Chapter 345: The Shang Family Could Explode at Any Time
"Qi Yuan, if you really want to cooperate with Zhou Qing, I advise you to be more careful."
At noon, while having lunch at Wanjia Villa, Luo Gang reminded him.
"Is it because Zhou Qing has a lot of foreign debt now?" Zhang Qiyuan said.
Luo Gang nodded and said, "Yes, think about it, in July and August last year, she couldn't even pay the salary and store rent. During that time, she went to Zhou Qian every day to ask Zhou Qian to help her with the loan because she couldn't get a loan from the bank. I guess there is a lot of commission money that has not been returned to the customers. Gao Min is still owed more than one million yuan, and several district managers should have hundreds of thousands. A district manager who resigned before wanted to get the money back, so he told Zhou Qing that he wanted to buy a car, and then he got the money back. You should pay attention to it."
"So scary?" Zhang Qiyuan was stunned.
He just thought Zhou Qing was short of some money for store rent, but he didn't expect that she was short of so much money.
"Ao Fei should know most about Zhou Qing's affairs. You can ask Ao Fei for details." Luo Gang said.
Zhang Qiyuan nodded to show that he understood.
After finishing his meal and returning to the Xingcheng Jingyuan store, Zhang Qiyuan called Ao Fei.
"Sister Fei, what are you busy with recently?" Zhang Qiyuan asked.
"I'm not busy at all. I've been quite free lately." Ao Fei said.
"Where are you now?"
"Where else can it be? At the company."
"Do you have time now?"
"Is there something?" Ao Fei keenly sensed that Zhang Qiyuan wanted to talk to her about something.
"Yes, there is something, but it's not convenient to talk about it over the phone. How about this, I'll treat you to a cup of coffee at Starbucks?"
"Okay, now?"
"Well, I'll drive there. It'll probably take about forty minutes."
"it is good."
After making an appointment with Ao Fei, Zhang Qiyuan drove to Starbucks in Optics Valley.
When Zhang Qiyuan arrived at Starbucks, Ao Fei was already sitting inside.
"Sister Fei, you've been waiting for a long time, right? What would you like to drink?" Zhang Qiyuan greeted her in a very familiar manner.
"Strong latte."
Zhang Qiyuan nodded, ordered two cups of strong lattes, and sat opposite Ao Fei.
"Mr. Zhang, what do you want to talk to me about? Is it inconvenient to talk on the phone?" Ao Fei asked puzzled.
"The Shang family's condition must not be very good recently, right?" Zhang Qiyuan asked instead of answering.
"The recent performance is not very good, but this is also the market situation. Mr. Zhang, your Qi family's performance last month should be average, right?" Ao Fei said with a smile.
"I'm not talking about performance." Zhang Qiyuan said with a smile.
Ao Fei was slightly startled, then he sat up straight, looked at Zhang Qiyuan solemnly and asked, "What do you want to ask?"
Seeing this, Zhang Qiyuan didn't beat around the bush and said directly: "I want to merge the Qi family and the Shang family. I talked to Zhou Qing about it yesterday, but she hasn't made a decision yet. I want to know the specific situation of the Shang family now."
"What do you want to ask?"
"In all aspects, let's start with the stores, especially the Donghu store."
Zhang Qiyuan thought for a while and said that the reason why he wanted to cooperate with Shangjia was actually largely because of the Donghu store. Shangjia was able to survive from July last year to now, and the Donghu store still accounted for a large part of the reason. It can be said that the Donghu store is a goose that lays eggs. Ao Fei thought for a moment, organized his words and said: "Now that the company has such a thing, I believe you also know that the Poly store is now in name only, and the Vanke Jincheng store has now become the company's headquarters. The store manager Gong Xue is also in name only. The store's performance is average. The Huacheng store is slightly better because it is close to Huake, but it is basically based on rental orders. It can be said that most of the company's performance now depends on the Donghu store, but what about the Donghu store? Because the performance is good, and it is a bit far from the headquarters, it also follows orders but not propaganda..."
