The decline of Sanya's status is also reflected in the election of the mayor here. In the past, Wang Luobin served as mayor. After Wang Luobin transferred Lingao to become the chairman of the Senate, the mayor became Tang Menglong.
Of course, Tang Menglong was the first senator to leave Lingao and serve as a regional leader - although he was only in charge of a coal mine, it was considered a very old qualification. But at the level of the Senate, he left the Jiazi Coal Mine.
He has not held any important positions since then. Before taking over as the mayor of Sanya, his experience was as county director of several counties in Hainan. He has experience as a local chief executive. However, these counties are sparsely populated and almost
It is a small county without much industry and commerce. The so-called county director does not have much work to do, and there are no construction tasks. Naturally, Tang Menglong has not achieved any political achievements.
He came to serve as the mayor of Sanya. One can imagine Sanya's actual status in the Senate now.
"Lao Tang is probably depressed enough himself." Xu Yanliang thought to himself. At any rate, with his qualifications, it would not be considered unworthy of him to go to Guangdong to become the mayor of a prefectural city, but to be here to guard the blue sky and the sea. The title of this special city is not right now.
I know how long it can last.
However, if it is really a good place, I'm afraid Nanyang Company won't be able to stay there either.
Xu Yanliang understands the psychology of the people around him to a certain extent. Whether it is Lingao or Guangzhou, they are just one of countless departments and companies competing for resources. The benefits may not be many, but being stared at with a magnifying glass is certain.
Coming to Sanya is like stepping outside the Three Realms and not being among the Five Elements. The world is vast and there is a lot to do.
Moreover, Sanya also has an advantage, that is, infrastructure. Because it was designated as a "special city" and has a blank sheet of paper to draw pictures on, although the infrastructure situation is not as good as that of Lingao, it is comparable to other counties in Hainan.
Much better.
Moreover, there are preferential tax policies here. Many businessmen with long-term trade relations with the Senate have set up "branch companies" locally or set up separate branches to avoid taxes. Although the "semicolon" here is mostly just a
A sign is added to each office, but as long as it is profitable, these short-selling institutions will become "entities".
The key is how to attract these wealthy people to Sanya.
Xu Yanliang was thinking about it when the guard beside him whispered: "Director Xu, Mayor Tang is here."
Xu Yanliang took a closer look and saw a modified Dafa boat approaching the Anleyou Pier at the entrance of Dadonghai Bay, with Tang Menglong's veteran flag flying on it.
"It's really slow." Xu Yanliang thought to himself. He remembered that someone complained that Tang Menglong had been a local governor for several years. He didn't have much political achievements, but he had a lot of children. He almost had enough to fill a class.
However, having a local leader like him would at least make it easier to cooperate. If we really want to be strong and assertive, Nanyang Company will not be so easy to get along with in Sanya.
With this thought in mind, he went down from the tower and waited at the dock for the arrival of Bailihou.
Although the mayor of Sanya is getting older, he still maintains a good figure. He quickly stepped down from the boat very nimbly, waving enthusiastically all the way.
"Director Xu!"
Xu Yanliang hurriedly greeted him. The two held hands tightly. If you didn't know better, you would have thought they were comrades who had been separated for many years. In fact, they were just acquaintances in the Senate. If it hadn't been for the Senate meeting.
If they have met each other once, they are completely strangers.
For Tang Menglong, Sanya has become a corner forgotten by the Senate since the Tiandu Mine came into formal use. Even the navy veterans stationed in Yulin were transferred away, except for a few technicians and senior veterans who accidentally came due to mechanical problems.
In addition, there is no second elder in Sanya.
Naturalized citizens? Of course there are many here. There are also many "knowledgeable" and "interesting" among them? But they are residents of this time and space after all. They know very little about the experiences, thoughts, and culture of the elders, and they cannot talk freely.
It's okay to deal with government affairs at ordinary times, but once I have free time, it's really boring.
He was tired of seeing the beautiful scenery of Sanya Bay and Dadonghai. Did he get tired of drinking too much coconut water? As for women, Tang Menglong used to think about having three wives and four concubines? Only when he actually had three wives and four concubines did he realize that it was not so.
Beautiful. As the number of maids and children continues to increase, family conflicts are also increasing day by day. Thinking of the four maids and seven gourd babies he left in Lingao? He has a headache. So now he is quite Buddhist in food and sex.
Now that a veteran has finally arrived, and many more seniors will come to stay permanently? Tang Menglong’s enthusiasm is not surprising.
"I'm so happy that your company can choose Sanya as its base." Tang Menglong said with a smile, "I've never dreamed that you could come."
"No, it's such an exaggeration." Xu Yanliang was a little surprised by his enthusiasm, "This is a special city. Isn't it normal for our company to come here to look for development opportunities?"
