Chapter 645 We Don’t Understand the World of Lunatics (5,000-Word Chapter)
After sending Shen Qian home, it was past eleven o'clock.
Because of Cao Fang's absence, Li Chengyuan has been busy recently and was exhausted. When Li Dong arrived home, Li Chengyuan had already fallen asleep.
Seeing this, Li Dong lowered his voice, and was about to go back to his room to wash up, when Li Chengyuan suddenly walked out of the room.
Glancing sleepily at Li Dong, Li Chengyuan yawned and said, "I've been too busy today, and I didn't come back until now."
"It's okay, Dad, you should go and see it today, the company's annual meeting is very lively."
"Forget it, the restaurant is busy today. By the way, I didn't have anything to eat tonight. I brought you something to eat and asked the chef to cook a pot of eight-treasure porridge for you. Now I will heat it up for you and drink it to fill your stomach." .”
"never mind……"
"Let's eat something. Your mother called me several times today and asked me specifically. She is not at home during the Laba Festival, and we are also busy. If we want to put it in previous years, your mother has already prepared it."
"Laba Festival?"
Li Dong was stunned for a moment, and said in a daze, "Dad, is today the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month?"
"Yeah, you don't know?"
Li Chengyuan said strangely: "You chose today to hold the annual meeting, I thought you knew."
"I……"
Li Dong was speechless, he knew what a fart!
He is busy all day now, and he has always used the Gregorian calendar in his mind. No one reminded him, so he doesn't remember it.
The people in the company thought he knew, and no one specifically reminded him.
In addition, the Laba Festival is different from other traditional festivals. Not many people in Jiangbei care about it, so everyone doesn't pay much attention to it.
Li Dong just remembered at this time, no wonder it seemed that porridge was prepared for everyone at the banquet at the annual meeting, and the feeling was because of today's festival.
In fact, Li Dong doesn't care too much about the Laba Festival. The key is that the Laba Festival is not just the Laba Festival!
Raising his hand to check the time, it was almost twelve o'clock, Li Dong hurriedly said: "Dad, don't worry about it, I'm not hungry now, you sleep on your own, I will heat it up and eat it myself tomorrow morning."
"Tomorrow is over Laba,
I'll warm it up for you. "
"Then you are busy first, and I will make a call."
"Go."
Li Chengyuan didn't care too much, rubbed his eyes and went into the kitchen to get busy.
...
After entering the room, Li Dong quickly picked up his mobile phone and dialed Yuan Xue's number.
The call was connected quickly, and Li Dong immediately said, "Haven't slept yet?"
"Um."
Yuan Xue responded, and then said, "You haven't slept yet?"
"I just came back from work. I've been very busy recently. Today, the company held an annual meeting. People from the province and the city came. There are also a large group of colleagues to entertain. I'm so tired that I'm about to vomit blood."
Li Dong complained a few words, and Yuan Xue on the other side of the phone comforted him: "Don't tire yourself out too much, you can't earn enough money, so let's take a break if you have time."
"Well, that's what I thought too. I can rest for a while after the Chinese New Year. By the way, when are you going to America?"
"About March."
"Isn't the school over there yet? I said two years ago, and it's almost time to return to China by June this year."
"It hasn't been decided yet, let's talk about it later."
"..."
The two chatted for a while, and Li Dong kept staring at his watch. When the time passed twelve o'clock, Li Dong hurriedly said, "Happy birthday!"
There was a moment of silence on the other side of the phone, and not long after, the sound of a big bell came from somewhere, and Laba had passed.
After the bell rang, Yuan Xue said quietly: "I thought you forgot."
Li Dong smiled and said: "How can I, I have been planning to call you before, but I am really busy and have no time. Then I thought, I have to choose a special time to wish you a happy birthday. Look, I will spend it with you It was me at the last second of my birthday, are you touched?"
"Pfft!"
Yuan Xue on the other side of the phone suddenly laughed, and it took a while before she said in a bad mood: "You really think I'm stupid! You must have forgotten it a long time ago, and just complained to me on purpose to find a reason. But it's because you remembered Come on, I won't expose you."
Li Dong laughed dryly, coughed and said, "It doesn't snow this year, so I won't give any presents. Also, when I have time after the new year, I'll go to Dongping to see you."
