Would he bring his girlfriend to attend?
Li Dong thought for a while and said, "We'll see."
See?
How?
The reporters wanted to dig deeper, but Li Dong left after saying that. No one dared to stop him.
The media was disappointed, but they paid more attention to the charity night. They did not believe that Li Dong would attend the charity night alone.
No matter how well he hid, there would always be some clues.
As for whether it was Shen Qian, some people guessed, but did not dare to ask directly. Many people knew Shen Qian's identity, and it was better not to expose her identity. Even if it was exposed, it would not make it to the newspapers.
…
The first day of the Far Away Supplier Conference was just the opening ceremony.
They would continue to discuss cooperation, especially Far Away Mall's 5 billion order. Many people wanted to get it.
Business was not good now. Even if they got a share of the 5 billion, many companies would be able to survive this year's crisis safely.
Other than the order, another important thing was the promotion month.
After a month of promotion, Far Away Mall's bottom line was 12 billion in revenue. The manager of the mall, Tan Haiying, gave a strict order internally. 15 billion was the minimum, and 18 billion was the target. 20 billion!
When Li Dong answered the reporters at the airport, he said that the promotion month would beat Taobao by 10 billion!
Taobao's average monthly revenue was around 8 billion. This time, Taobao would participate in the promotion, and they would at least have 10 billion in revenue.
This was a low estimate, and it would be more in reality.
Even if it was only 10 billion, Far Away Mall would not reach 20 billion. How could they beat Taobao's 10 billion difference?
Now that he had made his threat, if it didn't come true, Li Dong would be the one who would be embarrassed, but Tan Haiying and the others would be even more embarrassed.
Especially Tan Haiying. Far Away Mall had only joined for a short time, and she had to show some results.
Shao Yibo was the one who introduced her, and they had a good relationship. If she could not show any results, she would not be the only one embarrassed.
Not only that, eBay was defeated by Taobao. As one of the founders, Tan Haiying was not willing to give up.
EBay had lost, and Far Away Mall could not afford to lose again. Losing to the same person twice, even Tan Haiying would be too ashamed to face her elders.
Therefore, when she was negotiating with the major suppliers in the afternoon, Tan Haiying only said one sentence to each person she met, "Lower the price by two points. How much do you sell during the promotion month? I'll double your order next time!"
In other words, if you sold 100 million worth of goods during the promotion month, you would be given an additional 200 million worth of orders Far away.
Lowering the price by two percentage points meant that he would earn 2 million less if he sold it for 100 million yuan. However, with an additional 200 million yuan in orders, he would earn back the 2 million yuan.
There was no loss in money. The key was to increase orders and get more.
In 2008, a large number of factories were downsizing, firing employees, and closing factories.
With so many orders, it meant that the employees could continue to work, and the factory did not have to close down. Even if it was not profitable, it was still profitable.
Others were losing employees, but they were working overtime to produce. This was the difference.
With this condition from Tan Haiying, she was blocked by people for the next few days.
In the end, even Sun Tao came to complain to Li Dong. "I can't live like this anymore!"
…
"Why can't you live like this anymore?"
At this time, Li Dong was talking to Qin Yuhan. Qin Yuhan was wrapping things up for the past two days. She would be back soon after arranging the dessert house.
Halfway through the call, Sun Tao rushed over anxiously.
Li Dong and Qin Yuhan chatted for a while more. After hanging up, he smiled and said, "Brother Sun, who provoked you?"
"Mr. Tan!"
Sun Tao was flustered and exasperated. He said angrily, "The additional 5 billion worth of orders was originally for the Carrefour's sales promotion.
Now, 5 billion worth of orders was intercepted by the mall!
What about the supermarkets?
General Manager Li, you have to be fair. The mall's sales are increasing now, but the supermarkets are not doing too bad, right?
Our supermarkets have acquired Carrefour, and our monthly revenue is close to 10 billion.
I wanted to wait for Carrefour to change its brand and do a promotion. In the end, all the orders were snatched by the mall. This is too much. "
The supply of the supermarkets could not be increased just because you said so.
An additional 5 billion needed professionals to calculate it bit by bit before they could give a safe line.
So far away, the 5 billion should be enough, and there would not be any unsalable situation.
If the quota was increased, there would be risks.
The supermarkets could not do promotions as they pleased. They had to get the consent of the majority of the suppliers. Only then could the supermarkets make a profit.
