It was normal that they could not agree on the price.
Li Dong was not too conflicted. He could just take it slow. In fact, he still wanted to wait.
He wanted to wait for the Cheng Family to compromise and for the cooperation with Suning, Far away, and Huarun to be fully launched.
He would be a fool not to take advantage of the situation.
1.5 billion wasn't necessarily out of the question.
Back then, when Bain bought those convertible bonds, he didn't seem to have spent much money.
Bain Capital did not get all the bonds worth less than 5 billion. Li Dong did not know how much they got, but it was definitely not all of them.
If 3.5 billion was included, Bain would get more than 10% of the shares, and this was after the shares were diluted.
Bain's 3.5 billion would also be included in the total assets.
That would be two years later. The land price had risen, and the real estate price of Gome had also risen.
Bain could do it at that time. Li Dong felt that there was no limit to people's concessions.
As long as the pressure on Gome was too great, 1.5 billion might not be enough. Then, he would increase it.
Li Dong was also poor.
He wanted to buy Gome, but he did not want to pay. There was no limit to his greed.
After sending off the furious Du Juan, Li Dong stretched and looked at the time. He asked Bai Su, "Hsu Shengzhe and the rest have left, right?"
Bai Su nodded. "They have left. Also, when you were talking, General Manager Ma called."
"Which General Manager Ma?"
Li Dong knew many General Manager Ma now. Ma Yun, Ma Huateng, Ma Weihua, and this was Ma Jialiang, who killed Su Guo. Otherwise, there would be more General Manager Ma.
Just like last night's gathering, he did not know who he was referring to when he called General Manager Wang.
Bai Su hurriedly said, "Ali's General Manager Ma."
"In the future, when he calls, just say Old Ma and Ma Huateng will be Little Ma. President Ma of China Merchants Bank, just call me President Ma, lest I get confused. "
Bai Su was helpless. Can you not be entangled in these small matters?
Bai Su was too lazy to complain, nor did she dare to complain. She had no choice but to say, "Ma … Old Ma just called. He said that he will leave in the afternoon. He hopes to talk to you before he leaves."
Rubbing his chin, Li Dong pondered for a moment before nodding his head. "Call him back. Let's have lunch together."
Bai Su didn't say anything and went down to call Ma Yun.
She didn't dare to let Li Dong make the call himself. Everyone knew that the two of them would curse each other the moment they called.
…
Noon.
Lunch was at the restaurant of Li Dong's hotel.
Although Ma Yun called to say that he would talk to Li Dong, he was not the only one who came. Ma Huateng and Shen Guojun were also there.
Seeing these people coming together, Li Dong was slightly puzzled.
It was not strange for Ma Yun and Shen Guojun to come, nor was it strange for Ma Huateng to come. But why did the three of them come together?
Before he could ask, Ma Yun took the initiative to say, "Only business, no nonsense. If you provoke us again today, we will beat you up!"
Li Dong: "…"
At this moment, Li Dong really wanted to curse. What did I do to you?
I didn't even say anything, and I even invited you to lunch. Can't you be more polite?
Shen Guojun saw this and quickly said with a smile, "Alright, don't make a fuss about this. We still have to catch a flight in the afternoon. Let's talk business."
Li Dong said angrily, "Am I making a fuss? Also, you are all rich people. Don't you think it's too shabby to catch a flight every day? Buy a private jet. I can borrow it at the same time. "
The few of them were speechless. We are as rich as you?
You are such a miser. You complain about being poor every day. You can't even bear to buy a plane, and you still have the cheek to criticize us?
Of course, in this day and age, there were not many people who bought a private jet.
In 2008, there were less than 20 private jets in the country. It was not like in a few years. Almost all the tycoons at the top of the list of billionaires had a private jet.
Today, among the tycoons in the business world, the only one who bought a private jet was Old Wang.
He was old and could not move around much, so he had no choice but to buy one.
Guo Guangke had wanted to buy one previously, but the market was not good this year, so he could only temporarily give up on the idea.
Ma Yun and the rest could not be bothered to argue with Li Dong on this matter. Once they sat down, Ma Yun said, "The payment license is coming soon. Not this year. It should be in January. I heard you have made a big move recently? "
Li Dong raised his brows. "What big move?"
"Stop pretending. It's about the QR code payment."
Ma Yun went straight to the point. "I heard you are working with OPPO to develop a smartphone that can support QR code payment.
Li Dong, your product is about to be launched. Tell me about it.
Also, what are you going to do with your balance?
Next, you are going to solve this problem. What are you going to do with the reserve funds?
