Thursday, November 24th.
Yuanmeng Venture Capital, there were only two people in the conference room, He Desheng and Pei Qian, but there were more than ten small video windows on the large projector screen.
He Desheng said: "Mr. Pei, everyone is here, how about we start the meeting now?"
Pei Qian took a sip of tea: "Well, let's get started."< /p>
Pei Qian came to Dream Venture Capital today to go through the motions at the strong request of He Desheng.
So far, Yuanmeng Venture Capital has invested in about ten companies in strict accordance with the rules set by Pei Qian at that time, with the investment amount of each company ranging from one million to two million.
This investment amount is determined by He Desheng based on the size of these companies and the approximate amount of funds required to start the entire business model.
To put it in layman's terms, if the company is a start-up and its business model does not require that much capital, He Desheng's approved investment will be less.
Because investments are made strictly on a first-come, first-served basis, from front to back, the first batch of invested companies are basically start-ups. After all, these companies need money the most and are the first to come seeking investment.
If any of the previous companies make money, then according to Mr. Pei’s request, He Desheng will immediately sell the shares of these companies and continue to search in order in the queue. Invest in the next company.
If all companies have not made money...then Mr. Pei will celebrate with champagne.
Although all the money has been invested, Yuanmeng Venture Capital has also arranged special finance for each company to supervise the daily expenses of these companies, and holds regular remote meetings to report on the financial situation.
These accountants are all old employees of Tenda, who are deeply baptized by the spirit of Tenda. They will receive generous subsidies after being assigned abroad. At the same time, the financial statements they make will be supervised by Tenda's financial department.
It cannot be said that there is no possibility of being bribed, but the possibility is very low.
In the first video window is a female accountant in her thirties, with short hair and wearing myopia glasses. She is a key employee of Tenda. She is the oldest and has the strongest business ability among all the accountants assigned. .
Her name is Jing Haibing, and she is responsible for the financial work of the cold-faced girl.
The reason why she was sent to Cold Noodle Girl was mainly because this project left a deep impression on He Desheng, and it was a key project among the current batch of invested companies.
The report officially begins.
Jing Haibing looked down at the report in his hand, then raised his head and said: "Mr. Pei, Mr. He, everyone. Before reporting the financial status of the cold-faced girl, Mr. He hopes that I will emphasize the financial situation again. Common tricks at work will waste a few minutes of everyone’s time.”
Not all of Tengda’s outsourced accountants are well-informed.
Because the financial person who is sent out must be one of our own people and have not been transferred.They are baptized by the spirit of Da and know the basics, so they are basically old employees of Tengda.
But many of the people here joined Tenda not long after graduation and have never seen so many tricks.
After all, Tenda strictly enforces laws and regulations 100%, and is completely clean and transparent from procurement, reimbursement to tax payment. These people will not have the opportunity to witness all kinds of frivolous operations.
But when you go to an outside company, you will inevitably encounter all kinds of tricks, and some financial people who have never seen the world may be tricked.
So He Desheng also wanted to use this meeting to let Jing Haibing highlight the problems that may be encountered at work with other financial officers, and take precautions in advance to avoid being unable to do so in time when he encounters some tricky operations. Discover.
Pei Qian happened to want to hear it too.
After all, financial statements are just piles of numbers, which sound too boring, but these "tricks" sound more interesting.
Jing Haibing organized his thoughts and began to explain.
"The money we invest is all transferred to the company's public account. No one is stupid enough to transfer the money directly to the private account. The so-called tricks are nothing more than these company managers Through some means, the money is burned in real business, and then part of it is enriched through some hidden means."
"So, there are several common parts that must be carefully reviewed, such as the company. When purchasing office supplies, if the market price is 1 yuan, you have to go to a place that sells them for 2 or 3 yuan. In other words, the unit price of the supplies is fine, but the unit price of bulk purchases is not significantly reduced. There must be a problem behind this. "
“There is also the matter of promotional materials, such as posters, banners, display boards, leaflets, etc. On the surface, 5,000 leaflets were ordered, but in reality only 4,000 were produced, or these materials were mixed true and false. There are also considerable profit margins.”
“In addition, is there any situation where the company is relying on free money, or is there any situation where it colludes with headhunters to engage in private rebates to find advertisements during the advertising process? Are there any tricks in the channel? How many of the APP's registrations are actually promoted, and how many are faked by someone using a program? Are there any fraudulent orders, fake shipments, or fake sales of various physical goods, rebates, and coupons given in marketing activities? The phenomenon of false marketing? ”
“If it is auditing or supervising, it is very difficult to find out these problems, but now that we are directly responsible for the finances of these companies, we can find ways to avoid these problems. ."
"For example, if we purchase office supplies through Tengda's trusted channels, we can prevent the money invested from being wasted."
"Of course, everyone. There are limits to our ability and energy, and it is difficult for us to guarantee that every penny will not go wrong, but we must work hard to keep the company's accounts clean and not make some low-level mistakes..."
