The flowers in the factory of rebirth are too fierce

After the joint inspection team entered southern Jiangxi, they continued to perform their duties as before, with several ministries and commissions each doing their own work.

Since all the work had been done before on the grassland, everyone had accumulated a certain amount of experience and was familiar with the work, and the speed was much faster than on the grassland.

Lin Zhiyuan led the comrades of the large-scale working committee into Gannan Mining, and asset audit remained the focus of the work.

The general manager of Gannan Mining, Qu Mingxing, had been looking forward to their arrival. He had prepared for this integration for more than three months, which saved the inspection team members of the large-scale working committee a lot of trouble and time.

After Lin Zhiyuan assigned various tasks to the team leaders, he focused on studying the most core parts of all the work and integrated them to create a large rare earth enterprise that was no less than Caogang.

The biggest difference between the situation in southern Jiangxi and the grassland is that the scale of Caogang is large enough, so Lin Zhiyuan's job there is to take Caogang as the main body and absorb and merge nearby small mines.

The scale of Gannan Mining is obviously smaller than that of Caogang. If it wants to build a large rare earth enterprise, it must absorb external capital and technology.

During the rare earth refining technology seminar held by Caogang, several well-known domestic mining companies expressed great interest in Gannan rare earths. Therefore, for Gannan Mining, attracting investment is not a problem. The problem lies in which mining company's funds to absorb?

Such a large-scale enterprise integration is not something that Lin Zhiyuan or even the large working committee can decide alone. The establishment of the Southern Rare Earth Group is a major event at the national level, involving the interests of many parties such as the central government, western Jiangxi, and southern Jiangxi. It is necessary to listen to the opinions of all parties before making a final decision.

This process will certainly not happen overnight, but will be quite long.

在此期间，林致远一直关注着美股动向。3月10日，纳斯达克指数到达5048.62的最高点，顶峰也意味着互联网泡沫的正式开始。大量高科技股的领头羊如思科、微软、戴尔等数十亿美元的卖单碰巧同时在3月10号周末之后的第一个交易日（星期一）早晨出现。卖出的结果导致3月13日一开盘，纳指就从5038跌到4879，整整跌了4个百分点。随后连锁反应出现了，投资者、基金和机构纷纷开始清盘。仅仅6天时间，纳指就损失了将近900个点，从3月10日的5050掉到了3月15日的4580。

Lin Zhiyuan talked to Li Changan and Ye Helena again. When he learned that the two had cleared all their positions a few days ago, he breathed a sigh of relief. So far, he, Gegang Investment Company and Ye Helena's securities company have all successfully escaped the top. Now they have all cash in their hands.

Lin Zhiyuan told them not to be anxious now, but to hold on to their coins patiently and wait, as the collapse had just begun.

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Three weeks after the large-scale working committee entered the southern Jiangxi region, news came from Yanjing that this year's conference was over and a series of major personnel adjustments occurred, one of which involved the western Jiangxi province. Ge Lifu was transferred to the western Jiangxi province to serve as the governor.

Lin Zhiyuan had known about this news a long time ago. The integration plan of Gannan Mining had not been released yet, and it was actually waiting for Griff.

Griffin took office at the end of March. As the new provincial chief, he must have faced a myriad of tasks, but what Griffin was most concerned about was the mining industry in southern Jiangxi. Just one week later, Griffin rushed from Hongdu to southern Jiangxi to visit Wang Deyi and other staff members of the inspection team.

As the contact person of last year's inspection team, Ge Lifu was an old acquaintance of these ministry personnel, and they were particularly cordial when they met again, but everyone's way of addressing him changed from Deputy Director Ge to Governor Ge.

Griff hosted a special banquet to reward the inspection team, during which he delivered an enthusiastic toast.

"I would like to thank Commissioner Wang and the staff of various ministries. Western Jiangxi is a famous old revolutionary base. Although it is still underdeveloped and backward among the southern provinces, I believe that as long as the people of Western Jiangxi unite together, we will definitely achieve great things and strive to make a beautiful economic turnaround as soon as possible."

Of course, this was just a public statement. As soon as the banquet was over, Griff couldn't wait to exchange views with Wang Deyi and Lin Zhiyuan in private.

"State Councilor, Zhiyuan, the economy of western Jiangxi has always lagged behind other southern provinces. We are not near the sea, there are many mountainous areas, we have no geographical advantages, and our industrial structure is relatively backward. If we want to boost the economy of western Jiangxi, resources are the most important link. As the governor of western Jiangxi Province, I hope that the ministries and commissions can take into account the actual difficulties of western Jiangxi and give more preferential policies."

Wang Deyi laughed and pointed at Ge Lifu, "Lifu, it is true that stance determines everything. You didn't say that when you were inspecting the grassland last year. Now that you have become a native of western Jiangxi, you immediately lean towards western Jiangxi."

Ge Lifu laughed and said, "National Committee, I have no choice. Who made western Jiangxi underdeveloped? Of course, I hope to make good use of rare earth resources to better promote the economic development of western Jiangxi."

Wang Deyi pointed at Lin Zhiyuan and said, "Enterprise restructuring and integration are under the jurisdiction of the Large-scale Working Committee. You two can discuss it on your own! I only have one principle. Rare earths are a national strategic resource. Any decision you make must be in line with the national strategy and take into account the interests of the country and the region."

With Wang Deyi's words, Ge Lifu called Lin Zhiyuan to his room. After his secretary made tea, he left quietly.

Ge Lifu looked at Lin Zhiyuan eagerly, "Zhiyuan, thank you for your hard work. Whether I can light the first fire in western Jiangxi depends entirely on you."

Lin Zhiyuan joked, "Governor Ge, please don't do this. You're putting a lot of pressure on me!"

"We are old acquaintances. I believe Zhiyuan will help me." Griff said sincerely.

Lin Zhiyuan cleared his throat. "Governor Ge, let me report to you on our work during this period. The inspection team of the large-scale working committee has been stationed in the southern part of Jiangxi for a month. During this month, we have done a lot of detailed investigations. The main problem we have found so far is that the scale of the mining industry in southern Jiangxi is too small, the equipment is backward, and the technology is outdated. If we want to realize the country's rare earth strategy, it cannot be accomplished by Gannan Mining alone. We must introduce new investors and funds, technology, and equipment..."

Lin Zhiyuan's words were mostly nonsense. Ge Lifu had long known the situation of Gannan Mining. He nodded frequently and said, "Zhiyuan, just tell me the truth. Do you have any specific plan?"

During this month in southern Jiangxi, Lin Zhiyuan mainly focused on thinking about how to solve this problem.

"Governor Ge, I have three plans, divided into three levels: high, medium and low. In other words, these three plans are actually three steps for Governor Ge's reference."

"I already knew that Zhiyuan must have made up his mind. Don't keep me in suspense. Don't worry, Zhiyuan, I will remember everything you do."

"Governor Ge, let me start with the lowest level of integration plan. With the existing Gannan Mining as the main body, the Gannan region and the eight counties under Gannan will each inject a portion of funds into Gannan Mining. The intermediate plan is to introduce powerful mining companies in western Jiangxi to build a large-scale rare earth mining company in the form of a joint venture. The advanced plan is to introduce well-known domestic mining companies, huge funds, advanced technical forces and equipment, and transform Gannan Mining into a modern large-scale rare earth mining company in one fell swoop."

Lin Zhiyuan said a lot, his mouth was dry, he took a sip of tea, and added: "Of course these three plans are not independent, they can be regarded as three steps in a larger plan."

Griff fell into deep thought.