No matter how lively a topic is, it will come to an end.
With the arrival of the Lantern Festival, people went back to work, and schools reopened. Far away shops closed down and became a thing of the past.
It was only a week, and it was not like the company had closed down suddenly.
Far away shops might be worth discussing if they suddenly closed down now. But closing down for a week was not worth discussing for a long time.
…
While others were busy celebrating the Lantern Festival, Li Dong secretly went to Shanghai.
He had been monitoring the situation in Beijing for the past few days, and he realized that even though he had taken a step back, many people were still a thorn in their side.
Far away had conducted a self-inspection and invited the government for assistance.
In the end, there were more and more problems.
In fact, Li Dong was not surprised. There were no shopping malls that did not have problems. The key was whether they wanted to check or not.
Companies that were perfect could only wait to die of losses.
Taking a step back and threatening to leave, but he still could not resist this attack. Li Dong felt that it was better to stop playing around.
He wanted to see what would happen if he took a big step back in Beijing.
Three to five years later, the physical shop market would be in a slump, and he might be able to make it back without much effort.
Li Dong had his own reasons for not giving up on the physical shops.
It was difficult to survive with a single physical shop, but with e-commerce, there was still room for survival.
E-commerce giants would eventually penetrate into physical shops.
Both were not easy to survive on their own. Only by combining them would they be more competitive.
The trip to Shanghai this time was completely confidential.
There was no news of Li Dong's contact with the municipal government.
The municipal government could understand Li Dong's secretive attitude, but the more it was like this, the happier the municipal government was.
Li Dong's decision to go to Shanghai in secret was obviously a genuine one, and it was not a feint.
Before this, many people in Shanghai suspected that Li Dong was taking advantage of the situation.
If he really wanted to take advantage of the situation, Li Dong should have gone to Shanghai with great fanfare instead of negotiating with Shanghai in a secretive manner.
The relocation of Gome's headquarters was a company that once had a market value of 50 billion!
Coupled with the expansion of Distance Retail's investment in Shanghai, it was equivalent to introducing a company with assets of more than 50 billion. This was not a small matter.
Regarding Li Dong's request for confidentiality, the leaders in Shanghai who met with Li Dong happily agreed.
Although this kind of thing could not be hidden for too long, Li Dong did not ask for much. One week was enough.
If he really wanted to hide it for a week, it wouldn't be a problem.
…
On February 12th, Li Dong returned from Shanghai.
Two days had passed, and not many people noticed where Li Dong had gone these two days.
Over the past few days, the higher-ups of Far Away had been acting mysteriously. In addition, many of the heads of retail companies had come to Pingchuan. Far Away's annual meeting was just around the corner, and everyone was more concerned about the super annual meeting Far Away.
A large-scale annual meeting with 100,000 people was unheard of in Jiangbei.
Over the past two days, employees from faraway places had been rushing to Pingchuan. Buses came one after another. Because Beijing was closed for the day, more than a hundred buses had come at once to pick up the employees who were attending the annual party.
The people of Pingchuan had been attracted by the Far Away Annual Meeting and had forgotten about Li Dong.
… …
On the afternoon of the 12th, Li Dong rushed back to Far Away.
Chen Lang rushed over and said. "General Manager Li, almost everyone is here. Do you want to bring forward the meeting? By tomorrow, some of the retail giants will be here. "
Li Dong looked at the time and asked. "Who is here?"
"Many. Many of the top 100 retail companies are here too. Lu Province's Jia Yue, Zhejiang Province's Yintai, Henan Province's Dennis, Jin Province's Meitehao, Hunan Province's Jiahui …"
Chen Lang reported the names of more than 10 companies and continued. "There are more than 100 small and medium-sized companies here too. Manager Li, let's not talk about anything else. Just the number of retail companies attending this conference should be half of China's retail industry. "
Li Dong laughed. "You are exaggerating. Only 100 companies. Actually, the majority of Hua Xia's retail industry is still the small companies.
Take Beijing for example. Last year, their retail sales exceeded 500 billion!
Far Away is one of the top three. How much is that?
7 billion!
The top 10 companies do not even have 50 billion. How can they have so much market share?
But if there are too many people, it will be messy.
