Chapter 20 The Investors Arrive at the Right Time

As soon as the Spring Festival passed, there was a frenzy of deepening the reform process in China.

Not only the soaring production means let people see that a new wave of construction is brewing in China, but foreign capital is also doing its best to seize the mainland market. Americans and Europeans are greatly relieved by China's stance on accelerating reform and opening up. For three years, the mist of mistrust between China and the West has gradually lifted.

Multinational companies can't wait to increase their investment in China. The investments of the once stranded General Motors, Motorola, DuPont and other companies have all resumed. Chrysler is discussing to expand the operation of Beijing Jeep. Manufacturers such as Boeing, Hewlett-Packard and General Electric are in all directions Large-scale sales, under the personal supervision of Bill Gates, Microsoft opened an office in Beijing. A product manager of Avon said that they have signed 8,000 sales girls, while Procter & Gamble said that their business in China is increasing at a rate of 50%.

At the same time, the reform of the domestic economic system was struggling, especially what should be done for those state-owned enterprises that were on the verge of bankruptcy, which was even more troublesome. In almost every province, there are many state-owned enterprises that are on the verge of bankruptcy and cannot continue to operate. For such enterprises, even if they continue to increase capital investment and policy support, they will only survive for a while in the end.

Under such circumstances, many economists have called for the complete loosening of state-owned enterprises and the revitalization of enterprises. Or. It is to directly push these enterprises to the capital market.

Fan Wubing noticed a problem recently. Some Chinese capitals in Southeast Asia, in the name of serving the motherland, went to the mainland to test the waters, trying to reorganize the assets of some domestic enterprises that are not doing well, so as to obtain the control of the entire enterprise. right. The most notable one is that a Hong Kong company called Great Aim is aggressively acquiring domestic companies.

In just a few months. Great Aim has acquired dozens of companies, large and small, in mainland China, and bought the absolute control of these companies at a price of about 400 million U.S. dollars. It plans to integrate them into a large group company and take them overseas. Listed as a whole.

Fan Wubing sent someone to investigate this Huace company, and found that his boss was an Indonesian Chinese, and he was only a shareholder who held less than 20% of the shares in this Huace company, standing behind him of. It is Li Ka-shing's Hutchison, Jinguang Group and Morgan Stanley of the United States and other major securities firms. In addition, this person also has a very close relationship with the ITOCHU Foundation in Japan, and his capital background is very complicated. obviously. Those capital predators hiding behind all want to rely on Huang Hongnian's surprise attack to gain benefits.

Fan Wubing studied the other party's investment strategy and soon understood their intentions.

Judging from most of the acquisitions, Huace's acquisitions are basically the mayor's project. First communicate directly with the top leaders of the government, take advantage of the southern tour, use the political cards well, and fight high. Build momentum with vigor. The non-stop Huace acquired companies everywhere like harvesting rice, specially selecting key national enterprises with good capital quality and promising profit prospects, and made a package sale plan from the very beginning.

Huace focused its acquisitions on the two major industries of rubber tires and beer. First, it included the two rubber factories under the name of China Tire Holdings, which was registered in Bermuda, and then issued new shares and listed them on the New York Stock Exchange. Then, it used the 100 million US dollars raised from the fundraising to acquire three tire and rubber factories successively. Among the five factories acquired by Huace, three are designated production plants for the domestic tire industry. And in the beer industry. Zhongce has acquired several breweries. Established a China Beer Holdings Company registered in Bermuda, and plans to go public in Toronto, Canada.

At first, Fan Wubing wondered how the government would let foreign capital wantonly acquire high-quality domestic enterprises.

After researching, he discovered that behind this series of actions, there are big capital behind the scenes secretly promoting.

At the same time that Great Aim Corporation was making acquisitions in various places, a huge cheerleading team composed of people from the theoretical and media circles followed behind him. His appearance made the reformist theorists seem to see the dawn of letting state-owned enterprises get rid of the old system. , Therefore, the praise for it is a bit over the top line. Many economists believe that the Huace phenomenon is an effective model for the restructuring of state-owned enterprises, and it is a product of the era of deepening economic reform in China. The diversification of property rights that has not been broken through for many years will make the reform of state-owned enterprises completely out of the old path of cage reform.

Under the influence of this media turmoil, high-level executives also believe that they can take advantage of Great Aim’s familiarity with the principles and channels of listing foreign companies to transform some state-owned companies into international companies after restructuring and go public in foreign countries one after another. , to attract more foreign funds to invest in the development of domestic enterprises.

