Chapter 322 Singing and advancing
Only a few people know that the backbone of the country can only be such a large-scale heavy chemical enterprise. For at least 50 years, nuclear and hydropower stations can only be the best in infrastructure, far from being able to determine the fate of the country.
The media remains calm. In order to get the Haicang plan, Sucheng has made preparations for nearly three years, not to mention buying public opinion, but tens of millions of advertising fees are spent in large amounts of money every year. The unnecessary recruitment advertisements are published in several print media every quarter. Therefore, on the premise that the media does not deliberately pursue the eyeball effect, Dahua receives more blessings than derogatory.
But in mid-October, Dahua's words and deeds were still placed under the magnifying glass and carefully observed. Every sentence of Sucheng in public is also analyzed by experts.
The words of "Welcome Taiwan factory owners" have also received great attention.
The reason why the petrochemical base is called "base" is that it covers a wide range. In addition to the main business of oil refining and ethylene, the Haicang Project also includes a large number of midstream and downstream factories.
In the design of Formosa Plastics, they will invite many Taiwanese businessmen to invest in Haicang to build factories to make full use of the advantages of raw materials. It can be said that in terms of introducing foreign investment, Haicang plans not only have quality, but also have quantity, covering many industries.
The warm welcome from the mainland and the resolute prevention of the Taiwan side are all related to this.
Now, the plan of Formosa Plastics to build Haicang Base has been blocked, but Dahua invites Taiwanese factory owners to continue to come to Haicang to build a factory. This measure has naturally received a positive response from the mainland government. As for Taiwan, it can only be silent.
Su Cheng waited quietly for a few days. After finishing the preparation for receiving the Haicang plan, he personally supervised the work and asked the Dahua Public Relations Department to make a complete set of invitations, and then sent them to hundreds of well-known companies to invite them to participate in the groundbreaking ceremony of the Haicang Base at the end of October.
was chosen at the end of October to precede the completion ceremony of Gezhouba. If it is delayed until next month, the national leaders will probably not be interested in participating.
Of course, his real goal is not to lead.
On the day the invitation arrived, Wang Sheng took a detour to Hong Kong and found Suchong.
He said He Xi again with a smile, and then asked, "I heard that you are going to attract Taiwanese enterprises to Haicang?"
"Isn't this the plan to continue Formosa Plastics? Thank you for giving me more ideas to open up. Su Cheng was not sarcastic, and his tone was also very solemn, holding Wang Sheng tightly with both hands.
Wang Sheng naturally understood that Su Cheng was not actually thanking Formosa Plastics for his ideas, but for his phone call.
Formosa Plastics ranks first in Taiwan's petrochemical industry. Even Taiwan's CNOOC, which occupies the upper reaches, can only fight with Formosa Plastics in some aspects with the government background. It is precisely because of the status and capital of the leader of this industry that Formosa Plastics dares to say how many Taiwanese enterprises have been introduced in the Haicang Plan, including the downstream industry of ethylene.
As a "weak" Dahua industry, Sucheng can't cover all the downstream industries. What he can expect is only as many downstream enterprises as possible.
Even if you want to achieve such a goal, it is different whether there is the help of Formosa Plastics. Compared with Malaysia and Singapore to attract investment, it is much more likely to go to Taiwan to attract investment. This is not a country-specific thought, but a matter of reality.
Taiwan has more mountains and few plains, and factory land is very tight. By the early 1990s, the land price had exceeded the average price of industrial land in the United States, which was higher than that in Malaysia and other countries, and the cost of other related industrial chains was also rising. It can be said that in the first wave of industrial transfer in the 1990s, Taiwanese enterprises were the most willing to transfer.
This point can't be compared with Japanese and Korean enterprises. Formosa Plastics went to Haicang to build a factory, not because of how good Haicang is, but because the environment in Taiwan is really difficult to stand.
Although Su Cheng is unwilling to hook up with Formosa Plastics during the bidding period, once the bidding is over, he will be incomparable to need Formosa Plastics.
Wang Sheng understood, but it was not easy to promise. He laughed twice and said, "The Taiwan government will not agree."
"It is not necessarily a large and medium-sized platform, small and medium-sized Taiwanese enterprises, we also welcome it.
Everyone should have seen my invitations.
"It's all on TV, saying that you have ultergenuous intentions."
Su Cheng smiled happily and said, "That's not the effect I want. I asked for a lot of preferential policies from above. Basically, there are some preferential policies in the Haicang plan. When Taiwanese businessmen come, we can give them out.
Wang Sheng always spoke fast, and he smiled without thinking about it, "It should be that the Taiwanese businessmen are here. Only the discounts in the Haicang plan will be handed over to Dahua. Did you get 150,000 mu of land?
"10,000 mu of land. The remaining 5,000 mu will not be used by us until the 10,000 mu of land is used up. However, what I'm worried about is not about the land, it's really a problem of the industrial chain. We need a large number of small and medium-sized enterprises to come to Haicang to build factories and digest the ethylene produced in the future. I think these enterprises also have the impulse to reduce costs. Su Cheng stopped for a moment and asked, "Can Formosa Plastics coordinate in the center?"
