Chapter 545 Luoyang House (5)
"Last year, a total of 38 enterprises in the six districts of the government applied for registration. Novels. "On February 26, 1696, in a five-story office building on the banks of the Luo River, the prefect Zhao Ke was listening to the secretary's report.
At this moment, they were talking about the development of industry and commerce in Luoyang Prefecture. The data came from statistics from district governments and attached detailed information. After statistics were sorted out by the secretary, they reported to Zhao Ke.
According to the spirit of the New Capital Development Leading Group, Luoyang Prefecture will not develop industry on a large scale in principle, because the industry consumes water, will produce pollution, and will also bring a huge population, which is inconsistent with the spirit of the central government. But nothing is absolute. There is already a repair shop of China Railway and Amtrak in Shendu District, and the Southern Vehicle Factory has also opened branches here. It is said that the Meilin Railway Machinery Processing Factory will also open branches here. There are still industrial enterprises, and the investment scale will definitely not be small in the future.
In the Nancheng District and the Beicheng District, except for some planned urban areas, most of them are still deserted, and most of the people living in the local area are farmers. Even the planned places often only have signs, and the land is deserted due to progress or funding issues. Zhao Ke once saw a farmer driving a large group of smelly cattle and sheep into the "State Intelligence Administration", and the scene was simply.
Therefore, the six districts of Luoyang are basically mainly agriculture. Even the Beicheng District, which is the core of the country, now has a large amount of farmland. Perhaps five years later, when all kinds of buildings are built, these farmlands should gradually decrease, but they should not disappear in a short period of time.
It is precisely because of the existence of these farmlands that deep-processing enterprises of agricultural products have also begun to settle here. After all, people cannot eat rice or wheat collected from the fields. Machine noodle mills and rice mills are definitely needed. A prominent feature of food companies is that they must be close to the grain production area. Therefore, Luoyang Prefecture has also approved the entry of some such enterprises to solve the problem of local grain processing.
In addition to food companies, the ones that applied the most in the last year were probably various construction companies and commercial companies. The former was required for construction, while the latter was planned in advance, such as the Nareshkin Building, which has begun to be built. These companies have brought a lot of funds and manpower, which greatly increased the popularity of the entire Luoyang Prefecture, although most of these people may not live here in the future.
It is worth mentioning that these companies are "effective general limited liability companies" in the legal sense. In the early stage of the East Coast, they were once unlimited liability companies. Once the business owner fails to operate, they need to sell their property to repay their debts, which is actually in line with traditional Chinese values. However, the above found that this is actually not conducive to the development of industry and commerce, so the concept of "limited liability companies" was introduced, that is, once the business owner goes bankrupt, he does not need to bear too much joint and several liability, and the assets under his personal name can be preserved, which greatly stimulates the number of registered enterprises and indeed prospers the industry and commerce on the East Coast to a certain extent, so that people in the old continent are discussing whether they should follow this point.
Of course the above is only theoretical. In actual operation, due to the influence of traditional concepts, limited liability companies are basically meaningful at the legal level. In actual operation, creditors generally do not care about these, and they do not look at who the corporate legal person is, just who is the actual owner and actual controller of the company, and then find them to settle accounts (if the means are excessive, they may face legal sanctions), and basically the same as unlimited liability. But no matter what, at least the legal level is enough to support the limited liability system, and people's concepts will slowly change (it is already slowly changing). This is a trend and unstoppable.
"Most of the companies applying for registration are commercial enterprises, not many industrial enterprises, and most of them settle in Nancheng District. The district said it will strictly review and will not allow deceptive or unqualified companies to settle in, which will affect the image of the capital." The secretary explained.
Deceptive enterprises are the beginning of the rise of the limited liability system. These enterprises are not normal when they are initiated or established. They are not qualified, have poor capital or business directions themselves are very problematic. After cheating in the market, they declare bankruptcy, causing investors or consumers to curse. The accountability of such enterprises is often not very effective, which further contributes to this trend, and so that there are many fraud cases in the business of enterprises, which is a headache.
