1988: Back to the human world for a few years

Chapter 474 The Last Madness in 1990

Facts have proved that Yang Mo never lies to his own people. Since he said he would go for a stroll somewhere else, he would definitely do what he said.

On November 11, Yang Mo left Linyi, but strangely bypassed Yucheng, which could be called the "third base" for him and whose economic situation was much stronger than before, and went straight to Qingyun.

Since November 11, Momobaitou has received more than 18 acceptance bills of varying sizes, with a total amount of 5100 million yuan... Some of them came from local state-owned enterprises in Qingyun, but more of them came from local private enterprises and even individuals.

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On November 11, Yang Mo appeared in Leling and stayed for two days in this area, which had a very unpleasant experience in the initial stage of the Momo Hundred Bombings.

A few days later, Zhang Wenshun and He Yongyi met a group of people brought by Li Sihai of Xialiu Sales Agency. The identities of these people were a bit strange. Although one could tell from their looks and temperament that they were middle- and grassroots cadres of a state-owned enterprise, they did not represent their own unit. Zhang Wenshun and He Yongyi also tacitly took out a dozen agreements and accepted these several agreements with a total investment amount of 3400 million yuan in the form of venture capital + non-public equity + equity holding on behalf of Momo Baitou with a smile.

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On November 11, Yang Mo suddenly left Dezhou and went directly to Lanling. He stayed in the city for a day at the enthusiastic invitation of the Lanling city authorities.

No one knew what the local authorities had communicated with Yang Mo, but this popular young star suddenly changed his style. He no longer received various visitors in a private manner as before, but instead showed an attitude of "the guest follows the host's wishes."

Starting from November 11, under the coordination and organization of the Lanling City competent authorities, Yang Mo attended three corporate meetings in one go, and signed a series of "Industrial Upgrading Fund Common Stock Fundraising Agreements (Preliminary)" with a total value of approximately 23 million yuan, and "Industrial Upgrading Fund Preferred Stock Fundraising Agreements (Preliminary)" with a total value of up to 187 million yuan with 3400 selected local companies in the name of the Industrial Upgrading Fund Manager (General Manager of Dahua Company).

Of course, although Yang Mo has a good relationship with Lanling, Lanling is not Texas after all. Even with Yang Mo's face, he would never take out the money of his own company and invest it in a fund company in Texas to selflessly contribute to the industrial upgrading in Texas. So when finalizing a series of common stock/preferred stock purchase agreements, Yang Mo also signed a series of cooperation agreements including manufacturing subcontracting, technology sharing/transfer, and consulting guidance with those companies with support potential that were screened and evaluated and qualified to purchase preferred stocks, based on future projects.

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On November 11, Yang Mo, who had stayed in Lanling City for five days, finally moved and came to Tengzhou.

He really couldn't eat spicy food, so he risked death from the spiciness to have a butt-aching meal of spicy chicken at "Lao Liu Fried Chicken Restaurant" on the edge of Tengzhou City, a restaurant with which he had a close relationship. Then he shamelessly moved into Liu Sanduo's backyard, and allowed the visitors who came after hearing the news to almost collapse the small courtyard made of discarded cement blocks.

But after all, he had been a project transfer person for more than a year. Liu Sanduo, who was originally incapable of doing anything, has now become much more capable. Therefore, at Yang Mo's signal, he quickly took control of the situation.

Representatives of companies not related to rural projects are not allowed to enter;

Representatives of companies that are related to the rural grassroots but do not have plans to benefit farmers are not allowed to enter;

Those that are related to the rural grassroots and have plans to benefit farmers, but whose overall business scale is less than 800 million and whose actual number of rural employees is less than 150, are not allowed to enter.

However, even so, Yang Mo still raised 1400 million preferred shares in just two days.

Of course, this was only the result of the first two days. On the third day of his stay in Tengzhou, Yang Mo left Liu Sanduo's courtyard and visited Mozi's hometown. Then, a few days later, more than a dozen non-public investment agreements with a total investment amount of more than 2200 million were found in a safe deposit box of Mo Mo Bai Tou.

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On December 12, Yang Mo left Tengzhou and came to Taierzhuang.

