"Mayor Yue, how far is there in front of us?" Liu Yongzhuo stood by a steep cliff, looking at a couplet carved on the opposite mountain, and asked Yue Huanshan, mayor of Baise City, who was with him.

"The straight line distance is no more than 30 kilometers. As for the actual journey, I'm afraid it will take at least more than 100 kilometers." Yue Huanshan answered silently.

"So, before dark today, should we be able to arrive in the city?"

"It's necessary, otherwise you can't live in the mountains. After dark, it's dangerous to stay in the mountains."

"Then let's go, the scenery here is really good." Liu Yongzhuo looked at the beautiful rivers and mountains in front of him nostalgic and said with emotion.

Behind them, there were more than a dozen off-road vehicles, including a convoy driven by Liu Yongzhuo and others, and a car sent down the mountain to pick up their cars.

From the grade of the car, it is not difficult to see that the poverty in Baise City is not something that is said to be □Yongzhuo and others drive it. They are all famous brands such as Pegasus and BMW. The value of a car is 150,000 to 60,000 yuan.

The Baise Municipal Government drove low-priced brands such as Geely, which were only about 30,000 to 50,000 yuan. Among them, Liu Yongzhuo even saw three old military vehicles with canvas tents that had not been seen for a long time. This seemed to be an old antique that the army had eliminated more than ten years ago.

You should know that this kind of car has been basically eliminated in many areas of the country.

After Liu Yongzhuo met Yue Huanshan in Jinling, he brought Yue Huanshan's request to the group office meeting as soon as he returned to Liuzhou. He originally thought that the group's executives would be resistant to the investment in Baise, but after reading the children's compositions, everyone's eyes turned red, but instead turned around to persuade Liu Yongzhuo. It was recommended to extend a helping hand to Baise City.

Only then did Liu Yongzhuo realize that his management team was originally sentimental homemakers, and the shareholders were from Guangdong and Guangxi provinces, and many of them were originally from the mountains.

Needless to say, even some overseas returnees have a very compassionate temperament.

Of course, feelings are emotions. As group executives, they still have the minimum rationality. Everyone believes that the company has the obligation to help Baise City develop its own industry, but this help cannot be a completely one-way gift, but should try to make the company get some rewards from it.

"Baise City has inconvenient transportation and extremely poor industrial location conditions. Although it is rich in agricultural products, coal, iron and non-ferrous metal minerals, these raw materials have little to do with the development of our company, especially mineral resources. Even if they can be mined, it is difficult to transport them out of the mountain, so the economic value is not great."

"If we go to Baise to invest and build a factory, it will be difficult to get corresponding returns." An Haoyu pointed to the Jingxi map at the group office meeting and introduced to everyone.

Liu Yongzhuo also added: "When I communicated with Baise's leaders, they proposed that the labor cost in their place was extremely low, saying that this might be a relatively favorable condition. What do you think?"

"How low?" asked the Human Resources Manager.

Lin Zhenhua recalled and replied: "According to them, the staff in their office pay less than 100 Huayuan, plus various benefits. It would be good if they could get more than 150 Huayuan. In the only factories, the average salary of workers is around 60 Huayuan. If you are more cruel, you can hire someone if you give them 40 Huayuan a month."

"Forty Huayuan!?" Everyone was amazed. You should know that at that time, the average monthly salary of employees across the country was about 110 yuan. Units like Huayang Heavy Industry with good efficiency and high salary had already reached more than 400 Huayuan, and it was not considered various non-monetary welfare benefits.

Some companies in Liuzhou recruit apprentices and give them a salary of 100 Huayuan. They are considered a very deceptive level. Baise actually has a salary standard of 40 Huayuan per month.

"If we want to build a factory in Baise, it is definitely not to let the locals get a salary of 40 Huayuan per month, right? If the standard is really low, they will definitely have to work along the coast. In fact, we, Huayang Heavy Industry, have migrant workers from Baise, and they came out just to earn more money." The manager of the human resources department is clearer about this.

"The salary of 40 Huayuan is indeed a bit low, but if we give it to 80 or 90, it should be considered a high salary, right? I heard that Baise's living standards are relatively low, and the prices of vegetables and meat are not high, and it is already a very good life for more than 90 yuan."

Liu Yongzhuo also conducted a survey, so he made a reasonable assessment of the wage cost here. "Even if calculated based on the wage of 90 Huayuan, the entire labor cost is much lower than in cities such as Liuzhou and Dongguan."

Many times, blindly giving is not a good thing. It is not impossible to raise Baise’s salary to the level of Liuzhou, but this is not a good thing for Baise.

Even if Huayang Heavy Industry does something unprofitable because of its kindness, it will not last long, and no other companies will follow suit. In the end, it may be just a drop in the bucket, but it will miss its original good intentions.

"But if such low labor costs are shipped out of the mountain, freight alone will be enough to offset the cost advantage." Xie Yi reminded the general manager of the home furnishing company.

What his home furnishing company produces labor-intensive products. With the help of much lower labor costs than those in big cities and the very low water transportation costs due to relying on the Yangtze River, home furnishing companies are competitive. If freight costs increase, this labor-intensive product is simply not competitive.

