Chapter 74 SynTao 73 Beware of Political Risks and Raise Money Legally

The essence of business: A businessman is an economic person, and it is beyond reproach to pursue profit maximization, but at the same time, a businessman is a social person and should abide by ethics and laws.The connotation of business is not only to pursue economic benefits, but also to contribute to the improvement and progress of society.In this regard, Wen Shang understands this deeply. In 2005, a big MLM case attracted the attention of many people.Xinhuanet reported on this: Xinhua Net, Wuhan, September 20th (Liang Xiaoliang, Wang Xianglin) Using high rebates as bait, they recruited more than 20,000 MLM personnel, and the illegal business volume reached more than 45 million yuan. Wuhan's "Canglong" MLM case once attracted much attention. The four defendants, Wang Houdi, Wu Guoyang, Xian Dandong, and Cheng Nianru, were recently sentenced to 8 to 5 years in prison by the Wuhan Donghu New Technology Development Zone Court in the first instance for the crime of illegal business operations, and the four were fined a total of 1.15 million yuan at the same time.

Wang Houdi, 68, was formerly the general manager of Wuhan Canglong Biological Engineering Co., Ltd. and Wuhan Canglong Marketing Co., Ltd. In April 1999, together with Wu Guoyang, deputy general manager of Canglong Marketing Co., Ltd., Xian Dandong, and Cheng Nianru, director of the sales department of the marketing center of the marketing company, he carefully planned the "Jiujiu Canglong Cross-Century Rolling Promotion Plan" pyramid scheme. Rent a house on Zhongnan Road, Wuchang as a pyramid selling den. From May of the same year, they began to recruit "agents", "salesmen" and "promoters" for the sales of health care medicines such as "Canglong Linuo Vitality Supplement" and "Canglong Linuo Jianzhisu", and paid high rebates. As a bait, pyramid sales networks were established in Wuhan, Huangshi, Huanggang, Xiaogan, Xiantao and other places in Hubei, and the so-called "rolling scheme" pyramid schemes were implemented to collect "guarantee deposits" from applicants.By October of that year, the "Canglong" sales network had developed a total of 21,441 MLM personnel, including 1,010 "agents" and 20,431 "salesmen".Through pyramid schemes, "Canglong Marketing Company" sold a total of 163,162 copies of products, with an illegal turnover of more than 45.3 million yuan, and illegal profits of more than 9.38 million yuan.

Due to the inability to honor the promised dividends to the applicants, the "Canglong" mega-pyramid scheme was quickly discovered that year. After difficult investigations by the police, four people were arrested and brought to justice in 2004. In 2003, a reporter from Nanfang Daily wrote a report titled "Investigation of Yang Bin--A Record of the Ups and Downs of China's "Dark Horse Rich Man"", which reported on the history of Yang Bin, a man of great popularity. The following is an excerpt: "I was born in Nanjing on February 11, 1963. My parents divorced when I was 5 years old, and I became an orphan. My grandma raised me by setting up tea stalls and saving money. Since elementary school, I have relied on Exemption of tuition fees for studying. At that time, could I have imagined that today? At that time, what I thought most was that when I grow up, I need to earn more money to buy delicious food for my grandma.

"When I was young, other people's families were rowing in the lake in Nanjing. I did it once, but I did it while sitting in a wooden barrel. Once, when other people's houses were eating oranges, I watched from the crack of the door, but my grandma I slapped him across the face and said, "Why are you envious of others? You want to grow up and earn by yourself!" "When I was 8 years old, I found my biological mother and followed her for an hour. My mother slapped me and threw 5 yuan on the ground. I picked it up and took it back. My grandma hit me again. Slap me and say: "You are not up to date, why don't you grow up and earn money by yourself?!"

"Because I was an orphan who grew up eating a lot of rice, so after I arrived in the Netherlands, I had a strong sense of nationality. In the Netherlands, in Leiden, where I live, I saw the advanced agricultural model of the Netherlands. The per capita annual income of local farmers It was 250,000 US dollars, and I thought, how wonderful it would be if we could bring Dutch agriculture back to China and make Chinese farmers as rich as Dutch farmers! "I am a Chinese child who grew up drinking water from the Yangtze River. If I really committed a crime and my mother punishes the child, can I blame my mother as a child?"

