Chapter Seventy-Two: The Commotion
The relevant personnel of the itinerant negotiation of the textile industry, except for a few people, have entered a state of vacation, and the company offered to reward them for their great contribution some time ago, and their request is "vacation"! Of course, there are three exceptions, Li Weisen is the company's spokesman, and can only be on semi-vacation, and Lu Wenrui and his assistant have no time to take a vacation after returning to the company because they have to attend the signing ceremony of the Hanyang Iron and Steel Company, and they have to attend the signing ceremony the next morning. In fact, most of the negotiators are in a state of semi-vacation, although they do not need to attend the formal signing, but considering everyone's hard work, and in order to give everyone the opportunity to enter the Great Hall of the People "glorious", the company requires all the negotiators to attend the signing ceremony of the corresponding company, and to leave their names on the contract. Li Weisen and Lu Wenrui were the first to be in a state of semi-vacation, especially Li Weisen, who really did not serve as a minister for two years in vain, and the negotiations were ruthless and precise, although he gave up a large company with assets of nearly 10 billion yuan, but he saved nearly 400 million yuan for the company in several other companies, and its strength caught up with the champion group of the negotiation.
The negotiation lasted too long, and the company's remaining personnel were almost zero, so in the past two months, the fairy company has received a lot of negotiation letters, but none of them have replied to when they will negotiate, just tell the other party to "deal with it in time", the consulting department is collecting information, as for when the negotiation can begin, "separate consultation". When the negotiators returned to the company, although they saw a backlog of 15 negotiation request letters, they all chose to take a vacation. In 3 months, there are 24 days off alone, and this time if you don't take a month off, "how can you be worthy of yourself"! However, the supervisor disagreed, and set the leave time for all negotiators at half a month, adding that "keep in touch at all times" and be on call. However, the public outrage was too great, so the company decided to take a long vacation from October onwards, which calmed down some people. It's no wonder that everyone, the recent negotiations are too tense, the company's arrears of vacation are too long, not to mention that the next round of negotiations will be carried out soon, and now I finally have time to rest, I am willing to miss it!
Anyone in the company can take a vacation, but Li Mengze can't take a vacation, he asked Sima Xiaoyu for half a month off, but he "insisted" on participating in work every day; As the CEO of the company, he has to participate in a series of signing ceremonies in a row, drawing a successful end to the fairy's nearly four months of work. The signing ceremony of the investment contract of the fairy company was held in B-Beijing, perhaps because they liked this feng shui treasure land more, or they had a soft spot for the Great Hall of the People; Of course, in order to save trouble, lest they go back and forth, 27 companies, distributed in the north and south of the river, almost all over the country, they really can't run. The first ushered in is the signing ceremony with Hanyang Iron and Steel Company, led by the general manager Zhou Deqiu Hanyang side, including the person in charge of Guoziwei, of course, some people from the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission are already old acquaintances of the fairy company, we have met a few times, however, any slightly careful person, can find that a certain party who signed the contract is not very happy, there is no way, Hanyang Iron and Steel Company only sold 7 billion US dollars this time, and the company's total assets are a full 500 million US dollars less than in August last year, No one would be happy about that!
Mr. Lee, who still meets reporters at press conferences, now "likes" this kind of scene, especially with women with blond hair and blue eyes and high noses, which gives him a certain sense of satisfaction. Domestic reporters have become accustomed to not seeing the CEO of the fairy company on such occasions, and those foreign reporters are also more familiar with the fairy company. Reports about the company of fairies are everywhere, and comments about her are everywhere; The international industry has poured great enthusiasm into it, although it is not as crazy as in China. However, many well-known institutions in the world have paid full attention to the fairy company, and have made various predictions on the fairy company's * and future investment trends, and many institutions have also evaluated the role of the ZG government in it, believing that the ZG government has "promoted the reorganization of the fairy China's steel industry" to a certain extent, at least it is a tacit acquiescence to the impact of the fairy company on the steel industry, and even some institutions have speculated that the fairy company has national funds. For such an incredible company in China, how can an international news organization give up the opportunity to obtain "first-hand" information. It's just that Li Weisen is not easy to get along with, and the answer that should be answered, the sentence "company secret" that cannot be answered, has nothing to comment, although this makes many people dissatisfied. But the fairy company is not worried about the unhappiness of these reporters, can they not hide it, can they tell a certain reporter that the fairy company is acquiring a textile company and preparing to form a textile industry group with Chinese characteristics, this thing can not be said now, it can be said from his mouth in 5 days, but now it can not be revealed at all!
