The press conference continued.
Yuan Chengdao then announced a few more pieces of news, mainly about the profits of Far Away Mall.
For example, Times had not made much profits last year, but they were starting to make profits this year.
As for Dongyu Real Estate, due to the recent increase in land prices, although Dongyu Real Estate did not make any big moves, they were still making profits.
As for the issue of profits, everyone was not too concerned about it, nor was it very surprising.
After all, the profitability of Far Away Mall was obvious to all. If it was not profitable, Li Dong would not have been able to make Far Away Mall so big in just a few years.
However, when Yuan Chengdao announced the last piece of news, the scene became noisy again!
Just as Yuan Chengdao finished speaking, a reporter immediately asked loudly, "Director Yuan, do you mean that Far Away Mall is officially following Taobao's lead?"
Yuan Chengdao chuckled and said, "How should I put it? It sounds like there is no problem, but in fact, there is a fundamental difference. Far Away Mall's acceptance of individual stores is our first exploration from the B2C model to the C2C model for Far Away. Currently, the best C2C model in the country is naturally Taobao, but Taobao cannot be completely equivalent to C2C. "
Yuan Chengdao paused for a moment before continuing, "In addition, there is a fundamental difference between us and Taobao. Taobao covers all areas and does all kinds of industries.
However, Far Away Mall does not have such plans at the moment. We are mainly involved in the fast-moving consumer goods industry.
Being big is not as good as being big, and the focus of both parties is different.
The reason why Far Away Mall made the current changes is mainly to give customers more choices.
"Currently, we have reached an agreement with Suning and Zhongbai. At the end of June, Suning and Zhongbai will officially enter Far Away Mall.
"In addition, Far Away has also reached an agreement with Changkelong and Five Star Electronics to enter. At the end of June, these two companies will also be launched in the mall at the same time.
In addition, we plan to accept about a hundred retail companies or individual shops to settle in.
Far Away Mall has strict audit standards for the merchants and individuals who enter. It's better to have nothing than to have something shoddy. This is the principle of Far Away Mall. "
As Yuan Chengdao was speaking, someone offstage added, "CEO Yuan, you mentioned strict audit standards. Are you targeting Taobao? After all, Taobao is very relaxed about the conditions for individual shops to enter. Are you rejecting Taobao's business model? "
As soon as this person finished speaking, many people had a strange look on their faces.
Was Yuan Chengdao bombarding Taobao?
After all, in 2007, Taobao's requirements for opening a shop were still very low.
In order to attract individuals to open shops, Taobao lowered its examination standards again and again. Although it attracted a large number of shops in a short period of time, in reality, it lowered the level of Taobao and other aspects of supervision.
For example, some quality issues and vicious competition issues had been criticized.
Now that Far Away Mall had begun to transform into C2C, Yuan Chengdao also said that it's better to have nothing than to have something shoddy. In everyone's understanding, this was targeting Taobao.
After the reporter asked, Yuan Chengdao shook his head and said, "This reporter must have misunderstood. Faraway Group is not targeting anyone. Does raising the audit standards mean that we have to bombard someone? In everyone's understanding, it must be unlimited, so it is not targeting people? Everyone has different customer groups, and the main industries involved are different. Far Away raising the audit standards is inevitable. After all, the fast consumer goods industry includes food, over-the-counter drugs, health care products … Most of these things have to enter the mouth. If we lower the audit requirements, it is irresponsible to our customers. In this case, we raise the audit standards not only for our customers, but also for ourselves Far Away. Why does everyone understand that we are targeting Taobao? "
Everyone thought about it, and what Yuan Chengdao said seemed to make some sense.
However, someone asked, "President Yuan, according to what you have said so far, can I understand that Far Away Mall is committed to building a huge integrated online shopping mall for the retail industry? After all, Far Away's current cooperation includes Suning, Zhongbai, Five Star, and Changkelong, which are well-known in the retail industry. As for the fast consumer goods industry that you mentioned, it can generally be categorized as the retail industry. Does this mean that Distance Group is unable to achieve a monopoly in physical stores, so it is changing its direction and wants to achieve a monopoly in the electronic shopping mall? "
Yuan Chengdao smiled and said, "I generally don't deny what you said before. Far Away's goal is to make a integrated online shopping mall for the retail industry, but I dare not admit that it is a monopoly. "
After Yuan Chengdao finished, Li Dong, who didn't speak much, curled his lips and said, "What monopoly are we? You should go to Lin 'an and ask Old Ma about this. Monopoly is illegal. Besides, with our scale, we can't monopolize even if we want to, right? "
Everyone couldn't help but laugh.
After laughing for a while, someone asked, "General Manager Li, Far Away's physical stores are currently expanding everywhere, and the scale is staggering. At this time, you still choose to expand the mall at the same time. Far Away's next focus is on the electronic shopping mall or physical stores? "
"Both aspects should go hand in hand."
Li Dong explained, "I have discussed with Mr. Zhang of Suning for a long time before. With the popularization of the Internet, the proportion of online e-commerce will also increase. How to combine online and offline is something that every industrial company should consider. On the one hand, the reason why Far Away Mall chose to accept other companies and individuals is to enhance our competitiveness. On the other hand, Far Away also wants to be a pioneer and exploration for many industrial groups. "
Although what Li Dong said was the truth, everyone didn't care too much at this time.
On the one hand, the current market share of e-commerce was too small. Even Taobao couldn't shake the solid foundation of the physical industry in 2007.
