Agriculture Maniac

Chapter 602 Huaihai Venture Group
Shiliying South Third Ring Road.

ADM Special Task Force Office in Shiliying.

In the conference room.

A massive waterfall screen covering four walls displays the bidding progress of the three series in separate areas.

For example, many large state-owned enterprises acquired high-speed rail lines outside their factories at a fixed price.

For example, Eastern pharmaceutical companies competed quickly to acquire two tri-gene targeted drugs.

For example, various cities and their respective provincial governments are vying for urban rail passengers.

Lao Yuan and his colleagues sat side by side on the sofa below the screen, referring to the information updated in real time on the screen while adjusting their bidding strategy based on the available funds drawn from all directions by their superiors.

for a long time.

The auction is paused for a short break.

Old Yuan took off his reading glasses, compiled his findings, and sent them to his superiors.

The routes of the three high-speed rail lines were not planned haphazardly.

Instead, it is like the newly paved roads in Dongshan Prefecture. The "eight vertical and twelve horizontal" road was finally determined by the Jishui Sanyuan Architectural Design Institute, which took into account the future development trend of the East, the future industrial layout of the East, the future population flow of various cities, etc., and used computing power to conduct hundreds of thousands of simulations and deductions.

Although many high-speed rail stations are located in the suburbs of the provincial capital
Although many high-speed rail stations are located in remote towns and villages
But this is a result of the fact that the East is still in the early stages of development.

The three systems then distributed the streamlined industries to various regions and restarted operations;

Many provincial governments are striving to reach a population of ten million and are expanding their urban areas;
Countless remote towns and villages have been transformed into eco-parks for tourism and vacation thanks to the accumulation of agricultural and forestry industries.

People will gradually realize that "the high-speed rail lines laid a few years ago are becoming more and more convenient".

Therefore, if we compare the East to a construction site where everything is in ruins and needs to be rebuilt.

The three high-speed rail lines and the parallel heavy-haul freight lines are equivalent to the site preparation and infrastructure development before construction begins.

The three systems streamlined industries, supported private economic entities, and recently established military-to-civilian conversion projects are all real estate, commercial streets, and arms dealerships developed by the three systems.

The combination of the two constitutes a strategic project that will influence the future of the East.

Railways are a strategic asset, and now the even more important high-speed rail has emerged. If the higher authorities want to maintain control of the overall direction, they must secure all high-speed rail lines outside the three major railway lines to prevent non-three major railway regions from going astray or from being interfered with by external forces.

If we take into account the annual budget of Dongfang, it would be difficult for the higher authorities to secure all the high-speed rail contracts outside the three-system factory.

Fortunately, in recent years, large state-owned enterprises in the East have followed the three major groups to go overseas and made considerable profits. As long as they are willing to spend money, it is not difficult to complete the task.

The only problem is that after acquiring the high-speed rail lines outside the factory, these lines belong to different large state-owned enterprises, which involve many powerful families and clans, making it difficult to coordinate future development.

But how many more years can Lao Yuan work?
The future will be handled by future people.

Old Yuan pondered, setting aside the report on the high-speed rail outside the Third Series Factory, and looked at the urban rail passenger car.

Currently, high-speed rail stations are either located in the suburbs or in rural towns.

Considering the inconvenience of riding, the Third Series laid out 'urban rail passenger cars'.

It uses ballastless track modules, slag-free track rails, recast scrap rails, and replaced EMUs dismantled during the upgrade of the Dongfang High-Speed ​​Railway.

The train consists of 4 to 6 carriages and has a speed of 90 to 180 km/h. It is divided into light rail, subway, and elevated suspension rail.

It is mainly used for communication between urban and suburban high-speed rail stations and between rural and urban high-speed rail stations.

If the high-speed railway in the east promoted exchanges between provinces, then the rail passenger train strengthened the connection between urban and rural areas.

