Volume Two Chapter 260: The Cake Drops from the Sky
Listening to Fang Zida's words, Liang Dunyan's eyes became wider and wider, and he couldn't help but turn his head and look out the window, even suspected that the sun was rising from the west today.
The Ministry of Transportation has no glory since Liang Shiyi's accident. In the past two years, in addition to maintaining the work in the ministry, Liang Dunyan has not accomplished a major event under the repeated suppression of the Ministry of Finance. He has complained a lot with his friends in private. In his opinion, Fang Zida is the culprit that hinders the development of the Ministry of Transportation.
But today's scene made him unable to believe his ears. When Fang Zida said this, Liang Dunyan was not happy, but instead wondered if Fang Zida had ulterior motives and planned to make a trap for him. Seeing Liang Dunyan's appearance as if he was guarding, Fang Zida immediately smiled, made a gesture of asking him to wait for a moment, got up and walked to the desk to pick up a few items.
"Brother Songsheng, please see."
"This is……."
"This is a transportation plan that I asked someone to do. Please don't care. In fact, this matter should be done by your Ministry of Transport. This plan is just a reference. I have no intention of directly interfering in the work of the Ministry of Transport."
Afraid that the other party was misunderstood, Fang Zida explained it specifically. Liang Dunyan took the thing and spread it on the coffee table. This is a Chinese transportation map, which outlined several railway trunk lines, branch lines and highway networks in bright colors.
After taking a rough glance on the picture, Liang Dunyan was stunned at first, but then he was amused and laughed.
"Brother Songsheng, how does this plan look like?"
"Yes, it still looks really good..." Liang Dunyan smiled indifferently.
"Brother Songsheng, you are an expert. If you have any opinions, just say it, let alone there are no outsiders here."
"Haha. Do you really want me to speak out?" Liang Dunyan smiled, lit a cigarette and took a few sips, as if he was thinking about something. He looked up and looked at Fang Zida's calm expression. He finally spoke without hesitation.
"Since that's the case, I'm not polite. Brother Jingming, your financial skills are second, and I'm afraid no one in China dares to be the first. This is very admired by me. But the so-called skill is specialized, and you are an amateur in transportation work. You should know that since the Qing Dynasty abdicated, the total length of my country's railway lines was about 9,100 kilometers, of which China accounted for 35%, and the remaining 65% were joint ventures or commercial fundraising. After the founding of the Republic of China, after many repurchases, adjustments and construction, the share of state-owned railway lines has also increased year by year, and now it has reached more than 70%. With the central government's annual funding, the annual new railway lines have averaged about 300 kilometers per year, which means that as of this year, the total length of my country's railway lines is 11,000 kilometers, including the Middle East Road and Manchuria Railway."
Fang Zida nodded slightly. This data is similar to what he has mastered. If the distance between some railways under construction is added, it may reach 11,500 kilometers. From the paper, the length of this railway is not bad, but it must be compared with the vast land area of China. It is nearly half a century behind Western countries.
Liang Dunyan pointed at the drawings with a silk sneer on his lips: "The above is the current railway situation in my country. Compared with railways, the highway network is even more unbearable. In addition to a few developed areas, the highways between cities are almost all dominated by dirt roads and small roads. To be honest, the real roads are only about a few hundred kilometers, and they are not satisfactory in terms of maintenance. Although I have not carefully calculated the plan of Brother Jungming, from a professional perspective, the total length of the railway alone will exceed 36,000 kilometers, and the total length of the highway will not be less than 8,000 kilometers. This reminds me of the grand plan of 160,000 kilometers when Sun Yixian took office as the president of the Railway Association...."
Speaking of this, Liang Dunyan showed a playful smile. Fang Zida was also happy when he heard about this 160,000-kilometer railway plan. Of course, he had heard of it, and even laughed at that time. After Sun Yat-sen took office, he asked someone to find a map of China, hid in the house, took a ruler and pen, and directly connected the cities as points to draw them. A few days later, he drew the map so densely that it was as dense as a spider web. Then he used this thing as a prerequisite and asked a reporter from a newspaper to publicly announce that he proudly implemented his 160,000-kilometer railway plan, which finally made the professionals stunned when they saw it, and even more furious.
Fang Zida was not Sun Yat-sen of that year, and he would not do such a joke. His work is theoretically much more rigorous than the 160,000-kilometer plan. He invited professionals to participate in the design and planning, and referred to some opinions from the Ministry of Transport. But he also knew that this plan of such a scale was a bit incredible to Liang Dunyan. According to the country's development plan for the Ministry of Transport, it would be absolutely impossible to build such a railway and highway network without decades. Moreover, the financial allocations to the Ministry of Transport are not abundant now. Based on China's current fiscal revenue, Liang Dunyan did not believe that Fang Zida could afford so much money.
