Chu's new stage
20 10,1At the end of June, under the strong recommendation of Ma Jun, a famous lawyer in Yunnan Province, the reporter was able to smoothly enter Chu's home, which is located in Yuxi City, Yunnan Province.
A villa in the suburbs. Chu Shijian, with gray hair and 82 years old, never seems to lack visitors at home. He always leaves and comes back, but he can't bear it.
Face the reporter. However, as a friend for many years and an attorney in court, Chu Shijian was very happy with Ma Jun's rare visit.
In addition to personally serving a large plate of oranges, the chatterbox gradually opened.
"I mainly feel tired and don't want to say it publicly." Once known as "the king of smokers in China", he sat in the sunny villa courtyard without fingers.
"I hope people will forget me. I'm too famous. There will always be people who are unhappy. I will plant oranges now. "
Around the beginning of 2008, a new orange variety suddenly appeared in fruit stalls in some cities such as Yuxi and Kunming in Yunnan Province, but the name of the orange was not reported.
People stopped, but the advertisement was very eye-catching: sugar orange planted by Chu.
Chu Shijian, who was once famous in the world and then disappeared, has now unexpectedly returned to the public's sight and brought delicious oranges.
He said, "I have been growing oranges for the seventh year. After that, the trees will grow bigger, the oranges will bear more fruits and taste better. "
An awkward life
Chu Yu 1928 was born in a peasant family in Yuxi City, Yunnan Province. Since 1979 became the director of Yuxi cigarette factory, it has been awarded successively: 1990.
The Golden Globe Award is awarded to outstanding national entrepreneurs for life, and 1994 was named "Top Ten Reform Man of the Year". After leading Yuxi cigarette factory (after)
For hongta group 18, the profits and taxes contributed to the country were at least14 billion, of which the brand value of "Hongtashan" alone reached more than 40 billion.
Chu is extraordinary: under his leadership, Yuxi cigarette factory has become the first in Asia and the third in the world from an unknown enterprise.
Internationally renowned tobacco enterprise group. This achievement is obviously not what some people think-he has mastered "a state-owned monopoly and practiced specialization."
Camp's special industry "-so easy to get, a simple truth is that there were only many domestic tobacco companies in China at that time.
But then in 1995, Chu was investigated for being reported, and was formally arrested in July 1997, and finally jailed. Previously, his daughter Chu
Hong Ying and his wife Ma Jingfen were also under police control in Luoyang. 1995, 12, their daughter committed suicide while in custody. At that time, the main leaders of Yunnan Provincial Committee
The tour guide found Ma Jun and asked him to handle related affairs as a lawyer instead of Chu. Ma Jun immediately rushed to Luoyang, Henan Province to arrange the funeral, and personally released Chu Hongying.
The ashes were taken back to Yunnan and handed over to Chu Shijian. Later, Ma Jun made a court defense for Chu at his own request.
Chu Shijian said: "The fate of our family is inseparable from lawyer Ma Jun."
"According to the opinions of some central leaders at that time, due to the huge amount involved, Chu should be sentenced to death and executed immediately. I'm his lawyer.
I was also talked to by various organizations and leaders, but I never changed my defense point of view, which also offended many units and leaders. "After a while.
After many years, lawyer Ma Jun finally uncovered the secret. "In 199 1, Chu was sentenced to life imprisonment, which was later commuted to 17 and released on bail in early 2002.
Go abroad for medical treatment. Later, Yunnan Tobacco Company and hongta group, who had cooperated for many years, no longer hired me as the company's legal adviser, while Sun Xiao, president of Yunnan Provincial High Court,
Hong was also quickly dismissed for an excuse. It is conceivable that the attitudes of the central government and Yunnan local government on the issue of Chu Shijian were not completely consistent at that time.
There are many secrets that can't be made public so far, such as' including senior cadres and their children profiting from cigarettes'. "
Indeed, at that time, Yunnan's fiscal revenue once had such a proportion: 70% came from the tobacco industry, and Yuxi Cigarette Factory monopolized 70% of it.
