Wen Chun came to see Bao Youwei and asked him if he had any good suggestions for the land, and he told him the truth.
"The ownership of this land belongs to a subsidiary of the machinery factory, but it was spun off two years ago and has now become a wholly-owned company. Logically speaking, it should still be within the assets of the machinery factory. Mr. Yuan volunteered to build the park, so we should give him preferential treatment. Otherwise, it would be too uneconomical for him. Moreover, his company is invested by Hong Kong businessmen. In the 1980s, our province and city had relevant preferential policies for investors from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. I suggest considering it in accordance with the policies for Hong Kong businessmen."
After listening to this, Bao Youwei did not express his opinion immediately, but asked Wen Chunlai a question, which was about the heating problem in the family quarters. His implication was that he still hoped to sell the land for more money and connect heating to the family quarters.
When Wen Chunlai heard what Bao Youwei said, he couldn't help but laugh, "Director Bao, this idea was proposed by Wu Jingzhong, right?"
Bao Youwei was stunned for a moment, then nodded, "Yes, he was the one who proposed it."
"Emotionally, I agree to connect the heating to the family quarters, but practically speaking, I don't agree."
"Why, old secretary?" Bao Youwei asked quickly.
"Although our machinery factory moved here from the north during the Third Front construction, and I'm from the north myself, I've spent dozens of winters here in Chengdu and have gotten used to the winters here. In fact, not only am I used to it, but everyone in the factory has gotten used to it. Now that you're connecting the heating, it would be better for you to provide some benefits to the factory's needy employees. What everyone values is the factory's care, not just temporary concern. We have heating this year, but what about next year? And the year after?"
Wen Chunlai's words left Bao Youwei speechless. After listening, he couldn't help but nod his head.
"Moreover, Mr. Yuan isn't as petty as other businessmen. He's happy to do many things as long as they're within his capabilities. Take the union, for example. Aside from fighting for workers' rights, it hasn't organized any activities in a long time. The last time Mr. Yuan learned about this, he directly gave us 20,000 yuan for the event."
Wen Chunlai was a very objective person. His comments on Yuan Fangguo were largely unaffected by emotion, but rather were very pragmatic. After listening to him, Bao Youwei also began to change his opinion of Yuan Fangguo.
"Okay, then let's follow the preferential policies for Hong Kong businessmen. I'll discuss it with Lao Du later. I won't care about Wu Jingzhong anymore. Two to one, we can decide." Bao Youwei said with determination.
Wen Chunlai nodded and said, "Director Bao, please rest assured that I will keep our conversation today confidential."
Bao Youwei nodded. "Then I'll trouble you, old secretary. The Spring Festival is almost here. Please try to calm the workers down. After I'm discharged from the hospital, I'll actively coordinate with my superiors to see if they can allocate some money to back pay them."
Wen Chunlai was quite moved after hearing what Bao Youwei said. He took Bao Youwei's hand and said, "Director Bao, sometimes the workers don't necessarily need any tangible benefits. As long as you stand on their side and care about them, they will be grateful in their hearts."
Bao Youwei benefited a lot from the chat with Wen Chunlai today. After the old secretary Wen Chunlai left, he looked at the ceiling alone and thought a lot. During the most difficult days of the machinery factory, the State-owned Assets Bureau appointed him to be the head of the machinery factory. At this time, he should have led everyone to overcome difficulties and actively find solutions, but he found that he had gone astray from the beginning and stood on the opposite side of the workers. Over time, the gap between the two sides became deeper and deeper, as deep as a crack that seemed to be about to tear to the bottom and was almost impossible to heal.
Bao Youwei thought a lot, and on the third day, he was discharged from the hospital early, and asked the factory office to notify Yuan Fangguo to come over for a talk as soon as possible.
This was his first thing, and the second thing was that Bao Youwei ordered to stop the heating in the factory office building.
Yuan Fangguo brought Lin Xianguang to the machinery factory for negotiations. The negotiations went extremely smoothly. There was a piece of land in Damiao Town that was sold to a Taiwanese boss. It was about 100 acres and the price per acre was 9,000 yuan. However, this was industrial land. After considering the standards for municipal land, the park land was finally sold at a price of 4,500 yuan per acre.
After measurement, the land is a total of 340 acres, with a total price of 1.53 million.
The money is paid in monthly installments and is due in full before the end of February. It is already early December, which means Yuan Fangguo and his team only have three months left, and they need to pay 510,000 yuan every month.
After getting the land, Yuan Fangguo's heart suddenly fluctuated. If nothing unexpected happened, this place would be included in the urban circle of Chengdu's third and fourth ring roads in 2010. The auction price of the land would be between 1.2 million and 1.6 million yuan per mu. Even if calculated at the lowest price of 1.2 million yuan per mu, the market value of this land would reach 400 million Chinese yuan.
Of course, he calculated this based on residential land, and municipal land is not worth that much money.
Yuan Fangguo decided to spend money and use his connections to change the land into residential use.
The machinery factory suddenly earned 1.53 million yuan, which allowed the factory party committee to regain control after two years of silence.
A week later, the factory held an enlarged meeting of the Party Committee. In addition to the three members of the Party Committee Standing Committee, the heads of several departments such as logistics, sales, and the trade union were also called in.
Unexpectedly, as soon as the meeting started, Bao Youwei felt a headache. The factory owed local governments a huge amount of money, and the Spring Festival was about two months away. At that time, there would definitely be a large number of people coming to collect debts.
"Why so many?" Bao Youwei was surprised.
The director of finance smiled bitterly, "Director, we had some funds available last year, but we haven't had a penny so far this year. The funds promised by the State-owned Assets Bureau haven't arrived yet, so we can only pay on credit."
"What are you looking for? Let me see it." Bao Youwei said with a dark face.
The director of finance seemed to have been prepared. He quickly brought all the documents, receipts and invoices for the outstanding debt to Bao Youwei.
"Gas station fuel costs 50,000 yuan, Bashu Hotel 130,000 yuan, coal yard 80,000 yuan"
After reading the bill, Bao Youwei suddenly slammed his hand on the table and shouted, "Fuck you! The factory has stopped production, yet we still have so much debt! You bunch of parasites, from today on, you are strictly forbidden to eat or drink. Except for one official car on duty, all other cars will be parked. Take the commuter bus to the hospital from the east. Any expenses over 500 yuan, no, all expenses must be reported to me for approval. I dare you to mess around with me again."
Everyone present was so frightened that they dared not make a sound.
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