Chapter 431 Shareholding or Exchange

It is difficult for outsiders to guess what the Fang family father and son are thinking.

Li Dong didn't bother to think about what Fang Keng wanted to do, he would naturally know when he went to the banquet.

July 21, night.

Tonghai Hotel, the banquet hall on the third floor.

This time to the banquet, Li Dong didn't bring too many people, so he brought Sun Tao with him.

When the two went downstairs, Sun Tao said in a low voice: "Mr. Li, do you think the Fang family and his son are going to repent?"

Li Dong smiled and said, "Why do you say that?"

"When Fang Keng came to Tongzhou, he didn't communicate with us beforehand, and started to feast on the guests directly. This is not a good phenomenon. Before the agreement was signed, I thought it would be more appropriate to keep a low profile. Now is not the time to celebrate."

Li Dong smiled lightly: "Maybe people have this habit, don't think so much, so what if you regret it?"

In fact, there is still the possibility of Fang Keng repenting, but Li Dong didn't care too much.

Although Times had been discussing acquisitions with Yuanfang and several other groups before, in fact, Times did not give up its plan to raise funds.

According to Li Dong's understanding, Fang's family has been seeking to cooperate with banks in preparation for bank financing.

If the financing is successful, it would not be surprising that the Fang family regretted it.

Of course, at present, it seems that the possibility of successful financing is not high. If the financing is successful, there is no need for Fang's father and son to rush over from Hong Kong to play with Li Dong once.

Hearing what Li Dong said, Sun Tao frowned slightly and said, "If the acquisition fails, it will be a big blow to Yuanfang, and our East China strategy will have to be postponed."

"You think too much. Without Zhang Butcher, you can't eat hairy pigs. The failure of the acquisition era has not had such a big impact. Are there still few small and medium supermarkets in East China? Although the scale of the era is not small, it is actually like this. So the era of acquisition is just because the timing is right.

If the Fang family repents, then let's break up as soon as possible.

Large-scale supermarkets cannot be acquired, and the acquisition of several small and medium-sized supermarkets will not only cause some troubles in integration, but the other effects will not be much worse. "

Sun Tao grinned, and thought to himself: "It's not just a lot of trouble, it's a big trouble!"

Take over one company and integrate several companies,

The degree of difficulty is worlds apart.

Yuanfang took over the three small supermarkets in Jiangbei, let alone the entire East China region.

In the acquisition era, all they need to do is to integrate the era.

But if several other small and medium-sized supermarkets are acquired, the human resources alone will be difficult for Yuanfang. Unless Li Dong recruits people on a large scale regardless of the cost, the time wasted will not be small.

...

The hall that Li Dong and Sun Tao entered together, they didn't come early, and there were already many people inside.

They were all local businessmen in southern Jiangsu, and Li Dong didn't know many of them, so naturally he wouldn't take the initiative to deal with them.

Just because he doesn't know others doesn't mean others don't know him.

As soon as the two of Li Dong entered the door, everyone cast curious glances.

The business district in southern Jiangsu had heard about Li Dong, a famous figure. Before, everyone just listened to him and didn't pay much attention to this young man.

But when Li Dong put his idea on the local Times Supermarket in southern Jiangsu, he became well-known in the business circles in southern Jiangsu.

What really made Li Dong well-known in the southern Jiangsu business circle was that Yuanfang defeated several major groups and was about to complete the acquisition of Times.

At this time, Li Dong's reputation became famous.

Many people want to see if this guy has three heads and six arms, otherwise how can he snatch food from the hands of several big groups and come to the end with the times.

As soon as Li Dong entered the door, everyone looked over.

After watching for a while, some people were disappointed and some were amazed.

Li Dong was too young. He was just in his early twenties, no matter how mature he dressed, the immaturity on his face still couldn't be erased.

Thinking that this guy spent a huge amount of money to defeat such big groups as Bailian and China Resources, everyone felt a little bit emotional.

Li Dong and Sun Tao didn't care about the gazes of these people. They stood there for a while, and then they saw Fang Rende walking over in a hurry not far away.

Although Li Dong had never seen Fang Rende in person, he had seen the photos.

Although Fang Rende, who was in his early forties this year, was twice as old as Li Dong, Fang Rende seemed very polite in front of Li Dong.

As soon as he walked over, Fang Rende said enthusiastically: "Mr. Li, Mr. Sun, I finally hoped for you to come, but I couldn't meet you far away. Forgive me for my sin."

"Boss Fang is too polite."

Li Dong shook hands with him, looked around and said, "Chairman Fang hasn't arrived yet?"

Fang Rende smiled and said: "Here, come, my father is chatting with some close friends, Mr. Li comes with me, my father has long wanted to have a chat with Mr. Li."

"my pleasure."

Li Dong also laughed, and prepared to go there with Fang Rende.

Before the two could take a step, someone suddenly shouted: "Mr. Li, Mr. Fang, wait a moment."

Li Dong turned his head and took a look, then a strange look appeared on his face.

It was not someone else who called him, but the senior female of Bailian Group that I met in the hotel before.

Li Dong didn't expect that this woman hadn't left yet, and she was invited to the Fang family's banquet. I don't know if the Fang family father and son invited them on their own initiative, or they came here uninvited.

