Lan Mountain Villa.
As soon as Li Dong got out of the car, he saw Ji Lanxin who was walking with an old man not far away.
Ji Lanxin had already seen Li Dong. Seeing Li Dong get out of the car, Ji Lanxin helped the old man to come over.
After greeting Li Dong, Ji Lanxin chuckled and said, "General Manager Li, this is my father, the chairman of Jin Ding Jewelry. You probably haven't seen my father, right?"
Before Li Dong said anything, Ji Yuanzhong smiled and said, "Yes, of course I have seen him. General Manager Li probably doesn't remember, but we met at the Chamber of Commerce last time. "
Li Dong stared at him for a while, then smiled and said, "I'm sorry, Chairman Ji. I didn't recognize you last time."
Ji Yuanzhong smiled and said, "It's okay. A group of old men all look the same. Besides, we haven't seen each other before. It's normal that General Manager Li doesn't know me."
Li Dong smiled and chatted with the two for a while, then said, "Chairman Ji, Miss Ji, would you like to go in and sit together?"
He thought the two would refuse, but Ji Lanxin said, "Then let's go in and sit for a while. I haven't seen Stone and Xiao Yu these days. I'll go in and see them."
Li Dong was surprised and said, "You know Stone and Xiao Yu?"
Ji Lanxin laughed and said, "General Manager Li, we are next door neighbors. Of course I know Stone and Xiao Yu."
"That's true."
Li Dong chuckled and led the two of them to the villa.
As soon as they entered the villa, Wang Jie's impatient voice came from inside the house, "Dongzi, the stock market has risen again! Now the stock market funds have reached 1.3 billion yuan. Do you think we should … "
At this time, Wang Jie came out of the door.
Before he only saw Li Dong, but when he saw Ji Yuanzhong and his daughter behind Li Dong, Wang Jie's words suddenly shrank back.
The corner of his mouth twitched slightly, Wang Jie smiled and said: "Mr. Ji and Miss Ji are also here. Look at my mouth, I like to talk nonsense all day. You guys talk, I will go to the hospital to see Meizi is still in the hospital."
Li Dong's eyelids drooped slightly. Then, he returned to normal and said with a smile, "Meizi's due date is coming soon, right? How many more days?"
"It's this week then. I'll go first. Dongzi, sit here for a while. I'll be back soon."
"Okay, I'll go to the hospital after I'm done with my work."
"Alright, I'll be leaving then."
After dropping this sentence, Wang Jie hurriedly walked away, and as he walked, he gently slapped his mouth, apparently a little annoyed.
Li Dong exhaled and didn't say anything.
Ji Yuanzhong and his daughter, who were following behind him, looked at each other. Then, a trace of shock appeared in their eyes.
1.3 billion!
If it weren't for Wang Jie accidentally spilling the beans, I'm afraid no one would have thought that Li Dong actually had such a large amount of money in the stock market.
Li Dong's stock trading, Ji Lanxin and Ji Yuanzhong actually knew.
After all, Tang Kuan has lived here for half a year. Ji Yuanzhong and the others are not stupid. They have already figured out each other's details.
But before, they always thought that Li Dong's money in the stock market should not be much, at most tens of millions or hundreds of millions.
After all, Faraway has been constantly expanding this year, and funds are very scarce.
Faraway Group seems to be large, but in fact, the only profitable part is the supermarket system. The supermarket system not only supports the expansion of the supermarket, but also the expansion of other subsidiaries.
In Ji Yuanzhong's view, Li Dong should have no extra funds on hand.
But what did they just hear?
1.3 billion stock market funds, this is almost comparable to the market value of Jinding Jewelry, and it is the kind of quiet kind.
Perhaps no one in Jiangbei would have thought that Li Dong would have so much money in the stock market.
Ji Yuanzhong took a deep breath and gave Ji Lanxin a look. Seeing this, Ji Lanxin nodded slightly.
