Li Dong quickly hung up.
Without waiting for Yuan Chengdao and the rest, Li Dong sat down and took a sip of water. He frowned and said, "I am here for the Top 500."
Yuan Chengdao hurriedly said, "No, no. The Top 500 is just a side note. This time, I mainly wanted to report to you about the Retail Industry Association.
We had started to consolidate all the industries, and it is almost over.
We had planned to complete it by the end of May, and we have reached our target.
Changing the license, accessing the data, unifying the membership, supply channels, logistics, warehousing, and pricing …
All of these things had been completed for now.
In June, we can announce Far Away Alliance to the outside world.
In fact, these companies have almost become our franchises, and the management is even stricter than the franchises.
As long as the supervision is in place, I think Far Away Alliance's influence will increase … "
Yuan Chengdao spoke with fervor and assurance. As for the matter of the top 500, he only mentioned it briefly, as if he really didn't come here for that.
Liu Hongmei and the rest were envious. They did not expect their CEO to be so talkative.
He did not talk about the Retail Association previously, and now he is talking about it without stopping.
Li Dong did not interrupt him. He waited for him to finish before saying, "You can arrange these things as you see fit. Just do a good job of supervision. Don't let these companies ruin the credibility that Distance has built up. Let's talk about the Top 500. We are ranked 280th. Are you all satisfied? Hua Xia's Internet company is not even close to the Top 500. Do you all think it's good? We have left the other domestic retail companies far behind. Don't you think it's even better? "
Li Dong saw that Yuan Chengdao was about to speak and pressed his hands together. "It's normal for you all to be happy. I am happy too.
It is not easy to enter the Top 500 in five years, and everyone's contributions should not be ignored.
But I just want to tell you that we are still far from becoming one of the world's giants!
Which company have I always taken as our goal?
It is none other than the top retail giant, Wal-Mart.
Wal-Mart might have lost its position as the world's number one, but it is still third.
As for the revenue, it was a little over USD 400 billion.
Moreover, almost 90% of Wal-Mart's business was offline, and almost all of Wal-Mart's revenue came from retail sales.
On the other hand, we have many sources of income, including real estate, logistics, and half of our income comes from the online game.
In terms of the offline industry, we only had about 100 billion yuan last year, less than 15 billion USD.
We're comparing revenue with Ali and the others, just like Wal-Mart is comparing revenue with us.
Internet companies may have an excuse, but we are in the same industry as Wal-Mart.
Between people of the same trade, there was still a need to compare, and it was more worth it to compare.
Their offline revenue is more than 20 times ours!
From this point of view, to put it bluntly, we are not on the same level as Wal-Mart.
This year, we acquired Gome, so the situation is slightly better, but the gap is still huge.
You might say that it's meaningless to look at revenue. After all, a company doesn't only care about revenue.
But since it's meaningless, what's the point of being in the top 500?
You should know better than me why we only look at revenue. In fact, everything in a company is built on the foundation of revenue.
No matter how much you boast about a company's profit margin, so what?!
Your revenue is 100 million, and all of it is profit, that's only 100 million.
But what about Wal-Mart?
With more than 400 billion USD in revenue, even if its profit margin is only 3%, it will still make about 15 billion USD in a year!
Wal-Mart's annual revenue alone is enough to create a 100 billion RMB corporation.
So what if the profit margin is low?
Also, the higher the revenue, the higher the value of the industry. With 400 billion USD in revenue, Wal-Mart has leveraged at least a few trillion USD in the market.
At this time, who dares to make Wal-Mart close down?
No one dares!
No one dares to do such a thing. Even if Wal-Mart no longer makes profits, it can still survive for decades.
It's been 47 years since Wal-Mart was founded in 1962. What do you think is the possibility of Wal-Mart existing for another 53 years?
At least in my opinion, 499 of the top 500 companies have disappeared. The last one left should be Wal-Mart. "
Yuan Chengdao doesn't quite agree with this.
There are so many top 500 companies in the world, and some of them are even the supporting industries of some countries. How can they all disappear, but Wal-Mart still exists.
But since Li Dong said this, he just listened and didn't refute.
Li Dong didn't say this to say this. Who knows what will happen decades later. 53 years later, if these people are still alive, they can have a gathering and think about how many companies are left in the top 500.
Li Dong didn't continue talking about this. He said again, "I'm not saying this to express anything. I just want to tell you that we actually still have a long way to go.
During this period, we have taken down Gome and Tencent.
Weibo is also going to be listed, and it will be worth tens of billions of USD. Maybe to everyone, this figure is an astronomical figure, and there is not much room for growth in the future.
But the truth is?
Don't talk to me about market value. When I talk to others about this, it's to bluff them. Don't bluff, and you all take it seriously.
I once said that we will surpass Wal-Mart. Now, in China, we are doing better than Wal-Mart.
But do you all really think that we are stronger than Wal-Mart?
