Siheyuan starts from a better life

Chapter 963 Huangpu Bridge
"Boss, welcome back."

As soon as I got off the plane, I saw Xu Damao's horse face. I have to say, my face really looks like his in the past six months since I left.

"Why are you driving into the airport so early?" Jiang Yan said with a smile while looking at the Red Flag sedan not far away.

"Boss, I'm not going to hide it from you. I'm a different person now. It's easy to travel in Shanghai. I just have to drive to the airport. Now going to work is as convenient as going back to my own home." After Xu Damao finished speaking, he acted as if he was the boss and second to none.

"Look how arrogant you are. Didn't I tell you to keep a low profile?" Jiang Yan smiled and patted him.

"Boss, these are the old villas donated to us by the Magic City government. Two of them are in Shanghai. I have seen that they are well preserved and can be used after a little cleaning." In the car, Xu Damao handed Jiang Yan a folder with the location of the replacement old villas written on it.

Jiang Yan was very surprised to hear Xu Damao say that there were two more houses located on the Bund. If this thing were in the future, it would be almost several small goals.

"I have also hired a professional restoration team for the other houses, and specially hired experts from the Cultural Relics Bureau as guidance, and strived to restore the original charm of the old houses."

"Well done." Jiang Yan closed the file and praised Xu Damao.

Xu Damao was overjoyed to hear Jiang Yan's praise.

"Has the construction of the community started?" Jiang Yan couldn't help but ask as he looked at the scenery outside the window.

"Construction has already begun. The government will take the lead in solving the three connections and one leveling problem. However, the community we built here is 100 acres larger than the original area. These houses are basically used by the government."

"Yes, it is our honor to solve problems for the government. Don't worry, the government will not treat us unfairly." Jiang Yan said with a smile.

"By the way, boss, the director of the Investment Promotion Bureau and the deputy mayor in charge of investment promotion would like to invite you to dinner at the Peace Hotel tonight. I wonder if you have time." Xu Damao said.

"You arrange it!" Jiang Yan said casually.

The Peace Hotel in Shanghai was founded in 1929. It is one of the most famous hotels in the old Shanghai and has hosted many foreign heads of state and celebrities. The hotel is located on the Bund by the Huangpu River and is one of the most beautiful sightseeing routes in Shanghai. Here you can find the most authentic Shanghai cuisine with rich oil and red sauce. Jiang Yan wants to taste it.

"Let's stay at the Peace Hotel tonight," Xu Damao said.

"Okay, you decide!"

Jiang Yan doesn't care about where he lives, as long as it is clean and quiet. Jiang Yan is not picky about this.

"Our English-style garden house at No. 40, Wukang Road is undergoing a modern renovation. You can move in next time you come."

Wukang Road is located in XH District of Shanghai. It was originally named Route Ferguson, named after the American missionary John Ferguson. It was built by the Shanghai French Concession Municipal Council in 1907 (the rd year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu).

This "Celebrity Road", which is praised as "a concentration of the modern history of Shanghai", fully demonstrates Shanghai's unique Shanghai culture and is the crystallization and witness of the fusion of Eastern and Western cultures.

At the junction of Huaihai Middle Road and Wukang Road is the landmark building of Wukang Road - Wukang Building. Wukang Building was originally named Normandy Apartment, after a French place name.

The Wukang Building has a history of more than 100 years and is one of the iconic attractions in Shanghai. It is a typical French Renaissance building and the first veranda-style apartment building in Shanghai.

It is triangular in shape and unique in form under the Wukang Building. It is located at the intersection of every road and looks like a large ship.

After thinking of the iconic buildings on Wukang Road, Jiang Yan asked Xu Damao.

"Ask the government about the ownership of the Wukang Building later. If the ownership is clear, we can discuss with the government and buy it." "Okay, boss, I'll ask later."

"Comrade Jiang Yan's name is very familiar to me. He is a well-known red capitalist in the country." After introducing each other, the deputy mayor of Modu spoke first.

"After the leader's filtering, it's just a little bit of false reputation. Compared with you, I'm still far behind." Jiang Yan said with a smile.

After three rounds of wine and five dishes, Guo Peng from the Merchants Group said, "Our Magic City is also a city with great potential. I wonder if we can have the honor of inviting Mr. Jiang and your company to stay here."

"Our aircraft design institute will begin construction soon, and we will consider investing in and building a factory in Shanghai based on the needs of the group." Jiang Yan said with a smile.

What he said was not empty talk. He had originally planned to open a car branch in Shanghai, which is located in the Yangtze River Delta region.

This triangle area includes Shanghai, JS Province, ZJ Province, and Anhui Province, a total of 41 cities; it is located in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River in China, bordering the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea, where the river and the sea meet. There are many ports along the river and the coast. It is an alluvial plain formed before the Yangtze River entered the sea.

