If the alliance is just a strategic means of combining vertical and horizontal, then the next thing Li Mo has to face is the problem of how to arm himself, it is not enough to just get scientific and technological products that span several levels from the plane mall, the most important thing is to be able to manufacture them in batches.

Now he has started more than 40 production agents at once, which means that Li Mo has to bear the difference in raw material supply dozens of times before.

Due to the unique secret nature of synthetic materials, Li Mo naturally could not hand over the formula to the other party for production, so he could only purchase raw materials from several chemical factories that met his own needs, and then use special equipment to synthesize the required materials in the factory area to which the ugly fish belongs or in the agent's factory, and then process and manufacture them.

Although it is a bit troublesome, it ensures the safety of the synthetic material formula to the greatest extent.

But with the sharp increase in Li Mo's demand for raw materials, another problem quickly came to the fore.

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On weekends, in the traditional rest day, Li Mo was still accompanied by a group of managers, walking in the largest Uglyfish No. 1 factory in his hands to conduct on-site meetings.

Nowadays, almost all the factories under the Ugly Fish are operating 24 hours a day, without breaking the holidays, so as to ensure that the products can be continuously delivered to all corners of Bac Ha Province and neighboring provinces, and make profits for the Ugly Fish.

However, compared with those factories where workers jumped off buildings and went crazy, the alternating work of human surnames and the overtime allowance in place kept the entire Ugly Fish company productive, and there were almost no accidents in all factories, except for some defective products caused by new employees who were not familiar with the work.

And although today's ugly fish is still far from the world's top companies, there is one item that cannot be ignored.

That is, among the same or even higher-level companies in China, the proportion of talent among Uglyfish employees is the highest, and the overall education level of employees is also among the best.

This is naturally inseparable from Li Mo's spending a lot of money to recruit high-achieving students and experienced management employees, and it is precisely because of this that Li Mo only needs to provide the raw material data of new products, and his extremely professional team basically does it all in one stop from the development and production of derivative products to market sales, and he no longer needs to meddle in his heart.

This is also the scene that Li Mo wants to see the most.

"Boss, the three largest raw material suppliers of Ugly Fish Company have raised the price of materials twice in a row in the past week, and if this continues, our products will have to face the problem of price increases."

Along the way, after learning about the recent production situation, a manager in charge of raw material procurement reported a rather serious situation to Li Mo, "Once the price rises, then even if we have a new agent in the southern provinces, it will still be difficult to play with those cheap traditional enterprises." ”

"How much has it increased?"

"The overall rate is about 40 percent."

Forty percent, which means that the original cost price of five dimes of a pen, about to rise to seven dimes, counting the cost of transportation and storage, if it is still shipped at the original price, the ugly fish will naturally reduce profits.

But once the price rises, it will also mean the loss of some consumers, and at the same time, it will be completely defeated by the opponents of the top four in the price war.

Although he had long expected that the price of raw materials would fluctuate after his demand soared, Li Mo still did not expect the fluctuation to be so drastic, far more than the normal market data given by the company's marketing personnel before.

At this rate, when more than 40 of their alliances start production together, the raw material suppliers will not knock themselves hard?

Obviously, this is also a premeditated price increase.

In the past, in order to defeat Hongfa, he could unite with the other party's raw material suppliers to suppress him, and now others can naturally use this trick to deal with him.

There are no raw materials, or the price of raw materials has risen, which means that the supply of bullets and shells on the battlefield is pinched in the hands of others, which is undoubtedly extremely unpleasant.

Even if you choose to compromise this time, it is difficult to guarantee that the other party will not repeat the same trick next time.

However, if we immediately invest tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of yuan to build our own chemical plant to produce raw materials and equipment, it will undoubtedly consume huge vitality.

There is also a reason why these three suppliers were chosen - they are the only ones who can produce the raw materials that meet the demand for ugly fish products.

This is also a rather embarrassing situation at the moment.

"I see." After listening to the report of his subordinates, Li Mo stood in place and thought for a while, "I will contact them about this matter." ”

To be honest, in the face of such a hegemon-level supplier, Li Mo has no illusions about negotiating with the other party in his heart, but even if there is zero hope, as a supreme commander, he must try it for his own interests.

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Two days later, in a conference room of a business hotel, Li Mo met again with representatives from three raw material manufacturers.

Since the beginning of pollution control in Beijing, the three chemical plants responsible for the supply of raw materials of the company have moved from the original suburbs of Beijing to the territory of Bac Ha Province, and gradually developed into the top ten in the province under the support of policies.

Therefore, compared with the four well-known old stationery manufacturers in the industry that Li Mo is fighting head-on, these heavyweight manufacturers are even more proud.

This can be seen from the expressions of several negotiators at the scene.

After hearing Li Mo's question about the price climb, the first person to speak was a representative of a chemical company named "Mingguang" in Dinghai City next door, a man with a beard, "If you come to us just to complain about the price, then I'm afraid we have nothing to talk about, the market determines the price, this is a fact that no one can shake." ”

"But if this market is not a market that follows the laws of nature, then I think there is a need to talk about it, right?"

Regarding the other party's aggressive posture when he came up, Li Mo was neither busy explaining nor angry, but calmly expounded his views.

"What do you mean by that, are you questioning our private collusion to control prices?"

Hearing this, another representative from Xincheng "Zhongcheng" chemical company directly retorted impatiently.