Also, you have been integrating online and offline shopping at Far Away Mall for some time. How is the effect?
Has the sales of your physical stores increased or decreased?
Has the cost increased or decreased?
Will it affect your physical stores?
Also, the online and offline prices are the same. The cost of physical stores is obviously higher than e-commerce. You can either increase the price online or lower the price offline.
But you are not doing it all yourself. You are still working with China Resources.
I saw that you are using a compromise price. This way, your online competitiveness will decrease. At least, you will not be able to compete with us and Jingdong.
What are you going to do next?
If you lower the price, China Resources will not agree. Not to mention you want to build a retail alliance. The other participating companies will not agree either.
If you increase the price, your advantage in online channels will be weakened. Even if your profits increase, it will not be enough to recover your losses.
Now, many people are going to take this path. But it is full of difficulties. How are you going to balance it? "
Ma Yun was direct and asked a series of questions.
He did not want to look for Li Dong initially. But these questions were stuck in his throat. He had to ask.
If he did not ask clearly, he would have to think about these things when he goes back.
Not only him, but Shen Guojun, who wanted to join the alliance, was also puzzled.
Of course, Brother Xiao Ma did not come for this. He just wanted to ask about mobile payments, so he came to listen in.
Li Dong was speechless. "This is considered a trade secret. Old Ma, a man needs his pride. Are you not embarrassed to ask me these questions? Also, do you think I will tell you? "
Ma Yun frowned and said, "I know that my question is a little overboard. I won't talk to you about other things. You only care about benefits. If your QR code payment service is really useful, we will cooperate with a large number of merchants in Alipay. We still have a large number of partners in Alipay. I can give you the partners in Jiangbei! "
Li Dong sneered and curled his lips. "Insincere! You might as well give me all of them. Even if you don't give them to us, others will use our mobile payment service. You are making it sound like you are losing out. "
Although he said that, Li Dong still said simply, "QR code scanning payment. Actually, you can tell from the name. It's not that complicated.
I believe that all of you should have some guesses and understanding of the situation.
However, the premise of everything was built on the basis of fast payment.
Without express payment, scanning is useless.
We have reached an agreement with the major banks a few days ago. We will support Wan Tao's express payment. This is the core of our business.
As for you, I know you will plagiarize … "
"Ahem!"
Xiao Ma, who was at the side, coughed softly and said calmly, "QR code payment is not your patent."
Li Dong raised his eyebrows. "Don't say that. QR code is not our patent. But there are many patents for QR code. Our company has made many improvements and obtained more than ten patents for QR code technology. We are the first to synthesize QR code and use it in the payment field. The core Chinese code is free for public use. But if it involves our patent, don't blame me for sending you to court. "
Er Ma's face turned black. This was not the first time this guy sent them to court!
Ma Yun's face turned black. "Don't worry. We will develop it ourselves. We don't need you. Stop talking nonsense. Continue!"
"I hope so. Otherwise, I will keep an eye on you. It's not a bad idea to rip you off."
Li Dong smiled proudly and continued, "The specific method is actually very simple. It's just an idiotic operation.
I am going to add a QR code scanning function to our Wantoon.
Merchants or trading partners can use our synthesizer to synthesize their own QR code. It can be displayed on the phone or printed out directly.
As long as the code is scanned, a payment page will appear. You can fill in the payment amount yourself.
This way, it will save the previous complexity. There is no need to enter the card number, wait for the bank's text message, or even check the bank account.
Our balance account is for this purpose.
After scanning the code, the funds will not enter the bank card but the balance account. It is a one-stop service.
This way, mobile payments will be extremely simple. "
Li Dong briefly explained. At this time, there was no need to hide.
Once the home appliances to the countryside policy is out, they will officially promote this plan. It will happen in a few days.
When the time comes, everyone will know. There was no point in hiding.
A few days was not enough for them to follow the trend. If they really wanted to follow the trend, they would have to wait until next year.
Moreover, it was not just this. There was also the problem of mobile phone manufacturers. If the terminal did not support it, it would be useless even if they developed it.
Far away was working with OPPO to customize this smartphone in advance.
Other mobile phone manufacturers were also developing smartphones. But they were not as fast and were still waiting.
Even Huawei had been developing smartphones for a long time. However, they had not released the actual product. They were probably still testing it.
Ma Yun and the rest wanted to work with other manufacturers. They could only look for OPPO now.
Most importantly, as the major shareholder, Li Dong will not agree to this.
They had to occupy the market first. If they wanted to do it, they could do it themselves. It was hard to say if others would approve of it.
Both Ma Yun and Ma Yun understood this. But they had expected this, and they did not need to be discouraged.
