"This is not a compliment, but a fact. Before this, we people didn't know that our province actually produced an outstanding person like Mr. Zhao. It is really a great blessing for our province." Mayor Cheng said.
"I just have some money, and I do pickling, and you local officials are responsible for developing the local economy, improving local people's livelihood, and maintaining local stability. It is much more important than me." Zhao Yi responded .
Although these officials knew that these words were more flattering, they were still very happy inside. After all, it depends on who said it, and when it comes from Zhao Yi's mouth, the taste is different.
After a few words of conversation, both parties became familiar with each other, and there was no sense of unfamiliarity when they met for the first time. It was a good start.
"Mr. Zhao was able to move Polaris Game Company to Jiujiang. Our municipal government is very grateful. Our government fully supports the development of Polaris Game Company in Jiujiang," Mayor Cheng said.
This is true. Polaris Game Company was already a mature company before, but it has never established an independent company.
In addition, the previous development in Shenzhen was superior to Jiujiang in every aspect. Under normal circumstances, it would be impossible for such an enterprise to relocate to Jiujiang.
If Zhao Yi was not from Jiujiang, he would not be able to move Polaris Games here. At least these officials came to this conclusion after thinking about it from all aspects, so their thanks are actually very sincere.
Everyone knows that if you want to develop the economy, you must have start-up capital. It was already difficult for Jiujiang's financial situation to live within its means. It was even more difficult to squeeze out money to develop other industries.
This is also the fundamental reason why Zhao Yi insists on relocating Polaris Gaming Company to Jiujiang, because only by bringing a certain amount of tax revenue to the local area can the government have funds to develop supporting facilities and lay a solid foundation for further development of the industry.
"Don't say that. We made this investment decision because we were optimistic about the future development of Jiujiang and came here to make arrangements in advance. It can be regarded as a cooperation that benefits both parties." Zhao Yi said.
Hearing what Zhao Yi said, Mayor Cheng showed a puzzled look, because no matter how they thought about it, they all felt that the relocation of Polaris Game Company was for "poverty alleviation", which basically brought no benefits to Polaris Game Company, but instead benefited the government. Very big.
Seeing Mayor Cheng's puzzled expression, he explained: "Mayor Cheng may not have noticed that there have been many more information technology companies in Jiujiang during this period.
For example, Jimu Software Company, Qianxun Technology Company, Xinghan Technology Company, Jindun Technology Company and Lingchen Technology Company, these companies are actually my industries.
Regardless of the small scale of output value created by these companies at present, in terms of their development potential, most of them will far exceed the development potential of Polaris Games Company.
From this perspective, it is easier to understand that the Polaris Game Company will be relocated to Jiujiang. This is the need of the industrial cluster and can make better use of resources in this area. "
Hearing what Zhao Yi said, Mayor Cheng was secretly surprised. It turned out that these companies were industries owned by Zhao Yi, and he really didn't know this information.
Even the detailed information of these companies was only sorted out by the city's information technology industry companies after Polaris Game Company moved here.
The first is to know why Polaris Game Company moved here from Shenzhen for no reason. After all, any behavior of a company must have certain motives. It is really unreasonable not to understand these.
Second, since Polaris Game Company has moved here, it has brought the possibility of Jiujiang's development in this area. It would be normal to investigate what other such companies there are in the city.
Mayor Cheng was surprised. First, he was surprised that Zhao Yi had deployed so many industries in Jiujiang so early, although it didn't seem to be anything special at the moment.
Second, he was surprised that these companies, which are currently mediocre and puzzling, have such huge potential for future development, which he did not expect.
Regarding the potential of Internet companies, not to mention local government officials like them, even the governments of various countries around the world, it is estimated that only a few fully understand it.
Among the industries Zhao Yi mentioned, the one that has received strong attention from the city government is Hengzhen Technology Company. After all, they have more than 30,000 employees and tens of thousands of people in training.
This is already considered the number of employees for a large enterprise in China, and the salary level of employees in this enterprise is much higher than the average salary level here. It is impossible not to attract their attention.
At present, in addition to economic development in China, what the government pays most attention to is maintaining employment and stabilizing society. The government pays special attention to every large employer and takes special care of it in terms of policies.
As for the industrial cluster effect that Zhao Yi said, although it makes sense, if you think about it again, these companies belong to him, so this sentence does not hold true.
Because he can relocate these industries to any other suitable place at any time and form an industrial cluster. This advantage is not given by Jiujiang, but was deliberately done by Zhao Yi himself.
After hearing Zhao Yi's words, Mayor Cheng became even more enthusiastic about Zhao Yi, and even held Zhao Yi's hand again, as if he wanted to get to know him again.
He can understand Mayor Cheng's mood. After all, Polaris Game Company's annual output value reaches nearly 100 billion yuan, and the future scale of these companies will be no less than this company. What will the annual output value be
Anyone who has graduated from mathematics primary school knows that this will make Jiujiang City an important city in central China in the future. After a few years of development, it is not a dream to become a city with a GDP of one trillion yuan.
Think about it, which cities are now capable of reaching one trillion yuan? They are either established cities like Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, or cities with special policies like Shenzhen.
