Chapter 857 Seahorse
"Tell me, from the perspective of a former Nandu person, how do you think the Nandu's restructuring should be appropriately carried out?" Lin Daoyuan put out the cigarette in his hand, picked up the teacup and took a sip, then put it down and asked Song Yuanchao.
Song Yuanchao picked up the teapot and refilled Lin Daoyuan's tea. He smiled and shook his head and said, "Dad, you are embarrassing me by asking me this question."
"What's the problem?" Lin Daoyuan glanced at Song Yuanchao and said meaningfully, "You don't have to stand on the capitalist's side. Just stand on the side of the people of Nandu to solve this problem. Remember! I want to hear the truth."
Song Yuanchao was silent for a moment, then said, "Since you asked me to speak, I will just speak casually."
"Dad, I think the city leaders are right. The current situation of triangular debts in enterprises is indeed very serious, and this situation has become a common phenomenon in many enterprises. Do you still remember when I was working in the first branch, I established a sales company and implemented a customer rating system, and strictly assessed the proportion of payment recovery? In fact, I considered this issue back then, and later, whether in the first branch or in Si Te, I have been pushing for the implementation of this policy."
"I know about this. Someone once said that you, Song Yuanchao, are obsessed with money. How can you run a business like this? Isn't this clearly pushing business out?" Lin Daoyuan said with emotion, and then sighed: "Now it seems that you were right to do so. If Nandu could implement this policy according to your ideas, how could there be so many triangular debts? There would be no such heavy burden..."
"In fact, that's not the case. After all, Nandu is different from the first branch factory and the later Sit. Nandu is a state-owned enterprise with a system in place. In addition, long-standing practices have led to such a phenomenon. If Nandu and Sit were to implement such a policy, it would be very difficult. In addition, the leaders of state-owned enterprises and joint ventures are different, so the obstacles encountered would be greater ..."
Lin Daoyuan waved his hand: "No need to say more about this, of course I understand."
Song Yuanchao nodded and said, "Apart from the triangular debt problem, there are also internal problems of Nandu. These problems are also fundamentally institutional problems. From this point of view, I am in favor of reform, and the reform of Nandu must be real reform. Simply changing the leadership or injecting more funds or something like that will not solve the root cause."
"So you agree to solve the problem fundamentally?"
"That's right!" Song Yuanchao said bluntly, "Although I have certain ideas about Nandu, I don't deny these. And from the facts, Nandu has reached a point where it must change. Unless the higher authorities are willing to continuously inject funds into Nandu, a thorough reform is the most appropriate for Nandu at the moment."
"And Dad, I suggest that this restructuring should be done sooner rather than later. After all, Nandu can still barely hold on now. Once Nandu's situation continues to deteriorate, or if the higher authorities stop providing financial support to Nandu, then the seemingly powerful Nandu may explode with unexpected consequences in a very short period of time. Once this happens, it will not be a good thing for the company or social stability."
Lin Daoyuan nodded silently. What Song Yuanchao said was exactly what he had considered.
As for how Nanfang's thorough restructuring would be carried out, Lin Daoyuan was a retired cadre and he had no control over it. Whether it was a joint venture restructuring like the first branch factory, or directly starting with the enterprise system restructuring, it was all decided by the current leaders, and Lin Daoyuan could only give a reference at most.
After taking a look at Song Yuanchao, Lin Daoyuan suddenly had an idea in his mind, but the idea only flashed through his mind and then was dispelled.
Song Yuanchao has even resigned from the position of chairman of Si Te , not to mention other things. If Song Yuanchao is still in Si Te, and is still a member of the system, then transferring Song Yuanchao to Nandu would be a very good choice. With Song Yuanchao's ability, he can definitely lead Nandu out of the predicament. Unfortunately, Song Yuanchao is absolutely unwilling to do so. Moreover, as Song Yuanchao's father-in-law, Lin Daoyuan is very clear that his son-in-law has long been eyeing Nandu. If it weren't for this or that reason, he would have taken action against Nandu when he was in Si Te.
But it’s better this way now. If Nandu is really restructured, it may be a good thing for Nandu if Song Yuanchao acquires Nandu either through a joint venture or in his private name.
In addition to the discussion between Lin Daoyuan and Song Yuanchao on the issue of restructuring, there was no in-depth discussion on other issues. After all, the restructuring of Nandu was only a small-scale discussion, and no final opinion had been formed yet, so it was too early to talk about other issues now.
What's more, Lin Daoyuan is no longer working in Jiangsu Province. He is now a retired old man. Even if Jiangsu Province asks him for his opinion on the reform of Nandu out of respect for the old leader, Lin Daoyuan will only express his own views on the reform issue and will never use himself to influence the follow-up of the reform.
