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Chapter 538 Stuck in the Neck (Fourth update, please subscribe)
The highway that passes between the plantations is like a long black snake, winding on the wet earth.

A motorcade was speeding on the highway. The car lights drew bright light tracks in the rain curtain, like meteors in the night sky. The wheels of the car rolled through the accumulated water, splashing water and disappearing in the rain curtain in an instant.

The most eye-catching black car in the fleet is the BMW 600 just launched by BMW. As BMW's first Pullman model, its unique long wheelbase gives a large space that ordinary cars do not have, and a partition Separating the cockpit, raising the single-transparent glass creates a private space at the rear of the cabin.

The raindrops tapped lightly on the car window, making a soft sound. He leaned on the back seat, his head hanging in the air, which made Li Yian mutter in his heart.

"It would be more comfortable if there was a headrest. I can make some suggestions in this regard later."

As the first user of this luxury car, Li Yian's experience with it is still very good, but what reassures him even more is the safety of this car. The specially improved car weighs 6 and a half tons and has a double-layer tire structure. Even if it is hit by a bullet, it can still drive normally. Not only is the interior of the car body equipped with armor plates, but also the bottom of the car is equipped with armor plates that can withstand the impact of mine blasts.

This kind of safety is something that the original Packard Super Eight cannot provide. Because of this, this car became Li Yian's car as soon as it rolled off the assembly line, and this also meant that his car was finally domestically produced.

"Financial Center……"

Recalling the experience of visiting the stock exchange in Yong'an during the day, Li Yian raised the corner of his mouth and asked Yu Xiangdong, who was sitting opposite and still looking at the stock exchange report.

"Are you curious why you chose Yong'an?"

After closing the report, Yu Xiangdong expressed his doubts.

"Yes, Your Excellency, logically speaking, wouldn't it be more appropriate for a financial center centered on the stock exchange to be located in Chang'an?"

"balanced,"

After saying these two words, Li Yian said.

"Yong'an is the southernmost city in Nanyang. For the sake of balanced development among regions, it is appropriate to place the financial center here. This will help the development of the south and...power."

Li Yian smiled and said.

"It is not a good thing for finance to be too close to power. Staying away from it is beneficial to the development of the financial industry, especially since we still have a tradition of using power to interfere in affairs. Some traditions are definitely feudal dross. If they cannot be eliminated for a while, It’s better to keep a certain distance.”

Glancing out of the car window, Li Yian said again.

"But this is not important. What is really important is the regional economy. Yong'an, a financial center, will take on the mission of being an Asian financial center and even a world financial center in the future. Only by developing Yong'an can we drive the development of the entire south. In this way, , Chang'an and Yong'an, one north and one south, can promote the economic development of the entire Nanyang, right..."

Li Yian said with a smile at Yu Xiangdong.

"The housing prices in Yong'an will definitely not be worse than those in Chang'an in the future. You can also invest in it."

Sometimes he doesn't mind giving some investment advice to his subordinates. After all, some things are inevitable. Proper investment advice can at least prevent them from using their brains elsewhere.

Of course, if they use these suggestions to speculate, they will definitely regret it in the end.

"House price?"

Since when did Nanyang have commercial real estate? Although Yu Xiangdong was a little confused, he figured it out quickly.

"Your Excellency, have you decided to liberalize commercial real estate?"

Pointing to the newspaper, Li Yian said.

"Some things should be relaxed rather than blocked. Since there is demand in the market, we should always let it go. If we don't let it go now, similar things will continue to happen. Instead of letting people take advantage of the loopholes to speculate, it is better to let it go to a certain extent. He will temporarily let go of part of the commercial real estate market, that is, the luxury home market, and regulate it by charging high taxes. Since they are willing to pay, let them pay!"

The rich always have their needs for quality of life. Since they have needs, it is not impossible to satisfy them, but the prerequisite is to pay for them.

"Not only do they need to pay high deed taxes, but they also need to pay property taxes. If they want to enjoy life, they always have to pay some price. It is not impossible to use taxes to benefit the people."

After hearing the president's decision, Yu Xiangdong tentatively said.

