Reborn Industrial Tycoon

Chapter 442 The shopping mall is like a battlefield

At Qinghe City Tractor Factory, director Gao Chongguang walked into his office with a gloomy look.

Not long ago, Gao Chongguang went to the bank, hoping that the bank could approve some loans and also pay the employees' basic living expenses for the next month.

However, it was met with disappointment. The president of the bank made it clear that there was no money left, and he also urged Gao Chongguang to repay the loan from the previous few months as soon as possible.

Banks refused to lend, and the tractor factory was desperate.

Standing next to the window, Gao Chongguang looked at the overgrown factory area in the distance and sighed sadly.

Once upon a time, the tractor factory was still prosperous. At that time, the factory had dedicated personnel to take care of the flowers and plants in the factory area. Not to mention that there were no weeds, even the hollies planted on both sides of the road were neatly trimmed.

Every National Day, the factory would buy hundreds of pots of chrysanthemums and put them in shapes to decorate the facade, which looked very impressive from a distance.

At that time, the tractor factory won a lot of honors. Every year, the city's employee basketball competitions or chorus competitions could be ranked. If they were lucky, they could be among the top three.

At that time, the loudspeaker in the factory kept ringing all day long, and the factory had a full-time announcer who broadcast some inspiring poems and prose to the whole factory.

A gust of wind blew by, and a yellowed old newspaper fell on Gao Chongguang's window sill. Gao Chongguang recognized it at a glance. It was the newspaper of the tractor factory.

The factory newspaper has been discontinued for a long time. Now the workers can’t even pay their basic living expenses. How can they still have the money to publish the factory newspaper?

Gao Chongguang subconsciously looked at the contents of the factory newspaper. This was an old factory newspaper from many years ago. The circular mark on it seemed to tell Gao Chongguang that this factory newspaper was once used to cushion flower pots.

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In a corner of the factory newspaper, you can still vaguely see the content from that year, which is a preview of a movie played by the tractor factory's film screening team.

There was a trace of nostalgia in Gao Chongguang's eyes. How glorious the tractor factory was back then!

Whenever night comes and a movie is shown in the tractor factory, all the workers and their families will come to the square of the factory to watch the old movie played over and over again. It is really lively.

Today, all that remains of the tractor factory is an empty factory area and overgrown roads.

The factory has stopped working, and the employees have naturally gone home. The entire factory area is lifeless, and even the person looking at the gate looks listless.

At this moment, the phone on Gao Chongguang's desk rang.

"Could it be that the employees are asking for living expenses?" Gao Chongguang thought to himself, and then he answered the phone.

"Hey, I'm Gao Chongguang, Secretary Liu! Secretary Liu, what instructions do you have? Secretary Zhang wants to see me? I wonder what instructions the leader has for me? It's about the restructuring of our factory! Okay, I'll be there right away."

After putting down the phone, Gao Chongguang couldn't help but feel happy.

"It seems that the city is planning to allocate funds to help our factory restructure. Our factory is finally saved!"

Thinking of this, Gao Chongguang couldn't wait to rush to the city.

After meeting Zhang Jiagang, Gao Chongguang gave a realistic report on the situation at the tractor factory, and then pretended to listen to the leadership's teachings.

Just listen to Zhang Jiagang say: "The city is aware of the situation faced by the tractor factory, and the city also supports your idea of ​​helping the company out of trouble through corporate restructuring.

But you must have heard about the financial situation of our city. You are not the only company that has difficulties in operating in our city. There are also many companies that want to be restructured. The finances really cannot spend so much money to help companies in difficulty like yours.

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To put it another way, if I help you, then other companies should also help. When the time comes, all of them will come to our door, wouldn’t it be chaos, and this bowl of water still needs to be leveled.”

After hearing Zhang Jiagang's words, Gao Chongguang was stunned and thought to himself, since he has no money financially, what should I do?

Zhang Jiagang continued: "Although the finance does not have the money to help you with restructuring, you can rest assured that the city will not ignore you and will not ignore your more than 1,500 employees. So we contacted some social capital to see if we can

We cannot help your factory complete the restructuring through the intervention of social capital."

