Chapter 1484: Telling Lies with Open Eyes
On the first day after Li Ye finished his further studies and returned to Jingnan Group, Zhou Ziqing handed him a statistical form.
"Kang Zhizhong handed me a survey report. There was no problem with the quality of the construction materials that the team leader was responsible for purchasing, but he did not ask about the price.
Since Jinhong refused to disclose the price to Kang Zhizhong, Kang Zhizhong has calculated the market price of similar products for your reference."
Li Ye opened the statistical table and saw that Kang Zhizhong had classified materials such as steel bars and cement, and listed the quotations of several local suppliers in Beijing. He even listed the differences between invoicing and not invoicing, and between credit and no credit.
Li Ye smiled and said, "Master Kang is really attentive!"
Zhou Ziqing whispered, "Kang Zhizhong told me that for projects of our level, if we order materials from a single company, we get a five to eight percentage point kickback."
"Hmmmm, this is a really good job."
In fact, even if Kang Zhizhong didn't remind Li Ye, Li Ye would know the twists and turns involved, because the dormitory building project of the branch factory has never been interrupted in recent years, and he knows more about the procurement of construction materials than most people.
However, this kind of premium situation is very common in companies. Generally speaking, as long as people don’t want to make enemies, they will turn a blind eye.
You blocked my reimbursement today, and I will ruin your business tomorrow. The worst that can happen is that we hurt each other and both suffer.
But Li Ye didn't care about making enemies with Jin Hong. Even if they hurt each other, Li Ye had fewer flaws and higher resistance.
So when Cong Jinhong called Li Ye to a meeting and urged Li Ye to sign and settle the bill, Li Ye threw out this statistical sheet.
"Sister Cong, have you been tricked? Your purchase price is over 30 percent higher than the market price. When did the price of building materials in Beijing become so outrageous?"
Jin Hong's smile froze on his face. He didn't expect Li Ye to be so ignorant of the rules.
Since I have been given the authority to purchase materials, the premium here is tacitly approved by the group, and I am not the only one who gets it. Why are you, Li Ye, so ignorant?
Besides, Li Ye, you spent a lot of money on the third-party supervisor you hired. What did I say then? Didn't you take any kickbacks?
"Li Ye, you have been in charge of technical work and are used to being straightforward and pragmatic, but you don't know the difficulties of purchasing.
As for the materials needed for our project, some are good, some are bad, and the quality is completely different. The prices can even differ by several times. Do you understand the principle of "you get what you pay for"?
We're building an office building for ourselves, a 28-story building at that. In windy weather, the top floor will sway from side to side. You can't just mess around with the materials, right? It has to be high quality."
"What I said makes perfect sense! The spring water from the Alps is incredibly pure, right? Drinking it would give you double the happiness, right?"
Of course, Li Ye knew the old buyers' habitual rhetoric: the things he bought were good, and Evian was healthier than Ice Dew.
But the problem is that the list that Kang Zhizhong gave Li Ye included all the brands purchased from Jinhong, and they were all exactly the same. Could it be that they had to be divided into factory batches or shelf life?
Li Ye pointed at the statistical table and said kindly: "Don't misunderstand me, sister, but I am also trying to avoid the loss of public property. There are many shell companies that like to brag and deceive people.
So let's do this! Let's compare and test all the brands on this chart. If the product is truly good, then it's worth the price. But if there's not much difference in quality, then we'll just return it.
Jin Hong's face turned pale due to Li Ye's anger, but she sneered and said, "Return? If Deputy Team Leader Li can return all those building materials, then I will save a lot of trouble.
In order to meet the urgent needs of the group, I borrowed money myself and signed a supply agreement with others. Now if you can return the goods and get the money back, then I can finally put my mind at ease.
After all, you, Deputy Team Leader Li Ye, are extremely perceptive and impartial. If you don’t sign or allocate funds after returning from further training, even if I sell myself from Jinhong, I still won’t be able to pay back that much money.”
"You borrowed money to buy it? Did you pay for it?"
Li Ye was very surprised because he thought that these building materials were purchased from Jin Hong on credit, but he never thought that she actually paid for it herself to "resolve the group's urgent needs."
Judging from how stingy Jin Hong usually is, it makes one feel even more distressed than those slaves who had to pay for travel expenses decades later. This time it's hundreds of thousands of dollars, how can she be so generous?
Cong Jinhong raised her eyelids and said lightly: "Deputy Team Leader Li, what you said is really interesting. If you don't pay people when buying things, why should they give you the goods?
If you don't believe me, you can ask Minister Xun to look at the supply contract. If you still don't believe me, you can go to the Finance Department to see if the invoice is fake. Old Yang, you should believe it, right? "
Even though Li Ye had been mentally prepared, he still had to admire Fu Jinhong's ugly eating habits.
In just two weeks, the money was borrowed, the contract was signed, and even the invoice was issued. The matter is already settled, and it is difficult for you to go back on your word.
