"What? Going to Japan?" Xu Qingdong was stunned when he heard the news. "Do you have Japanese relatives?"
"No." Cao Zhiqiang shook his head, "I am a native of China, and I have no Japanese relatives."
"This, this is impossible?" Xu Qingdong frowned, "You have no relatives in Japan, how can you go to Japan?"
"How strange?" Cao Zhiqiang laughed, "If you don't have Japanese relatives, you can't go abroad?"
"This is impossible." Xu Qingdong continued to frown, "There is no reason. How can you go abroad without relatives?"
Indeed, during this period, there was no concept of traveling abroad at one's own expense, only traveling abroad for personal reasons.
Even if you go abroad for personal reasons, it is a concept that only exists this year.
However, although in 1983, that is, in March of this year, the country had just liberalized its policy, and ordinary people could also travel abroad for private purposes at their own expense, but this kind of private travel abroad at their own expense was also conditional and was limited to people with overseas relatives. .
If you have no overseas relatives, you cannot go abroad at your own expense, even if you have money.
Therefore, if Cao Zhiqiang had no Japanese relatives, it would be impossible for him to go to Japan at his own expense at this time. Even if he went to Japan to study, it would not be that simple unless he smuggled himself into the country.
But it is impossible for Cao Zhiqiang to sneak across.
For no other reason than it’s just not cost-effective.
Because smuggling people at this time is a crime, and they basically never come back. And Cao Zhiqiang is doing so well in the country, how could he do such a thing?
Of course, there are other ways.
For example, in Shenzhen, there are some scalpers who specialize in helping people leave the country. They can help you to go abroad privately by identifying fake relatives in Xiangjiang. However, this method is only suitable for a very few areas in the south, and it bribes the local foreign affairs. Do it, open your eyes and close your eyes, and basically go away and never come back, which is also not suitable for Cao Zhiqiang.
Cao Zhiqiang's household registration is in Beijing. If he wants to leave the country at this time, he can only go to the Foreign Affairs Office in Beijing to handle the exit matters. It is impossible to go to Shenzhen to handle it, unless he first transfers his household registration to Shenzhen.
Wait, besides that, there is no way to go abroad.
In other words, there is a more convenient way to go abroad more easily.
Suddenly, Xu Qingdong blinked and said suddenly: "Oh, I understand, you didn't go abroad at your own expense? You, you went abroad at public expense?"
"Hahaha!" Cao Zhiqiang smiled and nodded, "Yes!"
That's right, Cao Zhiqiang's trip to Japan next month is really a trip abroad at official expense, or it is called a trip abroad on official business.
In fact, during this period in China, it was really difficult for ordinary people to go abroad.
Even if the private travel policy is launched this year, ordinary people can go abroad.
But firstly, the restrictions are very harsh, and you must have relatives overseas and have money; secondly, the number of places is limited, so you can’t just go out if you want to.
Therefore, even if Cao Zhiqiang is rich, it is basically impossible for him to leave the country for personal reasons, at least this year, because he does not meet the requirement of having overseas relatives.
However, if it is not a private trip but a business trip, it will be different.
To put it simply, during this period, if you want to go abroad in the name of a state-owned enterprise or government institution at public expense for inspection or business negotiation, etc., you can go abroad, but you must go to the local foreign affairs office in the name of your unit. After a series of tedious applications and reviews.
But even so, it's actually not that easy.
After all, there are so many state-owned enterprises and government agencies. In this period, as long as you are a leader, who doesn’t want to travel abroad at public expense in the name of overseas inspections?
Therefore, foreign affairs offices in various places actually receive a large number of applications to go abroad every year, but not many of them are actually approved.
In other words, even if you are a state-owned enterprise or a government institution, you are the leader of the unit, and your unit also has money, then if you want to go abroad, it is not that easy. It is not that you can go out after applying, but you have to go through various layers of layer inspection.
The first one is political review.
The purpose of the political review is to check whether your wealth is clean and whether you intend to flee abroad without ever returning.
Those who fail the political review, such as those who have committed crimes themselves or have immediate family members who have committed crimes, are of course not allowed to leave the country.
The second thing is to look at your physical health.
Well, health, in name, means good health, as long as you don’t have any diseases.
But there is actually an implicit condition here, which depends on whether you are old enough.
Generally speaking, during this period, people under the age of thirty are not approved unless there are special circumstances.
Because there is a saying during this period that young people under the age of thirty are not qualitative enough. After seeing the prosperity outside, it is easy for them to go abroad and not come back. Especially there have been several incidents of young people not coming back after going abroad for business. Afterwards, the jam became even tighter.
Therefore, unless you are a special person such as a translator or technician, or your level and position are high enough, and your background is large enough, such as the son of a senior cadre, young people under the age of 30 are generally not allowed to go abroad for inspection at public expense.
