Chapter 442 Propaganda War
After the Kodak investment agreement was officially signed, under the unified deployment of the Provincial Party Committee Propaganda Department, all media in Yan Province carried out overwhelming publicity. For a moment, Song Chaodu became a hot political star. Of course, in public, Song Chaodu did not forget to mention the strong support of the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government, and also mentioned Xia Xiang's name from time to time.
Xia Xiang had already conveyed the words about Ma Wanzheng to Song Chaodu. Song Chaodu just nodded lightly, without any expression. Xia Xiang didn't ask much.
At the same time, the provincial government reported the Ministry of Railways to the single city to the Ministry of Railways. The Ministry of Railways attached great importance to it and organized experts to conduct research and demonstration. Most experts agreed with the Tonghai Railway. Although some people proposed this plan to be too radical and cost too much, it greatly improved the image of Yan Province because of the successful precedent of Baoshi's introduction of huge amounts of foreign investment. Moreover, because Single City is one of the two pilot cities, it also adds extra weight in the minds of experts.
However, the Ministry of Railways' argumentation work has been delayed for a long time, and the construction of railways is a major event. It is estimated that there will be no result in less than a year or two.
After reporting to the provincial government in the last life, the provincial government alone delayed the registration to the Ministry of Railways for more than a year, and it delayed the implementation of the Ministry of Railways for nearly two years. Now the provincial government has almost no time to waste, and Xia Xiang also has reason to believe that as long as the industrial structure adjustment is continued in the next step, several large enterprises in the single city will be successfully reorganized, which will have a positive impact on the decision of the Ministry of Railways.
The cultural tourism project invested by Yan Xiao had broken ground. She was busy. She was not angry about Xia Xiang being taken as a student by Zou Ru, but she didn't think too much about it, and she was too busy. At the same time, the restructuring of other enterprises in single cities has officially begun. Due to the huge amount of foreign capital received by Baoshi, companies that were originally resistant to the restructuring have changed their negative attitudes and become proactive. Of course, it is also related to Ye Shisheng's high-profile support for the adjustment of the industrial structure at recent meetings. Secretary Ye's public statement has made some conservative forces in Yan Province become cautious and dare not make a first move.
Baoshi is now in a great situation. Compared with Dafu Group's huge investment of US$1.5 billion, Wanli Automobile Factory's 500 million yuan investment is also eye-catching, because after the joint venture agreement was signed, Wanli Automobile Factory quickly adjusted its strategy and is working hard to develop the cuv, preparing to launch it on the market in the near future.
Compared with the above two major companies, the 6 million yuan investment obtained by Maosheng Zhucai is not worth mentioning. No one even pays attention to Maosheng Zhucai after the restructuring. The strategy has gradually changed, and the product varieties have become more diverse. It no longer produces pickles, but has begun to enter the market of similar products such as noodle sauce. Non-bureau people cannot understand that only Maosheng Zhucai employees know that although Maosheng Zhucai has the smallest investment amount, Maosheng Zhucai has changed the most in a short period of time. The most obvious change is that the shipment volume after the packaging has increased by more than doubled in just one week, so that employees have to work overtime for 24 hours to continue to work in production.
All employees have a single mind. The investment of 6 million yuan is not much, but it brings not only funds, but also a broad market that has doubled several times. If this continues, within a year and a half, the production and sales of the entire factory will have to double several times. The doubling of production and sales brings a steady stream of income and an increasing market share. The insightful old employees all said privately that when a talented person comes, even if you only bring 6 million, it is actually equivalent to more than 30 million!
The further success of Dancheng and Baoshi, the radiation effect has become increasingly obvious. Many cities and cities have begun to ask the provincial party committee and government when the second batch of pilot cities can be applied for, but they were blocked by the provincial party committee and government on the grounds of waiting for notice. Although Ye Shisheng is very happy to join the second batch of pilot cities immediately, after receiving a call from Vice Premier He, he calmed down and decided to slow down again and again.
