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Volume Three: The Towering Shang Hai Chapter 615: Song Wanru¡¯s Return and the Tieben Incident

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    "Haha, let's not talk about this anymore. It makes people upset when we talk about it." Tang Yu smiled freely and changed the subject, "By the way, Brother Fang, I just suddenly remembered that a person could be qualified to be the HR manager of Yufei.  job."

    "Oh? Who is it?" Fang Jianming asked.

    "Sister Wanru." Tang Yu said with a smile, "Sister Wanru is a master of economics who returned from studying abroad. After returning to China, she founded an electronic instrument factory. She also contributed a lot to Blackwater International. Since I want to withdraw  Sister Wanru will naturally not stay there. She will definitely withdraw. Sister Wanru has rich theoretical and practical knowledge. She is definitely qualified to be the manager of the human resources department.  It¡¯s a waste of time to find someone else.¡±

    "It would be great if Wanru is willing to be the manager of the human resources department. I was thinking before that you would be promoted within the group. Now that I am going to let Sister Wanru take charge personally, it would be perfect. Oh, by the way, today  Why didn't Sister Wanru come? Didn't you inform her?" Fang Jianming and Song Wanru knew each other earlier than Tang Yu knew Song Wanru. Naturally, he knew Song Wanru's abilities very well. Song Wanru had the ability, qualifications, and background.  It is most suitable to be the boss of this human resources department.

    "Sister Wanru went to the old man of the Song family in Xi'an a few days ago, and she will probably be back in the next few days. This matter should have been brought up in the meeting just now, but due to some strange combination of circumstances, she forgot about it, but now  Everyone is here, it¡¯s not too late to bring it up." Tang Yu said with a smile.

    "Well, if Wanru can really come, then my pressure will be reduced a lot. There is no doubt about her management ability." Fang Jianming nodded.

    "The preparation of Yufei Group is not a matter of a day or two. Take your time and don't rush. The most urgent thing now is probably your website. As soon as your website is created, I will invest a lot of money in publicity. First  Just stir it up, and once it becomes popular, everything else will fall into place. Anyway, the Internet technology stocks in the world are so hot right now. Even if they are making money at a loss, there are still many talented people, and shareholders are still willing to buy it." Tang Yu said to Tang Yu  Tianyu said.

    "Well, after I went back, I contacted several of my students and former classmates. It is not difficult to make a website, but if you want to make it exquisite, it will take some time. I will try to design the website in one month.  "Tang Tianyu said.

    In fact, although it is very easy to build a website, as long as you are willing to spend money, you can burn it out quickly, but e-commerce is different and requires third-party payment, etc. At this time, there is no mature platform in China, and everything needs to be started from scratch.  From the beginning, I had to do it all by myself, and it was quite stressful for a month.

    "Well, okay, then I'll give you a month." Tang Yu nodded, then looked at Zhou Xiaohong and Xie Mengji, "Sister Zhou, Sister Mengji, when you go back, ask the advertising department to change the TV station's advertisements.  At the bottom of each advertisement, the URL of the website designed by my uncle must be added. Oh, speaking of the URL, it seems that we haven¡¯t given this website a name yet. Please help me think about what it should be called.¡±

    Tang Yu seems to be a little helpless. He is planning to run a website to be listed on Nasdaq, but before development, he doesn¡¯t even have a name.

    As Tang Yu finished speaking, everyone began to discuss it, but after discussing for a long time, no result was given to Tang Yu.

    "Well, since our website is mainly about shopping and e-commerce, we might as well call it Cool Go Internet Cafe." Tang Yu saw that no one expressed his opinion, so he had to choose a name himself.

    "Kugou.com? Well, yes, it sounds pretty good. Okay, let's call it this." Tang Tianyu muttered a few words about "Kugou.com", which felt quite smooth, and nodded.

    While everyone was chatting, most of them came up. Tang Yu stood up and picked up the cup in front of him. There was some drink in it, "Here, I will use this drink instead of wine. For the rise of our Yufei, we  cheers."

    "Cheers." Everyone stood up and shouted in unison, holding up the cups filled with drinks.

    ¡°Cheers to the rise of Kugou.¡±

    "cheers."

    For a time, the atmosphere in the room became heated.

    After the dinner, just as Tang Yu was about to leave, Fang Jianming stopped him.

    "Brother, wait."

    "What's wrong, Brother Fang?" Tang Yu asked softly.

    "Brother, are you free this Sunday? My old man wants to see you." Fang Jianming walked to Tang Yu and said.

    "Mr. Fang wants to see me again? Is he okay now?" Tang Yu had heard a little bit about Fang Jianming's family. Originally a big family, it was destroyed by a few moths.  The old man of the Fang family got sick from anger last time. At such an old age, his health is probably not very good.??.

    As expected, it was not what Tang Yu expected.

    "Do you think it's okay? I've already drawn a clear line with that family and vowed never to step into that house again. But yesterday, when I saw my grandfather coming to see me with a haggard look on his face, I never stopped.  I can't help myself, those people are indeed hateful, but in the end it would be too cruel to let Grandpa, an old man who has passed his seventies, to clean up the mess." Fang Jianming's eyes were full of grief.

