Chapter 3523

Hou Guangbi said, "Xinghui, don't refuse anymore. I'm leaving this to you just to leave you a way out. The path you are walking now is full of risks. I have seen many such things. In case one day you can't walk this path anymore, there will always be a way to retreat. Besides, your children and grandchildren will also need a path to walk in the future!"

Su Xinghui was silent. He knew that Hou Guangbi had experienced those days before the liberation, and he indeed had a deep understanding of the path Su Xinghui was walking. This path was indeed very dangerous, and there were not many people who could reach the end, especially since Su Xinghui now had many enemies, and these enemies were very powerful, so Su Xinghui's risks were even greater.

Therefore, Hou Guangbi's thoughts were very considerate of Su Xinghui. Even if Su Xinghui couldn't walk this path one day, these inheritances would give Su Xinghui and his children and grandchildren a way out. Hou Guangbi's actions made Su Xinghui very moved.

Su Xinghui, of course, did not think he needed a way out. He himself had a clear conscience toward heaven and earth, and with no desires, he was strong. Who could do anything to him?

Hou Guangbi said, "Xinghui, you don't have to worry about my children and grandchildren either. They all agreed that I would transfer these shares to your name. Now the group is mainly managed by Wenhai, and Hanhai Technology is completely decided by Wenchang alone. They won't fight with you. You can rest assured..."

Listening to Hou Guangbi keep talking there, all about things planned for himself, Su Xinghui was moved beyond words. He nodded and said, "Grandpa Hou, please don't say any more. I accept your kindness. Thank you!"

Hou Guangbi was very happy. In the past, Su Xinghui always refused some of his kindness, which made him very regretful. But today, Su Xinghui finally accepted his kindness. He smiled and said, "It's best that you are willing to accept my kindness!"

Su Xinghui was very emotional. In his previous life, he was dirt poor. He didn't expect that in this life, he would have such good financial luck, and money would always be delivered to his door.

If it were someone else, he would definitely not accept it. But this was Hou Guangbi, and he was gifting it to him in this way, so he had no choice but to accept it. However, he thought that if these shares were really given to him after Hou Guangbi passed away, he would return them to Hou Wenhai and the others. Accepting them now was just to put Elder Hou at ease.

Returning to Baozhou from the capital, Su Xinghui had the Municipal Transportation Bureau conduct a feasibility study on the Baozhou high-speed railway project and asked them to submit a feasibility report as soon as possible. He also made a trip to the provincial capital to report Baozhou's intention to build a high-speed railway to Provincial Party Secretary Wu Jianbai and Governor Fang Zhonglin.

Su Xinghui's plan shocked both Wu Jianbai and Fang Zhonglin. High-speed railway was still a novel thing. Now, China's first high-speed railway had not even been finished, and no one had seen what a high-speed railway looked like. Yet, Su Xinghui was already prepared to build a high-speed railway in Baozhou. Such courage really surprised them both.

You know, Yanzhong City was the provincial capital of Yanbei Province, but now there was no sign of any high-speed railway construction in Yanzhong City, and no one had ever mentioned this matter.

Wu Jianbai and Fang Zhonglin couldn't help but sigh. It seemed that after Baozhou's GDP surpassed Yanzhong City this year, this had already become an irreversible trend. In the future, the gap between Yanzhong and Baozhou would only get wider and wider, because the gap between them was all-encompassing, and the most important thing was the gap in concepts. Such a gap is very difficult to bridge.

Su Xinghui spoke eloquently about the favorable conditions for Baozhou City to build a high-speed railway to Wu Jianbai and Fang Zhonglin. After listening, they both nodded repeatedly.

Baozhou City wanted to build a high-speed railway; what else could they say? Su Xinghui himself could get money from above, and now Baozhou City's fiscal revenue was very high, so they had the money to build this high-speed railway. They had no reason to oppose it.

Both of them promised Su Xinghui separately that as long as Su Xinghui produced the feasibility report, got the money from above, and could raise a portion of the funds himself, they would support Baozhou in building this high-speed railway.

This condition was, of course, no problem for Su Xinghui, and he immediately agreed to their conditions.

