Chapter 2416
Liu Shanxia usually personally manages some large-scale infrastructure projects. If Yu Feng, Liang Liping, and his wife were not both time travellers, such private projects would usually be directly handed over to his subordinates to handle them. He was willing to take time to discuss the details of the construction plan with the two, mainly because the shipping company building planned by Liang Liping was indeed a rare project.
Due to comprehensive considerations of safety and practicality, the private construction projects of travelers are basically undertaken by the Ministry of Construction. From the early collective dormitories and factories to later shops, docks, private villas, etc., Liu Shanxia handled The project is not even 100 years old, but it is 80 years old, but the five-story office building plan proposed by Liang Liping is really a project case that the Ministry of Construction has rarely encountered so far.
Liang Liping hopes that this five-story reinforced concrete building will become a landmark building in Sanya Port after it is completed. Liu Shanxia, as a practitioner in the construction industry, naturally hopes to participate in this kind of project that can demonstrate his professional capabilities. He could even predict that after the completion of this shipping company building, other companies would surely come to follow suit and imitate the construction of such a commercial landmark building. This would improve the professional capabilities of his construction team and even the entire construction industry. level, it will have a great promotion effect.
Therefore, Liu Shanxia's attitude towards this matter was happy to see the results, and he even considered for Liang Liping how to save some unnecessary expenses and further shorten the construction period. If he can spare the time, he will probably come to the construction site in person to direct the construction.
However, when Yu Feng saw that they were chatting enthusiastically, he felt a little bad. If the conversation continued at this pace, the project would be finalized and started today. He quickly interjected: "Old Liu, based on your experience, this office building and supporting facilities should be considered one of the best private buildings in Sanya, right?"
Liu Shanxia nodded and said: "Without counting, this is the private building with the largest construction scale in China so far. It must be the first in terms of project volume and cost. Even if official construction projects are included, this building should be among the The top few. Look at the port buildings in Sanya Port and Shengli Port, they are only three floors. After your building is completed, it will be the envy and imitation of others for a long time. ”
Yu Feng saw that Liu Shanxia's attitude was almost on Liang Liping's side, and he quickly said: "Old Liu, the actual situation is like this. Our shipping company has invested a lot in the early stage, and the funds on hand are relatively limited. If we invest in this project Too much investment may affect the company's capital flow, so I would like to ask if it is possible to construct this office building in stages without affecting the early use. ”
"According to the current construction plan, phased construction is unlikely. However, if you want to save costs, you can leave the unused floor areas vacant in the early stage, or use them as warehouses. You don't have to build the entire building as soon as you come up. The interior decoration of the building is completed." Liu Shanxia was unable to make major changes to the existing plan in a hurry, so he could only suggest that they start saving money in other ways.
Yu Feng frowned slightly when he heard this. This was obviously not the advice he needed. He hoped to modify the building plan, not just decorate it in stages. However, Liang Liping, who was more straightforward, told him his plan: "Old Liu, please help us change this plan again. Make this building smaller, according to the size of the Port Building."
"Huh?" Liu Shanxia didn't expect that Liang Liping would ask him to change his plan just now when he compared it with the Port Building. This is equivalent to cutting off a small half of the project at once, and the rarity of the entire building is greatly reduced.
"If we change it according to your wishes, this building can no longer be called a landmark." Liu Shanxia saw that the two couples did not seem to be joking, and couldn't help feeling a little pity: "Why do we need to make changes to such a good plan? What? If you don’t have enough funds, you can think of another way, such as finding a bank loan..."
"We have already sought a loan from the bank." Yu Feng told frankly: "But if the entire project has to be operated through loans, we think the operating risk will be too great. Controlling the scale of the office building project is actually difficult. It’s about controlling business risks so that we can have a slightly easier time operating in the early stages.”
Of course Liu Shanxia knew that the cost of this building was high, but he had always looked at the value of this project from a professional perspective, but had never thought about whether such a large project would be cost-effective for the owner. At this time, he heard what Yu Feng said , he roughly understood the other party's concerns. But Liu Shanxia was just an outsider. He didn't know the couple's financial situation or how they planned to run the shipping company. Naturally, he couldn't comment on whether their approach was appropriate, let alone force them to adopt the construction plan he liked.
