Chapter 18 1. Confrontation

As soon as the news that Dongzhou Automobile Group was about to divest its non-performing assets and sell 49% of its shares to a Hong Kong company, it caused an uproar among the representatives of the Dongzhou People's Congress and the members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Some deputies to the National People's Congress, headed by Zhao Guoguang, director of the Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress, believed that this was "selling out France for a piece of steak"; some CPPCC members, represented by Zhang Hongchang, chairman of the Municipal People's Political Consultative Conference, believed that this was for Dongzhou's reform. The opening of international satellites is an ice-breaking journey for Dongzhou's equipment manufacturing industry to go international.

The two found Xia Wentian separately. Zhao Guoguang reminded Xia Wentian that the revitalization of Dongqi Group must rely on solid technological innovation and mechanism innovation, and rely on the so-called capital operation experts who are empty-handed and white wolves. At present, the massive loss of state-owned assets has become a "black hole" in the reform of state-owned enterprises. Zhang Hongchang approached Xia Wentian and first submitted an article written by himself "Emancipate the Mind and Forge ahead—On How to Break a Bloody Path in the Reform of State-owned Enterprises". A little bit of thinking of sticking to the rules and not daring to go beyond the threshold, suggesting that the reform of state-owned enterprises must emancipate the mind, have the courage and courage to fight a bloody road, dare to be the first in the world, let go of hands and feet, be brave in innovation, and boldly explore.

After Xia Wentian read Zhang Hongchang's article, he felt very complicated. He knew that emancipating the mind is the source of motivation for deepening the reform of state-owned enterprises, but emancipating the mind must also properly handle the relationship between reform, development, and stability.Both Zhao Guoguang's and Zhang Hongchang's suggestions are reasonable. It is good to have debate, but it should not affect unity. In order to unify the understanding, Xia Wentian had a telephone conversation overnight with Zhou Yongnian, who was studying in the prefecture-level advanced training class of the Central Party School. Stable." These words touched Xia Wentian a lot, and he suggested that the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee be held to have a big discussion on emancipating the mind.Zhou Yongnian said, that's great, I'm going to ask for leave to go back to the Standing Committee.

Two days later in the morning, Xia Wentian convened the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee under the theme of "How to Emancipate the Mind and Create a Bloody Path". Recently, Zhao Guoguang led some deputies to the National People's Congress to inspect Dongqi Group. The workers heard that the group company will be restructured into a joint-stock system, and that a large number of workers may be laid off.After Zhao Guoguang inspected Dongzhou Automobile Group, he was worried. The first thing he thought of was to maintain the hard-won stability of Dongzhou City. Without stability, Dongzhou's great cause of reform and opening up is empty talk.

Therefore, Zhao Guoguang's speech was justified and well-founded. Before speaking, he first looked around with eagle-like eyes, then coughed lightly, took a sip of tea, cleared his throat and said: "Comrades, the past few years, Dongzhou The development was ups and downs, and I never figured it out. I got out of the trough. First, the "Xiao Jia case" hurt the economic development of Dongzhou, and then He Zhendong's "corruption" succeeded, which made the economic development of Dongzhou worse. Comrade Hong Wenshan's erroneous outlook on development has caused Dongzhou, the engine of the province's economic take-off, to almost stall. Otherwise, how can we be worthy of the party and the people! Again, there is no development without stability, and stability overwhelms everything else. I am worried that Dongzhou’s restructuring may become the trigger for the loss of state-owned assets in Dongzhou’s equipment manufacturing industry. It will not only bring A chain reaction will also cause a large number of workers to be laid off, bringing new unstable factors to the situation in Dongzhou that has just settled down."

