Chapter 641 Make a choice
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Zhou Shuo fell silent, and all kinds of thoughts came one after another.@↙,w↓ww.2↖3wx.co¤m
To be honest, he has always been very awe of "power", especially in China, where the influence of "power" can be said to be everywhere.
From the beginning, he curled up in the small embroidery city, and later in the imperial capital, Bohai Province, in every project. Whether he was the district mayor, mayor, director of the provincial science and technology committee, secretary of the provincial party committee, or even Mr. Hu and Mr. Song, he was always cautiously asking for their support.
Only this time did he begin to use his power unscrupulously. He ruined He Xi's career with his own hands, and he could be said to have arranged the scene of going to Beijing to grab people.
He became entangled with four chief officials, and he received full support from the Academy of Sciences and the Academy of Engineering.
In this contest, he had already cast too many bargaining chips, and he no longer wanted to be satisfied with continuing to lie dormant under the shadow of "power".
Zhou Shuo gritted his teeth and said ruthlessly: "I don't know how much Director Lang knows about things, but as a Chinese company, Fanhan Group was banned by the US Congress. This fair country does not care about it, we want to take care of ourselves, but in the end, such a thing happened. Director Lang, if you were me, would you be disheartened?"
Director Lang was speechless for a moment and frowned slightly. Zhou Shuo's toughness was beyond his imagination. It seemed that he would not only catch Bai Lanxiong, but he would even get back the losses he suffered in the News Bureau and North American Department before?
"Mr. Zhou, you are irresponsible to yourself."
Director Lang seemed a little unhappy. Zhou Shuo's request seemed to be really provoking the organization. Killing people was just a head-on. He previously thought that Zhou Shuo would only want to take revenge on Director Jin at most, but who knew that he wanted to touch the News Bureau and the North American Department! Although the level of these two agencies was not high, they were only department-level departments, but this was the organization's organization after all.
The working style is a bit rough. Or fighting for rights for your own organization is not a big problem for Director Lang.
But if Zhou Shuo said this, it would be a major cleaning of these two institutions.
The News Bureau is likely to lose its authority over news, and the North American department and even the entire organization will face adjustments from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
This is a provocation for Director Lang and the vested interests of the entire bureaucratic system. After all, Director Jin has a very right saying: his own children can be beaten. Why should you touch others?
If it is due to internal power distribution, reform, competition, etc., it doesn’t matter if it is a matter of losing ten directors of Jin, the News Bureau or the North American Department.
If it was because of Zhou Shuo, this would be inappropriate.
But from Zhou Shuo's perspective, it is impossible to think like this. He gritted his teeth and said tactfully: "No, I am responsible for the country."
"Director Lang, you should know why the Panhan Group was banned by the US Congress. In fact, it is very simple to solve this problem. Panhan Group is listed in the United States. Or I change my American nationality and the Americans will remove the ban in minutes. But I am a Chinese, and I have chosen the most difficult path. I don't ask for help from countries that are not strong enough now, but..."
"But some people. They can't hold me back! They can't help and protect me. At least they can stand by and watch coldly. Just because I offended a little of their authority, I treat me as a vengeance. If you are me, can you swallow this? If there are such people in our civil servants, who will believe in the government in the future?"
Director Lang was silent again.
Power is arrogant. He vaguely remembers that he had heard an industrial party called Ma Qianzhu say that the country does not need the support of ordinary people. He does not care about their opposition, as long as they honestly supply GDP numbers.
He did not agree with this sentence very much, and he scoffed at this not-positive argument on weekdays. But it seemed that only when he really faced a choice, he would find out when he looked at his heart.
Regardless of whether this sentence is truth or not, it reveals the arrogance of power. Putting aside its barbarity and blood, it does at least cater to the arrogant mentality of many people in power.
Zhou Shuo's words put all this on the table. The United States is not a paradise. Zhou Shuo's failure to go to the United States to go public and not change his American nationality is not just a matter of patriotism. Of course, there are realistic considerations.
The US government may not have any interest in the Panhan Group, but the capitalists on Wall Street have already sharpened their knives. If Zhou Shuo changes his nationality, the US national departments will probably be very interested in cooperating with him. What's more, the foundation of the Panhan Group is in China, and the price of changing the family is too high. There is no need to hold the US imperialist ship and give up the big tree of China.
