Spring Breeze Twenty Years

Chapter 723 Talks

9:45.

Mayor Xidumi, accompanied by relevant leaders from the Investment Promotion Bureau and the Planning Bureau, arrived at the Changchun Hotel. At this time, the separation of responsibilities between the Party and the government had already begun in China.

The waiter led the group of leaders directly to Xiaowei's suite. After shaking hands and exchanging pleasantries, they sat down in the reception room. The waiter immediately served tea; Xiaowei didn't even need to call it, as the hotel leaders were already personally waiting outside. He also wanted to advance his career.

Li Weibing and Wang Gang were no longer fit to be in the public eye, so they automatically retreated to the bedroom.

Xiao Wei was actually a little nervous. It was the first time he had ever seriously dealt with such a high-ranking leader. Although his father-in-law was now a high-ranking official, and he saw Old Chen every day, and also dealt with Director Qin, Director Li, Director Wang and the like, those were all uncles and elders, completely different from this.

"Welcome to invest in Jibei. Xidu is a cultural city with a rich history, and it needs energetic and ambitious young people like you to start businesses and develop. The future of Xidu depends on you young people. We are all getting old and can't keep up with you." Mayor Mi started the conversation with the tone and demeanor of an elder, and his gestures were full of official airs.

In fact, the higher you go, the less pretentious you become, because you no longer need to use anything external to emphasize yourself.

For example, making a phone call.

"Hello, I am XXO, the head of the XX section of the XX Bureau of XX City (XX District)."

"I am XXX from XX City (XX District)".

"I am XXX, please speak."

Once you reach a certain position and height, all the extraneous things become unnecessary, because at that point, you yourself become the height.

Xiao Wei licked his lips and said, "I'm a little nervous. This is the first time I've sat down and talked with the leaders so formally." Everyone smiled kindly, and Chen Hui covered his face.

Xiao Wei thought for a moment and said, "We are a newly established group company this year, and we are still newcomers. There are still many things we don't understand. If there is anything we have done wrong, we hope that the leaders will give us more guidance and criticism in the future. We are young and there is still time to correct it."

"This trip to Xidu is part of our group's third phase of development. Jilin Province is a large province, and we are all one family in Northeast China. We believe in the development prospects of our hometown. The purpose of our group is to develop industry in Northeast China, and we are confident that we will achieve our goal."

Mayor Mi asked, "Could you elaborate on your company and your development plans?"

Xiao Wei said, "Our company's main businesses are real estate, food, high-end restaurants, car sales, pig farming, and feed processing. Currently, we have eleven residential construction sites under construction in Liaodong, three large food factories, and more than forty food sales outlets and consignment points."

We currently have two high-end hotels, and six more branches have been renovated and are awaiting opening. Our hotels use traditional techniques passed down for six generations, which are very popular with high-end customers. At the same time, we have purchased our own winery in France to supply authentic French champagne to the hotels, and our beer will soon be produced domestically.

In terms of car sales, we are the authorized dealers for Tianjing's Xiali sedans and Dafa vans, as well as Bayu Changan's vans and mini-trucks in the three northeastern provinces. We will soon be opening sales outlets throughout the Northeast.

Regarding pig farming, we have our own breeding techniques and two large-scale pig farms in Liaodong, where we are currently breeding pigs. The feed mill that originated from this has partnered with the Northeast Agricultural University laboratory to jointly research and develop a new generation of organic feed.

All the shops, buildings, and land mentioned above are owned by us and are fully owned.

Starting next year, we plan to establish a headquarters and four branch offices in the three northeastern provinces plus eastern Inner Mongolia, using these four branches as centers for expansion and development. Currently, the headquarters in Fengtian and the branch office in Xingcheng are under construction, the location for the Liaodong branch is being considered, and the location for Xidu is up to the leaders present here. We are certainly full of confidence.”

An official from the China Merchants Group asked, "Chairman Zhang, could you give a brief overview of the employment situation?"

Xiao Wei thought for a moment and said, "So far, we have nearly a thousand employees already on the job, and about seven hundred people are in training. By this time next year, we expect to have around three thousand employees, not including those in Jibei and Longjiang."

Mayor Mi asked, "Why are there so many?"

Xiao Wei said, "A restaurant typically has about 40 to 60 people. As for the food, we do retail sales, with 3 to 5 people per store. But we have a lot of stores. For example, Xidu plans to have 30 stores here. Fengtian plans to have 90 stores. Then we need to add transportation, supporting workshops, logistics personnel, and so on."

Real estate also requires a lot of manpower. We currently have seven construction teams, plus engineers, office staff, and external liaisons, so our headcount is quite high. If the Xidu branch starts construction, we will recruit local workers for all positions except for engineers and key personnel.

The official from the investment promotion bureau nodded and said to Mayor Mi, "Yes, he has a real estate company, which is a labor-intensive industry."

Mayor Mi asked, "How much investment do you plan to make in Xidu? What changes might occur?"

Xiao Wei said, "The main construction and equipment investment will definitely cost at least 20 million yuan by the time it's completed. This figure will indeed change, but it's going to be higher. We also plan to purchase some properties in the city for renovation, but that figure can't be finalized yet."

An official from the investment promotion company asked, "Are there any requirements for this portion of the properties?"

Xiao Wei said, "The location should be conveniently located with a wide service area. Ideally, it should be an old building with a strong historical atmosphere, a distinctive building, and preferably a representative old building that can exist for a long time in the new urban planning. Of course, the land area cannot be too small, and the number of floors cannot be less than three. We have already bought a number of such buildings in Fengtian and Dalian, and the renovation in Fengtian is nearing completion."

The investment promotion official thought for a moment and said, "We have quite a few buildings in Xidu that meet these criteria, but we can't guarantee that they will exist in the new round of urban planning in the long term. That's a problem. After all, urban planning and development need to move forward; modernization and urbanization are the long-term goals."

Xiao Wei said, "Yesterday I walked around and looked around, and I also thought about this problem. Actually, there is another way to resolve this conflict, which is to maintain the integrity of the land ownership. If redevelopment is needed in the future, as long as it does not affect the ownership, we can carry out the construction ourselves. Of course, we will respect Xidu's planning guidelines."

Chen Hui said, "In fact, preserving some old buildings does not affect the overall planning of a city, nor does it affect modernization and urbanization. Old buildings represent a piece of history, and their existence can better prove the city's heritage and greatness. I have been to many places abroad, where cities are developing faster than ours, but they do not insist on complete modernization. On the contrary, they attach more importance to the protection of old buildings and old city areas."

(End of this chapter)