    "Cleaning up the mess? That's not it. After all, the Fang family is a big family. Even if it begins to decline, it won't become a mess so quickly." Tang Yu said softly.

    "Hey, brother, you don't know how incompetent Fang Jianxun's guys are. The day before yesterday, one of my former subordinates from Baozhiyuan called me and told me about Fang Jianxun's absurdity. That day, a businessman from other places went to the company and wanted to get  If the regional agency rights of Life Nuclear Energy come to fruition, it can be said to be a shot in the arm for the sluggish treasure source. But do you know what that idiot Fang Jianxun did? He couldn¡¯t understand the other party¡¯s dialect because he couldn¡¯t understand it.  , and drove them out. The other party was a businessman from northern Shaanxi. Northern Shaanxi was a blind spot in Baozhiyuan's commercial coverage network. This was originally a good opportunity to expand the market, but the idiot actually couldn't understand the dialect.  Kick them out, do you think it's okay if the source of treasure is left in the hands of such a scum?" Fang Jianming's face was full of sorrow and anger, thinking about how much effort he had put into the source of treasure, and now he sees it in that  The idiot's hands were declining day by day, and Fang Jianming's heart was bleeding.

    Hearing Fang Jianming¡¯s explanation, Tang Yu was speechless. That Fang Jianxun was really the best, the best¡ªscum.

    "Why did Mr. Fang ask me to help him discipline his incompetent grandson? But it seems that I don't have the ability." Tang Yu asked.

    "I don't know the specifics. Grandpa just asked me to help him contact you. As for the specific reason why he is looking for you, I don't know." Fang Jianming shook his head.

    "Well, okay, I will definitely go on Sunday." Tang Yu agreed readily without hesitation. The Fang family, specifically Mr. Fang Bozhen, had been of great help to him. Without the old man's nod, Fang Jianming would not have been able to do so.  Nor would he dare to embezzle so much money from the family for Tang Yu to develop vcd.

    "Thank you, brother." Fang Jianming patted Tang Yu's shoulder gratefully. The Fang family had indeed helped Tang Yu, but Tang Yu had helped the other family even more. If it hadn't been for Tang Yu's reminder, most of the Fang family would have lost their money.  They all lost money in the real estate bubble in Hainan. After that, Tang Yu made many suggestions for the Fang family. Whether it was the green tea project, the bionuclear energy project, the mineral water market, or even the establishment of the club, it was Tang Yu's idea. These were all Tang Yu's ideas.  All of them are golden ideas worth thousands of gold. Although these projects are destined to go bankrupt because the Fang family is now headed by that idiot Fang Jianxun, Tang Yu's favor to the Fang family cannot be discounted at all. The ideas are golden ideas, and there is no gold.  Blame yourself for not having the ability.

    The most important thing is that Fang Jianxun originally wanted to annex the VCD project run by Tang Yu. The Fang family's doing so was undoubtedly repaying evil with evil. If an ordinary person was in Tang Yu's position, he would have hated the Fang family.  , let alone meet the old man of the Fang family.

    "Brother Fang, I have a clear distinction between grudges and grudges. I can tell who is good to me and who is bad to me. You and Grandpa Fang are kind to me and have helped me and my company through difficulties several times. I remember these."  In my heart, it¡¯s not you who treat me badly, but those black sheep from the Fang family.¡± Tang Yu said with a smile.

    After leaving Food is the Sky and separated from everyone, Tang Yu had just got into the taxi returning home when the phone rang.

    "Hello, Xiaoyu, I'm your sister Wanru." Song Wanru's soft voice came from the other end of the phone.

    "Oh, Sister Wanru, have you returned to Liaohai? Why did you come back so soon? Wasn't it scheduled to come back tomorrow?" Tang Yu asked with a smile.

    "It's not because of you. Okay, instead of chatting on the phone, come to the teahouse in front of my house and let's meet and chat." After saying that, Song Wanru hung up the phone.

    Tang Yu put down the phone and said to the taxi driver in front of him, "Provincial government compound."

    The driver looked at Tang Yu in surprise through the rear mirror and muttered to himself, it seems that this guy is a second-generation official, no wonder he is dressed so brightly.

    It is true that he was well-dressed. After all, there was a meeting today. In order to show the grandness and seriousness of the meeting, Tang Yu, accompanied by Yang Hanning, went directly to the Armani store to buy a suit after leaving the campus.

    Armani is Tang Yu¡¯s favorite suit. In terms of design style, they are neither trendy nor traditional, but a good combination of the two. Their clothes rarely seem to have anything to do with fashion.  Giorgio Armani's design follows three golden principles: First, remove any unnecessaryThe second is to focus on comfort; the third is that the most gorgeous things are actually the simplest.  "This is Giorgio Armani's very accurate evaluation of himself. American fashion designer Bill Burras commented on Armani and his clothing: "His design of women's clothing styles is indeed unique and impeccable.  He is the genius of his time.  "It is not a clear division between men and women, nor a strict division between day wear and evening wear. Armani's unique style, individual color and fashion created by cultural conflicts and exchanges have made him recognized as the most influential fashion designer since the 1980s.  fashion designer.

