Rebirth of the Industrial Tycoon

It was indeed difficult to find management talents for construction machinery companies at that time.

If it is a big city, where talents are concentrated, the situation will be better.

Ordinary small and medium-sized cities do not have so many talents, and it is difficult to find suitable candidates to take charge of work in heavy machinery factories.

After all, the Heavy Machinery Factory is a large enterprise with assets of 800 million yuan. Such a scale is highly valued in a small place like Qinghe, and the candidate for the head must be carefully considered.

Zhang Tao is obviously a very suitable candidate, although his abilities are average and his level is very limited. He is also somewhat selfish and occasionally disregards the overall situation. But at any rate, you need to be professional and experienced. At least if you want to pick a general from among the cripples, you can choose him.

And apart from Zhang Tao, there was really no other suitable person available for a while, so he was considered the only candidate.

So after some research, it was decided to let Zhang Tao go to the heavy machinery factory to serve as the acting director.

If Zhang Tao does a good job, there is a chance that the word "agent" will be removed. If Zhang Tao does not do a good job, he will probably continue to be an "agent". After all, apart from Zhang Tao, no more suitable candidate can be found.

After talking to the leader of the state-owned assets department, Zhang Tao walked out of the office. At this time, he felt light under his feet, as if he was about to transform into a feather and become a fairy.

Not long ago, Zhang Tao was driven out of Fukang Engineering Company like a lost dog. In just a few days, he became the acting director of the heavy machinery factory!

Happiness came so suddenly, and Zhang Tao was at a loss as to what to do.

“I really didn’t expect that there was no way out, but there was a bright future in another village. Although I was driven away by Fukang Project, I got a better job!

The acting director of the heavy machinery factory is, after all, the number one person in charge. This is a powerful position. Isn’t it better than the Supreme Emperor at Fukang Engineering?

If the heavy machinery factory is acquired by foreign capital in the future, wouldn't it become a foreign-funded enterprise? Then I will be a senior executive of a foreign-funded enterprise! Do you need to learn English quickly?

If you think about it this way, I have to thank Li Weidong. If he hadn't kicked me away, I wouldn't have been the leader of this heavy machinery factory! There is a saying that if you survive a catastrophe, you will be blessed later. The ancients never deceived me! "

Zhang Tao obviously didn't realize that all of this was Li Weidong's fault, and Zhang Tao was just a pawn used by Li Weidong to deceive foreigners.

At the same time, Li Weidong was meeting the "Infernal Affairs" in the office.

Li Weidong asked with a smile: "You are with Zhang Tao, haven't you exposed it yet?"

Infernal Affairs shook his head: "No, he still trusted me until he resigned."

"Very good." Li Weidong said, took out a key and a real estate certificate from the drawer, and handed them to Wu Jiandao.

"Thank you for your hard work in the past two years. I have a house here. Come and have a house when you have time!" Li Weidong said.

"Thank you, Chairman." Wu Jiandao excitedly picked up the real estate certificate and took a closer look. It was a high-end community that had just been developed recently, and it was a large apartment with three bedrooms and two living rooms. "

Wu Jiandao knew that this house was worth more than 200,000 yuan. With his salary, it would take a long time to afford it without food or drink.

After working as an Infernal Affairs practitioner for several years, I got a big house in exchange. This is really worth it!

Li Weidong continued, "I originally planned to let you go to the Engineering Department, but I just heard the news that Zhang Tao has been appointed as the director of the heavy machinery factory. So I want to ask your opinion if you are willing to continue. Go undercover next to Zhang Tao?

If you continue to stay with Zhang Tao, your salary here will still be paid. Of course, if you don't want to, then stay and still go to the Engineering Department to be responsible for infrastructure matters. "

Three years and three years, when will it end?

So Infernal Affairs hesitated for a moment and asked: "Chairman, if I continue to follow Zhang Tao, how many more years will I have to stay by his side?"

"Three to five years! I estimate that the heavy machinery factory can last three to five years." Li Weidong continued; "You don't have to worry, you can go back and think about it first, and then reply to me."

Infernal Affairs thought about it, and if he worked as an undercover agent for three to five years, he might be able to earn another house. The key is that you can receive wages from both sides, which is equivalent to doing one job and receiving two wages. This kind of deal is a good deal!

So Infernal Affairs nodded: "Chairman, I am willing to go to Zhang Tao's side and continue to be an undercover agent!"

"Okay, then you go through the resignation procedures as soon as possible, so that Zhang Tao can trust you more. In addition, Zhang Tao's old subordinates, you should take the opportunity to move around more. It's best to call them over together." Li Weidong said.

Zhang Tao's old subordinates may become a hidden danger to the company if they continue to stay in Fukang Engineering, and they may also become Infernal Affairs around Li Weidong, so Li Weidong wants to clear out all Zhang Tao's old subordinates.

