Traversing the courtyard

Chapter 455 Pressure
Mi Xiaozhou didn't understand for a while, and asked: "Boss, you just said you want to buy Qingzhou Cement Company, why did you want to invest in building your own cement factory in the blink of an eye?"

Wei Dong couldn't help but said, "Are you stupid?"

Mi Xiaozhou said angrily, "You are so stupid!"

Wei Dong said: "Bai and You have talked about so many ways to speculate in stocks. If I release such news, how will the market react?"

Mi Xiaozhou thought for a while before reacting: "I understand, the annual output of Qingzhou Cement is only 20 tons, and our production plant of 50 tons will have a huge impact on the current market. It will fall, so we will take advantage of the low price to receive shares, boss, your trick is high!"

Wei Dong smiled and said, "Of course, why did I choose you, a stupid girl, as my secretary?"

Mi Xiaozhou pouted and said, "You're stupid! I'm smart."

Then he said: "Boss, you are too shrewd. You used fake news to knock down the stock price of Qingzhou Cement."

Wei Dong said angrily: "You said you were stupid and you didn't admit it? Who told you that it was fake news? Go ahead and write a report seriously. We really want to invest in a new cement plant with an annual output of 50 tons of cement. This is not fake news."

Wei Dong shook his head: "This is really a silly girl."

Mi Xiaozhou was dumbfounded, thinking it was fake news, and muttered, "What's wrong with me being stupid? If I'm smart, can you coax me into bed?"

This silly girl is starting to break the pot, but Mi Xiaozhou was taken down by her overlord, without any promises or demands. It can also be seen that Mi Xiaozhou is not very smart. It's just right for a girl to be a secretary.

He smiled and said, "Go to work, silly girl, and have millet porridge with you at night."

It has been many days since Mi Xiaozhou lived at Mi Xiaozhou's place, and now Mi Xiaozhou jumped up happily and said, "I'll go and make arrangements."

Weidong just talked about it, he didn't need to pay attention to the specific affairs at all, just read the report frequently, went to Mi Xiaozhou's house to rest at night, and ate healthy, delicious and nutritious millet porridge.

On the second day, Yizhen Company prepared the materials and submitted an application to the authorities, wanting to purchase a piece of industrial land to build a modern factory with an annual output of 50 tons of cement, and then Yizhen Company’s report appeared in the newspaper on the third day. announcement.

The announcement is very optimistic about the future development of Xiangjiang, depicting a prosperous prospect. There are many high-rise buildings with [-] or [-] floors. Due to the insufficient supply of cement in the Xiangjiang market, Yi Zhen Company invested in a cement factory to ensure the future development of Xiangjiang and Construction can proceed smoothly.

Ordinary people may find it strange, but the stock market directly gave a quick response. The total share capital of Qingzhou Cement is 5000 million shares, and the single share has always been around 1.5 Hong Kong dollars, with a total market value of more than 7000 million.

Right now, following the announcement of Yizhen Company, Qingzhou Cement, which is rarely traded on weekdays, suddenly saw a large number of selling orders, dropping the stock price below 1.3 yuan, and directly oscillating around 1.25 yuan.

In the headquarters building of Qingzhou Cement Company in Hung Hom, Daban Kane is watching the announcement issued by Yizhen Company in his office. It is really a big deal for Yizhen Company to be targeted by people. It directly put into production 50 tons, and also wanted to buy a cement production line from Deutschland.

Isn't this trying to cut off the life of Qingzhou Cement?
I didn't offend you, why should I kill them all!

The secretary called and said: "Go and make an appointment with Luo Lemin, the Secretary of State for me. I want to protest Yizhen's investment in the construction of a new cement plant."

Although Luo Lemin's name is a Chinese name, he is actually an out-and-out Sunset native. He just adopted a Chinese name for his daily work after taking office.

The Colonial Secretary, later the Chief Secretary, was not changed to the Chief Secretary until 76. He was the Chief Policy Advisor of the Governor of Hong Kong, and also the Chief Executive and the Supreme Spokesman of the Hong Kong Government.In other words, the Chief Secretary is the chief executive of the Hong Kong government and oversees all civil servants.He is an ex officio member of both the executive and legislative councils.

Taipan Kane is of course going directly to the upper echelon. As long as Luo Lemin, the Secretary of the Counselor, is persuaded, the cement factory investment plan of Yizhen Co., Ltd. will die, and the current crisis that Qingzhou Cement is facing will be easily resolved.

"Okay, sir."

It's just that when Kane met with Chief Secretary Luo Lemin in the afternoon, he didn't get support from fellow villagers.
Luo Lemin, Chief of the Administrative Secretary, said: "Unfortunately, cement is just an ordinary commodity, and we have no reason to refuse the application submitted by Yizhen Co., Ltd."