Of course, because Nanjing is the headquarters of Shenlong Motors, its economic scale is not lower than that of these places. However, Nanjing has also been the ancient capital of six dynasties, and its culture and geographical location have advantages over Jiujiang.
Moreover, these industries are all low-pollution industries and belong to the category of green industries. The only thing that makes Mayor Chen uncertain is how many job opportunities these enterprises will bring to the local area.
However, judging from what Polaris Game Company has done, these concerns are much lessened. After all, the number of people moved here by Polaris Game Company has not reached thousands, but it has already invested in a development area of 100 square kilometers.
In the future, as the scale of these information companies increases, they may also build new cities like this, which will bring a large number of secondary investment opportunities to the local area, and there will be many jobs here.
At present, the scale of Jiujiang City is very small. The total population is estimated to have not exceeded one million. Although there are some industrial enterprises, they are not very strong.
The construction of the new city in this game has directly surpassed the original old city and can accommodate millions of people living and working here.
It can be seen from this that the construction of this new urban area is of great significance to Jiujiang City. The municipal government also visits here every two days to see the changes that occur here every day.
Otherwise, it would be impossible for Zhao Yi to just come over and hang out and meet the team from the city government. Usually, the chance of such an encounter is very small.
After another warm exchange of greetings, the two teams merged into one place, and then continued to inspect the new city. Originally, Zhao Yi just took a casual look, but this time he followed the government team and actually conducted a comprehensive inspection. .
Since the companies investing here are all wealthy, when they decide to build a new city, their start-up funds have already been received, and then they quickly ask their architectural design companies to help with planning and design.
After the design was completed, construction started intensively here, while the city government's actions were much slower. After all, they had no money to invest in and had to wait until Polaris Games Company paid taxes. .
Under normal circumstances, before starting construction, the government departments should complete the three connections and one equality here, and then they will carry out construction regularly.
But if we really do this, the time will be delayed until next year, so we will take the lead in starting construction regardless of whether the city government is slow to act.
Positions have been reserved for infrastructure such as roads and underground pipelines. When the municipal government's financial funds are in place, it will not be too late to build these supporting facilities.
According to the plan, the entire new city construction cycle will take two years, which will be completed around 1988. Before completion, the headquarters of Polaris Game Company does not plan to move here.
Because even if their own headquarters is built, other areas here are also undergoing large-scale construction, which will cause the air environment to be not very good, so it is better to stay in the original place.
The most important thing is that they don't have many employees here, and Zhao Yi didn't say that all employees must be moved here. They only need to move the headquarters here and provide fiscal and tax revenue to the local area.
The team from the city government stepped on the bumpy dirt road and looked at the intense construction on both sides. There was some embarrassment on their faces. After all, they had not done their job well, and it was difficult to explain it.
If they hadn't met the rightful owner, they would have been better off. This time they accompanied the rightful owner to check out the situation here. It would be a lie to say they weren't embarrassed, and this was because they were particularly asking for help.
Originally, they wanted to see if there was a chance for Zhao Yi to move more industries here. Under the current circumstances, how could they have the nerve to say such a thing.
The promises they made themselves have not been fulfilled, and they still want others to continue investing. No matter how thick-skinned they are, they can't hide this face, so their mood is not as good as when they came just now.
Fortunately, they have been officials for many years and have managed to hide their emotions and anger. Although they are embarrassed inside, they still seem to be talking happily on the surface.
The area inspected this time is the CBD located in the center of the new city. It is also the headquarters of Polaris Gaming Company. Since there are many high-rise buildings and the demand for use is urgent, it is the first batch to start construction.
In fact, there is nothing good to see here at the moment. Zhao Yi originally planned to take a look and leave, but the city government hopes to have more time to communicate with Zhao Yi. After all, the opportunity is rare.
So the two parties hastily ended the inspection work here, and then Mayor Cheng invited Zhao Yi to come to the city hall as a guest. Zhao Yi couldn't refuse, so he followed him to the city hall.
After arriving at the city hall, senior city officials also led everyone there. The two parties chatted for a while, and finally came to the conference room to start this communication meeting.
First, the mayor, on behalf of the municipal government, described the preferential policies that can be provided within their scope of authority to support the development of the information technology industry in the city.
This is what it should be, and Zhao Yi is not surprised. In fact, compared to the preferential policies they provide, Shenzhen is much better than this. Fortunately, Zhao Yi doesn't care much about these.
Secondly, the municipal government is asking for advice on how to better develop the city's information industry. This is considered a consultation. After all, the government basically has no talents in this area. If you want to learn, you can only ask others for advice.
At present, is there anyone who knows more about the development of the information industry than Zhao Yi? So it is not surprising that the city government caught him and asked him for advice.
Zhao Yi is also willing to share this. After all, a government that is proficient in this area of business will also be beneficial to the development of these industries under his control. It will be much easier to communicate on many things in the future.
Finally, the municipal government asked Zhao Yi for advice on how to better develop Jiujiang City's economy. The scope was relatively large and was not completely consistent with Zhao Yi's current layout in Jiujiang.
