Chapter 852: Huaxia Alumni Association

Chuangye Building.

When Li Dong and Wu Yajun got out of the car, seven or eight people surrounded them.

Yang Shaopeng, Chen Kaixuan, Wang Minghui, Qian Jinbo...

These people are the top group of students in the second phase, either their own companies are giant companies, or the state-owned enterprises they master are well-known.

As soon as Li Dong arrived, Yang Shaopeng smiled and said, "Dongzi, we'll just see you today, give us a boost."

Li Dong smiled and said: "Brother Yang, what you said sounds like a war.

Isn't it just a class reunion?

We people, what is the purpose of joining the class reunion?

Mutual help, more industry exchanges, and breaking down industry barriers are the goals.

Although there are some of our opponents in the classmate association, at this time, personal grievances are nothing.

Just like me, I don't like watching two horses, but they are all members of the classmate association. Is it because of them that I won't come? "

"Hahaha……"

Yang Shaopeng and the others burst out laughing, and Wang Minghui jokingly said, "Old Yang, as I said earlier, your vision is too narrow. Look, Dongzi can understand it."

Yang Shaopeng was not angry either, he smiled and said: "That's the reason, but after all, we are so narrow at first, we can't be weak, right?

This group of people in the classmate association have been dealing with each other for several years before, and they are regarded as members of the same circle.

And the previous group of people is much bigger than our company.

We just came here at this time, if we were silent, we would be underestimated by others. "

Wu Yajun answered, "That's true. In short, it's fine to be neither humble nor overbearing. To put it bluntly, we don't worry about them.

What's more, Dongzi doesn't know them well, so don't we?

This is not the first time we have dealt with each other. Over the years, many of them have suffered from our hands.

And Lao Yang, don't pick things up, Dongzi don't talk to him.

Lao Yang is one of the directors of the Entrepreneur Club, and he knows people like Feng Lun and Guo Guangchang better than we do.

At this time, he came up with a bad idea, which must be to provoke the relationship between you and other people, Dongzi. "

Yang Shaopeng called Qu and said, "Xiao Wu, what you said is wronging me. It's true that I am the director of the club, but there are also the chairman and vice-chairman on my head.

I'm just a soldier, those guys always bully me, I've seen them upset.

Now we are together, you can't kick me out..."

While he was talking, someone behind him laughed loudly and said, "Lao Yang, are you speaking black-heartedly?

Who bullied you? When you were drinking last time, you were the one who was useless.

In the end, he and Lao Yu actually jumped on the table and sang. Let me tell you, I took a picture of your ugly face.

If you continue to say that we bully you, I will pass it on to everyone. "

Yang Shaopeng's complexion suddenly changed, and he said with a wry smile: "Old Feng, there is no need to be so desperate, right?"

Feng Lun laughed out loud again, and the others laughed too.

It was just a joke before, today is the day when Li Dong and the others officially join the Huaxia Alumni Association.

Of course, the rules of the Huaxia Student Association are not strict.

Without the imaginary making things difficult and suppressing, this simply cannot exist.

Why do you want to set up a classmate association?

It's not for making connections, expanding your social circle, and increasing your influence.

As long as you have that strength, then you can join in.

There is no review mechanism, and no one looks down on anyone. You can come, on the one hand, because you have this self-confidence, and on the other hand, you have the approval of other people.

If Li Dong and the others can come, it means that they have been recognized by everyone, and they feel that Li Dong and his group can watch and help them.

At this time, it is impossible for anyone to do anything to suppress it.

Everyone talked and laughed a few words, and then everyone got to know each other again.

Besides Feng Lun, the Huaxia Alumni Association came to receive them, as well as Zhu Xinli from Huiyuan, Li Dongsheng from TCL, and Wu Ying who met last night.

These four people are all veterans who founded the classmate association, and they are also the heads of industry giants.

Let these four people come forward to receive Li Dong and the others, which is not out of proportion, but also allows everyone to see the energy of the classmate association.

After exchanging pleasantries for a while, Feng Lun said with a smile on his face, "Come on, let's go upstairs. It's freezing cold here, and everyone up there is still waiting for us."

Yang Shaopeng had a close relationship with him, so he laughed and said, "Who else is here?"

"They're all old acquaintances, Lao Ma, Lao Liu, Xiao Pan and Wang Shi also came, and Wang Zhongnan also came to the capital on business, so they came over along the way."

