Chapter 233: Blossoming Everywhere

Looking at the Pingyang Cargo Airport project in his hands, Luo Junwu let out a long breath. In terms of sheer boldness alone, even if he were unwilling, he had to admit that in this regard, he truly could not compare to Yao Zhengru's grand scale.

The key was that a large part of Yao Zhengru's boldness and confidence came from Dongling High-Tech. Luo Junwu did not believe that if it were him proposing such a massive project, Li Dongling would be able to provide full-hearted support and directly claim one-third of the funding share for the Pingyang Cargo Airport!

This almost covered the initial funding for the Pingyang Cargo Airport. Even in the future, should the project's capital chain encounter problems, there was likely a safety net from Li Dongling and Dongling High-Tech. This gave the entire project a layer of insurance. If it were anyone else, it would likely be very difficult to get Dongling High-Tech to assist so generously.

Given the Pingyang Cargo Airport project and its backers, Luo Junwu felt that the provincial capital would find it very difficult to refuse such a project.

And as long as this project was completed, Luo Junwu could imagine that Yao Zhengru's official career would begin to soar directly into the blue sky; his future career path would go much further than his own!

As for the Oriental Era project, Luo Junwu had not yet seen the full picture, having only heard some rumors and not knowing the details, but he knew that a project pushed forward by Li Dongling and Li Dongshan would likely not be small in scale.

The project proposal for the Pingyang Cargo Airport, from the moment it was transmitted to the provincial capital, reached the hands of various figures in the provincial government office.

Inside the office of the Director of the Provincial Propaganda Committee, a copy of the same plan sat on An Yueguo's desk. An Yueguo looked at the plan for a long time without speaking, finally letting out a long sigh.

"Air transportation hub"—this was a phrase in the Pingyang Cargo Airport plan. As someone involved in propaganda, An Yueguo knew all too well the weight of these words.

Currently, there was no true cargo aviation hub in the country. Once the Pingyang Cargo Airport was completed, it would become the premier cargo aviation center hub in the country. Even the provincial capital or Yanjing would likely not oppose this project.

Not to mention, from the moment construction began, this project could bring a massive number of jobs and tax revenue to Pingyang, and even Hanxi. Once completed, it would very likely become the distribution center for domestic air cargo.

And looking at the mention at the back of the Pingyang Cargo Airport plan that the cargo airport had already received 1.2 billion in investment from Dongling High-Tech, with Dongling High-Tech becoming an investor holding a 35% stake in the Pingyang Cargo Airport, An Yueguo's gaze remained fixed, not moving for a long time.

Recalling Li Dongling, whom he had met in the provincial capital, and then looking at the current Dongling High-Tech, An Yueguo's heart could not help but stir with ripples. Being in an official career, how could one truly not have even the slightest ripple in their heart?

Just like the professor Gao Yuliang who taught and educated people in a certain TV series—didn't he also say that while teaching and educating people is good, the political arena is even broader for Professor Gao?

For someone who had reached An Yueguo's position, who wouldn't want to go one step further? Looking at the words "Dongling High-Tech," for the first time, a thought rose in An Yueguo's heart: if Li Dongling had stayed in the provincial capital, and Dongling High-Tech's headquarters were in the provincial capital, what would the scene be like today...

There were many people who could get the Pingyang Cargo Airport plan, and their reactions upon seeing the project varied, but for those with a keen sense of smell, they had already begun to take action.

Construction companies in the provincial capital, and even companies from Yanjing, began rushing over overnight after hearing the news, wanting to take on the contract for the Pingyang Cargo Airport.

This was an absolutely massive contract. Currently, real estate had not yet fully risen; even the real estate in Yazhou and Pengcheng showed signs of cooling down. Even the 70-story Giant Building had now stopped construction.

Rumors were flying everywhere about Giant's bankruptcy. Those investors who had bought the pre-sale units of the Giant Building had already begun blocking Shi Laoban of Giant. Shi Laoban was selling the building everywhere, and even to plug the hole, he had begun selling off his equity in Minsheng Bank. But the media had already begun reporting news that the Giant Building would end up with nothing. As a person who had "gone to sea" and an idol for young people, Shi Laoban might also fall from the altar because of this!

Under these circumstances, the multi-billion order for the Pingyang Cargo Airport, plus the contract for the Oriental Era shopping mall, appeared exceptionally eye-catching.

With these two contracts in Pingyang, for an infrastructure company, these two contracts combined were absolutely a piece of fat meat!

For a time, construction companies from Hanxi's provincial capital, as well as from other provinces, Yanjing, and Shanghai, all began running toward Pingyang, wanting to eat these two pieces of fat meat in Pingyang.

