small business

Chapter 24

"My dad didn't call me." Fei Yiban was baffled by Ms. Han's jealousy.

"I just asked you, didn't you say hit?" Han Yuxin expressed her doubts.

"When did you ask?" Fei Yiban said, "My dad played the video for me when he left the Mardin factory."

"It's been five hours, and he didn't say anything when he arrived in Istanbul?" Han Yuxin felt that this situation was a bit unreasonable.

Every time Fei Guochen takes a plane, he will call her to report that he is safe when he arrives.

"When my dad played the video for me, Mr. Lin was also talking beside him." Fei Yiban thought for a while, "I guess it was Uncle Lin who called Brother Congyi when we arrived in Istanbul, so my dad was talking next to him."

"Then I'll ask Cong Yi." Han Yuxin left in a hurry.

Not long after, Ms. Han came back: "Congyi said that he didn't call him either."

"Did you call him when you were in Mardin?" Fei Yiban asked.

"No." After speaking, Ms. Han began to turn around anxiously.

"Then the two of them may have a bad signal when they arrive in Istanbul, or they have something to do." Fei Yiban took out his mobile phone and checked.

It was easy for him to check the flight information for the ticket he bought.

The flight information showed that the plane took off on time.

And it will arrive 20 minutes earlier than expected.

"20 minutes earlier." Fei Yiban thought for a while and said, "In this case, I should still be able to catch the first connecting flight I bought. If the flight is on time, I'm worried that they may not be able to catch it."

On the connecting flight from Istanbul to Doha, Fiji bought two directly.

The first connecting flight was less than an hour apart, and the Fei Yi group was afraid that the factory manager and Mr. Lin would not be able to catch up, so they bought another one.

There was eight hours between the two flights.

If you miss the first one, you will have to wait at the airport for almost nine hours, and it will take another day to get home.

Fei Yiban showed Han Yuxin the information he found: "Don't worry, according to this situation, there is still half an hour to transfer to Doha, and you can call and ask what's going on then."

"Is there anything going on?" Ms. Han said anxiously.

"What can happen by plane?" Fei Yiban asked back.

"How can anything be absolutely safe? Isn't there all kinds of space..." Ms. Han didn't say the word [air crash].

"Ah, yo, that is a very small probability event. It is 1/1375 of the probability of being hit by a car when going out, 1/220000 of the death rate of cancer, and 1/440000 of the death rate of stroke and cardiovascular problems. I will go with you On the street, the probability of being suddenly killed by a falling object is the same." Fei Yiban gave Ms. Han a popular science.

"You son of a bitch, why did you say such an unlucky thing?" Ms. Han said with displeasure.

"Didn't you go around there first?" Fei Yiban said, "Is it wrong for me to comfort you?"

"Forget it, let's not talk about it, if you can catch the first connecting flight, it will arrive tonight, right?" Ms. Han was obviously a little happier.

"Yes, Ms. Han." Fei Yiban added proudly, "I'm a genius at booking flights."

It was clear that he was asking for praise.

However, Ms. Han is not in the mood to praise her son now, leaving a sentence, "Then there is news of the plane landing, you call your dad", and Ms. Han is going to go to the kitchen to see what to cook.

"That's impossible! If I make this call, you will be so jealous." Fei Yiban teased his mother, "It must be Brother Afei calling Xinmei."

"Why did you only have a mouth when you came back this time?" Ms. Han was slightly annoyed because of embarrassment.

"What's the matter?" Fei Yiban continued to taunt, "Are you envious of your son's eight-pack abs?"

"Which of my words made you envious?" Ms. Han laughed angrily.

"You said that I only have a mouth," Fei Yiban said, "don't you envy me that I can't get fat?"

"You're as thin as a bamboo pole." Ms. Han said angrily, "If you don't speak up, people will think you are an African refugee."

"Ah, Ms. Han, your son has become an African refugee, shouldn't you help him?" Class Fei saw the right opportunity and went straight to the point.

He asked Lin Congyi two days ago, and the explosion did not cause a fatal blow to the lock factory.

Fortunately, Ms. Han and Director Fei are the kind of people who are very careful in doing business.

