"General Manager Li, it's not that it's not the right time, but we need to speed up!"
"All the supermarkets in and out of the country are being restructured. So far away has not even taken over Jiangbei. How can we get out of Jiangbei?"
"You said you want to take over Su 'an New City as a bridgehead, but it will take at least two to three years to complete. I'm afraid it will be too late after that!"
Li Dong took a deep breath and asked, "What do you think?"
"Buy!"
"Pingchuan, Qingyang, Tongchuan, Mound City … So far away has occupied a dominant position, and the existing stores are enough. But for the other cities that have no stores yet, we need to acquire the local retail companies and complete the industrial layout as soon as possible! "
"But So far away is under a lot of financial pressure!"
"Then get a loan or withdraw the funds from the land purchase."
Li Dong disagreed. "The land purchase in the New City has reached a critical juncture. It's impossible to withdraw the funds now."
Furthermore, Li Dong was not willing to give up this big piece of meat. If so, it would be easier to get a loan.
Thinking of this, Li Dong nodded. "Then get a loan!"
"Okay. I will talk to the bank as soon as possible. Also, completing the industrial layout in Jiangbei is also good for the promotion of the online shopping mall. I think the sooner the better. It's best to complete the layout before Kelong stabilizes its footing. "
Li Dong said, "Let's do this for now. You can talk about the loan. Also, the selection of the leading enterprises will be out by the end of the month. You also need to pay attention to the subsidies from the provincial government. If there are any problems, let me know immediately. I will ask Shen Qian to negotiate. "
In fact, it was best to leave the loan and policy support to Shen Qian.
Unfortunately, Shen Qian was busy with the shopping mall, and it was a critical juncture. Li Dong could not push everything to Shen Qian.
After talking with Sun Tao for the whole afternoon, both of them briefly went through the matter.
Far away had too many things to do in the near future. The launch of the shopping mall, the construction of the distribution center and the Far away building, the development of the new store in South Lake Bright City, and the acquisition of properties in other cities …
In addition, there was still the matter of acquiring land in Su 'an New City. If Li Dong had not cooperated with Hsu Shengzhe, he might not have had the time to do this.
…
The conversation with Sun Tao lasted until six o 'clock before Li Dong took a break.
After thinking about it, Li Dong took out his phone and called Hu Wanlin.
Hu Wanlin picked up the phone and said with a smile, "General Manager Li, I haven't contacted you for a while. Why did you call me today?"
Li Dong didn't have the time to exchange pleasantries with her and directly asked, "What's wrong with the Guanghe Group? It's already April. Aren't you worried at all? "
Hu Wanlin laughed and said, "I don't understand what General Manager Li is talking about. What does the Guanghe Group have to do with me? Haven't I been busy with your projects recently?"
Li Dong didn't play along with her words and directly said, "Director Hu, if there's anything you need help with, just let me know. I don't care about anything else, but Guanghe Group's shares in the Kelong Supermarket belongs to me. I won't give you a single cent."
Hu Wanlin finally understood why Li Dong looked for her.
Thinking about the news she heard about the restructuring of the six medium-sized retail companies, Hu Wanlin couldn't help but smile, "General Manager Li, you're really out of touch with the news. You only came to your senses now."
Li Dong bluntly said, "You don't have to care about me. The Kelong Group can't do anything about it! Unless you want to step into the retail industry and go against me, it's useless for you to take the shares. Director Hu should understand what I mean! "
Hu Wanlin chuckled, "I understand. Of course I understand. General Manager Li, don't misunderstand. I'm not interested in supermarkets and malls. As for the Kelong Group's shares, I'll give them to General Manager Li if there's a chance. "
Li Dong nodded.
The two chatted for a while, and when Li Dong was about to hang up, Hu Wanlin suddenly said, "General Manager Li, even if you take the shares of the Qi Family, the biggest shareholder of the Kelong Group is still Menshen Real Estate. I think Yao Hong is determined to enter the retail industry. You can't beat him with money."
Li Dong's eyes slightly moved, "Director Hu, what's your opinion?"
"Haha, I don't have any opinion. But I know Dahe Group's Director Bao. In fact, the focus of the Dahe Group has shifted in recent years. When I had dinner with Director Bao last year, he said that he wants to reduce the investment in Dahe Shopping Mall. If General Manager Li is interested, you can try contacting Director Bao. "
Li Dong pondered for a moment and said, "Thank you for the reminder, Director Hu."
He was not in a hurry to negotiate with them now. The Kelong Group had just completed its restructuring. Even if the negotiation was successful, it would cost a lot.
It was better to wait for Far Away to complete its industrial layout and make Dahe Group suffer some losses. At that time, it would be easier to negotiate.
Jiangbei was Li Dong's base. No matter what, this incident had reminded Li Dong that he could no longer let these retail companies do as they pleased.
This time, there was a Kelong Group, and next time, there might be another Kelong Group.
Only by allowing Distance Group to occupy an absolute dominant position in Jiangbei, leaving those companies with nowhere to go and no place to survive, could Distance Group be free of worries.
…
April 5th, Qingming Festival.
Because Zhou Haidong stayed in Anyuan, Zheng Long drove the company's Audi A4 to send Li Dong back to Chen Jiawan.
Mount Baitou.
This year's Qingming Festival did not rain. The sun was shining brightly, and the weather was not bad.
