novelbin Chapter 24: Funds are running out again.
Chapter 24: Funds are running out again.
Jiang Miaolan watched her walk towards her with a smile, like a willow swaying in the wind.
Lin Chuan glanced at her and asked casually, "What's up?"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Miaolan walked to his desk, placed her hands on the table, and leaned slightly forward to look at Lin Chuan.
"I've come to report to you on my work."
She was wearing a white shirt with two buttons undone at the collar, a black knee-length skirt, and her hair was tied in a low ponytail.
This outfit is very professional.
However, the way she was bending over at that moment diminished the impression of her professionalism, but it also made her even more charming and alluring.
"What are you reporting?"
"Hmm..." She tilted her head and thought for a moment, looking around the room. "For example, the soundproofing of this new office is excellent. We used some really good soundproofing materials during the renovation."
Lin Chuan paused for a moment, then smiled without saying a word.
At this moment, Jiang Miaolan walked around the desk to his side and looked down at him, "These past few days you've been gone, and I haven't been able to find anyone to report to..."
Lin Chuan remained silent and simply reached out to pull her into his arms.
She sat down on his lap, put her hands on his shoulders, and then whispered in his ear, "I have to report that the new office is very soundproof; you can't hear anything outside."
Sunlight streamed in through the window, falling on her profile and casting a soft halo around her face.
Lin Chuan looked at her.
Since graduation, Jiang Miaolan's youthful naiveté has faded, and after working with her in business for the past two years, she has become more capable.
At this moment, all that competence transformed into the glistening tears in her eyes, sparkling as if she were anticipating something.
Lin Chuan didn't say anything more.
The sunlight outside the window slowly moved, from the tabletop to the wall, and then to the doorway.
The two moved from their office chairs to the desk, and then to the sofa in the rest area.
After a long while, Jiang Miaolan straightened her wrinkled shirt and then tidied her hair in front of her phone screen.
She didn't know when her hair tie had fallen off, and her long hair was hanging down. She casually gathered it up and tied it back up.
While tidying up, Jiang Miaolan said, "The company's new site has been settled in this period of time, the equipment purchase has not exceeded the budget, and the suppliers' payments have all been made in accordance with your requirements, without any delays."
Lin Chuan glanced at her and said, "Well done. Looks like I don't need to hire a new CFO."
He said it jokingly, but he really intended to arrange it that way.
In terms of accounting, Jiang Miaolan is professional enough. More important than professionalism is trust, and she has both of these qualities, making her the best choice without a doubt.
Jiang Miaolan finished tying her hair up, turned her head to look at Lin Chuan and grumbled, "You're increasing my workload but not mentioning a raise, huh?"
Lin Chuan met her gaze and said with feigned seriousness, "You've only taken a few hundred million from me, and you're still not satisfied?"
"Go away~, you wish." Jiang Miaolan said in a coquettish tone, and rolled her eyes at him.
After a romantic moment, they quickly returned to work.
Jiang Miaolan left, but returned a while later.
She handed Lin Chuan a document and said, "You've almost spent the 1 million you got from Su Qingyue. Here's a breakdown of the expenditures. Take a look."
Lin Chuan took the folder, opened it, and quickly browsed through it.
Site renovation: 168 million yuan annual rent, one month's deposit and three months' rent in advance, plus laboratory renovation and Class 100 cleanroom construction, total expenditure of 8.5 million yuan.
Equipment procurement: total expenditure of RMB 1660 million for magnetron sputtering equipment, atomic layer deposition equipment, spectrometer, probe station, etc.
Personnel costs: 35 new employees, two months' salary plus bonuses, totaling 200 million yuan.
Material costs: Each of those seven combat suits cost a fortune. High-purity graphene targets, custom-made MEMS wafers, flexible circuit boards, and so on, all added up to a total cost of 5600 million.
Including other expenses such as daily operations, travel and hospitality, totaling 1000 million, the total expenditure reached 9312 million.
Currently, the company has only 727 million yuan in cash on hand.
The biggest expense was creating those seven combat suits, which alone cost 5600 million.
Lin Chuan closed the file and said, "Don't worry about the money. The company has passed the most difficult stage, and it will only move upwards from here on out."
Jiang Miaolan seemed thoughtful, then looked at Lin Chuan suspiciously, "You're not planning to go ask Su Qingyue for money again, are you?"
Lin Chuan smiled and said, "She is the third option. There are two other options ahead of her. One is that I am planning to develop new business in the civilian market to find a new stable profit point for the company. The other is that if the company's cash flow is in trouble, the military will most likely place an order. If neither of these options works, then we will ask my senior sister again."
"A military order?" Jiang Miaolan was even more puzzled, and then said, "Isn't the product not yet finalized? It's only undergone preliminary acceptance. As far as I know, the process of military procurement—finalization, trial installation, and deployment—takes at least six months, or even two or three years. How could an order be placed so quickly?"
Lin Chuan leaned back on the sofa and said unhurriedly, "That's the procedure, but in special circumstances, there's always the possibility of making exceptions."
Jiang Miaolan: "Special treatment?"
Lin Chuan nodded and said, "Our company has developed such advanced stealth technology. The military would never stand by and watch Deep Blue Technology's projects stall or even the company go bankrupt because of money problems."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Miaolan thought for a moment and nodded to herself.
The military is well aware of the strategic significance of the stealth technology developed by Deep Blue Technology, and absolutely cannot allow it to be abandoned halfway due to funding issues.
Lin Chuan then smiled and said, "Besides, we still have Senior Sister to fall back on. If all else fails, we can always ask Senior Sister for help."
However, Lin Chuan's own idea was that it would be best not to ask for help, but to let DeepBlue Technology find a stable profit point on its own, have a stable cash flow business, and completely solve the funding problem.
And this cash flow business is undoubtedly the newly unlocked "plastic-eating bacteria".
Once this newly unlocked technology is successfully commercialized, DeepBlue Technology will have no competitors in this environmental protection sector.
Plastic waste management is a market worth hundreds of billions of yuan. Once this business is developed, the company will have a super stable source of cash flow and will no longer have to worry about tight cash flow.
After a moment, Lin Chuan said to himself, "Speaking of which, you've already paid your share of food. Your senior sister should also pay her share. She's been away on business for so long, she must be starving. If we don't pay her share soon, she'll definitely throw a tantrum."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Miaolan rolled her eyes at him in annoyance and ignored him.
However, she had already eaten her fill, so she wasn't so possessive of her food.
Lin Chuan looked at her and smiled, "Let's not talk about that anymore. Call Zhang Wei and the others to the conference room to discuss launching new business."
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