Vice Premier He's phone call came directly to Ye Shisheng's office after President Kodak finished his visit to Beijing.
"Shi Sheng, Kodak's work was very beautiful and successful, and it was also a specific manifestation of the strong leadership of the Yan Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government. However..." He Chendong's voice sounded unparalleled, but there was a force that made people irresistible. "What I have always believed in is not to celebrate the victory in the first battle, not to be self-admired, and not to be proud. The success of one or two enterprises in one or two pilot cities has a great chance of success. It is not a generalization. I think Yan Province's pace should be more stable. Wait and see, it is more stable to promote it to the whole province after at least seven or eight large and medium-sized enterprises in single cities and treasures have achieved certain results. Of course, it is just my personal opinion, and the specific decision is still in Yan Province..."
He Chendong was originally a firm supporter of real estate industrial structure adjustment. It was with his support that Yan Province began to adjust its industrial structure and had a leading group. Now the situation is very good. Why did he suddenly slow down Yan Province again? After consolidating the foundation of single cities and treasure cities, he would ask for a comprehensive promotion? Put down the phone, Ye Shisheng pondered a little and immediately smelled an unusual smell. The contradictions between the upper levels were concentrated. I am afraid that someone had strongly opposed the adjustment of the industrial structure!
Could it be that the country's policies and policies will be adjusted? It is impossible, and the general line of unswervingly adheres to the path of reform and opening up will not be shaken. If there are any changes, it may be a political struggle or a difference in governance philosophy that caused conflicts. With years of political experience, Ye Shisheng judged that the adjustment of the industrial structure will definitely continue, but there may be some small twists and turns in the middle. Vice Premier He's hint is to let Yan Province be lower-key so as not to be regarded as a target by the upper class.
Whether it is a textbook or a positive textbook, as long as it is given by the upper class, it is inevitable that it will be in the middle and face a dilemma.
After Ye Shisheng reacted, he immediately called Ma Xiao: "Comrade Ma Xiao, in the future, the news about industrial structure adjustment should be temporarily suppressed, and no longer publicize. The Propaganda Department issues a document to convey the spirit. All news about industrial structure adjustment, including matters of the leading group, are not allowed to be promoted and reported again."
Ye Shisheng didn't give Ma Xiao a chance to ask questions, so he hung up the phone directly. He was not very satisfied with Ma Xiao, and naturally did not believe Xia Xiang's so-called encounter with a journalist. Although he was angry with Xia Xiang on the surface, he also felt that Ma Xiao was causing trouble first and did things a little too much. As for Gu Zeng's transfer to the deputy president of Huaxin News Agency's Yan Provincial Branch, although he didn't know who was trying his best behind his back, he also understood that it was obvious that he was deliberately embarrassing Ma Xiao.
Shortly after Ma Xiao took office, he had to work hard and made several things, which were not good signs. Yan Province has always been stable in publicity. Ma Xiao wanted to change the status quo on purpose, and also wanted to see if the political climate of Yan Province allowed it, and even if he, the top leader, agreed.
Ye Shisheng also knew the origin of Ma Xiao, so he was very dissatisfied with Ma Xiao's lack of respect for him.
After thinking about Ma Xiao's affairs, Ye Shisheng suddenly remembered Xia Xiang and felt that it was necessary to solemnly explain Xia Xiang that he must be cautious in his words and deeds in recent times and never cause any incidents of encountering reporters. Thinking of Xia Xiang's funnyness, Ye Shisheng shook his head and smiled. He remembered that Xia Xiang was sometimes honest and sometimes stared at him and said lies, and he was also a little sloppy.
Ye Shisheng also had more favors and expectations for Xia Xiang because of Cheng Dacai and his successful negotiations with Kodak under his leadership.
A moment later, the secretary Ma Qiu replied to Ye Shisheng, saying that Xia wanted to go to the capital and wanted to worship Zou Ru as his teacher.
