Agriculture Maniac

Chapter 541 Bidding Evaluation and Private Economy

David Ensger and Tijuana Corporation are a powerful and unique entity.

It lies dormant on the US-Mexico border, not participating in factional struggles between democracies and republicans, nor in international capital competition, but focusing solely on building stronger and more advanced ships.

In order to test the performance of its ships, it could impersonate pirates to plunder merchant ships and warships, help the North American Coast Guard fight Caribbean pirates, cooperate closely with the Federal Capital's competitor, Sanyuan Agriculture, or send a fleet of sailors to block the Sanxi fleet in the Indian Ocean.

It possesses the world's strongest shipbuilding capabilities, the world's most advanced nuclear waste recycling technology, and the world's largest private fleet.

He acts entirely based on 'divine decree,' never considering right or wrong, let alone the impact and consequences.

In the federal capital, apart from old Smith and the top figures of the democratic faction, the rest of the capital and members of Congress regarded David Engsger as a religious madman and avoided him whenever they met.

In European capitalism, European Judaism categorized them as extreme and evil heretics, while European countries, having been blackmailed by David with nuclear waste recycling projects, defined them as rude American barbarians.

According to multiple investigations, global forces have consistently believed that the rise of David Engsger and Tijuana Corporation stemmed from the 'gene revolution' and 'graphics card matrix' six years ago.

When Sanyuan Agriculture publicly revealed its gene optimization technology and the principles of its graphics card matrix, countries around the world and global capital, including clandestine illegal laboratories, frantically copied and researched these two emerging technologies.

Although countries around the world have dealt a devastating blow to illegal laboratories and prompted various sectors to sign agreements restricting the use of gene technology and graphics card matrices, this has not stopped the madness of certain underground forces, dark organizations, and evil religions.

These shady entities, whose members are mostly brainwashed, coerced, and recruited, come from research institutions around the world.

Their funding, equipment, and resources also stem from similar methods.

If countries around the world find it difficult to share scientific and technological achievements and promote the progress of human civilization due to their differing stances, then...

They can use faith, brainwashing, and other methods to instruct their members to steal advanced technologies held by countries around the world, then combine them to develop new products that are superior to those of other countries.

Such cases are not uncommon.

David Engsger and Tijuana Group are among them.

Compare with the three-element agriculture.

David's technology is like an apple appearing out of thin air. There's no apple tree, no cultivation, maintenance, or growth process; nobody knows how it came about.

Yu Sanyuan's technology is based on old technologies. He either uses experienced craftsmen to create high-precision products by hand and then produces fine products; or he uses ingenious ideas to build a graphics card matrix and then develop three-system seeds; or he uses powerful flying bricks to enter space and then build a space station. In short, although people find the three-system technology incredible, they can clearly understand its origins and even learn from it.

Therefore, David and Yu Sanyuan are fundamentally different; they are not on the same path at all.

Therefore, when BP was suddenly targeted by David Engsger and suppressed by the North American institutions dominated by the democratic faction, the shareholders behind the scenes were terrified. No one suspected that David was acting on the orders of Yu Sanyuan, and no one thought that the cause was the Dongshanfu project.

Yu Sanyuan has now posted on the internet, claiming that there must be a misunderstanding here.

The Abu Dhabi consortium, BP's largest investor, seized the opportunity to agree and expressed its hope to communicate with David Engsger.

Simultaneously.

Because European jurisprudence was tied up by Old Smith and its own funds were not sufficient, in addition, BP, the British oil company, considered that religious fanatics had been too rampant in the past two years, and were making waves everywhere.

In response to the Tijuana Group, BP immediately suspended its global operations, prohibited its nearly 32 employees from leaving the country, and hastily contacted the world's most renowned security and mercenary companies to strengthen security at its branches and oil production platforms around the world.

And the Dongshan Mansion project…

The BP delegation, having received the message from headquarters, didn't even bother to greet the Dongshanfu executives in charge of the bidding process on the podium. They quickly pulled out their phones and, in a roar audible throughout the room, shouted:
"Book tickets quickly! We need to go to Shiliying, right now!"