    The Financial Street Power Suit Gicomio Armani is the favorite of Wall Street. Men spend a lot of money to own one, while women are obsessed with the elegance and nobility revealed in its refined style.  The letters gicomio armani have always been associated with the image of elegance and moderation. His clothes are neither rude or illegal, nor too gorgeous and vulgar, wandering between classic elegance and casual romance.  gicomioarmani's clothes have a sense of class and taste - not only expensive, but also sophisticated.  In most cases, "wearing armani" is a status symbol, despite this being a new economic era that values ??individual freedom.  No matter at any time or occasion, Gicomio Armani's clothing is not inappropriate or unpopular. Many of the world's top executives have taken a fancy to Gicomio Armani's creative style and become his followers.  gicomioarmani's accessories include leather goods, shoes, glasses, ties, scarves, etc., which pay attention to exquisite texture and simple lines just like clothing.  Compared with Lagerfeld, who wears sunglasses and shakes a paper fan all day long, and Versace, who is gorgeous, indulgent and has an alternative style, Armani is more like an ascetic - his style is neither trendy nor traditional.  He is able to create an almost perfect and stunning balance between market demand and elegant fashion: neutral colors, elegant tailoring that eliminates the need to show off, and at the same time deleting irrelevant details in the design, which is also a key to clothing tailoring.  a major contribution.  His simplicity always wanders between tradition and modernity, blurring the indelible boundary between tradition and modernity.  Armani displays the unique luxurious temperament of traditional European clothing in simplicity, while skillfully interweaving modernity into the traditional artistic conception, giving the clothing an "inexhaustible" style.  At first glance, you may think it is very mediocre, but at second glance, you will feel that it has washed away the complicated nobility and bold modern passion.  Perhaps it is this unique charm hidden under the ordinary appearance that enables him to control a large number of loyal consumers like a magician.  gicomioarmani has made an unprecedented and bold subversion of women's clothing styles, making armani suits the favorite of high-end professional women.  The most representative one is the advent of Armani's "powersuit" for men and women in 1980. The "power suit" has become a symbol of the era of international economic prosperity.  This design was inspired by Golden Age Hollywood and featured wide shoulder lapels and wide-legged trousers.  Richard Gere appeared in a full armani "power suit" in "American Gigolo", and the brand began to leave a deep impression on the audience.

    Not to mention, Tang Yu, now wearing a carefully tailored Armani suit, really looked like a second-generation ancestor. He could even be called a pretty boy.

    Tang Yu knew that the teahouse that Song Wanru was talking about was not far from the government compound. He had gone to that teahouse to have a cup of tea and take a rest after taking Xiao Yuxin back from shopping several times.

    Tang Yu approached the teahouse and immediately saw Song Wanru wearing a white short-sleeved shirt.

    The short sleeves were tight and hugged Song Wanru's body tightly, vividly showing off her plump and hot figure. The lower body was a pair of tight jeans, which further highlighted the slenderness of Song Wanru's legs. Together with her feet,  The pair of white Li Ning sneakers made Song Wanru look like a slim girl.

    "Sister Wanru, how long have you been waiting here?" Tang Yu stepped forward, sat down opposite Song Wanru, and asked with a smile.

    "It didn't take long, I just arrived." After saying that, Song Wanru stared at Tang Yu's face. Tang Yu's hair went up in pain. He touched the corners of his mouth with both hands involuntarily. He was very careful when eating just now and didn't touch it.  Rice grains, sister Wanru looks at herself like this, what does it mean?

    "Sister Wanru, you, you have something to do with me? Can you please stop looking at me like that? It makes me feel bad." Tang Yu said softly.

    PhewSong Wanru was amused by Tang Yu's silly look, and couldn't help but give him a charming look, "Silly"

    Tang Yu touched his nose in embarrassment. How stupid am I? Have you ever seen a fool make billions? Of course, fool melon seeds are an exception. People really made a fortune from fools and turned into a big brand.

    "I heard about Blackwater International from my dad. I was afraid that something might happen to you, so I rushed back early. But I just saw that your face looked normal," Song Wanru explained.

    She also just learned about the news about Blackwater International. In fact, the country is not yet ready to use coercive means to take backAs for Blackwater International, Shen Ruihong only knew about it through other people's mouths. However, Tang Yu was very sensible. As soon as the country revealed this aspect, it was ready to hand over Blackwater International without hesitation and was not prepared to pinch it.  He harmed others and himself, and Tie Ben's fate is still vivid in his mind. Although Tie Ben has not reached that point at this time, and Lao Dai may not have had such an idea at this time, his final fate  But Tang Yu could imagine the outcome. Thinking about it, Tang Yu could not help but shudder as he remembered the country's treatment of Lao Dai Tieben.

    " Lao Dai from Tieben was a poor boy who grew up in wormwood bushes. He was born in a small village called Dunan Village in Chang City.  When he was 12 years old, because his family was too poor, he had to drop out of school to make a living.  His first job was to collect scrap metal.  With the development of the model economy in southern Jiangsu, many small and medium-sized manufacturing companies have been established in the Changshi area. Lao Dai goes to the factory every day to pick up and purchase scrap copper and iron.  Although he did not receive much education, he seemed to have a special talent for business. After saving a little money, he bought a walking tractor, which suddenly made the acquisition radius much larger; soon after,  He also bought back a briquetting machine to crush the collected iron scraps into iron briquettes, which could be sold at a higher price.

