Chapter 69: The Tide of Chaos
After the New Year, the fairy company signed investment agreements with two companies, investing a total of 300 million yuan, owning more shares of these two companies. Among them, 160 million yuan was invested in Huayuan Company, and Zhanan owned 30% of the company's shares, and after a one-time injection of funds, Chen Dong was dispatched as the company's representative; Jiujiu Company was injected 140 million yuan in batches, and Zhan also had 30% of the company's shares, and sent Ma Ming out. Fairy company is the second largest shareholder in both companies, fairy does not require its own control, but also resolutely avoid the company has a controlling party, continue their consistent investment principles! These two investments, together with the investment in West Star, are the only investments made by Fairy Company after the large-scale investment, and they are a concrete manifestation of their boss's "willingness to invest on a small scale".
For several years, the social environment has been less stable, the stock market has been up and down, and the company's performance has also risen and fallen. In China, many companies are established every year, and many companies disappear, although in general, there are more newly established companies than bankrupt companies, but the bankruptcy of any company has caused the shock and vigilance of other companies; In addition, there are more and more economic scandals, and the state tax inspection departments have investigated and prosecuted one after another tax evasion companies, giving people the impression that they are in chaos -- the business circles are in chaos. Today's strong may be on the streets tomorrow, and the poor will be worth millions all of a sudden. Since the fairy company invested in the steel company, it has caused a strong shock in all walks of life, how strong the strength of the fairy, how large the investment can be made and what industry to invest in, have become the focus of people's speculation, some people are secretly looking forward to it, some people are worried. International counterparts have also responded urgently to this sudden change in China's industry, and have joined forces to maintain their competitive advantage, with large companies stepping up their holdings of small companies and mergers between companies intensifying......
Fairy company has signed contracts with four iron and steel companies, and zhan has a considerable number of shares, which virtually formed a fairy-centered steel company group, four companies, two are located in China's most developed industrial and commercial center, they can rely on the sea from abroad to easily import various materials, or export products to all over the world, especially the geographical conditions of Jinshui company is the most superior. After the signing of the investment contract, the four companies have become partners, redefining their respective areas of interest and formulating their own industrial policies. Naturally, the fairy steel company group was born.
The birth of the fairy steel company group has caused strong repercussions at home and abroad!
Before Fairy invested in these companies, as the largest steel company in China, Jinshui's annual crude steel output reached 35 million tons, ranking fifth in the world, but her output was less than half of that of the first-ranked Tucker Group, only 70% of the second-ranked steel company Larens, and at least 10 million tons less than the third-ranked South Korean Putian Company and the fourth-ranked Toyo Steel Company. The current situation in China is that 22 large and medium-sized steel companies have an annual crude steel output of 2600000 tons, accounting for 87% of the national output; The five largest steel companies have 114 million tonnes of crude steel output, accounting for only 38% of the country's total production, which is far lower than the figure of more than 50% of the large steel companies in other major steel countries. The whole world knows that China has the world's largest steel production, and even more so the world's most dispersed steel company! International giants have long been eyeing the Chinese market, and some companies have begun to buy domestic steel companies as a bridgehead for their expansion in China, and among these companies, Tucker Group is at the forefront, and Larens is not far behind. But a series of investments by Fairy Company have led to the creation of a steel group with an annual output of 79 million tons of crude steel, which is 4 million tons more than the production capacity of Tuck Group, and has become the world's largest steel group in one fell swoop. This alone has already attracted the attention of international giants.
In China, the annual output of the four major steel companies accounts for more than 26% of the national output, and the output is three times that of the second-ranked company! Huge market share, will have a huge pressure on other companies, from the coast to the interior, from the south of the Yangtze River to the north of the Yangtze River, all exert their influence, and even exclude the business of other companies, which makes some large domestic steel companies worried, if the international giants intervene in the country, they can also use the geographical advantages to block, then the emergence of the fairy steel group makes them have almost no way out. Either they are squeezed out of the market, or they survive in internal and external attacks, so some powerful companies have sought countermeasures, signed offensive and defensive alliances with other companies, shared interests with each other, held shares with each other, and strived to maintain their market position. Under the guidance of this ideology, the two large iron and steel companies in Northeast China first implemented a union, although they did not participate in each other's shares, but they tacitly understood each other, and they also united several steel companies in the north to try to maintain their inherent advantages in the Northeast China market and the North China market, especially in the Bohai Rim zone. Of course, this effort also extended to some steel companies in Jiangnan, so that in a short period of time, dozens of steel companies were included in the company interaction brought by the fairy.
Internationally, while some large companies are trying to regroup and accelerate their entry into the Chinese market, they have stepped up their competition for raw material markets, and iron ore from South America and Australia has become the focus of competition among steel giants, and Jinshui has also joined in. Although as the world's largest steel producer and consumer, Chinese companies did not dominate the price of raw materials and were completely passive recipients, but now the large Chinese steel companies that have received large investments from Fairy Company, especially after forming the world's largest steel group, have made them receive a completely different treatment in the world! With the support of the Shanghai Municipal Government's $10 fund, and with the cooperation of Jinggang Group, Jinshui Company has a considerable say in the competition for international raw materials, defeating competitors such as Tucker Group, and winning a large share of iron ore in South America and Australia in one fell swoop, laying a good foundation for the further development of the company and other companies in the group. Since then, as the representative of the fairy steel company in the world, Jinshui has established its position as a world giant.
