Chapter 434 Local Protectionism
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It’s not good for you to monitor me all the time.” Fan Wubing was still dissatisfied with Jiang Lue.
Jiang Lue shrugged and said, "Do you think I am willing? As a key figure and a public figure, you basically have no freedom or no words!"
The work of the Ministry of Security is inseparable from surveillance and secret investigations, which also include infiltration and espionage. For national security, some necessary means of shame and despicableness can be used to achieve the goal, which is also an internationally recognized practice.
Therefore, when Fan Wubing asked this question directly, Jiang Lue had no embarrassment at all. Instead, he continued to eat with peace of mind. Seeing Fan Wubing made him feel itchy, but he couldn't find any problems.
In fact, Fan Wubing also has his own intelligence department and counter-espionage department within the group, but these are mainly established for commercial espionage activities, and most of the people used are retired staff members of domestic intelligence departments, or some intelligence analysts recruited from abroad. They are simply unable to deal with government investigations.
Fan Wubing never thought of being able to break away from government supervision. If that is the case, he would be able to exist and develop in China, and only in some Western countries can he enjoy such detached treatment.
Of course, once the national issues are involved, even in Western countries, it is impossible to enjoy too much freedom.
Jiang Luran asked Fan Wubing another question, "When I came here, Boss Zhu asked me to ask you if my company has evaded taxes? I have been investigating this recently. Don't fall into this hole and cause trouble."
"Don't worry about this, we are a model of law-abiding business." Fan Wubing replied without hesitation.
In fact, Fan Investment Group has many financial experts. Every day, they have nothing to do, just study the relevant legal systems of various countries and find places worthy of their attention. On tax issues, Fan Investment Group cannot violate the current laws. At most, they can find reasonable and legal tax avoidance rules within the framework of the policy, and then follow this idea to avoid them.
This is also a land use method by large international companies. Fan Wubing transplanted from the United States. It is nothing unusual.
Since China has just entered the international business system for a short time, I am not very familiar with these tricks. Therefore, I don’t know much about this content and I will inevitably be worried about the local taxation issues of Fan’s Investment Group. That’s why Boss Zhu asked Jiang Lue to ask him this by the way.
"Oh. It's good that there was no tax evasion." Jiang Lue did not continue asking.
In this way, Fan Wubing believed that this sentence was indeed just Boss Zhu who asked Jiang Lue to him casually. His purpose was nothing more than not wanting similar scandals in the largest investment group in China, such as Fan Investment Group.
Thinking of this, Fan Wubing felt that Boss Zhu was still very considerate to him. In fact, after the old and the young watched the historical drama "Shang Yang" together, they established a very strange relationship that everyone could not clearly forget about.
Standing from the perspective of a friend, it is reasonable to remind Fan Wubing not to make mistakes.
However, from this sentence, Fan Wubing can also realize that the domestic economic policy adjustments have not been implemented. In the case of relatively lack of policies and regulations, some tightrope walking behaviors should be touched as little as possible, so it is a bit difficult to explain clearly when it is time to do so.
Moreover, Fan Wubing suddenly remembered that there was another question, which was whether Shen Ying's company also had such a problem?
After all, there are too many dealings with the underlying marketing links in this type of liquor manufacturer, and it is really necessary to pay attention to the most financial problems.
So Fan Wubing called Shen Ying and asked about her recent situation.
Shen Ying was very emotional. With Fan Wubing's help, the Kongfu Banquet Liquor she acquired finally gained a foothold, but stood out from the CCTV bidding battle, and insisted on the management link. The scale of production and operation was adjusted and expanded in a timely manner. Due to the abundant funds, it not only ensured the quantity of supply, but also ensured the quality of supply. The market response was good. The reputation of Shandong liquor has been a big hit, and its sales have long exceeded many of the eight famous liquors, becoming the most popular dark horse in the domestic liquor market in recent years.
Hearing Fan Wubing’s question, Shen Ying asked with a smile, “So do you think there will be something wrong with me here?”
"I'm serious about you, are there any problems?" Fan Wubing asked in a very serious manner.
