Agricultural giant since 1983

Chapter 370
A phone call made Li Lei change his itinerary. Wang Shi tried every means to get Li Lei to go to the Special Economic Zone to talk to him face to face. Is there any new change in the work of this factory after the listing? If you still have time, you can call PONY and Ding Lei to get together. The wave of Internet entrepreneurship is about to start. Maybe they will have new ideas Bar.

After seeing Wang Shi, he immediately talked about it, shaking his head while talking, "Hey, last year I heard that Mr. Chu was going to have an accident, but this year it really came true. His daughter was taken away in Zhuhai last August. Mrs. Yue was taken away, and this year he was arrested again, it's really, really"

Chu Shijian is well-known in later generations. Many public accounts love to tell about his deeds of starting a business in Chucheng in his 70s, but Li Lei disagrees. Chu Shijian must have abilities, but if Chucheng’s success can be called his The performance of individual abilities is too much.

The same is true for the Hongta Group he is in charge of. The predecessor of the group was the Yuxi Cigarette Factory in Yunnan. Chu Shijian became a cigarette factory at the age of 50. As the director of the sugar factory, he has rich experience in corporate management.

When he took office, it was the low tide period of the cigarette factory. At that time, the quality of cigarettes produced by Yuxi Cigarette Factory was extremely poor. More than half of the 10 cartons per year could not be sold, and they were piled up in abandoned movie theaters. He made a catchphrase: red plums and red plums, first red and then moldy; making tobacco can make a loss, which is no one.

Fortunately, he caught up with the good times. At that time, the state-owned enterprises began to implement the factory director responsibility system, which increased the authority of the factory director and gave him the opportunity to use means to carry out reforms. In a few years, the company turned losses into profits, and then under the leadership When he came to inspect the cigarette factory, he boldly issued a military order of "guaranteed to pay off the foreign exchange loan in three years, and the profit and tax will increase by 1 million yuan every year", and applied for a high-value loan of 2300 million US dollars to purchase advanced equipment. The factory took off and became the number one in the country. Cigarettes such as Hongtashan, Hongmei, and Yuxi were also sold all over the country and became famous cigarettes for a while. Chu Shijian was also dubbed the title of Asian Tobacco King.

Since then, Yuxi Cigarette Factory has made persistent efforts and created many myths. In 1993, Yuxi Cigarette Factory became the largest tobacco company in Asia, and its tax revenue reached 85 billion, which was the sum of the annual fiscal revenue of 360 medium-sized agricultural counties at that time. The cigarette rolling machines in the factory It is like a money printing machine; Yuxi Cigarette Factory has enough money to build its own expressway, and spent 13 billion yuan to build the Kunming-Yuan Expressway, which is the first expressway in YN Province that is invested and controlled by an enterprise; it also invested in Huaxia Bank as a shareholder, Entering insurance, securities and other industries, when Hongta Group was established in 1995, Chu Shijian also reached the pinnacle of his life.

However, the high place was extremely cold, and soon he knelt down. When the higher-ups were investigating corruption in Guizhou, they found that there were [-] pieces of Hongtashan cigarette approval slips in the bribery list of a certain lady. These approval slips only need to be transferred once to make a profit. Tens of millions, so how did these batches come from?Immediately began to dig deep above.

First, Chu Shijian’s sister-in-law and brother-in-law were taken away, and then his daughter demanded and accepted bribes of 3630 million yuan, 100 million Hong Kong dollars, and 30 U.S. dollars for allegedly reselling cigarettes. This was 1995 million in 3000. The time when Li Lei came here was worth more than [-] million; Chu Shijian's wife was also taken away in September, which happened to be the time when Hongta Group was established, and I don't know what it was when he was standing on the stage and speaking Feeling.

At the end of the year, his daughter committed suicide in prison. Chu Shijian also tried to leave the country through Hekou, but was stopped. Since then, he has lost the news. It was not until recently that he was arrested for corruption; In an uproar, many people felt sad for the death of the rabbit and the fox. They used to regard Chu Shijian as an idol, but now that the idol has fallen, will it be their turn next?
"First it was Zhou Guanwu of Shougang, and now it's Mr. Chu's turn. Isn't it doomed to end badly if we carry out reforms?" Wang Shi's hand began to tremble as he lit a cigarette, because although he is the owner of a private enterprise, the process of starting a business was also a bit uncomfortable. Clean, if you really want to pursue it, he will not end well.

