Journey 1995:Non-Stop

Chapter 230 Making Friends (Bonus Chapter for Alliance Leader, Jiazi)
"Doing business with your legs up" is Yan Hui's explanation.

In reality, it's about betting everything, borrowing money, and taking out loans. That's how business is done all over the world. For example, when Yan Hui first went to work for Wang Hongjun, it was practically a gamble with his life!

For example, Yan Hui previously had a suitable business model at Jianye, where cash flow was constant, payments were made in advance, and there was almost no outstanding payments.

Conversely, if Yan Hui had had several hundred thousand yuan in outstanding payments at the time, he wouldn't have lost everything.

Jian'an Group is actually doing business with its back to the wall. For example, if Jian'an Group has 10 billion yuan in funds, it dares to take on multiple real estate projects worth 50 billion yuan.

Mortgage loans are only one aspect. For example, in this project today, the external funding alone exceeded 100 million yuan. Jian'an Group's initial investment here was only tens of millions yuan, and then they gradually added more. Once the buildings are completed to a certain extent, pre-sales can begin. my country's pre-sale system for commercial housing began in 1994.

Looking at it this way, Yan Hui didn't know why, but he even felt that contracting a project worth several hundred million yuan wouldn't be difficult!
In other words, the brother-in-law doesn't know what Yan Hui is thinking. If he did, he would probably be speechless.

Many ordinary people, because they rarely encounter funds in the millions, feel that there isn't much difference between tens of millions and hundreds of millions, because they genuinely lack the concept of such amounts. This isn't to say they aren't smart, but rather that they've never truly possessed or experienced such funds.

Some people who make money, like Yan Hui before, feel like they have more money than they can spend and like to show off. But once a project ties up all their cash flow, it becomes difficult to come up with even a few tens of thousands more.

In short, even Yan Hui now thinks that "ten million is not difficult" and "hundred million is not difficult," which shows he is indeed a bit naive.

There was nothing special about this meal. Mr. Han's table didn't drink alcohol, but the other tables did as usual.

Yan Hui and his brother-in-law weren't qualified to sit at the main table, as most of the people at this table were acquaintances, and everyone was drinking more lively.

Another characteristic of the dinner party is that those on the periphery are not required to drink.

Drivers, assistants, and other such personnel can choose not to drink.

At Yan Hui's table, three people didn't drink; they were all close relatives and assistants of the boss. There were no pure drivers at this table, as pure drivers wouldn't be allowed to sit there.

Besides Yan Hui, the other two people who don't drink are Wang Zongbo and Zhou Ping.

Zhou Ping is the nephew of General Manager Zhou from Linzi. He's a college graduate, only two years old, and looks honest and reliable. He works as an accountant at General Manager Zhou's company. Seeing Zhou Ping, Yan Hui felt envious. If Yan Hui had had a nephew like him as an accountant, things certainly wouldn't have turned out this way.

Like Yan Hui, Wang Zongbo is a junior high school graduate who has been working for seven or eight years. He doesn't rely on relatives; he's a very hardworking and reliable person who works for an aluminum company and came from Binzhou.

"Aluminum materials? Only someone like you can do that!" Yan Hui felt a deep sense of respect upon hearing this.

He had experience with steel and knew the allure of these commodities.

“No, no, our boss isn’t as amazing as you say,” Wang Zongbo shook his head. “The really amazing ones are all at that table.”

"But aluminum materials can't be made for just a few million, can they?" Yan Hui asked.

"Aluminum? That depends on the distributor's level. For ordinary aluminum alloy doors and windows, you can get them done with just a few thousand yuan." Wang Zongbo didn't share Yan Hui's doubts.

He didn't even understand why Yan Hui thought the industry had such a high barrier to entry.

In reality, Yan Hui was quite capable back then. He went directly to the source factory in Sanming, a source factory with an annual production capacity of 3 billion RMB. That kind of place was certainly not for ordinary people. It was 2000, and Weiqiao, the future aluminum giant, had not yet built its first electrolytic aluminum production line. Its main business was still textiles. There were no other giant enterprises in this field in the entire Binzhou area, so Wang Zongbo did not understand what Yan Hui meant at all.

"Mmm," Yan Hui knew the principle of not speaking too deeply with casual acquaintances, so he didn't press further and instead started talking about other things.

The three of them are all in their early twenties, so they are peers and have a lot in common.

Zhou Ping worked as an accountant after graduating from university, and traveled to many places with his uncle, but he didn't do much on his own. Wang Zongbo, on the other hand, was only familiar with the aluminum industry.

After they started chatting, Yan Hui told them about Northeast China, Jianye, and a lot of stories about aluminum products. They learned a lot, and both of them were considered promising young talents.

Yan Hui estimated that Wang Zongbo must have at least several hundred thousand yuan in assets.

Yan Hui could judge others, and others could judge him too. As the dinner was drawing to a close, neither of them could figure out Yan Hui's true nature. They even felt that Yan Hui was the real boss.
After the dinner ended, Yan Hui helped his brother-in-law into the car.

He has a driver's license, so he can be his brother-in-law's driver.

My brother-in-law drank quite a bit today; most people wouldn't be able to handle it. But Yan Hui is in great shape these days, and he easily got my brother-in-law into the car and then drove him home.

Since his sister wasn't home today, Yan Hui dragged his brother-in-law to the toilet and made him vomit up the alcohol he had been drinking. Only then did he give him some water and let him lie down and sleep.

My brother-in-law's alcohol tolerance is average, but Mr. Zhou from Linzi has an excellent alcohol tolerance. He had nothing much to do today, and on the way back, his nephew Zhou Ping talked to him about Yan Hui, praising Yan Hui highly.

"Mr. Wang is quite capable. The air conditioner he made got the exclusive distributorship in Linzi. He's a big shot in Jinan. He's more secure getting this project than we are. I didn't expect his brother-in-law to be so talented. Did you get his phone number? Let's keep in touch." Mr. Zhou also had a sharp eye.

"I took it, but I don't know why it's not a local number. He told me it was a number from Jianye."

"Yes, yes, he told me that his brother-in-law used to work in the timber industry at Jianye. No rush, let's see how it goes, and we'll talk about it when the opportunity arises. Timber and ceramics are actually not that different." After saying this, Mr. Zhou leaned back in his car seat to rest.

After finishing all that, Yan Hui took a taxi back to the warehouse and inspected the surrounding area.

For Mr. Han's project, only the sales office and the construction site needed air conditioning in the early stages, both large and small models. My brother-in-law has already prepared this batch of goods, which are currently in the warehouse.

After returning, Yan Hui checked the surroundings as usual, carefully inspected the area with a flashlight, and only after confirming that everything was alright did he return to the warehouse and lock the door.

After locking the warehouse, Yan Hui turned on all the lights and swept the area with a broom.

He does this every day: before going to bed at night, he checks the outside first, then the inside.

There are quite a lot of things in this warehouse, and only by cleaning it all out can we ensure that no one is hiding there. This is for the safety of my brother-in-law's property, and also for my own personal safety.

After settling everything down, Yan Hui lay down on the bed and began to think about the next steps.

(End of this chapter)