2014, Huadu Urban Design and Planning Institute, conference room.
The big screen is showing the scenery of the salt fields and Sha Tau Kok in 1962, which was taken by Lin Sanqi using a drone.
On one side of the conference room, more than a dozen designers were watching intently, and from time to time someone would flip through the documents in their hands.
Lin Sanqi obtained this information from the Dongguan Provincial Geological Bureau. The information, including climate, water sources, soil types, etc., is complete but rather rough.
Lin Sanqi and his two secretaries Zhu Xinyue and Yao Zhuohan sat on one side, and next to them was a big boss Lin Yangping.
Lin Yangping is Lin Sanqi's eldest cousin. He used to be the deputy director of the Land and Resources Bureau. It was he who helped coordinate the national coal distribution map that Lin Sanqi wanted.
Now Lin Pingyang has been transferred to the Food and Drug Administration as director, the top leader, and has been promoted to a higher level.
The reason for this job transfer is actually related to Lingnan Hall.
It is already December and 2014 is almost over. In the past 11 months, the several branches of Lingnantang Group have paid a total of 5 billion yuan in taxes.
Of course, this tax is mainly generated by Chinese herbal medicine sales companies because there is no way to cheat.
Lingnantang Chinese Medicine Clinic and Southern Pharmaceutical Factory are currently in a state of huge losses, so the tax revenue is very small and can be ignored...
With a total tax revenue of 5 billion, Lingnantang Group surpassed Guangdong Pharmaceutical Group, the largest pharmaceutical company in Dongguan Province.
This tax amount is not only among the highest in Huadu City, but also among the top 100 in the province.
For the government, if you have high taxes, then you are a "good enterprise", so they need to protect your enterprise and absolutely not allow external factors to interfere with the normal operation of the enterprise.
Therefore, the superior leaders decided to transfer Lin Yangping to the Food and Drug Administration to take up a position with the aim of fully supporting Lingnan Hall.
Even the superiors thought that Lin Sanqi and Lin Yangping were brothers and relatives, and even if there was any transfer of interests, it was their family's business and there was no need to interfere too much.
Lin Yangping was promoted to a higher rank because of this. Even if Lingnan Hall can develop to a higher level, it is not impossible for Lin Yangping to be promoted to another rank in the future.
Lin Yangping was also tacitly regarded as the bridge between the government and Lingnan Hall. If there were any needs, Lin Yangping would provide full assistance and all units in the city would fully cooperate.
So, when Lin Sanqi said he wanted help from the Urban Design Institute, Lin Yangping arranged to contact the design unit and accompanied him throughout the process.
After the video ended, Xu Xiong, the director of the Huadu Urban Design and Planning Institute, frowned and asked uncertainly:
"Mr. Lin, this plot of land in the video and the geological data you provided always feel very familiar to me, just like the Shenzhen from decades ago.
Everyone, look here. Does this look like Sha Tau Kok? If there weren't any traces of Yantian Port in this video, I'd really suspect this video was shot 45 years ago in the undeveloped Bao'an County.
Lin Sanqi thought, good, not bad, this old man has good vision and seems to have real talent and knowledge.
Of course, he denied it verbally, and he would never admit it even if he was beaten to death:
"President Xu, the Earth is so vast, and there are many regions with similar geographical features. This is just a coincidence. If this video was shot 45 years ago, how could it have such clarity? Haha.
To be honest, this place is an undeveloped area in Africa. Our company plans to build a modern industrial park here, mainly producing medicines, machine tools and other high-tech products, with a high starting point.
We will also build new schools here, not just primary and secondary schools, but universities. In the long term, we could even create a university town with multiple universities. Your design should factor this in.
What about commercial areas, residential areas, etc.? You are more professional in this area. Of course, there is a premise: we are not speculating in real estate, but are committed to doing business. There is no need for fancy designs.
My requirement is that the design of this industrial zone, or in other words, the design of the future city, must be of high standards and a high starting point. Our goal is to build this into the world's most advanced industrial park, and then build a new city based on this industrial zone."
