Chapter 318 Red Star
The snow at the end of 1994 came quietly.

Almost overnight, a heavy snow fell.

When Li Jilin went out in the morning, the sky was covered with dark clouds and a north wind was blowing. Large clumps of leaden clouds were piled together like tiles.

The heavy snow was still falling, and it seemed as if God wanted to fill the space between heaven and earth. The ground, trees, and eaves were all covered with a thick wool blanket. The sky and the earth were connected together, and the white scene looked strangely beautiful.

It snows a lot in a good year.

Li Jilin was in a good mood, thinking that the planting base and farmers in Yunxi Village would have another good harvest next year. However, such weather would affect the relocation. The first phase of the Longjingyuan Industrial Park project had been completed, and the people and production equipment in the old factory area would be gradually transferred there around New Year's Day.

When he arrived at Liansheng, he went directly to Zhang Yunqi's office.

Unless there were major matters, Zhang Yunqi seldom came to Liansheng, and he mostly came on weekends. When Li Jilin walked into the office, Zhang Yunqi was sitting in the office chair signing. He directly reported to Zhang Yunqi about what Liu Dongsheng, the director of the Red Star Electronics Factory, had looked for him two days ago.

As expected, Zhang Yunqi was stunned for a moment when he heard the words "Red Star Electronics Factory". Then he showed great interest on his face: "Tell me about it."

Li Jilin sat up straight and gave a detailed account of the current situation of the Red Star Electronics Factory.

What happened seemed simple enough.

In August this year, the Jiangchuan Intermediate People's Court ruled that Jiangchuan Hongxing Electronics Factory should be bankrupt and reorganized.

The acquirer of Red Star Electronics Factory is Sennheiser Electric.

This bankruptcy reorganization was designed by the city. The overall plan is that Senhai Electric will acquire Hongxing Electronics Factory and Jiangchuan Electric Appliance Factory, invest in and control Jiangchuan Micromotor General Factory, and establish Senhai Electronics and Electric Co., Ltd. Four state-owned enterprises will be restructured into one group. This is a coordinated asset reorganization plan for the electronic and electrical industry in Jiangchuan City.

According to this plan, the Red Star Electronics factory site became a government foreign investment project and then became part of Sennheiser Electric's asset restructuring plan.

However, what is funny about this matter is that until August 1994, on the eve of Red Star Electronics being declared bankrupt, Liu Dongsheng and other leaders of Red Star Electronics were completely unaware of the situation.

The reason is not complicated. Some people with ulterior motives needed land, which led to the government's "matchmaking" restructuring and bankruptcy, which bypassed the Red Star Electronics Factory. The bankruptcy paved the way for the subsequent acquisition of land.

You should know that the Red Star Electronics Factory is located at No. 24 Xiangshan Road, Jiangchuan, covering an area of ​​133 acres. The nature of the land is industrial land allocated by the state and is surrounded by several unique karst peaks. In the eyes of developers, this is a Feng Shui treasure land with the momentum of "five dragons embracing a pearl".

The developer who had set his eyes on this Feng Shui treasure land was none other than Zhang Yunqi's old acquaintance, Gao Shan's Phoenix City Group.

Zhang Yunqi was a little surprised about this, but later he thought it was reasonable because Gao Shan had introduced this method of taking advantage of the state-owned enterprises' prime land to him not long ago, but what Gao Shan failed to do in Longjing Garden was a great success in Red Star Electronics.

According to their design, after the bankruptcy and reorganization, the factory sites of four companies including Hongxing Electronics would "keep two and sell two". The two plots of land of Hongxing Electronics Factory and Jiangchuan Electric Factory were both located in the downtown area, and they could fetch huge profits by selling them to Huangcheng Group. The proceeds from the sale of the two plots of land would be used to pay for the costs of reorganization and acquisition.

What does it mean?

Getting something for nothing! Except for the Red Star Electronics Factory and Jiangchuan Electric Factory that were sold, the three parties that pushed this matter forward all benefited.

