The Huashan Summit was not as chaotic as the outside world had imagined.
But some of the topics caused by the Huashan Summit were still spreading.
Far away had raised 300 billion yuan in retail funds. The e-commerce industry was in turmoil again. All the giants were competing with each other.
Some of the topics discussed by the entrepreneurs at the summit had also become the focus of everyone's discussion.
For example, Longhua had announced the world's largest real estate reform, the 3D presale model.
And Li Dong's corporate loans to support small and medium-sized enterprises to tide over the financial crisis and enter the stage of sustainable development.
These topics were being discussed by everyone.
It was fine if they did not understand. It was enough if they thought it was great.
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On October 11th, Far Away announced the new figures.
Distance Retail's asset-backed securities issuance was a huge success in the global financial market!
From the announcement on the 10th until the morning of the 11th, the first day had ended. The amount of subscriptions had exceeded 4 billion RMB.
In addition, more institutions had signed the letter of intent. Far Away had not revealed the exact amount.
Far Away's CEO, Cao Jin Sheng, was interviewed by the media in Jiangbei. He smiled and said, "It should be more than 10 billion. We haven't calculated the exact amount yet. Too many institutions have contacted us. We haven't had the time to calculate it yet."
The reporters almost choked when they heard this.
Haven't had the time to calculate?
How hard was it to calculate the amount of subscriptions?
Were there hundreds or even thousands of companies that subscribed?
They should have all the figures in an hour.
Although there were suspicions of them pretending to be ignorant, the amount of subscriptions should exceed 10 billion.
It had only been a day. Far Away had added in the amount of subscriptions. The outside world guessed that it should have reached 20 billion.
For a domestic company, 20 billion yuan was a huge sum of money. Any company would wake up with a smile.
Far Away had raised so much money in one day.
Even if there were fewer institutions participating, the possibility of 300 billion financing was very high.
Once it was completed, Far Away would have an additional 300 billion cash flow.
It was the cash flow and not the numbers on the books. This was extremely scary.
In Hua Xia, there were not many companies that could use so much cash flow.
Or rather, almost none.
Even if they have a lot of cash flow in the oil and petrochemical industries, they also have a lot of investments. Moreover, this kind of energy industry is a big investment with tens of billions of RMB.
In the retail industry, the available cash flow exceeded 300 billion, which was almost unrivaled.
Even some of the newbies in the business world knew that as long as the financing was successful, Distance Retail would be invincible in the country before the debt matured.
At this time, many people understood, no, everyone understood, Far away was about to make a big move.
Far away, the 300 billion yuan would not be paid for nothing, nor would it be deposited in the bank for interest. There would definitely be expansion.
So far away, the retail business in Hua Xia was already very big.
If they continued to expand, they would have to invade other people's territories.
The retail war was inevitable.
In the past few years, all the retail giants had been consolidating their resources and power, forming a situation where one was more powerful than the other.
Far away Retail, Suning, China Resources, Bailian, Dashang, Wal-Mart, and Gaoxin were the seven giants in the home appliance and department store retail business in Hua Xia.
This scene made many people suddenly think of a phrase – Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period!
This situation was very similar to the end of the Warring States Period!
The power struggle of the seven countries finally ended with King Qin's victory.
The Qin State destroyed the other six states, starting from Han to Qi. It took them ten years to do so.
Far away, is it going to take the same path, destroy the other six, and unify Hua Xia Retail?
It took Qin ten years to destroy the country, and now it was just a business. Far away, how many years will it take to complete this plan?
Ten years?
Five years?
Or three years?
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Just when the outside world was discussing this.
On the same October 11th, the world's number one retail giant, Wal-Mart, announced that it would increase its investment in Hua Xia by 20 billion RMB in the next three years!
Wal-Mart maintained its position as a giant and did not make any other moves. It only announced that it would increase its investment in Hua Xia by 20 billion RMB.
What was the concept of 20 billion RMB?
For so many years, Wal-Mart's total investment in Hua Xia was less than 20 billion RMB.
Now, it announced that it would increase its investment in Hua Xia by 20 billion RMB in the next three years. It was almost like another Wal-Mart.
Foreign investors could increase their investment in Hua Xia, but there was still a limit.
It was also very difficult for Wal-Mart and other companies to acquire Hua Xia's enterprises. The number of stores opened each year was limited by the Ministry of Commerce.
