The Invincible Son-in-law

Chapter 733 733: Wealthy and Boorish

Due to the signing of the Paris Agreement, countries around the world are developing new energy to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

New energy batteries, as the power source for new energy vehicles, are clean, environmentally friendly, and green, and absolutely the next opportunity for automobile development.

Although the development of new energy vehicles in China is rapid now, the current market share is less than five percent, indicating significant room for growth.

According to memories from his previous life, Lin Hao knew that Aiyadi Motors would continue to grow and ultimately become the leading enterprise in the new energy vehicle industry.

Therefore, he has made up his mind to secure this new energy vehicle project, regardless of the cost.

"County Magistrate Lin, I'm quite interested in President Liao's batteries, but you know, to build a car, a battery alone is not sufficient..." said Ai Xuejun with a smile.

Lin Hao understood that Ai Xuejun believed Wucheng County only had the battery, which might not be enough. After all, building a car requires more than just batteries.

"Chairman Ai, as long as you are satisfied with the batteries, our county can provide you with the supporting new energy vehicle industry chain, so rest assured," Lin Hao replied confidently.

Ai Xuejun did not expect that he would have such confidence and determination and seemed to have anticipated this.

"County Magistrate Lin, can you really provide me with a supporting industry chain?" Ai Xuejun smiled slightly, seemingly a bit skeptical.

Lin Hao nodded heavily and responded with great confidence, "Chairman Ai, I represent the primary government level. If we didn't have the confidence, why would you still consider investing in building a plant here? However, I can responsibly tell the Chairman that whatever I promise, I will try my best to meet your requirements."

"In that case, I really need to have a good chat with County Magistrate Lin," Ai Xuejun seemed interested.

In fact, the main reason he came this time was out of respect for Governor Xu, without much expectation, but Lin Hao's confidence and determination had piqued his curiosity.

After all, establishing a new energy vehicle industry chain requires much higher investment than new energy batteries. Does Wucheng County really have this capability?

In view of Governor Xu's face, Ai Xuejun thought it was possible to have a private talk with Lin Hao to see how things stood.

"Chairman Ai, how about this, let's conduct an inspection first, and then we can have a private chat this afternoon," Lin Hao readily agreed.

The subsequent inspections and research were fairly standard, taking a general look at the new energy battery industry's supply chain in the industrial park.

Of course, Yu Peishan's and Su Muyu's factories were key enterprises in this inspection. Both were very happy to know it was Lin Hao who had given them the opportunity.

The funding problem for Yu Peishan was alleviated when Lin Hao just gave President Min a heads-up and managed to secure another three million in funding for her, relieving her financial pressure.

Su Muyu, now hosting Huamao Group, didn't face major financial issues but had big ambitions and wanted to get involved in the new urban district real estate development project.

Lin Hao knew the real estate sector would have a twenty-year golden period, so he included his first love, Fang Mengzhu, in the plan and prepared to make her focus on building up the real estate industry with Wuning City as the core.

After lunch, Lin Hao took Chairman Ai to visit several other companies before returning to the Li Garden Hotel.

According to Chairman Ai's suggestion, they prepared to discuss the next step of cooperation after a private exchange.

In a luxurious small private room, Lin Hao and Chairman Ai Xuejun sat opposite each other, savoring fragrant tea.

"County Magistrate Lin, I am a straightforward person. I won't hide it from you—how confident are you about building a whole new energy vehicle industry chain?" Ai Xuejun asked, getting straight to the crucial question.

"Chairman Ai, which supporting factories or products does this new energy industry chain require?" Lin Hao asked in return.

Ai Xuejun smiled and handed over his laptop to Lin Hao, saying, "This is the detailed list of supporting factories. You can take a look first."

Lin Hao took it and glanced over it. It contained a large number of supporting component manufacturers. The investment needed to establish such a large industry chain would scare off many county magistrates.

However, Lin Hao was a financially robust county magistrate, and an investment of over a hundred billion hadn't much impact on him.

Although the investment was significant, he could transfer investment funds through overseas companies and control a large number of industry chain enterprises and factories through Fang Mengzhu.

So after looking at it, he smiled and said, "Chairman Ai, establishing this new energy vehicle industry chain is not a big problem. I just want to know how large a supporting industry chain Chairman Ai wants, how many cars can be produced each year, and how large the output value can be?"

"County Magistrate Lin, do you know how much the supporting automotive industry chain costs?" Ai Xuejun was still a bit worried.

"I just took a rough look. It's initially estimated to require an investment of over a hundred billion, right?" Lin Hao, smiling, lifted his fragrant tea and took a sip.

Seeing his calm demeanor, Ai Xuejun was incredibly shocked and for the first time felt he underestimated this county magistrate.

"County Magistrate Lin, to be honest, I originally didn't intend to build a new energy vehicle factory in Wucheng County. Firstly, I was worried that a county wouldn't have the capability to build a supporting automotive industry chain, and secondly, there weren't enough policy supports..." Ai Xuejun candidly confessed.

Lin Hao, hearing his candid words, felt that this matter already had a direction, and, with a smile, said, "Chairman Ai, rest assured that we have the capability to build you the complete supporting automotive industry chain and secure the maximum policy support for you."

"County Magistrate Lin, you represent a primary government level, so you must mean what you say. Don't coax me into coming over if you can't achieve anything..." Ai Xuejun hesitated, reminding him not to deceive him.

"To be honest, Governor Xu strongly supports this matter. If you need policy support from the provincial level, negotiations can be arranged," Lin Hao backed up his statement by pulling in Governor Xu as support.

Seeing Lin Hao's eyes, which were clear and filled with confidence, Ai Xuejun laughed and said, "If County Magistrate Lin can really secure enough policy support for me and provide a supporting automotive industry chain, I will build a new energy vehicle super factory here. But let me say this up front: if you fail to meet my requirements and I withdraw my investment, don't blame me."

"That's for sure. I just wonder about the production capacity of the super factory you mentioned and the output value," Lin Hao eventually fixated on economic data.

"County Magistrate Lin, I think it should be carried out in three phases, with the first phase reaching a scale of over a hundred billion. If all three phases could be implemented, it will surely be an increase at the trillion level. However, the funding requirement for the supporting factories is so large that I'm genuinely concerned..."

Chairman Ai still felt that with such a large financial outlay, the economic strength of Wucheng County was insufficient to support it.