“Unlike the past, where the Ministry of Industry and Commerce only had nominal power, the current Ministry of Industry and Commerce is a comprehensive functional agency of the Chinese government that intervenes in the economy. To some extent, it is considered to be the general headquarters of the Chinese economy and Chinese companies, leading the economy.

With high growth, he is regarded as a representative of China's outstanding civil servants. He has extensive powers of review, recognition and administrative guidance, and is responsible for industrial policy with financing, budgetary subsidies and subsidies from the government's financial system as the main driving force. In addition,

In order to respond to trade, trade, and technological innovation, we engage in scientific and technological development-related work, and have broad authority such as licensing, energy policies, and small and medium-sized enterprise policies.”

The sixth issue of "China Economy" in December of the fourth year of the Republic of China

Unlike any ministry or bureau directly under the central government in China, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce does not have its own exclusive office building in Beijing. Although in the past six months, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce has developed into a huge department with 3,600 employees directly under the central government and more than 2,100 people in various provincial branches.

Even though it is no exaggeration to say that it is the largest department directly under the central government, this agency does not have its own "ministerial building".

The Industrial and Commercial Policy Bureau, the Trade Policy Bureau, the Trade and Economic Bureau, the Industrial Technology Environment Bureau, the Industrial and Commercial Information Bureau, the Heavy Industry Bureau, and the Consumer Goods Industry Bureau. As a Ministry of Industry and Commerce with six branches, because of its large number of employees, it is rented near the Prime Minister's Office.

Many private houses were purchased as office spaces, but the real core of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce is the Prime Minister's Office.

As we all know, since the establishment of the Li Cabinet, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce has not had a full-time director-general, and the director-general has been personally appointed by Li Zhiyuan. The Ministry of Industry and Commerce moved from the old office to the Prime Minister's Office two months later. It is located in the newly expanded basement of the Prime Minister's Office.

In the beginning, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, like any central department, had only a few hundred employees, and most of them were overstaffed. After all, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce wanted money but not money, and power but not power. It could be said that it was simply a Qingshui Yamen.

But after Li Zhiyuan personally became the director-general of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, everything changed. First, there was a drastic personnel reform. More than 200 civil servants, accounting for more than 60% of the total number of employees of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, were dismissed. Then a large number of newly promoted people worked on the Longhai Railway.

Company employees with work experience on the management board become civil servants of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce.

In the following months, for the first time, everyone saw the emergence of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce as a "powerful department". It first formulated a three-year industrial development outline for China, and at the same time began to use administrative powers to interfere in domestic industrial and commercial affairs.

At the very beginning, it used its "iron fist" to use its relationship with the financial sector, collect bank loans, ban business licenses and other means to eliminate and reorganize a group of enterprises, thereby establishing industrial and commercial authority. After the authority was established,

Begin to implement the industrial development outline in a planned and step-by-step manner.

As speculated by the outside world, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce will eventually use its set of "guidance" in Longhai to formulate China's industrial development policies. The core of this guidance is the Management Committee in Longhai, but it becomes the Central Committee

After half a year of development, no one would think that the Ministry of Industry and Commerce is an idle job with "no power and no money". In fact, in the past six months, it may be more accurate to say that this is the busiest department in China.

precise.

Just like in the past, when anyone enters the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, they will first be surprised by the density of the office. In the basement of the Prime Minister's Office, an office of only 256 square meters is packed with almost ten desks.

, there is almost no gap between desks. There are piles of documents and information neatly placed on each desk, and beside each desk, there is also an official sitting.

The salary of officials is more standard than that of primary school students.

Straight, perhaps this is the right word to describe them. They sit upright and their suits are straight. On the other side, there is only a two or three square meter space without desks. However, there are several officials standing there. They are standing

There was a loud debate there, but no one looked up to notice them. It was a discussion corner for officials' motions. Within the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, the vast majority of decisions were passed through democratic decision-making, and even the director could not force it.

Decide.….

Outside the door, Wu Ruozhu, who had a press card hanging on his chest, stood by the door with his head tilted. Hearing the controversy among the officials, he immediately became interested.

"Local protection like that must be abolished and his business license should be revoked! If his business license is not revoked, there will be no development in Tangjiazha."

Tangjiazha...

Most Chinese people are not unfamiliar with this term. In fact, many years ago, with the prosperity of Dasheng Cotton Mill, Tangjiazha became famous throughout the country. Now, as we all know, Tangjiazha is one of the best in China.