Liu Shanxia said: "We are all on our own, so I will give you an explanation. Your original five-story plan will have some difficulties in construction. In order to ensure the construction quality, I will personally follow up and call you if necessary. Go to the site to supervise and direct the work. But if you insist on reducing the five layers to three, then my people can be responsible for such a project. And I will leave Sanya for a business trip in the near future. If your project does not require my personal supervision. I also need to adjust my work arrangements, and I hope you can forgive me.”
Liu Shanxia was afraid that they would think that he was making excuses, so he took out an official document from the table and handed it to the couple: "Here, you see, this is a notice from the executive committee, asking me to do it before April 15th." I set off to Miaoli, Taiwan, to organize the local infrastructure project. I originally planned to wait until you started construction, but if the project is changed to a three-story building, then I will go to Taiwan as planned. ”
Liang Liping heard the place name "Miaoli" and thought of the information he had obtained before, so he asked casually: "Lao Liu went to Miaoli to preside over the construction of the freight railway?"
"The information is quite good!" Liu Shanxia frankly admitted Liang Liping's speculation: "The freight railway is only an alternative. Whether it can be used can only be determined by on-site inspection. In addition to this, there are other infrastructure projects, such as planning and construction Immigration to villages and towns, construction of coastal cargo terminals, and a bunch of tasks from the Ministry of Industry...all in all, there are a lot of things to do. I may have to stay there for two or three months. I originally thought that this would be a good time for you to handle various tasks! The formalities include acquiring land, preparing materials, and moving into the site to level the ground and lay the foundation. The preliminary work is almost done, so I just finished my work there and came back to supervise the work.”
The business trip arrangement presented by Liu Shanxia confirmed the information Liang Liping had previously received from Schneider, that is, the executive committee planned to carry out extensive construction work in Miaoli, Taiwan, to build a land freight channel between the oil production area and the shipping terminal. to improve the level of the local petrochemical industry. Since this matter requires Liu Shanxia to go to the local area to take charge of the overall situation, it can be seen that the executive committee has also made up its mind to start construction.
Liang Liping said: "Old Liu, you are on a business trip to Miaoli. Can I ask you to do something by the way?"
Liu Shanxia nodded and said: "You tell me first and listen to it." Liang Liping said: "My shipping company plans to open a fixed route between Sanya and Miaoli after it opens, but we are not sure about the local freight demand. Since there is a plan to build a shipping terminal there, can you help me get some relevant information? ”
Upon hearing this, Liu Shanxia realized that this was not a troublesome matter. Anyway, the construction of the terminal had to be communicated with the local government to understand Miaoli's freight demand. And this kind of information is not within the scope of confidentiality. Giving it to Liang Liping is actually equivalent to being a favor, and he agreed immediately.
As for modifying the construction plan, now that Yu Feng and his wife had made up their minds, Liu Shanxia stopped trying to persuade him and immediately asked an experienced foreman under his command to meet with Liang Liping and let him be responsible for the follow-up of the project. Liu Shanxia also specially told his subordinates in front of the couple, asking him to ensure the quality of construction, control costs at the same time, and communicate with Yu Feng and his wife if there are any problems.
Now that the shipping company building of Yu Feng and his wife has shrunk, Liu Shanxia will no longer stay to supervise the work personally. It took him three days to hand over the work at hand, and then he took a group of his men and set off for Taiwan on an official ship of the Ministry of Shipping.
Compared with the cross-generational black technologies that Yu Feng has mastered, the skills Liu Shanxia has mastered can be considered simple and easy to learn, so he can train his disciples much faster than Yu Feng. At least he has brought out more than 100 disciples in the past ten years after time travel. He has hundreds of apprentices, and the total number of apprentices and grandchildren is probably in four figures.