Bullsh * t!
Since we have set a goal, and we are still very far away from this goal, what reason do we have to be complacent?
What reason do we have to think that there is no room for growth So far away?
Their revenue is 400 billion USD, and most of it is offline. Their offline revenue is more than 35 billion USD. We might not be able to reach 35 billion USD, but at least half of it.
Our offline target is 180 billion USD, and the rest is to surpass them online. That way, we can win them wholeheartedly … "
Li Dong was still talking when Yuan Chengdao interrupted him for the first time this year. "Wait, General Manager Li, what do you mean?"
Li Dong raised his eyebrows and said, "What I mean."
Yuan Chengdao choked for a moment and was a little speechless. But he still said, "You just said that you want to surpass Wal-Mart. Are you serious?"
"Do you think I'm joking? I have been targeting Wal-Mart since 2007, don't you know? "
"But I have always felt that it is a goal, an expectation for the future, and an incentive for everyone!"
Yuan Chengdao was a little excited and continued, "More than 400 billion USD, close to the 300 billion RMB mark.
If we want to do half of what they did offline, it will be more than 100 billion in sales.
"Also, if we surpass them online, Far Away Mall will have a revenue of more than 100 billion.
"General Manager Li, I feel that even if we have goals and expectations in business, we can't set our sights too high.
"So far away this year is actually developing well, especially with the merger of Gome. Our revenue will definitely increase by a lot.
"But even so, Tencent's Internet businesses did not provide us with much growth.
"If everything goes well, we may achieve a breakthrough by the end of the year. There is hope for us to break the 300 billion revenue mark offline. Online, excluding the Wanjia Web, there is hope for us to break 200 billion.
"This is the best expectation, the highest expectation!
"In 10 years, our retail business will have a revenue of up to 500 billion USD. This is already the limit that I can imagine.
"On the basis of 500 billion USD, we will achieve a breakthrough of six times.
General Manager Li, how long do you think this will take? "
Li Dong said calmly, "Two years!"
"Two years!"
Yuan Chengdao suspected that Li Dong had not woken up yet. Not only him, even Shen Qian suspected that Li Dong was agitated.
From 500 billion USD to 300 billion USD in two years?
So far away's revenue could exceed 1 trillion USD in two years, let alone 300 billion USD. Yuan Chengdao did not even dare to imagine it.
As for Taobao in his previous life, it was a third-party business. It was still very different from a self-operated business.
That was the revenue created by countless businesses and enterprises. So far away wanting to surpass a single company was also a different concept.
Revenue was often related to the amount of investment.
If one did not invest to expand the scale, how would the revenue increase?
So far away, if they could achieve 500 billion USD in revenue this year, in fact, the investment funds over the years would add up to hundreds of billions.
How much money did they spend on Gome?
The bank still owed close to 100 billion USD in loans, and that was all from throwing money at it.
300 billion USD in revenue, even if it was just investments, it did not matter if it could meet expectations or profits.
Online and offline, So far away, it was impossible to not invest 300 to 400 billion USD.
The key was the layout of the offline stores. To achieve 1 trillion USD in revenue, the investment capital would not be less than one-third of this amount. That was the most basic.
Two years. Where did Li Dong get the confidence to say this?
Wal-Mart had been established for nearly 50 years. So far away, it had only been 5 years. It was difficult to make up for the time difference of 10 times.
Yuan Chengdao and the rest were shocked, but Li Dong laughed and said, "Why? Do you think I am crazy?
Don't worry, my mind is clear!
You are just not confident.
We started from zero, and it took us 6 years to reach the 500 billion USD mark.
With 500 billion USD as the foundation, achieving a 6 times increase will only take two years.
To put it bluntly, I am not too concerned about profits. As long as I can maintain my expenses, so what if I do not make a profit?
I just want to achieve my goal and surpass it. Why not?
If I say this, I will be proud, you will be proud, and the Hua Xia government will be proud!
The world's number one company is Faraway Group. Tsk tsk, just thinking about it makes me excited.
Other companies have to consider the source of profit and many other things. I really don't care about all this.
What's more, if I really become number one in the world, I don't believe that there is no profit. Am I right?
You came at the right time. Go back and make a plan for me. "
Liu Hongmei wiped the sweat on her forehead and said with some doubts, "What plan?"
"A plan worth 300 billion USD in two years! And the offline sales must reach at least 1 trillion USD. What should we do in order to achieve this? You guys can use your strength a little. Don't think about the investment, don't think about the profit and cost. Just think about how to do it. So far away will not go bankrupt. "
"This …"
Liu Hongmei was a little dumbfounded. Liu Qi on the side coughed lightly and said, "General Manager Li, what you mean is, don't consider external factors. Anyway, we just need to increase revenue. Is that right?"
Li Dong smiled and said, "You can say that."
As soon as this was said, Yuan Chengdao and the others breathed a sigh of relief.
