this man is not calm

Chapter 415 Joining forces to do something big

I didn't disturb Zhang Yu's practice and just watched from outside. After the class was over, I chatted with her privately, asked about her next plans, gave her some reliable suggestions, and left after a while.

During this time, Jin Shang even saw a few young men who looked at him unfriendly. They were probably attracted to Zhang Yu and regarded the sudden visitor as a love rival.

There are many handsome men and beautiful women in the reserve star group. They attend classes and study together for a long time and have a lot of interactions. It is normal for young people to develop feelings for each other.

It seems that Zhang Yu has no intention of having a deeper relationship with these overt or covert suitors. He is polite and courteous, pretending not to see other people's hints.
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Whether the infrastructure capacity is strong or not depends on whether the investors are willing to pay. If the preparation is proper, the speed of advancement will be quite amazing.

The project was finalized two months ago, and the initial construction work started. We dug underground passages, buried power lines, and built water supply and drainage systems, and we worked almost day and night. In late September, after the foundation was laid, construction of the above-ground part began.

It is not easy to apply for such a piece of land near the Third Ring Road. Majiabao is located at the bend of Liangshui River in the south of Beijing. It was developed obviously later than the west of Beijing. At that time, it still looked like an urban-rural fringe area. Basically, there were low bungalows as far as the eye could see, with occasional two- or three-story private houses. In the wilderness farther away, you could see unharvested farmland dotted around and vegetable gardens full of vegetables and fruits.

The land approved for Jinshang to build a new energy power station was originally a factory, which was later moved away. The original plan was to develop residential areas, schools, stadiums, parks, etc., but the environmental monitoring failed and there was residual pollution in the soil, so the original plan had to be abandoned.

After this incident, the vegetable gardens opened by the surrounding villagers can no longer be used. The district has prepared to invest money to manage the pollution several times. It is not known how many years it will take to rely on natural circulation to eliminate it. It costs a lot of money to improve it, but we are unwilling to invest the money. As for leaving it unused, that is even more unacceptable.

When we were in a dilemma, Jinxi Cloud Service came to us with the idea of ​​teaming up with its sister company to develop a wind power and photovoltaic complementary power station to provide energy for new energy. The two sides had a preliminary talk and felt that there was a good prospect. After discussing the details, it was soon decided.

Wind turbines and photovoltaic panels are mainly deployed along rivers, on hard-to-develop land, and near parks and protected wetlands, trying not to affect the daily lives of surrounding residents.

The low-frequency noise problem of wind turbines is still difficult to improve. If they are installed in the city, they must be moved farther away.

The situation of photovoltaic panels is slightly better. Daily cleaning requires a lot of water resources. These wastewaters fall on the wasteland, providing conditions for grass growth and indirectly accelerating the speed of soil improvement.

As for why local residents do not object, it is also because they consider that after the new energy power station is built, it will be able to strengthen the stability of the city's power supply network and indirectly save electricity bills for everyone, which is a mutually beneficial thing.

The new energy power station has a high degree of automation, and the data center has obtained a lot of spare industrial land.

On September 23, Jin Shang and his second uncle Mei Yingnian stood on a slope not far away, looking at the wind turbines and photovoltaic panels that were being assembled in the distance. It was a busy scene.

"Uncle, what do you think of this place? It's a corner between the third and fourth ring roads. Because of the relocation of the airport in the south and a series of historical problems, the development of the southern part of Beijing has been shelved. There is still a lot of room for development..."

"You...are very generous. So many high-power wind turbines are not cheap..."

"Four hundred million..."

Jin Shang stretched out his hand with his thumb bent and responded with a smile,

"Thirty megawatt-class equipment, properly installed, costs this much. There are also a large number of photovoltaic panels, DC circuit laying, converter station equipment, high-quality cables that meet standards, customized server racks, and a series of AC and DC dual-power IT equipment, none of which can be done with a small amount of money."

"In this case, most of the financing in the secondary market may be spent. Is it worth it?"

If the data center does not provide ideal support to its various business segments, then the money will be wasted.

In the long run, there will definitely be no loss. However, in this period of rapid development, a large amount of capital is deposited here. If there are no special benefits, it is obviously not worth it.