    For a long time after the reform and opening up, energy shortage has been the biggest bottleneck plaguing enterprises in the Yangtze River Delta. Because of this, the growth of the steel industry has always been relatively good.  Around 1984, Lao Dai opened a piece of land next to his old yard and opened a steelmaking workshop called Sanyou Rolling Factory.  He purchased several obsolete second-hand converters and iron furnaces from state-owned enterprises such as Shanghai No. 3 Iron and Steel Plant, forming a simple industrial chain.  After accumulating a certain amount of steelmaking experience, Lao Dai went to places near Changshi to contract the workshops of some state-owned steel plants that were on the verge of bankruptcy.  It was an era where efficiency was determined by the system. Once the lifeless steelmaking workshop in the hands of the director of a state-owned enterprise was transferred to Lao Dai, it immediately became a money-making machine.  At most, he had as many as five contracting workshops under his name.

    In 1996, Lao Dai registered and established Jiangsu Tieben Cast Steel Co., Ltd. with a registered capital of 2 million yuan.  "Iron Origin" means starting a business with iron and never leaving the business.  By around 2000, Tieben's factory area had expanded to 18 hectares, with more than 1,000 workers and sales revenue exceeding 100 million yuan.  However, the scale of the factory is still small, the technical level is very low, and it produces low-grade products such as rolls and continuous casting billets.  In order to take Tieben to a new level, Lao Dai decided to spend all his money on the blast furnace project, because only in this way can he escape from thousands of small steelmaking factories.  Three years later, Tieben's blast furnace project was completed. In front of thousands of workers, Lao Dai couldn't kneel down in front of the blast furnace, with tears and sweat mixed down his face.  This year was Tieben's year of take-off, with annual steel production soaring to 1 million tons and sales revenue exceeding 2.5 billion yuan.  In that year's "New Fortune" "China's 400 Richest List", he ranked 376th, with estimated assets of 100 million yuan.  During the construction of the blast furnace project, a bigger dream arose in Lao Dai's heart.

    After 2001, with the continued rapid growth of the macro-economy, there was a comprehensive shortage of various energy sources, among which steel and electricity were the two most in short supply.  In the steel market, whether it is wire rods or plates, ordinary steel or special steel, prices generally continue to rise, almost to the point of "one price a day".  At the gate of Tieben Factory, large trucks from all over the country line up in a long line every day, waiting to pick up goods. This scene occurs every day.  According to Lao Dai's estimation, China's steel craze can last at least 5 to 6 years. This should be a once-in-a-lifetime event for steel people.

    Lao Dai chose the location of the new factory on a narrow coastal strip along the Yangtze River.  Along the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, there is a very prominent steel corridor. From west to east, Wuhan Iron and Steel in Hubei, Jiujiang Iron and Steel in Jiangxi, Maanshan Iron and Steel in Anhui, Nanjing Iron and Steel in Jiangsu, and Baosteel Group in Shanghai stand like giants.  , all of which are among the "Top 100 Industrial Enterprises in China".  Lao Dai, who has not even finished elementary school, wants to build his future foundation around these national brand bosses.

    ??Tieben¡¯s new construction plan has received active support from the Changzhou Municipal Government.  As soon as Lao Dai's idea was put forward, it immediately received response from the city government.  Everyone knows that steel is an industry with large inputs and large outputs. Tieben's dream suddenly turned into the dream of the Changcheng City Government.  In the eyes of many officials in Chang City, Lao Dai is a trustworthy person.  He is thin, taciturn, and has no hobbies in his life. He just spends all day in the factory, discussing with technicians.  He is a well-known local "Five, no boss" - he does not ride in luxury cars, does not enter entertainment venues, does not eat and drink, does not gamble, and does not even live in high-end hotels. His daily life is very frugal, and all his family savings are invested in  After arriving at the factory, my father and stepmother had been growing vegetables and farming in the countryside.  His family lived in a very simple little house in a steel factory. One wall of the house was hit by a large truck, but he didn't care.  The car he drives all year round is a debt-paid Santana.In 2000, even if he became a billionaire on the rich list, he would not change his frugal nature.

    At the beginning, Lao Dai¡¯s idea was not as grand as it later was.  In May 2002, he proposed a plan to build a new factory with a little more than double the existing production capacity. Its main construction is two blast furnaces and a 14-meter deep deep-water dock, covering an area of ??2,000 acres, with an annual output of 260  The total investment of 10,000 tons of wide and thick plates is about 1 billion yuan, which is mainly invested with its own funds on a rolling basis.

    However, driven by the enthusiasm of relevant people, the Iron Ben project has been revised again and again, and has become increasingly expanded.  In just 6 months, the project scale increased from more than 2 million tons at the beginning to 4 million tons, 6 million tons, and finally was set at 8.4 million tons. The scale of the project increased from 2,000 acres to  9,379 acres, the estimated project budget is an astronomical 10.6 billion yuan, and the products are positioned as higher-grade products such as marine plates and rebar.

