Rebirth of the Industrial Tycoon

Li Weidong was determined to move the factory.

The automobile union was determined not to believe that Li Weidong would move the factory.

The two sides simply cannot pee in the same toilet, so the negotiations will naturally be unable to continue and can only continue on the old path of procrastination. But both sides agree on one thing. They both believe that they can definitely outsmart each other.

After Li Weidong returned to China, the construction plan for the new factory area was presented to Li Weidong.

Li Weidong looked at the construction plan and shook his head with dissatisfaction.

"It still takes too long. I require that the construction of the factory must be completed within five months! It will take another month to complete the installation and commissioning of the equipment, which is equivalent to half a year of putting it into production." Li Weidong said.

The person in charge of building the factory was Ma Bin, general manager of Dongshan Real Estate. He said with a bitter look: "Chairman, five months is really impossible. According to the current construction plan, the main project will be completed in seven months. The time is already very tight. I'm afraid each project team will have to work 24 hours a day to be able to do it. If it is one month ahead of schedule, there may be a chance, but two months ahead of schedule, it will not be completed at all!"

"It depends on people. Tell each project manager that after the project is completed and the acceptance is passed, the project payment will be settled immediately without delay for a day. In addition, an early completion bonus will be added. For every completion day ahead of schedule, I will give an extra bonus!" Li Weidong did not hesitate. said.

"Chairman, if that happens, the budget for building the factory will increase a lot!" Ma Bin immediately reminded.

"What I want now is speed. Under the premise of ensuring quality, the sooner it can be completed, the better!" Li Weidong said and pondered for a few seconds, and then continued:

"This time, we won't delay the project payment until the end of the year. We will settle it immediately. After a while, I will say hello to the bank and transport one billion in cash to the project headquarters. I will put it there for each project manager to see and tell them by the way, to complete a project , we will pay on the spot!”

If even the infrastructure geek can't do it to see a car factory in half a year, no one can.

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Manager Zhang parked the car and looked at the two armed escort vehicles parked at the door from a distance. He thought he was in the wrong place, but then he looked at the hanging sign. It was indeed the construction director of the new Jaguar Land Rover factory. Then he walked in confidently and boldly.

After waiting for a short while, Manager Zhang finally met Ma Bin, the general manager of Dongshan Real Estate. After a brief exchange of greetings, the two started talking about the project.

"Mr. Ma, if you give this project to our company, we can definitely complete it with quality and quantity. However, the construction period is too short. To complete the entire project in thirty days, even if we work in two shifts 24 hours a day, it will still be completed." No! I hope Mr. Ma can be more lenient on the construction period." Manager Zhang said cautiously.

"Everything else is easy to say, except time." Ma Bin said with a smile.

"Mr. Ma, you are really making things difficult for me." Manager Zhang said.

Ma Binze continued: "We can settle the payment for this project now and give it to you when the project is completed. You don't have to wait until the end of the year. Can it be completed in thirty days?"

Manager Zhang was overjoyed when he heard that the project payment could be settled in cash.

In the construction industry, demanding payment for projects has always been the biggest problem for construction parties. Chinese construction companies can complete projects in the most demanding environments, but they may not be able to get project funds in the most comfortable office buildings.

The construction industry is different from other industries. During the construction process, the construction party often advances part of the funds first, and the developer pays after part of the project is built. Many times the project is completed and even the properties are sold out, but the developer still owes the construction company a large amount of money.

As for project developers, they always delay project payment as long as they can, and they owe money as much as they can. There are really not many people who give money happily. These people even dare to owe money to the bank, let alone owe you a construction company.

So every year at the end of the year, you can see construction companies asking developers for debts. If you are lucky, I will give you part of the settlement, if you are unlucky, you will not be given a penny.

If the previous year's payment can be settled at the end of each year, this is definitely a conscientious developer, and every construction company would like to cooperate with this kind of developer.

As soon as the project is completed, the project payment can be settled immediately, which is something that is unimaginable. For construction companies, in order to get the project funds immediately, it is not a problem to send more manpower to improve the progress of the project!

However, Manager Zhang is also a veteran in the construction industry. He has seen many promises to settle the project payment immediately. But when the project is completed, how many of them will happily pay the money? It’s not like we have to put it off again and again.

As for the contract written in black and white, it is useless in the construction industry. Even if there is a contract, the developer will not pay and the construction party will have no choice.

Taking the legal route can easily drag on for a year and a half. In the end, the court ordered the developer to pay the money. This time has also passed, and the two parties are still at odds. Don't expect to have any business cooperation in the future.

