Chapter 1626 Don't Guess

Li Dong's office.

Not long after Li Dong returned to the office, Sun Tao knocked on the door and walked in.

Seeing Sun Tao coming, Li Dong smiled and said, "Yuan Chengdao asked you to come?"

Sun Tao didn't speak in a hurry, looked around in the office, and then said: "It hasn't changed from before, after so many years, in fact, I still admire you in this aspect.

These years, whether you have money or not, you seem to be the same. "

Li Dong laughed and said, "Sarcasm me?

It's just an office, not a home.

It's not like you haven't been to my house, so it's called unchanged?

There are too many things that have changed, and people are changing. Is the me back then and the me now, really the same?

If it is really the same, it means that I have spent the past few years in vain. "

"You know I don't mean that."

Sun Tao shook his head, then sat down opposite Li Dong, thought for a while and said, "In the past few years, I rarely refute or question the decisions you made.

Including this time, actually the same, I didn't question your thoughts.

But to be honest, at this time, you can get almost everything you want.

A few years ago, you gambled on chances and probabilities. Although I was worried and refuted, in the end I would believe in you and support you.

This time, I still want to persuade a few words.

Take it easy!

It is not easy to do this step.

Others say that you, Li Dong, are a legend and a myth, but you know how warm you are when you drink water.

After so many years, who has ever thought about how much you have paid for the distance?

Fighting again and again, taking risks again and again, even risking your life several times to break through and fight.

Doing a small business is easy, but doing a big business is the real difficulty!

I only know about your current achievements, Li Dong,

Who knows how much hardship you have endured and how much effort you have spent in the middle.

Especially the fight with the Liu family, it was really life-threatening!

This is a direct risk, and I don't know how much indirect ones. After going through all kinds of difficulties and dangers, Li Dong is what he is today.

Only now is the legendary Li Dong!

But now, at this point, do you want to gamble again?

You are married, your child is born, your career is going well, and your family is happy. At this time, if you are old, I will advise you to take care of your old age and let it go.

But you are still young, I can't say these words.

But after being tired for so many years, it is not good to take a short break, relax a little, and spend ten or twenty years step by step to build a company that can last for a hundred years or even longer?

When you are 40 years old, don't be confused when you are over forty.

At that time, we will not persuade you to do anything you want to do.

But now, I think you are still a little impulsive.

If it is achieved according to your expectations, then everyone is happy...

In fact, you said that the goal can be achieved, and I believe you, but even if the goal is achieved a few years ahead of schedule, so what?

You are always in such a hurry, always in such a hurry, are you really not tired? "

As Sun Tao said, he paused and said, "Even if you're not tired, do you think that with the current situation of the group, you can fight with great intensity for another three years?"

Li Dong pondered for a moment and said, "Maybe it will take less than three years."

Sun Tao smiled wryly and said, "Maybe it will be longer than three years! Everyone in the group will be exhausted after such a high-intensity struggle."

Li Dong raised his eyebrows and said: "Yes, I know everyone will be tired.

But now that we have entered the society and want to climb higher, no matter how hard or tired we are, it is the path we choose.

Tired, exhausted, these have to be overcome on their own.

As for why you said I was in such a hurry, it just so happened that you said it yourself, and I was tired too.

I can hold on for a while longer, but I can't wait ten or twenty years.

Three years, this is also the limit I can bear.

I want to do what I have to do when I can't bear it, so you understand?

If you ask me to wait until I am 40, then I will have to stay in the group for more than ten years. To be honest, I can't wait so long.

Who knows what will happen ten years later?

Ten years later, who knows what this society will look like?

While I can still control some things, I have done what I should do, that is my best effort, and I no longer have any regrets about the distance.

As for the 100-year-old enterprise you mentioned, the 100-year inheritance..."

When Li Dong said this, he sarcastically said: "Speaking of selfishness, Li Dong's bones should be rotten in a hundred years, why should I care so much!

My children and grandchildren, those who have the ability will not starve to death, and those who have no ability will starve to death and deserve it.

Inheritance for a hundred years, inheritance for a thousand years, so what?

Even if I'm bankrupt now, I still have the confidence that I won't starve myself to death. If I go back to the peak, I really want to return to the ordinary.

At that time, there is really nothing to regret, and there will be no more regrets.

If you are worried, after the lifting period is over, cash out some of the stocks.

For others, I have limits, for you, I have no limits.

Within half a year, the distance cannot be crossed.

When you really go bankrupt, you can also be a rich man, and you don't need to think about too many things. "

Sun Tao frowned and said, "Do you think I'm worried about my future?"

"It doesn't matter if you're worried or not, it's a good thing to leave yourself a way out."

Li Dong laughed and said: "Besides, even I have left a way out for myself, you don't really think that if I go bankrupt, I have to go all over the street to find a job, right?"