In the evening, Infernal Affairs came to Zhang Tao's home with gifts such as cigarettes, wine and so on.

"Old leader, I want to continue to follow you!" Wu Jiandao continued with a sincere face: "Everyone in Fukang Engineering Company knows that I am your secretary. Now that you have resigned and left, Li Weidong will definitely give me some shoes. Damn, I can’t stay in this Fukang project any longer!”

Seeing Infernal Affairs coming to seek refuge, Zhang Tao still felt a sense of accomplishment, which showed that he was still quite popular.

However, Zhang Tao still spoke: "I have just taken up my post at the heavy machinery factory, and I am currently only the acting director. If I am to stuff people into the factory before my ass is even warmed up, I'm afraid it will attract a lot of attention!"

"Old leader, in order to join you, I have quit my job at Fukang Engineering. If you don't take me in, I will become unemployed and blind. You can't just die without saving me!" Wu Jiandao begged. His expression looked like he was about to cry.

As expected from Infernal Affairs, his acting skills are comparable to those of Dehua and Chaowei.

"You quit your job!" Zhang Tao was shocked. He didn't expect his secretary to be so loyal to him.

Wu Jiandao continued, "In addition, I also went to Minister Liu, Minister Hu, and Minister Sun to check the situation. I heard that you have become the director of heavy machinery, and they are also willing to resign and join you!"

"Oh, didn't I tell you, I just went to the heavy machinery factory, and my butt is not yet warm! It's okay to arrange for you alone, but if you arrange for so many people, you will definitely be criticized! This is inappropriate, very inappropriate OK." Zhang Tao said this, but he was happy in his heart.

Wu Jiandao smiled, lowered his voice and said: "Old leader, if you bring Minister Sun and Minister Hu to the heavy machinery factory, then the core management positions will be yours, and your position as factory director will be yours." It’s not as stable as Mount Tai!

Moreover, more than half of the cadres at the heavy machinery factory followed Ding Youliang to Fukang Engineering. Now many positions are vacant. It is best to place someone you trust there several times! "

Zhang Tao nodded silently, what Infernal Affairs said was indeed very reasonable.

If all those old subordinates can be placed in various positions in the heavy machinery factory, Zhang Tao will naturally be able to secure his position as acting director.

Ding Youliang took a group of key personnel from the heavy machinery factory and switched jobs to Fukang Engineering Company.

Zhang Tao took his old subordinates to work in the heavy machinery factory.

The two sides played a wave of home-changing, each occupied the other's base, and then developed again.

After Zhang Tao became the acting factory director, he placed his old subordinates in various important positions and instantly took control of the heavy machinery factory.

Li Weidong has carried out equity reforms in two enterprises, Fukang Engineering and Fukang Agricultural Machinery.

The reforms of the two companies were carried out almost at the same time, and the content was similar. They all took out 40% of the equity and distributed it to the management team and scientific research team.

In the future, the management teams and scientific research teams of the two companies will each enjoy 20% of the shares, and dividends will be distributed based on the company's profits at the end of the year.

As for front-line workers, they do not enjoy share dividends.

For the manufacturing industry, frontline employees are always replaceable. There are a lot of unskilled jobs in the job market, but for skilled jobs, as long as the money is in place, you don't have to worry about no one coming.

In the future, many front-line jobs in the manufacturing industry will simply be replaced by robots, which can work with just electricity, saving a lot of unnecessary trouble.

This is the case in the manufacturing industry. Workers at the lowest level are the most easily replaced, and those who are most easily replaced are often the ones who are most exploited.

Therefore, in modern manufacturing, front-line workers have never been eligible for dividends.

Management positions and scientific research positions are not easily replaced. You can't expect robots to formulate the strategic direction of the company, or to develop advanced technologies!

At the very least, your technology is not yet at that level. Even the most advanced AI cannot do high-level management and R\u0026D like humans.

Therefore, the management team and scientific research team are eligible to enjoy share dividends.

In fact, this model is not a new product. Shanxi merchants have been using similar equity incentives as early as hundreds of years ago.

Ancient Shanxi merchants created a system of top body shares. The so-called top stocks, as we know, do not contribute capital, but use labor to occupy the shares. In some places, they are also called labor stocks.

Corresponding to top stocks, there are silver stocks, which means investing money directly in stocks.

This equity incentive system is very effective, otherwise Shanxi merchants would not be able to develop and grow.

In the beginning, top stocks could only be held by the shopkeeper class. If a clerk wanted to get top stocks, he had to be promoted to shopkeeper.

This shopkeeper class is equivalent to the current CEO, CFO, COO and other positions. For an ordinary apprentice to be promoted to the shopkeeper level, it is about the same difficulty as it is for a newcomer in the workplace to be promoted to a corporate executive.

