Rebirth: My 80s

Chapter 1194 Capital Tide

There was a piece of history in the previous life that Li Jiankun once did popular science about, which was the process of buying the Varyag.

This aircraft carrier was still under construction in Ukraine when the Soviet Union collapsed, and was only about 70% to 80% completed. To build it completely, at least hundreds of millions of dollars would be needed. In addition, according to the plan set during the Soviet era, the Varyag would be delivered to Russia for use after its completion.

So Ukraine asked Russia for money, including the initial advance payment and the later construction costs. However, when the Soviet Union collapsed, Russia's economy was extremely bad and it simply could not come up with so much money. Russia suddenly had an idea and said, "I don't want it anymore, so I'll give the ship to you to pay off the debt."

Ukraine was stunned for a moment.

What's even more depressing is that Ukraine doesn't have the money to continue manufacturing it. Besides, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, it would require thousands of supporting factories to cooperate at the same time, which is almost impossible to do. However, such a big lump of iron would be a waste of time occupying the dock, and it would cost a lot of money to cut it into pieces.

So the Ukrainian government came up with an idea: whoever wants it can have it, auction it off! We can even get some money back.

This is a perfect opportunity.

We grasped it in the previous life, and in this life Li Jiankun intends to push forward from it and achieve the goal faster.

Mou Qizhong does have some advantages, such as being good at making trouble. In this matter, Li Jiankun doesn't mind cooperating with him. He is responsible for making trouble, while Li Jiankun is in charge of making plans behind the scenes, including providing various resources.

Mou Qizhong readily agreed.

No pay.

From this point we can see that this person is not actually a pure businessman. This is said in a positive sense. He wants to do more big things and feats.

It is not a very unique quality. In fact, if we go back ten years, before the 1980s, the people of this country were amazingly simple and honest. People rarely thought about themselves and believed in "I am for everyone, and everyone is for the public." Many people who have lived through that era still retain this quality.

Li Jiankun was originally scheduled to leave for Japan in the next few days. Japan's lost thirty years had just begun and the financial crisis was coming to an end. Although there was no possibility of a sharp rebound, there was not much money to be made. It was time to clear all positions, withdraw funds, and invest heavily in the Soviet Union.

However, an accidental incident stopped Li Jiankun and may force him to stay in the mainland for a few more days.

When he was chatting with Mou Qizhong before, didn’t he think of an incident and a person? After asking around, he found that although the time was different, the history was exactly the same. After the southern tour, this person keenly captured the business opportunity and immediately brought his company "Zhongce" which had just been established in Hong Kong City to the mainland.

Li Jiankun contacted him through his connections in Hong Kong and persuaded him to withdraw from the mainland with his Zhongce.

He said to give him some time, and since he hadn't replied yet, he sent a lobbyist to his door.

In the north room of the courtyard, Li Jiankun looked over the threshold at the young man waiting outside the courtyard and asked, "Do you know me well?"

Next to him, Xiao Wu, who was running the Donghai Computer Company successfully, nodded with a smile, "I grew up wearing open-crotch pants."

In this way, the background is also very hard.

Li Jiankun smiled without knowing what the meaning was. That guy really understood the social world of this country based on personal relationships.

At Li Jiankun's signal, Xiaowu went outside and brought in a young man named Zhang Yi.

After some simple pleasantries, Li Jiankun looked at Zhang Yi and asked, "I heard from Xiaowu that you two were classmates?"

Zhang Yi smiled and nodded, "Not only are we classmates, we also queued together."

The man who got the strategy, his father was the helmsman of one of the four largest financial groups in Indonesia. He had a unique vision and sent his son to study in the mainland when he was a teenager. He attended No. 36 Middle School in the capital, which was full of children of high-ranking officials.

He spent ten years in the mainland and participated in the Up to the Countryside Movement, making him a veritable China expert.

Today, many of his former classmates have held important positions or have some say in their families.

The relationship is very solid.

Small merchants do things, medium merchants manage the markets, and big merchants manage people. This is where our boss’s wisdom lies.

Li Jiankun asked with a half-smile, "He was able to take over the Taiyuan Rubber Factory so quickly. You good friends and brothers played an important role, right?"

The man surnamed Huang acted faster than Li Jiankun had imagined.

He literally returned to the mainland as soon as possible after his southern tour.

In less than a month, the Taiyuan Rubber Factory changed hands.

Zhang Yi couldn't figure out what he meant, so he told the truth: "As for the factory in Taiyuan, none of us old classmates in the capital have been involved, and there's no need for us to. Huang Hongnian and I went to the countryside together in Shanxi, and he has some connections there. He didn't hide his identity when he came to the mainland this time. After they got the news, they took the initiative to come to our door, took him to inspect the factory, made a report, and asked him if he was interested in a joint venture. He said yes, and the deal was finalized. From discussing the joint venture to signing the contract, and then to the establishment of the new company, it took less than a month."

