That night, Li Dong drank and sang with a group of bigwigs from the Entrepreneur Club.
Just as they were relaxing and venting, there was another uproar on the Internet.
"If the banks don't change, then change the banks!"
"Internet plus, the integration of traditional industries and the Internet industry!"
"The four giants join forces and blow the horn!"
"Li Dong, the giant who props up traditional industries and the Internet!"
"…"
News after news broke out after three days of brewing, completely igniting a storm of public opinion.
This young man, who was only 23 years old, was not satisfied after becoming the richest man in the world. After causing an uproar in the traditional industry, he instantly changed his identity and used the identity of an IT magnate to push the entire IT industry into another field.
The change of identity came so suddenly.
Many people had forgotten that Li Dong was also a magnate in the IT industry.
His Far Away Technology was valued as high as 40 billion before it was listed, but many people had forgotten this point.
It was not that they had really forgotten, it was just that Li Dong's series of actions in the early stage made people subconsciously think that Li Dong was a magnate in the industry.
Until the Internet Conference was held, until Li Dong used his identity as a magnate to talk and laugh with Li Yanhong, Ma Huateng, Ma Yun, and a group of people.
At this time, everyone finally came to a realization!
Li Dong was not only a magnate in the industry, he was the most successful businessman in the traditional and virtual world for so many years.
He was not an Internet upstart, but a top magnate with a solid foundation.
It was really not right for such a person to be forgotten by the IT industry.
…
That night, many people were lamenting. "Li Dapao is starting to talk again!"
"This is the general's financial sector, does he want to open a bank?"
"Don't tell me he's thinking about online banking. Let's see how the major banks respond."
"Will it really work to open a bank online?"
"…"
Some people were doubtful, some people were looking forward to it, but no one really took Li Dong's words seriously.
Even though the words "changing the bank" didn't come from Li Dong's mouth, Ma Yun was subconsciously ignored.
This was also human nature. Currently, Ma Yun's fame was not even half as great as Li Dong's, so the media naturally focused on Li Dong.
Some tabloids even mentioned Ma Yun a few times, but some reports didn't even mention Ma Yun's name from beginning to end.
Li Dong still underestimated his influence. He always felt that his strength was not strong enough. The Faraway Group was only a hundred billion dollar group.
Compared to the trillions in the future, he was still too weak.
However, he had forgotten that it was still 2008, not the era of trillions of companies competing.
In 2008, Tencent ranked first in the IT industry in terms of market capitalization, and Baidu ranked second. Both companies' market capitalization had not reached 20 billion USD.
Another point was that market value was not the same as total assets, let alone net assets.
Market value was just how optimistic the outside world was about a company. It was a way to evaluate the company's future. Although it was related to the company's assets, it had little to do with it.
In essence, today's hundred billion dollar industrial groups had far more influence than the Internet companies with a market value of 100 billion.
In terms of private industries, the Association was ranked first. Industries generally looked at revenue, and the Association's revenue this year was definitely not as good as Faraway's.
Therefore, in summary, Li Dong was the real number one person in the business world today.
The reason why he underestimated his own influence was because he compared it to the future. On the other hand, it was indeed because of his age that he subconsciously neglected it.
Li Dong's age was sometimes very confusing.
Not only were outsiders confused, but he himself would often have this kind of misunderstanding.
In other words, if Li Dong was 40 years old, then all the previous troubles would be easily solved. How would Han Yu and the others dare to plot against him?
Because of the age that did not match success, everyone forgot about these things.
This time, Li Dong's previous explosion in the industry, coupled with his ability to control the situation at the Internet conference, made everyone completely awake.
Age could be used to judge others, but it could not be applied to Li Dong.
Age was no longer Li Dong's weakness. Instead, it became his strength.
Because of his youth, his future was limitless. Perhaps, in a few years, he would achieve more than what he had achieved now.
At this time, Li Dong's words would no longer be treated as a joke.
Li Dong felt that the financial industry would not care about him, and he felt that the monopolistic giants would not take him seriously.
But this time, Li Dong was wrong!
His words … or rather, Ma Yun's words, immediately attracted the attention of the major financial institutions.
