1988: Back to the human world for a few years

Chapter 483 Second Finance (End)

Half a month later, Ye Tao sat on the podium again, just like an ordinary executive, presiding over the report of important work and discussion of ideas in front of important members of the team.

No one knew how rare such an opportunity was, but Ye Tao's tone was as calm and powerful as ever, neither passionate nor timid.

"Everyone should be aware that some of the basic data of DZ City are still somewhat different from the minimum standard requirements of prefecture-level cities. Among them, the most important and most important are the two indicators of permanent population and urbanization rate... Everyone knows that the organization attaches great importance to these two basic standards, but some colleagues who are not related to the business may not know why the organization attaches importance to these two data."

Gently adjusting the position of the microphone, Ye Tao looked at Tian Guangyue and You Yakun sincerely and said, "Let me change my mind here... I know that Mr. Yang's attitude and words just now may cause you to feel uncomfortable, but I want to say... you may have misunderstood Mr. Yang."

"In fact, as early as a month ago, the team that took office had studied and discussed the relevant issues, and also envisioned making up for the two indicators of resident population and urbanization rate through infrastructure construction and administrative divisions;"

"But in the end, I found that if I follow these two ideas, I will face endless difficulties... and it is very likely that I will not be able to succeed!"

With his hands crossed on the podium, Ye Tao's voice became heavier: "The reason is very simple..."

"If we simply make up for the permanent population through administrative divisions, the population indicator will be made up, but another important indicator, per capita GDP, will decline sharply, even far below the passing line;"

"If we simply improve the city's appearance through new infrastructure and urban transformation, it may indeed convert a certain proportion of traffic dividends in the short term and stimulate external investment to settle in Dezhou, but the city's fiscal budget will be spent all at once, and other infrastructure will not be able to keep up. Without sufficient public services from various departments, after a short period of stimulation, the economic activity rate of the urban area and even the entire region is likely to decline instead of rise, and even ruin the reputation of the business environment that DZ City has worked so hard to build."

Ye Tao sighed softly, his tone carrying a hint of sadness: "Comrades, economic construction is a complex and arduous project. If we are not careful, we will lose sight of one thing while focusing on another. It is really undesirable to make up for two important basic indicators while causing the decline of two other more important basic indicators!"

"As a member of the expert group invited to participate in the discussion, Mr. Yang has participated in the deduction of various ideas and plans. He is well aware of the various difficulties that may be encountered in walking on one leg. It is precisely because of this that he was willing to risk great disapproval at the meeting today and contradict and veto the proposals of Secretary Tian and Mayor You!"

Speaking of this, Ye Tao's tone was filled with deep emotion: "It can be seen that Mr. Yang has a deep affection for Texas and regards Texas as his home!"

Tian Guangyue, who was standing by, felt so cold that the corners of his mouth couldn't help but twitch.

This is the first time I've seen you put so much emotion into a duet.

Glancing at his colleagues who were all praising him as if they had suddenly realized something, Tian Guangyue smiled and reminded them in a low voice: "Director Ye, time is limited, and the comrades still have a lot of urgent work to deal with... How about we get to the point as soon as possible?"

Ye Tao smiled shyly, nodded slightly, and said calmly: "Das Kapital said that the essence of economics is the exchange of value; and the only natural carrier of value exchange is human; and human biological instinct determines that they are naturally profit-seeking."

"So, from an economic perspective, whether it is to make up for the permanent population of DZ City or to quickly promote the urbanization rate of DZ City, its essence is to use hard indicators to prove the living standards of the people in Dezhou and to use hard indicators to prove the attractiveness of Dezhou to the masses... In fact, not only Dezhou, but all county-level cities, prefecture-level cities, independently planned cities, and even municipalities directly under the central government, unless the country has strategic considerations, otherwise the basic standards of each level of city all correspond to the actual living standards and economic activity of the people in the region."

