November 10th.
Due to time constraints, after Li Dong left Beijing, he patrolled along the way for two days. On the afternoon of the 10th, he finally arrived at his destination — Bin City.
In Bin City, other than the Dashang Group, there was another powerful enterprise — Wanda!
At the end of 2009, Wanda was not as famous as it was in the future.
Even so, Wanda had been developing very quickly in the past two years. It had acquired land all over the country, and Wanda Plazas were put into operation one after another.
Now, Wanda had also entered the top ten in the real estate industry, ranked seventh.
From this point of view, although Bin City was located in the northeast, its foundation was not weak.
A retail company that had entered the top five in the country, and a real estate company that had entered the top ten in the country could both be considered private enterprises.
In these two not weak fields, private enterprises had entered the top ten. Even many remote provinces could not achieve this.
At least, before Far away had risen and before Longhua had expanded, Jiangbei could not achieve this.
…
In the car.
Li Dong leaned back in his seat and smiled. "Wanda is not weak. Although it is not very famous now, its sales ranking is below the top ten. It is far from Longhua and other enterprises. "But Wanda is mainly focused on commercial real estate, and the proportion of sales is not high. This is the reason for the low sales. "But they have acquired a lot of land all over the country, and Wanda Plaza is gradually becoming famous. They are still very strong. "Sometimes, when looking at a company, you can't just look at the various rankings. The top 500 companies' statistics are all based on sales. This can sometimes be used as a reference, but sometimes you can't take it seriously."
Yuan Xue nodded. These few days, Li Dong had brought her along not just for romance.
Yuan Xue, who was about to take charge of Li Dong's private investment company, had no experience in the business world. Her time at L'Oréal could not be considered as experience.
She was just a newcomer. She could handle some daily chores, but it was not easy to take charge of a company.
But after following Li Dong for a few days, Yuan Xue had learned a lot.
She couldn't learn the method of boosting morale in the capital. Even if she learned it, it would be useless.
However, Yuan Xue still knew how to patrol along the way, how to receive subordinates, how to communicate with the local political and business people, and the most basic things.
In terms of managing subordinates, although Li Dong didn't teach her, Yuan Xue still saw it.
Li Dong was extremely strict and domineering when it came to the local leaders, but Li Dong had a completely different attitude when it came to the middle and low-level management and the grass-roots employees.
Yuan Xue also saw this change in attitude and kept it in mind.
Of course, being forceful and strict was not blindly correct. In conclusion, there was still a way to be relaxed.
Now that Li Dong specifically mentioned Wanda, Yuan Xue could not help but say, "I know Wanda. There's also a Wanda Plaza in Shanghai. But they're not that famous. According to you, they're not any weaker than those enterprises in Longhua? "
Li Dong smiled and said, "It depends on the aspect. There are many levels to a company's strength.
Longhua Real Estate is quite famous now, and it was established a long time ago.
But in the early years, Longhua was mainly focusing on residential real estate development. It did not have much achievements in commercial real estate, and its foundation was not strong enough.
In this aspect, Longhua could not be compared to Wanda.
But after Longhua got listed, it became famous, and Hsu Shengzhe was bold, young, and energetic. If there were no problems in the future, Longhua's development would not be too slow.
Of course, in the real estate industry, the expansion of the real estate industry was actually more limited than the retail industry, and there were more restrictions.
Among all the enterprises, the real estate industry was the most vulnerable to the government's regulation.
Of course, only the real estate and IT industries wanted to make a fortune in the short term.
In fact, there were also the energy and finance industries. But these industries had little to do with private enterprises.
So, if an investor wanted to get a higher return, the IT industry was the top priority.
The second priority was the real estate and emerging industries.
Everyone knew that digging for the first pot of gold was the easiest, but the risk was high.
The real estate industry was similar, and it was also short-term.
