Chapter Ninety-Three: A Stepping Stone
The incident mentioned by Director Yu gave Li Dong an inspiration. What is the most precious thing in the last days? Undoubtedly, it is a food resource represented by flour.
As for flour, Li Dong naturally has no shortage of flour, and with the growing area of space wheat, he has enough confidence to cope with the current pressure.
In Iraq in his previous life, Li Dong heard about a so-called "oil-for-food" plan. So now, can he learn from it, come to a wave of flour for the source of the plan, everyone communicates with each other, should be able to solve the current dilemma.
Thinking of this, Li Dong extinguished the idea of continuing the inspection, said goodbye to Director Yu, and immediately drove home. After rummaging through the house, he finally found the business card that Zhu Bin left at the beginning. Because he didn't contact him often, he was too lazy to even register it in the phone book.
According to the phone number on the business card, Li Dong dialed the phone. The person who answered the phone was a young woman, but I didn't know if it was a maid or a family member.
"Wait a minute, I'll call him to answer the phone." The woman called and left.
Li Dong waited for about five or six minutes, and Zhu Bin was late. I don't know if it's because his family is too big, or if it's going to be a problem.
"Hey, I said Mr. Li, don't rush the supply of goods, Jia Lin just called me, don't worry, it's absolutely no problem." Zhu Bin's tone was a little impatient, and it was estimated that something good was interrupted.
"Uh, sorry to interrupt, Mr. Zhu, of course I'm relieved of you. But this time it's not about that I'm asking, I have a bold idea and want to hear from you. Li Dong's tone was very soft, after all, he was begging someone to do something, and his posture should be like this.
"Oh, what an idea, then you say, I'll give you a reference." Zhu Bin swept away his previous impatient tone, and he became interested in the idea in Li Dong's mouth.
"Well, that's the case, isn't Carrefour in short supply now? But what we lack is some daily necessities, such as flour, we can still have some guarantees. ”
"Really? I remember that all the vegetables on your farm are grown, where did you get the wheat? Zhu Bin was a little surprised, the state government has more than 90 percent of Jiangbei's grain production, and even he does not dare to guarantee 100% that he can get flour.
"You don't care about this, I built a new flour mill before, and the flour is enough." Li Dong explained lightly that this kind of trade secret is generally kept secret, and Zhu Bin should understand.
"Well, if I knew there was flour, this supply would be much easier. In this way, tomorrow I will take you to visit Director Zhou of the Municipal Bureau of Industry and Commerce, I believe he should be interested. ”
The Industrial and Commercial Bureau is in charge of the capital's material allocation work, and if Carrefour wants to obtain the supply of goods continuously and in large quantities, it is best to obtain internal approval through the approval of the Industrial and Commercial Bureau.
"Director Zhou? We've seen it a few times, so it's troublesome for Mr. Zhu. Li Dong thanked.
"What's this, after all, I am also one of the shareholders of Carrefour, and helping Carrefour is helping myself."
Since the merger and acquisition, Zhu Bin has also seen the development of Carrefour, and he admires Li Dong's ability. At present, Carrefour has not yet been listed, and the market value is not easy to calculate, but from the sales volume, he can see that the current Carrefour has at least doubled compared with the beginning.
Lying at home, you make money, and there is nothing more pleasant in the world. Zhu Bin only hated why he hadn't met Li Dong earlier, otherwise his shares would be more than that.
Early the next morning, Li Dong drove Zhu Bin to pick him up, and the two went straight to the Industrial and Commercial Bureau. Originally, Zhu Bin was going to make an appointment to meet in the teahouse, but recently the Industrial and Commercial Bureau has been overwhelmed by the quota system, and Director Zhou can't leave it for a while.
Li Dong has also been to the office building of the Industrial and Commercial Bureau a few times, not to mention that he knows it well, but he is also familiar with it. Through the report, the two stepped into Director Zhou's office.
"Welcome, Mr. Zhu and Mr. Li, the two of you are here." When Director Zhou saw the two of them coming, he hurriedly got up to welcome, not to mention Zhu Bin's relationship behind him, it was Li Dong, and he didn't dare to slack off. If he wants to go to prison for the throne of director, he cannot do without the support and cooperation of these businessmen.
"You're welcome, we took the liberty of interrupting." Zhu Bin took the lead, and Li Dong was also happy.
"Please sit down, I am dissatisfied with you, since I received the call last night, I haven't slept all night, I am afraid that my ability will be insufficient and delay your business, Mr. Zhu."
Director Zhou vomited bitterness and said polite words, in order to beware of any excessive demands made by Zhu Bin and the others. Recently, there has been an endless stream of people who have come to visit him, and the purpose is self-evident. Some of the relationships were rejected by him, but some of the deep relationships were not easy to refuse, which made him very stressed.
"Director Zhou, you're too worried, I see that you're also busy, so you won't go around the corner. This time I came, mainly because of Mr. Li's plan, he has a flour mill and has sufficient flour reserves. ”
Director Zhou looked at Li Dong with some surprise, it seems that this kid has a lot to do with him. At this time, the tightest supply in the market is food. For other products, factories can expand their production, but food, farmland and water resources are limited, and self-sufficiency is not enough, and a large amount of imports are required every year.
"What does Mr. Li mean?"
"Director Zhou, I would like to use flour to exchange some of their products with other manufacturers. As you know, the scale of Carrefour is not small, and now the supply is so tight, and the daily consumption is almost worrying to death. Li Dong took over and said his plan.
"Gee, that's a good thing." Director Zhou said happily, looking at the scale of Carrefour, he knew that there must be a lot of flour. And the fact that the deal is long-term has helped him a lot.
"Okay, since Director Zhou, you don't object, look, do you call some manufacturers and let's discuss the specific exchange matters?" Zhu Bin saw that Director Zhou nodded and agreed, and hurriedly asked further.
"Well, you don't need this, you can trade directly with our Industrial and Commercial Bureau. How much flour Carrefour handed over, we will convert it into an equal amount of goods for you, and you take the approval and then go to the factory to pick up the goods, I guarantee that no one will dare to embarrass you. ”
Director Zhou also has good intentions, once the deal is delegated to the following factories. He dared to guarantee that those people in the factory would definitely deduct it privately, and thank God for half of the people who finally handed it over to the bureau.
Li Dong looked at Zhu Bin, he had never worked in a government department, so he didn't know the difference. And Zhu Bin, as an old fritter who often deals with government departments, must know the Tao in it clearly.
Zhu Bin nodded slightly at Li Dong and motioned for him to agree. Anyway, what they need is a source of goods, and as for who takes advantage of the good in it, it's none of their business. Moreover, this can be regarded as selling Director Zhou's favor, which is very beneficial to the development of Carrefour.