Gao Chongguang hesitated for a few seconds, and then asked: "Secretary Zhang, when you talk about the intervention of social capital, does it mean that other companies will merge our factory?"

Zhang Jiagang shook his head: "It cannot be regarded as a merger. Strictly speaking, it should be a joint-stock reform. This is also the most common form of enterprise restructuring at present."

"After the joint-stock system reform, will our factory still have the final say?" Gao Chongguang said.

Zhang Jiagang smiled slightly, and he understood that Gao Chongguang was actually asking whether Gao Chongguang still had the final say in the tractor factory after the restructuring.

So Zhang Jiagang said: "After the company becomes a joint-stock system, it will naturally establish a board of directors. At that time, the company's major decisions will be decided by the board of directors based on the number of shares. This is also the operating mode of joint-stock companies!"

Gao Chongguang frowned slightly, and then asked: "Secretary Zhang, if the joint-stock system is changed, how many shares can our factory hold?"

"This requires detailed accounting. According to usual experience, your factory's assets will be converted into shares, which of course includes fixed assets. And your factory's debts will naturally be deducted from it."

Zhang Jiagang paused for a moment, then continued: "If you calculate it this way, you should have an idea of ​​how much net assets your factory has. Of course, to calculate the specific shareholding ratio, you also need to look at how much money the investor will pay."

Gao Chongguang suddenly felt a little depressed. How much net assets does the tractor factory have now?

The tractor factory's workshop is full of old equipment, most of which is outdated, and the tractor factory has no advanced technology that can be used, and there is no possibility of discounting the technology.

As for the factory building and land, the factory building is old and will leak if not repaired, and the land is not worth much. If we really calculate it in real terms, the fixed assets of the tractor factory are probably only shares that cannot be discounted much.

More importantly, the tractor factory still owes a lot of debt.

Before the tractor factory ceased production, it owed a lot of loans to the bank. After the suspension of production, the basic living expenses paid to the employees were also borrowed from the bank. If this debt is excluded, the net assets of the tractor factory may become negative.

This means that if social capital is introduced and shareholding reform is carried out, the tractor factory will not have much equity at all and will not have any say in the board of directors.

This is not the result Gao Chongguang wants to see.

According to Gao Chongguang's original plan, the government would fund the restructuring of the tractor factory. At that time, Gao Chongguang would still be the director of the tractor factory, and Gao Chongguang would continue to have the final say over the tractor factory.

But if social capital intervenes and carries out joint-stock reform, whoever holds the most shares will have the final say, and Gao Chongguang will definitely step aside.

Gao Chongguang does not want to lose his position as factory director, nor does he want to lose the power in his hands. But form is stronger than people. As the leader, Zhang Jiagang has already talked to him personally. At this time, if there is no sufficient reason, he may not be able to refuse society.

Capital intervened in the restructuring of the tractor factory.

In desperation, Gao Chongguang had no choice but to nod his head and asked: "Secretary Zhang, I wonder which social capital company is willing to help our tractor factory with its restructuring?"

"You must have heard of Fukang Engineering Machinery Co., Ltd., right?" Zhang Jiagang answered.

"Fukang?" This name made Gao Chongguang's heart tremble. It was probably the name he hated hearing the most.

Zhang Jiagang continued: "This Fukang Engineering Machinery Co., Ltd. is the original city loader factory. They also encountered operating difficulties in the past few years and also carried out joint-stock reform. The reform was very successful. Now their business is

It’s booming!”

"The original reprinter factory? Isn't that Li Weidong's company?" Gao Chongguang asked immediately.

"It seems that Factory Director Gao also knows Chairman Li. Since we are acquaintances, the restructuring matter will be much easier to handle!" Zhang Jiagang said. "

The next second, Gao Chongguang vetoed without hesitation: "No! Even if our factory closes down, we can't give it to Li Weidong!"

Zhang Jiagang did not expect Gao Chongguang's reaction to be so violent. He asked with a puzzled face: "Director Gao, why is this?"