Feng Lun introduced as he walked, Li Dong and others couldn't help being speechless.

It is true that there are many talented people, and the old horse is naturally Ma Yun.

Lao Liu is the boss of Lenovo.

Xiao Pan is Pan Shiyi. He used to hang out with Feng Lun. He is Feng Lun's soldier. Feng Lun is used to calling Xiao Pan.

Needless to say, Wang Shi is the boss of Vanke.

In addition, there is Wang Zhongnan, which is even more terrible. At least for Li Dong, this person deserves more attention than others.

Wang Zhongnan has been the president of Bailian since 2003, and the chairman of Bright Group in 2006.

Whether it is Bealead or Bright, they are all retail giants.

Of course, it is not appropriate to say that Guangming is a retail giant. This is a manufacturing giant with the food industry chain as its core.

For retail companies, this kind of manufacturing giant is more valuable.

Li Dong has always wanted to lay out the downstream industrial chain and control his own supply chain channels. If he can take Guangming down...

Of course, this matter can only be thought about temporarily.

Not to mention that Guangming is a state-owned enterprise, it is not so easy to win, even if it can be won, Li Dong can't afford it.

Not to mention that the other party has several listed companies, the value of other unlisted companies is higher.

On the whole, the total assets may not be less than 100 billion.

At this time, Yuanfang wants to swallow the other party, and it is a good thing not to be swallowed by the other party.

...

A few minutes later, everyone arrived at the top floor of the Venture Building.

As soon as Li Dong and the others entered the meeting room, there was thunderous applause.

It is not appropriate to talk about the meeting room.

Here, it is not as formal as a formal meeting.

Everyone was sitting loosely and casually, and a few others were kneading melon seeds. When Li Dong and the others arrived, these people quickly spit out the melon seeds and applauded.

Li Dong and the others felt a little strange, but Yang Shaopeng and others had long been used to it.

In front of outsiders, they are naturally serious and majestic.

But now everyone is not an outsider. If you come to the classmate association, you are classmates, friends, and people of the same level.

Just like chatting with your classmates, except for the extreme few, who would pretend to be cool all day long.

As soon as the applause ended, Feng Lun laughed and said, "Because it's a temporary gathering today, many people didn't come. But it doesn't matter, if you don't come, see you next time.

People like Lao Yang are no strangers to everyone.

If it is unfamiliar, it is probably Li Dong.

Li Dong is young, unlike us old fellows, he rushed forward like a firecracker in the past few years, and left us behind in a short time.

It was rare to see each other before, but in the future we will all be friends and comrades-in-arms, Li Dong, come on, how about a few words? "

Li Dong smiled wryly, "President Feng..."

"It's called Old Feng! If you can't say it, then call it Professor Feng. I like the title of Professor. Don't be shy. What are you afraid of, you are better than most of us now. Come and give us some advice. "

Feng Lun said a few words with a smile, and seemed much more intimate than last night.

Last night it was social, today is different.

It's social, but the relationship goes a step further.

In China, there are all kinds of circles, and most of the time, everyone relies on the power of circles to save their lives.

Here, it is easier to find like-minded friends.

The Huaxia Alumni Association is also one of these top circles.

Others, such as the Taishan Club and the Entrepreneur Club, are all top circles, and most of them overlap.

So many years, not many new faces.

A few years ago, when Internet companies rose, there were many Internet giants. Now, as Internet companies gradually stabilize, there are fewer and fewer new faces.

And like Li Dong, there are not many top business giants who have not yet entered the top circle.

After Feng Lun finished speaking, Liu Chuanzhi on the side also smiled and said, "Li Dong, just tell us a few words. Let's have a good start and let us experience the new ideas of the post-80s generation."

Others also booed one after another, Li Dong felt a little helpless when he saw this, "The key is that I didn't know there was such a problem, and I didn't make any preparations..."

"Why do you prepare? It's not a meeting. Everyone chats casually. You can say whatever you want, Lao Yang, Yajun, why don't you just sit and stand.

When you enter the door, you are all your own people, no one entertains you, so find a place to sit by yourself.

Everyone, listen to what Li Dong said. It's just us old guys who have been talking about it for the past few years, and our thinking has become rigid.