Lin Sanqi himself is an outsider, but he knows that an industrial zone or a new city must be planned in advance.
Without planning, if we build a factory in the east and a factory in the west, it will end up in a mess and the land utilization rate will be low.
Lin Sanqi is now in the Sha Tau Kok Industrial Zone. What if he is lucky enough to establish the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone ahead of time?
Don’t look at how powerful Hong Kong was in 1962, but a few decades later, Shenzhen’s GDP surpassed Hong Kong’s.
Dean Xu chuckled, thinking to himself, "How could I have thought this was the Bao'an County of the past?" He really shouldn't have lost his composure in front of such a big customer.
"Mr. Lin, thank you for your trust in our design institute. Don't worry, we will design this industrial park strictly according to your requirements. If one day this industrial park is truly completed and becomes the brightest star in Africa, then we will be proud, right?"
Everyone in the conference room chuckled.
Lin Sanqi was the client's boss, so he naturally felt more relaxed and began to guide these experts:
"Urban planning is quite interesting. For example, if I plan to build a branch line from this railway to connect this industrial zone, how should the railway be planned? This needs to be designed in advance, and we also need to consider whether this railway can become a light rail or subway line in the future.
For example, if we go beyond this area, it would be interesting to place the first batch of power plants, cement plants, etc. where they will not pollute the environment and will be convenient for logistics and transportation.
Unfortunately, I'm not an expert, so I'll leave this to you guys. My request is that we complete it as quickly as possible without sacrificing design quality. I'd also like to trouble you designers to work overtime. Thank you for your hard work for a while."
Dean Xu touched his sparse hair and smiled bitterly:
"Don't worry, Director Lin. Working overtime is child's play for us. With all the private design institutes popping up one after another, and foreign counterparts competing with us, our Huadu Design Institute is under a lot of pressure.
Here, I would like to thank our old leader, Director Lin, for thinking of us at the first time, so that we don't have to compete with our peers, undercut each other on price, or engage in intrigue. Thank you so much."
Lin Yangping also laughed:
"Because I've worked at the Land and Resources Bureau, I naturally know the level of the design institute, so I suggested that Director Lin come directly to our office. Of course, I also told Director Lin that the design fees should be generous. After all, you get what you pay for."
Hehehe~~~Everyone in the conference room laughed again.
Lin Sanqi also laughed. Not to mention that he had plenty of money, even if he did, he wouldn't save on this little bit of design fee.
Because his cousin Lin Yangping is already tied to him, the better Lingnan Hall develops, the more power and stability Lin Yangping will have, and he will be promoted quickly.
The higher Lin Yangping's official rank, the more likely he will become the "umbrella" of Lingnan Hall in the future, helping the Lingnan Hall Group to develop smoothly.
This is a mutual complement and common progress.
The key point is that Lin Yangping and Lin Sanqi are from the same clan. Under the strong clan concept in the south, there is almost no fratricide.
So Lin Sanqi can definitely rely on this cousin.
Now, Lin Sanqi will definitely use money to pave the way for Lin Yangping, including winning people's hearts.
"Okay, since Director Lin has said so, then we can discuss everything. We don't need any complicated procedures like bidding. Director Xu, just tell me the amount, and I'll have my secretary transfer the money immediately. You can start work today."
Dean Xu was a little excited:
"Okay, okay, Director Lin is a straightforward person. We'll deduct the PR fees from our quote, and then give you a discount within my authority. If you're designing 50 square kilometers, we'll charge 10 million.
If the design is based on 500 square kilometers, then it would be 20 million, and so on. Mr. Lin just said it was 1,900 square kilometers, so the fee would be 30 million. I wonder if Mr. Lin has any objections?"
Lin Sanqi thought that the design fee was really expensive.
If we think like people in the 1960s, would we need to design a few factories and dormitories? Wouldn't it be better to buy a few more machines with the money?
But for Lin Sanqi, a modern man, this money cannot be saved. Effectively and fully utilizing the land is something that will benefit the present and future generations. (End of this chapter)
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