1988: Back to the human world for a few years

Chapter 577: Go All In (1)

Even though the labels and impressions in the public mind are varied, one thing that cannot be denied is that as the concrete carriers of public power, local competent authorities have their own red lines and rules. Many places often issue fewer than dozens of red-open documents a year. That's because... once a formal document is formed as an official organization, you must actually produce something!

Therefore, the industrial economic cooperation framework proposed by Yang Mo, which is based on the business connection network that the Urban Development Fund Company has initially laid out and jointly built with neighboring provinces and cities, is undoubtedly a crazy and almost insane idea!
Are you saying that this idea is totally unreliable?
That's not the case.

In the past two years, with the rapid recovery of the local economy and the extension of a number of industrial chains, Dezhou, located in the most remote part of northwest Shandong, has indeed taken shape as a regional economic hub, and has indeed had a gradually obvious pulling effect on the industrial supporting economy of surrounding areas. Therefore, if you say that cities such as Cangzhou, Hengshui, Shangqiu, and Puyang, which have not yet developed their economies or are in the predicament of old industrial areas like the original Dezhou, do not want to borrow more power from Dezhou, the emerging new engine, then that is probably unrealistic.

Moreover, Yang Mo’s idea was described very clearly. This is business cooperation between cities in several adjacent regions, rather than counterpart contact between provinces. You can completely regard it as a domestic slightly modified version of the Sino-foreign friendly city model. Therefore, as long as there is a sufficient basis for cooperation, and as Yang Mo required, "fully mobilize your energy", it is not impossible to take the lead in organizing this economic cooperation framework in an official capacity... You Yakun and others were able to parachute into Dezhou, which had just been upgraded to a prefecture-level city, to preside over the work. Do you think the resources behind them are really lacking?

But as mentioned at the beginning, for this kind of thing, it is relatively easy for the official to coordinate resources on the surface, but the difficulty of actually implementing it is as difficult as hell... If you get the red opening document but can't implement it, you can only wait to be punished, and no one can escape!
and so……

Before You Yakun, who was in charge of economic affairs, spoke, Tian Guangyue took the lead in asking the question that worried him the most: "Boss Yang, let's not talk about Tianjin for now. Just the cities of Cangzhou, Hengshui, Shangqiu, and Puyang, together with the dozens of counties under their jurisdiction, have an industrial scale that is too huge to count... An objective fact that we must face is that the north is the center of industry. Even though the economies of these cities are not well developed at the moment, the number of manufacturing companies there, even if we only count the number of local state-owned enterprises, is at least more than 3."

Taking a deep breath, Tian Guangyue bent the pen in his hand and managed to resist the urge to drop it on his notebook. "So I want to ask Mr. Yang, even though Dezhou's economic construction has made great progress in the past two years thanks to Dahua Company, as an old industrial area, we haven't even completely solved the livelihood problems of our own enterprises. If we really establish the Shandong-Hebei-Henan Industrial Economic Cooperation Framework, where can we find such a large market and so many orders to feed the tens of thousands of new enterprises!?"

Yang Mo glanced at him calmly and said, "Thank you Secretary Tian for your reminder. I know that relying solely on Dahua's market development capabilities and Dezhou Urban Property Fund's resource mobilization capabilities, it is already the limit of our ability to barely revitalize the economy of Dezhou. Let alone adding 30,000 foreign companies of all sizes at once, we are even unable to completely solve the livelihood problems of manufacturing companies in Dezhou."

After frankly admitting that this economic cooperation framework has far exceeded the capabilities of a secondary unit, Yang Mo changed the subject: "However, what you said is a normal situation. Under normal circumstances, Dahua Company and even the Dezhou region do not have the ability to create such a large market pie to absorb the production capacity of so many sister cities and so many foreign manufacturing companies."

After a pause, Yang Mo's voice suddenly had a meaning that outsiders could not understand: "But now, the situation is different. As long as the city can show enough courage, let alone linking up with four brother cities, even if there are one or two more, it will not be a problem... It depends on whether you have the courage!"

Even if there are one or two more, it won’t be a problem?

For some reason, Tian Guangyue shuddered subconsciously when he heard Yang Mo's words: "Boss Yang, I don't quite understand what you said. What do you mean the situation is different now?"

Before Yang Mo could answer, You Yakun, who was quietly thinking, spoke softly: "It's the flood in East China."

Tian Guangyue: “???”

