Life 1984

Chapter 458 Alternate Supplier

Li Yunhai patted Liu Jie on the shoulder: "Don't talk nonsense, I'm just singing along, not the person doing that."

Liu Jie leaned over and said with a smile: "Brother, you don't know something, right? As long as the price is right, there is nothing that can't be done. Isn't it that they come here to work just to make money? You don't know, right? Now those The dancers in the cabarets have been let go a long time ago.”

Li Yunhai really didn't know about these things. Although he occasionally went to the dance hall to play, he had never interacted with the dancers.

Liu Jie said to the two beauties: "Would you like to introduce yourself? What do you call these two beauties?"

The welcoming guest smiled and said: "Sir, you can just call me Xiaofang. Her name is Xiaoyue."

Liu Jie shook his head and said: "These are all your nicknames, right? They're not real names. But it doesn't matter. Why should we meet before? Come on, let's sing!"

The earliest karaoke machine was invented by an Asian named Yuki Otani. The cassette tape recorder used has only sound, no images.

After the production of video recorders in the 70s, karaoke was upgraded to have sound and pictures. This was the early karaoke. In those days, when singing, the steps for requesting songs were very cumbersome. The specific process was as follows: handwrite the songs you want to sing on a small notebook, and then hand it to the singer, who will request the songs. All you need to do is wait. After a long wait, after the music of your requested song plays in the hall, you can stand in the center of the stage and sing to your heart's content.

An image with incorrect text and incorrect painting appears on the screen, which is called "MV" in postmodern language.

Slowly, as the aesthetic taste of the general public continued to improve, and as technology advanced more and more, in the early 90s, karaoke slowly moved from the lobby to the private rooms, and the karaoke hall also became a "KTV". There are high-end people talking about business, high school students and college students having dinner parties, and white-collar office workers who want to vent their stress. KTV has become a place for people to connect after dinner, and is highly sought after and loved by the masses.

When this business first came out, it was extremely popular. KTVs like Fenglin Hotel, which was equipped with singing girls, were the first to start in Xizhou, so the business was naturally better than other places.

Li Yunhai likes to listen to songs from this era, especially Hong Kong and Taiwan songs. There are countless classics every year.

He and Liu Jie drank and chatted, and asked Xiaofang and Xiaoyue to choose songs and sing.

When it was Liu Jie's turn to order a song, he held up the microphone and shouted loudly.

Li Yunhai punched him: "You have a voice like yours. Don't pollute my ears. Let the two beauties sing for us. Let's just chat."

After Liu Jie finished singing a song, sweat broke out on his forehead, and he said: "Singing is just to vent your emotions. I don't care whether the singing is good or not."

Li Yunhai poured him a glass of wine and asked, "Is there something wrong with you? Is there anything else we can't talk about?"

Liu Jie drank the large glass of beer in one gulp and said with a lonely expression: "Brother, I feel very depressed."

Li Yunhai laughed and said: "What are you depressed about? You have a successful career and a happy family! How many people envy your life!"

"My life is pretty good, but no matter how hard I try, in the eyes of my parents, I am a useless child. Do you know why I don't want to go home? As long as I stay at home, my dad will look at me He didn’t tolerate me and kept scolding me, saying that I didn’t do a good job at work, saying that I didn’t find a wife to have children at such an old age, and saying that I was just idle all day long and not doing my job properly.”

"I think your dad is right. You should really start a family. It's not a problem to keep playing like this. How about marrying Han Huizhen?"

"The problem is that my parents don't agree. They say Han Huizhen's original family is not good."

"What's going on?" Li Yunhai had already noticed that Liu Jie was pretending to be something.

Liu Jie gave a wry smile: "Han Huizhen is the daughter of a worker. Her parents were not getting along and they divorced a long time ago. There are two brothers and two sisters in the family, and they are unemployed. My mother despises her family and said that I married such a person. Marrying a wife is like marrying her whole family, and you have to support the poor for the rest of your life. They introduced me to a director's daughter, saying that she was a good match. I met that woman once, and she looked okay, but she was very delicate and unreasonable. It’s not my type anyway.”