The cotton yarn base, Dasheng No. 1 Factory, Dasheng No. 2 Factory, Dasheng No. 3 Factory, and Dasheng Group are now the most well-known cotton yarn companies in China, but they are only limited to this. Apart from cotton yarn, there is nothing there. The reason is very simple, because the number one scholar

The public is very resistant to companies and industries other than Dasheng, even local investments in Nantong. They even work with the local government to squeeze the investment of other locals. This forces many locals to invest in other places.

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Looking at the "Textile Fiber Department" sign hanging on the house, and then contacting their words, Wu Ruozhu suddenly became interested. Are they planning to attack the Number One Scholar? Combined with the reputation of "the Ministry of Industry and Commerce is not afraid of anything", this

Wu Ruozhu's face looked a little excited. Many economic reporters like to spend time in the Ministry of Industry and Commerce. There are all kinds of big news here every day.

But Wu Ruozhu didn't expect that he would encounter such big news. You must know that Zhang Jian is a close friend of Li Zhiyuan, and the relationship between the two is quite close, but now these people from the Ministry of Industry and Commerce want to take action on Zhang Jian.

"It is unrealistic to revoke his license. Now Dasheng's spindles account for 15% of the country's yarn spindles. A sudden revocation of his license will definitely affect the cotton yarn market!"

"That's right, fiber product exports are now my country's second largest export material, and foreign exchange all refers to cotton cloth..."

"Cotton has long been outdated. Clothing and export of raw materials are just the lowest level of trade. If it were not for tariffs, it would not be able to be independent. The Ministry has long banned the export of raw materials. If you want to export, you should export clothing. In the United States, a shirt can be sold

3.5 US dollars, the profit of cotton cloth is less than 10% of that of shirts, but Dasheng runs his own weaving factory, but prohibits local people from investing in garment factories..."

"That is, when cotton is transported from Dasheng to Wuxi, the transportation costs will increase a lot. This is no longer a matter of the company. It is a matter of the country. It is a waste of national assets!"

"Compared with European garment factories, we have no advantage in garment exports. Last month, the country's garment exports were only more than two million yuan, and most of them were military orders from Russia and France.

It was purchased by the French based on the agreement between the two countries. The most practical thing is to have cloth in front of you..."

Wu Ruozhu, who was standing at the door, could clearly hear their arguments. They were arguing with each other. These radical and unceremonious arguments only made Wu Ruozhu feel an inexplicable shock outside the door.

Many times when he was in the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, he had the illusion that he was on a heavy-duty train. This train was constantly increasing its horsepower to pull the Chinese economy. This heavy, even somewhat defective freight train was moving forward.

"It doesn't matter, didn't we still have to import chemicals in the past? Now our chemicals are exported to the United States, Latin America, and India. In the past, they all used British, German, especially Indian. German chemicals are all

I haven’t penetrated the market there, but now you can’t even see British products in India…”

"Okay, don't forget that this is because of the European War! If it weren't for the European War, we wouldn't be able to capture the market at all!"

"What? God is worthy of his will, and where there is a will, there is a way! As long as you work hard, you will definitely succeed!"….

Listening to the "slogans" coming from the room, Wu Ruozhu did not want to laugh out loud. Where there is a will, there is a way. This is the creed of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce. At the first all-hands meeting of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce chaired by Li Zhiyuan, he said

He said, "Don't ask if you can do it, just ask if you try hard." That is to say, since then, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce has repeatedly solved problems that seemed difficult to solve.

"The simplest way is to use a low-price strategy to persuade the Ministry of Finance to agree to implement customs tax exemptions and national tax rebates for garment exports, and at the same time reduce production costs as much as possible. Our labor is already many times cheaper than that of the United States, whether it is Chinese or American

People always like high-quality and cheap things!”

"This is not the focus of our discussion today. The focus today is Dasheng. The military uniforms ordered by the Expeditionary Force in Wuxi now cost an average of 10 cents each. It is a waste of money! If all losses are taken into account, Dasheng's unreasonable and unreasonable behavior will give us a lot of money."

The country has caused losses of more than 1.5 million yuan. Such a company must be cracked down on!"

Finally, they finally returned to the topic, back to how to "teach" the Dasheng Group. Listening to the discussion, Wu Ruozhu started to write down some content in the interview book. At this time, no one stopped him.

In fact, for these officials, they have long been accustomed to using "public opinion" to achieve their goals without bloodshed. If it is a conversation that needs to be kept confidential, they will naturally go to the conference room to discuss it.