On December 12, Yang Mo left Taierzhuang. Just when everyone thought his next stop would be Yicheng, he unexpectedly left Lanling and returned to Dezhou.

From Wucheng to Pingyuan, and then from Pingyuan to the mountain pavilion in Lanling, Yang Mo's movements seemed extremely jumpy and unpredictable. If it weren't for the fact that the status of this God of Wealth was really transcendent, those corporate representatives and individuals who had been waiting along the route, and even the local authorities, would have rushed up to him, grabbed his collar and angrily asked him why he didn't pass by them.

Of course, as the general manager of Dahua Company and the official section chief of Momo Baitou, Yang Mo's rare "inspection" in other places for a month, the results are naturally gratifying.

As of December 12, although Yang Mo was still wandering outside, 10 million yuan of various funds had been added to Momo Baitou's account out of thin air (the common stock and preferred stock purchase agreement was signed with Dahua Company and had nothing to do with Momo Baitou) - although only about 3.6% of them were acceptance bills and the rest were paper agreements, judging from the rapidly increasing remittance amounts in certain special accounts in the past few days, full fulfillment should not be a problem.

Of course, although 3.6 million yuan of funds from all walks of life is already an extremely exaggerated figure, it is not all, and it does not even include the two largest single amounts of funds... Linpan Oilfield and Linyi Oil Refinery.

The former is because, although the operation of cleaning up the internal worms is nearing completion, the cleared assets and funds have not yet been counted and summarized, and therefore have not been deposited into Momo Baitou's account;

As for the latter, although he was unable to sleep well because of the massive cleanup operation at the oil field, he had no credible source of information and therefore still had no idea what the oil field was up to.

So, seeing that the time was almost right, the fat guy who had been counting the time with his fingers, even though he was very unhappy, could not resist the enthusiasm of the two "old comrades" in the refinery one night, and ran over to drink...

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On December 12, the higher authorities officially issued a document to abolish the Dezhou region and establish the prefecture-level DZ city, and change the original county-level DZ city to Decheng District.

This is four years ahead of the original historical process.

But what is different from the historical process is that along with the document on its promotion to a prefecture-level city, there was also a directive that DZ City had become a pilot city for tax-sharing reform... This is probably the second "honor" that Dezhou has received this year, following its selection as the Asian Games torch relay city.

Just as everyone was rejoicing over these two sudden pieces of news, in an office in the office building, Ye Tao was sitting opposite another middle-aged man. The expressions on their faces were far from as excited as ordinary people thought.

"All good things must come to an end. Old Liu has been transferred to Rizhao to join the team. It's a lateral transfer, but it can also be considered a promotion. Old Ye, there's no need for you to look so reluctant to let him go."

The middle-aged man handed over a cigarette and comforted Ye Tao with a smile: "Today is a good day after all, don't always look so sad...right, Director Ye?"

Since Dezhou has officially become a prefecture-level city, the administrative level of the competent authority also needs to be adjusted upwards. So as expected, Ye Tao, who was originally only at the deputy director level, has now become "Tingger Ye".

Upon hearing this, Ye Tao smiled bitterly: "Old Li, please stop laughing at me. You know that my hall has [brackets] in it."

Perhaps it is because Ye Tao, the executive director, has made an indispensable contribution to the economic development of DZ City in the past two years. Therefore, even after Dezhou was promoted to a prefecture-level city, the team had to be reorganized, but Ye Tao's position as executive director was still retained... Of course, although they are both executive directors, prefecture-level cities are not the same as county-level cities, so Ye Tao's current powers are also correspondingly much greater.

However, in the system, you often cannot just look at the rank or position. Any seemingly insignificant detail has a very mysterious meaning.

According to organizational principles, Ye Tao was not promoted on the spot. Even if he made a step forward, it was only from a director to a deputy department-level cadre. However, the executive officer of a prefecture-level city is at the department-level, so the written description of Ye Tao's position is now "Executive Deputy Mayor of DZ City (Department-level)".

