The Industrial Giant Reborn

After staying at the Jingjintang Expressway Operation and Management Company for a while, Lin Zhihao also reported the operation status of the Jingjintang Expressway in the past three months, which was also information that had been prepared long ago.

The total investment in the entire Beijing-Tianjin-Tangshan Expressway is US$1.13 billion. At the current exchange rate, it is almost 2.9 billion yuan. Now, the entire expressway’s three-month revenue is 140 million yuan. If other factors are not considered , then in a little more than 5 years, you can get your money back.

However, there are many factors in the real world, such as time surplus in the investment period in previous years, loan interest, high-speed maintenance costs in the later period, high-speed management costs, etc. According to internal estimates, and referring to the development speed of Yanjing’s economy, by 8 Years later, in 1992, all investments will be recovered.

In other words, by the ninth company eight years later, the profit earned will be the net profit. It is estimated that three to five billion a year is no problem. Of course, this doesn't take inflation into account.

"The mainland's economy may develop faster, and the income from this expressway may be even higher." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile after hearing all the data reports.

"Thank you Mr. Chen for your kind words. Our income is secondary. It is mainly highway data, which is a symbol of the economy. The better our business is, the better the economy of the entire region will be." Lin Zhihao added.

"Of course." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said. In the 1980s, when there were no expressways in the country, anyone, even with their eyes closed, would choose to build expressways between some big cities. Once completed, it would take less than ten years. The cost can be recovered, and the general fee agreement is 30 years. In other words, the next 20 years will be in vain. And because it is a passage between big cities, and at the same time, the mainland economy will be better in more than ten years. Having more private cars will only make you more money.

In the entire mainland, there are only a few expressways that are as valuable as the Beijing-Tianjin-Tangshan Expressway. The Guangdong-Shenzhen Expressway contracted by Hu Yingxiang is also one of them. Others, such as the Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway, the Beijing-Shanghai Expressway, etc., have not yet been planned. come out.

And once such a highway is successful, it will definitely not only have an impact on the local area, but also the whole country, because other places in the country can use this as a template to build highways, and even if there is no foreign investment, they can also apply for bank loans in the future. , of course, different cities are still different, and the specific situation depends on the actual situation.

However, judging from the current domestic economic situation, there will be no such good projects in a short period of time. Because in the mid-1980s, although exports were gradually booming, there were still many problems in the internal economy, especially the failure of traditional state-owned enterprises, which required government funds to support them. This pressure was too great. It was not until the 1990s that this problem was gradually resolved. solve.

Afterwards, everyone just chatted casually. In fact, it was because this was neither a factory nor a normal company, but a toll highway. The toll price was set by the state. From the moment it was built, the company itself There is no way to control your own future. It all depends on the economic development of the entire region. There is nothing to say. In the future, you will only need to charge fees + maintenance.

Unless one day, the 4-lane is too congested, then we can prepare for expansion, but that will only be a few years later, and because of this land acquisition, the surrounding land has already been prepared, and when the expansion is completed , is also a time when the economy is taking off and land prices are high. Just by taking this early preparation step, you don’t know how much money you can save.

In the afternoon, Chen Zhiwen and others left the headquarters of the Beijing-Tianjin-Tangzhou Expressway Management Company.

On the way back, Zhou Jiayang suddenly said: "Chen Sheng, I think we should go and find out about Tanggu Port."

"It seems that you have the same idea as me. Now is indeed the right time to invest." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile.

Tanggu Port will be one of the largest ports in the northern part of the mainland in the future, second only to Tangshan Port. At its peak, the annual throughput was as high as 550 million tons. The export goods in the entire Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region are basically exported from here, even TJ The status of the city and Tanggu Port have a great influence.

As early as the Republic of China, the excellent geographical location of Tanggu Port was discovered, and it was subsequently built into a port. In the decades after the 1950s, it underwent a large number of renovations and improvements. In 1974, the annual throughput reached 10 million tons. , was already one of the largest ports in the country at that time.

It's just that it's large in scale, but not advanced. Many of them still rely on the most basic methods to deliver goods, and many goods are not shipped through containers. This has begun to be out of touch with the world, but because many non-developed countries This is the same model, so we can cope with it for the time being, but if we want to export to Europe and the United States as much as possible, containers must be popularized on a large scale. At the same time, even if there are containers, modern management models need to be introduced.

Chen Zhiwen has long been eyeing future super terminals across the country and has been waiting for the right time. After all, even if he wants to invest actively, he has to wait until others are ready to expand or build a new one, otherwise they will not have such a plan. , it would be outrageous to just run over and look for someone else.

