Reborn, back to a small county town to become a wealthy family

Chapter 778 The Vision of a New Energy Vehicle Industrial Park

As long as no major unforeseen events occur, Luo Yang will definitely get involved in the new energy vehicle manufacturing industry.

But only he knew the truth of the matter. To outsiders, a project with an initial investment of tens of billions of yuan was not so easily decided, as there were too many possibilities for unforeseen changes.

Perhaps this is why He Gaoguan took Jiang Yuanshan to the provincial capital. After all, Old Jiang himself is in the new energy battery business, and even built a factory in Minhang Development Zone specifically to supply power batteries for Tesla's new energy vehicles.

In front of provincial leaders, Jiang Yuanshan's words carry more weight than Luo Yang's.

"As long as our investment is ultimately implemented, it doesn't matter whether the project remains in Jiangsu Province or not."

Old Jiang chuckled and replied to his son-in-law, "To be honest, it's their investment promotion bureau that lacked the ability to keep us here, or rather, they didn't offer enough incentive for us to launch our project in their development zone."

On this point, Jiang Yuanshan saw things more deeply and clearly than Luo Yang.

"Originally, High-ranking Official He wanted to bring you to Nanjing with him."

Before Luo Yang could say anything, Jiang Yuanshan continued on the phone, "I just said you were still in the US negotiating a business deal and couldn't return to China for a while, so I was the only one who got dragged here."

"I'm just curious why the boss is in such a hurry."

Logically speaking, even if one wanted to exchange information about this project for benefits, they would have to wait until Luo Yang and Jiang Yuanshan's funds were in place, or at least partially in place, and they would also have to communicate with the father-in-law and son-in-law in advance to avoid inconsistencies in the information later.

“You’re right. Last weekend, I spoke with Mr. He at a dinner party and clearly told him that the project funding hasn’t arrived yet, and we still have disagreements about where the project should be implemented.”

Jiang Yuanshan sighed and said, "These words are almost an explicit statement. They are telling the leaders that although the location of the project has not yet been decided, there is already an intention. It's just that the dispute is between us, father-in-law and son-in-law. Knowing this outcome, to still talk about investment with a place that is not within our consideration is blatant deception."

It seems my father-in-law understands everything and has said everything.

"Then why."

After hearing this, Luo Yang became even more curious.

Since you know everything, why did you still go to the provincial capital with the leader?
“I’ve been waiting for this call to see how long you can hold back before asking about this.”

Jiang Yuanshan replied, seemingly unrelated, "I returned to Yang City this morning, and it's already nine o'clock at night. Not bad, Yangyang, you've grown a lot recently."

Luo Yang: "."

He blushed a little when his father-in-law suddenly praised him.

The reason he made this call so late was because he had spent the entire afternoon fooling around with his daughter, Jiang Fan, and it had absolutely nothing to do with his upbringing.

But I can't say that.

"Dad, stop keeping me in suspense."

Luo Yang touched his nose with the hand holding the cigarette, a little embarrassed, and urged Jiang Yuanshan to solve the mystery.

"Haven't you always wanted to get the restructured credit cooperative as soon as possible?"

Jiang Yuanshan said unhurriedly, "Old He said he would push this matter forward and try to get the restructuring done by the end of the year. He will also give you a push when you acquire the shares. You should know that the Municipal State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission and the Financial Guidance Office still have the right to interfere. If Old He agrees, things will go much more smoothly for you."

Luo Yang was stunned for a moment before he reacted.

"Dad, this isn't exactly a godsend, is it?"

He carefully chose his words before replying, "This matter was something I discussed with my superior. He wouldn't interfere in the restructuring, and we can handle the subsequent acquisition of commercial bank shares ourselves. It just takes a little more time and money. I owe him a favor."

Although he didn't finish his sentence, Jiang Yuanshan knew that it definitely wasn't worth the three words "not worth it".

"And your commercial complex."

As if squeezing a sausage, Jiang Yuanshan slowly said, "We will strengthen our efforts to attract investment, and not only will land prices be cheaper, but a portion will also be returned in taxes. Of course, all of this is within the scope of policy, but it's just been pushed to the limit."

Upon hearing this condition, Luo Yang fell silent.

To what extent are the limiting conditions extreme?
Fragments of memories began to surface in his mind.

