1988: Back to the human world for a few years

Chapter 333: Power
It’s similar to what Yang Mo guessed.

With the presence of Song Wenxuan, the director of the board office, there was no major obstacle in issuing the authorization document.

So after getting the official authorization, Miss Eggplant was both nervous and excited, and she took several staff members and security personnel with her to go to other places to sign these two big contracts that could be recorded in her resume, the only ones she had ever seen in her life.

Of course, although this matter seemed to be going very smoothly on the surface, more than 100 million yuan was missing from the accounts, and the atmosphere at Dahua Company inevitably became weird again.

Therefore, on the night that Lin Luosu set out, as expected, Song Wenxuan and Yang Mo "met by chance" again in the main urban area.

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"Yang Mo, you are too impatient!"

In the private room, Song Wenxuan very gentlemanly handed a plate of duck to Miss Mu and looked at Yang Mo with a serious expression.

Symbolically picking up a piece of greenhouse cucumber and putting it in his mouth, Song Wenxuan gestured with his hand, then put down his chopsticks and raised his hands habitually: "The amount of funds remaining on Dahua Company's books, and who has the control over these funds, are directly related to Dongying's attitude and whether it is urgent to take action against you."

"Yang Mo, you are a smart person, you should be very clear about this!"

Song Wenxuan sighed as he spoke: "In the past week or so, you, the director of the Business Review Department, have approved three of my projects one after another, and have gradually transferred the right to use 1410 million yuan of funds to the Innovation Investment Department... This is very good, very good!"

"The right to use these funds is not too much, but not too little either... It can make others doubt whether our Song family has changed its neutral attitude, and it can also give them hope that you will start to voluntarily give up the right to make business decisions when the wind is blowing in the wrong direction."

"Although you still rejected the projects submitted by the business departments, since more than 5% of the employees in these business departments have been dispersed to various external cooperative units for practice and learning, the speed of project submission is far from the past... In the past week, there were only project applications submitted by so many business departments. On average, each department only submitted one application. This is enough to explain everything."

"It's better to be rejected once than twice. Being rejected once doesn't mean anything. With the three project proposals that I carefully polished with solid logic and detailed data from the Innovation Investment Department, if they want to test your true attitude, they must at least submit the project description twice according to the Innovation Investment Department's standards... With the current manpower and time of each business department, this will take at least three or four weeks."

"And during this process, as long as you can keep the pace, continue to review and approve my projects, and transfer the right to use the 50 million yuan of funds to me according to the original agreement, the buffer time can be extended by at least half a month!"

"Yang Mo, I know those people better than you. 50 million is just the right amount for them. It makes them doubt whether my father is planning to join the game, but they are not sure... Before they understand my father's intentions, they will not act rashly."

At this point, Song Wenxuan sighed heavily: "A total of one and a half months, or even two months... is it enough for the platform you envisioned to start formal operation?"

"As long as you are really capable and can quickly create a large number of jobs through this platform as originally envisioned, the situation will naturally be very different... At the very least, Uncle Mu will have more room to mediate, and with the help of our Song family and even the Lin family, it is not impossible for us to get through this crisis without any danger!"

After a slight pause, Song Wenxuan said with some anguish in his tone: "Yang Mo, you are not a young man who just graduated from school. You should know the priorities... You should know that under the current circumstances, your so-called commercial demonstration area is the focus of the focus. The rest of the plans, even those that have been approved by the board of directors, should all be postponed or even temporarily abandoned."

"But you..."

"Ah~! When Dahua Company's funds on the books weren't very abundant to begin with, they threw out more than 100 million in one go..."

"How could Dongying still hold back?"

Seeing Song Wenxuan beating his chest and stamping his feet, Yang Mo laughed.

Picking up a steamed bun and slowly tearing it into pieces into an empty bowl, Yang Mo looked at this guy with interest, but suddenly asked back: "Since you think it's inappropriate, then when I asked you to help issue the authorization document, you should have strongly opposed it, or at least follow the wishes of those board members and dragged it out... Why did you do it so quickly?"

Song Wenxuan choked for a moment, and after a hint of discomfort in his eyes, he sighed heavily: "Because this is the first request you made to me... Since you have transferred the right to use more than 10 million funds to me as promised over the past week, then no matter from which aspect, I can't refuse your first request... Otherwise, with your personality, I am afraid that our cooperation will fall through."

Yang Mo gave him a meaningful look: "...Oh?"

After saying that, he just smiled, then picked up a spoon, scooped two spoonfuls of mutton soup from the soup bowl, and poured it into the bowl full of broken steamed buns.

