Chapter 229: Entanglement of Interests
Director Huang in front of him is a bureau-level official of a sub-bureau under the Ministry of Commerce of China, and he first informed the Star Group through official channels before this visit, and then brought a team to visit the Star Group.
However, the domestic Luo family revealed some information to Liu Hui in advance, telling him that this Director Huang represents the will of the domestic bigwigs, and his own status is very high, and he has a special task to the Star Group this time, so he hung up the title of the Ministry of Commerce, hoping that Liu Hui will not despise this Director Huang and can deal with this visit well.
Therefore, Liu Hui received this Director Huang very cautiously in his office, and Director Huang inquired about Liu Hui's personality before he came, and knew that Liu Hui didn't like to talk nonsense the most, so after he met Liu Hui, he quickly explained his real intention this time, that is, he hoped that Star Group could become a listed company.
And Liu Hui refused without hesitation after knowing Director Huang's suggestion.
"Boss Liu, don't be in a hurry! We also know that Star Group has never been short of money, but in other words, who would think that they have too much money? If your Star Group is willing to go public, then you can immediately raise a huge amount of money, and it will be much easier for you to do whatever you want at that time! Director Huang still said with a smile.
Liu Hui was stunned for a moment, and immediately began to think about it. This Director Huang represents the will of those bigwigs in China, so it is impossible for him to talk casually, so why would he ask his Star Group to be listed? Is there something going on that I don't know about?
So Liu Hui asked: "Our Star Group is not short of money now, so I don't understand Director Huang's words very well, and there doesn't seem to be such a thing as forcing companies to go public in our country's laws, right?" ”
Director Huang said with a smile: "At present, there is indeed no such statement, but this is caused by the imperfection of our country's laws at present, and I believe that there will be provisions in this regard in the future." ”
Liu Hui sneered: "Forcing companies to go public, which is unheard of in the laws of any country in the world, do you want to be the first in the world in this aspect?" ”
Director Huang was a little embarrassed, and immediately knew that he had made a mistake in his previous words, that is, he subconsciously regarded Liu Hui's Star Group as those domestic enterprises. He immediately adjusted his tone and mentality, and said with a smile: "Boss Liu, you are worthy of being a young man, and you still speak so straightforwardly." But I like your surname, but you also have to think about the difficulties we have now! ”
Liu Huiqi said: "If our Star Group is not listed, how can it be related to your difficulties?" ”
Director Huang smiled bitterly: "Boss Liu, why do you pretend not to understand? Your Star Group is now making a lot of money, and last year's sales even exceeded 1 trillion US dollars, and the net profit was calculated in 100 billion. In the very hour you speak to me, you're going to be able to earn more than a billion dollars. Your Star Group has such a huge sales scale and huge profits, so the powerful countries and organizations in the world have long coveted you. Those countries and organizations have already put pressure on us in the open and in the dark, asking us to let your Star Group go public immediately, and they will buy a certain percentage of the shares, and then everyone will enjoy the fruits of your development. After withstanding their pressure several times, the bigwigs in our country finally can't stand it anymore, so they asked me to discuss this matter with you about the company's listing. ”
Liu Hui was stunned for a moment, only then did he realize that his huge wealth had finally attracted the attention of other countries and organizations in the world, and he wanted to get a piece of the pie in his company.
He sneered: "Director Huang, you must know that I am still a young man and cannot fully control my temper, so if I say the wrong thing, you must forgive me." I would like to ask now, what will you do with us if we don't agree to go public? ”
Director Huang smiled bitterly: "I'm just here to convey the above meaning to you, as for other things, I don't know." But I think your Star Group has always been our Huaxia enterprise, if you don't agree to go public, then the big guys above should not embarrass you, and will protect you, and those countries and organizations that put pressure on us should not do anything to you. It's just that if your company wants to develop in those countries in the future, it will definitely be greatly hindered, and your actions can't be as unscrupulous as now. ”
After listening to Director Huang's explanation, Liu Hui finally began to think seriously about this problem. The situation of eating alone finally provoked those countries and organizations to go berserk, so those giants whose interests were damaged began to put pressure on Huaxia through their political axes and organizations, in order to achieve their goals and make up for their losses by taking a stake in their own Star Group.
And these countries and organizations are also very smart, they avoided themselves, did not directly oppose the Star Group, but directly put pressure on the Huaxia political axe, and then put pressure on themselves through the Huaxia political axe. In the past few decades, the weakness of the Huaxia political axe in the face of foreign pressure has made these countries and organizations firmly believe that the Chinese political axe will definitely help them realize this wish.