"Sorry, boss, there are no direct flights or high-speed trains from Dongshan Prefecture to Shiliying. We need to transfer to Changqing or drive there."

"It's not safe. I have to get on a three-wheeled vehicle right now!"

"Okay, I'll call the Central Hospital's 120. An emergency helicopter will definitely arrive within 5 minutes."

"Well done!"

"But Boss, this place isn't part of the factory, so the costs might be very high."

"Headquarters said it's reimbursable!"

Then, to the astonishment of everyone present, the BP delegation rushed toward the landing point at the courthouse entrance indicated by the three-line emergency helicopter.

The companies that maintained cooperative relationships with it, realizing what was happening, began to whisper among themselves.

CNOOC: "Mr. Ander, what happened?"

A representative from ENN Group (a wholly foreign-owned enterprise) whispered, "It seems that David Engsger has his eye on BP, the British oil company."

"Sigh~~"

Whether it's CNOOC, Zhejiang Energy, or Hong Kong and China Gas, they all gasped in shock.

Four years ago, the Tijuana Group's fleet of sailors surrounded three merchant ships in the Indian Ocean, forcing Sanyuan Agriculture to first aid West Asia and then Europe, and painstakingly win over a large number of countries to build the Eurasian high-speed railway and the Eurasian heavy-haul railway.

Even now, with the military strength of Sanyuan Agriculture, it is still difficult to break through the encirclement of the sailors' fleet, which shows the power of the Tijuana Group.

BP, the British oil company, is now being targeted by Tijuana and has lost all its operations in North America and the Gulf Coast…

Fearing that David might sabotage its overseas oil production platforms, CNOOC quickly contacted its headquarters, hoping to cancel all cooperation between CNOOC and BP.

ENN Group, fearing that its tankers might be intercepted by David, also contacted its headquarters, hoping to cancel all cooperation between ENN and BP.

Seeing their two major partners moving so quickly, Zhejiang Energy and Hong Kong & China Gas were eager to issue a statement on the spot to sever all ties with BP.

...

In less than two hours, the first three rows of the bidding venue were completely empty.

Even the businesses in the fourth and fifth rows are planning to take a stand.

This left the Dongshan Development and Reform Commission officials and the Dongshan Land Resources officials, who were in charge of the bidding, looking at each other in bewilderment.

The two were clearly out of touch with international conflicts, and even the chief steward of Dongshan could hardly reconcile the connection between the international emergency and this small bidding meeting that he had not paid attention to.

The scene remained quiet for a long time.

Someone, incredibly audacious as ever, shouted, "Is this bidding meeting even going to proceed?"

Just as the person in charge of Dongshan Development and Reform was about to say something, his secretary hurriedly leaned close to his ear and said, "Old Dong is going to cause you trouble."

"(⊙o⊙)What?"

"Old Dong is publicly calling out from Tibet, saying he's going to cause you trouble."

The person in charge of the Dongshan Development and Reform Commission was struck dumb, breaking out in a cold sweat. He stood up shakily and quickly walked out of the meeting room. "Rent a 3 Series business jet. I need to fly directly to Tibet immediately."

Although Lao Dong left Dongshan, Huang Ganchen of Shiliying Subdistrict Office was his protégé.

If we also include the 45 state-owned enterprises in Dongshan, the Dongshan State-Owned Enterprises Management Committee, the Meihekou Development Zone, and the entire Tibetan team…

The thought has not yet settled.

The moment he stepped out of the venue, three policemen from Shiliying Street put silver bracelets on his wrist.

Sure enough, being cheeky may feel good for a moment, but it can lead to disaster.

"Reporting, I have rendered meritorious service to Shiliying. Deputy Director Liu of the General Assembly can testify that I provided him with at least three hundred senior technical personnel, all of whom I personally recruited one by one..."

...

The person in charge of Dongshan Land Resources who remained at the scene, though confused about what had happened, witnessed the foreign investors scattering like birds and beasts, and heard the hysterical shouts outside…

His hands trembled as he gripped the document tightly, feigning composure as he said, "The bidding process will continue!"

At this point, only the Zhongtai Group in the third row remained among the foreign-invested enterprises present.

