Revival Road

Chapter 7 East Lake One
"accepted?"

"Agreed. I will give you some face."

"You seem to attach great importance to this person?"

"It's unavoidable. Besides, we are indeed classmates. Back then... you should prepare carefully. It is tentatively scheduled for Saturday night."

"Can the number and identity of the guests be determined?"

"The banquet will be held here, but the relevant entertainment facilities must be prepared. I don't know what he likes... The number of people will not exceed five. They are all classmates, regardless of their status."

"Understood. What else does Mr. Tang want?"

"No more... I'm going back, and it's time for you to get off work."

Tang Yikun, chairman of the board of directors of Donghu Industrial Group, watched Qi Ping, the manager of the Donghu Club with a graceful figure, exit his private room.He saw her loss, but he was unmoved.He now believes that the decision that has been made was the right one.He once wanted to put this beautiful and capable female manager of the Shengtang Club on the bed, but after two months of trial, her ability and performance made him dispel the idea.He likes beautiful and coquettish women, but he set an iron rule for himself many years ago, never developing mistresses among female subordinates.

The clubhouse has been in operation for more than four years.Among the three managers of the clubhouse he hired, Qi Ping, who has no formal education, is the best. Since she took office, the management of the clubhouse has improved significantly, and the profit has increased by [-]% year-on-year. , The leading position in the entertainment industry, these are all Qi Ping's achievements, and he fully admits it.

He was once moved by its mature charm, and the other party also inadvertently revealed some meaning, and he could completely feel it.Compared with those young beauties, he appreciates mature charm more.It's like ordering food in a restaurant. Different people always have different tastes.In recent years, with the successful listing of Donghu Real Estate, he has changed his old style, becoming picky and cautious in his pursuit of women.He doesn't believe in the so-called love. Love may exist, but it never exists between him and his women, including his first wife.

He and them are both out-of-the-box interests.Including Qi Ping who just left.

Tang Yikun pressed the bell under the desk, and his driver and bodyguard Marin came in silently.Tang Yikun got up and walked out, handing the bag to Ma Lin.The latter turned off the light, locked the heavy oak door of the private room, and then walked a few steps quickly to get ahead of his boss.When Tang Yikun left the gate of the clubhouse, Ma Lin had already parked the black and bright Mulsanne under the steps. Seeing the boss coming out, Ma Lin ran over quickly, opened the rear door, and "protected" the boss into the extremely spacious and luxurious car. Inside.

"Go home..." Tang Yikun blurted out two words.

Marin understood the exact meaning of the word "go home".In fact, in Pingquan City, Tang Yikun has three fixed homes. In addition to the Jinxiuyuan community where his first wife lives, there are two other residences where Boss Tang's wife lives. One of them gave birth to his son, who is already three years old. up.But "going home" only refers to the old villa in Jinxiu Garden, not other places.

The Bentley Mulsanne with the GD88888 license plate is like a huge battleship, cleaving waves and waves in the already sparse traffic flow at night.Tang Yikun looked at the bustling street with empty eyes, expressionless.It is now eleven o'clock in the evening, and Zhenwu Road, which has been noisy for a day, has become spacious and quiet. The newly replaced street lights and huge neon signs on both sides of the road still illuminate the street as bright as day, and chaotic figures are still reflected in the glass windows of the shops.The city is still not dormant. In Tang Yikun's view, Hiraizumi is getting more and more beautiful.

A group of young men and women who came out of the McDonald's flagship store at the intersection of Renmin Road crossed the road laughing and joking, causing Marin to brake, and then pushed down the window and uttered a few vicious curses.Seemingly hearing Marin's cursing, those youths who looked like students pointed at the departing Mushang and yelled something.

"Slow down..." he muttered.

"Yes, boss." Marin slowed down the car.

Marin, who was a veteran, has been Tang Yikun's full-time driver and bodyguard for almost three years.He knew that the boss was a little annoying these two days.

Luo Shaoxing is a bastard!I don't know why Boss Tang has his eyes on him. With his little ability, why should he sit on the throne of Donghu Real Estate Security Minister with an annual salary of 80?Things that are not enough for success and more than failure.No, you're embarrassing the boss again, right?The shanty town on Huajin Road will be renovated to build a modern community. The name has been drawn up, and it was named by Deputy Mayor Zhou. Donghu Hanlin, what a poetic name.The demolition work has been handed over to Baldy Deng's demolition company. What did you Luo Shaoxing do?Okay now?People were killed, and even Secretary Wang of the municipal party committee was alarmed. How much would it cost to push the matter to Baldy Deng?It was easy to handle in the past, but the current situation is different from the past.If it doesn't work, Boss Tang will be dragged into it!
Looking in the rearview mirror, he saw that Boss Tang was sleeping with his eyes closed.

