Yunmeng Building.
Lin Jun was sitting in the office, frowning at the large stack of budget lists on the table.
Originally, Yunmeng Group's financial situation can be said to be very good. Its liabilities have basically been paid off. It has two cash cows, games and pork, and its operating conditions are making steady progress as expected. In the next two years, it can count its money properly. , no problem at all.
However, his boss, Mr. Hao, was not happy with this stable status quo and had to find some trouble for him, the CEO of Yunmeng Investment, to come back.
For example, that Yunmeng Villa.
In order to build this hotel, Yunmeng Group's originally good capital chain was under 10,000 tons of pressure in an instant.
Although it will not affect the company's normal operations, almost all the money earned from the previous successful transactions was invested in this project.
This alone is not over yet.
Building a hotel is not just about burning money. You also have to keep an eye on those money-burning projects to ensure that every copper penny is spent where it should be spent.
Although I don’t know what kind of ecstasy that Feng Tiancai poured into Mr. Hao, so that Mr. Hao was not worried that this guy would mess up the hotel project, but he couldn’t trust this guy, and he kept an eye on every detail of the project. of.
Because of this matter, it has been a month or two since his Yunmeng Fund was opened. So far, in addition to investing in a comic IP and acquiring a game company under the instructions of Mr. Hao, there is also a big project Didn't even do it.
This really corresponds to the saying that when a leader opens his mouth, his legs will be broken.
The only good thing now is that Feng Tiancai has not made any big troubles so far. From construction to training of the hotel management team, everything is proceeding in an orderly manner.
"Mr. Lin, these are the documents sent from Yunmeng Villa. I have sorted them out for you."
Holding a thick stack of documents in his hands, a secretary in formal attire walked in from outside.
Lin Jun did not raise his head and said in a tired voice.
"Put it on my desk."
"Okay, Mr. Lin."
Putting the documents in his hand in a neat pile on the desk, looking at Mr. Lin who was meticulously staring at the materials in his hand, the secretary hesitated for a moment and then said.
"Can I make you a cup of coffee?"
"Trouble... remember to add half a packet of sugar for me."
"OK."
After hearing the instructions, the secretary nodded, turned and left the office, and came back shortly after with a cup of coffee.
Taking the coffee from his hand, Lin Jun finally stopped what he was busy doing, blew on the hot coffee, and brought it to his mouth to sip.
The dense white mist slowly rose.
Staring at the rising fragrance, Lin Jun felt that his fatigue had eased a little.
At this time, the secretary standing aside said.
"Mr. Lin, there is no need for you to be so tired. I can help you share part of the work."
"How can that be done," Lin Jun said with a serious face, "This is a big project with an investment of hundreds of millions. Mr. Hao personally entrusted it to me, how can it be a child's play?"
After hearing this, the secretary standing in front of the desk looked helpless and didn't know what to say.
To be fair, he is also an elite recruited by a headhunting company with an annual salary of hundreds of thousands. Although he is not as good as this talented person who used 5 million to leverage hundreds of millions of levers and created miracles of hundreds of millions of investment returns, he can do something worthy of him. There's no problem with getting paid work, so why is it just a piece of cake
To put it bluntly, Mr. Lin is usually quite easy to get along with, but he is too controlling.
At this moment, Lin Jun, who was drinking coffee, didn't know what the subordinate in front of him was thinking. He was thinking about how to trim the branches and leaves of Yunmeng Villa as much as possible without cutting corners, and also for the sake of the budget. The Yunmeng Fund he manages saves more disposable funds.
At this moment, the mobile phone on the table suddenly rang.
Seeing that the caller was Mr. Hao, Lin Jun reached for his phone and suddenly had an "ominous" premonition in his heart.
Maybe it was his misunderstanding, but he always felt that every time Mr. Hao called him during working hours, it was not a good thing.
However, the calls were coming, and he couldn't pretend not to hear them.
He pressed the connect button and put the phone to his ear.
"Hello?"
"It's me! What are you busy with?"