I’m afraid even a three-year-old child wouldn’t believe Song Wenxuan’s explanation.

He naturally knew why this Young Master Song had issued the authorization document so quickly and efficiently, and he also knew why this fellow suddenly came over and spoke so earnestly after the incident had happened.

However, we are all adults, and the two parties are just temporary partners. It is normal for them to have different thoughts about each other.

Therefore, if you are really led by others and gradually lose the qualification to play chess, you deserve it... Who can you blame for your own stupidity?

Stirring it with a spoon, Yang Mo scooped up a small spoonful of the half-soft steamed bun and put it into his mouth. He closed his eyes and sighed with satisfaction, then suddenly chuckled: "Director Song, you know, although I know that elites from families like yours are very good at digging out and increasing the power of their positions based on the existing platforms, and thus climbing up step by step by step..."

"But I always feel that whether it's you or your parents, what you're doing is not only boring, but it's actually not as difficult to resolve as you think!"

As he spoke, Yang Mo turned the table, moved a plate of pickles in front of him, and put a piece of pickled vegetables in his mouth with chopsticks. "I originally thought that Director Song was a graduate of Henry Business School after all. After returning to China, as long as he could find a suitable platform, he would definitely use what he had learned and achieve something that would really be admired by others. "

"Who would have thought... it's the same old trick of using a fancy sedan chair to carry people."

"Tsk tsk, I have to say, I am very disappointed in you, Mr. Song!"

Yang Mo took the towel handed over by Miss Mu and wiped his mouth. He looked at Song Wenxuan jokingly and said, "You may not believe it, but the reason why I let Director Song off the hook and transferred part of the funds to him was..."

"This is partly because of Ya'er. After all, the relationship between your Song family and the Mu family is there, and they are both of the same clan that need to be watched over naturally. As the saying goes, good things should be kept within the family... In order to avoid embarrassment when we meet in the future, I will naturally give you appropriate care."

Miss Mu, who was standing next to him, blushed and gave him a shy look, then kicked him under the table in annoyance.

Look at what you said. We are only halfway connected, and you already consider yourself the son-in-law of the Mu family?
Yang Mo seemed not to notice Miss Mu's little move, and handed over the used towel. After Mu Liya took the towel and folded it on the table in front of outsiders, he continued, "On the other hand, I am also looking forward to seeing whether Director Song can properly manage a few decent units from the tertiary industry projects, make them bigger and stronger, and then take advantage of the trend of the times to continuously reorganize and optimize these units and related businesses, and finally successfully list them on the stock market."

At this point, Yang Mo shrugged his shoulders and said, "I know this thing is new to our country. The various mechanisms will definitely not be able to be sound in a short period of time. The current purpose is mainly to borrow social capital to give blood transfusions to state-owned enterprises. It is completely different from foreign stock markets... In fact, I won't hide it from you, I don't like this thing."

"But in my opinion, there are basically not many retail investors willing to enter the stock market right now who deserve sympathy. When the time comes, they will be cut off. At least it can be considered a contribution to those state-owned enterprises that are in urgent need of funds... Therefore, overall, I don't object to the work direction chosen by Director Song."

Putting down the spoon and leaning back a little, Yang Mo took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it without any gentlemanly manners: "However, judging from the two project specifications submitted later, Director Song, you are not in a hurry to develop the business of the subordinate tertiary industry units first. Instead, you are eager to promote the restructuring work. In addition to planning the administrative upgrade of the new company, you have also created a lot of middle and senior management positions with establishment and ranks that are actually unnecessary..."

At this point, Yang Mo raised his lips without commenting: "In my opinion, there is nothing wrong with improving the power of one's position without violating principles, and it is something that anyone who wants to make some achievements must do... But there are other ways to improve the power of one's position. Director Song is using the old tricks and is in a hurry to build up his position in order to quickly improve his power. This disappoints me!"

Yang Mo chuckled twice and leaned back in his chair lazily, his expression showing an indescribable arrogance: "I still say that, whether you believe it or not, putting aside personal feelings, whether the Song family takes action or not is not important to me."

"I'm not afraid that you will feel uncomfortable after hearing this. The tricks used by your uncles and aunts have been used by China for thousands of years. They are good for fooling newbies who know nothing, and they can also be used to deal with small employees who have no platform and resources."

"As for me..."

Yang Mo sneered and shook off the cigarette ash: "I'm sorry, I have been planning for a month and a half, and the platform is almost built. Even if Dongying takes away my position as vice president and director of the business audit department and demotes me to a small clerk...ha, then you will have no choice but to come and beg me!"