Li Ye smacked his lips and said half-jokingly and half-sarcastically, "I really didn't expect this situation. But Sister Cong, our Jingnan Group can't even buy on credit? Do I have to trouble you to find someone to borrow money from?"
Cong Jinhong rolled her eyes and said, "We are from outside the area, and the locals don't buy our accounts, so I took some money from Southwest Heavy Duty Truck and moved it here. Deputy Team Leader Li has a lot of connections, so I'll trouble you with the credit in the future!"
Li Ye said casually, "How can I have such a big reputation? Even a large unit like our group can't buy things on credit, so what can I do?"
Cong Jinhong looked at Li Ye with contempt.
Li Ye was obviously lying with his eyes open. When he went to the Sino-Singapore Bank to apply for a loan, the credit officer wanted to stuff the loan directly into his arms.
When Jinhong's younger brother went to purchase building materials, he was told that as long as he had the official seal of a branch factory, millions of building materials would be delivered to his home on the same day.
But it’s good that Li Ye admits that he “lost face” now, otherwise if he really has to buy on credit in the future, what will he eat?
On the day the contract was signed, Cong Jinhong's younger brother reimbursed Cong Jinhong. Just from this first batch of contracts, Cong Jinhong earned a salary that she could not earn in three lifetimes. This is such a good deal, and you, Li Ye, want it, but I am reluctant to give it to you!
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After the meeting, Li Ye called Lao Yang.
"Lao Yang, do you have the invoice for the building materials I purchased from the deputy general manager a few days ago? She just told me about it in the meeting today and asked me to take a look. Okay, okay, I'll wait for you in the office."
For the past two weeks, Lao Yang has been "competing" with Jin Hong on Li Ye's side, so when Li Ye said he wanted to see the invoice, he immediately came over with the invoice.
"Deputy General Manager Li, here are three invoices. Cong Jinhong wants to use the invoices to withdraw money, but I said I can't get the money without your signature."
Li Ye took the invoice and said as he looked at it, "I thought they bought it on credit. If there was something fishy going on, I could just return the goods. But I didn't expect they could actually borrow money to buy things. This is really hard to deal with."
"How could they buy things on credit? To be frank, even the Light Truck Company has trouble buying on credit, and it's different for each branch."
Lao Yang is very good at praising people. He did not say that Li Ye has a great reputation, but instead praised the reputation of the branch factory. However, the reputation of the branch factory is directly linked to Li Ye, so praising the branch factory is the same as praising Li Ye.
“Heh~”
Li Ye smiled gently.
A branch factory has a good reputation because it is not short of money. However, if a branch factory is short of money, its good reputation will disappear immediately.
This is just like those dishonest people who are stuck in the quagmire decades later. Once they step into a vicious vicious circle, those who used to urge them to take out loans every day will immediately turn against them and become ruthless.
Li Ye once had a friend who was in trouble, but he had been working hard to repay his debts. One day, he heard that the bank's loan interest rate had been reduced, so he thought about taking out a loan to pay off his online loans and reduce the repayment pressure.
But when he arrived, the person at the bank smiled and said to him, "You should pay off your online loan first, and then come to us to apply for a loan. I can then apply for the most favorable interest rate for you."
I've already paid off my online loans, why would I ask you for another loan? A loan is a lifelong lesson. I'm about to become a good person, so are you trying to seduce me into it again?
Li Ye checked the three invoices, compared the total amount with the normal market price, and estimated the amount of water in them.
[Can a few hundred thousand dollars be enough to blind Cong Jinhong? ]
In 1993, hundreds of thousands of yuan could buy three 100-square-meter houses in Beijing, which was indeed a great temptation.
Li Ye returned the invoice to Lao Yang: "Lao Yang, is there anything wrong with this invoice?"
Lao Yang smiled and said, "Is there anything wrong? How do you see the score?"
Li Ye: "Hmm? What do you mean?"
Lao Yang pointed to the company name on the invoice and said, "There's nothing wrong with the invoice itself, but it's from the manufacturer, not a trading company. Such a high price is unusual."
Li Ye immediately reacted: "You said the manufacturer issued false invoices?"
Old Yang nodded and said, "That's the only problem. But this kind of thing is commonplace nowadays. Unless the tax department pays attention, we won't be able to find out the truth ourselves."
“The tax department!”
Li Ye thought about it quickly and made up his mind.
Because the tax system at that time was not connected to the Internet, it was not so easy to check the accounts, so the current tax department was not as powerful or proactive as it would be a few decades later.
But Li Ye’s senior brother Peng Rui is in the tax department!
Peng Rui is also a student of Zhang Qiyan. He and Li Ye often went to Professor Zhang's house for meals. Later, when he married his wife Yuan Hongmin, Li Ye even gave him two wedding suits!
That guy has been rising rapidly in the past few years. If someone really wants to get involved in this matter, there is nothing fishy that he can't find out.
(End of this chapter)
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