Chapter 20 Hua Ming

Cai Zhengyang was also confused when he received Qin Haoran's call, but Qin Haoran's tone seemed a little weird on the phone. He couldn't hear the joy or anger. He just notified him to report to Governor Su's office immediately, which made Cai Zhengyang feel uneasy.

I also wanted to ask what kind of work to report, but Qin Haoran had already hung up the phone. Think about it, what he could report now was probably the highway matter, and he had a rough idea, so he didn't make any preparations to go straight.

As soon as he came out of the elevator, Governor Qin's secretary Xiao Yuan was already waiting at the elevator entrance. Cai Zhengyang asked while walking: "Xiao Yuan, what kind of work is reporting on? Is the expressway?"

"Well, it's on the expressway, but it seems that Governor Zhang and Director Meng of the Planning Commission are also here, as well as from the Provincial Foreign Affairs Office and the Foreign Trade Commission, we are waiting for you."

Cai Zhengyang was from the Provincial Foreign Affairs Office and the Foreign Trade Commission. Why is this related to these two units again? Could it be that he really accepted his suggestion and was preparing to start a joint venture? Cai Zhengyang's heart thumped. If he really started a joint venture, the provincial finance could greatly reduce the pressure. Even if the Angui Expressway could not be used for a while, it would not be delayed for too long. He had an explanation to Lao Liu.

"Zhengyang, come, I'll wait for you alone."

As soon as he stepped into the small reception room, Cai Zhengyang realized that the problem might not be that simple. The three provincial leaders of Su Juehua, Zhang Guanglan, Qin Haoran, and the provincial government secretary-general Jiang Xianzhi, then added himself and a few people from the Foreign Affairs Office, Planning Commission, and Foreign Economic and Trade Commission, which was almost a special symposium.

"Zhengyang, what's going on? Who is responsible for your highway work now?" Executive Vice Governor Zhang Guanglan was not tall, but he was very energetic. He had short hair and a pair of bright eyes, and his face was full of vigor.

"The director of the expressway office is Qin Xubin, director of the Comprehensive Planning Department of the Department, but the other two deputy directors are responsible for the daily affairs." Cai Zhengyang didn't know what was apart from the mistakes. It seemed that it was related to the expressway office. Could it be two evaluation teams? But there was no accident when Lao Qin and Zhao Guodong called back yesterday. It was normal for Xu Ming, the Planning Commission, to be hospitalized and asked Zhao Guodong to be temporarily responsible.

"Look, the Yangtze River Construction and New Century Development Group and Huaji Investment Co., Ltd., which are under the Hong Kong Hebei-Huang Group, will send a highly-specified inspection team to our province for inspection in the near future. Well, there is another letter here, which is a reply from the Hong Kong Investment and Merchants Group, and will also come to our province to inspect the investment in highway construction in the near future." Zhang Guanglan signaled the secretary to give several telexes and letters to Cai Zhengyang.

"Why is the provincial leaders not sure about such a big thing? The other party said it was an invitation letter to the inspection sent to them by the Office of the Leading Group for Expressway Construction of Anyuan Province. Governor Qin had only vaguely heard that your expressway office had this idea, but the specific situation was not clear, so we had to ask Director Zhengyang to explain our doubts for us."

Although Zhang Guanglan's question was a little unhappy, he seemed not disgusted with this matter. He was just a little unhappy about the matter and was not clear about it.

Cai Zhengyang was shocked. This was another trick by boy Zhao Guodong, but it is probably hard to say whether this matter is a trick or a good thing. It seems that the leaders are in a good mood. Could it be that these companies really want to have two expressways, Anyu or Angui?

"Governor Zhang, I know about this matter. At that time, several comrades from the expressway office believed that with the current financial situation in our province, we could broaden the financing channels from multiple parties, especially the success of the Beijing-Tong Expressway gave us great inspiration and encouragement. However, because our Anyuan is located in the inland area, we are not sure whether foreign capital intends to enter the infrastructure construction in the mainland. So after understanding the policy requirements of the State Planning Commission and the Ministry of Transport, we just sent some inviting inspection letters to welcome them to our Anyuan to inspect the investment environment for the transportation infrastructure."

"But our original intention did not hope that they could make a trip immediately, nor did they expect them to make moves on the two highways, Anyu and Angui. They just invited them to visit our province at the right time. I didn't expect their reply to come so quickly." Cai Zhengyang was also a little surprised at Zhao Guodong's methods. Zhao Guodong only mentioned this idea slightly at the time, and he agreed to try to invite it, but he did not expect that it would attract the attention of so many Hong Kong-funded consortiums. I don't know what method Zhao Guodong used to make these consortiums so interested.

"If they are interested in Anyu Expressway and Angui Expressway, what's wrong?" Su Juehua smiled, "This is a good thing. Whether it is a bot or a joint venture, we Anyuan can open the door to welcome foreign capital. As for what method to take, we can talk about it. Zhengyang, it's good that your Transportation Department can have such forward-looking awareness, but we should pay attention to venting with the province first."

"Governor Su criticized that the expressway was a bit unlucky, but I didn't expect them to be so interested at the beginning. We just invited them to inspect our investment environment in general." Cai Zhengyang immediately admitted his mistake. He was not very clear about what contact Zhao Guodong had after sending a letter to the other party, but it was certainly impossible that he could have as simple as an invitation.

"If foreign capital enters a highway project, it may require approval from the State Planning Commission. In addition, the Ministry of Transport may also have some requirements." Meng Tingjiang, director of the Provincial Planning Commission, interjected.

