Chapter 458: Contradictions
"Mr. Ding, what do you think about this?"
Everyone walked to the locker room to change back into their clothes, but after sitting in the cigar room before dinner began, Xie Sipeng couldn't help but ask Ding Zhaoqiang what he thought of Huamao's cooperation with the Evans Foundation to promote the construction of the Boeke Iron Mine-Boca Railway-Catro Iron and Steel Plant Industrial Complex.
"My opinion?" Ding Zhaoqiang sat on the soft sofa, took the shoes from the hand of the waiter, and said in a deep voice, "My opinion is that I think this plan is a bit nonsense, but Dongsheng's shareholding in the New Steel Union is too low, and Han Shaorong is staring at Yu Jinjie now, presumably he doesn't care what I think at all." ”
In recent years, there have been many super-large industrial engineering projects in China, even so, Ding Zhaoqiang, Qian Wenhan, Zhou Shenhe and others can't help but sigh when they hear that there are tens of billions of projects in China.
What's more, in the Gulf of Guinea region of Africa, where economic development, industrial support is extremely backward, and the market is much narrower than that of China?
The industrial complex of the Boesau-Boca Railway-Carter Gong Iron and Steel Plant was planned in the early sixties after Kanem overthrew colonial rule, and construction began in the early seventies, but after the first phase of the project was stumbled over, the subsequent construction on a larger scale was interrupted, and it was stopped for thirty years.
Cao Mo initially joined forces with Xingang to take over the Catro Iron and Steel Plant, but he only wanted to purchase high-quality refined iron ore from Mangba in Akwa through the low-cost Gulf of Guinea offshore and Ogun River intermodal transportation, and even took a lot of effort to untie the Boso Iron Mine from the Catro Iron and Steel Plant through Blake and others in Oyo State.
Cao Mo's plan to take over the Catro Iron and Steel Plant was cut off by Huamao, but Xinganglian has always been the operator of this plan.
Dongsheng Holdings has always held a small number of shares in Xinganglian, and even if it has not yet met the qualifications to nominate directors to the board of directors, Ding Zhaoqiang is more or less concerned about the recent situation of the Catro Iron and Steel Plant.
"Of course, the whole plan is not completely impossible to implement, but the execution ability of the team is extremely demanding, and it must also be able to get the full cooperation of the local government," Ding Zhaoqiang added, "Huamao teamed up with Xingang to connect the Catelo Iron and Steel Plant, Han Shaorong is somewhat self-aware, and can still insist on the team of the New Iron and Steel Union as the leader, at least the operation of the steel mill will not be messy, but now for some inexplicable reasons, and join forces with the Evans Foundation to engage in this industrial complex, it is a bit nonsense- I read the information sent back by Cao Mo, the Evans Foundation is so deeply rooted in the Gulf of Guinea and other parts of Africa, at the beginning of the cooperation, everyone can sit down happily and discuss things, if things encounter some setbacks, they will have the patience not to snatch the lead of the whole thing? Of course, as I just said, Dongsheng's voice in this matter is very low, everything depends on what Yu Jinjie thinks. Dongsheng's shares will be lifted in half a year, but it really can't be done, and it will be withdrawn directly when the time comes......"
Ding Zhaoqiang is an industrialist, of course, he knows the importance of teamwork.
And he is also a relatively strong character, and strong personalities have an uncontrollable desire to control, and his many conflicts with Cao Mo and Tianyue in the early days, as well as Dongsheng's debt crisis, are more or less related to his character.
Although he was forced to reconcile with Cao Mo due to the situation, Ding Zhaoqiang himself reflected a lot, and he knew very well how deeply entrenched the Evans Foundation was in the Gulf of Guinea, and how difficult it would be to restrain himself from competing for the dominance of this industrial complex at that time.
This will inevitably lead to chaos and loss of control in the operations team.
Many large-scale joint industrial and engineering projects eventually disappeared, which has little to do with the market environment, but is mostly due to such factors.
