Chapter 698 : Ambition
Chapter 698: Ambition
Marginalization?
This was an answer that was difficult to understand.
What does marginalization mean?
How could Yunhai be marginalized?
"Ah, looks like we won't be catching any fish today."
Beside him, Tong Haoran suddenly shook his head with disappointment and stood up, patting his backside with a smile.
"Mr. Chen, please come inside."
Chen Fan quickly got up and followed him into the wooden cabin.
The secretary brought hot water from the side and poured it into the teapot.
After doing all this, the secretary quietly walked out, leaving the space to the two of them.
Tong Haoran took two teacups from the side and poured hot water to clean them.
"You're a businessman, so you should understand the current situation of Yunhai better than I do."
"Do you think Yunhai's current conditions can attract those big international companies to settle in?"
Chen Fan was at a loss, not knowing how to answer.
As a result, Tong Haoran smiled and gave the answer himself.
"Forget about attracting companies to settle in, even Yunhai's local companies, after growing and developing, will try to move out."
"I've been paying attention to Mr. Chen's Feifan Technology for a long time."
"That's the only well-known internet giant in Yunhai that's famous domestically."
"But if Feifan Technology continues to develop in the future, won't you feel that Yunhai's conditions are restricting the company's development? Won't you consider moving the company to a more convenient first-tier city?"
Chen Fan looked embarrassed, as if his thoughts had been read by the other party.
Tong Haoran then said with a smile, "I understand. After a company grows and expands, first and second-tier cities have more convenient transportation and talent reserves. Compared to them, Yunhai really doesn't have any competitive conditions."
Chen Fan suddenly asked, "Mayor Tong, I still don't understand what you meant by marginalization earlier?"
Tong Haoran picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea for Chen Fan.
"Try it. Although it's not some expensive tea, it was given to me by my teacher before I took office in Yunhai. The taste is not bad."
Chen Fan picked it up and took a sip.
He didn't know much about tea and couldn't tell if it was good or bad. He just felt a mouthful of fragrance, which was indeed very nice.
Tong Haoran continued to explain:
"At the current rate of development in the country, it can be described as changing with each passing day."
"Compared to other cities in the country, Yunhai has no innate advantages except for a small port advantage."
"Perhaps it's not noticeable now, but in a few years, or ten years, this gap will become bigger and bigger, even infinitely widened."
"I believe that by then, several super cities and first and second-tier cities will be born in the country. The gap between these cities and other ordinary cities in the country will only get bigger and bigger..."
"And by that time, it will be too late for Yunhai to develop further."
"Yunhai only has this one chance to avoid falling behind. Once it climbs up, Yunhai will have a place among all the major cities in the country in the future. If it fails to climb, Yunhai will become a nobody, only able to become a labor-exporting city for other cities."
"History will not give Yunhai a second chance!"
Tong Haoran slowly put down his teacup, making a muffled sound on the wooden table.
As if a thunderbolt!
Chen Fan was still digesting these words, but Tong Haoran seemed to get more excited as he spoke. Without waiting for Chen Fan to speak, he continued on his own.
"As an official in this term, what I need to do now is to fight for time for Yunhai. To fight for a chance to get a city ticket in the future."
"Yes, you're right. As a mayor, even if I casually launch a few big projects now, I can safely get through my term and easily get political achievements, but this has no use for Yunhai."
Chen Fan couldn't hold back anymore and asked directly, "What do you plan to do?"
Tong Haoran took out a cigarette, first offering one to Chen Fan, who accepted it with both hands but didn't light it.
Tong Haoran then took a deep drag on his cigarette before speaking.
"For a city to avoid being marginalized or swallowed up in the future, except for those few special cities due to historical or political reasons, other cities can only find ways from other aspects."
"Adapt to local conditions, create specialties."
"What does Yunhai have? It has a port, but unfortunately, Yunhai's port location is not good. There are two neighboring provinces on the left and right that are developing better than us, and they are among the country's major key port cities."
"So what advantages does Yunhai have left?"
At this point, Tong Haoran suddenly dipped his finger in the water in the tea tray, then lightly drew a line on the table.
"Currently, the country is heavily investing in infrastructure, not only in real estate but also in transportation infrastructure such as roads, highways, railways, etc."
Tong Haoran continued to draw on the table as he spoke.
Chen Fan recognized that those crooked lines he drew were actually the main trunk lines of domestic railways and highways.
"Although it's not visible now, I can be sure that in a few years, these routes will eventually converge and intersect, forming a complete transportation hub network across the country."
"And such a huge transportation hub network must have enough transportation hub transfer centers."
"For example, Zhengzhou, Wuhan, Pudong, Chuanyu..."
"Whether it's aviation, railways, or highways, as long as we can get a name as a transportation hub city, that city will absolutely not be marginalized in future urban competition."
"But Yunhai's conditions are too poor, we can't compete with these big cities. However..."
Tong Haoran excitedly tapped the table, "But we can try to become a small hub transfer station."
"Yunhai has a port, although it's still very small now, but I believe that in the future, with the rapid development of the country, when these railways and highways are all connected across the country..."
"By then, the domestic transportation industry will reach an unprecedented speed."
Tong Haoran's eyes sparkled with a special light: "This is Yunhai's opportunity."
"As long as we take advantage of now to open up the west in advance, Yunhai can be tightly connected with several surrounding cities with developed transportation. By then, highways and railways will cross Yunhai, directly reaching the port..."
"A large amount of goods can be used as a transportation distribution center here."
"And once we have this, Yunhai will have the confidence to compete with other cities in the future."
"It will no longer be possible to be marginalized."
After Tong Haoran finished speaking, Chen Fan opposite him had already opened his mouth wide, dumbfounded.
Chen Fan was shocked.
This was the first time since his rebirth that he had been shocked by someone.
Tong Haoran was not a reborn person.
But his knowledge, education, and outlook on the future development of the country that he just spoke about.
It was simply too visionary.
And this person's ambition was equally astonishing.
He actually planned to build Yunhai into a transportation hub transfer station, a future logistics distribution and sorting center city.
How much ambition does this require? How much financial, human, and material resources?
And how much energy and effort would it take?
And now it's only 2005.
The person in front of him is already considering Yunhai's development in the next 5 years, or even 10 years.
Chen Fan felt his whole body trembling slightly.
He was very excited, very thrilled.
It can be said that having this mayor is a blessing for the entire Yunhai.
Looking up again at the middle-aged man in his 40s in front of him.
Chen Fan's impression of him was left with only four words.
Profound respect!