industrial overlord

Chapter 570 The Vulnerability of the Chemical Plant
There are laws to follow in the evolution of a country's industrial structure.First, it evolved from an agricultural society to an industrial society. After the industry is fully developed, it will enter an economic model dominated by the tertiary industry.During the [-]th Five-Year Plan period, the country talked a lot about the development of the tertiary industry, such as cultural and creative industries, and tourism. I can afford it.If there is no economic strength accumulated before, it is simply unrealistic to create a tertiary industry out of thin air.

Of course, it cannot be said that all countries in the world follow this path.One of our neighbors in South Asia was able to cross the stage of fully developed manufacturing industry and talk about the rejuvenation of the country by the software industry and the rejuvenation of the financial industry.As a result, on one side is the so-called big software industry, and on the other side is the illiteracy rate of the younger generation as high as 30%.Of course, there are also experts who explain that it is because the culture of their country is calm and indifferent, and they are not willing to read and write. They call this returning to basics, are you not convinced?
The brains of the Bricks are all soaked in the Ganges for more than three days and three nights. These god-like theories are simply incomprehensible with human wisdom.

Xie Mingcheng is not the kind of brick-and-mortar expert, she just lacks practical experience.After hearing Hu Gui's well-founded analysis, her faith began to loosen, but the instinct formed over the years still made her doubtful about developing industries in Jingxi.

Lin Zhenhua said: "Xiao Xie, in fact, your words have given us a lot of inspiration... Mayor Yu, I think our Jingxi City Government should also seriously consider the questions raised by Xiao Xie. While developing the economy, Environmental protection must never be neglected.”

His last sentence was addressed to Yu Ping. He is now Jingxi's most honored guest, with a huge aura of "one sentence worth ten thousand sentences" on his head. How could Yu Ping dare to refute his words? He followed his words and said: "Boss Lin is very right. Xiao Xie taught us a very educational lesson. Indeed, we must not only develop the economy, but also ensure that the environment is not polluted."

"If that's the case, then why do you want to continue the construction of the Yanling Chemical Plant?" Xie Mingcheng finally got the point back to his original intention.

"The environmental impact assessment of this chemical plant has passed." Tang Dingfang, deputy director of the Yanling Environmental Protection Bureau, said, "We have all the environmental impact assessment materials submitted by it here, and the investor promised that during the production period, it will never discharge excessive waste water into the environment. , Exhaust gas."

"Can this be done?" Lin Zhenhua turned to Hu Gui and asked.Instead of asking Tang Dingfang, he chose to let Hu Gui answer the question. He wanted to evaluate whether the investor's promise was credible technically. Some investors often make various unrealistic promises in order to obtain investment opportunities. After putting into production, they would rather accept fines than fulfill their promises.

Hu GUI is engaged in industrial engineering and is good at making economic evaluations of various technologies, and this evaluation can often be used to predict the behavior of enterprises.Enterprises are the main body pursuing profit maximization. If the cost of pollution control is lower than the expenditure of fines, then enterprises will be willing to control pollution.Conversely, if the investment in pollution control exceeds the fine, then the enterprise will choose to accept the fine and discharge wantonly.

Hu Gui's eyebrows were frowned into a knot. He tapped the table in front of him lightly with his fingers, pondered for a long time, and then said: "Just now I heard from Mayor Yu that this company produces washing powder, and all products are exported. Back to the United States. As a company that produces washing powder, it is not difficult to ensure that waste water and waste gas are fully treated. The technology in this area is currently very mature and the cost is not high. Therefore, Yanling Chemical Factory made this promise. It's believable."

"Look, Comrade Xie, you don't believe what I say, but you always believe what Mr. Hu says?" Tang Dingfang said proudly to Xie Mingcheng. He had already seen from the conversation just now that Hu Wei has the ability to persuade Xie Mingcheng. Xie Mingcheng no longer dared to question Hu Gui's words.

Xie Mingcheng rolled his eyes at Tang Dingfang in return, and said, "Director Tang, don't talk too much, Mr. Hu still has something to say."

Sure enough, after Hu Gui finished the above analysis, his eyebrows frowned even more. He hesitated and said, "I just don't understand why this company wants to build a washing powder factory in Jingxi." where?"

"It's a long story to say." Qin Jialun, the magistrate of Yanling County, said with emotion, "Mr. Hu, you don't know, in order to attract this company to invest in our Yanling, our comrades from the China Merchants Group spent a lot of money. The strength of two tigers. The investor is Feng Chengzhi, who also came back from the United States. He wants to build such a Sino-US joint venture in China to produce new types of washing powder. I heard that many cities in China are looking for him, and finally , he was moved by the comrades of our China Merchants Bureau, and decided to build the factory here."

"The spirit of this Mr. Feng is the same as Mr. Lin and Mr. Hu, and he deserves the gratitude of the people of Jingxi." Yu Ping said.