Therefore, there was no wave of e-commerce's impact on the industrial industry in China at present. Many large groups and enterprises didn't pay much attention to e-commerce.
In fact, if it wasn't for the arrival of the mobile Internet era, e-commerce would not have such a huge impact as in the future.
Now that smartphones had not been invented, people naturally couldn't understand Li Dong's concerns.
Even Zhang Jindong, the reason why he wanted to do O2O was not because he felt that e-commerce was powerful and how much impact it would have on Suning's physical stores.
In fact, most of the retail companies that did their own online shopping malls now just wanted to expand their business from different channels. It was that simple.
As for planning for the future, except for a few strong people with high vision, most people didn't realize that e-commerce would have such a big development in the future.
It didn't matter to Li Dong that others didn't pay attention to it.
Anyway, he just wanted to set up an ambush in advance to show his attitude to the outside world.
In the future, if he vigorously developed the shopping mall and expanded the shopping mall, it wouldn't be so eye-catching in the eyes of others.
After all, Li Dong said that shopping malls and physical stores should be emphasized. Everyone had their own ideas. Since Li Dong thought so, they couldn't stop him.
The reporters then asked a few more questions, and the two-hour press conference was finally over.
After the press conference ended, just as Li Dong was about to leave, Yuan Chengdao said, "General Manager Li, can I go to your office for a chat?"
Li Dong nodded and said, "I'll wait for you in the office."
"Okay, I'll be there right away."
…
Ten minutes later.
Yuan Chengdao entered Li Dong's office and went straight to the topic. "General Manager Li, you said that e-commerce and physical stores should be emphasized. Is that your real idea?"
Li Dong knew what he meant. He nodded slightly and said, "That's the general idea. E-commerce will soon usher in a peak period, and it won't take long. At that time, physical stores will suffer a huge impact. Whether it's for profits or to strengthen the group's viability, it's necessary to develop e-commerce. "
"Impact?"
Yuan Chengdao frowned slightly and said, "General Manager Li, is this your opinion?"
Li Dong smiled and said, "That's indeed my opinion. Of course, it's not just me who thinks so. In fact, according to the current development trend, this possibility is very high. Have you seen the recent data released by Ali? How much was Taobao's turnover in 2006? 16.9 billion! Look at the previous years. It was less than 30 million in 2003, 1 billion in 2004, and 8 billion in 2005. How much do you think Taobao's turnover was in 2007? "
Yuan Chengdao usually didn't pay much attention to e-commerce. When he heard that Taobao's turnover last year reached 16.9 billion, he couldn't help but get a shock.
When Li Dong asked, Yuan Chengdao hesitated slightly and said, "The development in the previous years was so fast, but that's because the base number was small. Don't look at the multiplier and just look at the increase in the turnover. From 2004 to 2005, it increased by 7 billion, and from 2005 to 2006, it increased by about 9 billion. In fact, the speed is gradually slowing down. If I'm not wrong, this year's turnover should be less than 30 billion. "
"Less than 30 billion?" Li Dong smiled and said, "Even if it's less than 30 billion, it's still more than our entire group's turnover Far away."
"Moreover, I bet that it won't slow down. It will only get faster and faster!"
"Last year's turnover was 16.9 billion. This year, it will at least double. In my opinion, the turnover will exceed 100 billion in the next two years."
It was easy for Li Dong to say 100 billion, but Yuan Chengdao couldn't believe it. "General Manager Li, it can't be. 100 billion. This is more than Gome's turnover!"
Last year, among the domestic retail groups, Gome took the lead, with sales of nearly 90 billion.
Moreover, at this point, the growth would be slower and slower. It was hard to say if Gome could exceed 100 billion this year.
But Li Dong actually said that Taobao could surpass Gome. Even if it was only in terms of sales, it was too shocking to Yuan Chengdao.
It wasn't that he was ignorant. In fact, the current domestic and overseas e-commerce development wasn't too fast.
In the eyes of many people, the overseas economic system had always been decades ahead of the domestic economy.
Even the overseas e-commerce did not have any impact on the physical economy. How could the domestic economy be so fast?
Everyone just had to follow the established order and follow the development trend of the overseas economy. It wouldn't be too late to discuss this problem when the overseas economy was impacted by the e-commerce industry.
This wasn't just the thoughts of one or two people. It was the thoughts of many people, including some shrewd entrepreneurs and professional managers.
Yuan Chengdao wasn't weak, but at this moment, he probably couldn't imagine the development of the Electronics Commerce Association in the future.
Li Dong saw that he didn't quite believe it and smiled. "I don't care if you believe it or not. Anyway, I believe it. If you don't believe it, you can wait until the end of the year. The current Taobao is nothing. But after a few years, you will understand.
Alright, I won't say anything else. It's useless to just talk about this. You just have to do as I say.
Don't neglect the shopping mall.
I know the company has been busy recently, and the pace of expansion has been too fast. Also, you have to reorganize the human resources. But you can't completely neglect other areas.
Next month, I will most likely attend the Changjiang Business School's training class. I have already signed up.
If nothing goes wrong, I won't be in Jiangbei next month. The company is counting on you.
This time, as the housekeeper, I won't be in Jiangbei. Do whatever you can. During this period of time, you have been reorganizing the company's human resources and didn't display your expertise. This isn't the result I want. "
When Yuan Chengdao heard Li Dong's words, he immediately said seriously, "General Manager Li, don't worry. I will definitely work hard!"
Li Dong laughed and told him a few more things before sending him out of the door.
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