Chapter 22: Legends

When he arrived in China, Pei Chengyi did not have the time and energy to worry about Du Shouwei's women's flight

I had dinner with the whole family that night, and the next day, early in the morning of April, Pei Chengyi went to the Yuan Mansion to report according to Li Cunxun's instructions. Although Special Assistant Yuan is similar to a private consultant, and is not informally established, and there is no need to work for hours, Pei Chengyi is a new face in Gu Weimin's team, and he does not have a few catties. Acquaintances and newcomers report that they should naturally be more active.

In the afternoon of the same day, Pei Chengyi met Lin Muxun, a legend in the business circles of the Republic.

What's more, he met Lin Muxun on a business jet to Tehran. According to Li Cunxun's arrangement, Bae Chengyi will introduce Lin Muxun to the Iranian authorities in the capacity of special assistant to Yuan and play a role in economic and trade negotiations. In fact, the opposite is true, because this is the first time Bae Chengyi has visited Tehran, and Lin Muxun is a frequent visitor to the Iranian presidential palace, so it was Lin Muxun who introduced Bae Chengyi to the Iranian authorities.

Anyway, Pei Chengyi and Lin Muxun are also old acquaintances.

Among the fourth-generation members of the Lin family, Lin Muxun's talent is second only to his cousin Lin Muhua, otherwise Lin Yanbo would not have handed over the Sanjian Group to him to take care of in his old age. Although in the eyes of most people, Lin Muxun is far inferior to Lin Muhua, relying entirely on family blessings for success, and leaving Sanjian Group will not leave anything, but Pei Chengyi has dealt with Lin Muxun several times, knowing that this national entrepreneur who is over 50 years old is not as rumored by the outside world, in a sense, Lin Muxun is also a very helpless choice to stay in Sanjian Group.

As we all know, Lin Yanbo has no heirs, and his only daughter Lin Muhua is alone in the rivers and lakes.

Although Lin Yanbo is not traditional, after Lin Muhua started his own business, he no longer planned to pass on the family property to his descendants, but after decades of development, Sanjian Group is no longer Lin Yanbo's personal assets, nor is it just the Lin family's industry. When Lin Yanbo resigned as chairman of the group during the rest of the year, Sanjian Group already had an old subsidiary, 20,000 in the fight, and a market value of more than one trillion yuan at the exchange rate at that time. The total market value of Ye Hong Group, the world's largest multinational conglomerate, which ranks second in about one trillion dollars, is only 8 trillion yuan, and the American Electronics Group, which ranks third, is only 3 trillion yuan.

After several mergers and reorganizations, Lin Yanbo has donated most of his assets to charitable foundations, and when he left Sanjian Group, his personal holdings were less than one-thousandth of the market circulation, and except for the funds controlled by the Lin family, the shares held by members of the Lin family were only about one percent. According to the asset structure table released by Sanjian Group in that year, the stock market price of Quanyi shares, which accounted for about 100 million shares of market value, was circulated in the market at the end of that year. Sanjian Group is no longer a family business, although the huge prestige allows Lin Yanbo to be able to control Sanjian Group with ease, but after him, even if Lin Muhua returns, it is impossible to control Sanjian Group like him.

Fortunately, the election of the chairman does not require the votes of all shareholders, which is much simpler than the election of the national president.

As early as before the regimental year, Lin Yanbo let Lin Muxun enter Sanjian Group, and started from the grassroots level, step by step to achieve the position of executive president. In addition to familiarizing him with the operation of the group, Lin Yanbo's biggest idea was to let Lin Muxun tap a group of talents during this period and cultivate a management team that belongs to him. Lin Muxun's performance did not disappoint Lin Yanbo, four, that is, about 3 years after he officially became the executive president of the group, Lin Yanbo handed over all the management of the group to Lin Muxun. He manages the charitable fund in his family's name with peace of mind.