"Forget it, you are a busy person now, don't waste your time. Besides, my parents asked me to thank you for them. If it weren't for you before, our family wouldn't have gotten through this difficulty so easily this year."
"You're welcome, thank you many times."
Li Dong chatted with her for a while, and when Li Chengyuan's voice came from outside the door, Li Dong said: "It's past twelve o'clock, go to bed early, women tend to grow old if they stay up late."
"It's not waiting for you!"
Yuan Xue muttered something in a low voice, and Li Dong burst out laughing.
Yuan Xue on the phone seemed to know that she had said the wrong thing, so she quickly said goodbye and hung up the phone.
Listening to the "beep" sound on the phone, Li Dong shook his head and laughed for a while.
This night, Li Dong slept fairly soundly, but some people couldn't sleep all night.
...
January 27th.
Nothing major happened at home or abroad that day.
However, major domestic media and major portals on the Internet caused a sensation.
"Why did Li Donghao throw one billion?"
"The youngest philanthropist!"
"Successor of Charity!"
"The post-85 generation has become the mainstream of philanthropy!"
...
A piece of news was freshly released, and in an instant, Li Dong became a domestic celebrity.
Billion!
Although Li Dong announced that he would only donate 500 million this year, everyone subconsciously ignored this figure and naturally chose to exaggerate.
At this moment, the focus of everyone's attention is not how much Li Dong said to donate.
The moment the news came out, there were discussions on the Internet and in the media.
Some people say that Li Dong is stupid, and some people say that Li Dong is just a psychopath who spends too much money recklessly.
Of course, the scolding is only a small number of people.
These people may be jealous or jealous, and the scolding was quickly drowned out by the praise.
A self-made young man born in 1985 who started his own business with great difficulty spends a lot of money on charitable undertakings within a few years of starting a business. Whether it is for the promotion of positive energy or for other reasons, high praise is inevitable.
And this matter is not only a spontaneous propaganda by the media, there are even pushers behind the scenes.
This promotion is not derogatory, but the government's propaganda department has acquiesced in making Li Dong a myth and pushing Li Dong out.
There are many reasons. On the one hand, Li Dong is young and has an important influence among the younger generation. Mythologizing Li Dong will help guide them to establish correct values.
On the other hand, it is the nature of the enterprise in the distance.
If Yuanfang is engaged in other industries, or conflicts with the mainstream consciousness of society, such as the real estate industry, the official media may not be willing to add fuel to the flames.
But Yuanfang is mainly engaged in the retail industry, and the mainstream of the society is not exclusive or hostile to the retail industry, which makes it easy to understand the official attitude.
In addition to these, another point is that this matter itself is indeed worthy of publicity.
Compared with foreign countries, there is a big gap between domestic philanthropy. Many rich people in China are not very enthusiastic about philanthropy.
Although people like Niu Gensheng are also enthusiastic about charity, relatively speaking, this is only a small number of people.
Fortunately, some large enterprises are not opposed to charity, whether it is for the sake of face or profit, but domestic wealth is not only concentrated in the hands of these people.
There are many rich people, out of various fears, or because of the famous sayings of the ancestors, they do not reveal their wealth, so many people cling to their wealth and dare not show it.
This has also led to domestic philanthropy, which has always been done by a small number of people, while most people choose to watch.
Now that Li Dong has made a move, it means a lot.
Let’s not talk about Hong Kong and Macau. Charity in the inland area used to be middle-aged and elderly people. In many people’s minds, they do charity because they enjoy enough and have too much money to spend, so they are interested. mean.
As for Li Dong, he is only in his early twenties this year, and he is not yet at the age to enjoy it.
In this case, Li Dong spent so much money on charity, which also brought a shock to the public.
It turns out that charity is not only a special event for the middle-aged and elderly people, but also young people can do so magnificently!
Under the combination of many factors, Li Dong was completely popular.
Compared with the past, the focus is mostly on young people. This time, many big figures from the political and business circles have also come out to speak.
Not long after the news spread, several bigwigs in the business circle praised Li Dong in a non-public setting.
Although it was not a public place, the status of these people was not low, and what they said spread quickly.