When a certain shopping mall was brought in by the city through investment promotion, the land price they received was 70 yuan per mu. In the same year, Suning acquired a plot of land in a less desirable location than the mall, at a price of 330 million yuan per mu.

Although the two plots of land differ in plot ratio, the difference is only 2.5 and 2.8, which is not significant.

Moreover, Luo Yang had also heard from his uncle Luo Jianmin that a certain company's land enjoyed a rebate policy, and the actual price after conversion was only about 35 yuan per mu.

This price is basically the same as the price of industrial land in rural towns.

It's basically like giving it away for free.

Could it be that I too will have the opportunity to enjoy such policy benefits?

It's important to know that the land acquired at this price is not just a few dozen acres. According to the preliminary plan that Luo Yang had Chang Shengjia draft, the total land area, including the commercial center, commercial street, and residential parts, is close to 300 acres.

That alone saved nearly 1 million yuan, all of which is profit.
Moreover, Dada is also cunning; instead of directly asking for cheap land, it accepts a rebate model.

In this way, the price of land costs will not decrease, but a lot of money will be saved in the future land value increment tax.

"So, is this a compelling enough offer?"

After waiting for a response from his son-in-law on the phone, Jiang Yuanshan sensed something was wrong and joked, "Although he didn't explicitly say how cheap it would be, coming from the top leader, the preferential policies must be quite substantial."

"Dad, this project is a joint investment by both our families, but I'm getting all the benefits myself. I feel it's a bit much."

Luo Yang felt a little embarrassed.

"How could someone in that position possibly overlook anything?"

Jiang Yuanshan replied with a smile, "Three years ago, you gave me several sets of blueprints, which led to a surge in sales of Yuanfan Electric Vehicles. Our existing production capacity gradually couldn't keep up. We originally planned to expand into a new factory area and add one or two production lines, and the land allocation was approved. However, we didn't expect the IPO plan to start so quickly. Looking back at the approved land area, we realized it was too small. After reporting the difficulties to our superiors, they immediately agreed to supply an additional 90 mu of unplanned land by the end of the year." After the company goes public, the funds for expanding the new factory area and adding production lines can be raised from the stock market through targeted share issuance, eliminating the need to use the factory's reserve funds.

This has a bit of a "reciprocal favor" feel to it.

As for whether the originally approved land use quota was really too small, who knows? Anyway, it's all Jiang Yuanshan who's saying it.

As for?
Luo Yang didn't say it outright, but he kept it to himself.

On the surface, giving an extra 90 mu of land quota seems like a good thing, but Jiang Yuanshan could have obtained it through market means if he had been willing to spend some time and effort. Why waste such a big favor?
"Don't you think it's a bit unnecessary?"

Jiang Yuanshan roughly guessed Luo Yang's thoughts on the other end of the phone, so he smiled and said, "The preliminary planning and design for the land that was originally approved has been completed. It only totals 75 mu. In addition, the shape of this plot is designed according to the original drawings. Adding 90 mu at once would waste a lot of floor area ratio during the design process, even if it is adjacent to the 75 mu plot. Now the city has agreed to abolish the already approved land and add 165 mu of land in the area we intend to use, which will make it easier for us to carry out planning and design."

The difficulty lies not in the additional 90 mu of land quota.

No one can guarantee that the two plots of land will be perfectly aligned and will fit the shape of the new factory's planned layout.

This favor, though not a huge one, was very helpful.

However, this makes it seem like the two sides are getting too close, which goes against Jiang Yuanshan's consistent principles.

But his father-in-law probably wouldn't get involved so easily.

Luo Yang remained silent, waiting for the rest of the story.

"There's an opportunity to take a step forward in the second half of the year, and Lao He wants to seize it."

Sure enough, Jiang Yuanshan got to the point: "He has connections at the top, but he heard there are a lot of people competing this time, and he's worried it's not a sure thing, so he pulled me in at the last minute, hoping to use our new energy vehicle manufacturing project to get a favor from a leader."

"Dad, I'm not trying to belittle our project, it's only a few billion, it's not worth making a leader like him owe us a favor, is it?"

Luo Yang frowned and said, "Besides, if Official He really manages to get this done, we'll be the ones in trouble in the end. We can't leave the higher-ups with the impression that we're lying, can we? We can't afford the consequences."

