Spring Breeze 1991

If it were another business boss, [-]% would ask his subordinates to find ways to raise money, and the Eight Immortals will show their magical powers across the sea, borrowing money, financing, selling shares, etc.

Yao Yuan has never done this before, and every time he is short of money, he always says - I will solve it.

Chunfeng Group is not short of money. Today, the debt ratio is shockingly low.Less than a year after the last large-scale borrowing, I have earned back even the capital with interest, and the profitability and vitality are frighteningly strong.

Too much money has to be invested this time, and the difficulty is much, much higher than building the new capital of Kazakhstan for free.

The reason is that the new capital of Kazakhstan has a five-year construction period, and this is what Yao Yuan promised. The investment of 200 billion US dollars is not real money, including a lot of construction materials and labor costs. It is solved through domestic procurement, outsourcing, etc., and the payment is made in Huaxia currency, and there is also a time difference in payment.

Of course, domestic enterprises and raw materials will also be used in the construction of Huaha Railway, but the construction period is too short, and the project is too huge, and the difficulty of construction is far beyond that of building a new capital or a new city.

To put it bluntly, building a new city means building houses and roads, all in a relatively concentrated area, and building railways is different!

To cross various terrains, to overcome various geological influences, to overcome various climate influences, to shorten the construction period, a large number of helicopters must be used, and the cost alone is frighteningly high.

The construction period of the Dazhushan Tunnel of the Dazhui Railway was planned to be five years. During the process, it was discovered that the geological conditions were far more complicated than expected. The construction period was then adjusted to eight years, and it took 13 years to complete the construction.

The total length is only 13.5 kilometers, and there are already countless tunnels built by Huaxia with a length of more than 20 kilometers at that time.

You must know that the construction of the Dazhushan Tunnel began in 2008, which was the beginning of the leapfrog development of Huaxia Infrastructure under the stimulation of 4 trillion investment. In other words, in the eyes of Huaxia at that time, there was no infrastructure project that could not be repaired.

The Dazhushan Tunnel gave Huaxia Infrastructure a resounding slap in the face, and had to extend the construction period again and again, waiting for the emergence and maturity of new technologies...

The full 2008 years after 13, it was a period of rapid advancement in China's technological field, otherwise, it may take 15 years, 20 years, or even half a century like European countries...

At that time, developed countries in Europe had many projects planned in the 20s, which were still under construction three or four decades later...

This was in 1996. The railway was drawn from Karamay across the entire territory of Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan is a large country with a distance of 3000 kilometers between the east and west ends. Its land area ranks ninth in the world.

Just time zones have to cross several.

Almost all the terrain and landforms that this railway line will pass through are difficult types in the field of railway construction. It is conceivable that under the current technical conditions and under such a tight construction schedule, it will take a lot of effort to successfully complete the construction. the price.

Much harder than building a new city!

A large project can often drive the development of technology, and a century-level railway project like the Huaha Railway, after completion, can make Huaxia's railway technology jump to the world's advanced level. The technologies used or the problems that need to be solved must invest huge sums of money in research and development.

What Lin Wei reported was only the project budget, which did not include the extended budget invested in technology research and development.

How difficult is it to build a new city? Except for a few iconic high-rise buildings, there is no technical difficulty in the rest. With the current capabilities of Huaxia Construction Engineering, it is nothing more than a question of whether the funds can be in place in time.

But the technical standards were too high for a transnational railroad looking ahead to the next century.

Therefore, Yao Yuan heard Lin Wei's meaning, and he was vaguely reminding Yao Yuan that even if the project budget of more than 400 billion Huaxia coins was solved, the technology research and development budget that needs to be invested at the same time would make it impossible to complete the construction of this railway within the construction period .

This is a process of simultaneous implementation.

Yao Yuan looked around for a week, his eyes fell on He Xueli's face, and he asked, "Is it feasible to raise funds through listed financial products?"

Hearing this, everyone suddenly realized that the big boss had already made preparations, but everyone didn't know much about the listing of financial products.