At the end, Yang Mo's face was full of disdain: "Isn't it just a game of expansion power? You talk as if everyone can do it!"

Song Wenxuan looked extremely unnatural when he heard this. He looked at the young man in front of him who was three years younger than him with doubt...

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Ok……

Although many situations in the state-owned enterprise system seem very complicated, and the actual situation is indeed very complicated, as long as you understand the core key and the rules of the game, it is actually not difficult to understand. In short, if you are in this system, unless you are determined to be a salted fish for life, you will always be in the process of advancement. The three games of "position weighting", "position power reduction" and "position power expansion" are constantly circulating... From small clerks to department and bureau level, it is the same.

Yes, you see, all the emphasis is on these words: "power contained in the position".

To make it easier to understand, we might as well refer to the "position power formula" proposed by a character named "Tian Fengyi" in a very famous TV series known for its boldness.

Basically:

Position Q (position level) = [S (actual power) + C (financial power)] / Z (position level)
Although in actual situations, this formula cannot cover all phenomena, and there are too many variable factors behind these constants to make specific calculations, but overall, the basic logic of this formula is correct.

Therefore, with this formula as a guide for your thinking, you will understand that the job level alone does not mean anything, and the position alone does not mean anything.

And in that TV series, which is considered bold in the eyes of people in the system, the examples given are all real.

So, do you know why the position of Director of Dahua Company's Business Audit Department, a key department with great power that can even block the flow of funds for major projects at the source, fell into Yang Mo's hands?
The reason is very simple. Since he was promised the management rights of Dahua Company, he must be given a real position and be provided with the power of life and death in accordance with the rules of the game within the scope of his job responsibilities. Otherwise, giving him the management rights would be empty talk... and his status as vice president was just to give him double insurance with the upper level, so that he could haggle and exchange ideas in the board of directors when necessary.

Of course, since we have the "formula for the weight content of a position", and this weight content is so important, there must be a "formula for mining and expanding the weight content of a position".

It's basically like this:

E (position weight expansion) = Y (empirical constant) Xr (radiation coefficient) XP (personal mining ability)
Where r=E to the Zth power, which is used to limit the value range of E.

This formula is also easy to understand.

Just like the concept of media communication in IMC (integrated marketing), even if the power of your own position is not very high, as long as you promote and discover enough subordinates within your own authority, the powers scattered in the subordinates' positions will be added together, and the comprehensive weight concentrated on you will be a considerable number... As long as you have enough digging ability, you can even use the method of stacking beds and rooms to lift yourself to a higher position and step into a higher position.

Yes, that’s how Song Wenxuan’s so-called restructuring plans worked.

The reason is simple:
1. By upgrading the reorganized company, the management of the new company is provided with the possibility of promotion to the department level and above, which increases their personal mining ability (P)... As long as the scale reaches a certain level, upgrading is not impossible. Moreover, he plans to reorganize the new company and go public. For such an experimental unit, upgrading is even easier;

2. By taking advantage of knowledge gaps and information gaps, a large number of departments and positions that seem impressive but are actually unnecessary are set up in the new company. Within the corresponding range of empirical constants (Y), a large number of "potential" people are "dug out" to get promoted as much as possible... Everyone in the world is seeking profit. With so many younger brothers, he, who seems to be in a high position but actually has many constraints and whose influence is limited to the director of the board office within Dahua Company, naturally has his own real direct subordinates, and his sphere of influence is no longer limited to Dahua Company.

3. Make use of your own professional knowledge, family background and social resources to deliver results to these newly recruited direct troops as much as possible. It would be best if you could create opportunities for them to increase the weight of their positions, and then consolidate and expand the radiation coefficient (r) of these people, and include the valuable resources within their business and social spheres into your own territory, ultimately creating a huge thrust.

Yes, now you know why Song Wenxuan was willing to let go of his pride and ask Yang Mo for help, right?

It is said that resources are always available, but opportunities are not.

If he doesn't seize this opportunity as the country is planning to open the Shanghai Stock Exchange and set up a stock market, he would really be unworthy of the title of the eldest son of the Song family.

Unfortunately, the country has very little experience in this area. When most people are completely in the dark, if he does not take advantage of this huge information gap and rely on Dahua Company's abundant funds to build his own base and expand his influence, he would be really letting down the more than 20 years of teaching at home.

Of course, whether the companies he plans to restructure can eventually come up with a good financial statement and go public successfully is another matter... At the very least, in this restructuring process that may be a bottomless pit, it is foreseeable that he will have exhausted his capital.