    At that time, Tieben¡¯s fixed assets were 1.2 billion yuan and its net assets were 100 million yuan.  To launch a project exceeding 10 billion yuan with such a capital scale is undoubtedly a "small horse pulling a big cart".  Lao Dai said to his subordinates: "With such local support, where can we find such a good opportunity?" It was after confirming the information of government support that local banks boldly lent money to Tieben, and Tieben suddenly received 100 million yuan.  bank credit.

    It is very difficult for a private enterprise to get approval from relevant central departments to launch a steel project with an investment of tens of billions of yuan and an area of ??nearly 10,000 acres.  China's steel industry is a semi-monopoly industry with entry barriers. According to relevant regulations, projects with an investment of more than 30 million US dollars must be submitted to the National Development and Reform Commission for approval. If iron projects are reported truthfully, not only will the approval process be protracted, but they will also be approved.  The chances are very slim.

    China's economic reform has always had a tradition of "breaking through barriers". As the saying goes, "go fast when you see a green light, go around when you see a red light." Many reforms were successfully implemented through this kind of barrier-breaking, and it became a good story in the future; there are also many  In the process, he fell into disgrace and became a typical example of illegal behavior.  This gap between reform and development and system design has become a gray phenomenon throughout the history of Chinese enterprises.  Changshi people also tried to "break through" in the iron project.  People's luck mentality is that once hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars are invested, is it possible to put the child that has already been born back into the mother's belly?

    As a result, Tieben's 8.4 million-ton project was split into 7 sub-projects and 1 terminal project and reported separately. Tieben accordingly established 7 "Sino-foreign joint ventures" in name only. In terms of approval of construction land rights,  The land was "broken into parts" and divided into 14 pieces of land for approval application.  The Changshi High-tech Zone Economic Development Bureau, where the project is located, quickly approved all infrastructure projects within one day.  Later, in the detention center, Lao Dai told reporters who came to interview: "All the procedures at that time were handled by the government, and we never asked about these matters. When the government said it was okay to move, we started work."

    If the Tieben project had not been forcibly suspended, then Changshi¡¯s ¡°breakthrough¡± would have become another wonderful case of government departments actively supporting the bold development of private enterprises.

    With the strong support of the government, Lao Dai devoted all his energy to the feasibility of the project.

    Although the steel industry is an industry with big imports and big exports on the surface, the secret of its profitability is still the art of scale and cost control.  More than 100 years ago, Andrew Carnegie genius discovered this principle when he was building his steel empire.  He said: ¡°The low price is directly proportional to the scale of production. Therefore, the larger the scale of production, the lower the cost Reduce costs, seize the market, run at full capacity, and as long as you control costs, benefits will naturally come.  "

    Lao Dai has not read Carnegie's book, but he followed the "Carnegie Principles" to the letter.

    The scale of 8.4 million tons was enough to rank Tieben among the largest steel companies in China. At that time, there were only two steel plants in the country with more than 10 million tons, Baosteel and Tangshan Iron and Steel.  Lao Dai hired many top steel experts to participate in the demonstration and positioning. In terms of technology, the most advanced equipment in the country was used from forging and melting, ironmaking to sintering, coking and other parts. The blast furnace used a 120-ton blast furnace permitted by the state.

    Like almost all fields, private steel companies have always had cost advantages.  Data shows that private enterprises¡¯ iron-making costs are 60 to 90 yuan per ton lower than state-owned enterprises, steel-making costs are 60 to 150 yuan per ton lower, and finished products are 100 to 300 yuan lower per ton.  Therefore, Lao Dai said: "Just like building a house at home, if you buy a ready-made house, it is very expensive. If we buy the materials to build it ourselves, it will be 50% cheaper. We only need 3 to build a blast furnace.  More than 100 million, while others want 700 million or even 800 million." In order to create a long-term cost advantage, Lao Dai also reached a long-term iron ore supply agreement with an Australian company, which is much cheaper than the market price.  At that time, his agreed price was more than 300 yuan per ton, while the market price was around 1,000 yuan per ton, and this price remained unchanged for a long time.

    These investment measures of Lao Dai, coupled with the continued high temperature of the steel market, have caused almost all?Everyone is optimistic about the project.  Lao Dai himself is also full of confidence.  He told reporters from Jiangsu media who came for the interview: "Iron will surpass Baosteel within three years and catch up with Posco within five years." Baosteel and Posco are the two largest steel plants in China and South Korea respectively, ranking fifth and fifth in the world.  third.  A chess piece in the chess game. When Dai Hao said he wanted to "surpass Baosteel and catch up with Pohang", there was actually a heavy fog surrounding him.  The world is like a chess game, ever-changing, and Lao Dai is a chess piece who only cares about himself and moving forward.

    For Chinese entrepreneurs, "what is politics?" has always been a question.  In this group, we see too many over-enthusiastic people, those who turn a blind eye, those who are openly antagonistic, and those who are ignorant. However, we rarely find people who are accurate and advance and retreat calmly and orderly.

    Until the time he was imprisoned, Lao Dai, the "private steel king" with only a primary school education, had not figured out this question, or he had never asked himself this question.  Looking at the country at that time, two major discussions were in full swing, and their conclusions would greatly affect the chessboard of China's economic growth. Lao Dai was in a changing situation without knowing it.

