Chen Mingyong invited Li Dong to stay for a few days, but Li Dong couldn't agree to it.
This time, Li Dong didn't come to Guangdong just for the launch of OPPO phones.
He had a lot of other things to do.
When Faraway Supermarket first started up, most of the suppliers were first and second tier agents.
When Faraway Supermarket expanded to its current scale, it wouldn't be in line with Far Away's interests to find agents to continue supplying, and the cost would increase too much.
Now, most of Distance was looking for direct supply from manufacturers.
This time in Guangdong, OPPO's purpose was one, and the other was because of Chen Kaixuan's invitation.
Chen Kaixuan was the chairman of Li Bai. A few days ago, the director of Far Away's purchasing department came to Li Bai, and the two sides reached a general strategic agreement.
Originally, this matter didn't need Li Dong to come, and the purchasing director could make the decision himself.
However, Chen Kaixuan and Li Dong were classmates in the Business School. Although they didn't usually meet, they often chatted in the group.
This time, when they heard that Far Away and Li Bai were about to reach a strategic agreement, many students from the Business School wanted to come to Guangdong for a gathering.
As one of the two parties of this cooperation, Li Dong couldn't not come.
Moreover, Li Dong wasn't just here for the gathering. This time, he came to Guangdong for a lot of tasks.
In the end, the cooperation between Gome and Far Away didn't come to fruition, and Suning occupied Far Away's appliance market in Beijing and Tianjin.
However, Far Away itself was also in the appliance industry, and letting Suning continue to dominate was not in line with Li Dong's goal. Moreover, there was also Far Away Mall, a big channel.
Now, Far Away could be said to be one of the top appliance retail giants besides Gome and Suning.
The appliance sales of Far Away Mall even exceeded the current appliance retail industry's top five appliances.
In this case, if Far Away wanted to continue to expand and reduce costs, it was naturally the best choice to find a manufacturer to cooperate with.
Coincidentally, the domestic appliance manufacturing giants, Gree and Midea, had their headquarters in Guangdong.
Part of the reason why Li Dong came was to reach a strategic agreement with these two families.
Other than that, he also wanted to investigate the retail market in Guangdong Province.
Far away had a strategic goal last year. This year, Faraway Supermarket had to expand to the south.
Guangdong Province and Minnan were both within it, and Guangdong Province was also connected to Hong Kong and Macao. This was the bridgehead that led to the world.
Far away could make use of Guangdong Province to break into Hong Kong and Macao in one fell swoop and connect with the rest of the world.
Of course, it was still too early to talk about this.
However, the location of Guangdong Province was very important. Since Li Dong was here, he had to take a look.
When he heard that Li Dong wanted to go to Yangcheng to meet with Chen Kaixuan, Chen Mingyong did not try to persuade him.
Furthermore, Chen Kaixuan had a high status in the business world in Guangdong Province, and it wasn't something that he could compare to. If Li Dong had a cooperation with Chen Kaixuan, it might be beneficial for Far Away's cooperation with Oppo.
Seeing that Li Dong was a little tired after the meal, Chen Mingyong did not stay for long. Before he left, he said, "General Manager Li, Opper will hold a board meeting tomorrow. If you can stay in Guangdong Province for a few more days, we should have a result by the time you leave. "
"I hope we can have a pleasant cooperation." Li Dong smiled.
"I'm also looking forward to it."
The two smiled and shook hands before Chen Mingyong took the lead to leave.
After he left, Shen Qian asked, "Are you really determined to support Opper?"
"It's not support, but mutual benefit." Li Dong smiled. "Opper has Bubu's technology, and Chen Mingyong is also an expert in marketing. With Far Away providing the channels, it's equivalent to three companies working together. The success rate is still very high. "
Shen Qian first nodded, then said, "But you have just started, and it's hard to say if you can catch up to other companies. You have a legend in the business world, and if you stumble with Opper, although it's not a big loss, it'll be a big loss to your reputation. "
Li Dong laughed. Reputation was tiring.
But he had to admit, reputation was also necessary.
No matter how rich a nameless person was, it wouldn't work.
Just like when he met Zhang Ying, Li Dong thought of the problem of soft and hard power.
Zhang Ying still had money, and a lot of it.
But she wasn't famous. Although Zhang Ying was on the Hurun List and ranked second, how many people in the country knew her?
Only people like Li Dong had some understanding of her.
Her Black Dragon Paper Company was even less famous.
Even Chen Kaixuan had a higher status than Zhang Ying in Guangdong Province. That was the difference. At least Li Bai was famous in the country.