An Haoyu also nodded: "Old Xie is right. Baise's current transportation situation determines that the industries developed there must be high profits, a large demand for labor, and a small demand for transportation. Only such industries can develop. Otherwise, even if we lose money to transfusions for them, when will we no longer subsidize them, and when will these companies collapse."

Everyone gradually improved their idea of ​​investing in Baise. As for what industries they can do in the end, they still need to go to Baise for on-site inspections. In addition, they also need to communicate fully with Baise’s local governments.

After the meeting, □ Yongzhuo took An Haoyu to Jingxi. The purpose of bringing An Haoyu with him was that he was an industrial engineering expert and was absolutely authoritative in project evaluation.

Before he arrived in Baise, Liu Yongzhuo had imagined the harsh terrain conditions here. But when he came to the scene, he realized that his imagination was too poor. The dangers of the terrain created by the magical craftsmanship of nature far exceeded his expectations.

Baise is said to be a saying of eight mountains, half water and half land. There are four large mountains in the territory, and thousands of streams are rushing among them. There are dozens of rivers with names and surnames alone.

These rivers sometimes drill into caves and sometimes rush out of the canyon. The water flows rapidly and the drop is huge, forcing the only winding roads to wind through the hills that seem very close. The roads can sometimes circumvent dozens of kilometers.

When he heard that Liu Yongzhuo came to Baise with the inspection team, Yue Huanshan was very excited. He originally planned to go out to greet him by himself. Unfortunately, he was plagued by official duties, so he had to arrange for the deputy mayor to lead a team to greet him and send out almost all the small cars that the municipal government could take out.

What surprised Liu Yongzhuo the most was that in the welcome team sent by the Baise Municipal Government, in addition to officials and affairs officers from various government departments, there were also seven or eight backup drivers.

When the convoy officially entered the mountain, the drivers walked to the car that Liu Yongzhuo and the others drove themselves and asked to replace the drivers owned by Huayang Heavy Industry.

"Mayor Yue, what does this mean?" Liu Yongzhuo was puzzled and had to ask Yue Huanshan.

Yue Huanshan smiled and said, "Mr. Liu, don't get me wrong. This is mainly for your safety considerations. The mountain road here is too dangerous. Your driver is used to driving plain roads, so I'm afraid he can't adapt to the road here."

After Yue Huanshan said this, Liu Yongzhuo naturally had no objection. But the drivers of Huayang Heavy Industry couldn't hold on their faces. Everyone was playing with the steering wheel. People said that the road was too dangerous and you guys couldn't drive it. We had to come. Isn't this a hit on the driver of Huayang Heavy Industry in the face?

Some older drivers are self-aware and hand over the steering wheel directly. Some younger drivers stop doing it★ Say they can drive a period first, but when they really can't drive it, it's not too late to ask Baise's colleagues to guide them.

Yue Huanshan smiled and did not force it, so he took the convoy on the road. As soon as he entered the mountain, the arrogant young drivers caught the blindside. Various steep slopes were sharp bends one after another, and some places were only within a few meters of distance, and they had to turn a bend of 180 degrees, while maintaining the uphill speed.

As the distance was more than twenty kilometers, the drivers were soaked in hot sweat, and they had to give the car half-push and half-push to the driver sent by Baise.

Yue Huanshan was sitting in Liu Yongzhuo's large SUV car, driven by the best driver of the municipal government, walking in the middle of the convoy. Seeing that the drivers of Huayang Heavy Industry were replaced one by one, he smiled and talked about some relaxed topics with Liu Yongzhuo.

"Mr. Liu, let me tell you, our drivers in the plains cannot drive our Baise mountain road. Even if they have good skills, it is not a big problem to drive twenty or thirty kilometers, and they cannot bear it if they drive long. Only our Baise own drivers have been used to driving this kind of road for many years."

"But, it's impossible for anyone to bring a local Baise driver to the mountains, right?" Liu Yongzhuo also felt a little funny when he saw it, but there was a little sigh in his laughter.

"Isn't that!" Yue Huanshan took the conversation, "Mr. Liu, I'll tell you a story. "In two years, our Investment Promotion Agency finally convinced a boss from Guangzhou to invest in and build a factory in our city. The boss took a driver and drove into the mountain in a big rush. He didn't go far. When he encountered a sharp bend and could not stop the car, he hit the cliff. Fortunately, no one died."

"Later we sent the big boss to the provincial capital for treatment. He told us: You Baise people are really friends, but unfortunately this road is too difficult to walk. When you repair the road, I will definitely come here to invest 50 million."

"Yes, if you want to be rich, you must first build roads. This is true." Liu Yongzhuo looked at the deep cliffs on both sides and felt deeply that the economy was built on transportation, which was already a big deal in ancient times.

"We Baise people have not stopped building roads for a day." Yue Huanshan said some past events. "We made a statistics on the tenth anniversary of the founding of the Federation. Our Baise has a total of 2 million people. In the past ten years, the total number of labor days for building mountains, building bridges and building roads has reached 100 million. As many as 80 migrant workers sacrificed for building roads, their blood and sweat have been given. This has given us the current passage to enter the mountains."

