Rebirth of the Official Business Route

Jinshan Lake exudes a cold and clear glow under the night of the twelfth lunar month of winter. After getting out of the car and standing on the embankment paved with asphalt, you can hear the sound of the surging lake water hitting the embankment. When the embankment was flooded, there was a loud bang.

Both Zhang Ke and Zhao Youlun experienced the collapse of the Jinshan Lake embankment in 1998. I am afraid that the thrilling experience at that time will never be erased in this life. Ordinary people are always forgetful. The monument is erected on the back of the embankment at the mouth of the embankment. It has also been called the Flood Fighting Square by the citizens. Under the night, the lights are bright, and some young men and women nearby go to the square to talk about love. It was freezing cold. w Novel chapters are updated the fastest

The west bank of the Yinma River is the Jinshan factory of Xinguang Paper. After the acquisition of Chenxi Paper, the second phase of the project was expanded. The long stretch along the west bank of the Yinma River is the factory area, and the street lamps protruding slightly from the factory area Reflected on the river, it looks like a long chain of bright pearls, making the night view along the river very charming.

Looking at the street lights on the other side of the Yinma River, Xu Xueping said with a smile: It's clear at a glance whether the paper mill will secretly discharge sewage at night.

Liang Wei smiled, and only Xu Xueping can freely tell Zhang Ke these words. He always has to pay attention to what he says to Zhao Youlun. Thinking about the things that happened when Kumho bought Chenxi Paper in the first place, it was really shocking. People sigh. In just over a year, it has become a common reality for private and private enterprises to acquire state-owned assets. In 1997 and 1998, however, it seemed to be a huge taboo. w Fiction novel chapters are updated the fastest

After the merger of Chenxi Paper, the provinces and cities decided to shut down the small paper mills along the river, which almost completely solved the pollution problem of the Yinma River. The main problem now is to prevent new pollution from industrial projects in the later stage.

Zhang Ke looked at the shining water of the drinking horse river under the light of the street lights in the distance, and said lightly: Relying on the self-consciousness of the enterprise is not a long-term solution. Not counting the additional cost of using imported wood pulp to make paper, the paper mill's Sewage treatment costs account for about 3% of total sales, and will be included in the pulping project in the future. The pulping process must also meet the standards of clean production. Evenly divided, sewage treatment costs will account for 8-10% of total sales. None Restricted by the legal system, this market will always be a market where bad money drives out good money. Of course, we still have a lot of advantages now, and the scale benefits are not limited...

Zhao Youlun said with a smile: There are still people who entrust me to work in the paper mill. It seems that the scale benefits of the paper mill are quite considerable... I sometimes wonder that Xinguang Paper has not been able to monopolize the paper market. Is the scale benefit formed by capital operation really so magical?

Are you talking about employee salaries? Labor cost expenditure and corporate competitiveness are very core issues. Zhang Ke also smiled and said, The labor cost expenditure of European and American enterprises accounts for about 30-50% of the total cost expenditure. Although the labor cost It is relatively high, but it has an absolute advantage in technology and capital, and its competitiveness is still strong; in China, too many people regard cheap labor as a magic weapon for enterprises to win the market, and the average labor cost of domestic enterprises only accounts for 6-10%. , In the market does also show a certain advantage in competitiveness.

Kumho is a purely Chinese company. What Kumho should do actually puzzled us for a long time. In the past, it was very intuitive. The more profits, the more employee benefits. Fortunately, Kumho’s profits have not been bad over the years, and employee salaries and benefits are still sloppy. In the past two years, when I have free time, I asked the Kumho Economic Research Center to conduct an in-depth investigation on the member companies of Kumho, and the conclusion is that the member companies of Kumho have increased the proportion of labor costs to 12-18%. In terms of attracting and stimulating the enthusiasm of employees, strict management can make up for the loss caused by labor costs, and actually improve the competitiveness of member companies in the industry-this is in line with our actual experience. To put it bluntly, The higher the salary level, the higher the tolerance of employees, and the higher the benefits that can be created for the enterprise.

