When will I have a long tassel?

"Mr. Zhang, are you planning to go to Linhe too?"

"No. The conditions offered there are so good, five years of rent exemption, three years of income tax, and one-stop service for various administrative approvals. I went to visit a few days ago, and the government officials there were very polite. He even refuses to accept a pack of cigarettes, which is no worse than our officials in Jingnan."

"Yes, the conditions for attracting investment in many places in the mainland are now better. Land rent is cheap, it is easy to hire workers, and wages are still low. We in Jingnan really have no advantage."

"What advantages are we talking about now? Since the migrant worker shortage started at the beginning of the year, our business in Jinnan has been out of business. Now it is more difficult to recruit workers than to find a wife. For those workers in my factory who come from the mainland, I am like serving my own father all day long. I waited on them all the same, for fear that something would make them unhappy, and they would just walk away. I have long wanted to move the factory to the mainland, but I never had the chance."

"This opportunity is great. Linji Group has said that all companies that move into Linhe Gaotan Park can be included in Linji Group's production system, such as CNC systems, functional components, cutting tools and measuring tools, etc. Priority in supply. For this alone, we have to go."

"That's right, let's go together!"

In the summer of 2004, an investment information for the Linhe Gaotan Machine Tool Industrial Park created another big wave in the already turbulent machine tool market. Linhe, a prefecture-level city in a central province, is naturally not enough to attract enough attention. However, Linji Group's high-profile declaration of full support for the construction of the Gaotan Machine Tool Industrial Park has to attract the attention of peers in the industry.

In the past five years, Linji Group, which was born out of Linyiji, has been booming. Last year, the combined output value of just two subsidiaries, Linyiji and Tengji, exceeded 6 billion. This year, Linji Group announced that the output value of its main business will exceed 8 billion. According to estimates by well-informed sources, this goal is still far underestimated. If the domestic market maintains its current hot trend in the second half of the year, Linji Group's main business will reach 10 billion. Not a problem either.

Leaving aside the machinery companies in the far north, the Linyi Machinery Company located in Linhe City already has the ability to cause a small earthquake with just a stomp in the industry. Linyi Machinery is the leading unit of the Machine Tool 20 mechanism, and it has the momentum of being the “big brother” in the domestic machine tool industry.

The Canglong Research Institute, the most powerful machine tool research institution in the country, is located in Linyiji's factory. It is nominally a joint venture between Machine 20 companies, but the actual control is in the hands of Linji Group. Regarding this situation, other companies in Machine 20 are half jealous and half convinced.

The new technologies and products developed by Canglong Research Institute have benefited a lot from all Machine 20 companies. As we all know, the reason why the institute has been able to continuously develop these new technologies is due to its flexible mechanism and the courage of its decision-makers, which is inseparable from Tang Zifeng's leadership. If another company were to control Canglong Research Institute, this research institute would inevitably be like many domestic research institutions. It had some vitality in the early stage, but soon became entangled in bureaucracy, and eventually disappeared from the public.

Linji Group participated in the construction of Gaotan Industrial Park in Linhe City, and there were some controversies among the group's top management. Opponents worry that the establishment of this industrial park will create competitors for Linji Group, thereby eroding the group's market share. The group's development has been very smooth in the past few years, with annual growth rates of output value exceeding double digits. There are currently no obvious threats. Why is there any need to cater to the municipal government's whims?

Tang Zifeng belongs to the group that firmly supports participation in the construction of industrial parks. In fact, this group was formed precisely because of his leadership. Tang Zifeng said that the domestic machine tool industry is about to usher in a climax of development, and doubling the total industry output value in two to three years is not a dream.

Linji Group is already a large enterprise with an output value of nearly 10 billion. The long-term goal in the future is to reach the level of 100 billion. However, this growth should definitely not be a simple scale expansion, but should be a connotative expansion based on improving the technical level. . The total number of employees in Linji Group has exceeded 30,000, and there are more and more management levels. The phenomenon of declining efficiency unique to large enterprises has begun to emerge.

An enterprise cannot expand endlessly. When it develops to a certain level, it must consider what to do and what not to do. The mid- to low-end machine tool business will eventually be spun off. The production of some less important accessories must also be transferred to professional companies, and there is no need to keep them all in your own company.

The experience of developed countries shows that around a large enterprise, there will be thousands of small and medium-sized enterprises as support, thus forming a dynamic industrial ecosystem. If Linji Group wants to develop, it is not enough to rely on itself. Attracting more companies to settle in Linhe will help Linji Group optimize its industrial structure and ultimately achieve a win-win goal.