But the premise of all this is that those in power really regard the Panhan Group as their own.
Director Lang thought about it and thought, and said, "What Mr. Zhou said makes sense. The country's previous attitude towards the Panhan Group is indeed a bit disappointing. But the country also has its difficulties. There is a saying that I think Mr. Zhou must have heard of-"
Director Lang raised his head, looked at Zhou Shuo, and said sincerely: "Don't ask what the country has done for you, first ask what you have done for the country."
What has Fanhan Group done for the country? Tens of billions of exports, almost millions of jobs, high-tech research and development, and tens of billions of RMB of taxes...
But Zhou Shuo knew what Director Lang meant. Fanhan Group did not do well enough.
So what level is that good enough?
Protecting the trade friction between the Panhan Group and the United States is actually a cost issue for the country. Joining WTO is the general trend. As China's economic strength increases, it is like China returning to the United Nations. Isn't there such a saying, "Why is the United Nations without China called it?
When China's manufacturing burst out its energy, without China's wto, what is it called wto?
So, whether to support the Panhan Group is not an absolute political choice. It can be changed, but it seems that the Panhan Group obviously cannot pay the price.
Historically, China's export volume in 2000 was US$249.2 billion, and Fanhan Group only accounts for about 4% of it. Of course, this data is already quite amazing for a company.
But if it is a country's major politics, it may be insignificant. Perhaps this 4% will be lost just by delaying the wto negotiations.
It may add variables to the negotiations, and even lead to the price of negotiations in other industries. What if you lose money inside and outside?
From this perspective, it is right that the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economics is unwilling to stand out.
"In 2000, the real tax payment amount of Fanhan Group reached 50 billion yuan and the export amount reached 20 billion US dollars. Last year, China imported consumer electronics and consumer goods worth US$68.2 billion, and I promise to compress this number to below 50 billion this year."
Director Lang felt dizzy in his head and almost did not stand firm.
He is the director of Office X, and it can be said that he has a lot of accounts in his mind in the country. If you remember correctly, last year, Panhan Group issued 15.4 billion yuan in taxes and exported 8 billion US dollars.
Even so, this is already the best achievement in the domestic high-tech industry. Domestic tax payments have reached 50 billion yuan, which means that this year's turnover of Fanhan Group will reach about 300% of last year. The export volume will also double halfway.
The most important thing is that Zhou Shuo dares to say that China's imports of electronic products have been reduced to less than US$50 billion.
In Director Lang's mind, this is an impossible task.
Although this only lowered the import of electronic products last year by 10 billion US dollars, this is not the case. In 1999, China's total import of electronic products was US$57.7 billion, an increase of US$10.5 billion in one year later. In China, electronic products are the fastest-growing imported products.
If we want to reduce the amount back to 50 billion this year, we will need to replace the US electronic products imports of 20 to 30 billion US dollars. This figure is similar to the domestic tax growth of Fanhan Group.
Maybe this number from Zhou Shuobao is not a nonsense, but in Director Lang's mind, this is still a check that cannot be cashed.
"Fanhan Group has acquired the famous Asus company in Baodao, and has mastered the design and manufacturing technology of computer motherboards. At the same time, we have all shares in the famous American graphics card company 3dfx. Voodoo's new generation of 590 graphics cards have also been designed, and we are very confident to make a comeback. Similarly, three years ago, Fanhan Group has already made plans in memory and hard disk. Under the x86 system, we are currently unable to complete the localization of CPU."
"In addition, we have also accumulated in the CNC industry. After promotion this year, replacing 50% of foreign imports is just a conservative estimate. In addition, we have also accumulated considerable mobile phone technology. 100% of domestic mobile phone production is just the basis. I can ensure that the performance of domestic mobile phones completely surpasses imported mobile phones. As long as the country provides some support, I am confident that I can achieve this goal."
"Is this impossible?" Director Lang was stunned when he heard this. When could China completely produce its own desktop computer? This is really sci-fi.
To describe it in a word more than ten years later, Director Lang seemed to see a living "big chess party" in reality.
"No, maybe." Zhou Shuo pointed to Director Jin and said in a cold voice: "As long as he pays the price for everything he does! The Fanhan Group can bring hundreds of billions of wealth to the country, what about him? It's just a parasitic maggot! Director Lang, if he is the leader, how would he make a choice?"
Chapter completed!