1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 306 General Election
If it weren't for the joint-stock company system of later generations as a reference, it would be really troublesome to settle the differences between such a large group of shareholders.After clearly defining shareholders' rights and interests in the management system, many seemingly complicated disputes have a basis for judging whether they are feasible or not.The details of the company system formulated by Schneider are beyond the reach of the businessmen of Ming Dynasty in this era. They found that all the situations they could imagine seemed to be able to find relevant regulations and rules in this system. Solution.Even the few merchants who had a sense of superiority at the beginning began to have more expectations for the development prospects of "Qiong Lianfa" after realizing that the management level of Haihan people was much higher than their own.

For Ming businessmen in this era, there are only two reference standards for judging the level of business operations of their peers, one is profitability, and the other is management methods.No one can doubt the profitability shown by the Time Travel Group. Even the largest companies in Guangdong dare not say that they can do better than the Haihan people.As for the management methods of the Haihan people, maybe they were not well known before this, but after seeing the company system of "Qiong Lianfa", everyone also realized the gap between themselves and the Haihan people in terms of management level—— People can achieve such a large-scale business within a year, and it's not just by selling a few rare things.

It was after the commercial ability was recognized by the partners that the preparations for "Joan Lianfa" were successfully completed.The initial signing of the cooperation agreement is only a symbol of the end of this work, and there are still many matters that need to be dealt with by the organizing committee of "Qiong Lianfa".The most urgent task is to determine the opening process of "Qiong Lianfa".

According to the opinions of the shareholders, the establishment of such a big news as "Qiong Lianfa" naturally needs to be well publicized and hyped in Guangzhou, and strive to be an instant hit.But Schneider wants to hold the founding ceremony in Victory Port, because the executive committee also asked him to find a reason for the anniversary and arrange for the main partners of the Crossing Group in the mainland to conduct an inspection in Victory Port. .

Of course, the investigation is just an excuse. The main purpose of the executive committee is to take the opportunity of the anniversary celebration to show the future partners their muscles up close, so that they can have more confidence in the time travel group.

According to the plan of the executive committee, there will be a series of celebration activities at the end of March and the beginning of April, among which there are also big scenes such as sea and land military parades and live ammunition exercises.In addition to the business partners in Guangzhou, the executive committee also intends to invite some officials and representatives from Yazhou to attend. Even the North Vietnamese side has already contacted through the radio and asked Qian Tiandun to send an invitation to Zheng on behalf of the executive committee. .Although the Thang Long Mansion has not responded yet, judging from the recent close cooperation between the two parties, the Zheng family will not refuse this friendly invitation, and will send a mission to visit Victory Port no matter how bad it is. By the way, let’s talk about this year Details of the arms sales plan to Vietnam.

The more guests that can be invited to the scene and the higher the level, the better the publicity effect of this anniversary will be.It is not difficult to imagine how the Yazhou officials, who have been defeated by the money offensive, will feel when they see a huge investment team from the mainland. If the shareholders of "Qiong Lianfa" can see Yazhou officials attending the activities of the crossing group , will also be more convinced of the local influence of "Qiong Lianfa".As for the representatives from North Vietnam, I believe they will realize that the Traversing Group not only has a huge advantage in the military field, but also its strength in politics and business cannot be underestimated.

It is precisely because of such planning considerations that the invitation of guests from all walks of life has become a task with political purposes.For this reason, the executive committee has notified the Ministry of Shipping to free up the sailing schedule of the two catamarans in advance, so that they can pick up these guests from the Pearl River Estuary when necessary.

On March [-]th, a sailboat under the name of the Ministry of Shipping arrived at the Pearl River Wharf. Mariko and Cai Jinmei, who were sent by the executive committee to take over Schneider's work, came on the same boat and began a tense work handover with Schneider.On March [-], Tao Donglai finished his half-month inspection tour of the Guangzhou Office, and returned to Shengli Port by boat with Schneider.

At this time, the preparations for the Anniversary Crossing of Victory Port have also entered the final countdown state. In addition to a large number of gift projects prepared by various units, what is more important is the adjustment of the department structure and staffing for this anniversary. .

According to the decision of the first plenary meeting before crossing, the term of the interim executive committee directly formed by the crossing action preparation committee is only one year. At that time, the first executive committee reorganization after crossing will be carried out, and some parts that need to be adjusted Institution and unit rearrangement settings.For example, the superintendent of the military and the police, who have eyebrows and beards, will split the police department and merge it into the soon-to-be-established Ministry of Justice, and the military will be split into two separate departments, the army and the navy, from the original amphibious integration. It is also necessary to set up supporting departments such as the Political Department, Equipment Department, and Logistics Department to further improve the management of military forces.

For the existing nine executive committee members, it is not sure whether they can continue to serve.All members will elect the new nine executive committee members through secret ballot. Except for Tao Donglai, who was honored as a lifetime member of the executive committee for his outstanding contribution long before the crossing, the other executive committee members are actually Both have the possibility of losing in this election.

