Chapter 58 Forcibly Promoting
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Zhu Jingyu was crying and laughing at the same time, he couldn't believe that the person he had valued and hired with a large sum of money for several years turned out to be such an unscrupulous foreign swindler. Moreover, this swindler had almost squandered all his funds before being easily exposed by a young man who had just returned from abroad. This was not only ridiculous but also pathetic. He even wondered helplessly if he had really grown old, so old that he could no longer distinguish right from wrong.
He also thought that this might be the result of his own narrow vision, and if it were someone else with overseas experience who opened this factory, perhaps such a shallow scam would not have succeeded. This idea led him to continually send his younger brothers and nephews abroad to study in the following years.
There is no doubt that Zhu Jingyun's foundation conditions are very good, the equipment he purchased is very reliable in this era and now, although the overall scale is not large, but in today's China, these are enlightening and creative industries, regardless of size, this is just the beginning.
Li Junfeng's team brought back several important aspects of the foundation industry in this era, which is also a very important part of Chen Xiaoqi's expansion strategy. That is to rely on one's own technical and financial strength to acquire domestic scattered heroes who have been sprouting for many years, and use this as a basis for rapid development and growth. This mode of cooperation has been used by countless state-owned assets and enterprises in later generations, which were easily swallowed up and became stepping stones for further aggression.
Chen Xiaoqi would not come to invade the domestic economy, in fact this era really has nothing worth invading, ordinary people have no money, industry is still in its infancy, a loose sand that cannot form a situation, almost no heavy industry, steel production is only 100,000 tons, or even less, no chemicals, no oil, no cars, industrial machinery is almost non-existent, power plants are small, machine tool factories do not exist, electronic components are not worth mentioning, in short, an almost non-existent industrial foundation, except for basic resources, nothing is worth mentioning, a large empire that is mainly agricultural and has little difference with the imperial era, what do you think is worth Chen Xiaoqi invading now?
Chen Xiaoqi adopted a rapid expansion strategy, first using his own funds and technology to invest in existing industrial forces and develop them rapidly, quickly increasing the pace of development. This approach has several benefits: firstly, it is not easy to do things properly in this era, involving procedures, venues, mineral resources, etc., which are all time-consuming; secondly, it is impossible to cultivate experienced technical workers overnight, so directly absorbing existing forces saves the most troublesome step. Secondly, it is an indispensable part of his grand plan - common prosperity. For a country to truly become rich and strong, it must first achieve "hiding wealth among the people", and secondly, there must be a middle class; only then can the pyramid be stable. Chen Xiaoqi, of course, cannot wait for the emergence of the middle class, nor can he wait for these landlords and wealthy businessmen to bring about common prosperity with the ordinary people; instead, he wants to use his own strength to prematurely give birth to a batch of middle-class people - a core group that shares his ideology and interests - and then establish a more solid foundation according to his rules - a rich lower class.
In this way, a solid pyramid covering people from low to high can be established, which is the foundation for its continued expansion. Without any of these links, it is doomed to fail. Later, the two parties of the KMT and CPC went to extremes, but neither gained an advantage, especially the vast majority of people in between.
So adopting the strategy of supporting joint ventures and mergers with technology and capital, not only did we get existing physical enterprises, but also got basic industrial workers and basic resources, and also got rare management talents. With one move, everything is gained, and after continuous reform and improvement through our own system, everything will be fine.
Of course, not everyone is willing to do so. In this era, there are many people who would rather be the head of a chicken than the tail of a cow. There are also many who are arrogant and domineering. For such people, Chen Xiaoqi was not polite at all. He directly established a competitive mechanism, defeated them in a short period of time, and then forcibly merged and acquired them. He didn't have time to wait for these people to change and reform. What he needed was an increasingly large community of interests with the same heart and morality, rather than these self-righteous troublemakers. Among them, the large factory jointly operated by several warlords in Jinan was particularly prominent. They thought that their hundred-million-yuan asset enterprise, which occupied hundreds of hectares of land, should not listen to the orders of a young whippersnapper who came out of nowhere.
Li Junfeng, as the person in charge, naturally didn't bother to argue with them. Instead, he directly established a similar industry in the local area through Mr. Miao and bribery to confront these guys face-to-face. Previously, Mr. Miao's flour factory had risen too quickly and expanded too rapidly, and it had already squeezed out a half-dead flour factory that had a warlord as a shareholder. Next, Chen Xiaoqi's hundreds of millions of acres of land increased production significantly after a year of fertilizer assistance. The cheap grain produced joined the flour system, supported by the Miao family and other large landowners who bought a large amount of land in three years under Chen Xiaoqi's guidance. The cheap raw materials and scale competition would crush their opponents to death. If it weren't for the fact that the flour was far from enough to eat during this era, they might have been finished off the next moment.