After a slight pause, Ye Tao spoke in a steady and thought-provoking voice, like a teacher sitting at a desk: "So comrades, have you discovered that population - attraction of benefits - material/spiritual enjoyment - economic activity - more population - more attraction of benefits, this is the normal logic for the healthy development of a city... This is a spiral upward process, each link is crucial, and the order is irreversible."

"Of course, the situation in DZ City is somewhat special. In just one year this year, for some reason, our DZ City has greatly accelerated this spiral upward process. To put it in an inappropriate way... in just one year, we have quickly completed a journey that a county-level city would normally take five years to complete. Because the speed is too fast, the connections between the various spiral links are somewhat disconnected, resulting in a large number of gaps between each spiral link."

"Of course, there are some problems, but fundamentally, the problems are not as serious as we imagined... In fact, the reason why the organization made an exception and promoted us to a prefecture-level city when many basic data of DZ City have not yet reached the standards is that our local economic activity is already sufficient."

"Not only has it reached the standard of a prefecture-level city, but it has also clearly exceeded the level that a prefecture-level city should have... As long as the economy is active enough, it will not be difficult to increase the number of permanent residents or the urbanization rate."

At this point, Ye Tao looked around at everyone: "It's not that I'm arrogant, nor am I making a rash judgment... In December 1989, the permanent population of Dezhou District, which was the original DZ City's main urban area, was only 12. But this year, that is, December 18.56, the permanent population of the main urban area has risen to 1990. In addition, another 12 people, for various reasons, only have temporary residence permits and are not counted in the permanent population sequence."

"Even without looking at the specific household registration statistics, everyone should be able to guess that the 2.6 new permanent residents are from all over the country... Texas changed from a city with an annual population loss rate of 5% to a city with an annual population inflow rate of 14% in May, and entered the peak period of population inflow in September."

With a meaningful smile, Ye Tao tapped the table lightly: "Although the 2.6 new permanent residents is not a very huge number, everything must be compared and analyzed on a case-by-case basis."

"From September to now, in just three months, there have been 9 new permanent residents and 2.1 new temporary residents, most of whom are young and strong laborers, technical talents, and skilled workers... Texas has a promising future!"

The people in the audience nodded one after another. Even without looking at the data, the current population changes in DZ City (Dezhou District) are obvious.

In fact, one of the important reasons why Tian Guangyue wanted to promote the shantytown renovation project in the four old city streets was that the population in the old city was growing too rapidly and land needed to be vacated to build residential areas.

Ok,
This is proof...

It seems that the logic that Ye Tao just said makes sense. In fact, there is no need to worry so much about the issue of the number of permanent residents in the main urban area?

Thinking of this, everyone felt a lot more relaxed.

There is no need to concentrate energy and financial resources on solving the problem of the permanent population in the main urban area, which means that the expansion plan for the New East District is unnecessary, and a large amount of financial budget can be saved to be allocated to various departments.

You know, nowadays everyone is counting rice grains to live, so with such a large budget, any little bit of profit can be shared, which is a great thing.

Tian Guangyue on the side seemed to be thinking about something, but You Yakun couldn't help but frowning.

I just asked you to report on the previous team's plan to make up the targets, but you gave a long speech full of logic and theories.

Using this reporting cadence in this kind of meeting…

This person is just a deputy-department-level executive. Is it possible that he has not been able to change his habits since he took office?

still is……

Do you plan to use today's report as a starting point, and take advantage of the new team's initial adjustment period to establish your own authority and initiative in your work?
Before You Yakun could speak up to disrupt the rhythm, Ye Tao changed the subject: "Of course, comrades, this does not mean that we do not need to pay attention to the indicator of the number of permanent residents in Dezhou. We can rely on the natural inflow rate to make up for our indicators in this area without doing anything next year... This is a naive idea, and also a very dangerous idea. If we really do this, our name will definitely be on the list of criticisms issued by the organization next year!!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the smiles that had just appeared on everyone's faces suddenly froze.

Ye Tao sighed: "As the saying goes, success or failure depends on Xiao He. I have said before that people are profit-seeking. This year, DZ City has attracted so many people in a short period of time because of the extremely high economic activity and employment and development opportunities brought by countless projects. Once the economic activity is not so high next year, DZ City will immediately return to its original state!"

