Chapter 14: The Crisis of Cash Flows
Huayuan Group, in the small conference room, there seems to be an invisible dark cloud, and the silent atmosphere brings a sense of depression.
Qiu Ruoyu, who is located at the head of the conference table, frowns lightly and reads a document, on her elegant face, she is so calm that there is no trace of waves, her jet-black hair is gently draped over her shoulders, and the split of a well-tailored white suit, with a dark collar inside, in addition to tranquility, there is also the intellectual beauty of a working woman.
Under her left hand, there are a man and two women sitting in turn, both of whom are about forty years old, respectively the vice president in charge of the medicinal materials industry, the director of the business department, and the director of the finance department.
"The $100 million loan will be postponed for at least a month. The silence lasted for only three minutes, but it seemed to be as long as three hours, Qiu Ruoyu slowly raised her eyes, put the document on the table, and pointed to the document and said, "This is a fax just sent by Sihai Bank." ”
Although I heard this unfavorable news in the morning, it was now confirmed by Qiu Ruoyu herself, which still made the faces of the three of them change suddenly.
"Mr. Qiu, the company's books are currently only more than six million, and there is a big gap in the salaries of all employees this month. Dong Shufen looked at Qiu Ruoyu with small black-framed glasses, and said with a bitter face, as the financial director, she knows very well how serious the consequences of the broken capital chain are.
"Today I personally went to Miaocai, Huipu, the CEOs of these two companies don't know where they heard the rumors about Huayuan's tight capital flow, and they all made it clear that the next supply of medicinal materials to Huayuan must be in cash. Vice President Xu Dechang rubbed his temples with a headache and sighed, the "seedlings" and "Huipu" in his mouth are two of the four largest wholesalers of medicinal materials in Shenhai City, and more than half of Huayuan's various basic medicinal materials are purchased from these two.
Miao Huiying, director of the business department, was silent, one day, she almost launched the entire business department to go out to collect debts, and she also personally visited two key customers, but the harvest was minimal, more than half a year beyond the contract period of bad debts, dead debts, how can it be so easy to get back, and a few normal cooperative merchants will "tolerantly" agree to pay in advance?
"Shufen, if all the other expenses of this month are collected, only to ensure the normal payment of wages at the end of the month, as well as the requirements for seedlings and seedlings, and the cash spot requirements put forward by the two Huipu, what will be the gap in your estimation?"
"In addition to the normal payment, there must be a minimum of nine million additional receipts, and in addition, the monthly settlement of those cooperative merchants cannot exceed two million. Dong Shufen secretly thought about it, and then said, the bitterness at the corner of her mouth became more and more intense, in the past, Huayuan settled tens of millions of payments to cooperative merchants every month, which was compressed to two percent, I am afraid that the rumors of Huayuan's capital flow crisis are going to fly all over the sky, and the chain reaction caused by it is really not daring to think deeply.
In fact, she understands better than anyone that the sequelae of the crisis three years ago are too deep, and the lack of capital flow has always plagued the company, and now, the debt ratio is close to the red line, and the difficulty of applying for bank loans is getting bigger and bigger, and the only hope and goal is to succeed in listing, but before that, it will be the darkest time before dawn, and now this difficulty, nearly 10 million cash gap, is only more than a week away from the end of the month...
At this moment, the door of the conference room was suddenly pushed open, and a half-hundred-year-old man didn't even knock on the door, he went straight in, tall, short, fat and thin with a moderate figure, short black hair, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and his face was heavy and severe. Everyone, sorry for being late, there are a bunch of troublesome things waiting to be dealt with in the public relations department, several media have called, and the rumors about Huayuan's tight capital flow are now everything, Mr. Qiu, I want a real bottom, will the loan of Sihai Bank really be delayed?"
The person who came is the executive vice president of Huayuan Group, Qi Kai, in charge of business, public relations and other three departments, relying on his old qualifications, and one of the board members, he usually acts very high-profile and strong, and even Qiu Ruoyu, the top boss, was not taken too seriously by him.
Qiu Ruoyu did not evade, and said truthfully: "That's right, Sihai Bank sent a fax confirming that the 100 million loan will be postponed for at least one month, for us, we must prepare for the worst, and we can only rely on ourselves in the next two months." ”
"What!" Qi Kai was shocked: "Mr. Qiu, you're not kidding, the company's books have almost bottomed out last month, all pointing to this loan, if you have to wait for another month, or even two months, will the company's business all stop, and all employees will take vacations?"
When Dong Shufen and the three of them heard this, they all frowned secretly, and these words came out of the mouth of the executive vice president, so it was not a good thing, the company's capital flow was in crisis, and he Qi Kai was also one of the main responsible executives, as if it should be a personal matter that Qiu Ruoyu should bear on with all his might.
Qiu Ruoyu still remained calm, but her tone was a little stern: "Vice President Qi, complaining can't change the predicament, you should think about how to deal with it." ”
Regarding Qiu Ruoyu's criticism, Qi Kai said "right" twice noncommittally, and did not find a place to sit down, patted his forehead and turned back and forth, and his eyes paused on Miao Huiying: "Director Miao, aren't your business departments mobilized today, how about it? Is there a little harvest? If those old accounts can be recovered, the pressure on the company will be much less." ”
Miao Huiying was suddenly named, and scolded her mother in her heart, before the meeting, he had just made a brief report to Qi Kai, the direct boss, and it was difficult to take back thousands of dollars, and it was difficult to remove zeros.
