Chapter 1516： underwater tunnel

There is a large mine that can dig comfortably for decades and enjoy the continuous benefits.

In 2018, people often ridicule some bold investment people, and they would use the words "what, so bold, there are mines at home".

From this, everyone knows the benefits of having a mine at home.

But in fact, there is a kind of property that does not require your continuous investment, but can make you earn forever for decades.

It is the highway.

It ’s just that it ’s basically impossible for the expressway to be built by a private person. The only way to build it is to change it. The Xiangjiang merchants in the early days of the reform and opening up have become large companies and groups with deep backgrounds in the mainland.

So people don't use the ridiculous words "There is a way at home".

But when it comes to the ability to make money, highways are much more stable than mines.

Because mines will also rise or fall in value due to the price of ore, such as coal bosses in Jinxi, such as Australian iron ore companies.

But on the first day of the highway from the beginning of construction, it will only become more and more profitable.

Unless it is absolutely necessary, they will not reduce the price by a penny during their 20-35 years of charging, but will increase the price instead.

This way of making money is hard to eat.

Regardless of the country's regulations, the toll years of highways are all 5-10 years longer.

What's more, the expressway over the east of Guangdong has passed the toll period. It should have been returned to the government for free operation, but it has continued to extend the wonderful work of tolls for several years.

Of course, there are many historical factors.

If so many benefits were not given back then, how could Xiangjiang merchants, including Hu Yinxiang, Li Chaoren, Li Zhaoji, and other rich people, come to the mainland to build highways?

Given the economic conditions of the local government in the Mainland at that time, how could it be possible to build the expressway with the most mileage in the world within ten years, connecting major cities, and greatly promoting development and exchanges?

It's just that we are not used to seeing what the rich Hong Kong people did in that era, and the risks they took. We only saw their gains today.

Then again.

It is now 1983, and most of the Hong Kong rich people, even if they want to build highways, are impossible.

Now that the people in the mainland are not full enough to eat, where do they have the leisure and energy to do the work of the highway artery?

Except for the past few years, the East Guangdong Association took the lead as a pilot and built several highways. It was basically after 1990 that it was time for the construction of highways to start among the major cities in the country.

The expressway in East Guangdong was built by Hu Yinxiang's Hopewell Group. With deep connections, no one can compete with him.

Yin Jun is not willing to snatch.

Even the highway, Yin Jun was reluctant to contaminate.

Making money is making money, but after 20 to 30 years, people will be criticized.

Yin Jun was reluctant to destroy the reputation he had maintained for this amount of money.

With that effort and energy, he would rather go abroad to earn money for foreigners.

However, although Yin Jun did not want to do the expressway in the mainland, there is currently a road in Xiangjiang that can be done.

To be precise, it is a tunnel.

underwater tunnel.

Eastern Harbour Crossing.

As of 2020, there will be three subsea tunnels connecting Xiangjiang Island and Kowloon.

The first one is the Hongkan Undersea Tunnel invested and built by the British and Western countries in 1969. From Hongkan to near Causeway Bay, it has a total length of 1.86 kilometers and cost 320 million Hong Kong dollars.

The Hongkan Undersea Tunnel has returned to the management of Xiangjiang Government in 1999, so after the increase of private cars in Xiangjiang, its low toll fees and the best location make it the first place for people to cross the island. select.

By 2020, the average number of vehicles passing through the Hongkan Undersea Tunnel is 120,000 vehicles per day, far exceeding the 80,000 vehicles that were designed.

The second one is called the Eastern Harbour Crossing. It connects Cha Kwo Ling Road beside Kwun Tong with the Quarry Bay on Hong Kong Island. It has a total length of 2.2 kilometers and was built in 1986. It was handed over to Xiangjiang Government in 2016.

But in turn, the Xiangjiang government sold the operation and management rights to the MTR Corporation, which is why the cost of the Eastern Harbour Crossing has not been reduced.

Because of the high price of traffic, only about 70,000 trains are used in the Eastern District Underwater Tunnel every day, which is basically half of the designed number of uses.

But the Eastern Cross-Harbour Tunnel is not the least used.

The lowest utilization rate is the westernmost subsea tunnel, which is 2 kilometers long. Construction began in 1993, and it opened to traffic four years later. By 2020, there will be only 50,000 vehicles per day.

The reason is naturally because it is the most expensive.

Taking a private car as an example, a survey from Hong Kong is 20 Hong Kong dollars and a tunnel from the Eastern District is 25 Hong Kong dollars, but a Western Tunnel is 50 Hong Kong dollars!

Such a high price, it really can't bear even Xiangjiang people.

Therefore, when Yin Jun crossed over, Xiangjiang people called for the construction of the fourth subsea tunnel to reduce the traffic pressure.

Not to mention the future.

In front of Yin Jun, it is now the construction of the Eastern Harbour Crossing.

Now Xiangjiang vehicles have started to increase. In order to plan ahead, Xiangjiang government is already considering the construction of the second cross-harbour tunnel.

However, Xiangjiang Zhengfu didn't have that much money, so he could not intervene in the construction of such a submarine tunnel.

It took HK $ 320 million to build the Hongkan Undersea Tunnel 14 years ago, and the houses at that time were less than HK $ 200 per party.

