Chapter 728: Absolutely No Supervision

For the dot-com bubble burst in 1999. Some people say that it is all caused by capital. However, a deeper reflection reveals that the real instigator of the bubble is still the Internet companies themselves.

The basic context behind this madness is actually a money-burning movement catalyzed by venture capital across society. Dreaming, financing, burning money, going public, and burning money again. On the one hand, the Internet economy has no ready-made experience to draw on for capital, and Internet companies need it. of creation. On the other hand, a good concept can impress investors and thus raise a large amount of funds for Internet companies in the stock market. In this way, Internet companies use concepts instead of operations in high fever.

As a result, the social division of labor has been diluted, the boundaries between customers and competitors have been blurred, and the entire industry has formed a pattern in which each is king, but the phenomenon of low-level duplication of construction has formed.

When reflecting on the current Internet, there is another very important issue that cannot be ignored, which is the excessive deification of Internet tools and the lag in the informatization of the subject. At best, the Internet is just a tool in the network economy rather than the main body of the network economy. It cannot dominate or dominate the social economy.

Various actual situations also show that whether in the retail industry, manufacturing or transportation industry, the main factor is more important than the instrumental factor played by the Internet.

It should be admitted that after experiencing the baptism of the Internet bubble. Enterprises will become more mature and have stronger viability and competitiveness.

Any new technological revolution or industrial revolution will almost always have a process of bubble creation and bubble bursting before it reaches its glorious peak. In this sense, the Internet bubble is not something to make a fuss about, it is just a necessary step before reaching maturity.

Of course, when the bubble bursts, someone always needs to pay a price of one kind or another. Some of these people are willing and some are forced to do so, but in any case, they are the so-called pioneers of the Internet.

Fan Wubing played with Ziqi for three full days. During this period, he also gave her many explanations and trend predictions about the stock market and the world economy. Ziqi benefited a lot. After all, Fan Wubing himself is a master of this trick. Needless to say, many more years of foresight are now available.

However, his father, Fan Heng, called him over to discuss matters regarding the cooperation between military and industrial enterprises. Now, after a period of discussion, the senior management finally came to a more unified view.

"In principle, the top management has agreed to build a private military industrial enterprise in the country, but it cannot be too high-profile. At least it cannot be publicized with great fanfare until certain achievements have been achieved. It is best to have a name as a cover. In addition, there is the issue of site selection. We need to think about it." Fan Heng said to his son, "Now let me ask you what is the success rate of this matter?"

Fan Wubing was able to obtain approval for private military enterprises. I was really surprised. Although this change is still under the ice, it represents the beginning of a new era. Although private military enterprises will definitely be subject to certain restrictions in their business scope, as long as this door is opened, it will This means that the reform of domestic military industry enterprises has entered the deepest level and is the most substantial part.

"If you leave it to me, there will be no failure." Fan Wubing thought about what he had been secretly planning and felt very confident. But he didn't understand why the top management took such a big step this time?

"This matter is still caused by the pressure of the international situation. Since the new reform is required to find a way out, we have to spend some money." Fan Heng explained to his son, "But although it can be privately owned, the country has to send the military." Representatives as supervisors.”

"Military representative?" Fan Wubing asked.

"Yes, military representative." Fan Heng nodded and replied.

The military representative system originated during the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. At that time, most domestic enterprises producing military products were private enterprises. They were born out of a semi-feudal and semi-colonial society where capitalists were only interested in profit and did not consider national interests at all. In that historical background. It is appropriate and necessary to send military representatives to factories.

After years of construction, under the conditions of market economy, military scientific research and production have been on the right track. It is no longer necessary to send military representatives to enterprises. On the contrary, it will cause many problems and seriously hinder the modernization of national defense.

Most of the current military representatives are college graduates or some idle military personnel with backgrounds. They have not been trained by front-line troops. They only have theoretical knowledge, no basic tactical literacy, no experience in using weapons and equipment, and do not understand the knowledge of grassroots officers and soldiers. Opinions on the use of equipment, let alone a forward-looking understanding of weapons and equipment exhibitions, are rigid and rigid in thinking and are seriously deviated from reality when formulating weapons exhibition plans or combat technology indicators, which often results in huge economic and political losses.

