Chapter 835 Preliminary Arrangements
This year's Spring Festival was spent in Shanghai. Because of Lin Yuhang's job transfer, Lin Yuhang and Luo Lin also settled down in Shanghai. In addition, Luo Yang and Li Xiaoyun also returned to Shanghai, so this year's Spring Festival was very lively.
On the afternoon of New Year's Eve, Lin Daoyuan and his wife also came to Shanghai and moved directly into Song Yuanchao's home.
The old couple were extremely happy when they saw their grandchildren whom they hadn't seen for some time . Especially Chen Yuqin, she couldn't stop laughing while holding her little granddaughter who was still learning to speak.
As for Lin Daoyuan, he was much more reserved. Although he had a smile on his face, as the oldest elder in the family, he still maintained his usual seriousness. Chen Yuqin even said a few words to him in private, saying that it was fun to put on airs at home. He was about to retire, and after a few months, when he retired, he would be free from his official duties and what difference would he make from an ordinary retired old man?
The New Year's Eve dinner was held at Song Yuanchao's home. Zhang's mother and her family also came, which made the home even more lively. Everyone spent the New Year's Eve happily together. When the first day of the second day came, Xiao Shao also rushed over from Suzhou to pay New Year's greetings to his old leader Lin Daoyuan. In the following days, there were many guests coming and going in the house. Some came to see the old man, and some came to pay New Year's greetings to Song Yuanchao. It was busy until the third day of the first lunar month when the house gradually became quieter.
On the fourth day of the New Year, Song Yuanchao slept in for a rare time and did not get up until after nine o'clock.
After washing up, he had a simple breakfast of a small baguette bought from Jing'an Hotel. Just as he finished eating, he saw Lin Daoyuan and Chen Yuqin coming back from a walk.
"Dad, Mom, you're back?"
"Yeah, I'm back." Lin Daoyuan nodded and glanced at Song Yuanchao: "Yuanchao, do you have anything to do today?"
"I have nothing to do today. Isn't it rare that I slept in? What's wrong, Dad? Are you...?"
"Let's have a chat?" Lin Daoyuan pointed towards the study. Song Yuanchao quickly agreed and went to the study with Lin Daoyuan.
Sitting down in the study, Lin Daoyuan lit a cigarette: "When do you plan to go back?"
"The day after tomorrow, when are you leaving? How about we go back together?"
Lin Daoyuan waved his hand and said, "I'll be back in a few days. I'm going to retire soon, so there's nothing to do if I go back so early. Let the comrades take up the responsibility as soon as possible. In a few months, I'll be able to retire completely, and then I'll be able to relax."
"That's true. In that case, you and mom can stay here for a few more days."
Lin Daoyuan smiled without commenting, and then asked Song Yuanchao: "Are you going to submit your resignation report when you go back this time?"
Song Yuanchao nodded: "I have already written the resignation report before the New Year, and I will formally submit it when I return."
"You..." Although he had known about this for a long time, Lin Daoyuan still shook his head and sighed.
"Actually, you don't have to be like this. Although I've retired, you've been in charge of Si Te since its establishment. It has nothing to do with me. Even if I leave, it won't affect Si Te."
"I understand your logic, but Dad, you also know what I'm thinking. It's a good thing to take this opportunity to leave Si Te." Song Yuanchao replied softly.
Lin Daoyuan didn't say anything, just smoked quietly. After a long time, he put out the cigarette.
"Okay, now that you've made up your mind, just do it according to your own ideas."
"Thank you, Dad..." Song Yuanchao said gratefully. He was a little worried that Lin Daoyuan would not agree to his resignation and let him stay in Si Te. He didn't expect that Lin Daoyuan had no objection.
Lin Daoyuan knew that he had selfish motives in forcing Song Yuanchao to Nanjing under the pretext of testing him. Lin Daoyuan had always known Song Yuanchao's abilities and was aware of his abilities.
The reason why he brought Song Yuanchao to Nanjing was that he wanted to confirm his judgment and give him a chance to exercise. Secondly, he was going to work in Nanjing soon, and considering Song Yuanchao's ability, he arranged him there to serve as a frontline for him.
Facts have proved that Lin Daoyuan was right about Song Yuanchao. Song Yuanchao did a really good job in Nandu after arriving in Jinling. In just one year, he achieved results that ordinary people could not achieve in several years. This result not only made Lin Daoyuan happy, but also very relieved.
Then, under Song Yuanchao's suggestion, Lin Daoyuan restructured the Nandu Branch, which led to the establishment of Jinling's first joint venture, Sit. Over the years, Sit has grown stronger and stronger under Song Yuanchao's leadership, and is now a major enterprise in the domestic beverage and instant noodle industries. Its output value has increased many times from the initial joint venture to now.
The success of Si Te is an outstanding political achievement for Lin Daoyuan, and it also proves the correctness of his decision in corporate work. Originally, Lin Daoyuan planned to let Song Yuanchao train at Si Te for a few years, and then train him to gradually transfer from the enterprise to the government department, but who would have thought that Song Yuanchao had always resisted this arrangement. Not only did he not agree to the suggestion of working in the government department from the enterprise , but last year he proposed to Lin Daoyuan the idea of resigning from all positions in Si Te.
