Chapter 494: It may be a little late
Different angles, different things are seen.
As vice chairman, Xue Chenzhi has attended all high-level meetings held by Liu Zhongzhou and Jin Changxing.
At the meeting, he had seen more than once that Liu Zhongzhou and Kim Changxing mercilessly attacked and suppressed opposing views in order to promote their views.
It is precisely because Liu Zhongzhou and Jin Changxing could not listen to the opposing opinions that the Southern Group has been planted in the pit again and again in recent years.
Xue Chenzhi, who was at a loss, knew that since he had no choice, he had to speak widely and listen to whether others had good ideas, otherwise it would be an illusion for the Southern Group to get out of the predicament.
Huang Hongliang listened to Xue Chenzhi's words, and his heart was very moved.
In his opinion, Xue Chenzhi's move was undoubtedly to regard himself as his confidant, which gave him a big reassurance.
Huang Hongliang knows very well in his heart that his cultural level is not very high, he has no higher education, and it is quite good to be able to get into this position within the Southern Group.
No matter who becomes the chairman, he can only work hard to do a good job in sales and keep his position as the general manager of the sales company. In the final analysis, his position as general manager is a fart in the eyes of the chairman, as long as he is unhappy, he can replace himself in minutes.
Xue Chenzhi just now acted as the chairman of the board of directors and said such heartfelt words to himself, which is a good sign, indicating that there is no problem for him to continue to be the general manager of the sales company in the future.
As long as you keep your position as the general manager of the sales company, you will have everything. Otherwise, my future life is estimated to be not much different from that of a salesman.
Huang Hongliang has not yet paid off his foreign debts, and he has other worries in his heart: his son's academic performance is getting worse and worse, he is becoming more and more unsociable in school, and his personality is becoming more and more withdrawn. If his son can't be admitted to university in the future and can't integrate well into society and support himself, will he still have to rely on himself as a father at that time? Therefore, Huang Hongliang now knows very well in his heart that if his position and salary income drop, then the predicament he will face in the future will be even more serious than it is now.
Although he is also one of the senior executives of the group, he is really not an important role in the eyes of the previous two chairmen, Liu Zhongzhou and Jin Changxing, which Huang Hongliang can clearly feel from the two of them yelling at him as soon as they are unsatisfied.
Like Xue Chenzhi, who talked to himself in private, Liu Zhongzhou and Jin Changxing have never had it.
Xue Chenzhi can be the acting chairman, which is actually a very good thing for Huang Hongliang.
When copper prices rose sharply in previous years, Huang Hongliang and Xue Chenzhi established an alliance of interests that was unknown to outsiders in the sales process, and the relationship between the two was once very close.
At least this level of relationship determines that Xue Chenzhi's appointment as acting chairman is more beneficial to Huang Hongliang than anyone else's appointment as acting chairman.
Although his heart was full of gratitude, Huang Hongliang couldn't pour anything out of his stomach for these big questions asked by Xue Chenzhi. So he nodded yes with a smile on his face, and at the same time observed Zheng Guorui sitting next to him with the rest of his eyes, hoping that he could say something useful to break the dullness in the room.
Of course, Zheng Guorui could hear that Xue Chenzhi's words were insinuating that he was attacking Liu Zhongzhou and Jin Changxing, but he was not disgusted by this, because he also felt this way.
Xue Chenzhi's statement made him completely relieved, working in the Southern Group for so long, facing the leader of the group, he suddenly had an idea of wanting to spit out, so he said: "I am afraid that the price of copper will not rise for a while, I think the group must have a preparation for a tight life, and such days may not only be one or two months, it may be very long." ”
When Xue Chenzhi heard this, he chuckled in his heart: The current life is already very sad, but Zheng Guorui's words vaguely reveal a meaning that the worst moment is far from coming. What did he think? What would be the worst-case scenario? I'll have to ask him carefully.
Xue Chenzhi was worried that his anxiety and uneasiness would affect Zheng Guorui, so he asked him to swallow back the words that had already come to his mouth, so he smiled, pretended to be calm, and pretended to ask casually: "Minister Zheng, can you tell me in detail what is the basis for your judgment?"
Zheng Guorui said: "The price of copper is likely to fall to about 50,000 yuan, and when it really happens, the group's financial situation will be even tighter." ”
Xue Chenzhi said: "Why do you think that the price of copper will fall so low?"
