Getting involved in e-commerce was not a spur of the moment decision for Li Dong.
In 2005, Li Dong was prepared to start an e-commerce supermarket. However, he did not have much capital at that time, so he held back until now.
Now that it was 2006, Li Dong was considered to have some capital.
Although he did not have much cash on hand, after the New Year, Far Away's monthly profit should reach 50 million.
A monthly profit of 50 million was equivalent to an annual profit of 600 million.
Even if he opened another 50 stores next year, he would not be able to spend that much money. Li Dong would naturally not put the remaining money in the bank to generate interest. It was the right thing to spend it.
In the next few years, the internet and real estate industries would be the most profitable.
There were too many things involved in real estate, and Li Dong was not interested in it for the time being.
As for the internet, whether it was search engines or other industries, Li Dong did not have the experience nor the ability to do so.
Only an e-commerce platform was different. This was not difficult, and it was closely related to his current supermarket industry. Doing e-commerce was naturally easier than other industries, and it did not seem out of place.
Of course, although it was not difficult, it was not easy to set up a platform.
Leaving it to Shen Qian did not mean that Shen Qian could handle it alone.
It was impossible to set up a good and outstanding e-commerce platform without the support of a large technical team.
Just setting up the team required a lot of time, and Li Dong did not expect Shen Qian to complete it in a short period of time.
However, compared to the past, it was easier to find IT elites now. There were also mature e-commerce platforms in the country as a reference, and it was much easier than before.
Shen Qian accepted the task with an eager look on her face. It seemed that she could not wait any longer.
Li Dong saw her excited face and could not help but pour cold water on her. "You should organize the annual meeting first. If you can't even handle a small annual meeting, don't expect me to hand over the e-commerce industry to you."
Shen Qian raised her fist and vowed. "Don't worry! There is nothing that can stump me, Shen Qian! "
Li Dong shook his head and was speechless. He did not know if his decision was right.
But compared to Sun Tao and Wang Yue, Shen Qian was indeed more suitable. This was because Shen Qian was younger than them and could adapt to the internet better. Sun Tao and Wang Yue might not be old, but they knew too little about the internet.
Li Dong's idea of setting up an e-commerce platform was not a big deal to Shen Qian.
But if he told Sun Tao and Wang Yue about it, they would have different opinions.
From their point of view, instead of spending so much money on a virtual network platform that they could see but not touch, it would be more cost-effective to build more branches.
Although Taobao, the largest e-commerce platform in the country, was doing well, most physical businesses did not care much about it. This was because the market share of e-commerce at this time was too small. It was not enough for people to pay attention to it.
Even the founder of Taobao, Old Ma, was not as confident as Li Dong in this period of time.
Even the founder of Taobao, Old Ma, was not as confident as Li Dong.
… …
15th of January.
Far away's 10 stores were restored to their original prices. The daily turnover had dropped from 15 million to 8 million.
Even though the turnover had dropped by half, the profits were not the same as before.
Far away's 10 stores were losing nearly 1 million a day. But on the 15th, the profits reached 1 million.
Far away's net profit increased by about 2 million in a day.
At the same time, the sales of the other stores were also increasing. Far away's employees were overjoyed.
Li Dong, Sun Tao, and the other executives were also relieved. It was not because of the profits, but because Carrefour and Tesco had not delivered any new goods.
It could be seen that these two supermarkets were really going to pull out of the Jiangbei market.
To Li Dong, losing three competitors at once was better than earning 10 million.
As for the remaining three, Li Dong did not plan to provoke them for the time being. Far away would not be able to handle it, and it would be easy to be criticized by others.
Monopolizing the business was profitable, but Li Dong did not have the strength to swallow the whole Jiangbei market.
Since that was the case, he would let go of a part of it. It would not be too late to swallow them when he had the strength.
… …
Xinxin Milk Tea Shop.
Looking at Meng Qiping and Cheng Nan, who were showing off their affection, feeding each other, Li Dong could not help but shake his head.
