The Beijing International Convention Center was located to the north of the National Olympic Stadium.
Li Dong was not familiar with Beijing and often confused the Beijing International Convention Center with the National Convention Center.
Not only him, but even Bai Su, a secretary who had only been to Beijing a few times, was also confused.
Originally, Li Dong usually followed the principle of proximity when he went out and stayed in a hotel.
Wherever it was, he would stay there.
Qi Yunna had wanted to help Li Dong book a hotel, but Bai Su said that it had already been booked.
However, when they arrived at the hotel, everyone realized that it was still a few kilometers away from the Beijing International Convention Center.
InterContinental Beichen Hotel.
Bai Su's face was red. She lowered her head and bit her lip. After a while, she said with reddened eyes, "General Manager Li, I'm sorry. I made a mistake and did not prepare well."
Li Dong did not care about this. He smiled and said, "It's okay. I often get mixed up. Besides, it's not far. It's only a few minutes' drive. InterContinental Hotel is a bit better. "
Liu Hong, who had arrived with them, also smiled and said, "Assistant Bai, we have to thank you. If we really did as General Manager Li said, we would have to stay at the Five Continents Hotel. There's a big difference between the two."
Even though the two said that, Bai Su still felt a little upset.
Although this matter was not a big deal, a mistake was a mistake. No matter how many excuses there were, it was still an unforgivable mistake.
Most importantly, this time, Qi Yunna had said that she would help to book the hotel, but she insisted on doing it herself. In the end, something went wrong, and it showed her incompetence.
Bai Su bit her lip and did not say anything. Li Dong did not say anything either.
As he led everyone upstairs, Li Dong said, "What's the schedule for tomorrow?"
Bai Su suppressed the self-blame in her heart and quickly said, "There will be an opening ceremony at 9 am tomorrow. The leaders of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and various departments will attend and give opening speeches. There will also be an opening speech. The organizers invited us to give the opening speech, but you rejected it. Now it's Baidu's turn.
"Li Yanhong wants to brag about his C2C. Let him have the chance. Let's see if there's a good show tomorrow. "
Li Dong joked. He didn't care too much about the change of the guest speaker.
The organizers had indeed invited him to talk about the media and O2O.
Far away from the Weibo platform and Far away from the O2O model were indeed the industry leaders at this time. It was not too much to ask Li Dong to be the opening guest speaker.
However, Li Dong had been in the limelight a lot recently, so he couldn't be bothered to care about this.
Besides, he wasn't here to promote these things, so it didn't matter if he gave an opening speech or not.
Bai Su continued, "At 10 o 'clock, the opening ceremony will end. Next, there will be a general meeting that will last until 12 o' clock. At 1: 30 pm, an international summit would be held until 5: 30 pm. These were the arrangements for tomorrow. The day after tomorrow, there would be an annual meeting for the higher-ups in the morning and a charity event in the afternoon. On the 25th, the e-commerce summit will be held in the morning, and the closing ceremony will be held at noon. "
Li Dong nodded slightly. The schedule was quite tight.
Of course, he didn't need to attend all of them. He could attend if he was interested, and it would be enough for Liu Hong to attend if he wasn't interested.
In fact, in the past, it was the CEOs or Vice-CEOs of some companies who attended the meetings. The actual chairmen rarely attended.
This time, it was mainly Ma Yun who invited him. In the end, Li Dong and Ma Yun came, Li Yanhong wanted to promote her C2C, and Ma Huateng was the partner of this meeting …
With a few Internet giants here, how could the others sit still?
Perhaps even the organizers didn't expect that this internet conference would attract so much attention.
As they spoke, Bai Su's phone rang.
She had always been in charge of Li Dong's work phone number.
It was also this phone that rang.
Bai Su answered and said a few words. Then, she hung up and said, "General Manager Li, the general meeting has just ended. You have been elected as the Deputy Chairman of the Hua Xia Internet Association."
Li Dong smiled and said, "Not bad. I became an official."
He wasn't too surprised. The Chairman of the Hua Xia Internet Association was usually an official.
But as long as you were strong enough, there was a 99% chance that you would be the Deputy Chairman.
However, Li Dong still asked, "Who's the Chairman? How many Deputy Chairman are there? "
"The Chairman is still Fellow Hu. There are a total of 24 Deputy Chairmen. Also, the association has made arrangements for tonight. I hope that everyone can gather and discuss the rules of the meeting. I hope you can attend."
