Chapter Eighty-Eight: Winning the Jackpot

If the central government is compared to a stern teacher who is dedicated to the development of the class, then the local government belongs to the mischievous and disobedient students.

The teacher chattered and talked non-stop on the podium, but the students below were either flying fugues or engaging in small actions and entertainment in private.

At this time, in order to make the students obedient, the teacher will always take one or two particularly naughty students out to give a lecture, and make an example for others to be quiet and obedient.

Therefore, every time there will be people arrested in macroeconomic control, this time the Tieben Iron and Steel Plant in Changling City, Suwu Province was notified by the State Council of violations of laws and regulations.

Tieben Iron & Steel Plant is a private enterprise, and initially only wanted to expand the scale of the wide and heavy plate project of less than 2 million tons. Unexpectedly, under the instigation of local government officials, the scale of investment has been expanded and doubled, and finally evolved into a large-scale steel joint project of 8.4 million tons, occupying nearly 10,000 acres of land.

Steel prices have been rising all the way, pushed up by the real estate and automotive industries, which naturally attracted a lot of capital to enter. The local government also hopes to take this opportunity to harvest a large steel enterprise and stimulate the local economic development.

"Surpass Baosteel in 3 years, catch up with Pohang in 5 years!"

Baosteel is the first in China, and Pohang is the first in the world, and the slogan shouted by Tieben makes people feel passionate.

You must know that in 2003, in addition to the output of Baosteel and Anshan Iron and Steel exceeded 10 million tons, the remaining Shougang and Wuhan Iron and Steel output was about 8 million tons.

As a result, the project was terminated, the loans granted by the bank were withdrawn one by one, and the person in charge of the company was arrested and imprisoned, resulting in the punishment of a group of local government officials.

As a result, under the supervision of the working group dispatched by the central government, the excessive investment intentions of local governments have been curbed, and various macroeconomic control measures have been implemented one by one.

As one of the industries under strict control, real estate has not only tightened banks to shrink loans and raise loan interest rates, but also tightened the state's approval of land transfers, and also began to strictly inspect the project's own funds. Non-compliant projects are not allowed to be sold, blocking the way for real estate developers to recoup funds.

This put Geely Real Estate, which was expanding across the country, in a dangerous situation all of a sudden, and the bank loan could not be released, and the loan was also collected, which made Li Shufu a headache.

Originally, it was already very difficult to move ten pots with nine lids, but now the state has withdrawn the firewood and is ready to take away the lids, which is an accident for Geely Real Estate to capsize.

The company's liquidity is running out, the bank doesn't lend, and a large group of people outside are waiting to collect my debts!"

As the largest real estate company in China, Geely has shouted the slogan of surpassing Vanke and has vigorously developed and expanded land across the country. Unexpectedly, the sudden advent of macroeconomic control made the entire company's capital chain very tight.

Li Shufu also lost his former brilliance, and ran to Han Hao for help.

As soon as the regulation came, Geely Real Estate's share price fell in response, and now it has fallen by 20%, and some institutions have even lowered their stock prices by another 30%, and they are not optimistic about Geely Real Estate's expansion path. Li Shufu must find a strong hand to reach out, so as to give the market confidence and let the stock price recover.

"The money in real estate came too quickly, and this is not retribution. ”

Han Hao was not in a hurry, but joked to Li Shufu.

The other party has been encouraging him to follow the real estate industry, but now it seems that the automobile industry is still the mainstay, at least the state has not included it in the ranks of regulatory restrictions.

"You are one of the major shareholders of the company, and if Geely Real Estate fails, you are also responsible. Don't talk about it, I just came back from the National Real Estate Forum, and I was squeezed to death by the CEO of Vanke at the meeting. People say that Vanke is the future of China's real estate, and Geely wants to surpass them and has no hope for the time being.

I don't accept this tone, now in terms of scale and income, we are the national real estate boss. As long as it survives this time, Geely will be able to complete its strategic layout and become a well-deserved boss in China. ”

Li Shufu touched his somewhat shiny forehead, slumped on the sofa and said. Only here can Han Hao unload his burden.

"Vanke isn't very good, people are doing real estate much earlier than you. You're expanding so fast and grabbing land everywhere, it's no wonder people in the industry don't want to see you. ”

Han Hao said after making a cup of tea for Li Shufu.

"I don't understand, the supply of houses in the country, how can it become a surplus industry? Your cars are not much better, I see that many car brand 4S stores are full of backlogs, how can you escape the catastrophe of regulation. ”

Real estate is included in the scope of regulation, and Li Shufu really can't figure it out.

"Alright, let's get down to business. You want to ask Zhonghua Group to come forward to guarantee a large loan for your Geely Real Estate this time, right? ”

Geely Real Estate lacks liquidity, so it urgently needs 2 billion yuan in emergency funding. The bank is now tightening the monetary base, and there is nothing they can do to help Geely Real Estate, which is in control, and Li Shufu does not want to mortgage his shares to the bank, so he found Han Hao for help.