Calculated by the extent of this price surge, the cost of the Hongkan Undersea Tunnel to today is at least ten times that of 3.2 billion Hong Kong dollars.

The Hongkan Undersea Tunnel is already the shortest distance between Hong Kong Island and Kowloon. The second tunnel to be built must be much longer than it. Therefore, the direct cost estimate is from HK $ 4 billion.

In terms of the successful experience of the Hongkan subsea tunnel, the best way is to recruit another large company to let them build, manage, operate and maintain, and then 30 years later, return the subsea tunnel to the Xiangjiang government.

However, in accordance with the regulations of the Xiangjiang government, from the day of signing the contract, the start of the 30-year toll operating time construction period is also included in the calculation.

This is to prevent them from procrastinating and urge the operation to start soon.

A few days ago, Youde invited Yin Jun to have a meal, also to thank Yin Jun for his strong support for Xiangjiang in the last month, from the time when the fourth negotiation ended without problems until the exchange rate stabilized.

Youde is certainly not a bad person. He is a gentleman, so even if he knew that Yin Jun was for Xiang Jiang, not Xiang Jiang Zhengfu, he also accepted this relationship.

During the banquet, Youde raised the matter with Yin Jun.

As far as the toll situation of the Hongkan subsea tunnel is concerned, everyone knows that the second subsea tunnel must also be a piece of fat.

Who can get the right to build and operate, who can earn a lot of money.

Now Youde intends to give this benefit to Yin Jun as a thank you to Xiang Jiangzheng.

At the same time, Youde also believes that the people of Xiangjiang will not object, because everything Yin Jun did before was for them.

Such a person is certainly one of the most suitable candidates to build and operate the second undersea tunnel.

Yin Jun than Youde also understands how big this cornucopia is the second Eastern Harbour Tunnel.

But the teenager did not immediately agree to come down.

Because there are still some troublesome things in it, Yin Jun needs to consider them carefully.

The first is money and energy involved.

This is naturally not the biggest problem. The 4 billion Hong Kong dollars, spent in two or three years, has no problem with the Kirin Group.

The energy aspect is also simple. Yin Jun hired the company that previously designed and built the Red Survey Submarine Tunnel to do it, and he only used it for capital and quality supervision.

It is the best way to let professional people do professional things.

Then what Yin Jun wanted to change most was the location of the Eastern Cross-Harbour Tunnel.

In the previous life, the Eastern Harbour Crossing was a very remote Cha Kwo Ling Road to Quarry Bay.

The Quarry Bay is certainly not remote. It is on the bustling Hong Kong Island itself, and it is only 4 subway stations away from Causeway Bay.

The key is tea green road.

It may not be intuitive to say what the Tea Guoling Road is. You just know that it ’s not far behind is the Jingjingling that Xiangjiang countrymen are not willing to go to, that is, the aboriginal residences of Aunt Zhang and Wen Bixia. The far side of the New Territories is on.

The development here will be normal in the future. Private cars want to go from here to Hong Kong Island through the Undersea Tunnel. They have to go from Long Water Road to Longxiang Road, and then drive from Kowloon Bay, Ngau Tau Kok, Kwun Tong ... To reach Chaguoling Road before finally crossing the sea.

The reason why the Eastern Cross-Harbour Tunnel in the previous life is not so large is that, except for the price factor, which accounts for half, the other half should be the reason for this position.

Otherwise, the Western Harbour Crossing, which is twice as expensive as the Eastern Harbour Crossing, can have a throughput of almost 50,000 vehicles. Why should the Eastern Harbour Crossing only have 70,000 vehicles?

If Yin Jun is going to be the Eastern Cross-Harbour Tunnel, he will definitely not be willing to use only half of the design volume ~ www.novelhall.com ~ To make money, you must maximize your profits!

In order to make full use of the tunnel without having to set a high price, Yin Jun certainly has no burden to earn money so decently.

Then, it is necessary to change the route map of the Eastern Harbour Crossing.

Even if the route is extended, it will come out of Ligang Park in Kwun Tong, pass by the area of ​​Kai Tak Airport, and directly receive the subway "North Point Station".

Or more complicated, from the Kwun Tong Waterfront Corridor in Ngau Tau Kok, and finally arrived at Quarry Bay.

Compared to the first "Kwun Tong North Point" plan and the second "Ngau Tau Kok Quarry", at least 4 kilometers are to be built, which almost doubles the distance.

The doubling of the distance is not just an increase in the length of the subsea tunnel. The difficulty and cost of this project must be doubled!

Not to mention 10 billion Hong Kong dollars, at least 7 billion Hong Kong dollars is a must.

And the first "Kwun Tong North Point" plan, at most 3 kilometers, 5 billion should be able to win.

In the end, it is not easy to determine which of the two schemes is better and which is most conducive to transportation and profitability.

Yin Jun gave it to the relevant experts, let them discuss, and finally gave Yin Jun a detailed calculation plan.

Their analysis and calculation from various angles are much more practical than Yin Jun's fantasy here.

Youde do n’t have to worry about changing the way. Unless Dong Jun is unwilling to repair it, Xiangjiang Zhengfu will definitely not give it to the second company.

This is the benefit of paying a huge price before!

During the operation period of more than 20 years, the profits of up to tens of billions of Hong Kong dollars have just arrived in Yin Jun's hands. This is not a reward from heaven, what a reward to the brave God! ?

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