"Don't worry, Mayor Yao. The Hanxi State Investment Group will invest in the Pingshan Cargo Airport project!"

Inside the Pingyang Torch Industrial Park, Wu Yaoguo, who had rushed over from the provincial capital, directly waved his hand and said to Yao Zhengru and the others who had come to inspect the Torch Group together, showing a posture of being determined to win. After speaking, his gaze lingered on Li Dongling for a moment.

As the current investment group of Hanxi, Hanxi's major engineering and large projects would all pull in the wealthy Hanxi State Investment Group. Projects supported by Hanxi State Investment Group naturally had a higher success rate and could save a lot of trouble.

"I think the Pingyang Cargo Airport project should follow the investment of the Torch Group!"

Looking at the Torch Group building complex rising from the flat ground, Wu Yaoguo said to Li Dongling and Yao Zhengru.

The Torch Group was jointly established by Dongling High-Tech, the Hanxi State Investment Group representing the provincial government, and the Shangguan Town Electronic Component Factory representing the Pingyang municipal government.

Wu Yaoguo wanted to continue cooperating according to the rules of the Torch Group. Although the Torch Group had not yet officially started production, even if it failed to meet expectations in the future, it would still be the largest lighter production base in the country and could provide a large number of jobs.

In terms of this investment alone, Hanxi State Investment Group was absolutely not losing money. And for Wu Yaoguo, as the head of Hanxi State Investment Group, sometimes investment cannot just consider how much profit this investment can make. For a company like the Torch Group that provides large-scale employment, Hanxi State Investment Group must invest.

And now, looking at the Torch Group before him, Wu Yaoguo felt that this investment in the Torch Group might very well become his representative work during his time as the head of the Torch Group!

The Torch Group was like this, and the Pingyang Cargo Airport project was the same. For such a large project, Wu Yaoguo had to invest, even if there might be some risks.

"On behalf of the Pingyang municipal government, I welcome Manager Wu's investment!" Hearing this, a smile could not help but appear on Yao Zhengru's face.

If Hanxi State Investment Group could also invest 1.2 billion like Dongling High-Tech, then most of the funding for the entire Pingyang Cargo Airport would be solved. As for the remaining funding, it would be much easier for the Pingyang municipal government to borrow!

When walking into the Torch Group laboratory, Wu Yaoguo's footsteps paused slightly. Waiting for Li Dongling to come over, he smiled and said to Li Dongling, "I wonder, Li Zong, if you have any interest in letting Hanxi State Investment Group join the Oriental Era project!"

Li Dongling glanced at Wu Yaoguo and said with a dumbfounded smile, "I didn't expect that a 'small' project like Oriental Era could catch Manager Wu's eye!"

"I said before, as long as it is a project brought out by Li Zong, I am interested. As long as Li Zong is willing, Hanxi State Investment Group can invest!" Wu Yaoguo said with great spirit.

Yao Zhengru and the group of people from the Pingyang municipal government walking in front, as well as the Torch Group's General Manager Zhang Xiaocheng, Technical Director Zhou Wenyang, and others, all could not help but prick up their ears.

They did not expect that Wu Yaoguo would value the projects in Li Dongling's hands so much. One must know that how many municipal governments and company projects in Hanxi were trying every possible way to pull in investment from Hanxi State Investment Group. This was not just about pulling in investment; more importantly, having the support of Hanxi State Investment Group meant being able to get support from multiple units such as the Hanxi provincial government and banks.

It was not easy for others to pull Wu Yaoguo to go around, but now, Wu Yaoguo was actually "rushing" to invest in the projects in Li Dongling's hands. How could everyone not be surprised!

Li Dongling looked at Wu Yaoguo, who was staring intently, waiting for his answer, and nodded gently. "If Oriental Era can have investment from Hanxi State Investment Group, that would naturally be even better!"

Of course, there was no shortage of money to build the Oriental Era shopping mall. With Li Dongling's current net worth, let alone building one Oriental Era shopping mall, even if two were started at the same time, Li Dongling could handle it.

Even if he were really short of money, as long as he put out Li Dongling's banner and Dongling High-Tech was willing to act as a guarantor, there would be plenty of banks willing to provide loans for the Oriental Era shopping mall.

The addition of Hanxi State Investment Group could allow the Oriental Era shopping mall to get all the resource support of Hanxi State Investment Group within Hanxi Province. With Hanxi State Investment Group there, it was enough to support Oriental Era in building its own supply channels. In addition, in the future, it could also allow Oriental Era to walk out of Pingyang and blossom everywhere in Hanxi Province!

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