Chapter 853: Will the Light Be Sold?

After the applause fell, Li Dong also stepped off the stage and found a place to sit down.

Seeing this, several people from Wang Zhongnan immediately gathered around, discussing what Li Dong just said.

Of course, everyone is not blindly sure.

Some of them also objected to what Li Dong just said, and felt that what Li Dong said was not necessarily correct.

Li Dong said that emphasizing national brands is not good, but it is precisely because of this concept that many national brands have completely lost their position.

Objecting does not mean denying Li Dong.

Everyone is a successful entrepreneur and has his own path, and it doesn't mean that everyone has to unify their ideas.

After chatting for a while, Li Dong also benefited a lot.

And this time, Li Dong also met more people.

In addition to those people before, Zhou Haijiang from Hongdou, Xiao Feng from Boshi, Wang Zhentao from Aokang...

These are great people from all walks of life, and there are many people who didn't come.

Lao Niu from Mengniu, Li Yanhong from Baidu, Xiao Ma from Tencent, Guo Guangchang who just passed away, and Li Dong’s hometown boss from BYD...

Of course, during the dinner, everyone also talked about a person, Pharaoh.

Wanda's Lao Wang is also planning to join the classmate association recently, but because Wanda has a lot of things to do, he hasn't had time to come over.

However, Lao Wang also regards himself as a member of the classmate association, and takes the initiative to fine him every time he does not come.

This is also one of the rules of the classmates' association. Those who are late for the party and those who don't come will be fined actively.

The fine is not much, only tens of thousands of dollars.

The money is not used for eating and drinking, everyone is not short of money, the money is mainly used for charity.

The Alumni Association has set up a charity fund, which is also a common cause for everyone.

Those who really reach the level of Li Dong and others, no matter whether they are voluntary or not, everyone hopes to do some charity activities.

Regardless of whether it is for fame or not, domestic charity is indeed supported by these people.

The investment of these people in charitable causes every year even exceeds the support of the public for charitable causes across the country.

Speaking of Lao Wang, everyone just mentioned it briefly, and didn't talk about it in depth.

At this time, Pharaoh's reputation was actually not that great, and he was not prominent in the real estate industry.

The most intuitive expression is that in the last Hurun list, Pharaoh was ranked 148, with a net worth of only 5 billion.

This must be an underestimation of Lao Wang's net worth, but in fact, before Wanda's privatization was completed, Wanda was not a super giant in the first place.

It was hard to say why it was able to rise so quickly later.

Just like Ma Yun at this moment, in the classmate reunion, Ma Yun is not as glamorous as later generations imagined, and he is just a participant.

The real organizers are people like Feng Lun, Wu Ying, and Liu Chuanzhi.

Even Li Dong, who just came to the Classmates Association, has a slightly higher influence than Ma Yun, who makes him one of the top ten richest people in the country, this is capital.

After chatting for a while, Feng Lun came over and said with a smile: "Li Dong, I don't really admire your other skills, but I admire you for spending a lot of money on charity in Sichuan and Sichuan!

Over the years, I have established many charitable organizations. Although charity does not care about money, sometimes money is also an attitude of charity.

Now, I formally invite you to join the Huaxia Charity Foundation, would you like to? "

Li Dong smiled and said, "It's a duty."

"good!"

Feng Lun laughed loudly and said: "When the charity fund was established before, everyone contributed their strength, and those with money contributed money.

You don't need to pay money, but this time you have to give a little effort. "

"Although Professor Feng said, as long as I can do it, I will definitely try my best."

"It's like this. Our charity fund is divided into several areas. Jiang Nanchun is the ambassador of Northwest China, Ma Yun is the ambassador of South China, and Lao Zhu is the ambassador of Central China...

Now we still lack a more influential ambassador in East China, do you think you can spare some time to help deal with it? "

As soon as Li Dong heard it, he said, "No problem. Let the people from the Foundation contact me about this matter. I will be responsible to the end."

"Very good."

Feng Lun was overjoyed,

Hastily announced the news to others.

In East China, Li Dong's influence is extraordinary.

Now that Li Dong is serving as the foundation's ambassador in East China, on the one hand, it is to maximize the role of the charity foundation, and on the other hand, it also demonstrates the strength of the alumni association.

Just look at the ambassadors from all over the world, Ma Yun, Jiang Nanchun, Zhu Xinli...

These people are very influential in the local area. A simple foundation and a large network link the classmates together.

...

After a short chat, it was time to talk about business.

It is not easy for everyone to get together. In the past, everyone lived in different places and did not know each other. It was difficult to negotiate business.

Today is different. Today is a class reunion, so business talks will be much easier.

Li Dong became the most popular candidate today.

Chain supermarkets cover everything, as long as it is related to retail manufacturing, Li Dong can do it.

Zhu Xinli and Li Dong talked about the issue of Huiyuan, not only entering Yuanfang Supermarket, but also Yuanfang Mall, and the agency issue in East China.

