Rebirth in 1989: Building a Chinese Technological Empire

The reason why Xu Huasheng invested in the expressway is that in addition to the profit of the expressway itself, Xu Huasheng also attaches great importance to the service area. You should know that Xu Huasheng has an oil license and is qualified to open a gas station in China.

When the time comes, you can imagine how much profit it will be when you build your own gas stations in these service areas. In addition to gas stations, each service area will also reserve space for charging stations for the future layout of the electric vehicle industry. When the time is right, you can directly build a large number of charging piles in these service areas, so that the electric vehicle industry can be developed faster and Shanhai Automobile can seize the opportunity in the electric vehicle industry.

At the same time, for these service areas, Xu Huasheng is ready to take the affordable route and really improve the service of the service area, so that the service area is worthy of the word service. Let the service area really become a place where everyone is willing to rest and consume here. The hotel price in the service area should be affordable and the conditions should be good. The restaurant should be cheap, taste good, and be clean. The supermarket products inside the service area should be more and really affordable, and not cheat consumers.

At the same time, a special truck parking area will be established, only trucks are allowed to enter, and there will be security services, so that truck drivers can really rest and sleep well in the service area, so that they don't have to worry about oil thieves stealing oil when they rest in the service area.

In a word, make this service area a place where passers-by are willing to stay, eat, spend the night, rest and even have fun. Unlike many service areas in the original time and space, tourists would rather eat instant noodles than buy meals in the service area.

If the highway service area can do what Xu Huasheng envisioned, people on the road don't need to bring instant noodles with them. When you go to a service area, just go to eat directly.

It seems that the price is lower than the rip-off, and the profit is low, but more people are willing to stay and consume, which will form a virtuous circle. In this way, the business will be good, and the profit will be sustainable, instead of many service areas in the original time and space, where many places to eat are deserted and everyone goes to the service area just to go to the toilet.

"Heads, this is our highway investment plan. For highway tolls, our company's initial tolls will be higher to recover costs. Once the costs are recovered, we will lower the toll standards and maintain a reasonable profit point. When the contract period is up, our company will hand over the ownership of these highways to the state..."

Xu Huasheng's words made everyone nod.

This model is still good. Private companies build highways and recover their capital by collecting tolls. After the capital is recovered, the tolls will be reduced to maintain a relatively reasonable profit. After the contract period is up, the ownership of the highway will be returned to the state.

Obviously, Xu Huasheng knows how to advance and retreat. As a private enterprise, it is naturally impossible to hold the ownership of these highways forever. But as a private company, it must be profitable before it is willing to invest.

So how to grasp this degree is very critical. It is necessary to build the highway and make private companies profitable. In the end, private enterprises cannot use the highways to make huge profits at will. This requires careful discussion and a complete charter.

"As for railway investment, leaders, we don't invest in ordinary railways."

In the room, Xu Huasheng's words made everyone stunned, and then they looked at Xu Huasheng curiously.

"If we Huasheng Group wants to play, we will play high-end. Leaders, you all know about high-speed railways, right?"

Xu Huasheng's question stunned everyone.

"Are you talking about the high-speed railway like the Japanese Shinkansen?"

An old man answered directly, and Xu Huasheng nodded.

"Yes, it is this kind of high-speed railway. The operating speed should reach more than 250 kilometers per hour. Our China is too big. With the economic growth, the time cost will become more and more expensive, so I think that in the future, our China will have a great demand for high-speed railways. For example, the high-speed railway line from Yanjing to Shanghai, haven't we already started a feasibility study? If the operating speed of this line can reach 350 kilometers per hour, then the time from Yanjing to Shanghai can be increased from about two days now to about five hours. At that time, after breakfast in Yanjing in the morning, take the high-speed rail to Shanghai, go around Shanghai and come back, and you won't be late for dinner in the evening. In this way, the distance between cities will be shortened..."

Xu Huasheng said directly. The railway speed from Yanjing to Shanghai is very slow now. The current running speed of the train is only a pitiful 60 kilometers per hour. From Shanghai to Yanjing, it takes more than a day to get there after stopping and starting all the way.

In fact, the feasibility study of the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway began in 1990.In 1994, the research team submitted a feasibility report for this high-speed rail line.

"Comrade Xu, this technology is too difficult, isn't it? We have no experience at all..."

An old man couldn't help but say.

"Sir, it's because it's difficult that our Huasheng Group is willing to do research and development. High-speed rail is an integration of high-end manufacturing technology, and it has very high technical requirements. To put it bluntly, it's just a small screw, and the standards are very, very high. But some things will never be done if we don't do them. Our Huasheng Group is willing to challenge such difficult things. Once we have our own high-speed rail technology, we can build our own high-speed rail lines on a large scale in China. If our country is fully covered by high-speed rail, you can imagine how wonderful life will be. The speed is 350 kilometers per hour, even from Yanjing to Shenzhen, it will only take about ten hours. And Yanjing to Tianjin to Shijiazhuang is even closer. At that time, we can use high-speed rail to create economic circles of one hour, two hours or three hours..."

When Xu Huasheng described this blueprint, everyone's eyes were full of expectations.

If the whole country is really covered by high-speed rail with a speed of 350 kilometers per hour or even faster, then people's travel will be very, very convenient. The commuting time between cities will be greatly reduced.

By that time, whether it is work or travel, it will be much more convenient. If it really comes true, what a prosperous age it will be.

Thinking of this, many elderly people couldn't help but sigh in their hearts.

It's a pity that I am old, and I don't know if I can see such a prosperous age in this life.

"Dear leaders, our high-speed rail technology can not only facilitate ourselves, but we can also use our high-speed rail as a business card or diplomatic weapon made in China, so that more countries in the world will adopt our high-speed rail standards, so that more countries in the world will have high-speed rail, and so that more countries in the world will connect their high-speed rail with our high-speed rail."

Xu Huasheng picked up a pen and came to the side of the map, and drew a few lines with red lines. After seeing these lines, everyone's eyes lit up immediately. "