By the time Jiang Yan traveled through time, the population of the Yangtze River Delta was 2.27 million and the area was 35.8 square kilometers. In 2019, the GDP of the Yangtze River Delta was 23.72 trillion yuan; the urbanization rate of the permanent population exceeded 60%. With less than 4% of the country's land area, it created nearly 1/4 of China's total economic output and 1/3 of the total imports and exports. In 2019, the railway network density in the Yangtze River Delta region reached 325 kilometers per 2.2 square kilometers, which is times the national average.

The Yangtze River Delta is one of the regions with the most active economic development, the highest degree of openness and the strongest innovation capabilities in China, and it plays a pivotal strategic role in the overall national modernization drive and all-round opening-up. Promoting the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta, enhancing the innovation and competitiveness of the Yangtze River Delta region, and improving economic agglomeration, regional connectivity and policy coordination efficiency are of great significance to leading the country's high-quality development and building a modern economic system.

The Yangtze River Delta region has a long cultural history. In addition, it has a developed water system and fertile land that are superior to China's agriculture and handicrafts. As a result, it has initially formed a considerable urban cluster in the middle and late stages of China's feudal society.

Therefore, investing and building a factory here is the right time, right place and right people, and his own industry will be taken to a higher level. Jiang Yan also plans to build two bases centered on Mo Du and Sijiu City respectively, and develop them simultaneously.

“The government is currently planning to build a new bridge over the Huangpu River, hoping to connect the Bund and Lujiazui, making Lujiazui a new development center. I wonder if Mr. Jiang is interested in this.” The leader of Shanghai said with a smile.

Jiang Yan knew clearly that the bridge the leader was talking about was the Nanpu Bridge of later generations. This bridge is located at the South Wharf in Nanshi District, Magic City, China. The entire section of the bridge is the inner ring expressway of Magic City. The main bridge spans the Huangpu River waterway, 5 kilometers away from the Suzhou River estuary downstream, 11 kilometers away from the Yangpu Bridge downstream, and 10.2 kilometers away from the Xupu Bridge upstream. The bridge starts from the Luban Road Interchange in the west and ends at the Zhangjiang Interchange in the south. The Puxi approach bridge connects Zhongshan South Road and Lujiahong Road, and the Pudong approach bridge goes east directly to Yanggao Road and is connected to Pudong South Road.

Nanpu Bridge consists of the main bridge on the water, the Pudong and Puxi approach bridges on the land, the H-shaped bridge tower, and its interchange ramp. The main bridge section is arranged from northwest to southeast. The design of Nanpu Bridge is based on the concept of "a coiled dragon with its head held high", just like a giant dragon with its head held high and circling across the Huangpu River. It has made the dream of "a bridge across the Huangpu River" come true for the people of Shanghai. The bridge is strong and upright, simple and light, flying in the air over the Huangpu River, with magnificent scenery.

Nanpu Bridge is the first double-tower, double-cable-plane composite-beam cable-stayed bridge designed and built in Shanghai. The main bridge adopts a composite-beam structure combining steel beams and reinforced concrete precast panels. The main bridge tower is a broken-line H-shaped reinforced concrete structure. Each tower is connected to the main beam with steel cables on both sides. The cable plane is arranged in a fan shape, and the tower base uses a steel pipe pile group foundation. The bridge approach is a prestressed reinforced concrete beam and reinforced concrete pier structure. The Puxi approach is a spiral with a complex curve, and the upper and lower three rings are bifurcated to connect the surrounding streets, while the Pudong approach goes straight to the street to the east and is connected to the two ends of Pudong South Road with two complex curve oblong rings.

"Mr. Jiang, Mr. Jiang, I wonder if you are interested." Seeing Jiang Yan distracted, Guo Peng reminded him.

"Oh, sorry. I was distracted just now. But this is a good thing. Our Rock Group is willing to lend a hand. I wonder how we can guarantee our investment after it is built."

"It's like this. After the new bridge is built, we will collect bridge tolls to make up for it. I wonder what Mr. Jiang thinks."

Hearing this, Jiang Yan smiled. According to the historical process, in February 2000, the Shanghai Municipal Political Consultative Conference submitted a proposal on "Negative Effects of Collecting Cross-River Tolls and Several Suggestions for Solving Contradictions"; in May of the same year, the Shanghai Municipal Government announced the cancellation of tolls for cross-river tunnels and bridges, including the Nanpu Bridge. In other words, after the completion of the project, tolls have only been collected for more than ten years. Now there are few cars, and it is almost impossible to make money by operating the project, and even cannot get back your investment.

"We'll discuss this later. After all, this is a considerable investment." Jiang Yan said.

"Yes, yes, good things take time, good things take time." Guo Peng also spoke with a smile.

Then a few people stopped discussing work and just chatted casually, looking at the scenery outside the window. To be honest, the night view of Shanghai now is not as beautiful as it will be in the future, but it is still pretty good in China.

It was not until ten o'clock that Jiang Yan and Xu Damao saw off several leaders. They returned to their room, tidied up, and fell asleep. It was a very tiring day.

(End of this chapter)