Reborn Industrial Tycoon

When acquiring a company, there are two things that must be clarified, one is the assets and the other is the liabilities.

How many assets Sanquan Medical Equipment Factory has and how much these assets are worth can be left to a professional asset appraisal agency for evaluation, and Li Weidong will also spend money to hire accountants. In this regard, Li Weidong is not worried about being cheated.

As for debts, such as money owed to banks and money owed to other manufacturers, these are also relatively easy to calculate, and they are all on clear accounts. The amount owed is the amount owed, and there will be no disputes.

Only the money owed to employees is more troublesome.

Sanquan Medical Equipment Factory has stopped production for a long time, and employees have been laid off in batches and sent home. This must have owed a lot of wages to employees. How much of these wages should be paid? Should they be paid in full or in part? Do they need to pay wages during the layoff period?

Completion is all a problem.

In addition to wages, pension insurance arrears is another very important issue.

In the era of planned economy, workers' pensions were directly paid by enterprises. Later, the country established a social insurance system, and workers' pensions were paid by social security funds, and enterprises were responsible for paying social security for their employees.

After the social security policy is implemented, private companies may not be able to implement it. Among state-owned enterprises and collective enterprises, the implementation is relatively smooth. As long as they are regular employees, the company will pay social security.

However, with the coming wave of layoffs, employees' social security has become a big problem. Companies have closed down, how can they have money to pay social security for their employees!

An old company like Sanquan Medical Equipment Factory will definitely have many employees who are about to reach retirement age. Solving the arrears of pension insurance is also a very important issue.

In later generations, the state introduced special solutions to solve the social security problems for laid-off workers. In 1997, these policies had not yet been introduced, so they could only rely on local governments and enterprises to solve the problems themselves.

In addition, the issue of arrears of benefits also needs to be resolved.

The Sanquan Medical Equipment Factory used to be very profitable, and the benefits were naturally very high, such as cooling expenses in summer, heating expenses in winter, transportation expenses all year round, and festival expenses during the holidays.

Once welfare is implemented, there is no way to cancel it. Even if there is no money to pay welfare, it can only be delayed without arrears.

These miscellaneous expenses spent on employees add up to a large sum, and if not properly resolved, they will also cause hidden dangers.

For example, if the arrears of heating bills are paid to employees in the name of Puppy Health, then Puppy Health will recognize this benefit. Puppy Health will pay for every heating bill in the future.

Issue.

With more than a thousand employees and various benefits, the total cost will be a considerable expense.

Li Weidong must not be taken advantage of, so he strongly demanded that all the fees owed to employees be included in corporate liabilities.

Even if it is to be reissued to employees, it will be the responsibility of the local economic and trade committee. Puppy Health must draw a clear line from these messy benefits. Don't expect Puppy Health to issue these welfare subsidies in the future.

These projects require negotiation with the local economic and trade committee and Sanquan Medical Equipment Factory.

For matters like negotiation, there is no need for a powerful SS like Li Weidong to take action personally. Li Weidong only needs to draw a bottom line for negotiation, and leave it to Lu Guangming to do the specific negotiation.

Lu Guangming has been a medical representative for so many years, so he must be very tactful in dealing with people. Moreover, Lu Guangming is a doctor and is considered an expert. Li Weidong even felt that it might be more appropriate for Lu Guangming to be responsible for the negotiations than himself.

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In the hotel, Li Weidong explained the bottom line of the negotiation to Lu Guangming.

Li Weidong opened his mouth and ordered: "In terms of asset evaluation, the provincial evaluation agency will be responsible for it. The evaluation results they give will definitely be much less than the previous one of more than 70 million, but I estimate that it will still be better than ours in the end."

The assessment is higher.

If the estimated figures are not too exaggerated, even if the price is slightly higher, it is still acceptable. After all, we are going to operate here, so we have to give the place some sweetness, so that it will be easier to establish relationships in the future.

Regarding the issue of debt, we must also make it clear. We can spend more money on acquisition costs, but it must not be related to station management issues.

How to deal with the debts of Sanquan Medical Equipment Factory is all left to their Economic and Trade Commission. When it comes to us, it is one-size-fits-all. All debts have nothing to do with the health of puppies, and creditors should not come to us."

Lu Guangming took the note and wrote it down, and asked at the same time: "Other things are fine, but the part owed to employees, including wages, pension insurance, and welfare subsidies, may not be easy to handle.

