"Minister Wang, I'm here to see you." In the special ward of Ping'an Memorial Hospital, Huang Hanhua, Deputy Minister of Finance, Minister of Taxation, and Deputy Director of the State Administration of Precious Metals, put down the gift in his hand, sat gently in front of Wang Yan's bed, and said with a smile.

From Huang Hanhua's title, we can see that he is now the second leader of the East Coast Finance and Financial Notice, and he is highly dependent on the position and power. If we consider that the nominal leader Wang Yan is seriously ill and cannot take matters and have not had much time, Huang Hanhua is actually the de facto leader. Perhaps next year, he will be promoted by the Founder Parliament and become one of the nine members of the Executive Committee, officially replacing Wang Yan.

"Xiao Huang, I was very optimistic about you when I held the national tax reform conference in Wanghailou. Sure enough, you have done everything in your life and your business is booming, which makes me very relieved. I am over 80 years old, and I have seen everything in my life and enjoyed everything. I am tired and lonely. Many old brothers have taken the lead. They are happy, at least they don't have to be exhausted by such a big mess. I actually have no education. The best years have been contributed to such a wild place in Australia. I have fought and killed people all my life, and I have been in charge of finance and finance. The old brothers respect me, but I really

I can't hold on anymore. I often dream about the old brothers who left first called me to drink. I was so happy. I know I'm almost there, you don't have to be sad. People will always have this day. I have lived more than 80 in my life, which is a miracle. I am satisfied. I remember that not long after we landed in the past, several old brothers died one after another. One of them was hit in the chest by a lead bullet, and died in such a pain. From this perspective, I am much happier than them." Wang Yan sat upright with the help of the nurse, looking at Huang Hanhua, who was almost fifty years old, but in his eyes, he was still "little yellow".

"This country is our common cause. Life has been around for decades. I don't bring you life and die. Gold and silver wealth are not worth mentioning to me. The only thing I care about is whether the future of this country can be good, and whether anyone can remember me. I have heard of some things, and you are under great pressure, I understand. But some things cannot be done too much. Is it worth killing a chicken to get eggs for millions of dollars? Is it worth it? I don't care about anything now, I just care whether the career we created back then can continue well. Parliament

Some young people in the middle are whining, and they are ugly in their eating habits. You don’t have to worry about them. They think that I, Wang, lying on the hospital bed all day, can’t do it anymore, haha. When I finished the 100-person killing in Australia, they were still playing with mud. I really thought it would be a rebellion? It would be too much. I wrote a letter to a few retired brothers, so that they could shut up tomorrow. But I don’t want to do this. Many of the children were grown up because I watched them grow up, and some of them were still entrusted by my old brothers who had passed away to take care of me. I don’t want to do this."

"I just say, everything is appropriate, don't be too much, railways cannot be sold, banks cannot be sold, basic heavy industry cannot be sold, transportation cannot be sold, all undertakings involving national economy and people's livelihood and the vital interests of a large number of people cannot be sold. Others, such as textiles, fishing, construction, etc., you can do it, and I can't take care of it. In short, you have to grasp it well, the state-owned economy and the private economy must develop in parallel and not be neglected. Our ancestors knew two thousand years ago that balance is the king."

Wang Yan vaguely remembered that he had been in Italy in time and space. The new Prime Minister Prodi, who came to power in the late 1980s, wanted to sell state-owned enterprises, among which the famous Alfa Romeo Automobile Company was also among the most suitable takeover. The Agnelli family, which owns the Fiat Group, was undoubtedly the most suitable takeover, but they didn't want to buy it. The reason was that Agnelli believed that the state-owned economy and the private economy should develop in parallel and maintain a balance. The new Prime Minister was determined to sell, and the American Ford came to compete, so as to prevent the company from falling into the hands of foreign capital, the Agnelli family then bid $1.2 billion to win Alfa Romeo.

Wang Yan felt that the Agnelli family is really a wise and old family. They are rooted in Italy. Although they have assets in many parts of the world, they understand that Italy's future development is deeply tied to them. They can be said to be together with the country. They can curb their instinct to swallow delicious food at critical moments and look at a longer-term future.

