King of Industry

  Chapter 873 The main problem is funding

  When Zhao Guoyang followed Fang Xuesen and Li Kejian to the Ministry of Railways, leader Jia Zhichun was already waiting in the office.

   After exchanging pleasantries, everyone sat down as guest and host.

  After the secretary served tea for everyone, Leader Jia first said to Li Kejian: "Mr. Li, this time I really took advantage of you by inviting Researcher Zhao, a strong backup, so soon!"

   Li Kejian smiled and said humbly when he heard the words: "Leader Jia is too polite! Guoyang heard that the Ministry of Railways has an important task here, so he immediately put down what he was doing and rushed over. It really has nothing to do with me."

   "Haha, Mr. Li is very modest, this point is very worth learning! Lao Fang, don't you think so?"

   Jia Zhichun looked at Fang Xuesen cheerfully and said.

   Fang Xuesen, who was drinking tea, heard this and nodded with a "huh" and said: "That's right! Mr. Li's high morals are really worthy of our study!"

  Seeing that the two leaders praised themselves with one word from you and one from me, Li Kejian felt a little helpless.

  He glanced at the indifferent Zhao Guoyang, spread his hands and said: "Okay, you two don't waste your words on me. Let's ask Guoyang to talk about his thoughts!"

  Jia Zhichun froze for a moment, not understanding what Li Kejian meant.

Seeing this, Fang Xuesen on the side quickly explained: "Old Jia, when we were in our ministry just now, Mr. Li and I had already been vaccinated with Guoyang in advance. The country's three major requirements for the Ministry of Railways in the next few years, he is now It's all clear."

   "And, ah, Guoyang said too much, saying that there is a way to solve the problem!"

  After hearing this, Jia Zhichun was taken aback: "What? Guoyang said that there are solutions to the three major problems of our Ministry of Railways?"

  Seeing the eagerness of Leader Jia, Fang Xuesen stopped teasing him, and nodded to Zhao Guoyang with a smile, which meant that it was his turn to appear.

  Zhao Guoyang scratched his head, coughed and said, "Yes, Leader Jia. Although our country's leaders put forward several new requirements for the railway system, although there are certain difficulties, I think it can be achieved."

  After hearing Zhao Guoyang's first words, Jia Zhichun's eyes suddenly lit up.

  The leader rubbed his hands vigorously, scratched his head and said, "Guoyang, come on, tell us quickly how we can achieve these goals."

  Zhao Guoyang nodded slightly, and began his own discussion.

  He recounted calmly: "The first requirement is the increase in mileage."

   "This question is actually the best solution. Because it is related to the next question, I will let it go for a while and answer it later..."

  When Zhao Guoyang was talking, the three bosses in the office were all listening intently, not daring to be distracted in the slightest.

  After experiencing all kinds of events before, everyone seems to have some blind trust in this young Researcher Zhao.

   Of course, this is not difficult to understand.

   After all, Zhao Guoyang has created too many miracles in industry and technology.

Zhao Guoyang paused for a moment, and then said: "Let's talk about the second requirement first, which is to build a new trunk line running through the north and south of the country. This requirement is actually very in place, and it is completely in line with the rapid development of our Chinese economy. development needs."

  Listening to Zhao Guoyang's judgment, the three leaders in the office looked at me and you, and nodded in agreement.

  Indeed, the request made by the state leaders before is actually just an advance of the previous "five-year plan" of the Ministry of Railways.

  In the "Five-Year Plan" set by the Ministry of Railways last year, it was intended to build such a north-south "trunk line" within the five-year period.

   This matter is not too difficult. After all, the Ministry of Railways receives some funding from the Finance Office every year.

   It is still possible to take part of it and accumulate five years to build a "trunk line".

  But now the leader waved his hand and moved this time forward by three years, which caused Jia Zhichun and the heads of the Ministry of Railways a headache.

After Zhao Guoyang said a few words, Jia Zhichun interjected: "Guoyang, the leader's request is of course correct. However, our Ministry of Railways really has no money now. Even if we are given two years to prepare, I can’t even afford the start-up funds...it’s hard!”

  Jia Zhichun is really not crying about being poor, but really poor.

  Although the Ministry of Railways seems to have a big business, it has deployed railway bureaus all over the country, which are directly under the jurisdiction of the Ministry.

  However, the income of these railway bureaus, after deducting labor wages and equipment maintenance money, is actually not much.

  There are many remote mountainous areas, and it is not uncommon for the Railway Bureau to make ends meet.

   It is undoubtedly a fantasy to rely on the income of these railway bureaus to build a north-south "trunk line".

  Listening to Leader Jia's grievances, Fang Xuesen said suspiciously: "Old Jia, didn't the big leader promise to allocate 30 million yuan to your Ministry of Railways? Why, isn't this money enough for the start-up capital?"