Due to the influence of local policies, if it was not a merger and acquisition, Wal-Mart could not open more than 20 stores in Hua Xia each year.
Of course, mergers and acquisitions were not included.
But for Wal-Mart to acquire a company, it needed to go through a review, and the review was very difficult.
But at this moment, when Wal-Mart announced that it would increase its investment, the Ministry of Commerce did not make any comments.
Wal-Mart felt that its survival was on the line. Whether its business in Hua Xia could continue, that was why it increased its investment.
At this time, it was obvious to set up obstacles and favor Far Away.
There must be a local protection policy, but that was only when the foreign investors were strong.
At this time, Far Away was aggressive and wanted to use a strategy to kill the foreign investors. If they did not allow them to increase their investment, it would be equivalent to excluding foreign investors. The government would not do such a thing.
Far Away's 300 billion RMB financing plan had a high chance of success. With the 300 billion RMB Far Away, there was no need to be afraid that Wal-Mart would increase its investment by 20 billion RMB in Hua Xia.
Wal-Mart, the world's number one retail giant, chose not to compromise and faced Far Away head-on in Hua Xia.
RT-Mart and the French retail giant, Auchan, formed the Gaoxin Alliance, also chose not to compromise.
RT-Mart and Auchan's Hua Xia businesses formed the Gaoxin Retail.
Gaoxin Retail also had a parent company, Jixin Company, and Jixin Company was a joint venture between RT-Mart and Auchan.
Auchan held 51% of the shares, and RT-Mart held 49%.
In other words, Gaoxin's backer was Auchan.
Auchan Retail Group was also a global retail giant. In France, it was second only to Carrefour. In Europe, it was also one of the top ten.
This time, Auchan was also not willing to lose the Hua Xia market. After feeling the pressure, its business in the southern region felt the pressure.
After Wal-Mart, Auchan's headquarters in France also made a response.
Increasing capital and expanding their stores was a must.
In addition, Auchan strengthened the benefits for their employees in Hua Xia region, and it began to be on par with Far Away.
Far Away was the one with the highest benefits among all the retail companies in Hua Xia.
Now, in order to protect the market, these companies chose to increase their spending.
As for Gaoxin, they had been using the low-price strategy because their global supply chain was more complete. As a European retail giant, Auchan had the capital to do so.
In fact, all foreign retail groups had this advantage.
This time, Auchan and RT-Mart worked together and decided to officially set up a global procurement center in Hua Xia.
This also meant that in the future, Auchan would no longer support Hua Xia after purchasing from Europe. Instead, Hua Xia would be the starting point for the distribution of purchases.
The investment for such a Global Procurement Center would not be small, and it would require a lot of manpower and material resources.
But now, Gaoxin also decided to fight to the death.
Hua Xia was the largest country in Asia, and its market was also the largest.
Auchan's old rival, Carrefour, was defeated in Hua Xia and became a laughing stock in the industry.
Taking advantage of Carrefour's defeat in Hua Xia, Auchan continued to force Carrefour in the European market, taking the opportunity to invade Carrefour's market.
Now, if Auchan was defeated Far Away in Hua Xia, it was very likely that Carrefour would counterattack, which would be a greater loss for Auchan.
After weighing the pros and cons, both Auchan and RT-Mart felt that they could not give up the Hua Xia market. In the end, both parties reached an agreement to invest in Hua Xia!
In addition, due to the recovery of Hua Xia's real estate industry and the increase in rent, both parties decided to increase the proportion of self-operated properties to increase Gaoxin's competitiveness.
Previously, Gaoxin's self-operated property ratio was only about 10%.
This time, Gaoxin announced to the public that in the next five years, this ratio would be increased to 30%!
And with a 20% self-operated property ratio, this investment would only be higher than Wal-Mart's 20 billion.
If they really wanted to complete this within five years and let Gaoxin's self-operated property ratio reach 30%, the impact of the rent increase would be much more limited for Gaoxin.
This was also to adapt to the current Hua Xia market, and both parties decided to make a large investment plan.
The two retail giants with foreign backing both responded.
The local retail giants in Hua Xia also responded.
On the night of the 10th, Da Shang held a board meeting.
Although they did not announce the news to the public, people from Da Shang led a team to Beijing early in the morning on the 11th, preparing to discuss the integration with Wu Mei.
Integrate Wu Mei, take over the North China market, consolidate the market of the three provinces in the Northeast, control the entire North, and wait for the war in the South. Da Shang would enter the South as the King of the North.
