Chapter 488: Some things cannot be said at the meeting
On the way back to Yang City, Luo Yang looked at the scenery outside the car window with his side profile, but his eyes were empty.
At this moment, he was rubbing his right thumb, index finger and middle finger subconsciously.
The scene after waking up in the morning appears in my mind from time to time.
“It’s impossible to guard against it.”
Luo Yang muttered softly.
There is no need to think about it, it was 100% arranged by Jiang Wen, otherwise the person in his arms could not be Jiang Xue.
Although I didn't take that step, I still touched everything.
If this continues, it is only a matter of time before Jiang Xue is eaten. Luo Yang doesn't think his willpower is that strong.
It really is a silent and subtle effect.
He shook his head and drove Xiangyan out.
There are still morning negotiations at 9:30, so I should think about this matter.
It was just after nine o'clock when Luo Yang arrived at Building No. 5 of the Municipal Government. Although he arrived nearly half an hour early, all the people participating in today's negotiations were already waiting downstairs.
"Chairman, I have already contacted Deputy Director Xu."
Huang Zhihong, the person in charge of the Sunshine Cultural Tourism Xishu Town project, was the first to speak: "The negotiation location this morning will be in the small conference room on the second floor. Do you want to go over the negotiation strategy before you go up?"
"You are the main person in charge, just talk according to the established plan."
Luo Yang, who was standing next to the car, lit a cigarette and continued, "If the goal we want is not achieved, or if you encounter difficulties that cannot be resolved during the negotiation, I will come forward to speak."
"Understood. I will take charge."
Huang Zhihong replied: "Let Dong Zong, who are familiar with the local situation, provide assistance."
"Do you know who will be attending the meeting?"
"I learned from Deputy Director Xu that the municipal government is mainly headed by Deputy Ou, and the deputy heads of the construction, land, planning, development and reform commission, tourism, investment promotion bureau, agriculture and forestry, environmental protection, water conservancy, public utilities, gas, power supply and other departments, as well as the mayor of Xishu Town will all be present."
Huang Zhihong read out the names of the participating units one by one: "In addition, senior official He and the top government official will take time to attend. Deputy Director Xu did not say whether they will attend at the beginning or at the end of the meeting."
Logically speaking, there is no need for the city's top leaders to participate in a project involving tens of millions of dollars of investment.
So being able to show up is a sign of respect.
"The meaning of appearing at the beginning and at the end is different."
Dong Dawei, who was already the vice president of the Xishu Project Company, spoke up at this time: "If you show up at the beginning and set the tone for the negotiations, it means that the city attaches great importance to this project. If you just show up at the end of the meeting, it is to give face to the chairman, and the project can be discussed as it should be."
"Boss, your analysis is good."
Luo Yang praised him and then stamped out his cigarette: "Let's go. We still need to arrive ten minutes early. The few people we saw entering just now might be here to attend the meeting."
Sure enough, when the Sunshine Culture and Tourism negotiation team arrived at the second-floor conference room, there were already five or six people sitting inside.
"Boss Luo, you are here. Please sit down for a while. The leader is still in the office and will come over later."
Luo Yang had come into contact with Deputy Ou in many previous projects, so he knew Xu Junkai, the deputy director of the government office (generally speaking, the secretary of the top government leader also serves as the director of the government office, and several secretaries of the deputy also serve as deputy directors. As for the secretary-general, he even entered the standing committee series in the early days), and the two left their phone numbers with each other.
"Hello, Deputy Director Xu. I am Huang Zhihong, the person in charge of the Xishu Town project of Sunshine Cultural Tourism, and the one who has been in contact with you before."
Huang Zhihong waited until Luo Yang and Xu Junkai finished shaking hands, then immediately stepped forward to say hello.
"Hello, Mr. Huang."
Xu Junkai shook hands with Huang Zhihong with a smile on his face.
There is a long oval table in the conference room, and there are conference table signs in front of each seat with the corresponding name written on them.
After a few brief greetings, everyone took their seats.
The deputies from several bureaus and offices knew each other and were chatting animatedly before the meeting began.
In the next few minutes, people arrived one after another.
One or two minutes before half past nine, four or five figures appeared at the door of the conference room, and the one walking in front was senior official He.
Everyone in the conference room stood up and greeted them.
Luo Yang, Huang Zhihong and Dong Dawei exchanged glances.
"Everyone, take a seat. I have an important meeting to attend later. I will leave after a few words."
Senior official He pressed his hand towards everyone and said, "The theme of today's meeting is tourism investment projects. First of all, let's make it clear that Yang City welcomes Sunshine Culture and Tourism to invest in tourism projects in the western mountainous areas. So far, this is the largest foreign investment project in Xishu Town, and it is also the largest investment in the development of the western mountainous areas in Yang City."
Using several consecutive largests to emphasize shows the importance of the above.