At this point, Wang Yan felt that people in the East Coast should also learn. The little guys in the Founder Parliament should understand the good or bad of the country's development, which is the foundation for their existing wealth and privileges to be maintained. The country is like an ocean rich in fishery resources. Overfishing may bring huge wealth in front of you, but in the long run, it will only cause fishery resources to be exhausted. In the end, everyone will get nothing. On the contrary, social contradictions accumulate rapidly, people's dissatisfaction increases day by day, and revolution is right in front of you.

State-owned enterprises that are related to national economy and people's livelihood still need to be kept because this is an important tool for the government to make money. Without these, the government's financial strength will inevitably decline rapidly. So how can we promote technological progress, build infrastructure, popularize primary education, and improve medical and health levels? The above are important means to appease the people and eliminate dissatisfaction. None of these can be implemented without money!

Not to mention, in this world of great struggle, it is a critical moment when we need to concentrate our efforts on major tasks, quickly, efficiently and efficiently deploy our sites around the world, expand our power, and seek greater benefits for future generations. At this point, what does it mean to limit the government's financial resources? The Dutch East India Company does not rely on government investment, but how competitive are they? In order not to affect commercial income, the seventeen-member Commission of Amsterdam made peace with the UK and planned to give up part of the land and interests. If Batavia had not successively issued two governors who did not obey the orders of the parent company and insisted on going to war with the UK, their territory in the East Indies would probably be half the size now.

The colonial policies implemented by the East Coast Republic are different from those of other countries. They do not agree with the practice of small immigrating and mainly seizing economic benefits of the Dutch East India Company. They are more like a literal approach, that is, to truly immigrate to settle down and operate industries, and are accompanied by various inhumane atrocities against the indigenous people. To put it bluntly, this is opening up space for the people of their country to spread their genes, culture and other things. Compared with the Dutch, this colonial method is huge and the cost is extremely high.

There is no doubt that it is unrealistic to pay for this kind of cost by private individuals alone. It may be like the British North American colonies that have gone bankrupt. The colonization industry is progressing slowly. To increase the success rate and speed of colonization, the government can only pay huge advance costs. This requires the national finance to maintain an extremely high income level. Not only should the tax revenue be high, but it is best that the state-controlled public and public property income should also be high. Only by combining the two can the government's financial resources be maintained at a very high level. Otherwise, would you rely on additional taxes to maintain the current expansion rhythm? That is really too difficult.

"Minister Wang, I understand. What state-owned enterprises now need is more supervision, and at the same time improve work efficiency and reduce unnecessary waste, rather than simply selling it out. I was wondering whether to separate the audit department from the tax system and establish a separate auditing and supervision of these enterprises, and cooperate with the upcoming General Administration of Public Assets Management to audit and supervise these enterprises. Those with unqualified skills, those with deep yamen habits, and those who are trash will not renew their contracts after the contract expires, so as to purify the operating environment of these enterprises and better serve the national economy." Huang Hanhua instantly understood Wang Yan's idea and nodded immediately in agreement: "However, for some market competition, the benefits have emerged.

It is time for state-owned enterprises with great declines and even difficulties in operation to let go. As far as I know, with the rise of local small brick yards, small lime kilns and various logging farms, the benefits of state-owned building materials companies are no longer as good as before. It is better to take advantage of the fact that there is still some value and sell some shares to exchange for some funds to pay the bills at the Spanish. Well, I don’t mean to sell all of them, but sell some shares. The state still retains control, but it is necessary to implement modern company management, establish a board of directors, and let shareholders send personnel to participate in the company's daily management, so as to urge those men who have too many good days. After all, it is no longer the time to make money while lying down, and I hope they can be touched."

In fact, building materials companies are just a microcosm of state-owned enterprises that are now fully competitive in the industry. In the same situation as them, the famous state-owned department stores are also in the same position. With the great development of the East Coast transportation industry, the circulation speed of materials and personnel has increased greatly. In this case, the department store's original outlet advantages have been greatly diluted, and the local small stores with flexible operations have risen rapidly. Coupled with the strong competition of Sun Chunyang's South Carolina Stores, this company is also a bit of a downward trend, and the trend is very obvious.

Taking last year (1688) as an example, due to various factors including laying outlets, the operating costs of department stores were frighteningly high, but their operating income dropped rapidly, and their profits were greatly eroded. At the end of the year, their largest single source of profit was actually the dividends from the 25% stake in Sun Chunyang South Store, which was ridiculous.