"That's not what you said!" Li Lei shook his head, Wang Shi had secretly changed the concept, "Mr. Chu was not arrested because of reforms, but because of corruption!"

Does Chu Shijian have any credit?There must be. He turned Yuxi Cigarette Factory from a dilapidated enterprise into a national No. 300 enterprise with a brand value of more than 800 billion and a total tax payment of more than [-] billion during his tenure. Great credit.

So is it because of him alone that Hongta Group can become so big?Absolutely not. First of all, tobacco is a monopoly industry. Unlike other industries, it will not face competition from private enterprises. Secondly, the state and local governments have also provided a lot of help for the development of Hongta Group. Not to mention, the 80s alone can give them With more than 2000 million US dollars in foreign exchange, how many companies could obtain such conditions at that time?The local government also gave Hongta a number of supportive policies in fields such as tobacco planting and acquisition, which led to today's Hongta Group.

In the end, did Chu Shijian make a mistake?That's true. The people around him have obtained a lot of benefits from the Hongta Group. His daughter, brother-in-law, and sister-in-law are all famous people everywhere, and the local powerful people treat them as gods. Get the cigarette approval slip from them, this thing is money as soon as it changes hands, and it's a lot of money!A few people made hundreds of millions by using their identities. It is impossible to say that Chu Shijian didn't know. If so, he should be punished as he should.

"It's not fair. Mr. Chu has created so much profit for the country and paid so much tax. In the end, he only got a salary of more than 1000 yuan. No one would be willing to give it to anyone, right? Even if he has a little flaw, with his contribution It's nothing in comparison?" Wang Shi was dazed now, thinking of defending Chu Shijian.

"A thousand yuan a month is just a salary. I remember it was reported in the news that last year, the province alone gave him a reward of 30 yuan! A year of [-] yuan is a real reward for a company executive who has no shares. Quite a lot! Looking at the whole country, there are not many executives who can get this kind of income, right?" Li Lei dug up the data.

"Even if it is 300 million or 3000 million, it can't compare with his contribution!" Wang Shi still did not change his attitude. "If he is sentenced to death or cannot get out, it will be a big blow to the reform!"

These words gave Li Lei a sense of déjà vu, as if some people also said the same thing when later generations criticized the Liu family on the Internet.

Li Lei knew that Wang Shi's thoughts would be difficult to change, so he comforted him, "Don't worry, he won't die, and he won't stay inside for long!"

"Huh? Why? He's involved in a lot of things. According to the amount, it's definitely enough to eat peanuts!" Wang Shi is too anxious now, and doesn't think about it at all.

"On the one hand, as you said just now, he is a banner of reform after all, and he cannot be killed with a single stick!" This is the same as Jack Ma, they have contributed to the development of the country's economy, so although they have made some mistakes, But we still have to give some opportunities, "On the other hand, I can definitely think of it!"

The second point is not easy for Li Lei to say directly. Chu Shijian’s daughter committed suicide in prison, which means she took the matter off by herself. How many people have been covered by this? These people are naturally grateful and will help. Chu Shijian can be so fast. Medical parole is not just about physical problems; what is interesting is that the person who handled the medical parole for him at the beginning fell down in another hot incident of public opinion many years later. witnesses of this incident.

After Chu Shijian came out in the future, he was able to make a comeback so quickly. Many people only admired his ability, but ignored many details. Where did the money for contracting the barren mountain come from?How are the grown oranges sold?It is said that the government set up an account for him at that time, and deposited hundreds of thousands in it for him to see a doctor in gratitude for his contribution to the local area, but soon the hundreds of thousands became millions, and I don’t know who gave it to him. It was sold inside, as for Chu Cheng, ordinary people couldn't buy it in the market at all, and many companies wrapped it up without waiting for the harvest.