"Everyone has seen the big sale of ugly fish stationery, and we take advantage of the situation to raise the price and increase the profit, which is not too much, right?" Only another representative of the "Shunda" chemical factory from the provincial capital persuaded Li Mo in a polite tone, "Do business, how can there be a company that only cares about making money for itself, and everyone wants a piece of the pie." ”

Just after Li Mo finished speaking, a series of counterattacks from several representatives of chemical companies surged.

Obviously, these people turned a blind eye to Li Mo's proposal to go too far with the fluctuation of market prices, and just kept emphasizing that the ugly fish was profitable, so the price increase should be.

"I only hope that you can adjust the increase to the original 10 percent of the normal market fluctuation range, as far as I know, you have not only not increased the supply of raw materials from other manufacturers, but even lowered the supply price."

Seeing this, Li Mo could only emphasize his thoughts, and hinted that he had roughly learned the inside story of some price increases.

"Hehe, it's still the same sentence, the market determines the price, as far as we know, there are another twenty or thirty agent factories of Ugly Fish that have not yet started production." Since this company is the stronger among the three enterprises, the representative of the "Mingguang" enterprise from Dinghai has become the main debater of the three representatives, and his tone is not without pride, "Please Mr. Li Don't forget, now in the entire Beihe Province, only the three of us can make the materials you need, and then these manufacturers need to rely on the materials we provide for production, if you can't deliver in time, then the liquidated damages will be much more than the increase in raw materials, right?" ”

The meaning of the other party's words is very clear, today's ugly fish suit must also be convinced, and if you are not convinced, you must also be convinced, otherwise once you interrupt the supply of raw materials for some reason, then the entire ugly fish company will be paralyzed.

In Li Mo's opinion, this is clearly to take advantage of the fire to rob, and at the same time, it can also be sold to the four stationery merchants in the south by the way, "See, you regard it as the enemy of the shark, and we are not fat on the knife here." ”

"Looks like that's your company's final decision?"

Seeing that there was no hope of price reduction, Li Mo sighed lightly in his heart and asked this question again.

"That's right."

The representative of the other party nodded affirmatively and replied, quite a victor.

In their opinion, the next problem is very simple, that is, the young boss of the ugly fish obediently accepts the increase, signs the new supply contract, and then obediently pays the money.

Either you will go to another supplier, but you will face the same situation, or worse; or spend hundreds of millions of yuan to open a chemical plant of the same scale, but in the eyes of these people, this hairy guy obviously does not have this kind of strength, otherwise he will not take the initiative to negotiate.

Li Mo's original guess was correct, in addition to being co-opted by the four old enterprises in the south, these suppliers were also affected by the Wu Yulin family.

"Then we don't have anything to talk about, I just want to trouble you to go back and tell each other's bosses, leave a line with others, and have more ways to do things yourself, don't do things so desperately."

Immediately, Li Mo leaned back in his chair and said expressionlessly.

What do you mean by that? Do you accept this price increase or not, if you don't accept it, we will start cutting off the supply of ugly fish tomorrow. ”

"That's right, Boss Li, you are still young, I advise you not to be rash, otherwise it will not help the status quo, and it will also affect your future development"

Hearing Li Mo say such a warning word, several other representatives who had already made a fortune showed surprise on their faces, and then retorted angrily or disdainfully and threatened.

"I'm not just doing this for the money." Standing up slowly, Li Mo's gaze swept over the faces of several negotiators on the opposite side with different expressions, and he still said flatly, "I may accept humiliation sometimes, but it is never at this moment, let people pinch their necks and wave to show off, this kind of blackmail price increase contract, I will not accept it." ”

After that, Li Mo was about to get up and leave.

"Wait"

No one expected that Li Mo would rather bear the risk of paying hundreds of millions of liquidated damages than accept a mere increase of several million, and the originally arrogant negotiators were also a little caught off guard, and they couldn't figure out what Li Mo thought, could it be that he was really an outlaw maniac who would rather lose money and lose his life than bow his head and knees?

Seeing that the negotiations are about to collapse, it is very likely that he will even lose the big ugly fish, even if he is domineering, as a profit chaser, it will inevitably hurt.

"We can put the 40 percent increase in the other dozen or so enterprises after they start construction, and the early stage is still according to the 30 percent increase, which can't be lower."

"Mingguang" representative gritted his teeth and said, "Otherwise, I'm really worried about whether you can afford hundreds of millions of liquidated damages." ”

Although his tone was a little relaxed, the other party's threat did not diminish at all, "100 million yuan, living in prison for a lifetime is not a fun thing." ”

"Yes, but it's not fun to point a gun at an ugly fish, it's either a win-win situation. Or, we can only talk about it here. ”

After rejecting the other party's blackmail negotiations, Li Mo turned around and left.

And several representatives of chemical companies were stunned in place, looking at Li Mo's resolute back, not knowing where this kid came from to fight against capital so much.

"What should I do?"

A representative of a local chemical company in Ishikawa couldn't help but ask the opinions of a few people next to him.

"Cut off his supply, this kid will play with his majesty, and in less than two days, he will have to run and lick his face and beg for mercy, I have seen a lot of this kind of person."

The representative of the "Mingguang" enterprise still said disdainfully, "I really don't believe that a broken stationery company can make a name for itself." ”

"Well, that's it, no matter who he finds alone, he can't let go!"

In the end, it was because of disgraceful reasons that everyone stood together to blackmail the ugly fish culture, and it seemed that they were still worried about each other violating the agreement and contacting Li Mo in private, and several representatives emphasized to each other again, and they were determined to make this Li Mo finally kneel in front of him and accept his own conditions.

But they would never have imagined how much super energy Li Mo was hiding in private.

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