1988: Back to the human world for a few years

Chapter 385: Subtle Changes

"Mr. Yang, to be honest, the petrochemical industrial park that General Manager Wang Yinuo originally planned to promote was designed on a large scale. The work that the county needed to coordinate in the early stages was extremely complex. The county made great efforts to basically complete the early communication work in just over two months... To be precise, it was the result of the full efforts of Uncle He, my father, Uncle Zhao, Uncle Li, and all the uncles and aunts who have lived and worked here."

After stressing some things, the young man surnamed Chen sighed, “But who could have expected that when all the preparatory work had been completed, General Manager Wang Yinuo would suddenly stop the promotion of the petrochemical industrial park despite everyone’s opposition… The mess left behind is really not small!”

At this point, the young man surnamed Chen smiled bitterly: "To be honest, sometimes I have to admire your company's balancing act. If it weren't for your company's Vice President Feng who persuaded Uncle He to start the county's vegetable basket project from the beginning, and this project was too sensitive and important... I'm afraid that when General Manager Wang Yinuo just stopped the petrochemical industrial park, all the uncles and aunts would have torn their faces with your company!"

Yang Mo glanced at him. He knew that the reason they didn't fall out was not just because of the importance and sensitivity of the vegetable basket project. He said calmly, "But didn't President Wang give a compensation plan later? The price of greenhouse infrastructure materials needed for the county's vegetable basket project was reduced by 30%, and the payment period was extended to 5 years. Considering the price increase at the time, this was almost a half-sale and half-giveaway!"

"In addition, for the enterprises involved in the early coordination, our company not only actively carried out business cooperation, but also proactively provided more than 6000 flexible employment indicators through a series of tertiary industry projects, which greatly alleviated the operating pressure of these enterprises and the employment pressure in the county... In addition, the high-quality jobs created by the Sino-Japanese joint venture projects later, and the active promotion of investment projects of several member companies of the Asemin Chamber of Commerce in the county, the compensation given by the company can not be said to be insincere, right?"

The impact brought about by Wang Yinuo's sudden suspension of the project was not small, but the drilling company did not want to get involved in some affairs in the county, so it simply threw out a package of "point-to-point" compensation plans... Anyway, the benefits I have given are here, and how to divide them after you get them is your business.

The young man surnamed Chen stared at Yang Mo for a long time, then sighed: "Boss Yang, you are a smart man, why do you have to use these words to deal with us juniors?"

"Although the compensation your company has offered is indeed very sincere, public is public and private is private, and some things cannot be equated... I'm not afraid to say that in order to ensure that the petrochemical industrial park project could be quickly implemented, my father and a group of uncles and aunts almost sacrificed all their old friendships."

After a slight pause, the young man's voice became a little vague: "General Manager Wang Yinuo knew about this matter, so in addition to the compensation plan on the surface, he also agreed to some other agreements... Mr. Yang, you were already the section chief of Mo Mo Bai Tou at that time, and as General Manager Wang Yinuo's right-hand man, it is unlikely that you didn't know about this matter, right?"

Yang Mo had no intention of playing dirty: "Of course I know, but the problem is... If I remember correctly, as early as December last year, Momo Baitou had already invested 1500 million to integrate and reorganize 17 small local refineries, and through operations, incorporated them into the category of external cooperation units of Linyi Refinery, right?"

"I personally designed the equity structure of those small refineries. Although they appear to be mixed-ownership enterprises dominated by collectives, they only need 3 to 5 years of smooth development and 2 to 3 rounds of mergers and reorganizations to immediately become several medium-sized private refineries of considerable size. As long as the distribution channels are not in trouble, the annual turnover of each company will not be less than 3000 million;"

At this point, Yang Mo glanced at him calmly: "If even this cannot be called sincerity, then I can only say that your appetite is too good... It is difficult for people with too good an appetite to make true friends!"

The young man surnamed Chen smiled bitterly: "Boss Yang, judging from what you said, the elders in the family are not ignorant young men like us. How could they not know their limits? In fact, when this plan was first launched, my father and all the uncles were shocked. They praised General Manager Wang Yinuo for his meticulousness and courage. How could they be dissatisfied?"

This is the truth. In later generations, Qi and Lu were one of the top chemical provinces in the country. Their local refining industry was unique in the country. It can be said that more than 90% of the local refining companies are rooted in Qi and Lu.

The so-called "local refineries" are local oil refineries. There are many local refineries in Qilu for a very complex reason. It is related to the excessive dispersion of local oil resources, the small reserves of many oil discoveries, the high impurity content of local oil, the changes in oil import and export volume over a period of time, and so on...

But in any case, although local refineries were officially recognized and flourished only after 1998, their wealth-making ability has long been seen by many people;
Take Dongying for example, why is its per capita GDP often ranked first in the country?