After a brief pause, Zhang Yi added with a smile: "It's mainly because we have a mutual understanding. Taiyuan Rubber Factory is a large factory with many employees. The local management pressure is very high and it is not well managed. Huang Hongnian is willing to take over and is obviously capable of running it well. Isn't this a win-win situation?"

He didn't understand why Li Jiankun intervened and opposed it.

Huang Hongnian said that he had neither friendship nor grudge against him.

They are obviously not related at all, isn't this just meddling in other people's business?

Li Jiankun's expression remained unchanged as he pressed on, "Did he tell you that?"

Zhang Yi was stunned and asked, "What?"

"Said he would run the business well."

"If I'm not sure I can run the business well, can he take over?"

Anyone who knows Huang Hongnian’s background should not doubt that he has this ability.

Li Jiankun thought to himself, no wonder some people later said that Huang Hongnian was the first to bring the concept of "capital management" to our country, and claimed that the capital operation knowledge he brought to our country was better than reading a bag of books, causing the Zhongce phenomenon. Various MBAs used this capital operation as a case because he taught almost all of us a lesson.

"It seems that your relationship with Huang Hongnian is not as good as you thought." Li Jiankun said something that left Zhang Yi confused.

Fortunately, Li Jiankun quickly added: "He himself has never done business."

Zhang Yi frowned and said, "I don't know much about what's going on abroad. I only know that his family is in the agricultural and sideline products business. You mean he bought the Taiyuan Rubber Factory and doesn't plan to run it. What is he going to do?"

Xiao Wu said casually, "Sell it. Buy low and sell high. It's the same as those profiteers."

Zhang Yi opened his eyes wide, "Huh?"

It would be unfair to call Huang Hongnian a profiteer, as his capital operation is more than that. However, Li Jiankun did not explain. If he told Zhang Yi, he might not understand, so he asked, "Do you still want to be a lobbyist?"

"This……"

Zhang Yi didn't know what to say, but he couldn't wait to call Huang Hongnian to confirm.

Li Jiankun seemed to see what he was thinking, and he restrained his smile and said, "When you contact him, tell him that I am not discussing it with him."

When Li Jiankun asked people from Gangcheng to contact Huang Hongnian, he didn't know that he had already taken over the Taiyuan Rubber Factory. He was just giving advice at that time.

If we don't stop him, this guy will be very fast.

In his previous life, it was he who accomplished the feat of buying out an entire city in one night in our country. There has never been anyone like him before, and it is estimated that no one will be able to surpass him in the future.

After Zhang Yi left, before waiting for Huang Hongnian's reply, Li Jiankun received a call from his eldest brother.

Biaozi asked him what he was doing on the other end of the phone, saying that the provincial capital had finally attracted a powerful foreign investor, but he was trying to make trouble. The foreign investor was originally very interested in several large factories in the provincial capital, but now he dared not take over. The provincial capital called and scolded him, and asked him to pass on a message, which was to ask Li Jiankun to stay out of other people's business.

Yes, after Huang Hongnian took over the Taiyuan Rubber Factory in Shanxi, he immediately went to Hangzhou.

I took a fancy to several factories, one of which was called West Lake Brewery.

How many people in Zhejiang Province have been drinking West Lake brand beer all their lives. After receiving the call from his eldest brother, for a moment, Li Jiankun really didn't want to care about it, but when he thought of this, he couldn't just sit back and do nothing.

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In the previous life, the West Lake Brewery changed its name to West Lake Asahi Co., Ltd.

It goes without saying which country Asahi's brand is from. Li Jiankun has no idea what kind of transactions Huang Hongnian made after taking over the factory, but it is obvious that the final operating rights of this food factory for the old men in Zhejiang Province fell into the hands of the Japanese.

Li Jiankun wanted to call Xu Fangguo, but before he could find the phone book, the phone rang again. The person calling was the director in charge of investment promotion in his hometown's provincial capital, whose surname was Wang.

Director Wang did not get the exact word from Li Jianxun that Li Jiankun would no longer threaten Huang Hongnian, so he was worried and asked for the number and called again in person.

"Comrade Jiankun, what's the reason? Now everywhere is trying to attract investment and bring in fresh capital from outside. It's a rare opportunity for us to have a powerful foreign investor here. Why are you trying to stop it?"

Li Jiankun did not answer, but asked: "Director Wang, let's not talk about other companies first. West Lake Brewery and Hangzhou Rubber Factory are two high-quality companies that have always been profitable. Are you eager to sell them?"

