Chapter 1950
Many of the high-ranking officials in Haihan whom Li Bo had contacted before were keen on sports, especially the military generals who led troops. Most of them regarded fitness as a lifestyle habit. Moreover, Li Bo had seen this kind of Haihan football game similar to Cuju in several Haihan ruled areas. Both soldiers and officers were very enthusiastic about participating. Unexpectedly, Mr. Xie from Heitugang was also very enthusiastic about it.
"I occasionally organize teams from the mine to play games here as part of team-building activities." Xie Chun introduced to Bai Kesi: "But I play at a healthy pace here, and it's not too intense. ”
Li Bo didn't understand what a "team-building activity" was, but he felt that being eligible to be selected for the team and invited to Mr. Xie's private manor as a guest would probably not be the treatment that ordinary miners could enjoy.
Li Bo's expectation was correct. The team Xie Chun mentioned was not composed of ordinary miners, but his direct subordinates, grassroots officials from various local official agencies. Xie Chun organized sports activities not only for his own entertainment, but also for the purpose of winning over people's hearts. As for the effectiveness of this kind of team-building activities, it goes without saying. Although these activities come from society hundreds of years later, people's hearts are connected and they are equally effective in this era.
During his trip abroad this time, Li Bo had seen many private residences of high-ranking Haihan officials in various places, but he had to admit that the environment of Xie Chun's manor was one of the best among them. The natural barrier possessed by this private island eliminates the need to build walls to shield it from outside prying eyes, and it has an excellent natural sea view. This alone is enough to surpass the private residences of most high-ranking officials in Haihan.
After dealing with these high-ranking officials in Haihan, Li Bo also found that most of them have one thing in common, that is, they never flaunt how honest they are as officials. The adjective "breeze in the sleeves" seems to have never been used. On the high-ranking officials of Haihan.
These high-ranking officials who are local officials often own vast private estates, have groups of servants at home, and are accompanied by teams of carriages and horses. Some even have private armed forces of a certain size. In terms of ostentation, Li Bo believed that the high-ranking officials in his country who often visited Gyeongbokgung Palace were far inferior to the Haihan people. In terms of family property, they were probably even worse.
Everyone in Haihan seems to be accustomed to this situation. Just like when Bai Kesi came to Heitu Port and saw the environment on Xie Chun's private island, he didn't feel anything was out of bounds. This only shows that the Haihan Executive Committee is well aware of the financial resources of senior officials, and does not find it strange at all about their superior living conditions, nor does it think there is anything wrong with such an approach.
Compared with the private banquet held at Xie Chun's home in the evening, the meal at Heitu Port at noon was really just a "casual snack". The dining room of Xie Chun's house was at least three times larger than the private room in the restaurant where they had lunch. The porcelain used in the banquet was all high-quality products produced by the official kilns of the Ming Dynasty. During the banquet, there was also a silk and bamboo band playing some soothing music nearby. The dining environment alone Just beat the lunch one.
Although the variety of dishes at this meal is not necessarily more than that at lunch, compared to the street food that you can tell at a glance that it is produced in a restaurant, the dishes at this family banquet are much more refined, and the ingredients used are also more refined. Expensive. Even the well-informed Bai Kesi couldn't help but sigh that Xie Chun was really willing to spend money on the word "eat".
Xie Chun smiled and said: "Whether you are Lao Bai, His Excellency the Crown Prince, or the officials who accompanied him to Heitu Port, they are all rare guests who have a rare opportunity to come to my place. Of course I want to greet you well." That’s it! ”
To Xie Chun, the cost of this meal was really nothing more than a small expense. Although the coal mine in Heitu Port is national property, many of the supporting industries here are under his or his wife's family name. The income is quite considerable. Without having to consider the cost, it is certainly beneficial to Xie Chun to spend more time greeting these distinguished guests from afar.
Moreover, Xie Chun still intends to persuade Bai Kesi to help Black Tu Port develop the chemical industry. Although Bai Kesi has not relented yet, Xie Chun believes that Bai Kesi should at least maintain a good impression of Black Tu Port, so that if the executive committee discusses Black Tu Port in the future, motion, at least Bai Kesi would not stumbling upon himself. Xie Chun thinks that this kind of investment is a very cost-effective deal.