Therefore, Manager Zhang just smiled slightly and didn't believe Mabin's promise of cash payment for the project at all.

They are all working in construction, and who is not an old liar? How can you believe such empty talk!

Ma Bin seemed to see Manager Zhang's doubts, and he continued: "Manager Zhang, I'm not lying to you. The project funds have been shipped. It depends on whether your company has the ability to take them away. If you don't believe it, I will take you with me. Go to the back and take a look.”

Ma Bin stood up and took Manager Zhang to the back room.

Around the room, there were several men in uniforms, helmets, and guns in hand patrolling. If you look carefully at the armbands of these men, they all have the words "Armed Escort" written on them.

Seeing the heavily armed escort, Manager Zhang couldn't help feeling a little nervous. He followed Ma Bin and walked into the door of the room.

The door opened and Manager Zhang looked around and saw a red hill made of RMB piles in the room!

This is the billion in cash Li Weidong sent.

"My dear! You have moved the bank here!" Manager Zhang's eyes widened in surprise. He had never seen so much money in his life.

"We emptied the cash warehouses of several banks." Ma Bin smiled slightly, and before Manager Zhang recovered, he continued: "Manager Zhang, you have seen it, these are the project funds we have prepared, you After the project you are responsible for is completed and passed the inspection, come here immediately to collect the money, and you will not miss a penny!"

"Give me back the cash!" Manager Zhang was asking Ma Bin, and seemed to be mumbling to himself.

In addition to the settlement time, there are also many ways to settle the project payment, and cash payment is definitely the most conscientious method of payment.

If the developer doesn't want to give money directly, he will use other things to pay off the debt, such as using a house to pay off the debt, using a car to pay off the debt, etc.

The market price of a house is 1 million. The developer said that the house had a debt of 1.2 million, so 200,000 was paid for it.

Another example is a Passat. I bought it for 200,000 yuan. After driving it for six or seven years, it was still worth 100,000 yuan. However, when paying for the project, the developer said it was a 200,000 yuan Passat, so I had to pay off the debt of 200,000 yuan. Ten thousand, the depreciation was wasted again.

More often than not, it is a method of project payment plus in-kind debt repayment. I owe you one million, give you 800,000 project payment, and then give you a second-hand Passat, which is worth 200,000. If you want it, just keep it. If you don't want it, you won't get the 800,000 yuan project fund or the car.

Does the builder want it or not at this time? If you want it, make it clear that you will lose money; if you don’t want it, you will have nothing. So the construction party will probably choose to do it.

When the construction company calculates the cost, of course it will also take these factors into account, otherwise it will lose money. If you are lucky and meet a master who is willing to pay, it means that this project will be more profitable.

Now that Dongshan Real Estate is willing to pay the full amount, Manager Zhang certainly seems to have gotten a big deal.

Ma Bin handed over another big cake: "Manager Zhang, the project you are responsible for has a construction period of thirty days. If it is delayed by one day, I will give you an additional reward of three million yuan!"

"Three million a day in advance!" Manager Zhang began to feel excited.

If someone else had made such a promise, Manager Zhang probably wouldn't believe it. But now there are one billion piled into a small mountain in front of Manager Zhang, which instantly increases Manager Zhang's trust.

In the construction industry, you don’t have to believe in anything, but you have to believe in money!

With one billion in cash in front of them, no one can remain rational.

After saying goodbye to Ma Bin, Manager Zhang returned to the car and immediately dialed his subordinate's number.

"Let the people in the second, third and sixth construction teams stop all the work at hand, so the construction teams gather here at the Jaguar Land Rover factory! We give priority to completing this project.

Of course I know that they have unfinished projects, but Dongshan Real Estate has settled the project payment in cash, and we must not wait for the owner of the money! Those projects that are in arrears with project payments should stop for now!

In addition, let each construction team leader tell the contractors that our company will also pay them cash for this project, so that they can use whatever skills they have. This time we have to complete the project three days in advance, oh, no, five days in advance! "

…

Project managers were led by Ma Bin to look at the piles of banknotes.

News that the project construction headquarters had one billion in cash spread quickly.

From the project manager to the construction team, then to the foreman, and finally to the migrant workers on the front line, they all soon learned that Party A had shipped one billion yuan to settle the project in on-site cash.

Of course, many people don't believe it. After all, in this industry, it is almost impossible to pay cash immediately after the project is completed. Many senior contractors have been working on projects for more than ten years, but they may not be able to see cash after the project is completed.

In the conference room of the construction company, Manager Zhang is assigning tasks to various construction teams and contractors.