"Everyone is in a hurry to go to the mainland now. Who still remembers that there is a special city here?" Tang Menglong shook his head repeatedly as he said, with a lonely look on his face, "Come on, I will take you to visit."
Xu Yanliang said yes repeatedly. Although he had learned a lot about the specific situation in Sanya through reading materials, it would be better to see it with his own eyes, not to mention it was best not to live up to the hospitality of the local landlords.
"The place you are at now is the Anleyou Terminal - the current dedicated output terminal of the Tiandu Mining Bureau." Tang Menglong said, waving his hands around, "To be honest, it is quite a sight to have such a thing on the coast of the East Coast."
The small town of Anleyou City has long been unrecognizable. This is where the management department of the Mining Bureau's dock is located. Rows of red brick houses serve as offices and dormitories. Huge silos and various loading and unloading machines are lined up along the dock.
In the huge stockyard are piles of iron ore and other ores and stones screened from the concentrator.
Like all similar mineral terminals, the sky here is full of dust, with black dust and sewage everywhere. More than a dozen steam engines spare no effort to spit out black smoke and white steam. Xu Yanliang has fully enjoyed the pollution here from the observation deck.
"It's nothing. When the iron ore in Tiandu is mined, it will naturally turn into a resort and hotel." Xu Yanliang said, "Speaking of it, this is the lifeblood of the steel industry."
"The environment here is too bad. Let's cross the sea and go to Yulinbao opposite."
The two immediately boarded the traffic boat and crossed the Dadonghai Sea. Xu Yanliang noticed that there were very few ships on the Anleyou Pier, most of which were ships carrying ore, so he asked.
"There are not many products here, and there is not much business. How can there be so many ships?" Tang Menglong said, "Iron ore is the biggest export product here."
They soon arrived at Yulin Fort. Yulin Fort underwent a large-scale expansion during the development of Sanya. It is now a fortress with two defensive walls, 10 convex corner forts and 12 towers. This fortress is built according to the
It was designed to be a fully equipped infantry battalion. It is now the largest military base of the Army in southern Hainan Island.
The battalion commander of the 2nd Infantry Battalion stationed in Yulinbao has already greeted Xu Yanliang at the door. Originally, when the veterans arrived, the garrison would have some red tape such as "inspections" and "reviews" as usual, but Xu Yanliang had already informed in advance not to do these. So there was only
The garrison battalion commander and main officers came out to greet him.
Xu Yanliang accepted their respect, said a few more polite words, and asked about the situation of the local garrison. The commander of the 2nd Infantry Battalion was the garrison commander here.
The garrison battalion commander was transferred during the "army expansion and reorganization" not long ago in the mainland strategy. This reorganization replaced more than 80% of the veterans in the second camp, and now it is basically a brand new team.
"...Now only the light infantry company is made up of mostly veterans, the rest are basically new recruits, and the veterans have all been promoted to sergeants," the battalion commander reported.
"How is the local security situation?"
"There are no large-scale battles, mainly counter-insurgency operations."
There are many villages of the Li people in the southern part of Hainan Island, some of which are very close to Tiandu. Although through their missionary work, trade, recruiting soldiers and workers, and sending medicines and other means, many villages have gradually "organized households and integrated the people", but
Small-scale riots are not uncommon. Every time there is a riot, the 2nd Battalion is dispatched.
"... Riots were very common in the early years. Even the local Tiandu Mine was attacked many times, and lone workers were killed and robbed. In recent years, the situation has improved a lot." The battalion commander said, "There have also been incidents locally.
Several slave riots were small in scale and were suppressed."
"That's good." Xu Yanliang was naturally worried about public security issues. He suddenly thought of a question, "Are there any pirates intruding here?"
"Not in recent years," the battalion commander said. "The Coast Guard is relatively clear about pirates' attacks on ships. But pirates have never had a landing battle."
"Coast Guard - There is no navy stationed here?"
"There is a squadron of special service boats stationed at Luhuitou Base. There is also a squadron of patrol boats of the Coast Guard locally. They are all currently under the command of the naval commander."
Another sign of the decline of Sanya's status is that the navy has lost interest in the place. In order to compete for Yulin's military dominance, both the army and the navy were jealous of each other. The navy also compiled a large-scale naval construction plan for Yulin Port.
.The Nanyang Fleet, the Naval Academy, etc. also planned to move the Naval General Hospital here. Mr. Hong once even wanted to build a joint service sanatorium.
Of course, these are still plans.
Tang Menglong took him around Yulin Fort. The coastal plain of Dadonghai Sea was very small. Apart from Anyu City and Yulin Fort, there were no large residential areas. There were only a few fishing villages and a few "purification" facilities for workers.
The camp was quite desolate.
"Where is the industry here?" he asked.
"Industry and commerce are all in Sanya," Tang Menglong said. "There is too little land here to allow construction."