This can be regarded as a cool point for Li Dong. He likes to discuss general agency issues with these big companies the most.

Eliminate the exploitation of middlemen, and directly discuss this with the boss of Huiyuan, the cost will be greatly reduced.

The two chatted for a long time, but after all, today is not a formal discussion. The two sides made an appointment to inspect each other's company next time, and the conversation came to an end.

Just after talking with Zhu Xinli here, Wang Zhongnan couldn't help but kill him over there.

When it comes to cooperation, there is no such thing as bright and distant cooperation.

Although Guangming has agriculture, industry and commerce under its banner, the Guangming Group is bigger, so what's the use of only one agriculture, industry and commerce.

And Nongshang is just a subsidiary of them, and does not interfere with other enterprises.

In the past, Bright mainly cooperated with Bailian. However, as the third largest supermarket chain in China, if Yuanfang can reach an agreement with Yuanfang, or even an exclusive agreement...

Cough cough, well, this should not be possible.

Unless Li Dong was stupid, he would definitely not agree.

But no matter what, being able to reach a cooperation agreement with Yuanfang will benefit both Guangming and Yuanfang.

There are many food brands under Guangming, such as Big White Rabbit, Guanshengyuan, Meilin, Haifeng, Aisen... These series of products are all well-known domestic trademarks.

Hearing Wang Zhongnan report these names, Li Dong's mouth was sour.

Uncle, it really is a state-owned enterprise with strong capital.

He has always wanted to create some independent brands, preferably passing the review of well-known trademarks, but it is a pity that the establishment of Yuanfang is too short.

Li Dong is too busy with the expansion of stores now, and the construction of downstream industries is also powerless.

But look at others, the downstream industrial chain is too rich.

The previous thought came to Li Dong's mind again, it would be great if he could buy Guangming.

The more he thought about it, the clearer he became, and the more attractive he became. Later, Li Dong simply asked Wang Zhongnan, "Brother Wang, does Guangming Group sell it?"

Wang Zhongnan was dumbfounded, and looked at Li Dong like a fool.

After a long while, the corner of Wang Zhongnan's mouth twitched and said: "Li Dong, I know you have a big heart, but you are also too big.

I think you should stop thinking about it. If you don’t say anything else, even if you sell it, can you afford it?

Don't talk about products, don't talk about business, just talk about the many well-known trademarks under Guangming, and the brand value of Guangming, these things may cost tens of billions.

In addition, if we add our four major listed companies, as well as Nongshang Supermarket, hehe..."

Li Dong said with a hippie smile: "Brother Wang, I'm just asking casually, don't haha, tell me, if I buy it, how much can I buy it for?"

"priceless!"

Li Dong curled his lips and said speechlessly: "This is too mysterious."

"It's not mysterious, I'm serious. It's not that light is priceless, but that you can't buy it.

Unless we are really doomed, do you think the Shanghai government can agree?

Don't be kidding, do you know how big the influence of light is?

The aspects involved are beyond your imagination.

Our turnover may not be high, but this is not the standard of measurement. All in all, it is too difficult for you to buy. "

"I'm just asking, Old Brother Wang, don't talk about this, just say how much the total value of Guangming can be now?"

Wang Zhongnan glanced at him, shook his head helplessly, and said after a while: "The value of Guangming Group is actually not high, it's only between 40 billion and 45 billion. It doesn't mean that you can..."

"Understood, that's what I asked."

Li Dong interrupted him with a smile, and didn't ask any more questions.

My heart is tickled like a cat scratching, I really want to buy Guangming.

If it merges with the other party, tsk tsk, the construction of the downstream industry chain will be half completed in one fell swoop.

It would be even better to merge and acquire Tengxiang in the future. The downstream channel is almost 80% completed.

Thinking about it, Li Dong also knew that it was not realistic at this time.

Firstly, he didn't have so much money, and secondly, the other party would not sell it either.

I briefly exchanged a few words with Wang Zhongnan, it was still the same as Huiyuan before, everyone will set a time to investigate later, after all, this kind of cooperation involves a very large and extensive scope.

There are more than 500 stores in Yuanfang, and the mall also covers the whole country.

Once a cooperation agreement is actually negotiated, the funds may be as high as billions, and it is not something the two of them can settle with a few casual words.

Speaking of Guangming Group, Li Dong suddenly remembered something, and frowned slightly.

It seems that the melamine incident is about to break out at this time, right?

I remember that many companies were affected at that time, such as Guangming and Mengniu.

If Mengniu hadn't been rescued by the classmates, I am afraid it would not be able to survive.

The same is true for Guangming, which was greatly impacted at that time.

Should I take this opportunity to see if I can swallow the light?

Thinking of this, Li Dong suddenly thought of another problem. This milk powder incident seems to have killed people, and they were all children. Among them, tens of thousands of children were affected.