When the valley reached the Qing Dynasty, a large Shengkui trading house appeared and began to provide partners with shares.

Dashengkui is engaged in trade with Mongolia. This trade route is more difficult than other routes, and there is even danger of life on the way. Only after the guys got the top shares did they dare to risk their lives, so Dashengkui also succeeded in monopolizing the trade with Mongolia.

It can be seen that the share incentive system is definitely a great tool for enterprise development. If the guys take the top shares, they can risk their lives to make money for the company.

Of course, modern manufacturing does not require employees to risk their lives, but the equity incentive system is still one of the most effective incentives.

In the 1990s, the equity incentive system was not common in China, and only a few companies such as Huawei were using it.

After all, state-owned enterprises still dominated at that time, and among state-owned enterprises, equity was a matter that did not need to be discussed, so naturally there was no equity incentive system.

With the development of Fukang Engineering and Fukang Agricultural Machinery, the original salary incentive system can no longer meet the needs of corporate expansion.

If we continue to use the salary plus bonus model as in the past, the management team and the scientific research team will easily become flat, and the company's business expansion will also slow down.

Therefore, a more effective incentive method must be used to ensure the healthy development of the enterprise.

As Li Weidong's industries grow, he doesn't have so much energy to keep an eye on Fukang Engineering and agricultural machinery.

If the management team does something that harms the company and deceives the superiors and subordinates, Li Weidong may not be able to deal with it in time.

After the equity incentive plan is taken out, similar things can be avoided to the greatest extent.

Because the management team is to get dividends, the interests of their workers are directly linked to the interests of the company. At this time, if someone damages the interests of the company, it is equivalent to damaging the interests of everyone, and everyone will definitely attack them.

Therefore, the equity incentive plan is not only a means of incentive, but also a means for executives to restrain each other.

From the perspective of the company as a whole, everyone in the management team knows that the more the company earns, the more dividends they get. The management team will spontaneously unite, and even if there are differences, it is easier to compromise and solve the problem.

From the perspective of the individual, a more effective mutual supervision mechanism will be formed to avoid favoritism and fraud. If there is a problem in a certain link or a certain person, others will correct it in time based on the principle of maintaining their own interests, instead of turning a blind eye.

For a hands-off boss like Li Weidong, this management model is simply perfect.

After completing the reform of Fukang Engineering and Fukang Agricultural Machinery, Li Weidong can return to Beijing with peace of mind.

As soon as he returned to Beijing, Zhao Jinshan came to him.

"Weidong, you have to help me!" Zhao Jinshan said with a worried look on his face.

"What's wrong? What trouble did you encounter?" Li Weidong asked with some surprise.

The reason for the surprise is that Li Weidong knows Zhao Jinshan's background very well. He thinks there should be nothing that Zhao Jinshan can't handle.

Zhao Jinshan said: "I lost a lot of money!"

"No way? The Nasdaq index has been rising, and it's heading for 2,500 points. Even if you didn't buy technology stocks such as Microsoft and Apple, you wouldn't lose money in industries such as medical pharmaceuticals and electronic hardware!" Li Weidong said.

"Nasdaq made money, but Russia lost money!" Zhao Jinshan said.

"Russia?" Li Weidong was slightly stunned, then asked: "You didn't follow the financial tycoons to Russia to make a fortune?" Zhao Jinshan nodded honestly: "It's all my fault that I didn't listen to you. You didn't let me go at first, but I saw those international financial tycoons go to Russia and make money. I was greedy and couldn't help it, so I followed them. I wanted to make a lot of money and leave. I didn't know that I really used two tricks that hurt both sides and announced a delay in repayment. Now the ruble has collapsed, and my funds are also trapped. I don't know if I can get the money back, and with the current bearish state of the ruble, even if I get the money back, I don't know how much is left. My brother Weidong, you have to help me!" Li Weidong spread his hands: "What can I do? No matter how capable I am, I can't fight against a country, let alone a big country like Russia." "Then my money will be wasted?" Zhao Jinshan looked anxious. "Russia just said to postpone the repayment, but didn't say it won't be repaid." Li Weidong paused, and then said: "And as far as I know, Russia is also willing to use physical objects to repay the debt. At worst, you can ask for something, which is better than losing everything!

Russia is vast and rich in resources. They have abundant oil, natural gas and mineral resources. In addition, Russia's heavy industry is also very developed. They should have a lot of heavy industrial products that can be used to repay debts."

"Yes, when I asked, the Russians asked me directly, do you want Katyusha rockets? And they gave me one for every ten. I'm a financial person, why do I need rockets!" Zhao Jinshan couldn't help complaining.

"Didn't they give you military aircraft and anti-aircraft missiles?" Li Weidong asked with a smile.