When Lin Yanbo nominated Lin Muxun as the chairman of the group, he only said one sentence to the board members: Lin Muxun has enough talent to create more wealth for the shareholders of Sanjian Group.

This sentence highly summarizes Lin Muxun's talent.

If Lin Yanbo is a national entrepreneur who cares about the motherland, loves the nation, and cares about the society, then Lin Muxun, who grew up in a relatively superior environment, is an out-and-out businessman.

In fact, Lin Muxun is exactly like his cousin Lin Muhua in many places.

Putting aside the need for businessmen to have noble feelings, as a businessman, he must attach importance to interests and pursue interests.

Although affected by Lin Yanbo's retirement, the stock price of Sanjian Group fell to the bottom at the beginning of the year, and it also fell once because of the change of CEO when it was four, but a few months later, with the announcement of Sanjian Group's half-year financial report, the profit situation was far better than market expectations, and the stock price of Sanjian Group not only rose back within a few days, but also rose from the end of the year. At the beginning of the year, when Sanjian Group announced its annual financial report, no one doubted Lin Muxun's talent.

In terms of business, Lin Muxun is no worse than his father Lin Yanbo.

In fact, before becoming the chairman, Lin Muxun had already made great contributions to Sanjian Group. After serving as the executive president of the group, Lin Muxun's first major development policy was to break the rules and take advantage of the opportunity for the Republic authorities to actively promote new energy, no longer limited to the field of resource exploitation and processing, and to develop Sanjian Group into a cross-industry large group. Because Lin Yanbo did not agree with this plan, or Lin Yanbo was not sure of Lin Muxun's talent at that time, he did not fully approve Lin Muxun's plan for profit, and only promised to work in a small industry with "tight resources". For example, energy, manufacturing and other unemployed areas to expand. "Small. One of the key reasons why Lin Yanbo finally let Lin Muxun do it is that Sanjian Group's cross-industry expansion has achieved significant success. In the years since then, Sanjian Group has not only entered the fields of finance, services, chemicals, and equipment, but also expanded its asset scale several times. When Lin Yanbo left, the total market value of Sanjian Group could reach an astonishing trillion yuan, and Lin Muxun made great contributions.

If you continue to push forward, you can see that Lin Muxun did not want to be his uncle's successor from the beginning. In fact, before returning to the Republic, Lin Muxun had always been regarded as the most untalented of his peers. During his studies at Columbia University, in addition to asking his family for living expenses on time every month, Lin Muxun basically cut off contact with his family. After graduating from college, he was still a poundy, out-and-out playboy, from smoking marijuana to throwing gay parties, hanging out with rich kids all day long. Until the Lin family returned to the Republic and was forcibly escorted to the plane, he had not come to his senses. Back in China, because of too strict discipline, Lin Muxun almost suffered from depression. It wasn't until the Year of the Blade Couple, when he traveled around the country, that is, after escaping with his future wife, that Lin Muxun had a earth-shaking change. At the end of that year, Lin Muxun returned to Sanjian Group and accepted his uncle's arrangement to train at the grassroots level. The following year, in the Laos War that shocked the world, Lin Muxun showed his talent for the first time and was appreciated by Lin Yanbo.

It can be seen from this that Lin Muxun is a very talented and experienced businessman.

In a sense, Lin Muxun can create a business empire of his own like Lin Muhua. In fact, Lin Muxun also had such thoughts. When he was young, he used his personal assets to acquire a listed company in Hong Kong, the so-called shell company, and prepared to take advantage of the industrial restructuring that was in full swing in the Republic to do some business. If it weren't for Lin Yanbo taking the initiative to give way to the four and pushing Lin Muxun to the position of the CEO of Sanjian Group, I'm afraid Lin Yanbo would have to find another talent. In a sense, of course. Lin Muxun's acquisition of the shell company in the year of the year also has the taste of forcing Lin Yanbo to the palace.

In any case, Lin Muxun stayed, continuing the legend of the Lin family in the Sanjian Group.