    Lao Dai is probably the least well-known one. Just when he was dreaming about steel on the bank of the Yangtze River, Lao Guo of Shanghai Fosun was planning to build a steel plant of almost the same size in Ningbo, Zhejiang. Liu Yongxing, the famous Sichuan Hope Group, was building a steel plant in Ningbo, Zhejiang.  Inner Mongolia is intensively planning an electrolytic aluminum project with an investment of over 10 billion yuan.

    When Lao Dai was excited about his steel dream by the Yangtze River in Chang City, the Chinese economic and media circles were carrying out two discussions that were closely related to him.  It's a pity that he has no time to pay attention to these difficult "scholarly debates".  He seldom reports, but a familiar Beijing expert once showed him the article in "Chinese Entrepreneur".  The expert finally said: "If your project is completed, you will definitely be the richest man in China."

    Lao Dai, who was busy at the construction site, smiled naively.  He didn't hear the myriad of mysteries hidden in the word "if".

    Lao Dai¡¯s words of ¡°catching up with Baosteel¡± may sound strange to some people.

    Steel, for a modern country, once meant everything.  Since the Industrial Revolution, a country¡¯s steel production capacity has been almost a symbol of national strength.  During the Cold War, the confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union was actually a competition about steel for a long time. Soviet leader Stalin put forward the slogan "steel is everything", and the United States spared no effort in investing in the steel industry. For many years it has been  It is the world's largest steel producer.

    Data show that around 2002, the number of steelmaking enterprises nationwide increased from 114 in the 1980s to more than 260, with an average annual output of less than 700,000 tons, and more than 200 of them had an average annual output of less than 100,000 tons.  tons/year, the problem of ¡°scattered, chaotic and small¡± is very prominent.  In 2002, the total investment in the national steel industry was 71 billion yuan, an increase of % over the previous year.  In 2003, this figure reached 132.9 billion yuan, with investment increasing by 96% year-on-year.  Similar to the steel industry, investment in electrolytic aluminum increased by % and investment in cement increased by %.  Macro investment is overheated and has gradually become a consensus among decision-makers.  At the end of 2003, the gate of macroeconomic control was finally lowered.  On February 4, the State Council held a special video and telephone conference on strictly controlling over-investment in some industries, and clearly required clean-up and inspection of the three major industries of steel, electrolytic aluminum, and cement. The State Council immediately organized the Audit Office, National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Finance, Land and Resources  Personnel from the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Construction, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Commerce, the People's Bank of China and other departments formed eight inspection teams and went to various places to conduct inspections.  The focus of the investigation is on those private enterprises that have entered the three major industries and "blindly invested".

    In this way, Lao Dai and his iron book were involved in an unexpected storm.

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    In the context of macro-control, the iron capital problem quickly changed from the destruction of land and land occupation to illegal construction.  Lao Dai, who was in the whirlpool of events, began to become restless.  He himself didn't know how things got worse and worse. In those days, he spent all day running around the construction site.  According to his budget, by the end of May, the steel plant's first blast furnace will be completed and can be put into production immediately. By then, "raw rice will be cooked."  He said to his subordinates: "Such a big project will be built as soon as it is completed. At most, it will be fined, and it is impossible to demolish it." However, the situation was far more serious than he imagined.  Since the State Council issued a notice in December last year, investment in heavy chemical industry projects in various regions has not shown a cooling trend.  According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics, fixed asset investment nationwide in the first quarter still increased by 43% year-on-year, setting the highest growth rate since the mid-1990s. Among them, investment in the steel industry increased by an astonishing 107%.  At this time, the Tieben project, which was suspected of illegal land occupation, illegal construction, etc., jumped onto the stage, and it undoubtedly became the most appropriate and typical target for punishment.

    ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ??The high-profile handling was a landmark event in the macroeconomic control in 2004.  "People's Daily" pointed out in an editorial titled "Resolutely safeguard the smooth flow of macro-control decrees": "The State Council instructs Jiangsu Province and relevant departments to seriously deal with the relevant responsible persons involved in this case, which is a strict administration in accordance with the law and maintenance of macro-control  An important measure to ensure the smooth flow of government orders." This editorial fully exposed Tieben's typical role in this macro-control.  The Tieben incident is considered a watershed in this round of regulation.  Prior to this, the central government had been trying to control overheating investment through monetary policy adjustments. However, when the results were not obvious, the government decisively changed course and forcibly increased administrative control.  Since then, many private enterprises¡¯ investment projects in the steel, electrolytic aluminum and cement industries have been stranded. Shanghai Fosun Group Lao Guo¡¯s Jianlong project and Sichuan Hope Group Liu Yongxing¡¯s Sanmenxia electrolytic aluminum project were ordered to suspend.  Tieben's death and Jianlong's resurrection were so violent that Tieben could not survive and became a victim of a vigorous macro-control movement.  When it was strictly ordered to cease operations, the investment in bank loan funds had reached 2.6 billion yuan. In this sense, the iron foundation was overturned, and the biggest financial losses were those state-owned banks that took risks.

