Chapter 679 Worry and Rumors
When Jing Jian pressed the No. 1 button on the phone and finally issued the order, he breathed a sigh of relief. He just showed off his standard telephone shopping system in front of the three women, but unexpectedly, the standard boss seemed quite unfamiliar with operating the standard developed system. It took him nearly ten minutes and repeatedly operated five or six times before he finally achieved success.
However, when Jing Jian hung up the phone, he found that Zhao Xia and the others around him were all trying hard to hold back their laughter. Jing Jianke smiled pretentiously and said, "Haha, buying 20 packs of diapers can actually save more than 5 US dollars? Tell me, is it amazing? Is it amazing?"
"Awesome!" Zhao Xia glanced at him in anger.
"Wow! I actually saved $5! Minister Jing, we admire you so much." Qin Zi also started to cheer.
Cao Haiyan immediately finished the fight: "Spend 10 US dollars in phone bills to save $5..." Before she could finish her words, the three girls were already laughing.
Hearing the laughter, several children were also "giggling". Although they still couldn't understand the adults' words, it did not prevent them from being happy about their father's embarrassment.
Jing Jianma was angry and embarrassed: "Hair is long and short, what do you know? Does it cost $10 to make these few minutes of phone calls? And have you calculated the shopping cost? Going to the supermarket, you can only get a few gallons of oil back and forth. The most important thing is to save time. When did you go to the store for a few hours?"
"We are happy, you can control it?" Zhao Xia rolled her eyes immediately.
"What do men know? They don't know the fun of shopping malls at all." Qin Zi also opposed.
Cao Haiyan, who was standing by, nodded repeatedly. Anyway, on this issue, the three women had already formed a united front. Debating shopping with women? It can only be said that Jing Jian is seeking death.
Jing Jian opened his mouth and found that he had nothing to say. At this moment, his daughter Panpan jumped to Jing Jian and said, "Dad, don't buy so many, just use them for your brother! I don't need diapers anymore, I won't wet the bed."
"Oh." Amid the laughter, Jing Jian picked up this caring little cotton jacket and kissed it several times in succession. "Panpan of my family is the most obedient. He is much more obedient than his younger brothers."
The whole family was having fun, and Jing Jian thought of the phone shopping system. Indeed, such a system is too inconvenient, too low in efficiency, and even the connection rate at peak times is very low. In other words, except for the cheap price, it is not as convenient as it is, which is really not something that people who are used to online shopping in the future can imagine.
In particular, users also have to bear the phone bill, which really affects the development of users. So when I have time, Jing Jian called Kent: "Kent, I found that there is a phone bill problem. Can our company bear it all? What we need most now is the number of users, and it doesn't matter if the operating expenses are increased. Also, the key is to maintain those online customers of Blue Star.com."
After all, the telephone shopping system is an exaggeration period, and the future focus of Standard Group is definitely online shopping.
Kent thought for a while and immediately agreed: "No problem, I will negotiate a better contract with the telephone company. The increase in a year is at most tens of millions. But sir..."
"What's wrong?" Jing Jian asked when he found that Kent was a little hesitant.
"Sir, Bank of America informs us that a loan of $30 million will be issued on a delay."
"Oh? Why?" Jing Jian felt something was wrong. At present, Jing Jian's various companies are a little tight in funds and are basically relying on loan turnover from various banks. Although Standard Group still has a large amount of cash flow, the real loan extension will not have a big impact, but at least it makes Jing Jian much more nervous.
"They said that you have expanded too much recently, and the bank is a little hesitant, hoping that you can adjust the funding structure and reduce the risk of loans." Kent said the reason.
Jing Jian frowned slightly. Although Jing Jian had considered this situation after a series of investments in large projects, it happened so quickly? He was still a little caught off guard.
After thinking for a while, Jing Jian ordered: "Talk a good talk with Bank of America, hoping to continue the good cooperative relationship between the two parties. If they really disagree, I don't think the impact will be too great. Talk to other banks and ask if they can get a loan?"
"Sir, this is not the real problem. There are several suppliers there who come to ask if the payment can be settled on time?"
"Huh?" Jing Jianke discovered that the situation was wrong. If loans were mentioned, it was nothing more than a risk assessment issue. This bank may be afraid of risks and may not issue them, while other banks may be willing to make loans.
The suppliers are completely different. We must know that foreign countries strictly enforce the terms of contracts, so it is difficult to have any flexibility. For example, if the payment before the goods is settled in two months, it will definitely take two months. Unlike domestic hypermarkets, the contract is two months, and the actual execution may be three months, which is already a conscientious enterprise.
Since foreign countries are strictly enforced, they will generally never ask for a single nonsense. Anyway, if the contract is breached, then send a letter from a lawyer unless you are worried that the seller will face bankruptcy.
"What? They were actually worried that we were unable to pay the goods?" Jing Jianke asked Kent.
"There is such a factor." Kent replied tactfully, "Sir, I have sent someone to inquire. Now there seems to be a rumor outside that we have lost too much every month and have swallowed up most of your cash. We may be almost out of reach, so those suppliers are a little worried."
Jing Jian seemed to see a dark cloud floating in the distance. For banks, the most feared thing is the bank run; for retailers, the most feared thing is the suppliers who worry about it and ask for payment for the goods. In fact, this is a crisis of trust, and retailers sometimes just like banks, just like trust.
Seeing that Jing Jian was silent, Kent immediately asked carefully: "Sir, they dare to doubt us? It's too much. Should they terminate their cooperation with them?"
Upon hearing this bad idea, Jing Jian hurriedly said, "No need to do this, you must not do that. Those suppliers have reasonable requests, so what reason do we have to terminate the cooperation? Tell them that our payment will never be delayed, but we will never settle it in advance. Just like in normal times, we pretend not to know anything."
If the cooperation is terminated, isn’t it confirming the rumors from the outside world? Or is it the best way to deal with it normally, so that the doubts from the outside world can be gradually dispelled.
"I understand, sir." Kent nodded immediately to agree.
Jing Jian thought about it again: "Kent, but this matter needs to be taken seriously. Let's do it! We will meet again when I finish shooting tomorrow."
Chapter completed!