Chapter 69: Skilled and calculating

The discussions of several people continued until near the evening. The adjustment of the industrial structure involved the international and domestic economic situation, and there were quite a lot of issues to be considered. The mainstream domestic market is increasingly skeptical about the role of state-owned enterprises in the entire national economy, and the call for reform of the access mechanism of state-owned monopoly industries is quite high.

The first draft of the steel industry integration plan of Hebei and Shandong provinces will soon be officially reported to the National Development and Reform Commission in the form of government documents of the two provinces. If it weren't for the small incident before, it might have been reported now. Faced with Shell's intention to merge with the unification, several senior officials also felt the aggressive momentum of foreign multinational groups.

The public clamor is not groundless. Unification may fall into Shell's arms and causes many famous private enterprises to lament the grief of the sadness of the rabbit and the fox. In particular, the person in charge of Unification pointed out without hesitation that it was the two domestic petrochemical giants that monopolized the basic oil channels, which made Unification Petrochemical unable to obtain basic oil through normal domestic channels, and had to bear the huge cost burden of obtaining basic oil through the international market, so it was impossible to continue operating.

This statement has caused great response from the domestic and economic circles. Many economists and the media have sternly criticized the domestic petrochemical giants' bad behaviors of civil war, domestic and foreign war outsiders, believing that monopoly in the energy industry will lead to a large-scale entry of foreign multinational and foreign enterprise giants into the domestic market by the end of the year. Domestic monopoly giants and foreign multinational petrochemical giants will completely strangle the private petrochemical industry. In the end, when facing the challenges of multinational petrochemical giants, domestic petrochemical giants will completely lose the buffer space and suffer a Waterloo-like defeat.

Domestic petrochemical giants may not be defeated when they encounter challenges from multinational petrochemical giants, but opening up competition will definitely put huge pressure on improving the operations of these petrochemical giants in China who are lying on policies, and promote them to improve their operating conditions instead of blindly relying on the state's policy protection for them. The result of private enterprises joining the competition is that the biggest beneficiary is definitely consumers.

It is these criticisms from many aspects that have forced the senior management to re-examine whether there are misunderstandings in the policy formulation at the beginning, whether there are too many considerations in terms of industrial security and the survival of state-owned enterprises, and whether there are too few considerations in terms of openness to private capital and from the perspective of consumers.

Of course, it is not possible to solve these problems overnight. Each policy change involves a wide range of aspects, and the interests and demands of all parties must be fully taken into account. However, as long as you realize this problem, measures can be taken to make up for it.

Chen Hanfeng felt a little proud when he flew back to Beijing from Qingning.

During the negotiations with the Xihai Provincial Government, he clearly stated that national policies may bring some changes, which will greatly affect several investment projects of Asian Chemical in Xihai Province, which indeed caused great concern to the Xihai Provincial Government.

During the discussion with relevant leaders of the provincial government, Chen Hanfeng quietly raised the difficulties faced by Asian Chemical Industry, mainly in response to the chaos brought to the entire fertilizer production industry by the statements of leaders of some state ministries and commissions. Of course, the other party also understood it and expressed that he would respond to the relevant situation to the State Council and the National Development and Reform Commission as soon as possible in the name of the Xihai Provincial Government, demanding the stabilization of the fertilizer production market and ensuring the production enthusiasm of production enterprises.

"Mr. Liu, how are the negotiations on Huatou?" After reporting on his situation in Xihai, Chen Hanfeng was quite proud. He didn't even have time to return home, so he went straight to Liu Shande's office, just to find out how the progress here is.

Although Huatou is not a professional fertilizer manufacturer, Huatou is the most influential backbone enterprise under the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission. Huatou has investment projects in various fields across the country, and Huatou Yanze potassium fertilizer project also has Huatou Yanze potassium fertilizer project in Xijiang. In order to ensure control over imported potassium fertilizers and even the entire domestic potassium fertilizer resources, Liu Shande agreed to Chen Hanfeng to fly to Qingning to negotiate with the Xihai Provincial Government, requiring the Xihai Provincial Government to write a letter to the State Council to stabilize the current fertilizer production and supply model and avoid affecting the enthusiasm of the investment enterprises due to policy changes.

On this side, Liu Shande is actively engaged in contact with several major state-owned enterprises such as China Overseas Chemical, Huatou Potash Fertilizer, Zhongnong Group, and Huaken Group, which also tend to maintain the current system on the issue of potassium fertilizers, hoping to reach an agreement on this issue.