The above is what Yang Bin said in court.Just before October 4, 2002, Yang Bin was still living in his villa in "Holland Village" in Yuhong District, Shenyang City.In Holland Village, which covers an area of ​​more than 5,000 mu, Yang Bin smokes his beloved "Three Five" brand cigarettes, eats his favorite braised pork, and drives a stretched luxury Mercedes-Benz, like a king. Not only did Yang Bin once rank second in the "2001 Forbes China Rich List" with a worth of 7.5 billion yuan, second only to brother Liu Yonghao's 100 million U.S. dollars, he was exclaimed as a "dark horse rich man" by the financial circles. At the same time, he was also appointed by North Korea. As the special administrative chief of the Sinuiju Special Administrative Region of North Korea.

But now, in Shenyang City, where he dreams of building a "paradise on earth" satellite city, in the strict courtroom, Yang Bin's 40-year-old life drama is slowly coming to an end—he is facing six charges of charges. The six charges are: suspected of false capital contribution; suspected of illegal occupation of agricultural land; suspected of contract fraud; suspected of forging financial tickets; suspected of bribery; suspected of bribery.Among them, only forged financial bills, the amount involved was as high as 1.7 billion yuan. On July 14, 2003, news came from Shenyang: Yang Bin's case was first-instance verdict, and Yang Bin was found guilty of all the above-mentioned 6 crimes. He was sentenced to 18 years in prison and fined RMB 2.3 million. Asia Industrial Co., Ltd. and Shenyang Eurasia Agricultural Development Co., Ltd. were also fined 5.6 million yuan and 400,000 yuan respectively for the above-mentioned crimes.

In fact, no matter whether it is a profiteering person through pyramid schemes or an explosively rich man like Yang Bin, if he uses improper means to make money, he will only harm others and himself in the end, and become a scourge to society. Money can be made, but it cannot be made illegally. If you sell your personality crazy for money, you will be severely punished by the law.Wang Wenzeng, the former police chief of Shahe City, Hebei Province, is a typical person who is crazy about money and dies for it. In mid-January 1991, Wang Wenzeng officially took office as political commissar and deputy party secretary of the Shahe Public Security Bureau, realizing his dream of becoming an official.He began to weave cronies, reject dissidents, and lay the foundation for himself to do whatever he wanted.Gradually, he firmly controlled the people, money, and material power of the Municipal Public Security Bureau in his own hands.

Zheng, a policeman from the former Municipal Public Security Bureau, was cleared out of the public security organ by the organization because of his mistakes.Afterwards, he approached Wang Wenzeng many times and asked to return to work at the Municipal Bureau. Regardless of the objections of other personnel, Wang Wenzeng handled it all by himself. In August 1993, he transferred Zheng to the public security organ and appointed him as the deputy instructor of the airport police station.In order to thank Director Wang for his "troubleshooting", afterward, Mr. Zheng sent 20,000 yuan to Wang Wenzeng twice, and Wang Wenzeng accepted it with peace of mind.

As time went by, Wang Wenzeng's appetite continued to expand, and the methods of embezzling public funds were constantly being refurbished. In September 1994, the Houpo Iron Mine in Kuangshan Town, Wu'an City, which is connected to the boundary of Shahe City, was unable to produce normally due to frequent resource disputes with Shahe City.Zhao Chunxiang, an iron ore contractor, approached Wang Wenzeng and proposed to jointly develop the iron mine with the Municipal Public Security Bureau in order to use the banner of the Municipal Public Security Bureau to protect his own interests.