Otherwise, even if you sold 5 billion worth of goods, you would not be happy if you did not make a profit or even suffer a loss.
It was not a price war, regardless of the cost.
The supermarkets would still make money from normal promotions, and the preferential part would be shared with the suppliers.
Five billion was also the result of rigorous calculations based on this foundation.
So far away, it was hard to say if there would be an increase in the order quota.
This was why Sun Tao anxiously came to Li Dong to complain. If the new orders were given to the mall, how could the supermarkets continue with their promotions?
Li Dong saw Sun Tao was anxious, and he comforted him. "Brother Sun, you have to understand the mall's promotion this month. I am also the one who agreed to give the orders to the mall. But it is only half a year, and there is still a long way to go before Carrefour changes its brand. When Carrefour changes its brand, it is not decided if we will increase the orders or not. If the business is good, we will increase the orders. "
"But …"
Sun Tao wanted to say more, but he swallowed his words after thinking for a while. He changed the topic. "But the mall's promotion period is too long. One month later, it will affect the supermarket's business greatly. General Manager Li, I think we can reduce the period in the future. One month, everyone will be tired of spending. Also, as time goes on, people will not cherish it … "
On this point, Sun Tao was right. A month was indeed a long time.
So far away was still fine. This year, they did not need to make a loss like last year.
Last year, it was mainly because of the subsidies So far away had to fight against various e-commerce companies, resulting in losses.
This year, the cost was mainly borne by the suppliers.
But one month was still too much for many businesses.
One year was 12 months. In addition to the anniversary, National Day, and Spring Festival, the promotion period was too long, and everyone would be tired of dealing with it.
This was So far away. Li Dong was rich, and he would give subsidies from time to time. He could also get the biggest preferential policies from the suppliers.
Some small e-commerce companies did not dare to participate in the promotion.
Last year's big promotion on July 18th caused many small e-commerce companies to lose money, and they did not manage to attract many people. This year, these people did not dare to follow So far away.
Weakening small and medium-sized e-commerce companies was actually not Li Dong's goal.
The existence of these people actually promoted the prosperity of the e-commerce market, and they were not the ones who really wanted to suppress it.
Thinking of this, Li Dong pondered for a moment and said, "That's true. But this year's promotion has already been launched, and we can't change it now. Let's start from next year. On July 18th next year, three days of promotion will be enough. "
Sun Tao heaved a sigh of relief. Just as he heaved a sigh of relief, Li Dong said with a faint smile, "I say, Brother Sun, don't always stare at the supermarket.
The e-commerce market is growing. This is the general trend, and no one can change it.
So far away will achieve unified online and offline pricing sooner or later. When that time comes, the supermarket and e-commerce companies will actually be integrated, and there will not be much difference.
Supermarkets are the foundation of our business. I know this, and I also understand your feelings for the supermarket.
But only by standing high can you see further. Keeping up with the times and not being eliminated by the market is what we have to do.
After a while, I may have to make a big change.
Far Away Mall, Far away Logistics, and Faraway Supermarket, these three big businesses, I will likely merge into a new group company. "
"Merge?"
Sun Tao could not help but be surprised. Merging these three big businesses?
One had to know that these three businesses were the main businesses of the Faraway Group. If they were merged, this subsidiary group would have almost emptied the essence of Far away.
But after thinking about it carefully, he also understood Li Dong's meaning.
This was to create a complete O2O system. Online shopping malls, offline supermarkets, transit logistics. If they were really merged, it did not seem unreasonable.
After thinking about it carefully for a while, Sun Tao slightly frowned and said, "But this way, the newly established subsidiary group is too strong."
It was actually not a good thing for the subsidiary group to be too strong.
In the future, whoever controlled the subsidiary group's voice would almost be able to compete with the group's CEO.
This was not conducive to the unity of the group. In the end, there might be a situation where the tail was too big to be removed.
Li Dong also nodded and said, "I am still thinking about this. Of course, this matter cannot be decided overnight.
I have to wait for the real estate company to grow, as well as the other businesses of Far away Technology to grow, then I will reorganize.
Maybe it will not be divided like this, or a new group will be formed with retail as the main body. This is also uncertain.
Currently, the four subsidiaries still have some areas that overlap.
Especially in the e-commerce and supermarket area, the warehouse center is used together, dual management, and logistics. The supermarket's distribution center and logistics can not cooperate with each other, and separate management causes a waste of resources.
