Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 2364 Float Parade ([-])

On January 1699, 1, there was light rain in Yanqing County, Beining area.

In the guest house of Yanqing County, an entrepreneur meeting organized by the regional administrative office was going on. Shao Yaoguang, the head of the executive committee who had just paraded to Yanqing County with a float, presided over the meeting in person.

Because the Great Northern Railway has reached Juyong Township in Yanqing County, basically the whole county has been connected by this railway, which has brought a different kind of vitality to the local economy.The Beining District Administrative Office took advantage of the heat and simply invited the heads of local enterprises above a certain scale to hold a meeting in Yanqing County to discuss strategies for future development.As the current head of state, Shao Yaoguang naturally attended this meeting as his duty.

"To be fair, the entrepreneurs on our east bank are very good. They have a strong sense of social responsibility. They donate money and materials every time there is a natural disaster. They are very enthusiastic, and they rarely squeeze workers because of profits." Shao Yaoguang gave a speech to the companies present Everyone put on a high hat and praised some of the more positive things the business owners have done.

Of course, this does not mean how much he approves of these entrepreneurs.In fact, as the leader of more than a dozen most powerful families in the country, he has always been very wary of these entrepreneurs from the bottom.According to one of his aides, it is: "...There are very few people who are endlessly pursuing wealth just for wealth itself. Why are all beings in this world so busy? It is our sense of honor that drives us, People do not take wealth as the ultimate goal, but the pursuit of social status based on wealth.Wealth and social status mean being able to obtain a quality of life, exert their influence at the national and local levels, and even pursue politics Rights. The more industrialized a country is, the more pronounced it becomes."

It's very simple. The members of the Founders' Council are not merchants, and their families are not pure merchant families, or their political attributes are obviously stronger than their merchant attributes.They control a large part of their wealth through the various investment funds and asset management companies that emerged after the split of the original East Coast Company. They are wary of the newly emerging business class and are afraid that they will share their political rights. Trying to counteract its influence, and at the same time begin to divide and disintegrate, making it unpopular-such as marrying outstanding talents, such as participating in the companies they created, etc.-but in general, the "old aristocracy" is very important to the "new aristocracy" The vague hostility still exists objectively.

However, although the situation is such a situation, it cannot be said that way.In public, Shao Yaoguang still praised them a lot. He praised them for providing tax revenue for the government, creating jobs for the people, and introducing gold and silver for the country.

"Many of you here are engaged in railway business. Some people or their companies are constantly researching technology and developing equipment for more efficient, safer and more comfortable railway travel, and they also hold There are many patents, which is very good." Shao Yaoguang continued: "I say this not to praise you twice, but to say a truth, that is, professional knowledge, keen vision and management innovation are a The qualities necessary for a good entrepreneur are also one of the main reasons for making a company bigger and stronger, and I hope everyone can work hard in this direction.”

To be honest, Shao Yaoguang's expectations were a bit high.In the East Coast Republic, there are certainly entrepreneurs who have the above-mentioned qualities and manage their businesses very well, becoming dazzling stars and guests of local government officials.However, the vast majority of entrepreneurs are not talented, and rely more on diligence, patience and meticulousness to make the company bigger bit by bit.

Take the railway industry as an example. Someone once rose rapidly because of the invention of a new type of efficient and reliable steel shock absorber. This gentleman is also quite business-minded, and soon became the exclusive supplier of the railway system. The enterprise has also jumped from a mere seven or eight people to a large enterprise employing [-] workers.This kind of situation is actually what Shao Yaoguang said just now, "has a keen eye" and found that the original shock absorber is not good enough, and then has "professional knowledge" to know how to carry out research and development, and finally "management innovation" ", quickly make the enterprise bigger and stronger through the partnership system.This kind of entrepreneurial quality is indeed not comparable to ordinary people, and it can even be said that most people cannot have both.

The vast majority of entrepreneurs on the East Coast, also taking the railway system as an example, the products produced by most enterprises serve the specific purposes specified in advance, that is, they produce customized products with certain specifications according to the needs of customers, and they are suppliers in a nutshell.They are content to recruit workers, gather metal, wood, leather and other raw materials together, process them into various parts, and earn a fixed profit.There is basically no innovation—well, how to reduce costs and squeeze workers better is considered management innovation—but this kind of enterprise also has positive significance, it can solve employment problems, pay taxes, and create wealth, although it is not as good as The former is so radiant.