"Comrade Guoguang," Zhang Hongchang couldn't wait to pick up the topic and retorted without waiting for Zhao Guoguang to finish, "Dongqi Group has reached the verge of bankruptcy and has long been insolvent. What are you talking about the loss of state-owned assets? Now A dead horse is treated as a living horse doctor, yeast is needed for dough, but where is this 'yeast'? In a word, it is capital operation! We are all laymen in this field. Hong Kong Silver Diamond Finance Co., Ltd. has successfully made some well-known domestic enterprises Back to life, these enterprises have raised a large amount of funds after being successfully listed in Hong Kong, Singapore and other places. Funds are the "blood" of enterprises! Only with "blood" can Dongqi Group's circulatory system be smoothed, so that it can get rid of its "high debt" — high cost of financing - low profits - low capital reserves - higher debt' vicious circle."

"Hongchang, capital is not wealth itself. After suffocating our own capital circulation, we expect foreign businessmen to give us 'blood transfusion'. Don't forget that 'there is no free lunch'. Foreign capital may be 'Yage's red bean soup'. !” Zhao Guoguang raised his voice and said. "That makes sense," said Zhu Wenjin, member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee and Secretary-General of the Municipal Party Committee, agreeing, "I am also worried that once a large number of workers from Dongqi Group are laid off, it will cause a chain reaction. Besides, that Hong Kong businessman named Jin Weimin will not know about Dongqi's work. Given the current predicament of the Dongqi Group, why does he still want a joint venture? It is nothing more than because of the good industrial foundation of Dongqi Group. It is a good thing to use capital operation to revitalize assets. The key is to revitalize 51% of state-owned capital. , or 49% of the capital of Hong Kong businessmen? Just study the laws of the United States and you will know that it is not easy to go public in the United States. The "U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Committee" is a barrier between Chinese state-owned enterprises and Wall Street. Why do they have to be listed in the United States? This is what we should think about. Question. I think Jin Weimin is suspected of being a white wolf with empty gloves. The final result is that the listing in the United States is fake, and the state-owned assets flow into his pocket is true. The unlucky ones are those laid-off workers. Once these workers lose control, they go to Beijing to sue , both the Central Committee and the Provincial Party Committee have to beat us, so I suggest that this matter should be cautious and cautious!"

Zhou Yongnian couldn't listen to Zhu Wenjin's words anymore. Recently, he learned a lot from studying at the Central Party School. His philosophy assignment "Looking at Stability Using Marxist Materialist Dialectics" was also included in "Frontiers of Theory". Zhou Yongnian had a serious expression as always. He folded his hands on his chest and said with a frown: "Stability is not stagnation, and reform is not giving up because of fear. Recently, when studying at the Central Party School, the most discussed topic is how to overcome the "seeking stability and fearing chaos." ', thinking that 'seeking stability and fearing chaos' has become a stumbling block on the road to reform. I am not saying that stability is not important. It is very important to handle the relationship between reform, development and stability. The key to the problem is what we need The stability of the country is the real stability of the country, the people are strong, or the contradictions of any nature are covered up. If there are conflicts and contradictions among the people, they are afraid that the world will collapse, artificially politicizing the interests of the people, and even Ideologicalization? In the era of interests, conflicts of interests, conflicts of interests, and game of interests are normal social phenomena. Stability does not require us to be like soldiers, and instability is not a scourge. If the right of expression and power balance of different groups are not resolved, the interest relationship will not be straightened out, it will be stable for stability, and reform will be timid. Take Dongqi Group as an example, how many times has it missed the establishment of modern A good opportunity for the enterprise system. This Jin Weimin, I was introduced by Ding Nengtong, director of the Beijing Office in Beijing. They are college classmates and very good friends. They are Confucian businessmen with a sense of responsibility and mission. Everyone is worried that cooperation with Mr. Jin Weimin will cause state-owned Assets are lost, but have you ever thought about how much risk Jin Weimin will take in cooperating with Dongqi Group? Those who really do great things have the adventurous spirit of knowing that there are tigers in the mountains and prefer to go to the tiger mountain. Even if there is some loss of state-owned assets, it is inevitable. Institutional innovation must pay a huge experimental cost. As the saying goes, stones from other mountains can be exploited. Leaders should take the lead in reforming. Emancipation of the mind has never been smooth sailing. As a reformer, we should not be afraid of risks. The General Secretary has long warned us, "All ideas and concepts that hinder development must be resolutely broken, all practices and regulations that restrict development must be resolutely changed, and all institutional abuses that affect development must be resolutely broken." Comrade Deng Xiaoping also said long ago, "Don't argue, try boldly, go boldly, and development is the last word." Comrades, Dongqi Group has gone well on this road of capital operation, regardless of whether it succeeds or fails. , will give new inspiration to the revitalization of Dongzhou's equipment manufacturing industry."