With a trace of worry on his face, Ye Tao said in a heavy tone: "Comrades, please don't forget that when there are more people, the plate will be bigger, and the per capita benefits will be shared... Providing full employment opportunities for 20 people is completely different from providing full employment opportunities for 30 people; and the monthly income of 200 yuan per capita and 160 yuan per capita will not attract the same level of talent!"

Everyone immediately understood what Ye Tao meant.

It must be admitted that Ye Tao's concern is too objective and true. Even the grassroots staff in their administrative system would look forward to being transferred to large state-owned enterprises and central enterprises because of the extra benefits and subsidies of dozens of yuan every month, not to mention those ordinary people who come out to make a living?

Seeing that the foreshadowing was almost done, Ye Tao smiled and said, "But comrades, don't worry. Now that we understand the most important key, no matter how difficult the problem is, we can still find a way to overcome it with collective wisdom and efforts... The teacher said it well, as long as our thinking does not slip, there are always more solutions than problems!"

Moving the microphone a little closer, Ye Tao's voice began to become confident and determined: "Now that we understand that maintaining economic activity is the key to everything at this stage, the thinking of many things has become clearer."

"With the weak infrastructure of DZ City today and the increasing influx of population, what can we rely on to maintain economic vitality, the ability to ensure full employment, and an attractive average labor income level?"

"It depends on a steady stream of various ongoing projects and projects!"

"But the financial budget of DZ City is limited. Even if Dahua Company and other units are made of iron, they simply cannot invest in so many projects on their own. What should we do?"

"That depends on a steady stream of foreign investment!"

"But DZ City's industrial foundation is weak, and a large proportion of its products lack sufficient market competitiveness. Even if Dahua Company and the Commercial Demonstration Center continue to create surprises, the amount of investment attracted still cannot meet the development needs of next year. What should we do?"

"Then we have to unite as one, gather the strength of all units in the city, and work together to create endless business opportunities!"

“How to create enough business opportunities?”

Ye Tao's voice began to become excited: "Let's take advantage of our physical strength, use the funds of Dezhou Urban Property Fund as a pusher, use the reputation of Dahua Company as the tip of the knife, and use the coordination function of the municipal administrative agency as the blade, and concentrate our efforts on major tasks... Only in this way can we have more than 70% chance of winning!"

After taking a breath, Ye Tao began to slow down his voice: "As for the specific practical plan... our original idea was this."

"Since the city's financial resources are limited, and the budgets of various departments are related to the follow-up of various important infrastructure and public services in Dezhou, it is best not to move anything if possible... Therefore, the main start-up funds will ultimately fall on the Dezhou Urban Property Fund Company."

"The funds/expected funds of Texas Chengchan Fund Company are mainly composed of seven parts..."

“Principal of the Urban Construction Special Account;”

“Funds raised from the issuance of urban construction bonds;”

“Proceeds from the disposal of assets allocated for urban construction projects;”

“The principal of the large fund for industrial upgrading;”

“Proceeds from the issuance of bonds for industry-related commercial projects;”

“Commercial project sharing;”

“Surplus funds from debt-to-equity swaps at the later stages of commercial projects.”

After reporting the capital structure of Dezhou Urban Construction Fund in detail, Ye Tao took a breath and said, "Although these seven parts of funds/expected funds are in principle divided into two large accounts, the Urban Construction Fund and the Industrial Fund, and the regulators are different, in fact, if the thinking is right, they can be linked together and used interactively."

"So, after repeated negotiations with Mr. Yang, we have reached the following consensus:" "1. Mr. Yang agrees to personally raise funds, organized and led by the city, mobilize various production units in the city, and after evaluation, screening and pricing by Dahua Company and Xialiu Sales Agency, launch a 10 billion/year light and heavy industrial product exchange plan for the Bear Country in the name of the Industrial Fund Commercial Project."

