Life 1984

In the afternoon, Li Yunhai came to the headquarters of Sihai Group at the invitation of Song Huimin, chairman of the state-owned capital side of Sihai Group.

After the state-owned capital took over Sihai Group, its headquarters was still located in Sihai International Building.

Li Yunhai revisited his old place, only to find that everything and everyone had changed.

In a familiar office, there are unfamiliar people sitting.

Li Yunhai discovered that everyone here looked like a leader with a big belly, and most of them were over 35 years old.

Sihai Group is considered a state-owned enterprise!

If we count the administrative level, it is at the department level!
In other words, Song Huimin is the main lady!
This woman, who is only in her thirties, has already reached this position, which is quite powerful.

Anyone who can sit in the independent office of Sihai Group is either a director or a director, or at least a deputy director.

Staff members at the department level are only qualified to sit in large offices here.

Their levels are reached slowly through accumulation of experience. Without ten or twenty years of accumulation, it would be impossible for them to become deputy director-level cadres or above.

So it is reasonable that they are generally older.

This is the huge difference in management between state-owned enterprises and private enterprises.

When Li Yunhai manages the company, he always gives the most capable people the positions.

Whoever has the ability can get promoted, regardless of your age or resume.

Now in the Sihai Group, promotions of personnel are arranged by the organization according to needs.

With the qualifications and age, and a little background, promotion and salary increase are a foregone conclusion.

Li Yunhai looked at all this and couldn't help but sigh.

Such a huge company headquarters is eerily quiet!
Everyone walks and speaks carefully to show their upbringing and status.

If it were a government department, such a situation would appear very solemn.

But inside the company, things seem a bit dull and lack vitality.

Song Huimin accompanied Li Yunhai to the chairman's office.

Li Yunhai unexpectedly discovered that this office was his previous office!
He looked in the direction of the lounge and thought of the joy he had had in making love with several lovers there in the past.

Song Huimin asked Li Yunhai and Lin Zhi to sit down and said with a smile, "Is this Mr. Li's former office?"

Li Yunhai said, "Yeah! It was a long time ago! It feels so far away!"

Song Huimin said, "I don't have any taboos. Unlike my predecessor, he was very particular about Feng Shui and wealth. He even cared about offices that were used by others, but he didn't use them himself. But I don't care, so I chose Mr. Li's former office."

Li Yunhai smiled indifferently.

Song Huimin took the initiative to talk about corporate management.

After the previous chairman was arrested, Song Huimin was appointed as the new chairman of Sihai Group.

After she took office, she discovered that the management of Sihai Group was in chaos.

"The management is made up of a group of people who don't know how to run a business or produce electronic products! When I talk to them about chips and lithography machines, they all look confused!" Song Huimin said with a wry smile, "A group of laymen are leading and managing a group of experts, directing them to work hard. It would be strange if they could achieve any results!"

Li Yunhai said calmly: "Mr. Song, please forgive me for being frank, but the average age of your company is a bit old, isn't it? I know that talents are hard to come by now, but for a company as big as yours, it shouldn't be difficult to find a few professional talents across the country, right?"

Song Huimin sighed before she spoke, "Of course there are talents, but most of them are fresh graduates. They don't have a nice job application form and are still doing scientific research at the bottom level. How can they be promoted to important leaders? Even if you are not bound by rules, it is impossible to make an exception and promote them to level four or five, right?"

Li Yunhai thought, this is indeed a dead end.

Ultimately, there is something wrong with this model.

In this circle, they don't need anyone to stand out from the crowd.

If everyone's achievements are similar and no one is particularly outstanding, then everyone can feel at ease slacking off without forcing themselves to work hard.

Moreover, the power to appoint and dismiss personnel lies with the superior department.

When superiors decide to appoint or dismiss someone, they don’t look at that person’s talent or ability at all. They only care whether that person is obedient and whether he or she is one of their own. Other aspects are fine as long as they are good enough.

Li Yunhai keenly felt that the lack of talent was the root cause of the Sihai Group’s downfall.

Everything in an enterprise is done by people.

If an employee's ability is limited, he will not be able to complete the tasks no matter how much work you give him.

There is a lack of youthful vitality, and a lack of people who dare to think and act and are eager to achieve results!

Looking back to the past, whenever Li Yunhai came up with a project, Ji Wenshu and his colleagues would go all out, working day and night until the task was completed.

