Li Dong had his own reasons for accepting Jiangzhou University's invitation.
On one hand, as a student representative, it would be easier for him to build a network.
For example, the two from the provincial government would most likely attend. If Li Dong came as a businessman, it would be difficult for him to get in touch with them.
But when he became a student representative, it would be natural for him to get in touch with them.
On the other hand, it was related to what Bai Su mentioned last time. Li Dong had found out the identity of the senior who graduated in 1986.
Jiangzhou University had produced many elites among the graduates in 1986.
Many of them had reached high positions in both the political and business circles in the past twenty years. Those in the political circle were not as high as the provincial government.
However, there was also an elite in the business world, and this person could be related to Li Dong.
His name was Chen Lang. He was not famous among ordinary people or even in other fields.
However, in the retail industry, Chen Lang's reputation was like a thunderclap. To put it bluntly, even the current Li Dong could not compare to him.
It was not because he was richer than Li Dong, but because of his identity, he was destined to be more famous than Li Dong.
Because Chen Lang was the CEO of China Huarun Vanguard and a legend in the domestic retail industry.
When Chen Lang took over China Huarun Vanguard in 2003, many people thought that Chen Lang, who had no experience in the retail industry, was just a transitional figure to fill the vacancy of the CEO of China Huarun Vanguard.
But to everyone's surprise, after Chen Lang took over China Huarun Vanguard, a series of big moves by China Huarun Vanguard made it into the top 100 retail industry.
What Chen Lang was best at was neither business nor management.
In the industry, Chen Lang was most famous for his negotiation ability. This guy was crazy about mergers and acquisitions.
When he was in charge of China Huarun Vanguard, one of the things he did the most was mergers and acquisitions.
In the three years when he was in charge, China Huarun Vanguard acquired a series of large and small supermarkets, and these mergers and acquisitions were relatively successful.
Because of Chen Lang's strategy, China Huarun Vanguard went from a loss to a profit and expanded continuously. Now, it had even become the dominant retail industry in East China and one of the best in the domestic market.
This was something that many people did not expect. Chen Lang had brought earth-shaking changes to the domestic retail industry in the past three years when he was in charge of China Resources.
Right now, the trend of mergers and acquisitions in the retail industry was also related to Chen Lang's success.
The success of Huarun Resources had prompted other large retail groups to choose mergers and acquisitions instead of self-management.
For Li Dong, there were two people he really wanted to get to know at this stage.
One of them was Chen Lang, and the other was Ma Jialiang, who worked for Su Guo.
Far away, if he wanted to rise in Huadong, he would have to deal with these two people. These two people were also obstacles in his way.
Ma Jialiang couldn't be seen now, and Li Dong wouldn't go to Sunan to see this man who was destined to be his opponent.
As for Chen Lang, Li Dong had not expected to meet him so soon. However, there were many coincidences in the world.
Li Dong didn't expect Chen Lang to be a graduate of Jiangzhou University. Moreover, this year was coincidentally Jiangzhou University's 80th anniversary. Li Dong had already asked around, and Chen Lang would definitely come.
Meeting this senior, his future opponent, was what Li Dong was looking forward to the most.
He really wanted to chat with Chen Lang. Even if they didn't talk about business, Li Dong would still learn a lot of useful things just by chatting casually.
If he wanted to defeat his opponent, he had to understand him first.
Huarun Resources was not like Kelong, and it wasn't a small character that could be easily defeated by Li Dong. It was the leader of the retail industry.
Li Dong had to understand him deeply and slowly look for his opponent's weakness in order to win by a surprise move.
Becoming the student representative was also one of Li Dong's little thoughts.
He had to suppress his opponent with his aura first!
Chen Lang definitely wouldn't become the graduate representative. For Jiangzhou University's 80th anniversary, the graduate representatives would either be the two from the province or other important figures from the military and political circles.
In a country where officials were based on authority, Chen Lang's achievements in business were not enough for him to surpass others.
At this moment, Li Dong was the student representative. He stood on the podium and spoke. No matter what Chen Lang thought, or if he didn't care at all, Li Dong felt that he was already better than him.
This wasn't self-consolation or self-hypnosis. Most of the time, success was accumulated bit by bit.
He had to establish an aura and determination to win. When the time came, Li Dong wouldn't be shaken.
Otherwise, just thinking about the power of Huarun Resources would make Li Dong feel full of pressure.
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Liu Qi didn't know what Li Dong was thinking about, but these thoughts flashed past her mind.
After hearing Li Dong agree, Liu Qi nodded and said, "Then I'll reply to Jiangzhou University immediately."
After saying that, Liu Qi said, "General Manager Li, the police called and said that they want Director Zheng to go to the police station to cooperate with the investigation. What do you think we should do?"
"The matter hasn't been settled yet?"
Li Dong was a little surprised. He knew what Liu Qi was talking about.
Last time in Jinhu Garden, he beat up someone. Later, he left directly and threw the matter to Zheng Long.
Because Li Dong said that he wouldn't compensate or apologize, Zheng Long didn't have any other way. When those young men and women were pestering him, Zheng Long beat them up again.
