It was a quiet night.
Early the next morning, the internet was abuzz with discussions about this promotional month.
Far Away Mall took the lead with 24.7 billion in transactions, ranking first.
Taobao followed closely behind with 18.1 billion.
Bao Pai was third with 1.8 billion.
Suning Mall was not well known before, but this time, it exploded and took fourth place with 1.4 billion.
Next was not Jingdong, but Tom Equ, which made a comeback, with 1 billion.
Jingdong was fifth with 800 million.
After that, Zhuo Yao, Dang Dang, and the others all exceeded 500 million.
The other e-commerce sites did not even have more than 100 million.
Even so, the e-commerce market in 2008 had exceeded many people's expectations.
The monthly transaction volume reached 50 billion!
This was simply unimaginable. In 2007, the online shopping market share was less than 80 billion.
In 2008, it was only August, and the third quarter was not over yet, but the online shopping market's volume was close to 200 billion.
By the end of the year, it was likely to exceed 250 billion.
Compared to last year, it had increased by more than 300%.
The prosperity of the online shopping market was not only reflected in this, but also in the comparison of physical stores.
During the promotional month, the top ten retail companies had a total revenue of about 50 billion.
Although it was not a whole company, the combined revenue of the top ten companies was very representative. Now, the scale of the online shopping market was the same as the top ten companies.
Two years ago, no, even a year ago, no one would have dared to think of this.
But now, the online shopping market was creating a legend at an astonishing speed.
In an instant, the discussion of e-commerce overshadowing physical stores spread like wildfire on the internet, and all the major physical retail companies felt threatened.
Although this was a special case, and the top ten retail companies were only a small part of the entire retail industry.
But when the online shopping market reached 50 billion in a single month, all the major companies were alarmed.
Wal-Mart chose to cooperate with Jingdong, and China Resources, Bailian, RT-Mart, and other companies also included online shopping as their development goals.
Although Gome was a little chaotic recently, it did not idle around and began to prepare to acquire Century Electrical Network.
Century Electrical Network, which would later become Kuba, would become an important part of Gome's online business.
In fact, Gome was also developing an online shopping mall. However, because it did not have a solid foundation, it wanted to acquire an already operating home appliance retail website.
However, at this moment, Gome was already a beat too slow.
Its competitor, Suning's online business had already exceeded one billion in a month. Even if Gome acquired Cuba, its monthly revenue of tens of millions was nothing to everyone.
The scale of the online shopping market was expanding, but it wasn't the ordinary netizens who were affected, but the major enterprises.
The ordinary netizens were more concerned about the bet between Li Dong and Ma Yun!
The bet between the two of them had been exposed after the charity night, and now everyone was waiting to see what would happen.
The internet was abuzz with discussions.
Someone said, "Li Dong can't be considered to have lost. Far away, Taobao's sales have exceeded 6 billion. Is that considered a loss?"
However, very quickly, someone retorted, "Li Dong said that he would surpass Taobao by 10 billion, but he didn't say anything else. Now that it hasn't surpassed 10 billion, he has lost."
The person at the front was immediately defeated. It was really hard to refute.
After all, the bet that was exposed seemed to have said the same thing.
Just as the Li Supporters were feeling aggrieved, Far Away suddenly announced to the public that Far Away Mall, Wan Jia Network, and Faraway Supermarket were going to merge!
Once the news was out, it caused another sensation on the internet.
The Li Supporters who had lost previously also had an excuse this time. They immediately announced, "Far Away Mall and Faraway Supermarket are both retail stores. If Faraway Supermarket's sales are included, Far Away's monthly sales exceeded 30 billion. Taobao is the one who lost! "
"The person above is quibbling! A loss is a loss. They didn't say that Faraway Supermarket would be included. Moreover, one is online, and the other is a physical store. How can it be the same? "
"Why is it different? Do you know Wan Jia Network? Things bought on Wan Jia Network are all shipped from the supermarket. Li Dong's online and offline integration has actually blurred the concept of the two. If you really want to calculate the sales, of course it should be all of them. Are you going to calculate them separately? "
"Don't confuse us. Before the bet, Far Away didn't say anything about a merger. Is Li Dong a sore loser? That's why he deliberately made this move?"
"You're the sore loser. Who do you think you are? Are you qualified to comment on Li Dong?"
"The person above is the Internet Water Army!"
"Fifty cents!"
"…"
The netizens were always so passionate, but they also easily went off topic.