This is slightly different from other common "brackets". Other "brackets" are often used to express low-level positions with high-level assignments... For example, Mr. Wang, his written job description is "General Manager of Southwest Drilling Company No. 1 (Deputy Department)", which means that he is a deputy department-level cadre, but holds a specific position that should be at the director level.

But Ye Tao did the opposite. He served as an executive position in a prefecture-level city as a deputy-department-level cadre, which should have been a full-department-level position. Therefore, according to organizational principles, he was given corresponding full-department-level treatment.

At first glance, this arrangement seems to be a great use of Ye Tao...

Well, it is indeed a kind of promotion on the spot. As long as Ye Tao does a good job during his term of office, the brackets can be removed and he can be promoted legitimately... Don't underestimate this. 99.5% of the people in the system are stuck at this hurdle for decades in their lives, and even when they are about to retire, they may not be able to get rid of the word "deputy".

But the problem is that this is also a huge challenge, which means that when the actual positions and ranks do not match, those senior officials at the department level who are parachuted into the new team are likely to make a fuss about this and refuse to buy your account by relying on their seniority... In short, in Dezhou, a city that has newly been promoted to a prefecture-level city, it is not easy for Ye Tao to remove the brackets.

Old Li knew what Ye Tao was worried about, and sighed heavily, "Yes, I originally thought that the achievements made by DZ City this year were so good, and the five-member team at the beginning made great contributions. The team in charge of the economy in the city made great contributions. Even if it is promoted to a prefecture-level city, for the sake of safety, there should not be any major changes in the main team."

“Who would have thought…”

He sighed with some regret: "At present, of the two original teams, except for the deputy team leader, only the two of us are left... Looking at the reorganization documents handed down from the province and the dense list of new colleagues, I suddenly have no idea how to carry out the future work."

Ye Tao shook his head: "There is no way. The original foundation of DZ City was too poor. The original team has contributed to the leapfrog development over the past year, but the proportion is not too large... Since the main credit cannot be attributed to us, the organization will naturally not have so many considerations and concerns."

Speaking of this, Ye Tao's expression was a little bitter: "The most terrible thing is that DZ City was able to be upgraded to a prefecture-level city so quickly, and a big part of the reason was that the organization wanted to conduct a tax-sharing reform experiment here; but the original team was almost completely disrupted, and it was also for this reason... As the saying goes, success or failure depends on Xiao He, this is something we did not expect at the beginning." Hearing this, Old Li nodded in agreement.

Of course he knew what Ye Tao meant.

The first contributor to Dezhou's dazzling leap forward this year is not the team that has done its best in all aspects, but Dahua, which has abundant funds and countless bizarre ideas.

To be precise, from an organizational perspective, there are many local authorities that are willing to cooperate with Dahua Company, or have the ability to fully cooperate with Dahua Company's various ideas, but Dahua is the only unit that has the ability to revitalize the economy of a region. If Dahua had chosen Lanling or other county-level cities as its base, the result would have been the same.

Since the real highlight of DZ City lies in Dahua Company, the original team of the local competent authority seems less important. After being upgraded to a prefecture-level city, Dezhou's importance will leap to a new level and it will also be accompanied by a large number of policy inclinations. It would be safer to leave this kind of work to old comrades with relevant experience.

Secondly, the tax-sharing reform is currently a top priority in the country.

Before the introduction of the tax-sharing system, each place had its own "cooking place". After paying the fixed tax quota, the remaining funds and powers were all retained locally. This seemed much better than paying most of the taxes and then waiting for the organization's secondary distribution.

But in fact, the original separate cooking and dining model only looks comfortable on the surface, but it is subject to extremely strong constraints... Since all the money and power remain in the local area, the greater the power, the greater the responsibility. It is always right for the organization to strengthen supervision over various places and be strict in everything, right?
Therefore, during that period, although there were strange phenomena everywhere across the country, in fact, the main cadres of those local authorities were all trembling with fear. Everything was based on the documents and spirit of the organization. Otherwise, if they were not careful, they would be hit by an iron fist. In addition, the economy in most parts of the country was not very active before, and the taxes paid were small, but the taxes retained were also not much. The two contrasted each other, and the hardships there were really beyond the imagination of outsiders.