Li Yunhai directly expressed his thoughts and said, "Director Song, your biggest problem is that the age of this group of people is generally high, which is also the reason for the decline of Sihai Group."

Song Huimin said, "Boss Li, then tell me, how can we correct this? How can we get out of this quagmire?"

Li Yunhai was about to speak when Lin Zhi smiled and said, "It can't be changed! It's easy to change the country, but it's hard to change one's nature! However, I can give you a good suggestion."

Upon hearing this, Song Huimin humbly asked, "What suggestions? Please tell me."

Lin Zhi smiled and said, "Since you can't manage it, you might as well sell it!"

Li Yunhai looked at Song Huimin and watched her expression change.

Song Huimin was surprised. Maybe she had never thought of selling Sihai Group in her own hands?
Lin Zhi was like a bargaining expert. She didn't rush to make an offer, but kept devaluing the other party's things, devaluing them to the point of being worthless. She continued:

"Director Song, don't you see that this is a high-tech company? If it is a traditional manufacturing industry, it would be better. High-tech companies have to do things that are much more advanced than traditional manufacturing! You are using the thinking of a leader to manage a high-tech company, which will definitely not work. If you continue to mess around like this, Sihai Group will definitely get worse and worse, and will be lost in the crowd until it is drowned in the big wave of enterprises!"

Song Huimin bit her lip and smiled bitterly: "Sell the company? This is really not something I can decide."

Lin Zhi said: "You are the chairman, you have the right to make suggestions, you can make suggestions to the state-owned capital, while this company is still worth some money, sell it quickly! In a few years, even if you want to sell it, no one will want to buy it!"

Song Huimin pondered in silence.

She had just arrived at Sihai Group and wanted to work hard to achieve something.

That's why she asked Li Yunhai for advice. But Lin Zhi taught her to sell the business!
It is easy to sell the company, but the problem is, what should she do as the chairman after the sale?
Where is there such a good position waiting for her to take up?

This kind of thinking is the idea of ​​officialism.

No matter what happens, you must first start from protecting your official position and formulate corresponding countermeasures.

Lin Zhi and Li Yunhai exchanged glances.

Li Yunhai smiled slightly, thinking that Lin Zhi was really amazing. With just a few words, she was able to convince the other party to sell the company!
Seeing that the fire was almost ready, he added another handful of firewood and said, "Mr. Song, what my wife said does make sense. If I were you, I would make a bold move and sell the company."

Song Huimin asked in surprise: "Mr. Li, do you also agree that we should sell the company? If it were you, would you do the same?"

Li Yunhai smiled and said, "Did you forget? I sold it once before! At that time, Sihai Group's profitability was still pretty good, but I still sold it! Facts have proved that I was right! In the past few years, the international semiconductor market has been going downhill, and Sihai Group has fallen into an abyss of no return!"

Song Huimin was stunned and speechless.

Li Yunhai said, "What Lin Zhi said just now is right. Sell it now while you can still get some money! You can use this money to invest in real estate and set up a real estate company. Maybe you will plant flowers that don't bloom, but plant willows that grow into trees by accident."

Song Huimin asked, "Real estate? Mr. Li, are you optimistic about the future of real estate?"

Li Yunhai said: "Yes! In the next 20 years, commercial housing will definitely dominate the market. No other industry can compete with it!"

Song Huimin said: "In that case, Mr. Li, why don't you enter this industry?"

Li Yunhai pointed at the building and said with a smile: "I have been in this industry for a long time! I have my own fixed assets all over the world. I have many buildings like this in China."

Song Huimin seemed to be lost in thought. She supported her chin with her hand and pondered over what Li Yunhai had said.

Li Yunhai coughed lightly and said, "The domestic housing reform is bound to cause a buying boom for commercial housing! This trend is fleeting. If you can seize this critical moment, sell Sihai Group and invest in the commercial housing market, you may become a big company in the future!"

Song Huimin said, "Mr. Li, you know that I am just a chairman. To put it bluntly, I am just a senior employee. They can appoint me as chairman today, and they can also appoint someone else to replace me in the future. I cannot be the boss of this company."

Li Yunhai said: "Because of this, you should plan for yourself as soon as possible. Sell Sihai as soon as possible, and then apply to establish a new real estate company! In this way, you can become the chairman of the new company!"

Song Huimin smiled and said, "Mr. Li, you are talking lightly! Just selling Sihai Group is probably not easy! Who can afford such a big company?"