Currently, the IT industry had not reached its peak, especially with the rise of the mobile internet. All mobile-related IT businesses would be favored, and the possibility of getting a high return is higher.
We currently hold 20% of Longhua's shares and 2% of Longhu's shares.
After these two companies got listed, there is not much hope for them to make a big impact.
If the conditions are right, we can sell them. Of course, compared to other real estate companies, these two companies' prospects are still good.
Especially Longhua. It still has a bright future. But Hsu Shengzhe is a gambler, and he will either win or lose.
You can decide what to do next. There is no need to rush now. "
Yuan Xue nodded again. These few days, she had not only learned how to invest and manage, but she had also been looking at the company's information.
She had also learned about some of the companies' valuable assets.
Yuan Xue thought for a while and asked, "What about East Star?"
"East Star …"
Li Dong pondered for a moment and said, "I don't want East Star's shares. But Xiaorui wants to give it to me, and it is not appropriate for me to not take it. East Star's shares can be used as a hedge. Unless East Star changes owners, there is no need to consider buying or selling it. "
Yuan Xue could not help but look at him. 15% of East Star's shares!
This is not a small amount of money!
Li Dong and Hu Xiaorui's words of "no, it's not appropriate." From this point alone, it could be seen that Li Dong and Hu Xiaorui had a very good personal relationship.
Yuan Xue was a little jealous, but she did not say anything.
Li Dong also saw it and sighed. "I can't help it. He is too handsome, and he is always shining."
"Pfft!"
Yuan Xue suddenly laughed and scolded. "You are so thick-skinned."
After all, she was not Shen Qian. Jealousy was just an instinctive reaction.
Now that she could stay by Li Dong's side, she felt that she should be satisfied. After being interrupted by Li Dong, this feeling was weakened a lot.
Li Dong did not continue in this regard. He looked at the time and said, "The stock market is open. We are about to enter the Bincheng District. Since we are already here, it would be insincere if we don't give the Great Shang Dynasty a surprise. "
After saying this, Li Dong chuckled. Yuan Xue could not help but shiver. She could not help but ask, "Is this considered a sneer?"
Li Dong laughed and said helplessly, "It is a normal laugh. How is it a sneer?"
"But I always feel that you are up to no good when you laugh."
"That is your illusion. Maybe I am wearing too little clothes. I will get out of the car later and put on some clothes."
"…"
Following the conversation between the two, Li Dong's motorcade officially entered Bincheng.
…
Bincheng.
Headquarters of the Great Shang Dynasty.
"The wolf is here!"
This was the thought that came to everyone's mind subconsciously.
Just like in the past, there were rumors that when Su Guo marched into Jiangbei, Li Dong and the others were crying "the wolf is here."
This was the fear of the weak toward the strong!
The Great Shang Dynasty was not weak. As the largest retail group in the northern region, it was the overlord in this field.
But at this moment, facing Far Away who entered the north to develop, it was just like when the weak Far Away faced Su Guo back then. It subconsciously made people feel fear.
In the past few days, although the whole world was talking about November 11th, in fact, Li Dong was not really only preparing for November 11th.
The two sides continued to fight in the secondary market.
The Great Shang Dynasty was buying back shares and contacting the shareholders.
Far Away and East Star were not idle either. They were both taking action.
Just yesterday, Far Away and East Star held a total of 42 million shares.
That accounted for 14% of the Great Shang Dynasty's shares, which was close to the next announcement line.
On the Great Shang Dynasty's side, as the stock price rose, they were a little hesitant and did not buy back many shares in the past few days.
Including the shares held by the executives and the Great Shang Dynasty, the Great Shang Dynasty could only exercise the rights of 63 million shares, which was 21%.
In the Great Shang Dynasty, the executives held another 7 million shares. Some of them were bought privately, and some were held by the executives who had left.
These people had not signed the Concerted Action Agreement yet.
Niu Gang could not force them to agree on this point.
