In mid-December, the weather chills down by the sea.

Some wells with low production have entered a shutdown period, and production activities such as tertiary oil recovery have stopped. In addition to the slight depression near the oil field, there are many leisurely working families wandering around.

Sioux City also invited four Saudis, including Shu Lan and Shu Hao, Xiaopang and Qin Yun, and Nasr, who had been drunk for half a month, to participate in the wilderness barbecue.

A dilapidated pickup truck, pulling two tanks of liquefied gas produced by the oil field and a group of hand-built iron nets and iron frames, and then find a half-slope leeward place, which is an excellent outdoor barbecue stand.

Chef Fan, who used to serve steaks to Sioux City for a long time, has been promoted to head chef in the logistics department and was also invited to participate in the barbecue. He also brought his nephew to help, in fact, to host the barbecue.

However, when they really arrived at the place to set up a position, there was no need for Chef Fan's nephew, and several employees from other factories who didn't know where to get the news actively asked for helpers with food, tobacco and alcohol.

The handmade barbecue grill is very long, and it has to make food for more than 10 people, and Chef Fan's nephew is a little busy alone, so he does not firmly stop the appearance of helpers.

By the time Su Cheng came to his senses, three helpers had already appeared on the barbecue grill, and another section chief Liu and director Bai were holding Su Cheng from left to right, handing him cigarettes and wine, not leaving the left and right. It's as if he's a delicious steak, or chicken wings with meat skewers on it.

At the same time, Nasr and the others also drank the wine brought by the helpers honestly and unceremoniously. There are Moutai and Wuliangye, Yanghe Daqu and Fenjiu, and two bottles of Yantai red wine.

Sioux City didn't have time to stop it, and didn't bother to stop it. Among the people who ask for all kinds of gifts, the best thing to deal with is to ask for a gift first and then give a gift, followed by a gift and then a request, and the most difficult to deal with is to only give a gift without asking for it, just like a few in front of you.

He didn't want to ruin the good barbecue atmosphere, so he acquiesced to the help of a few people and asked Shulan to calculate the price of food and drinks. Give it back to the other party.

This was a bit unexpected for them, Section Chief Liu smiled all of a sudden, and said: "We have been doing market support for several years, and this is the first time we have encountered money to repay gifts." ”

"Oh, why?" said Su Cheng, biting his chicken wings, chatting without a word. It's not the first time that Section Chief Liu and Director Bai have met, they are both from Shanxi Coal Mine, but one is the section chief of a state-owned enterprise and the other is a private boss.

89 years is not better than later. The coal boss's investment is not small, but the profit is not much. At the same time, coal, which is used as a raw material, is sold on credit, and the collection period is more than 90 days, and the long one year is long. Due to the fierce competition, they are unable to change the situation of selling on credit, so they can only adopt the method of buying on credit to maintain their business.

In fact, this is a typical triangular debt generation structure. Only this time, Jichai refused to sell on credit according to Su Cheng's request. In the case of knowing that the triangular debt is about to explode. Paying back to these companies on credit is a great financial danger. If Sioux City didn't know, forget it, and if it was sure, he would rather not do business than sell on credit.

And so things got weird.

The purchaser came to Jichai and asked Su Cheng and Chen Zunian to sell the goods to them.

Such a scene would not be seen in a normal business year.

Section Chief Liu and Director Bai. In the past, it was the whole country to collect debts, but this time it was the first time to beg to create debts for yourself. Section Chief Liu saw Su Cheng's relaxed tone. He said weakly: "We used to give gifts, and people asked us to bring the gifts back at most, hehe, the directors of state-owned enterprises are not all rich, and they don't need to spend money to buy cigarettes and bars." ”

That's right. I am the chairman of a private company, and the money spent in the factory is the money I spent, and the money collected in the factory is the money I collect. So, there's no way to trade cash. ”

Seeing that Su Cheng took the initiative to talk about it, Section Chief Liu smiled and said: "Su Dong, we buy 4 generators at a time, as long as the 90-day deferred payment is required, and the payment will be made after the New Year!"

They are all coal mines, and they inevitably use generators. In this regard, Jinan Power Engine Factory is a leader, its performance far exceeds that of other domestic diesel engines, and the price is far lower than imported diesel engines. In some highly competitive models, Jichai can even achieve a price difference of 20% lower than similar products, if it is not a requirement to pay cash, iron and other can wash the domestic diesel engine market.

However, Sioux City does not have much interest in the extensive occupation of the domestic diesel engine market, especially the hard-hit areas of triangular debts, and now buy them on credit, once the triangular debt erupts, it would be good to be able to return the money within three or five years. At the current rate of inflation, a five-year payment is equivalent to only 20% of the sales proceeds. This is still a case of good luck, if it is bad luck, the bad debts and bad debts generated can only be looked at and angry.

In addition, the Jinan Power Engine Factory does not have the production capacity to supply the whole country, and Sioux City is not ready to let them supply the whole country. If even the share of low-end diesel engines is not willing to give up, local protection will also make the expanded diesel engines have no way out.

Su Cheng pretended to be considerate and said, "We don't have enough funds, so let's wait until the end of the year." ”

The end of the year is the most difficult time for all businesses, especially those that are not doing well or have a lot of debt. Because more salaries are paid at the end of the year, suppliers and sellers are paid, and banks suspend lending or even collect payments in advance.

Section Chief Liu and Director Bai had no choice but to agree.

