The outside world was looking forward to seeing the wedding of the century.
But in reality, Li Dong was not interested in the term "wedding of the century". He had never intended to make his wedding the wedding of the century.
Li Dong's goal was simple. Even if his wedding was not extravagant, it could not be too shabby.
As for the 99 cars he had arranged before, it sounded extravagant. But considering Li Dong's actual situation, it was just average.
Even for middle-class families, it would not be too difficult to gather 99 cars.
As for the outside world's expectations, Li Dong clearly did not have the energy to care.
On the 3rd, Li Dong rested for a while.
From the 4th onward, it was no longer just individuals who came. Many guests from other places chose to come to Pingchuan on the 4th.
For some of them, Li Dong did not need to receive them for the time being.
For some of them, Li Dong had to show up in person.
…
Pingchuan Airport.
Wu Yajun, Yang Shaopeng, and the others arrived together.
When she saw Li Dong waiting at the arrival gate, Wu Yajun smiled happily and said, "Li Dong, you're too polite. I already said there's no need to receive me, but you still came to receive me personally. I'm really flattered. I'm afraid you're too busy right now. We're on the same side, so there's no need to be so polite. "
Yang Shaopeng also said, "There's no need to be polite between us. If Old Liu and the others arrive, you can receive them. There's no need for such formalities between us."
As classmates from the CEO class, Li Dong and the others were students from the second year.
And the second year students were now almost all centered around Li Dong, forming a new small group.
As for the first year students, Ma Yun and the others actually had their own small circle.
Of course, in the end, these people would all return to the same place and blend into the big circle.
But no matter what, they were still classmates. Even if this friendship was only for a few days, it would not affect their relationship.
In particular, Li Dong had a close relationship with Wu Yajun and Yang Shaopeng, so he was closer to them than the others.
Some commercial buildings and supermarkets in Longhu were usually operated by Distance Supermarkets, unless they had signed a contract with the supermarkets.
Yang Shaopeng's Haifeng had helped Far away transport goods by sea during the heavy snowfall of 2008, thus ensuring that Far away was not affected by the weather and the logistics were smooth.
It was also at that time that Far Away Mall, which had been suppressed by Taobao previously, seized more than half of the Huadong market in one fell swoop and had the subsequent counterattack.
Far away had opened up the global procurement market. As long as Haifeng had a local business, Far away would usually choose to cooperate with Haifeng.
Because of this, their relationship became closer and closer.
This was the norm in the business world. Although it was related to interests, the deeper the interests were involved, the closer the relationship would be.
There were many students in the second class at the beginning, but not many people could stay in line with Li Dong in the end. This was because they lacked the relationship of interests and eventually drifted further and further away.
They chatted as they walked. Li Dong chatted for a while, then looked at Wu Yajun and said, "Sister Wu, I heard that the public is very optimistic about Longhu's listing this time. It seems that the ranking of Hua Xia's richest women will change again."
Speaking of Longhu's listing, Wu Yajun said helplessly, "Don't mention it. Hsu Shengzhe, that bastard, deliberately went against me this time.
Longhua didn't even mention the listing before, but they suddenly appeared out of nowhere!
You still have shares in Longhua? "Lin Fan thought.
There are a lot of mainland real estate companies that are going to be listed in Hong Kong this year, but other small and medium-sized enterprises are just a foil to our existence.
But companies like Longhua and Evergrande are also involved. Aren't they looking for trouble for me?
What do you think will happen if Internet companies like Weibo, Tencent, and Ali get listed in Hong Kong at the same time?
How is it possible to raise so many big fish in such a small pool?
We are already very competitive with Evergrande, and now Longhua is also involved. Isn't it competing with us? "
The Hong Kong stock market was actually not small, and it ranked high in the world.
The investors of the Hong Kong stock market were not limited to people in Hong Kong.
Some world-famous investment banks had branches in Hong Kong. As one of the Four Asian Dragons, Hong Kong played an important role.
But Hong Kong was not without limitations.
Internet companies were easy to deal with. Nowadays, the Internet was really cross-border.
As for real estate stocks, especially mainland real estate stocks, the degree of acceptance was much lower.
At this time, the pool of Hong Kong stock market shrank.
It was okay to raise a few fish, but if they raised too many fish, some of them would die in the end.
Previously, Country Garden had been listed in Hong Kong.
This year, Longhu and Evergrande, the two major real estate giants, were also going to be listed in Hong Kong.
Now, Longhua was also going to be listed in Hong Kong.
The speed of the three IPOs was about the same, and the addition of Longhua might lead to their market being divided.
