(.) Li Junhao's figure surprised Zhou Liwen a little, not that the amount was large, but that the amount was small.

According to what Li Junhao said, Li Haifeng is now in urgent need of 600 million yuan, 600 million yuan, this amount must be astronomical if it is an ordinary person, but it is far worse than the Li family's industry.

Although Li Haifeng is not as rich as Li Chaoren, when he has the most abundant funds in his hands, it is not difficult to take a billion or even more than two billion at all. What's more, the assets of the factory under his name are not nearly 100 million, and the annual sales are calculated in tens of billions, although these are not dollars, but they can be regarded as huge riches in domestic private enterprises.

But now, just 600 million yuan has stumped the predecessors who once galloped in the shopping mall, is Li Haifeng's company really in crisis? But this shouldn't be, just a year ago, that is, when Zhou Bei and Li Junhao got married, Zhou Liwen also had a private chat with Li Haifeng, his business is running well, not to mention that the development of the foreign trade industry in the mainland has been thriving in recent years, China has been called the world's factory by the outside world, and most of Li Haifeng's enterprise products are export-oriented, from this point of view, there should not be much problem.

"Is my brother-in-law here?"

"My dad and my mom are dealing with something in Xiangjiang now, maybe they won't be there until tomorrow."

Zhou Liwen nodded, thought for a while, and said, "That's it, I have no problem with the funds here, but I still want to talk to my uncle, you bring him a message, if you have time, come over early, I will invite him to tea." ”

Li Junhao hurriedly thanked him, indicating that he understood what Zhou Liwen meant, and Zhou Liwen didn't say much, patted him on the shoulder and got up, and walked to the front where the guest was.

Li Haifeng arrived the next morning, and the couple chatted with Zhou Lin and his wife for a few words, and then went to see Lin Yaxuan and the child, and the aunt also brought the child a gold longevity lock customized in Xiangjiang Zhou Dafu, and personally brought it to the child and praised the child's tiger head and tiger brain, healthy and lively.

Li Haifeng didn't stay in the house for long, leaving his wife and coming out first, of course, Zhou Liwen came out with him.

"Arwen, let you see the joke." Zhou Liwen invited him to the back room and personally made him a cup of tea, of course, he didn't know Japanese tea art or anything, but made tea according to the habits of Chinese.

After taking a sip of tea, Li Haifeng said this with a wry smile, Zhou Liwen shook his head again and again and said that it was not necessary, and at the same time took out the check folder that had been prepared a long time ago and put it in front of him.

I opened the check folder and took a look, and inside was a signed check, and the amount on it was what Li Junhao said, but for the convenience of Zhou Liwen, it was a dollar check.

"Uncle, ...... your group?" Zhou Liwen asked tentatively.

"It's hard to say" Li Haifeng said in a tone, "I know you will definitely ask me this question, to this point I won't hide it from you, our group's cash flow is very tight now, if there is no such position, there may be a big incident, but now it's okay, with this money, those problems are not a problem." ”

"How so? Isn't the climate in China always good? Besides, most of what you do is in the foreign trade industry, how can this happen. Zhou Liwen asked a little puzzled.

Li Haifeng smiled bitterly and said: "You are right, foreign trade has been very good in recent years, and the scale of the enterprise is much larger than some time ago." But there is a big stall, there are such and such problems, not to mention that the state has made some adjustments to foreign trade policies since this year, I don't know if you know? ”

Zhou Liwen is not very clear about this, although his business is somewhat related to foreign trade, but this business is basically in charge of Guo's business, not to mention that Zhou Liwen's main business is or mobile phones, this is a profiteering industry, only the profits in the front section or the company can earn a lot, as for the back stage, including operators and distributors, Zhou Liwen is no longer involved.

Seeing Zhou Liwen's somewhat puzzled expression, Li Haifeng reminded him, in fact, this sentence is just two words - "tax refund".

Hearing these two words, Zhou Liwen quickly reacted.

"Are you saying that the tax refund policy that was adjusted at the end of last year has been affected?"

"Yes" Li Haifeng nodded: "We are engaged in factories to do foreign trade and you do those high-tech products differently, our products belong to low-value-added primary products, if you want to make money, one depends on the quantity, and the second depends on the national tax rebate." To tell you the truth, the price of the products we exported, including the cost of the logistics link of the supply chain, was basically doing business at a loss, but because of the national tax rebate policy, it was still profitable on the whole, plus the large amount, the total profit was not bad, but now it is ....... ”

Zhou Liwen figured it out now, although he didn't pay much attention to the adjustment of the country's tax refund policy, he still knew something. Just last year, the state adjusted the tax rebate ratio of a large number of export products, many products that originally had 7 tax rebates were adjusted to 3% or even lower, and some products that originally enjoyed tax rebates were even canceled tax rebates, which brought huge cost pressure to domestic and foreign trade production enterprises.