"Several key customers have been selected, and by the end of this month, we will strive to recover about 5 million. After thinking for a moment, Miao Huiying gritted her teeth and gave a number with the highest limit in her heart, the position of the director of the competition business department was pushed up by Qiu Ruoyu who rejected one of Qi Kai's henchmen, and when this is difficult, whether it is to repay Qiu Ruoyu's kindness or to protect herself, she must also show 120% courage and not give Qi Kai the opportunity to make trouble.
"Five million, I hope it's not empty words. Qi Kai shook his head with a sneer, then glanced at Xu Dechang, and then looked at Qiu Ruoyu and said: "Mr. Qiu, even if you can get five million in the account, it will be very difficult to cope with this month, if it is delayed for another month..."
"Vice President Qi, I don't want to hear this kind of demoralizing words again. Qiu Ruoyu's patience was worn out, and he interrupted more and more sternly, staring at Qi Kai's eyes, dissatisfaction and warning were revealed.
Qi Kai waved his hand: "Mr. Qiu, you misunderstood what I meant, I just objectively analyzed the current situation of the company, and I hesitated to say a suggestion, I don't know whether to talk about it or not." ”
"You're the company's executive vice president, and your advice is important to the company's decision-making. ”
Qi Kai nodded: "I think that the time is to consider suspending the expansion of the medicinal herb industry, or introducing powerful partners." ”
Hearing this proposal, Dong Shufen and the three of them all had their heartstrings jumping suddenly, and they looked at Qiu Ruoyu with a little nervousness and apprehension, waiting for the latter's decision, you must know that going all out to enter the medicinal materials industry is currently the most important and critical established plan of Huayuan, and anyone who wants to overturn and obstruct it will touch Qiu Ruoyu's final bottom line...
At the beginning, in order to pass the plan on the board of directors, Qiu Ruoyu was guaranteed by all the shares held by the individual, and she was determined to become a beneficiary if she did not succeed.
Qiu Ruoyu was still unfazed, leaned back in the chair slowly, picked up the water cup, took a sip of tea, thought for a while, and then said slowly: "Vice President Qi, what do you mean by introducing powerful partners?"
Qi Kai and Qiu Ruoyu looked at each other, and said frankly: "Shaw Group has always been interested in in-depth cooperation with us Huayuan, I personally think this is an opportunity, Shaw is the leader of the medicinal materials industry in Zhonghai City, can join forces, why compete with each other, as for the capital, Shaw currently has no new projects to expand, the flow of funds should be quite abundant, as long as the two sides reach a cooperative relationship, Huayuan will borrow 30 million turnover, I believe that Shaw will definitely agree." ”
Qiu Ruoyufeng's eyes narrowed, and a sneering sneer flashed the corners of her mouth, for Xiao's family, the leader of the Zhonghai medicinal materials industry, Huayuan is an outsider, an intruder, how can there be any basis for cooperation between the two sides, Xiao's fancy is nothing more than that Huayuan has overseas trade resources, and wants to use them for his own use, and then kick Huayuan away, the wolf's ambition is obvious... It's a pity that there are many directors on the board of directors of Huayuan who have an ostrich mentality, short-sighted, only care about immediate interests, and know that wolves are harmful, but they still want to dance with wolves, and Qi Kai is one of them.
"If it is the cooperation of the medicinal materials industry, it is better to be exempted, what is the idea of the Xiao family, everyone knows in their hearts that the channel of overseas trade was established by Huayuan with great difficulty, and I will never agree to make someone else's wedding dress. ”
Qi Kai was not annoyed by Qiu Ruoyu's resolute denial, and sighed: "I understand this, but at present, the company's capital flow is about to dry up, and some trade-offs are helpless. ”
As Qi Kai's words fell, the conference room quieted down, the eight-digit funding gap, there is only less than ten days of detour space, just like an invisible mountain pressing on everyone's heart, the broken capital chain is like a person with dry blood for a company, no matter how beautiful the future prospects, it is in vain to not survive.
"Didi. However, even so, Qiu Ruoyu did not intend to compromise, but her expression became more and more firm, and just as she was about to open her mouth to announce the temporary dissolution of the meeting, the text message reminder sounded rapidly, which was particularly clear in this silence, Dong Shufen looked at Qiu Ruoyu slightly apologetically, and then took out her mobile phone to flip through it, ten seconds later, a ghostly look appeared on her face, Xu Dechang sat on the side, seeing this, and asked in a low voice: "What's wrong?"
Dong Shufen opened her mouth dumbly, Ren didn't spit out half a word, Qiu Ruoyu, Miao Huiying, and Qi Kai also cast puzzled glances one after another.
Focused by the eight eyes, Dong Shufen was also panicked for a while, and quickly looked down at the mobile phone screen for five seconds, then took a deep breath, and said in a tone of absolute disbelief: "Thirteen million have been called in the company's account, and the other party's head is Xindi Entertainment." ”
At the end of the sentence, the needle drop could be heard, and it was eerily quiet, and three seconds later, Xu Dechang lost his voice and said: "Shufen, you are not mistaken, Xindi Entertainment, how is it possible, the balance of 20 million is already a dead account." ”
Miao Huiying frowned, her face was full of disbelief, of course she knew that there was a debt relationship between Huayuan and Xindi Entertainment, but the final payment was delayed for three years, and the contract had already been put into the bottom of the iron box.
It was a rogue company, did it suddenly change sex?
"Shufen, you hurry up to the finance department to confirm, Huiying, which manager of your business department is in charge of Xindi Entertainment, you quickly contact and understand the situation clearly. Qiu Ruoyu was also up and down in her heart, half-convinced, but she reacted very quickly and gave instructions.
Immediately, Dong Shufen and Miao Huiying got up and walked outside the conference room, and Qi Kai also found a reason to exit the conference room after a slight change in his face, and when he turned around, a ray of gloom flashed through his eyes.