The press conference ended quickly.
However, Li Dong's comments on Gome and his entry into the Xiangjiang market soon spread.
For a time, cries of wolves spread all over Xiangjiang.
Although Xiangjiang was not big, as the Oriental Pearl of Asia, there were all kinds of shopping centers.
Among them, the largest retail group was Watsons Group under Changjiang.
In the eyes of the mainlanders, Watsons Group only sold cosmetics and facial masks …
However, in fact, Watsons Group was a veritable retail group, including Baijia Supermarket and Taste Department Store.
Baijia and Taste. One was a normal supermarket, while the other was a boutique supermarket.
These two brands had a lot of businesses in Xiangjiang and hundreds of stores.
After all, how big was Xiangjiang?
Together with Watsons Group's own stores, it could be said that Watsons Group occupied half of the retail business in Xiangjiang.
The other half was occupied by Jardine Matheson.
As one of the world's top 500 companies, Jardine Matheson owned the first supermarket brand in Xiangjiang — Huikang Supermarket.
In addition, it also had the authorization to operate 7-Eleven convenience stores in Xiangjiang.
In other words, the 7-Eleven convenience stores and Huikang Supermarket in Xiangjiang all belonged to Jardine Matheson.
Jardine Matheson and Changjiang were the two largest retail groups in Xiangjiang.
Faraway Group's main business was retail. Once Faraway entered the market, it would definitely snatch the retail market of these two companies because Xiangjiang's market was almost saturated.
There was no room for a third super retail group to enter the market. There was no other way but to compete.
At this time, Li Dong suddenly announced that he would enter the Xiangjiang market. In the eyes of the outside world, it seemed to be a provocation to Changjiang.
After all, the confrontation between the Chaozhou merchants and the Jiangbei Business Gang had already affected Hong Kong.
Fang Keng showed up in person to deter the Tide Merchants in Xiangjiang.
Changjiang chose to stand aside. Logically speaking, Li Dong should not provoke a war at this time, which was not good for his acquisition of Gome.
What was Li Dong thinking?
…
Not only the outside world wanted to know about this, but Shen Qian also wanted to know.
She had long known that Li Dong wanted to enter Xiangjiang.
But Shen Qian still couldn't help but say, "Why did you announce that you're going to Xiangjiang today? It can be another time."
Li Dong said with a smile, "There's no difference, it's just something along the way. Besides, everyone knows that I'm going to Xiangjiang. It's the same whether I say it or not. Now, I'll build up momentum and let everyone be mentally prepared. "
"But …"
"You mean the one in the Yangtze River?"
Shen Qian nodded. At this time, Li Dong was competing for the controlling shares of Gome. She could not afford to lose.
Even though it was unlikely that the other party would fall out with him because of what he said, if the media interpreted it too much, it could cause the other party to lose face and cause some unexpected things to happen.
Seeing Shen Qian's doubt, Li Dong narrowed his eyes and said with a smile, "Nowadays, Huikang and Baijia occupy more than 70% of the retail market in Hong Kong.
Far away, if they wanted to enter, they could only pick up some leftovers.
That's not my purpose. I heard that although Baijia's performance has been good recently, its profit is average.
For Old Li, who is used to making a lot of money, he probably doesn't care about Baijia's cash flow now.
But we're different. Our main business is retail. Profit is secondary, and the key is the global layout.
Old Li doesn't care about this small profit, and I want to enter Hong Kong at this time. So, what do you think? Will you fight with me for the department store business, or will you just pack it up and sell it to get back a large sum of money to invest in more profitable business? "
Shen Qian was surprised and said, "That's impossible. Even if Baijia's profit is not high, as a supplement to Watsons … "
"Watsons is a retail group in name, but its main business is medicine, beauty, and health care. It can be said that there is no business supplement between the two. Whether Baijia is sold or not has little impact on Watsons. Moreover, Baijia also has many stores in Minnan and Guangdong provinces. If we buy Baijia, we can calmly expand the coastal market. This time, if we can expand from outside to inside, from Xiangjiang to the coastal area, I'm afraid that people will be shocked. "
Li Dong joked. Of course, the reason why he wanted to buy Baijia was not a fantasy.
In his previous life, Old Li transferred his assets and sold his business, and it was very popular at that time.
Baijia was also one of the businesses that Old Li was going to sell.
Huarun Resources almost bought Baijia.
But in the end, because of the price, both sides could not reach an agreement, and Changjiang gave up on selling Baijia.
Since it could be sold in his previous life, why can't it be sold in this life?
Huarun Resources could not afford that much money, but it doesn't mean that Li Dong can't.