Isn't this nonsense? A city with a population of only about 200 million has more than 40 billionaires who made their fortunes from local refining. How could it not dominate the list?
Of course, although the wealth-creating ability of local refineries is extremely exaggerated, at present, they are rats in the gutter and are not officially recognized by the country. Everyone on earth knows the reasons for this.

However, in fact, for a long time, the local government did not exclude local refineries. The only source of resistance was centrally-owned oil units such as drilling companies, Linpan Oilfield, and Linyi Oil Refinery… If the other party turned a blind eye, it would be fine, but if these units demanded the rectification of local refineries, then they had to take action due to rules and pressure.

Therefore, when Wang Yinuo, as the general manager of the drilling company, persuaded Linyi Refinery to integrate the 17 small refineries into the scope of external cooperation units of Linyi Refinery in the name of experimental reform, the significance of the moment was self-evident;

This is equivalent to giving these small refineries a relatively formal identity, allowing them to officially walk under the sun. The value contained in this is enormous!

Just like what the young man surnamed Chen said, if even this cannot satisfy them, then honestly, even their own people can't stand it anymore... In China, everything has to follow rules and standards. If your appetite is too big, not only will it be easy to get into trouble, but others will also be unwilling to play with you.

Looking at Yang Mo with dissatisfaction in his eyes, the young man surnamed Chen smiled bitterly: "Mr. Yang, your work focus during this period has been on Dezhou and Dahua Company, so some things may not be clear to you."

"Although General Manager Wang Yinuo's compensation plan is very sincere, the problem is... no matter how sincere it is, you have to put it into practice!"

Yang Mo heard the problem: "Oh? It means something went wrong... This shouldn't happen!"

It's no wonder that Yang Mo was confused. The money for restructuring and expanding production and shares has already been invested, the agreement with Linyi Refinery has also been signed, and you guys are there to look after it. Unless there are documents issued from above, what could go wrong?
The young man surnamed Chen sighed heavily: "Although there were no problems with the initial procedures, General Manager Wang Yinuo was suddenly transferred... A new emperor appoints new ministers. After your old General Manager Wang took office, the situation changed all of a sudden."

Mr. Wang?
Yang Mo frowned, "I really don't know the situation... But even if there is some personal grudge between Mr. Wang and Mr. Wang, Mr. Wang is not strictly speaking the successor of Wang Yinuo. But no matter what, as the new general manager, Mr. Wang is unlikely to overturn the agreement reached when Wang Yinuo was in office... Although it is named as an [experimental project], it has gone through the procedures after all, and the contracts and documents are there."

The young man surnamed Chen smiled helplessly: "We originally thought it was unlikely, but the facts prove that... your Mr. Wang doesn't play by the rules at all!"

At this point, he looked around calmly, and then lowered his voice: "Just half a month ago, your old General Manager Wang suddenly sent a note, summoning the general manager of Linyi Oil Refinery, my father, Uncle Li and others together, and proposed two rectification plans in the name of the experimental project approved by General Manager Wang Yinuo that was harmful to the national interests;"

"The first option is to recover the investment, terminate the cooperation between the 17 small refineries and Linyi Refinery, not recognize the other party's identity, and require the county to immediately carry out rectification activities against small refineries in Linyi area;"

"The second option is not to recover the investment, nor to terminate the cooperation between the 17 small refineries and Linyi Refinery, but to require a re-evaluation of the assets and an adjustment of the shareholding ratio. Under the condition that the investment amount remains unchanged, the shareholding ratio of the drilling company will exceed 67%, eliminating the possibility of public skin and private bones... In addition, the county is also required to carry out a vigorous rectification action against the remaining small refineries."

With a sigh of pain, the young man surnamed Chen said, "Although when Mr. Wang proposed the second plan, he also took the initiative to ask the county to invest and reserved 11% of the shares, but Mr. Yang, you also know that this will be completely different from what Mr. Wang Yinuo promised at the beginning, and the subsequent restructuring will not be able to continue at all."

"This incident has a huge impact. Although Uncle He did not express his opinion directly, Uncle Zhao and Uncle Li are very passive. So we have no choice but to come to you to see if there are any other solutions... Of course, what Xiao Li and Xiao Zhao said just now was just nonsense because they were dizzy. Don't take it to heart!"

Just messing around?
I’m afraid not.

Yang Mo smiled, glanced at the people around him, and then fell into deep thought. After a while, he asked uncertainly, "Xiao Chen, what you just said was... a note?
Although unlike Wang Yinuo, Wang Xingmin is at the deputy-department level, but after all, this is a joint effort with the local competent authorities and sister units at the same time... Has this old Mr. Wang become so powerful?

The young man surnamed Chen nodded, his mouth full of bitterness: "Yes, that's the word used in the official letter your company sent over."

"Your old Mr. Wang is too experienced and has a high professional title. My dad and his people are just juniors in front of him... When Mr. Wang was in charge of the oil development campaign in Linyi, my dad and his uncles were just a group of insignificant cadres. They didn't even have the qualifications to work with your old Mr. Wang. Therefore, the term "note" was used, and the county had no temper at all."

