A company projects that next year's sales will grow $17\%$ and ROA $($net income divided by the previous year's total assets$)$ is constant at $13\%,$ but debt and equity do not change with sales automatically $($except for the new retained earnings$).$ The current year's total assets is $$9000.$ The company's plowback ratio is always $30\%.$ Assuming that total assets must grow at the same speed as sales, what is next year's external financing need $($round to the closest whole number and the answer could be negative$)?$

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