Shen Hua currently has the municipal steel plant as its goal to surpass.

  Mei Creek Steel Plant needs to develop and requires a large number of professional talents.

  Although Shen Hua attaches great importance to the training of internal employees, the foundation of Meixi Steel Plant is too weak. To completely rely on its own cultivation, it needs a fairly long cycle to accumulate enough to meet the expansion demand he plans.

  Shen Hua poached people from the municipal steel plant, never being stingy: those with a junior college degree or above and who had obtained the title of assistant engineer at the municipal steel plant would have their salary and benefits doubled if they came to Mei Xi; core members with intermediate titles would have their salary and benefits tripled.

  Although the municipal steel plant is a state-owned enterprise and an iron rice bowl, it has been inefficient in recent years. Zhao Dong and other key members of the plant only earn 400-500 yuan per month in salary. They have no hope of getting married or allocated housing, so they naturally have the idea that "trees die when they are moved, but people come alive when they move".

  Shen Huai didn't care that Meixi Steel Factory was currently overstaffed, as long as the city steel factory's employees were willing to come over and truly had talent, he wouldn't refuse to accept them.

  Even due to the high labor costs, the monthly profit level of Meixi Steel Factory has decreased somewhat after the year, and Shen Hua is not stingy. The corresponding benefit is that the technical strength of Meixi Steel Factory has become strong overnight. After grinding, it not only further improves the production management level of Meixi Steel Factory but also makes good personnel and technical reserves for future expansion.

  Shen Huai said indifferently, "Two days ago, Gu Tong was at the Ying Huang International, and he wanted to scold me in front of everyone. I didn't care about him, what could he do to me?"

  Yang Haipeng shook his head and smiled:

  Within half a year, with Zhao Dong, Xu Wen Dao and Pan Cheng as the leaders, nearly one-fifth of the backbone of the municipal steel plant jumped to Mei Xi Steel Plant. At that time, those who had the courage to jump out not only had confidence in their own level but also had great ambition and were full of energy and momentum. They can be said to be the most high-quality talents accumulated by the municipal steel plant over a long period of time.

  The trend of brain drain, and they simply don't have the ability to stop it.

  Also because of the presence of Meixi Steel Factory, it has become difficult for Gu Tong and others to suppress the workers of the municipal steel factory, and they even have to change their attitude and adopt a soothing policy towards some capable backbone personnel to slow down the speed of brain drain. After all, the production of the municipal steel factory still needs to be maintained, and the backbone is still the core force organizing production, which cannot be absent.

  Even if Gu Tong was driven to distraction, anyone with a good temper would find it hard to remain calm when seeing Shen Huai. But thinking about Shen Huai's personality, he didn't even give face to Gao Tianhe, so why should he be afraid of Gu Tong?

  Yang Haipeng used to be in the municipal steel factory and couldn't stand the suffocating atmosphere, so he had a fight with Gu Tong and smashed his own iron rice bowl to jump out and start his own business. He would rather have Mei Creek Steel Factory, under Shen Huai's leadership, thoroughly suppress the municipal steel factory, and then see what Gu Tong and others would do.

  Yang Haipeng asked Shen Huai: "In your plan, how many years do you intend to take down the municipal steel plant? Or simply merge with the municipal steel plant?"

  "Will the municipal steel plant be merged?" Shen Hua shook his head and said, "This possibility is not great, but if the municipal steel plant still doesn't get its act together, surpassing it won't be too difficult a goal..."

  Yang Haipeng thought to himself: Meixi Steel Plant merging with Municipal Steel Plant, this involves the municipal government's face and corresponding administrative level issues, and Tan Qiping would not be able to strongly support him in taking over Municipal Steel Plant at this time. However, Municipal Steel Plant's annual steel output is only 600,000 tons, if Meixi Steel Plant's mid-year expansion plan can be implemented smoothly, it will almost reach one-third of Municipal Steel Plant's production capacity.

  Next year, the cargo terminal will be completed, and the channel for the transportation of raw materials and steel products will be opened, and Meixi Steel Plant will further break through the development bottleneck.

  Yang Haipeng's understanding of the steel industry and his own professional level are very high, not inferior to Zhao Dong and others. His influence on the development of Meixi Steel Plant is more confident than He Qing She and others.

  The city steel plant has 7,000 to 8,000 employees, and there are also thousands of people with a college education or above. When Xiong Wenbin chose Zhao Dong, Yang Haipeng and others for key training, they naturally had their own strengths.

  It is precisely because of this that Yang Haipeng can understand Shen Hua's ambition and stand firmly on his side.

  "Right," Shen Huan suddenly remembered something and asked Yang Haipeng, "Have you found out about Dai Lesheng's son?"

  "What about Dai Yi? I've asked around, it's just a shell company. The scrap steel he sells to the municipal steel factory is actually furnace materials transferred from Huaihai Steel, and he makes a profit by taking advantage of the price difference without even providing his own transportation...” said Yang Haipeng.

  "In the morning, there's a father who's good at making money. Give him two sides to turn over, and easily, several hundred million or tens of millions will fall into his pocket." Shen Huai couldn't help but smile wryly.

  He met Dai Yi, the son of Dai Lesheng, the head of the provincial party committee's organization department, at Yingwang International two days ago. When Yang Haipeng said this, Shen Huai also knew that Dai Yi was here to make money, with no real power in his hands, and was essentially a blood-sucking parasite relying on his father's official position. People like him would become insignificant as soon as their fathers lost power.

  Although this person is hateful, they won't pose too great a threat, so Shen Huan can rest easy.

  As for Gao Tianhe's deal with the city steel factory in exchange for Dai Lesheng's political support, Shen Huai was already able to view these things calmly.

