Rebirth 76: Industrial Internet Empire

"Exchanging capital, equipment, and technology for the market?" Liao Tingxuan murmured to himself.

Yang Mo nodded: "Yes! The market with a population of one billion is here. There will be many multinational companies coming here with funds, equipment, and technology to pan for gold. What we have to do is to neither be humble nor overbearing, and create a good business environment. As long as It can make them money and be profitable, and it has no causal relationship with whether you are strong or not in international affairs!"

The amount of information contained in Yang Mo's words was so large that Liao Tingxuan needed some time to digest it, but his many years of official experience had allowed him to capture some important information from these few words. He could also feel the fist radiating from Yang Mo's body. A pure heart.

Tang Yongping is different. With his current position, he does not need to care about national policy matters. He only sees investment in Xin'an County and how to use foreign investment to make Xin'an County develop rapidly.

"Mr. Yang! Are you very optimistic about Xin'an County's investment promotion? Why don't we sign the machinery factory project first? Then we can carry out the preliminary land leveling and infrastructure construction of water, electricity and roads..." Tang Yongping asked carefully.

Yang Mo suddenly asked, "Secretary Tang, what was the gross industrial and agricultural production value of Xin'an County last year?"

"About 6000 million." Tang Yongping looked embarrassed, but still answered honestly.

Yang Mo chuckled and said: "After the Zhiyuan Machinery Factory project is put into operation, if nothing else happens, the output value should far exceed this number. In the future, many multinational companies like Zhiyuan will enter Xinan, and these companies will bring funds and technology. , there will be a lot of job opportunities and tax revenue, but it will also bring huge energy consumption. Whether your power supply system can bear it is still a question."

Tang Yongping vowed: "Langdu Thermal Power Plant will give priority to ensuring Xin'an's industrial power supply. The Xin'an County Power Supply Bureau, which is under preparation, will start transforming power supply lines as soon as possible. The Xin'an County Thermal Power Plant project has also been approved..."

Yang Mo once learned from information in his previous life: At this time, the special economic zone power grid only had one 1 kV substation and one 110 kV transmission line. The lines were dilapidated and the power supply capacity was extremely low.

This kind of power supply capacity is difficult to guarantee even for feed mills like Zhengda. It is difficult for large machinery companies like Zhiyuan to maintain normal production operations without sufficient power supply guarantee.

Yang Mo pondered for a moment and then said: "Secretary Tang! The machinery factory project can be signed first, but the guarantee of infrastructure needs to be written into the investment agreement."

Tang Yongping happily agreed, and a big stone that had been hanging in his heart finally fell to the ground.

If the machinery factory project with a total investment of hundreds of millions of dollars is successfully completed, Tang Yongping is likely to partner with his immediate boss, Xu Guomin, secretary of the prefectural committee, to take charge of the Xin'an District, which is about to be removed from the county and established as a city.

After returning to the Xin'an County Guest House, Yang Mo chatted with Liao Tingxuan alone for more than an hour. No one knew exactly what they said. They only knew that after the secret conversation, Liao Tingxuan was extremely excited, and there seemed to be a ball of fire burning in his eyes. I locked myself in the guest house room, leaned on my desk and wrote a page.

Early the next morning, Liao Tingxuan, who was worried, boarded a flight to the capital...

A dozen pages of negotiation minutes were presented to the leaders from the Ministry of Metallurgy and the Planning and Economic Commission, and the debate almost reached a fever pitch:

"The steel industry is the lifeblood of our industry, and even the foundation of our country! How can we hold such a vitality in the hands of foreign-funded enterprises for the sake of immediate interests..."

"After all, Zhiyuan is also a Chinese-controlled company. Their shareholders, Yang Mo and Mr. Bao, have always been friendly to the mainland. Zhiyuan just wants decision-making power. Shouldn't the company be built in the mainland?"

"This is the bottom line for our investment promotion. Not only steel companies, but also communications, electricity, finance, and petrochemical fields related to the national economy and people's livelihood cannot be fully opened to foreign investment! The steel plant has set this precedent, and then another "patriotic businessman" demands the opening of electricity , communication infrastructure, will you let it go?"

"Our steel companies are still in their infancy. At this time, we need to introduce a foreign-funded company with advanced technology and equipment. Most of our companies that are just toddlers still follow the production management model of the planned economy. It is difficult to compete with these multinational companies. compete!"

"You will never learn to swim without getting into the water. With the advanced technology and management model brought by powerful competitors, this will do more good than harm to the development of the entire steel industry..."

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The heated debate lasted for a long time, and no one could convince anyone!In the end, the leader made the final decision, saying in his thick Xichuan dialect: "Steel companies like Zhiyuan can be brought in, but in some key industries, the rule that foreign ownership cannot exceed 49% cannot be changed..."

After Liao Tingxuan returned to Xin'an County, he did not hide it, but told Yang Mo exactly what he had heard from him.

Yang Mo knew that Liao Tingxuan, as the leader of the negotiation team, had done his best, and felt relieved. After all, this was still 1979 when the country had not yet been fully opened...

Since he could not hold a controlling stake, Yang Mo also readjusted his strategic vision: from building a long-process steel industry chain to a special steel factory specializing in high-end alloy steel.

Yang Mo has a dream in his heart that is incompatible with the current status of mainland steel companies. He wants to create a full range of industrial chains from non-ferrous metal mines to the preparation of high-end special alloy steels.

But now Yang Mo had to give up. Although there was too much unwillingness in his heart, he could even hear the sound of dreams collapsing in his heart...

But this is Yang Mo's helpless move. If the asset-heavy, high-energy-consuming steel industry chain cannot be completely controlled by himself, every link of mine acquisition, raw material reserves, futures market hedging leverage, and sales pricing is crucial. As long as one link is out of control, it is enough to cause oneself to suffer disaster, and even affect the entire Zhiyuan Group.

Obviously, without a controlling stake, once it comes to major decisions such as acquiring foreign mines and hedging in the iron ore futures market, you will be constrained, and you may even have no decision-making power at all.

Instructing Luo Binghui to stay and follow the negotiation team to continue inspecting medium-sized steel plants with joint venture intentions, Yang Mo and the legal team took the lead in returning to Xiangjiang.

On the way from Xin'an to Xiangjiang, Yang Mo closed his eyes and meditated like an old monk in trance. Lin Xi knew the depression and frustration in his heart, so she made her own decision and went directly to Zongheng Investment Company, planning to pick up Guo Kexin and go out to relax together...

Walking into Guo Kexin's office, Guo Kexin was reading the day's newspapers with a coffee cup in hand.

After Yang Mo followed Guo Kexin's gaze and landed on the newspaper, his listless eyes lit up instantly...