In name only: The land of Handong, I shall rule its fate.

It's so good to be young!

Lin Zhiyuan watched the figure gradually disappear, and realized that he seemed to have aged as well, and the new generation had grown up.

ponder for a moment.

Lin Zhiyuan picked up the red landline phone on the seat.

"Yo!"

A sarcastic voice quickly came through the receiver, "Let me see who this is? Governor Lin, what brings you to call me?"

"Share the money!"

Lin Zhiyuan put it succinctly, "The Handong online government affairs platform has been fully operational at the provincial level, so we're here to repay Director Xiao's money."

"this one?"

Director Xiao's response was lukewarm; it was as if he didn't even want to listen to the phone anymore.

"It seems Director Xiao's wallet is quite thick this year! Well then, Handong is not well-off this year either, so the repayment plan is suspended. I'll have Comrade Denggao invest the limited funds into the new construction."

Lin Zhiyuan laughed and said, "By the way, Director Xiao! Jingzhou is planning to build two more subway lines. Could you please help approve them and lend us another 20 billion?"

"You dare!"

The other party immediately became furious, "Hey Lin, if you dare to borrow money and not pay it back, I'll fly over right now and strangle you."

"Another 20 billion?"

"Jingzhou is such a small place, yet it has so many subway lines. Do the people of Jingzhou live in residential communities or sleep on subway lines?"

"Do you know how many cities in the country don't even have a single subway line?"

"One sentence."

"No approval! No money! Two hundred billion still needs to be repaid! Otherwise I'll... I'll call the police!"

Director Xiao was furious. Which local guy would dare to owe the Development and Reform Commission money and not pay it back?

"Here you go! Here you go! Didn't I see you weren't in a hurry just now?"

Lin Zhiyuan casually said, "We'll start selling within the province. Thirteen cities, including some counties, will be attending the press conference. Do you have time to attend?"

"I'm busy!"

"Don't try to sweet-talk me with those 'you' titles. We're on equal footing now, so don't even think about using my name to sabotage Handong."

Director Xiao flatly refused, but after scolding him, he suddenly realized something and asked in confusion, "Does your province need to purchase additional online government service platforms? Are counties and cities participating too?"

Isn't this supposed to be a set for each province?

"Hey! Don't even mention it."

Lin Zhiyuan chuckled and said, "As you know, the thirteen cities in Handong are all quite individualistic and don't submit to the provincial government's control; the other twelve prefecture-level cities also look down on the provincial capital, Jingzhou. Similarly, the counties and cities below them also look down on their own prefecture-level cities. So the situation is complicated, and there are quite a few special customized versions."

Ah!

Director Xiao was amused. He knew something about the situation in Handong, but he hadn't expected it to be shattered like this.

"If everyone's doing their own thing, what's the point of having a provincial-level platform?"

Director Xiao questioned.

"Oh, this?"

Lin Zhiyuan frankly replied, "We only provide a skinning service; the core is still the same and interchangeable. It's just to give them some psychological comfort and save face."

"And what about the cost?"

Director Xiao suddenly remembered that Lin Zhiyuan had indeed mentioned the county or city when he gave him the quote, but he hadn't taken it seriously. It turned out that he was really selling it.

"Customized versions are bound to be more expensive."

Lin Zhiyuan smiled contentedly as he said this, "Fifty million for Jingzhou, sixty million for Lüzhou, thirty-five million for Hannan, thirty million for Hanzhong and Lincheng, twenty-five million for Hanbei, and twenty million for counties and cities."

"oh!"

"The three companies from Hao County, Feng County, and Gang County want the ultimate, unbeatable, deluxe VIP upgraded version, at 42 million each."

puff!

Director Xiao, who was drinking tea, couldn't hold it in and sprayed it all over the table. The group of dogs from Handong always complained about being poor, but they spent money extravagantly, especially Luzhou, who exuded the air of nouveau riche from top to bottom.

He was truly impressed.

"Sell well! Remember to send the money over regularly."

Director Xiao tried his best to keep his tone calm.

"must."

"Director Xiao, don't you trust me?"

Lin Zhiyuan assured, "But Jingzhou still needs to apply for the subway line project; Xiaoma and Xiaochu next door are still waiting to be developed."

puff!

Director Xiao, who thought he was calm and composed enough, struck again. Damn it, are Wuhu, Ma'anshan and Chuzhou part of your Handong? You start building the subway, watch out, Hanzi might come with a watermelon knife and chop you from the east to the west.

"I can't decide that. Go find Mr. Wang yourself."

Director Xiao didn't want to hear anything about the cold winter anymore. "If there's nothing else, I'm hanging up."

"Yes, yes, yes, don't hang up."

Lin Zhiyuan hurriedly said, without bothering to beat around the bush, "The first new energy vehicle produced in Handong has rolled off the CA modification line and has begun real-world road testing. At the same time, the online vehicle transportation platform that Jingzhou has been preparing for a long time is also ready to go online. I would like to ask the ministries to invest in it."

"Oh?"

Director Xiao immediately became interested, "Are you willing to share the goose that lays the golden eggs, you gluttonous creature?"

Despite the current subsidy wars waged by ride-hailing platforms, once the Jingzhou platform enters the fray, backed by the government, it will be unmatched at least within Handong Province and will also capture a significant portion of the national market. Unlike other platforms, it won't need to engage in large-scale, reckless subsidy wars, and profitability is guaranteed.

The reason boils down to two words: safety and security!

"Director Xiao, ride-hailing platforms are different from other industries. The platforms themselves need precise guidance, which means that the platforms themselves have a huge amount of map information and customer information. I think that such platforms still need to be controlled by the state to some extent."

"In addition, the entry threshold for ride-hailing drivers is relatively low, and the quality of passengers is often unknown. There is no absolutely dominant party, and the correct concepts need to be guided in the early stages of the industry's development."

Lin Zhiyuan's tone turned serious as he explained in detail:

"Within Handong Province, the provincial party committee and government can make guarantees. But outside the province, the province's influence is not enough."

clear!

Director Xiao also realized this, and he thought about it even more. It wasn't just the ride-hailing industry, but also the food delivery, express delivery, and freight industries were the same. In fact, map information in other industries was becoming more and more accurate, and all of these were major factors involving national security.

Previously, the focus was on navigation companies and organizations, while there was a lack of corresponding supervision on application platforms.

"I will bring this up. We don't need to hand over the 10 billion yuan from Handong. We can directly inject it into the ride-hailing platform."

Director Xiao said directly, "Don't forget to send a note."

Row!

Lin Zhiyuan nodded in satisfaction and continued to the next topic, "Director Xiao, also, wind power and solar power have been developing rapidly in Hanbei recently, but their power generation efficiency is unstable. I plan to apply for another batch of supporting energy storage projects."

"For security reasons."

"Handong will establish a BMS research center to ensure the safety of energy storage, focusing on two aspects: new energy vehicles and wind and solar energy storage."

"Currently, the market treats BMS as a simple circuit board protection, but I believe that its necessity should be systematically recognized and integrated as a system that combines the battery brain, a safety gateway, and a data node."

"If the pilot test goes smoothly."

"The province will disband the research center and disperse its main researchers to related industries such as new energy vehicles, wind and solar power, and traditional hydropower. This will break down a series of problems at the provincial level, such as departmental coordination, research and development difficulties, and long return cycles, and promote the development of the industry in all aspects, thus safeguarding the development of new energy and energy storage."

Ah!

Director Xiao chuckled, "Old Hao has been giving you quite a few favors lately, hasn't he?"