Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 416: What a plot! What a plot!

After explaining everything to Chu Lei, Lu Shaohua left directly. Seeing that it was still early, he simply asked He Qiang to drive the car towards the city government. He was going to meet Zeng Aimin, the mayor of Shenzhen, and chat with him about things.

Shenzhen is one of the five special economic zones in China. The mayor's administrative level is the same as that of the provincial governor. Lu Shaohua can't meet Zeng Aimin whenever he wants. Of course, there is a prerequisite. If Lu Shaohua revealed his identity as a member of the Phoenix Group, it would be easy to meet Zeng Aimin. However, Lu Shaohua did not reveal his identity, so he could only meet Zeng Aimin after informing his secretary.

Fortunately, Zeng Aimin's secretary did not change and was still the original secretary named Li. He knew Lu Shaohua, so when Lu Shaohua said he wanted to meet Zeng Aimin, Secretary Li went to inform Zeng Aimin without any hesitation.

Not long after, Secretary Li came out, smiled and invited Lu Shaohua in, then left in a hurry. It seemed that there was something important that needed to be dealt with.

When he walked into Zeng Aimin's office, Zeng Aimin had already put down the work at hand, looked towards the door with a smile, and waited for Lu Shaohua to come in before nodding and saying, "Why are you free to come here today?"

"Haha!" Lu Shaohua scratched his head, feeling a little ashamed, and said, "I just came back from Hong Kong yesterday. I just had some free time today, so I came over here to take a look."

At this time, Zeng Aimin also walked out from the desk, sat down on the sofa at one side, and said, "Sit down! I think you don't come here for no reason."

Lu Shaohua smiled faintly, and did not rush to answer. He sat down first before speaking. "I have something to ask you."

Zeng Aimin showed an expression of "as expected" and said, "Tell me, what's the matter?"

"I want to apply for a flight." Seeing Zeng Aimin's businesslike attitude, Lu Shaohua stopped beating around the bush and went straight to the point. After he finished speaking, he felt that he had not fully expressed his meaning, so he explained again. "I have already applied for a private flight, a direct flight between Hong Kong and China. I wanted to ask you if it can be done?"

As far as Lu Shaohua knew, private air routes did not exist in China and there was no precedent for imitation, so Lu Shaohua didn't know where to start. However, one thing was certain, he had to get approval from government departments. That's why he came to Zeng Aimin to inquire about the situation.

Zeng Aimin frowned and asked after a long while, "You want to buy a private jet?"

"Yes, I may have to travel between Hong Kong and Shenzhen next. It takes too long to take a car, and I can't afford it." Lu Shaohua said truthfully.

"Is that so?" Zeng Aimin stopped talking halfway and fell into deep thought. After a long while, he continued. "There is no precedent in China. I have no way and no power to approve a route for you, so I think you should ask the old man or the good old man for help."

Although Zeng Aimin's rank is not low, private air routes are not a trivial matter after all, and Zeng Aimin has no authority to approve it. In addition, there is no precedent in the country, and he does not know what kind of approval is needed, so he can do nothing.

"Lu Shaohua didn't say anything, but it was not difficult to see from the expression on his face that he was helpless at the moment. Fortunately, Lu Shaohua didn't hold too much hope, so he didn't despair. He sighed and changed the subject. "The projects of several CEOs of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce will be officially put into operation soon. If you have time, go and take a look."

Lu Shaohua was reminding Zeng Aimin to pay attention to that side. After all, this was the investment Zeng Aimin had brought in, and it was about to be put into operation. If Zeng Aimin took the time to inspect it, he could show his concern. Another thing was that he might be able to gain another political achievement.

The Phoenix Base is the leader in the Bao'an area, and the factories invested by Ho Ying-tung and his team operate around the base. As long as there are no accidents with the base, the projects invested by Ho Ying-tung and his team will grow and develop along with the development of the base, and will also indirectly boost the economy of that area.

Zeng Aimin did not continue Lu Shaohua's topic, but said something without any reason. "A deputy mayor of Shenzhen is going to retire."

"What does it mean?" Lu Shaohua asked himself secretly in his heart. He couldn't figure out what Zeng Aimin meant by this. But from Zeng Aimin's smiling expression, he understood a message: something good had happened.

"Good news? What good news?" Lu Shaohua speculated in his mind again, his brain working quickly, thinking of Lu Chang, and combined with Lu Shaohua's study at the Central Party School, he seemed to understand, and asked a tentative question. "Are you planning to promote my uncle?"

"Yeah." Zeng Aimin nodded and added, "Mr. Deng called me a while ago and said that your uncle is good at economics and is going to be promoted to deputy mayor in charge of economy. Oh, not deputy mayor of the Standing Committee."