The latter once accounted for half of Yunnan's fiscal revenue. In this way, Chu Shijian is not only the largest "God of Wealth" in Yunnan Province, but also a place where many people in the country get rich.
The "financial resources" to get rich.
Therefore, although he was sentenced to prison for corruption and a huge amount of unidentified property of $65,438+$0.75 million, people familiar with him did not deny it.
Instead, it gave him great sympathy and understanding. During his imprisonment, many people who knew or didn't know him often tried their best to visit him in prison.
Look at him.
Lawyer Ma Jun said, "Chu Shijian made Hongtashan a famous brand in China. The enterprise he led paid hundreds of billions of profits and taxes for the country, but it was too late.
The total income of Jian 18 is less than one million. At that time, the imperfection of the entrepreneur's incentive mechanism and supervision system ruined his political and professional career. His mistakes are as follows
Inevitable historical and institutional reasons. "
"Before defending Chu in court, the main leaders of the Yunnan Provincial Party Committee personally met with me and encouraged me to fully respect and use the law to defend him.
Needless to say, care and regret. "Ma Jun said," Later, I put forward the defense point of "rich temple poor abbot" because Chu Shijian was there.
Money he shouldn't have taken, he took the money he should have taken. I don't want to exonerate him, but I want to alert the society and the government.
Some special events in the economic era should be handled specially. "
Ma Jun was very emotional: "As a leader of state-owned enterprises who made such great contributions to national industry, Chu Shijian's annual income was not as good as that of singers of that period."
Sing a song. After he went in, the corresponding income distribution policy was also adjusted. "
Ironically, after the fall of Chu, the annual salary and bonus of his successor exceeded 1 10,000 yuan-Chu.
I don't earn that much in my life. Now state-owned enterprise executives enjoy an annual salary of one million, ten million, or even ten million, and they are also equipped with performance shares.
This is a daily - happened thing. However, those who have been treated unfairly because of the "Chu Shijian phenomenon" and then called for "high salary and honesty" seem to be even more embarrassed.
Those with high salaries have not relaxed their greed for money, and even intensified it.
After the Chu incident, some economists once said, "We are sorry to lose such an excellent manager." At that time, people were talking about it.
According to the theory, Chu's life will end here-if not his life, at least his career, and he will gradually disappear from the public.
Sight.
Therefore, even though Chu has been publicly sentenced and served his sentence in prison, various legends and stories about him are still circulating in Yunnan Province and the tobacco industry.
Mysteriously circulated in museums, storytellers all think that: First, Chu's talent is irreplaceable; Second, Yunnan Province will definitely try to save it.
He; third ...
However, heroes are different from mortals because they can face the ups and downs of life calmly. Chu's sentiment is: be positive rather than passive.
To treat setbacks negatively, we must be broad-minded, don't care too much, and keep moving forward. "I have some old friends who disappear as soon as they encounter setbacks.
I sank and couldn't stand up. "
"Chu orange" is all the rage.
"In any case, now that everything is over, what makes me more reassured is that Chu Shijian is still alive and well." Ma Jun said, "He is a restless man.
After seven years of hard work, people have planted a new brand of oranges. Such an old man deserves respect. "
The waves of history have gone away in waves, leaving these traces on the shore, just like Chu Shijian's Hongta Tobacco Empire, which is still successful.
The expression of existence. Later, Chu Shijian became a stronger old man after experiencing the vicissitudes of his daughter's suicide in prison and his own imprisonment.
At the age of 75, with the help of friends, he contracted a barren hill with an area of more than 2,400 mu near Sa Jia Town, Xinping County, Yuxi City, and planted 34 trees.
Ten thousand orange saplings.
"I took my wife to the barren hills, put on the clothes when farmers worked, and became an authentic farmer." Chu Shi suffers from severe diabetes.