Zhou Yongnian's words were not only bold, but also full of new ideas, and the atmosphere in the venue suddenly became lively. Wu Dongming, who had been listening silently, waved his hand without losing the opportunity and said: "Comrades, Comrade Yongnian's point of view is very sharp, but also very pertinent. Dongqi Group's move to go public in the United States is a risky move. It is valuable because of this." There are only two types of companies that can survive in China tomorrow, either a complete guerrilla army or an absolute regular army. Dongqi Group must go through the baptism of the international capital market if it wants to develop into a regular army. The best way is to go public in the United States. Long-term pain is worse than short-term pain. In my opinion, there are too many tails of state-owned enterprises, and many tails are entangled. What should I do? The only way is to cut off these tails. With a knife, don’t worry about sacrifices or losses. You must have the confidence to win and fight a bloody road. If you don’t do this, the loss of state-owned assets will be more serious, and even bankrupt due to serious losses.”

Xia Wentian was deeply moved by what Wu Dongming said. He took off his glasses, wiped them habitually, put them on again, and said with piercing eyes: "Comrades, if the economy really wants to go abroad, the mind must first go abroad. , the reform must not be self-contained, and the country must not be closed ideologically. The ancients said: In an extraordinary time, extraordinary things are needed, and extraordinary people are needed. Dongqi Group is already in an extraordinary time, and it is an extraordinary thing to go public in the United States , but the extraordinary people are not us, but Ji Dongxiang and Jin Weimin. Judging from the two centuries-long economic development of the United Kingdom, from the exploration of the transition from planned economy to market economy in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, to the successful experience of the "East Asian Model" Looking at it, combined with the practice of China's economic system reform, it is not difficult to draw a conclusion: capital allocation must be market-oriented, and limited government intervention is necessary, but it must be based on respect for the laws of the market economy. What is the Scientific Outlook on Development? Respect the law. If the economy, society, culture and politics are compared to the four legs, then the scientific concept of development is the bull nose. Comrades, the ancients said that there is no old man in the west of Yangguan. Let me say that the world is vast in the west of Yangguan! "

"Comrade Wen Tian, ​​I'm not saying that listing and financing is not good. There are many ways to list overseas. Why not choose Hong Kong, which is more convenient to operate, instead of choosing the United States? You have never thought about it. , what will happen if you fail?" Zhao Guoguang asked with a sullen face. "Old Zhao," Wu Dongming continued, "in the early days of reform and opening up, 'emancipating the mind' had clear opposites, such as 'two whatevers', and it was precisely because of the removal of the latter that the curtain of reform and opening up opened. You have to take risks, you have to pay for development, and you have to pay for stability. I want to form a new shock wave to revitalize Dongzhou's equipment manufacturing industry through the listing of Dongzhou Automobile Group in the United States, and remove all ideological obstacles that hinder development. All the institutional bottlenecks that affect development. To be honest, I was transferred from Changshan City to Dongzhou. Spirit, inexhaustible energy, tireless passion, and indomitable perseverance, together with comrades and the people of the city, pull the giant ship of Dongzhou equipment manufacturing industry, ride the wind and waves, and move forward quickly and steadily!" Wu Dongming's words were very emotional, and the participants responded with warm applause.