Even the leaders of the Central Bank. While dealing with the financial crisis, they were looking at Li Dong's speech records at the Internet conference.
Especially when it came to the Internet finance, it was even more important.
Not only the Central Bank, but the relevant departments of the State Council also looked at the relevant files.
But Li Dong did not say much at the conference. It was just some general direction, and it was hard to judge whether the Internet entering the financial industry was good or bad.
The country was generally focused on stability, but the government of Hua Xia was also very open sometimes.
Stability was stability, but the government did not want stability to become conservatism.
That was why whenever there was a new change, the government loved to test it out!
Pilot area, pilot unit, pilot time, pilot scope …
In short, give it a try!
Feel the stones to cross the river, and promote the new thing within a certain scope. Anyway, Hua Xia was a big country, and even if there were some problems, the government could quickly regulate it.
Whether it was good or bad, how would they know if they did not try?
If it was really good for the country, the higher-ups would not mind promoting it on a large scale.
That was why when Li Dong's idea came out, the first thought that flashed in the minds of all the leaders was to test it out!
Was there any place more suitable than Jiangbei for the pilot?
If it was really feasible, and it could really promote the stability and development of the social structure, it would no longer be out of place from Jiangbei to Huadong, and then to the whole country.
…
Li Dong obviously did not realize this.
He did not think about the pilot issue. He was thinking about whether to agree or reject it.
Of course, a pilot was not a bad thing.
If the government really agreed to use Jiangbei as the pilot area and gradually expand the scope and openness of the internet financial industry, that would be the best.
At the very least, limiting the pilot to Jiangbei would eliminate the competition from other companies.
After a period of time, they could fully promote it. Far away, they would build a reputation and foundation, and gain the trust of users. At that time, would people still choose Ali or Tencent?
Because Li Dong did not know all these, he did not think too much.
At this moment, Li Dong was drinking and playing finger-guessing games with a few old guys. Ma Yun, who was beside him, was holding the microphone and shouting with all his might.
It's hard to imagine this guy beating his chest while singing.
That scene was too beautiful, and Li Dong did not want to look at it.
With Ma Yun's small chest, was he not afraid that he would punch a hole in it?
Accompanying Ma Yun was Lei Jun, the former CEO of Jinshan. At the end of last year, he officially resigned from Jinshan and entered the angel investment field. Now, he had invested in many famous projects.
According to Lei Jun, he had invested in YY, La Qala, Van Ke Chengpin, Joyo … a few companies.
These companies were established not long ago, and their performance was average.
But Li Dong knew that this guy had sharp eyes. After he made a killing from these projects, it would probably be time for him to establish Xiaomi.
Li Dong had never thought of recruiting Lei Jun. This guy was different from Wang Xin.
Wang Xin was young, had no money, and had no connections …
But Lei Jun had everything!
He had money, connections, qualifications, and everything. The only thing he lacked was a core goal.
You can't recruit this kind of person.
It would be hard for Li Dong to deal with him if he was recruited. With his seniority, it was inevitable for him to clash with Li Dong.
When Lei Jun and Ma Yun came back from singing together, Li Dong teased, "You two are so gay now. Ma Yun, if I were you, I wouldn't sing with Lei Jun even if you beat me to death. Have you forgotten the humiliation?"
Lei Jun couldn't help laughing. Ma Yun's face was flushed red. It was unknown whether it was because of the alcohol or because he was angered by Li Dong. He muttered, "I can see it now. You're trying to kill me by sowing discord between me and everyone. If you don't take the right path, you'll end up like this! "
"What do you mean by driving a wedge?" Li Dong chuckled. "I'm being serious. If I was humiliated by Lei Jun, I would have at least received a beating when I met him today. Only a coward like you, Old Ma, can sing along with him. Spineless. "
"Stop, stop, stop!"
Lei Jun bitterly smiled as he interrupted, "Li Dong, I didn't offend you, did I? We have no objections if you want to mess with Ma Yun, but don't drag us into it. We're just bystanders, so why are you bringing up the past? "
Everyone burst into laughter.
Many years ago, before Ma Yun rose to fame, he had looked for investors to invest in him.
At that time, Golden Hill was one of the overlords among the internet companies in the country.