You Yakun sighed softly, glanced at Yang Mo, who had an admiring look in his eyes, and felt a sense of absurdity in his heart. He immediately turned his head to his partner who was not very familiar with economic work, "Old Tian, ​​the disaster in East China this time is the worst since the founding of the People's Republic of China... It's not that the scope of the disaster and the number of people affected are the largest, but the most severely affected Jiangsu, Anhui, and even parts of Zhejiang are all the most economically developed regions in my country except for a few municipalities and special economic zones."

"This is also the main reason why the country has put down its stance and sought assistance from the international community for the first time... It's because these regions are too important for our country's economic development, and our national strength is really limited at the moment;"

"So... I can't care about that anymore."

You Yakun ended the topic with an ugly expression and sighed: "But this is not the point that Mr. Yang wants to talk about today;"

"The point is that the flood will eventually recede, and the economic importance of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Anhui means that post-disaster reconstruction is certainly a huge challenge for the country, but it is also a super-large project that is rarely seen in a century... Whether it is the amount of materials required, the amount of work, or the quality, it is not comparable to ordinary infrastructure projects."

At this point, You Yakun gave a small reminder: "Old Tian, ​​you are also an old man who personally participated in the rescue and reconstruction of Tang S in 1976. Compare Tang S before and after the earthquake, and you will understand... Don't forget, it was just one city at the beginning, but now we have to face at least 150 cities of all sizes that need to be repaired or even rebuilt on a large scale."

Tian Guangyue reacted after hearing what he said and immediately took a breath of cold air.

You Yakun didn't take Tian Guangyue's small gaffe to heart. He turned around and looked at Yang Mo seriously, "Boss Yang, I don't deny that the reconstruction project in the disaster area can generate unpredictable material orders and jobs, but what I'm more concerned about is... the money?"

"Where does the money come from?"

"The reconstruction of the disaster area is not an infrastructure project in the conventional sense, and Texas is not a disaster-stricken city. Without mentioning other factors, once we are involved in the reconstruction of the disaster area on a large scale, there is only one possibility...reconstruction assistance!"

Taking a deep breath, You Yakun emphasized: "The country's finances are not rich. Even if we take into account the issuance of special government bonds, it is not realistic to complete such a large-scale post-disaster reconstruction project simply through fiscal appropriations. Otherwise, we would not have lowered ourselves to seek help from the international community;"

"Boss Yang, I know you have a close relationship with Mr. Zhao. In addition, Dahua Company has been continuously sending various disaster relief resources organized by itself to the disaster area and has been highly recognized by the organization. Therefore, there is no difficulty in principle if we want to intervene in the reconstruction of some disaster areas afterwards. "

"But the reality is that even if Texas can get some special fiscal transfers, these funds are definitely not enough to cover all expenses. It can even be concluded that there will be a huge funding gap by then!"

"Once you receive a military order from the organization, you know the consequences of not being able to fulfill it, so... Mr. Yang, may I ask, where will the insufficient funds come from?!"

Yang Mo's expression remained unchanged: "Don't worry, Mayor You. I will find a way to solve the problem of the funding gap." Facing Yang Mo's unreasonable strength, You Yakun's chest rose and fell fiercely, and he said word by word: "Boss Yang, this is a serious matter. We can fully cooperate with your company's plan on the basis of not violating the principles, but... the premise of all this is that both parties can be open and honest with each other!!"

The implication was obvious. Compared to trying his best to get the military order but failing to complete the mission, he would rather be taken down by Li ** who came up along the way in a year or two, and then be transferred to some idle government office to retire in disgrace.

Yang Mo frowned when he heard this, and looked at You Yakun carefully for a moment. After noticing the unquestionable determination in the other's eyes, he pondered for a moment.

"Ten billion!"

Yang Mo raised two fingers lightly, his tone carrying a kind of indifference that is hard for people of this era to understand: "I have communicated with Mr. Zhao several times. For various reasons, we only plan to play a supporting role in the post-disaster reconstruction this time... So even if Mr. Zhao plays a central role, we can only strive for the repair and reconstruction work of 15 to 20 disaster-stricken cities at most."

"As Mayor You just analyzed, although the country cannot watch Texas undertake this kind of aid project on its own, the country can only provide limited support due to financial difficulties. So according to the repeated calculations by Mr. Zhao and I, the funding gap will be around 10 billion."