However, once it becomes a pilot city for the tax-sharing system, things will be different.

Although the proportion of taxes remitted is very high, such as value-added tax, 75% must be remitted; local revenue can only enjoy 40%, while fiscal expenditure has to bear 80%; the difference in the middle is huge and has to be filled by transfer payments from higher authorities.

But benefits also come with it. Since the local governments have made such great sacrifices in taxation and the power is still on them, the superiors should loosen up on management... After all, you can't let the horse run without eating grass, right?
Once the constraints are loosened and the active and passive positions are reversed, then something interesting begins.

Although it cannot be stated explicitly, I believe everyone can think of the various mysterious aspects involved.

Therefore, from a macro perspective, becoming a pilot city for the tax-sharing reform will bring tremendous pressure to the local regional finances, but from an individual perspective, being able to serve in such a region is a rare opportunity to show one's talents.

For those who have ideas in their minds, how many people would be willing to give up such an opportunity?

Therefore, it was only natural that the original main team of DZ City was disbanded during the reorganization and adjustment.

In fact, if Ye Tao and Yang Mo didn’t have a very good relationship, his executive position would definitely have gone to someone else.

"Well... let's take it one step at a time. I just hope I won't be too passive when the time comes. If I am transferred to another area in disgrace, I would rather apply to the organization now and be transferred over to join Lao Liu and his team."

Old Li stared blankly at the stack of red-headed documents on the coffee table, his tone sounding somewhat bleak.

Ye Tao's face gradually calmed down: "Old Li, we don't need to worry too much. Although we are not sure whether the new colleagues can get along well with each other at work, as long as we still stick to the original plan, the result will not be too bad no matter how bad it is."

Hearing the implication of Ye Tao's words, Lao Li was a little surprised: "Lao Ye, what do you mean...?"

Ye Tao nodded, with a hint of confidence in his tone: "Since everyone knows that the reason why Dezhou is favored by the organization is because there is a Dahua Company on our territory, then we should focus on the key points of our work and continue to fully cooperate with their work in the future!"

At this point, Ye Tao added: "I have been working with Yang Mo for nearly a year, and I know him quite well. Although he seems to be radical on the surface, he is a very measured person. Even if we fully cooperate with him, he will not make any principled mistakes."

"Since it has become a pilot city for the tax-sharing reform, the most important task for Dezhou in the future is to revitalize the local economy so that it can contribute a large amount of tax revenue to the organization while not causing various social conflicts due to too small a proportion of tax revenue allocated. This requires an extremely large tax base to support it. In this regard, no one can be more thoughtful than Yang Mo. In the current Dezhou, no one has a better relationship with Yang Mo than we do!"

Hearing the key, Lao Li's eyes sparkled. He thought carefully for a while, nodded slowly, and then became a little unconfident: "We did have very good cooperation with Yang Mo before, and our relationship is indeed closer than that of others. There is no subjective difficulty in continuing to fully cooperate with Yang Mo and Dahua Company... But the situation now is different from before. After the team reorganization is completed, will Yang Mo still cooperate with us so unreservedly?"

After hearing what Lao Li said cryptically, Ye Tao thought about it carefully, but still nodded: "I believe that as long as we show our attitude, he will still list us as the only strategic partner."

Old Li frowned and said, "Old Ye, although we are indeed in trouble now, as a general manager, you should always stay sober and rational... It is not advisable to act emotionally or to gamble everything on one throw."

Ye Tao laughed: "Do you think I'm risking everything?"

Old Li took out a cigarette and handed it over, saying earnestly, "I know you had a good relationship with Yang Mo before, and you had many very pleasant cooperation experiences. But although Yang Mo looks like an extremely willful person, he is actually very rational. Facing a completely new situation, I don't think he can't make even the simplest choice."

At this point, Lao Li looked at Ye Tao deeply and said, "A truly willful person has no qualifications and no chance to become the general manager of a company of Dahua's size."

Ye Tao took the cigarette, nodded first, then shook his head: "Originally I thought the same as you. After all, how could a person who is only 26 years old and has become a director-level official and is in charge of two super organizations, Momo Baitou and Dahua Company, really be an emotional person?"