At this point, he sighed, "It's a similar situation at the Linyi Refinery. Although their general manager is usually a powerful figure, he doesn't dare to say a word when your old Wang sits there. Later, he really had no choice but to shirk his responsibility by saying that this cross-system cooperation project that has already been agreed upon has too wide an impact. He doesn't have the right to terminate the cooperation directly. He needs to report it to the headquarters and get approval from them to issue a formal document."

After shaking his head, the young man sighed, "It's said that your old Wang is not easy to mess with. A pioneer is a pioneer. He immediately slammed the table and forced him to express his position. He also said directly that he would go to the headquarters to get the documents, and it would take at most half a month to get them."

"Mr. Wang has the same attitude towards my dad and his people... In a word, if there are any difficulties, he will handle them, but the opinions must be unified on the spot."

"So we have no choice. Seeing that your old boss Wang is so aggressive, and his qualifications and rank are there, and no other means of shirking responsibility are working, after some discussion, we can only lean towards the second option... Of course, the second option is also the most difficult to implement. Everyone is thinking of first stabilizing your old boss Wang and then making him back off."

"Who would have thought that Mr. Wang is really amazing? In just ten days, he managed to deal with Uncle Ma and Uncle He, and even gathered the heads of the 17 small refineries together and forced them to reach a consensus;"

"So, after all the preparations and ideological unification work are done, as long as the Dongying Command issues a document to officially terminate the cooperative relationship between these 17 small refineries and the Linyi Refinery, we can carry out a new round of shareholding reform according to the ideas of your old boss Wang."

At the end, the young man surnamed Chen smiled bitterly and said, "Just the day before yesterday, your old boss Wang took Director Zhang to Dongying... According to what we have learned, these two leaders are people that give the Dongying Command a headache. I think getting this official document won't be a big problem."

Yang Mo finally understood why these people had been waiting for him at the door of his Texas dormitory every day during this period of time, but had not come to Dahua Company to formally meet him... It was no secret that he and Mr. Wang did not get along well. If they came to him openly, with Mr. Wang's strong style, he would probably embarrass these people.

Similarly, he also understood why these juniors suddenly came to today's social gathering to find him, and were so angry and even made threats without thinking... Once the local refinery project "failed", the losses caused would be staggering, and the people Wang Yinuo needed to compensate were not just these few companies in front of him. There were many people behind them. Seeing that the shareholding reform of these small local refineries was a foregone conclusion, some people were naturally thinking about making up for their losses as much as possible in a rage.

Huh~
So in your eyes, I am the soft persimmon?
Mr. Wang’s qualifications and rank are there, you dare not offend me; do you think I am easy to offend?
Realizing the true thoughts in these people's minds, Yang Mo sneered.

However, Mr. Wang's actions brought him deep doubts.

Not to mention whether it was beneath Mr. Wang’s status as the pioneer of the drilling company to personally inquire about or even handle this matter;

But this approach is definitely a double-edged sword... Although your qualifications and level are there, and the matter itself can be right or wrong, people dare not deny you this face, but the possible negative impact it may bring is something that anyone with a brain would expect.

Therefore, unless this matter is of great significance, or the benefits far outweigh the disadvantages, it is absolutely impossible for a normal person to be so brainless and reckless.

Is Lao Wang always reckless?
Maybe he is reckless, but like Zhang Wenshun, he should not be as reckless now as he was more than ten years ago.

Does Lao Wang have any brains?
Obviously, the person who asked this kind of question has no brains. How could he be the head of a second-level unit of a central enterprise without brains?

Although the 17 small-scale refineries will generate considerable benefits in the future, they will definitely not be taken seriously by giants like drilling companies.

So it is obvious that Mr. Wang even went so far as to personally intervene in such an insignificant "experimental project", and it was definitely not out of pure economic considerations.

Since it is not for obvious benefits, then this local refining project must have important value in other aspects, right?

Otherwise, Mr. Wang would never have proposed the absolute 67% stake requirement for the drilling company, and he would never have consciously forced these people to choose the second solution.

Suddenly, the words spoken by the beautiful girl named Zhuo Yue just now popped up in my mind.

Yang Mo suddenly had an intuition.

This girl might not be lying. The reason why she was specially recruited into such a key department as the General Office was really because she was a journalism graduate of Hangzhou University. In fact, the General Office, which has become Mr. Wang's direct department, is in urgent need of publicity and marketing talents.

only……

Is there any intrinsic connection between this obviously abnormal phenomenon and the fact that Mr. Wang is willing to lower his status and get involved in the local refining project named "experiment"?
While Yang Mo was dealing with these impetuous young people insincerely, he was constantly deducing some things in his mind.

Although he had some vague guesses, when comparing them with the historical memories of his previous life, none of them could be confirmed.

never mind!

Tomorrow is the drilling company's weekly meeting. I hope I can learn more from it then...

(End of this chapter)