Golden carp are not creatures confined to a pond. (54-56)

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Chapter 54 Everything is Ready 01/03/2003 -

January 3, 2003 January 3, 2003 was a very important day for Hou Longtao. His father, Ma Lian, was officially appointed as the deputy director of the Beijing Municipal Traffic Management Bureau. That evening, at the "Tianlun Pavilion" of the Tianlun Dynasty Hotel, Hou Longtao and his brothers hosted a lavish banquet to celebrate the new director's promotion.

"Little monkey," Director Ma patted Hou Longtao on the shoulder, "Do you have some connections? Tell us." "What connections?" "Hahaha, don't play dumb. Originally, Liu Jiang was the chosen one, but if someone hadn't put in a good word, it wouldn't have been changed to me at the last minute. We're all on the same side, so you don't need to hide it from us." "

Uncle Ma, they all know how capable I am. It really wasn't me who found the person." Hou Longtao didn't intentionally want to hide Zhang Yuqian's affair; he just wasn't sure of her identity and it was best not to say anything rashly. “Yes, Dad,” Horse Face chimed in, “If Fourth Brother had those connections, we wouldn’t be unaware.”

“Never mind, Little Monkey, Xiao Ming has already told me about your air purifier thing. I’ll do my best to get it done for you.” Director Ma brought up the main topic first. “What about the other two directors? Should I…” Hou Longtao twirled his fingers. “You don’t need to worry about those. I’ll handle it. But there’s one thing: you must give me some reasons to submit to the Municipal Party Committee, even if they’re not entirely convincing. Otherwise, if the Municipal Party Committee rejects the Traffic Management Bureau’s proposal, we won’t be able to persist.”

“That’s easy,” Hou Longtao took out a stack of documents from his briefcase. “I’ve already prepared them. Take a look.” “Heh, you say your appointment has nothing to do with me? If you really didn’t know beforehand, you wouldn’t have prepared in advance.” Director Ma took out his glasses from his pocket. "No, I started collecting this information as soon as I heard you were one of the candidates." "Alright, alright, if you don't want to admit it, then don't." Director Ma skimmed through the documents. The three most practical points were as follows:

1. Beijing ranks seventh among the world's ten most polluted cities, with air pollution accounting for over 85% of the pollution. Vehicle exhaust is the primary source of air pollution. If all 1.8 million vehicles in the city were equipped with exhaust purifiers, air pollution could be reduced by at least half. This would not only remove the "ten most polluted cities" label but also silence those foreigners who have opposed Beijing hosting the 2008 Olympics due to environmental concerns.

2. Traffic police in Beijing have the highest incidence of respiratory diseases, lung diseases, and even lung cancer, including non-smoking traffic police. Their health will directly benefit from the use of exhaust purifiers.

3. With the number of vehicles in Beijing increasing by an average of 200,000 per year, roads and bridges are already severely overloaded. Mandatory installation of purifiers could indirectly increase vehicle prices, potentially slowing the growth rate of vehicles and thus reducing the workload of the Traffic Management Bureau and traffic police.

There are also benefits such as creating jobs and increasing tax revenue. Director Ma glanced through the list and said, "Okay, little monkey, your years of study weren't wasted. It's just that the third point is a bit problematic. Although it's from the perspective of the Traffic Management Bureau, the city's current policy is to stimulate consumption."

"Then what should we do? Remove it?" "It doesn't matter. Actually, your first point is enough. These days, anything related to the Olympics gets preferential treatment everywhere." "That's good. And I'm willing to donate five million to the Traffic Management Bureau every year for the welfare of traffic police and the upgrading of the bureau's vehicles." Hou Longtao knew the principle of sharing profits.

After the meal, Director Ma drove away, and the young men returned to the "Tianlun Dynasty" coffee shop and sat down at two tables next to each other. Hou Longtao took a sip of tea. "The production line will arrive by the end of January. The German side will send technicians to install and debug it, and it should be fully operational by mid-February. Brother, how's the shop arrangement?"

"Eleven have been secured, and we're negotiating four more. We should be able to finalize everything before March." "Wow, brother, you're so efficient! I thought you might not even be able to find so many people interested in renting." "What are you saying? But Horse Face has been a great help. He's a real estate agent; he knows exactly where shops are for rent or sale with just a few phone calls."

"Exactly," Horse Face said smugly, crossing his legs. "Fourth Brother, I'm not taking your money for nothing." "Okay, okay, okay, I underestimated you guys. My bad." Hou Longtao then turned to Liu Nan. "Third Brother, my advertisement…" "Don't worry, it's all done. It's exactly as you want. As soon as the time slot is set, it'll air immediately."

"Yes, my old man is negotiating with the station right now, and he should be able to give you the lowest price next week." Erdezi knew he was next, so he quickly reported without waiting for anyone to ask. "But Fourth Brother, if you go to Beijing TV, you should be able to get a better price. Why do you have to broadcast it on CCTV?"

"There might be environmentally conscious people in other places who see my ad and might order by mail. Besides, you can't deny that the whole country is looking to Beijing for guidance, and Beijing's local policies will affect other places. Moreover, there are plenty of business-minded people in power who might come up with some 'local policies,' which could lead to hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of cars. What's a little advertising fee then?"

Hou Longtao said with a sly smile. "Actually, there's an even more important reason. If you want to make money peacefully, you shouldn't cause trouble for the government. If the policy causes public resentment, then you're causing trouble for the government. Through advertising, what I want to achieve is that although you're forced to spend money, subconsciously you feel that the money isn't entirely unreasonable."

“That doesn’t make sense,” Liu Nan said, a little confused. “I knew you were thinking this way, but that only explains why you’re doing it in Beijing, not why you want people from other places to see that ad.” “Hehe, because starting June 1st, only vehicles from other places with air purifiers installed will be allowed into Beijing.” “Hahahaha…” Everyone laughed.

“How’s the production line’s efficiency? Don’t let it become a case of supply falling short of demand.” Wu Da was particularly serious. “Five thousand sets per day.” “Five thousand? One hundred and eighty divided by five, no, one thousand and eighty divided by five, that would take a whole year! Too late!” “It’s not too late. My proposal is that starting May 1st, all vehicles must have air purifiers installed before inspection, which is equivalent to giving vehicles inspected in April an extra year. Even without the rule of renewal every three years, human nature dictates that people will postpone buying as long as possible.”

“I have a question,” Wenlong remained silent for a while, “If we can meet three years’ worth of demand within one year, what’s the point of the remaining two years? Just keep all those workers and shops running for nothing?” “I’ve thought about that. It can’t be called completely unproductive; there’s a potential increase of two hundred thousand per year. What I’m worried about now is insufficient production capacity.”

"How could that be?" "One of the world's ten most polluted cities... [The rest of the text appears to be a jumbled collection of characters and symbols, possibly from different sources, and doesn't form coherent sentences. A direct translation isn't meaningful without further context or clarification.]

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