Of course, the current Li Dong can't afford it.
Old Li might not want to sell Baijia at this time, but he can promote the Far away threat to the outside world first, and then talk about selling it later. That way, it will be easier to negotiate.
Buying Baijia meant that Li Dong had opened up the Hong Kong and Macao markets, as well as the southernmost market in China.
Plus, after buying Gome, Li Dong would be invincible in Hua Xia.
Bailian, Suning, Huarun Resources …
These companies were strong, but they combined Far Away, Carrefour, Gome, Baijia, Times … Far Away Retail Group. Their strength was not something that Huarun Resources could compare with.
Plus, with online supplements, the next thing Li Dong needed to do was to wait for the integration of resources.
At present, the biggest problem for Far Away was not the external enemies, but the internal ones.
Because it rose too fast and merged with too many companies, it caused the resources to not be completely integrated, and its competitiveness was slightly weaker.
Otherwise, after the integration of Far Away Retail, there was no need to be afraid of Suning or Bailian.
After completing the layout of Hua Xia, he would think about the international market. Anyway, in the domestic market, Li Dong could completely dominate the retail industry.
Shen Qian said helplessly, "You haven't even taken down Gome, and you are already thinking about Baijia.
Li Dong, I don't know if you are ambitious or greedy.
Based on what you are doing, after taking down Gome, Baijia, and after taking down Baijia, you might start thinking about other companies.
This kind of crazy expansion, you are not tired, but the group really needs to rest.
After five years of continuous expansion, everyone is tired.
Now, everyone is persevering because they see the dawn of dominating Hua Xia.
However, the competition in the international market is more intense than the domestic market.
In a short period of time, there is no hope of dominating the international market. At that time, everyone will be tired. "
Li Dong thought for a while and nodded. "That's true, but we will see when the time comes. Now, we have to settle the domestic market first. Moreover, taking down Baijia is just a thought. Old Li has a big appetite, and I don't want to spend too much money, so I don't think we can come to an agreement. I am just testing the waters now, and we will see when the time comes. "
After that, Li Dong smiled. "Let's not talk about this first. I will make a few calls and ask Old Ma if they saw the photos of my fleet."
Seeing Li Dong stand up to make a call, Shen Qian was speechless!
Is this the time to show off?
We haven't even talked about Gome!
You didn't even ask about Wan Tong!
You don't even care about the international war on Weibo, and you still have the mood to show off to Ma Yun?
Shen Qian was speechless. Seeing that he really went to the balcony to make a call, she shook her head and sighed. "You make the call. I will go out and ask about the Huang family."
"Okay, I will look for you after I make the call."
Li Dong replied and started dialing the number.
After chatting with Ma Yun and the others for a while, Li Dong looked around the room. Shen Qian was not there and probably would not be back for a while. Li Dong sighed and dialed another number.
Just now, when he said that he was talking nonsense with Ma Yun and the others, he was just putting on an act for Shen Qian.
Today was the 3rd, the Laba Festival.
Today was Yuan Xue's birthday. Li Dong could not leave now and could not go to the US, but he could not pretend that it did not happen.
Last time, he had used shameless means to delay them. If he did not even ask about her birthday, Yuan Xue would say goodbye to him completely.
As for Shen Qian, although he knew about Qin Yuhan and Yuan Xue, it did not mean that Li Dong could call them unscrupulously in front of her.
Some things were one thing to know, but it was one thing to know that the person was not in front of her, and it was another thing to be by her side.
No matter how magnanimous a woman was, if her fiancé, who was about to get married, still talked to another woman on the phone in front of her, she would be magnanimous.
…
New York.
It was already afternoon in Hong Kong, but the sky in New York was still dark.
In Queens.
Flushing, Queens, was the most Hua Xia Chinatown neighborhood in the whole of New York.
In recent years, immigrants from Hua Xia, including immigrants from Southeast Asia, would generally choose Flushing when they came to New York.
As for Yuan Xue, she bought a detached villa in Flushing not long after she came to New York.
In 2008, affected by the financial crisis, especially in the place where the financial crisis originated, the housing prices in New York plummeted again and again.
A detached villa in New York sounded impressive, but in fact, it was not expensive at all.
A detached villa of more than 200 square meters was bought by Yuan Xue for less than 800,000 dollars.
4,000 dollars per square meter, of course, was not low when converted to RMB. But in the United States, of course, it was settled in USD, so the price was not too high.
It was expensive to stay in a hotel every day abroad.
Moreover, this time, it was not Yuan Xue who came to New York.
The bodyguards arranged by Li Dong also had to eat and drink. Instead of a few hotel rooms, it was better to take advantage of the falling housing prices and buy their own property.