If the market was originally 100 billion yuan, it would be divided by two companies, and each company would get 50 billion yuan.
Now that the three companies had entered, the market would not expand to 150 billion yuan, but 120 billion yuan at most. Once the three companies divided it equally, it would be 40 billion yuan.
Of course, if the whole market expanded to 20 billion yuan, it might be taken away by one company in the end, and it would be more profitable than two companies going public.
But among the three companies, only one company would benefit.
Now, among the three real estate companies, Longhu was actually the weakest.
Originally, Longhu was a little weaker than Evergrande.
At the beginning, Longhu and Longhua were on par, and Wu Yajun was more popular than Hsu Shengzhe, and she had more time to prepare. Logically speaking, if Longhua joined, Wu Yajun would not be afraid of it.
However, Longhua seemed to have gone crazy recently.
Hsu Shengzhe started circling around, and all kinds of jaw-dropping grand plans were released one after another.
Longhua, who had just started to make plans in the East China region, had now directly entered the cities of Beijing, Tianjin, and Shanghai. Hsu Shengzhe had repeatedly made his moves, and his tone was also frighteningly arrogant.
At first, many people didn't care.
But when he found out that Far away also held shares in Longhua, he was shocked.
Many people suddenly came to a realization. Wasn't this Li Dong's style?
Blow it to death, expand it to death, and pick big plans.
As for whether it would succeed, it was hard to say for other companies. However, Longhua had the support of Far away, and many people felt that there was a chance.
Although Li Dong had told Hsu Shengzhe not to use his reputation to advertise, it was a fact that Far away was cooperating with Longhua.
However, it was a fact that Distance and Long Hua were working together. As long as Xu Shengzhe did not use Li Dong's personal reputation, it was also a fact that Xu Shengzhe held shares in Distance. There was no need to deny it.
Far away's business behavior could not represent Li Dong's personal behavior.
On the contrary, Li Dong could represent Far away.
It sounded complicated, and ordinary people didn't even have such a concept. However, Longhua focused on Far away, not Li Dong himself. In fact, people in the industry understood the meaning behind it.
Wu Yajun naturally saw this point.
But what was the use of seeing it?
The outside world didn't care about the difference between Li Dong and Far Away. They only knew that Far Away had shares in Longhua, and Longhua's big plan was reliable.
This time, Longhua Real Estate had entered the country on a large scale, and they had made a name for themselves.
After a few days, Longhu was at a disadvantage.
Hearing Wu Yajun's complaints, Li Dong said helplessly, "This has nothing to do with me. You know Hsu Shengzhe, and not everyone can order him around.
If he wants to get listed now, I can't stop him.
Big Sis Wu could have joined forces with Longhua to get rid of Evergrande. That would be a good idea.
Now, in the early stages of an IPO, it is said to look at performance and data. In fact, it is more about who can brag and who can convince people.
The competition between Longhua and Longhu is not big, and there are not many overlapping areas.
On the other hand, Evergrande is expanding everywhere and is competing with both of you.
This time, we should work together to suppress Evergrande and elevate both of your companies.
As for how to suppress them, it is very simple. "
"How is it simple?"
Wu Yajun was a little curious. Li Dong made it sound easy. How could Evergrande be suppressed so easily?
With their scale, how could they not be suppressed just because you said so?
Not only was Wu Yajun curious, but Yang Shaopeng and the others also pricked up their ears to listen to Li Dong's opinion.
Li Dong had an extremely simple expression and said casually, "Is there a need to think about it? Evergrande has no cooperation with us, and it is destined to have no future. Far away, both of your companies have cooperation with Evergrande, and this is a guarantee of a bright future … "
"Cough, cough, cough …"
The few of them did not know whether to laugh or cry. You have the nerve to say that?
Evergrande has no cooperation with you, and the key is that they are not in commercial real estate now. Even if they do, they are only doing it on a small scale. Of course, there is no room for cooperation.
Just because of this, you deny Evergrande. Who would believe you?
Li Dong seemed to see through their thoughts and said indifferently, "There is no loss in trying. If you really have cooperation with us, there will be a win-win situation for all three companies. Far away will be much easier to negotiate some cooperation. Look, there will be a bright future if you cooperate with us. Those who don't cooperate with us are finished. Do you think there will be a lot more real estate companies that will cooperate with us in the future? "
As he said that, Li Dong suddenly thought of something. He could not help but think of the real estate conference in Capital City.
At that time, he discussed with other real estate giants to cooperate with them.
In fact, 80% of the large shopping malls in the country were actually controlled by these real estate giants.