According to Liu Shande and Chen Hanfeng, the major state-owned enterprises such as China Overseas Chemical, Huatou Group, Zhongnong Group and Huaken Group should be beneficiaries of the current system. It is more beneficial to control the raw materials within this group to distribute raw materials in the entire industry. On this issue, several parties can reach a consensus. In this way, several major enterprises can put pressure on the upper side through various channels, prompting the upper side to consider the attitude of state-owned enterprises more in formulating policies.

Although there is no question of forcing the palace, state-owned enterprises belong to the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission after all, they also belong to the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission and bear the important responsibility of national industrial security. I believe that the central government should more or less listen to the opinions of state-owned enterprises when considering this issue. It cannot make a decision based on the so-called social norms or *** orientations plus some leading cadres who hope to attract sensationalism to please private enterprises.

"Hanfeng, I think there are some problems. Huatou, Huaken and Zhongnong are all quite firm and clear, but I feel that Zhonghai Chemical seems to be a little ambiguous. I always feel that Mr. Cui is a little evasive and unwilling to clarify his attitude." Liu Shande browsed deeply, put his hands together, gently ****** the palm of his hand, and while strolling in this spacious office, he said thoughtfully: "China Overseas Chemical has been seeking to invest in potassium fertilizer projects in China in recent years, but has never made a breakthrough. You also know that they wanted to put in the Xihai Project, but we did not agree at the time. This time I took the initiative to propose to them that they could have the conditions to agree to them in the second phase of the Xihai Project, but guess what Mr. Cui said?"

Chen Hanfeng's heart sank slightly and he shook his head.

"He said he needed to consider comprehensively. Humph, do you think there is a strange smell in the middle?" Liu Shande's face was gloomy. "I'm worried that if something really happens this time, it will probably happen to Zhonghai Chemical."

Fortresses are often broken from the inside, and problems often occur in weak links.

Chen Hanfeng thought for a while, "Mr. Liu, I'm afraid it's not enough to just look for Cui Tiande, but I have to look for them, Mr. Wang of China Overseas Group. I believe they all smelled the smell. The fertilizer industry is just an extremely subdivided field, but once a breakthrough is made here, the domino effect will be slowly spread in many fields. Humph, at that time, I'm afraid that there will be more bitter fruits from several of them, and I don't believe they can't see this."

"Well, what you said makes sense, I plan so, but this is not what I worry about." Liu Shande shook his head and sighed softly, "I am worried about it."

Chen Hanfeng was shocked, his eyes were like lightning, staring at his boss's face, "Mr. Liu, are you worried that there is a conclusion?"

"Well, Hanfeng, think about it, Zhao's surname is frequently remarked. It is said that Qilu also asked the State Council, but the State Council did not have a clear reply. Why did it not have a clear reply? This is very subtle." Liu Shande's eyes flashed, as if he was trying to figure out the taste of it. "This shows that the State Council does not know about this matter, but knows it, but is unwilling to make a clear statement. What are you waiting for? You are not waiting for Zhao Guodong to take back these views and attitudes himself?"

"Mr. Liu, maybe the State Council is understanding or listening to the opinions and attitudes of us state-owned enterprises?" Chen Hanfeng pondered.

"There are also such possibilities, but we should know our attitude without understanding it. Besides, the State Council has come to understand our opinions for so long? The SASAC has given some comforting words, but the SASAC is a coordination department. How much can it play?" Liu Shande breathed deeply, "I'm afraid that all of us will be futile. Maybe it's backfired. The central government may have considered it a long time ago, and now it's just waiting for the opportunity."

"It's not so pessimistic. Mr. Liu, the current system has been determined after years of exploration. At least for now, it has played a mainstay, ensuring the needs of production enterprises and ensuring agricultural production demands. Can't the central government see it?" Chen Hanfeng seemed to be convincing Liu Shande and comforting himself. "A sudden change of this mechanism may cause chaos in production and supply, which may cause huge losses to agriculture."

"Well, I hope that's the case. Hanfeng, you can go back and take a rest first, thank you for your hard work."

After seeing off Chen Hanfeng, who was worried, Liu Shande was not at ease and called Lu Wenbai: "Wenbai, I think your idea is right. This time the central government may really have to make up its mind. If it doesn't do it well, it will be piloted in the fertilizer market. We will do our best here, but we can't hold too much hope. We must hurry up and talk. Once the national policy becomes clear, maybe we will raise the price and wait for the price to be sold."
Chapter completed!