In addition to the administrative duties of the executive committee, the executive members have basically served as supervisors and leaders of various industries.Talents like Tao Donglai who have multiple skills and specialties are even responsible for multiple departments such as military police, construction, business, and civil affairs.For the executive committee members, in fact, they still have certain inherent advantages in this election. After all, there are many opportunities to stand out and it is easy to be familiar with each other.

Regarding the matter of running for the executive committee, according to the original regulations, it is voluntary to participate in the election, as long as you get nominations from five time-traveling members, you can be eligible for the election.Registration starts in early March and the deadline is March 25.The voting period begins on March 25 and ends on April [-]. After the votes are counted on that day, the list of elected persons will be announced on April [-].

Since only cross-travelers who have reached the age of 16 are eligible to vote, the voting base for this election is too small. The ballots in the hands of the time-traveling people can fill in three candidates in order, and if there are duplicates on the papers, only one vote will be recorded.Due to the distance, Heitu Port and the Guangzhou Office chose to vote ten days in advance. The deadline was March [-], and then the sealed ballots were sent back to Shengli Port by boat.

For this kind of election activity, the participation enthusiasm of the people across the world is relatively high. Most people have already filled out their ballots before the voting period begins, and they are waiting for the executive committee to put out the open ballot boxes.However, due to limited objective conditions, everyone is busy preparing various activities for the anniversary celebration. The new candidates and the current executive committee members should not expect any public canvassing activities. Take the time to connect in private.The election process this time is more about competing with the contacts and reputation accumulated in this year.

Up to now, among the newcomers who have signed up for the election, there are three dark horses that are far ahead, namely Ren Liang, Yue Zhiyun and Zhou Hengxing.All three of them belonged to the young representatives who were reused by the executive committee after time-traveling, and they all had a considerable number of potential supporters behind them.

Soon after Ren Liang crossed, he began to work in the management of labor camps. Later, he became famous for proposing the "Labor Management System", and then completed a rare cross-industry transfer within the crossing group. The Management Committee of Shengli Port Area, the vertical management unit of the committee, serves as the director.At present, the development of Shengli Port is in full swing, the new integrated passenger and cargo terminal has been basically completed, and the construction of the business district is also very smooth. This situation is naturally inseparable from Ren Liang's excellent performance in this position.The executive committee is also very appreciative of his ability to work. According to some rumors from unknown sources, Ren Liang is very likely to be transferred again during this organizational adjustment. As far as his current work performance is concerned, at this time The transfer should not be a flat transfer, but preparation for another promotion.

The sources of votes behind Ren Liang's support for him mainly come from the military and police department where he once worked, the Hong Kong District Management Committee where he currently works, and some loose votes from personal relationships.According to the estimates of some good people on the forum, Ren Liang's vote base is conservatively estimated to be more than [-] votes, and there is still a certain possibility of being elected.

The current Minister of Shipping Department, Yue Zhiyun, has a much higher starting point than Ren Liang. As a rare shipping professional in the group, Yue Zhiyun and his little partner Sun Changmi have been inspired by the project since the very beginning. The reuse of the Executive Committee.The organizational configuration of the entire Ministry of Shipping is basically built around him and Changmi Sun. Now all affairs related to shipping are under the control of the Ministry of Shipping. Even the navy that is about to be established has a considerable part of its resources to rely on the Ministry of Shipping. support.

The shipping department is a unique dual-minister configuration in the entire group. Sun Changmi, who majored in navigation technology, focuses on shipbuilding and seaman training, while Yue Zhiyun, who comes from marine electrical engineering, is more inclined to administrative management. The pursuit of politics is stronger, so Yue Zhiyun was selected as a candidate for the Ministry of Shipping to participate in this election.

In terms of responsibility and authority, the leadership position of the shipping department is no less important than any other department, and it can even be regarded as one of the lifeblood of the entire Transit Group. Yue Zhiyun holds such an important position, it can be said that he has the ability With a certain competitive advantage, when the executive committee holds meetings, Yue Zhiyun will often attend the meeting as the head of an important department. Although he does not have the name of the executive committee, he is already in the role of the executive committee.But Yue Zhiyun also has an obvious shortcoming, that is, he has too few jobs in the year after the time travel, and he is only a director of the shipping department, which is not enough to reflect his personal work ability and political attitude.The ticket source behind him is basically the Ministry of Shipping as the main body, and there are not a few friendship tickets from the military police department and foreign trade and commercial departments of friendly units, and the ticket source is relatively stable.

Zhou Hengxing is also one of the young talents that the executive committee has always valued. Shortly after crossing, because of his work experience and excellent performance, he was appointed as the director of Li and Miao affairs in the civil affairs department. Miao Village has laid a good foundation.During the development of Heitu Port, Zhou Hengxing was appointed as the local chief civil affairs officer. Now that Gu Kai’s term of office has expired, he has recently returned to Shengli Port to start preparations for the Ministry of Justice. The successor will certainly be selected among several key local managers.