Tang Zifeng's confidence finally convinced all the group's executives. Linji Group and Linhe Municipal Government signed a cooperation agreement. Linji Group promised to provide all-round support for Gaotan Industrial Park. At the same time, Linhe Municipal Government also stated that the construction of Gaotan Industrial Park will be based on the principle of not harming the interests of Linji Group. Anything that is not conducive to the development of Linji Group will be cracked down by the government.

Well, the original text of the agreement did not use the term "strike", but euphemistically called it "active coordination." Everyone understood the connotation of this term tacitly.

"Hey, Factory Manager, why are you here? Please sit down, please sit down! Xiao Liu, bring out our best tea leaves and make tea for the Factory Manager!"

In the investment promotion office of Gaotan Industrial Park, Fan Caihong, the director of the management committee and the deputy general manager of Linyi Machinery Company, was startled and invited a gray-haired old man in and asked him to sit down on the sofa. He hurriedly ordered his men to pour tea and cigarettes for the old man, showing him every possible respect.

The old man was not polite at all. He smiled and sat down and said: "Mr. Fan, I am not a factory director now, I am just an ordinary citizen. I am here to treat Mr. Fan to a meal." . Maybe I will be Mr. Fan’s soldier from now on, but I don’t know if Mr. Fan is willing to take me in."

"Director, please don't say that. It will cost Xiaofan my life!" Fan Caihong pretended to be angry and said, "You single-handedly promoted me. Without you, Director, how could Xiaofan be here?" Fan my today. Just call me Xiaofan as you did in the past.

"Oh, in fact, I am almost 50 years old, and my daughter is about to get married. However, in front of you, I will always be the same Xiaofan as before. If I do something wrong, feel free to say it or scold me. But if you call me Mr. Fan, I will have to find a crack in the ground to crawl in."

"Haha, why, Xiaoli is getting married soon? Time flies so fast. I remember when she was just a little tall, she called me uncle the plumber every day." A kind smile appeared on the old man's face, and he used the relevant title The problem was solved.

This old man was Guan Zhiming, the former deputy director of Linyiji. Ten years ago, he was sentenced for being involved in a collective corruption case involving the original leadership team of Linyi Machinery, and later spent several years in prison in Nanwu. After he was released from prison, Guan Zhiming lived with his son out of town for several years. During this period, he almost never returned to Linhe, and Fan Caihong had not seen him for many years.

When Guan Zhiming was the deputy director of the factory, he was in charge of production. He has experience and courage, and is highly respected by workers and cadres. Ordinary employees would not be very angry about leadership corruption unless it goes too far. Of course, this presupposes that you are capable and also caring and considerate to your employees. A cadre like that who knows nothing about business and is usually domineering will end up being pushed down by everyone once he is dismissed. That is another matter.

When Guan Zhiming was in office, Fan Caihong was the director of the factory office, specifically serving the factory leaders, so he had a close relationship with Guan Zhiming. Now, Fan Caihong has become the deputy general manager of Linyi Machinery Company, and Guan Zhiming is a released prisoner. However, Fan Caihong has no intention of bossing around Guan Zhiming. Instead, he still treats him as a leader. Respectfully, this made Guan Zhiming feel very pleased.

The clerk came over and served tea to Guan Zhiming. Sure enough, the tea was the best tea from the management committee. Guan Zhiming felt Fan Caihong's sincerity from the aroma of the tea. He took a sip of tea and then said: "Xiaofan, what I just said was not a joke. I am indeed here to treat you to a meal. I just don't know what the park's policy is."

"Are you planning to invest in the park?" Fan Caihong hesitated for a moment and then guessed what Guan Zhiming meant.

The so-called inviting Fan Caihong to enjoy a meal has two meanings. One is to seek a job at the management committee, and the other is to come to the park to invest in building a factory. Based on Guan Zhiming's age and his temperament, Fan Caihong felt that it was unlikely that he wanted to work for the management committee, so naturally the only option left was investment.

Of course, Fan Caihong's guess was also based on the fact that investing is more high-end than applying for a job. Guessing that someone wants to invest is a kind of compliment. Even if he guesses wrong, the other party will not be angry. If you ask the other person if they want to be your subordinate as soon as you come up, they will be unhappy.

Sure enough, Guan Zhiming nodded and said: "Yes, I do plan to invest in the park. However, the real investor is not me, but a few friends I have known in the past. They also look at me all day long. I had nothing to do, and I heard that Linhe was looking for industrial investment, so I paid some money and asked me to set up a factory. It doesn’t matter how much money we can make, we just find something to do."

"So that's it." Fan Caihong said with a smile, "Director Guan, if you come to invest in building a factory, the benefits will definitely be unspeakable. Maybe in a few years, you will become a competitor of our Linyi Machinery. By the way, Guan Factory director, what scale do you plan to invest in, will you set up a complete machine tool factory, or do something else?"