"Besides, the company has had this kind of thing happen now. Gao Min has been thinking about starting her own company, but because Mr. Zhou owes her a lot of money, they have been dragging their feet. During this period, Gao Min has been thinking of various excuses to ask Mr. Zhou for money."
You don’t know if you don’t hear it, but you will be shocked when you hear it.
Zhang Qiyuan didn't expect that the Shang family had reached this point.
"I think Zhou Qing won't pay back the money so readily, right?" Zhang Qiyuan said.
"Of course this is impossible. It's like squeezing toothpaste, you have to squeeze it out bit by bit. If you give it all in one go, Gao Min will set up his own business." Ao Fei said.
Zhang Qiyuan was silent. If this was the situation, then it seemed unnecessary for him to form a partnership with Zhou Qing. After all, he wanted to work together with Zhou Qing to expand Qi's real estate, not to be a good guy who puts out fires.
"What about the Shang family's financial situation? The Donghu store used to have sales of 600,000 per month, so they should have made a lot of money," Zhang Qiyuan asked.
Hearing this, Ao Fei smiled bitterly and said, "The Donghu store did make a lot of money, but they were basically new stores. New stores have a lot of rebates and refunds, so the actual amount is not that much. Plus, there were many stores at the time, and the monthly salary alone had to be 300,000, plus store rent and miscellaneous expenses such as water and electricity, the monthly expenditure was 600,000, plus taxes, can you imagine how much money the company could make? Since the number of stores was reduced to five, the situation has improved a little, but that kind of thing happened again, and now the company is really hard to describe."
"I heard that the company is still short of money from Gao Min and some district managers? How much is that?"
"It's close to two million, and there are many commissions from customers, estimated to be more than 200,000. These commissions are basically written as IOUs to customers, with a financial stamp. If they can delay it, they will, but if they can't, they will just give a little."
"So much money is needed? Does Zhou Qing have the money to pay it back now?"
"That's not clear."
At this point, Ao Fei paused slightly and whispered, "But Ms. Zhou has been separated from her husband for a long time. It seems that they have divorced. Several houses are under her husband's name."
Hearing this, Zhang Qiyuan was shocked and said, "They are already prepared for bankruptcy."
"That's about right." Ao Fei nodded.
Zhang Qiyuan felt extremely fortunate. Fortunately, he and Ao Fei had always maintained a good relationship, otherwise Ao Fei would never have told him such news.
He was planning to cooperate with Zhou Qing for development in vain, but he didn't expect that the Shang family is now just like those developers, a time bomb that may explode at any time.
It seems that he can't count on cooperation, so he should just develop slowly on his own.
Zhang Qiyuan said in his heart.
"Mr. Zhang, your company is getting bigger and bigger now. It must be troublesome to manage it, right?"
At this moment, Ao Fei asked casually.
"what?"
Zhang Qiyuan was stunned at first, but then he quickly reacted and nodded, saying, "Indeed, I have already bought back all the shares of the Xingcheng Jingyuan store and the 133 International Community store today. Now I am planning to open a fourth store in Optics Valley. When the time comes, I will definitely need professionals to manage it."
"So what do you think of me, Mr. Zhang?"
Ao Fei looked straight at Zhang Qiyuan and said.
The reason why she was willing to reveal so much information about the Shang family to Zhang Qiyuan was because the Shang family ship was about to sink, and she was in urgent need of finding a new buyer, and Zhang Qiyuan's Qijia Real Estate was undoubtedly the most suitable one.
Zhang Qiyuan smiled and said, "I recognize Sister Fei's experience and ability. If Sister Fei is willing to come to my side, I will naturally welcome her very much."
He now has a ready-made headquarters, which is the office building he rented when he was a sub-landlord. However, that office building is for some property owners to see. Except when the owners come over, he will call Cui Mengyue, Jin Ya and others to work as temporary employees. There is basically no one there at other times. If Ao Fei is willing to come, his Qijia Real Estate headquarters can be set up instantly.
Although Ao Fei is now suspected of being a traitor, this is also because the Shang family is going to fall. It is human nature to seek benefits and avoid harm, and he can understand it.
(End of this chapter)
