Lin Sanqi was too lazy to bargain, so he said generously:
"Okay, then we'll take Dean Xu's quote. I'm not stingy, so just design it for 1,900 square kilometers. The initial design fee of 10 million will be paid immediately."
Director Xu and the people in the design institute were excited. Not only would they have enough to eat this year, they would also have work tasks for next year.
"Okay, okay, Director Lin, don't worry. Give us a week to design the 50 square kilometers. We will definitely produce the drawings as soon as possible and will definitely not delay your project."
Lin Sanqi stood up and said, "That's it, happy cooperation."
At the entrance of the design institute, Director Xu and a group of his subordinates watched Maybach leave.
At this time, one designer couldn't help it:
"Hey, have you noticed that the geological data Boss Lin just gave me looks like Shenzhen to me?
If you look at the terrain of this 1,900 square kilometers, the southeast is higher, the northwest is relatively low, most of the area is low hills, interspersed with gentle plateaus, and the west is a coastal plain.
The key is to look at this location. This is the highest mountain on the map. Isn't it exactly the same location as Wutong Mountain in Shenzhen? Just now I was wondering if I had time-traveled back 50 years to participate in the development and design of Shenzhen?
"Yes, yes, I feel the same way."
"Shenzhen's urban design was a compulsory course in my school back then. No wonder it looks so familiar."
"I don't know where this place is in Africa. I really want to go and see it. Will it replicate the miracle of Shenzhen?"
Dean Xu was actually muttering in his heart, but he was the leader and knew Party A's affairs. He asked what he should ask and didn't ask what he shouldn't ask.
"Okay, since Director Lin is so anxious to get the blueprints, let's work overtime these few days to design the Sha Tau Kok Salt Field Port first."
Hehehe~~~Everyone started laughing again.
"But the blueprints that Director Lin brought out weren't the real Shenzhen after all, and he had his own requirements. He wanted to build a branch railway, design a new port, and even have a large industrial zone. So we'll design the industrial park based on that idea.
But if we were to design for the entire 1,900 square kilometers of land, we could refer to Shenzhen's successful experience and make design adjustments. This way, the entire project wouldn't be too tiring, and we could hopefully complete the entire design within a month."
A young designer murmured in the background:
"Isn't that just copying Shenzhen's urban planning..."
Dean Xu was not angry, but said earnestly:
"The fact that Shenzhen has become a first-tier city shows that its urban planning is successful. Since there are precedents, why can't we learn from them? However, Shenzhen's urban construction also has its share of failures.
For example, so many high-quality core plots have been turned into golf courses, which absolutely should not be the case; for another example, the renovation of urban villages is not thorough, with all that is beautiful on the outside but rotten on the inside; for another example, there are more north-south roads and fewer east-west roads, causing severe congestion throughout the city.
Now that we've identified these issues in Shenzhen, we must avoid these failures when designing projects for Africa. This way, our designs can be perfect, and history will bear witness to the foresight of our Huadu Design Institute."
When the staff heard this, they agreed.
Since you are ready to copy the homework and know where you made mistakes, you can revise it in advance and get 100 points in the end.
"Let's go, let's go. This is a 30 million dollar project. We need to take good care of Director Lin."
"Work overtime, everyone, work overtime. We'll divide into several groups and summarize the results at the end!"
In the Maybach, Lin Sanqi and Lin Yangping were also discussing another matter.
"Boss, I had my secretary look up information on the Huadu Railway Vehicles Co., Ltd. you recommended. They seem to be a high-speed rail maintenance company, right? Do they really have the locomotive technology I need?"
Lin Yangping smiled awkwardly:
"Let's see for ourselves. Huadu Railway Vehicles Co., Ltd. was originally under the jurisdiction of the Huadu Railway Bureau. Its fate has little to do with us. It wasn't a restructuring a few years ago; now the company has been assigned to our area."
You know that state-owned enterprises in our southern region are having a tough time, so today your boss wants to make a large purchase, so please see if you can help. If it doesn't meet your requirements, then forget it."
Lin Sanqi thought, not only are state-owned enterprises in the south having a hard time, but they are also in the north.
Besides, it is a false proposition that state-owned enterprises are having a hard time. Haven’t you seen that a crystal chandelier at the headquarters of a certain state-owned enterprise is worth tens of millions? They have money, but the money is not distributed to their employees.
