Rebirth in 1998 is also a kind of life

Lotus City.

Seeing that there are still ten days before the Chinese New Year, as one of the largest agricultural companies in the local area - Lotus City Shunchang Agricultural Company, there is no pre-holiday joy in it.

In the quiet conference room, all the senior executives in the company looked at the notice letter in their hands and frowned; under the smog, they looked like clay statues.

The content of the notification letter forwarded by the Hope Group is very simple, to the effect that since Zhutou International Trade needs to upgrade the quality of the "Zhuhua" series products, starting from May 2002, 5, it will no longer start from Parts of Qilu region purchase corresponding vegetable raw materials—that is to say, by the end of the purchase contract in the first quarter of next year, some agricultural companies in Qilu region will lose their purchase orders from Zhutou International Trade.

This time, Zhutou International Trade has made great adjustments. According to the content of the notice, nearly 15 regions in Qilu have been included in the "optimization list", and the most eye-catching one is the Lotus City - other places are just A certain county level has been "optimized", while the entire area of ​​Lotus City has been kicked out of the cooperation list.

You must know that Zhutou International Trade’s current vegetable purchase volume has reached a terrifying amount of 32 billion boxes per year, converted into raw material weight, which is 96 tons. If the loss in production and transportation is added, its real purchase volume has already exceeded 110 million tons;

Under the operation of the Hope Group, this order was divided equally among the 5 city-level regions of Qilu, and the corresponding agricultural companies were less than 20 in total. Therefore, for these agricultural companies, Zhutou International Trade's order is definitely The largest piece of fat often accounts for more than 30% of its business, and for some small-scale agricultural companies, this proportion can even reach 50%. You must know that in order to ensure the quality of raw materials, Zhutou International Trade has very strict procurement standards. In addition to being strict, the purchase price given is also very attractive, and the profit in the middle is far beyond what ordinary commodities can match.

As a result, Lotus City is suddenly kicked out of the list. How will you let Shunchang Agricultural Company live next year! ?

The most important thing is... Everyone in the industry understands that the current Hope Group is in fact the follower of Zhutou International Trade and Zhutou Commercial and Trade. Zhutou International Trade has already kicked out Lotus City, so what about Hope Group?

Will you follow suit and stop purchasing raw materials from Lotus City?

You must know that the amount of raw materials purchased from Lotus City every year for Hope Group's fruit and vegetable juices and cocktail juices is definitely not a small number;

Big orders were lost one after another, and Shunchang Agricultural Company would not be able to survive in the future! ?

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Just when the oppressive atmosphere in the conference room had reached its extreme level, suddenly, the door of the office was pushed open, and a middle-aged man in a leather jacket rushed in.

"Manager Wang, how are you? Did you ask me?" Seeing this, Zhang Zhiqing, who was seated at the top, stood up abruptly, completely lacking the composure a boss should have.

Facing the attention of the whole room, Manager Wang, who was wearing a black leather jacket, heaved a sigh of relief, and then said: "I entrusted a lot of connections, so I finally got some information from the Agricultural Business Department of Hope Group. "

Zhang Zhiqing's tone was a little urgent: "How to say?"

Manager Wang frowned fiercely: "According to the news from over there, for some reason, Zhutou International Trade suddenly planned to change the intermediary entrusting party for raw material procurement, which led to the adjustment of the procurement business."

Change the intermediary client! ! ! ? ?

So the Hope Group was abandoned?

While Zhang Zhiqing regretted it, he didn't find it surprising—as we all know, the intermediary business of Zhutou International Trade's vegetable raw material procurement is a big piece of fat. There are countless companies peeping from the sidelines, and there are many units with a stronger background than the Hope Group. It's gone, if Zhutou International Trade has not been protecting it, there would be nothing wrong with Hope Group as early as the year before last.

"Who is the new intermediary client, have you found out clearly?" A long list of names flashed through Zhang Zhiqing's mind, thinking about who should leave at that time, so as to get back that piece of fat again.