"What do you want those things for? You can use anti-aircraft missiles to shoot down planes when you have nothing to do! Besides, if I want them, they have to give them to me!" Zhao Jinshan said.

"That's true. This type of weapon has a relatively high technological content. It's not like the Katyusha rocket that can be given away casually."

Li Weidong sighed lightly and then said: "Brother Zhao, I really don't have a good solution for Russia's debt. At present, the best solution is to pay off the debt with physical objects.

How about this, when the weather is warm tomorrow, I will accompany you to Russia to see if there are any valuable mechanical products that can be brought back. I am an expert in this area. In short, try to minimize the losses!"

"I didn't listen to you this time, but I lost a lot. It's all my fault for being too greedy. Now I have transferred all the funds back, even sold the stocks on Nasdaq, and landed safely." Zhao Jinshan said with a self-blaming face.

Li Weidong smiled slightly. It's a good thing that Zhao Jinshan is willing to learn from his mistakes.

So Li Weidong comforted him: "Brother Zhao, there are many places worth investing. If you keep the green mountains, you will never be short of firewood. The money you lose today will always be earned back in the future. For example, those shops in Causeway Bay will definitely make you a fortune in ten years."

"I believe you, so I will keep all the real estate I bought in Hong Kong Island this time, waiting for it to appreciate in value in the future."

Zhao Jinshan paused and then said, "Brother Wei Dong, I suffered a big loss this time. Now I think it is safer to make money with you. Is there any way to make a fortune now? Please give me some advice." , let’s do it together, and if we make money, we can make five by one!”

Li Weidong thought for a while and said, "There is really a way to make a lot of money now. If you are interested, let's give it a try?"

"What kind of connection?" Zhao Jinshan asked immediately.

"Coal mines." Li Weidong continued; "Brother Zhao, I know you have many connections. Can you buy some of the coal mines in Shanxi and Inner Mongolia?"

"What do you want that thing for?" Zhao Jinshan curled his lips, and then said: "The price of coal is not high now, and it cannot be sold at a high price in the market. The price of thermal coal is strictly controlled by the state. You might still lose money if you go.”

Li Weidong replied: "It's because coal prices are so cheap now that we have to rush to bargain-hunt coal mines, and buy ones with large output, good quality, and easy mining."

In the late 1990s, coal prices began to fall, and the coal mining industry also began a wave of reshuffles. Many coal bosses left the industry and switched to other businesses.

However, after entering the 21st century, coal prices entered a stage of rapid rise.

Two things happened at this time. First, after China joined the WTO, the manufacturing industry began to develop rapidly, and the demand for coal also increased year by year.

Second, the state stopped issuing guidance prices for thermal coal and implemented market pricing. Since the comprehensive liberalization of thermal coal prices, coal prices have been changing day by day, and coal mining has officially entered a hugely profitable industry.

But at this time, the coal boss was not at the point where he was spending huge sums of money. It was not until 2005 that the country promulgated the "Several Opinions on Promoting the Healthy Development of the Coal Industry" and capital began to pour into the coal industry.

With the intervention of capital, the entire coal industry will naturally rise. The intervention of a large amount of capital will inevitably lead to blind expansion.

By 2012, when coal prices reached an inflection point, overcapacity caused by blind expansion made many coal bosses heavily in debt, even bankrupt, and became deadbeats.

It is undeniable that the decade from 2002 to 2012 was a golden decade for the coal industry and a decade of huge profits for the coal industry.

Wouldn't it be nice to take advantage of the low coal prices in the late 1990s to buy high-quality coal mines at the bottom, wait a few years to become a coal boss, and happily count money every day?

However, coal mines are not something that anyone can buy if they want. They need some relationship resources.

So Li Weidong wanted to be a coal boss, so he really roped in Zhao Jinshan. Only through Zhao Jinshan's background could he acquire large coal mines more easily.

In order to get Zhao Jinshan onto the chariot, Li Weidong started a new round of deception.

For example, after the Asian financial crisis, manufacturing will shift to China; for example, after joining the WTO, China's manufacturing industry will grow rapidly, etc., and then some economic predictions will be added.

When it comes to economic predictions, Zhao Jinshan knows that no one is more accurate than Chairman Li in front of him.

Although it was difficult for Zhao Jinshan to digest many things Li Weidong said for a while, Zhao Jinshan subconsciously felt that what he couldn't understand was probably the truth!

How many people can understand the theory of relativity? How many people can understand "A Brief History of Time"?

When Li Weidong predicted the economic crisis in Southeast Asia, Zhao Jinshan didn't understand much, but wasn't Li Weidong right in the end?

After Li Weidong's deception, Zhao Jinshan finally decided to go to Inner Mongolia to buy coal mines!

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