"It doesn't matter if it's not a company, we can turn it into a company. ”

Hearing Wu Shican's words, Feng Xiaochen replied with a smile.

"Change a company?" Wu Shican's heart moved, "Xiao Feng, do you mean that we can use this opportunity to establish an equipment industry company?"

Regarding the idea of setting up an industrial equipment company to coordinate the research and development of equipment across the country, Luo Xiangfei once told Feng Xiaochen and other middle-level cadres.

Transferring the functions of the rearmament office to the company is not something that Luo Xiangfei can say alone, but an idea that was put forward after full discussion with the leaders of the Economic Commission. The leaders of the Economic Commission recognized this matter out of helplessness, because the work of the rearmament office has become more and more difficult to carry out, and if some new measures are not adopted, the rearmament office can only exist in name only.

When the state first put forward a major equipment research and development plan, it was still an era when the planned economy was dominant, and the Heavy Equipment Office, as a unit led by the Economic Commission and more than a dozen functional ministries and commissions as the sponsors, had great power, and all equipment enterprises throughout the country had to buy the accounts of the Heavy Equipment Office. During that time, it was not too difficult for the Heavy Equipment Office to promote a work.

As the country gradually shifts to a commodity economy, all departments and regions are actively promoting the expansion of enterprise autonomy, and the government's binding force on enterprises is becoming less and less. Especially at the level of national ministries and commissions, the control of subordinate enterprises has been shrinking again and again. Some of the functional ministries themselves have been converted into industrial companies, and the original subordinate enterprises do not care about the opinions of the higher-ups.

It is also relative to say that subordinate enterprises do not care about their superiors. When there is no conflict of interest, the subordinate enterprises appear to be very well-behaved, and the people of the agency or the head office can enjoy the reception of good food and drink when they go to investigate. But if it comes to the issue of interests, people are not so easy to talk about. It is more polite to refuse your request, and if you encounter a little horizontal, you will be given a cold face, so that you will not be able to come to the stage.

In such a situation, it is very difficult for state organs to do something. Of course, they also have some big killer weapons in their hands, and when they want to tear their faces with their subordinate enterprises, they also have some strength. Just like Cheng Yuanding of the Beihua Machinery two years ago, he and the Heavy Equipment Office called for the board, but he was picked up by the Economic Commission for a name, and his problem was handed over to the judicial organs, and he was asked to squat. But how can such a means be taken out and used casually, and once in a while, it will play the role of killing chickens and setting an example for monkeys.

Besides, Cheng Yuanding fell off the horse because his buttocks were really unclean, so Feng Xiaochen grabbed the handle. Most enterprise leaders will not be as arrogant as Cheng Yuanding, at most they eat and drink, take care of a related household, etc., it is not a big fault, how can the higher authorities find trouble for them out of thin air?

When the situation changes, the management model will naturally change, which is the characteristic of the reform era. In view of the fact that the administrative power of the Heavy Equipment Office over its subordinate enterprises has been seriously weakened, the Economic Commission put forward the idea of using economic means to manage economic issues, and envisaged the establishment of a State Equipment Industry Group Company in addition to the Heavy Equipment Office to coordinate the research and development of major equipment in an enterprise manner. The equipment company and the heavy equipment office will adopt the method of "one set of people and two brands", when the administrative means should be used, the brand of the heavy equipment office will be used, and when the economic means should be used, the brand of the equipment company will be used. In this way, there are more means to work, and you will be able to do things with ease.

I have an idea, but I have to reload the office to get an idea. Luo Xiangfei only knew that this was a good idea, but he still couldn't figure out the details. The commodity economy was so foreign to his generation that he didn't know how to make the company well.

Feng Xiaochen is a person who has crossed over from the era of market economy, and has many experiences in how to use economic means to achieve management goals. Luo Xiangfei talked to Feng Xiaochen a few times, and listened to Feng Xiaochen say some ideas, which was very inspiring. He once told Feng Xiaochen that once the company was established, he would hire Feng Xiaochen as the company's assistant general manager. As for the general manager, of course, it is Luo Xiangfei, who knows this.

Hearing Feng Xiaochen say that he wanted to change an enterprise, Wu Shican sensitively thought of the equipment industry company. He originally thought that this matter would have to be brewed for a few years before he could have some eyebrows, but listening to Feng Xiaochen's meaning, it seemed that he hoped that this company would be established soon in order to undertake the orders they got in Africa this time.

"Let's set up a company to undertake business from Africa, and then subcontract the business to various equipment companies, isn't this our ideal management model?" Feng Xiaochen said, "To use economic means to manage economic problems, the first thing is to have money in hand." In the era of commodity economy, without money, everything is empty, and no one will listen to what is said. ”

"Is this okay?" Wu Shican was dumbfounded. He had long known that the Heavy Equipment Office was going to set up a company, but he had no idea how the company would operate, and at best, he felt that in the future, maybe some state appropriations should be turned into commercial contracts, and some reward and punishment mechanisms should be added. However, the appropriation itself issued by the state through the rearmament office is not much, that is, some special funds for science and technology, which look like millions a year, and it is a little drizzle when distributed to various enterprises, which cannot play a role in influencing the business behavior of enterprises.

