Chapter 3657

After Su Su Xinghui arrived in the capital, he went directly to the Beijing Office of Yanbei Province, where Cao Yuanhao and the others were staying.

Su Su Xinghui met Cao Yuanhao at the office. Cao Yuanhao knew Su Su Xinghui was coming today and was waiting for Su Su Xinghui in his room.

Seeing Su Su Xinghui arrive, Cao Yuanhao hurriedly said to Su Su Xinghui, "Mayor, you are here. You've worked hard on the journey. I have already opened rooms for you. Do you want to see how the conditions are?"

Lin Shaoguang and the others also came over. Su Su Xinghui smiled and looked around, saying, "I'm not tired, you have worked hard!"

Although Cao Yuanhao's progress in running the project in the capital was not very smooth, and the few seals he had now were all stamped with Su Su Xinghui's help, the people who came to the capital with Cao Yuanhao were still very hard-working, so Su Su Xinghui also had to say "you've worked hard" to them.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Su Su Xinghui sat down and listened to Cao Yuanhao report on the current work progress.

Now Cao Yuanhao had stamped seven or eight seals, and there were still many places to run, especially the World Bank and the Ministry of Railways. He had no way to enter at all, and these two places were the most important. One related to the project's funds, and the other related to the establishment of the high-speed railway.

The expressway was easier to talk about. As long as there were funds for this project, the province's opinion was very important. However, the high-speed railway was different. The dominance of this project was completely in the Ministry of Railways. If the Ministry of Railways was unwilling to build it there, there was no way.

And now the Minister of Railways was a person with a vigorous and resolute work style, or rather, simple and crude. If he didn't like you, it would be useless no matter how well you spoke; he would just follow his own ideas.

Of course, such a person's work efficiency was also very high. If you suited his temper, he would also be very willing to help you. Therefore, he could build tens of thousands of kilometers of high-speed railway in a few years. Such efficiency was very astonishing.

For such a person, it was impossible for Cao Yuanhao to have any way. Let alone him, even if Sun Zhenhua came, others wouldn't buy it.

Even if Cao Yuanhao wanted to see that minister, it was impossible, let alone lobbying successfully.

Therefore, Cao Yuanhao was indeed very troubled now, not knowing what to do next. He now knew that this project was not so easy to run, and Su Su Xinghui's ability was indeed powerful.

He also knew that Su Su Xinghui indeed wanted to help him last time, but this didn't make Cao Yuanhao's impression of Su Su Xinghui any better. On the contrary, he was even more jealous and hateful of Su Su Xinghui. "Why are you so outstanding? Everything you do succeeds. Why can't I do it?"

It was very difficult for ordinary people to understand the thinking mode of such people.

Cao Yuanhao wouldn't say in front of Su Su Xinghui that he couldn't handle things well. He had been boasting about how he stamped these seals and how difficult it was.

Su Su Xinghui didn't expose him either. He nodded and said, "Well, the progress is very good. Mayor Cao, I came to the capital this time to see two people: one is Mr. Nelson, the resident representative of the World Bank in China, and the other is Minister Shi of the Ministry of Railways. Other things still have to be entrusted to you to run."

Su Su Xinghui also knew that Cao Yuanhao probably didn't like him coming to the capital now. He would definitely suspect that he was here to "snatch political achievements." Therefore, he simply made it clear what he was here for, so as not to let Cao Yuanhao be suspicious and cause any more trouble.

Sure enough, as soon as Cao Yuanhao heard Su Su Xinghui's words, he heaved a long sigh of relief. He knew that the biggest difficulty in running the project this time was these two: one represented funds, and the other represented the opinion of the Ministry of Railways.

As long as the funds were implemented, the expressway project would be equivalent to having no obstacles. And as long as the Ministry of Railways nodded and agreed to build a high-speed railway in Linshan, no one would oppose it. The current Ministry of Railways was just that strong.

As long as Su Su Xinghui solved these two difficulties, Cao Yuanhao could handle other things. Of course, this had to be based on the premise that the people sent by Chu Zheng continued to help them run.

Cao Yuanhao said, "Okay, Mayor. If you can persuade these two people, then these two projects will be safe."

Su Su Xinghui nodded and agreed. That noon, Su Su Xinghui had a meal with Cao Yuanhao and others. In the afternoon, he first called Nelson to make an appointment to meet tomorrow, and then went to visit Elder Yu, and then visited Elder Hou Hou Guangbi. He hadn't been to the capital for a long time, and he hadn't seen these two elders for a long time.

After seeing the two, he went to visit Gu Gu Shanmin that night.

