Seawater rice, which can adapt to most of China's saline-alkali land, is of great significance.

However, after failing to break through the 0.6% salt content for so long, the sudden emergence of rice seeds that could produce high yields in saline-alkali land with a 3% salt content filled Chen Jingrui with suspicion.

As the vice president of China Seed Group, he has recently had a strange feeling lingering in his mind.

Major state-owned enterprises are planning to relocate from Beijing to alleviate the capital's overcrowding.

China Seed Group is no exception. As a state-owned enterprise, it can be considered a marginal state-owned enterprise and should theoretically be among the first or second batches to be relocated.

Moving early gives you the option to choose your location, while moving later might mean being assigned a specific relocation site.

Therefore, the relocation site chosen by Huaguo Seed Group is in Hainan. This decision was approved by the board of directors and also received permission from the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission.

However, the relocation was suddenly halted just before it was scheduled to begin, and they were told not to move for now. Chen Jingrui initially thought that the chairman had intervened at the ministry level, which was why he was allowed to stay in Yanjing.

State-owned enterprises will never want to go to other counties or cities, not even Xiong'an, as long as they can stay in the capital.

Back then, Longfor Properties, based in Chongqing, had two headquarters, one in Chongqing and one in Beijing. But why did the leaders mostly work in Beijing? What does "lobbying for funds" refer to?

Once you understand the logic behind it, you'll know why the new district next to Yanjing couldn't succeed.

Chen Jingrui was somewhat pleased that the group no longer needed to relocate to Hainan, which was far away; it was better to avoid trouble.

Then came another major personnel reshuffle within the group, basically replacing all the middle managers. Now, when the lower-level middle managers come to him for signatures, there isn't a single familiar face.

It should be noted that Chen Jingrui had worked at China Seed Group for more than ten years. He was familiar with every middle manager, if not intimately, but at least he could call them by name.

Now he can't even call out names.

Many of the company's research projects have also been suspended. The research institute under Huaguo Seed Group, although not well-known, has three academicians.

Many research projects have been suspended these days. The research institute under China Seed Group is mainly engaged in seed research and development.

As a result, seed research and development projects have been halted, with most projects involving rice, corn, wheat, and vegetables being suspended.

Only some projects studying the negative effects of genetically modified seeds, such as herbicide resistance and genetic pollution, are still ongoing.

What Chen Jingrui found even more incomprehensible was that the chairman had also been replaced.

"President Liu, welcome to work at Huaguo Seed Group. I've learned a lot from every meeting you've given us before," Chen Jingrui said with exceptional politeness.

Huaguo Seed Group is a second-tier subsidiary of Huaguo Chemical Import & Export Group.

It's equivalent to China National Chemical Import & Export Corporation being a first-tier central enterprise, and China National Seed Group being a second-tier central enterprise.

As a result, the general manager of a first-tier state-owned enterprise was transferred to serve as the general manager of Huaguo Seed Group, and Chen Jingrui was very polite on the surface.

Back in his office, he was filled with speculation: "Did President Liu lose the internal power struggle and get marginalized by the chairman?"

"That shouldn't be the case. Even if someone at his level is marginalized, it's impossible for him to be transferred to a second-tier company as general manager. At most, he could be transferred to be the chairman of the labor union."

"A person can be marginalized, but their job rank cannot be demoted, right?"

Generally, state-owned enterprises do not demote employees, especially first-tier central enterprises. At most, the general manager of a first-tier central enterprise can be transferred to a lateral position, but may not have real power.

Making the general manager the chairman of the labor union is already the biggest form of marginalization. In one domestic state-owned securities company, after a new chairman took office, the former chairman became an expert consultant. He had no real power, but his benefits remained the same.

Those with truly extensive connections can be transferred from general manager of a central state-owned enterprise to governor of a local province, especially a core province.

"The problem is that he came to the seed group as a full-time general manager and chairman, not on a part-time basis."

"This matter is completely procedurally incorrect and completely non-compliant."

After returning home, Chen Jingrui didn't even bother to eat; he went straight to his study to thoroughly review the situation.

"What's wrong? Let's eat first!" his wife asked.

Chen Jingrui waved his hand: "Something important has come up. I need to go to my study to think it over."

When faced with a major event, one must remain calm. This has always been Chen Jingrui's guiding principle. The more important the event, the less one should rush and the more composed one should be.

"When the Organization Department of the Central Committee came to announce the appointment, General Liu was expressionless, but from my observation, he did not seem to have the despondency that comes with defeat in a struggle."

"I could even feel the fire in his eyes. It's not easy to see fire in the eyes of a man in his sixties."

"This is fighting spirit."

"First, the relocation was halted, and then the entire middle management team was replaced."

"Then the seawater rice seeds were suddenly delivered by the agricultural research institute. And today the chairman of the board was suddenly replaced, and the replacement is a higher-level leader."

After Chen Jingrui made a timetable for these matters, he realized that the seeds of seawater rice were the key.

"The major overhaul should only take place after the research and development of seawater rice seeds has reached a certain level, at which point China Seed Group will be tasked with promoting seawater rice."

"But it's still a dilemma. Unless China Seed Group is upgraded to a first-tier central enterprise, it's impossible for President Liu to step down as general manager."

"Can a top-tier state-owned enterprise be supported solely by seawater rice seeds?"

For a second-tier subsidiary of a centrally-administered state-owned enterprise to become a first-tier centrally-administered state-owned enterprise, it is extremely difficult; without extraordinary connections, it is impossible to make such a thing happen.

Moreover, if a second-tier subsidiary of a central state-owned enterprise (SOE) wants to become a first-tier central SOE, it is highly likely that many second-tier subsidiaries of different central SOEs will be separated from their respective first-tier central SOEs and merged into a single first-tier central SOE.

In Chen Jingrui's memory, nothing like the transformation of a second-tier subsidiary into a first-tier central enterprise had ever happened in China.

Chen Jingrui thought he had finally sorted out his logic. He originally wanted to use his connections to find out if any other central state-owned enterprises were planning to divest their second-tier subsidiaries, but then he thought that since it involved his own company, he shouldn't do that.

"For the promotion of seawater rice, second-tier central state-owned enterprises should be more than enough. Is it necessary to have first-tier central state-owned enterprises?"

"Or is the chemical import and export business going to be split into two companies, with the other one primarily controlled by China Seed Group?"

"In any case, this is a fantastic opportunity for me."

The deputy general manager of a second-tier central enterprise is not comparable to the deputy general manager of a first-tier central enterprise. The deputy general manager of a first-tier central enterprise is one level higher than the general manager of a second-tier central enterprise.

Chen Jingrui never imagined that he would one day rise in status.

Therefore, he repeatedly warned himself that he must not make mistakes, especially at times like these.

Whether it's merging or upgrading, state-owned enterprises have huge interests at stake, and Chen Jingrui doesn't want to make a wrong move at this crucial moment.

Chen Jingrui's judgment was correct. Not long after, the financial sector of the chemical import and export company was completely spun off and merged with Huaguo Seed Group.

China Seed Group Corporation has been transformed into a first-tier central state-owned enterprise.