…
Entering the villa, Li Dong first asked Ji Yuanzhong and his daughter to sit down, then he greeted Tang Kuan and let them do their own things.
After the housekeeper poured the tea, Li Dong chuckled and said, "Chairman Ji, we have been neighbors for a long time. Today, by chance, we finally met. I will use tea instead of wine to toast you."
Ji Yuanzhong quickly smiled and said, "General Manager Li is too polite."
The two drank a cup of tea and then chatted for a while.
Ji Lanxin, who was sitting on the side, listened for a while. When Li Dong and Ji Yuanzhong talked about Zhu Yicai, Ji Lanxin suddenly said, "General Manager Li, I heard that you know President Xia Ran?"
"Xia Ran?" Li Dong smiled and said, "Miss Ji, you know him too?"
"I've heard a little about him. After all, we are in the same industry."
Ji Lanxin smiled and said, "I heard that General Manager Li and President Xia had a meal together at Tianhu. Is that true?"
Li Dong frowned slightly. Ji Lanxin quickly said, "I don't mean anything by it. I just heard it from a friend. I was wondering if I should ask General Manager Li to introduce President Xia to me."
Li Dong heard this and smiled faintly. "I've only met him once. Last time, President Xia and President Zhu had a meal together. I just happened to run into them. "
Ji Lanxin acted as if she really didn't know the inside story. She nodded and said, "I see. It seems that President Xia is prepared to cooperate with Yurun. This is somewhat unexpected."
Li Dong glanced at her and found it a little funny.
This woman probably felt a little threatened. After all, she and Xia Ran were both in the jewelry business.
When he met with Xia Ran, Ji Lanxin was afraid that he would cooperate with Qing Lian, so she mentioned it in a roundabout way.
Seeing that she pretended not to know, Li Dong smiled and said, "President Xia and President Zhu should have already discussed the cooperation. Besides, President Xia has never come to Far away. Even if I want to cooperate with President Xia, I don't have any connections."
Ji Lanxin heard this and suddenly felt a little embarrassed. She smiled and said, "That's because Xia Ran knows his own limits. Far away is the leading retail company in Jiangbei. Although Qing Lian Jewelry is developing well in Shu City, its reputation is limited to a corner of the city. It has no advantage in Jiangbei. But Jin Ding, let me say something to make General Manager Li laugh. Thanks to you, Jin Ding has also made a name for itself in the top jewelry circle after the last auction. I dare not say that in the Hua Dong region, at least in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang region, Jin Ding Jewelry is still famous. "
Seeing this, Li Dong laughed and said, "President Ji, can I take it that you are Grandma Wang selling melons?"
Ji Lanxin didn't mind. She chuckled and said, "After all, it's my own business. It's like my own child. I always feel better than others."
Ji Yuanzhong was afraid that Ji Lanxin's words would make Li Dong feel bad, so he smiled and said, "Lanxin is still young and hasn't seen much of the world. General Manager Li, please don't laugh at me."
"It's okay. I think Miss Ji's words are to my liking. In my eyes, my own business is naturally the best. Just like me, I always think that Far away is better than Huarun and Bailian. It's hard to say whether it's better or not, but I have to give myself some confidence. "
After hearing what Li Dong said, they couldn't help but laugh.
After laughing, Ji Lanxin said again, "General Manager Li, I heard that President Wang has already started to prepare to open a store in Jiangsu and Zhejiang?"
Li Dong nodded and said, "Yes, he has already started."
When Ji Lanxin saw Li Dong's confirmation, she felt slightly regretful.
Last time, she also talked about cooperation with Li Dong. But later, because the two sides had some conditions that could not be negotiated, Ji Lanxin finally put the matter aside.
After all, at that time, Wang Yue had just gone to Jiangsu and Zhejiang to open up the market. In Ji Lanxin's opinion, this time would last for a long time, and Wang Yue was likely to hit a wall.
In addition, in her estimation, Far away should not have so much capital to open up the market at present.