Tang Yikun was indeed a little upset, but it wasn't because of the Huajin Road demolition incident.It took him 25 years to start a business from the official "going into the sea" to create an enterprise group that can stand out from the crowd.It is not relying on the shadow of the father's generation, but the superhuman sense of smell and superb skills.His favorite book is the set of "The Merchant with the Red Top", which describes Hu Xueyan, a great merchant in the late Qing Dynasty. The idol he admires is Hu Xueyan, who won the second rank top.If private enterprises want to survive and grow, they must rely on the big tree of the government.

Few people know that Donghu Industrial Group has many hidden worries under its brilliant and domineering appearance.Leaving aside the internal disputes brought about by the listing of Donghu Real Estate, the key point is that the development of the group has encountered a bottleneck. Although Donghu is known as an industrial group, there are only two pillars to support this diversified group: one is the establishment of Donghu Industrial Group. The basic mining company, followed by Donghu Real Estate Company, which has replaced the mining industry and become the group's cash cow.There are no fewer than thirty types of other industrial products, all of which were diagnosed by the enterprise management experts hired by Tang Yikun as having no development prospects, and should all be withdrawn.

These industries include clothing, pharmaceuticals, printing, mechanical processing and chemical industries, covering [-] cities in four provinces, with a total of more than [-] enterprises.Now it has been integrated into Donghu Machinery Company and handed over to his younger brother Tang Yiwei to take care of it.

Tang Yikun's painstaking efforts and ambitions were embedded in the product industries integrated into Donghu Machinery. He was annoyed that those so-called corporate development strategy consulting experts rated it as a garbage industry.But he admitted that the expert group's judgment has reasonable factors, because those industries and products are basically losing money.The reason why it is still maintained and even has a bright future is because blood has been transfused into it.A business can function normally if there is a constant flow of cash.

Why are those industries and products that were profitable in the initial stage, but now they all turn from profit to loss?Tang Yikun has done a serious analysis, and his personal conclusion is basically consistent with the diagnosis report of the expert group. The main reason is that the management cost has doubled. Secondly.Why are administrative costs increasing so rapidly?It's because East Lake has become more and more formal.Formal signs are the growing size of the management organization, the rapid increase of management and auxiliary personnel, the improvement of social security and medical insurance, the emergence of a large number of non-profit organizations, and the large donations spent to gain fame.Donghu Industrial paid a heavy price while gaining the fame he wanted.

Tang Yikun found that the Donghu Industry he built with painstaking efforts was becoming more and more like a state-owned enterprise.His instructions and the decisions of the board of directors have reached more and more grassroots levels, and the speed has become slower and slower.The departments set up to improve the management level and a large number of so-called professionals hired have turned the speedboat in East Lake, which used to cut through the waves and fast forward, into a bloated giant ship.

Emotionally he could not accept the opinion of the expert group to drastically reduce non-core industries, but he admitted intellectually that those experts were right.Reducing non-main businesses is not a simple matter. They are not simple commodities that can be sold at a reduced price on street corner stalls. It is a collection of countless factories, equipment and personnel. Closing down the business will only make his losses even worse. .Moreover, the expert group cannot understand the difficulties of private enterprises. If the outside world finds out that Donghu has closed down its enterprises substantially, there will be at least three direct consequences.Since the development of East Lake, one of the secrets that has not been handed down is that it is close to the big tree of the government. It is unimaginable to lose the support of the government.

The second is the rumors that East Lake's business is difficult.Enterprises are like the stock market, in a sense they are supported by confidence.What is established in theory is often untenable in reality, and the success of an enterprise is often measured by its scale.Banks are like this, governments are like this, and companies are like this.If Donghu shuts down businesses substantially, the consequences are likely to be like this. Before experiencing the dividends brought by industrial adjustment, it has already been crushed by various rumors, runs and pressure from the government.

The last one is opposition from the family.Thinking of the family members, especially the family members who occupy the absolute advantage of the board of directors, Tang Yikun felt deeply hated but helpless.At the beginning of its establishment, Donghu, like most private enterprises, developed through the concerted efforts of family members.At that time, he didn't trust outsiders and couldn't afford to hire outsiders, so he could only rely on his and his wife's clan.But now he admits that, except for a very small number of relatives, most of them are completely outdated. They can't keep up with the development of East Lake. Most of them have become stupid and lazy. Stupid pig of outside talent.On the surface, they still respect him and obey him, but secretly they do not hesitate to poach the corners of Donghu Industrial for their own interests.After the expert group's opinion on cutting branches and leaves and strengthening the main body was issued, there was almost a consensus of opposition except for Wei Shegang, the brother-in-law who is the president of Donghu Mining Company.