Therefore, Shao Yaoguang's requirement is quite high, which is the requirement of an outstanding entrepreneur, not an ordinary entrepreneur.But as a national leader, there is nothing wrong with making such demands on entrepreneurs.I hope you can reach this level, it doesn’t matter if you can’t, just try your best.Enterprises are an important cornerstone of the modern society of the East Coast, a major producer of wealth, and an important builder of social relations. Naturally, the requirements for those at the helm should not be too low.

The East Coast government has also organized many entrepreneurial trainings, that is, conducting a thorough investigation of the leaders of representative enterprises in various places, and then helping them broaden their horizons, increase their professional knowledge reserves, and make suggestions for enterprise management and even the cultivation of successors. Opinions, in short, help a lot.At this time, we can actually see the contradictory attitudes of the upper echelons towards these entrepreneurs who are rising from the bottom. It's outrageous, it keeps making circles in the same place, unable to become bigger and stronger, and cannot create more wealth for the country. In short, it is quite fine.

But when it comes to the issue of the successor of the enterprise, the east bank has been established for 60 years, and it has almost reached the level of concentrated explosion.Many private companies on the east coast have now been passed down to the third generation.These businesses are often founded by the hard work and ingenuity of grandparents who are no longer alive.My father's generation took over such a relatively stable enterprise and started a new journey with relatively greater ambitions, and indeed pushed the company's business to a new level, with all kinds of reluctance, regret, excitement and other emotions , They will also reach the age of retirement, and many of them have even passed away.Now, it's time for the third generation to take over!

The third generation grew up in a wealthy environment, bored with monotonous business operations, excited and longing for an idyllic or luxurious life.Many of them have no intention of entering the business field, or even if they enter, they will not operate well, which has caused certain crises to the enterprise.

Because the country has been established for 60 years, the East Coast Ministry of Industry and Commerce has discovered more and more such cases in recent years.They did some research and found that most of the third-generation heirs of such enterprises chose to entrust the operation of the enterprise to a team of managers, that is, they separated the ownership and management rights of the enterprise, but the final results were often not very good.Because the managers they trust are often from the accounting or financial department, rather than promoted from the production workshop or sales department, the company pays more attention to short-term profits, and the business is shrinking in the long run.

This situation made the officials of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce feel a little uneasy, and at the same time the employees of those enterprises or the local people were also very uneasy.Some people are even a little angry, because these enterprises are no longer just symbols of money-making machines in the local area, but have been endowed with more connotations and are closely related to local interests, so any fluctuations in operating conditions will be transmitted to the social level ——Enterprises should emphasize social responsibility. While making profits for business owners, they must also seek benefits for local ordinary people.

The Ministry of Industry and Commerce also studied some successful cases of third-generation handover.Take the Haidiao Watch Factory, Haidiao Musical Instrument Factory, and Haidiao Precision Instrument Factory controlled by the well-known Mo family in China as examples. Mo Xingye, the second-generation head of the company, brought in a large number of internal workers when he was about to retire. and external shareholders, including internal management and even employees (such as skilled watchmakers, talented marketers, etc.), as well as downstream distributors (swap shares with others), because he found that several of his children seem to be They don't have much talent in business. In order to prevent the company from eventually falling into the hands of the administrator of the bankruptcy case of the Industrial and Commercial Bureau, it is best to introduce some external talents, even if they give up some of the company's equity.

This kind of behavior of reorganizing into a joint-stock company and continuing the family's interests as much as possible is more reliable to be honest, and it makes everyone the happiest.Because the company is still there, it has not closed down, it is not closed, it is operating normally, and it is still earning profits for shareholders and at the same time assuming its own social responsibilities, which can be described as a win-win situation.

Moreover, Mo Xingye also set up a back door for his family, that is, the voting rights of the shares in the hands of their family are relatively large.This ensures that even if their family loses the majority stake in the company in the future, the actual control of the company will be in their own hands.Although they probably don't usually exercise this voting right, but choose to trust their partners, but after all, they keep their backs. What if there are talents in the future family?

Enterprises are the most basic part of an industrialized society like the East Coast.Its success or failure, in fact, also determines the success or failure of the East Bank, there is no doubt about it.

(End of this chapter)