After Lin Hao arranged everything, he received a text message from Yu Peishan, asking why he didn't contact her for dinner last night.
Originally, Lin Hao did promise to have dinner with her, but after an exhausting night with his first love, he forgot all about the dinner.
Of course, Lin Hao didn't tell the truth and instead used the excuse of being too busy with work, promising to reschedule for tomorrow night to placate the beauty.
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Wucheng County Party Committee Building.
Li Jingyi brought Lin Hao and several bureau chiefs to personally greet Mayor Ma's arrival at the door.
Around two o'clock, two official vehicles drove into the county party committee and stopped at the building's entrance.
After much anticipation, Ma Lishan, the mayor of Wuning City, finally arrived at Wucheng County Party Committee.
Li Jingyi led Lin Hao quickly to the front, warmly greeting, "Mayor Ma, welcome, welcome!"
"Secretary Li, County Magistrate Lin..." Ma Lishan walked over with a smile and shook hands with the two.
This time, accompanying Mayor Ma to Wucheng County were two bureau chiefs, one from the City Commerce Bureau and the other from the Investment Promotion Bureau.
It was clear that the city party committee and city government were very attentive to Wucheng County's investment attraction work.
"Secretary Li, I heard County Magistrate Lin is a master of economics, and the new energy battery project is well handled. Truly, a strong leader leads strong subordinates!" Mayor Ma praised with a hearty laugh.
Li Jingyi glanced at Lin Hao and replied with a smile, "County Magistrate Lin is a senior economist and a specialist in the economic field. Mayor Ma, are you also interested in poaching him?"
"Hehehe... How could I poach your people? However, for Wuning City's economy to take off, we indeed need more talent in economics," Ma Lishan laughed.
"Mayor Ma, you're overestimating me. It's all thanks to Secretary Li's excellent leadership. The new energy battery project was also introduced by her. Otherwise, I wouldn't have had a chance to contribute," Lin Hao said modestly.
"No matter what, your ability to attract such a large new energy project, quickly integrate resources, and establish such a large industrial chain, even I have to admire it!" Mayor Ma said sincerely.
"Mayor Ma, you flatter us. Should we visit the Red Era Group's branch company first or go directly to the factory in Binjiang Industrial Park?" Li Jingyi steered the conversation toward today's inspection and research.
Mayor Ma thought for a moment and smiled, "Let's go directly to the factory. Seeing the actual setup gives me confidence."
"Alright, I'll lead the way," Lin Hao volunteered.
"County Magistrate Lin, Secretary Li, why don't you ride in my car and tell me more about the new energy project?" Mayor Ma called out to them.
Li Jingyi and Lin Hao hadn't expected Mayor Ma to not want to waste even a bit of time and invited them to report in the car.
"Sure, County Magistrate Lin, let's get in Mayor Ma's car," Li Jingyi signaled to Lin Hao.
Lin Hao immediately understood and gestured to Lu Xiaodan to lead the way, then followed Li Jingyi into Mayor Ma's car.
The drive from the county party committee to the Binjiang Industrial Park took about half an hour, so after getting in the car, Mayor Ma asked about the new energy project.
"Mayor Ma, our Wucheng County's new energy project mainly involves attracting the leading domestic new energy battery company, Red Era Group. This company will spearhead the growth of our entire new energy industry chain," Li Jingyi began reporting.
Mayor Ma was naturally aware of Red Era Group and knew they were a leading company in new energy batteries with very strong capabilities.
"As for the new energy industry chain, how has Wucheng County planned it? How many companies are mainly involved?" Mayor Ma was evidently more concerned about the whole industry chain.
Li Jingyi only knew the basics and quickly gave Lin Hao a look. He understood immediately and replied, "Mayor Ma, our new energy industry chain planning is primarily distributed among Wucheng County's major enterprises. These companies have been carefully selected, with strong financial strength and great development potential, and are interested in joining the new energy battery project..."
"Among these companies are Huamao Group, Zhenhua Group, Li Yuan Building Materials Group, Taihua Group... I've personally talked with the leaders of these companies and, along with the Market Supervision Bureau, Commerce Bureau, and National Development and Reform Commission, investigated their detailed situations..."
"These companies operate legally and honestly and are major taxpayers in our Wucheng County, making significant contributions to our county's economic development..."
"Of course, to support the entire industry chain, we've also set up some auxiliary companies, like project supervision companies and environmental protection companies..."
The new energy battery project, orchestrated by Lin Hao down to the last detail, was naturally discussed meticulously, covering every aspect.
Mayor Ma hadn't expected Lin Hao to have such detailed knowledge and to have met each company's leader for thorough discussions and understanding.
Lin Hao also mentioned smoothing bank relations for them, using project financing to resolve the companies' funding issues.
"County Magistrate Lin, how soon can this new energy battery project reach capacity? If everything goes smoothly, what's the expected annual output value?" Mayor Ma pressed on.
Capacity is a hard economic indicator; output value is real cash and thus the focus of Mayor Ma's attention.
"Mayor Ma, Red Era Group's equipment has already arrived and is being installed and tested. It's estimated that the production of new energy batteries will take about two more months..."
"Given the limited time this year, setting up a single production line would be quite an achievement. The primary reason is the inconsistent development progress of the entire industry chain. However, next year's capacity is guaranteed to increase, with an estimated sales revenue of over ten billion..."
"As for tax, our government has given the companies the maximum concession, essentially exempting three and reducing two taxes. Although we haven't collected much tax, we can solve the employment of thousands of people, and the entire industry chain will provide jobs for at least tens of thousands..."
"Meanwhile, these factory workers also need to consume, such as buying houses, eating, and dressing, which will spur the economic boom of our entire Wucheng County. It's initially estimated that the per capita gross national product will increase by at least three thousand yuan..."
Lin Hao introduced in detail, reporting with precise data.
Mayor Ma was very satisfied with his answer. At the same time, he was calculating and judging whether Wucheng County's economy could double in three years.
"County Magistrate Lin, can the entire industry chain be fully operational next year? If fully operational, how much can the total economic volume increase?" Mayor Ma asked more directly.
He was concerned about the increase in total economic volume and needed at least one data point for reference to incorporate into the government work report to be reported to the province.