Kane is in a hurry. If Yi Zhen's application is approved, there will soon be an oversupply in Xiangjiang's cement market, which will lead to a decline in profits, and Qingzhou Cement is at risk of bankruptcy.

"If this is passed, the price of cement will fall one after another, and we will go bankrupt. Qingzhou Cement now has nearly 5000 workers, which will endanger [-] families, and hundreds of engineers in Sunset Country will lose their jobs. .”

If only the workers in Xiangjiang are unemployed, it will not have any effect, but if it is unemployed with hundreds of engineers from Sunset Country, the authorities will not look good, not to mention that Qingzhou Cement moved from Australia Island to Hung Hom in 1898. , has made contributions to Xiangjiang for more than 70 years, and it is still a British-funded enterprise, so it has to take care of one or two.

Think about it and say: "You have to know that the owner of Yizhen Co., Ltd. is Yi Wei from Qiuyu Group. It is already the company with the highest tax payment in Xiangjiang. I can only help you delay the application for a while. You'd better talk to them. talk."

Kane also understands that although the Qiuyu Group only has Yizhen Shares as a listed company, it is vaguely a group company that is bigger than Jardine Matheson. Many business friends say that Yi Wei may be the richest man in Xiangjiang, but Authoritativeness also needs to be verified.

Faced with such a competitor, Kane couldn't use many methods, and it was even more useless to use dirty tricks. The joint pressure of the five foreign firms did not take advantage of Yi Wei, and in the end they didn't dare to make dirty tricks, so I didn't have that either. Courage!

He couldn't be killed in one hit, and he had no ability to deal with the opponent's crazy revenge.

Then we can only negotiate with Yizhen Company, and hope that the other party can give up the idea of ​​building a new cement plant, but if you come to the door by yourself, it would be disrespectful, Kane said: "I am not familiar with Yizhen Company, can you Be an intermediary, talk to Mr. Yiwei?"

Luo Lemin pondered for a moment, he really needed to meet this low-key Yi Wei, some authorities invited him to see Yi Wei at all, and they were all attended by the company's top class, he took office last year, and he hadn't seen this Xiangjiang until now rich man.

"That's right, it's all for the development of Xiangjiang."

When Weidong got out of school in the afternoon, Berkeley informed Luo Lemin, Chief of the Administrative Secretary, to invite him to reconcile the conflict between Yizhen Company and Qingzhou Cement.

In the morning of the next day, I was invited to the office building of the Secretary of State. As soon as I got out of the car, a few people gathered around me.
"Mr. Yi, why are you so optimistic about the future development of Xiangjiang?"

"Mr. Yi, you invested in the construction of a cement plant. With such a huge output, is there still a way for Qingzhou Cement to survive?"

"Mr. Yi"

At this time, the reporters were still journalists, and they just gathered around to ask questions directly. Seven or eight reporters rushed forward and blocked the road.

Seeing this, Wei Dong could only stop in his tracks and said: "I invested in a cement plant, which is just a normal investment. It is expected to provide more than [-] jobs and greatly increase the employment rate of Xiangjiang."

One of the reporters hurriedly asked: "Will that cause Qingzhou Cement Company's performance to decline and layoffs?"

Wei Dong smiled and said, "You can come to work in my cement factory, we are short of skilled workers."

Then he said: "My friend from the reporter, give way, Director Luo Lemin is still waiting for me!"

Weidong did this on purpose, and wanted to release the news that he insisted on opening a cement factory through the mouth of the reporter, in order to fight back some negative news in the newspaper.

In the morning, Weidong saw that some people said that the news was fake, and others said that the authorities would not agree to Yizhen's request, and Xiangjiang didn't need a second cement factory.

In the Office of the Chief Secretary for Political Affairs, Luo Lemin saw Wei Dong coming in, got up and said with a smile:

"Your Majesty Yi Sheng is here to welcome you!"

After speaking, he stretched out his hands towards Weidong.

Wei Dong smiled and said, "Director Luo, you are being polite."

Luo Lemin introduced with a smile: "Yi Sheng, let me introduce a friend to you. This is Mr. Kane, the leader of Qingzhou Cement."

"Hello, Mr. Kane."

"Nice to meet you, Mr. Yi."

After exchanging pleasantries, the guests and hosts sat down separately. Luo Lemin first chatted about Xiangjiang's recent economic situation, and praised the contribution made by Qiuyu Group to Xiangjiang's employment. At present, Qiuyu Group is already the group company with the largest number of people in Xiangjiang.

Wei Dong smiled and said, "Director Luo, you are being polite, this is what I should do."

After finishing the polite words, it's time to get to the point. Luo Lemin said, "Is Yi Zhen Company going to invest in a cement plant recently?"

