Since 1979 I have been in the tide of the times

Chapter 495
Song Yu's business has flourished in the past few years, and he has seen Xiangyang Electronics' business flourish and gain momentum, so now Song Yu is very energetic and attentive.

For the sake of his career, he has changed his habit of being promiscuous in the past few years, but today Wang Weidong said that he will retire after ten years of work.

How could the righteous Song Yu be reconciled now?
"Weidong, don't think too much. The times have changed now. For thousands of years, if a person wants to get ahead, he has to go through the official career and become an official. Now it's all right, you can get ahead in business! Don't talk about Hong Kong and Taiwan. When those bosses go to the mainland, that is, we local entrepreneurs go to all parts of the country. Wherever they go, local government officials greet them with smiles? They all hope that we, Xiangyang Electronics, will invest in them and set up factories. If we want to develop the economy, let the people live A good life depends on us entrepreneurs!" Song Yu said confidently.

"Xiaoyu, you have been drifting away in the past two years, and you can even say such words! It is the country that develops the economy and enables the people to live a good life, not us! We can become entrepreneurs and have so much wealth, relying on It is also a good policy of the country. Without the country, how can we entrepreneurs be where we are today?" Wang Weidong said.

Song Yu just wanted to refute. He wanted to tell Wang Weidong that this is a private occasion, and there are only three people present, so there is no need to speak so vainly.

But when Song Yu turned his head and saw Wu Mengsong looking at Wang Weidong with a smile on his face, he swallowed the words again.

Wang Weidong went on to say: "Xiaoyu, you are the last person among us to say such things. After all, you grew up in such a family. You have to remember, you must never say such things in the future! In the country In front of them, we entrepreneurs are insignificant and can't do much."

Sitting opposite Wu Mengsong, Wang Wangdong said: "Old Wu, it seems that the various treatments we promised to you have to be adjusted, and nothing else has changed. It is just that we need to change the car distribution. The original agreement will be given to you. Equipped with a car with more than 30 four laps, I want to change it to Santana or Jetta, but it will never make you suffer financially, and I will give you another 10 yuan! In this place in Shancheng, you are a private enterprise It’s too conspicuous for my family to drive around the city in a car driving four laps all day.”

After all, Wu Mengsong has stayed in the agency for more than [-] years, and he fully understands the meaning of Wang Weidong's actions.He nodded and replied: "No problem, I don't feel comfortable being that kind of luxury car.

Turning around, Wang Weidong said to Song Yu again: "In fact, what I am doing now is what we have always done before, but every time the company develops a step forward, we may forget about it. In the future, we must keep a low profile and firmly remember it. In my heart! There are many bosses in Fushan, and there are many high-end cars, so Qi Jianguo and Li Zhifeng’s cars don’t need to be replaced, but Chu Wenbo’s cars in the capital must be replaced. Let him sell the current car and replace it with a new one. Santana or Jetta will also give him 10 yuan."

Suddenly there was a sound of air horns in the distance, Wang Weidong stood up and looked towards the Jialing River, he seemed to be talking to himself and said: "In the future, our company will grow bigger and bigger, and our wealth will also increase. Don’t forget this point! Thinking that you are so great and omnipotent that no one cares about you is very wrong and very dangerous!”

Although the weather was very hot, the three of them still ate hot pot, sweating profusely.When I came out of the restaurant, I was blown by a small wind, but I felt very cool. In the words of Yucheng people, it was very comfortable!
Wu Mengsong walked at the back, and he looked up at Wang Weidong's back from time to time.After what happened tonight, he had a deeper understanding of his boss, and felt that working with such a boss was very reliable.

As soon as the three of them entered the hotel lobby, a waiter stopped them and said to Wang Weidong, "Mr. Wang, someone is looking for you. They have been waiting for you for a long time."

After speaking, the waiter looked at the sofa in the corner of the lobby. At this time, the two men sitting on the sofa in the corner also stood up and walked towards Wang Weidong and the others.

