It snowed heavily this year and the weather was unusually cold. If we look at previous years, the snow would have slowly stopped after New Year's Eve. However, after New Year's Eve this year, heavy snow continued to cover the entire Fengcheng. The southern country was covered in ice for thousands of miles.
Snow is falling.
Fengcheng is the second largest city in the South. It is a prosperous and lively city. It is hundreds of kilometers away from the capital. The land journey is more than ten days long. The entire territory is bustling along a Chishui Canal. No matter how heavy the wind and snow were in previous years, the flowing water
The Chishui Canal has never frozen, and half of the canal is frozen this year. The line from Beijing to Fengcheng is the most prosperous, with the most coastal routes and the most oil and water. Nowadays, almost all navigation on this route has been suspended, and merchants who are accustomed to transporting by water are complaining.
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The shipping business under Yunyao Trading Company suffered heavy losses for two whole months, and the money was like water. Yunyao Shipping was suspended for one day, and the compensation for the goods that could not be shipped on time due to the suspension was a huge amount. Yun Buhui is a person with a keen sense of smell.
As a businessman, the Yunyao Shipping Line had just opened, and business was bleak. Everything was difficult at the beginning. Since the canal was opened, official and private shipping had jointly dominated the canal. The newly opened shipping line could not survive. She thought about it over and over again, and came up with a reasonable solution.
Compensation concept.
For all goods shipped from Yunyao Trading Company, if the goods cannot be transported to the destination on time, the trading company is willing to compensate one-tenth of the total value of the goods. At that time, shipping was exclusively in the hands of private and government agencies.
Lord, there is often a problem that goods cannot be transported on time. Some fresh goods cannot be transported. Merchants suffer heavy losses and have no way to seek compensation. Yun Buhui took a fancy to this and gave up some small profits to survive.
She is the person who values the most commitment and credibility. As soon as this concept was put forward, although she was met with numerous doubts, she gradually gained a group of loyal customers. She opened two lines in Fengcheng and Jingcheng that year.
Routes, these two routes are very insignificant among dozens of routes. Her ships, sailors, and various hardware are nothing that can beat others. With just integrity, she went all the way to the dark side and paid reasonable compensation.
Keep your word. Gradually, the businessmen on this route set their sights on Yunyao Shipping. They discovered that, hey, it turns out that women are also trustworthy when doing business. Back then, the route was protected by layers of people, and they were bullied.
After a long time, it was natural to choose Yunyao, and gradually established the reputation of Yunyao Shipping. The business grew bigger and bigger, and it gradually became dominant. It took Yun Buhui less than three years.
Yunyao Shipping is so prominent that it is almost rampant. Naturally, other shipping companies will be dissatisfied. It is like a river and lake. The boss has been running rampant for many years and has many younger brothers, all of whom are obedient. Suddenly a gangster appears out of nowhere.
They wanted to replace him. How could they get what they wanted? Back then, the shipping company undertook by the government cooperated with the largest private shipping company and took the lion's share. The private sector couldn't do it. Yun Buhui was in constant trouble, and finally she asked King Zhao to come forward.
, took the initiative to cooperate with the court, and King Zhao forcibly took over the project and divided one-half of the profit of Yunyao Trading Company. Last year, under Yun Buhui's cleverness, it was a three-to-two split. This completely calmed her worries.
She is a smart person and knows how to make trade-offs. It depends on who she is dealing with. The other party is the court, so she can only compromise, but the management power is in her hands. She can do whatever she wants. It is given to her.
There is a lot of room for autonomy, so Yun Buhui is happy with it.
This year is the most special year due to natural disasters.
Yes, it was a natural disaster. The area from Beijing to Fengcheng was covered with a thick layer of wind and snow. No matter how cold the weather was, a section of the Chishui Canal, which never froze, actually froze, paralyzing shipping.
Yun Buhui's losses were really heavy.
Yunyao Shipping's business is all scheduled. Because there is compensation, Yun Buhui made a contract and stocked the goods in the warehouse one month in advance and scheduled the shipment to avoid losses.
The schedule is two months, which means that her warehouse will always have goods to be transported for two months.
Yun Buhui is not a god, she is just a shrewd and powerful businessman. She did not know that the Chishui Canal, which never freezes, would freeze. She did not expect that the situation would get worse. When someone reported that the ship was unnavigable,
Yun Buhui realized that this year was the most difficult year for Yunyao.
She didn't dare to pick up any more goods. In order to avoid losses, Yun Buhui sent the last goods in advance and sent them by land. If they were delivered according to the scheduled time, the goods for the past two months would have to be compensated.
The amount of compensation would be too much for Yun Buhui, so she could only work backwards and try to minimize the losses. Some of them were regular customers, so she asked the senior executives of Yunyao Commercial Bank to apologize one by one. Some of them were regular customers, too.
Knowing that it was caused by natural conditions, he didn't want to be embarrassed, and the amount of the loss could be negotiated. Even so, the compensation alone was too much for Yun Buhui.
The problem started to appear in mid-December. Yun Buhui didn't worry about it during the Chinese New Year. Even if the Chishui Canal was frozen, the ice and snow would melt when the weather gets warmer after New Year's Eve. But unexpectedly, the weather became worse after New Year's Eve.