Of course, Wang Wenzeng would not let go of the good things delivered to his door. Moreover, he had his own ideas in an instant with a shrewd mind.Immediately, Wang Wenzeng decided to form a joint operation with the iron mine in the name of the Bureau's labor service company, negotiated an investment of 750,000 yuan each, and drew up a joint operation agreement.But not long afterward, when Zhao Chunxiang approached Wang Wenzeng again to discuss the details of the joint venture, Wang Wenzeng proposed to change the investment between the two parties to 1 million yuan, and ordered Zhao to return the 250,000 yuan that the Public Security Bureau invested to himself. Zhao Chunxiang understood the intention of the chief bureau chief, he dared not disobey his orders, so he had to obey.Soon after the 1 million yuan invested by the Shahe City Public Security Bureau was in place, Zhao Chunyang returned 200,000 yuan to Wang Wenzeng in two installments. The French Open has been restored, and it is sparse but not missing.In June 1998, this man who was crazy about money and committed a crime amounting to 778,000 yuan was arrested according to law and severely punished by law. People like Wang Houdi, Yang Bin, and Wang Wenzeng who are crazy about money and commit crimes are more than a few people in the contemporary era. At present, our country is in a period of social transformation. Wealth creation and adventure are encouraged by the society, but if you ignore the law because of wealth creation, The consequences can be imagined.Their experience is worthy of reference for everyone who creates wealth to learn lessons from blood. People are divided into good and evil, things are also different from good and evil, and there is a difference between good and evil in doing business.At present, the vast majority of people operate legally and work hard to create wealth. Of course, we encourage and agree.But for those evil activities such as drug smuggling, human trafficking, and even illegal trading of human organs, we call it evil.It's a dirty black business fraught with sin.Most of the stolen money, black money, and stinky money that people refer to refer to this kind of money of unknown origin. If it is said that the transaction of power and money brings people a sense of guilt.Then a more direct disgust and hatred should be added to this kind of evil black transaction.Because the former is not only something that ordinary people can't and can't control.Moreover, although the harm is huge, it often does not have a direct relationship with them. The latter is different. The illegal trade of drugs, human beings, and organs occurs among ordinary people, causing serious damage to their families and individuals. There are countless human tragedies that are obvious to all.Any country and government in the world will resolutely put an end to and crack down on these acts. Shrewd Wenzhou businessmen seldom touch the bottom line of business. They know that doing business is risky, and in the mall, the biggest risk is breaking the law. This is a wrong orientation. Unclean money is like a seductive poppy, which can bloom beautiful flowers and bear attractive fruits, but once anyone touches it, he will eventually fall into the abyss of pain and failure.In recent years, many well-known rich people have been imprisoned to illustrate this point. Social responsibility requires industrial and commercial enterprises to undertake the obligation to pursue long-term goals beneficial to society, abide by the law, and pursue economic benefits. The distinction between "righteousness and benefit" has always been an important content in traditional Chinese virtues. "Thinking of righteousness when looking at profit", business operation must not only seek profit, pay attention to economic benefits, but also pay attention to social benefits, so as to seek profits with righteousness and simultaneously develop righteousness and interests.Businessmen who are unwilling to take social responsibility and pay no attention to business ethics will often fall into the quagmire of illegal operations, unable to extricate themselves, and eventually end up condemned by society and punished by law. A businessman is an economic person, and it is beyond reproach to pursue profit maximization, but at the same time, a businessman is a social person and should abide by ethics and laws.Wenzhou understands this way deeply.The connotation of business is not only to pursue economic benefits, but also to contribute to the improvement and progress of society.To this day, newspapers, magazines, and TVs have repeatedly reported cases of cracking down on counterfeiting, counterfeiting, and selling fakes, but this kind of business behavior is still very common, and even prevails in certain regions and industries, especially in business operations. In some small and medium-sized enterprises that are not standardized. Is it possible to survive only by operating illegally?Only by producing fake and shoddy products can we make a lot of money?Only relying on tax evasion can we guarantee profits?the answer is negative.Although one can benefit temporarily by this method, it must not be profitable in the end, and is bound to be punished, which will bring disaster to oneself.Secondly, will emphasizing social responsibility reduce a company's economic benefits?The answer is no.Most studies have shown that corporate social responsibility is often closely related to economic benefits.Although there may not be a straight-up financial indicator in the short term, in the long run, it will help establish a corporate image, improve corporate reputation, attract talented employees, and gain more support from society and the government. Therefore, a law-abiding business operation and a willingness to assume social responsibility will ultimately benefit the enterprise itself, which is the long-term and healthy development goal of the enterprise.This is the result of being subjective for others and objective for oneself.