An hour later, when Lin Sanqi and Lin Yangping arrived at Huadu Railway Vehicle Co., Ltd. on the outskirts of the city, a large group of people were already waiting there.
There are not only people from Huadu Railway Vehicle Co., Ltd., but also people from Huadu Railway Bureau.
As everyone started introducing themselves and greeting each other, Lin Sanqi couldn't help but admire the southerners' keen sense of smell.
Because the officials of the Railway Bureau are just trying to see if there is any opportunity for cooperation.
But Lin Sanqi knew that the main character would probably have no chance today, while those who came to take advantage of the traffic might return with a full load.
Hong Yanlai, the general manager of Huadu Railway Vehicle Co., Ltd., led a group of people and politely introduced:
"Mr. Lin, our factory was originally called Huadu Railway Vehicles Factory, which was affiliated with the Huadu Railway Bureau. It was a large-scale railway industrial enterprise invested and built by the state during the Seventh Five-Year Plan period, with the maintenance of refrigerated transport equipment as its main product.
Our factory covers an area of over one million square meters and employs over 500 professional and technical personnel. With advanced technology, comprehensive equipment, and diversified operations, we are gradually becoming the passenger car maintenance base of the Huadu Railway Bureau.
At the same time, we mainly produce railway insulated cars, with five workshops under our management: assembly, stamping, accessories, bogies, and lumber processing, as well as two sub-units: the wheel branch and the passenger car branch.
Lin Sanqi did not express any opinion, but followed and toured.
After a round of walking, Lin Sanqi realized that the railway system must have misunderstood his meaning. What he wanted was the diesel locomotive technology, but Huadu Railway Vehicles Co., Ltd. did not have the capabilities in this area.
They mainly produce cold chain carriages.
Of course, they have a full set of testing equipment and can repair ordinary trains and high-speed trains, so they are very strong in this regard.
Lin Sanqi looked around, and finally, while sitting in the conference room, he revealed his true purpose:
"Mr. Hong, I understand your hospitality today. I understand your desire to cooperate. However, I'm here with my cousin, Director Lin Yangping, and my main goal is to acquire some internal combustion locomotive technology."
Hong Yanlai was disappointed when she heard this, but she was also a little puzzled:
"Director Lin, internal combustion engines are now obsolete technology. Our ordinary trains are now powered by electricity. Take the Huadu Railway Bureau for example. Except for a few railway lines, almost all of them have been electrified."
Lin Sanqi smiled:
"The domestic railway market is dominated by you, the big brother railway company, so it's impossible for a private company like us to get involved. I mainly do export business, and my customers are mainly in Africa. Many old railways there still use steam engines, so bringing in internal combustion engines would definitely be high-tech."
People in the country keep calling each other "Brothers of Asia, Africa and Latin America".
In fact, we know very little about Africa. Our first impression of them is that they are poor, our second impression is that they are dark, and our third impression is that they ask us to reduce our debts all the time.
Moreover, there are 54 countries in Africa, and many places are war-torn areas, so it is absolutely no problem for Lin Sanqi to push everything onto Africa.
At this time, Shi Yunnan from the Railway Bureau next to him suddenly said:
"Director Lin, when I was chatting with Director Lin just now, he said that you don't have high requirements for diesel locomotives. New or old ones will do. How about going to our locomotive depot to take a look?"
Lin Sanqi thought that his cousin was really helpful and seemed to have paved the way for him.
"Director Shi, I'm going to tell you the truth. I'm interested in a second-hand diesel locomotive, but I don't just want to buy the locomotive. I want to take the manufacturing technology as well. Your Huadu Railway Bureau..."
In the early days of the People's Republic of China, the country placed all its heavy industrial bases in the north.
Just like train manufacturing factories are concentrated in cities such as Qiqihar, Dalian, Tangshan, Changchun and Qingdao, the south is excluded without exception.
Dongguan, Hujian, and Zhejiang provinces, which later became economically powerful provinces, were agricultural provinces in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China.
Therefore, even though Huadu later became an important economic center in China, it still had no locomotive manufacturing capabilities and was at most a locomotive maintenance plant.
Even for high-speed rail vehicle construction, Dongguang Province does not have any related factories. (End of this chapter)
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