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Chapter 1032 Gimmick
Pingyang Cargo Airport has been fully operational. The entire airport and its surrounding area have become a huge warehousing and logistics center.

Now, Pingyang Airport Group has been formed around Pingyang Airport to manage Pingyang Airport. In addition to the business of Pingyang Airport Group, the largest warehousing and logistics park near Pingyang Airport belongs to Oriental Express Company.

Oriental Express has reached a comprehensive cooperation with Pingyang Airport Group, and this airport has become Oriental Express’s first air transport base in China.

When Oriental Express’s business is developed and it needs to purchase cargo planes, Pingyang Airport will be used as its headquarters!

In addition to the airport, there are various planned supporting facilities here, including airport hotels, restaurants, shopping malls, residential areas, etc.

However, these plans may take several years to unfold slowly. Although the Pingyang Airport New District is currently planned around this airport, there are still too few people here.

It takes time to develop, and this time depends on the development speed of Pingyang Airport and the warehousing and logistics industry, and more importantly, on Pingyang.

Only when Pingyang develops, the demand for Pingyang Airport increases, and more investments, companies and personnel come here, can Pingyang Airport truly develop.

Compared with the Airport, although Pingyang Shangguan Economic Development Zone was established only one year earlier than the former, its speed is several times faster than the former. Now the GDP, permanent population, etc. of Shangguan Economic Development Zone have caught up with Pingyang East City District among the four urban districts of Pingyang!
There are of course various reasons for this. The key one is that Shangguan Development Zone provides many jobs. On the other hand, the new houses in Pingyang are mainly close to Shangguan District, while Xicheng and Dongcheng are still mainly old houses.

For people who have just settled in Pingyang, the best choice is of course Shangguan Economic Development Zone, where there are new buildings. Who would want to live in an old house?

Nowadays, people are proud to live in high-rise buildings. The higher you live, the better the living conditions. This is different from later generations when people all want to live on lower floors.

It is easy to live in a new house and find a job. Of course, more people who have newly settled in Pingyang have gone to Shangguan District, and the development speed is getting faster and faster.

Through the car window, Li Dongling looked at the Pingyang Airport Economic Zone, which was still a little desolate. Li Dongling didn't know what this place would become after a few years.

The car drove all the way to Pingyang Airport, and after entering the airport, there was already a group of people waiting there.

"Mr. Li!"

Seeing Li Dongling coming, the leader walked over first.

When he saw the person coming, Li Dongling knew that the other party might have come here specifically to intercept him. Li Dongling came here today to take over the private jet Gulfstream G400 that he purchased.

After the private jet was built by Gulfstream, the crew and maintenance team recruited by Li Dongling went to Gulfstream for training in order to take over the private jet.

Today, the private jet that Mr. Li has been working on for nearly two years is finally available for use. Naturally, he has to come and take a look at it in person today.

"District Chief Yang!"

Li Dongling looked at Yang Jinli in front of him. Yang Jinli in front of him was the person in charge of Pingyang Airport Zone. He was not born in Pingyang, but was parachuted in.

In recent years, more and more people like Yang Jinli have been parachuted into Pingyang. Everyone knows that with Pingyang's current development speed, as long as you are parachuted here, the promotion speed will naturally be faster than in other places.

Just with these few steps, you may be able to leave your peers far behind in the future.

Li Dongling and Yang Jinli did not deal with each other many times, but they had met each other a few times. In other words, for Yang Jinli, if he wanted to gain a foothold in Pingyang, how could he avoid the local tyrant Dongling Hi-Tech?
"Mr. Li!"

After Yang Jinli, it was Yin Guisheng, the general manager of Pingyang Airport Group. He was very respectful towards Li Dongling.

Mr. Li Dashan is one of the major shareholders of Binh Duong Airport Group, but he is more than just a shareholder.

To put it bluntly, if Yin Guisheng falls out with Yang Jinli one day, his life will be difficult. But it is not so easy for Yang Jinli to kick Yin Guisheng out. Even if Yin Guisheng ignores Yang Jinli, there is nothing he can do. In theory, Yin Guisheng is on the same level as Yang Jinli.

But if they offend Mr. Li, Mr. Li will propose at the Pingyang Airport Group shareholders' meeting that the Pingyang Airport Group should have a new leader at the helm.

Yin Guisheng had no doubt that he would be kicked out the next day. Would the major shareholders of Pingyang Airport Group, Pingyang Urban Investment and Hanxi National Investment under the Pingyang Municipal Government, go against Mr. Li for him? Yin Guisheng himself did not think he had enough face to do that!
"The airport tower has contacted the G400 private jet and it is expected to land at Pingyang Airport in half an hour!" Yin Guisheng said to Li Dongling.

Li Dongling nodded, looked at the sky, and walked towards the airport with Yang Jinli and others. He knew that Yang Jinli came here today not just to see such a private plane.

After coughing, Yang Jinli took the lead and asked Yin Guisheng, "How is the airport business now?"

Yin Guisheng glanced at Li Dongling, then shook his head and said, "Pingyang Airport has just started operating, and the cargo volume is not high.

This is based on the fact that part of the freight of industrial and electronic equipment products including Dongling Hi-Tech, Feiyan Technology, Oriental Express, Pingyang Cigarette Factory and Hanxi Provincial Capital is designated to be delivered to Pingyang Airport.

It is estimated that the cargo volume of Pingyang Cargo Airport this year will be around 2400 tons, with the quoted price per ton of cargo being yuan. It is estimated that the revenue of Pingyang Airport this year will be million yuan.