This is not because Liu Shanxia has any special talent in being a teacher and taking apprentices, but that he has set certain screening conditions when accepting apprentices. Basically, they are all craftsmen with construction experience. He only asks these apprentices in name only. The apprentices are just taught some more advanced engineering techniques. These apprentices already have more or less certain professional foundations. In addition, there are constantly various projects for them to learn while doing, so learning will naturally get twice the result with half the effort. If Liang Liping's building construction plan does not change, then this project will definitely be another internship site used by Liu Shanxia to train apprentices.
If we want to talk about technical details, then maybe the skills mastered by many craftsmen are enough to be Liu Shanxia's master. After all, Liu Shanxia was just a construction project manager before time travel and did not have the skills to draw dragons and carve phoenixes. But after all, Liu Shanxia had hundreds of years of experience, and the construction technology and coordination capabilities he mastered were indeed unmatched by ordinary construction craftsmen of this era.
The masonry structure buildings and even the reinforced concrete construction methods advocated by Haihan are indeed simpler and more efficient than the wooden structure construction technology of this era, and the cost is also relatively cheaper. Especially in terms of construction management of large-scale infrastructure projects, it far exceeds the level of this era. Therefore, the professional skills taught by Liu Shanxia are actually a good supplement for craftsmen who already have a certain foundation.
Haihan built many large-scale projects such as railways, ports, and fortresses in just a few years. These are indeed miraculous skills for those carpenters, bricklayers, and plasterers who only mastered a single skill. Being able to study under a high-ranking official like Liu Shanxia means that they have met a noble person in their life. After completing their studies, it is basically only a matter of time before they become a foreman, or even lead their own construction team, and become rich.
Liu Shanxia will also select some people with reliable character and good brains from his apprentices to stay with him and form his own engineering team to be responsible for large-scale official projects. The people he brought to Taiwan this time were basically his disciples, and their skills were unique and they could help him solve many problems when formulating construction plans.
After the official ship they boarded set off from Sanya, it only stopped in Hong Kong for one night for supplies. It took ten days to reach Miaoli County, more than 2,000 miles away.
Although Haihan has occupied Miaoli for nearly five years, the development of this place has been in a semi-stagnant state. If it were not for an oil production area on the edge of the inland mountainous area, no one would have thought that Haihan had already occupied Miaoli. This place was open for five years.
The outlet of Houlong River has formed a large impact plain near the coast, and the flow of this waterway also changes greatly with the seasons. During the dry season, it is a veritable creek, which can only pass small boats with a displacement of less than 20 tons. A large sandbar can be seen in the middle of the waterway, making the navigation environment very unsatisfactory. In the rainy season, when the flow is relatively large, the water depth is enough to pass a large ship of 100 tons, but because the water flow is relatively turbulent, it is still quite difficult to sail upstream from the estuary.
Because of this, transportation between the oil production area located in the upper reaches of Houlong River and the outside world is quite inconvenient, which to a certain extent limits the scale and development momentum of the local industry. In the early years, Haihan had limited demand for fuel and other petrochemical products, so there was no rush to carry out large-scale development and construction here. However, in recent years, with the development of industrialization, more and more production and research and development have begun. Petrochemical products need to be consumed, and the practical application of fuel engines has basically entered a countdown state.
The Executive Committee will certainly not turn a blind eye to this, but will make arrangements in advance to increase the scale of the industry to ensure that the needs of various industrial sectors for petrochemical products can be met. Under such an environment, Miaoli's development plan was officially included on the executive committee's agenda, and it was quickly passed and entered the implementation stage.
However, the local population is sparse and the industry is single, but this is not the result of the executive committee's indifference. On the contrary, this was done deliberately by the relevant agencies. The petrochemical industry is very important to Haihan, who is determined to achieve industrialization. The reason why Haihan is not eager to introduce immigrants to the local area or to attract investment for agricultural development is to keep the oil production area in a state of secret operation until Haihan has Only with sufficient ability to control the production and application of the petrochemical industry can this area be gradually made public for the next step of development and construction. The long-awaited opportunity has now arrived.
(End of chapter)