"The main significance of this article is to digest the commodity inventory of enterprises in this city, recover a large amount of funds to improve the efficiency of enterprises, accumulate sufficient funds, and use the advanced technology and equipment obtained through exchange for the upgrading and iteration of some industries."

"2. This light and heavy industrial product exchange plan only allows companies from Dezhou and Lanling to participate, and as long as the product quality meets the standards and meets the market demand of the Bear Country, they can be selected."

"The main purpose of this article is to attract a large amount of foreign private capital to invest in Dezhou... As we all know, the profits of foreign trade are huge, and the scale of 10 billion per year is huge. In addition, this plan is personally led by Mr. Yang, which is bound to attract the interest and pursuit of countless people. However, the threshold of the plan determines that if foreign companies and individuals want to participate, they must invest and build factories in Dezhou."

"3. Since it is an exchange plan rather than traditional foreign trade, secondary processing is required after the exchange of light and heavy industrial products. This process inevitably requires a series of companies and related facilities such as general insurance, pre-redemption, warehousing, transit, distribution, logistics, cold chain, underwriting agency, etc.;"

"Dezhou Chengchan Fund Company is responsible for formulating the standards for the hardware facilities and infrastructure required for these links, and screening the qualifications of bidding companies. At the same time, as a hard condition, the winning company must purchase low-interest urban construction bonds or low-interest commercial project bonds according to the nature of its project."

"The main purpose of this article is, on the one hand, to apportion part of DZ City's infrastructure costs to the companies that won the bid, thereby significantly reducing the city's financial pressure; on the other hand, by designating locations and clustering them, it effectively boosts the economic activity of commercial areas such as the New East District and creates a large number of employment opportunities and business opportunities locally."

"4. Led by Dahua Company, the city will actively assist, or seek help from the organization, to vigorously promote the Sino-Russian joint venture project, and use this as an opportunity to promote the replacement plan of the bear country's livelihood/fast-moving consumer goods market."

"The main purpose of this article is, on the one hand, to stabilize the trade volume with the Bear Country and make it a risk plan for the exchange of light and heavy industrial products, so as to prevent the situation from changing or the total insurance/pre-redemption funds for commodities from being insufficient, which would lead to the commodity exchange plan being cut in half or shrinking, thus causing a chain of negative reactions;"

"On the other hand, we use the high profits of cross-border cooperation/trade to stimulate the technological upgrading of related industries in the city, so that Dezhou can use the market mechanism to screen out its own potential industries within a period of time, and transform them into advantageous industries through the promotion of the competent authorities, and finally successfully expand the market in other provinces, so as to seize the ecological high position of the same industry in China... Although it is called cross-border cooperation, in fact, most of the product production capacity is retained in our country."

"5. For local enterprises in DZ City that have received a large amount of pre-redemption funds, whose business conditions have improved, and whose exchange products account for a large proportion and market potential has increased, but whose technical content is not high and whose expenditures for industrial upgrading are not high, the city will do ideological work and take out a certain proportion of their surplus to purchase urban construction bonds issued by the Urban Property Fund Company to support the construction of important infrastructure projects such as reservoirs, power stations, and transportation in various regions of Dezhou."

"Industrial upgrading not only requires companies to have sufficient funds, corresponding technologies, and the courage to change, but also requires the support of perfect infrastructure."

"The main purpose of this article is, on the one hand, to allow local enterprises with conditions to assume their social responsibilities and quickly improve the water shortage, power shortage and transportation difficulties in Dezhou, especially in the county-township areas, which seriously hinder the development of the local economy; on the other hand, it is to provide a sufficient number of grassroots jobs through a series of small and medium-sized projects, and through the huge demand for materials, to enhance the local economic vitality and promote the rise of some local industries."

"Dezhou is a prefecture-level city. We cannot focus on the development of the main urban area while ignoring other areas. Whether it is the county economy or the effective improvement of rural economic vitality, it will not only effectively feed back the economic vitality of the main urban area, but also indirectly promote the urbanization rate of Dezhou... Here, I need to emphasize that the urbanization rate is not the same as the urbanization rate. I think there is no need for us in Dezhou to focus on the main urban area."

