Resource Tycoon Reborn

Chapter 42 An upcoming disaster is also a feast for capital

General industry associations refer to social intermediary organizations that stand between the government and enterprises, between commodity production industries and operators, and provide consultation, communication, supervision, coordination, etc. to members of the industry association. Industry associations are generally a

Non-governmental organizations do not belong to the government's management agency series, but they are also the bridge and link between the government and enterprises. They can reflect and appeal their opinions to the government. At the same time, the government also needs an organization that can express its own voice.

spread to the vast number of enterprises, especially those industries where there are many private enterprises and extremely fierce competition among enterprises.

Of course, not all industry associations are like this, for example, the Football Association, which makes Chinese people angry. Although in most countries in the world, the Football Association can be said to be an industry association, but in China, it is

But it is a government management agency. To put it more clearly, it is just two signs and one team. It is obviously a social organization organization in the football industry, but in fact it is a subordinate agency of the State Sports General Administration.

Industry associations are corporate legal persons stipulated in China's Civil Law. They are a type of civil society organization in China, which are collectively referred to as non-governmental organizations internationally. Social groups such as industry associations are more common in capitalist countries with developed market economies.

It is very common. Because business owners in the private economy are scattered and numerous, there is a great need for an organization to coordinate the relationship between enterprises so as to face the government with one voice to gain more and better interests. Even

In some countries, the self-regulatory function of certain industry associations can replace government management departments.

The Shanghai Chain Retail Association established by Fang Mingyuan and others is such a social group!

The proposal to establish an industry association was proposed by none other than Tang Yuqiang! On that day, after learning that Fang Mingyuan might be the mysterious Mr. Fang, the founder of Carrefour Supermarket, Tang Yuqiang waited at the door of the Carrefour Supermarket headquarters.

Fang Mingyuan and the others were escorted out by Sun Zhaolun, and then they came over again with a "Tian" face, and invited Fang Mingyuan and the others to have dinner together in the name of gratitude.

His lack of "interest" made Uda Mitsuri very dissatisfied. Of course, she would not show it on the surface.

But Fang Mingyuan is somewhat interested in Tang Yuqiang. Although this man is a bit lustful, it can be seen that he still has certain talents. What's more, it is inevitable that this man is lustful. The entire social environment

That's it. Officials can use MBA knowledge to manage their own harems, so ordinary people still use their own money to pick up girls, right? So Fang Mingyuan nodded in agreement.

In the following time, Tang Yuqiang naturally tried his best to show his talents to Fang Mingyuan and bring the two of them closer. The establishment of the Chain Retail Industry Association was Tang Yuqiang's initiative.

The chain retail industry is an emerging industry in China, and it is also an industry that state-owned capital does not pay much attention to. Therefore, not to mention national industry associations, even local industry associations have not been established and improved. Tang Yuqiang is aware of this

There are many opportunities in it, but with the strength of Hukelong Supermarket in Shanghai and the country, it does not have enough appeal, so he can only hide this idea in his heart.

But with the addition of Carrefour Supermarket, it's completely different. With Carrefour Supermarket's position in China's chain retail industry, it can be said that it is most appropriate to be the initiator of the establishment of the chain retail industry association.

Fang Mingyuan was of course extremely interested in Tang Yuqiang's proposal. You must know that even with the protection of the Su family, Mei family, Lu family, Chai family and Guo family, Fang Mingyuan still had no sense of security for the future. No

People understand better than he does that in the future, state-owned enterprises with state-owned capital as the front and interest groups as the inner side will unscrupulously annex private enterprises with the support of the government. Even these state-owned enterprises are bloated and inefficient.

, with capital and employees that are several times or even dozens of times that of private enterprises, they cannot create the same performance as private enterprises.

If it is to benefit the country and the people, Fang Mingyuan would have no problem donating all these domestic assets to the government. However, Fang Mingyuan is not willing to use his hard-earned money to benefit those who are attached to the country and suck blood and eat flesh.

But they still don’t know how to satisfy the interest groups.

Therefore, how to strengthen the Fang family's own influence and strengthen the Fang family's voice in the political arena is the goal that Fang Mingyuan has been pursuing. But if he cannot do it, he can only find another way to collude with those interest groups.