The previous discussion about the bet between Li Dong and Ma Yun quickly turned into a war of words.
Just as everyone was in a war of words, at 9 am on the 18th, Taobao's advertisement appeared on the home page of Far Away Mall.
Far Away had started to fulfill the contract!
Those who had doubts about the bet before were now convinced. Li Dong and Ma Yun actually made such a bet.
Of course, Li Dong was really a man.
When he said he was going to advertise, he did it without any hesitation.
At this moment, even those netizens who supported Ma Yun had nothing to say.
When they felt that the other party wanted to renege on the debt, they immediately fulfilled the contract without a second word. What else could they say?
Moreover, even if they won this time, the people who supported Ma Yun weren't happy.
They won, but the key was that they lost in the results.
This didn't include the physical stores Far Away. If they included them, the loss was even more tragic.
Far Away helped Taobao advertise. Although it was beneficial to Taobao, Far Away Mall was the one that benefited the most.
Many people wanted to see how Far Away Mall would advertise Taobao.
At this moment, everyone wasn't too concerned about Taobao. They were more concerned about Far Away. Many users who only cared about Taobao in the past couldn't help but enter Far Away Mall's page when they saw people talking about it.
As time went by, Far Away Mall had more new users than Taobao.
It had to be said that the world was so wonderful.
…
Faraway Group.
After the results were out, everyone was happy for a while. Then, they went back to work.
Now, the business was restructured and there were personnel changes.
Although the mall's performance was good, it couldn't be compared to everyone's concern for their own future.
In the morning, Li Dong held a meeting and praised the mall. Then, Tan Haiying and the others left behind the miracle they had just created and began to integrate with the supermarket.
Li Dong didn't stay idle either. The previous national inspection had not ended.
Li Dong didn't go to Hubei Province, Shancheng, Sichuan, and other areas.
He had to make a trip there. Even if it was just for show, it was better than ending with a weak start.
Moreover, Shancheng was still at war with Yonghui. Wang Yue was transferred away from her post. Now that people were a little uncertain, Li Dong had to appease them.
At this moment, Li Dong was talking to Zhou Haidong, who had just returned.
They were talking about Wang Yuzhang.
Wang Yuzhang was the General Manager of Gan Province. Li Dong had brought him back to Jiangbei for a few days, and Wang Yuzhang's name was not in the personnel arrangement.
Wang Yuzhang was not a fool, and he felt something was amiss.
Zhou Haidong reported. "Wang Yuzhang had been in frequent contact with some people in Gan Province. But we had broken into Gan Province. The more Wang Yuzhang contacts, the more things will be exposed. It's about time to close the net. General Manager Li, what do you think? "
Li Dong said calmly. "Then close the net!"
Zhou Haidong nodded and then said with some emotion, "I've dealt with Wang Yuzhang before. Now that I've personally taken him down, it really feels like things have changed. Based on the amount of bribes he received, he will be sentenced to at least 10 years in prison if we sue him. "
More than 10 years. This was not a lie.
Although it was only an internal bribery case, the amount was more than 1 million.
Far Away might not be a state-owned enterprise, and Wang Yuzhang was not a civil servant, but his crime was not light.
Li Dong was not as emotional as Zhou Haidong. He was already done with his emotions.
No company could avoid having a parasite in their enterprises. The only way to reduce the probability of this happening is to prevent it from happening.
Far Away was still fine. It was just a branch company's CEO.
As far as Li Dong knew, there were many big shots who had fallen from grace in the business world.
For example, Wang Zhongnan, a classmate of Li Dong's, was the boss of Guangming, and he was sentenced to more than 10 years in prison.
There was also the new boss of Huarun. He had just taken office in May this year, and he was doing well now.
Other than these big shots, many middle and senior management had also fallen. As for Ali, the future CEO of Jubao Group had also fallen.
After hearing and seeing these things, Li Dong was no longer as sentimental as he used to be.
When he took down those people in Mound City for the first time, Li Dong was really sad.
At that time, many old people in Dongping Shop were dragged down. Far Away's senior management. Li Dong was sad, and Sun Tao was sad for many days.
But after a few years, everyone had passed this period.
Seeing Zhou Haidong's emotional expression, Li Dong said softly, "You have to bear the consequences of your own choices. Arrest Wang Yuzhang first, and the case will be heard in Jiangbei. The faster, the better. Implement it as soon as possible, and then publish it in the internal newspaper. After that, get all the managers above the supervisor level to write their thoughts. "
Zhou Haidong nodded. The fall of a branch company's CEO was enough to shock many people.