But no matter what, since he greeted him, Li Dong was not rude, and responded with a smile: "Mr. Zhang?"

The female executive of Bailian didn't answer, but introduced the middle-aged man next to her and said, "Mr. Li, this is Mr. Chen Gang, the deputy general manager of Bailian East China."

The middle-aged man, that is, Chen Gang stretched out his hand and smiled at Li Dong: "President Li, it's a pleasure to meet you."

Reaching out without hitting the smiling face, although Li Dong felt that these two guys were uneasy and kind, he shook hands with him and said with a smile: "Mr. Chen, it's a pleasure to meet you."

Seeing the two sides chatting, Fang Rende didn't know whether to take Li Dong to see his father or continue to stay here.

Seeing this, Li Dong chuckled and said, "If Mr. Fang has something to do, just go and get busy. I'll have a chat with Mr. Chen, and I'll meet Chairman Fang later."

Fang Rende breathed a sigh of relief, and then said: "Okay, then you guys talk first, and I will come to Mr. Li later."

Speaking of which, Fang Rende greeted Chen Gang again, and then went to greet other guests.

After Fang Rende left, Chen Gang smiled and said, "President Li, would you mind sitting down and chatting for a while?"

"good."

...

Several people found an empty table and sat down, but Li Dong didn't take the initiative to speak. He wanted to see what Chen Gang, the deputy general manager of East China, would say to him.

If the other party didn't come here on purpose, Li Dong didn't believe it.

Bailian Group is the leader in the industry, and East China is so busy, Li Dong doesn't think the other party has time to come to Tongzhou to attend a banquet.

Seeing that Li Dong was silent, Chen Gang took the initiative to speak out after thinking about it: "Mr. Li, when we meet for the first time, it is often said that the conversation is shallow and deep, but today I have a few words that I can't say quickly. Can Mr. Li listen to me? ?”

"Mr. Chen just speak up."

"Since China Resources and Wumart withdrew, we are the only ones left to acquire Times. Mr. Li knows why we have been negotiating so far, but lost to Yuanfang in the end?"

Li Dong said without hesitation: "Because Bailian's needs are not as urgent as ours."

Price is actually a secondary factor, and the real main reason is that Bealead does not have such a big demand.

Unlike Yuanfang, which urgently needs to develop, Bealead now has countless stores. For them, whether the acquisition era is successful or not is just icing on the cake.

For Yuanfang, the era is related to their overall layout and strategic goals.

The difference between the two mentalities naturally leads to different psychological bottom lines when negotiating.

Li Dong spent 2.4 billion to acquire Times, but in his opinion it was worth it.

But in Bailian's view, 2.4 billion is probably far beyond their psychological bottom line.

Li Dong didn't know what Chen Gang wanted to ask him to say, but on this kind of issue, there was nothing to hide.

Sure enough, when Li Dong finished speaking, Chen Gang showed approval.

"Mr. Li is right. This is one point, and it is also a very important point. But Mr. Li doesn't know something. In fact, there is another important reason why we gave up continuing the negotiation."

"Mr. Chen, please tell me."

"That is, Times business district, Bailian, and China Resources have most of the overlapping areas. Although we want to acquire Times, in fact, what we want to do is to acquire some stores independently, such as Times stores in southern Jiangsu... ..."

"What does Mr. Chen mean?"

"Yes, Sunan is our vacuum area. We are very interested in the Times Store here. It's a pity that Mr. Fang is unwilling to split it up for sale, which is why our negotiations have not made much progress."

Li Dong frowned slightly and said, "Mr. Chen told me this. Could it be that he wants to buy Times's store in southern Jiangsu from me alone? Does Mr. Chen think it's possible?"

The economy in southern Jiangsu is very developed, and it is also the headquarters of the times.

Although Times also has stores in other places, its influence in other places is not very great.

The reason why Li Dong bought Times at a premium is for the brand effect of Times, so it is impossible to split Times and sell Sunan stores to Bailian.

Unless Li Dong's head is almost flooded, otherwise he will definitely not do this kind of thing.

What he thought of, Chen Gang naturally couldn't think of it.

Chen Gang smiled and explained: "Mr. Li, don't get me wrong, I didn't mean that."

"Then what does Mr. Chen mean?"

"I mean, we can work together."

"cooperate?"

"Yes, cooperate."

"How to cooperate?"

"In the era of Yuanfang's acquisition, Bailian held shares in Yuanfang, and even exchanged shares!"

As soon as Chen Gang said this, the woman beside him was a little surprised. Obviously, he didn't expect Chen Gang to say this.

Swap?

This is not a decision that a deputy general manager of the East China region can make, at least it needs to be discussed by the board of directors before making such a decision.

Can you exchange shares in Bealead for shares in Yuanfang?

No matter how the female manager thinks about it, she feels a little unreliable. Although Yuanfang is developing well at present, compared with Bailian, the gap is too big.

It is still possible for Bealead to hold shares in Yuanfang and exchange shares. Can the board of directors pass such a resolution?

No matter what she thought, when Chen Gang said this, he looked at Li Dong with burning eyes, as if he was looking forward to hearing Li Dong's answer, or seeing his surprised expression. (To be continued.)