"I'm starting to get involved in energy, and the most difficult part is urban power generation and transmission and distribution networks. If there weren't new energy, new materials, and high-tech gimmicks, would the higher-ups let me do this?"

At this point, Jin Shang stopped beating around the bush and asked directly,
"Nearly one-twentieth of the land in and around Majiapu is directly or indirectly controlled by me. This is the asset package that Lao Huang pushed to me. Most of them are low-quality plots with little development value, barren hills, saline-alkali swamps, and industrial and public welfare land that is surrounded by the surrounding areas and cannot be tampered with. If I can spend money to take over the surrounding areas and integrate them together, it will be very promising."

“The initial investment will be huge!”

“The area between the third and fourth ring roads is mainly residential, with supporting kindergartens, primary and secondary schools, hospitals, scenic parks, stadiums, commercial plazas, office buildings and trading markets in various niche areas.”

"You...you're not going to develop a commercial district, you're going to build a city!"

"Moreover... it is in the suburbs of Beijing. With the current development trend, if we miss this opportunity, we will miss it forever. You see, the beginning of a smart city, energy, computing power, and technological culture are all ready..."

"Real estate provides the stage, industry plays the show, high technology and culture are the business cards, and employment and taxation are the pillars... huh!"

Boss Mei frowned slightly, looked at the wind farm in the distance, then turned back to look at the residential area behind, unable to make up his mind.

If he really wants to swallow this big piece of fat meat, Mei Lao Er can be considered to have truly established himself in the capital and have a well-known brand. He will be on the same level as the ordinary people who have come from other places.

However, the investment is too huge. Although it is just a street and a small half district, it is in the capital. If you really want to take it over completely, the investment will be no less than building a small county town in your hometown.

There are about six to seven blocks in total. It is not necessary to take over all the land around Majiapu, but to make a good plan and secure the areas with higher development value. The rest will depend on the situation. Even if it is the fattest meat, it is best not to eat it all by yourself, leave some for others, and also attract partners. For example, business hotels, super-large chain supermarkets, home appliance hypermarkets, leisure clubs, etc. Jin Shang and Mei Yingnian are very weak, and there are few allies who do these things. They only have a little strength in hotel management, and don’t count on other things.

"I roughly estimated that this is an investment of tens of billions. If it fails, it will not be a joke."

"When I didn't have much money, I took over a large amount of idle real estate from Lao Huang, and also took on more than 60 billion in foreign debt. It's not because I was young and hot-headed and didn't know the severity of the situation, but because I knew what was going on. Small businesses have poor risk resistance, and you don't know which will happen, an accident or tomorrow. But big businesses basically have a fixed number. As long as you can judge the general trend and grasp the risks, you can basically make a profit..."

"What you're betting on is the fate of the country. It seems that you are very optimistic about the future development."

"Of course!"

Even though it is such a big business, with so many things to do and so complicated to figure out, as long as you have a good strategic vision and a group of employees with strong execution capabilities, the rest will not be that difficult, Jin Shang responded confidently.
"My major in college is public administration and business administration, which are relatively theoretical, but it also gave me a lot of knowledge. I won't talk about practical operations, but I have a good grasp of the overall situation. In addition, I have learned a lot of useful knowledge by myself in the past two years. I have more than two years of entrepreneurial experience, which is enough. In addition, my graduate school specializes in urban planning, and I am a little sensitive to the way modern cities expand. In the future, Beijing is likely to develop into a super metropolis with a population of over 20 million, becoming the well-deserved center of the north, with an irreplaceable status. If we can make a move here in advance, the benefits will be greater in the future..."

"More than 20 million people..."

Mei Yingnian took a deep breath and narrowed his eyes slightly.

The permanent urban population announced last year was a little over 12 million, including about 2 million college students, urban white-collar workers who have failed to settle down, outsourced workers and temporary workers, etc. This does not include foreign workers, government-sponsored personnel and permanent employees of foreign companies. As for some people who do not have formal jobs and even do not have residence permits, they are naturally not included in the statistics.

According to Jin Shang, in the next ten years or so, the capital city will have an additional population of more than 10 million. Not to mention the suburbs between the Third and Fourth Ring Roads, even the areas outside the Fifth Ring Road will become sought-after places where every inch of land is worth a lot of money.

If... there are five rings, at least now there is no such term that will become a common convention in the future.