Fan Wubing made a rough calculation. In fact, Huace Company will not invest more than 500 million U.S. dollars in the acquisition project, but if the listing is successful, its profit will be more than 3 billion U.S. dollars. It really is a good plan. From the beginning to the end, Huace Company had no real plan to make these enterprises bigger and stronger. They just hoped to make a fortune in the restructuring of China's state-owned enterprises by taking advantage of Deng Gong's southern tour.

Basically, this is just a business model in which the government and businessmen make mutual use of each other. The local government transformed several state-owned enterprises into foreign-funded enterprises by introducing foreign capital. Taking the opportunity to make money, package and sell the acquired companies overseas to make huge profits, it can be said that everyone takes what they need.

"I think it's time for me to do something." Fan Wubing felt that it was a shame to allow these people to plunder domestic high-quality resources like locusts in front of him.

Therefore, he decided that he should do something to show his existence and remind them that if he blindly introduces foreign capital recklessly, he will regret it in the end.

plain plant. It is the first step that he will use to realize his strategic layout on the big chessboard of China.

Although the Spring Festival holiday is not long. But according to the local customs, visiting relatives is indispensable, so if the seven aunts and eight aunts wander around and eat and invite a few times, it will be the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. When people in all units have settled down to work, basically this first month will be almost over.

The country is promoting reform and opening up. As far as Panshi is concerned, there is something that people talk about recently. Our little rock has now attracted foreign businessmen. Although it is only an investment intention, it makes everyone feel a little excited. After all, in an inland province, being able to attract Golden Phoenix shows that we have phoenix trees here. Of the tree!

Of course, people who are willing to invest will not have no goals. It is said that the investor is a young and beautiful Indonesian female overseas Chinese. And what she took a fancy to was the newly discovered high-quality mineral water source in Malan Village in Panshi City.

Li Mingjiu, the director of Pingyuan Factory, heard the news immediately, and his mind was immediately aroused.

Follow the original idea. He wanted to use the name of Pingyuan Factory to set up the mineral water factory first, and then slowly make it lose money through the operation of the land, and finally sell it to the relevant stakeholders of his own at a low price, and finally reorganize it and replace it with another factory. The brand continues to hit the market.

You must know that in this way, the time will be delayed for a year and a half. But the most important thing is safety, and Li Mingjiu doesn't care about this year and a half. But now the situation has changed, and some foreign businessmen are eyeing this project. If the government continues to support it, in the current environment of deepening reform and vigorously introducing foreign capital, I am afraid that I will not be very competitive.

Especially now that Malan Village and its own Pingyuan Factory are at odds with each other on the issue of water sources. And they have an advantage in terms of location. If the government lets go, this matter will definitely have nothing to do with me.

Li Mingjiu thought about it. The fat that reaches the mouth is always not allowed to be taken away by others.

"It seems that we have to act first!" Li Mingjiu decided that he should first contact this female overseas Chinese in the name of Pingyuan Factory, and strive to settle the matter. Even a little concession is appropriate.

How to say, Li Mingjiu is also a factory of Pingyuan Factory, a cadre at the level of the main hall, and a leader of four to five thousand employees. One day, the other party agreed and made an appointment to meet at the hotel in Pingyuan Factory.

The hotel in Pingyuan Factory was built with an investment of more than 1.5 million. Although the area is small, with only more than 40 guest rooms, its configuration is still very high-end because the factory itself produces materials. In terms of hardware conditions alone, it completely surpasses a three-star hotel.

Early in the morning, Ma Xindu, the manager of the Pingyuan Hotel, led the staff to clean the hotel up and down, and arranged the places where flowers should be placed. The car was sprayed twice, and the cement road in front of the hotel was almost spotless, so clean that people couldn't bear to step on it.

"Everyone, be careful. Today is a foreign guest who is here to discuss business with Director Li. This is a matter related to the future development of our factory. Don't be careless!" Ma Xindu stood in front of the hotel with arms crossed. At the door, loudly gave instructions to the busy workers coming and going.

For Manager Ma, the employees are still a little afraid. This man is deeply trusted by the factory director. It is said that the two people have a good personal relationship. There are also rumors that he is a pimp who uses the high-quality waiter resources in the hotel. He flattered several leaders very much, which was deeply despised by others.

But for this kind of thing, unless someone stands up and denounces it, or catches the current situation, everyone will just say a few words behind their backs.