Oh, Liang Wei asked in surprise, Has the Kumho Economic Research Center conducted research in this area?

In the past, when the company was small, it was enough for everyone to get together and beat their heads when making decisions; now it doesn't work. I feel that any small decision will affect the whole body. Probably because of the timidity, experts and professors are pulled out to stand in the front .Even if there are any mistakes in decision-making, there is still an excuse... Zhang Ke said with a smile.

Oh! Liang Wei sighed softly.

Xu Xueping complained next to him: The researchers of the Kumho Economic Research Center are also experts and professors. The province plans to introduce a minimum wage standard, and a group of experts and professors jumped out and said: The minimum wage standard is too high, which will affect the competitiveness of our province's enterprises. Also It will affect the work of attracting investment. The result of these experts and professors' demonstration is that the minimum wage standard is set at about 300 yuan so that it will not affect the local economic development... It can be said that we do not know the smell of fireworks in the world. I think these experts and professors They don’t know the smell of fireworks in the world, but how do they explain that they believe that a dual-career family can barely survive in the city with a monthly income of 600 yuan? You can borrow your research report and let us have a look.”

Uncle Xu asked Governor Liang to read it. Of course, I wouldn't cherish it, but it's better to circulate it privately. It would be too offensive to make this report public. In addition, after all, the research is still on special individuals, which is not representative. Zhang Ke begged for mercy and said that in some cases, the province is also clear. If the minimum wage standard cannot allow urban workers to have the most basic living security, what is the point of formulating it? In order to solve the actual domestic problems, the governor and the governor cannot cover the sky with one hand, and the problem can only be solved step by step.

Zhang Ke played tricks, Xu Xueping laughed it off. It's just that some problems weighed on his heart, which made him feel heavy. He pointed to the farther direction on the west bank of the Yinma River, where the street lights were quite bright, and said: There is a model community built there, and I have been there several times. I was very ashamed and terrified. I was afraid that some people would catch me and ask me when they would be able to live such a life...

Zhang Ke touched his nose, but didn't speak.

Liang Wei smiled. He was the instigator of Chenxi Paper's merger and acquisition, and he knew the situation before and after the merger of Chenxi Paper the most.

The large shantytowns to the west of Chenxi Paper were almost completely destroyed in the summer flood of 1998. Kumho donated money to rebuild, and rebuilt with extremely high standards. In just over a year, a large modern residential community has been formed to the east of the paper mill.

Locals are also unavoidable. People from the central government inspected the post-disaster relief situation in Jiangnan Province, and it naturally became a model community, which won a lot of political points for the province. The actual post-disaster rescue situation is much more severe. Many farmers whose houses were destroyed by the floods only received a few hundred yuan in subsidies and a few bags of cement afterwards.

The biggest beneficiaries are still the employees of the paper mills, whether it is the reconstruction of the employee's residential area or the reconstruction of the shanty town. In addition, after the merger and acquisition of Chenxi Paper, the salaries and benefits of the employees have been greatly improved, which is much higher than the average level of Jinshan City, so that Zhao Youlun has to be hired for a job in the paper factory.

Liang Wei knew what Xu Xueping was afraid of. Even though he still has nearly ten years of political career, he doesn't know that before he retires, the average living standard in Jiangnan Province can be raised to the same level as that of ordinary paper factory employees at this time. Xu Xueping knows very well that he will definitely retire before 2003. In the second tier, before 2003, it was already a very difficult task for the whole province to basically eliminate the poor population.

There is a long way to go, and when it comes to the competitiveness of enterprises, Liang Weifa, as the governor in charge of the economy, also has in-depth research and his own experience.

After the merger and acquisition of Chenxi Paper, the raw materials are all imported from abroad with high-priced high-quality wood pulp; the investment in environmental protection has also ensured that no drop of sewage is discharged into the Yinma River. In the words of Zhang Ke, this part of the investment should account for 3% of the total sales, which is more in line with the judgment of the Provincial Economic Research Institute; the level of employee salaries and benefits has been greatly improved, compared with the level before the merger, an increase of nearly three times.

