That night, news of Far Away's lack of funds started to spread.
Some people did not believe it, but some believed it without a doubt.
Unlike the previous reports online, the news this time came from within the circle.
Some people even swore that the source of the news came from Sun Yuehua.
In the eyes of ordinary people, Sun Yuehua was extremely low-key. Many small businesses and businessmen did not even know who Teng Xiang was.
But there was no one who did not know this woman.
She was one of the most successful women in the Beijing and Tianjin area.
She had a deep background. Even a family like the Shen family, which was worth billions, could not say for sure that they could beat Sun Yuehua.
Some people also knew that Sun Yuehua's daughter had a close relationship with Li Dong.
The two of them established East Star Entertainment in Jiangbei and even created a high-end charity dinner like East Star Charity Night.
At this time, the news from Sun Yuehua was obviously not fake.
Sun Yuehua had no reason to frame Li Dong at this time. If it was not true, Sun Yuehua would be looking for trouble for herself by speaking nonsense.
Moreover, the two of them had been working well. If it was not true, would Sun Yuehua be willing to give up her business with Far Away?
…
Pingchuan.
It was already very late at night.
In the class reunion group.
The originally quiet classmate group suddenly boiled over.
Zhang Jindong suddenly said, "Dongzi, I received quite a lot of news today saying that you have some trouble on your side. Do you need help?"
As soon as Zhang Jindong spoke, Li Dong, who had been lurking for a long time, immediately came online and said, "Dongzi, I heard about it too. The news has already spread. TCL is holding a board meeting overnight. But no matter the outcome, I will definitely support you! "
Huiyuan Zhu Xinli immediately said, "Dongzi, don't be anxious. Let us know if you need money. Huiyuan's payment can be delayed for three to five months. If you need help, just give us a call."
Next, Chen Kaixuan and the others, who worked together with Li Dong, also sent a message saying that they were not in a hurry to pay for the goods and could delay the payment.
When necessary, the students from the class association would support Li Dong.
Liu Chuanzhi even said that the Association could send a call at any time if it was one or two hundred million.
The entire student group was instantly flooded with all kinds of messages.
At that moment, Li Dong didn't pay attention to this. When the news came out, Wu Yajun called.
Over the phone, Wu Yajun said in a heavy tone, "I already knew that you were in trouble when I saw the news on the internet. This time, someone must be targeting you. But I thought that you would notice it and even restrain yourself, but who knew that you … "
Wu Yajun didn't know what to say. This time, it could be said that Li Dong brought this upon himself.
At this moment, Li Dong was still repeatedly making a move, spending a huge sum of money.
Far away City might be the turning point of Far Away City.
If there was a little carelessness, it wasn't impossible for a hundred billion group to collapse.
Li Dong's desire for grandeur finally tasted the consequences.
Because of what happened in Shancheng, Wu Yajun and Li Dong had some competition, but watching Li Dong's demise, Wu Yajun couldn't describe the feeling in her heart.
After complaining for a while, Wu Yajun sighed softly and said, "It's not convenient for me now. If it was in the past, I would support you without a second word even if it was two or three billion. Now, Longhu can't take out so much money, and there's not much money on the books. I'll think of a way to raise five hundred million and transfer it to you. Dongzi, this time, you've gone through a difficult time. Reflect on yourself more. This time, you were really too impulsive. "
Although Wu Yajun's words sounded like she was lecturing him, to be honest, Li Dong was quite touched by the amount of five hundred million.
Real estate companies were having a hard time in 2008. Raising five hundred million to support Far Away City wasn't as easy as imagined.
A friend in need is a friend indeed. Only at this time could one see who was real and who was fake.
Wu Yajun was naturally sincere. Yang Shaopeng, who called later, was also sincere.
When Li Dong looked back at the messages in the group, it was hard to say whether the others were sincere or not, but Zhang Jindong, this bastard, was definitely not sincere!
Li Dong gritted his teeth. This guy, it seemed like he wanted to give him a push.
There were many people in the group. Some of them hadn't received the message, and Zhang Jindong could have sent him a private message.
But he didn't and chose to make it public in the group.
It seemed like he had good intentions, but in fact, he had hidden evil intentions.
Zhu Xinli, Li Dong, Chen Kaixuan …
These people's companies all had cooperation with Far Away City, and they were also Far Away's major suppliers.
Li Dong's cooperation with these companies in the group had reached more than three billion in each cycle.