"Old He isn't stupid, and neither is your father-in-law."

Jiang Yuanshan maintained a calm tone and said, "He didn't expect us to put the entire new energy vehicle manufacturing industry in Jiangning Development Zone. He only asked that Yuanfan New Energy Battery and the power battery plant that will support new energy vehicles be moved there in the future."

"You want to move Yuanfan New Energy's battery production from Yangshi to Jiangning Development Zone?"

Luo Yang's surprised voice came through the phone to Jiang Yuanshan's ears at a very loud volume.

Moreover, after saying that, he was speechless for the next few minutes.

What is this behavior?
To say that it is the root of the economy of Paoyang City might be a bit of an exaggeration.

However, the damage to my hometown's new energy and high-tech industries is definitely not insignificant.

Moreover, Yuanfan New Energy Battery will definitely seek to go public in the next two or three years, at which time Yangshi will have another company listed on the A-share market.

Don't underestimate a listed company. It may be insignificant in a big city like Shanghai, but it is definitely a pillar enterprise in Yangshi.

After all, as of this year, there are only 4 listed companies in the entire Yangshi City, of which only 3 are listed on the A-share market.

"Yangyang, don't rush, listen to me slowly."

Jiang Yuanshan remained as steady as Mount Tai and slowly said, "We have discussed this before. The future is the era of the rise of the new energy industry. Cultivating this industry requires a large number of high-level technical R&D personnel, stable raw material channels, and a huge financing platform. Yuanfan New Energy Battery is just a shell. The main products it produces are still traditional batteries. The real new energy technology is in the new energy vehicle power battery factory in Minhang High-tech Zone."

On this point, Lao Jiang told the truth.

Currently, one-third of Yuanfan New Energy's battery products are supplied to Yuanfan electric vehicles, about one-third are sold throughout the country, and the remaining one-third are the real new energy batteries. Moreover, they keep up with the times in terms of technology; otherwise, they would not have become a supplier for Tesla.

Moreover, as Luo Yang moves his invested laboratory to Shanghai, attracting more high-level R&D talent, Yuanfan Group's progress in new energy battery technology will become more apparent.

"Besides accompanying Lao He, I also plan to talk to the experts in the company's advisory group during this trip to Nanjing."

While Luo Yang was speechless, Jiang Yuanshan continued, "Nanjing has a high concentration of universities and a large talent pool. The city is located on the Yangtze River, making shipping very convenient. All these conditions can meet the needs of Yuanfan New Energy Battery's further development. If the company stays in Yang City, it is very likely to be overtaken by other newcomers in the future and eventually become a market failure."

"But."

After Jiang Yuanshan spoke several sentences in a row, Luo Yang finally came to his senses.

He hesitated and asked, "Dad, even if we move Yuanfan New Energy Battery to Jiangning Development Zone, this company still doesn't have enough influence, at least not right now."

Before the global wave of new energy vehicles took off, the total market size for new energy batteries was not large, so the current scale of new energy battery manufacturers is incomparable to that of ten years from now.

"Even at its smallest, it's still a company preparing for an IPO, right?"

Jiang Yuanshan smiled and said, "Moreover, after our new energy vehicle project is launched, the lithium mining layout will also be carried out. It's a good idea to place the mining company here in Jinling as well. With the car power battery plant, a new energy battery technology research and development laboratory should be enough, right?"

At first, Luo Yang thought that his father-in-law had sacrificed his business.

After his analysis, it turned out that the company had been planning to relocate for some time, and from the perspective of the company's future development, Jinling was far more suitable than Yangshi.

"Dad, if that's the case, let's just ask for more land."

After thinking for a moment, Luo Yang said, "Our car assembly line will definitely be located in more than one place. Perhaps we can put one in Jiangning. After all, there are quite a few car parts manufacturers in Nanjing, which can solve part of the supply chain problem."

"It's not necessary to set up an assembly line."

Jiang Yuanshan still hadn't reached a consensus with Luo Yang on this matter. He said according to his own ideas, "But the supporting supply chain you mentioned is possible. We can definitely ask downstream suppliers to build factories in the surrounding area."

Gee.
If this continued, Luo Yang was even considering pulling Fu Bin over for a chat.

Why not just build a new energy vehicle industrial park in Jiangning Development Zone?
It seems like there's potential.
(End of this chapter)