The government got the land-level differential income, which enriched the fiscal revenue and promoted infrastructure construction for the benefit of the people. Senhai Electric made a lot of money. As for the Phoenix Group, which bought the land, it was natural for them to bite off the most delicious piece of flesh and blood from Red Star Electronics to direct such a big drama. The problem now is that Red Star Electronics had no idea about this matter before. Even the "land sale agreement" signed with the Phoenix Group was signed by Senhai Electric. The "landlord" Red Star Electronics was extremely angry about this, and the workers firmly disagreed.

Under such circumstances, Liu Dongsheng, the director of the Red Star Electronics Factory, went to Liansheng and wanted Longjingyuan to take over the workers who were about to be laid off. The story behind this is a bit unclear. On the bright side, Liu Dongsheng wanted to find a way out for his employees. On the bad side? After the redundant workers were resettled, the workers stopped making trouble. Then who could stop the Phoenix Group from acquiring the land?
Of course, Zhang Yunqi was not interested in speculating on this matter. He could also understand the predicament that Liu Dongsheng was facing right now. The leaders above had visited Red Star Electronics many times to mobilize, presided over staff representative meetings, and strongly demanded that Red Star Electronics go bankrupt and cooperate with Sennheiser Electric for reorganization. It is conceivable how much pressure Liu Dongsheng was under.

After Li Jilin told Zhang Yunqi everything, he asked Zhang Yunqi if he had any ideas.

"It's none of my business. Just stay out of it and watch." Zhang Yunqi tapped the table with his fingers. It would be a lie to say that he had no thoughts at all. But he was clear about one thing: the Phoenix Group was able to bypass the leaders of the Red Star Electronics Factory and join hands with Sennheiser Electric to force the Red Star Electronics Factory to dissolve and reorganize. The power behind it was enormous.

This matter is also very complicated. The strategy he proposed to Yang Jiarong to set up a state-owned holding company to handle the reform of municipal state-owned enterprises also started from a certain industry, but the purpose was opposite. The purpose of setting up a state-owned holding company was to obtain high-quality land for the city and boost the city's real economy. The latter blatantly sold the obtained high-quality land to the Phoenix City Group through restructuring and mergers to engage in commercial real estate development.

Logically speaking, Yang Jiarong would never tolerate this kind of behavior, but now it has happened. What does this mean? How many people in Jiangchuan City dare to challenge Yang Jiarong?

You can count them on one hand.

The water is too deep.

Is it necessary for Liansheng to dive in at this time? Of course there are benefits, but he doesn't want to drown, and he is not interested in the No. 24 Xiangshan Road site of the Red Star Electronics Factory.

Zhang Yunqi lit a cigarette and saw the snow outside the French window. He hadn't seen such heavy snow for a long time, especially after entering the new century. With global warming, there are more and more warm winters, and there has been no decent snow for several years. It was quite common in the 90s, and there were snow every year. But this year's snow was huge, the icicles were long, and it looked strangely beautiful.

Zhang Yunqi thought of something and turned around to ask: "Do you have Liu Dongsheng's contact information?"

Li Jilin nodded: "Yes."

Zhang Yunqi said: "I want to talk to him."

Li Jilin picked up the phone and dialed Liu Dongsheng's number. After explaining the whole story, he handed the phone to Zhang Yunqi. Zhang Yunqi exchanged a few words with Liu Dongsheng and asked, "By the way, Director Liu, I have a question for you."

Liu Dongsheng was very enthusiastic: "Please speak, Mr. Zhang."

Zhang Yunqi asked, "Is there a worker's son named Yang Wei in your factory?"

"Yang Wei?" Liu Dongsheng thought for a moment and said, "Boss Zhang, are you talking about the boy from Li Yuehua's family?"

Zhang Yunqi was unsure: "He also has a sister who studies at Xiangnan College."

Liu Dongsheng replied, "That's it. His sister's name is Yang Jin. She is currently studying at Xiangnan College. She is a senior this year. She is a very well-behaved girl, but... her family situation has not been very good recently."

Zhang Yunqi asked, "Can Director Liu introduce us?"

Liu Dongsheng was silent for a moment and sighed on the phone.

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(End of this chapter)