Chapter 1598 Li Nai’s decision
In the eyes of ordinary people, the business giant Furifeng is one of the top wealthy businessmen who receive official support from Haihan, and Li Nai is one of Furifeng's heirs. He has good personal relationships and close contacts with the senior officials of Haihan. No matter in Guangdong, Guangxi or Haihan Kingdom, they all have a very respected status. But at the same time, this person does not like doing business, and he is well-known for his love of traveling to various places. Many people even think that Li Nai is a rich man who has nothing to do all day long and only relies on his family's property to maintain his luxurious life. That’s all.
But this is not the case. It is true that Li Nai does not like doing business. Most of the properties under his name are handed over to special personnel for management, and professional shopkeepers are responsible for daily operations. But he is not idle. Although there are people doing the daily operations of these industries, the decisions on major affairs still have to be made by him, so he must often leave Guangzhou to inspect industries in various places. Of course, Li Nai, who always likes new things, took the opportunity to travel to various places at public expense in the name of work.
For example, when Li Nai came to Sanya this time, there were more than a dozen projects waiting for his personal decision, and there were too many details and conditions to weigh. Some projects had to be negotiated with senior Haihan officials, which required Naturally, it takes a lot of time and energy, and the time you can travel is very limited. However, Sanya is extremely familiar to Li Nai. To some extent, it can be said that he has witnessed this place step by step from a seaside town to today's South China Sea port. Except for a few top secrets that are prohibited to outsiders, He has basically been to all the places in Sanya that he can go to.
Just because Li Nai doesn't like doing business doesn't mean he doesn't understand business operations. In fact, under the influence of his family and the experience he gained from contacting Haihan over the years, Li Nai's business literacy and professional vision are far better than most of his peers. So after reading this long telegram sent from Danzhou, Li Nai quickly noticed several key points that aroused his interest.
The first is that the nature of the research organization mentioned by Xun Pengcheng seems to be a purely private organization, but the local government does not know about it, or is pretending not to know. Second, the current research organization is actually controlled by the operators of Qiongxi Academy. According to Xun Pengcheng, it seems that this organization can be taken over with money. Third, this organization has some research results, but it has not yet received sufficient funding to translate them into productivity and economic benefits. Fourth, the provider of this information, Xun Pengcheng, is a resigned employee of Kuaibao. How reliable it is remains to be understood.
But in any case, this message has indeed successfully aroused Li Nai's interest. However, as far as Li Nai knows, such private research does need to be communicated with the authorities first and can only be carried out after obtaining permission. However, this stall in Danzhou obviously did not complete the procedures for this step, and there were also problems with funding. What Xun Pengcheng expressed in the message was that he hoped that Li Nai could go to Danzhou in person, have face-to-face contact with the other party, and then make his own judgment on whether to take over the stall.
Li Nai is a smart person, and of course he understands the reasons why the other party came to ask for help. Firstly, he needs money, and secondly, he hopes that he can help them open up joints so that what the organization is doing can be recognized by the government and legalized. As long as the government approves it, many projects that are still in the research stage can openly solicit sponsors through investment invitations.
Both of these matters were extremely difficult for the people in charge in Danzhou, but Li Nai was different. Not only was he rich, but he also had close contacts with high-level officials in Haihan. If he lobbied for this kind of thing, it would be more likely to happen. Much more. It can be said that the line that Xun Pengcheng led for the Danzhou people was really on the right track. Li Nai indeed had the ability to solve the difficulties they encountered.
But Li Nai is no longer the young and carefree young master he once was. Now he is in charge of businesses all over the South China Sea, with thousands of people working hard for him. This responsibility has gradually made his handling style more cautious and steady. Although what was written in the telegram seemed interesting, Li Nai did not immediately take it to discuss with the senior officials of the Executive Committee. Instead, he decided to confirm Xun Pengcheng's reliability first.