After all, the executives had bought the shares privately and had previously obtained the shares. They had now completely become their own shares. He did not have the right to force them to do so.
14% versus 21%. It seemed like the gap was still very big, but Niu Gang was not completely at ease.
A few days ago, he went to Bincheng to discuss the support, but their attitude was ambiguous, which made Niu Gang feel a little uneasy.
In the past, the Great Shang Dynasty had always supported the Great Shang Dynasty.
This time, the other party's attitude was ambiguous, which made Niu Gang feel a shadow in his heart.
As for Maoye, although he had made many calls and sent several text messages, including asking Peng Run's Du Juan to help mediate.
However, Maoye did not give a clear reply.
For Maoye, since they could not gain control of the Great Shang Dynasty's retail business, they naturally focused on making money.
In terms of making money, it was obvious that they had their own standards of whether it was faster to follow Li Dong or Great Shang Dynasty.
Moreover, it was more worth it to do a favor to Li Dong than to Niu Gang.
Niu Gang was almost certain that if the Great Shang Dynasty really encountered a crisis, the first one to hit them would most likely be Maoye.
Maoye controlled nearly 5% of the shares, plus the 14% from Far away. If the two parties really reached an agreement, it would be 19%.
This proportion was close to the 21% that the Great Shang Dynasty currently held.
Now, the shareholders of the Great Shang Dynasty had decreased sharply.
From the previous 9% of the shares, the Great Shang Dynasty now controlled 21%. If it was in the past, Niu Gang would be smiling.
With more than 20% of the shares in his hands, he could almost sleep peacefully.
But now, Niu Gang had not slept well for a few days.
As soon as Li Dong's motorcade entered Bincheng, Niu Gang received the news and immediately called for a management meeting.
When everyone was present, Niu Gang said slowly, "He's here!
He's here today. Obviously, he won't be leaving on November 11th.
I'm afraid he'll have to stay here for a period of time, including fulfilling his promise here.
He's staying here for so long and purposely chose to stay in Bincheng. It might not be just for November 11th.
Everyone, do you have anything to say?
After so many days, we've only bought back a total of 7 million shares from the secondary market, but the other party increased their holdings to 42 million.
Regarding this, does anyone have anything to say? "
After hearing this, someone thought for a while and said, "Chairman Niu, just buying back these 7 million shares has already cost us 500 million. The group's funds are not rich now, and the share price is rising quickly. In addition, Far away and East Star are fighting for it, which has raised the share price even more. At this time, if we continue to buy in large amounts, we won't be able to explain it to the other shareholders … "
Niu Gang snorted softly, his eyes cold. "They won't care even if we lose Great Shang Retail, right?"
Although Niu Gang had a lot of power in Great Shang, he was not the only major shareholder after all. When a shareholder's representative heard this, he said bluntly, "This time, Far Away has no intention of fully acquiring.
In our opinion, if Great Shang Retail enters Far Away, it might have a better future.
And for the shareholders, as long as the change of management team doesn't affect the company's prospects and future, it doesn't matter who is in charge of Great Shang Retail.
Chairman Niu, I don't mean to target you by saying this.
But in my opinion, even if Far Away really takes over Great Shang, Chairman Niu can actually choose to cooperate.
Previously, the major shareholder of Great Shang wasn't our management team, but it was still operating just the same.
If Chairman Niu chooses to cooperate with Far Away and complete the restructuring, I think General Manager Li won't reject your request to stay.
After all, everyone can see that you led Great Shang Retail to rise … "
"Enough!"
Niu Gang immediately berated!
These were the thoughts of these shareholders!
Did it matter who managed Great Shang?
If Far Away took over Great Shang, even if they changed all the management team, it didn't matter much to them.
As shareholders who only enjoyed the rights of shareholders, as long as you could bring them returns, it didn't matter who was in charge.
Far Away was one of the world's top 500 companies, Hua Xia's top retail conglomerate. Li Dong was also a famous entrepreneur. If he was in charge, he might have a better future and a better future.