However, there was a downside to the good weather. Fireworks kept surging up the mountain, and the entire Mount Baitou seemed to be shrouded in smoke.
Li Dong got out of the car and took out a few big bags of paper money and paper money for the underworld.
He did not pretend to be virtuous and buy a few bouquets of flowers to offer sacrifices. Those things were not popular in the countryside, and if you did that, people might laugh at you behind your back.
When in Rome, do as the Romans do. The tradition of burning paper money had been going on for so many years, and Li Dong did not want to be unique.
Zheng Long also got out of the car and accompanied Li Dong to the car with the rest of the paper money.
Because Li Dong rushed over from Pingchuan, it was almost 10 o 'clock by the time he reached Chen Jiawan, even if he woke up early.
The nearby villagers went down the mountain one after another, and Li Dong met many acquaintances of Chen Jiawan on the way.
Especially when he met Old Man Chen's family. Old Man Chen smiled and quickly greeted, "Dongzi, are you going up the mountain?"
Li Dong nodded and chuckled. "Lord Liu, are you going back now?"
"Yes, we live close to each other, so we came early. I'm going back. Oh right, Dongzi, I heard that your family is preparing to repair the ancestral grave and the genealogy tree. Do you think you should add Xiaolan's name in as well? "
"Repair the genealogy tree?"
Li Dong was a little stunned, and then he realized that they were going to repair the family genealogy tree.
However, he really did not know about this. Besides, no one would tell him about this. At most, they would inform Li Chengyuan.
Since his father did not tell him, Li Dong could not be bothered to care about this. He said perfunctorily, "Ask my father later. I'm young, and I don't know much about this."
Old Man Chen said with a face full of smiles, "What are you saying? So what if you're young? Dongzi, if you were to go on the genealogy tree, you would have to write a whole page. Others would at most leave their names. You have to help Xiaolan with this matter. After all, this girl's surname is Li. If she is not on the genealogy tree, it will not be legitimate. People will gossip in the future. "
Li Dong nodded and did not say anything.
In fact, he really did not know much about this. What Old Man Chen said was also not detailed.
It was actually very common for women not to be on the genealogy tree. In the past, there was no such thing at all. It was only in recent years that women were on the genealogy tree.
However, there were still many places where women could not go on the genealogy tree. Chen Jiawan's side could, as long as they paid money.
In fact, many women in the village did not pay money at all. They did not care if they were on the genealogy tree or not. The reason why Old Man Chen specially reminded Li Dong was because he had a little ulterior motive.
Although the Li family now recognized Li Lan's identity and gave her the surname Li, these were all private acknowledgments.
However, it was different if she was on the genealogy tree. It was witnessed by the whole family. The Li family had admitted that this child was a child of the Li family.
In the future, Li Dong and the others had to admit it even if they did not want to. In the countryside, sometimes the genealogy tree was more useful than the law.
… …
When Li Dong arrived at his grandparents' graves, Li Nanming's family was already there.
Other than Li Nanming's family, there were two other families and Li Dong's family. Li Dong's grandparents were also waiting. Not only were Li Dong's grandparents buried here, but there were also elders from his great-grandfather's generation.
Seeing Li Dong coming over, the other two families with the surname Li were very polite and quickly greeted him.
A middle-aged man who could be considered as Li Dong's uncle laughed and said, "Dongzi, we're all waiting for you. We haven't burned joss paper yet."
Li Nanming, who was at the side, said in a strange tone, "Yeah, we're all waiting for him. He has become our Li family's elder!"
Li Qing's eyes were still a little red. She must have just cried. Hearing Li Nanming's impolite words, Li Qing gently pulled him and showed a hint of complaint in her eyes.
Li Nanming curled his lips, but he remembered that he still had to ask Li Dong for help later, so he awkwardly stopped talking.
Li Dong didn't care about what Li Nanming said. He silently burned joss paper and kowtowed, finally completing the ancestral worship procedure.
After Li Dong finished kowtowing and setting off the firecrackers, the mountain became quiet again.
No one was in a hurry to leave, and no one was the first to speak.
After a while, the middle-aged man from before spoke, "Dongzi, you're not in a hurry to leave, right? We have something to discuss with you later. "
Li Dong smiled and said, "Okay, how about this. Let's have lunch together and talk while eating."
"Okay, then it's settled!"
Hearing Li Dong agreed, everyone's faces showed a hint of joy.
In fact, Li Dong had already guessed what they were going to talk about. Old Chen had previously said that the Li family was going to repair their ancestral graves. Repairing ancestral graves naturally required money.
If they wanted to repair it beautifully, they would need to spend even more money. The villagers placed a lot of importance on this, even more than building their own houses. Repairing ancestral graves cost hundreds of thousands of RMB.
But who in the Li family could afford to spend so much money?
Li Nanming might have some money, but if they were to rely on him to pay, they might as well wait until their next life.
Li Dong actually didn't care. If they really wanted to spend money to repair the ancestral graves, he didn't have any objections. He wasn't an official, so he didn't need to avoid it.
In addition, he had been reborn. It was impossible for Li Dong not to believe in gods and ghosts.
Maybe his ancestors were really blessing him. It didn't matter if it was superstition or not. If he wanted peace of mind, he didn't mind spending some money.
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