Xun Pengcheng's immediate boss, Xu Zhengye, has also been transferred out of Sanya by Li Nai. He will definitely not be able to contact him for a while. However, fortunately, the newspaper office still has several colleagues who have worked with Xun Pengcheng for a long time. You can ask him about this person. situation. However, it was late at night and it was the curfew time in Sanya city. It was inconvenient for Li Nai to send someone out to handle the matter. He could only give the order first and wait until the next day to find someone to implement the situation.
Early the next morning, Li Nai's men went to the Kuaibao newspaper office, found Xun Pengcheng's former colleagues, and brought them back to the store for Li Nai to question in person. These few people were suddenly summoned for a meeting by the big boss who had never seen the dragon. They were all excited, thinking that they might have an opportunity for promotion and re-employment. However, Li Nai's question made them dumbfounded. It turned out that the big boss just wanted to Know the personal situation of the former colleague who has resigned.
Xun Pengcheng was fairly well-behaved during his tenure at Express News. Apart from the Ma Dalan incident, he didn't make any other mistakes. However, his usual interactions with colleagues in the newspaper were almost always within the scope of work, and Xun Pengcheng had no one he could truly call his friends in the newspaper. Colleagues have almost the same impression of him - his heart is as high as the sky and his life is as thin as paper.
It is said that during his tenure, Xun Pengcheng often boasted to them about what he would do if he became prosperous in the future. But in fact, everyone knew that he changed his career to work in a newspaper office after failing to become an official. If there were no good opportunities, it would be difficult to get rich in this industry. Great opportunity. Moreover, Xun Pengcheng voluntarily resigned from the newspaper not long after the Ma Dalan incident occurred. This seemed more like an act of evading responsibility. As for where he went after resigning, the people at the newspaper had no news. They only heard that he seemed to have sold his house and was probably leaving Sanya to develop elsewhere.
This is consistent with the fact that the telegram received by Li Nai came from Danzhou. After all, the big cities on Hainan Island are Sanya, Haikou and Danzhou. It is a reasonable arrangement for Xun Pengcheng to go to Danzhou after leaving Sanya. However, Li Nai happened to know some inside information about the incident that led to Xun Pengcheng's resignation. He decided to go to Victory Fort later to see if he could learn more information. By the way, I would also like to test the tone of the executive committee to see if it can relax restrictions on private research projects. This level of contact is what Xun Pengcheng, Zhang Jinbao and his like are beyond the reach of.
"Prepare the car and go to Fort Victory." Li Nai gave the order, and the store suddenly became busy.
It's actually very close to Fort Victory from the Merchant Inn, and it only takes a short walk. However, Li Nai's status is extraordinary, so he still needs to pay attention to it. Not long after, the door of the business inn opened, and a black light carriage drove out of the business inn, then turned to the Victory Square to the north. Not just anyone can ride on this kind of light carriage, and the four-digit cost is enough to deter most people. Only owners like Li Nai who are not short of money will pay for it and wait. It took two full months to pick up the car.
Of course, the valuable value of this kind of car is not only that it is produced by Haihan, but also because there are many valuable things on its body, such as glass windows and lights, steel spokes, rubber tires, spring shock absorbers , as well as handmade custom interiors. When Li Nai bought a car, he ordered five cars at once. Four of them were shipped back to Guangzhou, leaving only this one in Sanya.
Haihan's senior officials almost all travel in this kind of light carriage. The only difference is that the carriage has been specially reinforced and is more reliable and safer than the exported models. But this doesn't matter to Li Nai. The security in Sanya has always been good, and the place he goes by car is not too remote. There are bodyguards accompanying him in the car, so there is nothing to worry about. The carriage Li Nai was riding in stopped at the guard box outside the Victory Fort. Although he had a distinguished status, he could not drive into the fort. He could only get off the vehicle and walk in after verifying his identity. However, he was already a frequent visitor to Fort Victory, so the passage procedures were extremely fast. After registration, he was released.
Li Nai arrived at the office of the Executive Committee with ease, and went to find Tao Donglai first, but he came to nothing, saying that he was going to Tiandu for inspection. I went to find Ning Qi, but Ning Qi was not in the office either. He said he was giving lectures at the cadre training class. Looking for Schneider again, this time he finally failed, but Schneider was in a meeting, so Li Nai could only wait.