Nasr had been waiting for a long time, holding the beef skewers in one hand and the beer in the other, and yelled: "Mr. Su, don't come to eat meat yet, it's hard." ”

His translator is also a wonderful person, and he also yells in unskilled Chinese: "Eat Su Zong, become hard." ”

Shu Lan laughed out loud with a "flutter".

Xiaopang put down the beer, shook his head vigorously and said, "No matter whether Master becomes hard or not, I don't want to eat it." ”

Su Cheng listened to his words, and his face turned green. People in the 80s were too pure to understand the many ways to harden.

Playing around until the evening, Nasr and his Saudi colleagues got drunk again. For them, China is a drinking mecca, a drinking mecca that no one cares about, no matter how much alcohol they drink, they will not be arrested, they will not buy alcohol, and the alcohol is only one-tenth of the Saudi black market, even imported whiskey.

Sioux City and Chubby carried the Saudis into the car, and Nasr was still talking drunk: "$1 for wine." $1 for wine. ”

His translator was still standing, stupid translation, and he added: "We have been cheated out of a lot of money." ”

Xiaopang said with some envy: "I really want to sell wine in Saudi Arabia." ”

"Arrested. There is a good chance that you will be immersed in formalin. Qin Yun crossed his hands behind his back, his mouth full of wine.

Sioux City retreated. Wine is a very powerful weapon, and if the tiger on Jingyang Gang drinks eighteen bowls of wine, it can tear up a dozen Wu Song as a side dish. If a drunk woman loses her temper, she can cut the tiger on Jingyanggang with her bare hands, make 18 pairs of lace tiger skin panties, and put them on her head to rob Louis Vuitton.

Chef Fan's nephews and helpers drove back to the city without drinking. It wasn't until the family home that it was blocked by a group of people.

"Which company are you?" Jichai sold more than 2,000 diesel engines last year, and more than 3,500 units this year. Among them, the more expensive model is more than 200,000 yuan, and for enterprises, even if they only buy a diesel engine, it is worth owing. Including family homes, office buildings and factory areas, there are people from different companies everywhere, and it is the flexible strongman who can find the barbecue hillside, and the tenacious strongman who can stay in Jichai day after day.

"We are Shengxing Infrastructure. "A small man squeezed out of the crowd.

"We are Wanyang steel structure. The people in front also rushed to speak.

"Hello everyone. Su Cheng stretched out his hand to say hello and said, "I'm going to get off work." If you have something, find the deputy factory director on duty. ”

If it's a debt. Naturally, it's not so easy, but it's different for these people to want to be in debt.

Several people got out of the way, or greeted Sioux City from a distance. Sioux City also responded one by one.

However, the person with Wanyang Steel Structure in front of him stopped him and said, "Su Dong, my name is Ni Zhuanghua, we didn't buy machines." It's something to report. ”

"What's the matter?"

Ni Zhuanghua is a thick-backed man with a slight hunchback, he squeezed the people on both sides away, and said: "Our Wanyang steel structure is for COSCO Shipping. We heard. Dahua Industrial's payment to COSCO Shipping is all allocated in 30-day installments, and there is no arrears, right?"

"Hmm. "Sioux City naturally doesn't want its suppliers to collapse, and the construction of offshore drilling platforms alone is enough for their expenses.

Ni Zhuanghua seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and said happily: "That's great." To tell you the truth, our factory is running out of steam. ”

There were all "boos" around, saying: "Our factory is almost unable to hold on." ”

"We're different, we're collecting debts, you know? We're collecting debts. It's not that Dahua owes it, but Dahua Industrial's suppliers owe us money. Ni Zhuanghua blocked the others so as not to interfere with the conversation.

Sheng Xing's little man was thoughtful, and said: "Your method is good, go directly to the superior factory, experience, and learn." ”

All sorts of people nodded their heads. They are now here to buy on credit, but most of the time they are still collecting debts.

"Anyway, you should go to COSCO Shipping. If COSCO Shipping defaults on your funds, I can't help. Su Cheng frowned slightly.

"If we collapse, the progress of the offshore drilling platform will also be affected. Ni Zhuanghua looked at Su Cheng and said, "We only need a sum of money to survive." ”

"How long have they been in arrears on your supplies?"

"A month. ”

"How long do you agree to pay?"

"This ...... One month. Ni Zhuanghua then quickly explained, "But they want a large amount, it used to be 3 million a month, but now it needs 6 million, plus our own preparations, our Wanyang is a small company, and we really can't hold it." ”

"Then you can reduce the supply. ”

"They won't. And if we reduce the supply, they say, we will find another supplier...... We, as long as we get back 3 million more, we can persevere. COSCO Shipping has money, and I really can't help it, so I keep looking for you. "Ni Zhuanghua's debt collection level is very weak.

But Sioux City pondered. This is obviously a measure taken by COSCO Shipping to make more profits. From their point of view, there is nothing wrong with working overtime desperately, not just to give more bonuses and benefits to the workers, or to pay more profits and taxes, to prove that the merger with COSCO Shipping as the main body is correct......

Sioux City, however, thought about the supply chain. COSCO Shipping is making profits with the power given by Dahua Industrial, which not only loses profits, but more importantly, increases systemic risks and reduces overall security.

If Wanyang really collapses, and a small company like them collapses, it will be difficult for COSCO Shipping to successfully complete the offshore drilling platform. No matter what era it is, the suppliers of a large company are always composed of a group of small companies.

"Well, I'll talk to COSCO, but I can't give you a guarantee. Su Cheng nodded slightly.

The debt collection group was a sensation, and they couldn't wait to run to tell each other: "This is really okay!"

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