In fact, none of the major military-producing countries in the world have military representatives stationed in their companies. Even the former Soviet Union did not have weapons and equipment acceptance inspections. This is mainly due to the final test at the shooting range. As long as the range test is qualified, it means that the entire system has met the standards. There is no need to send military representatives to supervise and accept each step* The huge waste of personnel and funds makes manufacturing enterprises feel that the military does not trust them and monitors them everywhere. It seriously delays the process of scientific research and production and dampens the enthusiasm of enterprise employees.

In particular, this system can easily become a breeding ground for corruption. Military representatives have absolute power over whether military products can leave the factory, and the representatives use these powers very well.

Fan Wubing remembered that a batch of products from a military factory in Panshi were unqualified. The factory gave a generous gift to the military representative stationed in the factory and it was delivered. However, when the army's life-explosion accident cost a squad of soldiers, the headquarters came to investigate because the military representative had a very strong backing force and finally had to let it go.

There are many similar things. As someone who grew up in Pingyuan Factory, a large military factory, Fan Wubing is very aware of the fishy things involved. Therefore, when he heard that he was going to send military representatives to his military industrial enterprise, he immediately became unhappy and said, "Occasionally Come and see, it's okay. If you send me a group of people who don't know anything to come over and act as supervisors, then this is a Korean thing. Whether the country is strong or not is none of my business. With my current wealth and status, it doesn't matter. Popular person?"

"Then why are you mentioning private military industrial enterprises? Aren't you trying to undermine me?" Fan Heng was also very unhappy.

"Why don't I share your worries for you? If not for this, I have to do my best and be thankless?" Fan Wubing also felt that he was worthless. "Anyway, any behavior that interferes with production and management cannot appear in my company, otherwise it will No need to talk. I won’t wait for anyone who has the ability.”

"Forget it, I'll bring back what they said and do whatever they want." Fan Heng didn't bother to think about these details and came in. He had so many things to do that he really didn't want to worry about it.

In fact, the willingness of high-level officials to agree to the construction of private arms factories was driven by certain international circumstances.

The world economic situation this year is relatively stable and there have been no particularly major setbacks. The Japanese economy and the Asian economy have begun to recover. The currencies and stock markets of the Japanese yen and other Asian countries have shown an upward trend. The biggest change in the world economy this year is the large-scale mergers between multinational companies, especially the large-scale mergers between major automobile companies in the United States, Japan, and Europe.

The main reason for the merger trend among large companies is the sharp increase in technology expenses. As the level of high-tech products has been increasing, the scientific research expenses required to develop high-tech products have increased sharply.

Small and medium-sized enterprises are at a disadvantage in the fierce competition because they cannot afford the huge scientific research funds to develop high-tech products and even go bankrupt.

For large companies, huge scientific research funds are also a very heavy burden. Therefore, several large companies joining together to jointly develop high-tech products can greatly reduce the financial burden of each company, which will promote stronger competition among large companies through mergers. force.

The high-tech level of domestic enterprises is not high to begin with. The large-scale mergers of multinational companies have put Chinese enterprises in a more disadvantageous position in competition. For this reason, China has also seen merger plans among large companies in an attempt to increase competitiveness against foreign products through large-scale corporate mergers.

Now there are plans to merge China's eight automobile manufacturing plants into one large company to compete with foreign automobiles. There are also plans to merge TV manufacturers and camera manufacturers. In short, Chinese companies have to take the path of enhancing competitiveness through corporate mergers in order to survive.

"It can only be said that all stupid moves are stupid moves!" After hearing these words, Fan Wubing couldn't help but shook his head and said, "Does it mean that the imperial experts of the State Council have exhausted their skills? What role can they play if they are big but not strong? What if? Without substantial reforms, corporate mergers are nothing more than herding a group of sheep into the same sheepfold. Is this how to deal with other people's tigers, leopards and wolves? It's simply naive!"

After hearing his son's words, Fan Heng said helplessly, "Most of the brain cells in the state-owned enterprise are dead. A group of experts and professors under my command, you say one thing, another says another, you say rain, another says airplane, there is no consensus on anything." When can I feel less worried when I have to take care of the big idea? Even when I was in Jiangnan Province, I never felt so tired from worrying about everything. What’s going on now?”

"It's very simple -" Fan Wubing replied a little helplessly, "If you become a state-owned enterprise, your success will benefit the future. How can you accomplish such a good thing so easily?"

Fan Heng was speechless upon hearing this. Naturally, this was not an easy thing to accomplish.