This number of companies is enough. If there are too many people, everyone will get a share, and we will not get much.
Among these hundred or so clans, we still have to eliminate a portion of them that don't have a good reputation or influence.
Also, the locations cannot overlap. If the two companies are the biggest competitors, will they give up because of us?
The first and second tier cities are already occupied by the retail giants. This time, we will focus on the third and fourth tier cities.
We don't want the other companies that are not big enough.
Even if we want to, we will talk about it in the future. "
Chen Lang frowned slightly. "Then we still have to get rid of a portion of these people. I'm afraid only 50 to 60 companies can really participate. Also, there will definitely be companies that will not agree in the end. I think it will be amazing if 30 companies can participate in the end. "
Li Dong smiled. "That's good. This is also my expectations.
There are too many. We can't handle it.
Just because we are cooperating doesn't mean that we won't care. Since we are doing a joint venture with Far Away, some things are our responsibility.
We don't expect to make money this time, but we can't tarnish Far Away's reputation.
How about this? Invite everyone tonight and tell them that I'm treating.
We won't go anywhere else. Far Away's canteen. We won't force those who don't want to come! "
Chen Lang hurriedly nodded. "I got it. By the way, General Manager Li, I'm worried that the news will leak out. If that's the case, it will be troublesome."
Li Dong smiled. "It's fine. Just try not to leak it out. Even if it is leaked, we must ensure that it can be done in one go! We won't give others a chance to spoil it! Alright, go and inform them that all of you will be attending tonight. If this succeeds, our position will be stabilized. "
Chen Lang's palms were sweating. This had never happened before.
No company would have such ambition to be the uncrowned king of a traditional industry!
There was still hope for the internet companies, but not the real industries.
It was too difficult to cover the real industries. Under normal circumstances, even if the scale was in the trillions, it would not be able to cover the whole of Hua Xia, let alone monopolize the market.
Using the few big banks as an example, the industry leader, the Industrial and Commercial Bureau could not monopolize the industry.
There were still a few companies chasing after them. Although this was what the government needed, it was enough to show that it was not easy to be the uncrowned king.
And this was Li Dong's goal now.
There was a possibility of success, but to Chen Lang, the possibility of failure was higher.
It was hard to appease everyone. Everyone was used to making their own decisions. Now that there was suddenly a mother-in-law in charge, would no one really care about this?
If Li Dong had set up a loose alliance, it would not be a problem.
However, that was not what Li Dong wanted. The first thing he said was that he could not tarnish Distance's reputation. That was enough to explain a lot.
Without supervision, how would you know if it was tarnished or not?
With the supervision, it would affect everyone's foundation.
Chen Lang took a deep breath and said. "I will inform them immediately."
"Go. It doesn't matter if we succeed or fail. If we can't be the uncrowned king, then we will be the real kings! It's just a matter of time. We can just wait for another 10 or 20 years! "
Chen Lang nodded heavily. It was more exciting to be far away.
He had been working for Huarun Group for so many years, and he had never been so nervous before.
Although sometimes they were too nervous and felt that their hearts couldn't take it, for the elites of the business world, this was the life they looked forward to.
… …
Li Dong had invited the retailers for dinner, and the news spread quickly.
Those who received the invitation were proud, and those who did not receive the invitation were disappointed, and some were hateful.
As for Li Dong, he was looking at the report and thinking about what to say tonight.
Before he finished thinking, his phone rang.
Li Dong picked up his phone and looked at it. He frowned and answered, "You're really well-informed!"
Ma Yun did not mind and said casually. "Do you mind if I go tonight?"
"I mind! I mind! Let me tell you. No way. Understand? "
"Didn't you ask me to come earlier? Hua Teng and I are here. Didn't you say you have something to discuss with us? What's wrong? We're here and you're hiding? Is this how a master should behave? "
Li Dong was speechless. "Don't look for trouble. Let's talk tomorrow. Furthermore, isn't Shen Guojun here? Both of you are in the same boat. Do you think you don't know? "
Ma Yun was speechless. As long as it was not related to interests, they would talk about anything.
However, if Li Dong really gave him a benefit that he could not refuse, it was not impossible for Shen Guojun to switch to Li Dong at any time.