With the preparation and establishment of the State Administration of Public Assets Management, after these 25% of the shares are divested, the profitability of the state-owned department store will further decline. At this time, we must make a decision, and it is necessary to introduce strategic investors. Otherwise, in the expected future, maybe ten or fifteen years, this old company will end up in a situation that no one wants to see. While it is still valuable and looks pretty glamorous, sell some of the shares out quickly!

"You can handle these at your discretion, and you don't need to report them to me. The country's development has entered a new stage, and what should happen will always happen. Some things cannot be stopped, and there is no way." Wang Yan nodded gently and praised.

After saying so many words, Wang Yan seemed to be a little tired, so he signaled the nurse to let him lie down and asked Huang Hanhua to go on his own. Huang Hanhua said a few more words of scenes, then left the ward and went to Ping'an Weaving Factory in the city center. He still had a lot of things to deal with.

On August 30, Huang Hanhua returned to Dongfang County, the capital, and reported the results of this period at a regular meeting of the Executive Committee. At the same time, he also expressed his own view on how to grasp the standard in the matter of selling state-owned enterprise shares to raise funds.

On September 2, Li Qing, the executive committee member in charge of diplomacy and foreign trade, summoned Pablo, the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Spain to the East Coast. During this meeting, Li Qing did not retain it, but gave the Spaniards an opinion on the east coast, that is, to buy out the central valley south of the Border River and the Pampa Plain east of the Yanbu Railway, at a price of one million yuan; to buy the Pampa Plain west of the Yanbu Railway, at a price of two million yuan; to buy the entire Chaco Plain, at a price of two million yuan. In addition, if the Spaniards are willing, the East Coast Republic also wants to rent the Central Valley north of the Border River and south of the Valdivia River, at a lease of one hundred years, with an annual rent of five million yuan, and can be paid in one lump sum of ten years.

To be honest, Hidalgo, from Valencia, was frightened by the good appetite of the East Coast people. He was stunned for half a minute without diplomacy, and then took out a handkerchief from his pocket to wipe his sweat. He didn't know what to say for a moment.

Li Qingshan gave him a cup of afternoon tea understandingly, and explained in detail the reasons for buying these lands on the East Coast (of course it was fabricated) and its positive significance for the Kingdom of Spain. He particularly pointed out that the Kingdom of Spain had a bad harvest last year, and the drought in southern Andalusia, Granada and other places has not been effectively alleviated since this year. The bad harvest for two consecutive years has basically emptied the grain stored in the church and government warehouses. If the drought still cannot be alleviated next year, many people will starve to death. Coincidentally, the East Coast has a bumper harvest of grain for two consecutive years, and all kinds of food in the warehouses have accumulated. If the Kingdom of Spain is willing, they can sell grain at a low price to the Iberian Peninsula, and sell as much as they can!

In addition, Li Qing also pointed out that as Louis XIV's army won consecutive victories in the German region, he would likely transfer the main force to the South Netherlands where he had coveted for many years and take these ten major financial provinces into his pocket. If the Spanish Kingdom does not want to avoid shame, it will have to rectify the army and fight to the death with the French. Fighting is always very expensive, and it is afraid that it will not be able to be taken down if there are hundreds of millions or tens of millions.

Ambassador Pablo absent-mindedly listened to Li Qing's reasons, but he was still thinking that the East Coast people had a big appetite and a lot of courage. Without Chaco and Pampa, the Buenos Aires trial court would no longer have the need to exist; without Chaco and Pampa, Paraguay could only contact the Chalkas trial court through the sheep path; without Chaco and Pampa, the silver ship would not be able to arrive in Seville from Santa Fe. Who will bear the consequences?

Pablo seemed to see a huge trap waiting for him to jump off. He was depressed and scared. He really didn't want to take the blame. He had been the ambassador for a few days and wanted to continue living in the flower world of the East Coast.

However, Pablo also knew very well that such important matters must be reported to his superiors and were decided by the Madrid court. Therefore, he just finished tea with Li Qing with an ugly face, expressed his opinions, and then stumbled away from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the East Coast and returned to the embassy to write a letter.

This is really a disaster!
Chapter completed!