Chapter 3192: We are narrow-minded

Gan Yuru said with interest, "Then tell me your reasoning."

Zhao Yichen saw that Gan Yuru showed no signs of anger, and he was relieved.

Su Xinghui said, "Although the urban area of Baozhou City is constantly expanding, it is still far from enough. In my plan, in about ten years, the urbanization rate of Baozhou City will reach about 50%. By that time, a large number of rural populations will pour into the city, and Baozhou City will become a big city with more than three million people. By that time, these roads now will not be enough."

"If we don't make good advance preparations now, by that time, if we want to widen the roads in the urban area, we will have to pay a huge price, much, much greater than the price we have to pay now. Therefore, now is the opportunity to take advantage of the renovation of the old city to plan these roads in advance, so that we will be prepared for danger. These roads can at least be enough for more than a dozen years."

Gan Yuru nodded repeatedly. The reasoning Su Xinghui said was not difficult to understand, and he understood it as soon as he heard it. He originally didn't believe that Su Xinghui would be the kind of person who would engage in political achievement projects for political achievements. If he wanted political achievements, there were plenty of ways, why use this method?

Gan Yuru said, "Your vision is very long-term, and the planning is also very reasonable. However, what should we do if these roads are not enough again in a dozen years?"

Su Xinghui smiled and said, "By that time, there will naturally be other mayors to worry about, because the development of the city is endless. I can't do the work of the mayor at that time now."

Su Xinghui's words made Gan Yuru laugh out loud, and Zhao Yichen also laughed. Gan Yuru pointed at Su Xinghui and said, "You said this well. Yes, the mayor at that time also has to work."

Su Xinghui said, "Actually, by that time, there will naturally be solutions, such as building viaducts, building more ring roads, building subways, or rail transit. As long as the planning is good, there are always more solutions than difficulties."

Gan Yuru said, "Can Baozhou also build a subway?"

Zhao Yichen said, "Yes, even Yanzhong doesn't have a subway."

In the early 21st century, there were very few cities in the country with subways, only Hong Kong, the capital, and Hujiang. Even Yanzhong City didn't have a subway, and in the current planning, they didn't even dare to have the idea of building a subway.

That was a subway, costing billions or tens of billions just to improve urban traffic. What a luxurious idea! And the current Yanzhong City was far from the point where it needed to build a subway.

Yanzhong City didn't dare to think about it, but Baozhou City dared to think about it? Gan Yuru and Zhao Yichen both found it a bit incredible.

Su Xinghui smiled and said, "With our economic development speed, in a dozen years, who knows what we will become? Maybe the total GDP has long exceeded developed countries like the UK and Japan. By that time, who dares to say that we can't afford to build a subway?"

Su Xinghui's boldness made Gan Yuru laugh out loud again: "Well said, yes, with our economic development speed, what is there to be afraid of thinking about? Yichen, this is me being narrow-minded compared to you."

Zhao Yichen smiled and said, "It's still Xinghui who is young. Young people dare to think."

Gan Yuru smiled and nodded repeatedly.

Along the way, Gan Yuru took a good look at Baozhou City's urban construction, which opened his eyes. He didn't expect at all that Baozhou City, which he had seen two or three years ago, had such a huge change now. He felt that if it continued like this, at most in a year or a half, Yanzhong City's urban construction would be completely incomparable to Baozhou City's.

Especially when the motorcade drove to the new district, Gan Yuru praised the development of Baozhou New District even more. The construction of Baozhou New District was earlier than the renovation of the old city, so the urban construction level here was better than that of Baozhou's old urban area. Although there were still many places under construction, this gave the new district a more vibrant feeling.

The motorcade stopped in front of the office building of the four major institutions of Baozhou City. Gan Yuru got out of the car and entered the building. He held a brief meeting with the leaders of Baozhou City in a small conference room. Then he let Liao Yifan, the Minister of the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee who came with him, go to the Baozhou Municipal Party Committee Organization Department to inspect the results of the cadre assessment system reform, while he himself prepared to go to various places in Baozhou City with Zhao Yichen and Su Xinghui to take a look.

Although Gan Yuru came to Baozhou to inspect the cadre assessment system reform, he could also see the achievements of Baozhou City's economic construction. And the cadre assessment system reform could just let Liao Yifan go to see it. In the end, he was just aroused by the construction achievements of Baozhou City seen along the way. He wanted to see if other places in Baozhou could be built better.