Now let the young people talk about it and see what enlightenment it has for us. "

After Feng Lun finished speaking, Wu Yajun and the others were not polite, they each found a seat and sat down, and then booed Li Dong together for a few words.

Li Dong rolled his eyes. We were all in the same group downstairs before, so this is a betrayal?

Since everyone was so enthusiastic, Li Dong didn't continue to pretend.

Just chatting casually, I don't know how many meetings Li Dong has held in the past few years, and I am afraid of this.

Coughing lightly, Li Dong smiled and said, "Then I'm going to make a fool of myself in front of the seniors today, and I can't really be so casual if I talk about it casually.

Since I started from a retail supermarket, I will focus on this today. "

As soon as these words came out, many people showed expressions of interest, and Wang Zhongnan even smiled and said: "Li Dong, tell me, let me hear your opinion. To be honest, if I hadn't left Bailian, I wouldn't be here today." Will definitely come.

But now that I'm gone, I'm now a bystander.

From the perspective of a bystander, I would like to hear what you think of the domestic retail industry. After all, the retail industry is closely related, and Guangming is inseparable from retail. "

"Brother Wang laughed at me. I don't have many good opinions. Let me briefly talk about my views on domestic retail companies.

Speaking of retail, in fact, it has existed since ancient times.

The shopkeepers in ancient times can barely be considered our retail business, selling necessities of life...

I say this not to prove anything, but to say that retailing in our country started very early, no later than any other country.

But now in the world, why are our retail companies in China in an extremely embarrassing position?

If you can't go abroad, you can't make a big deal in China. Instead, some outsiders and latecomers have seized a large number of markets? "

Wang Zhongnan couldn't help but asked, "Why?"

Li Dong said with a smile: "First of all, I want to say the first point, too much emphasis on national brands!"

Wang Zhongnan was stunned for a moment, and everyone else was also stunned.

what is this?

It's okay for others to say this, but the key point is that if you, Li Dong, say this, it's like self-satisfaction.

Among the domestic retail companies, which one is better than you to play a national brand?

Li Dong didn't care what other people thought, and continued: "Don't get me wrong, I'm talking about overemphasizing national brands, and the focus is on the word "excessive".

Since Huaxia joined the WTO, the Huaxia market has been in line with the international market.

In the era of global economic integration, all far-sighted entrepreneurs should understand that what is being pursued at this time is a global strategy.

National brands actually seem a bit narrow at this time.

I am not denying that national brands are bad, but ask yourself, are you really trying to defend national brands?

This is not necessarily the case, but because of this atmosphere, national brands not only did not become our advantage, but became a limitation.

Everyone is playing the banner of national brands, but in order to prove their determination and uniqueness, various sales promotions, various price wars, various internal frictions...

As a result, what caused our products to be more shoddy.

Because the price is too low, we will lose money if we don't control the cost.

In the end, well, everyone has lost confidence in national brands, and this creates a mentality that foreign products are the best.

Are foreigners’ things really better than ours?

What a fart!

It is we who have ruined this good card. I am not only talking about retail, but also all walks of life.

..."

"Secondly, everyone has been confused about a concept that Chinese manufacturing is not equal to Chinese creation.

This is a problem with our positioning. It doesn't mean that the products are made in China, and the things are ours, and the money is earned by us.

'Creation' involves one thing, that is, the concept of 'complete product'.

From China's manufacturing to China's creation, it cannot be simply understood as a technical problem, a scientific research problem, or a funding problem, or a talent problem.

This is actually a kind of corporate management concept, business model, and corporate culture construction issues.

Why can't we compete with those foreign retail companies?

Because they are inventing, turning China's manufacturing into their invention, and as a result, we can only drink soup in the back, and they gorge on meat in front..."

"Third, our retail enterprises are small in scale, low in concentration and extremely scattered in resources..."

"fourth……"

Li Dong talked eloquently for almost half an hour.

Of course, there are more retreats among them.

After all, it was the first time I met everyone, and there was no preparation work, just chatting about the general direction.

As for how to implement it and how to change it, this involves the next step of the company's strategy. Don't say that Li Dong doesn't have a clear plan yet, even if he had one, he wouldn't say it.

However, many people listened to these questions with great interest.

Li Dong said retail, in fact, these theories are applicable to any industry.

After he finished speaking, applause broke out in the conference room again.