"Manager Zhang, you said that there will be extra bonuses for completing the project ahead of schedule. This is not unusual. I have taken on projects like this before. But when the cash is paid immediately after the project is completed, I feel that it is quite mysterious!" The contractor spoke up.

"Old Liu, don't believe it. I've already seen this project." Manager Zhang put on a show of being cool, took out his mobile phone, and found a photo from it.

"I'll give you some insights!" Manager Zhang said, handing the phone to the contractor surnamed Liu.

The contractor took the phone and looked down, and couldn't help but exclaimed: "My dear, so much money!"

On the phone was a photo of Manager Zhang and the billion yuan.

Although smartphones were not yet popular at this time, the camera function of mobile phones had already appeared. The pixels were far inferior to today's smartphones, but the photos could still be taken clearly.

Ordinary people don’t have the chance to see one billion in cash. After finally seeing it once, they naturally had to take a photo as a souvenir and brag about it in the future. So that day, Manager Zhang took a photo with Naqianshan. Today Just take it out to shock these contractors.

Just listen to Manager Zhang continue to say: "This is one billion in cash, and it is placed at the project headquarters. I saw it with my own eyes! There are hundreds of armed police guarding it, and they all have guys in their hands!"

Of course, there were not hundreds of armed police at the scene, but only dozens of escorts. Manager Zhang deliberately exaggerated his words in order to make everyone believe him.

The mobile phone was passed around by the foremen, and everyone saw the photos. There were pictures and the truth. People who didn't believe it at first also believed it.

"If I can really pay cash right away, I'll have to buy a suitcase to put the money in!"

"Don't forget, there will be bonuses for finishing ahead of schedule. You have to buy a bigger one."

"This is the first time I met such a conscientious Party A. I went home to pack my luggage and will be living on the construction site this month!"

"It makes sense, as long as the settlement can be completed as soon as it is completed, it is worth living on the construction site for a month!"

…

Norwood-Jewell came to Congressman Menendez’s office.

After the two exchanged pleasantries for a while, Menendez asked: "Has the management of Bemher Factory been contacting you?"

"Not yet." Norwood-Jewell shook his head, and then said: "But I believe it won't take them long!"

"I have received news here that Jaguar Land Rover has applied to Chinese officials to set up a factory in China. The location is in the Yangtze River Delta, China's commercial center. They really have plans to move the factory. We want to Don’t lower some conditions appropriately.” Menendez said with a serious face.

Norwood-Jewell frowned: "As far as I know, China does not allow automobile companies to build factories as sole proprietors. They must form joint ventures with local Chinese automobile companies, and foreign capital cannot hold more than 50% of the shares."

"Jaguar Land Rover has indeed found a joint venture company called BYD. He heard that Buffett is very optimistic about this company." Menendez paused and then said: "Jaguar Land Rover has even found a joint venture partner. It seems They had indeed planned to move the factory."

Norwood-Jewell thought for a few seconds and then asked: "When did you get this news?"

"The local local government submitted an application for building a factory on Monday this week. It is said that Chinese officials attach great importance to it and welcome automobile companies to invest in building factories, so they immediately entered the project approval process." Menendez added The general details were introduced.

The establishment of a luxury brand automobile company cannot be concealed. This kind of investment promotion project is also good news for the local area, and the relevant information can be learned through many public channels. And the U.S. intelligence system dominates the world, so it is not difficult for Menendez to get some information.

After listening to Menendez's introduction, Norwood-Jewell breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Even if the employer really plans to move the factory, it has just entered the project approval process. The approval of a plant project takes more than half a year! Even if the project approval is completed, there are still a series of steps such as planning, land acquisition, and factory construction.

However, the land planning and land acquisition alone will take at least three years, so the Bemher factory cannot be moved in a short period of time. I guess the employer deliberately released such news in order to take the initiative in the negotiations. We must not be fooled. If we give in now, we will definitely fall into the employer’s trick! "

Menendez nodded, acknowledging Norwood-Jewell's point of view.

Many U.S. congressmen are lawyers and know nothing about the manufacturing industry. When encountering similar problems, they can only rely on the judgment of professional staff. So at this time, Menendez could only trust Norwood Jewell, a professional.

According to American standards, Norwood-Jewell's judgment is not problematic. If you were to build a factory in the United States, it would take three years to plan and acquire land, which would be considered fast.

This is not a question of work efficiency, but a question of the land system. In a country with private land ownership, land acquisition is inherently troublesome, and a single defector can delay the entire project for several years.