Of course, Sanjian Group was originally founded by the Lin family. "Sanjian" is another name for "Ma Lin", according to research. The surname "Lin" is derived from "Ma Lin"

If it is said that the fourth year is the 8 years that Lin Muxun has obtained and consolidated his position in the Sanjian Group, in terms of speaking, in these 8 years, Lin Muxun's greatest achievement is that when people mention the Sanjian Group, the first thing that comes to mind is not Lin Yanbo, or not just Lin Yanbo. Don't talk about Lin Yanbo. Being on par with Lin Yanbo is enough to prove Lin Muxun's talent.

By the end of the year, the total market value of Sanjian Group increased from the Gongyuan at the end of the second year to the ugly Liyuan, and the stock price ranked third in the growth of the company's largest homecoming enterprises, and ranked first among the large enterprises in the Republic. Under the leadership of Lin Muxun, Sanjian Group has not only expanded to many fields step by step, forming a complete industrial chain from finance to resource exploitation, design and manufacturing, sales and promotion, and then to after-sales service, but also occupied a huge market share in many fields such as resources, energy, electricity, electronics, and equipment by means of joint and holding companies. For example, in the field of equipment, the Sanjian Group has a voice in a number of arms groups such as China Heavy Group, AVIC Group, China Equipment Group, North Heavy Equipment Group, and South China Heavy Equipment Group through holding shares, thus having great influence in the arms market of the Republic. According to the outside world, although it does not produce a single piece of weapons and equipment, it is the largest and even the largest arms dealer in the Republic through the resources it controls and its controlling stake in the major arms groups.

It is precisely because of the influence of Sanjian Group in the arms industry that Pei Chengyi met Lin Muxun several years ago.

"I heard from others that General Pei has been engaged in secret work for the past few years."

"Secret work?" Pei Chengyi shook his head with a smile and said, "Mr. Lin, it seems that there is nothing to hide from you." However, it is not a secret work, and it has nothing to do with the development and construction of the army. ”

Lin Muxun looked thoughtful.

Pei Chengyi didn't discuss this topic too much. Before boarding Lin Muxun's business plane, Li Cunxun made up several sets of excuses for Pei Chengyi, saying different things to different people, and in short, he could not disclose information related to "Yan Huang Jige thugs". Lin Muxun can also be regarded as a person with a background, so it is impossible to play everything falsely, only the truth and falsehood will not make him suspicious and divert his attention.

"Have you ever been to Iran?" Lin Muxun was very smart, and the sharp movement changed the topic.

"No, never."

"It seems that Lao Li has a problem for me." Lin Muxun smiled and said, "Since we still have a few hours to arrive in Tehran, let's talk about the situation in Iran in detail." Of course, I don't need to be wordy about those key things, Lao Li must have talked to you a long time ago. ”

Pei Chengyi nodded and said, "Not only did I talk about it, but I also gave me three detailed information. ”

"That's good." Lin Muxun shook his hand at the secretary, and only when he and Pei Chengyi were left in the cockpit did he pick up the cigar in the red sandalwood box.

"Now

"I don't dare to discuss, I have to ask Mr. Lin."

"Where is it, General Pei is too polite."

After the necessary politeness, Pei Chengyi stopped talking nonsense and said: "You also know that Lao Li's official information is very important, but not detailed enough. There's one thing I haven't figured out. ”

"What?" Lin Muxun lit a cigar.

"It's well known. Iran is a theocratic country, nominally electing a president through democratic elections, but in reality the power is held by a supreme spiritual leader elected behind closed doors. Iran's military system is also unique to this political system, in addition to the regular defense forces, there is also an armed force that should not be underestimated

"Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps."

Pei Chengyi nodded and said, "In this case, why should the Iranian president argue with the supreme spiritual leader?" ”

Lin Muxun frowned slightly, it seemed that Pei Chengyi's question was too low-level.