He picked up a bottle of beer, drank it in a few sips, and said, "My career has also stagnated. As you know, I have been promoted to section chief for several years. I was supposed to be promoted to half a level last year, but it turned out that the bureau If I failed, I was delayed again. That’s how it is in the system. If I can’t get promoted in this most critical step, it will be difficult for me to get promoted again in the future. My academic qualifications limit my development!”

Only then did Li Yunhai realize that this brother, who was carefree all day long and acted like a prodigal in love, had so many dissatisfactions.

The problem is, Li Yunhai couldn't help him even if he wanted to, so he could only have a few more drinks with him.

Liu Jie roared into song again, this time singing "What Do You Want in This Life?"

This is a Cantonese song, and Liu Jie's singing was really out of tune, like a ghost crying or a wolf howling.

Xiaoyue sat next to Li Yunhai and poured wine for them.

Liu Jie sang and put his hand on Xiaofang's shoulder.

Xiaofang took his hand away and said with a smile: "Sir, we only sing along."

Liu Jie suddenly slapped her in the face and shouted: "What are you pretending to be? I only touch you if I care about you, don't be shameless!"

After being beaten, Xiaofang burst into tears and ran out with her face in her hands. After a while, she came in with two KTV security guards, pointed at Liu Jie and said, "He was the one who beat me!"

Liu Jie said loudly: "I touched your face, and you pressed your nose on your face, right?"

When Li Yunhai saw that the situation was getting serious, he quickly held Liu Jie's shoulders and said to Xiaofang, "My brother is in a bad mood and has offended many people."

Xiaofang cried: "I said I won't sing with you, but you insist on me singing with you. If you sing with me, why should your friend touch me? I'm not here to sell you! He can do whatever he wants when he's not in a good mood? This It’s not over yet!”

Li Yunhai picked up the money on the coffee table, stuffed it into her hand, and said, "Okay, this money belongs to you, you can leave. Just pretend that what just happened never happened."

Xiaofang called the security guard away for the sake of money.

Li Yunhai said to Xiaoyue: "Just go and order songs for us."

He persuaded Liu Jie again: "You came out to play for fun. What are you doing?"

Liu Jie drank a few glasses of wine and sneered: "She's just pretending! Isn't it just for money?"

Li Yunhai was afraid that he would cause something even worse, so he patted his face and said, "You are in a bad mood. Let's meet up another day! That's all for today's drinking."

Liu Jie shouted: "I won't leave, I still want to sing!"

Li Yunhai had no choice but to sing a few more songs with him, and the two of them finished a dozen beers and two bottles of foreign wine.

Before leaving, Li Yunhai gave Xiaoyue a large tip.

He helped Liu Jie out.

When he got outside, the cold wind blew, and Liu Jie trembled, half sober from the wine.

Li Yunhai sent him to the door of his family's compound and asked, "Liu Jie, can you still leave? How about I take you home?"

Liu Jie said there was no need to send him off. He got out of the car, calmed himself down, and fell to the ground with a bang.

Li Yunhai quickly helped him get into the car and told Zhuang Yong to drive the car into the compound and drive it all the way to the downstairs of Liu Jie's house.

He helped Liu Jie go upstairs.

Liu Shitao and his wife had already gone to bed. When they heard a knock on the door, they knew it was their son coming back, so they got up and opened the door.

"Why are you so drunk again?" Liu Shitao shouted in a deep voice, "Look at you like this, where is the vitality of a young man? You're like mud!"

He smiled at Li Yunhai again and said, "Mr. Li, thank you for sending him back. Come in and have a cup of tea?"

Li Yunhai said it was too late and would not drink tea, then turned and left.

Liu Shitao pointed at his son who was slumped on the sofa and said with a look of hatred on his face: "You are almost a 30-year-old man. You have accomplished nothing. You only know how to drink and pick up girls all day long! Look at Mr. Li, he has accomplished a lot at such a young age. , why don’t you learn from others?”