Since that was the case, was it worth it to spend a huge sum of money to buy back the shares?
It was not worth it!
Niu Gang knew about the buyback, but he didn't think about it. He didn't have a lot of shares. Where would he get the money for the buyback? Wasn't it everyone's money?
Now that he was fighting with Far Away and made Far Away spend so much money, would Far Away be nice to them in the future?
Thus, during this period of time, the buyback plan was progressing really slowly.
Many people were delaying and waiting.
Niu Gang saw this, but there was nothing he could do.
This wasn't just one person, but many people.
Including his own team!
Some people in Great Shang's team were thinking whether they would have a better future if they entered Far Away.
They didn't need to prove much. Great Shang was able to occupy the northern market. From a few hundred million in sales to a few hundred billion now, it was a clear proof.
If Far Away really wanted to take over, the possibility of changing the management team was not high.
Of course, Far Away would definitely send people to take over some of the important positions.
However, if Niu Gang was willing to compromise and stay, with his achievements in Great Shang over the years, unless Li Dong hated him, he wouldn't reject him to stay.
But was this what Niu Gang wanted?
It wasn't easy for him to become a professional manager. After the country retreated and the people advanced, he was finally in charge for once.
How long had it been?
Would he be willing to become a professional manager again?
If it was in the past, when he wasn't in charge, he would be willing.
Now, he was like other entrepreneurs. When he had a taste of what it was like to be in charge, he would be beaten back to his original state. Not everyone could bear the feeling of falling apart.
Niu Gang saw that everyone in the meeting room was lazy. Some people didn't even feel nervous at all. He couldn't help but feel annoyed.
He thought that this was a crisis, but some people felt that it was an opportunity!
Just like now, if it wasn't Far Away who raised Great Shang, but Wumart or other industry giants, the people in Great Shang wouldn't be willing.
As the leader of the retail industry, how could weaklings like Wumart take over?
How could an outsider take over their territory?
Obviously not!
But now, it was an industry leader who raised them. They already cared about their reputation by not leading the way.
Niu Gang took a deep breath. He couldn't reprimand them. He thought for a moment and said, "Continue buying back shares in the next few days! No matter what, we have to buy back more than seven million shares by the end of this week! We need to hold 70 million shares to barely defend against Far Away's attack. Also, about cooperating with Ali … "
Someone couldn't help but say, "Chairman Niu, how can we cooperate at this time? We can't even protect ourselves! In addition, it's snowing heavily outside. We don't have enough inventory. It's a problem to meet the needs of our own stores. We don't have a developed distribution system either. We can't possibly close our doors just to support Ali, right? "
"That's right, Chairman Niu.
If it were in the past, we wouldn't have any objections. But now, isn't this using Great Shang's interests to exchange for Ali's interests?
Besides, I don't think Ali has any hope of competing with Far Away this time.
We did a simple market survey and asked 1,000 people. 900 of them said they would participate in online shopping. In the end, among the 900 people, about 90% of them chose to shop Far Away.
Chairman Niu, this is no longer a problem of shopping.
It's not a problem of platform selection, nor is it a problem of distribution and storage.
General Manager Li used his personal reputation and Far Away's powerful strength to make the public believe in Far Away and trust Far Away.
Now, General Manager Li himself is a gold-lettered signboard.
Unless something goes wrong during the distribution process, Ali won't have a chance to make a comeback. "
This person only said that, but Niu Gang said angrily, "It's so cold, who can guarantee that he can continue smoothly!"
As soon as these words came out, many people looked at him strangely.
Li Dong was very likely participating in the distribution in Bin City. Old Niu's foundation in Bin City wasn't weak. Could he have some other ideas?
If that was the case, it was very likely that he would completely anger Far Away.
Niu Gang was just saying that. Seeing that they were all looking at him, his face immediately darkened and he said angrily, "What are you all thinking!"