This is also easy to understand. Although Zhao Yi thinks that these industries can turn Jiujiang into a metropolis in the future, they still have doubts about this and cannot wait for this day to come.
Therefore, Zhao Yi is still positive about their positive attitude. Previously, they were limited to their own lack of financial resources. Even if they had plans, it would be difficult to implement them.
This time Polaris Game Company settled in Jiujiang, which brought good benefits to the local finance. They can also start to plan some long-term goals, and Zhao Yi happens to be a rich man, and he must have his own opinions on economic development.
“Actually, Jiujiang’s advantage still lies in shipping, as it is right at the junction of the Yangtze River and Poyang Lake, so if you want to drive Jiujiang’s economic development, you still need to look for opportunities here.
Although the country is currently embarking on a major infrastructure project, roads and railways will be built one after another, which will have positive significance for the circulation of goods from the north to the south.
But as you all know, compared to the above two modes of transportation, water transportation is cheaper, which is a great impetus for the development of local manufacturing.
Even if Jiujiang does not develop manufacturing in the future, it can still become an inland shipping transit center, and the number of service industries it brings will not be small. " Zhao Yi said.
Hearing what Zhao Yi said, all the officials who were working on the matter nodded unconsciously. Jiujiang's urban area originally arose because of water shipping, but later on, with the rise of sea transportation, inland water transportation gradually declined.
"What Mr. Zhao said makes sense, but how can we give full play to our inland shipping advantages? After all, the development of inland shipping has not improved significantly in recent years," Mayor Cheng said.
“If we want Jiujiang to become a shipping center in Jiangxi or even in China, we must think beyond Jiujiang and expand the scope to the entire province and even the whole country.
Everyone knows that the former golden waterway of the Ganjiang River brought huge development opportunities to Jingdezhen’s porcelain trade and also brought great development opportunities to the towns along the waterway.
As long as we re-restore this golden waterway and build a Xinjiang River from the mouth of Poyang Lake in the north to Xinfeng in the south, this will open up the main water transportation channel between the north and south of the province.
Moreover, it is connected to the Yangtze River in the north and can be connected to the prosperous areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang. It is connected to the Pearl River in the south and can directly reach the Pearl River Delta. There is no need to elaborate on the significance of this.
At the same time, ships on the upper reaches of the Yangtze River can directly pass through this waterway to transport goods to the Guangdong outlet, saving more than 1,200 kilometers of distance.
Not to mention the benefits of other cities along the road, at least Jiujiang will benefit a lot from this, which can bring great development impetus to Jiujiang's economic development. " Zhao Yi said.
In fact, his theory is the plan for the "Zhejiang-Jiangxi-Guangdong" Grand Canal that caused a lot of controversy in his previous life. Zhao Yiyi was quite optimistic about this, so he took the opportunity to speak out.
Jiangxi was very prosperous in ancient times. The current situation is caused by many factors, such as the sharp population decline caused by population migration and war, the decline of water transportation caused by the rise of railway transportation, etc.
The most important thing here is that the status of the transportation hub has not been preserved, which has suddenly reduced Jiangxi's sense of presence to a low point. Many developments have completely bypassed Jiangxi, which has infinitely weakened Jiangxi's sense of participation.
Since the highway was invested by Zhao Yi, he could still take care of his hometown, but the railway was a state investment, so he didn't have much say in it, and he was unwilling to get involved.
Whether it is road transportation or railway transportation, not only the transportation volume is limited, but also the unit price of freight is relatively high, which is not good for the industrial development of Jiangxi, but also for the development of inland industrial economy.
That's why Zhao Yi thought of the "Zhejiang-Jiangxi-Guangdong" Grand Canal. If planned well, the development opportunities brought by this canal cannot be underestimated, and it will greatly enhance Jiangxi's important position in the domestic economy.
The Ganjiang River is the largest river in Jiangxi Province. It flows into Poyang Lake and then merges into the Yangtze River. It is also one of the main tributaries of the Yangtze River. Its annual average runoff reaches 670 billion cubic meters, which is larger than the water volume of the Yellow River.
With a total length of 766 kilometers and a drainage area of 83,500 square kilometers, it is an important river in southern my country and the main river in Jiangxi Province.
This river not only has sufficient water resources, but also has good shipping conditions and economic development potential. It is an important inland shipping waterway in my country.
It is only due to years of disrepair and the fact that some parts of the southern part connecting to the Pearl River have not been connected that the current situation has occurred. As long as the north and south lines are connected, it will still be of great value.
In the past, Jiangxi Province was unable to afford the construction of such a large project due to financial problems, but now the situation is much better, and certain conditions are met for both technical and financial problems.
As Zhao Yi's investments in Jiangxi's industries continue to generate profits, the government's finances will become more and more abundant. It is feasible and affordable to use part of the money for this plan.
The main engineering difficulty is the need to build six cascade hub ship locks, and also need to build a water storage dam at the mouth of Poyang Lake to keep the water level in Poyang Lake at a certain height.
Because the terrain of Jiangxi is high in the south and low in the north, it is necessary to build cascade ship locks to enable the entire line to achieve high-quality navigation conditions throughout the year. (End of chapter)