Huang Xiuyuan replied confidently, "An annual profit of 4 billion would be too idealistic, but half of that is achievable."
This was indeed a tremendous temptation. Shandong Province spent more than 4 billion every year just subsidizing tap water. If Suiren Company were allowed to operate it, they could ensure water quality while still making a profit of 2 billion.
Going back and forth, it would be equivalent to Shandong Province gaining 6 billion.
Under Huang Xiuyuan's proposed plan, Shandong Province would hold 95% of the water company's shares, ensuring that it retained relative initiative throughout the partnership.
Of course, he also understood that there was no such thing as a free lunch. Suiren Company's profits would not come from dividends on that 5% stake, but from sewage treatment fees and tap water sales.
They only needed to manage the water company in order to ensure that nothing went wrong with it and that it could remain profitable as well.
This was a win-win proposal. Perhaps the only people who would truly suffer losses were those parasitic rats.
The only question now was what the higher-ups would decide.
The two sides discussed a rough proposal, and Zhang Guanghe immediately rushed back to Shandong Province, hoping to bring this cooperation about as soon as possible.
After seeing Zhang Guanghe off, Huang Xiuyuan finally dealt with some company affairs. Although he did not manage the company's daily operations, that did not mean he simply left it unattended.
The Security Department kept a constant watch over the entire company. Huang Weichang reported to him regularly, and if anything particularly serious happened, he would be notified immediately.
Through the Security Department, Huang Xiuyuan had a thorough grasp of the company's internal situation.
For example, after several months of price wars, the subsidiary Hailu Gas