Song Yuanchao knew very well what kind of person Lin Daoyuan was, so he did not ask Lin Daoyuan other questions, let alone ask Lin Daoyuan to use his previous relationship to give him some convenience in the restructuring of Nandu. But no matter what, Lin Daoyuan told Song Yuanchao about this matter today, which surprised Song Yuanchao. With this news, Song Yuanchao called Sun Yaoliang that night and asked Sun Yaoliang to pay close attention to the situation in Nandu.
After hanging up the phone with Sun Yaoliang, Song Yuanchao called Zheng Guoyuan again and asked him to start working on a plan for Nandu's restructuring. For the sake of confidentiality, this matter was kept within a small scope, and not many people from the Steward side knew about it. Even General Manager Ruth did not reveal any information.
On the third day after Song Yuanchao returned to Yanjing, Luo Yang finally came back.
That day, Song Yuanchao and his wife went to Luo Yang's courtyard in Yanjing, which was bought by Luo Yang after he made money from business in Dashilan. Although the scale of the courtyard was not as good as Song Yuanchao's, it was still a very good courtyard. In addition, due to the decreasing number of suitable courtyards in Yanjing in recent years, coupled with the demolition and urban construction in many places in Yanjing, such courtyards have become difficult to buy.
On the day of the party, Chen Xiaoer, Zhang Qiang, Da Bing, Wang Shuo, Ma Dudu and others came. In addition, several new friends also came, including Song Dandan, Feng Yuanzheng, Zheng Xiaolong, Zhao Baogang and others.
Speaking of Zheng Xiaolong and Zhao Baogang, they are both friends of Wang Shuo and Ma Dudu. Last year, Luo Yang and them decided to collaborate on a TV series "Desire". The filming of this TV series has already started. The producer is the center and Luo Yang is one of the main investors. It is expected to be completed this year and will be broadcast by the end of the year if nothing goes wrong.
This TV series was well-known in the early 1990s and achieved great success. But now, although the TV series has been approved and filmed, the screenwriters Wang Shuo, Zheng Xiaolong and director Zhao Baogang are not very confident. They have been discussing this matter at the party. Luo Yang is very confident and has no worries about the TV series failing.
In the past two years, Luo Yang's film and television career in both the Mainland and Hong Kong has been booming. In addition to cooperating with the center to produce several TV series, he has also made several movies through resources in Hong Kong and the Mainland. Among them, Chen Xiaoer alone made two movies, both of which had good box office revenue.
Luo Yang is now considered a big name in the film and television circles. He is well-known both in Hong Kong and on the mainland. In addition, he is a wealthy investor with a deep background, so people always try to give him face wherever he goes.
Speaking of Ma Dudu, we have to mention the time when Ma Dudu visited Song Yuanchao's collection. Since that time, Song Yuanchao and Ma Dudu have had more direct contact than with other people, and Ma Dudu's professional ability in collections is indeed good. Before Song Yuanchao went to the United States, he asked Ma Dudu to help him sort out his collections. Ma Dudu was more than happy to do this and did his best to help Song Yuanchao do many things.
"Old Ma, thank you for what you did last time!" Song Yuanchao specially toasted Ma Dudu with a glass of wine.
"It's a small matter. Besides this is an opportunity you, Old Song, gave me. Without this opportunity, I wouldn't be able to see so many good collections." Ma Dudu waved his hand casually and smiled. For others, doing this may be a chore, but for Ma Dudu, it is a pleasure.
After a glass of wine, Song Yuanchao asked Ma Dudu what he was busy with recently. Ma Dudu smiled and said that he was preparing to do business. Song Yuanchao became interested when he heard this and asked him what business he was going to do and whether he needed help.
"He's planning to open a dance hall." Wang Shuo at the side interrupted, "Dudu is a cultured person, different from us rough people, he is open and fashionable."
"Open a dance hall?" Song Yuanchao was stunned and instantly remembered the legend of the Seahorse Dance Hall. Could it be that the dance hall that Ma Dudu was going to open was the legendary Seahorse Dance Hall?
Out of curiosity, Song Yuanchao asked, and sure enough, he guessed correctly that the dance hall that Ma Dudu was going to open was indeed the Seahorse Dance Hall. The name had already been chosen , and a location had been found. The decoration had already begun. If nothing unexpected happened, it would open around March after the Chinese New Year.
Seeing Ma Dudu talking about his grand "entrepreneurship" plan with a beaming face, Song Yuanchao felt a little pity in his heart, because he knew that Ma Dudu's entrepreneurship would eventually fail. Because Ma Dudu was not a businessman at all, although there were many customers coming to the dance hall every day and it looked very lively, it was actually losing money every day. In just one year, it lost 430,000 yuan, which made Ma Dudu's face green.
Why did it lose money? The reason is very simple, because there were many people who came to support the dance hall as soon as it opened, but these people always came under the banner of being Ma Dudu's friends. After they came, they ate, drank and had fun with Ma Dudu, and shouted that they were Ma Dudu's buddies and wanted to get free meals, not spending a penny. Ma Dudu was a person who cared about his reputation, so he really couldn't bring himself to refuse. It would be strange if such a business didn't fail.
