Xu Shengzhe allowed his clients to return. This was not common in the current real estate market, or rather, it was the only one.
It was possible to return one or two problematic houses.
But there was no precedent of a large number of real estate developers returning their houses.
Even when Li Dong acquired Greenfield, he allowed his clients to return their houses, but that was under special circumstances.
Now, Hsu Shengzhe dared to do this. This fella's guts were beyond Li Dong's imagination.
If the real estate market continued to be sluggish and did not rise a year later, Longhua would be finished.
If the houses could not be sold, they would have to repay the clients' down payments. If there were losses, it would be billions.
Li Dong took a deep breath and said sternly, "Old Xu, don't do anything rash. If it does not rise and you blame it on me, who am I supposed to reason with? I am not a god. I can only say that the possibility of it rising is higher. But no one can be sure when it will happen. What if it does not rise a year later? "
Xu Shengzhe gritted his teeth and said, "You can't catch a tiger cub without entering the tiger's den.
If I agree to return my house, Longhua will be famous.
The whole of Hua Xia will know that Longhua's reputation is made of gold.
If we want to enter the national market, we can't do it step by step. We have to take the risk now!
Also, if I do this, the other real estate companies will be in trouble.
Return my house?
Do they dare?
No way!
They don't dare, but I dare. Longhua dares. Don't you think Longhua will be a gold brand in the real estate market in the future? "
Li Dong said, "We have offended too many people."
Hsu Shengzhe sneered. "I learned from you. No matter how many people I offended, it is all in the real estate industry. What about you? The real estate industry, retail industry, internet industry, logistics industry. Which industry have you not offended? If you are not afraid, why should I be afraid? If I don't take the risk, I might not be able to catch up with you. If I win this time, I still have a chance. "
Seeing that this guy had made up his mind, Li Dong didn't say anything else.
What he said was true. If he succeeded, not only would Longhua earn a lot of money, but it would also be easier for Longhua to enter the national market.
Only real estate companies like Longhua could do this. Li Dong could not do it.
There was nothing he could do about it. There were too few residential areas under his banner.
The houses in the few residential areas that were developed before had long been sold, and many people had moved in after renovations.
Those people probably didn't even think about checking out at this time.
Far away, other real estate companies were experiencing refunds, but there were no refunds. This was because there were no properties to be refunded.
…
The tea was served.
Li Dong drank a cup of tea with Hsu Shengzhe. After chatting for a while, Li Dong got up, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Brother Dong, I have nothing to say. I can only wish you success."
Hsu Shengzhe's face darkened. "Brother Dong, who the hell are you?
Hsu Shengzhe was almost thirty, and Li Dong was younger than him by a few years. How dare he call himself brother?
Before he could retort, Li Dong patted him and left.
…
On the 21st, Li Dong returned to the company.
Li Dong immediately called for a meeting with the board of directors.
Qin Hai was out on a business trip again and was not in the company.
The rest of the board of directors, including Shen Qian, were present.
At the start of the meeting, Li Dong said, "There are three things I want to discuss. I will say, and all of you will do what I say."
This meant that the board of directors only had the authority to execute, and they had no authority to make suggestions.
Far away's board of directors were always so overbearing and direct. Yuan Chengdao and the rest of the board of directors were used to it, and no one said anything.
"First, the supermarket. Speed up the negotiations with Carrefour. Once the evaluation report is out, we will start the acquisition immediately. The proposal must be ready. "
Sun Tao said, "Are you sure you want to acquire the company? This time, the acquisition price will not be low. Our funds are not enough to complete this acquisition plan. "
Li Dong nodded. "That seems to be the case now. But the acquisition price will not be paid in one go. We can continue to negotiate. It will be best to pay in three to five years. Three to five billion should be more than enough for one installment. We can get a loan for this money. After all, the value of Carrefour's branches is this high. I think there should be a bank that is willing to lend. "
Sun Tao thought for a while and said, "Then what is our bottom line? Also, Carrefour has so many branches. If we want to integrate them into Faraway Supermarket, we will need manpower and resources. As for money, we will not consider loans and installments for the time being. But manpower is the biggest problem that restricts our expansion. We have been expanding too fast these few years, and we are short of manpower … "
Li Dong interrupted. "Let Chen Lang be in charge. He was the CEO of Huarun Vanguard before. He will think of a solution."
Everyone stopped talking and passed the pressure to Chen Lang. It was up to Chen Lang to solve the problem.