The big boss has always stayed away from the financial market. Nowadays, the proportion of listed companies under the Chunfeng Group is very small. The big boss is very strict in the review of the listing. So far, only some non-core assets have been spun off. In Hong Kong, The Shenzhen Stock Exchange and the Shanghai Stock Exchange were listed.

Among them, companies listed on the Shenzhen and Shanghai stock markets play a stabilizing role. Don't expect financing. Only companies listed in Hong Kong have truly entered the world financial market.Among them, the listed companies under the two group companies of Yuanda Group and Yongan Group have performed the most eye-catching performance, and their market value has doubled so far.

However, all listed companies under the Chunfeng Group have never done this operation of releasing financial products.

At this time, I heard He Xueli say, "The financial department of Huaxia Bank has done the design and evaluation. If the short-term financial management products are released, they can be listed in two months at the earliest. We are already preparing and expect to raise 15 billion Hong Kong dollars in funds. "

What can 15 billion Hong Kong dollars do?

But Yao Yuan nodded slightly, as if he was very satisfied, and then he said, "I will go to Hong Kong to solve the financial problem after this matter is over. Everyone, Kashagan Field will soon have good news. I have analyzed it with President Qin, and it will be put into production this year And there is no problem in increasing the production capacity to 1000 million tons per year, this is our confidence."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

The big boss has been on the front line for almost two months. Isn't it just to find Kashagan Field? Now there is no suspense about this matter, and the next step will be much easier.

Next, some details of the plan were discussed in detail, and the next day, Yao Yuan went to the presidential palace to meet Nazaryev.

This is the only time that Yao Yuan and Nazaryev face to face alone. To Nazaryev, Yao Yuan is very familiar with the high-level people in Central Asia.

Prior to this, Dongfang Petroleum had already had economic cooperation with the four Central Asian countries because of the Buck oil pipeline, and besides Kazakhstan, Dongfang Petroleum had signed oil and gas development contracts with the remaining three countries.

The main reason for Dongfang Petroleum's invincibility in Central Asia is the previous outstanding achievements. From the Baku Oilfield in Azerbaijan to the Shidan Oilfield in the United Arab Emirates, it has proved the strength of Dongfang Petroleum.

This strength includes not only the enterprise itself, but also the political strength behind the enterprise.

Undoubtedly, the attributes of Huaxia Enterprises allow Dongfang Petroleum to operate in Central Asia more easily than Western oil companies.

Nazaryev was inclined towards Yao Yuan, but after Yao Yuan proposed to build the Huaha Railway, he was a little worried. The worry came from his fear of Moscow.

He was a senior official in the Soviet Union, and he had an innate fear and respect for Moscow, even though the Soviet Union has become history now.

Yao Yuanfang had already seen Nazaryev’s worry about gains and losses, and he immediately entered the topic, saying, “Mr. President, the output of Kashagan Field can reach 1000 million tons within a year, and the output of Bemut Oil Field can reach 2000 million tons in three years. The annual output of 3000 million tons, and the annual oil export value of [-] million tons, I think it should be enough for you to explain to the parliament."

"Have you found oil?" Nazaryev asked quietly.

Yao Yuan nodded slowly, "The Caspian Sea mining area can provide [-] tons of production per day, and we are still continuing to explore."

Nazaryev nodded slightly, and said, "3000 million tons is more than the top and the bottom is more than the bottom. I'm afraid it will be difficult for the parliament to approve the railway plan."

"Without this railway, the oil from Kashagan Field, Bemt Oil Field, and Makshay Oil Field would have to be transported by car, and the cost would be tripled," Yao Yuan said with a smile.

Nazaryev laughed, "You can build a pipeline, refer to the Buck oil pipeline, build an oil pipeline leading to Northwest China, or even a gas pipeline, and the cost will naturally be greatly reduced."

He wasn't unprepared, and for even better reasons--the cost of pipeline transportation is the lowest.

Yao Yuan seemed to have expected it, and said, "Mr. President, the oil pipeline is a long-established project, but after all, the oil pipeline cannot replace the railway. You know, the construction of an oil field requires a lot of personnel and materials. Limiting our oil field construction."

Nazaryev was unmoved. The reason why he proposed the oil pipeline was to limit the railway to the special transportation of oil and natural gas and not serve other services. In that case, the use of standard gauge alone would not be so conspicuous.