Mr. Hao's hearty voice came from the other end of the phone. However, precisely because this voice sounded too optimistic, the ominous premonition in Lin Jun's heart became stronger and stronger.
Thinking of this, he quickly spoke.
"I'm reviewing the budget of Yunmeng Villa... Hey, it's been so difficult recently. We just bought a building and need to build a hotel. There are also expenses for employee expansion and mergers and acquisitions to reorganize Magic Box Culture. Our cash flow is almost at its bottom. "
The second half of the sentence was deliberately told by Lin Jun to Hao Yun, because he was afraid that the boss would not know about the company's situation and spend money lavishly.
Sure enough, after hearing these words, Mr. Hao's voice on the other end of the phone became much more cautious.
"Cash flow is about to bottom out? Is it so soon?"
Seeing that his little plan worked, Lin Jun quickly struck while the iron was hot and continued to talk sadly.
"No! You think our company prints money. Even if we print money, we have to spend time to use it. Thanks to the good sales of Hero Killing and Love and the producer this month, plus New Hope Farm The one-time income from the slaughter of pigs prevents us from having to make ends meet."
"That's right... That's indeed a problem. I'll think of a solution when the time comes."
Lin Jun finally breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that Mr. Hao finally paid attention to the company's financial situation.
However, he was only halfway relieved when Mr. Hao on the other end of the phone continued.
"Put aside the financial matters for now, I have an important task that I have to entrust you to do."
"What, what mission?" Before Lin Jun could ask the question that was stuck in his throat, Hao Yun on the other end of the phone continued.
"I plan to build a research institute to study brain-computer interface and virtual reality network technology."
As soon as he heard this sentence, Lin Jun almost choked to death with a breath of anger that didn't come up.
Is this something that can be put aside? !
This is the key to all problems, okay!
Putting down the coffee that almost spilled on the documents, he sat upright in his chair with a dry cough, and spoke into the phone angrily.
"Boss! Are you listening to me?"
Listening to the sad and angry voice on the other end of the phone, Hao Yun was also stunned. He unconsciously lowered his volume and whispered.
"I... am listening."
"We're almost out of money!"
Hao Yun was also a little confused and said with a confused look.
"No money? No money at all? Impossible. I asked the finance department. Our company should still be able to get out the 100 million in its account, right?"
Lin Jun no longer knew how to complain.
He leaned on the office chair, pinched his brows with a painful look on his face, and explained earnestly.
"One hundred million is our working capital. Is there no money for employee wages? No money for rent, no money for water and electricity? There is also the project payment for the hotel, the feed expenses for the farm, the R&D and distribution costs of the game, and the final payment for outsourcing projects. , and the company's daily operating expenses... these all cost money. Do you know what it means to a company if the capital chain is broken?"
Listening to Lin Jun's words being so serious, Hao Yun felt a little embarrassed for a moment, coughed dryly and said.
"This is indeed an oversight on my part... Let's do this. I won't move on the 100 million for now, and I'll find a solution elsewhere."
"How else can we think of a solution?" Lin Jun said in a dumbfounded voice, "Do you have an idea of how much money it is recommended to invest in research?"
"... 100 million?"
"This is the most basic, and does not include the expenses of purchasing experimental equipment, hiring researchers, and purchasing experimental consumables." Lin Jun sighed and continued, "Although I don't understand the brain-computer interface very well, this kind of industrialization is still The technology that has no shadow... without exception is not a bottomless pit."
Hearing these words, Hao Yun fell into silence.
Just when Lin Jun thought the boss had finally given up, he didn't expect Mr. Hao to be unexpectedly persistent on this matter and still said without giving up.
"I know it's a bottomless pit, but someone has to do something."
"Do you still remember what I said that day? We are a company with a dream. The meaning of our existence is not just to make money, but also to dream."
"I will find a way to deal with the money. You can contact Ding Shihui from Jiang'an Capital for me."
"Just say that I have an interesting project here. If he is interested, we might as well chat about it."