Officialdom: From village head to provincial party secretary

Chapter 156: Winning over the Shipping King

When Zhao Liming arrived at the guest meeting room, he saw an old man who looked to be in his fifties, who seemed particularly calm and capable, sitting on a chair and drinking tea.

The old man was very elegant, but he had a beard.

The beard did not affect his appearance at all.

Instead, it makes him look more gentlemanly.

However, the moment this face came into his sight, two words suddenly popped up in Zhao Liming's mind.

Shipping king.

That’s right, it’s the shipping king.

In the previous life, Ye Xiongxin, a shipping tycoon who made his fortune by building ships, was famous all over the world.

Ye Xiongxin’s ancestral home is in Fuzhou. He started sailing with his father at the age of thirteen and accumulated a lot of sailing experience at sea.

When he was twenty years old, his father and the entire family were killed in a shipwreck.

Afterwards, Ye Xiongxin learned from his mistakes and decided to build a ship that would not capsize even if it encountered a shipwreck.

In order to realize this dream, he exhausted all his assets and spent a full ten years to finally build a truly civilian cargo ship.

The ship is twenty-five meters long, eight meters wide, sixteen meters high, and has a displacement of an astonishing one hundred tons.

The advent of this ship instantly shocked the whole world.

You have to know that in that era, trade between different parts of the world mostly relied on government merchant ships.

There are very few civilian shipyards that can build such a large ship.

Not only that, this ship has another feature, that is, even if it encounters a storm, it can still sail with the wind.

Because of this, this war affected almost the entire world.

The order volume soon reached more than 500 ships.

If things had continued to develop at this pace, Ye Xiongxin would have risen quickly.

However, due to the cultural incident that occurred in the country, Ye Xiongxin had to wander overseas.

However, not long after, he established a firm foothold overseas.

However, whether it is shipbuilding materials, technical personnel, or even suitable shipbuilding sites, they are all severely limited.

But even so, Ye Xiongxin became a famous wealthy businessman overseas and made a fortune.

However, this still could not hinder Ye Xiongxin's determination to return to China to serve.

In the previous life, Yuncheng was at the forefront of new economic policies, so Ye Xiongxin naturally became one of the first businessmen to invest in Yuncheng.

As a result, Yuncheng used the fact that Ye Xiongxin was originally a Chinese citizen but had lived overseas as an excuse to not only confiscate all of Ye Xiongxin's finances but also extort all of Ye Xiongxin's property before releasing him.

After being stabbed in the back, Ye Xiongxin was in great pain.

In a fit of rage, he led his company and his technical staff to join the Buddhist kingdom.

Later, in just twenty years, the world's first shipyard was built.

From the beginning, the ship was 25 meters long, 8 meters wide, 16 meters high, and had a displacement of only 100 tons.

In later times, it even reached the level of a super ocean liner that was two hundred meters long, eighty meters high, fifty meters wide, and had a displacement of five thousand tons.

He was even hailed as the Shipping King by later generations.

But now?

He actually came to me, and he came to me with full sincerity.

At this moment, Zhao Liming was truly certain that the old man in front of him was the shipping queen of future generations.

The whole person became extremely excited.

He knew that he just had to hold on to this man.

In the future, Yuncheng will surely be at the top of the world.

Create a new miracle.

"Mayor Zhao, I've heard of your great name for a long time. Now that I see you, you're indeed younger than the legend said."

Zhao Liming was stunned for a moment, and Ye Xiongxin soon noticed him, immediately stood up and greeted him with a smile.

"Haha! Mr. Ye, you are too kind. It is a great honor for Limin to meet a legendary figure like Mr. Ye."

Zhao Liming immediately ran over and shook Ye Xiongxin's hand, speaking with great enthusiasm and excitement.

Ye Xiongxin was stunned. Although he had some money, compared with other foreign businessmen, it was nothing.

Otherwise, he would not have approached Zhao Liming to discuss the local industry.

Instead, they directly invested in building factories.

"Mayor Zhao, thank you for the compliment. I, Ye, am not worthy of it!"

Ye Xiongxin was prepared to run into a wall.

As a result, they were so enthusiastic.

The reason why he is interested in building local industries in Yuncheng.

There are three reasons.

First, the policy of Yuncheng, second, he could no longer stay overseas, so he had to turn his attention back to China, and third, his economic conditions did not allow him to rent land and build a factory in Yuncheng.

Therefore, he had to find Zhao Liming to discuss the local industry.

"Haha! Mr. Ye is being modest. The country needs people as patriotic as Mr. Ye."

Instead of reducing his enthusiasm, Zhao Liming invited Ye Xiongxin to sit down.

Faced with Zhao Liming's enthusiasm, Ye Xiongxin felt a little uncomfortable.

"Mr. Ye has also seen the current development direction of our Yuncheng. Although Yuncheng is still a small fishing village, it will surely develop into a metropolis if it continues to develop at its current pace."

"What I mean is this. Since Mr. Ye has decided to cooperate with me in Yuncheng to build a local industry, I have two suggestions."

"First, Mr. Ye will invest and provide technology, and everything else will be managed by our Yuncheng government. Mr. Ye only needs to be responsible for dividends or supervision."

"Second, Mr. Ye will become a member of my Yuncheng organization. I can let Mr. Ye be in charge of factory production and make decisions on all matters, and give him the treatment of a director-level official."

Zhao Liming directly dropped a shocking bomb and smiled at Ye Xiongxin.

Although... the price is a bit high.

There are even great risks.

But Zhao Liming knew.

This risk is worth taking.

"Boom!"

As soon as these words came out, Ye Xiongxin's mind exploded.

The whole world feels unreal.

The first one is easy to say because the investment plan is explained very clearly.

But what about the second one?

This means directly incorporating him into the government department, right?

Moreover, he was directly given the treatment of a director-level official.