The man walking in front was not tall, with a pair of small eyes on his round face. When he walked into Wang Weidong's side, he stretched out his hand and said: "

"I'm Tang Wanjin, the chairman of the Desert Provincial Financial Investment Company. I saw the news that Xiangyang Electronics acquired the Yucheng Brewery when I was watching the city's news broadcast tonight. I knew you had come to Yucheng. We found several hotels and finally found out. You live here. Can I invite the three of you out for a meal, and let's have a few drinks?" Tang Wanjin said.

"Sorry, Mr. Tang, we just came back from dinner." Wang Weidong said apologetically.

Hearing what Wang Weidong said, Tang Wanjin had a regretful expression.

"Since you're here, please go upstairs and talk to me in my room." Wang Weidong invited.

Then the five of them entered the elevator together and sat down in Wang Weidong's room on the top floor of the hotel.

Tang Wanjin pointed to the people around him and introduced to Wang Weidong and Song Yu, "He is called Zhang Zhenya. He is my college classmate and good friend, and now he is my right-hand man!"

Wang Weidong nodded to Zhang Zhenya and asked, "Is Mr. Tang also here for business in Yucheng this time?"

Tang Wanjin shook his head and replied, "I'm from Yucheng City. I came back this time to visit my hometown."

Wang Weidong was a little surprised and said: "You are from Yucheng? But your accent doesn't look like it at all!"

Tang Wanjin explained with a smile: "I grew up in Yucheng. When I was ten years old, my parents took me to the desert province. Since then, I have been living in the desert province, so my accent has changed."

In a few words, Wang Weidong felt that Tang Wanjin was a warm and forthright person, seeing him wearing a half-sleeved shirt and shorts, he didn't think he had a good impression of him.

Nowadays, in order to flaunt their image, entrepreneurs always wear neat suits and leather shoes, followed by a female secretary with a briefcase.

But this Tang Wanjin in front of him is very simple, Wang Weidong can't help but have some doubts about his identity.

Is such a person the boss of the desert province financial investment company?
As if seeing the doubts in Wang Weidong's heart, Tang Wanjin said with a bold smile: "I have been paying attention to Xiangyang Electronics for a long time, and the most difficult thing to see in the news media is your photo, Boss Wang. In fact, I am the same person as you. Food and clothing, not even giving interviews, not participating in public events."

"Yeah, whenever there is such a bad thing, Wei Dong always pushes me to the front as a back!" Song Yu who was sitting on the side complained.

Hearing Song Yu's complaint, Wang Weidong also laughed, and he asked, "What's the matter with Mr. Tang looking for me so late?"

Tang Wanjin replied: "I visited the United States some time ago and found it very inspiring. I think European and American countries have passed on the manufacturing industry to Xiaoben, and now the manufacturing industry is transferring to China. This is a great opportunity for China to develop the manufacturing industry! Manufacturing I don’t need to say that everyone understands the importance of industry, but if you look at China’s manufacturing industry today, it is small and chaotic, with repeated investment and low-level investment! Someone must stand up and carry out industrial integration!”

Speaking of this, Tang Wanjin's tone began to increase, appearing a little impassioned.

However, what Tang Wanjin said is also very reasonable. Since the 50s, almost every county has five small enterprises such as small iron and steel factories, small cement factories and small machinery factories.But in the 90s and [-]s, these companies were struggling and were on the verge of being eliminated.

The same is true of the beer industry run by Xiangyang Electronics. Now there are hundreds of large and small breweries in China, and the production efficiency is low.

"Only through integration can we achieve complementary advantages, enhance our strength, and compete with foreign capital!" Tang Wanjin continued.

"How do you want to integrate?" Wang Weidong asked.

"If you want to integrate, you need to be an industry, not just an enterprise! Obtain a large amount of funds through the capital market and then use the capital as a leverage to enlarge the mergers and acquisitions layer by layer, quickly obtain the control and operation rights of industrial integration, and finally achieve industrial integration. Even for the purpose of industry consolidation!" Tang Wanjin replied.