Su Su Xinghui visiting Gu Gu Shanmin was something that had been confirmed by phone yesterday, so Gu Gu Shanmin returned home early tonight and left the whole evening for Su Su Xinghui. This was a very rare thing for him, which also proved how much he valued Su Su Xinghui.

That night, the families of Yu Yu Ruizhi and Yu Sister Ruoqiu also came to Gu Gu Shanmin's house and met Su Su Xinghui by the way. They hadn't seen each other for a while, especially Yu Sister Ruoqiu, who rarely appeared in public after becoming a mother.

When Su Su Xinghui arrived at the Gu family, he saw Yu Sister Ruoqiu. She was holding her daughter in her arms. Now her daughter was eleven months old. Although she couldn't speak yet, she was also babbling and learning to walk in the living room of the Gu family, looking very naive and cute, making everyone laugh from time to time.

Yu Sister Ruoqiu's daughter now looked more and more like her. Her eyebrows and eyes were exactly like a second Yu Sister Ruoqiu. Seeing her, Su Su Xinghui felt close in his heart. He reached out to hold her, and she smiled and walked stumbling toward Su Su Xinghui. Just as she was about to fall to the ground, Su Su Xinghui picked her up, and she giggled.

Gu Gu Shanmin looked at this scene with a smile and said, "Su Xinghui, it seems Xiao Ke likes you very much!"

Su Su Xinghui said, "I have an affinity with children. There are no children who don't like me."

Yu Sister Ruoqiu looked at Su Su Xinghui holding her daughter with a smile, her eyebrows and eyes full of tenderness. Now, although she still kept the short hair of her youth, she radiated the brilliance of motherhood, which made her temperament much softer, and she had truly become a virtuous wife and a good mother.

Su Su Xinghui held Xiao Ke for a while, greeted the families of Yu Yu Ruizhi and Yu Sister Ruoqiu, and then went into the study with Gu Gu Shanmin.

As soon as they entered the study, Gu Gu Shanmin smiled and said, "Su Xinghui, your 'handwriting' is really big!"

Su Su Xinghui understood what Gu Gu Shanmin was talking about. He said, "Uncle Gu, it won't work if the 'handwriting' isn't big. Linshan City's foundation is too poor. If these two roads aren't built, it's hard to talk about development!"

Gu Gu Shanmin also nodded and said, "Yes, 'if you want to be rich, build roads first.' Speaking of which, our country still needs to build roads in many places. I wish I could build expressways and high-speed railways all over the country overnight. However, the country's foundation is still too thin now, so we can only build in key areas first."

Su Su Xinghui nodded and said, "Yes, as long as the roads are built well, the economy will naturally develop. No matter what, it's better than before because without roads, the output of many places cannot be transported out and is eventually wasted. If these outputs can be circulated, what a great promotion it will be for the economy!"

Gu Gu Shanmin said, "Since you personally came to the capital to run the project, there must be no problem."

Su Su Xinghui said, "I only see two people this time: one is Nelson of the World Bank, and the other is Minister Shi of the Ministry of Railways. There is no problem with Nelson; I am sure I can persuade him. However, I am not sure about Minister Shi."

Gu Gu Shanmin said, "Last time in Baozhou, didn't you build a high-speed railway? You met Minister Shi at that time. He should have a good impression of you, right?"

Su Su Xinghui said, "It's hard to say. Minister Shi is a bit strange in character. Last time he was willing to build in Baozhou, but he might not be willing to build in Linshan this time, so I am not sure."

Gu Gu Shanmin nodded and said, "His character is indeed a bit strange, and he is very strong. It's hard for anyone who is not his superior leader to influence his choice. However, it is precisely because of his character that he can enable China to obtain advanced high-speed railway technology. For China, he is a hero!"

In the history of China's high-speed railway development, Minister Shi is indeed a hero. In the negotiations with several countries, he utilized his status as a buyer's market to finally obtain the most favorable plan for China, successfully obtained the technology of high-speed rail, and integrated several plans, making China's high-speed rail technology "blue out of blue," no worse than the technology of those powerful countries.

This can be called a miracle in China's negotiation history. In the past, China's negotiations on technology introduction were almost never so successful, and they were basically led by the nose by their opponents.

This is also a world wonder. China has such a large market, but it cannot use its status as a buyer's market to obtain favorable results for itself. The most typical examples are those joint-venture automobile enterprises. They eventually became tools for foreign parties to obtain huge profits, but they didn't obtain any useful advanced technology themselves.

The cars produced by these joint-venture automobile enterprises are at least one grade worse in quality than imported cars, but the price is not much cheaper than imported cars. And because many parts have to be purchased from foreign parties, the profits of the Chinese side are minimal. This is simply a humiliation.