"6. DZ City will further support the relevant villages and towns in Dezhou based on the Drilling Company's [10 Village Support] plan... Taking advantage of the opportunity that Momo Baizha has completed the national investment promotion, our city will establish 12 large-scale chicken breeding centers, 817 super-large 6 broiler breeding centers, and giant cold chain transfer centers in relevant villages and towns to meet the Momo Baizha project's raw material supply to Qilu and the five surrounding provinces and cities... The relevant funds will be jointly raised by Chengchan Fund Company in the name of industrial fund project bonds + infrastructure bonds."

"It needs to be emphasized here that a super-large broiler breeding center is not the same as a super-large broiler farm; a giant cold chain transit center is not the same as a giant frozen warehouse... These projects and related supporting facilities can be concentrated in the village or town, or dispersed to nearby villages. In essence, this is a small industrial cluster that was incubated by force."

"The main purpose of this article is, on the one hand, to quickly improve the economic level of those towns with relatively good foundations in the short term, and quickly increase the urbanization rate in Dezhou... Although Dezhou only accounts for 28 villages in the list of the drilling company's 1-village support plan, these villages have become project transfer sites and small economic hubs for nearby villages as early as last year. Based on past experience, these towns are very willing to subcontract projects to nearby villages. According to the average standard of 7 village radiating 28 villages, these villages will effectively drive the economic take-off of nearly villages after obtaining these large-scale projects;"

"On the other hand, these large projects and their surrounding configurations, with higher standards, will effectively promote the industrial upgrading of more than ten industries such as breeding, vaccines, lamps, refrigeration equipment, automobiles, Chinese herbal feed, semiconductors, circuit boards, power supply equipment, etc. You know, for such a project, the equipment, after-sales and spare parts maintenance alone are a large order; not to mention that while Momo Baitou is opening up nationwide investment and franchising, it has also launched a supplementary agreement of [nearby breeding, nearby distribution] in some provinces and cities that are farther away. If we have the ability, we can even take the relevant orders from other provinces together."

"7. Jointly led by the Drilling Company and Dahua Company, and with the participation of Chengchan Fund Company in raising funds, they will take advantage of the momentum of the construction of the 13-acre artificial mulberry fungus cultivation base to launch the [Lu Shiwei] concept, as well as newly added large-scale authentic medicinal material GAP planting projects and mid- and downstream industry projects..."

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It took nearly an hour, and after listing more than a dozen points, Ye Tao finally finished explaining the general outline of this basic data supplement plan.

After picking up the cup and taking a sip of tea, Ye Tao's hoarse voice was full of emotion: "The original plan is almost like this."

"Finally, I would like to state the views of Mr. Yang and others... If it is not necessary or for better development, no one is willing to leave their hometown and run to another city to make a living;"

"Since we are here to make a living, it doesn't really matter whether the city is built grandly or not... What matters is whether the people can make money here and live a good and comfortable life."

"Therefore, I insist that for Texas at this stage, every penny must be spent wisely. With limited funds and resources, we should do our best to create business opportunities, build the most important industrial infrastructure, and enhance high-quality regional economic vitality in a snowball manner!"

As the last sentence fell...

clap~
Bang bang bang~
Bang bang bang bang~!

Warm applause gradually broke out in the audience. Regardless of their stance, almost everyone looked at Ye Tao with a hint of admiration and awe in their eyes.

This awe does not come from Ye Tao's standing as a regular employee, but from respect for his abilities.

Although according to Ye Tao, what he just said was just the outline,
But for most people, this is already a very detailed plan... From the starting point, to the general steps, to the logic of the links, to the resources and elements involved, and the possible results in the end, everything is clear and logical.

They didn't even need to see the detailed plan. Just by listening to what Ye Tao said, they were sure that this approach would definitely work.