Unlike Yang Mo, who was used to seeing units of billions, even hundreds of billions and trillions in various media in later generations, You Yakun and others took a deep breath when they heard the number of 10 billion... This is almost equal to the nominal GDP of DZ City for the entire year before last!

With so much money, unless the whole province gathers its strength, where would Texas get it from with such a small fortune? ?
Yang Mo glanced at the crowd, taking in the dumbfounded reactions of the three people, and then he smiled softly: "Admittedly, the funding gap of 10 billion is very huge, so large that a prefecture-level city should not even dream of it; but... in fact, if you really want to let go and do it, it is not impossible."

Hiss~! !
The three of them gasped again and looked at each other, but no one opened their mouths to ask.

Yang Mo was very honest. Since he had already spoken, he did not wait for You Yakun to ask any more questions and continued speaking: "In my opinion, I will divide the 10 billion funding gap into four parts to solve it."

“The first part of the funds comes from mortgage loans from the banking system.”

Yang Mo stood up, walked to the small blackboard in the conference room, picked up the chalk and wrote a few words: "The first phase of DZ City's urban expansion plan has been basically completed. Although it only renovated 5 residential areas, added 2 medium-sized industrial parks, and widened 3 new urban transportation arteries, these infrastructures are all in a corner with the commercial demonstration area. Therefore, after evaluation, there are 167 new high-quality assets... It can be seen that Mayor You is very experienced in this area."

Relying on the fact that he was not from the administrative system, Yang Mo said something that sounded very strange to outsiders, and then he knocked on the blackboard with chalk: "According to internationally accepted standards, the Dahua Industrial Park where the commercial demonstration zone is located, except for the office area of ​​Dahua Company, has been rapidly developed for more than a year and almost all of it can be rated as 3A-level high-quality assets. In addition, the secondary business districts of several nearby industrial parks have been expanding since the end of last year, and they are all very high-quality assets... Even if measured by the most stringent standards, it is at least 2A level, and there are not many even AA-."

"Therefore, with more than 340 high-quality assets in the old city, 167 high-quality assets newly developed in the new city, and no less than 600 high-quality assets with a rating of AA- or above in Dahua Industrial Park and surrounding secondary business districts... I believe that as long as the banking system does not deliberately make things difficult, it should not be difficult to get a mortgage loan of 15 billion."

You Yakun and Tian Guangyue looked at each other with deep surprise in their eyes, and then nodded without hesitation.

The public facilities and commercial facilities in Dahua Industrial Park, represented by Commercial Streets 15 and 18 and the Commodity Trading Center, are recognized as the most precious treasures. Not to mention that President Liu and Yang Mo have been flirting with each other in private, even if that is not the case, just based on the amazing appreciation potential of those assets, it would be easy to obtain a mortgage loan of around 20 billion yuan... In other words, Yang Mo's valuation of billion for the four parts of assets combined is a conservative estimate. The normal valuation should be around to billion.

However, he was willing to mortgage the assets in Dahua Industrial Park. It seemed that Yang Mo, who was stimulated by the stable tillering mode, was really determined this time. Although such a big thing as mortgaging all these assets must be approved by the Dongying Command, it is obvious that the command, which needs help from others, cannot control Yang Mo now.

Yang Mo ignored their thoughts and wrote down the number 15 on the blackboard. He turned around and said, "For the second part of the funds, I plan to raise them through social channels... The fundraising scale is limited to 15 billion. If it's less, I won't do it. If it's more, I won't give it."

15 billion!
Fundraising through social channels?

The three were shocked at first, frightened by the extremely exaggerated figure of 15 billion;

Immediately, an indescribable doubt arose.

"Mr. Yang, as far as I know, the idle private capital in Dezhou and Lanling has been almost absorbed, right? Not to mention those local units, even the township enterprises and village collective enterprises that have gradually improved in the past two years, except for basic operation and maintenance, have they not invested almost all of their funds in the Mexican overseas market development plan hosted by your company?"

Concerning his own future and destiny, You Yakun, who had the deepest karma among the three, couldn't help but speak.

Yang Mo glanced at him and smiled strangely: "Although the idle private capital in Dezhou and Lanling has been absorbed, but You City... we can't just focus on our own little piece of land!"

???

Don't just focus on your own little piece of land?

You Yakun seemed to understand something, and a dazzling light suddenly appeared in his eyes: "Boss Yang, are you saying...?"

(End of this chapter)