Chapter Seventy-Seven: Resign and Go South
Geng Qiubo, general manager of FAW Group, has been a little upset recently, because Jinbei Bus, which is also in the Northeast, is very restless and working against FAW, and the two sides are constantly rubbing in the light bus market. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
As the big brother in the field of light passenger cars in China, the "small liberation" van produced by FAW light bus has almost swept the domestic market since 1990 with a starting price of more than 60,000 yuan, coupled with FAW's golden signboard, bringing FAW a profit of 260 million yuan every year.
Jinbei Automobile Group is a state-owned enterprise in Shenjing City, due to poor management in the first two years, the municipal government in order to get rid of this burden, unwilling to continue blood transfusion, so the state-owned shares transferred to the FAW Group to take over.
In 1992, under the operation of domestic capital tycoon Jin Yangyong, Jinbei Bus became the first Chinese joint venture company in China to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange in the United States. The two major shareholders of Jinbei Bus are Brilliance Group and Jinbei Automobile Group, and Brilliance Group occupies 51% of the shares in the joint venture and holds the management rights.
After obtaining the shares of Jinbei Automobile Group transferred by the Shenjing Municipal Government, FAW Group occupied 51% of the shares and renamed Jinbei Automobile Group as FAW Jinbei Automobile. To this end, the two sides have fiercely competed for the management of its cash cow joint venture Jinbei Bus.
Although Brilliance Group operated the listing of Jinbei Bus in the United States, the management headed by Jin Yangyong has been obsessed with the field of capital and usually only manages Jinbei Bus in name. Unexpectedly, in the past two years, Jinbei Bus has deteriorated, and the stock price has fallen by half, almost facing the financial fraud prosecution of American stockholders.
At this time, I didn't expect the old mother-in-law's Shenjing Municipal Government to leave at this time, bring in the FAW Group, and replace it with a new mother-in-law's house. As a result, FAW Group and Brilliance Group have a fierce competition for the management of Jinbei buses. FAW Group wanted to take over the management of Jinbei Bus, but Brilliance Group just wanted to go from behind the scenes to the front of the stage to take power, which led to open and secret battles between the two major shareholders.
In the end, Brilliance Group was given a head start, because according to the law, Jinbei Bus is a joint venture company, and Brilliance occupies 51% of the control of the shares, squeezing out FAW Group. Brilliance Group controls the daughter-in-law of Jinbei Bus, and FAW Jinbei, as a mother-in-law, is helpless for a while, and the two sides are secretly competing.
Originally, FAW's "small liberation" occupies a dominant position in the market, and the second largest competitor is the Jinbei van, but I didn't expect the Shenjing Municipal Government to rush to get out of the Jinbei bread to the mouth, FAW of course smiled happily. As long as the integration of Jinbei bread, then FAW will occupy an absolute dominant position in the domestic light bus market, which is what a lot of money.
When the shares of Shenjing City officially arrived, Geng Qiubo, general manager of FAW, once put down his words and said that in the future, FAW Light Bus will achieve the "38" goal: it will occupy 8% of the light passenger car market, with annual sales of 80,000 units and an annual profit of 800 million. Unexpectedly, there was a large stone in the cake that I ate in a big bite, which made FAW unable to swallow the Jinbei bus completely.
After grasping the management power, Jin Yangyong hurriedly recruited troops, and at the same time went to Toyota to request the introduction of the latest model technology, and strive to put FAW's "small liberation" on the battlefield. How can the defeated army be brave and defeat the "small liberation" so as to achieve the strategic goal of sending the FAW Group away and recovering the shares of Jinbei Automobile Group.
Since Brilliance Group is from a financial background, it has made a lot of money in China's fledgling securities market. Therefore, in order to do a good job in Jinbei Bus, Brilliance Group did not hesitate to poach FAW Light Bus with high salaries, and many backbones have jumped ship and returned to Shun.
"Those who go to Jinbei will be treated as expelled!"
Faced with the dilemma of brain drain, Geng Qiubo, the helmsman of FAW, had to use administrative means to deal with it, because economic means could not compare with the other party. At that time, resignation and dismissal were two different treatments, and resignation could still save some face, and dismissal would leave a disgraceful mark in the archives in the future.
Within the system, the management of cadres' identities and archives and household registration was emphasized, but with the development of the market economy, the old planned economic management model began to loosen.
Expulsion is expulsion, anyway, Lao Tzu has the ability, and he will do it wherever he goes!
Different from FAW's fixed salary system, many people who change jobs come to Brilliance Group for high salary, and they don't want files and identity treatment. Anyway, I don't expect to rely on FAW to support me when I get old in the future, and the disadvantages of FAW running a society are gradually emerging, and talents are beginning to flow freely under market regulation.
"You're leaving, too?"
When Ling Yunzhi, deputy director and deputy chief engineer of FAW Car, put his resignation letter on Geng Qiubo's desk, he couldn't help but be deeply surprised.
If it is said that Brilliance poached people, the highest was to poach a workshop director, but now Ling Yunzhi is at the level of factory director, and he is also the backbone of FAW's ZTE.
