Chapter 22 Feeling it firsthand
Although he hated it so much in his heart, he could only slowly negotiate with the other party, and in the end, he finally negotiated a price that everyone was satisfied with, and firmly grasped this batch of large quantities of cane sugar in his own hands.
Yu Shuhua is also worried about the warehouse, not only does she have to worry about the sugar warehouse, but also regrets why she didn't suggest to the head office a few years ago to expand the existing alcohol warehouse, if the alcohol warehouse is expanded earlier, this year will come in handy.
But now, with so much money in hand, I can't invest in the alcohol business, I can only invest in the cane sugar that I am not very familiar with, and there is no ready-made cane sugar warehouse on my side.
In contrast, alcohol was easier to get her hands on, but she didn't dare to buy it, and even if she bought it, there was nowhere to store it. Alcohol warehouses are even more difficult to find, alcohol is not like sucrose, it is flammable and explosive, and the storage conditions are subject to special requirements.
She thought about it, and the matter of the alcohol warehouse could only be put aside for now, and now it was better to do what she could first. Seize this year's opportunity to make a big profit on cane sugar. Next year, when there is money, let the head office invest in the expansion of the alcohol warehouse. The head office must invest this money, and the construction of fixed assets can't let my branch pay for it, right?
The money earned by myself will be used as working capital, and when the warehouse is expanded, the funds will be available, and even if I don't do the sugar business, the scale of the alcohol business will also go up to a higher level, and the annual benefits will also go up.
The main thing is that the other two branches of this business have no way to compete with themselves, they don't have such facilities!
In the afternoon of this day, Li Xin had just entered the office building, and a person came down the stairs to greet Li Xin: "It's Li Xin, right?"
Li Xin looked up and saw that it was Ding Yan. Her father and Li Xin's father were colleagues, and both families lived in the compound of Li Xin's father's unit until the second year of high school.
She was two grades higher than Li Xin, and Li Xin rarely socialized with girls at that time, but the two families lived very close to each other and were still very familiar with each other, although they hadn't seen her for many years, Li Xin still recognized her at a glance.
"Ding Yan, it's you, why are you here?" asked Li Xin in surprise.
"I'm here to talk about some business. What about you, do you work here?" Ding Yan said happily.
"Yes, I work here, in the head office on the second floor. Li Xin said.
"It's been a long time, I didn't expect to meet you here!" Ding Yan said.
"Yes, when I was in high school, my dad didn't see each other since he was transferred to the unit, and it has been seven or eight years! What about you, what are you doing now?" Li Xin asked.
"I live in Jiangcheng now, my husband opened a trading company, and today I came to talk to Mr. Tang of the sugar sales company about business. Ding Yan said.
"Do you want to buy candy?" Li Xin understood as soon as he heard it, it would not be anything else to come here to find Tang Jianhua.
"Yes. Ding Yan said.
"Is the negotiation done?" Li Xin asked with concern.
"Not yet, the price given is too high to negotiate. Ding Yan said.
"Why don't you try it at a sugar factory?" Li Xin suggested.
"I've been looking for a few of them, and the price is not low, and it's hard to do it if you add the freight. Ding Yan said helplessly.
"This year's sugar prices are a bit high, and our company has a lot more trouble buying sugar from sugar factories than before. Li Xin said.
"Are you also in charge of sales?" asked Ding Yan.
"I don't do sales, I do chores in the company's administrative office. Why don't you go up to my office and sit for a while?" Li Xin said.
"No, I still have some business, I'll come back to talk to you another day when I'm free. Ding Yan said.
"Okay, then you have time to come here. Li Xin said.
Ding Yan agreed, beckoned to Li Xin, and left.
Speaking of Ding Yan, Li Xin's image of her is deep, this girl can be regarded as a character in the compound where Li Xin and the others lived, not only beautiful, but also cheerful.
Her beauty is not the weak beauty of ordinary girls, but the kind of beauty that is very sexy. She is the kind of girl who develops her body relatively early, only in her first and second years of high school, and she is already convex and backward, and in this regard, she is even more eye-catching than the women of the aunty generation who work in the compound.
Although Li Xin was only a junior high school student at that time and didn't understand the meaning of the word sexy at all, every time she saw her, she still felt an inexplicable restlessness in her heart.
When carrying water on the well platform, when they meet her on the way to and from school, they can't help but sneak a few glances at her, wanting to get close to her, but they can't muster up the courage to take the initiative to talk to her.
The first conversation between the two of them in his image should have been Ding Yan talking to him first, and he himself definitely didn't have the courage to take the initiative to talk to her, although he wanted to do it very much.
Later, many years later, Li Xin secretly laughed at herself, with Ding Yan's cheerful personality, if she had been bold at that time, she would not have left so many regrets in her interactions, just one or two bland conversations.
Recalling the ignorant past of his childhood all the way, Li Xin went upstairs and walked into the office, and saw a young man sitting on the sofa. Xia Xiaona saw Li Xin come in and said, "Li Xin, someone is looking for you." ”
The young man listened to Xia Xiaona's words, stood up and said to Li Xin, "It's Brother Li, right? I'm Chen Hai's colleague, and my surname is Lu." ”
Chen Hai is a classmate of Li Xin University, working in the design institute, called this morning and said that a colleague had a batch of white sugar to sell, and the specific situation This colleague came to Li Xin in the afternoon to talk in detail, and asked Li Xin to do a favor if possible.