After more than a dozen days of preparation and debugging, Zhu Jingyun's "Respectful Ocean Grey Limited Share Company" quickly produced qualified low-number cement, confirming Li Junfeng's words were not in vain, and naturally promoted cooperation. Of course, things wouldn't stop there, and the series of policies and things that Li Junfeng brought out next made Zhu Jingyun stunned and unsure what to do. First, he suddenly injected 800,000 yuan in funds, expanding the total capital to 1 million yuan (approximately equivalent to $300,000 at the time), and Chen's "Meihua Group" undoubtedly occupied the absolute majority of shares. However, Chen Xiaoqi was not so reckless, occupying only 45% of the shares, while giving Zhu Jingyun 35% of the shares, and leaving 20% as a reward to be used as welfare for those middle-level and technical personnel who made outstanding contributions to the company.
Just this one decision made Zhu Jingyun sigh in admiration. The entire set of employee training, management methods and development chapters that Li Junfeng brought out made Zhu Jingyun feel like an outsider, such a rigorous and orderly corporate system was absolutely unseen in China at this time, and through the series of incentive systems and management methods, not only can greatly increase the production efficiency and subjective initiative of the entire enterprise, but also effectively reduce work errors, quickly improve the quality of workers, enhance the centripetal force, cohesion and loyalty of workers, and so on.
What's more important is the beautiful prospect of common prosperity depicted through Li Junfeng's words. Especially the series of development plans that cover middle and lower-class people, middle-level managers, to high-level leaders, made Zhu Jingyun understand from his heart that Chen Xiaoqi's grand ideals are true and not empty, and are being implemented in front of him.
As expected, in the factory managed by the new rules and regulations, the enthusiasm of the workers has greatly increased. According to this requirement, not only has each person's workload decreased, but also their monthly income has increased, and they have received benefits and regular skill training, giving everyone the opportunity to progress. Especially with the literacy class that was set up, it has brought even greater hope to these mostly illiterate lower-class workers. Since ancient times, literacy has been a privilege of the landlords, who would ever think of teaching these country bumpkins to read and write?
The news spread quickly, and soon everyone knew that the one who had brought about all these changes was the legendary "Little God of Wealth". Their boss had also been replaced by this supposedly divine person. Some people even swore that their family's vast lands were all owned by the "Little God of Wealth", not only did they charge low rent, but they also sent experts to teach the old farmers how to use fertilizers and pesticides effectively, and how to better cultivate their crops. As a result, production increased significantly, and the surplus was so great that they could afford to eat white noodles every month.
For a time, everyone in the factory was praising the kindness of "Little God of Wealth", but after investigation, it was found that Mr. Zhu Jingyun did not express any objection or dissatisfaction with this, because at this time, Mr. Zhu was fully engaged in the high-level management training course provided by Meihua Group, and those unheard-of knowledge and methods were making this nearly fifty-year-old old man a new apprentice again, following a large team of newly selected middle-level cadres to receive the baptism of new knowledge.
Apart from the cement plant, Li Junfeng intermittently merged and joint-ventured with over a dozen small factories. Those factories were often pitifully small, with investments of less than 10,000 yuan. If it weren't for the fact that he coveted their resources and management personnel, he wouldn't have bothered to deal with these small-time capitalists. Under pressure from Chen Xiaoqi's strict requirements for implementing his grand plan, these people had to be merged into the "Meihua Group" system. According to Chen Xiaoqi, whether these people were good or bad was not the most important thing; what he wanted was to use them as a model and example for others, so that everyone would know that following him, Chen Xiaoqi, meant having meat to eat.
Following the "MeiHua Group" development, it can make these people quickly realize their wishes of getting rich, and let them out of the struggling situation, immediately rising to a new level. The achievements that they may need decades of hard work to achieve, are now within reach. They just need to make their own efforts, play their wisdom and intelligence in this huge system, rather than dragging their feet, everything will be accomplished naturally.
Of course, there must be some people with ulterior motives or who can't keep up. It's easy to deal with this kind of person, those with other ideas will eventually find that this tightly sealed and impermeable system will make their petty cleverness as conspicuous as a crime in the sunlight, they will pay a heavy price for their foolishness, without anyone sympathizing or pitying them, they won't even have anyone to frame.
Those who can't keep up also have their own choices, that is to further study and strengthen their abilities, or if they can't, then get a compensation far beyond their expectations and become a wealthy and stable rich man. Of course, they still cannot escape the control of the "MeiHua" system.
Chen Xiaoqi's ambition is to build a society similar to the one controlled by Li Ka-shing in Hong Kong, where "no matter how the Li family spends money, it will eventually return to his own pocket". Chen Xiaoqi would not be foolish enough to cultivate a large consumer crowd for the industrial powers of the West and Japan, as that would not be in his interest.
After dealing with these small factories, and arranging for the majority of technicians to return, Li Junfeng freed up his hands to focus on another important matter - making contact with politicians and warlords.
This time the team that came back is actually divided into many more layers. On the surface, it's mainly Li Junfeng's errand, secondly, Wang Tianyun's "Xuanwu Department" led a civil engineering team to establish the foundation of the industrial park, and the people from the "Zhuque Department" were mixed among these people, with only one or two on the surface, and all other identities were confidential. In name, they temporarily belonged to Li Junfeng, but in reality, he couldn't carefully distinguish which one was the real master either.