Just a while ago, the two of them were still arguing. Li Dong thought that the two of them would score points.
But young people nowadays were too hard to understand. How long had it been, and the two of them had reconciled? It was as sweet as honey.
Seeing the two of them going too far, Li Dong could not help but knock on the table and interrupted, "I say, the two of you, pay attention to your image!"
Cheng Nan's face blushed when she heard that, but she restrained herself a little.
"Brother Dong, if you're jealous, just say it. We're all adults here. What's there to be bad about?" Fatty said with a cheeky smile.
Li Dong rolled his eyes, too lazy to bother with him.
"Brother Dong, I say, you're too black-hearted when it comes to doing business. Just say that I went to Guanhai a few days ago and brought back a box of instant noodles. It was only 28 yuan per box. At that time, I thought that you were the best at doing business in Jiangbei and praised you for a long time. "
"But when I went to buy it yesterday, it was 40 yuan per box. What a scam!"
"If I knew that you were going to raise the price, you should have called me in advance. If I bought a few dozen boxes of instant noodles, I could have made a small profit by selling them. What a great opportunity! "
Fatty said as he lowered his head with a vexed expression.
Not to mention Li Dong, even Cheng Nan could not stand it anymore. She pinched him and glared at him before she calmed down.
Li Dong said grumpily, "Nonsense. If I don't raise the price, I'll die of losses."
"You can still lose money?" Meng Qiping said in disbelief.
Li Dong snorted and said unhappily, "What do you think? Previously, I was losing millions a day, and you still had the nerve to take advantage of me? Now that I've restored the original price, you should be patronizing my business more. "
"Millions!"
Meng Qiping and Cheng Nan were speechless. My goodness, the current Li Dong was too far away from them.
When they were still worrying about the rent of a few hundred yuan, this guy talked about losing millions a day without batting an eyelid.
Fortunately, they did not look for Li Dong today to talk about money. Meng Qiping changed the topic and said with a smile, "Brother Dong, I heard that your company is having an annual meeting soon?"
Li Dong glanced at him, nodded, and said, "There is such a thing. You know about it too?"
"I heard it from someone. Many people from our school are doing promotions at your place. I heard it from them when they came back."
"Oh."
Li Dong responded carelessly and asked doubtfully, "Why do you care about this? What do you want from me today? Just say it. Don't beat around the bush. "
The fat man rubbed his hands and said with a smile, "Brother Dong, is the annual meeting fun?"
Li Dong glanced at him and said nothing.
The fat man did not care. He squinted his eyes and said with a smile, "Brother Dong, I've only heard about the New Year's Party, but I've never had the chance to see it in my life. What do you think about your company's annual meeting?"
Li Dong was speechless. It seemed that this guy had called him today for this matter.
However, speaking of the company's annual meeting at this time, it was indeed grand. It was not surprising that the fat man wanted to see it.
After all, he knew the boss Far Away, and they had a good relationship. With the fat man's thick skin, he might be able to go even if Li Dong did not invite him.
Seeing his expectant face, Li Dong could not help but laugh. "Alright, stop pretending to be pitiful. In fact, there's nothing to see at the annual meeting. It's no different from a school party. It's fine as long as you don't doze off. "
The fat man did not care about the second half of the sentence. Hearing the first half of Li Dong's sentence, the fat man said in surprise, "Brother Dong, you agreed!"
"Yes, at two o 'clock in the afternoon on the 22nd, in the banquet hall of Tianhu Hotel. You can find the person in charge yourself."
"Ahem, Brother Dong, can I bring a few people with me?" the fat man said with some embarrassment.
Li Dong glanced at Cheng Nan. He thought the fat man was talking about Cheng Nan, so he nodded and said, "Okay, but I won't have time to entertain you."
"No need, no need. You do what you need to do. I'll just go and broaden my horizons," the fat man quickly said.
Li Dong smiled and said no more.
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