The Fourth Financial Crisis

Su Cheng shook his head, obviously dissatisfied with the cold beauty that Shopkeeper Su made her own arrangements.

But in the end, it was Xi Ziang who couldn't stand it anymore and put the wine glass directly on the table: "Master Su, I like to be more clean, so... I don't want anyone to accompany me to drink with me!"

He originally wanted to say that he should send this most tender girl to Consultant Yang as soon as possible. However, in the battlefield outside the territory, Consultant Yang hated others giving him advice the most. Xi Ziang was also afraid of guessing the wrong idea, so he had to change his mind temporarily. Declined.

After hearing Xi Ziang's stern refusal, Su Cheng glared at Shopkeeper Su, obviously blaming the other party for finding some cold beauty on his own initiative. This must have ruined Master Xi's interest!

When the beautiful disciple retreated aggrievedly, Xi Ziang, who was sitting on pins and needles, breathed a sigh of relief.

However, this embarrassment can only be regarded as a small episode. Since Yang Lu and Xi Ziang are very familiar with each other, plus everyone intends to make friends, and the female disciple who is accompanying the wine is actively warming up, the atmosphere at the banquet soon becomes warm. stand up.

After drinking for three rounds, Han Fulai seemed to have suddenly thought of something. He suppressed his smile and said seriously: "Everyone, I am here to see you today. In fact, I have some serious business to discuss. Do you know about the recent disputes caused by the Yangjiang Port Consortium?"

It has been nearly a month since Yang Lu left Haiya City. He really doesn't know what happened to Yangjiang Port recently.

Seeing Han Fulai's solemn tone, he took advantage of the situation and asked: "I haven't paid attention to the specific business of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce for a long time. What's wrong? Is there something wrong with the management team of Yangjiang Port?"

Su Cheng smiled and waved his hand and said: "There is nothing wrong with the management team over there. The managers sent by the Qingning Chamber of Commerce to Yangjiang Port are very capable, even better than the managers of our Haiya Chamber of Commerce. The president has great respect for you. The evaluation is quite high!”

Su Cheng's compliment was not complimentary at all, and he even had reservations about it.

The managers stationed by the Qingning Chamber of Commerce in Yangjiang Port are all close subordinates trained by He Mingyuan. Manager He Da has always held himself and his subordinates to the standards of a saint, which resulted in the subordinates he trained having strong martyrdom. The temperament and the strong self-discipline of this group of people shocked the managers of the Haiya Chamber of Commerce and the local employees of Yangjiang Port.

At the beginning, everyone thought that the managers of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce were just good at acting.

After all, you have just arrived in a new environment. Even veterans in the field of corruption must first observe the environment and then find a suitable entry point to take action. Only novices in corruption will dare to make any money.

But gradually everyone discovered that there seemed to be something wrong with their judgment.

The managers sent by the Qingning Chamber of Commerce really don't take sugar-coated bullets, especially Li Feng, the top person in charge of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce. Even if his subordinates reimburse an extra screw, he can't wait to go to the field to verify it. If It's only ten days and a half, but they have maintained this rigorous work attitude for several months in a row.

We have been lying around for so many years, and we have never seen such diligent and capable Chamber of Commerce employees!

Gong begets enlightenment, integrity begets authority.

With such a group of guys sitting in charge of Yangjiang Port, the management of the entire Yangjiang Port has taken on a completely new look.

According to the latest financial statements reported by Yangjiang Port, with an efficient and clean management team and Shenhuo Sect’s intentional policy tilt, the profit margin of the entire Yangjiang Port has greatly exceeded the most optimistic expectations during the previous acquisition by Haiya Chamber of Commerce. Even Su Yuanfeng, the God of Wealth in Haiya, sighed repeatedly, saying that this was the best business he had not done in recent decades.

Yang Lu had long known how powerful He Mingyuan's men were.

Therefore, he was not surprised at all, but continued to ask: "In that case, what happened to Yangjiang Port?"

