A few days ago, at the 9th China Entrepreneur Development Annual Conference, Cao Dewang, chairperson of Fuyao Glass Group, talked about the crisis of Hengda, saying that Xu Jiayin 3.90 billion of his own capital in total, and actually loans can reach two trillion.
When referring to Evergrande’s current problems, Cao Dewang pointed out that the main reason for Evergrande’s collapse may be problems with its own investment decisions. "When we were studying abroad, there may be some punctuation marks that we didn’t see, didn’t learn well, and didn’t express clearly enough, so this kind of thing happened."
Cao Dewang also said that for the development of a company, it must have its own bottom line. "Don’t be greedy, but take it step by step. If you want to dig other people’s hearts, you should worry about whether your heart will be dug away." The correct and reasonable approach is to take it step by step, accumulate slowly, create dividends or wait for the market to give dividends, rather than relying on speculation and blind gambling.
In the past, Evergrande’s ambition in the automotive industry was very large, and it even felt like a gamble. Regarding the six new energy vehicles released by Evergrande in one go, Cao Dewang commented: "This is done by rich people like Xu Jiayin. If it is completely subsidized, it will be waiting for death."
At the 12th Auto Blue Book Forum last year, Cao Dewang once proposed that entrepreneurs should have three major responsibilities. The country is strong because of you, the society is advanced because of you, and the people are prosperous because of you. This is what an entrepreneur needs to do. If you can’t do it, don’t think about making money. "I have money and I want to save society!"
"The most successful approach is to adhere to the ancestral motto of respecting heaven and loving others. This is what Mr. Wang Yangming said, that is, we must adhere to this principle." Cao Dewang said this is the basic principle he has adhered to throughout his years of entrepreneurship and development.
However, Xu Jiayin seems to have abandoned some basic principles in the development of Evergrande. At present, the entire Evergrande group is not developing well, but Xu Jiayin is indeed an economically minded businessperson. From the very beginning of the high-profile announcement of entering the automotive field, Xu Jiayin saw the opportunity of the new energy automobile industry and the potential huge golden mountain behind it, but he ignored the basic laws and laws of this industry.
In just two years, Evergrande has gone from "buying" a lot of auto parts suppliers to build its own cars, to threatening to become the world’s largest new energy vehicle group, to now planning to sell its electric vehicle stake. It has only been a year or so since the first release of six new models of Hengchi at the same time, and now it has failed in the car business.
This is indeed a bit ironic for Xu Jiayin, a very shrewd and successful business tycoon. The most obvious manifestation of this irony is the stock price.
Hong Kong shares of China Hengda fell to HK $1.60, continue to brush the historical low, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange shows that from December 6th to December 9th, Xu Jiayin continued to be forced to sell about 277.80 million shares of China Hengda. And Hengda Automobile recently the largest decline of more than 22%, other Hengda also continued to decline, Hengda property is down 13.21%, China Hengda fell 6.98%.
Freezing three feet is not a day’s cold. In the eyes of many industry insiders, the reason why Hengda Group and Hengda Automobile exploded and went to today’s situation is because the landmines have long been planted. Evergrande’s current crisis is most directly reflected in financial issues.
According to China Evergrande’s financial report, in 2020 Evergrande Group’s revenue 507.25 billion yuan, after-tax profit 31.40 billion yuan, down 6.4% year-on-year. In the first half of this year, the company’s revenue was 2226.9 billion yuan, down 16.48% year-on-year; after-tax profit 10.50 billion yuan, down 28.87% year-on-year. As of June this year, Evergrande’s total assets 2.38 trillion yuan, total liabilities reached 1.97 trillion yuan, and the debt ratio exceeded 80%.
Among them, Hengda Automobile, which has high hopes, posted a net loss of 7.74 billion yuan in 2020, an increase of 55% year-on-year, while the company’s loss expanded to 4.82 billion yuan in the first half of this year, nearly doubling. As of the first half of the year, Hengda Automobile’s cash and cash equivalents were about 9.577 billion yuan, restricted cash reached 2.936 billion yuan, total liabilities reached 153 billion yuan, and the debt ratio exceeded 90%.
Evergrande’s continued losses have become a hot potato for the group; and Evergrande’s current high debt has seriously hindered Evergrande’s investment in new cars. The two continue to fall into a vicious circle, and the root cause is the lack of money. Ironically, Evergrande is currently struggling due to the break of the capital chain, but thinking back then, not short of money is precisely the embodiment of the greatest advantage of this new car-making force that is generally regarded by the outside world.
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