Zhang Jindong obviously didn't have good intentions when he sent this message at this time.
Li Dong snorted. His cooperation with Suning seemed to have come to an end.
Since the merger of Faraway Supermarket and Far Away Mall, Far Away had become Suning's biggest competitor, even surpassing Gome.
Gome, because of Old Huang's troubles, was not as big of a threat.
On the contrary, Far Away's online and offline integration was further integrated, and the e-commerce business had snatched a lot of Suning's market share.
Beijing and Tianjin were still fine, but in Huadong, other than Suning's old nest, Sunan, Suning had shown signs of decline in other places.
Although he could see Zhang Jindong's evil intentions, Li Dong didn't say much.
He calmly thanked everyone for their support, and confidently confirmed that Far Away was fine, and when he really needed support, he would ask everyone for help.
Although some people didn't believe it, some people felt that Li Dong should have confidence.
If he really didn't have confidence, Li Dong should be grasping at every straw, and there was no reason to refuse support.
…
September 9th.
The sky was clear.
It was a very normal day. Those who should go to school went to school, and those who should go to work went to work.
As for the heated discussion about Far Away and Li Dong on the internet, it was all gossip.
Ordinary people were too far away from Li Dong.
Even if they quarreled to the skies, they couldn't hurt a single hair on Li Dong's head.
Beijing.
Huadong District, Far Away Headquarters.
From a small run-down building at the beginning, to now, Far Away had rented an entire three-story building in Beijing.
As long as Beijing Far Away City was completed, Far Away would immediately be able to change into a more luxurious and imposing standalone office building.
These few days, despite the heated discussion on the internet, Far Away's employees still did what they had to do.
They had confidence in Li Dong, and they also had confidence in Far Away. Even if they had individual concerns, because of Far Away's recent actions, they let go of their worries.
Even if the sky fell, there would be tall people to hold it up.
Even the CEO of Huadong District, Qi Yunna, wasn't in a hurry, so what were they in a hurry for?
Last night, Qi Yunna had just rushed back from the stone door.
Just this time, Qi Yunna had taken down two pieces of land, spending a total of nearly 5 billion.
Spending money so lavishly, Far Away's employees in Beijing had long since stopped thinking about money.
Early in the morning, a few employees were discussing, "You guys, when do you think the last piece of land can be taken down?"
"I think it'll be soon. If it's not today, then tomorrow. These few days, Far Away has been dominating the news. Even my wife, who doesn't pay attention to the news, is now discussing the Far Away City plan with me. "
"Me too. My mom even called last night and asked me if Far Away's work was Far Away as stated in the newspaper."
A few of them discussed for a while, and someone whispered, "You guys, those things about General Manager Li, are they true?"
Everyone lowered their voices, and someone carefully replied, "Whether it's true or not, it doesn't have much to do with us anyway. The chairman will definitely be able to settle it. Our company is now the number one private company. Not only is it the number one private company, but it's also the number one retail company, and it's not far from the number one express delivery company. Top ten logistics companies … Also, our Far Away Foundation is currently the largest corporate charity foundation in the country. At this point, even if the chairman really did that, I think there won't be a problem. "
Everyone nodded in agreement.
Far Away had become the number one private company. This was not just an empty boast.
During the 2008 financial crisis, the situation of all enterprises was not good.
The Association, which occupied the throne of the number one private company, had not fallen from the number one position for a full nine years.
But this year, in the first two quarters, the Association's performance was average.
Although the Association's financial statements for the second quarter had not yet been released, there was news on the Internet that the Association's revenue for the first two quarters of the first half of the year was only about 8.5 billion US dollars.
Not long ago, the US dollar exchange rate fell below 7.
In the first half of the year, the Association's revenue was less than 60 billion RMB.
What about Far Away?
Even without the big sales in July, this was, after all, the third quarter's performance. Even so, Far Away's performance was not low.
Faraway Supermarket itself had revenue as high as 30 billion RMB in the first half of the year.
Carrefour, after being acquired, could be counted as Far Away's performance. The first half of the year's revenue had also reached 10 billion RMB.
The supermarket's total revenue was as high as 40 billion RMB.
In addition, there was also the shopping mall and the Wan Jia website. In this area, the total revenue had reached more than 26 billion RMB in the first six months. Only the self-operated business was included, and Far Away Mall had more than 18 billion RMB.
These two areas, the supermarket and shopping mall, had a revenue of more than 58 billion RMB in the first half of the year.