"Is the Desert Provincial Financial Investment Company a state-owned enterprise or a private enterprise?" Wang Weidong asked.

Tang Wanjin replied readily, "It is a private investment company approved by the state."

"Since you are a private investment company, how can you get so much money?" Wang Weidong asked.

Hearing Wang Weidong's question, Tang Wanjin replied with a smile: "Actually, our approach is the same as that of Xiangyang Electronics, which is to change the listed company's equity structure and inject high-quality assets to change the listed company's main business by buying a shell. Then use this listed company as a financing platform to carry out industrial integration." Tang Wanjin said.

That’s right, Xiangyang Electronics did exactly that. After acquiring the listed company Qian Yuanzheng, Wang Weidong and the others replaced the original company’s main business of machinery manufacturing with beer. Due to the rapid reversal of the listed company’s economic benefits, the company’s stock price is now at the original level. Five times more.

It is indeed much easier to raise capital with this well-assetted and profitable company now.

But now that he has embarked on this path, Wang Weidong certainly knows the difficulties involved. It is far from enough to rely on this listed company for financing to achieve the ambitious goal that Tang Wanjin said.

"Just relying on this listed company for financing, the money raised is still a drop in the bucket, right?" Wang Weidong said.

Zhang Zhenya, who was sitting next to him, replied with a smile: "In addition to holding two listed companies, we have also established several asset companies to provide financial management services for clients. The service income is very good, and those clients who entrust financial management are very satisfied with us.”

This is the second time someone mentioned entrusting financial management in front of Wang Weidong. The first person to entrust financial management to Wang Weidong was Li Yueshi.

A few months ago, Li Yueshi suggested to Wang Weidong to solve Xiangyang Electronics' financial problems by entrusting financial management, but Wang Weidong vetoed it without hesitation.

By handing over the production technology of Xiangyang Electronics' high-end electronic tubes to the Ministry, Wang Weidong obtained a [-] million loan from the Development Bank.

The amount of this loan is very large, and it has made many people envious.

It is very difficult to get a loan from the bank now, even if I beg my grandpa to sue my grandma, I can't get a loan.

Some people can easily make money sitting at home by lending funds from the bank and reselling them with a few percentage points.

When Li Yueshi made this suggestion to Wang Weidong, her reason was that since the state did not expressly prohibit it, it could be done, but Wang Weidong retorted that since the state did not expressly allow it, it must not be done!
"Manufacturing is the foundation of the economy, we must let the manufacturing industry take root in China!" Tang Wanjin said forcefully.

"China not only has cheap labor, but after decades of development and construction, the level of labor is not low. The reason why our country's products are not competitive is because there have been too many redundant construction and inefficient investments over the years. I think we These entrepreneurs must have a global perspective, choose an industry, invest in a project, consider issues from the demand and supply of the entire international market, focus on the entire international market, buy factories abroad, buy technology, return to China for production, and then repeat Exports occupy the entire international market! Isn't this what you Xiangyang Electronics are doing now?" Tang Wanjin continued.

What Tang Wanjin said also infected Song Yu and Wu Mengsong, and Song Yu turned to look at Wang Weidong with admiration.

It turns out that what Weidong has done in the past few years has such a long-term purpose!
"When I was doing these things, I was not like Mr. Tang, I didn't think so much. Some construction plans were just a coincidence, and we did it when we encountered them. As for the integration of the entire industry you said, I I haven’t thought about it at all. For example, in the beer industry, we Xiangyang Electronics will continue to invest and build factories in this area, but we are already satisfied with being the third or fourth largest beer group in China in the future.” Wang Weidong said.

