Chapter 3138

Lu Zhenghong glanced at Su Xinghui and shook his head, saying, "I dare not say that I can still stick to my original intentions either, because I am no longer as simple as I was at the beginning. I have also experienced ups and downs, and I no longer have the indomitable spirit I once had. However, no matter what, there is one thing I am still sticking to, and that is working for the common people."

Su Xinghui understood what Lu Zhenghong meant. When Lu Zhenghong said he was no longer simple, he meant that he would also use some small tricks to achieve his goals. But this was also something that couldn't be helped; things in the political arena were not always meant to see the light of day. Sometimes, some small tricks were also very necessary. Wasn't Su Xinghui himself going to use some small tricks?

Lu Zhenghong said this also because he knew that this son-in-law was not the type to stick to conventions. Although he was still young, his methods were already as mature as those of many veterans who had spent decades in the political arena.

Fortunately, Su Xinghui's goals were all for the sake of working for the common people, and he still had his principles; he would not do things that broke those principles. Therefore, Lu Zhenghong was still very much at ease with Su Xinghui. He also used these words to remind Su Xinghui that no matter what methods were used, the bottom line of working for the common people must not be forgotten.

Su Xinghui said solemnly, "I understand, Dad. I will definitely remember your words."

Lu Zhenghong smiled and said, "You will be in charge of the economy from now on. Do you have any big moves?"

Su Xinghui said, "The Hou Group wants to enter the automobile manufacturing industry. They plan to build a factory in Baozhou."

Upon hearing that the Hou Group wanted to build an automobile manufacturing factory in Baozhou, Lu Zhenghong could not help but show a look of surprise. He certainly knew how great the pulling effect of an automobile manufacturing factory was on GDP. Xidu City had also been vigorously developing the automobile manufacturing industry in the last two or three years. Last year, the GDP of the automobile manufacturing industry and related supporting industries had already reached tens of billions of yuan, and the potential was huge.

Now Baozhou City was also going to have its own automobile manufacturing factory, which made Lu Zhenghong both shocked and happy.

If it were anyone else, Lu Zhenghong would have had to ask a few more questions and instruct Su Xinghui to be careful and not be deceived, because the automobile manufacturing industry was not something anyone could do. But upon hearing that it was the Hou Group, Lu Zhenghong was naturally at ease.

Lu Zhenghong knew the strength of the Hou Group all too well. They had been making a splash in the country recently. If they were the ones to build this automobile manufacturing factory, then there would absolutely be no problems.

Lu Zhenghong said, "That would be a really big project. When can it start operating?"

Su Xinghui said, "After the New Year, they will send people to Europe to negotiate the purchase of an automobile manufacturing company. This process should be very fast, and then it will be the investment negotiations with the Baozhou Municipal Government."

Lu Zhenghong said, "How will the matter of the automobile production license be resolved?"

The automobile production license, commonly known as the car production license, was indeed somewhat difficult to obtain. Especially for private enterprises like the Hou Group, it was not an easy thing to want to produce cars. This was mainly considering the strength of private enterprises.

Producing cars was not like other small commodities. A car was worth hundreds of thousands of yuan at every turn. Even if only ten thousand cars were produced and sold in a year, it would be billions of yuan in output value. To build a factory, at least one billion yuan or more in capital was needed to make it work, and the requirements for technology were even higher. Naturally, licenses would not be issued to just anyone easily.

To obtain an automobile production license, one must first submit an application report to the provincial government, and then the provincial government would submit an application report to the relevant departments of the State Council. During this period, it would also have to go through several investigations and inspections to prove that the enterprise had the strength and ability to produce complete automobiles before an automobile production license could be issued.

If it were an ordinary enterprise, this process would naturally be as difficult as ascending to heaven. However, for the Hou Group, it was not very difficult, because they were also going to cooperate with Yu Ruizhi. With Yu Ruizhi participating, at least no one would dare to make things difficult for them, and based on the strength of the Hou Group, getting this license would not be a big problem.

However, Su Xinghui still pondered for a moment, because there was a rather awkward problem in this, which was that Cheng Huangong, the Vice Governor in charge of the economy in Yanbei Province, had a grudge against him.

If Cheng Huangong insisted on blocking them, that would also be a trouble of no small size. Even if it delayed them for a few months, the loss would not be small.

Seeing Su Xinghui's hesitant look, Lu Zhenghong said, "What's wrong? Su Xinghui, are there any difficulties?"

Su Xinghui said, "I am just a little worried that Cheng Huangong will interfere. I still have some conflicts with him."

Lu Zhenghong had heard Su Xinghui talk about the conflicts between Su Xinghui and Cheng Huangong, so he was aware of them. He said, "There is no need to worry too much about this. It will soon be time for the leadership transition, and he is still counting on his future. He shouldn't be joking with his future."