Far Away did not only have these two industries. The real estate company did not have much revenue in the first half of the year, but it was not the same for logistics. Even if logistics only provided services to Far Away, they still had to collect money. Friendship price was also money.
The revenue did not include the investment. Far Away Logistics had fought many big battles in the first half of the year, including the snow disaster.
The revenue from the logistics side was not low either. In the first half of the year, it had reached more than 2 billion RMB.
In addition, there were PP, Weibo, and other industries. The internet industry's revenue was not high, but after half a year, it had reached nearly 1 billion RMB.
Do not underestimate this 1 billion RMB. At this time, Ali's revenue was not considered high. In 2007, it was only slightly more than 2 billion RMB. This year, it was slightly more, but it would not exceed 4 billion RMB.
Tencent was slightly higher, but this year's revenue should not reach 10 billion RMB.
The reason why Ali sounded impressive was because of Taobao's performance. As for Taobao's revenue, because it was not self-operated, it was not included in the group's total revenue. Therefore, these two companies could not even enter the Hua Xia Fortune 500.
All in all, Far Away, excluding the shopping mall, had a revenue of 1 billion RMB in the first half of the year. It was definitely not low.
So far Away's total revenue in the first half of the year was more than 61 billion RMB.
In the second half of the year, Far Away's performance would only be better. It was even possible that it would be double of the first half of the year.
So far Away's revenue for the whole year would not be difficult to reach 150 billion RMB.
As for the Association, which had been the top private company for nine consecutive years, it would be extremely difficult for it to reach 150 billion RMB this year.
As long as there were no problems in the next few months, Far Away's position as the top private company was set.
At this time, those Far Away also considered themselves to be the top private company.
Would it be so easy for the top private company to have problems?
At least in the eyes of the employees, no matter how it was spread on the Internet, Far Away should not have any major problems. Li Dong would not have any major problems either.
Li Dong had been praised by the higher-ups. So far Away had even been on the news several times.
It had not been a long time. No one thought that anything would happen to Li Dong.
…
Just as everyone was talking about it.
Suddenly, there was a commotion outside the office.
Then, the voice of the company's front desk could be heard. The young receptionist said anxiously, "Everyone, President Qi is really not here. Without an appointment, President Qi will not see anyone!"
"Young lady, you don't have to follow us. We're just here to look for President Qi. If we can't see President Qi today, we'll go to Pingchuan to see General Manager Li! Since something has happened, we need an explanation. We won't leave until we see him! "
"Yes, isn't President Qi back? We only came because we knew she was back. "
"…"
The commotion outside was getting louder and louder. Soon, the sound was approaching the office area.
The receptionist could not stop it anymore. She rushed in and shouted, "Manager Wang, there are guests who want to see President Qi. Without an appointment, I can't stop them."
A middle-aged woman who had just walked out of the manager's office frowned slightly. She glanced at the people who followed her in and forced a smile. "President Zhu, Boss Hong, what are you doing?"
There were four or five people who entered the door with the receptionist. Seeing that Manager Wang had spoken, the bald middle-aged leader smiled dryly. "Manager Wang, we're here to see President Qi."
"President Qi is not here yet. You should have called to make an appointment before you came."
Manager Wang said indifferently and then said to the receptionist, "Xiao Zhang, go ahead. Since you're here, follow me to the conference room. Don't disturb other people's work."
Although Manager Wang did not drive them away, his attitude was not friendly.
Since when did someone dare to break into the office Far Away?
Even billion-dollar tycoons wouldn't barge in without making an appointment before coming.
Qi Yunna was not important, but Li Dong was.
Barging in like that was not even giving Li Dong any face.
Manager Wang also knew these people. Far Away was just a few medium-sized suppliers in the capital. These people relied on Far Away to make a living, but they dared to be so rude.
If it were not for his image, Manager Wang would have asked the security guards to kick them out.
The small bosses were a little embarrassed, but they were not as rude as before. They followed Manager Wang to the conference room obediently.
As a result, Manager Wang said, "Wait for President Qi to come." Then he turned and left the conference room without even pouring a cup of tea.
The small bosses looked at each other. After a long while, someone gnashed his teeth and said, "Let them show off first. We just need to get the money. Far Away is finished. Let's see how arrogant they can be!"
"Ahem!"
The others all coughed lightly and did not dare to interrupt.
Although they were worried that they could not get the money back, Far Away was still a giant in their eyes. It was better to be careful with their words.
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