On the morning of June 10th, Apple held its World Developers Conference.
At the conference, Apple announced the 3G version of the iPhone.
The iPhone 3G version was not the world's first 3G phone.
But in terms of influence, it was the iPhone that led the mobile phone era to the 3G era.
When 3G was still a concept in China, others had already developed practical models. Even Li Dong had to admit Apple's contribution to the smartphone era.
When the 3G phone was released, all the domestic mobile phone manufacturers were looking at it.
Soon, all the major mobile phone manufacturers were looking at the 3G phone. All kinds of technology development and research plans were put on the agenda.
With the capabilities of the Chinese, it would not be a big problem for them to make a knockoff of a cell phone that had already been developed.
The main problem was still the operator. But Hua Xia had already started testing the 3G network.
In April this year, China Mobile had started to test the TD-SCDMA network. This meant the start of 3G commercialization.
According to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the 3G operating license should be issued at the end of this year. Ordinary people did not know about this, but people like Li Dong had their own sources of information.
June 2008 marked the official start of the smartphone era.
It was not a preparation, nor was it coming soon. It was official!
Even if there was no 3G phone in China, everyone was working overtime to develop it. Li Dong knew that it would not take long for all this to happen.
… …
On the morning of the 10th, Li Dong rushed to Zhuhai.
Li Dong had reached a consensus with Gale beforehand. This time, it was mainly to confirm the cooperation agreement.
In Gale, Li Dong met the woman who would become famous in the future.
Dong Minzhu was not the Chairman of Gale, but the General Manager.
He was as capable and straightforward as ever. The two sides quickly reached an agreement. Li Dong left a few people behind to discuss the details of the agreement. He did not stay for long and quickly rushed to the next stop.
When they left, Dong Minzhu politely sent Li Dong and the rest off.
A woman's rise in the business world was many times more difficult than a man's. No matter how she would be criticized in the future, at least Li Dong admired her.
Her ability, decisiveness, and ruthlessness were not something she was born with.
If a woman wasn't ruthless, she wouldn't be able to control the situation.
Gale is so big and has so many employees. If you, a woman, are riding on other people's head, and if you are weak, who will pay attention to you?
Women who were independent all had such personalities.
Ji Lanxin and Zhang Lanyu, whom Li Dong knew, were also like this. It was just that Li Dong didn't have the chance to see them.
Even Hu Xiaorui had the final say in the company, and no one dared to refute her.
Even Qin Yuhan, who was soft and weak in front of Li Dong, had suffered at the beginning because she was soft-hearted and suffered by her employees.
Up until now, Qin Yuhan had slowly developed a decisive and murderous aura.
The political and business worlds were the best places to train people, especially women. Women who could stand out in these two worlds were not easy to deal with.
Of course, with the exception of those who relied on their parents, these people were still a notch weaker than independent strong women.
…
On the 11th, Li Dong went to Mei Da.
Mei Da was similar to Gale. The current CEO, Fang Hongbo, and Li Dong were from the same hometown.
With this foundation, the negotiation between the two sides was more pleasant.
Soon, the agreement was officially reached.
During the financial crisis, Far away was about to win the position of the number one retailer in the country. For several home appliance manufacturers, it was simply a timely help.
As long as Li Dong's conditions were not too excessive, everyone was willing to accept the olive branch from Far away.
TCL, Mei Da, Gale, and Li Bai. During this trip to Guangdong Province, Li Dong signed strategic agreements with the four companies at lightning speed.
As soon as the news came out, the executives of Faraway Supermarket were naturally overjoyed.
On the other hand, Suning and Gome were vigilant.
This time, Li Dong won the cooperation agreement of the three major home appliance manufacturers in one fell swoop. Although compared to them, the gap was still very obvious.
This was a sign that Li Dong's next goal was likely to be in the home appliance industry.
In fact, there was already this trend before.
On Far Away Mall's side, Far Away gradually increased the scale of its own home appliance business. Some of the brands that had previously cooperated with no longer participated in the self-operation. Instead, they were converted to direct suppliers of Far Away.
However, at that time, the trend was not obvious. Now, Li Dong personally went to Guangdong Province to negotiate with several major manufacturers and obtained the most favorable plan.
This time, anyone with a discerning eye could see the purpose of Far Away.
Not only were the two home appliance retail giants vigilant, but other supermarkets were also vigilant.