"Then the nature of the land at Arthur Rubber Company will also be..."

"The purpose cannot be changed at any time," Li Yian said, shaking his head.

"It's not illegal for them to take advantage of loopholes, that's true, but land speculation must be killed at the source. If they don't make them pay for their own speculation, how can they demonstrate the law?"

In fact, deep down, Li Yian is extremely disgusted with those opportunists. For such people, he may not be able to directly strike hard, but it does not mean that he cannot do something.

"Wait a little longer, wait until the court hearing is over, wait until their houses are almost completed, and then make an announcement to liberalize commercial real estate. By then, they will have to make a clean loss!"

With a cold smile, Li Yian looked out the window. The most cruel way to deal with those speculators was not to send them to prison, but to make them pay cleanly and give them the most fatal blow in the areas they cared about most.

What do they care about most?
Of course it’s money!
Since all they care about is money, let them lose everything.

"Not only should we learn this lesson, but they should also learn from it, and let those businessmen know... that they have to pay the price for their actions."

Looking out of the car, the mountains in the distance were looming in the rain. Li Yi'an raised his lips slightly and did not continue talking.

Perhaps, he doesn't have a hundred ways to punish them, but if he wants to make those speculators bankrupt, there are no other ways.

A few hours later, the convoy entered Taiping City. After resting in a hotel for a night, it headed straight to the oil fields outside the city early the next morning. Taiping City is the former Balikpapan and is the center of the oil industry in Southeast Asia.

After leaving the oil field, he went to the Petroleum Research Institute. In the institute, Li Yian listened to their research results one by one, introduced drilling equipment, and developed new pumping units.

"The current research and development of petroleum technology equipment is mainly based on the introduction of American equipment. In this technology, the United States is far ahead of other countries. We hope to improve the level of our petroleum technology and equipment by introducing American technology."

When Herman mentioned American technology, Li Yian's mind sank and he said.

"There is absolutely no problem in using American technology to improve our own technological level in the short term, but can we develop technical equipment with completely independent intellectual property rights?"

The reason why Li Yian mentioned independent intellectual property rights is that these equipment will definitely be exported to some sensitive countries in the future. For example, in Tangshan, which discovered a large oil field in a few years, they will need to import a large amount of oil mining and petrochemical equipment to use it. in oil extraction and processing.

Not only Tangshan needs it, but even Russia also needs to import petroleum equipment, such as large-diameter oil pipelines - from the 60s to the 80s, Russia built half of the world's oil pipelines and natural gas pipelines, which was worth tens of billions of dollars. Order.

Faced with such a huge order, European and American countries are naturally salivating. In order to obtain foreign exchange, Russia even exports oil to West Germany and other European countries at a price that is one-third lower than the market price in exchange for foreign exchange and oil processing. Production and transportation of technical products.

Huge market demand, coupled with cheap oil supply, has not only allowed Western European countries to bypass Batumi to export petroleum technology products to Russia, but even American companies have joined the process.
But soon the United States banned American companies from selling production and transportation equipment for transporting oil and natural gas to Russia, even at a cost of $3,000 to itself. The ban also applies to Western European and Japanese products that use American technology and components.

Therefore, if you want to make large orders worth tens of billions of dollars from Eastern countries, you must have technology with independent intellectual property rights.

"Sir, this is also our research goal."

Herman, the general manager of Nanyang Petroleum Company, said straightforwardly.

"After all, paying royalties is a very painful thing."

His words made Li Yian laugh and said.

"Yes, we must minimize the payment of patent fees before conducting research on independent intellectual property rights."

Only by conducting research on independent intellectual property rights can we finally get rid of the situation of being controlled by others or even being stuck. After all, we will always have to do business with some countries in the future.

Those businesses are not just petroleum equipment, but also include various other mechanical equipment and technologies.

After inspecting the Petroleum Technology Research Institute for half a day, Li Yian rushed towards the next goal non-stop.

He has been out for almost a month, and now he is eager to return home, but before going home, there is always a place he must visit.

After all, Nanyang's future is also related there.

Just like this, as soon as the car got on the highway, it drove north again at full speed.

(End of this chapter)