"In the first three months after I came to Yang City, I went to various towns to conduct research and found that Yang City has quite rich tourism resources."
After setting the tone of importance, Senior Official He continued, "But the data obtained from the Tourism Bureau shows the exact opposite. What does this prove? It only proves that Yang City's tourism resources have not been well developed. In fact, in terms of tourism resources, some of the surrounding cities are not as good as Yang City, but they are thriving."
This is quite true.
Not to mention those in the same province, even Naked Valley in Huzhou, Zhejiang Province and Anji Bamboo Sea are better than Yangshi.
"Sunshine Culture and Tourism is the first to try out new things in Yang City, and is also a pioneer in exploring the development of Yang City's tourism resources. Once we achieve results, we will use them as a model to guide the whole, providing valuable experience and cases for subsequent in-depth development."
It sounds like a lot, but it actually only takes two or three minutes.
Senior official He started with a high-profile speech. After the applause, he smiled at the middle-aged man on his left and said, "Old Lin, do you have something to say?"
Lin Yufeng, the head of the government, smiled and said, "I won't say much. Anyway, Mr. Luo is an old acquaintance. He has invested in several large projects in Yang City over the past two years and has made great contributions to the economic development of Yang City. Now he wants to develop tourism resources in his hometown. The city must do a good job of escorting him!"
Bang bang bang.
Another round of applause.
"That's it, Lao Ou. The rest of the work will be handed over to you and the directors in charge."
As Senior Official He stood up, he extended his hand towards Luo Yang.
Luo Yang immediately stood up, pulled out a chair, and moved over to shake hands.
"Mr. Luo, thank you for your support for the economic development of Yang City!"
Senior official He said with a smile: "You guys talk first. If you have any specific difficulties that cannot be solved, come back to me. No matter what, we must work together to implement this project."
"Xishu Town is rich in tourism resources. This investment project is a win-win cooperation for Sunshine Culture and Tourism and Yang City."
Luo Yang responded with a smile: "I believe this project will be successfully implemented!"
Lin Yufeng also shook hands with Luo Yang: "Mr. Luo has a heavy burden this year. I hope to see Mr. Luo at the commendation meeting at the end of the year."
As the head of the government, in charge of Yang City's economy and people's livelihood, he certainly knows how much Luo Yang has invested in Yang City in the past two years.
If nothing unexpected happens, Luo Yang will definitely be seen in the front row at the commendation meeting for major tax payers at the end of this year.
The top two leaders came and left in a hurry, only five or six minutes in total. After setting the tone, they left the meeting room.
After taking their seats again, Deputy Ou was the only one left in front.
The first round of business negotiations on the Xishu Town tourism project officially began. In fact, there was a discussion meeting on this project before, but that was only a discussion of the relevant draft of the project within the government.
The content of the discussion at that time involved whether there were land use indicators, whether the project met the city's needs, whether the design sketch could meet the spatial planning requirements, and whether the renderings could meet the city's aesthetic standards for investment projects.
Generally speaking, there were no internal problems, so the first round of business negotiations took place.
The content of this negotiation is more detailed.
Where is the location of the Sunshine Cultural Tourism Project? Is this location feasible?
We must have our own opinions on land, planning, environmental protection, water conservancy, agriculture and forestry.
How many acres of land does the project invested by Sunshine Culture and Tourism have in total? How much of it is for construction and how much is for transfer? What are their respective prices?
The Ministry of Land and Resources must provide professional data.
What is the investment intensity of the Sunshine Culture and Tourism project? Does it meet the standards of the city's key projects? Can it apply for the standards of a higher-level key project? In addition to this, what kind of preferential policies can it enjoy?
The National Development and Reform Commission and the Investment Promotion Office must speak out.
How much capital does the Sunshine Culture and Tourism Investment Project have? Does it need financing? What are the interest rate requirements?
These negotiations are not difficult, they are basically certain, it is just a question of how big the preferential treatment will be.
The difficulty lies in demolition and supporting construction.
The project invested by Sunshine Culture Tourism in Xishu Town is located in the mountains. The project site is a certain distance away from the main road, and the existing power facilities around the project will definitely not be able to meet the needs of the new project.
In addition to electricity, how to solve supporting issues such as water, gas, communications, cables, roads, etc.?
From the construction site to the power department, public utility department, and gas company, leaders came out to speak and determined how to solve these problems in accordance with the requirements of the project standards together with the Yangguan Cultural Tourism Negotiation Team.
It's not just about solving the problem, but also about who will provide the funding.
Don't underestimate this difficulty.
Before coming to the negotiations, Yangguan Tourism had made a preliminary estimate internally. If the city did not help to bear the cost, the investment in the power line alone would not be less than 1200 million. If supporting facilities such as roads outside the red line were added, the total would be no less than 1600 million.
The key is that the total investment in the first phase of this project is only 5000 million. Even if the investment is increased later, Luo Yang hopes to solve it through loans.