The largest amount of money Wu Shican has ever handled is the equipment science and technology fund that Feng Xiaochen got from Germany, and the money is as high as 100 million yuan. But this money actually belongs to the Foundation, and the Heavy Equipment Office can only be regarded as a passing God of Wealth, and it is impossible to spend this money as the money of the Equipment Industry Company.

Now, Feng Xiaochen has put forward a new idea, that is, the heavy equipment office will go out to collect business, and then subcontract these businesses to various equipment enterprises. Wu Shican understands the model of general contracting and subcontracting. The companies that can undertake the general contracting business are all very powerful enterprises, such as Japan's Akima Kaisha and Morisho Iron Works, which are responsible for technology research and development, and after forming core technologies, they recruit other companies to be their own outsourcers and earn high profits. If the future equipment industry company can operate according to this model, it will really meet the original intention of the re-equipment office.

"I think Xiao Feng's idea is feasible. Wang Genji interjected, "We are a national equipment industry company, and exporting complete sets of equipment is a legitimate thing." It is not against the principle that we sign contracts with African countries and let the following companies manufacture them. If the following companies are not convinced, they can do the work themselves, and I don't believe that Africans will trust them more than us. ”

Feng Xiaochen said with a smile: "The most important thing is that they don't have the right to export at all, so how can they go out to solicit business? Let's say hello to the import and export companies of the state, and we will be responsible for the export of complete sets of equipment, and the following enterprises will be stuck." ”

"This is a good solution, haha, how did I forget?" Wang Jiji laughed. The method Feng Xiaochen said is actually to take advantage of the special status of the Heavy Equipment Office to engage in export monopoly. Although the state has been vigorously advocating decentralization in recent years, the import and export rights have always been very tight, especially the business involving foreign exchange, which belongs to the business that the state has very strict management. The Heavy Equipment Office wants to monopolize this aspect of business, and the following companies really have nothing to do.

Feng Xiaochen proposed this idea out of helplessness. Of course, he knows that monopoly is a very bad behavior and can easily breed all kinds of problems. But at this time, the market experience of domestic enterprises is limited, especially the experience of participating in international competition is almost blank, so it is very likely that they will suffer losses if they go to compete independently. For example, the last time a Japanese company came to China to find an OEM company, if it were not for the heavy equipment office to force the unified quotation of all enterprises, the enterprises would have already caused the Japanese to divide and disintegrate, and become cheap migrant workers.

The same is true for the export of complete sets of equipment to Asian, African, and Latin American countries, and the prices of Chinese products are already very cheap, even if they are like Feng Xiaochen, who has blackly quoted the prices several times higher, they are still competitive in the market. If companies from all over the world are allowed to compete freely in Africa, they may lower each other's prices and make Africans cheaper. Feng Xiaochen doesn't have any internationalist spirit, and this kind of thing about giving benefits to African countries should be talked about after China becomes rich.

In addition to the issue of quotation, there is a more important thing that cannot be ignored by the reloading office. The purpose of the establishment of the Heavy Equipment Office by the state is to enable all equipment manufacturing enterprises to actively tackle key problems and master the latest technology of international equipment. The equipment they went to Africa to sell was actually backward equipment, not the technology to be promoted by the Heavy Equipment Office. The purpose of selling backward equipment is to make money to develop new technologies, and if it were not for this purpose, then this trip to Africa would not need to be heavily equipped and dispatched.

If orders from Africa were to be handed over directly to various companies, Feng Xiaochen would have 100 reasons to believe that these companies would use the money they earned to pay bonuses, build buildings and halls, and buy a lot of imported cars. Only by holding this money in the hands of the rearmament office can these enterprises really require these enterprises to use the money for the research and development of major equipment.

Wu Shican obviously realized this, he pondered for a while, and said: "I agree with Xiao Feng's idea, we should quickly set up an equipment industry company and get these export orders in hand." The profits from the export of equipment should be distributed by us, and part of it can be left to the enterprise as a welfare fund, and most of it should be used for technology research and development. Alas, it's a shame to say that our country's equipment technology is now able to show off its majesty in front of African friends, and compared with Western countries, the gap is really too big, and if we don't catch up, we will really be eliminated by the times. ”

"Old Wu, this matter is easy to say, but it's not that easy to do. If we take the export order and let the companies bid, believe it or not, can they mess up your reloading office?" Feng Xiaochen said gloatingly.

Wu Shican laughed and said, "Xiao Feng, what do you mean by our Heavy Equipment Office? If you want to set up an equipment industry company, I'm afraid that the first person Director Luo will use will be you, and he has already said this." We old guys, engaging in such crooked things, it's really not good. ”

"Haha, that's right, Lao Xue said a long time ago that if we want to set up an equipment industry company, it is simply tailor-made for you kid, you just wait for Director Luo to recruit you. Wang Genji also said playfully.