Small companies did not have the ability to develop.
If Li Dong could really reach a cooperation agreement back then, the effect would be extremely terrifying. The retail supermarkets did not even have a place to set up shop, and all the good locations were occupied. How could they continue to expand?
However, Far away was actually not that strong at that time. In addition, many companies had fixed cooperation partners, and naturally, they would not agree easily.
In the end, there were only a few companies that reached cooperation with Far away.
If they could take this opportunity this time, because Longhua and Longhu had cooperated with Far away, the market would finally be optimistic about them, and their stock prices would rise. Then, everyone would see a trend.
Cooperating with Far away was far more profitable than cooperating with other companies.
In the past, no matter how powerful Far away was, they did not have much of a relationship with these real estate companies.
However, it was different now. If they cooperated with Far away, the stock prices of the listed real estate companies would rise, and once the non-listed real estate companies got listed, the market would also be optimistic about them …
Of course, this was the ideal situation.
It was definitely not enough to rely on external forces to run a business. It still depended on the company's own strength.
However, some companies that had reached that level of strength, and those that had not reached that level of fame, could give it a try.
Thinking of this, Li Dong, who had always been reluctant to be involved with these real estate companies, could not help but think a little more.
This time, he might really be able to use this opportunity to do something.
Once both Longhua and Longhu used Far away's name to surpass each other, would some real estate companies be tempted?
This was a very high possibility. Moreover, Far away was not weak to begin with.
Nowadays, most of the supermarkets did not have too many self-owned properties.
Far away's self-owned property ratio was maintained at more than 10%, which had already surpassed most of the retail companies in the country.
This also meant that more than 90% of the stores in supermarkets and other department stores were rented.
Of course, the rental period was very long. It was common for supermarkets, especially large supermarkets, to sign a ten-year contract.
However, it did not matter if it was ten or twenty years. Every year, there would be a large number of store contracts expiring. This was also a fact.
Once the contract expired, and the mall chose not to renew it, there would be a good show to watch.
Now, it was different from a few years later. The mall was willing to renew the contract, and many retail stores could not afford the increased rent and chose to close down.
At this time, although the rent had increased, there was still a profit margin for the retail companies.
At this time, if the stores were forced to close down, it would be troublesome.
Because of the existence of Far away in the retail industry, the competition in the offline market was very fierce.
In this period of time where everyone was expanding, not only did you not expand, but you also reduced the scale. Especially when you were replaced by Far away, it was even more troublesome.
Of course, other companies could also continue to open their stores in other places.
However, these old retail companies had chosen the bustling areas previously, which were the most suitable places to open large malls.
At this time, if they were to open other places, there might not be the same popularity as before.
Li Dong was slightly distracted as he thought about these things.
Wu Yajun, on the other hand, seriously considered it. After a while, she said, "What you said might be effective, but it is far from enough. Just the name Far away alone is enough to give us a big advantage. If we really want to achieve a win-win situation like you said, unless … "
Wu Yajun paused for a moment. Seeing that Li Dong was still distracted, she could not help but say unhappily, "I'm talking, are you listening?"
Li Dong sobered up at this time and said with a smile, "Listen, unless. I know what you want to say later, but let's not talk about business for now. Anyway, there is still some time before your IPO. Let's talk in detail after my wedding. "
Wu Yajun's eyebrows twitched, and she nodded slightly. "Okay, then I'll wait for your news."
These two people's words were unclear, but Yang Shaopeng and the others were not stupid. They roughly knew what they wanted to talk about.
It was nothing more than cooperation or investment. Of course, it was Li Dong who wanted to invest in Longhu.
This kind of thing was not uncommon. Almost all the local tycoons in Xiangjiang would participate in the listed companies.
Sometimes, it was not active participation, but passive participation. Those listed companies needed fame and persuasion, so they took the initiative to let them in, even at a low price.
Now, Li Dong was famous, and Longhu had even pulled in people like Old Li from the Yangtze River, so it was normal to pull in Li Dong.
However, although the two had a good relationship, interests were still important in business.
This time, Wu Yajun did not want to directly pull in Li Dong. It would not be so easy.
In fact, they did not know that Li Dong had directly refused Hsu Shengzhe. If they knew, they would probably not think so.
What Li Dong cared about was not the small profits of the other party's listing. He agreed to talk with Wu Yajun because he thought of his own plan.
Since he could establish a retail alliance, why didn't other alliances have any hope?
Of course, there were too many troubles in the real estate industry. Li Dong was still in the stage of hesitation. If he really wanted to do it, he had to choose carefully.
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