There is a saying that no one knows a son better than his father. Although Lin Daoyuan is not Song Yuanchao's father, his father-in-law can be considered half a father. Lin Daoyuan actually knows very well what his son-in-law thinks and what he plans to do.
Lin Daoyuan knew very early on that Song Yuanchao had his own business, and Xiangjiang Shenghua was founded by Song Yuanchao. Outsiders don't know how big Xiangjiang Shenghua is now, but Lin Daoyuan, as a father-in-law and senior cadre, knows it very well.
The listed company Xiangjiang Shenghua Clothing alone has brought Song Yuanchao hundreds of millions of wealth. Moreover, Shenghua Clothing is only a part of Shenghua Group. Shenghua's real profitable industries are far more than this.
Shenghua Telecom now cooperates with the domestic postal and telecommunications departments and has opened many joint ventures across the country. Relying on these companies, Shenghua Telecom's turnover and profits in the past two years have been simply astonishing.
In addition, Shenghua Real Estate has also developed quite well in Pengcheng and Yangcheng. With the liberalization of the policy of commercial housing and export housing, Shenghua Group, as the forefront of reform and opening up, will naturally not miss this opportunity. As early as when Pengcheng first began to explore the real estate industry, Shenghua Real Estate began to intervene. After several years of development, it has become the largest real estate company in Pengcheng.
These do not include Shenghua's industries in other fields, such as Luo Yang's film company and cinema chain, some local commercial projects in Hong Kong, etc. Even in Si Te Company and Zhang Jianguo's logistics company, Shenghua is also one of the shareholders, and the proportion of shares it holds is not low.
Tying Song Yuanchao to Si Te was out of Lin Daoyuan's selfishness, but it also restricted Song Yuanchao's development. Until now, Song Yuanchao has not publicly announced his true identity in Shenghua, and this is the main reason.
Leaving Si Te would be like a dragon returning to the sea for Song Yuanchao, while tying Song Yuanchao to Si Te would only restrict his hands and feet.
Lin Daoyuan is a wise and far-sighted person, so he can certainly see all this. The main reason why Song Yuanchao waited until now to submit his resignation was because he took Lin Daoyuan's situation into consideration, so everyone knew the relationship between the father-in-law and the son-in-law very well.
"It's okay to resign. You can do your own thing without worrying about leaving Sit." Lin Daoyuan said this, and then continued: "After you resign, what are your plans? Will you go to Hong Kong or continue to stay in the mainland?"
"It depends on the specific situation. I have been unable to leave Sit for these years. After I resign, I plan to visit various places first. You also know that there are some minor problems in the cooperation between Shenghua Telecom and the local governments. This matter needs to be dealt with. After that, I should stay in Hong Kong for a while, and then return to the mainland. From now on, most of my time will be in Shanghai or Yanjing."
"That's good. The relevant departments have received a lot of complaints about Shenghua Telecom. It's better to solve this matter as soon as possible and not leave any tails."
Song Yuanchao agreed. Judging from the current situation, Shenghua Telecom's advantages in China are too great. Due to its cooperation with local governments, it has a semi-monopoly on telecommunications products. Not to mention domestic competitors, even large foreign companies that want to enter this field are directly blocked by Shenghua in this way.
At present, Shenghua Telecom's large-scale program-controlled switches have been successful and will be officially put into production this year if nothing unexpected happens. After it is put into production, coupled with Shenghua's advantages in China, those foreign companies will have no chance to compete with Shenghua.
In view of this situation, these companies appealed directly to the relevant departments through various relationships and channels, and put forward conditions requiring local governments to terminate cooperation with Shenghua and completely open up the market to fair competition.
Taking some factors into consideration, the relevant departments have been talking to Shenghua Telecom, demanding an end to such cooperation. Shenghua has no way to resist this kind of pressure from above, so this big piece of cake that has been eaten for more than two years is destined to be released for others to share.
Song Yuanchao had actually been prepared for this outcome; he knew it was inevitable.
However, through the dividends of the past two years, Shenghua Telecom has grown from an inconspicuous company to a point that cannot be ignored by large multinational companies.
Even if such cooperation is terminated, Shenghua's network of relationships with local governments will still exist, and Shenghua has already taken the lead in this industry. In addition, its competitive products have already been completed. Even if competition is liberalized, Shenghua does not worry about losing most of the market.
In addition, the replacement of basic equipment has a cycle after all, and the market will gradually stabilize after the replacement of basic equipment is completed. Now, Shenghua has firmly grasped this opportunity in the past two years. The market will be different for a long time to come. At this time, Shenghua generously expressed its attitude of cooperation, which actually does not harm Shenghua's own interests.
After ending this cooperation, Shenghua will start to get involved in the pager industry. Song Yuanchao had already thought about it and was ready to negotiate through Shenghua's concession, thereby giving up previous interests in exchange for obtaining a domestic paging station license.