Zhonghua Group is currently a high-quality customer in the eyes of banks, and direct lending to Geely Real Estate violates the principle of state regulation, but with Zhonghua Group stepping forward, it is different.

"Okay, I'll bet you on a few real estate projects, and if it's not enough, I hold shares in your company. Presumably, with your net worth, you won't be able to take a fancy to my assets, and I will find a way to repay you when the crisis is resolved. It's better to borrow money from you than to ask for a bank, and if you accidentally take away the share capital. ”

As long as Han Hao is willing to make a move, then Geely Real Estate will be fine, which is one of the reasons why Li Shufu dares to expand everywhere. He doesn't know how long the regulation will last, anyway, Geely Real Estate has begun to shrink the front, and it is an inevitable choice to digest the stock of projects.

Once China Group intervenes, then Geely Real Estate's share price will soon rise back to its original level.

This is why Li Shufu did not directly find a way to find a bank or someone else, but asked Han Hao to come out of the platform.

After bidding farewell to Li Shufu and leaving, Han Hao immediately set off for the capital to attend an award ceremony.

Jointly sponsored by the Ministry of Information Industry and the Ministry of Science and Technology, the results of the 2003 China Automobile Industry Science and Technology Progress Award were announced.

In the past, Zhonghua Group did not sign up to participate, but this time, in response to the call of the country, the research and development project of Zhonghua "Tang" SUV was submitted for evaluation.

Unexpectedly, he won the only first prize, and the judges spoke highly of "Tang".

"The project has created a trend of SUVs in China, and the products have completely independent intellectual property rights and national brands. Both the exterior and the interior are up to international first-class standards. In the development, we use the latest international technology to shorten the development cycle, effectively reduce costs, and solve various difficult problems in development and trial production with high speed and high quality.

This project shows that Zhonghua Group has the independent ability to independently develop positive models, and has driven a large number of domestic parts enterprises to improve their independent development capabilities.

This award is well deserved!"

Among the more than 400 projects that signed up for the awards in the national automobile industry, only 40 projects were finally eliminated, and only 1 first prize was won by the "Tang" project of Zhonghua Group, which participated in the evaluation for the first time.

"Tang" lasted 31 months from the formal project approval to production, and the actual investment exceeded 430 million yuan. The project involves: general arrangement, powertrain, chassis/powertrain integration, exterior design, interior design, on-board electrical appliances, air conditioning/engine cooling system, computer simulation analysis, vehicle certification and manufacturing engineering 10 major items, as well as 42 sub-projects of new design, in addition to all the experiments, finalization, trial production and industrialization preparation, and then the final production and other processes.

A total of 132 parts companies (more than 65% of which belong to domestic independent enterprises) have developed and designed related parts in parallel since the establishment of the "Tang" project, and they have also gained very valuable experience from the forward research and development process.

This is the first time that Zhonghua Group has won such a high-tech national award, so Han Hao specially attended in person.

In bursts of applause, Han Hao received the only first prize certificate and trophy from the leaders of the ministry.

"Continue to work hard, and hope to continue to see the figure of Zhonghua Group on stage next year. ”

The leader of the award shook Han Hao's hand and encouraged him cordially.

"Thank you, we will continue to work hard. ”

When Han Hao shook hands, he couldn't help but wonder what projects Zhonghua Group could come up with to continue to participate in the evaluation next year.

Is it a new generation of QQ, or Huaxia Hongguang, which is independently built for the Chinese people, or the third-generation "Qin" that was born out of nowhere, or the second-generation Pangu engine that is about to be put into production, or even the CVT project that has been successfully developed and mass-produced in advance......

After a simple count, Han Hao found that it was likely that next year's first prize would still belong to him.

After years of investment, Zhonghua Group began to usher in the harvest season.

In addition to participating in the science and technology awards, Han Hao also took time to attend an event in the capital.

The National Museum decided to solicit collections, the first domestic concept car "Panda" developed by the Chunghwa Group in previous years, and the first domestic sports car "China Dragon".

It is important to know that the exhibits in the National Museum are all objects of great historical significance.

When the National Museum contacted the Zhonghua Group, Han Hao readily agreed to donate the original car to the country, and in the future, the two models will be on the second floor of the museum as official exhibits for people at home and abroad to visit.

"Zhonghua Group has been based on the establishment of China's independent national automobile industry for many years, and has become an outstanding representative of China's national automobile industry by virtue of good brand reputation, excellent product quality and increasing market share. The National Museum's collection of the first domestically produced concept car 'Panda' and the first sports car 'China Dragon' is to value their special status in the history of the development of China's automobile industry, which has a very unique historical collection significance. ”

The director of the National Museum spoke at the ceremony.

"We are very grateful to the National Museum for giving our group such a valuable opportunity, and we are very happy to cooperate with the donation activities, hoping that more Chinese people can pay attention to the development of China's automobile industry while visiting.

By the way, I would like to reveal a little secret, that is, the curator has just invited the Chung Hwa Group to be responsible for transporting the 2008 Olympic flame in the future, and the National Museum will continue to collect it. ”

Han Hao said with a smile when he was invited to speak.