Shenzhen, Hua, the headquarters of SF Express.
Wang Wei sat at his desk and meticulously flipped through the documents on the table.
As the president of SF Express, Wang Wei, as the head of SF Express, and the company he led, this half of his life was full of legends. At the age of 22, with a start-up capital of 100,000 yuan, he developed from a startup with a total of six people to SF Express with a market value of ten billion today.
Even Ma Yun expressed deep admiration for him.
However, today he was obviously a little absent-minded, which was rare. He put the pen aside and rubbed his sore eyebrows.
Thinking about it, the last time he felt this anxious was in 2002.
At that time, SF Express was facing the severe test of recovering power from the franchisees. If successful, SF Express would become the first logistics company in the country to get rid of the franchise system and achieve direct management from the enterprise to the network.
There was no doubt that this touched the cake of all the franchisees. However, in the process of recovering power, Wang Wei's performance was also quite aggressive. He even made it clear that before the deadline, either sell the company's shares to him or get out of SF Express.
It was also Wang Wei's aggressiveness that brought about a fatal disaster for him. Some franchisees even invited the underworld forces of Xiangjiang to kill Wang Wei. And this incident left a deep shadow in his daily life. Until today, wherever he went, he would be accompanied by four to six bodyguards.
At this time, his right-hand man, Li Dongqi, pushed the door open and walked in quickly.
Wang Wei didn't blame him for not knocking, but hurriedly asked.
"How is it, did Future Group agree?"
Hearing this, Li Dongqi smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"No, the other party gave me the feeling that they have great ambitions for the logistics market."
Wang Wei didn't seem surprised by Li Dongqi's answer.
Occupying the VRstore, a virtual reality shopping platform with huge traffic, Future Group even had the momentum to command the e-commerce field. Now many people had developed the illusion of shopping in the virtual world, including Wang Wei himself. Every time he put down his helmet, he couldn't help but praise the genius of the VRstore designer.
With such a unique advantage, it would be strange if Jiang Chen wasn't interested in logistics.
After a moment of silence, Wang Wei said in a deep voice.
"Tomorrow, I will personally go to Xin. If I can see Jiang Chen, I will personally convince him."
"No need, he will probably come to Xiangjiang tomorrow." Li Dongqi sighed.
Hearing this, Wang Wei was stunned, and his brows gradually furrowed.
This was going to be difficult.
…
While SF Express felt troubled, Jiang Chen also felt troubled. Otherwise, he wouldn't have come to Hua in person.
The company Xia Shiyu chose was Shentong. For Future Group's offer of an 11% premium to acquire 51% of Shentong's shares for 1.7 billion US Dollar, several major shareholders expressed satisfaction with the price.
Future Group's investment in Shentong was great news! Not to mention anything else, even with its resources in the VRstore, if it tilted a bit more towards Shentong Express, the shares in its hands would be worth more than double its current value, not to mention Future Group's acquisition at an 11% premium!
As long as he gave up a portion of the shares, the remaining shares would be worth more. Only a fool would reject such a good deal.
That being said, something went wrong at the last stage of the acquisition.
Just as the signing was about to be completed, several shareholders who originally agreed to sell their shares changed their minds and refused to sell their shares. No matter how the salesman sent by Future Group persuaded them, it was useless.
When Future Group asked for the reason, they realized it wasn't that these shareholders didn't want to make a move, but the government began to intervene.
Jiang Chen didn't expect this, but when Xia Shiyu heard the news, she looked like she expected it.
For mergers and acquisitions between small companies, the government's attitude was often "follow the law of market economy development." However, when it came to large companies, the government's attitude was much more cautious.
There was a typical case. In 2009, Coca-Cola's acquisition of Huiyuan Juice Group was refused approval by the Ministry of Commerce in the name of anti-trust. This situation didn't only occur in Hua. Huawei's many setbacks in the UA could be attributed to the UA government's systematic efforts to prevent the company from acquiring UA assets since 2008. This made Huawei suffer many setbacks in the UA telecommunications industry.
It must be pointed out that if Future Group was registered in Shanghai instead of a small country in the Western Pacific that had no international influence and was worth recruiting, perhaps the Phantom helmet wouldn't have the opportunity to be listed in the UA in the first place.
Jiang Chen originally hoped that the Liu family could help in this matter, but Elder Liu's answer made him speechless.
The Liu family did have some power at the top, but this wasn't something he could decide alone. After all, they weren't the only political force in the country. The government was wary of Future Group's interference and wasn't very interested in the drone logistics.
Reducing 400,000 jobs to 50,000 may seem tempting to other companies, but from the government's perspective, wouldn't it reduce the employment rate?
Most of the time, it wasn't because you were more advanced than others, unless they couldn't survive without you.
For example, quantum communication satellites hadn't entered the Hua market yet because it could impact the "three telecom giants" that monopolized the market.
"When the Liu family held a meeting, we voted against the proposal to intervene in the acquisition. I can't help you much on this matter. However, I can reveal to you the bottom line of the top. "At the end of the call, Liu Xiangguo smiled calmly.
"Oh? What is it? "Jiang Chen asked straightforwardly.
[You take so much money every year, shouldn't you do something?]
"Equity." Liu Xiangguo gave an abstract word. "Future Group can expand into the market, but it can't monopolize this market. Do you understand what I mean? If you want to acquire Shentong, you can only hold 30% of the shares. This is the bottom line discussed by the top. Or, you can start a logistics company from scratch. "
Towards the end, the old man's tone seemed to have a deeper meaning to it.
"What about drones?" This was the question Jiang Chen was most concerned about.
"Drones … Of course, we still hope you can cooperate with domestic logistics companies. After all, drone technology is very promising! "
The first half of the sentence was clear. Hua wouldn't make a fuss about the upcoming drone management bill, but the second half was somewhat unclear.
But since he already asked the answer, Jiang Chen didn't continue to chat with the old guy. Just before he hung up, he suddenly thought of something and asked another question.
"Speaking of which, have you heard of an organization called the Freemasonry?"
Liu Xiangguo's eyes narrowed, frowned slightly, and his tone became unpredictable.
"Freemasonry? How did you get involved with those people? "
"It's just that they found me unilaterally."
"Oh, then you've encountered a very troublesome opponent." Liu Xiangguo laughed with some schadenfreude. "What do you think? Do you want to go back to China? They can't make any waves in China. "
"Forget it, I'm quite comfortable outside."
After he hung up the phone, he immediately found Xia Shiyu. The two exchanged opinions with each other.
And the answer was also very clear.
The profit of the logistics market was quite huge. Since around 10 years ago, the scale of the logistics industry has seen explosive growth. Based on 2015 data, the annual business volume has exceeded 20 billion pieces, and the industry's total revenue has reached 200 billion.
If operated well, the market on the Hua side alone could bring Future Group tens of billions of profit each year!
Although the policy was somewhat troublesome, it wasn't impossible to solve.
If we can't attack from the front, then we'll go around from the side!
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