On August 21st, Li Dong and the mayor of Shancheng met.
Of course, there were a lot of empty words, but Far away's investment had also been preliminarily determined.
Far away was interested in the Shapingba business district and wanted to invest in a commercial city, but it still needed the government to coordinate.
Currently, there was not enough open space in the core area of Shapingba. Far away had to rely on the government's planning and arrangements.
Of course, the preliminary agreement had been reached, and the details still needed to be discussed.
Li Dong hoped to get the biggest discount. It was best to not spend a dime on the land, and Shancheng also hoped to be able to sell it at a high price, the higher the better.
But at this time, Li Dong was still in a dominant position.
The current market environment was not good. An investment of up to 5 billion could drive tens of billions of economic flows and save dozens of manufacturing and production companies that were on the verge of bankruptcy …
Just this alone was enough to move the Shancheng government.
In addition, Li Dong also revealed a little bit of information. Far away Technology IDC Center may be located in Shancheng to build the largest cloud computing data center in the western region.
Since the concept of cloud computing appeared in 2006, in the past two years, major Internet companies have increased their investment in this area.
However, in the past, they were generally localized, mainly in big cities such as Beijing and Tianjin in the north, and Shanghai as the center in the south, and gradually spread to the Pearl River Delta.
Only the western region, due to various reasons, had not yet been targeted by major Internet companies.
However, Li Dong knew in his heart that it was only a matter of time.
In the next few years, big data, cloud computing, these things would become mainstream. If he wanted to not fall behind in the Internet industry, investment in this area was indispensable.
Shancheng was a more suitable place in the western region, but in fact, Shu City was also suitable.
Li Dong had hooked up with Liu Minghua once before, and this time, he hooked up with Shancheng again.
Anyway, he was not in a hurry to make a decision. He threw out the bait first and see which side offered better conditions.
Cloud computing data center may not be high investment, even less than Far away City.
But in fact, this thing was very high.
Whether it was money or not, the amount of investment was not the main point. The key was the concept. A smart city, upgrading traditional industries, a few words could make these leaders itch.
BAT and the other companies had not set their sights on the western region yet. Far away Technology was the only one left.
Far away, their technological prowess was not weak, and they also had a collective effect.
Once Far away Technology settled down, it would be much easier to advertise. With this thought in mind, Sichuan and Shancheng should offer the best conditions.
As for which family would fail in the end, Li Dong was not afraid that others would be dissatisfied.
Whether it was Shancheng or Shu Du, Far away also had a large investment in another place. The local government would not make things difficult for Far away just because of this.
At this time, Fang Yuan had already started negotiating with the local government.
Far away was no longer the kind of situation where they had to ask for help.
The bigger the enterprise, the better. In order to achieve the target and increase the GDP, the local government would often offer some unimaginable conditions. Sometimes, it was simply picking up money for free.
It was difficult for small enterprises to give money away even if they wanted to. Large enterprises, on the other hand, had to be careful when picking up money for them.
It was not that the local government was being cheap. The key was that everyone had their own competitors, and big companies were actually selling their reputation.
No matter how much money a small enterprise invested, it could not attract the attention of others.
As long as a big enterprise settled down in the local area, it could immediately be used as a business card to promote itself. It was possible to attract ten times or even a hundred times more investment.
Under such circumstances, the Shancheng government naturally attached great importance to it.
After Li Dong and the mayor finished talking, the mayor went to find the leader of the municipal party committee.
The leader was in charge of party building and generally did not care about economic construction.
However, this was not a small matter. Far away was not a small group. It even involved the transformation and upgrading of the economic system of Shancheng. This was a big matter.
This government had only been here for less than two years. According to past practice, there was at least one more term. The few big shots in Shancheng naturally hoped that Far away could settle down. They could still reap the fruits in the end.
Moreover, the team of the municipality directly under the central government was half a rank higher, so they naturally had more control.
The two big shots discussed for a long time. Even the secretary wanted to talk to Li Dong.
However, thinking that the mayor had just finished talking with Li Dong, it would seem that Shancheng could not wait to talk anymore. He did not know what benefits to throw out, so the secretary suppressed it again.
…
Li Dong did not know about the matter with the government for the time being.
If he knew that that person wanted to meet him, Li Dong would probably be at a loss.
Of course, he was only at a loss. He did his business and did not have much to do with that person. He was not afraid of any trouble.
Not long after Li Dong came out of the municipal government, the news completely spread and was completely confirmed!
Far away was about to be built in Far away City, with an investment of more than 8 billion yuan!