"Secretary Zhang, you don't know, if it weren't for that Li Weidong, how could our tractor factory be in this situation today!" Gao Chongguang said.

"How do you say this?" Zhang Jiagang asked.

"That Li Weidong bought the original Dongcheng District Agricultural Machinery Factory. Originally, he made his agricultural machinery and I made my tractor. We were in harmony with each other. But he happened to come up with an agricultural tricycle and took away our market.

, that’s why our sales are getting worse and worse! If it weren’t for Li Weidong, our factory would still be doing well now, and there would be no need for restructuring at all!”

Gao Chongguang continued with a look of resentment: "This Li Weidong not only squeezed our factory, but now also wants to annex us. No, this is absolutely not possible! Li Weidong is the mortal enemy of our tractor factory. Whoever sells our factory will also

You can't sell it to this Li Weidong!"

"That's it!" Zhang Jiagang nodded, and then said, "Director Gao, there is something wrong with your ideological understanding. I also know something about the agricultural vehicles of Fukang Factory. They are agricultural vehicles that the Ministry of Agriculture has praised.

Beneficial agricultural products play a very positive role in helping farmers get rid of poverty and become prosperous.

As for your factory's tractors, they are unsalable because of the emergence of agricultural vehicles. This is entirely a choice of the market. Now is a market economy. People are more willing to buy agricultural tricycles, which shows that agricultural tricycles are more competitive in the market.

Times are developing, society is progressing, and new products are replacing old products. This is an inevitable trend in social development. You can't blame Li Weidong for this!"

Gao Chongguang shook his head with a stubborn look on his face: "Secretary Zhang, anyone else can come and annex our factory, but not Li Weidong! Regardless of the market choice, our skills are not as good as others, anyway, our factory was destroyed in the hands of Li Weidong

, if we sell the factory to Li Weidong, won’t our factory make other people laugh their heads off, and where will we save our face?”

"Where should you put your face?" Zhang Jiagang thought to himself.

However, although Zhang Jiagang saw through it, he did not say anything about it. Instead, he said calmly: "Director Gao, you should be very clear about the current situation in your factory.

If there are no funds to help you restructure, you will go bankrupt in a short time. By then, you may not be able to save the jobs of your more than 1,500 employees. Now that someone is willing to help you, even if you are not grateful, you should not refuse!

Director Gao, what we are discussing now is about the life and death of the tractor factory. Personal honor, disgrace or face should be put aside first and the overall situation should be the most important thing!"

"Anyway, when Li Weidong comes to sell our factory, I will be the first to refuse!" Gao Chongguang remained determined.

"Comrade Gao Chongguang, the tractor factory is not your business alone. Don't forget that the tractor factory is a state-owned asset! The restructuring is not yours alone."

Zhang Jiagang's tone became stern, and he even called Gao Chongguang "Comrade Gao Chongguang."

Gao Chongguang remained silent, but it could be seen that he was using silence to express his resistance to Li Weidong.

Zhang Jiagang continued: "As for the restructuring of your factory, you should go back and think about it later! It affects the jobs of more than 1,500 employees in your factory. I hope you can figure it out soon!"

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On the way back, Gao Chongguang's heart was occupied by various negative emotions.

The tractor factory was restructured and Gao Chongguang's position as director was not guaranteed, which was already very disturbing. However, it was Li Weidong who wanted to acquire the tractor factory, which made Gao Chongguang even more unacceptable.

The word Gao Chongguang dislikes hearing the most is "Fukang", and the second word he dislikes hearing is "Li Weidong". In Gao Chongguang's eyes, if Li Weidong hadn't come up with an agricultural tricycle, the tractor factory would not have collapsed.

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In fact, Gao Chongguang also knew that the reason why the tractor factory was in trouble was not the problem of agricultural tricycles, but the tractor factory's backward technology, lack of enterprising spirit, poor management, and poor operation.

But factors such as poor management and poor management mean that Gao Chongguang, the factory director, has not done a good job!