Jane said, "There are many people who care about me. Life is not a problem, but I can't be idle. " As we all know, it is not convenient for me to get involved in tobacco, but
Yes, I have other things to choose from "
In daily life, Chu found that fruits imported from the United States to China, such as oranges, grapes, cherries, etc., taste good, but the price is also very expensive.
He couldn't help recalling the past years: "At that time, everyone said that the smoke in Europe and America was better than that in China, and China could never produce such a thing as' three'."
Five',' Marlboro' and other famous cigarettes, but I don't believe this evil. After years of research and experiments, I finally created our own China.
The brand of tobacco. "
Chu is determined to "return to the Jianghu" and use his knowledge, experience and confidence to "grow oranges as delicious as American oranges, even more delicious than American oranges".
Child to ".
Despite years of successful agricultural experience in growing tobacco, Chu Shijian found that growing oranges is different from the former because oranges have their own characteristics.
It is necessary to observe, experiment and study water supply, nutrient distribution, branch density, pests and diseases.
"I am studying and summarizing, and I have also conducted long-term cooperative research with experts and friends from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and I have indeed encountered many difficulties in the process.
For example, sugar, acidity, sunshine and other conditions need detailed treatment. At the same time, for the preparation of fertilizer, the choice of irrigation water has also spent a lot of thought, especially irrigation.
Water is specially transported from far away to ensure the pure taste of oranges. Chu Shijian said, "I always encourage myself. If I want to do it, I must succeed.
Work hard. Americans can grow delicious oranges, so can I. I won't be worse than them. "
An entrepreneur who was once all-powerful, willingly became a tanned but healthy and cheerful farmer. Five or six years later, the orange tree planted by Chu finally blossomed and bore fruit.
After the fruit was produced, due to insufficient publicity at first, it was mainly bought with the help of some old friends, including group consumption. Later, "good quality, good reputation."
So I never take the initiative to promote it. "He said.
Sure enough, the situation gradually changed. Other oranges 10 yuan can be found everywhere on the streets of Kunming, but the 8 yuan 1 kg of rock sugar navel orange he planted is still hard to buy.
Yes, and many oranges are sent to Shenzhen, Beijing, Shanghai and other cities for sale as soon as they are picked.
Ma Jun said: "Chu Shijian was maliciously slandered, saying that his previous success in the tobacco industry depended on national resources. Now he grows oranges for the second time.
The process does not rely on any national resources, but basically depends on product quality and fair market competition, but it is still very successful. "
At present, there are more than 300 people working in the orchards contracted by Chu Shijian, and the fruit farmers are basically from nearby mountainous areas. He quoted a pipe used to grow tobacco leaves.
Management experience, set a standard for each fruit tree, especially the yield is a fixed number, because too many fruits will affect the later quality, so fruit farmers see the difference.
Take the initiative to pick the fruit and put an end to shoddy. He also established an incentive mechanism, so that a fruit grower can get 40 yuan every year as long as he completes the tasks he undertakes.
00 yuan salary, if the quality is up to standard, 4,000 yuan, and more than 2,000 yuan at the end of the year. Under normal circumstances, such a fruit farmer can earn more than 0/0/0000 yuan a year.
Individuals even reach more than 20 thousand yuan, which is obviously more than working outside to earn money. Chu Shijian said: "I am willing to lead the farmers who work in the orchard.
Become rich. "
"Once I went to Wal-Mart to find out about the sales situation and found that our oranges had been sold out, and there were many oranges imported from the United States.
"Chu Shijian said cheerfully," customers think that American oranges are thick and taste sour, while our oranges are wetter and sweeter.
Suitable for the tastes of China people, all of which are the fruits of our years' efforts. "
Chu said, "As long as you do anything seriously, you can't do it badly. This used to be the case with cigarettes, but now it is the case with oranges.