.Tang Yuqiang’s proposal can be said to be exactly what he wanted.

So, this matter started to work secretly.

On the one hand, Tang Yuqiang, a local snake, contacted his colleagues in the Shanghai retail chain industry, large and small, in order to reach a consensus; on the other hand, Carrefour Supermarket was discussing with the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government.

, requesting government approval to establish a local chain retail industry association in Shanghai.

Fortunately, Carrefour Supermarket’s employees took the lead in recruiting military and police dependents from needy households, and it also left a good reputation during the price increase trend. Moreover, the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government had just received the approval of Carrefour Supermarket to follow the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government.

The arrangement was to be listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, and there were not many entangled interests in the chain supermarket industry, so the application was quickly approved.

With the support of the government, things will naturally be much easier to handle. In addition, Hukelong Supermarket also has considerable influence in the chain retail industry in Shanghai. As a result, in a short period of time, the framework of the industry association was established.

Sun Zhaolun, general manager of Carrefour Supermarket, naturally deserves to be the president of the association.

Of course, Carrefour Supermarket has also made a lot of concessions. For example, Carrefour Supermarket will send people to help association members improve their management systems, provide some operational convenience, legal advice, support and other benefits to association members, and the most

What makes these members tempted is, of course, that the Commodity Quality Testing Center that has been established in Hong Kong will open the commodity quality testing business to association members and issue a certificate of test result certification.

Of course, Carrefour Supermarket has also benefited greatly.

As an industry association, it generally assumes certain functions, such as representing the common interests of all enterprises in the industry; serving as a bridge between the government and enterprises, conveying to the government the common requirements of the association's member enterprises, and at the same time

Assist the government in formulating and implementing industry development plans, industrial policies, administrative regulations and related legal communication functions, etc. This will undoubtedly be a great help for Carrefour Supermarket to further consolidate its market position in Shanghai.

But what Fang Mingyuan values ​​most is that industry associations have the coordination function to formulate and implement industry regulations and various standards, coordinate the business activities among enterprises in the industry, and strictly supervise and maintain the quality of products and services, competition methods, and business styles in the industry.

Industry reputation, supervision function to encourage fair competition and crack down on illegal and irregular behaviors!

In other words, as long as Carrefour Supermarket has a grasp of the Shanghai Chain Retail Association, it can legitimately and legitimately put forward a series of rectification requirements for the member supermarkets of these associations in the name of the association, and can send personnel to supervise all aspects of the supermarkets.

.This overlaps with the authority of government departments! In other words, industry associations can even replace the functions of some government departments at certain times!

This is of course a good thing for Fang Mingyuan, who has always hated fake and shoddy goods!

At the same time, Tang Yuqiang, who actively worked on this matter, also benefited greatly from it. Not only did Carrefour Supermarket agree to the two requests he made on behalf of Hukelong, but it also agreed to release the goods sent by Hukelong for inspection.

The cost of testing has been reduced to the same level as Carrefour Supermarket. With these two factors alone, the management of Hukolon Supermarket predicts that the profit of Hukolon Supermarket in the coming year will be increased by another 10 to 100 percent based on this year's level.

twenty!

In addition, Carrefour Supermarket, which reciprocated the favor, vigorously promoted cooperation with Hukelong Supermarket in the industry association. As the manager of Hukelong Supermarket, Tang Yuqiang also successfully became the vice president of the industry association, assisting Sun Zhaolun in taking charge of the work of the association.

, this undoubtedly makes Tang Yuqiang and Hukelong have a higher status in the Shanghai business community! They have vaguely become the second strongest company under Carrefour Supermarket.

As a result, Tang Yuqiang's status in the family has also been significantly improved, which makes Tang Yuqiang extremely grateful to Fang Mingyuan.

But at this moment, Fang Mingyuan had no time to care about Tang Yuqiang's feelings, because he suddenly remembered that a new historic opportunity had appeared in front of him!

That is the Great Hanshin Earthquake that is coming in the new year!

That was what Fang Mingyuan noticed accidentally when he was searching for news about the earthquake on the Internet after a major earthquake that shocked the world occurred in the Kingdom of China.