Only 5 days later, before the press recovered from the incident of the fairy taking a stake in Hanyang Iron and Steel and the fairy "exploiting" Hanyang, the fairy company once again "calmly" faced the majority of news media, or Li Weisen, for a whole week, every day in front of reporters, released the latest investment information of the fairy, 6, 12...... 27, finally, the CEOs of 27 companies held a joint press conference to announce the investment agreement with the fairy company, and at the same time, the CEOs announced that they would carry out "coordinated development", "common profits", and "work together" to develop China's textile industry.
The joint declaration of 27 large textile companies shocked the entire textile industry because of another shocking cooperation between an investment company and 27 textile companies! The fact that 27 textile companies signed contracts with Fairy Company at the same time is extremely shocking. These 27 textile companies are all big players in the industry, with total assets of 201 billion yuan, accounting for 29% of the total assets of China's textile industry, and fixed assets of 132 billion yuan, accounting for 25% of China's textile industry. The export volume of 27 textile companies accounts for 42% of China's total textile exports, and it is the fairy company that owns 35% of the shares of these companies, plus the huge amount of money she has invested, it is really amazing!
The signing of this series of contracts is incomparable!
In China, there are hundreds of large and small textile companies, but only about 100 of the larger ones, these hundreds of companies occupy more than 75% of the country's production and sales share, and these 27 companies are all large companies in the industry, profitability is in the forefront of the industry. The technical content of the textile industry is relatively low, the competition is fierce, the textile companies are desperately trying to maintain and expand their market share, and now, the formation of a large textile group, how can not let other companies in the same industry sit still, each company has to face an unprecedentedly powerful textile company and struggle. What's more, the huge amount of money invested by the fairy company is bound to make them more powerful, and quickly leave other competitors behind! As a result, companies are eagerly looking for ways to respond.
The investment of the fairy company has especially spared one of the largest textile companies in the industry; China National Textile Import and Export Corporation is the boss of China's textile industry, with total assets of nearly 30 billion yuan, fixed assets of more than 20 billion yuan, it has five large textile companies, the total number of products accounts for more than 4% of the domestic market share, the export volume accounts for 7% of China's total exports, the import volume has reached 15%, in terms of the textile market, the scale of the company is unusually large. As a leader in China's textile industry, the company reacted quickly to the acquisition of Fairy Company. A series of investments by the fairy company clearly threatens its position as the standard-bearer of China's textile industry, and there are only two options to fight against the fairy company, one is to cooperate, and the other is to unite with other companies to fight against it. China National Textile Import and Export Corporation had to make their own choice, and they really have unspeakable hardships, of course, this is completely caused by the fairy company, as the standard-bearer of the industry, the fairy company only did not negotiate with them, that is obviously to force them to give in or prepare to encircle them, and now if you take the initiative to ask for cooperation with the fairy, the company's position will definitely be miserable. Hanyang Iron and Steel Company is a lesson from the past, and Hanyang's strength is far from being comparable to China Textile Import and Export Corporation, with total assets of 11 billion US dollars, it is still not an opponent, let alone less than 4 billion US dollars of them, so there is only a struggle to fight for the right to survive in the competition!