This is not just a 70% chance of success, it is clearly a perfect plan with a 90% success rate!
To be precise, if we take a single project as an example, from a business perspective, the success rate is probably only about 70%.
However, from the perspective of increasing the permanent population base in the main urban area of ​​DZ City and improving the urbanization rate of Dezhou, there is absolutely a 90% possibility.

The previous team in Texas was truly a place of hidden talents!

Mr. Ye, the general manager, not only has a broad perspective, but also has a direct approach to the point. After listening to his analysis and breakdown, I have benefited a lot. Many things that I had not figured out in my previous work have suddenly become clear to me.

The most important thing is that Executive Director Ye is not just making wild assumptions. Every inference and solution he makes is based on reality, is highly feasible, and takes into account the practical difficulties of his subordinates... In other words, the solutions he gives are meant to be implemented, not to be put on the desk for people to admire.

Don't underestimate this point. For people within the system, it is very rare and very important.

Oh my god, how great it would have been if I had a leader like this in the past!
Many people expressed such feelings in their hearts.

To be fair, the vast majority of people who can attend today's meeting have sufficient business literacy and ability. However, no matter how capable they are, it will be useless without resources, especially reasonable and compliant resources!

Almost everyone present had experienced the pain of being forced to ask for and integrate resources outside the rules because of being pressed for tasks, and even shouldered a lot of karma for this;

It is precisely because of this that they know how rare it is to have a leader who can accurately grasp the scale in work.

Thinking of this, many people looked at Ye Tao with a different look in their eyes...

You Yakun, who was sitting quietly on the side, had an appreciative smile on his face, like a superior showing appreciation to a subordinate, but his ten fingers were crossed together so tightly that they turned white.

He admitted that Ye Tao's plan was much better than the plan previously discussed by their newly formed team in any way.

As the deputy monitor in charge of the economy, all his achievements have to rely on the results of economic development... Especially when the tax-sharing system pilot has been carried out, the greater the economic results, the greater his voice and voice will be.

Therefore, in a situation where one step back is hell and one step forward is heaven, no matter what the considerations are, he, as the "biggest beneficiary", cannot reject Ye Tao's plan.

But it was precisely because of this that he felt a deep sense of uneasiness.

Ye Tao had earned enough prestige with today's work report, so he was not really nervous about it.

After all, Ye Tao is just a deputy-department-level executive.

However, when he deeply felt Yang Mo's exaggerated business appeal and resource integration ability for the first time, he felt a strong sense of powerlessness.

Although Ye Tao's plan contained more than ten solutions, each one was formulated with Yang Mo as the core, relying on the monstrous power of Yang Mo and Dahua Company.

Yes, he had never had any relevant experience and was not aware of the true value of the five words "official financing platform". He only thought that the funds needed for this plan were all monetized by relying on the goodwill of Dahua Company and Yang Mo's appeal.

Texas now has a weak foundation and a serious budget shortage, so logically speaking, it makes sense to keep squeezing the local tyrants Yang Mo and Dahua Company... This is the reality, and there is no better choice.

But the problem is that, although on the surface it is the city that is fleecing Yang Mo, so many important plans concerning Texas are all centered around him, which is equivalent to giving Yang Mo a huge initiative and voice.

What is even more terrible is that during this process, the Urban Property Fund Company, relying on its unique role, openly extended its tentacles to all aspects of these important projects and then integrated them into one.
In this way...

Thinking of this, You Yakun couldn't help but shudder, and a word suddenly popped up in his mind:

Second finance!

The Texas Chengchan Fund Company managed by Yang Mo was not the second money bag he originally thought, but the second finance of DZ City!

Although there is only a difference of two words, the gap is incomparable.

With a slight sigh, You Yakun glanced at a young man out of the corner of his eye, which was full of struggle and fear.

It seems that being the deputy monitor of DZ City is really not easy...

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PS: Although it was a bit cold, I finally caught three crucian carps and a small mullet. I was in a very good mood. I will present you a big chapter of 8000 words all at once!
Hehe, be jealous of me as much as you want!

(End of this chapter)