Chapter 350 Old State-Owned Enterprises in Trouble

Although he is ready to conduct on-site research, he still needs to understand some situations before that. Otherwise, even if he knows some production-related technologies, he will definitely be blind when he goes there.

As the subject of inspection, Jiangcheng Heavy Machine Tool Factory will naturally not leave Chang Haonan and his party alone, and will definitely send someone to accompany and introduce them.

But if everyone just follows the other party's lead and just shows off, it's not a survey, but a trip.

Therefore, that night, Chang Haonan, who was staying in the guest house, asked Huai Guomo to get some relevant materials about Jiang Zhong.

What surprised him was that the information room sent over was only a stack of less than thirty centimeters.

"Is that all?"

Chang Haonan took it in his hand, looked over it over and over, and then confirmed it with the two data clerks.

Although it has only been around since the 1990s, it seems to be too thin for a factory with a few thousand employees.

"Yes, all the files you want related to production and operations from 1991 to the present are here."

One of the leaders nodded and handed him a folder and a pen, indicating that he had received the materials.

Chang Haonan, who wrote down his name, wanted to ask something more, but the other two were just ordinary clerks in charge of files, so I'm afraid they couldn't figure it out.

Fortunately, this problem did not bother him for too long.

The date of creation will be clearly marked on the cover of the file.

Most of them happened during the extremely intensive period from the end of 1996 to the beginning of 1997.

This is true including the earliest one from 1991.

Obviously, this is because Jiang Zhong is in the process of transforming from a local state-owned enterprise affiliated to Jiangcheng City to a subsidiary of the Ordnance Industry System, so only part of the files have been sent to the Science and Technology Commission for preservation, and more should still be in Jiangcheng local area.

As for why this is the case...

Chang Haonan opened the first file on the top.

Then, he was stunned.

"Holy shit, this balance sheet situation...is it serious?"

According to the information in the files, this Jiangcheng Heavy Machine Tool Factory is completely a hot potato for the Ordnance Industry Corporation!

Due to consecutive years of losses, the factory's total liabilities have even reached nearly 500 million yuan, while the company's net assets are less than one-fifth of this figure!

A big hole worth more than 400 million!

You must know that after 1993, in principle, companies will no longer be rescued through direct fiscal allocations. Therefore, if Jiang Chong is really completely transferred to the Ordnance Industry Corporation, then the latter will have to bear this huge debt. .

Even if the arms industry has made a relatively prosperous life relying on weapons exports in recent years, there is absolutely no way it can fill such a big hole easily.

Of course, this company's net assets do not include land.

However, the real estate industry, especially in the central region, has not yet been speculated. The value of land use rights has developed from the concept of 1995 to now, that is, renting out houses originally belonging to enterprises to open shopping malls and restaurants.

Due to the environmental characteristics of large state-owned enterprises, even if these commercial places are opened, the main consumers are company employees. However, under the wave of layoffs, these people have little spending power, so even if they are included, the situation will not be much better at all. go.

Because of this, the Ordnance Industry Corporation hesitated on this matter, and the ownership change was stuck.

The result is that Jiang Zhong's name is already on the company directory with the Science and Technology Commission, but in fact the other party has not actually been included in the management.

In this chaotic era, it’s not particularly outrageous.

But for Chang Haonan, who wanted to hand over the heavy-duty die forging press to Jiang Zhong, it was definitely not good news.

When Chang Haonan closed the last file, which was in 1996, the bright moon was already hanging high outside the window.

"You don't really want me to save this company..."

He rubbed his slightly swollen temples and couldn't help but think of a certain TV series he had watched several times before he was reborn.

People need to be self-aware. Chang Haonan knew that he was neither involved in office struggles nor in business operations, so he quickly put this idea out of his mind.

"We can only go over there and see. In this day and age, there is something to be said for being able to owe 500 million..."

Chang Haonan yawned and looked at the calendar next to him.

July 6th.

The day before the college entrance examination.

Although it was a little late, he thought for a moment and decided to call home.

According to Chang Haonan's own experience, it is impossible to go to bed so early the night before the college entrance examination.

The person who answered the phone was indeed Chang Jiayao.

Perhaps because of nervousness, her voice sounded a little different than usual.

Although I have passed both the physical examination and the political examination, I still have to exceed the key points in the cultural examination in order to complete the admission.

Judging from her previous mock exam results, although they met the requirements, they were not particularly safe.

On the phone, Chang Jiayao told many stories about the brother and sister when they were young. To be honest, Chang Haonan could not remember most of the details clearly, but he still managed to chat for a while.

Until Zhou Li's voice sounded in the background, telling Chang Jiayao to rest.

Even if you can't sleep, you should lie down and don't be too excited.

"Why is Jia Yao acting like an old lady today? She keeps talking to me about past things..."

Chang Haonan, who was finally relieved, complained to Zhou Li who had just picked up the phone.

It is not easy to recall things that happened more than forty years ago for him.

The latter sighed softly:

"Oh... Xiaonan, do you still remember that when Jia Yao was in junior high school, she had a classmate named Lin Yanping?"

"Uh... don't remember."

Just kidding, Chang Haonan can't even remember his junior high school classmates.

"There is a girl who has a good relationship with Jiayao and often comes to our house to play. She is tall and very beautiful."

When Zhou Li said this, Chang Haonan finally remembered something, but he couldn't match the person with the name.

"It seems that I have some impression...what's wrong?"

He was a little worried that Zhou Li was going to introduce him to his girlfriend again.

But this time it was obvious that something had gone wrong.

"Her family's conditions are average. After graduating from junior high school, she did not continue to go to school. She went to work in our local brewery. As a result, she was laid off and lost her job last month. Because of her short working experience, she did not receive much subsidy. The girl couldn't think about it the past two days. Just...he jumped into the river. Fortunately, a young man from your father's workplace passed by when he was off work and rescued him..."

A tragedy indeed.

Chang Haonan had never heard of this in his previous life.

However, similar situations are actually not uncommon in this era.

But one thing in Zhou Li's description made him a little concerned.

"Mom, I remember that the profitability of that brewery seems to be good, but how come they suddenly started to lay off workers?"

Chang Haonan said this because when he was on a business trip in Shengjing last year, he often saw this beer on display in stores.

For a county-level brewery, being able to sell its products to provincial capitals is definitely considered a prosperous business.

"I don't know this..."

Although gossip spreads quickly in a place like school, it is still relatively closed-off in nature. What's more, as a teacher, Zhou Li doesn't care much about such things.

"If you really want to know, you can wait until Dad comes back from his training in the city bureau and ask him. He especially likes to drink the beer from that factory."

Since his mother couldn't tell anything, Chang Haonan didn't continue to dwell on this matter:

"Okay, then mom, you should go to bed early. You have to accompany Jia Yao to take the exam tomorrow..."