It was going to knock them out of their jobs, he understood, but he hated what they were doing.

The expert group believes that Donghu Industrial should concentrate its business on the two fields of mining and real estate, which are the traditional advantages of Donghu and the source of Donghu Industrial's profits.

This is the actual situation. In 2012, the total sales volume of Donghu Industry reached 280 billion, accounting for about one-twentieth of the total GDP of Hiraizumi.But the two major sectors of mining and real estate are as high as 210 billion.The total amount of the remaining 70 companies is only 65 billion, and their total sales volume accounts for only a quarter of the group, but their total number of employees is as high as [-]%.This is one of the reasons why the expert group recommends abandoning it.

As far as the analysis of the two major sectors of mining and real estate is concerned, Donghu Mining Company, which laid the foundation for the rise of Donghu Industry, has given up its position as the leader of the group. Its scale is shrinking, and its profitability is even worse. In 2012, the profits of mining companies collapsed. Due to the situation, the annual loss amounted to as high as 6000 million.If it weren't for the successful listing of Donghu Real Estate Company, the capital chain of Donghu Industry might have been broken.

Mining companies have encountered a cold wave. On the surface, it is a sharp drop in coal prices. The underlying reasons are complicated. Since 2011, the province has had to make great efforts to rectify coal mines due to continuous criticism from the State Administration of Work Safety and even the State Council. A large number of small coal mines with low output, inadequate safety facilities and chaotic management have been shut down and converted. Not only private small coal mines have been hit hard, but some county-run small mines have also been forced to close or reorganize.Donghu Mining is not included in the restrictions, but after the release of the rectification report of the Provincial Safety Supervision Bureau, the mining company's safety investment had to increase significantly, which directly affected the mining company's profits.

In fact, the rectification of small coal mines in the province is a good opportunity for Donghu Mining to expand. The mining company has also continuously reported to the board of directors the plan of merging and acquiring small coal mines that were included in the list, but Tang Yikun basically rejected them.Tang Yikun is soberly aware that this round of price dive of coal and its derivative products is by no means temporary, and may be a trend.With the increasing emphasis on environmental protection at the national level, the large-scale use of natural gas will completely suppress the coal industry. At this time, the acquisition of those dilapidated small coal mines can only increase the burden and will not benefit the group.

The materials provided by Donghu Economic Research Institute confirmed the correctness of the decision of the board of directors. In 2012, the province's traditional coal-fired boiler sales figures plunged 12%, but natural gas boilers showed blowout growth.

However, the decision of the board of directors was strongly opposed by the mining faction represented by Wei Shegang.Wei Shegang had a big fight with his brother-in-law Tang Yikun in private.

The situation of mining companies is worrying, and the prospects of real estate companies have become confusing.

Qi Zhen, vice president of Donghu Industrial Group and president of Donghu Real Estate Company, was the first veteran to follow Tang Yikun to start a business.Qi Zhen sent a secret report to Tang Yikun a month ago. On the cover, Qi Zhen handwritten "no copy, only the chairman can read it in person".

This frightening report to Tang Yikun listed the data collected from various sources. The report admitted frankly that the real estate market in Hiraizumi and even the province is about to face a severe winter, so early plans must be made.Qi Zhen made prescriptions as always, either greatly shrinking the front line, or greatly opening up new battlefields.

Tang Yikun admitted that Qi Zhen's judgment was correct.Since the end of 2012, some houses in Hiraizumi have been unable to sell.It has been two months since the opening of Jade Garden, which everyone was extremely optimistic about before, and its sales have confirmed Qi Zhen's judgment.It is the most luxurious real estate in Hiraizumi City, the design and construction quality are the highest in Hiraizumi, and it was once hyped by the industry.Although Qi Zhen successfully created the illusion that the sales were booming and the supply was short of demand, Tang Yikun knew that the actual situation was very bad, even worse than the worst he had imagined.

Donghu Real Estate has been listed, and the data cannot be concealed for a long time. If Donghu Real Estate, a super cash cow, gets sick, the consequences will make Tang Yikun shudder.

Thinking about Donghu's high debt ratio, Tang Yikun knew that big measures had to be taken.

(End of this chapter)