As for the visitors from North Korea who seemed to be unable to contribute much to the development of Black Earth Port, Xie Chun knew that the prince had come to Haihan for a visit and would study abroad in Sanya after that. It was obvious that the Executive Committee had long-term plans for the future political situation of North Korea. Of course, he must also cooperate with the executive committee to greet the North Koreans.
During the dinner, Xie Chun took the opportunity to mention the plan to develop the local chemical industry again. Either because he was soft-spoken, or because Xie Chun was sincere, Bai Kesi relaxed a little this time and pointed out a way for him.
"First draw up a charter. Don't focus on the development of the chemical industry. Instead, apply for the upgrade of Black Tu Port to an administrative city, or apply for a special industrial development zone. The name must be correct first, and then the words can be followed. Do you understand what I mean?"
Xie Chun suddenly said: "I understand, thank you Mr. Bai for reminding me!"
Sometimes it is important to have correct procedures. Xie Chun wanted to develop the chemical industry in Heitu Port, but he directly put forward talent and technology requirements to Sanya. The current Heitu Port still lacks confidence. The change in administrative level will allow Heitu Port to reasonably have more resource supplies. Although this approach will make the process seem more circuitous, Xie Chun does not mind doing a few more copies as long as it can achieve the result of saving the country through curves.
Of course, even if Baikes points out a clear path, the application process still cannot be completed overnight. The number of overseas administrative areas in Haihan is still increasing year by year, and the administrative cities are still only three cities on Hainan Island. The special industrial development zones do not have overseas administrative areas. Heitu Port wants to be the first to eat crabs. , that is no easy task either. Moreover, there are probably far more overseas jurisdictions with similar plans than Black Earth Port, and competition definitely exists objectively.
But the reason why Xie Chun was happy was that he believed from the bottom of his heart that this road was indeed feasible, and that it might not be as difficult to implement as directly asking Fort Victory to develop the chemical industry. Because the objective conditions of Black Earth Port are actually quite good, it should have met the requirements for applying for administrative upgrade.
The construction of Heitu Port started nearly ten years ago. It is second only to Tiandu Industrial Zone in time and much earlier than Yinggehai and Changhua. Moreover, the output of Heitu Port is energy materials. This It is of irreplaceable importance to the industrialization that the Haihan Executive Committee wants to promote.
From an economic point of view, the annual output value of Black Earth Port has long been among the highest among overseas jurisdictions, and the local people's livelihood has also received extremely high evaluations due to comprehensive protection of education, medical care, and public security. As for the population, although the permanent population of Heitu Port is far less than that of several big cities on Hainan Island, one advantage here is that the population composition is relatively simple. More than 90% of the population are returnees from the Ming Dynasty and Annan. The civilians, and more than half of them are miners and their families, will not be as complicated as other overseas ruling areas, and it will be less difficult for the officials to manage.
No matter from which aspect, the conditions of Black Tu Port should be in line with the two paths mentioned by Bai Kesi. What Xie Chun has to do is not only prepare new copywriting, but also try to open up connections and recruit more people to Black Tu in Sanya. Hong Kong is waving the flag and building momentum. Xie Chun remembered that he still had a few acquaintances in the Propaganda Department, and it was time to find a way to create a reputation for Heitugang in media such as The Times.
People are in high spirits during happy events. Xie Chun felt that the problem that had troubled him for a long time was finally solved. He immediately ordered people to open two jars of the good wine he had stored in his cellar and have a drink with everyone present. However, Li Bo was too drunk and drank about three ounces before he was ready. He could only let Li Xi act as a shield again. Gai Liangcai, Tian Zheng, Hong Jingwen and others seized this rare opportunity to sit at the same table with important people and took the initiative to toast Bai Kesi and Xie Chun with a few more glasses of wine.
Everyone who was invited to the island that night rested in Xie Chun's manor. From Li Mu's perspective, the hardware of Xie Chun's place was basically on par with Haihan's guest house in the overseas ruling area. It's just that The building scale is just slightly smaller. But thinking about the fact that this place is near a coal mine, Li Mu thinks this layout is quite strange.
