Metropolis: My Rising Life

"Sit down, Xiao Chen!"

Chen Yi followed the Li family leader to the study.

The Li family walked slowly, and after sitting on the heavy wooden table, he spoke to Chen Yi, with an extremely calm momentum.

Chen Yi was not hypocritical, and sat directly opposite the head of the Li family. His back was straight, and he looked directly at the old man, but the corner of his eye was also looking at the layout of the entire study.

This is a typical Chinese-style decoration, which is similar to Chen Yi's office, but compared to Chen Yi's office, the decoration here is more historical and heavy.

At the very least, the paintings and calligraphy on the walls and the antique decorations on the table should all be genuine in Chen Yi's mind, and they are of great value. Otherwise, the fake ones in the study of the head of the Li family would be too bad.

The head of the Li family watched Chen Yi sitting there calmly, with a kind of unshakable momentum in front of the Taishan landslide. There was no shrinking or fear at all, just sigh in his heart.

The old Chen's family is really a good offspring.

With his current status and the background of the Li family, this was the first young man the head of the Li family had ever seen, someone who could be so calm before him.

Compared to his 30-year-old son, Chen Yi is so much stronger.

It's not that his son is inexperienced, but that the fourth generation of the Li family is really mediocre.

With a sigh in my heart, the Li family chief just said: "...Xiao Chen, I won't say much more. I know you are curious about why I came to you."

Chen Yi nodded when he heard the words, and smiled: "...The juniors are indeed a little curious."

"Haha, you don't have to be nervous, it's actually good for you."

The head of the Li family laughed very imposingly.

It's a pity, there is still not the solemnity and majesty of a soldier like Grandpa.

And I'm not nervous either.

Chen Yi murmured in his heart, saying that when he first knew that the Li family was looking for him, he was really a little nervous.

However, since I asked the grandfather, Chen Yi's current mood can be described as light and breezy.

Seeing that Chen Yi's face remained unchanged, the head of the Li family was very satisfied. He picked up the teapot that the nanny had placed before and made a cup of tea for himself. He just asked, "...Xiao Chen, you should know my current position, right?"

"Is the left servant of the transportation department and one of the members of the Senate."

The former is the specific position, the latter is the identity. There are many members of the Senate, and these hundreds of members hold different positions. This is also the most important part of the operation of the country.

The head of the Li family nodded softly. He pondered for a while and said: "...In transportation, the most important part of our country is the high-speed rail."(Read more @ mtlarchive.com)

"...At present, my country's high-speed rail mileage accounts for 70% of the world's total mileage, and Spain, the world's second-largest country, does not even have a fraction of ours."

Speaking of this, the head of the Li family is also proud.

Although this is the hard work of the past few decades, it is not his own achievement.

But now he is sitting in the position of the left assistant in the transportation department, and he is also honored. This credit must have his contribution.

"But it is not easy to achieve this result. In the past few years, we have invested more than 800 billion yuan in the railway industry. The new line put into operation last year reached 3,000 kilometers, of which high-speed rail accounted for 2,000 kilometers."

"...Although the parliament has not yet opened this year, I can tell you in advance that the new railway line planned to be put into operation this year is more than 4,500 kilometers, of which 4000 kilometers are high-speed rail."

"As for next year, this data is likely to double."

Last year's data was okay, and statistics have already been completed by this time.

But this year's railway plan is unknown to the whole country, but here Chen Yi already knows the future national railway development plan.

This made Chen Yi have to sigh, this is the advantage of resource intelligence, it is the situation that can be seen from a high place.

Now this is just a railroad.

If it is in other industries, such as knowing in advance which industries the country will support vigorously and deploying in advance, you can get the support of national resources, and even a fool can make money.

Even with this level of intelligence, even at the level of Tonyma Jackma, they still need their own think tanks, and they need to make friends with officials everywhere before they can analyze or know in advance.

But as a nobleman, as a descendant of his own national planner, this information can be easily known.

It's also no wonder that no matter how much money you have, Dad Ma can only be a tortoise with an iron fist. The two sides are really not of the same magnitude.

Chen Yi sits in a dreadful situation and listens carefully to the words of the Li family chief.

"However, although my country's railways, especially high-speed railways, are developing extremely fast, they are accompanied by huge debts."

"...Up to now, the debt of my country Railway Corporation is about 4 trillion yuan, and it is expected to reach 5 trillion by the end of this year."

This is a very scary number...

Upon hearing this, Chen Yi felt that he had something to say.

Seeing the change of Chen Yi's expression, the head of the Li family just smiled and said: "...Xiao Chen, if you have anything to say, just say it."

"Okay, Grandpa Li, if what I said is wrong, you will treat it as a joke."

The advantage of being a junior is that Chen Yi can say something wrong, he doesn't know some things, and the elders won't blame it.

The head of the Li family smiled kindly and gestured with his eyes.

Chen Yi cleared his throat and pondered for a moment. "...Grandpa Li, although the debt of the railway will reach RMB 5 trillion this year, the debt is a high-quality debt no matter how you look at it."

"... The long-term economic benefits and carrying capacity brought by the high-speed rail are beneficial to the people's living standards, and even have a huge effect on national defense."

"In the area of ​​infrastructure construction, I don't think it can be measured solely by economic value. The strategic value of this is even greater."

"... Moreover, the high-speed rail serves the entire society and is endorsed by the entire society. It is not so much a liability as it is a social welfare."

"It can even be said that high-speed rail is a part of extremely high-quality assets. It continuously generates cash flow with energy. If you want to find such assets, you may have to buy liquor stocks."

Chen Yi said a lot in one breath and made a joke at the end.

Clan Chief Li just laughed and listened to Chen Yi's speech. Sometimes he nodded his head, sometimes his expression was calm. After Chen Yi finished speaking, he nodded and said:

"...Xiao Chen 0.0, what you said is generally correct, but there is one thing you didn't notice. If it's just a few lines with high passenger flow, it is indeed a high-quality asset, and it can quickly pay back with cash flow."

"But some railways are built in remote areas. The maintenance cost of those railways is much higher than the cash flow they can generate. We need to subsidize the profitable line revenue."

Chen Yi said: "...This is very similar to the overall economic situation of our country, with several major economic provinces subsidizing those provinces with fiscal deficits."

The head of the Li family laughed and said, "...that's what it meant."

Then, the two of them stopped talking again.

In the silence, Chen Yi still didn't know what the Li family chief was looking for.

At this moment, the head of the Li family suddenly said: "...Xiao Chen, are you interested in investing in railways?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Yi was a little surprised. .

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