Chapter 3735
Chapter 3735
Chapter 3735
Shi Diwen's initiative to show goodwill was not just for Li Nai's sake.
Li Yuande, who now works for Qian Tiandun, is the son of Li Fa, who is Li Nai's elder brother. He is also the head of the Hangzhou agencies of Qionglianfa and Furuifeng, and is an acquaintance of Shi Diwen with whom he often deals.
Li Nai wants to marry his daughter to the Tao family, so the wedding must be held in Hangzhou, the capital, to be grand. Tao Donglai and Li Fasheng will be the hosts, and they will definitely invite the senior officials of the Executive Committee to attend the ceremony, and Shi Diwen will certainly give them face.
But since he met Li Nai in Hong Kong, Shi Diwen simply did this favor to Li Nai.
Because he thought that Fu Ruifeng was going to open so many branches within the jurisdiction of the Special Operations Division, and perhaps he would need to use these business channels in the future. Since this matter was presided over by Li Nai, it was very necessary to maintain a good personal relationship with Li Nai.
However, for the outside world, since Shi Diwen could meet Li Nai, then of course they also had the opportunity to seek an audience. After the meeting, visiting cards from various merchants and local officials were sent to Shi Diwen's place like snowflakes, hoping to meet him before he left Hong Kong.
These people didn't necessarily want to see him for any serious business. Most of them wanted to see him because of Shi Diwen's status and influence. As long as they could meet him and give him carefully prepared gifts to make their presence felt, it would be enough.
Shi Diwen didn't have so much free time to meet so many people, so he just followed the original plan and summoned several local officials who had been notified in advance and gave them some instructions.
Those who are lucky enough to receive such treatment are all young officials that the Executive Committee is optimistic about. Nowadays, the overseas colonies are expanding rapidly, and there are still many vacancies in the positions of presiding over local government affairs. Compared with middle-aged and elderly officials with a conservative governing style, the Executive Committee is of course more willing to send some energetic young officials to serve overseas.
Of course, a more important selection criterion is the educational and official experience of these young officials.
All the people summoned by Shi Diwen were, without exception, a new generation of officials selected through the imperial examinations after Hai Han began to hold its own imperial examinations, rather than officials from the previous dynasty.
Putting aside their loyalty and personal abilities, the education these young officials received since childhood and the knowledge they possessed are different from those of the scholars of the previous dynasty, and are more suitable for the social governance needs under the Hai Han system.
However, these officials will not be appointed as officials of overseas colonies immediately. Shi Diwen's meeting with them is only the first step of face-to-face inspection to understand the personal situation of these officials and their attitude towards overseas service. After that, he will have to negotiate the employment needs with the governors of various overseas regions before the final appointment can be determined.
After leaving Hong Kong, the visiting fleet will have to stop again in Sanya.
Although administrative agencies such as the Executive Committee have gradually moved to the new capital Hangzhou, the many factories built on Hainan Island in the first thirty years are not so easy to move.
A considerable portion of the materials that will be shipped to the special operations division this time need to be loaded in Sanya. In particular, weapons and equipment, which are top industrial products, are still produced in the arsenals on Hainan Island.
In addition, Sanya's status as a trade center in the South China Sea has not changed due to the relocation of the capital. Shengli Port and Sanya Port still continue to perform the functions of cargo distribution centers.
However, as the Executive Committee invested large sums of money into various infrastructure projects in the Hangzhou area, the old capital of Sanya was inevitably affected. No large-scale infrastructure projects have been started in recent years. Compared with the rapid development and changes in previous years, it now seems a bit stagnant.
Among the people Shi Diwen was going to meet in Sanya this time, there were a group of people working in the infrastructure industry. "In the past two or three years, there shouldn't be many new large projects started on Hainan Island, and your life may not be particularly easy. The Executive Committee understands your difficulties, and I will show you a clear way forward."
"We have newly established several ports in the Indian Ocean. There will be a lot of infrastructure projects to be launched in the next few years, and the budget is sufficient. The remuneration should be much higher than here. You may as well organize yourself and take on some projects over there."
After listening to Shi Diwen's instructions, several people present did not immediately agree. Their functions were equivalent to private contractors and project managers. They had more or less construction workers and construction teams under them, and they also had enough construction experience, so they could completely undertake the infrastructure projects of the special warfare division.
Seeing that they remained silent, Shi Diwen took the initiative to ask them if they had any concerns.
Then someone responded, "Master Shi, what kind of projects can we take on and where can we take them? It doesn't matter if it's a private job, but if it's a government project, we need approval from the Ministry of Construction."
Another person said, "Master Shi, this overseas project involves many matters, not just the issue of remuneration... We also have to consider it carefully before making a decision."
Shi Diwen understood as soon as he heard it. What these people said were just excuses. The real reason was probably that they could not make the decision and needed to wait for their financial backers to make the final decision.
As for who the financial backers behind them are, Shi Diwen actually knows without asking that most of them have close ties with senior officials of the Ministry of Construction. As the saying goes, "You rely on the mountain, you eat the mountain; you rely on the sea, you eat the sea."
Shi Diwen said: "You don't have to worry about these things. The approval document from the Ministry of Construction will arrive soon, and your respective bosses will also be notified. What you need to do now is to organize the manpower as soon as possible and wait for the next arrangement of going to sea to work."
Seeing this, everyone didn't dare to argue anymore, but they all looked unenthusiastic.
In fact, Shi Diwen didn't need to be personally involved in this matter, but in the process of dispatching construction teams and technical personnel from Hainan Island to overseas, no one knew which link had a problem and there had been no movement.
In fact, similar situations are not limited to the engineering construction industry. In the process of dispatching personnel from Hainan Island to overseas, such as in the fields of culture, education, and medical care, some invisible resistance has been encountered to a greater or lesser extent.
The Executive Committee has recently noticed such signs and has made investigating the matter one of its tasks, and has given it to Shi Diwen, who is leading his troops south.
Now it seems that such things are not just rumors, but real.
Shi Diwen knew that he could not get any more information from these people, so he did not continue to embarrass them and let them go.
To find out the reason, Shi Diwen has a better candidate. But the other party will not take the initiative to see him, so he must visit in person.
(End of this chapter)