Adding all the circumstances together, the increase in the operating costs of the paper mill seems to be unimaginable for similar domestic paper companies. However, after the merger, the actual profitability of the paper mill has not weakened at all, and the local tax revenue has also increased by a relatively high rate compared with previous years. After the acquisition of Chenxi Paper Factory, Xinguang Paper has an annual sales of 7 billion, and has successfully entered the list of the top three enterprises in the domestic paper industry, and its actual competitiveness is far higher than the domestic average.

After Xinguang Paper develops to the current level, in addition to competing with other top domestic paper industry groups, it will face the threat of competition from overseas paper giants. China and the United States have reached a bilateral agreement, which is a key step towards joining the WTO. The market will also be largely opened to overseas paper giants.

The next stage of competition in the paper industry is probably reflected in the scale of forestry-paper integration, right?

The central government will not allow the entry of overseas paper giants to put additional pressure on the domestic environment and forestry resources. If overseas paper giants want to enter the Chinese market on a large scale, they must take the path of forestry and paper integration.

To alleviate environmental pressure and to produce medium and high-end paper products, wood pulp must be used as raw material for papermaking; to avoid additional pressure on forestry resources that have already touched the red line of danger, either import wood pulp in large quantities from overseas, or use large Plant abundant forests on a large scale and build forest source bases.

Large-scale imports of wood pulp have to suffer from high costs. In addition, other countries will gradually pay attention to the protection of forestry resources, which will further increase the cost of importing wood pulp. Ultimately, building their own forest source bases is the real way out.

Thinking this way, Liang Wei turned slightly to look southwest. Although he could not see too far in the dark, he knew that there was a large piece of forest belonging to Xinguang Forestry in the hilly area to the southwest of Jinshan Mountain. Xinguang Forestry entered Jiangnan Province later on a large scale, but the growth cycle of nearly 3 million mu of forest land in Donghai Province has entered its third or fourth year.

Liang Wei knew that international paper giants such as Mitsui’s Oji Paper and Indonesia’s Jinguang Paper had a clear intention to invest in China. In addition to the time advantage of at least three to four years, at least in Donghai and Jiangnan provinces, Xinguang Paper does not need to worry about the entry of other competitors. The large tracts of forest land are monopolized by Xinguang Forestry, an affiliated company of Xinguang Paper. The remaining space cannot fill the stomachs of overseas paper giants.

In addition to continuing to improve the forestry in the East China Sea and Jiangnan provinces, Shin Kong Forestry has also begun to expand to eastern Zhejiang, Henan, Hainan and other provinces and cities. Although domestic forest rights relations are complicated, and it will take a long time to completely straighten them out. Without strong political support, large-scale afforestation operations in other provinces and cities cannot be carried out. Industry giants have to be several steps ahead.

In 1996, Kumho put all his eggs in one basket to plant large-scale forests in the East China Sea. The strategy couldn't have been more right. As long as a large-scale pulping factory is built in a selected location, Kumho can quickly complete the complete industrial layout of forestry and paper integration, thereby surpassing other domestic paper industry peers in one fell swoop. Even in the face of competition from overseas paper giants, there is still plenty of room for maneuver. It can even be said that it has a competitive advantage in the face of overseas paper giants.

Although it is said that Kumho drew a big pie in the pulping project in 1996 and has not been seen so far, with the gradual liberalization of the paper industry market to foreign investment, the development and growth of Shin Kong Paper and Shin Kong Forestry have been sparing no effort in these years Forest planting, especially in recent years, domestic wood pulp imports have increased by 20% to 30% every year, and the price of imported wood pulp has soared. Everyone knows that even if Kumho owns a large number of shares in the pulping factory under the Yunyuan Group in Malaysia In the end, the pulping project will be launched in the country, and the investment in the pulping project may far exceed the initial estimate.

