After getting 500 million from Shen Qian, the first thing Li Dong did was return Hu Ming's money.
When he returned the money, Hu Ming politely said that there was no need to rush.
At that time, Li Dong really wanted to say, "Then there's no need to rush!"
But after thinking about it, he felt that it was not worth it. Hu Ming was asking for money, and this was human nature. Feng Yu could not blame him, and no one owed him anything.
To be able to lend 500 million to him when he was in trouble, Hu Ming was already a good friend and generous enough.
In this day and age, who would lend 500 million to an outsider when they were not related to each other?
Also, it was this 500 million that helped him to get through the crisis and acquire Ke Long. Otherwise, Li Dong would not be so free now.
After returning the 500 million to Hu Ming, Li Dong's debt was reduced by a lot.
Not only did Time repay the loan of 200 million, they had also paid off part of the purchase price, which was almost 100 million.
This meant that Time alone was still short of 700 million in the purchase price and 400 million in the bank loan, for a total of about 1.1 billion.
As for Faraway Supermarket, the 800 million loan was still the same, and not much had been paid off.
Together with Hsu Shengzhe's 100 million, Li Dong's debt was about 2 billion.
Li Dong was not in a hurry to pay off the land. The presale was about to start, and it was not a problem to pay off the land with this amount of money. This meant that his total debt was about this much.
Of course, Li Dong did not want to calculate Shen Qian's 1 billion now. This amount could not be counted as just a debt.
2 billion. Li Dong heaved a sigh of relief when he thought of this figure.
Faraway Group's current market value was definitely over 10 billion, and a debt of 2 billion was not considered high. At this debt point, Li Dong's tightrope mentality relaxed a little.
Also, Faraway Supermarket was still making profits, and the debt was not a problem.
In the second half of this year, as Time Inc. had been closing in on foreign companies, the profits were not much. Jiangbei also had many accidents, so the profits were not much either.
But now, they had taken down Kelong and cleared the obstacles in Jiangbei. Faraway Supermarket's profits were high.
The Sunan side would probably only be a few months away. After this year, they should be able to return to normal profits next year.
The profit margin of the supermarket was not low. Just the current Faraway Supermarket and Times Supermarket alone could reach more than 8 billion in annual sales, and the net profit was about 700 to 800 million.
Next year, when markets in other provinces were opened up, Faraway Supermarket would probably usher in a wave of development.
At that time, annual sales would easily exceed 10 billion, and annual profits would at least exceed 1 billion. Far away would be much easier at that time.
Other than supermarkets, the shopping malls and logistics would also be profitable next year.
Putting aside the real estate side, the profits of these three companies alone would probably be enough to pay off the debt within a year. Therefore, Li Dong was indeed quite relaxed now.
Of course, investment and expansion had to be calculated separately.
This money could not be saved. If he wanted to expand, it was inevitable that the company would be in debt in the past few years. After all, Li Dong did not have the support of his parents who were worth tens of billions.
…
On the 22nd, Wu Shengnan went to participate in the land auction.
Li Dong did not go, but he also paid some attention. On the one hand, there was Yurun, an outsider, participating this time.
On the other hand, he heard that Yao Hong and the others also participated in the auction.
Li Dong was now eager for them to spend all the money they had on hand to buy the land. No matter what, they had to come up with some real money.
Yao Hong and the others, who were almost emptied by him, if they bought some more land this time, they might not have any money left.
While waiting for the results in the office, Li Dong picked up the newspaper to read.
After a brief glance, Li Dong suddenly noticed a news report that was not worth looking at.
"Jinling Peng Yu case!"
Seeing this news, Li Dong could not help but be stunned for a moment. Is this happening now?
This lawsuit, which is known as Hua Xia's moral decline, has begun?
Not many people seemed to care about Peng Yu's case. The news report only briefly mentioned the collision that happened in Jinling the morning before yesterday.
However, Li Dong knew that when the final result of this lawsuit came out, it would cause an uproar.
After staring at the news report for a while, Li Dong shook his head slightly. Whether it was related to Hua Xia's moral decline or not, this had little to do with him.
Jinling was on the Sunan side. Although he had a certain amount of connections and influence in the Sunan, this matter was not up to him.
Far away, he was already busy with his own business. How could he have the time to care about this kind of thing?
After reading the newspaper for a while, Li Dong's phone rang. It was Wu Shengnan.