Sun Tao frowned slightly, and Li Dong smiled lightly: "It may be a good thing not to seek great wealth, but to return to ordinary life.

Of course, in the early stage, no one will trouble me.

Therefore, if you are persuading, there is no need to mention it.

Go on for a few more years, maybe three years, maybe a year.

At that time, whether I succeed or fail, I am satisfied.

Next, you don't have to bear my oppression anymore. "

"Are you going to walk off the stage after this time?" This was the first time Sun Tao asked so directly.

Li Dong had mentioned it before, and he had heard of it, but he didn't ask directly.

But now, Sun Tao asked.

Li Dong glanced at him, and after a while, nodded and said: "I have this idea, because I have already got everything I can get. At this point, my pursuit of career is not as persistent as it was at the beginning. .”

"What about after you get back?"

"after?"

Li Dong said with a smile: "I'll talk about the future, maybe travel around the world, maybe find a place to enjoy life, everything is possible."

Sun Tao didn't ask any more questions, stood up and said, "I understand what you're thinking, let's go crazy for the last time, and it doesn't matter how he succeeds or fails, right?"

"Yes, but not entirely."

Li Dong still smiled and said: "The probability of success is high, and the possibility of failure is small.

It really failed. On that day, I couldn't pay off the debt, and I threw the group to the government to finish it.

Personally, I don't think it is too difficult to leave the house without leaving the house.

It is a holding group, not retail.

The influence of the retail business is actually limited.

At that time, I don't want to play anymore, and throw out the IT industry together, so that the rest of my life will be smooth and smooth, I think it will be fine.

So I said, I have a way out.

Of course, the premise is that you don't ruin my other industries, then I'll be in real trouble. "

Sun Tao suddenly wanted to laugh, and while walking outside, he shook his head and said: "It seems that you have really changed in the past few years, or rather, I have never understood you.

It turns out that you really don't care about these. "

"You can't say that, I care, or I used to care very much.

Who can care less about fame and fortune in one life?

If you say you don't care, you are deceiving yourself!

But things have come back to the original point. When you get it and enjoy it, maybe you will take it lightly. "

"But a lot of people still can't let it go, even if they've got everything."

Li Dong smiled at this time, and said with some pride: "In this regard, I think I am still free and easy, at least, I think I can afford it and let it go.

But now that I'm still in position, I might think so.

If I really lose everything, I may also regret it, and I will not be able to bear it, but these are unknown possibilities, and I don't want to think about it now. "

"Understood."

When Sun Tao said this, he had already reached the door.

However, Sun Tao didn't go out. Before leaving, he thought about it and said, "Change to an assistant."

Li Dong agreed, "Well, I thought so too."

Sun Tao said with a smile: "It should have been changed long ago. I didn't even have a cup of tea. I just talked dry."

Li Dong suddenly laughed, waved his hands and said: "Go and drink tea, by the way, let Wang Yue come back.

At this time, are you still waiting there to make soy sauce?

Do you really think that the directors of the board of directors are worthless?

The two of you are nesting over there, and your fiancée didn't go, you are lonely, why don't you take my money and spend every day talking about life together, right? "

Sun Tao's face darkened, he opened the door and walked out. When the door was closing, he thought for a while and said, "I invite you to have a wedding wine in November."

"good!"

...

Just as Sun Tao left, Qi Yunna walked in not long after.

Qi Yunna did not have the qualifications of Sun Tao, and she was not too high in the group level, so she was a little cautious.

Li Dong told her to sit down, looked outside the door, and after a while he got up and poured a glass of water for Qi Yunna, and said helplessly, "A vase can't just be a vase.

This looks pretty good, anyway, come in and pour me a glass of water. "

Qi Yunna was a little embarrassed, she hurriedly got up and said, "Mr. Li, let me do it."

"You're welcome, just treat it as moving your body."

After Li Dong poured the tea, he poured himself another cup, shook his head and said, "I really miss Bai Su, by the way, how is Bai Su with you?"

"Very good, Manager Bai is indeed your classmate. I have studied with you for several years, and I have a long-term vision..."

"speak English!"

Embarrassed again, Qi Yunna had no choice but to say in a low voice: "Everything else is fine, but I'm too young."

"Young? Is it derogatory at this time?" Li Dong asked with a smile.

Qi Yunna shook her head and said: "It's not belittle, how should I put it, maybe I have been in contact with you for a long time, and it is somewhat similar to your personality, maybe it is because I am eager to prove myself.

It's only been a few days since Manager Bai came up with a lot of plans.

In fact, at this time, I still want her to lie dormant for a while, and slowly understand the situation in North China before doing these things. "

"understood."

Li Dong nodded and said: "One word, urgent!

I didn't learn anything else, but I learned this.

I said it a long time ago. When I went to North China, I listened more, watched more and talked less. I still couldn’t help it. You said, none of my three secretaries made me feel at ease.

