Chapter 2000

"Feng, yesterday you said you wanted to build a high-speed railway across the East and West?" Eric saw that everyone didn't talk and started the conversation. That's why he came here.

"When we invest in ports and docks, we naturally need to include supporting logistics construction. As a country with the highest trade volume in the world, China needs efficient logistics channels and transportation volume. "

"High speed railway, this is our opportunity. Once it is completed and put into production, it will greatly improve the domestic logistics channels of the United States, and the people who operate this railway will surely make money. "

Eric shook his head: "Feng, we've thought about it. Maybe you haven't thought about it."

"You are referring to the construction of high-speed railway in China, right? China's railways transport more than two billion people every year, and the railways in our country only transport more than 20 million people every year. There is a hundred times gap in this. What's more, our railway mileage is actually double that of your Chinese. "

"You in China can earn back the capital through passenger transport, and freight transport is the profit. But our freight transport is the main means of profit, and there are not many passengers at all. "

The aviation industry in the United States is very developed, and every family in the United States basically has more than one car. Many people will choose to drive by themselves when they travel. They will take a plane on a long journey. If they need to go to a place, they will rent a car. They are used to having a car.

It's not that how big the cities are in the United States. In fact, many cities in the United States have a population of one million. The area is similar to that of Xiangjiang, far less than that of the capital and magic cities in China.

But the public transportation in the United States is not so good. Even if there are not many people taking the subway, the public transportation is even worse. There is little public transportation except for the hot and prosperous areas.

"Feng, I know. You want to say that as long as the speed is raised, many people will choose to take the high-speed railway, because it is not slower or even more convenient than the plane at some distance."

"But in this way, it will affect the interests of airlines. Can you understand that?"

If the railway speed is raised and the choice of passengers is increased, it will be a heavy blow to the airlines. Just like in China, when high-speed rail and EMU are operating, the price of air tickets is also frantically reduced, because they can't be sold.

Airport in which country is in the suburbs, the railway station is generally in the city, not necessarily more prosperous, it must be closer to the city center than the airport.

When high-speed rail is built, it will hurt the interests of those airline shareholders, which will form some resistance.

"Feng, there are more troubles. If you think about it, the automobile enterprises in the United States are in the cold winter. Both the car companies and the Rolls Royce are losing money. Only with the help of the political axe can they survive. The only rich enterprise that doesn't need government assistance has sold half of your brand business. "

"If the high-speed railway is built, it will also have a great impact on car sales. So, don't you object? "

"It is also very important that we can not build the railway on the original railway line, but also not too far away. This involves the issue of compensation for demolition. I don't know how much the compensation for demolition in China is, but in our country, it's very high. "

Because the real estate in the United States is permanent ownership, as long as you can afford to pay property tax. All the resources dug out from a certain depth of the house belong to you, even if there is a diamond mine below.

Therefore, the cost of demolition in the United States may be higher than that in China, and people in the United States will never choose the house you want to compensate for, but they need more cash, and then buy the house they think is better.

"Feng, you said yesterday that a kilometer is about 30 million dollars, but that's based on your Chinese expenses, isn't it? If it's in our country, we think it's going to cost at least 30 percent more, which means about 40 million dollars a kilometer. "

"For a distance of more than 4000 kilometers, it will cost US $160 billion. Do you think we can afford the money together? Well, even if it's affordable, what's the economic effect? You don't need to use national justice to say that our consortium is not a philanthropist. We have many employees. "

"So we can get more than 10 billion dollars at most. How much can you get? The rest of the money can only be borrowed from the bank. And it will be blocked by automobile, aviation and other enterprises, so only our own bank may give loans. Have you carefully evaluated the risks in this? "

Feng Yu was shocked for a moment. He didn't think about it carefully enough and ignored the resistance of other industries in the United States. If you want to invest, Feng Yu must also invest with a loan. It's not cost-effective to have money.

The project funds will become the biggest constraint, and the profit prospects are also relatively dim. Can we say that this cooperation can not be achieved? So for their logistics network construction, there will be a lot of constraints.

Li zeju said again at this time: "Eric, just now we talked about the pilot problem of the port, so why can't the high-speed railway start an experimental section first?"

Feng Yu's eyes brightened. Yes, the high-speed railway can also start the experimental section first.

Eric and Reid look at each other, which is what they want to say. First of all, let's release a message, open an experimental section, and then see the response of all parties, and make a final decision to see if it is worth building such a long high-speed railway.The United States is different from China. China is a comprehensive consideration. State investment, even if it is not profitable, is also necessary to facilitate the people.

But this is private investment in the United States, and they have to think about profitability. If it's the first two years, maybe we can ask for subsidies from the government axe. But now, where is the government axe in the United States rich? It's all selling national debt to China.

This is the case in the United States and the United Kingdom. Electric power, gas, transportation, communications, etc. belong to different private enterprises, and even the degree of electrification construction in different regions is different. Even more than a decade ago, the civil voltage standards in many states of the United States were different. By the end of the last century, they had just been unified. At that time, when you bought electrical appliances, you had to explain to the shopkeeper what kind of available equipment you need, or what kind of household transformer you need.

In China, the grid has been connected to the power grid for a long time. The local power grid belongs to the state, and should comply with the national unified standard. The implementation of different standards is to make their products unique, so as to obtain higher benefits.

After watching the map for a long time, Eric finally proposed to build an experimental high-speed railway from Los Angeles to Las Vegas, just passing through California.

Feng Yu and Li zeju looked at each other and nodded in agreement. Next, we will wait for the reply from the U.S. side, and Feng Yu will also communicate with the domestic side and prepare to visit the U.S. factory.

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