Chen Lang had acquired companies in the industry more than once or twice, and he could accept it smoothly every time. He always had his own uniqueness.
As for the specifics, Chen Lang would think of a way himself.
Seeing that everyone had no objections, Li Dong said, "As for the bottom line, let's not talk about it for now. We have to deal with the specifics. At present, including us, there are still four companies negotiating. Let's see how Tesco will negotiate. I think 10 billion is not a small amount. "
Everyone nodded. The acquisition of Carrefour should not be less than 10 billion.
"Secondly, about Dongyu Real Estate."
Li Dong glanced at Wu Shengnan and said, "How much land does Dongyu have now?"
"There are a total of 14 pieces of land in Jiaxi City and Capital City. Other than the one in Capital City, the rest are in Jiangbei. The total construction area does not include the one in the Xicheng District. It is a total of 1.64 million square meters. "
Wu Shengnan said, "The Xicheng District government has talked to us several times about the land in the Xicheng District. They hope that we can transfer it."
Li Dong nodded and said, "Talk to them. We don't need money, and we can't sell it for much now. We can use the land to exchange for it. The land price is not high now, and we can at least get a few good pieces of land. The Xicheng District government will not reject us. "
"Okay."
"Okay. You can settle these yourself. What I want to say is that we should continue to accumulate land. The total construction area should be more than 3 million square meters. We don't need to limit it to Jiangbei. We can do it all over the country. As long as the location is suitable, especially in a first-tier city, we can get it. "
It was only a few months before the financial crisis broke out in the country.
Li Dong was prepared to acquire more land in the next few months. When the government stimulated the economy, he could sell a portion of it and quickly recover the funds.
At that time, the deal with Carrefour might not even be completed, and the funds might flow back. They might not even need a loan.
When Wu Shengnan heard this, she was happy at first, but then she said, "But Dongyu has no liquidity on the books now."
Li Dong glanced at her and said angrily, "You don't need me to teach you that! It doesn't matter if you don't have money. Negotiate for the land first and sign the contract. It's not like you have to pay at the beginning. Duan Kuan still has expectations. Try to extend this time. Three to five months should not be a problem. After you sign the contract, I should have money on my side in another three to five months. "
After the contract was signed, it might be the end of the year in another three to five months.
At that time, Li Dong's money from the stock market should be in his account, and the land price should be rising.
Even if he transferred the land, he would not have to worry about not having money to pay.
Wu Shengnan smiled bitterly. The boss was prepared to do a business without capital.
What was the use of three to five months? If there was still no money after three to five months, the land would be taken back, and the taxes and other payments would be in vain.
Moreover, it was impossible to not pay at all. At least there must be a deposit.
However, Li Dong was confident that the money would be in his account. Wu Shengnan had nothing to say. She nodded and said, "Okay. I will arrange it now. But we can't do without a cent. Do you think we should ask the company to allocate some money? "
Li Dong glanced at Yuan Chengdao. Yuan Chengdao said, "The company has a total of 2 billion in liquid funds, but most of it is from Weibo."
"Allocate 500 million to Dong Yu first. If it is not enough, we will talk about it."
"Okay." Yuan Chengdao heaved a sigh of relief. 500 million it was. After all, they had withdrawn all of Dong Yu's funds last time.
Seeing that he agreed, Li Dong continued to ask Wu Shengnan, "Also, about Pengfei Real Estate. Is the commercial building that they partnered with a few other companies completed?"
When Pengfei Real Estate first came to Jiangbei, they partnered with others to develop a commercial street.
At that time, that piece of land was transferred to them by Li Dong.
It had been two years. They didn't know if it was completed or not. They didn't know much about Li Dong.
Wu Shengnan replied, "It's almost completed. But the market is not good now. They are still waiting."
Li Dong thought for a while and said, "How about this. You and Wang Pengfei go and discuss this. Far away will use the commercial street project to exchange for the land in the west district. Ever since we took control of Pengfei, we only have these two projects. Everyone will take one each. After that, we will go our separate ways. Tang Long has also fallen. I don't have the mood to swallow him up. Let's part ways peacefully. Otherwise, Fatty Wang will say that I took advantage of him. "
When Li Dong said this, many people gritted their teeth.
This was considered not taking advantage of him?
Far away had partnered with Pengfei. Back then, they had acquired quite a lot of land. Far away did not spend much to take control of Pengfei. From start to finish, Li Dong had recouped his capital by selling the land.