The Sanquan Factory does not want to include this part in its debt, and has made it clear that it wants us to bear this part after we acquire it. I have also calculated that if it is just the salary arrears, it is not actually a lot. We can definitely

Affordable.

Moreover, after we acquire Sanquan Factory, we will still use the original employees, so why not just pay the money, which will then calm people’s hearts and allow the workers to work hard."

Li Weidong shook his head: "Sanquan Factory just wants to sell more money. We can pay this part of the money, but we cannot distribute it to the workers.

If we pay the wages that were owed before, it will give the workers the illusion that Sanquan Factory is still the same Sanquan Factory and that we have inherited the original Sanquan Factory.

Do we have to solve all the problems left by Sanquan Factory? Then there will be people asking for heating bills in winter, cooling bills in summer, and transportation bills all year round.

If anyone's faucet breaks, they will come to the factory's logistics department for repair!

So we can pay this money, but we can’t handle it. We have to let the Economic and Trade Commission or the Laosan Factory distribute it to the workers. If there is a dispute, it will be a dispute between the Laosan Factory and the employees, and it has nothing to do with our puppy health.

Doesn't matter.

What we want to acquire is a factory that has nothing to do with the past. We also need to operate it as a new factory. It needs a new system, new management, and a new style. We cannot continue to use the management of state-owned enterprises.

The method must be completely separated from the original Sanquan Factory.”

"I understand, it's because I didn't think carefully." Lu Guangming paused and continued, "But what I'm worried about is that even if we are willing to pay the money, the Laosan Factory and the Economic and Trade Commission may not be willing.

Give money to workers!

If they take the money but don't pay it to the workers, but use it for other purposes, when we acquire Sanquan Factory, their workers will still ask us for money, which will definitely cause unnecessary trouble."

"This involves the issue of earmarked funds." Li Weidong frowned, thought for a moment, and then said: "For this part of the funds, set up a separate account and give it to the Economic and Trade Commission, and do not mix it with other funds.

Then inform the employees of Sanquan Factory about this matter, and let the employees of Sanquan Factory supervise on their own initiative. If the money in this account is not used to repay wages, but is misappropriated for other purposes, no need

If we take action, the employees of Sanquan Factory will definitely quit!"

"That's right. It concerns their vital interests. We don't need to worry about it. The employees of Sanquan Factory will keep an eye on it themselves." Lu Guangming said.

Li Weidong thought of another thing and said, "Speaking of the issue of employees, there should be a large proportion of employees in Sanquan Factory who are over forty years old, right?"

Lu Guangming picked up a form and introduced it: "After all, Sanquan Factory is an old factory established in the 1950s, and naturally there are many older employees.

According to my private investigation, Sanquan Factory was most profitable in the 1980s. Most of the employees in the factory joined the factory after the 1980s, generally in their early thirties.

Workers over the age of 40 usually entered the factory in the late 1960s or 1970s. It was quite special at that time. There were not many workers entering the factory during this period. There were only about a hundred or less than 200 people.

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In addition, after the 1980s, Sanquan Factory's efficiency has been relatively good, and there are about 100 people who have been transferred to Sanquan Factory from other units and are now in their forties."

"In other words, the total number of employees over forty years old is 300!" Li Weidong frowned and thought.

Lu Guangming speculated on Li Weidong's thoughts, then lowered his voice and asked softly: "Chairman, these older ones, let's just..."

Lu Guangming said, making a chopping gesture with his hands, which meant that when acquiring Sanquan Medical Equipment Factory, these older employees would not be accepted.

At that time, whether it was enterprise restructuring or the resettlement of laid-off workers, people over the age of forty were not welcome.

When many companies are restructuring, they will try every means to get rid of older ordinary employees, and those units that are willing to accept and resettle laid-off employees only have young people.

According to normal standards, forty is the prime of life, the golden period of a person's life. However, in the workplace, forty is a very embarrassing age.

For those middle and high-level management positions, scientific research positions, or positions that require relatively high experience and skills, the age of forty is the time when you start to achieve results.

If you are an entrepreneur, a scientist, or a doctor, then congratulations, your era has just begun and your career is about to reach its peak.

However, for ordinary workers, the age of forty means that your career is over. It is impossible for you to get better in this life. At the age of forty, you can probably see what you will do when you retire in the future.

appearance.

For enterprises, ordinary employees over forty years old are not as good as young and strong young men in terms of body, energy and work efficiency. Moreover, ordinary workers at this age have no passion for work. Many people go to work just to hang out.

day.