This was the internal news of the municipal government, and it was accurate!
8 billion yuan was not what Li Dong said, but what the government said.
Li Dong exaggerated and said that the total investment was about 6 billion yuan. The government also helped to exaggerate and did not dare to boast to 10 billion yuan. However, the internal news also said that it was an investment of 8 billion yuan.
In addition to the southwest logistics center and major supermarkets that had been built in Shancheng Far away, the external publicity was about 10 billion yuan.
10 billion yuan investment!
All of a sudden, Far away and Shancheng became famous. This was a matter of mutual benefit.
On the same day, Shancheng Evening News and Evening News reported it. In other regions, some economic newspapers also reported it.
Far away made a big move again, which also shocked the industry.
In the past year, Far away made frequent moves, easily spending 10 billion yuan. It was as if money was not money.
At the beginning of the year, they bought a piece of land in Beijing, which cost billions. In addition to the later construction, Far away announced that it was an investment of 10 billion yuan.
After that, they acquired Carrefour, which was a real investment of more than 10 billion yuan. Before everyone could come back to their senses, Far away began to expand into the west. In Shancheng, there was another investment of 10 billion yuan.
This was not the end. On the 22nd, there was a leak of gossip.
Far away's investment in Far away City in Shancheng was not the only one.
Far away's internal news revealed that in the next six months, Far away spent a total of 50 billion yuan to build ten top urban complexes.
Investing 20 billion yuan to complete the logistics and warehouse layout.
Investing 10 billion yuan to build a data center and improve the layout of the Internet industry.
…
Far away was completely popular!
According to these sources, Far away's total investment for this year alone exceeded 100 billion yuan!
What was the concept of investing 100 billion yuan?
At this time, if not including state-owned enterprises, there were probably less than ten hundred billion yuan groups.
Far away, the annual investment alone exceeded 100 billion yuan!
Many people were guessing how much money Li Dong had.
The discussion on this topic on the Internet even overshadowed the Olympics.
Previously, Hu Run's team had announced to the public that Far away's Li Dong's wealth was about 70 billion yuan.
But now, everyone felt that it was obviously more than that.
Unfortunately, Far away had not been listed. No one knew how much money Li Dong had, and there was no specific standard. At this time, everyone was looking forward to Hu Run or Forbes to come out as soon as possible.
…
How much money did Li Dong actually have?
Not only did others want to know, but Li Dong also wanted to know.
When Wu Yajun asked this question with a smile, Li Dong shook his head after a while and said, "I don't know."
"You don't know?"
Wu Yajun's face was full of disbelief. She snorted and said, "You're still hiding it from me? Do you think I'll take advantage of you?"
Li Dong shrugged and said, "I really don't know. Besides, this news is all bragging. It's not a real investment. Let's say that the ten Far away cities are planned to invest 50 billion yuan. But according to the plan, it will take at least three years to complete. It's the same for the others. They claim to be investing 100 billion yuan, but this year, they can only come up with 30 billion yuan at most. More than half of this 30 billion yuan is not mine. Bank loans account for a large proportion, and the rest is money from other channels. I don't need to say this, Sis Wu, you should understand. "
Everyone in the industry knew what other channels were.
Loans, payments, or something else.
In short, snakes have their ways, and ants have their ways. No one had ever heard of a company investing 100 billion yuan and really coming up with 100 billion yuan in cash.
Wu Yajun naturally knew this, but she still said, "Even so, it's quite a lot. This year, you're going to surpass that girl from the Yang family. You won't stop until you defeat her, right?"
In 2007, Yang Huiyan's wealth was 130 billion yuan.
It was the first time that the wealth of a mainland tycoon exceeded 100 billion yuan. Although there were various reasons, including the fact that the stock price was inflated, it was the first time in so many years that it reached 100 billion yuan.
This year, Li Dong's wealth was not that much, but now, Wu Yajun felt that it was possible to break that record.
Of course, Wu Yajun also knew that the actual possibility was not high. Far away, if it was split up and listed, it might surpass.
Li Dong laughed and said, "Why would I defeat her? Sis Wu, don't always say things with ambiguity. I don't care about wealth, I'm more concerned about the future of Far Away. When Far Away becomes number one in the country, I'll be excited for a while. "
"You're ambitious!"
Other than saying this, Wu Yajun did not know what else to say.
Number one in the country?
The ranking of domestic companies was not based on market value, and the world ranking was not based on market value either. It was based on revenue.