It helped rural aunties, uncles, and left-behind children understand traffic lights, learn how to cross the street, know how to press elevator buttons, and grasp more uses for ID cards…

It enables city children to distinguish between wheat seedlings and chives, to differentiate between donkeys and mules, and to understand that every grain of rice represents hard work and toil…

This can be described as a project to improve awareness and strengthen the nation and its people.

However, while the connection between high-speed rail and rail passenger trains accelerates exchanges between regions, the siphon effect of megacities also forces various regions to gravitate towards them for development.

This eventually forms a 'centripetal force effect zone' covering half of the East.

Or.

The central part of the North China Plain, from Beijing to Shanghai, was once home to a third of the population of the East. Not only did it lack first-tier cities, but even its only second-tier city, Dongshan Prefecture, was truly deserving of the name.

In the past, whether it was going out to work, taking college entrance exams, conducting research, or investing in and starting a company, people would basically head straight to Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou.

If you look at the map, it's equivalent to the population of the North China Plain, with some moving north and others south, which is equivalent to a large-scale migration.

This relocation not only takes away talent but also siphons off capital.

Therefore, the North China Plain was destined not to develop.

Even the more developed areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang are being swarmed by Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Nanjing.

But it's different now.

The Shili Camp, stretching 200 kilometers from east to west, lies across the North China Plain like a strategic pass.

They seized control of the Yellow River and blocked the Grand Canal.

It owns the world's strongest grain trader - Sanyuan Agriculture,

Boasting the world's most complete industrial system - Sanyuan Heavy Industry,

Home to the world's largest industrial manufacturing base - Sanyuan Machinery,

It boasts the world's largest chemical production base – Sanyuan Chemical and Sanyuan Daily Chemical.

It boasts the world's most advanced medical system – Sanyuan Pharmaceutical, Sanyuan Pharmaceutical Group, and Central Hospital.

It boasts the world's largest spot trading market - the Trade Hall and the Far East Trading Company.

It owns the world's second largest internet network - Sanyuan Communication Network and Sanyuan Communication Network Equipment Company.

Home to the world's second-largest electronics system – Sanyuan Electronics Industry (Western Suburbs of Taizhou), Sanyuan Electronics (Puyang), Sanyuan E-commerce (Hangaixi)...
When Shiliying began to focus on developing the private economy, when Dongfang Education decided to align with the Three Systems, when Sanyuan Agriculture cut a large number of its operations…

Talent and capital that had previously flowed north or south were suddenly pulled back by a whirlpool in a very short time.

The surrounding cities and counties also turned against him.

Just like Changqing.

If Changqing claims to be a district of Dongshan Prefecture, no matter how much it boasts, it will not attract many talents, businesses, or foreign investment.

If Changqing were to call itself Shiliying-North Third Ring Road, even if the Changqing investment promotion department were to expand tenfold, it would still be too busy to handle the workload.

Therefore, the initiative for urban rail passenger vehicles must be in the hands of the local authorities.

So that in the future, we can bypass the municipal and provincial authorities and connect with Shiliying independently.

Therefore, Haozhou and Suzhou in Huian Province angrily confronted Hefei.
Xuzhou and Suqian in Jiangsu Province plan to operate independently.

Shangqiu and Yongcheng in Nanhe are flirting with Heshi in Dongshan.
Dongshan Zaoshi and Tengzhou are clamoring to rejoin the Jishui River...

These are matters that are none of the superiors' business, and even less of Lao Yuan's business.

So Lao Yuan didn't pay attention to the urban rail passenger car project, but looked at the three headquarters companies that were to be auctioned next.

···
Conference hall, South Third Ring Road, Shiliying. Auction scene.

During a short break.

Amidst the commotion, eight cities located at the intersection of four provinces—Dongshan, Nanhe, Huian, and Sujiang—inexplicably gathered together under the guidance of service personnel.

Then they looked at each other...

Hey?
Although we belong to four different provinces, we seem to be very close to each other.

We are not just neighbors, but also intertwined, like irregular puzzle pieces that are truly inlaid together.