The auction was not over yet. Wu Shengnan called Li Dong in advance. As soon as the phone was connected, Wu Shengnan said in a low voice, "General Manager Li, President Yao and a lot of people are here. In addition, Longhua is also here. I think Longhua is not interested in taking the land. Instead, it seems like they are trying to raise the price. President Yao and the others took down two pieces of land, so Longhua's side cost them at least 100 million yuan. "
Li Dong raised his eyebrows. It seemed that he was not the only one paying attention. Hsu Shengzhe was also watching.
Without saying much about this matter, Li Dong asked, "Has Yurun taken the land?"
"Not yet. They should be preparing to bid for the land on the commercial street. The auction has not started yet."
"What about us?"
When Wu Shengnan heard this, she smiled and said, "Director Li, I was just about to tell you. The land in the southern suburbs will be auctioned later. I don't think there are many people competing for this land. We should be able to get it within 300 million yuan."
"Then let's take it. It's fine if it's a little more, but it can't be too high. It's up to you if it doesn't exceed 350 million yuan. Contact me if it exceeds it. "
"Okay."
After hanging up the phone, Li Dong thought for a while.
Yao Hong and the rest had probably spent most of their money. This was a good thing. Yurun had not done anything yet. He hoped that Zhu Yicai would not cause trouble for him.
As for the land in the Southern Suburbs, Li Dong did not think it was a big deal.
If it could be developed, then it would be developed. If it could not be developed, then he would transfer the land. By next year, no matter what, the price would increase.
As he was thinking, someone knocked on the office door. Chen Ke entered and said, "General Manager Li, Teacher Fang is here. She wants to see you."
"Let her in."
…
After Chen Ke went out for a while, Fang Qingfei walked in.
This was the first time she entered Li Dong's office. Although she had been an intern Far away for almost twenty days, Fang Qingfei had never been to Li Dong's office floor.
She looked around Li Dong's office curiously. When she saw the Golden Pixiu, Fang Qingfei was a little surprised and said, "Is this the legendary Golden Pixiu?"
"Legendary?" Li Dong said with a smile, "How did it become a legend? You also know about this thing? "
Fang Qingfei chuckled and said, "I've heard people talk about it, and many people know that the boss of Far away likes gold. He even specially made a Golden Pixiu. I heard that you can get rich because of this. Now many rich people in Pingchuan have learned from you and made a lot of gold money-making objects. "
"Boring!"
Li Dong sneered and said, "This thing was given to me by Longhua's Boss Xu and Nanrui's Boss Hu on the day I set up the group. If I relied on this to make my fortune, I would have lost so much money that my parents wouldn't recognize me."
Fang Qingfei didn't care about this. She just slightly sighed and said, "After coming here, I feel that we are getting farther and farther apart. I used to listen to these people as stories, but you casually mention these people as if they are nothing in your eyes. "
Li Dong chuckled and said, "That's your own feeling. Sit down, let's not talk about this."
Li Dong asked her to sit down and poured her a cup of tea. Then he said, "You want to talk to me about something, right? You haven't been here these days. I don't believe that you are here to see the legendary divine object. "
"Well, I want to talk to you about the internship."
Fang Qingfei deliberated for a moment and said, "So far away, it has been almost 20 days, and the internship is coming to an end. The effect of this internship is very good. The school and the students are very satisfied. I am very grateful that you can provide them with this precious opportunity … "
Seeing her polite words, Li Dong was a little impatient and said, "Get to the point. Don't be so polite. I don't like to listen to it."
Fang Qingfei looked at him and said after a while with a smile, "You don't like to listen to it. In fact, I don't like to talk about it. Forget it. Since you don't want to listen, then I won't say it. Get to the point. "
"This time I came to you to discuss a few things with you. First, tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day. The students have planned to hold a small party to celebrate. In addition, they want to invite you to participate. Your company has also provided us the location. It is at the auditorium. At that time, your company will also organize a few activities. I don't know if you know about this. Do you have time tomorrow night? "
Li Dong thought about it and said, "I'm not sure about this. How about this, if I am not busy or there is no urgent matter to deal with, I will go and have a look. What do you think?"
"That's fine. I will call you tomorrow when the time is up."
Fang Qingfei was not surprised. She knew whether Li Dong was busy or not. She had been So far away for a while.
She used to think that the company's CEO should be very leisurely, but when she came here, she realized that Li Dong was very busy. He was so busy that he had no time to show up.
After finishing the first thing, Fang Qingfei continued, "Second, this matter is not my business. The school entrusted me to talk to you. If you agree, the school will arrange someone to come and talk to your group."
"What is it?"