Li Dong looked at the time. It was already afternoon.
After some thought, Li Dong said, "Forget it. Help me reject it. I have an appointment tonight."
"Alright, I got it."
"Wait, let CEO Liu attend on my behalf. I don't want them to discuss it in advance. I don't know about it."
Liu Hong couldn't help but laugh. He nodded and said, "Alright. General Manager Li, don't worry. I definitely won't give them a chance."
"Alright. You guys rest first."
As Li Dong spoke, he turned to Qi Yunna and said, "Yunna, let's go down and have a cup of tea."
Qi Yunna smiled and nodded. She followed Li Dong into the elevator again.
…
On the second floor of the hotel.
Although it wasn't time for afternoon tea, there were many people in the restaurant.
Li Dong and Qi Yunna found a place to sit down and randomly ordered two set meals. Li Dong looked around and said thoughtfully, "What do you think of the InterContinental Hotel?"
Although InterContinental Beichen had the word "Beichen" on it, the hotel management had nothing to do with Beichen.
Similar to the city complex, Beichen was only responsible for building buildings. The hotel management was outsourced.
Far away, 10 city complexes were about to start construction. They were already preparing to start attracting investors.
InterContinental Hotels was quite famous. It operated more than 4,000 hotels around the world. It was also a giant in the hotel industry.
It owned a few major hotel brands. InterContinental Hotels, Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza, Holiday Inn Wisdom, Indigo Hotels … They were all under its banner.
InterContinental Hotels was also one of the partners that Li Dong was looking at.
Qi Yunna smiled and said, "General Manager Li should be asking CEO Wu about this …"
Li Dong shook his head and smiled. "Don't play dumb with me. It's not like you don't know that the Far away City project has been singled out."
Qi Yunna thought about it and said, "IHG is quite famous. IHG has been ranked number one in the world's hotel group rankings for the past few years. However, I heard that their way of working together is relatively more domineering. It's difficult for the management to interfere with them. As for Beichen, it's completely managed by IHG. Beichen can't interfere at all. If we work with them, we have to be prepared to let them be. Otherwise, I'm afraid there will be trouble along the way. "
Li Dong nodded slightly. They were number one in the world. Domineering was a given.
Just like Far away, Far Away was also domineering when it came to working with them in China.
However, InterContinental Hotels did not have much influence in the country. If they really wanted to work together, Far Away could help them gain a foothold in the country and open up the market. There was still room for negotiation. They would not be at a disadvantage.
After all, the hotel was not their main task at the moment. Li Dong said a few simple sentences and did not say anything else.
Changing the topic, Li Dong said, "How's the supermarket situation in Huabei?"
"Very good. Previously, you warned all the major suppliers. Although a portion of Huabei's suppliers were removed, the few new suppliers that joined were very obedient. The pricing policies were given the most favorable. In addition, Far Away's logistics were in charge of transportation. There are fewer and fewer problems now. The main problem is with Tengxiang … "
Qi Yunna said hesitantly, "General Manager Li, we just gave up on working with Tengxiang. In the end, we handed over half of Huabei's business to them. If this gets out, I'm afraid it will hurt our reputation. Those who don't know might think that we compromised and Tengxiang broke the contract. Not only did we not pursue the matter, but we also increased the order. "
Li Dong nodded. This was indeed troublesome.
After thinking for a while, Li Dong said, "The main problem is still publicity. Communicate with Tengxiang and see if they can give us more preferential policies. Also, publicize that Tengxiang paid a 500 million security deposit before we came to a new cooperation agreement. As for whether they believe it or not, let them. Let Tengxiang cooperate. "
"Okay, I got it."
"…"
After talking about the supermarket for a while, Qi Yunna finally lowered her voice and said, "General Manager Li, I'm afraid Director Huang is now under surveillance. It won't be long before it's all over. "
Li Dong was not too surprised. He only lamented, "At the end of the day, it's all because my roots are not strong enough. If it wasn't for those dog-eat-dog incidents, who could have taken him down so easily? I heard that this guy was still jumping around a few days ago, hoping that I would save his life. With his gloating attitude, there's no need to sympathize with him. However, Suning got lucky. After they took over Dazhong and continued to expand in Beijing-Tianjin, did they do any market research? Did their market share in Beijing-Tianjin reach half? "
Back then, the bet with Suning did not include online sales. Of course, the online market share at that time was also negligible.