But there is one thing, no matter how dire the situation in the factory is, the capital investment in the hotel is not less than a penny, and the waiters in the hotel are more lively than each other, and there are quite a few of them. A coquettish thing, this seems to be able to support everyone's guess from a certain aspect. After a while, the factory manager's car drove into the yard. Li Mingjiu got out of the car with a serious expression, walked around the yard with his hands behind his back, nodded, seemed to be quite satisfied, and went into the small room that had been specially cleaned up. Looked in the conference room. After discovering the ashtray above the table. He frowned, and then said to Ma Xin who was on the side, "Old Ma, there is no need for this, she is a woman, and our people can't smoke here, remember to explain one by one later, Qian Don't forget."

"Yes, I will definitely notify you." Ma Xindu nodded and said with a smile.

Li Mingjiu walked around the guest room again, and ordered two clever waiters to take care of him, then he got down and drove out again, probably to meet the female overseas Chinese.

After Ma Xin saw Li Mingjiu's car left, he turned back and rearranged the things in the hotel again. Feeling a little uneasy, he checked it himself again.

At half past ten in the morning. The convoy of female overseas Chinese finally arrived. There were four cars in total, and the first one was a Mercedes-Benz. Anyone well-informed would recognize that it was the car of Mayor Fan Heng's son. Later, there were two Audis, and the last one was Li Mingjiu's Santana.

Ma Xindu personally opened the door of the leading Mercedes-Benz, and the leaders of the Pingyuan factory who were waiting at the entrance of the hotel all smiled and applauded to welcome the arrival of the female overseas Chinese.

Shen Manhua was dressed in a fashionable attire, and Tingting stepped out of the Mercedes-Benz, her eyes were covered by a pair of large sunglasses. Can't see the true face of Mount Lu.

Among the next group of people were some leaders of the municipal government, but neither the standing committee member nor the deputy mayor appeared, which made the people in Pingyuan factory a little puzzled.

It stands to reason that Li Mingjiu's banquet for female overseas Chinese came for the mineral water source, and the Panshi City Government stood by to protect Malan Village. Impossible to ignore. Could it be that they have given up on the dispute over water sources?

But it seems unlikely! until yesterday. The two sides were still in the city hall over the issue of who owned the water, and there was no reason to be so calm today.

Li Mingjiu rushed up from behind, feeling a little aggrieved in his heart, not because he suffered a secret loss from the city government, but because the female overseas Chinese didn't get in his own car, but he took a look at the cars traveling with him Among them, his own car was the worst, and he couldn't blame others for that. Who made Pingyuan Factory's situation so bad now?

Although Li Mingjiu's private coffers are rich, if he changes cars at this juncture, isn't that causing trouble for himself? Although he is quite arrogant, he still knows the seriousness of these matters. If he arouses the opposition of the whole factory, even if he has strong support from the department, he will not be able to get along.

The driver of the Mercedes-Benz was none other than Fan Wubing. At this moment, he was walking side by side with Shen Manhua with a smile on his face. Li Mingjiu felt quite envious, "This little boy, who does he think he is? His father came here, and he wasn't so ostentatious!"

But he also knew a little bit. Fan Heng's son seemed to be very rich, and he had a lot of contacts with foreigners, but Li Mingjiu didn't know much about specific things.

After all, Li Mingjiu is just an outsider, and Fan Heng's family left Panshi for many years before coming back to become the mayor. If it weren't for the people involved back then, not many people would remember Fan Wubing's astonishing actions before, and not many people would be willing to do so. Spread the word about yourself to the world.

Time is the best weapon to kill everything. Naturally, Li Mingjiu has no way of knowing how capable this little kid he hates is. He just thinks that this kid looks a bit underwhelming.

"This used to be a wasteland——" Fan Wubing pointed out a garden near the hotel to Shen Manhua and said, "I remember when I was young, there were two forests on this side and the other side. At that time, I often brought a group of children here to catch cicadas. The park you can see now used to be a big garbage pit. Later, in order to beautify the environment, the factory specially filled the big pit and repaired it. The park is actually a place for the workers to rest and play, it’s just some dead cats and dogs, there’s no place to throw them away.”

"Dead cat or dog?" Shen Manhua asked with some puzzlement.

"Well, it's the big pit under the park. It used to be used to throw these things. It's said that some people threw dead children, but I haven't seen it myself." Fan Wubing replied solemnly.