"The school wants to build a talent training base with Faraway Group. Aren't you running an Internet mall? The school wants to build a cooperative platform with this side, mainly to train students, so that they can be exposed to the technology and experience of excellent enterprises in the school. In addition to the Internet, the school also wants to cooperate with you in the management of your supermarket. The main thing is to let the management students be reserve store managers for your stores. They will learn your management model and experience. What do you think? "
Li Dong frowned and said, "What's in it for me?"
Fang Qingfei said helplessly, "I know you won't do anything until you see the rabbit. This kind of thing is hard to come by, and Jianghai University usually doesn't care about it. Only you would raise conditions."
"Nonsense. If there's nothing in it for me, why would I let you use my place as a talent training base?"
"I know you are happy in your heart. Stop pretending." Fang Qingfei said with disdain. Then she smiled and said, "Of course there are benefits. Since the two sides are cooperating, and the talents are trained, of course, Far away will take advantage of it. These students are here for internship training. Which company do you think will be their first choice after graduation? I dare not say that all the students of Jianghai University are elites, but there have been many elites in recent years, right? Faraway Group is a talent training base. As long as you can keep the people, Jianghai University will definitely support you. "
Li Dong nodded and said with a smile, "What else?"
In fact, Fang Qingfei was right. Many companies wanted to cooperate with these key universities, but they could not. This time, Jianghai University came to him, and Li Dong really took advantage of it.
What was the most important thing these days?
Talents were the most important!
This was not an empty statement. Li Dong now had a deep understanding of it. Far away was lacking people, very lacking. What they were lacking was not ordinary people, but highly skilled, intelligent, and capable managers.
When those people came to Far away for training, Far away would be the first to know if they were dragons or insects.
By then, as long as the conditions were right, it would not be difficult to keep these people. Far away could even arrange for a group of people to enter Jianghai University to study, combine practice with theory, and sign employment contracts in advance.
After a few years, Far away would not have such a huge demand for talents.
However, it was not bad to get more benefits. That was why Li Dong was ready to extort them. After all, Jianghai University had plenty of resources.
Fang Qingfei did not know whether to laugh or cry. She said, "More? What else do you want? How about the university arrange for a group of old professors to come and teach you? Also, if you need, you can discuss with the university to build some laboratories or research projects together. As long as you are willing to pay, the university will agree. After all, you are a student of Jianghai University. The university will definitely support Far away. As for the conditions, Jianghai University will not purposely cheat you, nor will they waste your money. They will also not purposely research projects that are useless to you. These are all benefits. It all depends on whether you can master them or not. As for the other aspects, you can discuss with the people from Jianghai University. I am just conveying my opinion. If you agree, you can continue to discuss in detail. "
Hearing that, Li Dong smiled and said, "Alright, I agree. Later, Jianghai University can contact the board of directors. I will keep this matter in mind. "
Seeing that Li Dong agreed, Fang Qingfei was slightly relieved. She said, "That's settled then. There is one last thing I want to tell you."
"Go ahead."
"This should be a private matter. It is about Bai Su and the others. Because their internship is coming to an end, they have to go back to the university soon. But Bai Su and a few other excellent students are doing very well here. Also, they have finished their studies in advance. If they don't take the postgraduate entrance examination, they will be idle for the rest of the time. So I want to ask for your opinion. Can you let them continue to work here? And … "
"And what?"
Fang Qingfei said awkwardly, "Can you give them some salary? It's okay if the salary is low, as long as they can have enough to eat and wear."
Li Dong knocked on the table lightly. After a while, he said, "That's not a problem. But I have to make one thing clear in advance. I have the final say on who stays and who goes. I don't want everyone. Among this batch of students, I have a score in mind. Don't blame me if I kick some of them back. "
"Don't worry about that. This is my personal request. It doesn't involve anything else. I will give you a list later. I will mark those who want to stay and continue to work here. You can test them or select them in other ways. You can decide who stays in the end. "
"That's good."
The two talked for a while. In the end, Fang Qingfei stood up and said, "Then I will leave first. Thank you."
"You are welcome."
Li Dong stood up and saw Fang Qingfei out. When she was far away, Li Dong sighed. People always grow.
The former Fang Qingfei and the current Fang Qingfei seemed to be different.
At that time, whether Fang Qingfei was childish or unruly, she always did things sloppily like a hothead.
But today, when Fang Qingfei came to talk to him, she had obviously changed a lot.
She was not as tricky with her words, and she had a sense of propriety when talking.
But Li Dong did not know whether this change was good or bad. At least, Fang Qingfei had a feeling of keeping a respectful distance from him.
Shaking his head slightly, Li Dong turned around and put this matter aside. So be it. Wasn't he also changing?
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