Liu Yongzhuo was also very impressed: "I really feel that the responsibility is heavy when I heard Mayor Yue's words. Mayor Yue, please rest assured. We came here sincerely to invest and we will never give up halfway."

"Then I will give you two million people on behalf of Baise. Thank you Mr. Liu." Yue Huanshan solemnly gave Liu Yongzhuo a big gift to show his sincerity.

When it was almost dark, the convoy finally drove into Baise's city.

This is a valley between the mountains, with a relatively gentle terrain and a concentrated population. The capital of Baise City is built here. The convoy descended from the mountain and drove from high to low. Liu Yongzhuo sat in the car and looked up, and the whole city was full of sight.

Within the scope of view, there are no large buildings. Most of the buildings are bungalows. Occasionally, there are small five- or six-story brick-concrete structures interspersed among them. They are also office or residential buildings of some so-called good units.

As for further apart, on the hillside on the edge of the city, Liu Yongzhuo could even see some small villages composed of thatched houses, with smoke rising from the cooking stove, making people feel like they have returned to the pre-Qing Dynasty.

"The city appearance of Baise City is incomparable to the prosperous big cities you have seen." Yue Huanshan seemed to see Liu Yongzhuo's thoughts, and explained it with a joke on his side, saying that no matter how you hear this, it is so bleak.

"This is also maintaining its true nature." Liu Yongzhuo could only choose the best words to describe it.

Nowadays, the era of great development of Chinese cities has not yet entered, but in some developed regions, cities at the level of regional capitals are still well built.

As for Liuzhou City, where Huayang Heavy Industry Headquarters, it has formed a huge industrial cluster and strong financial strength. The government construction is extremely luxurious and luxurious. It can be said that any office building in Liuzhou city is much more spacious than the best buildings in Baise City.

The convoy drove along the disrepaired road for a while, and suddenly a large welcome team appeared in front of them. There were dozens of colorful flags alone, and a group of middle school students wearing white clothes and blue pants stood neatly on the side of the road.

The children were fluttering their faces with inferior blush and waving the bouquets in their hands vigorously. Opposite the middle school students was a team of gongs and drums. A group of strong men and beautiful women were wearing red costumes, beating the gongs and drums so loudly.

In front of everyone, there was a row of leaders standing. Yue Huanshan introduced to Liu Yongzhuo from a distance, leading the city senators, next to him was a affairs officer that Liu Yongzhuo did not know, and then a group of government officials who took office with Yue Huanshan in the municipal government, respectively, heads of each department.

According to the system of the Chinese Federation, these government officials and affairs officials are distinguished. Generally speaking, government officials only have the power to supervise and manage, such as Mayor Yue Huanshan.

He took office on votes. Once he lost the support of the people, he would be held accountable and step down.

After he became mayor, he could appoint some officials. As his leadership team, some of them are government officials in nature and can be appointed and abolished by the mayor.

As for the specific affairs officers, they are of the nature of a state civil servant. The mayor shall not deal with it at will. They must handle the accountability of the officials in accordance with the statutory procedures, and the officials in charge of the specific affairs. This is the current political system of the Chinese Federation.

"No, isn't this the leadership team of Baise City all came out?" Liu Yongzhuo felt sweaty. He was a person who had seen the world. He was both brothers and brothers, but when he saw this scene, he still felt under great pressure.

Baise City has given the highest courtesy to receive them. If they can’t do anything for Baise City in the end, they really can’t explain it.

Such actions of letting students suspend classes and come out as welcome teams will be impeached by voters in other cities, but in Baise, they can be carried out. This shows how much the people here are looking forward to the arrival of Liu Yongzhuo and his group.

The convoy retreated in front of the city government officials. A Baise City staff member came up and planned to open the car door for Liu Yongzhuo. Liu Yongzhuo opened the car door from inside and jumped out, strode to the leaders, and took the initiative to apologize.

"Sorry, sorry, I'm walking slowly on the road. I've been tired of waiting for you for a long time. Please ask so many adults to come and pick us up. We are really flattered."

Yue Huanshan followed up in time and began to introduce both parties. The first one was naturally his chief of staff, whose surname was Wang, and he looked younger than Yue Huanshan and gentle. However, when he shook hands with Liu Yongzhuo, the strength in his hands was very strong, and the enthusiasm was beyond words.

"Mr. Liu, you are very welcome. On behalf of all the people of Baise City, I welcome your arrival!"

The people are used to be represented, and this is the same everywhere. He also answered in the same grammar: "Secretary Wang, I have also brought greetings from our 6 million people in Liuzhou City and our 130,000 employees of our Huayang Heavy Industry Group to the people of Baise."

Secretary Wang was very talkative. He held Liu Yongzhuo's hand and kept saying: "Mr. Liu, I am an amateur in economic development. You should discuss this with our Mayor Yue in detail. I will express my opinion to you on behalf of all colleagues in the city hall."

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