Zheng Guorui said: "Actually, this is not my judgment, it was Li Xin who said it two months ago, and I think his judgment is right." ”
"What did he say? What was his basis?"
I don't remember his exact words very clearly, but what he roughly meant was that the economic situation was relatively sluggish this year, and the demand of downstream users shrank sharply, which will cause the copper price to fall to about 50,000 yuan. This is really what he said is right, you see the current situation in the market, a few years ago the customer took the money to the sales company and waited to buy copper, but now, when our salesman called the customer, the customer was still reluctant to come to the purchase. It is said that if the users in the market are all this kind of psychology, the price of copper will not rise even if they want to. ”
"That's true, but now we have to find a way to deal with this situation, we can't sit back, right?" Xue Chenzhi said.
"It may be a little late now, if Chairman Jin had listened to the persuasion more than two months ago, he might have been able to avoid a large loss. ”
Xue Chenzhi asked strangely, "Did something happen two months ago?
Zheng Guorui said: "At that time, the situation was similar to now, and it was also in Chairman Jin's office to discuss and analyze the price trend and find a way to deal with the decline in copper prices. At that time, Li Xin suggested that Chairman Jin should hurry up to sell and hedge in the futures market to ensure that the company's sales of copper metal in the second half of the year have a good profit margin. However, Chairman Jin vetoed his proposal. At that time, the price of copper was still around 63,000 yuan, a full 7,000 yuan worse than the current price, if we really did selling hedging in the futures market at that time, now we can earn at least 7,000 yuan more per ton of copper, how much money is this?"
"Why didn't Lao Jin mention this to me a word?"
"At that time, you should not be in the group headquarters, Chairman Jin did not agree to sell in the futures market, but then he made a decision, asking the sales department to increase sales efforts and quickly withdraw funds when the copper price was at a high level. ”
Xue Chenzhi thought for a while: "I remember this, he called me and said that he would increase sales and try to achieve zero inventory." ”
Zheng Guorui said: "That's right, at the time you said, these two things happened almost on the same day. However, we all know that sales work is a gradual process, and to put it mildly, this work cannot be eaten in a small way, but can only be sold as much as possible. However, the selling hedging operation in the futures market is different, and all the copper that needs to be sold in the second half of this year can be locked within an hour, so as to truly prevent the risk of price decline. ”
Xue Chenzhi thought for a while: "As far as I know, this should also require a lot of funds, right?"
Zheng Guorui said: "Of course, this is also an important reason why we couldn't do that at that time, but this funding problem is not without a solution." ”
Xue Chenzhi, who has now fully understood all aspects of the information of the Southern Group, is confident that he still has a very detailed understanding of the capital side of the entire group, so he is very interested in Zheng Guorui's statement that there is a way to solve the capital problem: "Then tell me, how to solve the capital problem?"
Zheng Guorui said without hesitation: "Hurry up and sell the mine I bought later." Everyone knows that long-term pain is better than short-term pain, but why has this problem been procrastinated and has not been solved until now? If it were not for the drag of this mine, even if the copper price fell to the level of 56,000 yuan, the profit margin of the entire group would still be very considerable. As I said earlier, copper prices are likely to remain depressed for a long time and remain at a level of more than 50,000 yuan. If this is the case, the new mine will be like a bleeding wound for the entire group, and it will eventually bring the whole group down. ”
The reason why Zheng Guorui dared to say this was because the foreshadowing of Xue Chenzhi's words just now relieved some of his worries, second, because none of the things he accused were decided by Xue Chenzhi, and third, because the group's current situation has reached a very critical juncture.
"What price can you sell the mine for now?" Of course, Xue Chenzhi knew that the continuous loss of the new mine was the biggest problem faced by the entire group, but this matter was too wide-ranging. If the mine is currently appreciating, it makes sense to sell it in every way. But the problem is that the original value of the mine is more than 200000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if he dares to sell, it is still a question whether he can find someone to take over.
Zheng Guorui felt a little big when he heard Xue Chenzhi's words: he knew that Xue Chenzhi had committed the same mistake as Jin Changxing and Liu Zhongzhou, that is, they would only look at things statically, only seeing the present, but not the future.