Li Yunhai said: "Spread the news, someone will come to contact you. I only have one request, that is, you can sell it to anyone, but never to foreigners."

Song Huimin said, "I have also thought of this. Although Sihai Group has declined, it still has many advanced technologies and unique patents. These are the pride of our country's electronics industry and must not fall into the hands of foreigners. Mr. Li, do you really think that someone in China will buy Sihai Group?"

Li Yunhai said: "That's for sure! There is no shortage of people with lofty ideals in the country. There are always people who want to contribute to our country's electronics industry! There are also people who see the future development of this industry and are willing to invest in it. As long as they manage it properly, it can still be saved."

Song Huimin asked: "Mr. Li, how much do you think Sihai Group can be sold for now?"

At the beginning, Li Yunhai sold Sihai Group for 100 billion RMB!
Now Li Yunhai raised two fingers.

Song Huimin said assumingly, "Twenty billion? Isn't that a bit too low? We spent one hundred billion to buy it back then! Although it's not as valuable as before, it should be worth at least four or five hundred billion, right?"

Li Yunhai sneered: "Mr. Song, I meant 20 billion RMB!"

Song Huimin exclaimed, covered her face with her hands, and said, "Two billion? Mr. Li, are you kidding me? How can Sihai Group be worth only two billion? Our market value is more than that!"

Li Yunhai said: "The share price of Sihai Group has already hit the bottom, and the market value has plummeted from tens of billions to tens of billions. What does this mean? It means that the stock market is actually wealth on paper, a series of meaningless numbers."

Song Huimin said speechlessly: "That's true."

Li Yunhai said: "The price I assessed for Sihai Group is 20 billion!"

He once sold it for 20 billion, but only wanted to buy it back for billion?

Then, in the process of reselling the property, didn't he easily make 980 billion?
Song Huimin was also thinking about this and said, "Mr. Li, we can only sell 20 billion now. In a few years, the loss is as high as 980 billion? This is too scary!"

Li Yunhai said calmly: "If you don't sell it now, you don't have to wait until next year. By the end of this year, your company will only be worth 200 million!"

Song Huimin took a breath.

Because she inexplicably felt that Li Yunhai was not exaggerating, but had profound insights that might very well become reality.

Song Huimin suddenly asked, "Mr. Li, why don't you buy it? We don't have to ask for 350 billion, you can just offer billion."

Li Yunhai jumped up and laughed.

Song Huimin asked, "Mr. Li, is this funny?"

Li Yunhai said, "Of course it's funny! Do you think I would spend 350 billion to buy such a lousy company? What valuable fixed assets do you have? Even the headquarters is rented from me! Your products are outsourced! And your technology and patents are already behind the times! As for your company's employees, they are all big bosses! Tell me, what useful things can I buy?"

Song Huimin was stunned.

After Li Yunhai’s analysis, it seems that Sihai Group is really worthless!

Li Yunhai said, "I put my money in the bank for investment, and the interest generated every year is higher than your company's profit. Why would I spend so much money to acquire your company? 20 billion, it really can't be more! This is my comprehensive evaluation price of your company! No one will buy it if it's one cent more!"

Lin Zhi was listening nearby, secretly amazed, thinking that Li Yunhai was really amazing! He was going to buy back Sihai Group for 20 billion!
If Li Yunhai can really succeed, then this battle will be the repurchase war with the largest price difference in history!

Song Huimin smiled bitterly and said, "Boss Li, I can't make the decision on this matter. I will report your suggestions to my superiors. As for whether they agree or not, that is not something I can influence."

Li Yunhai nodded and said, "Okay, then we'll take our leave first."

Song Huimin said, "Let's have dinner together tonight. It's my treat."

Li Yunhai looked at the time and said, "Okay, we still have some things to do. Let's make an appointment after you get off work."

Song Huimin saw them off.

After leaving the building, Lin Zhi asked, "Yun Hai, is your offer too low?"

Li Yunhai said: "It's not cheap. Tell me, how many companies in China have a market value of 20 billion?"

Lin Zhi said: "I don't think it's much! Will they agree?"

Li Yunhai said confidently: "They will definitely agree!"

Lin Zhi asked in surprise: "Why?"

Li Yunhai said: "They can sell many companies that are more valuable than Sihai Group without blinking an eye! What's more, why wouldn't they be willing to sell a declining Sihai Group? Anyway, it's not their personal property that they are selling!"

Lin Zhi refuted without words. (End of this chapter)