Immediately following the statements made by business leaders, leaders of local governments have also spoken privately, welcoming investment from afar. The government will definitely support such an enterprise with a strong sense of social responsibility.
Of course, it is difficult to verify whether it is the words of the scene or the heart.
Under the hot news of Li Dong doing charity, some media also carried out another report.
"Two giants in the retail industry join forces to enter Beijing!"
Whether it is Yuanfang at this time or Suning, it is not an exaggeration to call them giants.
Yuanfang dominates the Jiangbei retail market, carves up half of southern Jiangsu, and has many industries in other places in East China. Can such a company not be called a giant?
The same is true for Suning. Although Suning has been overwhelmed by Gome in the electrical appliance chain industry, it does not mean that Suning is weak.
Such two large retail groups are cooperating and aiming at North China. The news is not insignificant.
Ordinary people don't care about this, what they care about is how much money other people have, how much money Li Dong donated.
But what really attracted the attention of the political and business circles was the latter news. The two companies jointly spent 300 to 400 million yuan to invest in more than 100 stores in Beijing and Tianjin. This is the important news!
Beijing and Tianjin have always been the domestic focus, and when the media reported it was a bit exaggerated, saying that this was a doomed war, it also attracted the attention of many people.
Why doomed war?
The reported media first analyzed Gome and Suning. Since Gome acquired Yongle, a domestic home appliance chain enterprise, Suning has become its only rival.
It will be a matter of time before these two companies carve up the domestic home appliance market.
But why do you say that Yuanfang is also destined to have this battle?
The media also gave an explanation, Yuanfang entered Beijing and Tianjin this time, the opponent is none other than Wumart!
It can be said that the two have a long-standing grievance. In the era of Yuanfang’s merger and acquisition, Wumart was caught off guard. There were even gossips that Wumart’s capital chain broke at the time, which was the news revealed by Yuanfang, which made the two companies tear their skins apart.
However, in the past, Yuanfang mainly operated in East China, and Wumart operated in North China, so even if there was a conflict, they could not kill each other.
But now that Yuanfang has attracted Suning to enter the North China market, then this shopping spree will be worth seeing.
There are enemies and rivals, is it Wumart's revenge, or is it another city in the distance?
Is it the rise of Suning, or the strong suppression of Gome?
Will the competition of several top-ranked retail companies in Beijing and Tianjin bring a huge impact to the entire retail industry?
Questions one after another jumped out in the report, attracting attention.
At the end of this report, some more confidential things were revealed. Although the tone was all speculation, people who cared could notice it at a glance.
First, that is, China Resources has secretly contacted Home World.
Homeworld, which is not doing well, is likely to join hands with China Resources. As for whether it will be a merger or a cooperation, it is temporarily unknown.
Second, the two major groups, Gome and Wumart, are likely to join forces in the end.
Suning and Yuanfang have teamed up, and their strength is not weak. Gome and Wumart may not be their opponents if they fight alone.
Inspired by their joint efforts, Wumart and Gome have great possibilities for cross-industry cooperation and mutual complementarity.
As a result, the competition involves multiple retail groups.
The entire retail industry was in a state of turmoil in an instant.
The scope of this battle far exceeds the real estate industry battle that Li Dong and Xu Shengzhe caused in Jiangbei.
At that time, the reshuffle of the real estate industry was only in a small area, and was even consciously controlled by everyone in the city of Pingchuan.
However, this battle in the retail industry has affected the entire East China and North China regions.
If these two regions fight, other places will inevitably be affected, which may eventually lead to a war in the entire retail industry.
Foreign capital groups, state-owned enterprises, and private giants will probably join in one after another.
Thinking about it deeply, even some laymen feel a little excited.
Although the struggle in the shopping malls is invisible, the capital wars involving hundreds of millions, billions, or even tens of billions are even more fascinating.
...
Just when the outside world was boiling for Li Dong, Li Dong had some headaches.
Last night's perfunctory doesn't mean the matter is over.
Yuan Chengdao was a little emotional and said: "Mr. Li, the charity fund will invest 700 million yuan this year, employee welfare 200 million yuan, and the cooperation with Suning will cost nearly 2 billion yuan! You spent 3 billion yuan in one night. go out!"