The acquisition of Hanyang Iron and Steel Company by Fairy Company has caused a strong reaction throughout China. The news media reacted particularly violently to the acquisition, far outpacing the fairy's investment in several other companies, and even the ensuing textile takeover did not quell the talk. There is no longer much interest in the construction of the fairy steel company group, and what has aroused interest is the amount of this acquisition. Both the industry and the Internet have comprehensively reported on their two negotiated funds, especially the offer of Fairy Company, and the focus is of course on the huge difference in negotiation funds. In just one year, nine months to be exact, Hanyang was forced to give up 500 million US dollars in actual assets, what is the reason for this, is it the pressure of some high-level people, or the financial problems of Hanyang Iron and Steel Company, or the pressure of the Tucker Group, which is already close at hand, or the fairy steel group has seriously affected the living space of domestic steel companies? Could it be that the living space of the steel company has deteriorated to such an extent, and the fairy company has such a great ability that a large state-owned company has given up a huge amount of state property! For a time, criticism and accusations against the relevant responsible persons in Hanyang and the decision-making level of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) were rising. On the other hand, there are those who believe that the fairy company is also a state-controlled company, and even its investors have a state department*, and all kinds of speculations testify to each other, and spread widely on the Internet, so that those who were originally indifferent to it also join in the discussion of the fairy company. No one knew the reason for this, even the fairy company was suspicious, and even Li Mengze himself was suspicious of himself, no longer confident, and couldn't help but reflect on the reason for the formation of this situation. Although the cruel request made by the planning department at the beginning was also in line with his mood at the time, but now that he looks back, he did have a little wishful thinking, and things may not be as simple as he thought, is there anyone interested in his idea, and then try his best to promote good things, but is this possible? But the SASAC will not cheap the fairy company in vain!
The Hanyang phenomenon also indirectly promoted the fairy company, making everyone cautious about the fairy's negotiations. This incident gave everyone a signal, that is, the fairy company is quite harsh on repeat customers, either ignore it, or slaughter people's homes, this speculation makes some textile companies suddenly nervous, both want to negotiate and cooperate with the fairy company, but also afraid that the other party's requirements are too harsh and may be severely retaliated, so that they hesitate, even to the point of fear of receiving a fairy company negotiation request letter. And the textile company that Li Weisen has given up is even more anxious. The company was not aware of the Hanyang incident at the time, and only vaguely received the news that the fairy company was preparing to reorganize the domestic textile industry. It is a pity that this private company, the only private company in this negotiation, has neither a note from the relevant state departments nor accurate industry information, and is unwilling to allow its own interests to be weakened, and now it has fallen into a dilemma. If it is sufficient funds, it is good to say, but the company is no longer as easy as when it was started, nearly 20 years of development, has made a large increase in debt, if you want to raise a lot of funds, you can only give up some industries, but this is also the focus of their interests! As a private company, it is impossible for him to obtain certain treatment conditions from other state-owned companies or joint venture companies. The asking price at the time of the negotiation was not high, but the private company had to listen to the shareholders, and the result was naturally that those shareholders were "wealthy", especially unwilling to give up their existing interests, and Li Weisen did not dwell too much, only 8 days later, he said that the fairy company gave up the negotiation and left as a loser. Fairy company is ready to refuse to cooperate with any textile company, to be honest, the company attaches importance to the textile industry, attaches importance to the restructuring negotiations, but does not take every company too seriously, one or two companies refuse to cooperate will not have a serious impact on them at all!
The large-scale acquisition of the textile industry by the fairy company has far less impact in China than in the world. If the acquisition of 5 steel companies by Fairy Company shocked and threatened international counterparts, then the "incident" of the textile industry shocked international counterparts even more. The international steel industry can be said to have been quite psychologically prepared for the alliance of China's iron and steel companies, and they believe that it is a matter of time before some of China's large steel companies merge under the leadership of the government, and only the ZG government can have such capabilities; It's just that what they didn't expect was that it was an investment company that finally completed such a strange combination. No matter who reorganizes, the result is the same, which is the consistent understanding of the industry, so the response is not very strong. But the textile industry is different, has always been the understanding of China's textile industry is that there are many manufacturers, the total production is huge, but the manufacturers are scattered, and there is constant infighting between each other. They are puzzled by these textile companies, most of which are controlled by the state, although they are both state-owned, but in the face of international competition and international events, they are not in harmony with each other, and even tear each other down; Of course, I later learned that this was China's unique local protectionism. Of course, they hope that this situation in China's textile industry can continue for a long time, provide them with high-quality and low-cost goods for a long time, and suppress their Chinese counterparts from time to time. Not only the international business community has this understanding, but even the governments of various countries have this idea, so that they can adopt various strategies to deal with the "dumping" of Chinese textiles, and from time to time increase their bargaining chips for the continuation of their political careers. Therefore, the international community is worried about the Chinese textile industry gathering under the banner of the fairy, and even panic!