Li Dong wanted to end this agreement as soon as possible before the e-commerce market hit the real economy on a large scale.
Otherwise, in the future, when Suning's electronics market was hit by e-commerce in Beijing-Tianjin, Suning might have some problems.
Li Dong was not afraid, but the key was that it would be troublesome.
If he insisted on competing with you in the e-commerce market, even if the contract did not say so, it would be ugly for everyone in the end.
Far away, the electronics market in Beijing-Tianjin was gradually expanding.
Except for a few stores that cooperated with Suning and continued to let Suning settle in, many stores had already begun to operate independently.
In the end, if Far away became big, it would shrink the Suning market. At that time, Li Dong did not know whether to laugh or cry.
In fact, after Suning acquired Dazhong Electronics, there was not much suspense in the VAM agreement.
Dazhong's market share in Beijing-Tianjin was even higher than Gome, and it had been the number one home appliance in Beijing-Tianjin for many years.
In the Beijing-Tianjin area, Dazhong's reputation and status were not any weaker than Gome.
After Suning acquired Dazhong, plus its own business, it had already surpassed Gome.
Of course, surpassing Gome did not mean that it had obtained half of the market share.
However, these three were all home appliance chain giants in Beijing-Tianjin. Together, they divided up nearly 90% of the market share.
Among the 90%, whether Suning accounted for 50%, Li Dong was not too clear.
He was not clear, but Qi Yunna understood. She nodded and said, "According to the data and financial reports released by both sides, Suning has already surpassed Gome. In the first half of the year, Suning's total sales in Beijing-Tianjin were 8 billion, while Gome's were only about 5 billion. However, the overall data still needs to be reported by the National Bureau of Statistics and the National Development and Reform Commission. Without official data to support it, Suning may not necessarily admit it. After all, once they admit that their market share in Beijing-Tianjin has reached more than half, our cooperation will be completely terminated. At that time, we can vigorously develop our own home appliance industry. In fact, at this time, Suning intends to let us improve our own performance. Maybe they have other ideas. "
Li Dong heard this and sneered. "Zhang Jindong's calculations are very clear. Don't bother with him. These two days, you go to the National Bureau of Statistics and the National Development and Reform Commission. They should have a detailed statistical report for the first half of the year. However, they usually do not make it public during the year. I know this. Think of a way to get them to cooperate and come up with a detailed report. Then, we can end the bet with Suning. With the constraints of the bet, it is not good for us to develop our own home appliance business. Suning is hoping to use this to suppress me. If they have the ability, they should not do business themselves. If they have products, they should not sell. "
If Suning really did not sell their products and chose to close down, then Li Dong will admit that he lost.
However, the agreement between the two sides was within five years. Only a little more than a year had passed, not even two years.
If they closed down for three years, or forcibly suppressed their own business for three years, how much would Suning lose? It was simply not something that a bet and a billion worth of property could make up for.
Therefore, from the beginning, both sides did not restrict this point.
Everyone was not an idiot. If there was a business to do, if there was a market to fight for, if there was a bet, this kind of person was destined to not be able to do big things.
Now that Suning's market share in Beijing-Tianjin had exceeded half, the other party was just deliberately dragging it out and refusing to admit it.
With the data from the National Bureau of Statistics as support, Suning had no choice but to admit it.
The data from the National Bureau of Statistics was not necessarily accurate, but relatively speaking, they were professionals in doing social surveys and statistics on people's livelihood and economic data. This was recognized by the entire government department.
As long as this data could pass, it would be useless for Suning to say anything. Even if it did not reach half, the National Bureau of Statistics would meet the conditions if it reached half.
Qi Yunna nodded. She also wanted to end the bet as soon as possible.
Otherwise, she would always feel that her hands and feet were tied.
They wanted to do their own home appliance business, but they did not dare to do it big. Suning did their activities, and Far away did not dare to go all out to grab the market. Suning and Far away cooperated, but Far Away was often in a weak position.
All of this was because of that bet.
Otherwise, during this period of time, Gome was in a weak position. Far Away should have seized a part of the market no matter what.
In the end, because of the restrictions of the bet, Qi Yunna had not made any moves.
Now, Li Dong had decided to lay his cards on the table and forcefully end the bet. Then, the next step would be easy.
Once Old Huang entered, Gome would be in a mess for a while. Qi Yunna could also seize a part of the home appliance market in Beijing-Tianjin without any worries.
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