Huarun and Bailian were slightly quieter this time, and there was no movement.
On the other hand, Suning and online giant Ali reached a series of agreements again. Previously, both parties jointly held shares in Ant Finance and applied for a consumer finance license. This time, both parties felt that it was not enough.
Ma Yun and Zhang Jindong discussed in secret for an entire night and officially decided that both parties would start to integrate their online resources.
Suning Tesco would enter Taobao, and from an independent operation, it would be handed over to Ali for unified operation.
This way, both parties would save money and increase the competitiveness of the online business.
As for whether they would merge or go their separate ways in the end, the two parties did not discuss this before Far away gave up.
The current situation was to gather all their strength to deal with the war of unification Far away.
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The retail industry was constantly changing. Some news was known to outsiders, and some news was unknown to outsiders.
But the giants in the business world could feel the smoke in the air.
Far away retail financing of 300 billion yuan would definitely launch a war of unification.
Now, the attitude of Huarun and Bailian, which had state-owned backing, was unclear. This also represented something, which also put more pressure on the retail giants.
On the 11th, Li Dong had not actually left Huayin yet.
But the movements of the various families had been constantly transmitted from the outside world to Li Dong's ears.
At the gathering on the 10th, everyone realized one thing. Li Dong's ambition was still there. The ambitious Li Dong could no longer let everyone deceive themselves and comfort themselves.
No one was willing to become a stepping stone for Li Dong to complete the unification.
Just as Li Dong got into the car and was about to leave.
In the hotel.
None of the giants who had not left came to see them off.
Some stood on the balcony and looked down. Some even stood in the lobby and watched as Li Dong got into the car.
The most ambitious person in the business world of Hua Xia made everyone feel pressured.
The atmosphere was much more solemn than when the meeting ended the night before.
…
In the lobby of the hotel.
There were many people at the moment, but it was extremely quiet.
Far away's convoy had not left yet. Some people wanted to go forward to see them off, but they could not take a step forward.
The pressure in the air made the bosses of some small and medium-sized enterprises feel particularly depressed.
At this moment, there were also many big shots in the lobby.
However, whether it was Ma Yun, who usually joked with Li Dong, or Liu Chuanzhi, who had a wide circle of friends in the business world, these people did not go to see them off.
Qin Yuhan and Qi Fangfang were also in the lobby at this time.
Qi Fangfang felt that the atmosphere was particularly depressing. She could not help but whisper, "Yuhan, why did it suddenly become like this?"
When they parted last night, the atmosphere was actually quite good.
However, all of a sudden, Li Dong seemed to be excluded by the others and isolated from this circle.
Qi Fangfang could not understand that for a moment.
Qin Yuhan said softly, "Last night was last night. Last night was a discussion. After we say goodbye today, we will be opponents when we meet again. The biggest opponents who want to destroy them."
"I see …"
Qi Fangfang gritted her teeth and said, "Should we see him off? I suddenly feel that he's quite pitiful …"
If the word 'pitiful' was used on Li Dong, outsiders would laugh incessantly.
However, at this moment, Qi Fangfang really felt that way.
There were so many entrepreneurs and people present. The moment the richest man in the world, Mr. Li Dong, walked out of the hotel, he was divided into opposing camps.
Even the neutral parties did not come forward to see him off.
Only Li Dong walked in front alone with the people Far away.
What would Li Dong be thinking at this moment? Would he regret his decision?
Or had he already reached a state where he was neither happy nor sad for others?
This man, at times, was worldly, but at other times, he made people feel that he was independent from the world and full of loneliness.
This kind of contradictory feeling was very oppressive.
Before Qi Fangfang finished speaking, Qin Yuhan had already walked out of the door.
Others did not see him off, but she wanted to see him off.
Wishing him great success and sweeping the world with one sweep!
Perhaps, at that moment, everything would be clear.
…
At the same time, on the other side, Hu Xiaorui and Hsu Shengzhe did not say a word and walked out of the door.
Others could be neutral or hostile, but a long time ago, regardless of their personal relationship, their interests had been bound together with Li Dong.
Whether it was official or personal, there was no reason to be estranged from Li Dong at this time.
In the crowd, seeing them coming forward, gradually, some people began to step forward.
That was the richest man in the world, the number one private entrepreneur in Hua Xia, or even the number one enterprise in Hua Xia.
Without any conflict of interest, it was necessary to see him off.
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