It was extremely cold and there was no sign of warming at all.
She gradually felt a sense of crisis.
The compensation amount of nearly 100,000 yuan a day cannot be compensated by Jinshan Yinshan. Yun Buhui has never made such a serious mistake in his business. He compensated nearly 8 million taels of silver for half a month in a row. This is a huge amount.
Exceeding Yun Buhui’s load.
She is extremely rich, but she is a businessman, and her cash flow is almost all flowing. She basically cannot afford so much silver compensation. The increasingly severe situation makes Yun Buhui breathless. She also committed a crime
A very serious mistake. In order to prevent the relationship between King Zhao and her from being exposed, she asked Kaiyang to release the news that she was seriously ill and passed away. Lou Kaiyang actually released the news that she was seriously ill. She did not say that she was seriously ill, but everyone in the shipping industry knew that.
Mrs. Yao is seriously ill, coupled with the increasing difficulties of Yunyao Trading Company, her subordinates all feel that the end of the trading firm is coming.
Mrs. Yunyao is going to collapse, and so is the business.
People's hearts are the most important thing. No matter what they do, those whose goods are stored in Yunyao Trading Company will become even more violent when they hear the news. Fengcheng is the headquarters of Yunyao Trading Company, and people are making trouble every day, striving for compensation.
Jin, Yun Buhui can no longer afford the compensation.
She had lost all her cash, almost 10 million taels of silver, which was equivalent to several years of tax revenue for the treasury. In less than a month, she had lost almost all of her money.
She was so busy with things in the house, and the business of the commercial bank was also very stressful. Yun Buhui lost weight very much in the first month. She was not afraid that the business would collapse, but she couldn't let all her years of hard work go to waste.
Lou Kaiyang and Lou Yaoguang were also very anxious, and they often discussed countermeasures together. However, with the sky in front of them and the manpower being meager, Yun Buhui had nothing to do, even Lou Kaiyang, who was very popular, had nothing to do.
Fortunately for them, the businesses of Yunyao Trading Company were run separately and rarely linked. Yun Buhui and Lou Yaoguang were in charge of shipping, and Lou Kaiyang was in charge of drug stores, silks, and restaurants... The collapse of Yunhang did not affect Lou Kaiyang.
Yes, it's just that he used up all the available cash in his business.
Now that the compensation has almost been paid, Yun Buhui has not received any further business. The only ones he can accept are some regular customers. Knowing that Yun Buhui has encountered difficulties this year, he is willing to advance the money first. It doesn't matter if it is a little later. Her good connections can give her the best.
Help is only a drop in the bucket, and the difficulty Yun Buhui encounters now is that he has no money.
She had almost no money left, but she had to eat every day, pay wages, maintain the ship, and need money for everything. Without money, it was almost impossible to move forward.
All the money transferred from Lou Kaiyang Energy was transferred. Apart from loan sharking, Yun Buhui had very few options to choose from.
Lou Kaiyang wants to transfer the shop to fill this vacancy. Yunyao Shipping cannot collapse. No matter how severe the natural disaster is, you can't make it freeze and impassable all year round. Under Yun Buhui's management, Yunyao Shipping has the most
With cutting-edge technical personnel, the most complete equipment, the most advanced ships, and even the best escorts, Yunyao Trading Company is the strongest stand. She has laid a good foundation and can last for another month at most.
The dilemma is gone.
But she can no longer afford the expenses of hundreds of thousands a day.
Yun Buhui said, "This is my fault."
She deeply reflected on her mistake, "This is not the fault of a natural disaster, but a decision-making mistake. We should not have offered one-tenth of the compensation in the first place. We are engaged in large-scale shipping, and one business transaction is worth millions. We
It's too difficult to guarantee one-tenth of the insurance amount by yourself, and they didn't provide any insurance amount, so why should I guarantee it to them? I was so impatient at the time, eager to win customers and open new routes, that I didn't even notice that I was burying such a clue to myself.
Big hidden danger. Half of the Chishui River is in the north, and there have been two precedents for freezing. Why didn't I think of it? In order to attract customers, I proposed one-tenth of the insurance amount. Why didn't I cancel it later? I was too careless.
, this is a problem with my decision-making, and it has nothing to do with natural disasters."
She closed her eyes tiredly. Lou Kaiyang wanted to say something to comfort him, but was speechless. It was true, because he had suggested to Yun Buhui to cancel one-tenth of the insurance amount because Yun Yao had already established a firm foothold.
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Yunyao has the best escort team and the best ships, and has never delayed the transportation of goods. Really, it has never been delayed in the past few years, so Yun Buhui ignored this hidden danger, resulting in this year's collapse.
That's how it is in business, you will never have everything smooth sailing, and you will always encounter various problems and setbacks. But Yun Buhui reflected on herself and regretted it, and she still wanted to think about how to solve the problem.
She never wants to give up, and she will never give up Yunyao Shipping until the last step.
In the past, she spent money like water, spending one million a day like water without feeling anything. Now, the support of three million taels a day only requires more than three million taels, but she can't come up with it. This gap is really dramatic.