It was only at this time that Liu Hui discovered the flaws of the incomparably large network of interests he had compiled before. Because these countries and organizations have not formally come forward to face the Xingkong Group, this interest network cannot protest against this practice of their own political axe, so they seem powerless in this matter, do they want to protest against the Chinese political axe? That's a real joke.
Therefore, in such a strange form now, Liu Hui's interest network still can't compete with those powerful real giants. However, Liu Hui is well aware of the situation he is facing, his company in Hong Kong can pay more than 200 billion US dollars in profits and taxes for Hong Kong's political axe every year, and solve a large number of labor and employment population. Huaxia political axes can get huge benefits from the middle, so they are vested interests, and they do not have a very urgent need for their companies to go public.
On the contrary, it is those countries and organizations that have not gained any benefits that make a fuss, so those countries and organizations will put pressure on the Chinese national political axe. In fact, they are killing two birds with one stone, if the Star Group can follow the advice of Huaxia Guozheng Axe and list their own enterprises, then these countries and organizations will take the express train of the Star Group, attach themselves to the Star Group and make a fortune together, and even annex the Star Group in the end. And if the Star Group rejects the proposal of Huaxia Political Axe and is unwilling to go public, then the Star Group will inevitably have huge differences and contradictions with Huaxia Political Axe, then Star Group is likely to choose to leave Huaxia and go away for its own safety considerations.
At that time, the United States or Europe, with its own stable security and good entrepreneurial environment, will be the most likely place for Star Group to settle down, and these countries and organizations will be the most likely beneficiaries in the future. Therefore, they came up with this trick to kill two birds with one stone, and it was beneficial for them to have no harm, and they were able to obtain sufficient benefits whether they succeeded or not.
And if Liu Hui really moves the Star Group to the United States or Europe, then the United States and Europe will benefit from the political axe, and they will naturally not force the Star Group to go public. At that time, even if Huaxia puts pressure on them, they will not be able to ignore the protests and condemnations of Huaxia's political axe, this is the tangled relationship between the interests of all parties that the Star Group is currently facing.
So now although the Star Group looks dangerous and has reached the point of being forced by the political axe, in fact, what is most worried about now is the Huaxia political axe.
Liu Hui instantly understood the most critical point, and his heart began to settle down, and he said to Director Huang: "It is impossible for our Star Group to be listed, and all its equity must be in my hands." If there is any more people in China who are pressuring us to go public, then we will consider moving the company out of Hong Kong. And we're going to be targeting the U.S. or Europe, and I think they're going to be able to provide us with a stable and secure business environment. ”
Director Huang smiled bitterly again: "Boss Liu, don't be so impulsive!" It's not that these things can't be discussed, so why are you so angry? ”
Liu Hui sneered: "Discuss? How to discuss, is this kind of principle surname also negotiable? ”
Director Huang said: "Everything in the world is negotiable! If you don't want the Star Group to be listed as a whole, then you can also consider listing a subsidiary under your name separately! This will not hurt your interests too much, and temporarily shut the mouths of those countries and organizations, no matter what, they also need to digest for a while in the face of this subsidiary you thrown! In this way, it can buy us and you a little time, and if we have this time, won't we be more confident in dealing with the pressure of these countries? ”
Liu Hui was stunned and listed the subsidiaries under the Star Group separately? Because the Star Group has never had a shortage of funds, it may not have been considered before. But now that the situation has reached this point, maybe we can consider this suggestion of Director Huang and take out one of the not very important subsidiaries to be listed, so that we can delay the time as Director Huang said. As long as there is this time, the construction of the Starry Sky City will be able to enter the second step, and then you will not be afraid of any country or organization.
"Is the subsidiary listed separately?" Liu Hui muttered in his mouth.
Director Huang nodded and said, "Yes, the subsidiary is listed separately." I think the company that you Star Group recently established that can carry out desalination is very good, and if you take it out and list it, there should be no problem. ”
"Star Desalination Company?" Liu Hui was taken aback, and he didn't know how this newly established desalination company was known by the Director Huang in front of him. However, as soon as he thought that Director Huang represented the will of the domestic bigwigs, then Director Huang's news channel must be very smooth, and it was normal to know that his Starry Sky Desalination Company.
"Yes, it's this Starry Sky Desalination Company. Although you are very low-key, you have not directly announced this company. But your desalination ship supplies Saudi Arabia with up to 500 tons of fresh water a day in the Persian Gulf, so that all the desalination plants in Saudi Arabia are shut down, and it seems that it will not be too far from going out of business. So you have made such a big move in the desalination market, we are not deaf, and naturally we know your company. Not only us, but also those countries and organizations know about your company. Director Huang explained.