"Brother Songsheng, I understand what you mean. I'm asking you to come today not to discuss anything else, but I just want to see whether this plan is feasible from a professional perspective."
"So what about planning? Financial terms..."
"Haha, this is my consideration. I just need you to give me professional advice."
Liang Dunyan was slightly stunned, lowered his head and looked at the plan carefully. This time he was more careful than before. After looking at it for more than ten minutes, his eyebrows moved slightly, and his expression was a little surprised.
"Strange, this thing seems to be from a professional...." Liang Dunyan became more and more shocked the more he looked at it. The company that Fang Zida took out seemed to be a joke on the surface, but after he carefully studied it, he saw some bright spots. Moreover, the planning and design of this transportation network must have been carefully used by professionals. This can still be noticed with Liang Dunyan's eyes. But the more this happens, the more strange he is. Could it be that Fang Zida really plans to make such a plan? If this is the case, Liang Dunyan is of course happy. Isn't this what he has always dreamed of? However, from the perspective of national finance, it is already very difficult to maintain 300 kilometers of railway construction every year. Although Fang Zida is the chief finance minister, he is not a god. He can turn stones into gold, so how can he spend so much money to implement this plan?
"It's really interesting." Half an hour later, Liang Dunyan raised his head and said, thinking about it, and then said, "Brother Zheng Ming, I'm afraid the one who created this thing is not a Chinese, right?"
"Brother Songsheng has a good vision, and I will not hide it from Brother Songsheng. This plan was designed by me for a lot of money to ask Americans to help me."
"No wonder... I said..." Nodded slightly, Liang Dunyan reached out to point out on the drawings: "It is probably because the parameters and topographic maps obtained by the other party have some problems. Here, there is also here. The route needs to be adjusted, otherwise the construction will be much more difficult and will increase unnecessary costs. In addition, there is this... Based on the current situation in our country, these two lines can be temporarily merged into one line to reduce duplication..."
Fang Zida followed Liang Dunyan's point of view. Although he couldn't understand it at all, it did not mean that he nodded repeatedly and made an agreement.
"Hey...if this plan can be really completed, I'm willing to die!"
After giving advice to Jiangshan, Liang Dunyan seemed to say that his interest was getting higher, but after a while his interest gradually faded. He sighed at the plan and shook his head in frustration.
"Why should Brother Songsheng sigh? I have already said before that I have financial issues. You only need your Ministry of Transport to make professional adjustments to this plan and come up with a final plan."
Seeing him like this, Fang Zida said with a smile. Liang Dunyan was slightly stunned, and then suddenly felt a little excited: "Brother Zheng Ming, aren't you taking it seriously? You're not having fun with me?"
"How could it be? Of course it is true! Isn't this the purpose of inviting my brother to come today?"
"Really?"
"It's true!"
After confirming it over and over again, Liang Dunyan became excited when he saw that Fang Zida was indeed not a joke.
"Okay! OK! OK!" Liang Dunyan blushed and applauded: "I didn't expect that Brother Zheng Ming really has this intention. You are here to apologize to you. At first, I always thought that I was spending time with me, but after careful reading, I felt strange. How could the entertainment plan be so carefully? This is too much for Brother Wei? Since Brother Zheng Ming has such ambition, Brother Wei will certainly not refuse. This is what my Ministry of Transport should do. If this plan can be completed, it will completely connect the north and west, and greatly increase the strength of our Republic of China. It is a great thing for both the country and the people!"
"That's true, this is also my intention." Fang Zida nodded with a smile.
Liang Dunyan said a few words happily, but he showed a sense of embarrassment: "Brother, this plan is good, but the finance may not work? There is a saying that when the train rings, it will cost tens of thousands of taels of gold. According to the minimum standard, the construction cost per kilometer is nearly 100,000 yuan, which does not include other costs..."
"Hahaha, didn't I just say that I have the financial problems!" Fang Zida comforted: "This way, Brother Songsheng, I will hand over this thing to you now. Please ask the Ministry of Transport to modify it and come up with a final plan as soon as possible. In addition, I also need a detailed budget report, which not only includes the basic cost, but also calculates other costs, etc. In short, the more detailed the better! As for the funding issue, I will find a way to solve it, you don't have to worry about it."
"That's great!" Liang Dunyan immediately smiled. He could no longer sit still and rolled up the drawings and stood up quickly: "Since that's the case, I'll thank Brother Zheng Ming. Let's make arrangements for my brother, let's make arrangements, let's say goodbye, hahahahahaha..."
Chapter completed!