In addition to this, there are reasons for the rise in raw materials. For example, the price of steel products has risen. This Zhou Liwen is even clearer, he asked Kwok's Shipping Company to increase the capacity of the Australian route, mainly because of the high rise in steel prices and the huge increase in demand. However, steel raw materials are the basis for many products, and tax rebates have been reduced and the cost of raw materials has increased, which has led to some products that were originally exported from making money to not making money, or even losing money. Li Haifeng's company should have encountered this difficulty, which is why there is a shortage of funds.

In addition, Zhou Liwen did not ask Li Haifeng any low-level questions about borrowing money from banks or stopping the supply of loss-making orders. Because he knew very well that this question did not need to be asked at all. A large private group like the Li family may be able to borrow money from banks if they do so, but doing so will lead to serious consequences. Once there are rumors that the Li family's capital chain is problematic, this will be an extremely serious blow to Li Haifeng's company. The difference between private enterprises and state-owned enterprises lies in this, state-owned enterprises have the backing of the state, even if they are trading at a loss, or even if they are insolvent, the state will pay for it, but it is absolutely not the case with private enterprises, as long as the enterprise has a hint of wind and grass, it may lead to unexpected serious consequences.

As for stopping the supply of loss-making orders, this is even more impossible. For a large group like the Li family, foreign orders are long-term cooperation, and once you make such a reaction in this case, it will lead to a default. The trade of importing and exporting countries is not domestic trade, and those who can play scoundrels will play scoundrels, foreigners will not tell you this, everything will be done in accordance with the contract. In this case, even if it is a loss, it has to be stubborn, which ultimately leads to the larger the supply volume and the more exports, the more money the company will lose.

"But even if your group has such a problem, it shouldn't create such a gap, right? Is there another reason? Zhou Liwen refilled Li Haifeng's cup with water and asked softly.

"I just know I can't hide it from you." Li Haifeng smiled bitterly, silently raised the cup and took a sip of water, and then said: "You are right, according to the scale of my group, even if there is a loss in the order, it is temporary, not to mention that I have negotiated with foreign customers, and the price of the next order will rise slightly to ensure the company's profit difference." But the question is, hey...... I don't know how to say this, so I guess I made a mistake in my decision. ”

"What's going on?" Zhou Liwen saw Li Haifeng's embarrassed face, and couldn't help but ask again.

Li Haifeng sighed again and said: "For more than a year, the price of steel has risen sharply, and the change of tax rebate policy caught me off guard, so I made a decision in January this year to invest in a private steel company, in this way to ensure the supply of raw materials, and second, I can also take advantage of this price rise to make up for the loss in foreign trade." ”

Speaking of this, Li Haifeng lit a cigarette in annoyance and took a heavy puff: "But who would have thought that this person is not as good as heaven, I invested a total of one billion yuan in this investment, and got 0% of the shares of this steel company, I wanted to reverse the situation, but who would have thought that I would fall into the pit, and all of a sudden this project will smoke all my cash flow." ”

"What's going on?"

"Have you ever heard of Tieben?" Li Haifeng asked bitterly.

Zhou Liwen was stunned for a moment, with a stunned expression on his face, could it be that the steel company invested by Li Haifeng is actually Tieben Group? If this is the case, his billions are simply meat buns and dogs, and there will be no return.

"I said uncle, you are too ......."

Li Haifeng waved his hand and said: "Don't worry, I am not investing in iron, which can be regarded as a blessing in misfortune." However, this problem has something to do with Tieben, if it weren't for such a big thing happening to Tieben, this project would not have stopped. ”

"So what ......are you investing in?"

Li Haifeng said a name, Zhou Liwen finally breathed a sigh of relief after hearing it, although this company is also a more famous private iron and steel company, but it is still a little worse than Tieben. But just as Li Haifeng said, due to the impact of the Tieben incident, all private iron and steel companies have been stopped by the above, and international steel prices have soared, but these enterprises have been suspended for rectification, resulting in a large number of equipment and production idle, and the funds invested by Li Haifeng have naturally been shelved and cannot produce effects.

Business, the most important thing is the operation of money, and money can only make money when it is operated. Once a billion dollars of money is put on hold, it will not be effective, which is a fatal blow to a huge group of companies. It is very remarkable that Li Haifeng can support the company to this point, if it is a different company, I am afraid that something big will happen a long time ago, at least Li Haifeng's group is still thriving on the surface.

Moreover, Zhou Liwen, the company invested by Li Haifeng, remembers that it was absorbed by state-owned enterprises a few years later, although there will definitely be some losses in investment, but at least compared to the loss of iron capital, it is a blessing in misfortune.

"Is this money enough? If that's not enough, just ask. Sighing, Zhou Liwen asked.

Li Haifeng smiled and said: "Enough, I'm just adjusting my position, and the situation hasn't reached the worst yet." But Awen, you didn't have to pay back this money so quickly, and it is estimated that you will have to wait until the beginning of next year at the earliest. ”

"That's not a problem." Zhou Liwen waved his hand and said: "Do business, it's normal to have this situation, don't say that we are relatives, you are elders, even if you don't talk about this relationship, if it wasn't for your help, I wouldn't be now, don't you say?" ”

"Hahaha, I love to hear that." Li Haifeng laughed and picked up the teacup and signaled to Zhou Liwen, and took a big sip of tea instead of wine.