In fact, the people in Dongying also used the same trick, but they did not have the insight and confidence to get involved in the new track, and were merely embroidering within the existing old framework.

But as long as these people are seeking to increase the power of their positions, Yang Mo will not be inferior to them.

It's simple, no game can deviate from the basic rules framework.

Since Dahua Company's current core task is to solve the reemployment problem of hundreds of thousands of employees as much as possible, no matter how you play it, you must ensure that you can hand in an answer sheet with at least 60 points in this area to justify yourself.

Otherwise, do you think that one billion is so easy to get?
That's money allocated from an extremely sensitive special fund. If you're not careful, you'll be severely punished!

Besides, there are more than just these few leaders at the Dongying Command. If you want to increase the power of your position, won’t they also be thinking about the same thing?

Once you fail to hand in an answer sheet that can barely cover up your shame, others will surely try their best to make trouble for you, and may even report the matter to the department, causing you to completely fall into the abyss... It is so tiring to work hard to achieve results on your own, how can it be as comfortable as eating the flesh of others?

Therefore, Yang Mo, who was quite familiar with the situation of the Qilu Oil System, did not believe that these guys were capable of solving the re-employment problems of so many employees. As the platform he designed could barely be put into operation, he was not afraid of these guys making trouble for him... In fact, he even hoped that Dongying would quickly fire him.

Haha, just like the expression in the formula of job grade power mentioned above, after the platform is basically built, the financial control over Dahua Company is not important to him. Instead, he can rely on the platform he built to obtain stronger and more influential financial control through other channels in the sun.

Similarly, through early layout, he can gain actual power and dominance that cannot be replaced by others on this new platform that is about to be fully operational.

Therefore, whether he is a vice president or not, or a minister or not, it means nothing to him!
Anyway, his personnel relationship is with the drilling company. Without the constraints of his position, he can continuously transfer benefits to the drilling company and the Texas authorities after the platform is fully operational.

On the contrary, once Dahua Company fires him, if there is no reliable replacement, within four or five months at most, under the enormous task pressure, they will inevitably turn to Yang Mo for help.

If everyone is competing to see who is worse, that's fine; but if Dongying fails to produce any results and Yang Mo relies on the new platform to get the work done, even a fool knows which to choose between face and substance under the threat of the board.

And then...

Whether it is out of the implicit rule of compensation or the simple truth of equal rights and responsibilities, Dongying must give Yang Mo, and even Mu Siyuan's group, sufficient corresponding compensation.

So, isn't it said that three ups and three downs is the most impressive qualification in state-owned enterprises?
When you are in a very low position or even have no position at all, you can eliminate or replace all the weight factors in this aspect solely by relying on your personal abilities, forcing the superiors to use you, and they have no choice but to accept it!
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In short, after a long dinner that lasted for an hour and a half, Song Wenxuan left with a bad look on his face.

Yang Mo was very dissatisfied that this guy had betrayed his goodwill, so he directly cut the promised 2500 million financial control rights to million. Song Wenxuan, who suddenly lost half of his money, naturally felt uncomfortable.

He knew very well that his father had always held a relatively neutral attitude towards Dahua Company. His father had previously instructed him to help Yang Mo buy some time, but it was only because he wanted to help Mu Siyuan out of the relationship between the Song and Mu families.

If Yang Mo is targeted, it means that Mu Siyuan has lost the dominant position. Due to the special nature of his position, his father will naturally return to a truly neutral state on the issue of Dahua Company and seek ways to save Mu Siyuan through other channels.

In other words, once Yang Mo stops transferring the right to use the funds to him, once Yang Mo is fleeced, his plan will most likely no longer receive follow-up funding.

Watching Song Wenxuan driving away, Miss Mu, who had not spoken a word at the table, looked at the man next to her with some concern: "Yang Mo, are you really ready to be targeted?"

Yang Mo laughed: "Don't worry, just because I don't like the system doesn't mean I don't understand it... Don't worry, the initial trial operation of the commercial demonstration area is going smoothly... I'll call your dad later and tell him not to hold on. No matter what others are going to do, just let them do it."

As he spoke, Yang Mo chuckled and shamelessly put his hand on Miss Mu's shoulder: "Believe me, in four or five months at most, those people will have to apologize to your father with a smile, and then respectfully invite him to come back to take charge of the situation... and by then, I guess your father will have to change the way he addresses me!"

Mu Liya's face flushed and she spit fiercely.

"cheeky!"

But he didn't push away the hand on his shoulder...

(End of this chapter)