Countries with a federal system are even more troublesome. The situation in each place is different. What the central government says is not listened to by the local authorities. In a place like Texas, where everyone has a gun, if a tough guy dares to set up a few machine guns in front of his house, the National Guard will have to weigh it when they come.

After all, Norwood-Jewell is an American and has no understanding of the advantages of state ownership of land, let alone the efficiency of infrastructure madness.

…

The project manager knocked on Ma Bin's office with an anxious look on his face.

The project he is responsible for has been completed and passed the acceptance inspection. Now he is here to settle the project payment. Although Party A had promised to pay in cash, the project manager was still a little uneasy when Kazuma actually asked for money.

After all, in this industry, there are many people who don’t keep their words.

After a while, the project manager walked out of Ma Bin's office. Several construction captains and foremen were waiting there, and they immediately surrounded him.

"Manager Wang, how are you? Did Party A give you the money?" the construction team leader asked eagerly.

The project manager took a deep breath: "Here you go, Mr. Ma has signed it, let's go get the money now!"

The construction team leader and contractor immediately cheered.

The mountain of one billion cash was missing a corner and fell into the hands of this project manager. After the project manager received the money, he also directly settled the accounts with his construction team leaders and contractors.

It won't work if you don't settle the bill. This group of construction captains and contractors will watch you receive the project payment and have the cash in front of you. If you don't settle the bill or use a second-hand car to pay off the debt, the project manager will be very disappointed. Eighty-nine times he will be beaten.

There is no shortage of bold and bold contractors who can take over projects. Some people have the words "courage and fighting" in their bones. If you dare not pay, they will really give you a brick.

What's more, when it comes to things like project funding, everyone must be brave and strive to be the first. In the blink of an eye, the project manager lost more than half of his cash.

The news that the project manager had received cash spread quickly, and it involved real money. Even the most indifferent people would inquire carefully.

Knowing that Party A really settled in cash and paid so easily, the other project managers, construction captains and contractors finally cleared away the last trace of doubt in their minds.

This effect is like Shang Yang's establishment of trust. As long as the first money is given out happily, others will believe it.

On the day after the payment was made, the number of construction equipment and construction workers on the construction site increased significantly.

Everyone is thinking about completing the project as quickly as possible and settling the project payment quickly.

It's not easy to meet a naive Party A who gives you money happily. If Party A comes to his senses and regrets not paying the cash, it will be a huge loss. Therefore, while Party A is still in a naive state, he should quickly get the money into his hands and be safe.

In order to complete the project as soon as possible, various construction teams and contractors have also provided extra bonuses to encourage front-line construction workers. The bonus doesn't need to be too much, just an extra fifty yuan a day will allow migrant workers to work as hard as they can.

Based on the profit margin of the engineering industry, an extra fifty yuan per worker will not increase the cost much. Compared with the smooth settlement of the project payment, this cost is nothing at all.

The construction party was willing to invest resources, and the workers were willing to work hard. The progress of the construction suddenly rose to a higher level.

The infrastructure maniac slowly revealed his sharp fangs!

…

United Auto Workers, United Auto Workers Norwood-Jewell received a call from the Behmhur union.

"Mr. Jewell, something bad has happened. The management has called in a group of engineers. They are going to dismantle the factory's production lines!" said the other end of the phone hurriedly.

"Dismantle the production line? Are they really going to move the factory? This is impossible! They have nowhere to move!" Norwood-Jewell thought this was a lie.

"Mr. Jewell, it's true. According to what I know, the management has already formulated a transportation plan. It is said that even the transportation space on the freighter has been reserved!" continued the other end of the phone.

"Don't be anxious, let me understand the situation first!" Jewell put down the phone and began to think.

"It's impossible. Even if the employer wants to move the factory, it can't be done so quickly! A new factory will take four to five years at the earliest to be built, and it's only been four or five months! The project may not be approved! This must be It's a little trick played by the employer to gain a negotiating advantage." Norwood-Jewell said to himself.

At this moment, the phone on the desk rang again. Norwood-Jewell borrowed the phone. The other party was Menendez's assistant.

"Mr. Jewell, Menendez Hospital has just received a piece of news about the construction of a Jaguar Land Rover factory. I have sent the news link to your email. Please take a look at it immediately."

Norwood-Jewell agreed and immediately called his email address. There was indeed a news link, which was a report from the English version of Xinhuanet.

Norwood-Jewell clicked on the link, and an English title immediately appeared in front of him:

Jaguar Land Rover's China factory is about to be completed!

"Completed?" Jewell was stunned for a moment.