Seeing that no one refuted, Li Dong continued, "Since it is not a joint venture, then after Carrefour pulls out, we can only talk about the stores. The other additional values are equivalent to zero."
When he said this, everyone was secretly cheering in their hearts. Yes, well done!
Not counting the additional values, the value of Carrefour's stores would probably be reduced by a few billion!
Everyone tacitly agreed on this point, but Du Lan's face was extremely ugly. Luo Guowei was cursing in his heart, wishing he could give him a slap.
This bastard had set the tone!
If they were to really talk about the stores, Carrefour would suffer a huge loss.
What did he mean by talking about the stores?
One must know that many of Carrefour's stores were not bought by themselves. They were only leased.
According to what Li Dong said, they did not have to pay much for these stores. At most, they would just have to pay a transfer fee.
How much could the transfer fee be? One million? Or two million?
If they were to calculate it this way, their hundred stores would only be worth a few hundred million. Including some fixed assets, the total value would probably be less than one billion.
After that, they still had to deal with the employees and compensate for their losses. In the end, Carrefour might only get three to five hundred million.
If they really did that, Carrefour would become the biggest joke in the world.
At this moment, Du Lan finally understood why Carrefour would fail in Hua Xia. This bastard was so shameless and even targeted Carrefour. It was understandable that the kind-hearted French were defeated.
Suppressing his anger, Du Lan said a few words.
This time, he did not use Mandarin. He was indeed angry, but it was not easy to express it in Mandarin.
Chen Ying immediately translated, "This is impossible! General Manager Li, this is not the way you do business negotiations. What you are saying now is not sincere at all. If you really insist, I am afraid Carrefour's business negotiations will not go Far away. "
Li Dong shrugged and laughed. "Don't be angry. We have not started the negotiations yet. Let's all set the standard first. Furthermore, what I said is the truth. If you don't believe me, you can ask everyone's opinion. "
Although the others were all competitors, at this moment, they all had a unified opinion.
This time, Carrefour invited them to attend the banquet to intensify their relationship and obtain the biggest bargaining chip.
However, they were not fools. How could they allow Carrefour to do as he wished?
Although they were tempted and competitive, when the time came, they did not mind joining forces and ganging up on Carrefour.
In fact, this was also Carrefour's mistake. They only thought that the more people they had, the stronger the competition would be.
But that was only relatively speaking. If Li Dong hadn't taken the lead to set the tone, the others might have really started competing directly.
However, Li Dong had spoken first and set the tone. At this time, even if there were a few families that didn't agree, they wouldn't express their different opinions. Wouldn't that be smashing their own feet and offending others?
As soon as Li Dong finished speaking, Hong Ji also said, "Mr. Du Lan, the situation is exactly as General Manager Li said. Right now, not only does Carrefour not add any additional value, but it will also bring negative effects to us. As you know, the people of Hua Xia are very repulsed by Carrefour. Of course, General Manager Li said that we should calculate the value based on the stores, but I don't think that's necessary. After all, Carrefour has contributed a lot over the years. The friendship between our two countries is everlasting. No matter what, we must uphold the concept of friendship. We cannot let Carrefour … "
Hong Ji rattled on for a while. Everyone held back their laughter and did not say anything.
By this time, Du Lan had sobered up. He knew that it was a mistake to have gathered everyone for a discussion, especially when he had called Li Dong over!
However, he was also a strong businessman. When he realized that this was not right, he immediately chose to remedy the situation.
Before this, he had always felt that the infighting among the people of Hua Xia was fierce, especially when it was a face-to-face competition.
But in the end, Li Dong, who was rumored to flip the table at the slightest disagreement, did not flip the table. Instead, he had defeated him.
This made Du Lan realize that the purpose of this banquet had been reduced by more than half.
Of course, it was not a complete failure. At least everyone could see how many potential competitors they had and how many people had their eyes on the fat piece of meat that was Carrefour.
After they finished talking, Du Lan's face returned to normal. He smiled and said, "I'm sorry. Maybe I really overestimated Carrefour. But it's okay. Don't Hua Xia have a saying that goes, 'Even if business fails, benevolence still exists.' Tonight, let's not talk about business. Ladies and gentlemen, this banquet is for revelry and enjoyment. Come, let's have a drink and let's enjoy ourselves! "
As he spoke, Du Lan raised his glass and motioned to everyone.
Everyone looked at Li Dong. Li Dong pursed his lips. Why are you looking at me? Du Lan suddenly did not want to talk. What can I do?
In fact, Li Dong also understood that what he had done earlier was actually useless.
Tonight was not a formal negotiation. No matter how much he said, when it was time to compete, everyone would compete.
However, he had also planted a seed in everyone's mind, which was that Carrefour was not worth much.
Once it lost the halo of the world's second largest retailer, the value of Carrefour's stores in Hua Xia District was not as high as everyone thought.
