◎ Burnt-faced Spoonbill
Let me start with the conclusion: it was Huida who "selected" to set up an overseas headquarters in Taiwan, with Taipei as the first choice, rather than Jiang Wanan's "successful bid" for Huida.
The difference between the two words means a huge difference in meaning; this is a despicable political trick to deliberately change the concept.
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Huida’s first choice is Taipei, which was not won by Chiang Kai-shek.
Huida "selected" Taiwan to set up its overseas headquarters, with Taipei as its first choice. Huang Renxun personally introduced the design concept of the Taiwan headquarters to employees. (File photo) What Jiang Wanan did was to seize the Beishike base from Shin Kong Life Insurance in a way that damaged the mutual trust between the government and the private market and undermined the establishment of land rights system, and then packaged it as a lie about his political achievements of "fighting for Huida", deceiving himself and others everywhere.
At that time, Huida had decided to set up its headquarters in Taiwan, and all counties and cities were actively inviting invitations. However, Huida considers the living environment, transportation functions, industrial clusters and other conditions of future employees, and the first priority is of course the capital with the most complete functions.
Therefore, the challenge Jiang Wanan faces from beginning to end is not to fight for Huida, but how to provide a piece of land that meets Huida's needs.
The Kuomintang was as anxious as ants on a hot pot. Several blue-camp congressmen even criticized Jiang Wanan in person: "If Huida is let go, you won't have to choose the next term."
Beishike is the only remaining city in Taipei with a vast hinterland and a complete base for large-scale industrial development. It is of course the best choice.
However, when Huida had not yet appeared and the AI boom had not yet taken shape, Beishike received little attention. During his term of office, Ke Wenzhe planned it to be a biotechnology and health industrial park, but despite numerous investment invitations, no one submitted a bid.
After splitting the bases and removing restrictions on industrial proportions, Xin Shou obtained the land rights for the T17 and T18 bases.
From before the election to after taking office, Jiang Wanan never proposed Beishike's overall plan, nor did he care about the development progress. It was not until Huida fell from the sky that Beishike suddenly became the core of major development in Jiang Wanan's mouth.
At that time, Xinshou hoped to directly transfer the land rights and other rights to Huida; Huida was concerned about whether it could obtain the land as soon as possible, and did not care whether the negotiating partner was Xinshou or the North City Government.
Beishike's dispute over land rights forces Xinshou to give up land
However, if the Beijing Municipal Government agrees that Xin Shou will not carry out specific development, it will directly transfer the land rights to Huida, which is tantamount to blatantly giving public land to a consortium for "land speculation"; no civil servant dares to stamp or sign on such an official document that is obviously profit-seeking.
What Jiang Wanan did was to seize the Beishike base from Shin Kong Life Insurance in a way that damaged mutual trust between the government and the private market and undermined the establishment of land rights system, and then packaged it as a lie about "fighting for Huida". The picture shows the T17 and T18 bases of Beitou Shilin Science and Technology Park. (File photo) As a result, Jiang Wanan began to think of ways to take the land back from Xin Shou.
The city government initially argued that Xin Shou would become an extinct company after the "Xin Xin merger", so the original contract would be invalid. However, if legal proceedings were entered into based on this, the city government may not be able to stand.
Later, Jiang Wanan used the excuse that Beishike was "a wasteland of smoke and grass, and Xinshou has no actual development at all. The Beishike government does not allow this situation" to create a "reputable" reason for seizing back the land.
The problem was that the contract development period of Xin Shou had not yet expired and the definition of actual development was unclear. The legal basis for this statement was weak.
As a result, the city government turned to combine forces from all parties to force Xin Shou to give up the land, and frequently used the media to portray Xin Shou as an evil consortium that was greedy and hindered major urban construction.
Under the double attack of official discussions and pressure from public opinion, the board of directors of Xinshou was finally forced to agree to terminate the land rights contract.
Without Huida, Jiang Wanan would not have asked about the development situation of Beishike, let alone whether there was "smoke and grass" there.
Jiang Wanan's "land grabbing" approach also left a major hidden danger: Any company that plans to negotiate cooperation with the Beijing Municipal Government in the future will worry that Party A, who is also a referee, player and bookmaker, may unilaterally change the interpretation and performance standards of the contract in response to changes in the political situation at any time, exposing the company to huge and unpredictable risks.
Taipei Mayor Chiang Wanan has turned the Taipei City Government into the most arrogant, dishonest and despicable party in the market. (File photo) As soon as this case started, Jiang Wanan has turned the North City Government into the most arrogant, most untrustworthy and despicable party in the market. Any future development projects that require public-private cooperation may add more difficulties and the North City Government will bear greater costs.
(The author is a former Taipei City Government reporter and former Taipei City Government employee)
