Chapter 221: Wei Hongjun's Ambition
The time has just entered the middle of July, and after Jiang Feng has finally finished his Manchester United affairs, he finally returned to China on his newly purchased special plane, an Airbus A321-200 aircraft.
His aircraft was one of two aircraft that was customized for Airbus, both of which were specially modified. The aircraft, which originally carried more than 180 passengers, was transformed into a luxury passenger aircraft with only 58 seats.
In these two aircraft, not only the layout of the cabin has been remodeled, but also other parts have been remodeled. Originally, the range of the Airbus A321-200 aircraft was only more than 5,000 kilometers, but after the transformation, its range reached a terrifying 15,000 kilometers, and if you add auxiliary fuel tanks, it can be as high as 20,000 kilometers, so that these two luxury private jets have the ability to go directly between any two airports on the planet.
Of course, the cost of retrofitting is also extremely high. Originally, the plane was sold for less than $60 million. But after the modification, Jiang Feng paid a total of $180 million for the two planes. That is, Jiang Feng spent the money of three planes and bought these two planes.
The two planes were delivered at the same time, and the other plane, when Jiang Feng returned to China, was carrying 28 members of Manchester United's first team, the coaching staff, and some staff members, to the United States on the other side of the ocean for a pre-season warm-up game.
Manchester United's trip to the United States will take place in six warm-up matches in the United States over a period of 20 days. The main reason why so many games are scheduled is that there are so many new faces in this Manchester United team, which has just made up half of all first-team players. The team has to run in enough.
After the warm-up matches, it will be the Community Shield on 10 August. This will be the first big game for the United team and the chance for the team to win their first trophy. And their opponent is Arsenal, who have created the miracle of winning the championship with an unbeaten record in another time and space.
However, Jiang Feng believes that his team will be able to beat Arsenal. As for next season, Arsenal will not be able to create the myth of an unbeaten record. Jiang Feng couldn't get it right.
After a 12-hour flight, the plane finally landed at Jiangzhou International Airport.
What Jiang Feng didn't expect was that Jiangzhou City attached so much importance to his return, and Chi Haipeng, the secretary of Jiangzhou Mayor Wei Hongjun, personally greeted him at the airport.
Because Chi Haipeng personally came to greet him, Jiang Feng's plan to return to Shicheng immediately was naturally stranded. What's more, Wei Hongjun also asked Chi Haipeng to take a message, saying that a few old friends in the city wanted to wash the dust for him, the new top ten richest people in the world, and Jiang Feng couldn't leave.
Jiang Feng sat on the silver Rolls-Royce driven by Lingxi No. 1, and followed Chi Haipeng to the famous "Hilton" hotel in Jiangzhou City. This Rolls-Royce. Naturally, it was the one that Princess Beatrice had gotten for him through the back door.
When Jiang Feng, under the leadership of Chi Haipeng, entered a luxury box at the Hilton Hotel, he found that it was full of friends. Wei Hongjun, deputy secretary of the Jiangzhou Municipal Party Committee and mayor, Tian Jianming, deputy secretary of the Municipal Party Committee and secretary of the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection, Zhang Mingge, secretary of the Municipal Legal Committee and director of the Public Security Bureau, Cao Guangguo, deputy mayor and others, all arrived one by one, this is Jiang Feng's "community of interests" in Jiangzhou City. There are not many people in this community of interests. But it is enough to play the entire Jiangzhou City.
In the community of interests of Jiang Feng, there are the mayor of Jiangzhou City, the secretary of the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection, the secretary of the Municipal Legal Committee and the director of the Public Security Bureau, and other high-powered positions, plus Jiang Feng's financial resources. It can be said that this community of interests in Jiangzhou City wants to win the wind and rain.
Jiang Feng provided them with free political funds. They provided Jiang Feng with various preferential policies, and both sides took what they needed. And the most mysterious thing is that the exchange between the two parties is not illegal.
For Wei Hongjun and others. The money provided by Jiang Feng is free of charge, just like the major American consortia are funding the presidential campaign. The various preferential policies provided by Wei Hongjun and others for Jiang Feng are also within the scope of the relevant preferential policies formulated by the state, no matter who investigates, they will never find anything strange, but these preferential policies are only extremely preferential.
What's more, Jiang Feng sits on the title of "the world's top ten richest people", which is fragrant and sweet all over the country, Jiangzhou City is Jiang Feng's hometown, and it is not too much to give preferential policies to the world-class rich people who come out of their hometown. Isn't the state calling for a more open concept and a more active way to attract investment, as long as the people's living standards come up, it doesn't hurt to sacrifice a little bit in certain aspects.
"Ha, Uncle Wei, Uncle Tian, Uncle Zhang, Uncle Cao, you are all here. I'm late, I should be punished! Jiang Feng entered the house and saw that all the rooms were ready, just waiting for him, and smiled slightly in his heart, knowing that they must have something to do today, and he didn't say anything, and greeted him with a familiar face.
"Haha, where, where, we just came." He Zhendai and the others hurriedly got up and sat down in the river breeze.
Originally, in terms of age, Jiang Feng was naturally the last to accompany him, and the youngest person sitting there was more than twenty years of Jiang Feng, but who made Jiang Feng now one of the top ten richest people in the world. With Jiang Feng's current status and status, it is completely okay to talk to their peers, and now Jiang Feng still regards himself as a junior, which is already very face-saving for them.