Gao Chongguang would not admit his mistakes. Of course he would pass the responsibility to others, so instinctively, Gao Chongguang shifted the responsibility for the tractor factory to Li Weidong. This was actually deceiving himself.

However, he told so many lies that he even believed them himself.

Gao Chongguang felt that if the tractor factory was acquired by Li Weidong, his reputation would really plummet, so no matter what, the tractor factory could not be sold to Li Weidong.

Between the jobs of more than 1,500 employees and his own face, Gao Chongguang ultimately chose face.

However, Gao Chongguang also knows that his arms cannot twist his thighs. As Zhang Jiagang said, the tractor factory is a state-owned asset, and it is not up to Gao Chongguang whether to sell it or not.

What's more, the tractor factory is not the kind of enterprise that is related to people's livelihood projects and national security. If the restructuring can save the tractor factory and preserve the jobs of the 1,500 employees, the city will definitely support the restructuring.

"What should I do? Are we really going to sell the tractor factory to Li Weidong?" Gao Chongguang was filled with reluctance.

"We must find a way!" Gao Chongguang took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.

After a moment, Gao Chongguang had an idea flash in his mind.

"I can find other buyers, but I don't believe that there is only one Li Weidong in Qinghe who has the money to buy our tractor factory! As long as someone is willing to pay, our factory can be restructured smoothly, and the jobs of the factory and the workers can be saved."

At that time, there will be an explanation for the city.

So where should we find buyers? By the way, I remember that the heavy machinery factory and Li Weidong's loader factory have never dealt with each other. Their two companies are also in a competitive relationship. I heard that Li Weidong has robbed the heavy machinery factory in the past two years.

For small orders, I can go to Ding Youliang, the director of the heavy machinery factory, maybe he will help me!"

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Ding Youliang originally had no interest in acquiring the tractor factory, but after learning that Li Weidong wanted to acquire the tractor factory, he immediately became interested. He immediately sent someone to find out the real purpose of Li Weidong's acquisition of the tractor factory.

"Director, the information is clear!" The office director of the factory came to report in a hurry.

"Director Liu, sit down and speak slowly." Ding Youliang pointed to the chair in front of him.

After Director Liu sat down, he said, "Director, I sent someone to find out about the situation of Fukang Engineering. They are currently developing excavators, but the overall progress of the research and development is relatively slow."

"With just the little scientific research foundation of a loader factory, you want to develop an excavator? That's a fool's errand!" Ding Youliang snorted coldly.

"Isn't that right! Then Li Weidong was not satisfied with the progress of the research and development of Wanji, so he planned to purchase ready-made technology from other companies. Then they focused on the city tractor factory. The tractor factory had a production line for crawler advancement devices. After buying it,

We can directly produce crawler advance devices, which can be used by excavators," Director Liu continued.

"That's it!" Ding Youdian nodded and frowned.

Director Liu continued, "Gao Chongguang of the tractor factory has always felt that his factory was overtaken by agricultural tricycles, and agricultural tricycles were made by Li Weidong. Gao Chongguang was unwilling to sell the tractor factory to Li Weidong even to death.

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"So he came to us and hoped that we would buy the tractor factory!" Ding Youliang's brows relaxed a little, and then he said: "We can still consider Gao Chongguang's suggestion!"

"Director, do you plan to buy the tractor factory?" Director Liu paused and then said, "But we have the production technology for crawler advancement devices! There is no use in buying a tractor factory."

"But we can't take advantage of Li Weidong!" Ding Youliang snorted and continued, "Don't forget, our factory is also developing a new generation of excavators. In terms of research and development progress, we will definitely far surpass Li Weidong.

If Li Weidong masters the production technology of the crawler advancement device, wouldn't the gap between us be narrowed by then? If that Li Weidong really develops an excavator, he will compete with us for the market!

In order to maintain our advantage in excavator research and development, Li Weidong must not be allowed to merge with the tractor factory. Therefore, we must take over this tractor factory.

The future market potential of excavators is huge, but we cannot let Li Weidong get involved. The shopping mall is like a battlefield. Either you die or I live. I will block Li Weidong's road!"

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