Then, Zhou Liwen chatted with Li Haifeng about the current situation of import and export enterprises, and he suggested that Li Haifeng gradually reduce the import and export business, or appropriately relocate the factory from the mainland to the host country and some areas in Southeast Asia. This point has been recognized by Li Haifeng, because he can also see that although the foreign trade business looks good on the surface, its profit margins have become less and less under the compression of several aspects. What's more, labor-intensive enterprises have a great impact on labor costs and product costs, and the current domestic workers' wage expenditures are getting higher and higher, which also further compresses their profits for foreign trade.

Li Haifeng heard that South Vietnam and other places had already learned from China's reform and opening up and started economic construction, so he also intended to conduct an investigation of the situation in these areas, and if feasible, close down a number of factories in China and set up factories in these countries and regions instead.

"If you want to do OEM, I can leave some of the ORs to you." Zhou Liwen also proposed.

Li Haifeng just smiled at this suggestion, shook his head and said: "Forget it, the things I produce are different from your high-tech products, and it is too troublesome to transform." Besides, I also know Lao Sha, everyone is a friend, so I won't rob him of his job. ”

"Hehe, that's just as well." Zhou Liwen smiled, and suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in his head, and asked: "By the way, uncle, isn't your steel company out of production now, so what is the situation of domestic steel prices?" ”

Li Haifeng showed a playful expression and said, "You guess? ”

"Continue to raise prices?"

"Haha, you're wrong this time." Li Haifeng laughed and said: "It's not a price increase, it's a price drop, it's been down 2% in the past month, you didn't expect it, I knew what steel company I would invest in like this, and the finished product is no longer a loss at the current cost." ”

"Fell? How is it possible that I remember that some time ago, the international price of charge was still 26 a ton?"

"Now it's also 2" Li Haifeng told Zhou Liwen with a smile that due to the Tieben incident and the fact that domestic steel prices have been rising and remain high, the central government issued a regulation document some time ago, saying that in order to ensure the stability of domestic steel prices, the price must be maintained in a certain position, and the price must not be increased casually.

But the problem is that the international price of raw materials has been rising, and the domestic price of finished steel products has been suppressed, so that the market price has become inverted. For example, the price of the charge is 26 and the price of the finished product is 80, the more the iron and steel enterprises produce, the more they lose, resulting in private iron and steel companies can not produce without administrative disputes.

But state-owned enterprises are different, according to the requirements of the state, state-owned iron and steel companies have planned and unplanned indicators, the current market price is upside down, state-owned enterprises simply cancel the unplanned indicators, only to the planned indicators to deal with the superiors. In this way, the loss can be kept slightly less, but everyone can see that this kind of trick that comes up with a pat on the head will definitely not last long, and how long it can last depends on the above situation.

Hearing this explanation, Zhou Liwen was shocked and a little excited at the same time, he pondered for a moment, and asked directly: "Uncle, if you let your company directly purchase finished products from domestic steel companies, such as construction steel and steel ingots, how about your channels?" ”

"Purchasing? What do you mean? Li Haifeng was stunned when he heard this.

"My meaning is very simple, you see, the current domestic macroeconomic regulation and control, from an economic point of view, this is fundamentally violating the laws of the economy, now it is a large international market, since the country is opened, it can no longer be closed, patting the head to determine the market price by policy The situation will definitely not last, so the situation of this price market inversion will definitely change. Wait until the above policy adjustment, domestic steel prices, including raw material prices, will rise again, even if it is not large, as long as the international market price is restored, then the difference between the two is enough to ....... ”

"You mean to take advantage of the current regulation to hoard Juqi?"

"That's right"

Li Haifeng didn't speak for a while, he sat there quietly and smoked one cigarette after another, and Zhou Liwen didn't urge him, so he could only wait patiently.

"It's theoretically feasible, and it's not too much of a problem in terms of channels and operations. As you know, the various steel raw materials that my company needs every year are not a small number, and now there is still the equity of a private steel company in hand, so there is no problem in hoarding a batch of goods by some means. But the point is, when will this regulation end? What if the regulation is two or three years or even longer? To do this kind of business, a small investment cannot be played, but once the investment is too large, the pressure of this capital is astronomical."

"Funding is not a problem, I'll solve it. I believe that this kind of regulation will definitely not last long. Not to mention anything else, the current domestic real estate market prices are changing day by day, and the construction steel required for real estate development alone is an astronomical amount. Moreover, even if the state-owned enterprises maintain the planned production, they can still lose money, and the losses are moderate, and when the state-owned enterprises can no longer bear it, do you think this kind of policy will continue? What's more, the profits of the foreign trade industry are also low, you and I join forces in such a vote, the big deal is a result of no profit or loss, why not? ”

Li Haifeng was suddenly a little moved, he hesitated for a moment and finally gritted his teeth and nodded: "Okay, I did this deal, I did Awen, what do you say, I will listen to you"

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