But you, looking anxious, are actually more stable than them.

How about this, let Bai Su go to a local hypermarket to work as a salesperson for three months, then a convenience store manager for a few more months, and let her go over the positions of some low-level managers.

It takes a year to let her calm down. "

Qi Yunna hurriedly said: "Mr. Li, this...is this not very good..."

Li Dong's face darkened, and he snorted softly: "I think highly of her, that's not how you came here back then!

It's settled like that, she will leave the job if she likes to do it or not.

Okay, let's not talk about her, except for making tea, I haven't seen other skills, if I can't, I'll go home to help my husband and teach my son, and be a strong woman. "

After a few words, Li Dong returned to the topic and said, "How did Wumart talk about it?"

"Wumart is not in a very good situation now, for many reasons.

On the one hand, it is serious internal friction.

In the past few years, Wumart has done more mergers and acquisitions than us. Of course, because of our large scale, everyone only pays attention to us, but not many people care about Wumart.

But in recent years, Wumart has successively acquired Meilianmei, Xinhua Department Store, Supermarket, Jingkelong, and some stores of Yichu Lotus...

Later, it took over some of our stores. It can be said that Wumart's system is extremely complicated.

Even our wholly-owned acquisition of the company has been troublesome and difficult to integrate in the past few years.

Not to mention that Wumart is not a wholly-owned acquisition, but has acquired these companies by means of holding shares, and the founders of these companies have all been included in the Wumart system! "

When she said this, Qi Yunna still admired Li Dong's determination.

The founders of the enterprises acquired by Yuanfang were sent away by Li Dong.

For an enterprise, the founder is there, and the soul is there.

Acquiring a company and keeping the founder is sometimes a good thing, sometimes it is a bad thing, and most of the time it is a bad thing.

This is the case for Guomei. The founder of Yongle is still working in the group, which is the root cause of Guomei's civil strife, which gave Li Dong an opportunity.

Not only Guomei, there are too many such enterprises.

This is the case for Wumart now, because many of the founders of the acquired companies are there, and they are still in high positions in the group, and internal friction is relatively severe.

In addition, the founder of Wumart is now in prison, and it is difficult for some other entrepreneurial veterans to suppress the founder of the acquisition company, and the civil strife is even more severe.

In the past few years, Wumart has grown in scale, achieved high performance, and ranked high, but its combat effectiveness has been exhausted.

In addition to internal worries, there are also foreign troubles!

The big merchants in the three northeastern provinces were eyeing up, and began to force the North China region, preparing to enter the field after withdrawing from afar.

Dashang had previously competed with Wumart for the controlling stake in Supermarket. Later, due to its entry from afar, Dashang withdrew and chose to consolidate its position in the three northeastern provinces.

Now these companies from afar have all gone to the south to fight to the death. The senior executives of the big merchants are not blind. Of course they want to fish in troubled waters at this time and eat the North China market.

Once the North China market is taken, plus the Northeast, as well as the Northwest they have entered, the entire northern region, retail companies, big business is the king!

Based on this, Dashang is now on the offensive, and Wumart is a bit overwhelmed.

At this time, the top management of Wumart is still very tempted by the olive branch thrown out from the distance.

After being in contact with Qi Yunna's team for a while, Wumart had an in-depth negotiation with Qi Yunna just yesterday.

"Wumart Commercial has been listed in Xiangjiang for several years now. However, although Wumart is the retail hegemony in North China in the mainland, retail companies are not taken seriously in the Xiangjiang market. In addition, they are still mainland enterprises and giant retail enterprises from far away. , Wumart's stock price is not high, and its price-to-book ratio is also very low.

At present, the market value of Wumart is only 5.5 billion Hong Kong dollars.

In fact, the net assets per share of Wumart are higher than the stock price, and the net assets of Wumart are more than 6 billion Hong Kong dollars.

On Wumart’s side, we are talking about a tender offer. According to the offer rules for H shares, Wumart offered a premium rate of 160%, which is 15.6 billion Hong Kong dollars.

This offer price is much lower than the 20 billion yuan you mentioned before, and I think it is still worth it.

So after talking with Wumart for a while, I will come back to discuss with you..."

The quotation given by Wumart is not too high. Although the other party’s net assets are only 6 billion Hong Kong dollars, no one will talk to you about the amount of net assets, scale, influence, or other things if you can acquire a company. correct.

What's more, Yuanfang took the initiative to offer and offered a 160% premium, which is feasible at this time.

Moreover, Wumart is the dominant retailer in North China after all. Although it has been hit at present, it is easier than before because the south has focused everyone's attention.

At this time, the quotation was 15.6 billion Hong Kong dollars, which was equivalent to about 15 billion yuan when converted into RMB.

Before Li Dong, he priced Wumart at about 20 billion RMB, so it's no wonder that when Qi Yunna came back, her face was full of joy.