Lei Jun was the General Manager of Golden Hill back then, and Ma Yun had looked for Lei Jun to discuss a project, but he rejected him.
It was normal for him to reject him, but that wasn't the main point.
The main point was that when Ma Yun woke up, someone recognized Ma Yun and started talking about the past.
It turned out that after Lei Jun rejected Ma Yun, he turned to his friend and said, "There was someone with a rat's head just now, and his mouth was full of nonsense. Did he do multi-level marketing?"
Many people burst into laughter when they heard that.
But to be honest, Ma Yun back then was not much different from multi-level marketing. Otherwise, he would not have been known as the "Great Hoodwinker."
Of course, Ma Yun had his own merits. He was not a vengeful person.
Even though Lei Jun had said such things, Ma Yun did not take it to heart. In fact, he even mocked him from time to time.
If it were anyone else, they would have fallen out with each other just because of that.
But when Ma Yun succeeded, his relationship with Lei Jun turned out to be quite good. It had to be said that bearing was one of the factors for success.
Having one more friend and one less enemy would make one more powerful. Many people understood this principle, but it was difficult to do so.
For example, Li Dong found it difficult to do so.
Of course, this also had to do with age, experience, and status. Once you reached that status and experienced a lot, perhaps some of the things that bothered you in the past would naturally disappear.
The few of them chatted and laughed, but it was not all about dissing each other.
Talking about the future, talking about ideals, and gossiping were the main points of the gathering.
The night gradually deepened.
Everyone was tired and exhausted.
Before leaving, Ma Yun did not go against Li Dong. He patted Li Dong's shoulder and said, "Li Dong, although you are not a good person, you are to my liking! In the Hua Xia business world, you are one of the few people that I look up to. Ma Huateng only knows how to take advantage of others. Li Yanhong is even more narrow-minded than you. She only knows how to daydream. Zhou Hongyi plays this today and that tomorrow. She doesn't have a plan … Only you can do something. I have high hopes for you! "
The corner of Li Dong's mouth twitched. He flung his hand away and said angrily, "I don't need you to look up to me. If the two of us stand out, will others know who you are?"
With that, Li Dong looked at Ma and Li and teased, "Can't you say anything after being slapped in the face?"
Li Yanhong smiled faintly and said, "I'm used to it. When it comes to daydreaming, how can I compare to him? Let him take advantage of me verbally. He's like this every time he drinks. "
Ma Huateng was even puffing smoke as he yawned and said, "You took it seriously. Disperse, wash up and go to sleep. I have a flight to catch tomorrow morning. Li Dong, we won't be fighting in the PC war anytime soon. It looks like your goal is to start a war in the MI field. I'll wait for you to provoke me and let others see that I don't just know how to take advantage of others! "
Li Dong was all smiles and said, "Alright then. Wash your neck and wait for me. I'll cut off your head!"
The corner of Ma Huateng's mouth twitched. After a while, he said, "You two arrogant people are getting more and more arrogant. Just you wait. We will know who will be beheaded in the future!"
After saying that, Ma Huateng took the lead and left.
Li Yanhong glanced at Li Dong and Ma Yun, then smiled and said, "You guys fight all you want. I'll continue doing it. I don't believe that I'll really die just because you guys say I'm dead. The next time you guys come to Capital, perhaps the e-commerce world will be divided into three! "
"Keep bragging." Li Dong scolded with a smile and said, "Don't talk about these useless things. It's the right thing to do to support Weibo's technology. If we make money, you'll have a share. Don't think about these useless things."
"That's true. You're still helping me make money now. I can't really bully you too much."
Li Yanhong laughed and waved at the crowd before getting into the car and leaving.
Li Dong and Ma Yun did not say anything else. Liu Chuanzhi and the other big shots either said some harsh words or said a few words of provocation before gradually dispersing.
The lively atmosphere completely dissipated.
Li Dong got into the car and rubbed his cheeks. For the first time in five years, he seemed to have completely integrated into this circle.
It was not a small circle of individuals, but the circle of the entire industry.
To put it more bluntly, it was only now that Li Dong was officially recognized by the entire business circle. He was treated as a person of the same level by all the big shots in the business circle.
In the future, Li Dong would not have the face to say that he was a child anymore.
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