Chapter 1114: Choice
East Africa's current round of crazy borrowing around the world has indeed created a carnival of capital from various countries. Now is an important stage for capital exports from various countries, and East Africa, the "ten thousand year iceberg", has actually thawed!
Therefore, a large amount of hot money quickly entered East Africa. As for whether the East African government can afford to pay it back, no one doubts this. After all, East Africa is one of the few big countries in the world. No matter how much you borrow, you can always pay it back as long as you take your time. one day.
This also led to a consequence, that is, between 1911 and 1912, East Africa's unplanned economy expanded rapidly, and a large number of factories appeared in East Africa.
These factories were basically built by private and international capital and grew wildly. Of course, after the market was liberalized, heavy industry and agriculture controlled by the East African government were also affected.
However, this impact is of positive significance, because the brutal growth of light industry has greatly promoted the development of heavy industry and agriculture in East Africa. After all, light industry originally required heavy industry and agriculture to provide raw materials for its production.
For a time, East Africa's economy developed in an all-round way, showing great vitality and a state of competition for all things. Of course, under the new economic policy, many problems also appeared, including public security, overproduction and other fields. However, in this kind of economy, the overall situation is improving. cases were covered up.
And Ernst is also very clear about this. Today, East Africa is like a person who overeats. If he does not exercise and digest, it will eventually have a backlash on East Africa. The biggest hope for East Africa's economy is to not burst its belly. Waiting for World War I to break out, on the contrary, if there is peace in Europe and the world, East Africa will most likely suffer the consequences.
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Kabwe City.
Kabwe Mining Company.
"General Manager Klein, this is today's order. The national economic situation is now very good, the investment field is hot, and there is a boom in entrepreneurship and factory construction everywhere, which has driven the growth of orders for our factory. If we go according to the current production capacity, these orders may It will be impossible to meet the needs of the current market if it is developed until the next year.”
After hearing the report from her subordinates, Claire also felt a headache and said: "This year, according to the planned targets, the production tasks have been completed long ago, but it is unreasonable to leave the money without making money, especially those small orders, which are too complicated."
Nowadays, the East African economy is in a state of overheating, so the demand for lead and zinc mines has greatly increased. This is also the main business of Kabwe Mining Company, but Kabwe Mining Company is indeed an authentic East African state-owned enterprise.
In this round of new economic policies, East African state-owned enterprises are also faced with the dilemma of dealing with the free market, mainly because they have no relevant experience in the past.
Marketing Director Enluo also said: "The entire market now can be said to be a mess, there is no order at all, and it is completely different from our past trade form, so if we want to expand the private market, we should also make some changes. Of course, We still have some advantages. After all, the mining industry is not open to the private sector now. We have a bargaining advantage, but we have to be wary of our foreign counterparts.”
Kabwe Mining Company is a seller, and it is a seller with a certain monopoly, which makes Kabwe Mining Company actually dominate the market.
Will, director of the project department: "In my opinion, the most important thing now is to increase production capacity. If we can increase production capacity to three times what it is now, then all problems will be solved."
After listening to everyone's opinions, General Manager Klein looked at Chairman Morse, who had been thinking deeply, and asked: "Chairman Morse, what do you think of our company's current situation? Should we take measures to deal with it?" Such socioeconomic changes.”
Morse: "According to my idea, it is naturally a proactive reform. Now the new economic policy is the country's major economic development policy, and it will not be changed easily. As an important state-owned enterprise, we should maintain contact with the central government on economic issues. Consistent.”
Morse does not only consider the company's economic benefits. For him, political benefits are equally important. After all, as a state-owned enterprise manager, whether the company can make profits is a small issue compared to whether he can be promoted. Of course, under normal circumstances, Naturally, economic efficiency is also an important consideration for political performance. If you can't even manage a large enterprise well and suffer losses every year, if you promote such people, wouldn't that be a threat to national security?
So Klein said to Morse: "I also agree with the chairman's idea, but we want to be consistent with the central government. Our greatest sincerity is to earn more revenue for the country. The current turmoil in the market is our opportunity."
"So it is necessary to expand production capacity. Although this year's plan has been completed, overfulfilling the task is definitely a bonus."
"At the same time, we can also use this to gain some benefits for our company's employees, such as higher wages and more overtime pay."
"Although the market is hot today, it does not mean that we have no competitors, and the emergence of a large number of companies in the market will naturally increase labor costs and prices, so we also have to deal with this change."
Klein is very keen. In the past, large state-owned enterprises like Kabwe Mining Company were certainly popular in the eyes of many East Africans. But now that the market is open, people's choices have become more diverse. If stuck Bouvet Mining Company uses the previous standards to recruit talents, which will only lead to the loss of talents.
Moreover, Kabwe Mining Company can only be regarded as a regional enterprise in East Africa, and Kabwe City is obviously not as attractive to the outside world as the nearby New Frankfurt City or the capital Rhine City, or even less attractive than Lusaka in the south.
In short, the new economic policy in East Africa is not friendly to industrial and mining cities, especially those with a single industry. It is only when the market is just opened that talents and resources flow more to comprehensive cities in the coastal or central regions.
For example, Mbeya City has been doing well in the new economic policy, while Harare is facing a transformation dilemma, and the situation in Kabwe is even more serious than that in Harare.
This will certainly have a certain impact on enterprises in Kabwe City, including Kabwe Mining Company. Of course, mining companies like Kabwe Mining Company have basically no risk of bankruptcy as long as the resources are not exhausted, but it is also a fact that they are less attractive to talents, especially young people.
Of course, the most important thing about this issue is how the Kabwe City Government views it. If it chooses to eat and wait for death, Kabwe will eventually become a relic of the industrial age in East Africa.
If a development path suitable for the city is found, the success of Mbeya City is not impossible to replicate. After all, although Kabwe is an industrial and mining city, it is also a capital city in East Africa, which gives Kabwe some natural advantages.
During the Third Five-Year Plan, local governments and state-owned enterprises in East Africa were faced with a choice. If they chose the right path, they would not be eliminated by society. Otherwise, they would inevitably be eliminated by society. Of course, the competition in the free market, that is, the unplanned economic market, was even more brutal. Many companies died before they could achieve their goals. The tests they faced were obviously more arduous than those of state-owned enterprises, and those who could successfully survive the mountains of corpses and seas of blood must be tough guys.