The bodyguards lived downstairs, and Yuan Xue lived on the second floor.
It was past midnight, but Yuan Xue was still awake.
She did not have many hobbies during these days abroad, but she had a new hobby, Weibo.
The international version of Weibo had been available in the United States for some time, but there were not many people now. After all, Weibo was a little later than Facebook and Twitter.
After browsing Weibo for a while, when she saw the photo of Li Dong with the plane fleet, Yuan Xue suddenly laughed and said softly, "You can't be missing anywhere."
This man seemed to be everywhere.
Even if he was far away on the other side of the ocean, he could always be heard of.
The battle of Gome's power was not only spread in China, but also in the United States.
This man, who was known as the king of Hua Xia's retail industry, was really going to unify Hua Xia's retail industry this time. Far away in the United States might be seen next.
After staring at the photo for a while, the man in the photo smiled a little reservedly, but looking at it carefully, Yuan Xue seemed to be able to feel his pride.
It was as if he was saying, "Look, I also have a plane fleet!"
After a long time, Yuan Xue sighed softly and was about to turn off the computer to sleep.
Before she moved, her phone suddenly rang.
In the early hours of the morning, the ringtone was particularly loud.
She picked up the phone and looked at it. When she saw the familiar number, Yuan Xue was stunned for a moment, and then slowly answered the phone.
…
Hong Kong.
The phone was connected, and Li Dong said with a smile, "Happy birthday!"
"Do you still remember?"
Li Dong quickly said, "Of course, I calculated the time. It's the 3rd in the United States, and I was the first to call you after 12 o 'clock to celebrate. I should be the first, right? I've been too busy these days, and I really can't leave. Otherwise, I would have gone to the United States to celebrate your birthday in person. "
…
New York.
Yuan Xue smiled and said softly, "You can tell a lie like the truth. You've done your best."
"Absolutely the truth!"
"Believe it for the time being." Yuan Xue interrupted his self-defense, thought for a moment, and then said, "How have you been recently?"
"It's like this. Without you, I can't even lift my spirits to work. You don't know that I can't sleep every night. I have serious insomnia. Alas, people tend to have insomnia when they have something to worry about … "
Yuan Xue laughed again and said playfully, "If you really miss me so much, then I'll go back and accompany you every day. In this way, you won't have insomnia, right?"
Li Dong immediately said, "You're definitely welcome!"
Yuan Xue sighed and said helplessly, "You're much better at talking than before. It seems that these years, your ability to talk is getting better and better. In the past, when you encountered this kind of question, I'm afraid you wouldn't answer so quickly. Staying silent is probably your most likely choice. But now, you've changed. "
Li Dong laughed dryly and said, "Of course not. I miss you from the bottom of my heart."
"Forget it. Let's not talk about this. I've already seen how thick-skinned you are last time, and there's no need to see it again. It's snowing in New York. How about you? "
"No, it rarely snows in Hong Kong. But it's snowing in Jiangbei. Although it's not heavy, it's still snowing. Don't worry, I still remember our agreement. It's snowing, and the gift will arrive tomorrow morning. I thought that if it didn't snow, I could save some money. It's a big loss … "
A smile appeared on the corner of Yuan Xue's mouth. Scenes flashed through her mind. After a long time, she said, "I seem to have made a big profit from that greeting card. The gifts I've received over the years are probably enough to buy tens of millions of greeting cards. Have you ever regretted it? "
"No, I just think that you have a good eye. Back then, we didn't get along very well, but you actually gave me a greeting card. You really have a good eye. I'm afraid you've already seen that I'm not an ordinary person, right? I know that I've always been exuding an indescribable aura of a king. Have you felt it? "
Yuan Xue was amused. After a long time, she said faintly, "When my classmates celebrated their birthdays, I gave them all gifts. But your greeting card was the cheapest …"
On the other side of the phone, Li Dong had a bitter look on his face. Those words were too hurtful.
But soon, Yuan Xue said softly, "However, the other students' birthday gifts were all bought. I made your greeting card myself."
Li Dong regained his confidence again. However, before Yuan Xue could finish, she said, "Because I think that since you're so bad, spending a dollar is a loss. You might as well not spend any money."
Li Dong was speechless.
The two chatted for a while. It was already late at night in New York, and Li Dong did not continue to chat. Half an hour later, the two hung up.
After hanging up the phone, Li Dong leaned on the sofa and looked out of the window at Victoria Harbor in a daze.
As for Shen Qian, she had entered the room at some point. Seeing that he was lost in thought, she gently walked behind him without saying a word.
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