Manager Wang's expression was a bit strange: "I found out clearly, it's... a subsidiary of Hope Group called [Hope Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd.]."

Eh! ! ! ? ? ?

As soon as this remark came out, not only the people present looked at each other in blank dismay, but even Zhang Zhiqing was dumbfounded.

Left hand to right hand, what kind of operation is this! ?

Is it to avoid tax?

No, both of them are state-owned enterprises. It is a taboo to say this. The tax payment is directly related to the seat arrangement in the leaders' minds. Lin Xiongwan is not so confused?

Could it be... Zhutou International Trade intends to carry out a strategic transfer! ?

Zhang Zhiqing shuddered suddenly, his face was as ugly as a dead person.

As we all know, Zhutou International Trade and Zhutou Trading are one family, and the big boss behind them has an unusually close relationship with the Northeast region, especially with Liao Province; since the year before last, it has already carried out in-depth cooperation with Liao Province on the platform of Gongyou's Home, and The effect is very good, it saved a lot of local enterprises, and made a lot of contribution to the gdp of Liaoning Province.

As far as he knows, although this Hope Agricultural Technology Company is a subsidiary of Hope Group, Zhutou International Trade has a lot of shares in it, and its registration place is in the Northeast region-according to general rules, unless it is a central enterprise, otherwise the enterprise Taxes are paid wherever the place of registration is.

Therefore, Zhutou International Trade’s seemingly left-handed and right-handed operation clearly revealed the signal that Zhutou International Trade is going to transfer this large piece of fat to the Northeast region in batches;

And the terrible thing is that this action is likely to be completed within one year in 2002. After all, in order to strengthen the control of agricultural companies in various regions, Hope Group signed contracts with them every quarter; Well-known granaries and vegetable baskets have the same raw material supply capacity as Qilu, so there is no need to worry about affecting the production capacity of Zhuhua series products.

As for the fact that the logistics cost in Northeast China is higher than that in Qilu, will it affect the gross profit margin of the product...

Please!

Zhutou International Trade is notoriously rich and powerful, and Zhuhua is its own brand. It is almost more expensive than meat in Europe and the United States. Would they care about such an insignificant increase in cost?

Besides, there is Dalian Port in Liao Province, and its throughput is even larger than that of Qingdao Port. At most, people will suffer a little loss in land freight, and as long as Liao Province is willing to subsidize it, it is difficult for Zhutou International Trade to say that the logistics cost will change. It's even lower than it is now!

Thinking of this, the expression on Zhang Zhiqing's face was uglier than crying. Seeing an old hen laying golden eggs was about to leave him completely, no one's mood would be good.

only……

Why did Zhutou International Trade make such a big move suddenly?

You know, they are also Qilu enterprises after all, and the province has never treated them badly; in terms of emotion and reason, this matter should not be so extreme!

Hearing the question from his own boss, Zhang Zhiqing's first senior executive hesitated for a while before saying, "Could it be... because of Hope Group?"

"Huh? How do you say it?" Zhang Zhiqing looked at him suspiciously.

The executive said hesitantly: "Not long ago, our three agricultural companies in Lotus City reached a private cooperation with the export trading company in Qingdao to supply some raw materials that should have been provided to the Hope Group for fruit and vegetable juice production. Are they given priority?"

"For this reason, Pengzhan Agricultural Development Company also quietly instigated some growers to pretend to have some conflicts during the acquisition, in order to have an excuse to deal with the contract."

"So, Mr. Zhang... Tell me, is it because of this incident that Zhutou International Trade decided to re-select the raw material supply base?"

"Otherwise, it doesn't make sense that only a large area of ​​our Lotus City has been fully blacklisted, and other places have only reached the county level. This is clearly an outlet for the Hope Group!"

Hearing this, Zhang Zhiqing felt a little embarrassed, after all, what he did some time ago was a little unreasonable;

But... who made the province's policy change? These agricultural companies have always followed the policy to eat. If they didn't have a little wit, they would have died long ago!

