Chapter 50: An Attractive Opportunity
After the company was registered, I immediately withdrew 50,000 yuan from the bank. These days, I have to pay half a year's rent in a row, plus I have bought a lot of office supplies for the company, and I now have 3,000 yuan left.
I sent faxes and emails to several of my clients.
Then sit in the company and wait for news.
Sure enough, as I expected, most of my clients were reluctant to do business with me after I left the company. It's normal that they'd rather trust a company than a self-employed person.
Although I already have a company, my company is too small in the business of international trade. As small as a small storm, it is waiting for me to be wiped out.
Of course, there are still a few customers who have a good relationship with me who are willing to continue to cooperate with me, but they also express their trust in me to varying degrees and have reservations.
I secretly sneered in my heart, what is "reserved trust"? It's just a hint that I'm giving them some price concessions. Damn, these foreigners, one fucking ghost is better than the other!!
The foreign trade industry, to put it bluntly, is to contact foreign buyers, and then what foreign businessmen need, we come forward to buy in China. Then it is sold to foreign businessmen, which is a bit similar to what is usually called a second-class dealer, and to put it mildly, it is a middleman.
Although this kind of business is profitable, it slowly accumulates, and when a company as small as mine slowly accumulates 1 million, I am afraid that it will take two or three years.
But not only do I want to succeed, but I want to be fast!
But how can we accumulate capital faster?
I've tried a lot of things, but none of them seem to work. I won't do anything that hurts nature, and I don't want to do it.
I sat at home, turned on my computer, looked at my mailbox, read the emails sent to me by customers again, and then picked out a few orders from customers who seemed to be more manageable, and called the factory.
Domestic manufacturers are my biggest bargaining chips at present.
It turns out that when I was in the company, I was very polite to the domestic manufacturer.
In this respect, I am different from many other people who do foreign trade business.
Because the foreign trade business is to buy products from these factories, and there are too many township enterprises in our country, there are many factories, and in addition, the market competition has been fierce in recent years, and many factories are not profitable.
At this time, foreign trade companies go to buy their products, which is undoubtedly their God.
Many people in foreign trade companies have a very aggressive attitude towards the factory, and the factory tries its best to curry favor with the foreign trade company in order to sell its products.
However, I have always had a very good attitude towards these supply factories under my control, and I have never put on a show, and I deeply understand in my heart that with the changes in the domestic market and national policies, the industry of foreign trade companies, which is a middleman model, will always be eliminated one day - because this kind of industry is undoubtedly a horizontal step between production and demand.
A few years ago, because the country's opening up had just begun, foreign trade companies were needed to act as a bridge between foreign businessmen and domestic manufacturers, but now many foreign businessmen can go directly to the factory, and foreign trade companies will be eliminated one day.
I deeply believe in a saying that "in the business field, the mountains do not turn, and one day you will have the time to ask others", so I am very careful everywhere, never offend those production factories, although the customer is God, but I never think of myself as a "God".
Because of this, I have maintained a good personal relationship with the directors of many factories.
I looked at the customer's order, then made a few calls to the factory, asked about the current market price, and after some discussion, I chose a factory with the most competitive quotation.
After the price was negotiated, I casually asked the factory manager, "How is the business lately?" ”
The factory director smiled bitterly: "It's okay, but the price of raw materials has risen recently, and we have made very little money." ”
I sneered in my heart: Cry poor with me, if you don't have a profitable business, you won't do it, what are you pretending!
But then the director said something that immediately attracted me: "We have some small factories here that are no longer able to turn around, and one factory is about to collapse, and they are talking to me recently to ask if I am interested in buying it." But I have a lot of problems of my own, how can I have the ability to merge with others. Besides, I'm a state-owned enterprise, and I can't talk about the merger alone. ”
My heart moved, and I pretended not to care and asked, "Oh, which factory is it?" ”
The name of a factory was reported on the other end of the phone.
My mind was spinning at once.
The factory, as I know, is a very small private factory, but the production capacity is still good every month. I worked with them twice at the time, but because their boss was a layman and couldn't do things to my satisfaction, I didn't contact them later.
"Did they tell you how much to offer?"
"No, it's just casual, but I estimate that according to their plant and existing equipment, even if it is a discount, it will cost 300,000 yuan to buy their factory, right?"
I was silent for a moment and didn't speak.
The factory director suddenly said, "Mr. Chen, you won't be interested in this, will you?" ”
I immediately denied, "How can that? I don't understand the management and production of the factory, I am just a salesman! Besides, I don't have that strength! Let's not talk about the transfer of 300,000 yuan, let's just say that the factory is taken down, and there are still dozens of workers to work and pay wages, and the monthly expenses are not small! ”
The factory director suddenly said: "Chen Yang, ......"
I was stunned, he always called me "Mr. Chen", and it was the first time he called me by my name so intimately.
He continued: "You don't have to cover up with me, we've been working together for a few years, I still know you well, you must be interested." ”
I smiled and said, "I'm interested, but I really don't understand the production and management of the factory." I can't do it well after buying it. Besides, I don't have that much money. ”
The other party was silent for a moment, and then coldly threw it over: "If you really want to do it, we might as well work together!" You don't understand the operation of the factory, I'll be the director of this factory for you! Damn, I've done enough in the state-owned factory. ”
I thought about it for a moment and said slowly, "Okay, I'll think about it, and we'll get in touch again." ”
I hung up the phone and began to figure it out in my head.
First of all, is this factory manager really willing to cooperate with me?
I thought about it for a moment and thought he meant it.
His current factory is state-run, and he is also the deputy director in charge of production. The efficiency of the factory is average, and in addition to the money earned, it is necessary to give rebates to the salesmen of those foreign trade companies. To put it bluntly, he himself is a part-time worker, but he works for a state-owned enterprise.
I knew that if he wanted to work with me, he would definitely ask for a share, which meant that he also wanted to be his own boss.
After figuring out this section, what is in front of me is the transfer fee of 800,000.
300,000 is just a superficial number, and although it is small, there are still many potential costs to buy a factory.
First of all, dozens of workers must have tens of thousands of yuan in salary expenses every month.
The cost of water, electricity, and so on produced by the factory is quite high.
Besides, if a factory buys it, it must start production, so you have to have a sum of money to buy raw materials, right?
My head hurts when I think about it. Thinking about it, I calculated that there must be a minimum of 800,000 funds before I can really take it.
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I knew I couldn't have 600,000 right now. Even if I go to Alin to borrow it, Alin can't lend me 800,000 yuan immediately, and it's still possible to borrow 100,000 and 80,000 yuan. But this amount of money is not enough.
But this opportunity is too tempting.
As long as I can control this factory, the profit is very large.
Generally speaking, the factory sells the goods to the foreign trade company, which in turn sells it to the foreign businessman. The difference in the middle is about 20%!!
If I can control this factory, which means I can produce products in my own production factory, and then use the lowest price from the factory!!
At present, the factory is closed down because there is no sales channel, but this is precisely my advantage!!
The prospect is so tempting.
I began to work hard to figure out how to find 800,000 yuan in a short period of time.
I couldn't resist the temptation of this opportunity, so I called the director of the factory and asked him to contact the factory that was going to be transferred, and said that someone was interested in them and that he would contact them within a month.
When I hung up the phone, I was shaking with excitement.
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