"Huh? There is an investment of US$500 million in Nangang City?"
When the secretary came in to report, the governor frowned, suspecting that the people below had encountered a liar.
The secretary said, "Mayor Zhou is here, right outside."
The governor said, "Invite him in."
Zhou Liang came in with a briefcase. Instead of talking a lot of empty words like before, he said straightforwardly, "Boss, I have two important tasks to report to you."
"Sit down and talk slowly. The five-star hotel project has been done well. Your Nangang City Government is very methodical and courageous. The next work is to implement it and strive to complete it as soon as possible." The governor pressed his hand and asked
Zhou Liang sat down.
The implication is that I don’t believe in the $500 million investment.
Previously, the Xiahua Building project was reported to the province, and the governor also attended the signing ceremony of the agreement. Yao Yuan's side was attended by the newly established Yuanda Investment Company as the largest shareholder of the joint venture. Yuanda Investment
The general manager of the company is Chen Yang, who worked at Goldman Sachs before changing jobs.
This project is waiting for the city government to demolish and level the land and hand it over.
For the city government, the most critical thing is whether the funds have arrived. Currently, 50 million Huaxia coins have been deposited in the account of Xiahua Real Estate Development Company, a joint venture established by French Ward Company and Yuanda Investment.
Zhou Liang said quickly, "Governor, the Xiahua Building project is progressing smoothly. Our demolition work has begun. Most of the residents are government officials and employees of enterprises and institutions. The work is relatively easy. What I want to report to you is
A large project planned by the Oriental Machinery Factory, which is 100% owned by Nanfang Industrial."
He introduced the situation of Nanfang Industrial, and then took out the planning map and plan, "Governor, Yao Yuan, Mr. Yao has already done the work ahead. This is the overall plan and this is the plan. They prepared it half a year ago.
I started planning and made it very detailed.”
He swallowed his saliva and said with a trembling voice, "Fangxiang Machinery Factory plans to invest US$500 million in the next five years. US$500 million, based on the current exchange rate, is four billion Chinese dollars, to build a port industrial park.
After all is completed, the planned annual output value will reach 5 billion Chinese dollars. The most important thing is that the plan clearly mentions that exports will account for half of it!"
The governor subconsciously grabbed the plan, glanced at Zhou Liang, who was still excited, and then held the plan and read it carefully.
The plan is very well done, well-founded, and very detailed in terms of data. It doesn't look like a liar.
In the early 1990s, scammers who opened several companies specializing in defrauding local governments and banks were not yet popular, but the provincial governor was a cautious person and did not believe that pie would fall from the sky.
After all, he is the governor of a province. He did not show any excitement, but asked calmly, "This Yao Yuan personally said that he would invest 500 million U.S. dollars. Are you sure it is U.S. dollars?"
"Yes, it's US dollars!" Zhou Liang nodded quickly.
The governor asked again, "Where do the dollars come from? Have you asked? Have you verified it?"
Zhou Liang was suddenly stunned.
He was excited, thought for a moment, and then said firmly, "No, but I believe what he said is true. A company as big as the French Ward Company is following his lead, and he must have a lot of foreign exchange in his hands."
Governor, in fact, Yao Yuan won the foreign trade order worth tens of millions of dollars in our city last year, and the province even highlighted it at the import and export exhibition."
"It turns out to be that young man."
The governor quickly connected the cause and effect, thought for a moment, and said, "Sit down first."
He picked up the phone and called the foreign exchange management department and asked his old classmate who was working as a deputy there to inquire about the situation.
"Old Zhou, it's me. I have such a situation." After the governor briefly explained the matter, he said, "Fifty million US dollars is not a small amount. Does this southern industry have so much foreign exchange?"
Lao Zhou from the foreign exchange management department said, "Southern Industrial and Yao Yuan are registered with us."
"In name?" The governor was shocked. Is there really a problem?
Lao Zhou smiled and said, "It's okay to tell you, but you have to control the scope of your knowledge. There are requirements from above."
The implication is that as long as you know it, it cannot be spread.
The governor nodded and said, "Don't worry."
Lao Zhou said in a deep voice, "At the end of last year, Yao Yuan earned more than one billion U.S. dollars in foreign markets, more than one billion U.S. dollars, which is half of last year's foreign exchange reserves. This money is currently in our account. It's not that he has no foreign exchange, but
Too much to use up."
"Wait a minute, Lao Zhou, are you kidding me?" The governor didn't believe it at all.
Lao Zhou said seriously, "Do you think I would joke about this kind of thing?"
The governor fell silent immediately.
It was beyond the scope of his cognition.
Last year, the country's foreign exchange reserves were only 3 billion US dollars. Yao Yuan earned more than 1 billion US dollars. In other words, he single-handedly increased the foreign exchange reserves to more than 40 billion US dollars and nearly 5 billion US dollars.
Lao Zhou said, "He said he would invest US$500 million, and he would definitely be able to get it."
The governor suddenly thought of a question and asked, "Can Southern Industrial use foreign exchange freely?"
"Well, the foreign exchange earned by them is equivalent to half of the country's total. It is impossible not to give them even this right. And I also tell you that Yuanhai Import and Export Company, a subsidiary of Nanfang Industrial, is Yuanhai Trading and has independent import and export qualifications."
Lao Zhou said.
At this point, Lao Zhou lowered his voice and reminded, "Old classmate, don't blame me for not reminding you. Everyone is staring at the fat piece of Nanfang Industrial. If you Guangdong Province doesn't pay attention to it, some people will use ten
The eight-man bridge was lifted away.”
The governor suddenly felt a sense of crisis. In fact, the sense of crisis was already very strong.
Lao Zhou knew that Xinxing Group had borrowed US$2 billion from Yao Yuan, and naturally knew that Yao Yuan's actual profits earned during his time in Eastern Europe and Moscow were US$3.5 billion, but these matters were highly confidential and could never be disclosed.
All he could do was to vaguely remind his old classmates to attach great importance to Southern Industrial and Yao Yuan. If Yao Yuan went to invest elsewhere, it would be too late to cry.
After thanking his old classmates, the governor gave decisive instructions, "Zhou Liang, you will start the preliminary work for the Lingang Industrial Park project immediately. I will go back to Nangang with you tomorrow, no, now, and have a face-to-face meeting with Mr. Yao."
Just like Zhou Liang a few hours ago, he was not willing to waste a minute. The governor had realized that the provincial government had actually fallen behind when it came to the issue of southern industry.
No wonder, after all, before this, even local officials did not understand the situation of Southern Industrial.
The governor said, "Wait for me downstairs and I will report to you."
Then he called the secretary, pushed back all the subsequent work arrangements, picked up the planning drawings and plans, and hurriedly went to find them to report.
Zhou Liang was waiting downstairs, still unable to calm down.
When he thought of a project that would definitely receive national attention being settled in Nangang, he seemed to see himself sitting in the governor's office a few times later.
An investment of US$500 million is a super-large project that is enough for the leader of any country in the world to personally intervene. The purchasing power of the US dollar was strong in the 1990s and not as weak as it was thirty years later. The fiscal revenue of most countries in the world