China's textile industry is relatively developed, this low-tech and labor-intensive industry, suitable for development in China, so the development is extremely rapid, reform and opening up for more than 20 years, has made China the world's most important textile producer, its output has reached more than 80% of the world, while exports have reached more than 70% of the world, it can be said that every 100 pieces of clothing imported from all over the world, there are about 70 pieces of manufacturing in China; At the same time, almost all of the world's low-cost textiles come from China, and Chinese goods have become synonymous with cheapness, but their quality is not inferior! Over the years, the price of China's exported textiles has not been able to rise, and from time to time it is facing the threat of import quotas, anti-dumping and other evil events, making China's textile industry struggling, unable to develop upstream products, and becoming a strange phenomenon in the world's textile industry.
China's domestic textile companies, which are hundreds of large companies with export business, have been scattered for many years, and now, once they are unified under the banner of one company, they will have a huge impact both internally and externally. For the domestic market, these advantageous companies can expand production, squeeze out the domestic share of their peers, and give full play to their advanced technological advantages, which will make the survival environment of some small and medium-sized companies more difficult, and continue to become a supporting role in the market, until one day they are eliminated by the market. For international peers, the restructuring of the huge textile company group will put heavy pressure on textile companies in other countries in the world, forcing them to reduce production costs and reduce product prices in order to maintain competition with Chinese counterparts; On the other hand, because of the huge market share of Chinese companies, the international industry must respect this "partner", raise the price of products, increase the profit margin of China's textile industry, make their quality and price proportional, and can no longer arbitrarily reduce prices to obtain excess profits. The increase in profits of China's textile industry and the expansion of its scale will increase their investment in research and development, have an impact on the world's high-end clothing, and enter the high-end market will become a reality, so that China will truly become a textile industry power from a textile industry. And there is an important consequence, that is, for Chinese textiles to enter the Western market to increase the strength of negotiations, with huge profit requirements of the fairy company, will strive for their products unhindered access to the developed country market, and will use its strong influence in China, to force the ZG government to exert tough pressure on developed countries, for their own products to expand enough international living space.
Of course, with the 27 companies united by the current fairy company, the expected goal has not yet been achieved. Although the 27 public companies are united in a huge scale, accounting for 28% of the domestic textile industry and 25% of the fixed assets, it is not enough to make them occupy the absolute right to speak. So, how strong is the fairy company, and how much stamina its development stamina is, has become a common concern and worry of people. The news media has made accurate calculations, and by the end of August, the fairy company has made a large-scale series of investments of 19.48 billion US dollars, totaling 160.9 billion yuan, and the "small" investment has exceeded 4 billion yuan, with a total investment of nearly 165 billion yuan, which has been converted into US dollars to reach 20 billion US dollars, which is enough to compare with a medium-sized bank in China, and it is said that the fairy company has not yet borrowed from the bank! What is the * of the fairy company, is it a simple investor, or a cooperative gang, is that mysterious young man really that rich? Even a large international company cannot easily come up with $20 billion in cash, let alone in Chinese mainland. What the hell is going on, is it true that the national intelligence services do not know anything about it and let it develop? Some have asked such questions, but apparently some have gone further, arguing that China's intelligence services must know that the state-owned steel companies would not dare to cooperate with them; But what exactly is going on, and it has become a mystery.
The employees of the fairy company are much calmer, they have already seen the strangeness of the boss, and they are very convinced of the strange boss. Among all the employees of the company, the most vacation is not a pregnant female colleague, nor is it an employee who likes to be sick, but their boss, who does not need to ask for leave on vacation, and does not come to work for a few months, and the company cannot lose the boss. People who are relatively early in the company know that in the first year of the company, it is difficult for everyone to see the figure of the boss, late arrival and early departure, it is simply a rare thing, if that day to see the boss come to the company early and get off work with everyone, it is definitely a novelty. Even now, a 30-year-old successful man and the boss of a father of many children is still late, leaving early and taking irregular vacations, and it is rare to see him go to work in a regular manner and sit in his office seriously. Li Mengze's office has two words "Mengze" pasted on the door, which has neither a title nor a surname, but the whole company knows that this is the boss's office, and the office with the lowest utilization rate in the whole company.
Unlike the discussions in society, the employees of Fairy Company identify with their own company and think that these large-scale investments in their company are natural and not worth making a fuss about. In their opinion, it is inevitable that the company has such achievements, no matter where his funds come from, as long as the company can expand, the company's profits will rise, and the rest will be solved by the company's planning department, and the boss will be there!