After pondering for a while, Zhang Zhiqing shook his head: "It doesn't make sense, even if I hope the group has a good relationship with Zhutou International Trade, but the other party is at most just a follower, in order to give vent to the follower, Zhutou International Trade has made such a big fuss battle?"

After finishing speaking, Zhang Zhiqing explained: "Don't forget, Zhutou International Trade and Zhutou Trading are one family. Once Zhutou International Trade really transfers all its raw material procurement business to the northeast region, what will the province think of them?"

"Even if the business focus of Zhutou International Trade is all overseas, the province has nothing to do with them, but what about Zhutou Trading? Are they not afraid that the province will be unhappy?"

The executive smiled wryly: "Mr. Zhang, your daily energy is mainly devoted to government public relations and maintenance of key customer relations, so some things are not clear;"

"In short... I think it's better not to judge the big boss of Zhutou Trading with our minds."

"???" Zhang Zhiqing looked at him incomprehensibly, with some displeasure in his eyes.

Noticing the look in Zhang Zhiqing's eyes, the senior executive felt a little numb, and wanted to slap his uncontrollable mouth, but the situation was over, so he could only bite the bullet and say, "Mr. Zhang, I have A few friends are partners of Zhutou Trading, so they have a little understanding of this usually mysterious company;”

"Let's put it this way, in Qilu, most large-scale enterprises attach great importance to the relationship with the government; apart from well-known reasons, they actually hope to get more support and preferential policies from the government;"

"But... Zhutou Trading is a different company."

"First of all, this company's business is aimed at the whole country, and its business scale is terrible, and its ability to siphon resources is also ridiculously strong; therefore, it does not need a series of support from the province, such as industrial support policies and tax policies;"

"On the contrary, as far as I know, this company has rejected the [high-tech enterprise tax relief policy] given by the province several times, and has always paid taxes in full according to the standards of the retail industry-although the reason given by the other party is to do it for the province. Contribute the greatest strength to the economic development of Li, but many people know it well, this is because they don’t want to owe the cause and effect;”

"Enterprises like this are powerful, not dependent on the province's industrial base, and don't owe any cause and effect... To put it bluntly, people can leave if they want, and stay if they want;"

"Besides, if someone wants to leave, there is no place in the country that does not welcome them with drums and gongs; if they stay in Qilu all the time, the province will owe them an invisible favor - therefore, the attitude of the province is really good for them. Dispensable."

"Secondly, according to the gossip I heard, the mysterious big boss of Zhutou International Trade and Zhutou Trading seems to come from the Hope Group, and has a passion for it-this is why the Hope Group is clearly not strong in the background. , the resources in hand are not rich, but it will become one of the few strategic partners of Zhutou Trading, and the direct reason why it has been given special care."

"And... I heard that the big boss of Zhutou Trading is quite weird. Apart from not liking socializing, he also has a willful temper;"

"It is said that when Smithfield Foods wanted to acquire the Quancheng Meat Factory, the province had already agreed to it; but because of the strong relationship between the Quancheng Meat Factory and the big boss of Zhutou Trading, they decided to buy it on their own. Li, I just messed up this matter—you know, Smithfield Foods is the largest meat company in the world, and even dare to mess up this kind of thing, which shows how willful the big boss is!"

"Compared to a behemoth like Smithfield Foods, what is it worth to change a vegetable raw material supply base regardless of the thoughts of the province!?... Don't forget, the relationship between Hope Group and that big boss is far away. It’s deeper than the Quancheng Meat Factory!”

Zhang Zhiqing, who heard this kind of inside information for the first time, took a breath like the others.

motherfucker!

There are still such willful and reckless guys these days?

Didn't it mean that businessmen always put profit as the first consideration?

After being silent for a long time, Zhang Zhiqing sighed dejectedly: "It seems that this matter is a foregone conclusion... It's all my fault. I was confused at the time and agreed to the request of those two agricultural companies; otherwise, our contract can hardly be continued. reserve."