This time it was Han Fulai who explained: "There is a problem with the consortium that acquired Yangjiang Port itself! As you know, the acquisition consortium consists of five companies in total, namely Haiya Chamber of Commerce, Qingning Chamber of Commerce, Ren Family, Hanguang Sword Sect, and Huan There is the Luoxia Sect. According to the acquisition agreement, all the money needs to be paid within one year after the completion of the acquisition. The Luoxia Sect has recently been affected by the debt crisis of Luo's Trading Company, and the sect has encountered great difficulties in its financial turnover. That is to say ...They can no longer afford the money!”

Su Cheng also continued to add: "The Luoxia Sect's problem is not a general problem, but the cash flow of the entire sect is broken. In fact, from a profit perspective, the Luoxia Sect has long been in losses, and it is only through financial means that it can be covered up until now. However, after the cash flow is cut off, no matter what kind of financial whitewashing means will be ineffective, I heard that they can’t even pay their disciples’ salaries this year!”

Hearing this, Yang Lu couldn't help but shrink his pupils slightly.

The capital turnover of major cultivation chambers of commerce is becoming more and more difficult. This is an objective phenomenon that is happening in the Kyushu cultivation world.

The fundamental reason is that the distribution of the society in the cultivation world is extremely unequal. A small number of cultivators have mastered most of the assets, which has led to the prevailing trend of ordinary people without assets who would rather lie down and die than work or have children. There are serious "three problems". If we use economic terms to describe the trend of becoming a "master", it means insufficient effective demand.

Ordinary mortals lie down and do not work, and it is impossible for cultivators to do the work themselves, but commodity circulation and public utilities always need someone to do it. This has led to serious problems in the entire economic operation of the Kyushu world, which has been reflected at the financial level. It is becoming more and more difficult for various cultivation chambers of commerce to make money, their cash flow is getting worse year by year, and the price of cultivation resources is getting higher and higher.

However, there is a big difference between the Cultivation Sect and the Cultivation Chamber of Commerce.

The Cultivation Sect not only has large-scale fixed assets, but also has the administrative power of the Mu Shou side. The Guyun Sect can recover millions of spirit stone coins by selling the Luanshi City Xuantie Mine, and the Mountain Eagle Sect sells the Demon Slayer. The crossbow can also recover millions of spirit stone coins. The Shenhuo Sect sold Yangjiang Port and got hundreds of millions of spirit stone coins in cash.

Even if the sect is too poor to expose the blame, they can still choose to sell their merits at a low price, such as selling the rights to build bridges and roads within their jurisdiction to foreign businessmen at a low price. This kind of thing is real hard currency, but by selling their merits at a low price. Raising money will undoubtedly damage the spiritual foundation of the sect members, and will also discredit the entire sect.

Therefore, there are only bankrupt chambers of commerce in the Kyushu cultivation world, but there are no bankrupt sects.

If a sect goes bankrupt and cannot pay cultivators' wages, it often means that the entire social order begins to collapse.

Seeing Yang Lu's surprised expression, Han Fulai immediately explained: "It's not that Luoxia Sect can't pay wages, it's just that their cash flow is very tight, but they don't want to use extraordinary means to shake the foundation of the sect, so they hope to withdraw through The Yangjiang Port merger and acquisition consortium will urgently raise a sum of cash to top it off."

Yang Lu raised his eyebrows and said: "Isn't the Haiya Chamber of Commerce an important ally of the Luoxia Sect? Why doesn't the Haiya Bank lend a helping hand?"

Su Cheng said disapprovingly: "Do you think Luoxia Sect has not borrowed money from Haiya Bank before? Now that we have agreed to extend their loan and did not freeze their assets immediately, we have given Luoxia Sect a huge face. If you continue to lend them money, you are undoubtedly playing with fire, even if they themselves are embarrassed to ask for it!"

Han Fulai also continued to add: "The focus of the conflict between the parties now is the valuation of Yangjiang Port. Speaking of which, this is also caused by the excellent work of the managers of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce. "