He was just saying that in a fit of anger. Li Dong was a world-famous entrepreneur, the richest man in the world …
Not to mention that he had a large security team around him. Even if he didn't, if something happened in Bin City, he would probably be the first person everyone would think of.
He would be stupid to do such a thing!
Niu Gang vented his anger and couldn't be bothered to continue talking to them.
Just as he was about to continue talking about the deployment, someone suddenly knocked on the door and entered. As soon as he entered, he hurriedly said, "Chairman, East Star and Far Away just jointly announced that their shareholding has reached 15%, 45 million shares! Also … "
"Also what!"
Niu Gang scolded. As for 45 million shares, in his opinion, it was only a matter of time, so it wasn't that surprising.
The person who entered the door was a little nervous and stammered, "Also, some logistics partners in the northwest and northeast regions, and … and a few large outsourcing logistics companies, said that they want to raise the price and re-sign the contract … otherwise, otherwise, they might terminate the contract early!"
"Bastard!"
Niu Gang immediately cursed. Great Shang had its own logistics system, but it wasn't enough!
In the past few years, Great Shang had developed extremely fast, and logistics could not keep up.
At present, their logistics delivery was still mainly based on outsourcing.
Once these people chose to break the contract, it was very likely that Great Shang would be paralyzed.
Could a retail chain company without logistics continue to operate?
Just as he finished cursing, the person who entered the door continued, "It's not just us. Ali's side has also encountered trouble. Three Links and One Access, including some small and medium-sized delivery companies, are now asking Taobao to raise the price of their deliveries. Even with subsidies, it's not enough. In the past few days, some areas in the south have also been snowing. In addition, now that the cost is rising, everyone has united and asked Taobao to increase the price of the first weight by 2 yuan, and each kilogram of the second weight by 2 yuan … "
"Robbing money!"
Niu Gang cursed again. Were these guys robbing a burning house?
The increase was so high, if it wasn't robbing money, what was it!
They probably saw an opportunity and wanted to add insult to injury.
If the price was raised, then the delivery companies would profit. Moreover, this was a trend. If Taobao compromised, other small and medium-sized platforms would also have to compromise and raise the price.
Taobao didn't compromise. In the eyes of these companies, it didn't matter too much.
No compromise, no delivery, Taobao's own system wasn't enough. So far away from them this time, there was a high chance that they would eventually be suppressed from being a first-class platform.
Once they lost the current traffic and sales volume, there wouldn't be much business in Taobao in the future.
This way, it wouldn't matter much if they lost Taobao's business.
Moreover, the rising cost was not a lie.
In the past few years, labor costs had increased a lot, but the price of the delivery company was still at the same level a few years ago. If they didn't raise the price now, when would they?
Even without this crisis, they were prepared to join forces to raise the price.
Now, they could only say that it was a coincidence that they could also threaten Taobao.
In an instant, several pieces of bad news reached his ears.
Niu Gang felt a headache coming on. He gritted his teeth and said, "What a Li Dong! He just arrived, and he's already giving me a show of strength? "
Li Dong's convoy had just entered Bin City when this news broke out. Niu Gang wouldn't believe it to be a coincidence!
He was angry, but the others were silent.
This was just the beginning.
Next, there might be more unforeseen events.
Now, Great Shang really couldn't support Taobao anymore.
If it was an excuse before, now that the logistics company was rebelling, Great Shang was in trouble themselves. At this time, even self-preservation was a problem.
In addition, when they thought about how Li Dong was here and might be watching them from somewhere, many people felt a chill in their hearts.
This was a truly ruthless person, and that was referring to the business world.
If they were forced into a corner and compromised, it wouldn't be worth it.
While Great Shang's strength was still there, compromising might be the greatest gain.
Thinking of this, many people looked at each other. When their gazes collided, they all felt a little strange.
Niu Gang … didn't have too many shares!
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