Chapter 18: Who You Are and Myself?
Director Luan did not express his position on this matter, not that he could see that there was anything wrong with this matter, and his excuse was that he was not familiar with the sales business. In fact, this is what he said in his heart, judging from his character and principles of life, he will only do what he feels is nine out of ten, and he will never dare to do this big thing that has never happened before.
His cunning attitude made Wu Bin lose confidence in him again, and Wu Bin began to think in his heart that after the end of this squeezing season, he would find a more suitable candidate to preside over the work of the administrative office of the head office.
Tang Jianhua, who finally survived until the meeting ended, immediately got his wish and immediately got into his office and called the business managers who were already in the sugar factories in various places.
Time waits for no one, and he wants to speed up the already somewhat stalled process.
When he received Tang Jianhua's call, Lin Li was bored and watching TV in the guest house of Zhulin Sugar Factory.
The sugar factory was far from the county seat, and the conditions of the guest house were very limited, with two beds in a small room, and the walls were plastered with lime and paint, the top two-thirds white, and the bottom third grass-green. On the table opposite the bed is an 18-inch color TV, and there are two chairs next to the table.
In the room across the corridor lived a couple of northerners, playing poker, and the noise was so loud that it annoyed him.
It's been half a month, except for two times when he invited the director of the sugar factory Wang to dinner, he stayed in the sugar factory the rest of the time, went to the sugar factory staff canteen for dinner, and passed the time by watching TV at night.
This business trip made him feel extremely difficult, and the work was many times more difficult than before. Even this Zhulin Sugar Factory, which was originally very close, except for the small part of the cane sugar that had been paid and finalized, the original intentional order had to be overturned and restarted, and the price immediately rose by a few hundred yuan, not to mention, it could only be finally implemented after the payment was received.
Inviting the factory director Wang Dong to dinner is not as good as it used to be, and he has been invited several times, only to make an appointment twice. At the wine table, behind Lin Li's smiling expression, there was less confidence in the past and more helplessness that he didn't have before.
There is no way, the supply is small, the sugar factory sits on the ground and starts the price, the initiative is in the hands of others, and there is no goods if you don't accept the price offered by others. What's worse is that the funds have not yet been finalized, and so far, most of the goods have been verbally agreed to the price requirements of the sugar mills, but the money has been missing.
Wang Dong, the director of the factory, is in a completely different mood from Lin Li, this year there are many customers who come to buy sugar, and he is now surrounded by customers like stars holding the moon.
In previous years, when the gap between supply and demand was not large, the business manager of the sugar company came down to buy the goods, and the reason for this was that in addition to the sugar company being the main sales channel of the sugar factory, there were also some industry supervisory functions, and he could not afford to offend in any way.
But this year, the situation began to be a little different, the supply of sugar in short supply and demand caused the price of sugar in the futures market to skyrocket, and many private enterprises moved to the sugar factory with a large amount of cash to buy sugar at a high price.
He also learned about the skyrocketing price of sugar futures four or five days later. He calmed down and analyzed carefully, judging from the current situation, the momentum of rising sugar prices is far from over, and he will regret selling it too early.
So he instructed the factory to secretly control the shipment, the daily shipment is very small, and the price is almost the same every day. Whoever wants the goods must be cash in stock, and the shipping price is subject to the price when the funds arrive.
His office was crowded with all sorts of people who came to him to buy candy every day, and he was overwhelmed with dinners. He greeted the chief of finance and the chief of supply and marketing, and sorted out the list of customers whose payment had been received every day and handed it to him.
Lin Li asked him several times, and after thinking about it again, he couldn't refuse, so he still went.
The wine table is so realistic, there are many people who want to ask for it, every time they toast, they take a bull's eye cup full of wine and drink it all, and Wang Dong just takes a sip casually. Occasionally, he raised his wine glass and saluted Lin Li, but he was also casual and did everything he could.
The two sat opposite each other, but Wang Dong was always half-sideways, not completely facing Lin Li, his left foot was on his right knee, his left elbow was resting on the edge of the table, his palm was supporting his left cheek, and only his right hand was holding vegetables and drinking from time to time. It seems that he came after he was full, but he didn't have any appetite at all.
Lin Li is also a frequent guest at the wine table, Wang Dong's condescending style that can't be concealed, he can see it clearly in his eyes, but he still said with a smile on his face: "Director Wang, the batch of goods we want must be guaranteed to us." ”
Wang Dong nodded and agreed: "This is no problem, you can rest assured." "This kind of promise that doesn't need to be signed, he has to promise it several times a day, anyway, the sugar produced in the factory always has to be sold, not to anyone, as long as you pay for it.
Hearing this, Lin Li continued to ask, "Then do you think the price can be set first?"
Wang Dong didn't speak, picked up the chopsticks and put a small piece of fried meat into his mouth, Lin immediately raised the wine glass to salute him, Wang Dong waved his hand holding the chopsticks, and Lin Li had to put down the wine glass.
After a while, after Wang Dong swallowed the meat in his mouth into his stomach, he said slowly: "Manager Lin, it's not that I don't give you face." ”
Lin Li's face was already flushed from drinking, but his head was still very clear, and he immediately replied with a smile on his face: "That's that!"