"Oh----" Shen Manhua tightened the mink coat on her body. Wrap the fur collar around. When Fan Wubing said this, it seemed as if he saw it with his own eyes, a small grain of sand formed on his skin.

"How can there be such a thing? Our Pingyuan Factory has been an advanced unit of civilization for many years." Li Mingjiu couldn't help but argue when Fan Wubing maliciously slandered the park he created.

It cost more than three million yuan to build the park, and a lot of manpower and material resources were invested in the front and back. The benefits Li Mingjiu got from it were not small, so it was the last thing he wanted to hear. It was someone talking about the park in front of him.

A group of people walked into the hotel, and under the guidance of the waiter, entered the small conference room.

Although it is closed, and the cold winter has just passed, the inside of the house does not feel stuffy at all. Yesterday, Ma Xindu had someone clean the inside of the house thoroughly, and the doors and windows were opened for ventilation. The heater burns perfectly. The temperature inside the room is around 18 or 9 degrees, neither hot nor cold, and there are flowers in the corners. It also exudes bursts of fragrance from time to time, which is refreshing.

Fan Wubing rushed to pull a chair for Shen Manhua, watched her sit down, then pulled a chair for himself, and sat down on his own.

Li Mingjiu's complexion became even more stinky, and he thought to himself, looking at the conversation between this female overseas Chinese and Fan Wubing, it seems that they are very familiar with each other! So how likely is it that my negotiation today will be successful?

Fan Wubing is the son of Fan Heng. Fan Heng is the mayor of Panshi, Malan Village is under the rule of Panshi, and the source of mineral water is in Malan Village. Counting it all together, Fan Wubing is obviously sent by Fan Heng to monitor the negotiations between the overseas Chinese and him. Yes! In this case, how should I start the negotiation? How to exchange your cards with the female overseas Chinese in front of Fan Wubing?

Ma Xindu acts as the manager of the hotel. First of all, a warm welcome to Shen Manhua's admission. Then let the director Li Mingjiu speak.

Li Mingjiu was polite, and then said. "It is a great honor to invite Ms. Shen Manhua, an overseas Chinese from Indonesia. Everyone in Pingyuan Factory is very happy! The ancients said that it is a joy to have friends come from afar? This is a reflection of our current mood. Being able to come with Ms. Shen It is a big event for our Pingyuan factory to explore the plan of common development, and it is also in line with the country's policy of deepening reform and opening up."

Shen Manhua smiled slightly, "I am very grateful for the welcome from your factory and the kindness of Director Li. I return to China this time mainly to make some contributions to the economic development of the mainland, and at the same time to contribute to our Indonesian local Local overseas Chinese are looking for some good projects suitable for development, and I just heard that a high-quality local mineral water source has been discovered in Panshi City, so I came to have a look. As far as I am concerned, I still hope that our cooperation can be successful."

Li Mingjiu's eyes lit up when he heard this, and just as he was about to agree, Shen Manhua might as well add, "However, I heard people say that there seems to be some dispute over the ownership of the water source?"

As soon as these words were said, the people in the room stopped talking immediately, and the original fake smile suddenly became a little embarrassed.

Li Mingjiu's expression remained unchanged. He glanced at Fan Wubing who was sitting next to Shen Manhua drinking tea by himself, and said to Shen Manhua, "Miss Shen misunderstood. There is no dispute about the ownership of the water source. Even now The location where Malan Village sits also belongs to the land of our Pingyuan Factory, so the power to dispose of water sources is entirely up to our Pingyuan Factory. There is really no need to elaborate on this point. We will meet Miss Shen today, who is With a very sincere cooperative attitude, we hope to facilitate the completion of this joint venture water plant."

In fact, after thinking about it for a few days, Li Mingjiu also turned around this corner. Since it is impossible for him to eat alone, he might as well take the road of saving the country with a curve. As long as he succeeds in cooperating with foreign companies and attracting investment in place, then his own Achievements will be enough, whether it is to work in the head office or directly into the department, the conditions are enough. Even if you stay in the Pingyuan factory and continue to be the factory director, you will still be the factory director of the joint venture factory, and your status is very different from before. , There are all benefits but no harm. More importantly, through this cooperation, I can put a halo of courage to pioneer and innovate on my head, which will be of great benefit to my future career.