Now that they had parted ways with Pengfei, it was equivalent to earning the land in the west district for free.
Although the value of the land in the west district had dropped a lot due to the financial crisis, it was still worth no less than four billion now.
In this way, Li Dong had earned 4 billion in just over a year without spending any effort or paying any price.
As for Pengfei, although they had taken back the commercial street project, plus the money from Far away and the money from selling the land, they had earned some.
They had earned quite a lot. It should not be less than one billion. But compared to Far away, it was a far cry.
Working together, Far away had earned so much. Pengfei had earned less than half of Far away's. If Li Dong said that he didn't take advantage of him, no one would believe him.
But Wu Shengnan believed that Wang Pengfei would agree. After all, his Pengfei Real Estate was controlled by Li Dong.
Wang Pengfei had probably wanted to leave long ago. But Far away was the controlling party. He couldn't do that even if he wanted to.
In addition, the land price had dropped. On the contrary, the value of the commercial buildings had not dropped much. If they really split it like that, Wang Pengfei might even feel that he had gotten a bargain.
Thinking of this, Wu Shengnan nodded and said, "Okay, I'll arrange for someone to talk to CEO Wang as soon as possible."
Li Dong said, "Hurry up. Don't delay."
The reason why he wanted to part ways with Wang Pengfei at this time was that Li Dong did not want Wang Pengfei to pick up the money.
Exchanging the land in the west district for the land did not seem to reflect much at the moment.
But after a while, the increase would definitely be shocking.
When that time came, he would still get half of it from Wang Pengfei. Li Dong would not be so kind as to let him pick up the money without doing any work.
After saying the above two things, Li Dong finally said, "There's a third thing. I'm going to inject 5% of the group's shares into the foundation …"
As soon as this was said, everyone's expression changed.
Yuan Chengdao frowned slightly and said, "General Manager Li, there's no need for that."
Sun Tao also said, "General Manager Li, 5% is too much, and it's a fixed share. How about this, we find a way to raise more money to inject into the foundation. As for the shares, let's forget about it. "
On the other side, Wu Shengnan also said, "General Manager Li, and donating shares is not that simple. So far away has not been listed yet. Our asset statistics are not clear, and the accounts of the subsidiaries and head office are also quite chaotic. There's also the supermarket and Far away Technology. On the one hand, CEO Sun has shares in them, and on the other hand, after the last financing, Weibo has a few more shareholders. It's too troublesome to donate shares now. Domestic foundations currently have complicated procedures for donating shares. It's said to be donating to the foundation, but in fact, it can't be directly injected into the foundation … "
Wu Shengnan explained for a while and saw Li Dong frown. She knew that he did not listen.
Then she looked at Shen Qian. Shen Qian was now the chairman of the foundation. Since the meeting, Shen Qian had not said a word.
Wu Shengnan thought for a moment and said, "General Manager Li, your goal should be to give the foundation a stable source of funds, right?"
Li Dong nodded and said, "That's true. In the future, the annual dividends will be invested into the foundation as a charity fund."
"Then we can be flexible. Not only will it save us trouble, but it will also allow General Manager Li to achieve his goal."
Li Dong said, "You mean that we don't donate shares, and we can directly transfer the dividends from the group?"
Wu Shengnan nodded and said, "This is one of the ways, but I think General Manager Li should be worried that the group will use various reasons to shirk responsibility, causing the dividends to not be received, right?"
This was indeed Li Dong's idea. Although Far away was under his control, it was not easy to say that this kind of thing could continue.
He planned to do this for a long time, so he could not be so vague. Otherwise, if the money was spent every year, or he left Far away for other reasons in the future, the foundation might be abandoned halfway.
Seeing that Li Dong had acquiesced, Wu Shengnan's eyes moved. Finally, she gritted her teeth and said softly, "In fact, there are other ways to ensure that this money can be transferred to the foundation."
"Tell me about it."
"Transfer these 5% shares to President Shen's name, sign an agreement, and these shares will be managed by President Shen. The annual dividends must be used in the foundation. If it cannot be done, the group has the right to take back these shares. This way, it can ensure safety and not divide the group's assets. At least the shares are in President Shen's hands, not your money, and the group will not not receive dividends. Also, this also saves all kinds of trouble such as review and industry evaluation. Otherwise, these shares are actually managed by a third party, and it will be troublesome to really enter the foundation. "
As soon as this was said, everyone fell silent.
Shen Qian frowned slightly and looked at Wu Shengnan deeply.
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