Lu Shaohua had never been involved in officialdom and did not understand the situation there, but he could still understand what it was like to be a member of the Standing Committee and not to be one. Being a member of the Standing Committee meant that one had an extra vote during the Standing Committee meeting, meaning that one would be a deputy mayor with real power. Without the title of a member of the Standing Committee, the power would be less.

However, at Lu Chang's current age, Lu Shaohua was satisfied that he could become a deputy mayor. After all, he had plenty of time, and it was only a matter of time before he became a member of the Standing Committee and had real power. But Lu Shaohua still had a question that puzzled him, so he asked, "The current deputy mayor in charge of economy seems to be one of our own, right?"

"Yes, he is one of us. He will be promoted to a permanent member of the Politburo Standing Committee without changing his position." Zeng Aimin said with a smile, like a general who had won a battle.

Everything is clear now. The former deputy mayor replaced the retired executive deputy mayor, and Lu Chang, the deputy director of the Investment Promotion Bureau, was promoted two levels and took over the position of the former deputy mayor in charge of economy. It can be said that the Zeng faction won a victory. No wonder Zeng Aimin had such an expression.

But Lu Shaohua still had a question. He didn't believe Zeng Aimin changed the subject just to tell him about Lu Chang's promotion. He frowned and gave Zeng Aimin a questioning look. The meaning was very clear. He told Zeng Aimin, "Just tell me if you have anything to say."

Seeing this, Zeng Aimin stopped procrastinating, took a deep breath, and said, "I have a plan to build a science and technology industrial zone in Bao'an District. The location will be where your Phoenix base is, and the deputy mayor in charge of the economy should be in charge of this work."

If Lu Shaohua still doesn't understand now, he can buy a piece of tofu and kill himself. Zeng Aimin did this just to create political achievements for Lu Chang and to gain more capital for himself.

Just imagine, a miniature industrial zone has already been formed at the location of the Phoenix Base. Now Zeng Aimin is going to set up a science and technology industrial zone. On the surface, it looks newly established, but many things are already ready. Doesn’t the new leader have ready-made political achievements to gain?

This science and technology industrial zone is led by Mayor Zeng Aimin, so he also has some political achievements in it. When the term of office changes, Zeng Aimin will have a greater advantage to take over the position of secretary of the municipal party committee.

"What a calculation, what a calculation." Lu Shaohua couldn't help but sigh, but he only said these words in his heart and didn't say them directly, so it was tacitly understood.

At this time, Lu Shaohua even suspected that there was a connection between Zeng Aimin's plan to establish this science and technology industrial zone and Lu Chang's promotion to deputy mayor in charge of economy. Lu Chang had always been in charge of Bao'an, and it was no secret that Lu Chang was going to be promoted. So Zeng Aimin proposed to establish a science and technology industrial zone, and the head needed someone who was familiar with the area. It happened that Lu Chang was familiar with the area, and he was going to be promoted, which became an opportunity, which allowed Lu Chang to be promoted smoothly and get political achievements. It can be said that he killed two birds with one stone.

He shook his head with a wry smile. At this moment, Lu Shaohua couldn't help but admire Zeng Aimin, a "veteran" who had been in the officialdom for many years. It was not an exaggeration to describe Zeng Aimin as resourceful.

"Well, if the science and technology industrial zone is officially established, will there be any preferential treatment for the companies within it?" This is what Lu Shaohua is concerned about. Although the base now has many preferential policies, Lu Shaohua doesn't mind having a few more.

"There are definitely preferential policies." Zeng Aimin paused and continued, "But your base doesn't offer much preferential treatment. After all, you already have the preferential policies of the base."

"Haha! The more the better for me." Lu Shaohua stated his position.

This time it was Zeng Aimin's turn to smile bitterly. He had not expected that Lu Shaohua, a billionaire with a net worth of over 100 billion US dollars, would be so greedy. He said righteously, "As long as the policy allows, I will give you enough discounts."

"Thank you, uncle." Lu Shaohua said politely.

Zeng Aimin nodded, accepting it, and then said, "Are you okay? If you are, go back. I have a meeting to preside over later."

"It's okay." Lu Shaohua shook his head and said, stood up, tidied his clothes as usual, and prepared to leave Zeng Aimin's office. "Then I'll go in first."

"Yeah." Zeng Aimin also stood up, but he didn't mean to see Lu Shaohua off. Instead, he planned to go back to his desk to process documents. He took two steps, then stopped, turned around, and said to Lu Shaohua's back. "Go see Xiaoling when you have time. It seems you haven't seen her for a while."

"Oh!" Lu Shaohua said, stopped moving forward, turned around, and said apologetically. "I will, but um, I have to go to Beijing tomorrow, so I'll do it after I get back."

"Well, it's important to do business." Although Zeng Aimin didn't know what Lu Shaohua was going to do in Beijing, he still said this because he knew that Lu Shaohua would not come to Beijing for no reason.

"Then you are busy, I'm leaving first." After saying that, Lu Shaohua turned around and left without looking back.