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The next morning.

Liu Tao went to the Ministry of Railways.

The route of the Beijing-Shanghai Railway was initially drawn up.

A working group of Panshan Group participated in the entire work.

The Beijing-Shanghai Railway project was jointly completed by the Third and Fourth Survey and Design Institutes of the Ministry of Railways, and the standards were the same as those of the Beijing-Kowloon Railway.

"The starting point of the Beijing-Shanghai Railway project is Beijing South Station, and the terminal station is Hongqiao Station in Shanghai. It passes through Cangzhou West Station, Tianjin South Station, Langfang Station, etc. There are 24 stations along the line, and the total length is 1,318 kilometers," the project chief designer introduced the plan.

A red line, from Beijing South Station to Hongqiao Station in Shanghai, has a total of 24 stations. The main rivers it passes through are the Yellow River, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, the Huai River and the Yangtze River, and several super-large bridges need to be built here.

After the railway is completed, it will only take about 5 hours to get from Beijing to Shanghai.

The preliminary work of the Beijing-Kowloon Railway has lasted for a long time, and there are even plans and preliminary geological surveys. The Beijing-Shanghai Railway is different. The Beijing-Shanghai Railway to be built has a great adjustment with the original railway line. Surveying and mapping and geological surveys have to be carried out one by one. After such a long time, only the preliminary route has been completed.

It is expected that all planning and surveying work will not be completed until the end of the year, and all survey and design work will not be completed until next year.

Of course, this is also because this railway is not urgent. If it is urgent, it will be started immediately, and the design will be started while the construction starts.

"Comrade Liu Tao, what do you think of this line?" The person in charge of the Ministry of Railways looked at Liu Tao.

After all, the money for the Beijing-Shanghai Railway project was paid by Panshan Group, and the Ministry of Railways was responsible for survey, design, construction, and subsequent operation.

"No problem, I believe that the railway boss is professional in this regard." Liu Tao nodded.

"Then we will report to the superiors according to this plan." The person in charge of the Ministry of Railways smiled.

After attending the meeting on the Beijing-Shanghai Railway line, Liu Tao and his team set off to inspect the Beijing-Kowloon Railway.

Now the total number of construction workers of the Beijing-Kowloon Railway has officially exceeded one million, and the entire line is being constructed in sections.

Even on holidays, there is no suspension of work.

Even at night, construction continues, which can be said to be 24 hours a day, so as to ensure the construction progress of the Beijing-Kowloon Railway.

At present, the 372.777 kilometers of the Beijing-Kowloon Railway in Hebei Province have been completed and opened to traffic, and the Fuxing EMU is being tested in this section.

Liu Tao and his team took the Fuxing EMU to the south.

The Fuxing EMU is tested twice a day, and the crew is also trained.

There were two crews before, but now there are four crews.

Along the line, you can also see that the railway station has not been fully completed, and the workers are still working overtime.

This time, the Fuxing EMU is heading south at a speed of 280 kilometers per hour.

Liu Tao looked at the virtual panel. There was no red dot on the virtual panel. The Fuxing EMU was in good condition. Obviously, after such a long period of running-in, the Fuxing EMU has run-in very well.

"The performance of the Fuxing EMU is so good that the ministry held a meeting to discuss and decided to purchase more Fuxing EMUs. However, you, Comrade Liu Tao, know our situation, so we want to purchase in installments." The person in charge of the Ministry of Railways looked at Liu Tao cautiously.

You know, they are not unfamiliar with foreign high-speed rails. As a result, the cost of railways and trains is ridiculously high. It is not a matter of doubling the cost.

Some even did not even give them the opportunity to consult, because they wanted to avoid technology leakage and keep the technology confidential.

It was only at this time that the Ministry of Railways realized that what Liu Tao said before, that the EMUs were given at cost price, was not just talk.

Liu Tao's mind moved, this is a solution.

After all, if the manufacturing plant invests in construction, it must produce trains. Only by continuous production can the workers' technical level be improved, and the supporting factories can be pulled up, thereby reducing the cost.

Although Panshan Group must have suffered losses in the early stage, it is not necessarily the case in the medium and long term.

"Yes, this cooperation plan is OK. After all, our Panshan Group will also enjoy dividends from the Beijing-Kowloon Railway." Liu Tao hesitated for a moment and agreed.

The Beijing-Kowloon Railway is running according to the plan. In the early stage, half of it is used as a passenger railway and the other half as a freight railway.

After all, there are not so many people who need to take the train now. It can give full play to the efficiency of the railway by serving both passenger and freight.

As for freight, it will naturally not use the Fuxing EMU, but freight trains. After all, although this type of train is much slower, it is much cheaper.

When the passenger source reaches the standard, the Beijing-Kowloon Railway will be all passenger.

The person in charge of the Ministry of Railways smiled when he heard this. He didn't expect Liu Tao to be so easy to talk to and actually agreed to this plan.

You know, Panshan Group will suffer a loss with this plan.

Because you have to pay a lot of interest for loans from banks.

This kind of installment payment is interest-free.

After completing the inspection of the Beijing-Kowloon Railway and returning to Beijing, Liu Tao went to the Beijing Office of Panshan Group.

The office is located in Shichahai, not far from Liu Tao's home.

The office here mainly handles two things. One is about the National Internet Information Center, which is located on Zhongguancun South Fourth Street.

Last year, Jinghai, Sitong, Xintong, and Kehai were successively established and collectively referred to as the ‘Two Tongs and Two Hais’, and the ‘Zhongguancun Electronic Street’ began to take shape.

However, compared with the ‘National Internet Information Center’, these are just small-scale operations.

Around the ‘National Internet Information Center’, there will be many universities such as Tsinghua University, Peking University, Renmin University, Zhongguancun Campus of USTC, Beijing University of Science and Technology, etc.

At present, all the old houses have been demolished and the land has been leveled.

It is expected that the ‘National Internet Information Center’ will officially start construction after the Spring Festival.

In addition to the ‘National Internet Information Center’, the office has another thing, which is the construction of the ‘Huaxia High-speed Railway EMU Production Group’.

The factory is located west of the West Fourth Ring Road and is connected to the ‘Beijing-Kowloon Railway’ by rail.

The factory covers an area of ​​1,000 mu and will have 12,000 employees. In the future, it will be a "3+X" industrial structure with three major businesses, including electric locomotives, urban vehicles, and EMUs, as the core, and coordinated development of important parts, maintenance, and electromechanical industries.

The entire factory is divided into two phases, and it is expected to take 5 years to complete the construction of the entire factory.

Deng Mingqiang has panda eyes, and it is obvious that he is under a lot of pressure during this period. After all, as the general manager of the "Huaxia High-speed Railway EMU Production Group", this is his first time to be in charge of everything, and he started from scratch, involving all aspects.

The help that the headquarters can provide is technical support and financial support, plus the support of processing equipment and some technical personnel.

Deng Mingqiang has to do more work.