After finishing speaking, he waved his hands in a dispirited manner: "Let's end the meeting first, and after you get down, do a good job of thinking about the employees, so that they will be prepared to face difficulties next year!"

Seeing this, all the managers present at the meeting leaned back in a low mood, and stood up slowly, thinking about how to do ideological work for their subordinates for a while.

At this time, the executive suddenly said: "Mr. Zhang... I think this matter is not hopeless!"

This time, not only Zhang Zhiqing, but even all the management personnel looked at the executive in unison. After all, if possible, they would definitely not want to see the company's business volume shrink by half next year.

Seeing those pair of green eyes, the executive couldn't help swallowing, moved his butt back guiltily, and then said: "Mr. Since the matter is caused by the Hope Group, as long as we can put down face, apologize seriously, and make compensation, then this matter... may not have a chance."

Oh?

Zhang Zhiqing's eyes lit up.

As an old fried dough stick who has been jumping around in all walks of life all the year round, face or something is really not that important to him - besides, there is that unfathomable and mysterious big boss behind this matter, take it easy or something Yes, it's wool!

only……

The excitement in Zhang Zhiqing's eyes dissipated quickly, and he sighed a long time: "It's nothing to apologize, compensate, etc. Who let us take the blame first? As long as I can get the list back, even if I let me go to Lin Xiong's house It doesn't matter if you kowtow;"

"It's just...it's not that I look down on myself. I, Mr. Zhang, may have such a small face in Lotus City, but what kind of person is the big boss of Zhutou Trading. In front of such a big event, Mr. Zhang's face is really a little bit Not enough to watch!"

The executive swallowed, and said weakly: "Mr. Zhang, you don't have enough face, but... there are enough people!"

Zhang Zhiqing looked at him, and said with some doubts: "You mean... ask the superiors to help out?"

The executive nodded: "Mr. Zhang, as long as you can persuade the bosses of the other two agricultural companies to find the leaders together, I guess the higher-ups are willing to help mediate it—after all, if Zhutou International Trade really plans to change the raw material purchase As far as the base is concerned, it is considered a major event in the province, and the leaders are probably not much easier than you."

Zhang Zhiqing thought about it: "It's not a big problem to persuade the bosses of the other two companies, after all, the loss caused to them by this matter is definitely no less than ours; but... you didn't mean that the big boss of Zhutou Trading didn't care much about the province. What about the attitude, even if there is a leader in charge, can he just expose it?"

Seeing Zhang Zhiqing's agitation, the senior executive breathed a sigh of relief: "I think the other party is more likely to let go. The blacklist this time is so targeted, it's more like a test signal—if it's really determined If you plan to change the raw material procurement base, then you will blacklist them one by one according to the type of product, not according to the region!"

Zhang Zhiqing thought about the huge demand for tomatoes and asparagus every year for the past two years, and nodded, agreeing with this statement.

He gritted his teeth at the moment: "Success! My old face of a certain person will go all out today!"

Then with a big wave of his hand, he drove everyone out of the meeting room, took out his mobile phone and flipped through the address book...

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Two days later.

Lin Xiong, who came home at nine in the evening, the first thing he did after entering the house was not to change his shoes, but to drag his daughter, who was still working overtime, from the house to the study.

"Dad, the matter is settled?" Lin Keran, who had already seen something from the expression on his father's face, said without waiting for Lin Xiong to speak.

The old fox who was preempted by his daughter choked: "Um... basically solved, today's leader..."

Before he finished speaking, the panda-eyed Lin Keran interrupted him in a lack of interest: "Oh, it's settled, I have to go back to work on the plan, bye!"

After speaking, he turned around and planned to leave.

"Stop!" Lin Xiong couldn't bear his daughter who was becoming more and more self-willed.

"Anything else?" Lin Keran turned to look at him.

