Chapter 65: Aftershocks
If the reporters could see the contracts signed between the fairy company and the two steel companies, or if they could go to the planning department of the fairy company to check the information, then they would not ask some questions, but should have more doubts or shock about the fairy company. If there is any big move by the fairy company, the press will definitely not be as panicked as last time, at least after an earthquake, people will be somewhat prepared for the next arrival of the earthquake. Soon, the aftermath of the earthquake became apparent and soon became known to the press, who kept it watching.
The acquisition of a large number of shares of two large companies by the fairy company first caused a strong reaction in China's iron and steel industry, China's iron and steel companies are relatively scattered, there are four or five large companies, both coastal and inland, and medium-sized steel companies also have as many as seven or eight, although the small steel companies have closed a lot, but there are still many continue to exist. These steel companies produce nearly 300 million tonnes of steel per year, which greatly supports the needs of China's construction industry, among other things. Now, two of the five major steel companies have been heavily invested by Fairy Company, which has made other companies worried. In the market, the survival of the fittest, the survival of the fittest, and even the state-owned companies are fiercely competing with each other. They were already at a relative disadvantage, but now they are even more nervous, but they have more than enough to do, and many things are not something they can decide. Although even if it is a small steel company, there will be cases where a large company can eat meat and drink soup by itself, but it is also an unpleasant thing that fate cannot be in your own hands!
In the cooperation contract with the two steel companies, the fairy company has made a test to test the attitude of the relevant departments towards their continued investment in other steel companies or even acquisitions. To their delight, the authorities did not react unsatisfactorily to their temptations, and promised in their contracts to support or at least not disrupt Fairy's investment and control of other steel companies, much to the delight of some of them at Fairy. Soon, the planning department called up the information of several other large and medium-sized steel companies, which have been analyzed, and are waiting for the negotiators to collect and familiarize themselves!
However, there is no consensus within the company on when the new round of negotiations will be carried out, and some suggestions say that it will be carried out in July, saying that it will be sooner rather than later, and maybe the contract can be formally signed at the same time, but some people are afraid of variables, and the other party will not pay attention to the negotiation in July, and the delay will be too long, and it may even destroy the agreement that has been reached. So, under someone's coordination, it was decided that the company would take a break and wait for the two companies that had already arrived to actually get their hands before continuing to negotiate. They first identified three or four opponents for the next round of negotiations, but one of them was too big, the company may not have enough funds, and they were not willing to gather all the large state-owned steel companies, which would not be suitable for competition, so they finally decided to negotiate the investment of the remaining three large and medium-sized steel companies, and decided that the focus of the negotiations would be on two medium-sized steel companies. Therefore, on the afternoon after the "August 2" incident, the three people embarked on the journey of negotiation again, all the way to Inner Mongolia, all the way to western Sichuan, and the other to Hubei. Each group is staffed by three people, one chief negotiator and one assistant, and one is an officer of the Advisory Section.
There are a total of 13 people in the Liaison Section, 9 of them can go out to negotiate, and now 6 people have gone out, three senior officers lead the team, each with a young man, and the section chief Wang Guoli stays in the company. Of the three new employees, one was sent out this time, and the others were trained in the company, and by the way, they also received other customers who were in contact with the company at any time. When the company goes out to negotiate, the consulting department also has to send personnel to assist, so the existing 12 people, the work is also very tight, this is no way, first of all, this is the company's rules and regulations, every time the outreach section negotiates, they have to send people to assist, and because the new recruits in the department, especially young people, are not familiar with the information, so only send senior officers. As a result, among the people they left behind, there were only three senior employees, including their section chief Jiang Yunlong. This time, the company's negotiators led the team by Wang Jing, Zhao Xiumin and Lu Wenrui, the former went to western Sichuan, and the latter went to Hubei.
Regardless of the negotiators who went out, the fairy company was a busy mess. This is mainly due to the two newly signed companies. Large companies are different from small companies that have invested in the past, invest some money, send directors to make money, and make money will definitely be earned, even if you don't send people to lose, but now it's different, with an investment of more than 70 billion, if you don't take it seriously, that's really "there is money and nowhere to invest, it's burned". Now the trouble for the company is how to participate in the daily management of these two companies, the daily management of each company is quite good, to be precise, I don't know how many times better than their management, but the problem is how to coordinate. Since the company has invested separately, it is ready to make the two companies cooperate with each other to create a harmonious situation, and the infighting can not occur, and the people sent out must know how to manage, understand the characteristics of the industry, and now can not send a person who does not care about anything, in this way, the fairy company is too embarrassed. Besides, the ultimate goal of the fairy company is also for its own industrial team, and they are really unwilling to make dowries for others, so they are busy with the stationed personnel! There are still some useful talents in the field service department, and now there are a total of 13 people, including the section chief, in addition to the 4 people who were sent out, there are 9 people, which is already very good, of course, the personnel department also promised to continue to select suitable talents for Guo Ming. Now, several people are receiving cramming guidance from the planning department, of course, these people are old employees, with a good foundation, and they can be trusted, and they can be released!