"I want to know, where did the money come from?"
"I want to know more, where do you put us?"
"Mr. Sun, Mr. Wang, including Mr. Qi, and me, you have not discussed this matter with anyone beforehand, you have not even done the most basic market research, and you have reached a cooperation agreement with Suning. What are you thinking? What?"
"I know that the distance belongs to you, but isn't everyone's hard work in it!"
"I'm a latecomer. Originally, I was not qualified to say these things, but now I am the president of the group, and I will be responsible for the future of the distant place!"
At this moment, Yuan Chengdao no longer had the indifference and composure he had before, he was really in a hurry.
The four billion foreign debts, the three billion that will be spent soon, and the possible expansion plan in the future, as well as the investment needed by Pengfei Real Estate for holding shares, total nearly ten billion in investment!
In 2007, Yuanfang Group had to bear an additional burden of over 10 billion!
Where did the money come from?
The profit of Yuanfang Group itself is not too much. Leaving aside the real estate, the supermarket alone can make a profit of one billion yuan a year.
A profit of one billion, an investment of tens of billions, and an expenditure of ten times!
This statistic can really scare people to death. Yuan Chengdao has never seen such a crazy businessman. There may be such people in the financial industry. Those who can do business, such as Li Dong, are no longer crazy.
This is because he didn't know Li Dong's gambling agreement. If he knew, Yuan Chengdao might want to die.
Not only Yuan Chengdao, but also several people in charge of the supermarket system all had serious faces.
Now it's not about Li Dong, it's about the overall situation in the distance.
Such crazy expansion made several people tremble with fear, fearing that if one wrong step was made, the entire distance would fall into a bottomless abyss.
Yuan Chengdao's cries kept ringing in the office.
The others didn't speak, and Wu Shengnan and Qin Hai didn't say a word.
Li Dong was smoking a cigarette by himself, and when he finished smoking a cigarette, Li Dong raised his head and said: "Mr. Yuan, calm down, I'm so excited, I'm afraid you will faint later, I don't want the president I just selected to suddenly Heart attack is over."
Yuan Chengdao was stunned for a moment, somewhat unable to understand.
Others looked at Li Dong one after another, all showing curiosity and suspicion.
"The strategic cooperation with Suning has been reached. There is no need to talk about this. After March, the two parties will formally cooperate. All you can do is accept this."
Li Dong ended the matter a bit forcefully, and said after a while: "In addition, next year, there is also an expansion plan for Hubei Province. I want to open up channels between Hubei Province and mountain cities, and enter Sichuan and Sichuan. A Chinese income in the bag!"
There was a moment of silence in the office.
I don't know how long it has passed, and I don't know who it is, suddenly whispered: "Crazy!"
Yes, this is what everyone agrees on.
Li Dong is crazy!
too crazy!
It turned out that marching into North China with Suning was not his whole plan. He also wanted to win Central China, and also wanted to march into the Southwest.
Calculated in this way, Yuanfang will soon set foot in the four major regions of East China, North China, Central China, and Southwest China.
Among the seven major regions in the country, apart from the Northeast, Northwest and North, plus South China in the extreme south, Li Dong is actually going to swallow the rest in one go!
Isn't this crazy what is it?
Even Shen Qian, who had been silently supporting Li Dong, opened her mouth wide, and she was dumbfounded.
Besides North China, does Li Dong have expansion plans?
God!
What the hell is he thinking!
Everyone looked like he couldn't understand, and everyone looked like he was crazy.
Li Dong didn't care, lit another cigarette and started smoking. After a while, Li Dong said: "Well, that's it. Let me remind everyone that this is the purpose of Mr. Yuan after he took office. I don't look at the process. Just look at the results. There may be difficulties in funding, or in manpower, and we all need to overcome them by ourselves.”
"I really can't overcome it. You come to me again. I'll take a rest these days. Okay, let's end the meeting."
Leaving this sentence behind, Li Dongshi walked out of the office calmly.
The moment he went out, there was a panting like a broken bellows in the office, and everyone thought that he was the one who went crazy.
PS: It is not easy for a newcomer to promote the book "The God of Wealth in the City".