Ye Shisheng waved his hand and asked Ma Qiu to leave without thinking deeply. Zou Ru is a famous economist, and it is also a good thing for Xia Xiang to become his student. Unexpectedly, Xia Xiang has a wide connection, and even Zou Ru was alarmed, which surprised him slightly.
What Ye Shisheng didn't expect was that when he went to the capital this time, Xia Xiang not only alarmed Zou Ru and Yi Xiangshi, but also alarmed He Chendong and Vice Premier He!
What Xia Xiang didn't expect was that as soon as he arrived in the capital, he encountered an unexpected event.
Xia Xiang was very familiar with Beijing. On the way to the Academy of Social Sciences, he encountered a traffic jam and took a detour. Unexpectedly, the traffic jam was also blocked by traffic jams on the road. He had no choice but to move forward slowly and walk to a newsstand. Suddenly, he got off the car and bought a newspaper, which was the National Daily.
Xia Xiang picked up the newspaper and took a look, then immediately held his breath.
The National Daily published an article signed by "Cheng Xixue", titled "The Pros and Cons of the Adjustment of Industrial Structure in the Third Question". Although the article was not posted on the front page, it was also posted on the second page very prominently, and it was also covered with red titles! Xia Xiang only looked at the title, and before he could read the content of the article, he suddenly felt a sense of air conditioning behind him, and a thought came out subconsciously: the country's conservative forces are building momentum!
Xia Xiang hurried back to the car, calmed down, and read the article word by word. After reading it, he closed his eyes and leaned on the back of the chair, motionless. After a while, he shook his head and smiled slightly, and said to himself: "Cheng Xixue is known as the master of economics today, but unfortunately, his vision is nothing more than that."
The sentences in the article are sharp and the views are very radical, which is to claim that industrial structure adjustments are more harmful than beneficial. First, it is easy to cause the loss of state-owned assets, second, it is easy to breed corruption, and third, when joint ventures with foreign giants, domestic companies on the weak side can easily become vassals of multinational companies, and are actually exchanging short-term interests for long-term losses.
Cheng Xi learned to use passionate sentences to list the corruption cases caused by the industrial structure adjustment of several domestic provinces, as well as the former state-owned brands not only became vassals of multinational companies after the joint venture, but even their own brands were hidden. On the surface, it did introduce hundreds of millions or even billions of foreign capital at that time, but a few years later, the seemingly profitable joint venture at that time was actually equivalent to digging a grave. The brands that have been hard-working for more than ten years were destroyed, while the sales channels that have been hard-working for more than ten years were easily owned by multinational companies.
It has to be said that Cheng Xixue has a very sharp vision and has some debats. He has indeed pointed out the various drawbacks in the adjustment of industrial structure and has also played a warning role in criticizing current problems. However, there are also biases in generalizing, only looking at shortcomings and not talking about advantages. Indeed, industrial structure adjustment has indeed caused the loss of domestic assets and the disappearance of private brands. However, if a company is not put into the market tide and fight against the storm, it is not a real market economy. As long as you want to become bigger and stronger, you must have the confidence and ability to withstand the test of the market.
However, in the process of introducing it to the market, some companies must be eliminated due to their own reasons, and many original well-known brands slowly disappeared. Although there are many human factors, it is also the inevitable result of market choice. Yan Province's once famous watch factories and TV factories have now gone bankrupt. The brands that once disappeared in China include Xiangxuehai refrigerators, Feige bicycles, Shuangou washing machines, etc. Of course, the explosive brand that has no confidence and no foundation like Qin Chi is not worth mentioning. Breakdown is inevitable, and it is abnormal not to go bankrupt.
The choice of the market is a process of survival of the fittest. Whether it is a joint venture or a non-joint venture, there will always be old brands falling down and new brands resurrecting, and blame everything on industrial structure adjustment and foreign investment. It is too conservative to say that it is to say that it is too serious, and it is to pick bones in the egg - it is easy to find trouble. Xia thought clearly that Cheng Xixue, as a representative figure of domestic economists, is respected as a master by some people. His theory is deeply appreciated by many senior officials in the capital. Generally speaking, senior scholars are not ordinary scholars, and they are economic advisers to the Central Committee and the State Council. Their remarks, especially in big newspapers like the National Daily, are an extremely strong political signal!