The two of them were still immersed in Li Dong's idiotic operation!
The current mobile payments were too troublesome. It was so troublesome that Tencent even brought a POS machine to their doorstep.
Previously, Distance's mobile payment system had been simplified a little.
However, due to the problem of the card number and the balance of the account, the frequent malpractice still made people feel complicated.
But if what Li Dong said happened, where you can scan your phone and enter the amount, and the transaction will be successful, it will change the current mobile payments industry!
Both of them looked at each other and were shocked.
After a while, Ma Yun said in a deep voice, "Is it safe?"
Li Dong smiled and said, "There may be some problems in the early stages. But as the technology matures, the safety will be guaranteed. Also, I've put in a lot of money this time. If there is a safety problem, as long as it is Far away's responsibility, we will pay for it in full. So, after the application period, I don't think it will be a big problem to promote it. In addition, the customers will be relieved. "
Ma Yun had a headache. That means Zhi Fubao is really in danger!
But now, he had no good way to solve this problem.
If he knew this would happen, he would not have asked.
Ma Yun sighed in his heart and said, "In this way, your transaction volume will definitely increase greatly. What about the reserve?"
Li Dong said lightly, "Wait for a while. I won't do it. A third party will supervise and put the interest there first. Or, I will return it to the customer in the name of the withdrawal fee. This is still being discussed and should be approved. The interest will be used as the handling fee. The bank will still earn money, so the possibility of it being approved is very high. But I am still talking with the bank about waiving the handling fee. When the negotiation is done, the money … "
Li Dong said softly, "Didn't you say that changing the bank is quite suitable?"
Ma Yun was shocked and the other two also raised their eyebrows. After a while, Ma Yun said, "I support you on this. Ali will follow up and help you bear the pressure!"
Li Dong said with a smile, "Thank you. But next time, don't make it sound so great. I'm not used to it."
Ma Yun did not continue and said, "There's also the problem of the same price online and offline. How do you balance this? What do you plan to do in the future? Will you reduce the price or increase the price? Or will you continue to maintain the discount? "
Speaking of this, Li Dong also had a headache. After a while, he said, "I am still looking for the most suitable plan. To tell you the truth, I can't do the best at the moment. In fact, if I don't join a third party, I won't have a headache. I will definitely reduce the price myself. At most, I will earn less. But if I join a third party, I will be in a difficult position. Of course, this is based on the online business. Under normal circumstances, if the online business is good, it will even exceed the sales of their physical stores. Then what's there to talk about? Of course, I will use my standards. The key is still in the early stage. I might give you some subsidies and use the online commission to compensate for the offline losses. "
Ma Yun raised his thumb and praised, "It's about the same as what I thought. You're quite daring. I'm afraid the initial investment won't be too low. It won't be surprising if it's a few billion."
Li Dong said with a smile, "Wool comes from the sheep's back. It's just a little less. But once I open up my channels, Old Ma, you will have no way out."
Ma Yun shook his head and did not care about what Li Dong said.
Taobao's position was not the same as Li Dong's.
Cheap goods would never be eliminated. This was also the main reason why there were so many fake goods.
Now, he was in a difficult position. That was why he sought a change.
However, success or failure was due to the same person. In the early stage, Taobao was mainly a third party and focused on cheap goods.
At this time, it was impossible for him to cut off the C2C business. He would not cut it off.
He asked Li Dong about this because he wanted to make preparations for Tmall Shopping Center. It was not a conflict for him to start anew and C2C to continue doing his own business.
However, at this moment, Ma Yun was not very confident.
Far away, the big net had already been opened. Whether it was the payment business or the O2O business, they were all doing well. At this time, could he compete with Li Dong?
As for Ali's side, it had not started yet. He did not have any foundation. It would be difficult to compete with him!
Would there be a turning point in the mobile phone industry?
Thinking about this, Ma Yun was a little distracted.
Not only him, but Shen Guojun and Ma Huateng were also distracted.
Li Dong was always one step ahead of others. He was also very powerful. Once he thought about it, he would do it.
Under such circumstances, it was hard for others to catch up.
It was different from some small enterprises. Even if they did something, they did not have the ability to promote it. Big enterprises could still snatch food from the tiger's mouth.
Far away, it was very difficult to snatch food from the tiger's mouth.
Seeing that they were distracted, Li Dong smiled and raised his eyebrows. "Don't despair. Actually, I did all this standing on the shoulders of you giants. You did not lose to me, but to yourselves."
When he said that, they thought that he was deliberately provoking them. How could they take it seriously!
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