The division of labor of the department of the fairy company is relatively strict, and the important departments are the planning department, several departments such as outreach, consulting and field service, and the personnel of the planning department can basically not be transferred, and occasionally can enter the field department to send out the company, but it can be rotated. Of course, some young and junior negotiators can be sent to other departments, such as internal office, consulting, personnel department, etc. The Counseling Section is a department that can be entered and exited, as long as a few key officers are retained to lead the work. Personnel in the consulting department can be transferred to the personnel department and the field department, and the field department is the most transferred, while the field department mainly accepts personnel from the personnel department, the consulting department and the finance department. Therefore, the fairy company has three special departments, namely the outreach department, the field department and the planning department, they are the company's high-income departments, and the planning department is the most, and the field department is the most attractive.
In the end, the fairy company decided to send out four officers from the original consulting department to enter two companies, two as director representatives, and the other two as supervisors, in fact, to send some people to receive training and study. As a result, there are five personnel left in the Field Service Section, which should be able to cope with the other requirements. And the two companies that acted according to the contract also readily agreed to accept them, after all, they had invested tens of billions of yuan.
This time, Wang Jing, Tao Jianmin, and Li Dongqun rushed to western Sichuan, and they had been in contact by telephone before they arrived, and the other party also expressed their willingness to negotiate, so it was relatively smooth. It's just that the road is not so easy to walk, the mountains and rivers are really thanks to the predecessors of the original construction company, if it weren't for them, this company may not exist by now. West Sichuan Iron and Steel Company is a large iron and steel company, located in the west of Sichuan between the mountains and deep water, the climate and environment is quite good, but the traffic is not very convenient, but here is an extremely important mineral treasure in our country, for decades, has been valued by the state, the investment is also quite high, now the total assets of billions of dollars, but like some other old state-owned enterprises, now also face many difficulties, which is also an important reason why the fairy company dares to shoot. They have already made the problem clear, that is, to cooperate, to invest and cooperate!
In just a few days, the fame of the fairy company has been extraordinary, not only in the investment industry, but also in the steel industry, all of whom regard her as a key celebrity. First and Wang Jing and his entourage is the deputy general manager of Sichuan West Iron and Steel Company, when obtained enough negotiation information, after two days of waiting, the general manager of Sichuan West Iron and Steel Company personally went out, conducted extensive exchanges on some issues, and finally gave Wang Jing and others a notice of postponement of the negotiation, these situations were reported to the fairy headquarters without missing anything, the company headquarters according to their feedback data, combined with other information collected by the consulting department and other two negotiation results, gave the corresponding negotiation instructions. Finally, after a few days of waiting, negotiations resumed, and then there was another long wait, and finally at the end of the month, an agreement was finally signed. If nothing else, a month later, just before the National Day, the official agreement will be signed. The total assets of the company are 6.5 billion US dollars, the fixed assets are 5 billion US dollars, and the liabilities are 4 billion US dollars, while the fairy company will invest 2 billion US dollars, and zhan has 40% of the company's shares and has some important rights. At the same time, another company that was the focus of the negotiations, Mengxi Iron and Steel Company, a steel company in Inner Mongolia, also signed a contract at a preferential price. Mengxi company's total assets of 5 billion US dollars, including fixed assets of 4.2 billion US dollars, liabilities of 3.8 billion US dollars, and the fairy company will invest 1.8 billion US dollars in Mengxi company, but also acquired 40% of the shares, through two agreements, the fairy company invested a total of 3.8 billion US dollars, making the annual output of 22 million tons of two major steel companies, become her partners, for which to pay 31.4 billion yuan.