"Yang Mo's previous series of extremely willful actions, including the Hope Primary School and the revitalization of 100 villages, were just smokescreens deliberately thrown out for the sake of image. When the power in your hands reaches a certain level, you can't let your emotions run wild. And Yang Mo's boring and almost tasteless lifestyle makes it hard for people to believe that he is a man of temperament."

At this point, Ye Tao's expression gradually became strange: "But as I have more contact with him and analyzed his recent behavior, I suddenly denied my previous thoughts... Maybe this young man is really an extremely willful guy... So, there is at least a 70% chance that he will continue to cooperate with us in all aspects."

All-round cooperation?
Understanding Ye Tao's hint, Lao Li was shocked: "How is it possible?"

Ye Tao's eyes began to become confident: "How is it impossible? Let me ask you, there are only three days before the listing ceremony of the new fund company, but what is he, the general manager of the fund company who is about to take office, doing?"

Old Li was stunned: "It seems... he is still wandering around Wucheng?"

Ye Tao smiled and said, "He has been traveling between Dezhou and Lanling for the past month. What exactly he is doing? In fact, the banking system has already informed us... Dahua Company and Momo Baitou are the absolute focus of attention in Dezhou. Any large-scale fund changes need to be registered in the background."

"So here comes the interesting part. Yang Mo is a very busy man now. The affairs of Dahua Company alone are enough to keep him busy... Don't you think it's strange that such a busy man puts down all his work and goes from county to county to raise funds?"

Old Li fell into deep thought for a while before he said uncertainly, "You also said that the new fund company will be listed in three days. As the new general manager, could it be that he thinks the fund company's initial capital is insufficient, so he is collecting funds from everywhere?"

Ye Tao shook his head. "If he just wanted to raise funds for the fund companies, he wouldn't have to run around so much. He could just gather those sponsoring companies together and ask them to subscribe to more preferred shares... In fact, even if he didn't mobilize those sponsoring companies, as long as he gave the order, those white gloves who participated in the derivative projects of the commercial demonstration center and tasted enough sweetness could help him raise an astronomical amount of funds in minutes!"

Old Li was shocked, then he realized that with Yang Mo's powerful business appeal, if he just wanted to raise funds, there was no need for him to run from county to county... The key point was that the counties he visited were selective, and he didn't have to go to all places.

Seeing this, Ye Tao took a deep breath and said, "The most important thing is that most of the funds raised by Yang Mo have been injected into the account of Mo Mo Bai Tou, not the fund company, or even Dahua. As for the funds raised in Lanling City and Tengzhou in the name of the fund company, he also signed a series of follow-up cooperation agreements in public... and these agreements are all about capacity subcontracting and technology transfer."

"So, Lao Li, think carefully about the industry structure of Yang Mo's group in these areas... What do you think of?"

Lanling City?
Tengzhou?

Cooperation agreement on capacity subcontracting and technology transfer?

What is the industrial composition of these regions?
A faint thread appeared in his mind, and Lao Li's eyes widened immediately: "Lao Ye, are you saying...?"

Ye Tao nodded heavily: "That's right, Yang Mo is an extremely arbitrary and willful person... The cost of getting him to take over is too high, but correspondingly, once you gain his trust, he will never give up easily... And this is our biggest advantage!"

At this point, Ye Tao took a deep breath and said, "Believe me, all Yang Mo needs is a partner, an unreserved partner. And the three-layer operation network he has built also requires partners in the competent authorities of DZ City that he can fully trust... In other words, he absolutely does not care how many senior comrades there are in the newly established team. On the contrary, the behavior of those old comrades that are accustomed to it will only arouse his disgust."

"I can even conclude that he started making preparations the moment he knew that Dezhou was going to be promoted to a prefecture-level city... Other than that, there is no other reason to explain why he suddenly dropped everything and traveled around for a month!"

Did you start making preparations from the moment you knew DZ City was about to be upgraded to a prefecture-level city?
hiss~!

Even though he had seen countless storms over the years, Lao Li couldn't help but take a deep breath...

(End of this chapter)