Even Wang Shi traveled thousands of miles to Ailao Mountain to see him, but he didn't know if he bought Chu oranges to give benefits to employees; It's just that the new daughter-in-law doesn't seem to be very good at talking. When she saw Chu Shijian's wife, she called grandma, which made Wang Shi very embarrassed. Later, he took a photo with Chu Shijian to catch the heat. Arm, the expression is very interesting, and I don't know what I was thinking at that time.

After pacifying Wang Shi, Li Lei left. Through this incident, he realized that the group of people who got rich first were not satisfied with pure economic preferential treatment, and they wanted more things. Taishan Industry The establishment of the research institute and the concern of many entrepreneurs for Chu Shijian have proved this point.

This is an inevitable thing, there is only a difference in the method level, Li Lei naturally will not get involved in the Taishan Industry Research Institute, so when Feng Lun sent out the invitation before, he was politely rejected, and the path he chose was even more serious. Get close to Huawei, make your own company an indispensable existence, and actively cooperate with various policies to strengthen ties with state-owned enterprises, so you don't have to worry too much about other things.

That's why we had the previous investment in the backward provinces in the west and the cooperation with COFCO. In the short term, this road is definitely not as convenient as the Taishan Industrial Research Institute, but it is undoubtedly safer.

After leaving the special zone, Li Lei went to Zhuhai. Although the successful listing of Huafeng was not as lively as the listing of Internet companies in later generations, it also created a group of people who got rich first. When Huafeng was acquired, the outstanding representatives of the management and the Baixiang instant noodle factory The main backbone of the company and the outstanding talents who came in later have all obtained their shares. Most of them are now worth tens of millions, and Xiong Yiwu, the head of the instant noodle business department, has assets of tens of millions. It is only a matter of time before the distance exceeds [-] million.

Years of hard work have paid off, and these people are also full of motivation. Relying on the funds absorbed by the listing, they have started to expand rapidly, and started to build new factories in many provinces and cities across the country at the same time, and these factories are not simply copied. Xiong Yiwu and The management team first conducts in-depth research and analysis on these places, and then develops new varieties of instant noodles according to local eating habits. They plan to further enrich the types of instant noodles in Huafeng. Regional varieties, when these factories are completed, Huafeng's status as the number one instant noodle brand in China will be unshakable!
When he was in Zhuhai, Li Lei also learned about the current situation of another well-known local company, that is Shi Yuzhu's Giant Group, and now the Giant Group is facing a huge crisis.

When the giant was booming, Shi Yuzhu successfully confused him. He planned to build an 18-story giant building in Zhuhai. However, due to his own expansion and the vanity of the local government, the construction plan of this building was changed again and again. From the 38th floor to the 64th floor, and later directly to the 70th floor, the corresponding capital budget also increased from 2 million to 12 billion.

Originally, Shi Yuzhu thought that with the giant's profitability and the means of selling off-plan properties, it would not be a problem to build this building, and he could also make money by selling some floors; Encountered a large-scale attack by foreign computer companies, Giant's sales plummeted. At the same time, problems also appeared in the health care product market. Giant's capital reserves were no longer sufficient to support the development of the project.

The house leak happened to rain all night, and at this time, Zhuhai was hit by floods again and again. The construction period of the Giant Building was directly delayed by ten months. It seemed that there was no money to build the building. Shi Yuzhu was anxious to ask for help. That day he heard that Li Lei came to Zhuhai, so he called for help, "I only need 1000 million for 1000 million and I can revitalize the project."

"1000 million is really not much money. If you still want to be China's IBM, let alone 1000 million. I'm willing to invest [-] million or [-] billion! But if you plan to continue to develop health products, I'm afraid of a cent." I don’t even want to pay for it!” For Li Lei, he doesn’t want to get involved in the health care product industry at all.

Knowing that Li Lei was unwilling to invest, Shi Yuzhu hung up the phone in frustration, not knowing what he thought when he heard about China's IBM.

Li Lei was also a little disappointed. He could write a more glorious chapter in the history of Chinese enterprises, but he chose a different path.

Li Lei can't interfere with what kind of path others choose, but he can choose what kind of people to cooperate with, so after finishing his work in Zhuhai, Li Lei took Xiao Ma to Guangzhou. I've been working for a while, and I don't know what's going on with his business plan.

(End of this chapter)