Lu Wenrui, who went to Wuhan for negotiations, was not so lucky, from the data, the company analyzed that Hanyang Iron and Steel Company is not so easy to win, if the conditions are superior, it is estimated that it can be negotiated, but the company is unwilling to pay a large price, which increases the difficulty of the successful completion of the negotiations. However, the two sides, especially Hanyang Steel Company, still expressed their desire to continue negotiations, in this case, the company has long been prepared, and there are also considerations in this regard, after all, the company's funds can not be spread too wide, and it also needs to be properly closed, especially to leave the industry with the illusion that the company's funds are not sufficient. It is clear to everyone that the interests of the individual must be subordinated to the interests of the company as a whole, and Lu Wenrui took the initiative to accept this task that may fail, hoping for what happened. In fact, Hanyang Iron and Steel Company's total assets are 11 billion US dollars, and its fixed assets have reached 7 billion US dollars, but the fairy company has too much appetite and is too greedy, and wants to eat 40% of the shares of others for 3 billion US dollars, but of course the other party does not agree. This is where the difference between the two sides lies, Hanyang wants the fairy to invest 4 billion US dollars, but the fairy company does not agree, saying that the company is not worth so much. This is their excuse, if it were not for the chicken of Mengxi Iron and Steel Company, they would still be willing to sign it for $3.8 billion. It's just that Mengxi Iron and Steel Company is also an important part of the company's strategy, so it had to reluctantly give up this large and medium-sized steel company that China may send to the fifth place.
When the news spread that the two major steel companies in western Sichuan and Mengxi were going to sign a contract with the fairy, the press once again made a fuss, reported on the fairy company's generosity, published editorials, and commented on their investment pattern, thinking that it was "based on B Beijing, looking at the whole country, and building a great iron and steel industry", but it was a pity that it did not succeed in the acquisition of Hanyang Iron and Steel Company, when the news of the successful signing of the contract in the Great Hall of the People in B Beijing spread, the industry has dedicated the largest space to the fairy company, There has been a lot of coverage for its reinvestment, which cost 37.5 billion yuan. The press conference is still the same thing, the fairy company is still Li Weisen, but this time the partner has become another company. Regarding the industry's various inquiries about the failure of the Hanyang Iron and Steel Company's negotiations, Li Weisen said that "the negotiations are still broken", but "there are some errors in the data analysis of the two sides", but "the prospect of cooperation still exists", expressing interest in Hanyang Iron and Steel Company, but some sensitive reporters have found that the enthusiasm of the fairy company has gradually declined, so they took the opportunity to raise some problems in the company's internal funds, but Li Weisen does not cooperate, and often talks about it left and right.
Fairy acknowledged that the two acquisitions were a continuation of the previous acquisition and were the company's established strategy, while saying that it would not carry out such large-scale investment activities in the near future and needed to be "digested and absorbed". However, if the conditions are good enough, we can consider appropriate investment, and say that "although large-scale investment will not be made, small investment will continue".
In less than two months, Fairy Company has negotiated with five companies in a row, and successfully invested in four companies, with partners with assets of up to 54.5 billion US dollars and invested as much as 12.1 billion US dollars, totaling 101.5 billion yuan, becoming the largest investment activity in China today, which has caused strong repercussions around the world. Fairy company hand in hand with several large and medium-sized Chinese steel companies, so that the group has total assets of 54.5 billion US dollars, annual steel output of more than 79 million tons, standing more than 26% of China's steel output, to become a world-class large steel company group, which will cause a strong response in the world, but also have a far-reaching impact on the domestic steel industry.
The large investment in the fairy company has made the fairy company the target of public criticism, and all kinds of reports have been overwhelming, and there have been more speculations about the company, speculation about the company's owners, and even rumors about its private life. At this time, the lascivious man who had spread all over G became the protagonist of the report again, and some reporters dug them out again, and pulled in a certain red and purple movie star to play a supporting role, making the person concerned cry and laugh. Even some employees of the company have intentionally or unintentionally inquired into his private life, but someone just doesn't open his mouth and doesn't say anything, sometimes, in the face of reporters' pursuit and interception, he actually plays a trick, claiming to call the police or something, and finally escapes under the escort of bodyguards. And for a long time after that, he simply played missing, hiding at home and not going out.
Several hard-working negotiators of the fairy company have taken vacations, saying that they are "resting and resting", but others do not have such preferential treatment and are still working overtime. At this time, the company has put the focus of its work on other investment information collection, and they no longer regard the investment of steel companies as a key investment object. Perhaps, Hanyang Iron & Steel was their first unsuccessful negotiation, or the last steel company to work with!