Chapter 574: Failure to Cooperate Will only Make Us Enemies

Ke Meng and Zhao Yanan have been listening to their men talking about Xue Hua since they entered the room.

To be honest, Xue Hua does look a bit delicate and lacks masculinity, but at first glance, he doesn't look that offensive.

Xue Hua adjusted his mentality, suppressed his impatience just now, and smiled.

Chen Changliu saw this scene, and his evaluation of Xue Hua rose to a higher level.

He is a bit arrogant, and he also has the gene of a smiling tiger, but this guy's ability to self-regulate is really strong, at least one level higher than Lu Zhiwen from Zhongda.

No wonder he was able to make a name for himself in the underworld within two months of coming to Lingnan.

Xue Hua stopped beating around the bush and went straight to the point:

"Mr. Chen, what do you think of my proposal at the cocktail party yesterday?"

Chen Changliu did not refuse directly, but said with an expression full of interest:

"Oh, Mr. Xue, are you talking about the supply chain of our company?

Our company is involved in a wide range of businesses, and there are many upstream supply chains. I wonder what Mr. Xue wants to do?

But I want to remind Mr. Xue that many of our upstream industrial chains have high technical barriers, and they are all high-tech products. I wonder if Mr. Xue's company can meet the standards in terms of technology content?"

Xue Hua knew that Chen Changliu was mocking him for coming to Lingnan and being involved in resource-based and policy-based industries. Although he did spend real money and make money, he relied more on policy relationships to make a living.

From a deeper level, Chen Changliu was mocking him for doing business only by relationships.

But Xue Hua didn't mind. As long as he didn't break the law or violate principled issues, there was nothing wrong with doing business. It would be stupid not to use resources.

"Hahaha, Mr. Chen is right. My companies do not have high-tech content. Of course, they cannot provide high-tech spare parts for the mobile phone business of Zhonghuajia.

But one of my companies can provide raw materials for your company's lead-acid batteries."

Hearing Xue Hua's words, Chen Changliu reacted. This should be the least technical of all the upstream supply chains of Zhonghuajia. It seems that this guy has done a lot of homework.

Yes, the upstream supply chain of the lead-acid battery subsidiary should be the least technical, because the technical content is the processing technology of the lead-acid battery subsidiary itself.

Does this guy want to make a profit from the price difference of the lead supplier? This is also what many second-generations do.

They raise the quotation when supplying goods and make money from it, and those companies are willing to fight and suffer in order to curry favor or to get on this line.

And this situation is not illegal, so it is also the most common way for many ordinary second-generations to make money.

Although Chen Changliu thinks that Xue Hua's pattern should not only focus on this thing, but when he thinks of the lead consumption of the lead-acid battery subsidiary, he thinks Xue Hua may do so.

Because the lead-acid battery subsidiary has a huge demand for lead, this is also the area that the company's audit department is most concerned about.

A set of 60-jin lead-acid batteries uses the most lead, and the weight of lead basically accounts for about 80% of the total weight of the lead-acid battery.

According to the 1.6 million sets of shipments of the lead-acid battery subsidiary this year, with an average of 60 jin per set, the purchase of lead has reached about 40,000 mils.

According to the price of 16,500 per mil last month, 660 million yuan is spent on purchasing lead every year.

If the price per mil is 100 more than the market price, then 4 million yuan can be earned.

If the price per mil is 1,000 more than the market price, then it will be 40 million yuan in a year.

Adding 1,000 to the price of 16,500 per mil only increases the price by 6%, which is considered small in the eyes of many companies.

Because many company bosses will also use this method to transfer the money of other small shareholders and stockholders into their own pockets.

Chen Changliu remembered that the son of the founder of a leading ham sausage company in China sued his father after losing his inheritance. He dared to raise the price of pork from 21,500 US dollars to 25,800 US dollars.

This means that a piece of pork has increased its cost by more than 32,000 yuan, which is billions of dollars. You don't have to guess where the money will go.

"What does Mr. Xue mean?"

Xue Hua smiled and said:

"Yes, I think I can become the upstream supply chain of your company's lead-acid battery business. Don't worry, it will never be higher than the market price."

As he said, Xue Hua took a document from an accompanying staff member behind him and handed it to Chen Changliu.

Chen Changliu took the document and looked at it. It was a quotation for lead, 16,700 yuan per mil.

Chen Changliu didn't remember the price of lead in the past two days, so he handed the document to Ke Meng.

As the assistant to the general manager, Ke Meng knew the core business of each division and subsidiary of the company, and of course she knew the price of raw materials purchased by the lead-acid battery subsidiary.

Seeing Ke Meng nod to him, Chen Changliu realized that Xue Hua's offer was not higher than the market price. This was completely different from what Chen Changliu had thought, and he frowned a little.

Originally, he thought Xue Hua wanted to make money in the simplest way, but now it seems that it is not the case. So Chen Changliu couldn't figure out the connection for a while.

His relationship with Li Jiwei and Wu Feng was known to certain circles, and Xue Hua and Li Jiwei didn't get along, so it was impossible for him to do such a thing without much benefit.

But Chen Changliu didn't want to think about it if he couldn't figure it out. Anyway, he now believed that standing on the same front with Li Jiwei was the best way to maximize his interests. After all, people who sit on the fence are prone to fall.

After thinking about this clearly, Chen Changliu smiled and said:

"Thank you, Mr. Xue, but we have sufficient inventory now, and we have signed a supply contract with others before. It has not expired yet. I will definitely cooperate with Mr. Xue after it expires."

Hearing Chen Changliu's obvious refusal, Xue Hua showed a hint of disappointment in his eyes, and at the same time there was a hint of sharpness in it, but he still smiled on his face.

"Mr. Chen, if you are sure that we can't cooperate, it means that we can't be partners."

Although Xue Hua was smiling, Chen Changliu and Ke Meng knew that the meaning of this sentence was that if they didn't cooperate, they would only become enemies.

PS: The typos were corrected first and then corrected.