In mid-January 1995, he could not remember the specific date, an earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale occurred in the Kansai region of Japan. It was called the Great Hanshin Earthquake by the world, and some also called it Kobe.

Big earthquake!

According to later official statistics from Japan, this major earthquake caused extremely serious damage to the Hanshin area, an important industrial area in Japan. A total of nearly 6,000 people died, 90% of whom were crushed to death and

Death from suffocation. Nearly 30,000 people were injured, 110,000 buildings were destroyed, and 300,000 people were left homeless. Water, electricity, gas, roads, railways and ports in the area were all damaged.

Suffered nearly devastating damage. The earthquake caused Japan's direct economic losses to reach hundreds of billions of dollars, and the total loss was as high as nearly 2% of Japan's gross national product in 1994! It can be said that after the Great Kanto Earthquake, Japan

The most serious one in more than seventy years!

For the Japanese, this was undoubtedly a tragic disaster, but for Fang Mingyuan, who had foreseen all this in advance, it was a feast of plundering Japanese capital!

Fang Mingyuan remembered clearly that the article about the Great Hanshin Earthquake at that time highlighted the great impact of the Great Hanshin Earthquake on the Japanese stock market and the world's financial markets!

On the day the Great Hanshin Earthquake occurred, the Japanese stock market began to fall. In just four trading days, it fell by nearly 8%. After a small rebound, it continued to decline. Among them, banks, real estate companies, etc.

Companies located in the Hanshin area fell the most! For example, the stock price of Japan's famous Sumitomo Trust Bank fell by nearly 20% in four trading days!

The decline of the Japanese stock market even affected Barings Bank, causing the shocking collapse of Barings Bank in the world's financial history!

Such large fluctuations in the financial market are undoubtedly a feast for Fang Capital!

But Fang Mingyuan also has a headache. If the Fang family capital wants to participate in this feast and gain the maximum profit, then it needs to mobilize the Fang family's overseas funds. Then it is impossible to hide it from Lin Lian and Aso Xiangyue. But to

How to explain to them that they knew in advance that a major earthquake was going to break out in Japan?

Moreover, should I notify the Japanese government in advance to let them be on guard? Although Fan Mingyuan's overseas industry started in Japan, and now he has many fans and huge interests in Japan, few people know

, in Fan Mingyuan's heart, he absolutely hates the Japanese government, Japan's right-wing militarists, the Japanese who refuse to repent of their history of aggression against China, and those Japanese businessmen who suck the marrow out of China. But he doesn't have it yet.

So crazy that he hates all Japanese.

More importantly, Fang Mingyuan suddenly thought that if he could warn Japan of the Great Hanshin Earthquake in some way, then in the future, if he had issued the same warning before the great earthquake in China, would it have happened?

Attract more people’s attention?

You know, it was an eight-magnitude earthquake, affecting an area of ​​up to 500,000 square kilometers! This was the most destructive earthquake with the largest impact since the founding of the Republic. According to official statistics after the earthquake, during this disaster

Nearly 70,000 citizens were unfortunately killed, nearly 400,000 people suffered injuries of varying severity, and nearly 18,000 people are still missing! In such a tragic disaster, missing people is just another euphemism for disaster.

It’s just a theory! To put it more harshly, even the bodies can’t be found! In other words, the total number of victims is nearly 90,000! This is nearly 20 times the number of victims of the Great Hanshin Earthquake in Japan! Countless families have changed as a result.

It must be broken into pieces!

Fang Mingyuan calculated that before that earthquake happened, as far as he could remember, the Lijiang Earthquake, the Indian Ocean Earthquake, and the 9.21 Taiwan Earthquake had also occurred in his previous life. Although he could not remember the specific dates, these natural disasters

He still had an impression of the year and month.

If you say that you can also predict these three major natural disasters, will more people believe it?

As soon as he thought about having the opportunity to save these compatriots and change their destiny, Fang Mingyuan could no longer suppress his desire to "predict" the Great Hanshin Earthquake.

Fang Mingyuan immediately recruited Lin Lian and Aso Xiangyue to discuss the issue of advance layout in Japan.