It is a public challenge to emerging forces!
Fortunately, Xia Xiang read the article again, and the article did not mention the industrial structure adjustment of Yan Province. Otherwise, as long as the name of Yan Province was found, Ye Shisheng would be greatly shocked, and perhaps he would change from public support to ambiguous attitude, and even slow down his pace of progress. Ye Shisheng was fundamentally still a conservative personality. As the secretary of the provincial party committee, he was very sensitive to the shift of political trends and did not dare to relax a little.
But even so, Xia Xiang believed that Ye Shisheng would hesitate for a long time after seeing this article. Of course, Xia Xiang didn't know that Ye Shisheng had received a call from Vice Premier He in advance and was somewhat mentally prepared.
The domestic propaganda camp is very obvious, and several major national media belong to several forces. Xia Xiang thought about it, then got off the car and bought a youth newspaper and an economic daily newspaper. He looked through it carefully and found that there was no abnormal voice on it, as calm as ever.
It is probably not known in advance that a national daily would have an objection article. I believe that it will take less than two or three days for Youth Daily and Economic Daily to react. However, at this time, Yi Xiangshi and He Chendong should have seen the article, and maybe they are already discussing countermeasures.
When I drove to the Academy of Social Sciences, Xia Xiang was already an hour late. He was late for the first time when he saw Zou Ru. I heard that Zou Ru had a bad temper and might be scolded.
Xia Xiang came to Zou Ru's office door, calmed down his nervousness slightly, and knocked on the door gently.
After knocking three times, no one responded, but it was obvious that someone was walking inside, so Xia Xiang had to knock again.
After knocking three more times, no one spoke. Xia Xiang wondered, it was Zou Ru who was angry and deliberately refused to let him in. In desperation, he had to knock again.
As soon as I knocked, I heard an impatient voice from inside: "I have knocked seven times, and you can hear the sound inside outside, which proves that there is someone inside. If you really have something to do, just push the door in. If there is nothing important, just walk away... Do you understand?"
He really didn't understand such rules. Xia Xiang shook his head and smiled. There were strange rules, so there was no need to be serious with him... He pushed the door and went in. He saw Zou Ru holding a newspaper in his forehand, wandering around the room with an anxious look on his face.
When Zou Ru saw Xia Xiang coming in, although she didn't know who he was, because she was depressed and had something to say, she handed the newspaper to Xia Xiang and said, "Come and take a look, come and take a look. Cheng Xi was a master of learning and talked lies with her eyes open. She was really blinded and could not see the forest! I really want to question him in person, where is his conscience? Where is his teacher's ethics? Where is justice?"
Xia Xiang didn't need to read it to know that Zou Ru was talking about an article published by Cheng Xixue in the National Daily. He took the newspaper and said, "Don't be angry, Mr. Zou published this article from an academic perspective, and he also said at the end of the article that those with different opinions can argue with him. Besides, Mr. Cheng, as a senior economist, knows the pros and cons of industrial structure adjustment. The reason why he published biased articles is because of his different positions. In China, there have never been independent economists. Real estate has spokespersons, wine industry has spokespersons, and even some health products that have no fitness effect at all. Some experts also jump out and jump to shout for them, which are all driven by interests."
Zou Ru nodded in agreement: "You are right, moral degradation and lack of people's hearts is really sad. I will write an article now to refute Cheng Xixue's views and not let him speak out loud or mislead the people."
"In fact, things have to be viewed from two aspects. Now many experts and professors have come out to endorse interest groups. One is because of their own interests, and the other is because of the lack of faith in the people, so it is easy to trust the so-called experts and professors. But everything will turn back. After a series of pains, when the people are awake, society will become more mature and more tolerant, which is also an inevitable progress."
Chapter completed!