Chapter 4227 The Future of Wind City
What is Lin Feng's purpose?
It's very simple, economic and political.
Economically, the current development of the 'Windy City' is good, but because it was built by Lin Feng himself, the Los Angeles City Government has been taking a secret clamping method to retain Hollywood. What is the secret clamping? That is, although a secondary road has been built for its transportation, there is no highway. For tourists, this will undoubtedly increase the time it takes to travel to and from the 'Windy City'. In addition, restrictions have been imposed on the expansion of the 'Windy City'.
Los Angeles is the largest city in California, bordering the San Pedro Bay and Santa Monica Bay on the east side of the vast Pacific Ocean, with the vast San Gabriel Mountains behind it, and an area of 1,290.6 square kilometers. The 'Windy City' is located in the suburbs of Los Angeles. When choosing the construction site of the 'Windy City', Lin Feng specially investigated the terrain. Its geographical location is also on the seaside. Lin Feng intends to develop this place as a port city. Having a seaport will undoubtedly give the 'Windy City' great development potential in the future.
However, the Los Angeles City Government does not allow Lin Feng to continue to expand. Even Lin Feng is not allowed to buy land. Because if the ‘Windy City’ continues to expand, not only will the Hollywood name be gone, but this will also affect the city of Los Angeles. You know, the better Lin Feng develops here, the more he will be involved in Los Angeles, especially in terms of economy. The ‘Windy City’ has only 3% tax, which is too low. If it continues to develop, these high-tech enterprises and major companies will go there, wouldn’t Los Angeles become an empty city? Although this requires a long period of development, it is possible.
But if the ‘Windy City’ becomes a city under the jurisdiction of California, Los Angeles will not be able to control it. The ‘Windy City’ will have completely independent development space, and Los Angeles has absolutely no reason. No qualifications to intervene. Even if it intervenes, there is still the California government. And once the ‘Windy City’ develops. Then the current ‘Windy City’ will become the core of the entire city, and its market value will be extremely considerable. Lin Feng’s investment of 150 billion US dollars will usher in several times, or even dozens of times the return.
Although Lin Feng has lost the absolute management right of the city, the land of the entire city is in Lin Feng’s hands. Your city government has to rent land from himself, so what do you want to do in this city. Is it still difficult?
Of course, this is just Lin Feng's economic demands. What's more important is politics! After these years of development, Lin Feng has come to understand a truth. Economy and politics are always twins, and neither is indispensable. Otherwise, he will be like himself, with enemies all over the world. Therefore, Lin Feng needs to have his own voice.
Somalia is Lin Feng's plan. African investment is Lin Feng's plan. But this is too slow, and they are all long-term investments. Lin Feng urgently needs to have his own voice in the short term and have his own voice in the international community. And the United States. As the most powerful country in the world today, having his own voice in this country. Then it will greatly change Lin Feng's current situation.
Although Lin Feng now has Schwarzenegger, the governor of California, and Donald Trump, the "quasi" father-in-law in the United States,
these are not Lin Feng's voice, these are the voices of others. They are not controlled by Lin Feng. And Lin Feng needs a voice that he controls.
The "Windy City" joining California and becoming a city under California's jurisdiction will be the first step for Lin Feng to have his own voice in the United States.
How to have your own voice? Once the Windy City is urbanized, it will have a municipal government system, and this system will be under the rule of the Windy City. The entire Windy City belongs to Lin Feng. At that time, Lin Feng's voice will inevitably influence the attitude of the city manager. This is true whether in China, the United States, or any other country in the world. Just like US President Bush, he also needs to give face to those big financial groups. He must also pay attention to the voices of the big financial groups, and even some policies have to be tilted for those big financial groups.
Of course, Lin Feng is not an American. If the Windy City really becomes a city under the rule of California, then the US government will definitely keep a close eye on this point to avoid its erosion of the US government. However, Lin Feng naturally has some arrangements for this. As long as he does not intervene at all, let the city officials independently formulate relevant city laws and regulations, and manage the city independently and transparently. In that case, the US Congress will not have any objections.
As for how Lin Feng can make a profit if the city is managed completely transparently, it is not difficult. As long as most of all the city councilors are Lin Feng's people. Of course, it would be easy to make most of the city council members be Lin Feng's people. There are no citizens in the Windy City yet, and the qualification of citizens is in Lin Feng's hands. If a group of "appropriate" citizens is selected, the parliament will naturally be controlled by Lin Feng.