The above two conditions are actually easy for most people to handle. What is really difficult is the third condition, which is to have an invitation letter from a relevant foreign unit.
Yes, at least in the early 1980s, it was not that easy to travel abroad at public expense in the name of overseas inspections or business negotiations.
Generally speaking, you must have an invitation letter from a relevant foreign unit.
You cannot just accept this invitation letter from a relevant foreign unit. It must at least be a formal invitation letter issued by a foreign company or group certified by the embassy.
It is this invitation letter from relevant foreign units that has blocked 90% of state-owned enterprises and institutions, resulting in most units being unable to easily go abroad for inspections.
Of course, in the mid-to-late 1980s, or after 1985, this condition was relaxed a lot.
At that time, there were many foreign companies specializing in this business. They issued invitation letters to various domestic units under various names, and invited domestic units to travel and spend money on public inspections. This is a story for another time.
In short, in 1983, it was still quite difficult to go abroad for inspection as an employee of a state-owned enterprise because the censorship was extremely strict.
However, no matter how difficult it is to go abroad at public expense, it is still much easier than going abroad privately. The difficulty is not of the same order of magnitude.
As for Cao Zhiqiang, he happened to meet the conditions for going abroad.
First of all, he is an employee of a state-owned enterprise and controls more than one state-owned enterprise.
Cao Zhiqiang currently holds many positions. From top to bottom, he is deputy director of the Tertiary Industry Office of Hongguang Machinery Factory, president and general manager of Hongguang Publishing House, major shareholder and general manager of Huaxia Audio-Video Company, major shareholder of Hongguang Department Store, and Director of Light Film Studio.
In addition to his position, Cao Zhiqiang also has another level, which is the status of a cadre.
Because Secretary Dong had already transferred Cao Zhiqiang's job in the name of the Organization Department of Hongguang Machinery Factory and became a 23rd-level cadre.
In terms of level, Cao Zhiqiang’s cadre level is only level 23, which is the same as the level assigned to the unit where a college student has just graduated.
But in terms of position, Cao Zhiqiang's position is much higher. He is not only the senior leader of Hongguang Machinery Factory, but also the leader of many subordinate sub-units.
Although this kind of situation does not match the position and level, where the position is high and the rank is low, or the position is low and the rank is high, although it is not particularly common during this period, there are quite a few.
The so-called linkage between positions and ranks only happened after the reform, specifically, after the 1990s.
During this period, positions in state-owned enterprises mainly refer to leadership positions. To be precise, they refer to the power you have, which has no direct relationship with your salary and income.
For example, factory director, this is a position, not a rank.
During this period, the position is the power you actually have, and the rank is directly linked to your salary.
In other words, positions and ranks are different.
Just like a factory director, although his position has great power, if his rank is too low, his salary may not be as good as that of an ordinary sixth-level fitter.
The so-called job allowance only appeared in 1985 after the third wage reform. It did not exist in 1983.
Therefore, although Cao Zhiqiang has a lot of high-level positions now, it can only be said that he has great power and those who are capable work hard. But when it comes to his level specifically, he is only a 23rd-level administrative cadre.
The result is that the salary he receives is still the salary of a 23rd-level cadre. Regardless of how many units he personally controls, he can only receive his salary once a month and cannot receive it repeatedly.
In other words, even though Cao Zhiqiang controls many units, such as publishing houses, audio-visual companies, and film factories, he can only get the salary of a 23-level cadre every month. This salary is paid by the machinery factory. Other units, such as publishing houses, And so on, no more wages can be paid.
Fortunately, Cao Zhiqiang does not only receive salary, he can also receive shareholder dividends, royalties, record shares, and unit bonuses.
Let’s not talk about dividends. He can get this unit bonus repeatedly in each unit under him, because bonuses are different from wages and are not strictly based on your level.
In other words, if Cao Zhiqiang is willing, he can get a bonus from Hongguang Publishing House, a bonus from Huaxia Audio and Video Company, a bonus from Hongguang Department Store, and another bonus from Hongguang Film Factory every month.
Bonuses are really decided by the leaders of the unit and are not directly related to rank. What matters mainly is the level of the position and the performance of the unit.
Therefore, before wage reform, bonuses are the best useful supplement.
Of course, Cao Zhiqiang is not that ugly, and there is no need to get a salary from the units he controls.
Anyway, the wool comes from the sheep, and not receiving bonuses will not hinder Cao Zhiqiang from making money at all.
Because the units that Cao Zhiqiang fully controls are currently either joint ventures with Cao Zhiqiang personally or contracted by Cao Zhiqiang personally. In theory, all the money from those units belongs to him.
The first is the contracting business model.
This currently refers to the two units of Hongguang Publishing House and Hongguang Film Studio.