"These are not problems. There are already precedents and things that should be much easier to deal with. Compared to reducing the pressure on our finances, I think these difficulties can be overcome. What we need to confirm now is that the intentions of these consortiums are not very clear. If they really come for the Angui and Anyu Expressways, will the preparations we have made before be sufficient, and do we need to make additional preparations? If we really have the intention to invest or cooperate, then we have to put in a hundred times the effort to ensure success." Zhang Guanglan said in a very strong tone.

"Guanglan said it very well, Zhengyang, since it is your expressway office that is contacting this matter, then you can arrange a specific contact person immediately to understand the situation and understand the early contact situation. I think the other party cannot come here just after receiving an invitation. Our Anyuan investment environment is not so good yet. Our comrades in the expressway office are able to introduce these people to Anyuan as a success in the inspection. Even if the Anyu or Angui Expressway fails to join this time, it will be considered as laying the foundation for future cooperation."

"Hua Huang Group is the leading consortium in Hong Kong. Its Yangtze River Construction is the number one construction company in Hong Kong. It has considerable investments around the world, and the other companies are not small in scale. So I think this is a very rare opportunity. Whether it is possible to cooperate with these two expressways we are in hand now, we must receive these customers seriously. This is also the best platform to recommend our Anyuan to Hong Kong investors."

Su Juehua's words were final.

"Well, Zhengyang, Governor Juehua has already said that our province has the same opinions, that is, we welcome Hong Kong funds to our province to invest in infrastructure construction projects, especially the two highways of Anyu and Angui. When you go back, you will arrange the specific handling comrades of the expressway office and immediately devote themselves to the preparations for receiving Hong Kong visitors." Qin Haoran added.

"Well, I'll inform them to come back from Pennsylvania immediately." Cai Zhengyang nodded and agreed.

"Is that Xiao Zhao in charge of this matter?" Qin Haoran also vaguely knew that the deputy director of the expressway office was a young man transferred from a county under Andu. He was said to have good abilities and was very motivated to do things.

"Yes, it's him. It was his idea that he proposed to consider planning two expressways at the same time. He also collaborated with a comrade of the Provincial People's Bank of China Law and Regulations Department to write an article about learning from international practices, broadening financing channels, and increasing efforts to introduce foreign investment to accelerate the construction of expressways in our province. He also planned and implemented the inviting Hong Kong, the United States, Singapore and Malaysian consortiums to our province to inspect investment matters." Cai Zhengyang also seized the opportunity to push Zhao Guodong out.

"Oh?" Su Juehua raised his eyebrows, "Zhengyang, you sent this article to my office for me to take a look. Our Anyuan transportation construction is already behind. If we want to develop ahead of time, we must make multiple plans and raise funds. It is difficult to catch up with our brother provinces and cities by relying on our own strength."

"Governor Su, there are two letters of reply from the US JK Investment Group and Singapore Quanfu Investment Company. They also responded to the invitation letter sent by the Provincial Expressway Office, saying that they would send a delegation to Anyuan in the near future, which was a reply sent by their respective countries' business counselors in China." The person in charge of the Provincial Foreign Affairs Office interjected.

"Well, Zhengyang, it seems that the responsible persons of your highway are very efficient. It has only been a short time since the highway was built, and it can attract so many foreign investors at once. It is really beyond our expectations." Su Juehua smiled, "We all extended our arms to welcome you warmly. As long as we can promote the development of our Anyuan economy, we must use everything we can use."

When Zhao Guodong received a call from Cai Zhengyang's secretary to rush back to Andu immediately, he was chatting with Liu Daoyuan. Although he knew that the possibility of getting on the Angui Expressway in a short time was already slim, Liu Daoyuan was still unwilling to give up the last glimmer of hope. If he could achieve the most perfection, he must be meticulous.

"Brother Liu, it seems that things have changed." Zhao Guodong pondered for a while and decided to reveal the news to Pennsylvania to encourage Pennsylvania's morale.

"Ah?" In fact, Liu Daoyuan vaguely heard something when Zhao Guodong answered the phone. When he heard this, he was immediately excited, "Tell me quickly, what's the change?"

"Well, we sent an invitation letter to participate in the investment in highway construction in our province in the early stage. Several investment groups in Hong Kong and abroad showed considerable interest." Zhao Guodong breathed a sigh of relief. He also knew that Liu Daoyuan was under great pressure. He had been in Pennsylvania for more than a year. Although his work had improved a little, it was far from reaching the goal set by Liu Daoyuan for himself. He personally arrested Angui Expressway. If it really failed, it would have a considerable impact on his career prospects.

"Take it seriously?" Liu Daoyuan stood up in excitement. He was always so arrogant that he couldn't suppress his inner excitement at this time. In his speech, Zhao Guodong mentioned that he had done some attempts, such as contacting some well-known foreign investment consortiums and some investment companies that were interested in entering the mainland infrastructure construction projects. After having a preliminary intention, he sent an invitation letter to these consortiums and companies and attached quite detailed non-confidential information.

"It should be so. Brother Cai's secretary just called and said that Brother Cai had just come out of Governor Su. It seems that the province has a positive attitude towards introducing foreign capital into infrastructure construction, including highway construction. This is a rare opportunity." Zhao Guodong couldn't help but feel excited. If foreign capital can be introduced to highway construction, Anyuan can at least save a lot of money for other aspects of transportation construction.
Chapter completed!