Rebirth of the World’s Richest Man

January of 2000, the first month of the new century, was sunny and warm as spring.

Regarding the domestic economy after joining the WTO, everyone knew that big moves were going to be made, but no one expected that it would start with the moves of Huaqing Holding Group.

At the beginning of the new year, first of all, Yaohan Company reopened after being acquired by Huaqing Holding Group. There are almost 500 stores in more than 40 countries and regions around the world. Needless to say, the grand opening day was a grand event. A reporter went there, and all the media in Xiangjiang were here.

However, the grand opening was just the beginning. The next day, Yaohan Company announced the first day's sales in a high-profile manner, with global store sales reaching 500 million.

It is estimated that monthly sales will reach 3 billion, and annual sales will reach 50 billion.

Although it was just a sales volume and did not represent profits, it still surprised everyone.

After all, the figure of 50 billion is indeed a bit bluffing, but it is not over yet, it will happen two days later, at the end of January.

Huahua Bank announced that it will unite with more than 30 domestic companies such as Wanxiang Group, Vanke Group, and Hope Group to establish Oriental Bank, which will be controlled by Huahua Bank and involve state-owned assets. It will unite more than 30 domestic private enterprises and formally establish a joint-stock company. Private commercial banks.

Completely independent operation, with a registered capital of up to 10 billion yuan, and its headquarters is set in the center of Huahai, the magical city.

Different from the 50 billion slogan shouted by Yaohan Company, this is 10 billion in real money.

After the capital verification, the money will lie in the account of Oriental Bank, and it is also a completely privately operated commercial bank. It is different from Minsheng Bank. Although Minsheng Bank is also a private bank, it has many restrictions.

The main bank operations are handled by the system, otherwise there would be no such thing as "privately owned, state-owned, and managed".

Therefore, there is no problem that Oriental Bank can be said to be the first truly private bank.

But this is not over yet. Looking back, Oriental Bank announced that it will establish bank branches in more than 20 provincial capitals and major urban areas across the country within a year, and roll out Oriental Bank's business throughout the year.

Then Huaqing Holding Group announced its strategy to enter foreign countries. It can be said that each of its several subsidiaries has not fallen behind, and they have announced a series of plans.

Throughout January, various domestic financial newspapers were full of news about Huaqing Holding Group, and the three words Jiang Xiaobai once again resounded throughout the country.

However, the actions of Huaqing Holding Group were like a start for domestic shopping malls. Subsequently, various companies took actions. First, Hope Group announced a series of actions and news to expand the market and integrate the industry.

Then they joined forces with Xinxing Feed Factory to launch a series of actions.

Next came Wanxiang Group, which announced several overseas projects. It seems that it will completely integrate with international standards through its role as an overseas bridgehead.

Then there is Vanke Group, which announced a plan for a city commercial plaza. Of course, this is not just a matter of private enterprises. State-owned enterprises also have a series of actions.

For example, take the actions of two petroleum and petrochemical companies.

First, Petrochemical announced that it would spend 25.1 billion on the acquisition of gas stations in the next five years. Petroleum was not to be outdone, and immediately proposed a very similar acquisition plan and accelerated the acquisition of gas stations.

I want to say, what is the most in-demand product in China right now? Not a house, not a car, not various household appliances, but a gas station.

In some places, its price has soared three or four times in a year. Gas stations are in demand, of course, not because they are particularly profitable, but because there are people grabbing them. Among them are petroleum and petrochemicals.

The petroleum industry is a pillar industry of the national economy. According to WTO rules, once China joins the organization, the import tariff of refined oil will be reduced to 6% within one or two years, retail will be liberalized within three years, and wholesale will be liberalized within five years.

In order to cope with this inevitable competitive situation, the Petroleum and Petrochemical Group was divided into two major group companies: Petroleum and Petrochemical.

According to the plan at the time, the two major companies divided the country's oil field resources and refining enterprise assets, and implemented "river-based governance" with the Yangtze River as the boundary in business.

After the establishment of the two major oil groups, they immediately started competing for gas stations. The pressure brought by joining the WTO was not only on the minds of giants in the private economy such as Jiang Xiaobai, Director Lu, and the Liu brothers, but also on state-owned enterprises.

They were even more nervous. After all, they were no threat at all before, but now they are.

In their view, as long as they can capture all the gas stations before the multinational oil giants break into the country, they will naturally form a "Maginot Line of Defense" and at least have room to negotiate terms.

Therefore, the two companies were at loggerheads at the beginning of the year. According to the principle of "drawing rivers to rule", the two companies should acquire in their respective territories. However, this agreement was quickly broken, and gas stations across the country suddenly Become the target of robbery.

Jiang Xiaobai saw a piece of news in a newspaper called "Southern Weekend". The cost of a gas station in Chengdu is about 2 million to 8 million, while the gas stations in Pengcheng, Yangcheng and other places cost 1,000. Wan Chao went up.

In the domestic state-owned economy, not only oil and petrochemical companies are taking action, but other companies, such as China Telecom and China Unicom, are preparing to be listed overseas.

There are also plans to break the monopoly. Telecom is preparing to be divided into five, civil aviation has also released news of reorganization, non-ferrous metals are disbanded, and the five major military industries are divided into ten.

Since the beginning of Huaqing Holding Group, the domestic economic field has become completely lively. Today is news from his family, and the day after tomorrow is news from another company. There is no time when there is no news at all.

Reporters from financial newspapers and TV stations are running around the country all day long. In the past, there was no news everywhere, and they wanted to find two big news. But now they are running around because there is too much news, and there is news every day.

And it’s such big news that I can’t even write a manuscript. Although the Chinese New Year is coming soon, these companies seem to be speeding up their actions after the Chinese New Year.

Joining the WTO is just two words, but the changes and impacts it brings are very far-reaching. Many people have seen the changes in the future and are actively preparing to deal with them.

February 1st is the annual meeting of Huaqing Holding Group. This year’s annual meeting is still not accessible to everyone on a large scale.

After the acquisition of Yaohan Company, the annual meeting of Huaqing Holding Group will never be the same as before, and everyone can come.