After breakfast the next day, everyone took a boat from the island back to Black Earth Port. Li Bo couldn't help asking Xie Chun if he had to take a boat back and forth like this every day. Xie Chun responded with a smile: "I also have a residence here in Heitu Port. I usually go back to my residence on the island once every two days. But sometimes I will Give yourself a holiday and rest on the island for a few more days.”
Bai Kesi said: "This is very enviable. I haven't even had a day off this month!"
"You are a busy person with many things to do, and it is inevitable that you have no time to rest. If you are really tired, then change jobs with me. I will go to Victory Fort to work for you for a few days!" Xie Chun joked.
Joking aside, the business would not be delayed. After returning to Heitu Port, Xie Chun continued to take Bai Kesi, Li Shu and others to visit the local industries. If the largest local industry is coal mining, then the second largest industry is probably coking.
Because of its advantages in production costs, the coke plant built locally in Heitu Port has a much larger production scale than the Changhua Coke Plant. Coal tar and coal tar pitch, the by-products of the coking process, are also important local products. However, these by-products do not seem to have any effect on North Korea, so Li Bo's attention is mainly focused on the coke factory.
When we were in Changhua, the local coke factory was originally one of the destinations on the tour. However, due to the attempted attack, the coke factory was also involved, and the subsequent itinerary was naturally cancelled. Of course, the coal-iron complex industry built by North Korea in the Taedong River Basin also includes the production part of refining coke, so visiting the coke production site is also important to Li Bo.
"The main suppliers of the coke we produce here are Tiandu Industrial Zone and Changhua Industrial Zone. The factory area that Shizi sees now is the construction result of the first and second phases of the coke plant. However, the current production capacity is no longer able to meet these two needs. The production demand in the industrial zone has increased, so we have now started construction of the third phase of the project, hoping to more than double the local coke production capacity after it is put into operation.”
Not far away, under the chimneys that were as dense as a forest was the coke production plant. Xie Chun's introduction gave Li Mu a general understanding of the coke production capacity here.
Although Xie Chun's introduction was simple, looking at the factory area covering several miles, Li Bo knew that this was definitely not something that North Korea could replicate in a short time. However, considering that it took Haihan nearly ten years to build a production site of this scale, it made Li Mu feel a little more relaxed.
In fact, one of Xie Chun's reasons for wanting to upgrade the local chemical industry is that the coke factory here has a large enough production scale, and the by-products produced during the coking process can be used as raw materials for chemical production. Only the production scale of Heitugang Coal Mine can provide enough raw materials to support the chemical industry.
Although some small chemical plants have been built in Tiandu before this, considering the scale of production and cost, it is not cost-effective to place the production of certain chemical products in Tiandu. The transportation cost of raw materials alone will make the production Costs increased significantly. Xie Chun also knows this situation, so he spares no effort to promote the upgrading of local industries.
As a visitor, Li Bo will not care about the local long-term planning. He is more concerned about the details of production technology. What are the advantages of Haihan's coking method compared with traditional production methods and how much production efficiency has been improved. , what necessary preparations are required for North Korea to learn and implement these advanced production methods.
It was rare to have two high-ranking officials from Haihan accompanying them as commentators, so Li Bo seized the opportunity and asked them many technical questions. Although some of the questions were actually very superficial, Bai Kesi and Xie Chun still tried their best to explain to him and help him understand various technical details in the production process. Even some questions related to the application of coke in smelting and casting that Li Ming had not yet understood when he visited Changhua were now answered by Bai Kesi.
Among the foreign dignitaries who have come to Haihan to visit production sites over the years, there are only a few who can receive such a detailed explanation from a senior official of Haihan. They can basically be counted on one hand, and Li Bo is undoubtedly one of them. The youngest person. The timing of his visit to Haihan was indeed very good. It was just when Haihan was trying to promote his country's military and industrial system to North Korea, and Haihan's senior officials also regarded him as the best partner to influence North Korea in the next few years. Basically, they are responsive to requests, and they really put a lot of thought into arranging the visit itinerary.
(End of chapter)