Gan Yuru temporarily changed his itinerary, but this didn't stump Zhao Yichen and Su Xinghui. They had already prepared several sets of plans, and the current Baozhou City had many places to see. Just the Angao Industrial Park and the Mapu Automobile Industrial Park were enough for Gan Yuru to see for these two days.

They first went to the Angao Industrial Park, which was only a few kilometers away from the new district, and arrived soon.

In the Angao Industrial Park, most of them were new enterprises formed after the restructuring of the original Baozhou state-owned enterprises, and some were new enterprises invested here.

Among these enterprises, the largest in scale were of course the Baozhou Special Steel Plant and the Baozhou Electrical Appliance Plant. Therefore, Zhao Yichen and Su Xinghui first accompanied Gan Yuru to see these two enterprises.

In the Baozhou Special Steel Plant, the foreign general manager, Christopher, accompanied Gan Yuru and several municipal leaders to inspect the special steel plant. The automation level of the special steel plant was very high. When Gan Yuru watched sheets of rolled steel plates coming out of the production line, he felt very excited.

He had already heard that these steel plates were special steel plates that were widely used in China today. These special steel plates were in short supply, and as many as were produced could be sold. The Baozhou Special Steel Plant had only completed the first phase of the project, and the annual output value already exceeded one billion. What a huge number this was?

After the second and third phases of the Baozhou Special Steel project were fully completed, the output value would reach over three billion. This number would be even more terrifying.

Su Xinghui introduced to him that in the future, a large part of the automotive steel plates needed by the Ernest Automobile Manufacturing Company would come from here, which made Gan Yuru very interested. He knew that Ernest Automobile was an even bigger giant, with an annual output value exceeding ten billion yuan. Originally, the automotive steel plates they needed came from here.

After seeing the Baozhou Special Steel, Gan Yuru went to see the Baozhou Electrical Appliance Plant. The Baozhou Electrical Appliance Plant was a joint venture between the Hou Group and the Baozhou Television Plant. Now this enterprise was completely different from its original lifeless appearance. Thousands of workers were working nervously on the production line, and advanced electrical appliances were being produced from the production line one by one.

This scene made Gan Yuru very happy. He also heard Su Xinghui say that the annual output value of this electrical appliance plant could also reach several hundred million, and the joint venture partner of this electrical appliance plant, the Hou Group, was also the major shareholder of the Ernest Automobile Manufacturing Company.

Subsequently, Gan Yuru visited several enterprises in the Angao Industrial Park. These enterprises were all original state-owned enterprises in Baozhou that had once fallen into difficulty, and after joint-stock restructuring, they had all regained their vitality.

Gan Yuru said, "These enterprises can completely serve as a model for the joint-stock restructuring of state-owned enterprises!"

Zhao Yichen nodded and said, "Yes, the performance of these enterprises after joint-stock restructuring is very good. It is mainly because the joint-stock restructuring plan determined by Comrade Xinghui is very successful."

Gan Yuru nodded in agreement.

After seeing these few enterprises, it was time for lunch. Gan Yuru ate in the canteen of the Angao Industrial Park Management Committee.

The office building of the Angao Industrial Park Management Committee was a three-story building with a small footprint and was very inconspicuous, because the number of people in the Angao Industrial Park Management Committee was not large, totaling only a dozen people, so there was no need for a very large office building.

There was only one chef in the canteen here, who usually only had to cook meals for a dozen people. Today, Gan Yuru eating here was an accident, which made the chef a bit at a loss.

Gan Yuru's entourage, plus the municipal leaders, totaled dozens of people. The chef had never cooked meals for so many people, and today there were not so many ingredients prepared.

The municipal leaders were also a bit caught off guard because they hadn't prepared to eat here. They had already prepared meals at the Municipal Party Committee reception house, but Gan Yuru saw the office building of the Management Committee, and he entered with interest to take a look around, then decided to eat in the canteen here.

Fortunately, at this time, the staff of the Management Committee were also accompanying the Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee to inspect the industrial park and hadn't eaten yet. The director of the Management Committee, Che Hongwei, asked the chef to let Gan Yuru and his entourage eat the meals prepared for the staff first.