In their opinion, Li Dong's words were more of a way to comfort himself.
Anyway, just make a plan. As for how much money to invest, how much manpower and material resources are needed, there is no need to think about it.
This plan is actually easy to do.
Spend a few trillion USD, and you don't care about profits. Isn't it easy to create high revenue?
The key is that you have to have the money.
With this money, Yuan Chengdao can do it in a year.
To put it simply, if I have the money, I can just spend the money to buy Wal-Mart. Even if I don't buy Wal-Mart, I can just buy 10 or 20 of the world's top 500 companies and surpass them easily.
As if reading his mind, Li Dong smiled and said, "I don't care about money, but there should be some restrictions. Otherwise, you will come up with a plan to fool me.
Be reliable. Within 500 billion USD, focus on mergers and acquisitions, mainly in the offline retail sector.
I'll give you an example. For example, acquiring a company like Suning. It can supplement our industry, but it will not be completely impossible. That is reliable.
Of course, it is not easy to acquire a company like Suning. You don't have to limit it to China.
It is too difficult to achieve this scale in China. The global market is so big, and every country has a large market there.
It is a little too late to enter now. Expanding yourself is strenuous and unrewarding.
The international route will generally focus on mergers and acquisitions, especially if you want to achieve your goal in a short period of time.
You can do some detailed research on some retail companies in various countries, including whether there is any intention to sell, and whether there is a possibility of acquisition.
How about the local market, whether the government is against … "
If it was at the beginning, Yuan Chengdao and the others did not take it seriously.
But when Li Dong said that it was a large-scale global retail industry survey, Yuan Chengdao's expression changed drastically!
To carry out a survey of global retail companies, just the manpower and material resources invested was not a small amount. It was possible to spend hundreds of millions on a survey.
Spending so much time and effort on research and observation just for a joke plan?
Li Dong was either out of his mind, or he did not take it as a joke at all!
Yuan Chengdao frowned very tightly. He wanted to speak a few times, but he did not know how to say it.
Li Dong did not say whether it was true or not. He casually said a few words and finally said with a smile, "You all have to come to the wedding next month. Don't forget. I won't call you one by one to inform you when the time comes. Also, everyone has earned a lot this year. Don't be stingy with the red packets. This is one of the few times I can openly receive red packets. The next time I receive red packets, I will have to wait for my son to be born. That will be a few months later … "
He made a few jokes and teased the others for a while.
His serious and relaxed attitude confused the few of them.
Yuan Chengdao said a few courteous words. When it was time to leave, he suddenly said in a low voice, "General Manager Li, are you sure you want to continue with this plan?"
Li Dong smiled faintly and said, "Of course. I have nothing to do anyway. If I have nothing to do, I can just watch and have fun. Don't you think it's not good?"
"No, it's just …"
Li Dong interrupted, "Isn't it just money? Don't use the group's account. I will pay personally, okay? Just think of it as me hiring a group of professionals to help me do some work. Is that okay? "
In fact, Yuan Chengdao was not talking about money at all. But if Li Dong insisted on it, he could not do anything about it.
In the end, perhaps because he was a little uneasy because of Li Dong, Yuan Chengdao reminded him in a vengeful manner, "Before General Manager Li says whether this money is included in the group's strategic plan, the group cannot pay this research fund. At that time, the cost may be hundreds of millions, or even more. When I'm done, I will ask someone to reimburse you. "
Li Dong glanced at him and said angrily, "We'll talk about it later. Don't come to my house to report work if you have nothing to do in the future.
"Cough, cough, cough …"
Yuan Chengdao coughed lightly and turned away in a slightly embarrassed manner.
After he left, Li Dong touched his chin and looked at Shen Qian, "This guy came to my house today. Don't tell me he still hasn't given up on you?"
Shen Qian laughed and said, "There's no reason for him to be jealous. What do you mean by not giving up? He hasn't been moved at all. Do you want to create an imaginary enemy for yourself? "
Then, Shen Qian was too lazy to continue this topic. She asked curiously, "What you just said, is it true or false?"
"What do you mean true or false? Can't I just say it casually? Don't change the subject. Yuan Chengdao definitely has feelings for you. I can see it for a long time. Forget it, anyway, we will get married in a week. Let that guy cry in secret … "
Li Dong asked Shen Qian not to change the subject, but Shen Qian heard that he was changing the subject.
Looking at him helplessly, Shen Qian was a little suspicious at this time. Is Li Dong really going to do something big because of what I said last time?
Although I said it's okay to go bankrupt last time, it's not a good idea to go bankrupt with thousands of trillions of assets.
Thinking about it in her heart, Shen Qian didn't ask anymore.
Even if Li Dong wanted to do something big, the premise was that he had the funds.
At present, Li Dong didn't have money. Unless he sold it Far away, it was still a dream.
Far away, what was the point of playing? Everything was back to square one.
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