Qi Tongwei: Sign-in relationship started during student days

Chapter 581: The Advantages and Disadvantages of Enterprise Attributes

Although Zhao Xiaoya was attracted, she only liked the appearance because it was too small and could not meet her daily travel needs.

Watching the three cars of different colors disappear around the corner of the factory, Zhao Xiaoya regained her strong woman style and said, "Tongwei, I wonder if our Longteng Group can acquire all the shares of this car brand."

As a businesswoman, her acumen and vision are beyond doubt. As long as the quality of Beishan QQ is good, it will surely become a hit with its unique appearance and Zhao Sanben's reputation.

Zhao Anbang's face turned pale when he heard this. To be honest, he already regretted Qi Tongwei inviting these people into the automobile factory. He would rather let this group of people invest in other factories, or simply sell the controlling stake in the old state-owned enterprise, than accept their investment in Beishan Automobile, let alone all the shares.

An automobile manufacturing plant, plus hiring people to do advertising and promotion, would require a maximum investment of 1 billion yuan. Even if it was 2 billion yuan, Hanjiang could afford it, but this factory made him see the value of 10 billion yuan.

Before Qi Tongwei could reply, Zhao Anbang took over. "Mr. Zhao, I'm afraid that's not possible. Regarding Beishan Automobile, Hanjiang Province can accept the transfer of some shares, but the controlling rights must be in the hands of our Beishan Municipal Government. In other words, we can only transfer 49% of the shares at most. This is under ideal circumstances. According to my opinion, it may be to % at most."

Zhao Xiaoya ignored Zhao Anbang and looked at Qi Tongwei, "Mayor Qi, what do you think?"

Qi Tongwei did not expect Zhao Anbang to intervene. Of course, a state-owned enterprise can hold a controlling stake, and he also has this intention, but holding a majority stake means that the company will still be under the control of the Beishan government in the future. To be honest, this is not his idea.

What he wanted to create was a century-old enterprise active in the market, rather than a flash in the pan.

Qi Tongwei considered it for a moment before saying, "We can discuss the shares. My opinion is the opposite of Governor Anbang's. Beishan City can take the lion's share of the controlling stake, but it can only be around 40%. I'd like to introduce other investors to form a check and balance system. Ideally, it should be led by market capital with government oversight."

Zhao Anbang said seriously: "Comrade Tongwei, you must be clear about your position and think carefully. This is not a joke."

How can it be tolerated that state-owned enterprises allow capital to take the lion’s share?

Qi Tongwei ignored Zhao Anbang's nagging and spoke frankly, "Governor Anbang, I have my own reasons for thinking this way. From this economic transformation, the huge turmoil in state-owned enterprises, and the lessons learned from the unemployment of tens of millions of people, it is not difficult to find that state-owned enterprises have some drawbacks that are difficult to ignore.

These problems are not only caused by changes in the external market environment, but the more important factor is that serious inertia and corruption have emerged within the company, causing the clear lake water to be polluted, deteriorate and stink.

Laziness makes employees lose the motivation to make progress, resulting in low work efficiency and lack of enthusiasm and innovative spirit for the development of the company;

Corruption is like a cancer that erodes the foundation of an enterprise. It forms cliques, appoints people based on personal connections, and destroys the environment of fair competition, ultimately leading to the loss of talent and a lack of successors.

In such an environment, even the best companies are doomed to decline.

If our Beishan Automobile was a state-owned resource-based enterprise, I would definitely not say this, but Beishan Automobile is facing the entire market directly, and it requires the flexibility and vigilance of capital, which is precisely what many of our state-owned enterprise leaders do not have.

In my opinion, the leader of a state-owned enterprise is a public official, an official, and definitely not an entrepreneur. What he pursues may be a higher official position and higher power, but never higher profits.

Because they don't get a cent of this money, even if we use high salary incentives, what's the most we can give them? Millions is probably the most.

But faced with billions or even tens of billions in turnover, their profits of hundreds of thousands or millions are simply a drop in the bucket. I'm afraid their mentality will change over time.

Either they have a high opinion of themselves and feel that they pay a lot but get little in return, so they try every means to benefit from it, or they simply sit back and take the money, enjoying high salaries but doing nothing.

However, social capital will not do these two things. They will keep pursuing profits and think about how to survive in the market and how to maximize profits. This is fundamentally different from state-owned enterprises.

I wonder if we could try setting up a Party branch in the enterprise to provide oversight, while still leaving the actual operation to social capital."

How could Zhao Anbang be persuaded so easily? "We can definitely use some methods to avoid what you said, to prevent the water quality from deteriorating and becoming smelly, such as implementing public recommendation and election, so that the capable are promoted and the incompetent are demoted. Isn't your Beishan City currently piloting this? Why is it that Beishan Automobile is not working? Or is there another reason?"

Zhao Anbang almost wrote on his face that you, Qi Tongwei, were practicing political bribery in there.

Just because the Zhao family has a powerful background, you sell out national interests to gain political resources?

Qi Tongwei heard the hidden meaning and smiled bitterly, "Governor Anbang, public nomination and election is also a last resort. In my opinion, few of the heads of these companies today meet the standards because they are too bureaucratic and lack the wolf spirit. Entrepreneurs without the wolf spirit will never be able to make a living in the market. In the end, they will probably just become meat in the mouths of others.

And is public nomination and election necessarily fair? Is it guaranteed to be free of fraud? I think it makes it easier for them to sell out the company and use the company's benefits to gain favors.

Let me give you an example. In our countryside, I have heard of some unspoken rules. It says that if you want to become a party member, the applicant must first prepare gifts such as cigarettes and alcohol, and give one to each of the old party members. Only after everything is done will you be nominated. After you are nominated, you have to prepare another gift as a thank you.

Of course, this amount of money isn't a lot, but it's not a small amount either. However, it shows that public nomination and election aren't necessarily fair, and that political corruption still exists."

Zhao Anbang was speechless and sighed, "The issue you mentioned is not a political issue, but a human issue.

I don't deny this. The thousands of years of history of the Chinese people have been full of human relationships and social customs. Everyone is thinking about scheming for their own benefit, and it is normal to scheming for their own interests.

After all, everyone has selfish desires, including you and me. Those without selfish desires are saints. This situation is difficult to change in a short period of time. We can only continue to change and find a balance. Whether it is individuals or laws and regulations, we must find a balance in the process of society, just as laws are not static.

Qi Tongwei found a loophole in the other party's words and said, "You are right. Everyone is pursuing their own interests, but the interests of the managers of state-owned enterprises are not for the company, but for themselves. How can this company grow and develop?

We might as well take advantage of this characteristic and make some changes to allow market capital to come in. Only they will work hard to grow the company, because this is also in line with their own interests. "