"Yu Jinjie is also an old man, so he won't even be able to understand such a simple truth. Qian Wenhan said.
"I see that Yu Jinjie and Han Shaorong looked quite affectionate just now, maybe Han Shaorong thought of some way to isolate the risk and persuade Yu Jinjie......" Cao Mo said.
"Oh?" Ding Zhaoqiang and Qian Wenhan were all a little hesitant, they didn't see Yu Jinjie and Han Shaorong with their own eyes just now, but they could never despise Cao Mo's observation at this time, and asked, "What can they do to isolate the risk?"
"If Yu Jinjie is really moved by Han Shaorong's words, there are still ways to isolate risks," Ge Jun said in a deep voice, "Han Shaorong is currently taking Huamao Investment as the core, and a number of companies have been registered on the periphery. The legal representatives and investment shareholders of these companies are no longer Han Shaorong or the senior managers who are serving in Huamao, but are served by several senior executives who have left Huamao, but people with a discerning eye know that these are companies controlled by Han Shaorong - Han Shaorong is currently involved in the capital operation of the securities market through these companies, on the one hand, it can bypass supervision, and on the other hand, if there is a problem in a certain link, Han Shaorong can cut it in time to avoid the transmission of the risk debt chain to Huamao Investment. If Han Shaorong and Yu Jinjie want to join forces with the Evans Foundation to promote the construction of the Boso Iron Ore-Catro Iron and Steel Plant, an industrial complex, and do not want Huamao and Xinganglian to bear the risks of this huge investment, it is easier to achieve, and in Han Shaorong's style, it is to win a shell company in Hong Kong at a lower cost, and the two companies will put the assets of Xihai Iron and Steel into this shell company, and then use this shell company to borrow money to complete the capital increase of the entire project......"
Ge Jun has studied Han Shaorong the most, and is also familiar with various capital operation routines.
After he said this, everyone thought that Han Shaorong and Yu Jinjie would do this nine times out of ten, which was too in line with Han Shaorong's style.
Regardless of whether the Bosso-Catro steel industrial complex can be completed or not, Han Shaorong will be able to make a lot of money first through the capital operation of the shell company, and any risks that will be taken in the end will be borne by the shell company.
It is not surprising that Han Shaorong was able to persuade Yu Jinjie with this method.
They had predicted that Yu Jinjie would refuse, mainly because of the unforeseen risks of the Bosso-Carter Gong steel industrial complex, which would affect the main business of the new steel union.
If Han Shaorong used this method to isolate the risk from the new steel union, and even pulled Yu Jinjie to make a joint profit in the capital operation of the shell company, why did Yu Jinjie refuse?
Huamao is currently the second largest shareholder of Xinganglian, and has never interfered with Yu Jinjie's control of Xinganglian, Yu Jinjie more or less wants to sell Han Shaorong a face.
The other shareholders of Xinganglian, although they can't get a piece of the pie, as long as there is no big risk, how many people will resolutely stand up as Yu Jinjie and Han Shaorong, the first and second shareholders of Xinganglian?
Dongsheng's opposition at this time became even more insignificant.
"Why don't I ask Zhang Chaoyang to see if this is the case?" asked Shen Ji.
Zhang Chaoyang is the vice president of the new steel union, and the operation team of the Catro steel plant is currently in charge of him, and if Yu Jinjie reaches an agreement with Han Shaorong, he will inevitably have a prophet of Zhang Chaoyang - Zhang Chaoyang is a key person they can't avoid.
Shen Ji and Zhang Chaoyang have always had a good personal relationship, and it was Shen Ji who initially recommended Cao Mo to talk to Zhang Chaoyang about the Catelo Iron and Steel Plant project, but in the end, he was cut off by Hua Mao, which was not something that Zhang Chaoyang could control.
"Okay, it's good to inquire clearly!" Cao Mo said.