Far Away was now speeding up the establishment of the channel. In the past, Far Away's disadvantage was that the cost was too high.
Far Away, which was established recently, had always had a weakness in the channel supply.
Even if Far Away used a huge logistics system to reduce the cost, it still exceeded other supermarkets.
Now, Far Away improved the channel supply on a large scale and reduced the cost. With their self-operation logistics system, the cost would drop rapidly.
When that time comes, Far Away would start a bloodbath again. Without the disadvantage of cost, they would be even more ferocious than before.
In the past, they did not have this advantage. Far Away was already so brutal. Now, it was even scarier.
It was not that no one wanted to stop them, but in fact, they could not.
The channel suppliers were not their own companies, and they could not stop others from doing business.
It was still fine for small and medium-sized supermarkets. The channel suppliers did not dare to go against the opinions of their major customers. Otherwise, they would be kicked out of the supply chain and suffer heavy losses.
Far Away, however, was an industry giant.
If they wanted to block an industry giant, Huarun, Bailian, and a few others could not do it, unless it was a partnership of the top ten retail companies.
In fact, this was also impossible. The competition between them was not any smaller than Far Away. They might not even have thought that a few of them would join hands.
…
On the 12th, Far Away officially announced the news to the public.
In fact, the number of companies that had signed the strategic agreement was not limited to these few in Guangdong Province.
This time, Far Away included the companies that had signed the agreement in one fell swoop, as well as the well-known companies that had signed the agreement during Li Dong's absence.
From the top to the bottom, there were more than 50 well-known companies that had signed the strategic agreement.
Of course, this was not the only announcement. Far Away announced that in the middle of July, the person-in-charge of these companies would gather in Pingchuan.
At that time, everyone will sign a new strategic cooperation framework with Far Away.
To celebrate the success of the cooperation, on the 18th of July, just like last year, Far Away Mall will continue to hold a major sales promotion.
This time, it was more intense, as it was a joint promotion by all the companies.
Both parties had organized such a large-scale strategic cooperation meeting not only to make it sound good, but also to open up the market.
This year, everyone was having a hard time, and their products were not selling well.
Now that they were working together, it was a win-win situation.
But to Li Dong, this year's big sales promotion was much better than last year's.
Last year, he was making a loss. This year, it was different. He was working directly with the major manufacturers, and this time, the discounts were given by the manufacturers themselves.
Far Away could still make a sum of money and continue to open up the e-commerce market.
Li Dong was even thinking if he should carry out online and offline cooperation at the same time.
But after thinking about it carefully, it was not the right time yet.
Launching a big online and offline promotion at the same time would require a lot of manpower and resources, and logistics would be tight. Far Away's current logistics scale was not enough to support a nationwide big promotion.
It might not be possible this year, but it should be possible next year.
At that time, it would be the time when smartphones were flourishing.
In the time frame when others were either doing e-commerce or physical stores, Far Away would directly start exploring and perfecting the nationwide O2O operation. Just this alone was enough to make Far Away invincible.
They might not be able to make much money in the early stages, but they would be ahead of others, and this would be for a few years. By the time others started to enter the market, Far Away would already have a solid foundation.
One step ahead, every step would be faster.
It was impossible to count on Li Dong to make mistakes and be their pioneer, at least for the next few years.
Ma Huateng, Ma Yun, and the others had always wanted to let Li Dong explore and test the waters. Under normal circumstances, this would be the right thing to do.
But they would never have thought that Li Dong could see further than them.
While others could only see what was in front of them, or two or three years later, he could already see the future.
This was Li Dong's greatest source of confidence, as well as his greatest capital.
…
This announcement from Far Away once again made Far Away, which had been silent for a long time, appear in front of the people.
Far Away seemed to have been quiet ever since they fought against Carrefour.
The negotiations with Carrefour had not yielded any results.
As for Li Dong himself, he had been very low-key recently. Most people did not know what he was doing.
It was only then that everyone realized that Li Dong had not been idle. He was still in the process of fighting.
On the Internet.
Many people were eager to have a go at the Distance Mall's big promotion.
They were all genuine merchants. Genuine manufacturers were directly involved, and they had the biggest discounts and the fastest logistics system …
These series of advantages made everyone look forward to it.
Many people were even calling for it. "Continue next year!"
"It'll be great if there's a big promotion on July 18th every year."