Jing Haibing told other finance managers about the common "techniques" in these startup companies, while teaching everyone what aspects should be more vigilant and preventive.
And it was emphasized that if problems are found, they must be reported as soon as possible.
Pei Qian was also listening carefully, appearing calm on the surface, but in reality it was an eye-opener.
These operations are really cool!
Obviously, when it comes to defrauding investors of their money, geniuses from all walks of life emerge in endlessly and come up with various tricks.
Of course, these blames do not necessarily belong to the entrepreneurs. Some simple entrepreneurs may have been misled by investors. Investors lead entrepreneurs to make false claims, and then pass them on to the next successor, making themselves rich in silence.
Pei Qian's original idea was very simple. He just didn't want these entrepreneurs to enjoy the money they invested, so he chose the more troublesome supervision method of assigning financial officers.
Now it seems that this step is really the right one.
Pei Qian doesn’t think this will have any impact on his loss of money. After all, the probability of failure of start-ups is too high. Even if they operate fully formally, most start-ups cannot escape the fate of bankruptcy.
The same is true of bankruptcy and loss of money. Some investors make a lot of money through various gray means, while some investors can only earn a small salary or even have to bear debt. If Pei Qian wants to choose, Definitely choose the latter.
Anyway, the money has been invested in you. If you make money based on your ability, that is your destiny. We, Tengda, will divest immediately. If you lose money based on your ability, you will be thanked by Mr. Pei.
Only, you can’t take Tengda’s money and do nothing, and end up making a lot of money for yourself. That is something that Mr. Pei will never accept.
Soon, Jing Haibing finished talking about common financial issues in start-up companies and began to continue reporting on his work at "Cold Noodle Girl".
Pei Qian had briefings from various companies in front of him, and he picked up the briefing from "Cold Noodle Girl" and flipped through it.
Judging from the current situation, the development of the cold-faced girl is very smooth, and is proceeding completely according to Meng Chang's original plan.
The cold noodle girl's first flagship store has been opened in the imperial capital. Pei Qian glanced at the photos and saw that the store was in quite good shape.
The outside door faces are all huge floor-to-ceiling windows, which look clean and tidy. The signboard above has the iconic logo of the cold noodle girl, which is fashionable with a bit of ancient charm;
The inside of the store should be It is a benchmark for some Western-style fast food. There are beautiful photos of the food above the cashier. The tables and chairs are similar to Western-style fast food, but with a little bit of Chinese elements added;
In the store, all young and beautiful people The girl worked as a waiter, so she didn't have a signature polite smile, and she didn't show the standard six teeth. Although she looked cold, in fact, her smile was still a bit alluring.
What followed was a series of marketing activities carried out by the "Cold Noodle Girl" and the enthusiastic response on the Internet.
For example, Meng Chang specially rented a supercar and let a beautiful woman drive the supercar to get married.Self-delivery of grilled cold noodles, I would like to mention a hot search;
The opening reward is that the first 100 customers to the store can receive a free grilled cold noodles;
Girls come to cold If you eat at Noodle Girl and post your order on Weibo, you can draw 1888 fashion gift packs regularly;
Carry out the "Maximum Order" activity, and the largest order placed at Neng Noodle Girl within one week of opening will be fully paid Free of charge, second and third place will also receive gifts.
In addition, some special holiday activities have also been arranged. For example, there will be "heavy snow" on the 7th of next month. On this day, the cold noodle girl will launch a unique "snowflake grilled cold noodles". Customers who come to the store to make purchases and send Weibo on this day can get one for free.
Behind these marketing activities is the rapid consumption of the cold-faced girl’s book funds.
Meng Chang took 2 million from Yuanmeng Venture Capital and another 1 million from two other investors, for a total of 4 million.
However, money can be spent quickly.
In the downtown area of Imperial City, money is needed to spend money on store rent, decoration, the wages of a bunch of pretty girls working as waitresses, various money-burning subsidies, buying Weibo hot searches, etc.
Four million may seem like a lot, but it actually costs money very quickly, especially since Meng Chang plans to continue to open branches. Every time he opens another branch, there is another bottomless pit.
But even so, Meng Chang did not do anything fishy about the money issue. After all, Jing Haibing was in charge of the finances of the cold-faced girl.
If Meng Chang wants to make some money by playing tricks on office supplies, promotional materials and labor costs, it is impossible for Jing Haibing to be unaware of it.
Of course, as a high-level player, Meng Chang had no intention of using such dirty means to make money.
Not to mention the feasibility issue, even if the accounts are tampered with, when the company later sells it to the receiver, the company behind will just check the accounts and send Meng Chang directly.
So, manipulating materials and marketing expenses is too low-end, and Meng Chang disdains it.
Soon, Jing Haibing’s report was completed.
The finances of other companies also report on their own situations.