"Tell me, how far have you advanced?"

Hearing this, Jin Shang breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that his second uncle basically agreed. In fact, the fact that Mei Yingnian could take time out of his busy schedule to accompany Jin Shang on an "outing" had already made him almost inclined to agree.

In the past, it was difficult to find ways to expand investment, and we had to try our hand at projects in remote areas under the guise of cultural tourism. We would also take advantage of the situation by selling some "scraps" that were looked down upon by local residents, were too expensive, and had low profits, to increase our presence. However, it was still difficult to get our hands on truly good places and high-quality projects.

Nowadays, if a big cake is delivered to your door, you would naturally want it, but it is too big and you are worried that you won’t be able to eat it and will choke yourself.

"The application has been submitted. I won't repeat the title because it's too long. You can check recent newspapers, magazines and news, and pay attention to keywords like 'green electricity and new energy', 'low-carbon and environmental protection' and 'smart city'. The attitude above is mainly encouraging and supporting, but the pace of advancement is a bit slow, and they are a bit cautious about overly radical models."

"I have seen it. It is called 'smart city'. The consulting team showed me the strategic assessment. Although they are optimistic, it is hard to say whether it is a good time now."

"When the time comes, can we rob those wealthy and powerful 'old money'? Apart from anything else, as long as we can get the land, we will definitely not lose."

"That's true!"

Mei Yingnian made up his mind and said,

"You tell me a time, and I'll have the group company's consulting team go over and take a look."

"it is good!"

After finalizing the matter, Jin Shang talked about some things that were already a consensus.
"On the issue of low carbon, people of insight basically have a consensus that it is a conspiracy of developed countries to suppress the development rights of developing countries. We must follow it, otherwise the international pressure will be a bit too great and it will be difficult to resist. So now is actually a good opportunity. As the capital of the country, if we have the business cards of 'new energy', 'low carbon and environmental protection', and 'smart city', some topics will be easier to talk about. Europe and the United States are promoting natural gas, rooftop photovoltaics, ethanol fuel and fuel cells, and we can't do nothing here..."

With the current domestic strength, it is actually not cost-effective to promote green electricity and new energy on a large scale. Money is being spent everywhere, and people's income has not yet increased. The quality of life needs to be improved. When people have enough food and clothing, and the supply of materials is greatly abundant, and everyone's life begins to be more decent, it will not be too late to consider higher-level pursuits.

At this time, it would be a great pleasure to have private capital willing to "share the worries".

As long as it is reasonable and has a convincing reason, it will be much easier to get the land, and the review will be green light all the way. After a few years, who will care about you?
“This opportunity is truly rare.”

Mei Yingnian nodded continuously.

Under normal circumstances, such a large-scale risky project would not even come to his attention and would be rejected by risk control. Are you kidding me?
"In addition, the telecommunications side has also reached a consensus with me on this matter. One of the reasons is that they also have a strong motivation to promote the data center plus photovoltaic integration strategy. Just think about it, apart from Internet giants like Jinxi Culture, the basic operators have the greatest demand for data computing power, and the massive computer rooms, signal base stations and isolated passive networks are too compatible with flexible high-voltage direct current transmission and data transmission technology. In this regard, we have huge common interests; another reason is to promote ADSL high-speed network. The pilot has been going on for more than two years. We can't keep trying until it is rolled out on a large scale, right? The term "smart city" naturally fits the layout of ADSL."

In the previous life, the ADSL high-speed network pilot project was around 1997, and it was officially put into operation in 1999. It took another three years for it to enter thousands of households on a large scale.

These days, cable TV networks and the Internet are being rolled out almost simultaneously, but the latter's foundation is far inferior to the former. The current computer ownership is too low, Internet access is not convenient and is very expensive. Television is much better. If the family is not particularly tight on money, at least buying an old black-and-white TV is not a problem. Since the early 1990s, there have been two home appliance promotion campaigns in rural areas, and the penetration rate of home appliances has increased a lot. Televisions, refrigerators and washing machines are the big ones, refrigerators and microwave ovens are less so, and there is basically no market for personal computers and the like.

The base number of home computers is low and the growth is slow, but the promotion and development of Internet cafes is faster and more rapid than in the past, which makes Jin Shang full of confidence in promoting high-speed networks in advance.

(End of this chapter)