Although no one said anything, Li Dong knew that they must have taken it seriously.
Carrefour, which was originally worth ten billion, might only be worth eight billion in everyone's mind after this banquet.
In the future, when the value exceeded their expectations, these people would consider whether it was worth it or not.
This could be considered as eliminating a few competitors for himself. Overall, Li Dong felt that this banquet was not in vain.
Du Lan raised his glass. Li Dong also raised his glass with a smile. "Then let's drink to Mr. Du Lan's hospitality. Thank you for giving us this opportunity to gather together."
Everyone raised their glasses. At this moment, they had subconsciously regarded Li Dong as their representative.
Ma Yun, who was not far away, did not come over. However, just by looking at everyone's words and actions, Ma Yun could not help but frown. "The situation seems to be under Li Dong's control. This is not a good sign."
Guo Guangke did not go over either. Upon hearing that, he smiled. "Old Ma, don't be so concerned. In fact, the situation has always been under Far Away's control. You should have been prepared for this. In everyone's eyes, Far Away's taking Carrefour under their command was in line with the public opinion. You guys forcefully plucked the peaches. Let's not talk about whether you can pluck the peaches or not. Even if you can pluck the peaches, you will suffer heavy losses and become enemies with Far Away. In my opinion, this is not necessary. "
Ma Yun sighed. "It's not us who are enemies with him. It's him who is enemies with all of us. In the past, I felt that I was not afraid of anything and dared to compete with everyone. I thought that nothing could stop me. But this guy is even more outrageous and bold than me. His philosophy has always been to be number one, number one in any industry, as long as they are involved in Far Away. No one has any objections to being number one, but he still wants to monopolize this market. In that case, we can only fight back. Otherwise, if we sit back and watch him continue to grow, who will pay for us in the end? "
Guo Guangke frowned and said faintly, "You are afraid. This should not be your mentality. Old Ma, you should go back and reflect on this period of time. Your mentality is not as calm as before. As a friend, I feel that you are very decadent and dangerous now. If it was you in the past, you would not say such things. You are you. You, Ma Yun, have your own style. Why do you have to follow others? "
Ma Yun was slightly stunned. He rubbed his cheeks and said, "Old Guo, is that so?"
"Of course. Think about it yourself and you will know."
Ma Yun's expression changed for a while. It seemed to be true.
When did this change start?
Maybe it was because of the heavy snow before the New Year. After he was seriously injured by Far Away, he was a little unstable.
At that time, he felt that even God was helping Li Dong, and the whole world was helping Li Dong. Ma Yun seemed to be indifferent, but he was a little depressed.
Then, he was a little lost.
A person's momentum was slowly accumulated. In the past few years, Ma Yun had accumulated an invincible momentum. He did things openly and smoothly.
At that time, his will was firm and unwavering.
But when Far Away broke his invincible momentum, Ma Yun gradually began to waver.
This was human nature. Many people would make this kind of mistake.
That sense of difference made many people sink into it.
Ma Yun did not expect that he almost fell into it.
He was a smart man. A smart man's advice was enough. Ma Yun took a deep breath and said slowly, "Thank you, Old Guo. I will go to the West Lake for a month after I go back. Maybe my mind is really out of balance."
Guo Guangke smiled and said, "That's normal. If I were him, I would also be out of balance. It seems that he has the world's luck on him. It seems that he is the favorite of God. It would be strange if we could be balanced. Among us, who hasn't climbed up step by step from hardships and dangers? But look at him. In the blink of an eye, he became Far Away as if it was a game. There will always be some jealousy and envy. "
Ma Yun nodded. That was true.
Everyone had seven emotions and six desires. Greed, anger, and obsession were inevitable.
When they felt that Li Dong's success came too easily, but their own road was bumpy, how could they calm down?
If they were not competitors, if Li Dong surpassed them by too much, they would only be amazed and envious.
But now they were still at the same level, so the feeling was different.
This was also the reason why Ma Yun's plans changed frequently recently. One time he wanted to do logistics, another time he wanted to do retail, and he even wanted to do Weibo …
These might be his real thoughts. But if there was something wrong with his state, he would not go online at the same time.
But because he saw Li Dong doing it, he wanted to do it.
He wanted to disrupt Li Dong's rhythm, but in the end, he found that it was Li Dong who disrupted his rhythm.
After drinking a glass of wine, Ma Yun looked at Li Dong in the distance again and felt much more clear-headed.
Suppressing all kinds of thoughts in his mind, Ma Yun said softly, "It's a little interesting. My fighting spirit is really rising now. Old Guo, this time Old Shen and I will probably not succeed. But since we are here, we should make some trouble for him. It's best to drag his energy to Carrefour. "
Guo Guangke did not say anything. He agreed with this point.
Only by delaying Li Dong would everyone have a chance to counterattack. It seemed that Ma Yun was ready to make a big move.
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