Of course, the US Congress will not be so stupid as to let Lin Feng control everything. The Windy City will definitely be strictly examined. But Lin Feng is not afraid. It will depend on everyone's battle of wits and courage to see who will have the last laugh.
When Schwarzenegger was thinking about how to incorporate the Windy City into California, the huge retail shareholders of the Second World finally arrived.
These retail shareholders number more than 300,000, and each of them holds shares ranging from 100 shares, that is, one hand, to thousands of shares. However, Lin Feng did not treat them differently because of the number of shares they held. All shareholders, as long as they hold shares of the Second World, will receive a free round-trip ticket provided by Lin Feng and a night's accommodation when they come to the Windy City this time, and they will enjoy the bus pick-up arranged by Lin Feng.
"Windy City lacks an international airport!" Lin Feng sighed as he looked at the buses that drove in one after another.
This "Windy City" does not have its own airport. All people who travel to and from the "Windy City" have to transfer in Los Angeles, and then take a bus or taxi to the "Windy City". At the beginning, Los Angeles promised to build a six-lane highway to meet the traffic load of the "Windy City". As a result, only a four-lane secondary highway has been built, which has clamped the "Windy City".
At the same time, Los Angeles did not approve Lin Feng's request to build an international airport. When the "Windy City" was built, the airport location had been reserved on the edge, waiting for approval. Initially, the Los Angeles City Government agreed, but after the "Windy City" started construction, it was not allowed. Now with the rise of the "Windy City", the disadvantages of not having an international airport of its own have become prominent. It is too troublesome to go to the "Windy City".
However, all this will be fine when the "Windy City" has ** autonomy.
Soon, 300,000 retail shareholders of the "Second World" gathered at the "Wind God Plaza". These retail shareholders all readily agreed to Lin Feng's invitation today. First, they naturally admire Lin Feng to the extreme, otherwise they would not have held on to the shares of "Second World" and waited until now, so they were eager to meet Lin Feng and see his true appearance. Although he had been seen on the Internet for a long time, what you see on TV is different from what you see with your own eyes. It's like the difference between watching a football game in front of a TV and watching a live game on the football field.
Second, the location chosen this time is "Windy City". Most people here have never been to "Windy City". Although "Windy City" has been officially in operation for half a year, for most people, this is just one of the future tourist attractions, and they don't have time now. And this time, Lin Feng provides free accommodation and round-trip air tickets, so such favorable conditions are naturally coming.
Third, they also want to see how Lin Feng is going to convince them to sell their shares. After all, the stock price has risen to nearly 600 US dollars now, which is too high!
"Hello, shareholders!" Lin Feng shouted loudly when he saw everyone was there.
There was applause all around.
"I can tell you a good news. The current share price of 'Second World' has just reached 600 US dollars. I am here to congratulate you all for making a fortune!" Lin Feng said with a smile.
What! It's already 600 US dollars! When they got off the plane just now, it was only 580 US dollars. It has reached 600 US dollars in a blink of an eye. Oh my God, this is too happy! According to the shareholders who hold at least 100 shares, this 20 US dollars increase has also made a profit of 2,000 US dollars. Although 2,000 US dollars is only more than 10,000 RMB when converted into RMB, it can't do anything, but in the United States, 2,000 US dollars can enjoy a trip across the entire United States.
There was a cheer all around. The higher the stock price rises, the more they earn. Once again, they are excited for choosing 'Second World'!
"But while congratulating you, I have one thing I want to ask everyone, that is, do you want to make this kind of paper money or make actual US dollars?" Lin Feng asked.
Everyone looked up at Lin Feng, not knowing what Lin Feng meant.
"Paper money means that you can only see the money on the bill, but you can't spend it. The actual US dollars are colorful hundred-dollar bills in front of you! You can buy whatever you want and do whatever you want! Which one do you choose?" Lin Feng asked with a smile.
Everyone looked at each other, not knowing what Lin Feng meant.
"Since this is a shareholders' meeting, I will speak frankly. My goal is to make "Second World" the world's top high-tech company and a leader in the IT industry. Therefore, no matter how much money "Second World" makes every year, I will not distribute dividends. At least in the next five years, "Second World" will not distribute dividends, and all profits will be invested in the company's operations." Lin Feng said loudly.
No dividends! All shareholders were a little shocked. This, why not dividends! (To be continued)