After that, Zheng Long called Li Dong. Li Dong asked him to go to the police station and turn himself in.
Anyway, he just beat up a few people and didn't hurt anything. Logically speaking, it would be enough to make a statement and pay some medical expenses.
However, Zheng Long was unwilling to pay because this was what Li Dong had said before. The police couldn't do anything about it. Besides, it was a matter in Yaohai District. Wu Jianguo directly asked Zheng Long to leave and said that he would deal with the follow-up.
Previously, because of the company's many matters, no one looked for trouble with Li Dong. Li Dong had almost forgotten about this matter. Who knew that he would ask Zheng Long to cooperate with the investigation now?
Liu Qi shook her head and said, "I don't know the specifics. It seems that those people have been causing trouble, and Chief Wu can't do anything about it."
Li Dong thought about it and picked up the phone to call Wu Jianguo.
After picking up the phone, Li Dong first said a few polite words and then went straight to the point. "Chief Wu, how's the matter with my driver now?"
Wu Jianguo said helplessly, "Don't mention it. I say, General Manager Li, can you be more clean next time? It's fine if you beat someone up, but can't you check if there are any surveillance cameras after the matter? "
"If you didn't call me, I was about to call you. I don't know how those young men got the surveillance camera of you and your driver beating someone up from Jinhu Garden's sales office. They even said that if the police don't deal with this matter, they will expose it on the Internet. What do you think I can do? "
Li Dong scratched his head and was a little speechless. "There are surveillance cameras? I really didn't pay attention to it. "
Wu Jianguo bitterly smiled. "Actually, this matter isn't troublesome. They know your identity, and they're not intending to get back at you. Why bother with compensation?"
Li Dong snorted and asked, "Chief Wu, what do you think will happen if I insist on not compensating?"
Wu Jianguo couldn't figure out what Li Dong was trying to do, so he weakly said, "You slapped him and caused a minor injury. It hasn't reached the point of pursuing criminal responsibility for the time being. But he's injured, and if we really pursue it, I'm afraid that you will be detained for ten to fifteen days and fined at least ¥500.
"Also, if they expose it on the Internet, it won't be good for your public image. General Manager Li, the loss outweighs the gain!"
A fine wasn't a big deal, and if he were to be detained, Wu Jianguo would be biased, and it wouldn't matter if Li Dong went or not.
But if Li Dong's slap was exposed on the Internet, it would definitely cause a huge uproar.
To put it bluntly, others wouldn't care who was right and who was wrong. They only saw a rich man hit someone, and it was fine if he didn't apologize, but he didn't even compensate.
Among the netizens, a large portion of them hated the rich.
It didn't matter if the rich were in the right or not. If something happened, it was the rich who were in the wrong. This was too common.
Moreover, Li Dong wasn't in the right. After all, the other party didn't scold him by name, but just said a few insinuations. The other party could totally explain that he was really just discussing the news with his companions.
Li Dong directly hit him, which was unreasonable.
That was why Wu Jianguo felt helpless. This matter was obviously very simple, and it might be over with a thousand or eight hundred.
Even if it was a little more, it would just be a drizzle to Li Dong. There was no need to be so stubborn.
Once the video of Li Dong hitting someone was exposed, his image would definitely fall. Far away's business would also be affected, and the losses would probably be a thousand times more than the compensation.
Wu Jianguo didn't understand, but he couldn't be bothered to think about it.
Li Dong also hesitated for a moment. Was it not worth it for him to do this?
It didn't seem worth it to use his own reputation to go against a tramp. Could it be that he had to pay the compensation?
But he said it so forcefully before, and now he lowered his head. It was a little embarrassing.
Li Dong's mouth twitched. It seemed that he had to pay for his impulsiveness again.
Without replying to Wu Jianguo directly, Li Dong chatted for a while and hung up the phone.
Once the phone was hung up, Liu Qi said, "General Manager Li, why don't I help you deal with this matter? You don't have to show up. I will look for them privately."
Li Dong was put in a difficult position, and he said stiffly, "Don't be a busybody. I won't pay. What can he do to me?"
Liu Qi's eyes raised slightly. In fact, she knew what Li Dong was thinking, but in front of the boss, she had to give him some face.
After thinking for a while, Liu Qi didn't persuade him anymore. At most, she would settle it privately.
As Li Dong's assistant, she should help the boss solve this kind of problem. Even if Li Dong didn't say it, he definitely knew what to do.
After that, the two of them didn't mention this topic again. In fact, Li Dong also knew what Liu Qi wanted to do, but he was too lazy to point it out.
This time, he had lost some face. Although not many people knew, there were still people who knew.
Now that Liu Qi was going to settle it, it could be considered as a cover for Li Dong.
From Li Dong's point of view, this matter should be considered over. Liu Qi would pay some money, and he would find an excuse to give Liu Qi some bonuses. The matter wouldn't be blown out of proportion.
However, some things would never develop according to one's will. This was something that Li Dong didn't expect.
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