Qian Tiandun, who is in charge of the military, would definitely not be able to take this position. His attention is all on the army, and becoming a famous general is his goal in life. Besides, the military and police department will never let him, a capable general, go into politics this way.Although Xie Chun, who is in charge of shipping affairs, is not bad in ability, he is rather irritable and impatient. At least at this stage, it is difficult for him to be further reused by the executive committee.As for Tian Yeyou, who is in charge of mining development, he is not interested in politics at all, and has no intention of pursuing an official career at all.Whether it's these people or Gu Kai, the former director of Heitu Port, Zhou Hengxing is the nominated successor, basically it's a certainty, and they just need to go through the process of appointing a letter from the Executive Committee.

In North Vietnam's Black Earth Port, including the Tushan stronghold, Zhou Hengxing's name would basically appear on the ballots of these expatriates.Moreover, because Zhou Hengxing provided a lot of support for Qian Tiandun's military training plan in Heitu Port, and has always been on the side of the military, Qian Tiandun has also made it clear that he will support Zhou Hengxing's election this time—after all, if Zhou Hengxing can squeeze in The executive committee, that is almost equivalent to the military having another supporter in the executive committee.Considering this reason, Zhou Hengxing's support from the Military and Police Department will not be much less than the other two candidates.

Judging from the situation of these three candidates, they are all young and powerful leaders who can take charge of their own affairs, and they are all likely to receive the support of the military and police department, a large ticket warehouse.As the largest group in the time-traveling group, the military and police department must be the first pick on the ballot to be Baoyan Chujie's seat, and the remaining two picks are most likely to be among these three people.After all, these three people have a close relationship with the Military and Police Department. Ren Liang even still has half of the personnel ownership in the Military and Police Department. Executives are better.

At the beginning, in order to prevent the military from interfering in politics and even the situation of the military government, there was a special regulation in the charter of the Executive Committee, that is, the number of formal military personnel serving on the Executive Committee should not exceed two at the same time, so as to avoid the situation of the Executive Committee. In some special cases, the decision-making vote is influenced by the military forces-the minimum number of votes in the Executive Committee is five, so that civilian officials can at least have an advantage in decision-making on the votes.

Tao Donglai and Yan Chujie occupied these two pits. Therefore, in this election, the military did not launch its own candidates, and Yan Chujie, the only one who had a deep relationship with the military and police department, also made a decision in advance. Disclaimer: Ren Liang's current position is not under the jurisdiction of the Military and Police Department, so he cannot be regarded as a member of the military for election.

Yan Chujie's statement is of course not to draw a line with Ren Liang, but to clear policy obstacles for his candidacy.In this way, if Ren Liang is elected, he will be a non-military person standing on the military side.

Compared with Ren Liang and Zhou Hengxing, who the military has clearly expressed their support for, Yue Zhiyun is at a greater disadvantage. Although he can also get some friendship votes from the military because of the preparation work of the Ministry of the Navy, he certainly cannot compete with them. Compared with those two who have already stood in line.Whether the final number of votes can be better than other current executive committee members depends on the luck of the individual.

Since Tao Donglai has the special treatment of lifelong executive committee members, he will not need to participate in this election. Eight temporary executive committee members plus three newcomers are basically eleven candidates competing for eight executive committee seats. The eight persons with the most votes are elected.According to the previous charter of the executive committee, the elected person this time will have a four-year term of office, and the ruling time will be much longer than that of the temporary executive committee elected for the first time.

As for the current eight executive committee members, their main sources of votes basically come from the departments they work for.For example, the votes of the Ministry of Industry basically go to Beks, while the votes of the Ministry of Agriculture will belong to the respected old man Yuan. Departmental votes would target Schneider.

Judging from this trend, the yamen in charge of some executive committees is too small, and it is obvious that they will suffer from the distribution of ticket sources.For example, the diplomatic and legal departments that Gu Kai was in charge of were basically empty-handed, and together with his girlfriend Dayangma, there were only a dozen or so people in total.And Meng He in the Ministry of Information Industry is even worse. Although the number of his subordinates is similar to that of Gu Kai, more than half of them hold multiple positions. It is really hard to say where the votes will flow.It is worth mentioning that Zhou Hengxing, who participated in the election this time, was originally affiliated to the Ministry of Information Industry, but was later seconded to the Civil Affairs Department.If Zhou Hengxing's counterattack is successful this time, it can be regarded as a successful example of defeating the enemy.

The successors of Bai Kesi, Ning Qi, Yan Chujie and others who have been friends with Tao Donglai are almost certain. A considerable part of the friendship votes will also flow to the names of these people.

On the day of voting, Tao Donglai and Schneider returned to Victory Harbor with the ballots from the Guangzhou Office and participated in the voting session.The ballots for Heitu Port and Zhuya Office had already been brought back to Shengli Port by Gu Kai a day ago.The Executive Committee set up ballot boxes in Shengli Harbor and Tiandu respectively, and opened and visited the local naturalized people throughout the voting process.Although the naturalized people do not yet have the right to vote, the Executive Committee believes that this kind of "democratic enlightenment" needs to be started early, so that the naturalized people know how the executive committee they are loyal to is organized.

(End of this chapter)