1987: Sleepless Tonight

"Boss Lu is very righteous. He is willing to take such a big risk for the sake of the second factory soda. I had too many misunderstandings about you in the past. I will report this situation to the leader." Li Changhe picked up the wine glass and gave Lu Hao a toast. .

He has no decision-making power on this matter, but he can also provide the leader with another way to solve the problem.

Li Changhe paid the money, and after Lu Hao separated from him, he returned to Liji Mall and was busy with his own affairs.

Half a month later, Li Changhe arrived at Lu Hao's office and took the initiative to hand Lu Hao a cigarette. He also took a cigarette in his mouth.

After not seeing each other for half a month, Li Changhe felt a lot more haggard, but at least he didn't sigh much compared to the last time they met.

"The Second Beverage Factory, as well as the leaders of the higher-level units in charge, held many meetings to discuss the future development of the Second Beverage Factory." Li Changhe said directly.

Lu Hao nodded, looked at Li Changhe, and listened to what he said.

"If Boss Lu is really willing to pay 2,000 million yuan in liquidated damages to Coca-Cola on behalf of the Second Beverage Factory, then the Second Beverage Factory can sell 50% of the property rights to Boss Lu. In terms of expenses, Boss Lu doesn't need to pay it all in one go. And in terms of business management, what you say, Boss Lu, will carry considerable weight," Li Changhe said.

He also wanted to keep the second beverage factory in his hands and refused to sell all the property rights to Lu Hao.

Even when doing business between brothers, it is taboo to split evenly, let alone between strangers?

Lu Hao shook his head, "If it is only 50% of the property rights, then I can only say sorry."

If he cannot meet his own conditions, he will terminate the cooperation. This is his attitude.

"Boss Lu, are you worried that the leaders of the Second Beverage Factory will give random orders? Don't worry, this will be written in the contract. When the time comes, the business direction and business strategy of the Second Beverage Factory will be decided by you, Boss Lu. , and after the PET filling production line arrives at the factory, you can also give priority to using it to produce your Wanjia soda and AD calcium milk." Li Changhe said.

"Director Li, you have been the deputy director of the Second Beverage Factory for many years and have come into contact with all kinds of people. To be honest, you should know better than me that the bureaucratic style exists in the enterprise. , and the phenomenon is very serious. The reform of the state-owned enterprise system requires comprehensive adjustments to the original rules and regulations. Isn't it because of the bureaucratic style that the reform is carried out with such great force? Even if you are a deputy factory "Director, I'm afraid that many strategies related to the survival and development of the Second Beverage Factory do not have the right to decide, let alone the right to decide, or even the right to vote, including most of the factory directors, who have to report to the top," said Lu Hao.

"The difficulty of developing a new product and putting it on the market is probably no less difficult than reporting it to the top and getting approval, including adding equipment, making arrangements for various employee benefits, etc., which are slightly related to the development of the factory and employee treatment. The problem is that the leadership of the Second Beverage Factory has no decision-making power.”

"Obviously, Factory No. [-]'s soda sales are good and the profits are very high. It pays a lot of taxes and profits, but the welfare of employees cannot keep up. As the leaders of the factory, you are powerless."

Li Changhe remained silent.

Lu Hao's words spoke to his heart. This is not a problem of the Second Beverage Factory alone, but a problem of many state-owned units. The obstacles encountered when formulating relevant policies for the factory are very big, especially when it comes to Product research and development, equipment purchase, and personnel salary and welfare arrangements are particularly serious obstacles.

Even if it is just a holiday benefit payment to stimulate employees' work enthusiasm, this decision cannot be made. It must be agreed by the leader in charge. And the leader in charge is not just one person, but a group of people. The opinions of this group of people There is no unity. If this group of people has different opinions and disputes occur during the reporting process, they have to wait.

For a very small matter, it may take several months to get an answer, and the answer is not a yes, but a no.

Lu Hao's worries are justified.

"So, if I can only hold 50% of the property rights of the Second Beverage Factory, even if I sign a contract with the relevant units to indicate the ownership of rights and responsibilities, it will still be useless. It will be like my hands and feet are tied, even if I have [-]% It’s already extraordinary to be able to achieve three or four achievements based on your abilities. No matter how much money you have, how much technology you have, or how good the equipment you have, it’s useless, everything will be lost,” said Lu Hao.

Lu Hao has been doing this to build good relationships with government agencies. He has been doing this since the beginning of business, but doing business in partnership with government agencies is something Lu Hao is not willing to do.

If he really wants 50% each, even if the contract stipulates that he has the right to decide the future management of the second beverage factory, as long as the other party is unreasonable and finds any excuse, it will be useless for him to cry for his father and mother.

All the money and energy will be wasted, and he will not do such stupid things.

"Is there no room for negotiation at all?" Li Changhe asked.

"No." Lu Hao shook his head, "I hope you, Director Li, can understand my difficulty. 2,000 million is not a small amount. I need to mortgage many companies under my name, and then use my connections to owe a lot of favors before I can get the loan. To 2,000 million, it will take a long time to make up for this part of the expenditure. A business that is too risky will definitely not be done. If the worries cannot be solved, there is no need to do this. continue."

"As for the pet filling production line, I really want it, but if there is no other way, I can only think of a solution later and solve it from another direction."

When some people obtain a lot of benefits through deception, plunder, and power, and when these people want to obtain benefits, they will habitually think in the direction of deception, plunder, and power.

The scary thing about some things is that he knows that you know, and you know that he knows that you know, but he is not afraid of you knowing, because even if you know, you can't do anything to him.

Even if this is not legally possible.

There is more than one way to avoid this happening. One is to become one of them, but this is difficult, and the other is not to play with them and go somewhere else to play, but this is for most people It's impossible to do that, we can only do the next best thing, take a detour wherever they are, and try to avoid appearing in places where they are.

"Okay, then I will go back and discuss with the leaders to see how this problem can be solved." After being silent for a while, Li Changhe said, "Boss Lu, your worries are indeed very reasonable. It’s really unfair to you to pay and tie your hands and feet.”

He could understand Lu Hao's worries, and at this moment, he actually preferred that the No. [-] soda be held by Lu Hao and continue to achieve glory, rather than fall into the hands of Coca-Cola.