Director Wang sighed and said, "Profits are profits, but for a large factory with tens of thousands of people, the annual profit is only a few million. Can you accept such profits? Nowadays, many factories are not profitable at all. Our finances all depend on these treasures. It is precisely because we cherish them that we reluctantly let them go. We have to admit that there are indeed problems with our management. They come from a chaebol family and have business experience accumulated by generations. They also have various resources that we can't expect. We have carefully considered it. Letting Zhongce come in as a joint venture may seem to give up some shares and management rights, but in the end we will definitely get more benefits."

Li Jiankun refuted: "You can't be sure of this 'certainty'. If the management rights of the factory fall into the hands of others, your words will not count. Besides, have you ever known Huang Hongnian? After he separated from his father's Sinar Mas Group and started his own business, he has never worked in the real economy and has always been in the financial circles of Southeast Asia. Do you think such a person would be patient enough to run a real economy?"

It is difficult for people who hang out in the financial circle and do well in it to go back to the real economy.

Because the money comes too quickly.

Just like many people in society who have made a lot of money through improper channels in the past, even if they fall into poverty later, they are unlikely to find a class to attend.

Director Wang’s next words made Li Jiankun very angry.

"No, I actually want to ask, what does this have to do with you?"

The most sad thing is not being understood.

Few people would believe Li Jiankun's love for his country and his family. If he were just an ordinary person, he wouldn't believe it. It is precisely because he has reached a certain height that he feels he should take on more responsibilities.

Well, now people think he is meddling in other people's business.

Li Jiankun took a deep breath and asked, "Where is Huang Hongnian?"

Director Wang replied, "He's at the West Lake Hotel. He's been trying to leave, but we've been trying to get him to stay."

Li Jiankun narrowed his eyes and said, "But he didn't leave."

Director Wang pleaded, "Comrade Jiankun, please stop worrying about this. We have our own discussions. It's really not worth it for you to worry about it. You are such a busybody, just go and do something else..."

Li Jiankun's face was as gloomy as water.

After hanging up the phone, he punched the wall.

What a great Huang Hongnian!

If a businessman really doesn’t want to do the transaction, what say does the seller have?

You don't even want to give me face, but you're trying to play this trick on me.

Li Jiankun called Xu Fangguo but was unable to find him immediately. The person who answered the phone said he was in a meeting and asked him to call back after he was done.

Li Jiankun sat in the main hall and waited quietly without saying a word. During this time, Miss Shen brought him a bowl of ginseng soup that Chuncao had cooked early in the morning, and urged him to drink it while it was hot. After hesitating for a moment, she asked, "What will be the consequences if we don't do anything?"

Li Jiankun held the white porcelain bowl, stirred the soup with a spoon, and replied: "To put it in a small way, it will be the loss of hundreds of millions of state-owned assets; in the long run, it will play a leading role. As long as one person succeeds, followers will follow suit. We will have many old-brand companies falling into the hands of foreign capital. These companies may not have high profit levels now, but it does not mean that there is no sales. The brand has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and can be regarded as a national brand. This ginseng was picked by Chuncao at Tongrentang. Can you imagine that Tongrentang will be called 'Riben Tongrentang' in the future? When capital occupies the best products in a region, they have the right to set prices. A wild ginseng that old people use to keep fit is now sold for ten yuan, but in the future it may be sold for one hundred or one thousand..."

After Shen Hongyi heard this, she took the ginseng soup from his hand, fed him with a spoon, and said solemnly, "That's up to you."

Li Jiankun smiled knowingly.

Most of the depression in my heart has disappeared.

About half an hour later, Xu Fangguo called. After asking Li Jiankun what was going on, Xu Fangguo pondered and said, "I know about this, but the difficulty is that most of our comrades are very active and optimistic. I can reject the cooperation plan with Huang Hongnian, but it will inevitably cause many people to be dissatisfied and cause many new problems. Moreover, even if we don't cooperate with him, what about other places? I heard that he just came from Shanxi, and many regions are now inviting him."

Li Jiankun admitted that what he said made sense, so the key to the matter still lay with the buyer Huang Hongnian.

Xu Fangguo suddenly smiled and said, "If you are worried about this matter, it is not a big deal. If you stand up and replace him, no matter how hard he tries, who will beg him instead of you?"

Li Jiankun smiled bitterly and said, "The problem is that Huang is just the first one. There will be more in the future. Is it appropriate for me to jointly invest in 500 or 1,000 factories?"

Xu Fangguo said with a smile: "You are not a capitalist, you are an entrepreneur. What's wrong with an entrepreneur running a business? You have the ability, and we lack it. It would be great if we could help each other. I can't tell the difference between others. As long as you are willing to take over the business, we will welcome you."

For no reason, Li Jiankun thought of Xu Qingyou.

If he had learned a little bit from his father, he wouldn't be a dead ghost now.