After all, this year, Li Dong spent a lot of money. He acquired Times, developed real estate, and also entered e-commerce and logistics. Far away was only profitable in a supermarket system.
Far away could maintain the current state, but it was somewhat beyond their ability to open up the market.
But who knew that Li Dong would expand as he said. Not only did he have enough capital, but he even had more than a billion in the stock market as a reserve. This put Ji Lanxin in a difficult position.
Ji Lanxin was slightly hesitant, but she quickly smiled and said, "General Manager Li, since you have already opened up the market, do you think we can talk about the cooperation with Jin Ding?"
Li Dong heard this and said with a smile, "Miss Ji, you can talk to President Wang about this matter. In fact, I don't care about this now. As long as you can negotiate, I am optimistic. After all, Far away has been very happy with the cooperation with Jin Ding. If the situation permits, I also hope to continue to cooperate. "
Ji Lanxin and Ji Yuanzhong's expressions changed slightly. Looking for Wang Yue?
Not to mention whether Wang Yue could make the decision, even if she could, Wang Yue was not necessarily willing to cooperate with Jin Ding.
When the two sides were negotiating before, Ji Lanxin still felt that she had a condition in her hand, which was Ji Yuanzhong's network in Hua Dong.
As the vice president of the Chamber of Commerce, Ji Yuanzhong had a high prestige within the Jiangbei Merchants.
If he was willing to come forward, the Jiangbei Merchants in other places would definitely give him some face.
As for the Jiangbei Merchants, their relationship network in various places was not shallow. In this way, it would be of great help to Far away.
But now that Wang Yue had opened up the situation, coupled with the huge investment Far away had, and the strong support of the local government, it seemed a little insignificant to use this as a condition.
Ji Lanxin was a little anxious, but Ji Yuanzhong said calmly, "General Manager Li, Hua Dong is not small. In the past two years, the retail industry has also developed rapidly, and the market is close to saturation. The earlier we expand, the earlier we seize the market. Except for Jiangzhe, I think this old man can still contribute to the expansion of other places Far away. "
Li Dong smiled. This old man's tone was not small.
Ji Yuanzhong probably had some connections, but in fact, it might not really be effective. This old man was probably a little behind the times now.
Compared to Ji Lanxin, Ji Yuanzhong might have more experience, but he could not keep up with the times. His ideas were still stuck in the era he lived in.
Yes, connections were important, and they could bring a lot of help to Far away.
But managing connections now was not as important as Ji Yuanzhong thought. How did Wang Yue open up the market in Jiangzhe?
With money!
The money was spent on the local government, the provincial government, and all the officials who wanted political achievements.
Far away had invested a few hundred million, and this was just the initial investment. There would be more investment later, and the total investment would probably exceed one billion!
This was just the beginning, and there might be more investment later.
With so many investments, to be honest, as long as the government did not have a grudge with Far away, they would definitely welcome Far away's entry.
Far away was not a small business, and they only wanted to open a few shops.
If they opened a few shops, Far away might need the support of connections, but Far away's large-scale entry, connections were somewhat insignificant.
There was one more thing that Li Dong did not say, and that was that he did not think much of Ji Yuanzhong's network of connections.
Far away was now involved with the provincial government, and the investment was directly negotiated with the local government. How could Ji Yuanzhong affect this level of decision-making?
It was not that Li Dong looked down on him, but a vice-chairman of the Jiangbei Chamber of Commerce did not have that much influence.
If it was Xu Jianghua, the richest man in Jiangbei, Li Dong would still believe some of it, but Ji Yuanzhong, Li Dong really did not believe.
Although he did not think much of it, Li Dong smiled and said, "Chairman Ji is too polite, but there is no need to trouble Chairman Ji. After all, you are now at the age of retirement, and it is better to rest at home. If there is anything, Miss Ji will be able to handle it. "
Ji Lanxin and Ji Yuanzhong's expressions changed slightly. Although Li Dong did not say it explicitly, it was clearly telling them that Far away did not need them!
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