Rebirth 1980: Marrying my sister’s best friend at the beginning

Li family courtyard!

Li Yi looked slightly shocked when he saw the familiar license plate number at the door of his home.

As we all know, leaders are particular about the license plate numbers of their cars, which are usually related to their job rankings.

It starts with the character "京" and the license plate number is a number like 00. You can tell at a glance that he is a big boss of the Presbyterian Church.

The car in front of him, which Li Yi happened to have seen before, was Mr. Chen's car.

Obviously, Mr. Chen came to his house!
Thinking of this, Li Yi couldn't help but take a few steps towards the yard.

As soon as he entered the courtyard, Li Yi saw a few new faces in the courtyard, obviously here to protect Mr. Chen.

When they saw Li Yi and others pushing the door in, someone stepped forward and stopped them.

After confirming Li Yi's identity, he was let in.

After pushing the door open and entering, Li Yi saw Mr. Chen and Jiang Xue sitting on the sofa chatting. Next to them sat Zhou Rui and Mr. Xu from the Foreign Exchange Bureau.

"Mr. Chen, Bureau Zhou, Bureau Xu, why are you here?" Li Yi asked with a smile.

Mr. Chen smiled and said: "You are finally back, we have been waiting for you for more than an hour!"

"I'm really sorry. I didn't know you were coming today, and I encountered something that delayed my return home. Please forgive me." Li Yi explained.

"Okay, we all know you are busy, so don't explain!"

Then Mr. Chen said again: "I came here today because I have something I want to talk to you about. Please find a quiet place!"

"Yes, you always come with me!"

With that said, Li Yi took Mr. Chen towards the study, but Li Youwei, Zhou Rui and others were too smart to follow.

After arriving in the study, the two sat down across a small round table.

Li Yi was about to make tea and pour water, but was stopped by Mr. Chen: "I've been drinking a lot of tea outside just now, so stop working around, let's get down to business first!"

"Okay, if you have anything to say, please give me instructions. I'll just listen!" Li Yi said.

"Well, I have listened to Xiao Zhou's report on your affairs on Hong Kong Island. You have done well. After this battle, Hong Kong Island can be determined. The Great Elder is very satisfied and asked me to reward you!" said Chen Laodao.

"These are what I should do"

Before he finished speaking, Mr. Chen said again: "Don't say anything modest. I know that your kid is not interested in being an official, and he is not short of money, so the great elder asked me to ask you what kind of reward you want."

"You mean I can ask for anything I want?" Li Yi asked in surprise.

"Theoretically, that's the case, but the premise is that what you mention must be reasonable and legal!" Old Chen said.

Li Yi thought for a while and said: "Mr. Chen, I do have two things I want to ask you for help with, so I'll tell you them together!"

"Say it!"

"Mr. Chen, I want to acquire the Beijing Electronics Factory and the Wafer Factory, but now I'm having some trouble. Please help me!" Li Yi said.

Mr. Chen glanced at Li Yi, and then said: "I came here today to ask you about this. According to the information reported by the Ministry of State-owned Assets, your company acquired 10 companies in less than 17 months. A state-owned unit, involved in daily chemical products, food, beverages and other manufacturing fields.”

"Now you are planning to acquire related companies in the electronics and semiconductor field. Can you tell me your thoughts?"

Li Yi nodded and said: "Yes, we have only one purpose in acquiring those state-owned units, which is to revitalize national industry and enhance the competitiveness of our country's products!"

Hearing this answer, Mr. Chen's expression visibly paused. It was obvious that this answer was a bit beyond his expectation.

He originally thought that Li Yi acquired so many state-owned units and also upgraded and transformed products in order to make money. But what I never expected was that Li Yi's purpose was so noble and great.

Quickly calming down, Mr. Chen immediately said: "Oh, tell me, how do you plan to revitalize our national industry?"

Li Yi did not answer Mr. Chen's words, but said with a serious face: "Mr. Chen, do you know about the catfish effect?"