Of course, Lao Li mentioned to me that Pei Chengyi leaned on the sand and said, "After several years of exhibition, the Iranian people have gradually absorbed and accepted the modern national consciousness, and combined with Iran's special national conditions, they have formed an ideology with Iranian characteristics." Although Iran's national consciousness is very different from ours in terms of concrete expression, in essence, most Iranians have recognized the secular national consciousness, and the religious form is very indifferent. More importantly, the decades-long confrontation with the West, coupled with the war more than 20 years ago, has created a very strong sense of crisis among many Iranians, especially those with ideals and aspirations. In the past, these people were mainly concentrated in society, and at most they caused some trouble in the general election, because they failed to penetrate the military force, so they did not have much impact on Iran's political situation. The current situation is that as Iran strives to modernize its defense, the proportion of skilled and professional military personnel is increasing, and the influence of intellectuals in the military is also increasing, or many military personnel are intellectuals. In this case, Iran's state will certainly change, and this is the basis for the Iranian president's challenge to the supreme spiritual leader. ”

Lin Muxun nodded, expressing his agreement with Pei Chengyi's point of view.

"What I want to know is, how sure is the Iranian president?"

"You mean, Iran is always hanging, how is his popularity in the army?"

Pei Chengyi was stunned for a moment, then said with a smile: "You can also say the same." ”

You are right at the beginning, it is the reformists who support the president, and there are many reformers in the army, Lin Muxun, paused a little and said, "In fact, the biggest supporter of the Iranian president is not the army, but the emerging bourgeoisie that resolutely supports reform, that is, the national capitalists." Of course, if you want to dig deeper into the reasons, the Iranian president really relies on the foreign forces behind these national capitalists, such as the entrepreneurs of the republic I represent, and the interests of the republic represented by the entrepreneurs of the republic. ”

Pei Chengyi immediately laughed, Lin Muxun is a businessman who speaks very directly.

"Actually, the situation in Iran is not complicated." Lin Muxun wiped the cigarette ash off the cigar head with a thin wooden strip, and said slowly, "Iran's situation is very unoptimistic, I can even say unceremoniously, if it were not for the world's third largest natural gas, and the billion people in our country have not yet been accustomed to using induction cookers for cooking, I am afraid that the Iranian authorities would have gotten out of the way."

"What do you mean?" Pei Chengyi is now humble and confused.

"Do you know how much gas we import from Iran every year?" Lin Muxun smiled and said, "The five gas pipelines built by Sanjian Group from Iran to China through Pakistan can transport 2.2 billion cubic meters of natural gas every year; In addition, the group's shipping company also has more than 40 class liquefied natural gas carriers that travel between the ports of the Republic and Iran around the clock, transporting about 4 billion cubic meters of natural gas every year; We only have a share of about 20% of this market, that is, our country imports 32 billion cubic meters of natural gas from Iran every year. This is catty, what is the concept? Evenly apportioned, it is equivalent to 32 cubic meters of natural gas for citizens of each republic, and China's annual per capita natural gas consumption is about 40 cubic meters, which means that natural gas imports from Iran account for eighty percent of China's natural gas market. For Iran, this export earnings are equivalent to 2,000 yuan per Iranian, compared to 10,000 yuan per capita last year. In other words, natural gas exports account for about 20% of Iran's national income. ”

Pei Chengyi then understood.

The absurd thing is that according to our investigation, eighty percent of the natural gas imported by my country is burned by cooking, Lin Muxun shook his head with a smile and said, "To be honest, probably only the people of my country are so extravagant." You must know that in other countries, natural gas is an important chemical raw material, and few people use natural gas for cooking. However, it is undeniable that meals cooked with natural gas are better than those cooked with induction cookers. ”

"Perhaps, this shows that the quality of life of our people has improved a lot

Lin Muxun smiled and said: "Now that the natural gas is still like this, imagine that if the Iranian authorities offend us foreign forces, I am afraid that the US government will not need to send a single soldier, as long as we do something in the economy, the angry Iranian people will take action." ”

Speaking of which, it is only at this point that we get to the main topic.