Moreover, he has also studied the reaction of the Panshi City Government. Based on the appearance of Malan Village alone, the conditions for joint ventures with foreign companies are too poor. Even if the city government wants to support it, the cost of investment is too high, and the gains outweigh the losses. . Therefore, if they see the great determination shown by Pingyuan Factory. It is estimated that the tone of opposition will not be so strict.

As long as Malan Village is given a little bit of sweetness, or some compromises are made to the city government, Li Mingjiu believes that the joint venture will definitely fall on the head of Pingyuan Factory. After all, this is also a problem for the Panshi City Government. Fan Heng sees himself as wrong for such a big achievement project. I will not let go of this good opportunity to make contributions.

Another point is that the lineup of the city government attending the negotiation today is obviously here to accompany the guests, otherwise what qualifications does a brat like Fan Wubing have to be on the opposite side? Could it be that this is also an expression of concession?

Li Mingjiu's head turned for a long time, and he always felt that today's things are promising.

Sure enough, after Li Mingjiu finished speaking, a deputy director of the mayor's office of the municipal government interjected, "What Director Li said is also somewhat inappropriate. The land used to be owned by Pingyuan Factory, but now Malan Village is organized It has been more than ten years. It has formed a fait accompli, and you have to admit this status quo."

"We have the approval for the land." A leader of Pingyuan Factory immediately retorted.

"What's the use of approval documents?" The deputy director said disdainfully, "Our villagers have built a large area of ​​housing land on it, and no one has cared about it for more than ten years. Naturally, these have become collective property. Just like before The land of the Russians is all west of the Volga River, but where do you see their current territory? If the approval document is useful, can we bring back such a large piece of land by showing the territory map of the Qing Dynasty?"

"You, you are making unreasonable words!" The leader of the Pingyuan Factory was furious.

Li Mingjiu frowned and said, "These words are meaningless. As the largest state-owned enterprise in Panshi City, we should always get some policy support from the city! Even if there is no support, you shouldn't hold us back! Does the condition of Malan Village have the strength to attract investment? In the future, a mineral water plant will be built, but what do they know? You can't bring over inferior resources. Fool a patriotic overseas Chinese like Miss Shen! It’s unreasonable to do it!”

Shen Manhua did not speak. It's just amused to watch the two sides arguing there, very interesting.

Fan Wubing coughed. Then interrupted the dispute between the two parties, "There is no need for everyone to argue. This matter is actually a historical issue. It is meaningless for us to argue here. It is just a joke for Ms. Shen. The words of Mr. Deng and his southern tour Having said that, we need to be bolder and move faster. How much time will it take if we quarrel like we do? How much slower is the development of our Panshi city than our brother provinces and cities? So , we should discuss this matter based on the principle of joint development and shelving disputes." Finally, he turned his head and asked Shen Manhua, "Miss Shen, do you think so?"

Shen Manhua nodded, smiled and said, "I totally agree with what Mr. Fan said. Come up with a clear charter and talk to me about the investment."

Li Mingjiu thought to himself, it seems that if he does not make any concessions, the city will not easily give up the cornucopia of mineral water sources, so he asked, "If Malan Village has any requirements, you can also make them. If our Pingyuan Factory has the ability If you are satisfied, you can agree to it.”

The deputy director who spoke just now frowned and said, "What else do farmers want? Of course it's land!"

Fan Wubing followed his words and said, "We haven't considered this idea before, but I have a suggestion. I wonder if everyone is interested in hearing it?"

Li Ming said with nine hearts, aren't you the private representative of Mayor Fan, otherwise how can a child be qualified to sit here? So he replied, "Hehe, everyone can express their opinions, brainstorming, and we can listen more, there is always no harm."

Fan Wubing nodded and said, "Malan Village has occupied the land of Pingyuan Factory. One should lose sight of the other.”

Li Mingjiu nodded, thinking that this is still a human saying, that piece of land is ours.

"However, the Pingyuan Factory would not dare to transfer the land to Malan Village rashly. After all, this has the original approval. Or if Malan Village transfers the water source to the Pingyuan Factory, the villagers will naturally not be reconciled, and something will happen sooner or later." Fan Wubing smiled and said, "There is a compromise, that is, Pingyuan Factory, Malan Village and Ms. Shen form a new joint venture company to deal with the disputed land assets and water source issues. By investing in shares, Ms. Shen will use funds to invest in shares and turn this new company into a joint venture company controlled by Ms. Shen, so that these disputes can be avoided."

I'm so tired, I've been writing all night, and I finally caught up with today.