In contract management, Cao Zhiqiang only needs to hand over part of the money to his employer, which is the machinery factory, and then the specific operation and management have nothing to do with the machinery factory. Whatever he earns is Cao Zhiqiang's own, and it is the kind allowed by law.
After all, the company law has not yet been promulgated, so in theory, the contracted operation is no different from your leasing operation. Whatever you earn during the leasing period is yours, and there is basically no distinction between public and private accounts. They all belong to the contractor. .
The second is the joint stock cooperation and joint venture business model.
This currently refers to two units, Hongguang Department Store and Huaxia Audio and Video Company.
In both companies, Cao Zhiqiang himself owns 49% of the shares and is the largest individual shareholder. The other shareholder is Hongguang Machinery Factory.
There is no company law now, but there are regulations on joint ventures, such as public-private partnerships.
For a public-private partnership like this, if a state-owned enterprise holds 51% of the shares, then it is a state-owned enterprise, and it must be determined according to its nature.
But according to the rules of public-private partnerships, private shareholders are required to receive fixed dividends every year. This dividend is calculated based on the company's profits. The higher the profits, the greater the dividends.
You may need to ask, why does Cao Zhiqiang go to such trouble to establish a joint venture? Wouldn't it be better to contract and manage everything?
Of course this doesn't work, the reason is that the properties are different.
The units contracted by Cao Zhiqiang all have strict approval procedures and additional management units.
For example, Hongguang Publishing House is subject to the supervision of the Publishing Bureau, while Hongguang Film Factory is subject to the management of the Film Bureau.
In other words, Hongguang Publishing House and Hongguang Film Factory are cross-unit models. The handling unit is a state-owned enterprise and the management unit is the government.
Currently, units of this nature cannot engage in joint-stock systems or public-private partnerships, so they can only operate under contract.
On the contrary, Hongguang Department Store and Hongguang Audio and Video Company are two different units.
Let’s talk about Hongguang Department Store first. This company is a subsidiary of Hongguang Machinery Factory, which means that the handling unit is Hongguang Machinery Factory and the management unit is also Hongguang Machinery Factory.
Hongguang Audio and Video Company is a little bit special. It is also a subsidiary of Hongguang Machinery Factory, and its handling unit is Hongguang Machinery Factory, but its management unit is Hongguang Publishing House!
That's right, at present, units such as audio and video companies that produce records are quite special in nature and have a vague positioning. In fact, they only need to be managed and supervised by publishing houses, and they do not need to be controlled by any publishing bureau.
Therefore, those that do not need direct government supervision can directly engage in joint-stock systems, or joint ventures, and those that require direct government supervision can engage in contract management.
The reason is that contracting operations carry greater risks.
Because to put it bluntly, contract management is just like renting a house. The unit still belongs to the other person and is just rented to you temporarily. When the person no longer wants to rent it to you, it can be taken back at any time.
On the contrary, the joint-stock system of a public-private partnership is different. The shares are protected by law, and when the corporatization reform is carried out in the future, it can be transformed into a private company at any time.
Therefore, whenever it is possible to establish a joint-stock system, Cao Zhiqiang will do so as soon as possible, and only contract operations if he has no other choice.
Having said that, Cao Zhiqiang now forwarded a formal invitation through Masashi Sada of Japan, in the name of his father's company, Sada Planning Co., Ltd., to the China Audio and Video Company managed by Cao Zhiqiang, and through the Japanese Embassy in China. letter.
This invitation letter hopes to allow Sada Planning Club and A Qiang, the general manager and contracted artist of China Audio and Video Company, to conduct an international exchange and cooperation in music in the name of Sino-Japanese friendship.
The name is high-end, the process is in line with the standards, and Cao Zhiqiang is familiar with various leaders in the capital. Through friends, he found personnel from the Foreign Affairs Office in the capital and the application was easily approved.
Now, Cao Zhiqiang has even obtained a passport, but going abroad is not that easy. Even if all the procedures are in place, you still need to queue up, so Cao Zhiqiang's time to go abroad is scheduled for next month.
This was already very fast, and it was because of an acquaintance.
Without an acquaintance, it would have been impossible to pass the application to go abroad so quickly and go abroad next month.
"Anyway, I'm going to Japan next month. This is something planned and cannot be changed."
Speaking of this, Cao Zhiqiang looked at Xu Qingdong with a serious face: "So, we must finish filming this movie within this month. At least the part where I appear must be finished. Do you understand?"
"In this case, there are only more than twenty days left." Xu Qingdong frowned, "Time is a bit tight."
"Can't you finish the filming in more than twenty days?" Cao Zhiqiang smiled slightly.
Xu Qingdong frowned: "Okay, I'll do my best!"
"What I want is not to do my best, but to ensure that I do it!" Cao Zhiqiang said earnestly, "Old Xu, I believe you can do it!"
(End of chapter)