When Li Dong mentioned the retail alliance, Shen Guojun was very interested. Otherwise, he would not have come this time.
Ali and Bailian had reached a cooperation agreement, but with Yintai, it was only a verbal agreement.
Although the two said they would cooperate, they could not discuss the details.
The reason for this was that Shen Guojun still had expectations for Li Dong.
If he went to Ali now, it would be a loss if Li Dong offered better conditions.
With this thought in mind, Shen Guojun kept joking with Ma Yun.
This time, Li Dong invited the retailers for dinner, and Ma Yun guessed it was related to the retail alliance.
Regardless of whether Li Dong forcefully annexed or formed a loose alliance, Ma Yun felt it was a huge threat.
Far away had surpassed Taobao's performance last year, and now he was trying to catch up. Although the two were focusing on different areas, their customer base overlapped.
The scale of the online shopping market was only so big.
Far away's share was Ali's share.
It was not easy for him to get delisted and chase Yahoo away. He was about to make a big move, but Li Dong's move was even bigger than his, and Ma Yun did not want this to happen.
Ma Yun thought about this and said, "You really don't want to invite me? Actually, we can also cooperate. There's no need to be opponents. "
"Let's talk about our business tomorrow. What I am talking to you is more important than this. Don't lose your priorities. You and Brother Ma can go play by yourselves. I will look for you guys tomorrow. "
Ma Yun hung up and shook his head at Brother Ma. "This guy is not willing. There's nothing we can do."
As he spoke, Ma Yun was still a little curious. "Why are you in such a hurry to meet him? Even if he becomes a big retailer, it won't affect you, right? PapaNet is already dying, and it won't affect you no matter how big he becomes. "
Ma Huateng frowned and said, "That's not it. Far away's technology is getting more aggressive recently, and I suspect Li Dong is up to no good. Especially after the Red Envelope System was introduced, they had snatched many of our users. Although we went online soon after, we were still too late, and most of the mobile market was taken by them. The mobile market is not big now, and I don't feel threatened. But I have a feeling that he is getting impatient. "
"Impatient?"
Ma Yun's eyes flickered, and after a while, he said, "You feel it too? That's right, he is getting impatient! In the past few years, although he was anxious, he was steady and did not rush. This time is different. I can feel that he wants to defeat us in one strike, and completely eliminate our competitors! Even if he can't kill us, he wants to make us unable to compete with him. This guy is up to no good! "
Ma Huateng took a deep breath and said, "He is up to no good. Recently, I have been guessing what he is going to do.
I put myself in his shoes and thought for a long time. The biggest possibility is still the mobile market.
He has always said that the mobile market is developing at an astonishing speed, and it might soon surpass the PC market.
I did not dare to believe it before, but now I believe it!
Especially with the launch of the Wan Tong mobile phone, the Red Envelope System, and the acceptance of smartphones by the public, I completely believe it!
This is the simplified version of the PC. It is more convenient and easier to use than the PC, and it has a wider audience.
Although there are still many problems that have not been solved, I believe that these problems will not be problems soon.
Li Dong has been setting up the mobile market for a long time. If he makes a move, it will definitely be in this area. "
As he said that, Ma Huateng looked at Ma Yun and said, "Although our positions are different, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. Tomorrow, we must find out his background. This time, I really feel a little uneasy. "
Ma Huateng frowned. At this moment, he really could not calm down.
It had been a long time since he felt this way.
Recently, although Li Dong did not make any big moves in the field of instant messaging, Li Dong was constantly reducing his living space.
In the gaming industry, because of Li Dong's interference, he had not been able to succeed.
In other fields, except for instant messaging, Far Away could not change the habits of its users and chose to live in peace. The other fields were reducing his living space.
If this continued, he would be nibbled away step by step.
At this time, Ma Huateng made up his mind. Regardless of whether he could get results this time, he would go to war with Far Away!
Previously, because of various concerns, he chose to consolidate his strength and ignore Far Away.
Now, he could not!
The mobile market came too quickly, and he was not ready yet. For now, he could only strike first and gain the upper hand.
While the PC market still had an advantage, he had to suppress Li Dong's momentum first.
He looked at Ma Yun, and Ma Yun was also looking at him. Then, the two of them nodded silently. At this moment, they had the same thought.
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