Then I looked at my watch impatiently: "Dad, if you have something to say, hurry up, the data summary analysis in my hand has not been completed, and I will use it at the department's year-end summary meeting tomorrow... Please finish the matter within 10 minutes, otherwise If not, I won't even be able to guarantee three hours of sleep tonight!"

Lin Xiong was a little speechless about this workaholic daughter, sighed and said: "This matter...you asked Yang Zhu to help solve it?"

Lin Keran looked at the flash of uneasiness on his father's face, and felt a wicked pleasure in his heart: "No, I'm looking for Wan Qingyi."

Lin Xiong felt a tightness in his chest.

Wan Qingyi?

The little secretary in the soda factory is now so capable?

Seeing her father's constipated expression, Lin Keran felt even more at ease, but his face was full of indifference: "Actually, Wan Qingyi didn't take this matter to heart, so he made a casual phone call and asked Zhutou International Trade Co., Ltd." A small supervisor over there communicated with Uncle Li, and the matter was resolved."

Hearing his daughter's words, Lin Xiong's lungs were almost blown away.

You bloody girl, are you poking your father's heart?

Co-authoring, your father is a waste material, and he is no better than a young man under his hands. The matter that has troubled me for more than a month, he will solve it in three or two days!

"Cut~! Just relying on an unwarranted notice letter to mess up the minds of the leaders in the province... You can find a small supervisor with this ability and courage to take a look at this kind of light-lifting method?" Lin Xiong looked at his daughter with disdain.

"Don't think your father is foolish, it was Yang Zhu who did it in the end, right?" Lin Xiong looked at his daughter with a determined face.

Seeing that he couldn't hide it from his father, Lin Keran pursed his lips, and finally nodded.

Lin Xiong sighed, with a look of relief on his face: "At first, I thought that kid Yang Zhu was quite capable, but his personality was too treacherous and cold, so he didn't deserve too much attention; but this time he can ignore the provincial leaders. It seems that you are still thinking about the past love, and it is not in vain that your Uncle Li valued him so much at the beginning!"

Seeing Lao Huai comforting her own father, who was caught in a whiny and unable to extricate himself, Lin Keran pouted, thinking that he didn't do it because of his love for you.

Thinking of Wan Qingyi's phone call, Lin Keran could not help but feel a little envious, but in his heart he looked down on Yang Zhu... This guy is too doting on his own woman, right? , is definitely a faint king of Fenghuo opera princes! !

"By the way, Keran, I heard that the company's annual meeting will be held the day after tomorrow at Zhutou Trading?" Lin Xiong asked suddenly.

"Hmm...it seems so." Lin Keran thought for a while, and said ambiguously. During this time, she was so busy that she didn't even have time to sleep, so how could she be in the mood to remember such things.

Lin Xiong pondered for a while, took out the key to open the cabinet, and then took out a box with a bit of pain: "At that time, you can go to their annual meeting for me, and then give this cake of Tongqing old tea to Yang Zhu—— That guy has no interest in other things, but he has a soft spot for Pu'er tea."

After finishing speaking, he shoved the box into Lin Keran's hands, unable to bear to look directly: "However, that guy's current wealth and status can no longer be impressed by ordinary tea. Cake tea—the nearly 70-year-old antique Pu’er can barely pay off the debt owed this time.”

Lin Keran opened the box, looked at the tattered cake and tea inside which was sealed with plastic film, and the trademark of the double lion flag with white background and blue letters on the old tissue paper packaging, and complained in his heart——I don’t know What are these people thinking? There are people scrambling to take photos of such a piece of broken tea, and more than 30 photos were taken! ?Isn't it delicious to use the money to buy coffee? ?

Thinking of going to see Yang Zhu, whom he hadn't seen for a long time the day after tomorrow, Wan Qingyi's figure suddenly appeared in Lin Keran's mind, his heart jumped for no reason, and then he let out a faint oh;

Then, with slightly tired and soft steps, he walked towards his bedroom...