Under FAW Group, FAW Car is the most concerned subsidiary except FAW-Volkswagen, and Hongqi Car is subordinate to FAW Car. If FAW-Volkswagen has placed its expectations on foreign cooperation, then FAW Car is the future of internal independent research and development.
Ling Yunzhi, who is now known as an important cornerstone of FAW Car, is also leaving, which is really stirring up a thousand waves within FAW Group.
"What's so good about Brilliance? A person who can only use his lips to engage in capital operation is not the material for doing business at all! I dare to say that in just one year, Xiao Jiefang will be able to beat the golden cup bread to the ground, so why do you want to go over and wade into this muddy water now!"
As the head of FAW, Geng Qiubo is well aware of the preciousness of high-level talents, and every one of them is the gold that FAW has cultivated for many years! Within his ability, of course, he cannot simply dismiss him rudely.
"Director Geng, I'm not going to Brilliance Jinbei, I'm going to Zhehai in the south, where there is what I've been looking for!"
Ling Yunzhi knew that his choice would be incomprehensible to many people, but he still told the truth in front of his old superiors.
"Zhehai?"
Geng Qiubo searched around in his mind, but he didn't find any automobile factories or anything like that in Zhehai, what did Ling Yunzhi, a person who has dealt with cars all his life, do in Zhehai Province!
"Xiao Ling, what requirements do you have for the factory, why do you want to resign so impulsively? Our little red flag is about to roll out large-scale production, isn't it what you have always expected to revitalize the red flag?"
"The current Hongqi is not the Red Flag in my mind, the Red Flag in my mind is our own positive research and development of the national car, not like the current Audi simply changed the shell and named the Red Flag. I'm going to go to Zhehai Tiger Mountain, where I'm waiting for people like us to pick up the burden. The red flag will not work, and China will take over. ”
After a period of careful thinking, and also checked the development process of Huaxia Factory from the establishment of the factory to the present, Ling Yunzhi believed a little about the prospects that Han Hao said.
In FAW, I work for the Germans, and it is better to come to me to work for the Chinese's own cars, even if I fail, I will leave valuable experience for those who come after me.
Ling Yunzhi admitted that this sentence touched him deeply. He doesn't care about personal gains and losses, otherwise he wouldn't have been hovering in the position of deputy factory director for many years, and he thinks about how to make a greater contribution to the future of China's auto industry.
Rao Bing, the old director of FAW, commemorated the remarks of transforming as a bridge for development when commemorating the liberation truck, which deeply moved Ling Yunzhi, and creating Chinese's own car industry is the life goal he has set for himself.
At present, in FAW, he can't see the hope of building his own national car for the time being, so Ling Yunzhi set his sights on the distant Zhejiang Haihu Mountain. There are new ideas, a relaxed environment, and like-minded comrades-in-arms, and he believes that he can break through a large field in Hushan.
"Zhehai Hushan? Isn't that a place where motorcycles are produced? Shouldn't you go overkill and run to get two wheels? Although I am not very satisfied with the current Xiaohongqi, this is also the most realistic choice we can make. If you give up on yourself and take up a motorcycle, I will definitely not approve your resignation. ”
Geng Qiubo still cherishes Ling Yunzhi, and he doesn't want to see the important backbone of FAW go to another country and his career decline.
"The Huaxia factory engaged in motorcycles is now ready to launch the micro-noodle project, I think this project has a good prospect, and I want to give it a try to see if my ideal can be realized there!"
After listening to Ling Yunzhi's answer, Geng Qiubo felt that he had taken the wrong medicine. It is really impossible for a motorcycle factory to enter the automobile industry, and the country's automobile policy is a red line that it can never cross. Although he has also heard a little about the Huaxia factory, thanks to its nightly advertising bombardment on CCTV, it is unheard of for private enterprises in China to want to engage in automobiles, and he feels that it is a blind toss.
"Don't you know that the state has stipulated the policy of designated enterprises for the production of micro-noodles? Huaxia Factory's desire to produce micro-noodles can only be a fairy tale of wishful thinking! Where does its technology come from, where does the factory come from, where does the talent come from, and where does the policy come from?"
A series of "where did you come from" questions showed that Geng Qiubo was now very angry in his heart, if Ling Yunzhi ran to the Brilliance Group, he would not be so angry. Now this backbone of the training of talents, who has been a reserve successor early in the morning, is actually dizzy and wants to go to a motorcycle factory with nothing to build a car, which really makes him want to break his head to see if he has taken the wrong medicine.
"My letter of resignation is here! Resignation or dismissal, my train departs tonight. Whether today's decision is right or wrong, leave it to time to tell. Success or failure, I will never regret my choice today. Now I am more relaxed, and I finally no longer worry about the fate of Hongqi. Because, I have found a replacement for Hongqi, maybe one day she will meet Hongqi in the market, and hopefully there will be a close situation at that time. ”
Without further ado, Ling Yunzhi gave Geng Qiubo a dashing back to leave, with different concepts, the path he took was different.
That night, Ling Yunzhi led the 16 automakers who resigned and retired from FAW to get on the train to Jiangzhou, and said goodbye to FAW completely.
The long night, looking at the scenery that kept flashing outside the window, these old FAW people didn't know what was waiting for them, but at least their hearts were full of hope.