When Chen Xia returned to Yuezhou, it was already the eve of National Day.
In order to cover up his guilty conscience, he immediately reported the results of his trip to the United States to his father-in-law. When Gu Wei heard that no less than 800 million US dollars of investment would be settled in Yuezhou, he was overjoyed.
In particular, the Pfizer Pharmaceuticals inspection team also arrived in Yuezhou at the same time as Chen Xia.
The inspection team was led by Vice President Marcia, and Xu Hongtai personally accompanied the inspection throughout the entire process. From Yuezhou, Han Dingze, the new mayor Hu Yubin, and Gu Wei also accompanied the inspection.
This level of accompaniment is at least the highest in Zhijiang Province.
Oh, by the way, there was also a vice president of the hospital among the accompanying crowd. Well, you can think of him as being here for medical insurance and a free meal.
In fact, Chen Xia is the key person who makes the final decision.
Whether it was Xu Hongtai, the future father-in-law, Gu Wei, the father-in-law, or Marcia from Pfizer, they all came based on Chen Xia's personal opinion.
However, what puzzled Gu Wei was that Xu seemed to be particularly polite to him this time. In front of everyone, the two of them talked very happily and seemed to be very equal.
This made all the cadres present look sideways, wondering if Comrade Gu was involved? And it seemed that the two of them were very close.
Only Chen Xia was really scared. What if the old man surnamed Xu deliberately leaked something in order to help his daughter get promoted? Would he die then?
So Chen Xia felt dry-mouthed and restless throughout the whole process.
The north of Yuezhou is plain and the south is mountainous, so the plain area has a lot of options for industrial areas.
Xu Hongtai had previously secretly revealed to Chen Xia that the province was planning to build a highway starting from the provincial capital Lin'an, passing through Yuezhou, and finally reaching the port city of Ningbo.
This expressway project has been approved within the province, and the approximate route has been confirmed, so Xu Hongtai has marked on the map for Chen Xia which plots of land can be laid out in advance.
This new "Hangzhou-Ningbo Expressway" is not the first of its kind in China. The first expressway built was the "Shenda Expressway", which was started in 1984.
In order to facilitate export transportation in the future, Chen Xia’s industrial zone will either be located next to the railway, which is also the style of current state-owned factories. Some of the more powerful state-owned factories have their own dedicated railway lines.
But Chen Xia knew that in the future, the convenience of highways would be incomparable to that of railways.
Railway transportation requires scheduling. It is not convenient to travel by rail from Yuezhou to Yongbo, which is more than 100 kilometers.
The most convenient way is to use a large truck for transportation, which can make several trips back and forth in a day.
So Chen Xia and Gu Wei had already studied the map of Yuezhou at home.
This time, Chen Xia decided to plan his own "industrial zone" carefully and choose the most suitable location for future industrial layout.
Finally, the two of them narrowed down Doumen Township and Mashan Township in the north of the city. This area is mainly plains, and there is no basic farmland to protect this high-voltage line these days, so it is relatively easy to expropriate land.
Moreover, there is a freight railway station to the south of Doumen Township and Mashan Township, and the entrance and exit of the planned expressway to the north, which makes them an advantageous location for an industrial zone.
Among them, Doumen Township will establish an "International Pharmaceutical High-Tech Development Zone", which will be a provincial development zone and directly managed by the province.
In addition, a "Yuezhou Industrial Development Zone" was established in Mashan Township. Chen Xia planned to gradually transfer several enterprises under the name of the small department store and textile company to this industrial zone.
As for the transferred land, he voluntarily paid the land transfer fee, so of course it still belongs to him.
Anyway, the urban planning regulations have not been issued yet, and the nature of land use is not strictly defined. Whether it is commercial, residential or industrial land is just a matter of a word from the leaders above.
Marcia's investigation was quite serious. In addition to examining the geographical location of the construction land, she also went to Ningbo Port specifically to see with her own eyes whether the port had the export capacity.
The result made her very satisfied. With railways, planned highways and ready-made ports, there would be no problems with transportation.
Marcia knew that Chen Xia was also an official in China, and all officials needed political achievements to support them.
And in fact, building a factory in China can indeed significantly reduce costs.
You have to know that the cost of workers in the United States is very high, and there are also difficult trade unions. All of this is a headache for major companies.
The Chinese people are hardworking and diligent, which is an advantage that no other country can match.
After the inspection, Marcia signed an investment agreement with the Zhijiang Provincial Government on behalf of Pfizer.
On behalf of Four Seasons Group, Chen Shuqin signed an investment agreement with the Yuezhou Municipal Government.
All four parties were happy with the cooperation, especially Xu Hongtai and Gu Wei, who both lamented that they had a good son-in-law. This political achievement came at the perfect time.
Just when Yuezhou was bustling with development, several uninvited guests arrived.
Chris Grayling, the manager of GlaxoSmithKline, looked at Chen Xia in front of him and was very angry:
"Chen, this is unfair. We are close partners. Now that you have licensed all the patents for diabetes drugs to Pfizer, what will happen to GlaxoSmithKline? This is a huge business."
Chen Xia shrugged:
"I can't help it. The offer from Pfizer was too great. You have to remember they sold me 8% of the shares, raised the patent licensing fee to 7%, and even agreed to build a pharmaceutical factory in my hometown. I had no reason to disagree with such an offer."
Chris Grayling secretly cursed the directors of his company as a bunch of pigs who were clinging to their own interests and refused to give them up, and in the end they just gave up such a big piece of the pie.
When Chen Xia first proposed to acquire shares from the three major pharmaceutical giants, Pfizer was the most positive and directly gave 8% of the shares.
Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical gave less, but at least gave a 7% stake.
Only GlaxoSmithKline stubbornly held on to its shares and even tampered with the sildenafil production plant jointly established by the two parties, Tsuen Wan Pharmaceutical, which undoubtedly undermined the trust between the two parties.
If 97 had not arrived yet, Chen Xia would have kicked them out long ago if he needed help from British capital in Hong Kong. After all, they are not the only European pharmaceutical giants.
Other companies such as Novartis, Roche, AstraZeneca, Bayer, etc. are also powerful pharmaceutical companies, and have been seeking cooperation with Chen Xia.
Chris Grayling still refuses to give up:
"Chen, is there really no hope for our company in terms of diabetes drug cooperation? I know you're amazing, and there must be a better way to cooperate."
Chen Xia lowered his head and played with the teacup lid, remaining silent.
Chris Grayling, also a seasoned businessman, understood immediately and said firmly:
"Chen, if we also give you Pfizer's conditions, will you still continue to cooperate with us?"
Chen Xia raised his head and said with a smile, "Why not?"
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