The companies in the fourth row—Kunlun Energy, Western Energy, and National Pipeline—and the companies in the fifth row—Beijing Gas, Shanghai Gas, and Luzhou Gas—had already realized that this bidding process was not simple and dared not get involved, so they left directly.

Therefore, the representative of Zhongtai Group took the stage to give a speech.

The headquarters of the Sino-Thai company is in Thailand. Its main businesses are telecommunications, railways, and energy. The person in charge is Thaksin's sister, Yingla. The other party maintains business dealings with their family in the telecommunications and railway sectors, and their relationship is relatively close.

If we take into account Dongsan Prefecture's eagerness to attract foreign investment, the Chung-Thai Group becomes an essential option.

Unfortunately, Zhongtai Group also suspected that this bidding process was not simple, especially since it was the only foreign investor left. If it won the bid, wouldn't it raise suspicion?
Ultimately, Zhongtai Group offered an extremely high price of US$2000 million, essentially withdrawing from the bidding process voluntarily.

Yu Yang originally planned to send a message to Yingla to help the other party's delegation win the bid, so as to see if Dongshan Prefecture would ask foreign investors for a "tea money" fee of 150 million yuan.

But after thinking about it carefully, at this point, how could Dongshan Prefecture dare to cause any trouble, especially with foreign capital?

So after watching Zhongtai Group exit the game, he kicked the skinny old man's leg.

"My boss?"

"Come up on stage and present our tender documents."

The gaunt old man had already guessed Yu Yang's identity, and upon hearing this, he stood up without hesitation and swaggered onto the stage.

As the foreman of the construction team, he was not well-educated, did not know how to prepare tender documents, and did not even hire a clerk or accountant.

However, teams affiliated with Sanyuan Construction Group can all receive preferential policies from Shiliying under the "Private Enterprise Development Promotion Plan".

All documents, such as design drawings, structural drawings, construction drawings, tender documents, application forms, tax documents, and legal documents, are provided free of charge.

Therefore, the bid document submitted by the gaunt old man, like the three private enterprises that had previously submitted bids, had the words "Produced by Sanyuan Construction" affixed to the upper left corner.

ten minutes later.

The gaunt old man stepped down, while other private enterprises that had given up bidding applied to take the stage.

The staff member in charge of the bidding meeting applied to the person in charge of Dongshan land resources, who hesitated slightly before nodding in approval.

Two more hours passed, and the demonstration session ended.

It was 7 p.m.

The executives in charge of the bidding meeting, having experienced the initial setbacks and then the calm of the second half, dared not cause any further complications, nor did they dare wait until the results were announced the next day. After a brief discussion, they made the unprecedented announcement of 'open bidding'.

Representatives from private enterprises at the scene applauded.

At 7:12, the bidding process will utilize big data and existing AI to process the data.

The first private enterprise to give a presentation was rated A+ based on its construction experience, quality control, and overall corporate strength.

The second private enterprise to give a speech received an overall rating of B- due to two safety incidents that occurred at its construction site.

The third private enterprise to give a speech received an overall rating of B because the old leader had just passed away and the new leader had just taken office.

The team of the skinny old man had participated in the construction of the Tailai area. Currently, they have a project of moderate size on the outer third ring road. It has been recognized by the three departments. Although they are not strong and do not have much money (they need to advance funds), their overall rating is A.

The thirteen private enterprises that later gave speeches had already given up, and their strength was indeed somewhat weak in the current selection process, so the results were basically B or C.

After the AI ​​evaluation, the bidding committee will provide feedback and assign bids.

The first private enterprise won the contract for the main pipeline construction, with a contract price of 1500 million yuan.

The gaunt old man and the third private enterprise won the steel pipe construction contracts for 800 million and 920 million yuan respectively.

"This bidding meeting has concluded successfully. If you have any objections, you may raise them on-site or file a complaint after the meeting."

"Thanks to the Dongshanfu Quancheng Notary Office, the relevant video will be uploaded to the official website of the Municipal Central Courtyard by tomorrow afternoon."

Yu Yang led the applause, and concluded, "If we had done it this way before, we wouldn't be getting scolded every day."

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Dongshan Compound.