Quartz twisted out a hot towel and came out to wipe her son's face, and said: "Xiaojie, your father is right to scold you. The reason why you are like this is because you don't have a family! When you have a wife, there will be a woman to take care of you, so naturally you You won’t be so wild. I think Director Xu’s daughter is pretty good, why don’t we come and propose marriage and get the marriage done as soon as possible?”

Liu Jie suddenly jumped up: "Okay, you want me to get married, right? I'll get married! I'll get married tomorrow!"

Quartz smiled and said: "You kid is crazy, aren't you? Even if you want to get married, you have to ask Xu Li's opinion first, right?"

Liu Jie got drunk and said, "Either we get married tomorrow, or we don't get married!"

After saying that, he rushed into his room and locked the door.

Liu Shitao was so angry that he was speechless for a long time.

Li Yunhai returned home.

Lin Zhi was still watching TV and asked, "Where did you go with Liu Jie?"

Li Yunhai said: "I'm going to sing. Liu Jie is not in a good mood."

Lin Zhi said: "How can he be in a bad mood for a prodigal like him? He's probably chasing a woman but not succeeding! By the way, several park bosses are coming to see you tonight. I'll ask them to come to the company to find you tomorrow."

"What do they want from me?" Li Yunhai asked. “These are the companies that are preparing to move to the Economic Development Zone.”

"Oh! Let's talk tomorrow! Go to bed."

The next morning, after Li Yunhai arrived at the company, Su Hong came in to report.

"Mr. Li, several factory owners in the park are here and they all want to see you."

"Invite them in!" Li Yunhai put down his work and received the visitors.

These factories originally valued the resources of Sihai Group, so they invested in Sihai Industrial Park. There are printing plants, packaging plants, and more raw material supply factories that cooperate with Sihai Group.

They had obviously made an appointment to come together. There were 12 people in total, and all the 12 business owners who wanted to move were present.

Li Yunhai gave each of them a cigarette and asked his secretary to make tea.

There are not so many seats in the office, and a few people can only stand and talk.

Li Yunhai asked: "Everyone comes to see me, do you have anything to do?"

The owner of the packaging factory is named Zhou Hongtao. He is a farmer, tall and thick-set, with a loud voice.

"Mr. Li, we came to you together just to get an accurate idea. The city is planning to build a new economic development zone, and we all plan to move there. What do you think?"

Li Yunhai took a cigarette and tapped it lightly on the cigarette case without smoking. He said slowly: "Everyone has made up his mind. Come to me to discuss it again. Is this necessary?"

Zhou Hongtao is the representative elected by everyone, so he is the one who speaks: "Mr. Li, you were not in the country at that time, and we had no chance to discuss it with you, right? Just tell us whether Sihai Group can move." move?"

Li Yunhai said: "Boss Zhou, I have told you a long time ago that our Sihai Group will not move. At least not now."

Zhou Hongtao and everyone looked at each other and said, "Mr. Li, with such good conditions, why don't you move?"

Li Yunhai asked: "What benefits does Huang Ying give you?"

Zhou Hongtao said: "The park has five connections and one level, and tax exemptions for three years! Focus on supporting enterprises in the Economic Development Zone. Isn't this generous enough?"

Li Yunhai thought to himself that Huang Ying had worked hard and spent a lot of money to build the Economic Development Zone.

"Well, if you want to move, I have nothing to say." Li Yunhai said, "The factory belongs to you, you can make your own decision."

Zhou Hongtao said: "Mr. Li, we have moved here, can we still cooperate with Sihai Group in the future?"

Someone asked: "Mr. Li, does the cooperation between us count?"

Li Yunhai waved his hand and said: "We are a business partnership. As long as your products are of high quality and low price, I will definitely continue to cooperate with you. I will also give priority to working with you. I can promise you this. We have The signed contract is still valid.”

Zhou Hongtao and others breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Mr. Li, then we will move!"

Li Yunhai said: "The decision is in your own hands."

Zhou Hongtao and others came to Li Yunhai this time just to ask for his words. Since the contract was valid and Li Yunhai personally agreed to continue cooperation, they were relieved.