Li Dong pondered for a moment, thought for a while and said, "Has Wumart reached a consensus? The situation of Wumart is a bit complicated. There are too many shareholders, large and small, and even some state-owned assets. If an agreement is reached, the price will be In fact, it can be tolerated.

Terrible is afraid, there will be too many troubles in the follow-up.

According to what you said, only people from the Wumart Department are talking to you now, and other shareholders have not participated. "

Qi Yunna also said in a deep voice at this time: "You are right about this, including the founding teams of companies that have been acquired by Meilianmei, in fact, they still hold negative opinions at present.

But what I mean is, first acquire the shares in the hands of Wumart, and then make a forced offer..."

"It's too troublesome. Take down the other party directly, delist from Xiangjiang, merge into the distant system, and all founders leave. This is my condition.

As for the price, the quotation of 15 billion yuan is too high! "

"Taller?"

Qi Yunna was stunned for a moment, Li Dong said with a light smile: "At this time, at that time, Yuan Fang was eager to win a company and decide on the strategic direction.

Now, it is Wumart who can't bear the pressure, and it's after we won the Top 100, so of course we can't mix it up.

About 12 billion, let's talk about it.

Don't worry for now, after all, the financing plan has not been completed yet, and we are under a lot of pressure now. We have no money, and Baijia didn't give us any money.

Of course, if it really doesn't work in the end, this price can also be afforded. "

Qi Yunna didn't think about it at this time, but said pleasantly: "You agree?"

"What do you think? Since I asked you to do it, I naturally agreed.

What's more, I am planning to raise 300 billion this time, how much money will South China invest?

North China, including the entire north, is actually a gap for us. If we don’t fill these gaps in China, how can we have the confidence to enter the international market?

Just follow my plan and don't worry about the rest.

In addition, after taking down Wumart, there is still a fierce tiger in the north watching.

When you talk about Wumart, don’t forget Dashang.

After defeating Dashang in the north and Sun Art and Wal-Mart in the south, our domestic layout is completely completed! "

"Then Bailian and Huarun..."

Li Dong calmly said: "It's a state-owned enterprise, we can only find a way to make them give up and force them to give up by themselves, instead of defeating them by any means!

You have to know that if we fight against state-owned enterprises by any means, in the end, we will suffer the most losses!

Therefore, treating them is different from treating other companies.

Defeating these foreign capitals, joint ventures, and local giants has actually accomplished our goal.

Huarun and Bailian can only suffer them to death slowly, both online and offline. In my opinion, they may collapse faster than other companies.

Retail is not an industry that cannot be given up. It will be a matter of course for the country to retreat and the people to advance.

So, although I take them into consideration, the focus is not on them.

If it is done well, within this year, it is possible to defeat several other companies.

Next year, officially enter the international market! "

Qi Yunna pondered for a while, nodded and said: "I see, we also treat those two industries in the northern region in the same way?"

"That's right, ignore them, ignore them, we don't fight them, they won't take the initiative to fight me, this is one of the disadvantages of state-owned enterprises.

The more I get to the present, the more I see it clearly.

And for these businesses, a roundabout strategy is better.

In short, your next task is to manage the northern market.

A big business is enough to give you a headache. "

Li Dong said a few words, gave some instructions, and finally thought about it and said: "After taking down Wumart, you will be the CEO of the retail group!

Completely win the retail market in the north, and then you are ready to enter the headquarters to take up a post. I was planning to let you succeed Chen Lang, but now may not be the time.

It may be a good thing to gain more knowledge and broaden your horizons when you come to the headquarters to work.

Of course, what I say now is all false, and I will talk about it when the time comes..."

After Li Dong finished speaking, no matter what Qi Yunna thought, he stared at her again and said in a deep voice: "Just a reminder, follow the rules!

Chen Lang is your boss, so is Sun Tao, and so are everyone else!

If you have an opinion or an idea, you can tell me, and stop contradicting your boss in public!

In addition, don't always be limited to whose direct line you are, it's my Li Dong's direct line, neither!

You are an executive from afar, not my personal butler, Li Dong.

If you really think so, then you can let go of these things and come to be my secretary. I welcome you anytime.

If you are not prepared for this, then don’t mention these words again, remember, you are a senior management from afar, and you have always been! "

Qi Yunna stared at him blankly, speechless for a moment.

Li Dong shouted lightly: "Do you understand?"

"Ming...understood..."

"Go, since you're back, take a rest for two days and don't rush back."

"knew."

Qi Yunna nodded silently, got up and walked outside.

After walking a few steps, Qi Yunna suddenly bit her lip and said, "I... can I be your secretary?"

Li Dong's face darkened, he frowned and said, "Get out!"

Qi Yunna panicked and hurried out of the office.

Li Dong shook his head slightly, women, never guess what they are thinking.