Buy all kinds of insurance at every turn.

Some orders do not need to pay high compensation when cancelling.

In this way, although it is necessary to go backwards, it will not go back too much.

Ms. Han and the factory manager Fei originally planned to sell all three domestic factories and transform into smart locks. If they fail, they can still continue to implement.

The combined annual output value of the three domestic factories is almost 18 billion.

The price of the joint acquisition was discussed with several companies before, and it was also 18 billion.

It sounds like Director Fei and Ms. Han seem to be at a loss.

But output value and profit are not a concept.

Locking is not a lucrative industry, and a yearly profit of 1.8 million is very remarkable.

Of the 1.8 million profits, a large part is accounts receivable.

That's why the group of people who started factories and got rich live a relatively frugal life.

The person who bought the lock can owe the factory money, but the factory cannot default on the wages of the workers.

Therefore, when opening a factory, many of them are dragged to death by accounts receivable.

Therefore, the purchase price is not calculated based on ten times the annual profit.

Based on tens of millions of annual profits, the purchase price of 18 billion is a very unreasonable sky-high price.

But the lock factory is an asset-heavy industry.

The 18 billion also includes the production equipment in the factory, as well as factory buildings and land.

These, in fact, are the real "confidence" of the factory owner.

If an IT company goes bankrupt, it is likely to have nothing.

Even if a factory is not doing well, the remaining assets are still considerable.

In this way, the price of 18 billion is a reasonable range acceptable to both parties.

This price covers all three lock factories in China.

The Turkish factory where the accident occurred was not originally planned for sale.

Therefore, it will not have much impact on the total value of domestic factories.

However, in order to deal with the aftermath, in addition to taking all the funds and equipment of the Mardin factory, domestic factories also took in [-] million yuan.

In this way, the value of the factory dropped to 15 billion.

Shrinkage is definitely shrinking.

Overall, the impact is not that great.

Those who originally wanted a joint acquisition still have a strong will.

However, without the stable cash flow from the Turkish factory, selling the domestic factory to become a smart lock brand will be very difficult.

Fei Yiban has a different view on this.

After two months of research, he felt that subsequent cash flow was not a problem.

He only needs to do a good job in the early stage, tell the story well, and then enter the capital market.

Financing, IPO, listing.

After that, the money for brand promotion and advertising will come from the majority of shareholders.

There is no need to pay for everything like Ms. Han and Director Fei.

The first class of Fei, like the second generation of many factories, has a dream of going public.

Conversely, it is not just the second generation of Guangda who have this dream.

Most men who have accumulated a little bit of original capital have such a dream.

Even those who have been in negative equity have the same dream.

There are very few people who can really realize this dream.

Then, batch after batch of male compatriots, originally well-run enterprises, died on the road to this dream.

Ms. Han and Director Fei don't like such a "retreat" thing as going public.

They don't understand and don't want to.

But now such a situation.

Compared with continuing to guard the three lock factories and lingering in the sunset industry, it is more in line with the pulse of the times to start the sunrise industry of smart locks.

In the past two months, Fei Yiban has never been idle for a single day.

It's one thing not to be interested, it's another thing when you're interested.

He has no interest in being the second generation of a lock factory.

If it is replaced by the first CEO of a listed company, that is another matter.

At that time, when the annual income is too much, and the dividends are not prepared.

Just learn from those friends in the circle of friends whose families are all listed companies.

Companies that make less money can buy yachts for tax deduction, and companies that make a lot of money can definitely buy racing cars for tax deduction.

Admittedly, the road is a bit curved.

But who dares to say that saving the country with curves is not the real way to save the country?
Different routes lead to the same goal, the same method but the same result.

With a start-up capital of 15 billion, are you afraid that you will not be able to build a brand?
This is no longer prudence, but excessive caution.

People say they are as timid as a mouse, but the courage of Director Fei and Ms. Han is definitely not as big as that of ants.

During the conversation, half an hour passed like this.

Ms. Han hurried over again: "Didn't you say you'll arrive in Doha in half an hour? Why can't your dad get through?"

Feiyi checked the flight information and found that it had indeed arrived in Doha 5 minutes ago.

