novelTele Chapter 83: The Ban on Importing Foreign Waste Has Been Moved Ahead of Schedule
Chapter 83: The Ban on Importing Foreign Waste Has Been Moved Ahead of Schedule
After making her notes, Shen Yuxin reviewed the information again and repeated it.
After confirming that there were no problems, Lin Chuan immediately said, "Give it to the personnel department and recruit the right people as soon as possible."
Upon hearing this, Shen Yuxin nodded: "Mm."
Just as she turned to walk towards the office door, Lin Chuan called out to her, "Wait a minute."
Shen Yuxin turned back again.
Lin Chuan looked at her and said, "Tell the HR department that when recruiting, applicants with overseas study experience should not be considered. But don't reject them outright for that reason; just use other reasons to turn them down."
Upon hearing this, Shen Yuxin looked confused and didn't quite understand his decision.
However, she nodded nonetheless: "Okay, I understand."
Lin Chuan: "Go."
After watching Shen Yuxin leave the office, Lin Chuan withdrew his gaze.
As a reborn individual, he knew that there were many spies among the group with overseas study backgrounds.
Although it's impossible for them all to be spies, Lin Chuan was too lazy to waste resources and energy screening them one by one, so he simply cut them off to save time and effort.
DeepBlue Technology will definitely be a company that foreign countries will "pay special attention to" in the future. The frequency of being infiltrated or attempted to be infiltrated will be much, much higher than that of ordinary technology companies.
……
The next day.
DeepBlue Technology's recruitment page is posted on major recruitment websites and talent markets, and it also commissions headhunting companies to find talent.
In just two days, we received more than 100 resumes, and the number continued to increase rapidly.
Five days later, the number of resumes submitted to DeepBlue Technology exceeded 800.
DeepBlue Technology is no longer as unknown as it was in its early stages. Most importantly, the compensation it offers far exceeds that of its industry peers.
Moreover, overtime is now rare; it was only in the first year the company was founded that there was a shortage of manpower and funds.
Therefore, overtime work is frequent, and one person is used as several people.
But now that he has more funds and the overall workload has increased, Lin Chuan chose to expand the number of employees instead of putting a few people on the job and making them work overtime. He is truly fulfilling his labor law responsibilities.
If a job requires employees to work overtime frequently, there is basically only one situation.
That means there's a serious shortage of people for this position, and it's difficult to find someone in a short period of time.
Two weeks later, the "Aurora" project team had recruited 75 people, completing one-third of the recruitment plan.
With 50 people recruited for R&D positions, and all the key technical roles filled, Lin Chuan decisively launched the project.
He rented a separate office area for the project. Lin Chuan held a brief kick-off meeting for the project team. He didn't give any grand speeches or make any vague visions. He just told them to get things done as soon as they were in place.
While the new project is progressing rapidly, the existing business is also continuing to grow.
……
Thursday, August 2.
Zhou Chengyue of Henghui Group arrived in Xin'an City today and is currently at DeepBlue Technology.
In the company's meeting room.
Zhou Chengyue looked at Lin Chuan and said with a smile, "President Lin, the commercialization of the plasminogen lysate is progressing very smoothly. After discussion, our management decided to increase the purchase volume. I wonder if your company's production capacity can keep up?"
The bio-plasticizing bacteria project has been approved for market launch, and Henghui Group has a three-year exclusive authorization for the domestic market.
According to the agreement signed by both parties, from the date the product is approved for market launch, DeepBlue Technology will only cooperate with Henghui and will only sell the product to Henghui Group for the first three years.
Of course, this only applies to the domestic market and does not include the international market.
That is why Henghui Group is now expanding its business at a frenzied pace.
We aim to capture the largest market share possible within these three years by leveraging our first-mover advantage.
After the product was approved for market launch, the market feedback gave Henghui Group great confidence, and customers came to them one after another seeking cooperation.
The current situation is that Henghui Group doesn't even need to do its own business development; a large number of clients come to them for cooperation on their own.
At this moment, Lin Chuan asked, "How much more are you planning to add?"
Zhou Chengyue immediately replied, "This year, we'll increase it to 30 billion."
At a price of 200 yuan per ton of plastic waste processing capacity, a total investment of 30 billion yuan could process 1500 million tons of waste.
Lin Chuan nodded and said decisively, "No problem, my production capacity can keep up."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Cheng was overjoyed: "Great! Let's sign the contract today!"
That afternoon, the two sides finalized the agreement.
Henghui Group has big ambitions; this processing volume accounts for almost half of the national market share.
In 2011, China generated approximately 2800 million tons of waste plastics.
Lin Chuan remembered that in his previous life in 2012, the amount of waste plastic generated in China exceeded 3400 million tons.
In this life, it will certainly be even higher.