But after deducting the costs of staff salaries, equipment maintenance, and aviation fuel, the estimated loss is still around 100 million RMB! "However, the Pingyang Municipal Government will provide tax exemptions for Pingyang Airport every year, as well as a special funding subsidy of 10 million RMB. Yanjing is also working on the department and is expected to apply for a subsidy of around 50 million RMB. This year, the actual loss of Pingyang Airport is around 40 million RMB."

Pingyang Airport was in the red in the early days, and even with subsidies, it was difficult to offset the losses directly.

Li Dongling was not surprised to hear this. He felt that the loss of Pingyang Airport was acceptable, and the performance had even exceeded expectations.

Domestic air transportation is just starting now and the habit of air transportation has not yet been formed. As long as Pingyang Cargo Airport can survive, it will have reached the passing line.

As for the loss, if it were placed elsewhere, it might not be possible to make up for it, but in Pingyang, there is no need to worry about it at all!
"Dongling Hi-Tech will work with Feiyan Technology, Torch Group and others to ship more products to Pingyang Cargo Airport. Pingyang Airport should be able to break even this year!"

Hearing Li Dongling's words, Yin Guisheng's expression brightened up. To be honest, if Dongling Hi-Tech is really willing to help Pingyang Cargo Airport, the orders Dongling Hi-Tech has in hand are enough to keep Pingyang Cargo Airport alive!
However, Dongling Hi-Tech can only provide Pingyang Airport with some freight lists to ensure that it survives and does not become abandoned.

But it is impossible to give all orders to Pingyang Airport. The cost is too high, and even Dongling Hi-Tech may not be able to afford it.

Therefore, if you want to enjoy a comfortable life at Pingyang Airport, you have to rely on yourself.

"Pingyang Cargo Airport needs to attract more orders and cooperate with the railway boss, the supply and marketing cooperative, the postal service, and the shipping group. If necessary, we can introduce these companies to invest in the Pingyang Airport Group!

These three companies have plenty of orders in their hands. If they leak even a little bit of it, it would be enough to feed Pingyang Airport.

We can try to introduce orders not only from Hanxi Province, but also from surrounding provinces and cities, and even overseas. We will announce to the public that Binh Duong Airport will build an international air-rail-sea-land transport integration plan!"

“Air-rail-sea-land combined transport?”

Upon hearing this high-sounding term, Yang Jinli and Yin Guisheng were both stunned. This word can make people think a lot.

But on second thought, it seems that there really is a way to do it. If we can really get together a few railway companies, postal companies, and shipping companies, Pingyang Airport can team up with these two companies in the future. Then the users' orders can be transported by air, rail, road, and water. From shipping to receiving, it can be completed in one order, which can save a lot of trouble.

Of course, this is just a gimmick. It is impossible to build a transportation system without several years, but a gimmick is better than nothing.

With gimmicks and names, many things become easier to do. Otherwise, how can you fool people without even a name? No, you have to do things.

Looking at Yin Guisheng who was still in deep thought, Yang Jinli couldn't help but ask Li Dongling, "Mr. Li, what do you think the next step for the airport should be, and when can it be developed?"

Seeing that the other three of Pingyang's four urban districts were developing in full swing, Yang Jinli couldn't help but feel anxious.

Yang Jinli is here today to consult Mr. Li, or to ask for help. He also wants the airport to start a rapid development mode like the Shangguan Development Zone. After all, who doesn't want to make progress?
Li Dongling shook his head. "In this regard, District Yang is a professional from the aviation system and should know more than me. I won't teach him how to do this. However, there is one thing: haste makes waste. I think this is a universal rule!"

Yang Jinli is indeed from the aviation system and is a professional. Otherwise, even if he was parachuted in, he would not be able to sit in the position of the person in charge of the airport.

Of course he knew that the current speed of the airport was actually not slow. It was only slow relative to the Economic Development Zone.

Before leaving Pingyang, Yao Zhengru had a complete plan for the airport. It is hard to say whether the whole plan is amazing or not, but it is definitely steady!

The basic plan is to first take over the electronics, fresh meat and mid-to-high-end fruit cold chain products in Hanxi Province, and then take over orders from surrounding provinces and regions, and eventually make Pingyang Airport the largest inland cargo airport!

Even if all the goals cannot be achieved in the end, it is possible to keep Pingyang Airport alive and make air cargo an important pillar industry in Pingyang. It's just that the speed is a bit slow for Yang Jinli.

Hearing this, Yang Jinli was silent for a moment and sighed slightly. He was not in a hurry to climb up or anything, but he came to Pingyang with the intention of doing something, at least to make his resume more impressive.

If we really follow the plan left by Yao Zhengru, it might take ten years or so to see results. By that time, it is hard to say whether he will still be in Pingyang.

Li Dongling saw this and said, "Pingyang Airport has started to operate. The first step of the aviation port has been taken!

The second step should still be based on it, but don’t just focus on it.

The airport may be able to operate Binh Duong Airport to be listed, making it a brand of the airport, attracting more investment and providing more preferential treatment.

Let more domestic express logistics and even foreign logistics giants set up their air transportation headquarters in Pingyang, and make Pingyang a base for domestic cargo import and export air transportation!

The third step is that the location of Pingyang Airport is not the best in China. This should be acknowledged. In the future, the airport should apply to make it a bonded area, establish more international cargo routes to Europe, Central Asia and other places, and make Pingyang Airport a transit station for the Air Silk Road! "

(End of this chapter)