Chapter 173: Unspoken Rules
The female companion next to Li Xiang hurriedly went to pick up the fruit plate: "Let me come, let me come...... Are you a world supermodel? Oh, definitely! I've seen you in fashion magazines, and many of the models on them aren't as pretty as you. Hey, what is this yellow-green, egg-like fruit, I've never seen ...... before" "Well, the taste is very unique, not the sweet and sour of ordinary fruits, the flesh is soft like cheese, with the glutinous taste of water chestnut and lotus seeds, soft and fragrant, and the fragrance of butter and egg yolk. ”
When the girl looked at Klossu, there was a look of you and I who were of the same kind. But in the bright light of Klossu, she was ashamed of her always confident simplicity, not to mention this tender model, so she used more exaggerated movements and tones to show that her important surname was at least in front of Li Xiang.
After a slight pause, the girl looked at Wang Cheng, waiting for the latter to introduce this female companion, Wang Cheng's mouth showed a hint of mockery, and turned to Li Xiang to introduce her: "This is Kunna Closu, she understands Chinese." ”
Klossu immediately responded with a stiff Chinese: "I said it very bluntly, you continue to talk, I'll make coffee...... "Little girl, you must not have seen me in a fashion magazine, if there is me, this magazine will definitely be bought by me, and then, I will fire all the people who publish the photos!" ”
The little girl was frightened by Klosse's tone, she didn't blush, she blushed on the spot...... In the past few days, she has been joking privately about the bed scene between Kloss and Wang Cheng, thinking that Kloss couldn't understand Chinese, so she had no scruples about talking...... It's okay now, it turns out that the other party is quiet and can understand everything.
Wang Cheng stepped forward to interrupt, and he pointed to the female companion brought by Li Xiang: "Go quickly, help Klosu make coffee." ”
The girl rolled her eyes and replied, "I don't know English, and I don't know how to make coffee." ”
Wang Cheng smiled: "It's okay, you just need to know how to go out while we are talking."
Li Xiang hurriedly covered up: "Fangfang, you go to the beach first." ”
Klossu stretched out his hand to entertain: "I'll accompany you, little girl, you just ate avocado." ”
After the girl left, Wang Cheng shook his head at the other party's back: "You actually ...... So hungry?! Young and ignorant, that's the preference of big people, they have always liked fools and mentally retarded, easy to manage. People like you and me, we earn money by wisdom, how can we endure to exchange with fools? ”
Jian snorted in his nose: "Indeed, I also feel that I can't stand it, our moral law is different from this kind of person, how can Mr. Li ......?"
Li Xiang immediately responded: "You can't get used to it, no problem, I'll send her back tomorrow." ”
Wang Cheng lowered his eyelids: "Okay, book her tomorrow's ticket immediately." ”
Ji Xiang immediately decided: "I'll call." ”
Jane stopped: "Let's talk about this later." Mr. Li, you only need to have this attitude, we invest to make money, and those big people invest to spend money. We are not allowed to use the attitude of big people towards capital operation and run our capital. Now, we're going to talk about the problems that the famous supercar club has been facing recently. ”
Li Xiang spread his hands: "There is no way, prices are rising, steel prices are also rising, cement prices are also rising, oil prices are also rising, employee wages are also rising, our contractor has asked for additional project money, and it has been suspended for more than a month, and I am anxious about this matter." ”
Wang Cheng asked: "The price of steel and gasoline has risen...... Are you the ones who made these things go up? ”
Li Xiang laughed: "This question you asked is really strange, how can I have the ability to make them increase their prices?" ”
Wang Cheng interjected calmly: "So, why should we bear the consequences of price increases?"
Li Xiang was surprised for a long time and replied, "Hey, it seems to be ...... This is the reason that our project has been contracted, and when they contracted the project, they should take into account market factors; He didn't take into account that the consequences should not be borne by me. I have already contracted out this project, and if we have signed a contract, I will pay according to the progress of the project...... Chuan, but, but this, what about the current situation? No additional investment, people dominate the construction site and do not work. ”
Concise insertion: "Let me talk about this question: I went to Poland not long ago, and I heard that China Overseas Construction Company contracted an ordinary road in Poland, and it took three years to build a convenient road for transporting stones, and then China Overseas said that it was necessary to add Jinyi Meiya to resume construction." As a result, the Polish authorities could not bear it anymore and kicked them out of the Polish market...... When I talked to a Zhejiang billionaire about this, he said: This is the unspoken rule of the domestic construction market, and it is a common practice.
I heard that it is customary to quote a frightening low price at the project bidding meeting, so as to squeeze the rest of the competitors out of the bidding team. In fact, the leaders of the contract have already made a private appointment with the contractor, and after other competitors are squeezed out, they will use various reasons to apply for additional engineering calculations, and this part of the additional funds, of course, the leaders in charge at all levels should share the profits.