Since such a situation exists, it is understandable that unlimited liability companies are more popular with investors and partners than limited liability companies. The actual controller of a limited liability company can evade responsibility. If it is thick-skinned and lives in a big city, as long as there is no obvious evidence of business fraud, the government will protect them, so that many fierce measures of creditors are not used (in small cities and rural areas, it is another situation), and the money will naturally not be back.
Therefore, many companies on the East Coast are mainly commercial enterprises, financial enterprises or unlimited liability companies, such as the famous Sun Chunyang South Goods Store. The company's legal person has not changed the company to a limited liability company so far. Once the company goes bankrupt in the future, all shareholders will have to bear debts or other responsibilities. Therefore, the company is very popular with partners, and many suppliers are willing to deliver the goods first and then check out later.
Overall, the current ratio of limited liability companies and unlimited liability companies is about one to three. But the trend is that the number of the former is increasing rapidly, while the growth rate of the latter is quite limited. It is estimated that in many years, limited liability companies will occupy the mainstream. After all, it is the national law that is reducing their responsibilities to the company's shares. People seek benefits and avoid harm. Who will hold on to "outdated things"?
"Though those who are not qualified don't want, some companies should also review it carefully. I heard that there are several large capitals that plan to register enterprises in the Nancheng District and develop the salt marsh in the northeast. They hired many people, who were originally state-owned salt farms, and they planned to do a big deal to defeat the increasingly ineffective state-owned salt farms and monopolize the market. Such companies have wild paths and may bully the owners. If they monopolize the salt industry, they may raise prices at will, which is not good for the capital. You should pay attention to this, and you should identify them, don't agree to it when they have strong strength. The capital will not be short of money in the future, nor will it rely on these companies to make money. This is not an industrial city or an administrative city. Do you understand?" When saying this, Zhao Ke couldn't help but frown. It was obviously a headache for those people, but in the end he made up his mind.
Speaking of which, since the restrictions on private capital entry in the salt industry were lifted many years ago, the operation of state-owned salt farms has been getting worse day by day. Even though they have the most resource-rich salt farms in the country, their high costs and marketing shortcomings have severely limited their profits. Now, private salt capital has gradually occupied the mainstream, and they have even contracted some salt marshes owned by state-owned salt farms, and their operations are so prosperous.
At the beginning of this year, all private investors in the salt industry held a meeting in Qingdao to establish a brand new salt industry association and eliminated the state-owned salt farm. The Dongren Party’s official publication "Minsheng" accused it of joint monopoly on salt production, and then continuously increasing prices to enjoy excess profits. This is not a basis for accusation, because at this meeting, the salt bosses attending the meeting planned to form a joint salt company to completely defeat the state-owned salt farm and form a de facto monopoly.
"Minsheng" magazine accused its ultimate goal of privatizing national property (salt marsh of large and small sizes), controlling industrial and civilian salt production, and then marching downstream, engaging in commodity fields such as electrolytic salts, chlorine products, and bleaching powder, endangering national economic security.
This big hat made the people of the Salt Industry Federation Association dizzy. Even the National League (National Power Alliance) expressed concern. The Revival Club had to come out to stand for them, but its explanation was pale. In the end, the government came forward and asked the state-owned salt markets to merge into the East Coast Salt Industry Company to join the new guild. At the same time, the State Council also introduced a series of policies to reinvest in the salt industry, improve production processes and equipment, strengthen the management of the Dongyan Company, strictly investigate ** and dereliction of duty, and strive to restore the competitiveness of state-owned enterprises.
This time, the emerging chaebol is OK. It may be exaggerated. However, emerging capital cannot accurately describe the struggle with political families and temporarily ended in peace. But just like the department store, the gap in strength between Sun Chunyang's South Carolina and state-owned department stores is getting bigger and bigger. No one can tell what will happen in the future. But this incident has at least had a positive impact, that is, it allows the chaebols (through various dazzling investment funds and asset management companies) to realize where the red line is and where it should be stopped, and to maintain a balance between private interests and public interests.
So, you can understand now why Luoyang Prefect Zhao Ke is very concerned about the Salt Industry Union Association's company registration in Nancheng District. Recently, this semi-monopoly organization has not had a good reputation. Although it is not as good as everyone calls for a blow, it is certain to be in a mess. At this critical moment, he is really unwilling to take political risks.
Chapter completed!