Li Dong said as he walked, "There's no such thing as an undefeated legend. Miracles will be broken sooner or later. If I really stumble with Opper, it doesn't matter. At least for now, it won't affect me too much. "
"That's true, but you've invested a few hundred million. Sometimes, I don't understand what you're thinking."
Shen Qian still couldn't understand, but usually, if Li Dong insisted on doing something, she wouldn't object too much.
After thinking for a while, Shen Qian said, "Previously, we took 20% of Opper's shares. Later, you said you wanted to follow up, so I got someone to take 6% of the shares. Now, these shares are all in my hands. Let's transfer the shares later … "
Li Dong had just opened the car door, and when he heard that, he raised his head and said, "No need. These shares were originally spent on you, so there's no need to transfer them to me. Just think of it as me investing for you. The money I got from the Shen Corporation last time was pretty much all spent on this, right? "
Previously, when Li Dong negotiated with the Shen Corporation, he helped Shen Qian get more than 300 million.
Although Opper wasn't strong now, it was still a relatively large enterprise.
Shen Qian took 26% of Opper's shares. Even if she didn't spend 300 million, it wouldn't be much different.
Shen Qian said indifferently, "Anyway, I don't lack money to spend, so there's no point in keeping it."
"Mm, I'll leave these shares in your hands for now. Far away, we'll cooperate with the other party and strive to get 25% of the shares."
Li Dong narrowed his eyes and said, "This way, we can have absolute control of Opper. I understand the logic of farmers and snakes. Now that Opper is counting on us, we'll help him get on the horse. In the future, when they can stand on their own, who knows what they'll think. If we have absolute control, this risk will be offset. "
Shen Qian thought for a moment and said, "It's not easy."
"I don't think it's difficult."
Li Dong chuckled. This was the best time to do so.
A little later, Opper would be able to do it on his own.
In the early days, they hadn't officially stepped into the mobile phone industry, so the pressure on Opper wasn't that big.
Now that they had officially entered the mobile phone industry, the pressure of competition was great, and they urgently needed to find support.
Far away was willing to provide support at this time, and should be able to get the support of most shareholders and directors.
…
While Li Dong and his party were staying in Guan City, the negotiations in Shanghai had also reached the transit stage.
There were three companies that originally stayed to negotiate: Far away, Tesco, and Yintai.
But on the day of the negotiation on the 6th, Far away, Chen Lang actually invited a deputy minister from the Ministry of Commerce to participate in the negotiations.
Although the deputy minister didn't say a word, the meaning was definitely different.
That afternoon, Yintai announced its withdrawal from the negotiations.
Shen Guojun was full of helplessness when he called Ma Yun, "Old Ma, let's not make trouble. The attitude of the Ministry of Commerce is very obvious. They support Far away to take down Carrefour. Tesco is a foreign company, after all, so the Ministry of Commerce can't say anything. But we still have to survive in the country. Far away has already invited their connections, so it's not sensible for us to add more trouble. Besides, I doubt that Tesco can hold on with the Ministry of Commerce's presence this time. It seems that Carrefour is Far away's in the bag this time. "
Ma Yun apparently didn't expect such an unforeseen event to happen midway. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Forget it, then. After all, our strength is indeed lacking. Anyone with discerning eyes can see that the possibility of us successfully swallowing an elephant is not big. Since they are determined to get it, then we'll let them have it easy this time. "
Shen Guojun couldn't help laughing, "I can't not have it easy. In fact, I'm also a bit scared after these days of negotiations. If we really take down Carrefour, I suspect that Far away will pester me to death. But now, Yintai is no match for Far away. Far away has their eyes on me, and I'm under a lot of pressure. "
Ma Yun said with a smile, "Old Shen, it's not like you to be afraid."
Shen Guojun said helplessly, "I'm not afraid of others, but Li Dong is too vengeful. Anyone would be afraid of being targeted by this guy. If you don't believe me, you can ask Huarun. Su Guo was defeated, but they didn't say anything. The same goes for Carrefour. Nowadays, in the department store industry, this guy is the only one you can't afford to provoke. If you provoke him, he will fight you to death. You tell me, how many people in the country have the courage to fight him to death? "
"That's true. Li Dong's image to the public is that he will bite a piece of your flesh even if he can't beat you to death. He really scared a lot of people. In fact, if we really want to fight him to death, he won't necessarily dare to persist. Unfortunately, we are all old. We know that he won't dare to do it, but we don't dare to gamble. "
Ma Yun also felt a little emotional. He didn't believe that Li Dong would really be willing to give up his family business of nearly 100 billion yuan to fight others to death.