    In the Tieben incident, the following phenomena are very thought-provoking:

    In industries such as steel, when private capital was strictly ordered to stop, state-owned and international capital made great strides forward.  At the same time as the Tieben incident occurred, Baosteel entered into a three-party joint venture with Asel, the world's largest steel company at the time, and Nippon Steel, the second largest company, to start the construction of an 1800 mm cold rolling project. In addition, it also entered into a joint venture with Australia's Hammersley Company  Signed a long-term ordering agreement to purchase 7 million tons of iron ore per year.  The company's president and chairman announced that Baosteel plans to spend 50 billion to 60 billion yuan before 2010 to expand production from 20 million tons to 30 million tons, increasing production capacity by 50%.  This news shocked the global steel industry.

    Immediately, Wuhan Iron and Steel Group, China's fourth largest steel company, stated that several large-scale projects of Wuhan Iron and Steel have been approved by the National Development and Reform Commission, with a total investment of more than 20 billion yuan.  Other large state-owned steel companies have also launched new projects: Benxi Iron and Steel Group has cooperated with Posco to launch a cold-rolled plate project; Anshan Iron and Steel Group and Europe's second largest steel company Thyssenkrupp of Germany have jointly invested US$100 million to build a  A hot-dip galvanized sheet project with a production capacity of 400,000 tons; Tangshan Iron and Steel Group and Maanshan Iron and Steel Group each signed an ordering agreement for 3 million tons of iron ore with the world's largest mineral resources company, Bibi Tuo Company.

    The pace of investment by multinational steel companies in China does not seem to have stalled.  Just three days after Lao Dai was detained, in the Suzhou Industrial Park, only 105 kilometers away from Chang City, Australia BlueScope Steel Company held a lively groundbreaking ceremony for a steel project with an investment of AU$100 million (approximately 1.7 billion yuan).  Company President Mao Simin said: "Everything went smoothly beyond expectations. We got the business license in less than a month." Suzhou Industrial Park revealed that BlueScope's project only took 7 days from submitting application materials to issuing a business license.  working days.

    Some media commented that a business license for a 1.7 billion yuan project was obtained within 7 days, which is simply a fantasy for investors in most areas of the country.  Because according to the current national regulations, projects with an investment of 50 million to 200 million yuan must be approved by the National Development and Reform Commission, and projects with an investment of more than 200 million yuan must be submitted to the State Council for approval. The entire process is cumbersome and cannot be approved for more than a year and a half.  Moreover, steel investment is the top priority of macro-control, and the Tieben incident is just around the corner. The speed of BlueScope project approval is really amazing.  Xinhua News Agency reporter Xu Shousong wrote with great emotion in the book "Tieben Investigation": "In the same industry, at the same time, in the same province, the fate of Tieben and BlueScope, one local and one foreign steel company, are so different that they are life and death apart.  Heavy door? Some people are singing and dancing inside the door, while others are singing and crying outside the door."

    From the perspective of industry data throughout the year, people can also see the real side.  In the months after Tieben was severely punished, the country's steel production seemed to be under short-term control. However, it accelerated month by month starting in June. Starting in July, daily production levels hit historical records, and by October they were even higher.  The daily output exceeded 800,000 tons and reached 10,000 tons.  In the first 10 months, the country's cumulative steel production reached 100 million tons, an increase of 3% over the same period last year.  In 2005, steel output continued to grow at a rapid pace. The country produced 100 million tons of steel, with year-on-year growth reaching another %.  What is even more interesting is that in 2004, there were only two steel plants in the country with a steel output of more than 10 million tons. By 2005, the number suddenly increased to eight, of which, except for Shagang, they were all large state-owned enterprises.

    From a data point of view, Tieben¡¯s ¡°killing chickens to scare monkeys¡± effect has not really been achieved.  Because of this case, some people jokingly called macroeconomic control "overheating of macroeconomics and regulating private enterprises."

    Even among regulated private enterprises, their fates vary greatly.  Jianlong, who was ordered to stop production at the same time as Tieben, had another life and death situation.

    The launch of Jianlong Steel Company began in April 2002, almost at the same time as Tieben.  Lao Guo followsDai is equally optimistic about the future steel market. Fosun entered the steel industry in 2001.  In July of that year, Fosun invested 100 million yuan to acquire 30% of Tangshan Jianlong's shares; two years later, it jointly established Nanjing Iron and Steel United Co., Ltd. with Nanjing Iron and Steel Group, an established private steel company, with Fosun actually holding 60%.  At the same time, it controls the listed company Nanjing Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. In this year, Nanjing Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. achieved a net profit of 100 million yuan.

    It was under the temptation of extraordinary profits that Lao Guo bet on Ningbo, and the Jianlong project was invested and constructed under the name of Nangang.  In February 2004, the National Development and Reform Commission, the China Banking Regulatory Commission and others formed a joint investigation team to station in Jianlong.  In May, one month after the Tieben incident, CCTV exposed the Jianlong incident. There were three main violations: 1. Irregular approval, turning projects that should have been approved by the competent department of the State Council into local approval; 2.  . Started construction without approval from the environmental protection department; 3. Short-term loans and long-term investments, converting 700 million yuan of bank working capital loans into fixed asset investments.  Judging from these circumstances, the nature of Jianlong's violation is very similar to that of Tieben, so it is called "Tieben's second".