The former chief steward was transferred to Beijing at the end of 02 to take over the position of head of the discipline system from the previous chief steward of Chongqing.

The current chief manager comes from the Guangdong region. He used to work in crude oil and was in charge of Shenzhen. He is a capable assistant under Lao Ren.

His attitude toward the three systems is similar to that of Ren: he neither supports nor opposes them; he is open to cooperation or observation.

As for the development of Dongshan Prefecture and its attitude towards the three branches, that is not his concern.

What he needs to do is, during his tenure, leverage the three departments to promote the development of the entire Dongshan area, just like his predecessor, and leave a significant mark on his resume.

That night.

"Boss, something strange happened today. There was a bidding conference for gas pipelines in the city, and the participating companies included Pacific Oil & Gas Group, BP, China Gas Holdings..."

The chief executive dragged the mouse and flipped to the news: "Chen Jianghe, chairman of Pacific Oil & Gas Group, has been arrested; BP is being targeted by Tijuana Group."

"Yes, they both appeared at the bidding meeting at the same time, and their accidents happened almost simultaneously."

“I remember that Dongshan Prefecture submitted a plan to attract $20 billion in foreign investment before the second quarter.”

"Yes, these foreign investors were invited to participate."

"The results of it?"

"All foreign investors withdrew from the bidding and stopped mentioning investment, while the three pipeline projects were won by three private companies."

As the secretary spoke, she took out a customized three-system terminal from Dongshan Mansion and played a clipped audio recording of the event.

The chief steward glanced at it briefly, then dragged the progress bar and zoomed in on the image. "Yu Sanyuan is here."

"Is he Yu Sanyuan?"

"Hmm." The head steward nodded, but did not dare to say what Old Ren had told him before his death: 'Yu Yang is Yu Sanyuan, and Yu Sanyuan is Yu Yang.' "Young Chairman Yu.

"It seems that today's matter..."

"In order to develop the outer third ring road, Shiliying Subdistrict has given preferential policies to private enterprises. Fan Tao was in charge of this matter before, but later Fan Tao went to West Asia. Now it seems that Chairman Yu will have to take charge personally."

"Is developing private enterprises really that important for Sanyuan Agriculture?"

"It seems your understanding of 'encircling the cities from the countryside' is not thorough enough."

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"Of course, this also involves monetary strategy, which is quite complex."

The chief steward walked to the blackboard and wrote and drew, "The general idea is that the red currency continues to increase domestically and depreciate internationally, the competitiveness of Eastern commodities in the international market is unparalleled, and the purchasing power within the country is getting stronger and stronger. Foreign trade plus domestic economic growth is driving our Eastern super-fast development, but everything has its cycles."

For example, as more and more people invest in the East, the demand for Chinese banknotes increases, leading to a supply shortage of Chinese banknotes internationally and forcing them to appreciate in value.

However, those who invested in Oriental Bank before made huge profits, but they couldn't remit the banknotes out, which meant that internally, the supply of banknotes exceeded demand.

Compared to the previous situation of internal growth and external decline, we are now in a phase of internal decline and external growth.

Therefore, foreign investors have unanimously targeted the three systems, intending to take advantage of the appreciation of the RMB to suppress the pricing power of Eastern commodities.

The best solution to internal currency devaluation is to reduce the amount of currency printed. However, we are in a stage of ultra-fast development, and there is a large demand for banknotes externally. As a result, an extreme approach has emerged, which is to increase internal demand and make society need more banknotes.

If development proceeds in a step-by-step manner, the demand for red banknotes will only grow steadily.

However, to promote the development of the private economy and open up more sectors, the private sector needs to invest in foreign currency. Foreign capital that previously poured into the East and made a lot of money but could not be remitted out also needs to invest its foreign currency. At the same time, the projects and corresponding positions created also need to pay salaries.
Ultimately, all the internal banknotes were absorbed by large projects, allowing us to continue printing banknotes.

Therefore, Yu Sanyuan's promotion of private enterprise development is equivalent to implementing the periodic decision he made with my teacher five years ago.

When converted to US dollars, it's also called the "US Dollar Tide."

(End of this chapter)