It may be better for men. Even if they are over forty, they are still willing to work hard to support their families.

However, for female employees, if they retire at the age of fifty, then when they are in their forties and are about to retire, how many of them will still focus on their work? Many of the people who are dawdling in the unit are

"A certain eldest sister".

Therefore, laid-off female workers at that time were the most difficult group to find re-employment. Female workers over the age of 40 were also the first targets that many companies eliminated in their "burden reduction" process.

The social reality is so cruel. Work units want young people and think that young people can work. This has not changed even twenty years later.

For example, when recruiting civil servants and public institutions, the age limit is 35 years old, and many companies even limit their age to those in their twenties when recruiting.

For people over 35 years old, if they haven't made a name for themselves, there will be no one looking for a job. Even if they work as a salesperson for no basic salary, their bosses will look down on them.

For example, employees of some technology companies or Internet companies will be dismissed if they have not reached management level at the age of 35.

Li Weidong is in business, not charity. As an entrepreneur, he must of course pursue the production efficiency of his products, and older employees will obviously lower the production efficiency.

So Li Weidong is also considering giving some severance pay and getting rid of all the older employees.

As the saying goes, one emperor has one courtier. In the process of corporate mergers, it is only natural that some personnel should be eliminated.

Lu Guangming obviously saw this idea of ​​​​Li Weidong, so he brought the matter up.

However, Li Weidong looked at Lu Guangming's sweeping gesture and finally shook his head.

"Forget it, as long as they are not committing crimes and are willing to abide by the management system, don't fire employees easily. It is not easy for laid-off employees. Many people are old and young, so try to give them a way to survive.

!" Li Weidong let out a long sigh.

It is indeed what business operators should do to get rid of older employees in order to maximize production efficiency in order to obtain more profits.

But as an entrepreneur, you can’t only focus on profits. Entrepreneurs should also bear corresponding responsibilities.

This responsibility is not only social responsibility, but also economic responsibility, legal responsibility and moral responsibility.

Li Weidong has his own moral bottom line. Laying off older employees can indeed bring more profits, but Li Weidong cannot convince himself on a moral level.

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Li Weidong still had many things to be busy with. After he handed over the negotiations to Lu Guangming, he became the hands-off shopkeeper again.

On Lu Guangming's side, whenever there is a breakthrough in the negotiations, he will call Li Weidong to report.

In this way, more than half a month later, the asset evaluation, liability calculation and other projects of Sanquan Medical Equipment Factory have been completed, and the negotiation has entered the quotation stage.

As far as the entire negotiation process is concerned, it was relatively smooth. After all, one wanted to buy and the other wanted to sell. Both parties had a consensus on reaching a deal, and the difference was nothing more than a matter of price.

Soon, the price reached 30 million, which also included the wages owed to the workers.

This price has reached Li Weidong's psychological price. Spending 30 million to buy Sanquan Factory cannot be said to be a profit, but it is definitely not a loss.

According to Lu Guangming's feedback, the price has also met the expectations of the local government. Next, the two parties only need to reach a consensus on some details before they can sign the contract.

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At noon, Li Weidong was having dinner with his clients when his cell phone rang. It was Lu Guangming who came to report on the progress of the negotiations again.

Li Weidong took a leave of absence from the client, walked out of the room with his mobile phone, found a corner where no one was, and asked: "Lao Lu, if you don't want to eat at this time, call me. Have you reached an agreement with the other side?" Can we sign the contract?"

Lu Guangming's voice was a little low, and he said, "Early this morning, I received a call from Shen Yuan of the Economic and Trade Commission, saying that it was an instruction from my superiors to suspend negotiations with us!"

"We've almost finished the negotiations. Are we calling off the negotiations now?" Li Weidong was slightly stunned, and then said, "Our acquisition of Sanquan Factory shouldn't violate the policy, right? Could it be that the previous production project of Sanquan Factory involved some state secrets? , so the acquisition was stopped?”

"No, the suspension of the acquisition has nothing to do with Sanquan Factory." Lu Guangming continued: "I have been looking for contacts all morning, and finally found out the reason why the acquisition was suspended. It was because a Korean company came and also wanted to Acquire Sanquan Factory!”

"Korean company? Who is it?" Li Weidong asked immediately.

"It is said to be a company under South Korea's Daewoo Group." Lu Guangming answered.

"South Korea's Daewoo Group?" Li Weidong showed a strange expression and said subconsciously: "Are you here to die?"