If we join forces, we can connect the city's rail passenger trains.
Wow, this way I can use your north-south high-speed rail line, and you can use my east-west high-speed rail line.

This means we have two north-south and two east-west high-speed rail lines, totaling four high-speed rail lines and five high-speed rail stations.

In addition, there are eight high-speed rail stops, including Xiayi and Fuyang, as well as a high-speed rail line connecting Asia and Europe to Lianyungang.

Eight cities from four provinces gathered together and were astonished to find that the transportation within their respective territories was more developed than that of Shiliying.

This is outrageous! Outrageous!
No, it's done, it's done!
Eight cities from four provinces quickly reached a cooperation agreement.

As for cross-provincial cooperation, will it anger the relevant provincial government departments...?

There's a precedent of Shiliying Subdistrict annexing a prefecture-level city; now, for the sake of development, who cares about all that anymore?

Soon, the four provinces and eight cities shared information and coordinated funds to prepare for the bidding for the three headquarters enterprises.

If we can take a batch and everyone band together, who in the entire East, except for Shili Camp, can compete with us?

then.

XCMG, which was almost acquired by Carlyle Group in the past, acquired Sanyuan Machinery-Santui Industry for a fixed price of 1200 billion yuan with the help of the cities of Xuzhou and Suqian and with emergency loans and bridge loans provided by multiple banks.

Once the acquisition is completed, XCMG will become the world's second-largest construction machinery manufacturer, second only to Caterpillar.

Furthermore, by absorbing the global customers of ternary cavities machinery, XCMG's annual revenue is expected to exceed 3000 billion yuan starting next year, a five-fold increase compared to the past.

This move greatly stimulated Sany Heavy Industry and Zoomlion.

Unfortunately, only one engineering equipment company participated in this year's auction.

Followed by.

Within Shangqiu, Shenhuo Group, which mainly produces coal, coke, and aluminum foil, won the bid for Sanyuan Mining with an auction price of 1430 billion yuan, thanks to emergency loans and bridge loans obtained with the help of Shangqiu, Zaozhuang City, and Zaozhuang Mining.

At the same time, we have acquired technologies and automated production lines for three series of products, including fine coal for blast furnace injection in the metallurgical industry, washed medium coal for the production of fertilizers and domestic chemicals, and large coal for locomotives and gas production.

After Shenhuo Group digests the assets, technology and business of the three mining companies, and merges Nanyun No. 3 Mine, Bashu No. 3 Mine, Nanyang No. 3 Mine, and West Africa No. 3 Mine, as well as integrates the personnel, equipment and factory area of ​​the "new second shareholder - Zaozhuang Mine".

Shenhuo Group will rise to become one of the top ten companies in the fields of electrolytic aluminum, coking, and mining in the East.

Subsequently.

The four provinces and eight cities, like players in a card game, secretly cooperated, secretly borrowed money, and took turns throwing money at each other to seize one Sanyuan headquarters enterprise after another.

Not to mention the headaches for foreign investors, even Lao Yuan, who was in charge of bidding for the Eastern project, was a bit dumbfounded.

Where did you get so much money?!

Then Lao Yuan received the investigation report.

Large enterprises in Dongshan, Zaoshi, and Tengzhou first register their mortgages in Dongshan to obtain emergency loans.

Then he went to Nanhe and, with the help and guarantees from Shangqiu and Yongcheng, obtained an emergency loan from Nanhe.

Then he went to Huian, and with the help and guarantees of Haozhou and Suzhou, he obtained an emergency loan from Huian.

Finally, I went to Suzhou and then to Xuzhou…

The same principle applies.

Large enterprises in Shangqiu and Yongcheng are now obtaining emergency loans in Nanhe.

Then they went to Dongshan and, with the guarantee of Zaoshi and Tengzhou, obtained an emergency loan from Dongshan.