Because DeepBlue Technology provides a cheap, environmentally friendly, and harmless disposal solution that can completely end "white pollution," people will be more carefree when using plastic products without such concerns.
Therefore, it is not difficult to conclude that the amount of plastic waste generated will increase significantly.
Most importantly, policy adjustments are highly likely to arrive as scheduled.
As early as 2008, the government introduced a series of policies and measures to restrict and prohibit the production, sale, and use of certain plastic products in order to prevent and control "white pollution," which is known as the "plastic restriction order."
Just last year, some provinces upgraded their "plastic restriction order" measures.
But this year, the situation took a dramatic turn for the better.
Although the government has not yet immediately abolished the relevant regulations of the "plastic restriction order," it is already the second half of 2012, and the "plastic restriction order" has not been mentioned even once this year.
Obviously, there's no need for that.
We already have inexpensive, environmentally friendly, highly efficient, and harmless technological solutions, so why restrict them?
The restrictions actually hindered the development of the plastics industry, resulting in a decrease in GDP.
Previously, restrictions were imposed to prevent "white pollution," but now that issue is no longer relevant. Even if there is no explicit encouragement for the development and consumption of plastic products, there will be no explicit restrictions either.
……
three days later.
DeepBlue Technology released an announcement around 10 a.m., disclosing the 30 billion RMB plastic-eating bacteria business contract signed with Henghui Group.
Following this announcement, DeepBlue Technology's stock price surged during trading.
Two minutes later, the stock price surged to 8.86 yuan, a 10.06% increase, hitting the daily limit and bringing the market capitalization back to 560.75 billion yuan.
Even after hitting the daily limit up, the price is still down more than 51% from the highest point of 18.26 yuan, remaining below the halving line, leaving the vast majority of investors trapped.
However, today's announcement and the surge to the daily limit have given investors who are heavily invested and trapped hope of recovering their losses.
The once quiet stock forums have become lively again, with investors starting to express optimism. DeepBlue Technology has signed contracts worth 30 billion yuan this year, and its revenue and profit have both surged by 200% compared to last year.
However, the stock's performance the next day shattered investors' hopes.
Unexpectedly, such great good news turned out to be just a one-day event.
After hitting the daily limit up yesterday, the stock price surged and then fell back today, ultimately closing down 1.47%.
The reason why the market rally could not continue was that institutional funds took advantage of this positive news to continue dumping shares and running away.
Clearly, large investors are not buying it.
DeepBlue Technology's microbial culture business is indeed profitable, and its prospects are beyond doubt.
However, the management's "messing around" is unacceptable. At least in the eyes of various investors in the capital market, Lin Chuan's recent series of actions are nothing short of a mess.
They thought that with his reckless behavior, the money he earned wouldn't be enough to cover his spending.
Currently, institutional funds have mostly exited.
More than 80% of the circulating shares were taken over by retail investors, and the number of retail investors surged to 72,000 in a short period of time.
Not only are most of them operating at a loss, but more than 5 shareholders have seen their investments halved.
As time went by, DeepBlue Technology's stock price continued to decline day by day.
The A-share market is currently in a bear market phase. When the market rebounds, DeepBlue's stock price doesn't move much, but when the market index falls sharply, DeepBlue's stock price falls even more, resulting in new lows after new lows.
……
Two weeks later, on Monday, August 20th.
DeepBlue Technology's stock price closed down at 7.11 yuan, and its market value shrank to 450 billion yuan.
During the session, the price once fell to a new low of 6.88 yuan, representing a maximum drop of -62.32% from the historical high.
In stock forums, investors are already wailing in despair.
[Speechless. This company's performance is clearly not bad, so why has its stock price plummeted like this...]
Buying this stock was the worst luck imaginable.
[With a cost of 15.58, is there still a chance to break even?]
[I'll hurl insults at anyone who says this ticket has positive implications, and I won't hold back.]
[I misjudged you; you're so worthless and useless.]
[It will fall further tomorrow. Even after such a significant drop, the P/E ratio is still 59. This stock can only be valued at a maximum of 25 times earnings, corresponding to a share price of around 3 yuan. It will then be halved again.]
[The cost basis of the private placements by the seven top institutions is all around 9 yuan; the price drop to this level is unacceptable.]
Stop dreaming; even large institutions have made mistakes.
[Are the major players really no longer interested in this stock?]
[The major players have already cut their losses and run away overnight; only retail investors are still hoping to hold on.]
……
The following Tuesday, DeepBlue Technology.
Around 8 a.m., Lin Chuan arrived at the company and had just entered his office when there was a knock on the door.
"Come in."
He responded and sat down in the chair inside the desk, looking up at the door.
Shen Yuxin pushed open the door and walked in with a document in her hand. She walked towards Lin Chuan with a happy expression: "Senior brother, I have some great news."