    When Jianlong was stopped, its construction progress was similar to that of Tieben. The iron-making blast furnace, hot-rolling workshop, dock, etc. were basically completed, and the actual investment capital had reached 4.8 billion yuan.  Fosun's share price plummeted after news of the project's suspension came out.  Unlike Tieben, after the incident, although six cadres including the Planning Commission and the Bureau of Land and Resources were punished, no one from Jianlong was detained, and the actual controller of the project, Lao Guo, was not restricted. He still  There is room for self-rescue.  Immediately after being investigated and punished, Fosun issued an announcement stating that the company had no connection with Jianlong and its shareholders.

    In September, Lao Guo suddenly hinted at a Yangtze River Delta Forum in Hangzhou that Jianlong also had a hidden "shadow shareholder", that is, Liu Yonghao, a well-known private entrepreneur and vice chairman of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, New Hope Group.

    Lao Guo¡¯s hints are nothing more than to continuously test the bottom line of the upper management¡¯s handling of the Jianlong incident.  Judging from subsequent developments, what really turned the Jianlong project around was the participation of a large state-owned steel company in Zhejiang.

    At the same time that the Jianlong project was being constructed, Hangzhou Iron and Steel Company also began to prepare for the construction of a steel project covering an area of ??5,400 acres in Daxie Island, Ningbo.  Due to entanglements on demolition and other issues, when the Jianlong Project was already halfway through construction, Hangzhou Iron and Steel's Daxie project had not officially started construction.

    After Jianlong was stranded, the Zhejiang Provincial Government immediately proposed the intention to integrate Jianlong and Hangzhou Iron and Steel.  In this regard, Tong Yunfang, chairman of Hangzhou Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., who is in a favorable position, said, "Either hold a controlling stake or not participate."

    Of course, Lao Guo is not willing to be eaten up. He made it clear at the forum in Hangzhou that it is right for the government to comprehensively consider the development of Hangzhou Iron and Steel and Jianlong, but the integration must be in the form of reform, not in the same old way.  , the issue of who is the core must be solved in the most optimized and competitive market approach.  He told reporters: "State-owned enterprises can participate in equity, but private enterprises must take control. Don't let state-owned enterprises control private enterprises in the name of macro-control." "Finance" asked in a comment on this matter: "In the  In this negotiation between private enterprises, state-owned enterprises and the government, the former who have been found guilty of violations are obviously in a weak position. But the question is, does it have to be controlled by the state-owned enterprises before it can be released?"

    Lao Guo¡¯s struggles and the media¡¯s questioning proved to be ineffective.  In August 2004, news spread throughout the financial circle: Hangzhou Iron and Steel and Jianlong initially reached a restructuring agreement, with Hangzhou Iron and Steel holding 51% of the shares and Lao Guo holding 49%.  Opinions on the handling of the Jianlong incident were also issued as scheduled. The State Council delegated the authority to handle the illegal Ningbo Jianlong Steel project to the Zhejiang Provincial Government.  This means that the reorganized Jianlong project has obtained "legal approval."

    In early 2006, the National Development and Reform Commission approved the Ningbo Jianlong Steel Project with the "Development and Reform of Industry" document.  According to the approval document, the National Development and Reform Commission agreed that Hangzhou Iron and Steel Group Co., Ltd. would reorganize Ningbo Jianlong Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. in conjunction with its own structural adjustment. Hangzhou Iron and Steel Group, as the controlling shareholder, would reorganize it into "Ningbo Iron and Steel Co., Ltd." together with other shareholders.

    Lao Guo narrowly escaped death at the expense of his controlling stake.

    The same thing, but there are two completely different endings. How could Tang Yu not be clear about the secrets here?

    He knew very clearly that Tieben was just a steel group, and Lao Dai ended up like this because he didn't listen to the country's instructions. Blackwater International is different from Tieben. It was a real violent organization. If he didn't listen,  Maybe Qincheng Prison will be his final end. If he doesn't listen, he will die inexplicably while walking and taking a plane that day. It's better to do it peacefully, so that everyone can save face.

    Song Wanru was born in a political family, so naturally he would not understand the darkness of high-level politics, so he was a little worried about Tang Yu and hurried back.

    "Something happened? What could happen to me? Do I have to jump off a building for the sake of Blackwater International?" Tang Yu chuckled.

    "Stop pretending, who doesn't?I know that you have paid so much for Blackwater International, and now you are handing over Blackwater International, which you have single-handedly run, to others. It would be strange if you have no idea at all. The more you act as if nothing has happened, the more unhappy you are in your heart.  Calm, you are using your calm face to cover up your restless heart.  Song Wanru said worriedly.

    Tang Yu was conquered by Song Wanru's powerful theory, with a wry smile on his face, "Sister Wanru, you think too much. In fact, Blackwater International was taken back by the country. I was mentally prepared for it when I first started Blackwater.  International, it was like this day, but I didn¡¯t expect that because of the incident in Indonesia, the central government suddenly realized the horror of Blackwater International and took it back. I didn¡¯t expect it to be so fast. As for my thoughts, let¡¯s talk about it.  It's not a lie at all, but so what if you have an idea, you can't stand up and challenge the country, I'm not that stupid yet, so you don't have to worry about me at all." Tang Yu explained  .

    "That's good, that's good. Just make sure you're fine. I've been worrying for nothing." Song Wanru patted her towering chest, looking worried.

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