   Facing Fang Xuesen's question, Jia Zhichun explained with a sad face: "Old Fang, stop teasing me."

   "The 30 million promised by the leader is allocated in batches. Moreover, even if we allocate 30 million to the Ministry of Railways in one go, it is not enough start-up capital."

   "Your old side doesn't know how much manpower and material resources are needed for the construction of such a 'trunk line' by the Ministry of Railways to measure and evaluate! Thirty million, nothing can be done..."

   Seeing that Leader Jia did not seem to be lying, Fang Xuesen nodded in relief.

   Turning his head to look at Li Kejian, he asked in a low voice: "Old Li, about Lao Jia, please look at the Ministry of Machinery and Electronics Industry, can you help me a little?"

   "Although we can support extremely limited funds, we can support a large part of the technical personnel, right?"

  After listening to Leader Fang's question, Li Kejian nodded lightly and said, "Yes, Leader Fang. In terms of technical support, our department must do our best to help Leader Jia and the others."

   "However, the technicians we sent over also have to eat. Without enough start-up funds, we can't let everyone eat corn bread, right?"

  After Li Kejian finished speaking, Fang Xuesen's face became a little solemn.

  At this moment, he finally understood Jia Zhichun's difficulty.

   Indeed, without enough start-up funds, this matter is really difficult to move forward.

   Just when the three leaders were at a loss, Li Qingyun coughed and opened his mouth.

He scratched his head and said to Jia Zhichun sincerely: "Leader Jia, now you think the most important problem is the funding problem, right? If I can solve this problem, can our project be approved as soon as possible? "

  Jia Zhichun was slightly taken aback, and soon remembered the magic of Zhao Guoyang.

  At that moment, he nodded again and again: "Yes, absolutely! As long as Guoyang can help our Ministry of Railways solve this funding problem, I guarantee that the project will be approved within three days and construction will start immediately!"

  Jia Zhichun's words were intentionally or unintentionally set up a trap.

  He didn’t add the word “start” in front of the funding problem he mentioned. Naturally, he wanted Zhao Guoyang to help solve the follow-up funding problem.

   This leader's careful thinking, of course, cannot be hidden from Zhao Guoyang.

  He smiled indifferently, and said calmly: "Leader Jia, I have a good idea about the funding issue. Let me tell you, and you can see if it works!"

  Jia Zhichun, of course, wished for this, and nodded repeatedly to signal Zhao Guoyang to speak.

  Zhao Guoyang didn't make a fool of himself, and directly expressed his thoughts.

He calmly said: "Before I tell my thoughts, I have a question to ask Leader Jia. I don't know if you and the relevant departments of the Ministry of Railways were calculating the construction funds required for this 'trunk line'. , What is the calculated result?"

  After hearing Zhao Guoyang's question, Jia Zhichun said with a bitter face: "Of course we have calculated this figure carefully. After compression and compression, the total investment has exceeded 40 billion yuan..."

  The number that Jia Zhichun revealed surprised Fang Xuesen and Li Kejian.

   But thinking about it, they were relieved. For such a long railway, the consumption of steel alone is an astronomical figure.

  Besides, railway steel has many special requirements on the quality of steel, and the unit price is much more expensive than ordinary steel.

  40 billion may not really be Jia Zhichun’s exaggeration.

  Compared to the astonishment of the two leaders Fang Xuesen and Li Kejian, Zhao Guoyang seemed much calmer.

  After hearing the number reported by Jia Zhichun, he smiled and said, "Well, this number is about the same as what I estimated, so there should be a chance to solve the problem!"

   After saying this sentence, Zhao Guoyang quickly expressed his thoughts.

Seriously looking at Leader Jia, he said categorically: "Leader Jia, in fact, you have entered into a misunderstanding about the funds for railway construction. In my opinion, it does not need our Ministry of Railways to raise it at all, but You can hand it over to the following place..."

Jia Zhichun was startled when he heard the words, then smiled wryly and shook his head, "Guoyang, you may not understand some things. Among the more than ten bureau-level railway sub-bureaus under our railway line, only four or five are profitable. Moreover, even if this The profits of the four or five profitable branches are also very limited.”

   "If you want to rely on them for support, it's tantamount to dreaming!"

  After Jia Zhichun finished speaking, Zhao Guoyang said with a smile that was not a smile: "Leader Jia, you have misunderstood. The 'place' I am talking about is not the railway sub-bureaus!"

   Hearing that Zhao Guoyang seemed to mean something, Fang Xuesen and Li Kejian, who had been observing, were suspicious.

   "Guoyang, what do you mean..." Jia Zhichun seemed to have guessed something, and looked at Zhao Guoyang with a dazed look.

  Zhao Guoyang smiled slightly, and then said separately: "Yes, the 'place' I mentioned refers to various provinces, prefecture-level cities, and county-level cities, not the railway bureaus of various places!"

  (end of this chapter)