"But will those countries and organizations take a fancy to this small company?" Liu Hui asked suspiciously, he has just begun to enter this desalination market, there is only one desalination ship, and the monthly freshwater sales revenue to Saudi Arabia is only 12 million US dollars, will those countries and organizations be satisfied with the listing of this small company?
Director Huang smiled: "Hehe, Boss Liu is testing me again." Who doesn't know that the earth is now extremely short of water! Although the water shortage situation in developed countries and regions such as the United States and Europe is not very serious, they will also have extreme water shortage in ten years, not to mention those countries in China and the world that are now extremely short of water, and our desire for fresh water is very urgent. And now scientists have not been able to come up with a good solution to the severe water shortage. Ten years from now, if there is also an extreme water shortage in those developed countries, there is a great possibility that the world's major countries will fight for limited water resources. Therefore, the issue of water is now a very important topic in the exchanges between countries, and your desalination company already has such a strong desalination capacity, how can those countries and organizations easily let it go? Although your company is still very small, once it faces the global freshwater market, it is a super company. ”
Liu Hui's level of education is not very high, and he did not learn any useful knowledge in college, and he did not conduct extensive consultations in order to keep secrets, so he did not know the important surname of the desalination technology he had mastered. Now, after Director Huang's click, he suddenly found that he had inadvertently mastered a powerful weapon in his hand.
"So, those countries require our Star Group to go public, is their biggest purpose actually this desalination technology?" Liu Hui asked.
"Yes, that's what they're trying to do. Although your company now looks like it has trillions of fortunes, it is nothing to those countries, and they just need to print a little more money and take it all back. You also have a lot of new technologies that you have never heard of before, but none of them are indispensable. Whether it is your medical products, health products, cosmetics, food, underwear, these things are not indispensable, without your Star Group the same rotation of the earth. Therefore, no matter how well your Star Group developed before, there was no threat to those countries and organizations, and you were just a particularly fat sheep in their eyes at best, even if they didn't kill you for the time being, you wouldn't be able to escape the fate of being a fat sheep. But now that you have mastered this technology that can desalinate a large amount of seawater, it is equivalent to getting up to their seven inches, so in order for those countries not to be threatened by you in the future, they must be involved, at least in the future freshwater treatment and distribution. Director Huang explained to Liu Hui in detail the doorway.
Liu Hui's position before was not as high as Director Huang's, so he didn't see as far as Director Huang at a higher level, and only now did he know that his Star Group was very small in the eyes of those countries and organizations, and they could destroy themselves at any time. It's just this desalination technology that they inadvertently came up with that made these people set their eyes on themselves. Seawater desalination technology is their real goal, and they don't care about other things in the Star Group.
Liu Hui secretly sneered in his heart, fortunately, these countries and organizations regarded themselves as a fat sheep that could be slaughtered at any time, so they gave themselves such a long time for development. And now that he has a strong ability to protect himself, if everyone can't talk about it and break up and fight, no one on either side will take advantage of it. However, such a lose-lose result is not in their own interests and runs counter to their own ideals. Moreover, this seawater desalination technology is related to the future of all mankind, and those countries and organizations will definitely not let themselves be privately owned. Therefore, Liu Hui thought of making peace with these countries and organizations for a while, so as to buy himself a little time. At the same time, it can also make these countries and organizations take themselves lightly and leave more room for their own development.
So Liu Hui said with a straight face: "This seawater desalination technology is the hard work of our Star Group, and our original intention is to benefit human society through this technology." However, the strength of our Star Group is still very weak, so if those countries and organizations are willing to help us, inject capital and provide convenience to us, then we are also willing to list this Star Desalination Company. However, there must be a premise for this listing, that is, our Star Group must occupy 51% of the shares of this listed company, and in the desalination treatment, our Star Group must have the leading power, and no country or organization can interfere with our normal production and spy on our trade secrets. ”
Director Huang was overjoyed, but he didn't expect that he would move Liu Hui by saying this, so that he agreed to list the Star Desalination Company, which made him have not said many of his good lobbying words. Although the premise of the listing that Liu Hui said is a little difficult to do, things can still be discussed. At least I have made a breakthrough in this, so my return to Kyoto can be regarded as a great achievement, which is definitely good news for my career.
So Director Huang said happily: "It's good that Boss Liu has figured it out, this is also a big problem for us, if your Star Group needs our help in the future, we will definitely give up." Even if we can't solve it, the big guys behind us will definitely help you deal with it. ”
(To be continued)