After going up and down, the total cost of the journey must be much higher than the normal price - twice as high as usual, and ten times as much as possible. That's the unspoken rule. ”
Wang Cheng turned his gaze to Li Xiang, and Li Xiang hurriedly shouted: "This is my own business, how can I throw my money into other people's pockets?" I had absolutely no private contact with the contractor before bidding, absolutely! ”
Wang Cheng snorted: "You have the money to raise young models!" Now our factory has not been built, and the club has not made money but spent money, where did you get the money to raise young models? ”
Li Xiang stood up, and the fat on his body trembled: "The conscience of heaven and earth, no one can pit you if I pit you, you and I are friends of life and death...... Forget it, I can't explain it, I'll send that girl back tomorrow. ”
Wang Cheng shook his head and said, "I don't want to interfere in your private life, I just think that whoever you want to sleep with won't find such a low-quality person." ”
Jane listened to the two men arguing with each other, they seemed to be arguing, and strangely, Jane felt that the two were not angry with each other..."Maybe this is the friendship between men!" She interjected again: "That is the latter case, for example, when the Chinese overseas construction company was bidding, the price they quoted was half of the estimated cost price of the Polish side, which simply frightened the Polish side again."
The Zhejiang tycoon said that the latter situation is that when the contractor shouts out an ultra-low price, then he is participating in the bidding with a tricky mentality -- anyway, the advance payment for my project has already been paid: anyway, other competitors have been scared away: anyway, you have already spent money to hold a bidding meeting: anyway, the completion time of the project has been delayed, and now I ask you to increase the budget, if you don't give it, I won't work, and drag you out.
In this case, if the other party is a state-owned enterprise, in this case, you may be worried about who will be responsible, worried that the delay in the construction period will affect the political performance, etc., maybe you will pinch your nose and admit it: if the other party is a private enterprise, the contractor will pay 'Anyway, I got the advance payment for the project, you want to fight a lawsuit with me, as long as you can afford to wait, I can also afford to pay, attitude, and what about the domestic lawsuit... You know, even if you win the case, you don't necessarily win back the lost time and the money you spent. If you are ruthless and reconvene the bid meeting like Poland, the construction period is doomed to be delayed, and you have to spend a lot of money to open the bid expansion meeting, see if you can afford to pay it? ”
Li Xiang lamented: "It's useless, it's useless to re-tender." This is the unspoken rule of the industry, even if you hold a hundred bidding meetings, you can only meet the same bidders. Everyone is like this, no one is exempt, so I think it's better to increase the budget for them, as long as we tighten the financial audit later......"
Jian Jian interrupted Li Xiang's words again: "Mr. Li, have you heard of the recent appearance of 'foreign migrant workers' in Guangzhou and Shenzhen?" ”
Li Xiang thought for a while and asked tentatively: "Oh, you mean to say one by one, you mean to say: let's also hire a 'foreign engineering team' to undertake the construction?" "It's not good, I'm afraid it's going to cost the old nose's money" The foreign engineering team, the fee is not cheap. ”
The succinct and clear answer: "Their charges sound expensive, but in actual accounting... Have you ever heard of the Jinghan Railway? In the Republic of China era, everyone wanted to build a 'national railway' materials, designers, engineering supervisors, and construction designers, all of which were made in China, of course, the corrupt officials who supervised the construction were also domestic, and the cost of this railway was more expensive than directly inviting German engineers and using German materials, and the quality was far inferior to that made in Germany.
Well, it's a bit far to say that the era of the Republic of China is a bit far, let's talk about the recent one, such as Hong Kong Power. Hong Kong's 0.2 yuan per kilowatt-hour of electricity The Hong Kong power company made a profit of 100 million Hong Kong dollars last year: and the Shenzhen Electric Power Company, which is across the river, sold each kilowatt-hour of electricity to the people of Shenzhen at Q Liuyuan, and it is said that the Shenzhen Electric Power Company will still lose money. Can you understand this? It is not easy to achieve this level of loss, because the population density of Shenzhen is no worse than that of Hong Kong, and the power transmission environment is not more complex than that of Hong Kong......"
The comparison of Chinese and foreign electricity prices is like this, Chinese and foreign oil prices, Chinese and foreign railways, which is an exception? Why is the salary of our employees not as good as Hong Kong, after we transmit electricity to Hong Kong, the Hong Kong power company uses Hong Kong salaries to hire people to build power transmission equipment, hire people to read meters, install North M card meters and do not want users to pay money, as a result, they earn, and earn a lot. The Shenzhen company that delivers electricity to them is losing money, why?
This question, if you think about PetroChina, you will know, they spend the price of buying 'real Lafite', the price of buying a whole car of skins' fake Lafite, enjoying wine, making the price of oil higher than that of the United States, there are unspoken rules, eating and taking cards, shoddy, peeling skin layer by layer, power out of sister... You know!
For example, in this bidding, it seems that you have recruited a company with a cheap construction price, but can you guarantee that after the completion of the project, the total cost is lower than directly hiring foreign migrant workers? If the cost is low, then the quality is a little worse, and I can accept it. ”
(To be continued)