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Chapter 493 Make a Small Goal First: Pilot

The China Banking Regulatory Commission has approved foreign-funded corporate banks to enter China, and Chronos Bank is one of them.

Chronos Bank is a bank established by Li Zetian in China. Due to Li Zetian's strong financial resources and reputation, the Chinese people trust Chronos Bank very much, so the increase in depositors is very fast.At present, Chronos Bank has basically completed its layout in China's first-tier cities and has begun to set foot in second-tier cities.

There is a branch of Cronos Bank in Hangzhou.

Therefore, Li Zetian asked Chronos Bank to borrow money from the Hangzhou government.

Building a city brain requires building a lot of infrastructure, so it takes a lot of money.

At the moment, Li Zetian first sent someone to investigate and figure out the budget.

A week later, when the budget came out, Li Zetian came to Chronos Bank.

The president of Chronos Bank Hangzhou Branch is a native of Hangzhou, named Li Chuan, 42 years old, graduated from Harvard University with an MBA, tall, originally worked in the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, and was poached by Korn Ferry International headhunting company to Koronos. Ronos Industries.

In the president's office, Li Zetian said to Li Chuan: "The budget of the city brain may be 300 to [-] billion yuan. Li Chuan, how much do you think Chronos Bank can lend to the Hangzhou government?"

Li Chuan frowned, and replied: "Mr. Li, 300 billion yuan is too much! Although Hangzhou is a well-developed city, many cities are now heavily indebted, and this problem will also occur in Hangzhou in the future."

Li Zetian asked again: "In your opinion, how much is appropriate to borrow?"

"Below RMB 50 billion."

Li Chuan thought for a while and said, "Mr. Li, the city brain is too large, and it will be very difficult and costly to promote it comprehensively. I think we might as well find a place as a pilot to see how the city brain works. If If it’s good, the Hangzhou government will find a way to spend money to do this.”

Li Zetian couldn't help but nodded when he heard the words, thinking that Li Chuan's suggestion was good.

Li Chuan continued: "In this way, the scale will be smaller, and the funds consumed will also be reduced sharply, and the effect will be quick. The city brain project can be completed in a very short period of time!"

"Well, your suggestion is very good, I will go talk to the government now."

After speaking, Li Zetian left.

Along the way, Li Zetian couldn't help introspecting, and muttered to himself: "Why didn't I think of doing a pilot project first? Damn it, maybe it's because I'm too rich and ambitious, which has resulted in my arrogant and arrogant personality... "

Unknowingly, the car arrived at the city hall.

Li Zetian went directly to the mayor's office and immediately told him about the pilot project.

"Mayor, I thought about it. The city of Hangzhou is too big, and it is difficult to carry out the city brain project smoothly, and we have no experience in this field, so we might as well choose a place to do the pilot first. In this way, spending money It is also less, and the project is progressing quickly. At the same time, we can also see how effective the city brain is."

After Li Zetian finished speaking, the mayor immediately nodded, "Well, step by step, it's very stable, I agree!"

"Mayor, which place do you think is suitable as a pilot?" Li Zetian asked.

"Xiaoshan!" The mayor knew Hangzhou very well, and then introduced to Li Zetian in detail, "Xiaoshan District is a district under the jurisdiction of HZ City, Zhejiang Province. It is only separated from the main urban area of ​​Hangzhou by a river. It ranks first in all counties (cities, districts) in Zhejiang. It has been rated as "Top Ten Counties in China" for many years, and has been awarded "No.1420.22 Most Investment Land in Mainland China" for many times. It is known as "the source of Zhejiang civilization and the hub of transportation in Zhejiang" , the richest man in Zhejiang's economy, the resort of leisure in Zhejiang, and the paradise of people's livelihood in Zhejiang'!"

Li Zetian unconsciously nodded, "Well, Xiaoshan is really good. From this point of view, it is indeed suitable as a pilot... OK, let's go to Xiaoshan!"

"Mr. Li, now that the plan has changed, what should we do with the loan you promised?" the mayor asked.

Li Zetian smiled and said: "The funds required for the pilot project are small, and once the pilot project is successful, the entire Hangzhou will carry out the City Brain Project, so my promise remains the same, but the large amount of borrowing will not be borrowed until Hangzhou is fully transformed." To the government. You know, the money is going to be used for the project."

"Alright!" The mayor laughed, as long as he can borrow money.

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After changing the plan, Chronos Bank first borrowed 20 billion yuan from the Hangzhou government.Of course, 20 billion yuan is nothing. In fact, the Hangzhou government is also very rich. If it is just to build the city brain project in Xiaoshan, the Hangzhou government can solve it by itself.But who would think too much money?With more money, the government can carry out more projects and increase the GDP of Hangzhou, which will be of great benefit to the promotion of officials in the future.

Soon, the City Brain Project was officially launched in Xiaoshan, and Li Zetian arranged for Chronos Industries (China) and Chronos Bank to supervise the Hangzhou government and the progress of the City Brain Project.

Of course, Li Zetian also knows that China's national conditions are such that there are always corrupt officials at work, but supervision can still play a small role.However, then again, in fact, this matter is not his business.Li Zetian is only lending money to the government, and how the government uses it is the government's business... What Li Zetian hopes is to promote the smooth progress of the city brain project.

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On the morning of January 2007, 1, it was sunny.

Li Zetian held a press conference together with the leaders of the HZ city government, at which he announced the city brain plan.

In fact, Li Zetian wanted to do it secretly, and report it after he succeeded.

This is nothing but a blockbuster, shocking enough.

However, everyone knows that to cooperate with the government, what does the government want?Fame!Achievements!
The City Brain Project, just hearing the name makes me feel like it's going to blow up. Can the government hide the plan?
Li Zetian could only push the boat along the way and promised them to publicize the city brain plan to the outside world.

As soon as the news came out, as expected, China and even the whole world were shocked by it! ! !

After the press conference, Li Zetian read the comments on the Internet. Damn, the comment section is very lively.

"Fuck, it's really shocking! City brain? Let artificial intelligence assist the government to manage the city!! Do you want to be like this? In the future, will artificial intelligence rule the earth?!"

"Yeah, it's too unsafe, if artificial intelligence produces wisdom, it will enslave human beings!!!"

"After seeing this news, I was shocked! Artificial intelligence to manage cities? First of all, I don't say whether it can be realized technically, but I will give Chronos Li and the Hangzhou government 1 likes for this idea. Artificial intelligence technology will definitely Improve the quality of life in cities, those netizens who say that artificial intelligence rules and enslaves human beings, you are really worrying! How can artificial intelligence produce wisdom? They are just codes and can only follow orders!"

"Hehe, with the current artificial intelligence technology, it is impossible for artificial intelligence to produce wisdom! Maybe decades, hundreds of years later, artificial intelligence will really produce wisdom, but that's my business, I'm dead already warped."

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(End of this chapter)