The steel industry is only a small part of the business community as a whole, and there are many other industries in the manufacturing sector alone, all of which are facing domestic and international competitive pressures. In general, China's manufacturing industry is small in scale, large in number, large in domestic internal friction, and high pressure on international competition, small ability to resist and respond, coupled with disadvantages in technology and capital accumulation, making China's manufacturing situation very bad. Western countries often use import quotas, anti-dumping and other means to squeeze the already meager profit margins of Chinese companies. Over the years, this situation has never changed significantly, from textiles, clothing, hats, shoes and socks, to industrial machinery, toys, etc., all of which are often treated unequally. A large number of Chinese-made products are sold abroad cheaply and do not make money, which reduces the inflationary pressure of the other side, but is instead subject to anti-dumping investigations. These investigations, often on a case-by-case basis, have adversely affected China's exports, not only in terms of reputation, but also in terms of business development. However, Chinese companies do not dare to raise prices, and raising prices either means that the products cannot be sold, or they are forced to death by their domestic counterparts. Therefore, over the years, China's export industry has not fundamentally improved with the rise of technology and national strength, on the contrary, some industries have become more and more chaotic, and improving their international status has become far away!
In recent years, China's textile industry and toy industry have faced the pain of international suppression, which has made the CEOs of those companies cry in distress. On the one hand, the prices of domestic export products cannot go up, and on the other hand, international purchasing groups purchase low-priced goods in China and sell them to Western countries to make huge profits. This strange situation has long attracted the attention of experts and scholars, a large number of text comments have been seen in the newspapers, a lot of various countermeasures, but are unrealizable, the company's CEOs in the face of fierce market competition are not slowed down, how can there be time and energy to participate in these suggestions, even if one or two companies want to make a difference, but other peers do not cooperate, that is not self-defeating! Therefore, everyone continues to look after each other, "If you have the first day of junior high school, I will have a fifteen; If you reduce profits, then I will drop more than you, see who can't help it first, if you want to die, everyone will die together, at least pull a cushion, you will die before me! ”
The regulating role of the market often plays a role in fueling the fire, the market does not say that "natural selection, survival of the fittest", then only bigger and stronger can make the opponent surrender, occupy the market opportunity, and become the "darling" of the times. But what should we do if we survive in the market competition are not the weak, the strong and the strong fight, and in the end everyone suffers losses? Everyone knows what to do, and the experts have already said it, but it's impossible to get everyone to sit together. The ruthlessness of business warfare has led to a sharp decline in trust between companies and companies, and it is impossible for companies that only believe in contracts and have no interest to treat them in real sincerity. Doesn't it say that "there are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests"!
Things are not going well in the manufacturing sector, and the energy sector is just as chaotic. For decades, the major powers have been constantly intriguing over energy issues in an attempt to control the world oil export market in their own hands. The Persian Gulf region in the Middle East, with its huge oil reserves and high-quality oil and development conditions, has always been the world's main energy export area, and it is also the center of the world's continuous competition. The earth is really fair, a desert and scorching heat in the Middle East, but it contains the richest and best quality oil resources in the world, I don't know whether it is the favor or punishment of Arab Muslims, and this nation has occupied and owned a large amount of black gold. They are said to be pampered because they live in the most oil-rich and abundant region in the world, which makes them rich; To say that they are punished is also that they do not have the ability to protect their land and resources. If a nation and a country do not have the strength corresponding to their resources, then it is by no means a lucky thing for the country and the nation. For many years, the countries of West Asia have been full of contradictions and turmoil, and no country has not acted as a pawn under the domination of international forces, and the Middle East has become the region with the largest and most intensive military expenditure in the world. For more than 10 years, economic development has stagnated, materials are in short supply, the people's livelihood is miserable, and national peace and stability are far away. Iran, another big country across the river, is also worried about the situation, I don't know when missiles will whistle in the sky, and tanks rumbling on the ground will drive through the ancient and rich land of ancient Persia! The political situation in other oil-producing countries has also been unstable, and production has been affected, causing the world crude oil price to soar all the way and then remain high, which has had an extremely negative impact on the economic development of the entire world.
In terms of energy, China is already a big consumer and has become one of the countries that import the most oil in the world. China's energy companies have stepped up their efforts to go global, looking for energy sources around the world, seeking cooperation, and increasing oil and other energy reserves. But there is actually no shortage of energy in China, for many years, China has been using coal as an important energy consumable, and with the development of the world's energy technology, the cost of extracting light oil from coal has become lower and lower, and it has been fully able to meet the needs of the market. As a result, coal-to-chemical oil has been included in the list of important projects in China's energy industry, and several large-scale conversion companies are already investing in the construction. Making use of the country's abundant coal resources to make up for the oil gap would be a very feasible option for China, which of course would require a lot of investment from the state.
China, which is in turmoil, is naturally in a delicate situation, and China's own problems are even more complex. This ancient country has been bullied by foreign powers for nearly 200 years, warlord scuffle, Japanese and imperialist aggression, civil wars and civil strife, all of which have passed, but what cannot be overcome is that the country has not yet been reunified! In China's history, the period of national division was not short, but it has never encountered such a situation as it is today. China is the only country among the major powers in the world that has not yet completed national reunification, and this has caused eternal pain in the hearts of all Chinese leaders and all ordinary Chinese citizens. In those days, a US fleet cruised in the Taiwan Strait, which caused the People's Liberation Army (PLA), which was in full prestige, to look at the strait and sigh with admiration. I don't know how many elites in the army are sad and weep for it, but now they have to face the wanton obstruction of the world's most powerful country, which makes the white-haired and black-haired people behave at a loss.
Ignore him, a single company with a weak personality has no power to change anything, but in this restless world situation, how to develop itself has become an urgent problem for each company to solve, and this is also a problem that the fairy company is considering.
The Fairy Company is already famous in the world, but where will she go from here?