Wang Dong continued to pat a glance and said: "You also know, now the price of sugar is the same every day, I really don't dare to guarantee you anything about the price, this is also the policy set by the factory, I can't help it." ”
Lin Li continued to fight: "We want a large amount, try to give us a little discount." ”
Wang Dong shook his head and said: "Ouch, Manager Lin, don't tell me about the large amount, you don't see how many people chase me every day, and the amount they want is indispensable, let me tell you the truth, the sugar in my warehouse is not enough for them!"
When Lin Li heard this, he was a little anxious: "Then what about the sugar we want?"
Wang Dong realized that he had accidentally slipped his mouth, and hurriedly reassured Lin Li and said, "Isn't this being produced every day? ”
While wrestling with Lin Li, he secretly speculated: This sugar company has always been rich and has never made empty promises, why did the lion come to him to ask for sugar this time when the gap between supply and demand was large, and the quantity far exceeded the previous order volume, not to mention, the payment was still missing.
Could it be that they want to take the opportunity to empty the gloves of the white wolf, take my goods out and sell them and then pay them back? There was no such rule before, let alone this year, when sugar was so scarce.
Thinking so in my heart, I don't show a trace on the surface, drinking and eating food is still empty and wronged, and the subtext is still the same sentence: as long as the funds are in the account, the price and quantity are easy to discuss.
He also knew in his heart that there was no second customer in the province for such a big customer as the sugar company, and they would still be indispensable for selling sugar in the future, and he could not be offended. It's just that in business, your money is not settled at present, so I have to prevaricate you with good words first.
Whoever can give me cash and give me a high price will sell to whoever I want first, which is normal, and you are also businessmen, so it is not difficult to figure out this reason.
Lin Li is very familiar with the people in the supply and marketing department, and they don't avoid Lin Li in private when they say something, so after drinking with Wang Dong twice, he also knows that it is good to be able to negotiate like this before the funds are implemented. The rest of the matter can only hurry up and urge the company to find a way to implement the funds as soon as possible, otherwise, it will be in vain to say anything.
But wait and wait, Tang Jianhua still said: Don't worry, I'm thinking of a way, there is no problem with money.
As time passed, Lin Li began to feel that this matter was not very reliable.
He still knows how big the company's business scale is in the past, and now the purchase volume has suddenly increased so much out of thin air, where is there so much money?
If the funds can't be managed, Haikou boasted in the sugar factory will become an empty word, and this face will be lost. Also, Tang Jianhua's promise to allocate a car to himself next year and double the bonus now looks more like an ethereal golden pie.
Just when he was disheartened and waited for all the flowers to be gone, Tang Jianhua's call came.
What Tang Jianhua said on the phone made him cheer up immediately like a chicken blood, and muttered to himself in his heart: "Damn! Is so much money really implemented?"
In addition to being excited, he still told Tang Jianhua with concern: "Mr. Tang, there should be no big problem in terms of quantity, but the price is more difficult to discuss, almost one day a day, and it is much higher than the original expected price." ”
Tang Jianhua said impatiently: "I know this, you try to talk about it, if it's easy, why do you want to do it?" In short, you can't let the sugar factory ask for a price, the sooner you can get it, the better, and notify me as soon as there is a result." With that, he hung up.
Tang Jianhua knew in his heart that the situation that Lin Li said was also the biggest problem that the business managers were currently encountering in the sugar factory, and he had to immediately call these business managers one by one and ask them to do their best to get the most goods at the lowest price in the shortest time.
The situation in front of him made him like an ant on a hot pot, and he was anxious. In such a short period of ten days, the purchase cost was much higher than originally expected, which made him very unwilling.
But when things come to this point, they can only follow the trend, and if the time drags on longer, the cost will be more difficult to control.
After Lin Li answered the phone, he went out to find the factory director Wang Dong, and now his waist is much stiffer. Worried about the long nights and dreams, he had to immediately set down the goods that he had originally said, otherwise something might happen one day.
After listening to Lin Li's words, Wang Dong was a little difficult now. The goods promised to Lin Li more than ten days ago have already been sold to other customers, and now the factory really can't get so many goods for a while.
Even if there were so many goods, he couldn't sell them all to Lin Li today. He wants to go through the long flow and sell slowly, anyway, the price is rising, and the longer the time drags on, the better it will be for himself.
He scratched his scalp with his hand and said, "Manager Lin, in this way, you go to the sales section chief, and I will say hello to him later, and he will arrange it for you, okay." ”
Looking at his demeanor, Lin Li had a little more eyes and asked, "Director Wang, there won't be any problems with the quantity of the goods we want, right?"
When Wang Dong heard Lin Li ask, it was not easy to dodge between his words, and said, "I'm afraid it's not possible to have such a large amount at once." I'll try my best to arrange it for you, and I'll give it to you in batches. ”
When Lin Li heard this, he chuckled in his heart, and said secretly in his heart: I was worried that the night would be long and dreamy, but who would have thought that this night had not yet come, and the dream would come first, and there would really be a mistake! Just now, I assured Tang Jianhua that there would be no problem with the quantity, and now the trouble is coming!