"Hehe, uncles are so polite, that's killing the little nephew." Jiang Feng naturally understood the thoughts of several people, and he also knew the embarrassment of everyone. However, although they give themselves enough face, they cannot be proud of their achievements, which will undoubtedly undermine the unity of this community of interests.
After some greetings, Wei Hongjun ordered someone to serve tea.
Jiang Feng looked at this posture and knew that he must be talking about business today. Although it is said that drinking alcohol in China is easy to do, but between my own group, when I really talk about things, I drink tea first, and then drink to celebrate. This is also to keep everyone sober and cool-headed, so as not to make confused decisions because of alcohol. Although at the time, it is certain that one party will benefit, but it will regret it afterwards, and this will not do any good to the unity of this community of interests.
After some deliberation, Wei Hongjun spoke.
"Xiao Jiang, I came to you in such a hurry today, I have something to discuss." Wei Hongjun coughed lightly, and Cao Guangguo said with understanding.
"Xiao Jiang, that's right, with your funding and vigorous support, Jiangzhou City's GDP is rising steadily, and the people's lives are getting better and better, and they are not much worse than some coastal cities in terms of material. It can be said that among the inland cities in the country, it is among the best, and this is all thanks to Xiaojiang's blessing. Cao Guangguo first complimented Jiang Feng like the reborn parents of the people of Jiangzhou City.
Jiang Feng was a little unaccustomed to this kind of compliment, but he was also quiet, just listening to stand-up comedy, drinking tea, looking at Cao Guangguo with a smile, and nodding cooperatively from time to time.
Wei Hongjun on the side really can't stand this, this Cao Guangguo is really a little bad, no wonder he has been doing it for decades before, but he is just a county party secretary under Jiangzhou City, if it weren't for his confidant, Wei Hongjun would never recommend him to become the deputy mayor.
"Ahem!" Wei Hongjun coughed a few more times, Cao Guangguo was startled, looked at Wei Hongjun with a sullen face, and immediately knew that he had performed too badly just now, which disappointed Mayor Wei Hongjun, and he looked at it immediately. Don't look at him as the deputy mayor, but who called Wei Hongjun is his direct boss, and his position as the deputy mayor is not solid, and some of the things he does are often criticized, if it weren't for Wei Hongjun supporting him, he would have been "unspoken rules" long ago.
Wei Hongjun gave Zhang Mingge, the director of the Public Security Bureau, a look.
"Hehe, Xiao Jiang, it's not the first day we met, and we don't need to go around in circles, I'll say it straight if I have something to say." Zhang Mingge understands Jiang Feng's temperament, and Jiang Feng must be annoyed if he goes around like this. At that time, Jiang Feng is really annoyed, and this matter will definitely be in vain.
Jiang Feng yawned, and finally got to the point. Vice Mayor Cao Guangguo on the side looked embarrassed.
"Xiao Jiang, here's the thing. Nowadays, the material life of the common people in Jiangzhou City has changed for the better, but Comrade Xiaoping has said that it is necessary to grasp both material civilization and spiritual civilization. Therefore, what Jiangzhou City is lacking now is spiritual civilization. Zhang Mingge said.
"Spiritual civilization? I see that there are also many cinemas, bars, coffee houses and the like in Jiangzhou City, as well as many relics of the Anti-Japanese War, and the spiritual civilization should be very rich, much richer than most inland cities. Jiang Feng said in surprise.
Zhang Mingge was helpless for a while, before his real words could be spoken, Jiang Feng blocked him with a word, how could he say it.
In desperation, Zhang Mingge looked at Wei Hongjun and shrugged, hinting at helplessness.
Wei Hongjun felt angry for a while. Usually, these people pat their chests and say that if there is any problem, they will solve it for themselves immediately, but when it comes to the critical moment, none of them can be used.
A bunch of rice buckets! It seems that people can only rely on themselves, Wei Hongjun scolded in his heart, and a smile appeared on his face.
"Xiao Jiang, here's the thing. Soon, He Zhendai, secretary of the municipal party committee, is about to take a back seat, and I want to fight for it. But now, there is still one political achievement missing. What if, I mean if ......" Wei Hongjun's old face turned red for a while, it was the first time he begged someone like this, and he was asking for a young man who was dozens of years younger than him, and he was still a businessman. Although the other party is one of the top ten richest people in the world, this still makes Wei Hongjun a little red.
Fortunately, in the end, the desire for power prevailed, and Wei Hongjun still said what was in his heart.
"That's right, Xiaojiang, the development of other aspects of the city is still going well, but there are some deficiencies in sports. However, now China attaches more importance to sports. The sports industry is the hottest in China is basketball and football. Basketball, there is Yao Ming, so there is a basketball fever across the country. But football is the number one sport in the world, and the Europa League is so popular that thousands of fans watch it every weekend. Although there is a A team in Jiangzhou City now, that result is really difficult to see. I think that with Xiao Jiang's power and connections in international football, casually renting one or two people who can't play from your Manchester United can also help the team rush to the front of the First Division, and even the planned Chinese Super League. Wei Hongjun said with his hands on his hands. (To be continued.) )