The number one in the country was now Sinopec, with more than 120 billion yuan!
Far Away, if they worked hard this year, with the mall business, there was hope for 200 billion yuan. Any more and it would be impossible.
Just like that, when Li Dong said that he wanted to be number one, Wu Yajun was not too optimistic.
Expanding the scale by six times, and with the current foundation, the difficulty was probably beyond everyone's imagination.
Li Dong could only unify the national retail industry, and then the entire e-commerce industry.
Wu Yajun slandered for a while and finally said, "You're going to Sichuan tomorrow?"
"Yes, I'm going to take a look. I've already made an appointment with Secretary Liu in Sichuan to support the post-disaster reconstruction. I can't just ignore it. Also, Faraway Supermarket will be entering the market. We've also agreed before, and now that we've acquired Carrefour, it's just right … "
Actually, Wu Yajun was not asking about this. She lowered her voice and said, "I heard that when you went to Sichuan, Secretary Liu and that person had tacitly agreed. Dongyu can get a share of the post-disaster reconstruction, and the people of Sichuan believe that Far Away can get a share. In the end, you rejected it? Is it true, or is it just a rumor? "
"It's true."
Li Dong nodded. That was indeed the case.
When Liu Minghua looked for him, he also mentioned it in a roundabout way, and the meaning was obvious.
When Wu Yajun heard him nodding, she clutched her chest and gasped, "There's really such a thing?"
Li Dong smiled and said, "Do you think I'm lying to you?"
"You rejected it?"
"Yes."
"F * ck!"
Wu Yajun really cursed. She pointed at Li Dong, and after a while, she gasped and said, "Dongzi, I really have to give it to you! Do you know how much the total investment for post-disaster reconstruction is?
Trillions!
Even if you get a small share, tens of billions is nothing to you.
Don't talk about how much you'll earn, even billions is child's play.
And it's the kind of government business. This kind of thing will probably be fought to the death!
It's only at that time that the situation was special, and you actually rejected it! "
Wu Yajun was envious and jealous. Why didn't such a good thing happen to her? She was picking up money for free!
Li Dong shook his head and said, "Eat as much as you can. I know the situation at that time, and Secretary Liu and that person probably really wanted to do it.
But don't think it's really that simple. Although they can decide a lot of things, it doesn't mean that it's up to them.
Even if it really succeeds, there will be a lot of trouble.
It's very likely that I'll have to spend several years on it, and in the end, it'll be a thankless effort, and I'll be cursed.
Even if I earn billions in four or five years, so what?
If I had the time, I would have earned it back long ago. "
"…"
Wu Yajun was speechless. She didn't realize it until Li Dong said it.
When he finished, Wu Yajun was a little dazed. It seemed to be true.
In these few years, no, just these few months, Li Dong had made a lot of money. Just by defeating Carrefour, he had earned more than 1 billion!
And it didn't seem to be much trouble. For him, earning billions in a few years did not seem worthwhile.
Was that so?
Wu Yajun was a little confused. In the end, she said with a blank face, "Dongzi, your Big Sis Wu is so shocked that I don't know what to say. I thought I was rich, but in your words, a few billion is nothing. If Old Yang and the rest heard this, I'm afraid they'll strangle you to death. "
"Why would they strangle me? I'm so poor now. Even eating is a problem."
"Get lost!"
Wu Yajun scolded. Li Dong shrugged his shoulders. Why didn't anyone believe him when he spoke the truth?
He was really penniless now. All his money had been taken away by Tan Yong to buy bonds in Switzerland.
And it wasn't enough. Li Dong shamelessly borrowed the remaining money from Shen Qian.
Previously, he had transferred 100 million to Zhang Lanyu. The 500 million that he kept in the stock market had long been used up.
At first, Li Dong thought that 500 million was enough for him to spend for the rest of his life. But now, he realized that 500 million was nothing!
He had invested some money in OPPO, and Zhang Lanyu had given him 100 million. The bonds also cost more than 300 million. He had wanted to buy some fixed assets, but he didn't have the money to do so now.
But it was a pity that no one would believe him if he said this.
Wu Yajun didn't believe him, and Li Dong didn't say anything else.
In fact, he didn't have many opportunities to spend money now.
When the group had extra money, he would get some money himself. Now, Li Dong couldn't use the money as pocket money.
The two of them chatted for a while. Today, Wu Yajun was here to send Li Dong off. He would be leaving Shancheng soon, and it was normal to have some business competition. Wu Yajun wouldn't forget to treat him to a farewell meal.
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