Small and medium-sized Taiwanese enterprises, like most Chinese enterprises, are struggling to operate some low- and middle-end manufacturing industries at this time. The cost of raw materials and sensitivity are one of the factors that determine the life of the factory. It can be said that many factory owners will lose the right to continue to operate if they are not careful. Therefore, they are not left the right to choose politics now.
Whether to continue production in Taiwan or to migrate factories to the mainland is ultimately a realistic consideration. Taiwanese factory owners will not come to the mainland because of the positive attitude of the mainland. Only when the mainland's preferential policies and low-cost strategies work and prove that their cost performance exceeds that of Taiwan, Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam, will factory owners choose to migrate.
From the perspective of Sucheng's future life, it can be easily found that since the 1990s, as the basic conditions of the mainland have become closer and closer to the four dragons in Asia, more and more industries have been transferred to the mainland. The relocation of Taiwanese factories to the mainland has almost become a normal thing. However, since the world financial crisis in 2008, the operating costs of the mainland have increased year by year, and the increase of land and labor costs has forced many factories in Taiwan and South Korea to the mainland or emerging countries such as Vietnam. Even after the United States proposed subsidies, some factories have moved back to the United States for production.
The whole process is very smooth from a macro perspective. Investors are like cells without thinking, chasing the footsteps of money without any pause or hesitation.
Of course, investors themselves may have thought about it, but it is their thinking of chasing capital profits that creates market circulation.
Therefore, Sucheng also expects to use preferential policies and low costs to pull the capital cells back to Dahua's Haicang base. 10 or 20 years later, the Haicang base at that time was aging, and Dahua's capital accumulation was also increased. Naturally, there were many opportunities to discuss industrial transfer.
Wang Sheng called and was also authorized. He thought about it for a moment and said, "It's natural to coordinate with Formosa Plastics, but there must be a name."
"What name do you want?"
"Shareholders of Dahua Petrochemical Company. We are willing to invest 300 million US dollars to acquire 30% of the shares of Dahua Petrochemical Company, and jointly invest with Dahua Industry to operate the Haicang Base. Wang Sheng said this sentence quickly.
Dahua Petrochemical Company does not have even 300 million US dollars in assets. Although it has some technologies and patents under its name, it does not cost 300 million US dollars for better foreign technologies and patents to be sold at a clear and real price. What Formosa Plastics bought is equivalent to a shell company with Haicang Plan.
300 million US dollars to buy an opportunity, which is also a big deal.
Su Cheng was sluggish for a long time, and then he woke up. Wang Sheng was wronging himself. This is to advance and retreat. He immediately smiled and said, "Taiwan Plastics doesn't really want to buy Dahua Petrochemical, does it?" If you join the Haicang Base, can the Taiwan government give up? 30% of the shares may be worse than 100% of the shares.
Wang Sheng smiled and said, "How do you know if you don't try?"
"I heard that Formosa Plastics has always liked to do independent business. Let's take the big head, and Formosa Plastics takes 30%. Can Chairman Wang be satisfied?"
"Chairman Wang thinks this is also good."
Su Cheng laughed and said, "What you said is too false. Even if Chairman Wang agrees, he should be in the mentality of sacrifice. How can he feel good?
Wang Sheng was speechless and said, "You obviously don't want to sell it."
"I really don't want to sell it, but Formosa Plastics doesn't want to buy it. Let's talk about small and medium-sized Taiwanese enterprises. Do you think they are interested in coming to Haicang?
Wang Sheng skillfully transferred: "Now the six light plan is fiercely discussed on the island. If the time for your Haicang base to produce results is slower than the discussion of Liuqing, the local business owners are expected to wait and see Liuqing.
Su Cheng frowned and said, "Six light only has 450,000 tons of ethylene, is it enough?"
"Chairman Wang is ready to expand to 800,000 tons."
Su Cheng suddenly said, "What can I do?"
"Chairman Wang hopes that it would be great if Dahua Industry could help in the process of six light applications and construction. Once the six light will be completed, we also hope that Formosa Plastics and Dahua can communicate with each other. The Six Light Project and the Haicang Plan are duplicates. But for industrial ethylene, not to mention 800,000 tons, 2.8 million tons are not enough to use, and they still have to be imported from abroad.
However, the two petrochemical bases have a total of 1.5 million tons of ethylene, which can indeed affect Southeast Asia and even the Asian market. Establishing a tacit relationship is indeed conducive to maximizing the profits of both parties.
On the other hand, the construction of the Six Light Base will obviously be slower than that of Haicang Base. At that time, Dahua Industry will have an experienced team that has built 700,000 tons of ethylene projects. There is no doubt about the help of Formosa Plastics.
Wang Sheng's request did not exceed Su Cheng's expectations. He agreed: "No problem. I'll give you a promise."
Naturally, this kind of agreement cannot fall on paper, otherwise it will immediately be a trust accusation.
Wang Sheng nodded with satisfaction and said, "There is only one thing next. Dahua will complete the preliminary construction of Haicang Base as soon as possible. Only when you see a real factory will those business owners take great risks to come to Haicang to accompany you to build a factory.
Su Cheng nodded steadily. Compared with political choices, Chinese people are obviously better at creating engineering miracles.
... (To be continued