Su Xinghui immediately found Gao Zhiyong. He found Gao Zhiyong, of course, with the intention of financing from him. Now the Yanbei Provincial State-owned Assets Management Group was getting larger and larger, and its funds were becoming more and more abundant. With Su Xinghui speaking up, Gao Zhiyong would definitely help him solve hundreds of millions in funds.

Although Baozhou City's current fiscal revenue was still very high, Su Xinghui would still try his best to finance if he could. Now Baozhou City had many places to spend money. If he could use such money, he would try to use it. For Gao Zhiyong, this was also his performance.

For example, Baozhou City's "Village-to-Village" project, as well as other top ten livelihood projects, were all very money-burning. Even with Baozhou City's financial strength, it was very strenuous to complete the top ten livelihood projects in a short period of time. Therefore, they all had to complete these top ten livelihood projects in stages and batches over several years.

In short, Baozhou's development still required astronomical amounts of funds, so money that could be saved now should be saved.

Gao Zhiyong, of course, agreed to Su Xinghui's request. Anyway, the funds of their State-owned Assets Group were mainly to support such major projects. Baozhou was now the provincial sub-center city of Yanbei Province, and building a high-speed railway here was, of course, a major project. He was duty-bound to support this project.

After discussing the financing, Gao Zhiyong treated them to a meal and called over good friends like Hu Quanyou, Wei Jiashu, Feng Jiaonan, and Qian Jianan to eat together.

During the meal, they heard that Su Xinghui was going to build a high-speed railway in Baozhou and were all very surprised. High-speed railway was just beginning in the country, and no one had seen what a high-speed railway looked like, but Su Xinghui was already going to start building it. This was truly pioneering.

However, how many things that Su Xinghui did were not pioneering?

They also promised that where they could help, they would definitely help Su Xinghui.

Su Xinghui noticed that these old friends were all holding Hanhai Generation I mobile phones, which also proved that the influence of the Hanhai Generation I was quite large. Of course, Baozhou City's influence was now everywhere. For example, the electrical appliances produced in Baozhou, the Ernest cars, and now the Hanhai Generation I mobile phones were all the best-selling products.

After making a trip to the provincial capital and settling these important matters, Su Xinghui returned to Baozhou, urged the Transportation Bureau to produce a feasibility report, submitted it to the province, and the province approved it at the fastest speed, then submitted the application report to the National Development and Reform Commission.

The news that Baozhou City was going to build a high-speed railway soon spread, which made the people of Baozhou very happy. Baozhou City's expressway would be fully completed next year, and now they were going to build a high-speed railway. This proved that Baozhou City was getting better and better.

Although many people didn't know what a high-speed railway was, they knew that this high-speed railway was strongly advocated by Mayor Su. Things that Mayor Su wanted to build must be good things. And this high-speed railway was currently only being built on the Beijing-Tianjin intercity line. If Baozhou started building a high-speed railway, it would also be pioneering in the country. How could they not be happy?

After Su Xinghui returned, some preparatory work for Baozhou City's high-speed railway construction also began. They had always done things like this, and this was to ensure the highest efficiency. Once the approval from the Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Railways came down, the high-speed railway could start construction immediately.

A few days after Su Xinghui returned to Baozhou, Mr. Nelson, the Chief Representative of the World Bank in China, also came to Baozhou. He came to Baozhou at Su Xinghui's invitation. Su Xinghui, of course, hoped to be able to borrow from the World Bank to solve the problem of self-raised funds.

It was still the same reason: although Baozhou had money, there were more and more places to spend it, so if he could finance, he would finance. If he could make good use of financing, Baozhou's development would be much faster.

Mr. Nelson came to China to take office the year before last. At that time, the former Chief Representative, Mr. Hackett, who was Su Xinghui's old friend, had already been transferred back to the World Bank headquarters due to his excellent performance in China and had been promoted.

Before he left China, he specifically introduced his successor, Mr. Nelson, to Su Xinghui and told Su Xinghui that if he had anything in the future, he should just look for Nelson.

In the past two years, Su Xinghui had had quite a few dealings with Nelson. However, because Baozhou City had no major project investments in the past two years, Su Xinghui had not asked the World Bank for a loan. But this time, Baozhou was going to build a high-speed railway, so Su Xinghui had to find Nelson for a loan.