In short, just the management cost alone will cost a lot more every year.
Regarding these, I have been thinking about how to change recently.
But you can rest assured that this time, I will ask for everyone's opinions and invite experts to help us sort out the system. I will not make a decision on a whim.
Wait a few more months, when Carrefour stabilizes, I may implement it. "
Sun Tao was deep in thought. When Carrefour stabilizes, Chen Lang will probably be back.
When the time comes to implement it, there might be some changes in everyone's positions.
Forming a new subsidiary group, merging some departments, who will leave and who will stay, who will be promoted and who will be demoted, this is not a small matter.
If it is not handled well, it is very likely to cause a lot of opposition and resentment.
But he could not say much about these things. Far away's affairs were all decided by Li Dong, and he was not very clear about what Li Dong was thinking.
Sun Tao did not say anything else. He chatted with Li Dong for a while more and prepared to go out.
Seeing that he was about to leave, Li Dong suddenly thought of something and quickly said, "Brother Sun, you should go to the charity night tomorrow."
"Me?"
Sun Tao did not quite understand, but he still nodded and said, "Okay, I will go then."
"Yes, it is time to make a public appearance. Being too low-key does not suit your status. There are quite a lot of CEOs coming this time, you should interact with them more and expand your network. "
Actually, Sun Tao still did not quite understand, but it did not matter, it was not a bad thing.
After a few replies, Sun Tao left the office.
After he left, Li Dong also fell into deep thought.
The reason why he let Sun Tao make a public appearance was also to prepare for the future, Li Dong.
He planned to gradually withdraw from the management of the group after these two years, and learn from the other big shots, so that he would not be dragged down by the company.
But once he left, who would be the helmsman Far away would be a big problem.
Yuan Chengdao had been gradually stabilizing these two years, but Yuan Chengdao Li Dong was not too assured, Gome's experience made him a little worried.
In his previous life, when Old Huang went to prison, Cheng Xiao, who took over, started to get infected.
If it weren't for Old Huang's connections and the support of the people behind him, he might have really been kicked out of the game by Cheng Xiao if his wife hadn't been released from prison.
Once he was kicked out, Old Huang would not be important anymore.
Without Gome, other than money, Old Huang had nothing else. How could he enjoy life in peace?
The reason why he could enjoy life in peace was because Gome had helped Old Huang a lot. Without Gome, it was hard to say what would happen to Old Huang.
Although Li Dong felt that he would not end up like this, it was better to be safe than sorry.
If Gome could go to Huang, why couldn't Far away go to Li?
Now, among the top management of the group, the only person he could trust 100% was Sun Tao.
There were many reasons. They had fought together, and he was the only external shareholder of Faraway Supermarket, as well as his feelings for the group …
Of course, there was another reason. He did not have any background and relied on Li Dong and Sun Tao to get to where he was now.
Due to these reasons, once Li Dong faded, Sun Tao would be the best candidate to take over.
Getting rid of Li meant getting rid of Sun Tao. Once Sun Tao betrayed him, he would definitely be the target of criticism in the future.
Therefore, Li Dong was actually training Sun Tao to be the second chairman of the group. He wanted to have more contact with the big shots in the business circle so that he could take care of him in the future.
As for Yuan Chengdao, the position of chairman was his limit. Li Dong would not hand over the group to him, even if his ability was not worse than anyone else.
It seemed that Li Dong's move was superfluous. The sense of crisis was too strong.
But it was better to prepare for a rainy day than to be caught unprepared. In this world, if you did not scheme against others, others might not scheme against you.
Li Dong knew that there were many people who hated him now. It was just that it was not convenient for him to make a move for the time being.
In 2008, Li Dong was in the limelight. At this time, not many people dared to use underhanded methods against him.
Not now did not mean that there would not be in the future.
Some people were like clowns now. If he was not careful, they might give him a fatal blow in the future.
In the past few years, Li Dong had offended too many people.
Zhang Qing, Chen Rui, Yao Hong, Chang Qiqi, Zhu Yicai, Yu Le, Sun Manman, Han Yu flashed in his mind.
Some of these people were not worth mentioning, but some had a deep foundation.
Now was not the ancient times. He could easily take revenge. Once he had a grudge, he could kill them to avoid future troubles.
If he could not kill them in one blow, then he had to be prepared for revenge.
Thinking of this, Li Dong rubbed his forehead. At this point, other than moving forward, he had no way out.
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