"Since it is necessary to integrate the entire industry, it is natural to be the largest, otherwise everything will be out of the question! From the most upstream of production to sales, to be an enterprise is to be an industry, and to be an industry is to be a market. No one is missing. I came to meet Mr. Wang this time to seek cooperation with you, Xiangyang Electronics. I think you are still too timid and not taking big steps. For Red Star Beer, which is listed on the market, you can raise at least one billion more. With this money, you can buy at least dozens of breweries in China, and the integrated beer production capacity can easily reach one million tons. Through integration, you can quickly What a great thing it is to improve enterprise efficiency!" Tang Wanjin said.

"Yeah, if we do this, it's okay to acquire dozens of breweries as you said. Then it will snowball, get more financing, and then go to other industries, such as what we are doing now In the electronics industry and the machinery industry, simply simplifying enterprise management and reducing a large number of management personnel can save these enterprises tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of funds, which is a great thing." Wang Weidong said.

There are ready-made examples of what Wang Weidong said.After the acquisition of Yucheng Brewery, more than 100 administrative, financial and sales staff in the brewery immediately left.Just getting rid of these more than 100 people can save a lot of money, and the salary saved is only a small amount, and the amount of invisible money saved on the books is even greater.

"Boss Wang is a sensible person, so you already know these truths!" Tang Wanjin said with a smile.

Wang Weidong didn't laugh. He said to Tang Wanjin solemnly: "Mr. Tang, you came to see me this time for nothing. It is impossible for us Xiangyang Electronics to cooperate with you. I advise you not to hold such a grand goal. It is not difficult for you to start one or several companies to make money, but industrial integration is not something we entrepreneurs can do, and the only person who can do this is the country!"

The originally heated conversation ended in a deserted way. Tang Wanjin and Zhang Zhenya finally shook hands with Wang Weidong and others politely to say goodbye.

After the two left, Song Yu said suspiciously: "Weidong, I think what this person said makes sense. Hearing this makes my blood boil and gear up. I wish I could get up and work with him right away! What a great thing it is to do industry integration, Li The country benefits the people."

"Xiaoyu, I think you have changed in the past few years and become more and more dull! Don't ask me about this matter. You will understand when you go home and ask your father." Wang Weidong said.

Wu Mengsong, who was sitting on the side, nodded slowly and said: "I used to be a division chief in the department. When the leaders of the factories below came to work in the department, they would all nod and bow when they saw me. But even so, I dare not Propose the integration of light industry, such as the integration of the beer industry. Such a thing should at least be done by a minister. A private business owner wants to do such a grand thing, and he wants to integrate not only one industry, according to what he just said The idea is to integrate many industries in the country, which is really too difficult.”

Song Yu has come to his senses now, he shook his head and said, "This kid may have watched too many westerns when he went to the United States. A railway tycoon more than 100 years ago could build a railway thousands of kilometers long by drawing a line on the earth with a civilized stick. .But now the time and place are wrong.”

"In fact, what he just said is very reasonable. But it makes sense in theory, but in fact there are too many different things to do. Let's do our own things honestly and don't think too much!" Wang Weidong said .

A glass of dirty wine is happy to meet, and many things in ancient and modern times are all jokes.

Chinese people have the habit of worrying about the world and talking about national affairs.But talking about it is one thing, doing it is another.

A person like Tang Wanjin wants to put his lofty ideals into action, and Wang Weidong instinctively feels that he should stay away from this kind of person, and the farther the better!
Which means of transportation is the most comfortable to sit on?Of course a ship!

Living in first class on a ship is like living in a hotel room.

After finishing the affairs in Yucheng, Wang Weidong left Wu Mengsong in Yucheng to take over the brewery to maintain the current beer production. Next month, construction of a new factory will start on the original site of the brewery.

And he and Song Yu boarded the ship in Yucheng and went down the river, heading east.

Stand on top of the ship.Song Yu looked at the moving scenery on both sides of the river and said excitedly: "The apes on both sides of the river can't stop crying, the light boat has already passed the Ten Thousand Mountains! Tonight, I will get up and see the Goddess Peak no matter what I say!"

(End of this chapter)