He has been forgetting about this all the time, if he hadn't discussed cooperation with Wang Zhongnan this time, he would not have remembered it.

Li Dong frowned more and more.

It stands to reason that he shouldn't take care of this matter and let things develop on their own. At that time, people will really die, and the domestic dairy industry will be in trouble.

At that time, just as the financial crisis hit, many of these companies could not survive.

It is easy to take advantage of the opportunity to acquire several companies.

However, since I know, can I just sit and wait like this?

It's hard to disclose the earthquake, but milk powder is something that is operated by its own supermarket, and the supermarket has a quality inspection team, so it is actually easy to find out.

If he puts in some effort, with his current influence, he can spread the matter out, and it will cause a sensation all over the country, and the milk powder incident will soon be taken seriously.

At this time, the influence of inferior milk powder has not yet reached its peak. If the use is stopped in time, most of the tens of thousands of children will be fine.

But in this way, the influence will not be great.

The influence is not large, at most only a few of the most serious companies will be affected, and other companies such as Guangming and Mengniu should be able to sustain it.

Didn't his idea of ​​mergers and acquisitions come to nothing?

Even if it didn't work out, I'm afraid I would have to spend a lot of money to do it. For Li Dong, it cost a lot of money.

Spend more money, tens of thousands of children waiting to be fed...

Li Dong frowned more and more, the child is not his own, but the money is his own, so can he meddle in his own business?

But does he make money just to make money, doesn't he even care about these ethics?

Perhaps these children will not die after eating milk powder, and even if they die, they will not die much.

At this time, I knew this, but I was still eating human blood steamed buns. Can I really eat it?

Sometimes, Li Dong is actually a very contradictory person.

On the one hand, he is selfish and cold-blooded. Like the military plane incident and the subsequent small-scale natural disasters, Li Dong never made a sound or spoke.

Because he feels it's dangerous for him to speak out and he's likely to be sliced.

On the other hand, Li Dong has the compassion of a small citizen.

Don't care about how many people die, it will be miserable and pitiful if more people die.

It's okay when an adult dies, but when a child dies, I always feel very uncomfortable.

Therefore, he vigorously built schools in Sichuan and Shu, and did his best.

Of course, all of this has to be within his ability.

It's the same this time. The milk powder incident can be said to be completely within the scope of his ability. Yuanfang Supermarket operates these, and the quality supervision department finds them and reports them to the society. It's too normal.

But in this way, even if you offend others, you will earn a lot less. Is this worthwhile?

Li Dong fell into deep thought, before sighing softly after a long time, after all, he is not the kind of person who likes to eat steamed buns made of human blood.

Since it is within the scope of my ability, I can help.

After all, it is not necessary to acquire these dairy companies. What if the big deal is not to acquire them.

He is not afraid of offending people, these people can't do anything to him.

And since you dare to do it, you have to dare to admit it. Standing on the highest point of morality, what are you afraid of them doing?

Just when Li Dong made up his mind to go back to Jiangbei, Wang Zhongnan saw that he was silent, so he couldn't help asking, "Li Dong, what's wrong?"

Li Dong shook his head and said: "It's okay, just talking about dairy products, I remembered something. Last year, there was a dairy product poisoning incident in Yuanfang Supermarket. Brother Wang, when we conducted quality inspections afterwards, we found something. .

It seems that some melamine has exceeded the standard. I heard that this is a common practice in the industry. Wouldn’t it be the same in your side? "

Wang Zhongnan's face changed slightly, and he cursed inwardly, whoever's head is flooded, is this kind of nonsense?

However, Wang Zhongnan's face was pale, and he quickly smiled and said, "It's nothing, it may be that some products have quality inspection problems, and there are no quality problems on our Guangming side.

We are a time-honored brand, and we will not do such things that self-destruct our brand. "

"That's good."

Li Dong breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I suffered a big loss last time, almost not being killed by these milks.

But old brother Wang, let's talk about it ugly, if we really cooperate, I will check it in detail.

I may also inspect your inspection-free products. After all, they are imported. "

Wang Zhongnan was a little depressed, but he still smiled and said: "That's for sure, don't worry, we will take care of every step of this kind of thing."

Seeing that he agreed readily, Li Dong didn't continue.

The reason why I mentioned this to Wang Zhongnan is because everyone is a member of the classmate association.

Besides, if the other party listens to him, he can harm less people.

If you don't listen and don't make corrections, then it will be assumed that Li Dong didn't say it, but made a foreshadowing instead.

Why did Li Dong reveal this matter, because he suffered a lot from it.

With Li Dong's character, if he suffers a loss, he will definitely get back.

When he breaks out about the milk powder incident again, everyone will only blame the manufacturer that let Li Dong drink their milk.

As for Li Dong, he is a victim and a whistleblower, so it is useless for you to blame him.

Putting these thoughts aside, everyone chatted again.