Shen Ji took out the Bluetooth headset and put it on, and while walking towards the cigar room with everyone, he dialed Zhang Chaoyang's phone.
Everyone sat down in the cigar room, and they could also hear what Shen Ji was talking to Zhang Chaoyang on the other end of the phone [man], and it could be seen that Zhang Chaoyang didn't want to tell Shen Ji everything at first, but Shen Ji directly broke Han Shaorong's possible plan, and Zhang Chaoyang spit out bitterness on the other end of the phone.
"Mr. Ge is really a god, it's really a roundworm in Han Shaorong's stomach," Shen Ji pulled his headphones and said with a smile, "At present, their plan is really to win a shell company in Hong Kong - there are countless penny stocks in Hong Kong stocks, and the cost of winning a shell company is very limited, and I even suspect that Han Shaorong already has several shell resources in Hong Kong." Han Shaorong has obviously persuaded Yu Jinjie, Yu Jinjie brought several senior executives of the New Iron and Steel Federation over last night to talk about it, so Zhang Chaoyang already knew about it. However, Zhang Chaoyang and several other high-level officials have some opinions to a greater or lesser extent......"
Zhang Chaoyang and several other high-level officials have opinions, and Cao Mo, Ding Zhaoqiang, and Qian Wenhan are not difficult to understand.
After the steel mill operated by Yu Jinjie was merged by Xingang Group, Yu Jinjie's shareholding ratio in Xinganglian was very low, and the senior management of Xinganglian was mainly from the previous Xingang Group, not Yu Jinjie's descendants.
In the subsequent series of restructuring process, the city gradually gave up the holding of the new steel union, Yu Jinjie's shareholding in the new steel union gradually increased, but it was not until the beginning of 07 that the new steel union completed the equity division reform, Yu Jinjie's shareholding in the new steel union only exceeded 30%, becoming the actual controller.
Therefore, Yu Jinjie is more or less incompatible with the existing management of Xinganglian.
The whole thing seems to be beneficial to Han Shaorong and Yu Jinjie, but the management of Xinganglian is not so stupid.
Even if the risk can be isolated by a shell company, Han Shaorong and Yu Jinjie want to take control of the Bosso-Catelo steel industrial complex from beginning to end and operate it well.
In addition to dispersing the existing management and technical strength of the new steel union, who wants to go over?
Don't say that no one wants to go there, and the team that went before will inevitably have a strong desire to return home.
Yu Jinjie and Han Shaorong are isolated from their investment risks, and they can even make a fortune first, but what about middle and low-level management and technical personnel?
They are not entitled to a piece of the pie from the operation of capital.
They have a stable position and income in the new steel union, they are not rich and rich, but they also have a stable life and family, and they are sent to Draculamo, which is also subject to the unified arrangement of the group, and they are full of thinking that they can be rotated back to China after three or four years.
If the new plan is implemented for risk isolation, Xihai Iron and Steel will have to cut with Xinganglian, and these dispatched employees will actually have to be cut out of Xinganglian.
The Boso-Catro steel-industrial complex is built, and they can barely be justified by continuing to hold on to their overseas holdings and get a high salary that is not much higher, but if they fail, they will be taking a big personal risk.
Of course, Yu Jinjie and Han Shaorong really want to forcibly promote the relevant plan, and the middle and lower-level management and technical personnel have very limited room to resist except for resignation and departure, and most people will eventually choose to compromise, right?
"I can hear that Zhang Chaoyang's grievances are very big, the team now in charge of the operation of the Catelo Iron and Steel Plant is all brought out by Zhang Chaoyang, Yu Jinjie and Han Shaorong really want to implement this plan, and it is difficult for Zhang Chaoyang to explain to these people. He had a big quarrel with Yu Jinjie yesterday, but he didn't have the ability to resist Yu Jinjie and Han Shaorong's decision," Shen Ji looked at Cao Mo and asked, "Do you want to find a chance to meet Zhang Chaoyang?"