Lin Chuan glanced at her: "What news?"
Shen Yuxin replied, "The Ministry of Ecology and Environment and three other departments jointly issued an announcement banning the import of foreign waste. Take a look."
She handed the compiled documents to Lin Chuan, who took them and opened them for reading.
The document is titled "Announcement on Matters Related to the Comprehensive Prohibition of Importing Solid Waste".
The scope of the import ban is shown in the announcement.
All solid waste that is listed in the prohibited import catalog or does not meet my country's environmental protection standards is prohibited from entering the country.
Common types include:
Untreated biological products, household waste, and medical waste.
Various industrial waste liquids and residues.
Some discarded electronic products and spare parts.
Recycled raw materials with complex compositions and excessive pollutants, such as substandard recycled PET bottle flakes and waste slag.
The official implementation date was January 1, 2013.
This policy is not a complete ban from the outset, but rather a gradual tightening of restrictions before a complete ban.
The document clearly outlines a phased ban on the import of solid waste.
明年2013年1月1日率先落地施行的，赫然便是禁止进口生活源废塑料、未经分拣废纸等4类24种固体废物，2014年进一步扩大禁止範围。
Finally, Lin Chuan closed the document after reading it, looked at Shen Yuxin and smiled, "The list of foreign waste to be banned from landing next year includes all kinds of plastic waste, and it will be implemented first. No wonder the approval of the plastic-eating bacteria project is a year faster than I expected. It seems that the country has given us a push behind the scenes."
Lin Chuan's speculation was correct. The emergence of plasminogen lysate technology brought it to the attention of higher authorities, which was one of the key factors that prompted the policy to be implemented five years earlier.
Another important factor is that the country has recognized the potential of this industry, and DeepBlue Technology has already achieved a unique and leading global advantage.
Furthermore, they learned that DeepBlue Technology's negotiations with several environmental protection companies, including Omega, had broken down a few months prior.
When the government saw this situation, it cut off the import of foreign waste, and eventually, Omega certainly couldn't withstand it.
Before long, we will have no choice but to cooperate with DeepBlue Technology.
A key factor in bringing the issue of plastic-eating bacteria to the attention of higher authorities was Deep Blue Technology, and the core reason for this treatment of Deep Blue Technology was the secret military project "Shadow".
DeepBlue Technology is a private enterprise and must be responsible for its own profits and losses, so the profit margin for military projects cannot be too high.
Given this situation, the best solution is to generate revenue from the civilian market to support the development of military technology.
The government is willing to support DeepBlue Technology, but the prerequisite is that it must prove itself.
DeepBlue Technology has indeed lived up to expectations, with the advent of its bio-plasticizing bacteria project, a technology that is uniquely leading the world.
Upon seeing this situation, the authorities implemented a policy to bring forward the import of foreign waste by five years, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.
With this policy in place, the government won't spend a single penny. DeepBlue Technology can generate profits from this business to support military technology, and it will primarily earn money from foreigners. This will also generate foreign exchange and allow it to dominate an industry.
Moreover, Omega's constant emphasis on environmental protection gives them a counter-strategy.
It is foreseeable that once the import of foreign waste is banned, our own "white pollution" problem will be solved, and then we can turn around and play the environmental card against Europeans and Americans, and criticize their environmental problems.
Whether viewed from a macro-level national perspective or a micro-level perspective of DeepBlue Technology, there are numerous benefits.
The policy of banning the import of foreign waste was implemented five years ahead of schedule, which is a logical step.
In fact, Lin Chuan was also surprised. He had predicted that the country might implement the policy of banning the import of foreign waste ahead of schedule, but he did not expect it to be five years earlier.
Shen Yuxin looked at Lin Chuan and smiled, saying, "Once the policy banning the import of foreign waste is implemented, the company's plasticizing bacteria business will be able to take the initiative in negotiations with European and American environmental protection companies. They will definitely come again uninvited; it's just a matter of time."
Lin Chuan nodded: "Yes, let's just wait patiently."
Without a doubt, time is on DeepBlue Technology's side.
If China bans the import of foreign waste, the vast majority of it will inevitably be transferred to the Third World by Europeans and Americans.
However, Lin Chuan didn't care much, and he never thought he could capture the entire market share.
The price is over $200, which is still more than 80% cheaper than the current waste disposal costs in Europe and America, making it highly competitive.
Besides Europe and America, potential overseas clients also include several wealthy tycoons in the Middle East.
The highly efficient, environmentally friendly, and harmless treatment of plastic-eating bacteria is absolutely attractive to the wealthy.
Let alone $200, as long as your solution is truly environmentally friendly, efficient, and harmless, even a tycoon might be willing to pay $2000; they don't care about the money.
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