Reborn Industrial Tycoon

Chapter 551 Isn’t it fun to be a coal boss?

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. 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 ability is very average, his level is very limited, and he is also a little selfish and occasionally disregards the overall situation. But at least he must be professional and experienced. At least if you choose a general from a lame person,

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 that Zhang Tao was at a loss and even a little carried away.

"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 found a better job!

The acting director of the heavy machinery factory is, after all, the number one person in charge. This is a position of great power. 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 I have to learn English quickly?

If you think about it this way, I also 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 those who survive a catastrophe will be blessed later. The ancients do not deceive me.

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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.

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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 Infernal Affairs.

"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."

Infernal Affairs knew that this house was worth more than 200,000 yuan. With his salary, it would take him 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 for 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."

When Infernal Affairs thought about it, if he worked as an undercover agent for three to five years, he might be able to earn another house. The key is that he could also 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 is 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 clean out all Zhang Tao's old subordinates.

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In the evening, Infernal Affairs came to Zhang Tao's home with cigarettes, wine and other gifts.

"Old leader, I still 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 position 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 people's 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 made him want 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 hot! 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

That's right." Zhang Tao said this, but he felt 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, and now many positions are vacant. It’s time to put someone you trust there!”

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.

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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 house-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.

On Li Weidong's side, he 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 allocated 40% of the equity 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, front-line 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, there is no need 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 tend to be the 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&D 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.

The ancient Shanxi merchants created a system of top-stock shares. The so-called top-stock shares do not provide capital, but use labor to occupy the shares. In some places, they are also called labor shares.

Corresponding to the top stock, it is the silver stock, that is, you use money to directly invest in the stock.

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. It is almost as difficult for an ordinary apprentice to be promoted to the shopkeeper class as it is for a newcomer in the current workplace to be promoted to a corporate executive.

By the time of the Qing Dynasty, a Da Sheng Kui firm appeared and began to provide its associates 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 more

trade with Mongolia.

It can be seen from this that the share incentive system is definitely a powerful 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 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 had more and more industries under his command, he did not have so much energy and kept focusing on Fukang Engineering and agricultural machinery.

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

After the equity incentive plan is put in place, similar things can be avoided to the greatest extent.

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

Therefore, the equity incentive plan is not only a means of motivation, but also a means for senior 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 will receive. The management team will spontaneously unite, and even if there are differences, it is easier to compromise with each other to solve the problem.

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From an individual perspective, a more effective mutual supervision mechanism will also be formed to avoid the phenomenon of malpractice for personal gain. If there is a problem in a certain link or a person, others will correct it in time based on the principle of safeguarding their own interests.

Will turn a blind eye.

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

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

As soon as he returned to the capital, Zhao Jinshan came to visit him.

"Weidong, you have to help me!" Zhao Jinshan said with a sad face.

"What's wrong? What trouble have you encountered?" Li Weidong asked in surprise.

The reason why he was surprised was because Li Weidong knew Zhao Jinshan's background very well, and he felt that there should be nothing that Zhao Jinshan could not settle.

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

"No way? The Nasdaq index has been rising, and it's heading towards 2,500 points. Even if you don't buy Microsoft, Apple and other technology stocks, such as medical pharmaceuticals, electronic hardware and other industries, you won't lose money.

!" Li Weidong said.

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

"Russia?" Li Weidong was stunned for a moment, and then asked: "Did you go to Russia to make a fortune with the financial giants?"

Zhao Jinshan nodded honestly: "It's all my fault for not listening to you. You didn't let me go in the first place, but I saw those international financial giants go to Russia and they all made money.

I was also greedy, so I couldn't hold it back for a while, so I just went with it. I wanted to make a few bucks and leave. Who knew that I actually used two lose-lose tricks and announced a delay in repayment. Now the ruble has collapsed, and my funds have also collapsed.

It's all put in.

I don’t know if I can get the money back, and with the ruble’s current state, even if I get the money back, I don’t know how much is left. My brother Wei Dong, you have to help me!”

Li Weidong spread his hands: "What can I do? No matter how capable I am, I can't possibly fight against a country, let alone a big country like Russia."

"Then my money will be wasted?" Zhao Jinshan looked anxious.

"Russia only said it would postpone debt repayment, but did not say it would not repay it." Li Weidong paused, and then said: "And as far as I know, Russia is also willing to pay its debts in kind. At worst, you can just ask for something, it is better than losing everything!

Russia has a vast territory and rich resources. They are rich in oil, natural gas and mineral resources. In addition, Russia’s heavy industry is also very developed. They should have a lot of heavy industry products and can always repay their debts.”

"Yes, yes. When I went to ask, the Russians asked me directly if I wanted Katyusha rockets? And they gave me one out of ten. I am a financial person, why would I want rockets?" Zhao Jinshan couldn't help complaining.

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

"Why do you need that thing? You can use the anti-control missile to fly when you have nothing to do! Besides, if I want it, they have to give it to me!" Zhao Jinshan said.

"That's right. This type of weapon has a relatively high technical content and is not like giving away casually like Katyusha rockets."

Li Weidong sighed lightly, and then said: "Brother Zhao, I really have no good solution for Russia's debt. At present, it seems that the best solution is to pay off the debt in kind.

Let's do this. When the spring flowers bloom tomorrow and the weather becomes warmer, 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 reduce losses as much as possible!"

"I didn't listen to you this time, but I suffered a huge loss. It's all because I was too greedy. Now I have transferred all the funds back, and even sold the stocks on Nasdaq, so I can settle down." Zhao Jinshan

He said with a look of remorse.

Li Weidong smiled slightly. It is a good thing that Zhao Jinshan is willing to learn from the mistakes he made.

So Li Weidong comforted him: "Brother Zhao, there are many places worth investing in. You can keep the green hills without worrying about running out of firewood. The money you lose today will always be earned back in the future. Just like those shops in Causeway Bay, in ten years,

It will definitely make you a lot of money.”

"I believe you, so this time I keep all the real estate I purchased in Hong Kong in my hands, waiting for the value to increase 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 get rich now? You can give me some advice."

, let’s do it together, and if we make money, we can add it to make five!”

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's the way?" 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 continued: "The price of coal is not high now, and it cannot be sold at a high price on the market. The price of thermal coal is strictly controlled by the state, and it is sold

You might still end up at a loss if you go."

Li Weidong replied: "It's because coal prices are so cheap now that we have to rush to buy coal mines that have a large output, good quality, and are easy to mine."

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, 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 huge profit industry.

But at this time, coal bosses were not ready to spend big bucks. 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. And with the intervention of a large amount of capital, blind expansion will inevitably occur.

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.

Therefore, if Li Weidong wanted to be a coal boss, 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 quite understand it, 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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