The area of ​​Tanggu Wharf is actually large enough, and the most basic infrastructure is almost complete. What is most lacking is modern equipment and management methods. These require a large amount of foreign exchange to complete the improvements. This can be regarded as one's own. Opportunity.

Of course, there must be a domestic policy that allows joint ventures, otherwise nothing will work. Everyone knows the importance of ports and their profit value, but the mainland government is still willing to joint ventures with some people. In fact, it is the so-called reciprocation. Especially It is some Hong Kong capital that came to invest or donate to universities during the country's poverty period, and then there will be corresponding returns in the future. For example, in the original history, Li Jiacheng's Oriental Xintiandi shopping mall and Pudong port project, the shipping king Bao Yugang's family in China We have also invested in several large office buildings or shopping malls in prime locations.

Zhou Jiayang nodded and said: "Now in the global market, the container transportation model has begun to dominate. Developed countries in Europe and the United States have basically completed the reform of container transportation. Even if they have not, they themselves have funds and it is not our turn to invest.

Only in many developing countries, limited by their own funding problems, can they give foreign consortiums such opportunities. In Southeast Asia, Hutchison Whampoa has chosen to invest in modern ports in Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, and Thailand, but the scale They are not very big, because the size of these countries sets the upper limit for port size.

At present, the upper limit on the mainland is very high, including ours in Hong Kong. In fact, it is essentially relying on the exports and transfer stations in the southern provinces of the mainland to achieve the status of Asia's number one port. In addition, in recent years, domestic exports have Although it is not very high yet, the growth trend is very good.

Now that the Beijing-Tianjin-Tanggu Expressway is completed, whether we continue to invest in building other nearby expressways in the future, or the mainland builds it ourselves, we can transport goods from Yanjing and even several nearby provinces to Tanggu Port. From this point of view, The scale here will be astonishing. "

"The analysis is correct." Chen Zhiwen smiled and said: "Just a few southern provinces in the mainland can create a terminal center like Hong Kong. And the mainland's coastline is so long, it will be comparable to Hong Kong's large ports in the future. I'm sure There will be a lot of them, Hutchison Whampoa Terminal Management Company, if you can invest, it’s better not to miss it.”

In the future, there will be dozens of large ports along the inland coastline from the east to the south. There will be more than 5 of them among the top ten in the world, including Tangshan Terminal, Pudong Terminal, Zhoushan Terminal, etc., any of which will be in the future. It is at the level of a Big Mac. However, no matter how ambitious Chen Zhiwen is, it is impossible to invest all of it. Even if he has enough funds, it is estimated that the mainland will not agree. It is estimated that no country will agree, even domestic private companies. Capital is not always available, and even state-owned enterprises will be divided into several companies for management.

However, it is still in the early stages, and the mainland does not care about this aspect. In the case of a shortage of foreign exchange, the central government does not care when foreign capital can be used. It may not know how successful these ports will be in the future.

"Then I will go meet with the relevant departments tomorrow to see if there is any chance." Zhou Jiayang nodded and said. Now he understood why the boss called him here. There is obviously nothing interesting about a highway, but Tanggu Port is own goals.

"Well, if the other party is short of money or foreign exchange, this is best. We can invest directly. But if there is no shortage, then we can imitate the model of the Yantian Port Terminal in Shenhai City and guide the other party to invest more and build the most A modern port is actually good for them, and it can be done in one step." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile.

Last year, Shenhai City built Yantian Port. Originally, Shenhai City only wanted to build a small wharf, with an investment of only 4 million yuan. After all, Shenhai City already had a wharf in Shekou at that time, and could no longer export through Hong Kong. However, under the intervention of Chen Zhiwen's people, , spending nearly 100 million to build a modern terminal in one step, allowing Hutchison Whampoa to obtain 35% of the shares of the terminal, and Hisense Bank also obtained a future super customer.

However, it is beneficial to Shenhai City without any harm. The industry in Shenhai City will develop rapidly in the next few years, and the demand for exports will also increase exponentially. In the past, the port was too late to ship goods. As a result, Hong Kong's terminals are cheaper.

Of course, Hutchison Whampoa also has a terminal in Hong Kong. In the short term, it may also suffer certain losses. But no matter what, Yantian Port will still be built. If we don’t invest now, when Shenhai City has money in the 1990s, outsiders think It is difficult to invest in shares. Even if it can be done, it is impossible to get 35%.

"Okay, I understand." Zhou Jiayang nodded and said.

PS: I calculated the income of expressways based on the actual data of Guangzhou-Shenzhen Expressway, and it should be similar.