Therefore, before participating in the first round of negotiations today, we discussed internally that the city must help to bear the bulk of the cost, at least more than 50%, and preferably all of it.
Apart from the issue of supporting costs, the biggest difficulty is the demolition issue.
In this regard, the city and towns will have to bear greater expenses.
Nurseries, tea plantations, bayberry trees, chestnut trees, houses, farmland... The government will take care of everything involved. Although most of it will be converted into the land price in the end, the senior official He has already set the tone for strong support and key assistance.
In this way, the price of the land can be negotiated, whether it is construction land listed for sale or transfer land.
The city's finance department will advance the demolition funds, and the town will take charge of the demolition and expropriation work.
The issue of money has already caused endless debate in the meeting room, not to mention the determination of the demolition time.
Xie Tao, the mayor of Xishu Town, attended today's meeting. During the on-site discussion, he could not give an approximate time.
Even Deputy Ou is not in a position to comment on this matter, because the time given by Sunshine Culture and Tourism is indeed quite tight, only three months.
The meeting came to a standstill a little after eleven o'clock.
"Mr. Luo, you are a local, you should understand the difficulty of local demolition. This kind of thing can be done quickly. If everything goes well, it will take less than three months. But if it gets difficult, it may take more than half a year. Who dares to guarantee it?"
Xie Tao later went straight to Luo Yang.
"Xie Zhen, we have been proposing this for three months. After listening to your opinions, we also know the difficulty of demolition."
Luo Yang continued, "Even if it's not three months, the city and town should at least give us some time, right?"
After saying this, he looked at Deputy Ou.
"cough cough"
Deputy Ou looked at Xie Tao and said, "Xie Zhen, you are an experienced organizer. What's your rough estimate of the time?"
Xie Tao's scalp felt numb.
He really wanted to bang the table at this moment, but the people present were either leaders, colleagues, or investors, and he had no place to vent his anger.
"At least more than half a year!"
Unable to hold it in any longer, Xie Tao finally gave up the bottom line of at least 6 months.
This time is exactly the bottom line time required by Sunshine Culture and Tourism during internal discussions.
Of course, it is hard to say whether it can be achieved.
"Vice President Ou, President Luo, although I just gave you at least six months, there are some other things I have to mention."
Being forced to state the time was basically like signing a military order, so Xie Tao began to demand conditions.
"The first thing is funding. Whether it's compensation for nurseries, tea plantations, cash crops, or relocation fees, these funds must be in place in a timely manner."
"As for funding, the city will definitely guarantee it. You don't have to worry about it."
Deputy Ou also knew that if you want the horse to run, you also need to feed it grass.
"There is also a demolition work team, not just our town, but also the public security, city gate, construction. All the openings that are needed must fully cooperate during the demolition period."
"I'll ask the city's demolition company to cooperate with you!"
As expected, Deputy Ou also gave additional support.
There is no need to explain too clearly what is involved in the demolition, as long as everyone knows it.
Just as Deputy Ou and Xie Tao were negotiating terms, Dong Dawei glanced at Luo Yang across Huang Zhihong.
Luo Yang understood what he meant instantly and shook his head slightly.
When Luo Yang went to Xishu Town to survey the project site last week, he mentioned a plan for on-site demolition.
The plan at the time was to rebuild a village near the tourist attraction, apply the new rural reconstruction model, and consider developing some business projects on the site of the old village branch to increase the economic income sources of the relocated households.
If this plan were put forward now, it might save the city a lot of money and reduce the difficulty of demolition.
When the business negotiations were almost stuck at this stage, Dong Dawei came up with this plan.
But Luo Yang didn't want to bring it up now because he planned to put this plan on hold.
If my uncle-in-law Qiao Shian could be transferred to Xishu Town and participate in or even lead the demolition work as a deputy in charge of urban construction, Luo Yang would come up with this plan to help my uncle-in-law quickly resolve the demolition issues.
So he shook his head at the first moment.
Although Dong Dawei didn't know why, he didn't say anything after seeing Luo Yang shaking his head.
Before I knew it, it was twelve o'clock.
"Mr. Luo, Mr. Huang, let's end today's meeting here."
Deputy Ou made a summary speech: "After the first round of talks, we have reached a lot of consensus, but there are still some key issues that need to be discussed. The minutes of the meeting will be released next Monday. Both sides will have internal discussions on the existing issues and strive to find solutions and reach consensus in the second round of negotiations!"
"Vice President Ou, I think it's great to achieve such a result in the first round of negotiations."
Luo Yang responded with a smile: "As for the disagreements, let's communicate more privately and strive to reach a rough framework agreement in the next round of negotiations!"
This communication includes but is not limited to senior officials He, the top government official, Deputy Ou, various bureaus and offices, and Xishu Town.
(End of this chapter)