Wei Dong nodded and said: "Yes, I am very confident in Xiangjiang's future economy. With the maturity of construction technology, high-rise buildings with [-] or [-] floors can be seen everywhere in the future, and the cement market will flourish."

This is optimistic about the future of Xiangjiang, Luo Lemin is of course happy, and said happily: "Yi Sheng is so optimistic about the future of Xiangjiang, will he increase investment in Xiangjiang?"

Wei Dongdao: "Of course, all the companies under my umbrella have plans to continue investing."

Kane became more and more happy seeing the two of them, so what should my cement company do? He interjected: "Yi Sheng, Qingzhou Cement has always focused on Xiangjiang's cement market and has served Xiangjiang for more than 70 years. Isn’t it appropriate to reopen the cement plant directly?”

Weidong is well aware of this invitation. If it can be directly purchased from the Kane family, it can be negotiated, and the others will not agree.

"Mr. Kane, cement is just an ordinary building material, not a controlled commodity. Does Yizhen Company still need the approval of Qingzhou Cement Company to invest in a cement plant?"

"You" Kane was so angry that he couldn't speak.

Luo Lemin said: "Yi Sheng, the purpose of coming here today is to bring the two of you together to develop Xiangjiang's cement market well."

Wei Dong nodded and said, "Of course I want to develop Xiangjiang well. How about Mr. Kane selling Qingzhou Cement to me? I can buy it at a market value of 7500 million."

Kane shouted directly: "This is impossible, I will not sell the shares, and your bid is too low."

Weidong shook his head and said, "Mr. Kane, you should understand that my price is already very high,"

The market value of Qingzhou Cement has always been around 7000 million. Weidong's price of 7500 million is already a high price before. It is indeed not low, but Kane has no plans to sell and wants to continue to operate!

"We have no intention of selling. Our family has been in business for decades and we will not sell the company."

Weidong smiled. Although Kane has always controlled Qingzhou Cement Company, his shares in the company have been gradually reduced. Now he only holds 1450 million shares, a total of 29% of the shares.

"If our cement plant of Yizhen Co., Ltd. is put into operation, what do you think the market value of Qingzhou Cement will be?"

The Xiangjiang market is so big. If the two companies are fully engaged in production, it seems that they will not be able to absorb so much production capacity. At that time, the two companies will not be able to produce at full capacity. The profit prospects of Qingzhou Cement will be bleak, and the stock price will not rise to HK$1.5 again. price.

Furthermore, Wei Dong's family has a big business, if there is a price war, Qingzhou Cement can't afford it.

Kane was a little hesitant, but he couldn't make up his mind when he sold all his shares. He tentatively said, "Yi Sheng, your approval hasn't been approved. If you make an announcement in such a hurry, aren't you afraid that the authorities will not approve your application?"

Kane wondered if he should take some action, and rejected the application, turning Yizhen's announcement into a joke.

Wei Dong had a plan in advance, and said: "Even if the authorities don't approve our application, it's very simple. I just put my investment in Wanwan. I have my own dock. At most, I can buy a boat and pay more for shipping." .”

Xiangjiang is a free port and does not need to declare customs duties, and the cost of importing from Wanwan is not much higher, and then said: "Then Xiangjiang will lose more than 5000 jobs and a lot of taxes. I don't think the authorities will be so unwise. Bar!"

Luo Lemin said: "Don't worry, Yi Sheng, Xiangjiang will not reject your investment."

Just kidding, a factory with 5000 people is so likely to be expelled!
Kane glanced at Luo Lemin, this is not helping him at all!
But I don't want to sell the company, since there are stable profits every year, if I sell it, I will have no property.

"Easy if we jointly invest?"

"Joint investment? I'm not short of money, and besides, can Qingzhou Cement invest in cash?"

This is a heart-wrenching question. Cement is only a low-margin product, and the profit is not much. The cash invested in the company will not account for many shares.

Kane gritted his teeth and didn't want to give up his business. He said, "What if we join forces to form a cement company?"

Weidong pondered for a while, he didn't necessarily have to drive the Kane family out, it was enough to gain control by himself, and leaving Kane as the big class could also make the production smoother.

Wei Dong said: "It's not impossible. Qingzhou Cement will issue additional 1.5 million shares, all of which will be held by Yizhen Company, and jointly put into production a new cement production line. Can you accept such a plan?"

Weidong invested 1.5 million cash in exchange for the shares of Qingzhou Cement to achieve the purpose of becoming a shareholder, so that he can become the major shareholder of Qingzhou Cement, and Kane's shareholding will be reduced from 29% to 9.66% .

It can be said that it becomes a small shareholder. If the major shareholder obstructs it, it will not even be able to keep the seat of the director.

Kane thought for a moment and said, "I'm going to keep a board seat."

(End of this chapter)