"Is this Feng Chengzhi rich?" Hu Gui asked.

"It's not very rich. His life is very frugal. I heard that he made his first money by starting a business in the United States." Qin Jialun said.

"Why, Lao Hu, do you think there is a problem?" Lin Zhenhua heard that Hu Gui was suspicious, so he asked.

Hu Gui shook his head and said, "I may be trying to save a gentleman's belly with a villain's heart. Laundry powder is not a high value-added product, and the demand for labor is not large. On the contrary, the value of its product per unit weight is low, so The requirements for transportation conditions are very high. Products like this should not be deployed in areas with extremely inconvenient traffic conditions, and this Feng Chengzhi built a washing powder factory in Jingxi, and it is clear that he can only lose money."

"What if his products are sold locally? Then the transportation cost will be lower." Lin Zhenhua asked rhetorically.

"No, Mr. Feng said that all his products are exported to the United States." Qin Jialun replied on behalf of Hu Gui.

"This is the flaw." Hu Wei said, "First of all, it is very difficult to transport washing powder from Jingxi to the outside of the mountain, and secondly, it has to be transported hundreds of kilometers outside the mountain to reach the port of the Yangtze River. This is a very unreasonable industrial layout. "

Lin Zhenhua understood a little bit, and related to the question Hu Wei asked earlier, he said: "It is indeed unreasonable to say it this way. Feng Chengzhi is not a very rich entrepreneur, he is just starting a business. Perhaps because of being moved by the leaders and comrades in Jingxi, they chose to operate at a loss. If a large company like Hanhua did this, it can barely be understood, and Feng Chengzhi's behavior is completely unreasonable."

As the deputy mayor of a prefecture-level city, Yu Ping only lacked a little knowledge and his IQ was passable anyway. He also felt that something was wrong when he heard what Hu Wei and Lin Zhenhua said.Previously, all he saw was that the Yanling Chemical Plant could bring investment and employment opportunities, and that there would be fiscal and taxation after it was put into operation in the future. He never analyzed the rationality of this investment from the perspective of a company like Hu Gui and the others. .Now that Lin Zhenhua and Hu Gui analyzed it like this, he also became suspicious.

"Old Qin, have you asked Mr. Feng, did he really build a washing powder factory?" Yu Ping asked Qin Jialun.

"I must have asked about this. He said that what he produces is washing powder. He also said that it is a new type of washing powder that has a US patent. However, I don't understand the specific technology." Qin Jialun replied.

Tang Dingfang said: "It's not a big problem. It doesn't matter whether he produces washing powder or other products, as long as he can fulfill his promise not to discharge pollutants, it will be the same. If you leaders are not at ease, wait for his After the company was put into production, I, Lao Tang, set up a shed at the gate of his factory and kept an eye on him every day. As long as his emissions exceed the standard, I will immediately seal his door, what do you think?"

"I think it's okay." Yu Ping said, "Mr. Lin, Mr. Hu, by the way, and Comrade Xiao Xie, if you feel uneasy, we can introduce a policy that as long as the company's emissions do not meet the standards, we will close the door , let it stop production. Even if it is willing to pay a fine, we will not accept it. No matter how much it pays, we can't allow it to pollute our Jingxi environment, don't you think?"

When Yu Ping's words reached this level, Xie Mingcheng had nothing to say.Hu Gui had already educated her before that to make the people of Jingxi rich, they must rely on the development of industry. Other so-called smoke-free industries and green industries are too early in today's China, and they don't matter at all.Since the industry is going to be developed, a little pollution is inevitable. If the government really has the courage to promise to close the door if the emissions exceed the standard, Xie Mingcheng can't find any reason to object.

"Director Tang, I think you have the EIA materials of Yanling Chemical Plant with you? Can you show me?" Hu Gui said to Tang Dingfang.

Tang Dingfang knew that today's meeting was related to Yanling Chemical Plant, so he specially brought relevant materials about Yanling Chemical Plant.Hearing Hu Gui's words, he quickly pushed a large file bag along the table and said, "This is all the information submitted by Yanling Chemical Factory to our Environmental Protection Bureau, including their production line drawings, as well as sewage and waste gas. Drawings of processing equipment, we have reviewed them."

Hu Gui was also polite, took the file bag and opened it, took out the drawings inside, and spread them on the table.Lin Zhenhua and Hu Wei were sitting together, and at this moment they also stood up and looked at the drawings with Hu Wei.A major industry of Hanhua Heavy Industry is chemical equipment manufacturing. From the early days of fertilizer equipment, it has developed to cover almost all types of chemical equipment. Lin Zhenhua and Hu Gui, as technical officials, are naturally familiar with equipment drawings clear.

The two of them glanced at the drawing and said in unison: "Feng Chengzhi is lying, what kind of washing powder production line is this!"

(End of this chapter)