At this time, Li Xin heard him say this, knew that it was Chen Hai who said the thing, shook hands with him and said, "Oh, hello, Chen Hai called me in the morning. I'm going to go to the computer room to type a document now, so you can come along. ”
Li Xin took him to the computer room, and after sitting down, Li Xin made him a cup of tea and asked, "Xiao Lu, right? Tell me, what's the matter?" Chen Hai didn't say anything in detail on the phone in the morning. ”
Xiao Lu said: "Brother Li, that's the case, my relatives are in the Mengjiang Sugar Factory, and they can get a batch of sugar, and the price can be discussed, and the goods must be fine." I want to find a buyer here in Jiangcheng, but I'm not familiar with this industry, I heard Chen Hai say that you are in the sugar company, so I want to come over and ask Brother Li, is there any way to help?"
After Li Xin heard this, he said: "Xiao Lu, I understand what you said, this is a matter of sales and procurement business. I do administrative chores in the office, and I am not very familiar with the sales and procurement business, and I don't know anything about the freight, storage fees, and sucrose quality from different sugar factories to Jiangcheng, so I can't give you a positive answer. Do you think this will work, there are a few business managers in the sugar sales branch who are familiar with me, and they are very familiar with the sales and procurement business, so I will take you to talk to them?"
Xiao Lu said: "Okay, listen to you, Brother Li!"
So Li Xin took him to the business room of the sugar sales branch, found Gao Hui, and introduced: "Manager Gao, this is a friend of mine, there is a batch of sugar to sell in the sugar factory below, you can talk about it, and if possible, do me a favor." ”
Xiao Lu took out a cigarette, handed it to Li Xin and Gao Hui and said, "Manager Gao, take care of me!"
Gao Hui took the cigarette, beckoned Xiao Lu and said, "Sit down." ”
Li Xin knew that after the introduction was over, they should be allowed to talk alone, and it was not appropriate for them to stand next to him. So he lit a cigarette and said to Xiao Lu: "You talk to Manager Gao, I still have something to do over there, and you can come to the computer room to find me when it's over." ”
Xiao Lu said: "Okay, Brother Li, you are busy first." ”
Li Xin nodded to Gao Hui and went out.
About half an hour later, Xiao Lu came to the door of the computer room and said to Li Xin: "Brother Li, you are busy, I will go back first." ”
Li Xin got up and walked to the door and asked, "Have you finished talking with Manager Gao?"
Xiao Lu said: "The price and freight will be discussed again, I asked for Manager Gao's phone number, and I will communicate with him another day." That's all for today, you're busy, I'll go back. Thank you, Brother Li. ”
Li Xin said: "You're welcome, then you can contact him more, he is more familiar with these businesses." Li Xin returned to the office after typing the documents and saw Gao Hui sitting on the sofa chatting with Xia Xiaona.
"Why didn't I see you when I sent your friend out just now?" Gao Hui asked when he saw Li Xin coming in.
"No, I'm typing documents in the computer room. How are you talking?" Li Xin said.
"It's not a good conversation. Gao Hui said.
"What does it mean to not be good?" Li Xin felt strange.
"Is he your good friend or a relative?" Gao Hui didn't answer Li Xin's words and asked further.
"It's a colleague of my college classmates, and it's the first time I've met. Look at what you're asking, what's going on?" Li Xin asked a little strangely.
Gao Hui explained, "I mean, if it's a good friend or relative, I'll find a way to help him." If it's just an ordinary friend, forget it, this business can't be done. ”
When Li Xin heard this, he felt as if there was something behind this, so he asked, "What's going on?" ”
Gao Hui said: "That sugar factory is too far away, I haven't dealt with it much before, and the quantity of this batch of sugar is very small, only one or two hundred tons, and the price is not appropriate, plus freight or something, it is not cost-effective." ”
Li Xin understood now and said, "That's it." That's okay, you can do it, if it's not suitable, you can tell him directly, I'll just help him introduce it, and I don't understand these sales and procurement businesses. ”
After a while, Li Xin asked again: "Don't you have a lot of customers looking for you to buy candy? If we don't want this batch of sugar, why don't you ask your customers if anyone is willing to buy it?"
Gao Hui said: "I mean that if he is a good friend or relative of yours, I will help ask other people if they want it." But it's not in accordance with the rules!"
Li Xin asked, "Isn't it good, why don't you follow the rules?"
Gao Hui said: "If you let others know, they will gossip and say that I introduced the company's customers outside!"
Li Xin suddenly realized and said, "Oh, so that's the case!"
Xia Xiaona listened and said to Gao Hui: "It can't be so serious, right? You are too careful." ”
Gao Hui said: "That's really the case, don't take it seriously, there have been such things before, and no one will listen to you when the time comes!"
Li Xin said: "He was really introduced by a college classmate, why don't you introduce him to a customer to talk to? As for whether the negotiation can be successful, it is a matter between them, even if it is to help him." ”