follow the car in front. Zhao Yi had no objection to this. This trip was inevitable anyway, just to see what the Nanjing Municipal Government thought.
Zhao Yi's car drove all the way through the streets and finally arrived at the guest house of the city government. After following the mayor in, meals had been arranged. Seeing this, Zhao Yi immediately asked his secretary to bring the fruit wine in the car. .
Because the liquor on the table really scared Zhao Yi. This kind of entertainment would be unreasonable without drinking, and he was not used to drinking, so he could only bring over the fruit wine he brought with him, so that everyone would feel better. .
After the guests and hosts were all seated, Zhao Yi said: "We often drink liquor, and the fruit wine I brought this time, I guess those of you who are making it have not tasted it yet. Let's try it later. It tastes quite good.
Because I brew it myself, the output is really limited. It is difficult to see this kind of wine on the market in a short time. If you don’t mind it, you can enjoy it later. "
After hearing what Zhao Yi said, everyone could only ask the waiter to take down the liquor, and then put the fruit wine brought by Zhao Yi on the table. When everyone saw it, it was indeed home-brewed wine, otherwise the sign would not be so casual.
Then the waiter poured fruit wine for everyone. At this time, the mayor stood up and said: "Welcome Mr. Zhao to Nanjing this time. I still remember that it was a long time ago that Mr. Zhao came here. I hope Mr. Zhao will come more often in the future." Move around here."
After speaking, the mayor raised his glass. Because it was fruit wine, he did not say a toast because that would be too unsightly.
After everyone heard what he said, they all stood up, raised the wine glass in front of them, and took a sip. In an instant, everyone's expressions were very wonderful.
I originally thought it was ordinary fruit wine, but after all, Baiwei Food Company now has a wide variety of fruit wines on the market, and fruit wine is no longer limited to wine.
After drinking it, they discovered that the fruit wine brought by Mr. Zhao exceeded their expectations. The lingering taste in their mouths left them with endless aftertaste, and it was completely different from what they expected.
With this good start, the rest of the meal was a happy one. This scene of guests and hosts enjoying themselves lasted until the end of the meal. (End of chapter)