The two continued to talk for a while, and Bai Su knocked on the door and entered. "General Manager Li, someone is looking for you."
"Who?"
"Miss Zhang Lanyu."
Li Dong frowned slightly. Why did Zhang Lanyu come to the company?
But soon, Li Dong had some ideas. He nodded and said, "Let her in."
After Bai Su left, Zhou Haidong said, "General Manager Li, I will go and arrange it."
"Okay."
…
This was the first time Zhang Lanyu came to Faraway Group.
She and Li Dong had known each other for a long time. They had contact in 2005.
During this period, the two had cooperated and confronted each other.
But overall, they had always been friendly. Especially when Li Dong took over Cheng Rui Real Estate without spending money, the relationship between the two rose from ordinary partners to the level of friends.
Later, they worked together for a long time, and their relationship became better and better.
But when Zhang Lanyu's mentality changed because of Chen Rui, the relationship between the two changed.
After that, Li Dong talked to her openly, and the relationship between the two gradually faded.
In order to draw a clear line between them, Li Dong transferred all the money from Cheng Rui Real Estate and the money earned from these years of investment to Zhang Lanyu.
Since then, he and Zhang Lanyu had less and less contact.
Today, it was the first time in years that Zhang Lanyu came to Li Dong's office.
As soon as she entered the office, Zhang Lanyu looked around, and she didn't seem to be reserved.
When she saw the Golden Pixiu, Zhang Lanyu smiled and said, "This thing is still here. It was quite famous two years ago."
Li Dong asked her to sit down and personally poured her tea. He smiled and said, "I'm used to it, and I'm too lazy to move. Besides, that guy, Hsu Shengzhe, has been keeping an eye on it. If I really melt it, he'll definitely find fault with me. "
Zhang Lanyu took the teacup and couldn't help but smile, "You and Hsu Shengzhe can actually become friends. This is probably beyond many people's expectations. Both of you are very outstanding, and you're still so young. In the eyes of others, you two should be fighting each other to the death. I didn't expect that you still haven't fallen out with him after so many years. "
Li Dong couldn't help laughing and said, "I did want to fall out with him a few times. Back when the real estate company was reshuffled, I really wanted to fall out with him. But this guy is thick-skinned, and he immediately invited me to drink. Didn't I get hoodwinked by him? "
Zhang Lanyu covered her mouth and chuckled. After a while, she said, "It was the first time you met, so I should be the one who introduced you, right? I invited you to Chen Rui's birthday, and Hsu Shengzhe was also there. Speaking of which, shouldn't the two of you give me some introduction fee? "
"Cough, cough!"
Li Dong was speechless, "Come on, I don't have any gay relationship with him. You're making it sound like I'm not straight. But speaking of Chen Rui … "
Li Dong took the initiative to start the topic. Li Dong also guessed that Zhang Lanyu came for Chen Rui.
"Chen Rui has changed a lot these years. Back then, he was arrogant, but he could still use his brain. These two years, he went to the capital, and his brain is not enough. "
Zhang Lanyu calmly said, "That's normal. The gap is too big. It's understandable that he can't adjust his mentality after falling from the clouds. "
Hearing her tone, Li Dong couldn't help knitting his brows and went straight to the topic, "What's your purpose of looking for me?"
Zhang Lanyu smiled and shook her head, "Don't overthink it. I have no other purpose. I just want to tell you that Chen Rui seems to be running away. Since he's going to make a move, then cut the Gordian knot. If you dilly-dally and give others a chance, it's easy to make mistakes. "
Hearing this, Li Dong couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.
He thought that Zhang Lanyu knew that he was going to deal with Chen Rui and came to plead for her old lover.
He didn't expect that this woman actually wanted him to make a move quickly!
This time, Li Dong really couldn't understand Zhang Lanyu. He even felt a little cold in his heart. This woman really didn't care about her family when she was ruthless.
Back then, Zhang Lanyu and Chen Rui had a good relationship. For Chen Rui, she would do anything.
But now?
Although Zhang Lanyu also showed such an attitude and made a clean break with Chen Rui.
But Li Dong thought that women were emotional creatures after all.
No matter what, they were in love. Zhang Lanyu didn't look like the kind of person who would hit someone when they were down.
But what Zhang Lanyu said just now really broke Li Dong's fixed view.
For a moment, Li Dong didn't know what to say.
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