After moving to the Economic Development Zone, you can enjoy a three-year tax exemption policy, which is a huge profit for a small factory. The businessmen were big on profits, so it was understandable that they agreed to Huang Ying's move.

Zhou Hongtao still couldn't understand Li Yunhai's decision and asked, "Mr. Li, why don't you move?"

Li Yunhai said: "Our Sihai Group is too big and it is too inconvenient to move around. You are all small factories and you can leave whenever you want. If we really want to move, it will be a big project and it will take less than half a year to complete the move. , will seriously affect our production arrangements. In addition, our headquarters will be relocated soon, where will we have the time and energy to take into account the relocation of the factory?"

This is a high-sounding statement.

Zhou Hongtao and others had no choice but to believe it. After chatting for a few words, they stood up and left.

Li Yunhai found this matter very interesting.

On the one hand, Huang Ying did not approach Sihai Group to discuss factory relocation.

On the other hand, these companies that want to move out want to kidnap Sihai Group and move there together.

Li Yunhai became more and more confused about Huang Ying's tricks.

Logically speaking, if Huang Ying really wants to build the Economic Development Zone, he must first get rid of the Sihai Group. No matter how many offers, promises, and coaxing he has to do, he must move the Sihai Group there first.

As long as Sihai Group moves there, all the companies in Sihai Industrial Park will naturally follow.

However, Huang Ying's approach was the opposite. He spent great efforts in negotiating with these small and medium-sized enterprises to relocate them, but left Sihai Group in place.

Could it be that the other party really wanted to pull out some money from under the cauldron? Want to empty Sihai Group's supply chain?

What is his real purpose in doing this?

Li Yunhai thought of one thing. Huang Ying might have introduced another foreign-funded factory. Are these supporting factories serving this foreign-funded factory? It is also possible that foreign investors have made a requirement that they must have supporting factories before they are willing to move in.

If you think about it this way, these frivolous operations make sense.

The departure of 12 supporting factories really caught Li Yunhai off guard.

If Huangying really introduces foreign-funded factories, and all these configuration companies will supply foreign-funded factories in the future, Sihai Group will not be able to find the nearest and cheapest source of goods.

Thinking of this, Li Yunhai's thick eyebrows couldn't help but raise slightly.

He called Jiang Zhijun over and said, "Mr. Jiang, there are 12 companies in the park that want to move. Do you know?"

Jiang Zhijun said: "Mr. Li, I heard about it. But it's just an agreement, they haven't moved out so soon."

Li Yunhai said: "Do we have spare factories that can supply these suppliers?"

Jiang Zhijun said: "Mr. Li, we signed an agreement with them to give priority to getting goods from them. And their production capacity is sufficient, so we did not find a backup factory."

Li Yunhai said in a deep voice: "Start looking now. For each product, we must find two backup suppliers!"

"This? Is it necessary to find a backup supplier? Even if these factories are moved, they are still in the city. Our cooperation agreement is still there. Isn't it good to continue to cooperate with them?"

"From the perspective of enterprise development, backup suppliers are also very important. We cannot be controlled by others."

“What are the requirements for backup suppliers?”

"First of all, we should have sufficient production and supply capabilities to meet our production needs and be able to respond to orders in emergencies in a timely manner. In a word, they may become our quasi-suppliers at any time."

"Okay, Mr. Li. Such a factory is not difficult to find."

"Also, don't make this matter public, do it secretly. Don't publish our list of backup suppliers, it's enough for both of us to know."

"Mr. Li, are you doing this to prevent those suppliers from defecting?"

"Everything in the world is unpredictable! In the face of interests, no one is reliable."

"That's true. Okay, then I'll look for a backup supplier."

"Not just these 12 companies, but all suppliers that we cannot produce ourselves must find two or more backup suppliers. I will give you one year to get it done."

"Understood, Mr. Li."

At this time, the phone on Li Yunhai's desk rang.

He answered the phone and heard Liu Jie's voice coming over: "Brother, I'm getting married today, come and drink my wedding wine!"

Li Yunhai didn't react for a long time.

Liu Jie said: "Do you understand? I said I am getting married today, and you must come to drink my wedding wine."

(End of this chapter)