Theoretically speaking, tons of pulp and tons of paper. Xinguang Paper's production capacity at this time has exceeded 1.2 million tons, and its calculated production capacity will reach 3 million tons within three years. If the wood pulp raw materials are fully self-sufficient by then, it means that the pulping project in the future will also reach a scale of 3 million tons, at least an investment of 20 billion yuan or 2.5 billion U.S. dollars.

Two years ago, when Kumho said that it wanted to invest in super projects worth 20 billion yuan, everyone would curl their lips and dismiss them; but today, no one dares to say that Kumho will not spend 20 billion yuan without compromising. Come on pulping project.

After the pulping project is completed, Xinguang Paper will gain a greater competitive advantage, right?

Liang Wei sometimes thinks, why can't domestic companies learn from Kumho and think twice beforehand? Cheap labor is indeed an advantage, but there should always be some shame in my heart when talking about it. People work hard to create performance for the company, and at the end it is even a problem to eat. Thinking of those experts and professors who suggested setting the minimum wage at 300 yuan, Liang Wei sighed in his heart. After all, they hope that ordinary employees will always work hard Make selfless contributions to the competitiveness of enterprises.

Speaking of it, there is still no economic confidence. Some things, what the governor says doesn’t matter, what the provincial party secretary says doesn’t matter, the living standard of laid-off workers cannot be improved, and the minimum wage standard is not as high as artificially set. Economic development is the fundamental solution to the problem. road. say read, all in

On the west bank of the Yinma River, the factory area stretches and is brightly lit. The production line, as an industrialized monster, will not stop to rest at night; on the east bank, except for street lamps and landscape lights, there are few industrial buildings.

The impact of Jinshan Lake's dike break is too bad, and it can almost be said to be devastating to the work of attracting investment in Jinshan area. A large-scale project with such appeal and appeal as the fab is of great significance to Jinshan.

Think about Xinting. After the construction of the port was launched, large-scale investments followed one after another. The price of industrial land rose from free in 1997 to 120,000 per mu in 1999. In order to enable the orderly development of Dongshan Lingang Industrial Zone, effective Using industrial land resources, the provincial government has taken over the project approval authority for more than 100 mu in the Lingang Industrial Zone. The economic rise of Xinting is just around the corner. When will Sujin Mountain, the political, cultural and economic center of Jiangnan Province, be able to revive its economy? This question has always weighed heavily on the minds of people in provinces and cities.

At Xu Xueping's house, Liang Wei couldn't hold back when he heard that Zhang Ke knew the truth. He and Zhao Youlun instigated Han Ye to go to the lake embankment to discuss the war on paper. Xu Xueping was also very interested, as if there was a large modern The factory stands in front of you.

If Liang Wei and the others had their way, they would wish to hold a press conference tonight and break ground tomorrow.

The management of China Crystal Microchip has been very hard these days. Even if they are very hard, I will urge them to fix the Jinshan problem as soon as possible, Zhang Ke said: The agreement with Singapore has been finalized. The framework has been finalized. Even if the finalization of the project of the fab will be slower, the initial investment of Kewang Hi-Tech and Xinyuan is mainly for the construction of standard factory buildings, and the return will be entered soon. If the provinces and cities still feel that the speed is not fast enough, I think Jinshan City can organize the construction of a standard electronic factory first, and after completion, it can be sold or leased to an electronic company... The fab is built with a high-standard dust-free workshop, not to mention the huge investment, and the technical requirements are also extremely high. Jinshan City can't do it for you, but the product assembly or ordinary electronic component production workshops are all standard large houses, Lingshan City can definitely invest in large-scale construction first, and the investment scale is not large. The key is to greatly shorten the investor's factory construction time, if there are ready-made factories available. Assembly factories like Xinyuan and Kewang Hi-Tech can recruit large-scale employees for training while introducing production lines; as long as the factory construction meets the standards and the fees are reasonable, investors will find it very convenient and more inclined to invest in Jinshan.