Shen Ying heard Fan Wubing was more serious and replied, "Maybe there is a problem. The branch may make some mistakes in this regard, but it should not be a big problem? After all, our profits this year continue to grow, and the profits of the previous year have exceeded the 500 million yuan mark."
Fan Wubing listened to Shen
Answer, I was also a little surprised. Although the liquor industry is profitable, it is still a bit beyond his expectations by making 500 million yuan a year. It seems that with his help, Shen Ying has finally achieved the sustainable development of emerging liquor brands.
"But now I'm facing a lot of obstacles." Before Fan Wubing could praise her, Shen Ying continued, "The promotion in some areas has not been very smooth recently."
"Oh, why is that for?" Fan Wubing asked.
The strength of CCTV advertising is not small, and the influence of the third bidder is not small. With sufficient financial support and reliable quality assurance, if the Kongfu Banquet can't enter certain areas smoothly, there will be a ghost.
However, Shen Ying’s next topic was related to this reason, “Some places where local protectionism is engaging in has a great impact on our sales.”
Shen Ying's sales policy is carried out completely according to market laws, but in some southern regions, they have encountered unprecedented boycotts. In order to protect liquor enterprises in their areas, some areas actually issued a red-headed document in the name of the municipal government, requiring enterprises and institutions in the city to use liquor produced by liquor enterprises in their official business use, otherwise some punitive measures will be given, such as not being reimbursed, or some preferential tax policies will be cancelled.
In this way, it is very important to Shen Ying's company. Although private sales are booming, no one dares to get involved in this minefield in the field of official wine.
After hearing Shen Ying's complaints, Fan Wu was speechless, but he also knew very well that this was probably a Chinese characteristic.
In the current process of transformation from a planned economy to a market economy, local governments are still unable to adapt to this change well. In particular, some government officials must effectively protect some enterprises in their jurisdictions with weak competitiveness and not use red-headed documents. These enterprises have probably been defeated by various competitors that have poured in in large numbers.
However, such practices actually do not comply with existing laws and regulations. However, under the planned economic system for a long time, everyone has long been accustomed to the operation of business rules under the government regulations. They may not feel anything wrong for a while, but if they follow it carefully, these people will actually be punished.
So Fan Wubing said to Chen, "This matter is actually easy to solve. Poke the red-headed document on the media, it is best to be in the focus interview and solve everything. But don't intervene in person. Just find an agent to reveal this matter."
If Shen Ying exposed this matter, the taste of competition would be too strong and it would easily cause a rebound from the local government. Even if the central government made a statement, it would be difficult to enter the region for sale afterwards, because the official generals would be revenge. Although they could not be banned from the policy, finding some other reasons can also prevent your company from entering this market.
Fan Wubing reminded Shen Ying not to take action in person, because of this kind of consideration.
"You think so much, but I still want to thank you." Shen Ying was very happy with Fan Wubing's advice. The peak sales season for the Spring Festival is coming soon. If this problem can be solved, his sales will increase significantly.
"The tax issue is very important and you must figure it out, otherwise you will be very passive in the future." Fan Wubing finally solemnly reminded Shen Ying.
"I understand, why are you so long-winded?" Shen Ying was excited at this time and said a little angrily.
After putting down the phone, Fan Wubing thought about it and felt that it was not good to directly lead to unfair competition from the liquor industry. He felt that it was too targeted. Although there was no direct evidence to show that it was Kongfu Banquet, everyone could clearly see who the beneficiary was. Therefore, he felt that this matter could be investigated carefully and then led out from other aspects.
So Fan Wubing mobilized his subordinates to investigate similar local protectionist behaviors in various places, especially documents on laws and regulations that restrict fair competition among foreign companies through local government bans.
As a result, after this investigation, Fan Wubing felt a little shocked.
In more than 60% of the regions in the country where Fan Investment Group enterprises are enterprises, this kind of local protectionism is more or less common, and it also restricts many industries from entering the local market in various aspects, and the impact is immeasurable.
When Fan Wubing saw this result, he felt confident. He thought that he could raise this issue with senior management now and eliminate this behavior through formal channels.
Chapter completed!