Yao Yuan paused, smiled and took out the planning map of Line [-] from his briefcase and spread it on the table, pointing to the location of the new capital, and said, "After the railway comes out of Almaty, a line runs along the southern border area. , and then turn west across Kazakhstan to connect all the big cities on this road, and the other line goes northwest. Continue westward and meet the southern line, and the other one goes due south and crosses Kazakhstan from north to south, connecting with the southern line."

He saw the surprise on Nazaryev's face, and he knew that the long-term plan he gave had touched his heart.

Why Nazaryev moved the capital? Strengthening the ability to manage the northwest and central regions is an important factor. Almaty is on the border, and its radiation ability is already very weak after reaching the northwest and central regions [-] kilometers away. It is not suitable for capital use.

Through what will the power center exert influence on the jurisdiction?

Traffic is the first, communication is the second.

Transportation is a top priority!

In response to Nazaryev's point, Yao Yuan made some additions to the original railway design drawing, and it became the Kazakh main line railway line planning drawing...

He said in a deep voice, "Dongfang Petroleum invested in the Huaha Railway. You can use the sections of the Huaha Railway in Kazakhstan as the basis to build the Southwest Line, the North Line and the Middle Line Railway. It is connected with the mainline railway network in most important areas, and you should see that there are old railway lines on the Southwest Line, North Line, and Central Line. They do not need to be rebuilt. They only need to be rebuilt to connect with the Huaha Railway that traverses the East and West , the investment is greatly reduced..."

As the president, Nazaryev can hardly resist such a big railway plan. He knows very well that after the construction of this trunk line railway network is completed, there will be no regions in the country with weak central management capabilities, which hits him right thoughts.

Wasn't his relocation just to strengthen the management of areas where the central government's restraint ability is weak?

He was lost in thought.

It involves the change of railway gauge across the country. This is a huge matter and an important political issue.

Nazaryev thought for a long time before slowly saying, "Mr. Yao, in the final analysis, we still don't have enough bargaining chips. With 3000 million tons of oil exports, our annual profit is about 20 billion U.S. dollars, which is not enough to convince the parliament."

He said that, first of all, it proved that he himself was determined to build this main line railway network.Yao Yuan integrated the Huaha Railway into Kazakhstan’s main line railway network in order to let Nazaryev see that the value of this railway is not only that it can be transported faster and cheaper, but also that after the new capital is completed, Greatly enhanced his dominance over various regions.

This is very tempting for the president.

What he needs now is a reason that can persuade the parliament, or a basis that allows him to use his authority to suppress the parliament.

Yao Yuan knew very well that if Nazaryev made up his mind to do one thing, the parliament would not be able to stop him, such as moving the capital.Everyone was against it, and of course the parliament was against it, but it was still passed, and it quickly entered the implementation stage. This is Nazaryev's strength.

Rather than saying that Nazaryev needs a strong enough basis to persuade the parliament, it is better to say that he needs a basis that allows him to use his own authority to promote this matter.

Yao Yuan asked without answering, "What does Mr. President think of China's future economic development?"

Nazaryev was taken aback, stared at Yao Yuan for a long time, and said, "I believe that China's economy will develop soon, and it is very promising to become the fifth economy in Asia in 30 or [-] years."

He compared China with the four Asian economic tigers.

Yao Yuan said firmly, "Within ten years, China's economic aggregate will surpass that of Japan. In fact, after entering the 90s, China's economic aggregate has already surpassed that of South Korea."

China's size is there, and South Korea's size is completely incomparable, but Yao Yuan said that China's economic aggregate will surpass Japan within ten years, and Nazarev does not believe it at all.

Nazaryev is not indifferent to the world economy. In the world economic ranking last year, Japan was the second largest economy in the world, Germany was the third largest, and China ranked seventh.

China's economic aggregate is 9000 billion US dollars, while Japan's is as high as 5 trillion!

To surpass Germany within ten years, Nazarev believes that because Germany has only 2.5 trillion yuan, with China's size and the development momentum China is showing now, it is possible to surpass Germany.

But if it surpasses Japan, it is a dream.