But he showed such an attitude, with a look that said, "Come and try it," and it really scared others.
It's not that no one thought about whether Li Dong would dare to fight with them to the end.
But how many people would dare to gamble on this?
What if Li Dong really fought with you to the end?
Even Ma Yun himself didn't dare. He dared to fight with eBay to the end and won. Ma Yun was not a timid person.
But the bigger the business, the greater the responsibility, and the greater the constraints.
Now, Ma Yun didn't dare and couldn't gamble on this kind of opportunity.
Otherwise, if Taobao and Far Away Mall continued to fight, it was hard to say who would win and who would lose. Taobao's chances of winning were higher.
If it was someone else, Ma Yun might not necessarily be afraid of them.
Forget about Li Dong. He didn't know if this guy was really crazy or faking it. Anyway, whether it was real or fake, there was no need to fight to the death with him.
The two of them sighed and the topic gradually drifted away.
…
Just when Yintai announced its withdrawal, Chen Lang and Luo Guowei's negotiations were still in a deadlock.
Even though the big boss of the Ministry of Commerce personally came to take charge and was ready to facilitate the cooperation between the two parties, politics still had to follow the rules.
If Carrefour was not willing, the Ministry of Commerce would not force it.
Actually, it was already a little overboard this time. But after all, he was just an assistant, and he didn't say anything, so it was barely acceptable.
But if he intervened again, it would be a little against the rules.
Not to mention Carrefour, Far Away wouldn't do it either. If they really relied on too much power from the government, it would be easy to be criticized.
In the big conference room.
Chen Lang's voice was loud and clear. "Now, Tesco's offer is only 11 billion RMB. Far Away is hundreds of millions of RMB higher than Tesco's. No matter how you look at it, Far Away is Carrefour's only choice!
More than 8,000 Hua Xia employees, can Tesco really accept all of them?
Even if the person in charge of Tesco was here, I would dare to question him face to face if he could do this!
You have to know that if Tesco couldn't do it, Carrefour would have to pay the bill!
This is one of the reasons. Secondly, Tesco is now opening up the Korean market.
I heard that when Carrefour withdrew from the Korean market, it transferred its 32 stores.
Now, Tesco is preparing to take over these stores left behind by Carrefour. The total value is as high as 2 billion USD. Does Tesco still have the spare capacity to continue opening up the Hua Xia market?
Thirdly, Tesco has always been competing with Carrefour for the position of the world's second retailer.
Unlike Far Away, Far Away's business is limited to Hua Xia's domestic market and has yet to open up the international market.
If Carrefour takes over Far Away, it won't affect Carrefour at all.
But once Tesco takes over, I don't think Carrefour will be able to maintain its position as the world's second retailer in another two years. "
The Carrefour people on the other side frowned slightly. It was obvious that they had been hit in their weak spot.
In the past few years, Tesco had been chasing after them more and more.
Carrefour's business had been declining, and its growth rate was not as big as Tesco's.
Now, the gap between the two parties was very small, and Tesco was still expanding its business in Asia.
But now, Carrefour's business in Asia had no choice but to retreat.
But this didn't mean that there was no profit in Asia.
If it wasn't for the fact that they were forced to a dead end and Far Away had no choice but to retreat, Carrefour was actually more optimistic about the Hua Xia market.
If Tesco really took over their business, it might really be possible for Tesco to surpass Carrefour in the next few years.
Of course, thinking was just thinking, and Carrefour people wouldn't let it go Far Away just because of this.
They were very dissatisfied with the price of 11.2 billion.
Carrefour itself was valued at 12.4 billion, and it was suddenly reduced by more than a billion. It wasn't like they were in a wet market, and they wouldn't make such a big concession.
Far Away wouldn't be willing to negotiate with Tesco if they could offer a price of 12 billion. But now, it was 11.2 billion, and Carrefour wasn't willing to accept it.
Luo Guowei didn't say anything, and a representative from Carrefour's headquarters said a few words.
The translator quickly said, "Mr. Chen, no matter what you say, the value of Carrefour's Hua Xia business is here. Carrefour's headquarters won't agree to the price of 11.2 billion RMB. Also, we don't agree with what you said that Tesco will surpass Carrefour to become the world's second retailer … "
Chen Lang smiled and didn't care much about what they said.
A price difference of hundreds of millions was not something that could be resolved with just a few words.
But now, the advantage was Far Away.
Tesco had entered the Asian market in full force, and Carrefour was actually still afraid.
If they wanted to keep their second position, handing over Hua Xia's business to Tesco wasn't in line with their strategic goals.
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