Then they went to Huian...
It can be said that through a series of operations, each of the large enterprises in the four provinces and eight cities obtained at least eight times the loan amount (two cities in each province were involved, and banks in the four provinces and eight cities were involved. If they were lucky, they could also fool banks such as Huaxia Bank and Huaihai Commercial Bank).

When Lao Yuan received the results, he was so angry he almost laughed.

Before the China Banking Regulatory Commission could be notified, the accounts of companies from eight cities in four provinces that participated in the auction were frozen.

A notice suddenly popped up in the trading hall during the auction:
[Congratulations on the establishment of Huaihai Venture Group!]
[Huaihai Venture Group was jointly funded by 137 large, medium and small enterprises, including XCMG, Shenhuo Group, and Zaozhuang Mining Group. It is subject to joint supervision from eight cities in four provinces and is officially registered in the trade hall.]
[After online verification and capital confirmation by the trade hall, Huaihai Venture Group has a registered capital of 3.3 trillion yuan, a paid-in capital of 3.9 trillion yuan, and existing inventory of 2.1 trillion yuan. Its business covers the East, Southeast Asia, Australia, West Africa, West Asia, Central Asia, North America, etc.]
[Congratulations to Huaihai Venture Group for becoming one of the top ten VIP clients of the Trade Hall.]
[Congratulations to Huaihai Venture Group for securing a 2 trillion RMB credit line from the Trade Hall's financial system. Interest is waived for 60 days after disbursement, and after 60 days, the daily interest rate is 0.01%.]
The announcement has been released.

With new funds available, the competition among the four provinces and eight cities has intensified.

Old Yuan couldn't help but take out his communicator and dial a number.

"Comrade Yu Yang, I think this is unfair!"

"What's unfair?"

"You must know that the loan procedures in the four provinces and eight cities are not compliant, and their existing assets and credit are simply not enough to obtain more than eight times the emergency loan amount. Yet you still granted the trade hall's top ten VIP clients a credit line of 2 trillion."

"Boss, I don't know if it's compliant or not. I only know that the documents submitted by the four provinces and eight cities all have official seals, which is equivalent to local guarantees."

"In that case, I can also stamp a few times, then self-approve loans, create a super group, and then go to the trade hall to register."

"Sure, I don't object."

"Aren't you afraid of a lightning strike?!"

"The four provinces and eight cities are there, they can't escape. If they don't default, it means they have the ability to repay the debts of the three systems. If they do default, the four provinces and eight cities will be directly corporatized like Shiliying. At that time, I don't think anyone in the local area will object, and in the end I won't lose out."

"... "

"Of course, this is not a three-system expansion. It is just taking advantage of the large-scale influx of foreign capital to create a few trust-level giants to counter foreign capital."

Or rather, when foreign capital encroaches on our various industries, it's unacceptable for the three major corporations to step in and resolve the issue every time; such a stance is untenable in public opinion.

If there were more companies like the Huaihai Venture Group, curbing foreign investment in different sectors, that would be fair market competition, not a three-way monopoly.

"But companies of this size have at least a million employees, and if something goes wrong, the consequences would be unimaginable."

"Then we'll just copy the three-system management system, with the four provinces and eight cities equivalent to the Shiliying Subdistrict Office, the company shareholders equivalent to the board of supervisors, and the company directors and senior executives equivalent to the board of directors. We'll also set up an employee congress, a government affairs department, and so on."

"I'm afraid that once they grow up, they'll become oligopolies in a single industry, like American companies."

"Don't even think about it. They have three systems to keep them in check; they can't cause any trouble."

"···"

Old Yuan was silent for a moment, then said, "I'm a little curious. These four provinces and eight cities are not a unified entity, and there are some conflicts between them. They've joined together to form a super group. How is the tax revenue of this group calculated?"

"Similar to the competition between Taizhou and Jishui for the Sanyuan Construction Group, we set up the Huaihai Venture Group at the intersection of four provinces and eight cities, opened eight gates, hung eight signs, and split the tax revenue equally among the eight entities."

"???"

(End of this chapter)