Seeing the anxiety on Ms. Han's face, Fei Yiban comforted and said, "Is it normal that the machine didn't turn on when it first landed?"

Then, Ms. Han made a phone call every few minutes.

"Ms. Han, why don't you set up a power-on reminder, and you will receive a reminder text message when my dad turns on the phone." Class Fei Yi is learning and selling, "This way you don't have to keep calling."

"What boot reminder?" Ms. Han asked.

Fei Yiban's heart suddenly became a lot hotter.

Since Ms. Han doesn't know that domestic operators provide startup reminder services, then he, who lives abroad all year round, has even more reason not to know.

Then, Fei Yiban recited to Ms. Han the business explanation they had heard from Yi Ming.

He didn't have the ability of photographic memory, and he was able to memorize word for word, because he was stimulated by Yi Ming to search directly.

"Then how do you drive it?" Ms. Han asked.

"Isn't that simple?" The little expert answerer once again found room to play, "Just send a text message to the operator."

Fei Yiban took Ms. Han's mobile phone and edited "KTKJTX" for 10086.

The initial letter combination of [Activate Power-on Reminder] is so simple and rude.

After the service was opened, Ms. Han still did not receive a reminder for a long time.

Before long, she started calling again and again.

Not only did they call Fei Guochen, but also Mr. Lin.

"Why is it always turned off?" Ms. Han asked Fei Yiban a question that he couldn't answer.

The little expert answerer thought for a while, and forcibly gave an answer: "If they want to catch the first flight I booked, the transit time is only one hour. I guess they will run around the airport directly after getting off the plane. It's normal."

"Then when you get on the plane, you will definitely turn it on, right?" Ms. Han asked.

"Then I don't know, don't you know your husband's habits better than me?" The young expert answering questions couldn't think of an answer.

"Brother Afei will definitely open it!" Ms. Han said firmly, "He must know that I will be worried."

Here we go again, Ms. Han.

Lin Congyi was questioned seven or eight times by Ms. Han, and now he also waited at Fei Yiban's house while calling Mr. Lin.

Until the status of the connecting flight changed from boarding to departure, Ms. Han still did not receive a call from the director of Fei.

The situation on Lin Congyi's side was the same.

"Could it be that my dad and factory director Fei were the last two to board the plane. When they arrived, they broadcasted to find someone several times, and the cabin door was closed as soon as they got on the plane." Lin Congyi gave a reasonable explanation.

"It should be like this." Fei Yiban echoed, "If it doesn't catch up, it must be turned on at this moment, and there may be a place to charge it if there is no battery."

"These two people are over 100 years old together. Why do they do things like this?" Ms. Han was extremely anxious. "Aren't you afraid that your family will worry about you when you go out?"

"Then when they come back at night, Ms. Han will educate them well." Class Fei chose to go upstairs to have a brotherly date with [Mobile King].

The plane has already taken off, no matter how much Ms. Han calls, it is impossible to get through.

For a few hours, he didn't want to just follow Ms. Han downstairs.

When it was four hours before the plane landed, Ms. Han couldn't sit still.

I went directly to the airport to pick up people with Lin Congyi and Meng Tongxin.

Before leaving, he also asked Fiji to pay close attention to the flight status.

It's like the airport can't see the flight takeoff and landing information.

Ms. Han's current state is very inconsistent with her personality as a big woman who has been in the mall for decades.

It's not the same person as the big woman who calmly said [Your father will not ask you to look for me when it's really time to confess your last words].

Although there were all sorts of dislikes in his mouth, Feiyi immediately called Ms. Han as soon as the flight status was updated.

"Well, Mom also saw the plane landed on the electronic screen at the airport." Ms. Han said, "When I hear your dad, Mom will call you. Don't worry if you are at home."

"Alright Ms. Han." Fei Yiban said overly politely, "I wish you a pleasant pick-up at the airport. Please note that the airport is a public place. If you want to beat Brother Afei, I suggest you go home and talk about it."

The pick-up trio waited at the airport for more than an hour, but Fei Guochen and Lin Zumin did not arrive.

Han Yuxin made various inquiries, and the staff at the airport said that the people on that flight had already left.

(End of this chapter)