In fact, cultivating things is the same as cultivating people. On the one hand, we should be careful, on the other hand, the nutrition given in the early stage should be reasonable, so that it can be produced.
Good fruit. "
He said that at present, the general quality of products from all walks of life in society is not high because of insufficient attention to "raw materials" and insufficient investment in the early stage.
Emphasis is placed on "handling" in the later stage. "In fact, the same is true for the cultivation of talents. The whole society has not yet clearly understood and acted on these issues.
There are still some old habits in the world. "
A fair evaluation
Ma Jun said that although he is very busy at ordinary times, apart from years of friendship and reasoning in court, Chu's situation has always been his concern.
Desperate, Ma Jun has a unique evaluation: "Chu Shijian gave everyone a right and wrong about how an idle old man can spend his old age."
Always a good example. "
However, some people have raised objections to Chu's ability to successfully reduce his sentence, get medical parole and re-establish during his release from prison: "Chu's physical fitness.
Start a business, but can't go to jail? Of course, such comments were immediately refuted by more people: "If there was no Chu case, there might not be today." .
The proud life of the boss of state-owned enterprises. "
Chu Shijian himself doesn't care much about similar comments or controversies now.
"Now, the small orchard is our paradise. In addition to resting at home, almost all my time is spent on how to grow oranges. " Strict confrontation theory
In fact, since I regained my freedom, some friends have asked me to be a tobacco consultant, promising an annual salary of more than 300,000 to 500,000.
There are also various generous benefits. But I really don't want to get ahead and do things again. One is that I am old, and the other is that I don't want to be famous anymore, because I ...
If you don't do something, you will do something. "
Although he has always been modest and prudent, all kinds of books, newspapers and periodicals piled up everywhere in Chu's home are often played on TV.
In fact, news programs have revealed his "secret", and the artistic conception of "it is difficult for the sea to water" is clearly reflected in him.
"People in cigarette factories often invite me out to participate in some activities, including the production technology and planting technology in the fields, but every time I just
I don't care much whether they listen to my advice or not, but I promise I won't talk nonsense. "He said," I
Now I watch the news every day. After all, I have been engaged in economic work for half my life, and I still have my own ideas about many things in the country and local areas, but I am a
I don't express my opinions publicly, and I don't even want to tell others' I am still very concerned about the economic activities of the country'. "
Chu said that when he constantly understands and thinks, he always feels that there are problems in the practices of many industrial and commercial enterprises. If they correct and improve them,
Can do better, there will be more room for development.
In Chu's new enterprise, he made it clear that he was only in charge of technical matters, and the chairman was his wife Ma Jingfen, while his granddaughter was in charge.
Responsible for sales, "I work for them now, relying on technology to eat."
Although Chu has experienced too many twists and turns in his life, his ability and contribution have always been recognized. Many leaders of the Central Committee and Yunnan have been on business trips to Yuxi.
Will invariably ask a question: "How is Lao Chu now?" Many retired cadres also find reasons to visit every once in a while.
He even went after him in the orchard.
"Although the superior leaders and current leaders don't come to see me directly, I know their concern and concern for me, which makes me feel that he
Children still have a little conscience, and I can understand their difficulties. No one wants to talk about my past, including me.
It's the same for me. "ChuShiJian said.
Ma Jun said that Chu's past glory and right and wrong included that he was released on medical parole and planted oranges before he officially served his sentence.
Situation, social attention has always been high, some people think that tolerance for him reflects social progress, while others think that it is the law to condone him.
Without respect, all kinds of remarks never stop. In fact, no matter inside and outside Yunnan Province, or inside and outside the business community, his evaluation has always been
There are praises and denials, but his fate and whereabouts have always been a hot topic in society. "Especially in Yunnan Province, when it comes to tobacco and enterprises, it always
It's hard to avoid the name Chu. "
Chu Shijian said: "No matter what I did right or wrong before, as long as others can admit that I have done a good job in economic work, I think the evaluation is fair and I am satisfied."