It was already noon when Schneider came out from the meeting. Schneider didn't want to see him outside, so he took him to dinner together. Although there is an internal canteen in Fort Victory specifically for high-ranking officials to dine, Schneider has always been very casual. When Li Nai said that he had serious business to discuss, he gave up the plan of dining in the canteen to avoid spreading the news through the walls.
So the two left Fort Victory again and took Li Nai's carriage to a restaurant on Victory Avenue. After entering the private room and sitting down to order, after the waiter took the menu and exited, Schneider asked Li Nai the reason for his visit: "You are willing to spend more than an hour waiting for me, which shows that it is not a small matter. Tell me, what do you want to ask me? ”
Li Nai took out the telegram he received last night and briefly explained the matter. After hearing what he said, Schneider read the content of the telegram and frowned: "Obviously this Xun Pengcheng wants to drag you into trouble. Can he, a scholar, figure out whether those private research projects can make money? And this name... I still have I have an impression that this person was mentioned during the executive committee meeting a few days ago.”
"Is there something wrong with this person?" Li Nai quickly asked. If Xun Pengcheng himself has problems, then there will definitely be bigger problems in this matter, and Li Nai doesn't want to wade into muddy waters.
"This person should have registered with the Ministry of Security." Schneider responded: "But it's hard to say whether there is a specific problem. You have to ask He Xi."
The Ministry of Security was responsible for the original investigation of the Sanya Express news incident, and He Xi also made a special report to the executive committee about it, so Schneider still had some impressions of it. But his focus at that time was not on a specific person, but on the social impact caused by the news reports.
Li Nai's mind was very clear: "If there is a problem with this person, the Ministry of Security will not let him leave Sanya, right?"
Schneider nodded and said: "Theoretically, this is indeed the case, but He Xi has his own way of doing things. It's hard to say what the situation is. It's best to go back to him to confirm. You and he are considered acquaintances, so this is You don’t need me to be the matchmaker?”
Li Nai nodded to agree with Schneider's statement. He Xi was one of the first people sent to Guangzhou and was considered a veteran of the Guangdong Office. At that time, Li Nai spent more time in the Office than at his own home. There are more, and he is naturally very familiar with He Xi. Later, Furifeng and Haihan jointly founded Golden Shield Escort, which was actually the product of the cooperation between He Xi and Li Nai. Based on the familiarity between the two, it shouldn't be difficult for Li Nai to get some information from He Xi that is not too confidential.
"As for the Danzhou matter...if it's not a scam, it would be interesting." Schneider read through the telegram again and then gave his own opinion: "The reason why we don't encourage the private sector to engage in advanced research projects is First, there is concern about technology leakage, and secondly, research costs a lot of money, and it is difficult for ordinary private institutions to sustain it for a long time. Just like this poetry club in Danzhou, the money has been exhausted before it can produce decent results. Another point is that. , these private researchers do not have the technical support provided by the government, so they can only get twice the result with half the effort, and the efficiency will be very low.”
"Then how do officials usually deal with this kind of situation?" Li Nai asked humbly. He came to Schneider just to inquire about the official attitude and use it as a reference for his decision-making.
"Generally speaking, if we think it is a promising project, we will try to recruit researchers and let them come to the research institute in Sanya to provide a better environment and conditions to continue research on unfinished projects." Schneider paused here. He added: "But the situation in Danzhou is quite special. It is a research team composed of elites from various academies. There has never been such a precedent before. In fact, I am also a little curious whether the elites among the people can really research some useful research. Value results.”
Li Naidao: "The organizer Zhang Jinbao mentioned by Xun Pengcheng seems to have been interviewed by Chief Ning before."
Schneider nodded and said: "Qiongxi Academy is quite famous. When Ning Qi took the Dutch to inspect the island the year before last, he went to this academy and did meet Zhang Jinbao. This person also applied to study in the academy at that time He opened a major related to steam engine manufacturing and maintenance, but at that time the country had very strict control over steam engine technology, so Ning Qi did not agree to his application. ”
(End of chapter)