  "Zhao Dong just mentioned on the phone that the equity restructuring has been approved by the town party and government meeting," Yang Haipeng asked, "I've been thinking about it, and it's going to be tough to get past the municipal level. If I hadn't stepped in to talk to Old Bear?"

  Compared to the town officials, Shen Hua trusted Yang Haipeng and Chu Yiliang more. Even when the reform plan was still strictly confidential, he had already discussed these matters with Chu Yiliang and Yang Haipeng.

  Yang Haipeng knew that Shen Hua had already given Tan Qiping a divorce, and Mei Xi Steel Plant was going to undergo equity restructuring. Such a sensitive matter made him worry that without Tan Qiping's strong support, it would be difficult to get past the municipal government.

  He knew that Xiong Wenbin had a great influence on Tan Qiping and thought of going to work on Xiong Wenbin.

  "Don't let Lao Xiong be caught in the middle and suffer." Shen Huai shook his head, not letting Yang Haipeng do Xiong Wenbin's job.

  To be honest, Shen Hua was more worried that Xiong Wenbin, who had become cautious at this time, did not have the courage to support their shareholding reform, and would only make everyone even more unhappy.

  Shen Huai said: "Gao Tianhe has established a connection with Dai Lesheng, the head of the provincial party committee's organization department. The situation in the city will become more subtle, and there may be undercurrents, but on the surface, I think everyone will avoid another intense struggle..."

  Yang Haipeng nodded and said, "Gao Tianhe probably won't have the idea of squeezing out Tang Secretary from Donghua, but rather wants to ensure that his interests are not lost, so there is a possibility of active compromise. The reform of Meixi Steel Plant ultimately requires Gao Tianhe's approval, which can reveal Gao Tianhe's attitude..."

  At this time, the mobile phone in Shen Hua's pocket rang. Seeing that it was Sun Ya Lin's call, he answered and said: "It's still early for dinner, why are you calling so anxiously?"

  "Auntie, I'm telling you to fix this broken road! My tire just burst when I drove over the bridge. Come and pick me up quickly..." Sun Yalin said on the phone in a flustered tone.

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  Shen Huai and Yang Haipeng rushed to the east side of Mei Creek Bridge, where a tow truck from the repair company had just taken away Sun Yalin's tricycle.

  Sun Yalin wore a crimson windbreaker, her figure was originally tall, and wearing high heels with thin tips made her look even more slender; her white face was covered by an oversized frog mirror for half, but her red lips were like flames, smooth as jade, standing on the side of the road, she attracted extra attention.

  "When will you guys fix this broken road in your town?" Sun Yalin greeted Yang Haipeng and then got into Shen Hui's car, complaining.

  "If Yeshin Bank can lend 30 million yuan to Meixi Town, I will repair the road tomorrow?" Shen Huai said.

  "Isn't it just 30 million? I'll give it to you tomorrow, dare you want it?" Sun Ya Lin asked provocatively.

  Just like Mei Xi Town's previous arrears of nearly 2 million yuan in engineering funds to Zhu Li, the situation of rural areas owing external debts has become quite common. However, directly borrowing large sums from banks in the name of the town government is still strictly prohibited; this is also to prevent local governments from abusing financial resources and causing irreparable losses to the country.

  Sun Yalin also saw that Shen Hua did not dare to break through some policy bottom lines.

  "How's the procedure going?" Shen Hua said.

  Sun Yalin was stunned for a moment, not thinking that Shen Hua's mind was turning with such an idea. Suddenly she felt that her previous words were too reckless and had given Shen Hua a handle to grasp, and it was already too late to take them back.

  "What's wrong, nothing to say? Or are you trying to swallow back what you just said?" Shen Huai looked at Sun Ya Lin with a smug expression.

  "Didn't you read much during those years in France?" Sun Yalin turned her face, looking at Shen Hua, "Do you really understand the BT's CAO program?"

  "What's so complicated about it? I've been teaching students at the Provincial Economics Academy for two years, if I didn't have any real skills, how could I deceive them?" Shen Hua said disdainfully.

  "Yeah, and you even fooled the young girl into bed, you're really something," Sun Yalin teased, taking the opportunity to jab Shen Hua, "It's strange to say, but you managed to get someone's daughter pregnant, how come every time I see you standing with Zhu Baozi, it's like nothing happened between you two?"

  After meeting in the ward, Shen Huan never saw Zhu Yi again. Instead, he met with her father, Zhu Li, every now and then. He knew that Zhu Yi shouldn't have told her family everything, and his thick skin also helped him to not feel embarrassed after a long time. This matter should be considered over.

  Shen Huai rubbed his nose and ignored Sun Ya Lin's provocative words, saying:

  "Yeshin Bank can provide a construction loan of 30 million, and I can persuade the Municipal Construction Company to accept the Meixi Bridge project tomorrow. This loan is undertaken by the Municipal Construction Company for the expansion project of Meixi Bridge and Lower Meixi Highway, and after the completion of the project, it will be transferred to Meixi Town for use. Meixi Town will pay the full construction cost to the Municipal Construction Company in installments within five years..."

  "Let's just forget about the Municipal Construction Company," Sun Yalin shook her head and said, "Speaking of the Municipal Construction Company's credit, it is far inferior to your Meixi Town. The Tianheng Building was unavoidable and can only be continued to be entrusted to the Municipal Construction Company for construction. You should also be clear that the Municipal Construction Company's accounts are very chaotic."

  Shen Hua smiled wryly, among the 300 or so state-owned enterprises in Donghua City, basically all of them are in a position of resource or channel monopoly, but less than 40% can maintain profitability without losses.