"…"
There were also people who shouted while looking forward to it, "We have to chop our hands again. This isn't a big promotion, it's obviously a Chopping Hand Festival!"
Before Li Dong could start his own festival, someone had already taken the initiative to help him do it.
The term Chopping Hand Festival spread very quickly. On the same day, it became a trending topic on Weibo, attracting many people's approval.
The Internet was in an uproar. Li Dong also began to prepare to return to Pingchuan.
Just as he was about to go back, someone was also talking about him.
…
Capital.
It was almost graduation time.
As it was time for the thesis defense, most students, whether they were interning or preparing to further their studies, stayed on campus.
Qin Yuhan had just finished her work in the store and returned to the dormitory. She heard Qi Fangfang laugh exaggeratedly, "Yuhan, your Li Dong is getting more and more awesome!"
Qin Yuhan was puzzled, "What's wrong?"
"What's wrong? Didn't you see the announcement just now? Far away, more than 50 large manufacturers have been contacted, and they are preparing to hold a cooperation conference in Jiangbei. There are even a few companies that have directly revealed that they are preparing to invest in and build a manufacturing base in Jiangbei. Li Dong's influence is getting bigger and bigger, changing his development strategy for a company. Far away, it's going to be the Chopping Hand Festival on July 18th, a grand event in the entire electronics industry! "
Qi Fangfang said it all in one breath. Her face was not red nor was she out of breath. She was even more proud than Qin Yuhan.
She could not help it. Seeing so many people discussing Li Dong and Li Dong on the Internet, she felt that it was quite an honor to know Li Dong.
Everyone had vanity. A few years ago, when she first met Li Dong, Qi Fangfang still thought that she was a top student at Capital University. She did not feel inferior or anything.
But now, Li Dong was almost a legendary figure.
Even a professor at Capital University did not have a high status in front of Li Dong, much less a student at Capital University.
Of course, the cultural world and the business world were different.
But no matter what, Li Dong's current achievements were already something that people could only look up to.
Even knowing Li Dong was enough to brag about.
Just as Qi Fangfang finished speaking, Zhang Mengmeng also giggled and said, "Yeah, Sister Yuhan, if you reveal to the public that you are Li Dong's girlfriend, I'm afraid you will be in the newspapers immediately. At that time, we might even be able to enjoy the scene of being surrounded by paparazzi. Just thinking about it makes me excited. Sister Yuhan, I can't hold it in anymore. I really want to announce it to the public. "
Seeing the two of them like this, Qin Yuhan was a little speechless. She quickly dispelled their thoughts and said, "Don't come up with any stupid ideas. I still want to spend the last period of my university days in peace."
"Boring!"
Qi Fangfang pouted as soon as she heard that. "It's not easy to have a chance to show off. What a pity. You little girl, why are you so low-key?"
Qin Yuhan smiled and did not reply.
Qi Fangfang thought about it and said, "Yuhan, are you really going back to Jiangbei? You have almost ten stores in Capital University now. Are you going to give up just like that? "
Qin Yuhan smiled and said, "It's not like I'm giving up. I'll just control it remotely."
"But … forget it. It's good to go back. If I don't go back, Li Dong might fall in love with someone else. "
Qi Fangfang joked casually. Zhang Mengmeng and Zhou Yue, who had been quiet all this while, could not help but glare at her.
This guy was really touching my sore spot!
Actually, they all knew about Shen Qian.
Zhou Yue knew about it because of her identity.
On the other hand, Qi Fangfang and Zhang Mengmeng learned about it from gossip magazines. Moreover, both of them had interned Far away for a period of time before, so they knew Shen Qian.
Qin Yuhan's mind was probably in a mess now. Moreover, she had returned to her normal life. It was different from her previous holidays, so she must be very nervous. Joking at this time would only increase her pressure.
Qi Fangfang knew that she had said something wrong when the two of them glared at her. She quickly smiled and said, "It's just a joke. Li Dong is such a pure man. Why would he do something like that …"
This time, even Qin Yuhan could not help but glare at her. She said in amusement, "Alright, the more you explain, the more confused you are. I'm not as weak as you think. Don't worry about me. Just say whatever you want. If I can't even handle this, I would've broken up with him long ago. "
Qi Fangfang and the rest looked at each other. They were a little surprised. This girl seemed to be different from before.
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