"Catfish effect?"

Seeing Mr. Chen's confused expression, Li Yi knew the answer.

Then, he said directly: "Norwegians like to eat sardines, especially live fish. The price of live fish in the market is much higher than that of dead fish, so fishermen always try their best to bring live sardines back to Hong Kong."

"But what frustrates them is that despite all their efforts, most of the sardines still suffocate to death midway."

"Later, someone put a catfish, whose main food was sardines, into the fish tank containing sardines. When the sardines saw the catfish, they ran away. In this way, the problem of hypoxia was solved, and most of them returned to the fishing port alive and kicking. This is "The Catfish Effect."

"At present, due to our long-term implementation of planned economic policies, almost all state-owned units have become accustomed to the on-demand production model. The overall market vitality is seriously lacking, especially state-owned enterprises, which are in urgent need of a "catfish" to stimulate them."

Although Li Yi knew that this story was full of loopholes and could not withstand scrutiny.

After all, there are no catfish in the Atlantic Ocean. If sardines want to live longer, they just need to wait quietly. They really don't need catfish to interfere.

But in order to let Mr. Chen understand the nature of this management effect more intuitively, he still borrowed this story. Anyway, what he said was the truth, not the story itself.

A big boss like Mr. Chen must be able to understand the essence of it.

Sure enough, as the absolute authority in China's economic field, Mr. Chen just went through this story in his mind and understood what Li Yi meant.

“You want to be that catfish?”

"Correct!"

Then Li Yi said again: "Mr. Chen, you must also know that the biggest problem in state-owned units is that they are overstaffed, lack vitality, and have no enterprising spirit. They are like a pool of stagnant water."

"What's more important is that the country seems to be led astray by some bad trends. This is a fatal thing!"

Mr. Chen looked at Li Yi and said, "You kid, don't hide it like this. Keep your words to yourself and explain clearly what kind of unhealthy trend it is."

"For example, it is better to buy than to make, and it is better to rent than to buy. It may be difficult to make it ourselves, but as long as we can make it ourselves, it means that we have this technology in our own hands and will never be controlled by others!"

Then Li Yi continued: "On the contrary, whether we buy it from others or rent it, we can only say that we temporarily have the right to use a certain equipment technology, not ownership. Once the situation changes, we will have to Being controlled by others will only end up enriching a group of new-age compradors under the banner of patriotism.”

Mr. Chen thought for a while, then said: "This is serious. Don't say it to others easily in the future!"

"I understand what you mean. I can't control this kind of thing. What I mean is that we must get these state-owned units and state-owned enterprises to take action now. We cannot let them continue to lie flat like this, otherwise we won't be able to take long. Time, we have to pay a high price." Li Yi said.

Mr. Chen nodded thoughtfully, and then said: "Keep talking!"

Li Yi immediately continued: "Now that we have just reformed and opened up, foreign investment has not entered much, so the impact on these state-owned units is not great."

"Once a large amount of foreign capital pours into our country, faced with the advantages of capital and technology, few of our state-owned units will be able to compete. In the end, they will only be defeated under the impact of the market economy. You can always think of that time scene?"

Mr. Chen suddenly took a deep breath. He was from an economic background, how could such a scene be possible.

Once foreign capital enters our country in large quantities, and our national industries and state-owned enterprises cannot defeat each other in competition, the consequence will inevitably be that foreign capital becomes stronger and stronger, and a large number of state-owned enterprises will fail in the competition.

Shopping malls are like battlefields. The result of a failed business war is bankruptcy or acquisition by the other party.

One or two companies are fine, but if thousands of companies collapse at the same time, a large number of workers will be laid off and unemployed, and millions of young people will lose their income, which will become a factor of social instability and a If you are not careful, this may shake the foundation of the country.
For a moment, even Mr. Chen, who had seen strong winds and waves, was shocked by the terrifying pictures that appeared in his mind.
(End of this chapter)