As for reporters like Wu Ruozhu, they also understand that these officials’ grandiose talks are, on the one hand, “sending news” to them, and at the same time, through them, they are also sending a signal to relevant companies, allowing those companies to make active choices.

Instead of waiting for them to come to your door first.

"Pa..."

Zhang Jian slammed the table, with a look of anger on his face. The front page news of today's "China Economic Times" was "Dasheng is arrogant to protect himself, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce wants to ban the license", and then the whole article was full of accusations against Dasheng.

"I have run so many businesses, why have I become so arbitrary?"

While speaking with dissatisfaction, Zhang Jian stood up and walked back and forth. At this moment, the eldest son Zhang Xiaoruo walked in with a panicked expression.

"Dad, there was a telegram from Lianyungang. Dasheng's stock price fell by more than three yuan as soon as it opened! It's still falling now!"

"What?"

Hearing that the stock price plummeted, Zhang Jian was suddenly shocked. The reason why Dasheng has been able to develop rapidly in the past two years is thanks to the financing in the stock market. The reason why Dasheng Factory 3, which is three times the size of Dasheng Factory 1 and 2, was established,

It relies on the nearly 10 million yuan in funds obtained after listing on the Lianyungang Stock Exchange.

Now that the stock price has plummeted, Zhang Jian suddenly realized the crisis. This must have been caused by this report. He had a certain understanding of those guys from the Ministry of Industry and Commerce. If they stung someone, they would not let the other person die.

The other side has lost a bite, just like two months ago when those foreign companies that controlled U.S. cotton imports tried to monopolize U.S. cotton imports, it was under the operation of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce that all yarn mills were prohibited from purchasing U.S. cotton from foreign companies, and at the same time, U.S. industry and commerce officials were stationed.

They directly went to the southern United States to sign contracts with cotton farmers to buy cotton, and also purchased cotton in large quantities from Egypt and other places. However, after a month, as many as 36 foreign companies lost all their money due to accumulating American cotton and had to close down.

In this process, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce was also merciless to those cotton mills that tried to "take advantage" and break the national consensus by contacting foreign businessmen privately, directly banning their business licenses and even blacklisting the business owners.

.Prohibit them from entering the industrial and commercial fields again.

According to the statement of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, "we will never accept any company destroying the Great Wall." Facts have proved that the decision of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce is correct. Now there are no profit-seeking US cotton imports, and the price is even lower than two months ago. And in

During that process, the tragic situation of more than a dozen yarn mills having their business licenses banned and forced to go bankrupt and liquidated still left a deep impression on Zhang Jian and other people from all walks of life. Because of this, he asked all factories to formulate plans to avoid

When faced with the "commodity guide price" of vicious overseas competition, all factories will be extremely obedient, fearing that the "export license" will be canceled...

As for Dasheng, even if the Ministry of Industry and Commerce does not revoke the business license, but only needs to ban the "cotton import license" and "yarn and cloth export license", Dasheng's stock price will immediately drop by 50%. The right to review and license, but

A sharp weapon in the hands of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, and its relationship with the financial world... After thinking for a moment, he quickly gave Zhang Xiaoruo instructions.

"Hurry, prepare the car. I'm going to see Zhiyuan!"

In the Prime Minister's Office of the Prime Minister's Office, cigar smoke filled the air. After Zhang and his son entered the office, Li Zicheng listened to Zhang Jian's "complaints" while smoking a cigar. From beginning to end, he just kept his ears open.

Listen there.

"...Prime Minister, from the time when Dasheng was founded to the present day, I have endured countless hardships and endured insults and ridicules for five years, but luckily I have not yet been defeated. You said, how can I be associated with people who are just trying to fight each other?"

For the sake of Nantong, this is the only way a college student can do it!"

Finally, after complaining for a while, Zhang Jian turned his attention to Li Zhiyuan. He was now the Prime Minister. Although he was a junior, he could still respect him.

"Nao Weng..."

Li Zicheng, who broke the silence, looked at Zhang Jian and said in as calm a tone as possible.

"Since Zhiweng suffered from strife in the beginning, why is he strife with other people now?"

After asking, when Zhang Jian was about to explain, Li Zicheng interrupted him and said.

"Two months ago, someone wanted to set up a rice factory in Nantong. Because Nantong's yarn industry is prosperous, with tens of thousands of spinners, 90% of the rice needed for the market is purchased from outside. If the rice factory is set up locally, transportation costs can be waived, but Dasheng ordered

The local government refused to grant the business license to the other party for various reasons.”

"Da Sheng, Dasheng is also preparing to set up a rice factory!"
To be continued...