Chapter 923: Keep a Low Profile

Li Dong still has 300,000 shares of Baidu stock on hand.

Baidu shined in 2007.

On July 10, 2007, Baidu's share price exceeded US$200 per share.

On September 18, 2007, Baidu's stock price broke through 250 US dollars, and only 6 days later, on September 24, it broke through 300 US dollars.

Then it broke through the $400 mark in November, which shocked many people.

However, in 2008, due to the financial crisis, Baidu's stock price did not rise strongly, and of course, it did not fall much.

Now Baidu's share price has been hovering between $350 and $400, failing to continue to create miracles.

Even if the highest price is 400 US dollars per share, the value of 300,000 shares is only 120 million US dollars. After tax, the most Li Dong can get is 800 million.

Compared with Li Dong's original investment, in the past few years, his Baidu stock has risen dozens of times.

And he had already sold 200,000 shares before, recovering the cost.

But seeing that the current situation is not so good, and Li Dong wants to sell the stock, Sun Tao still feels a little regretful: "Mr. Li, I think Baidu's stock price will definitely go up.

I dare not say too much, $500 is a sure thing..."

Li Dong shook his head and said: "Actually, it's all the same, let's not talk about how long it will take for Baidu to rise to 500 US dollars, even if it can be reached in a year, it will only be 30 million US dollars more, about 200 million.

But we are short of money now, and we have 800 million in hand. After one year, do you think we can create a profit of 200 million? "

If others say this, Sun Tao is still not sure.

But when Li Dong said that, Sun Tao thought it made sense after thinking about it.

800 million is in the hands of Li Dong, and it may be doubled in a year.

And Baidu's stock price rose to 800 US dollars, when will it take?

Thinking about it this way, Sun Tao stopped persuading, nodded and said: "If you insist, you can sell it, but even so, it can only meet short-term needs.

According to Mr. Yuan's budget, have you thought of a solution for the remaining two billion yuan? "

"The road has to be taken step by step. Don't be in a hurry. It is now mid-March, and the company's current funds will be maintained until April.

When the money for Baidu stock is available, it can be maintained until May.

And there is still a time difference of two months, maybe the sky can really drop money. "

Sun Tao didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and didn't continue talking now, and said goodbye to Li Dong and left quickly.

As soon as he left, Li Dong continued to think in his heart.

He decided to sell the stock, in fact, it was calculated.

When Baidu's stock was split into ten in 2010, the stock price before the split was above $700, almost doubled compared to now.

In other words, after another two years, the value of these stocks in Li Dong's hands may reach more than 1.6 billion.

But Li Dong also thought about it himself. He is short of money now, and the 800 million cash is now in his hands. After two years, it doesn't seem too difficult to double it.

Especially in 2008, it may not take two years, and it may be possible to double in one year.

That being the case, there is no need to continue to hold it.

As for the rest of the gap, let's take it one step at a time. Li Dong doesn't have much to do now. It really can't be done until the stock market withdraws.

And if the financing is successful, you don't have to worry about these things.

...

Everything in Jiangbei is going on as usual.

Friends like Xu Shengzhe came to visit Li Dong one after another in the past few days.

Seeing Li Dong alive and kicking, everyone was relieved.

The one who stayed the longest was Hu Xiaorui. On the day of Li Dong's accident, she was ready to go to Sichuan, but when she was about to leave, Li Dong held a press conference to say that she was fine, so Hu Xiaorui didn't rush there.

...

Hirakawa is calm.

Other places are not peaceful.

On the other side of the capital, Du Anmin prepared for more than a month, and finally defeated some enemies with an absolute advantage.

Without fanfare, Li Dong only saw some changes from the personnel changes in the capital.

A deputy mayor of the municipal government was transferred, and in name, he was promoted to a ministry as a deputy minister.

Of course, he was the lowest-ranked deputy minister, also in the Qingshui Yamen, so he was about the same status as Chen Rui's old man.

As for the deputy mayor, he was a permanent resident before, and his treatment was completely different.

In addition to this person, another member of the Standing Committee has also been transferred, and he has been relegated to serve as the deputy governor.

As for the lower ones, Li Dong didn't care.

The change of the two Standing Committee members is enough to show something, and it can also see the attitude of higher levels.

If it weren't for the support of Du Anmin at a higher level, Du Anmin himself would not have the strength to kill the two Standing Committee members.

...

Du Anmin in the capital won a complete victory.

On the Sichuan side, the progress is not bad.

After all, Liu Tang did not escape this disaster, and was finally arrested in Shudu.

It is said that the most dangerous place is the safest place, and Liu Tang obviously understands this truth.

During the period of being hunted, he fled back and forth, and finally ran back to Shudu.

However, the power of a single person cannot compare with the power of a collective. On March 18, Liu Tang, who had been absconded for a week, was secretly captured.

The reason why I say secretly is because not many people in the society know about it.

The reason why Li Dong knew about it was because Shen Qian called him and told him, and she got the news from several leaders of the Sichuan Provincial Party Committee.

Compared with Li Dong, Shen Qian has a wider network in Sichuan and Shu.

Especially when Du Anmin won a big victory in the capital, some people wanted to sell Shen Qian's face, Liu Tang was arrested, Li Dong himself was involved, and the Sichuan and Shu provincial committees didn't mind showing off.

As for how Liu Minghua shuffled the cards next, that was not Li Dong's business.

However, Li Dong is very clear that this matter will only be limited to the interior of Sichuan and Shu, and will not expand outward.

In other words, the person behind Liu Tang will have nothing to do this time.

What's more, maybe Liu Minghua has reached a tacit agreement with some people.

Li Dong didn't think that what Liu Minghua did was wrong, at least for now, this was the best result.

If Liu Minghua really went crazy and was implicated, Li Dong could only silently pray for him, hoping that he would not fall too fast.

Liu Tang was arrested, and Li Dong also lost a serious confidant.

Although Li Dong didn't care about Liu Tang's revenge when he returned to Jiangbei, there was no need to leave a thorn behind.

Now that the thorn has been pulled out, although it has not yet entered the trial stage, Li Dong knows that even if Liu Tang does not die, it is hard to say whether he will have a chance to come out in this life.

...

With the arrest of Liu Tang, the progress of the school review in Sichuan and Sichuan is also accelerating.

99 schools have been relocated one after another. By the end of March, except for a few schools that have not moved due to special reasons, all other schools have entered the new school.

At this time, the time is almost entering April.

Li Dong kept calling to urge Shen Qian to come back, but Shen Qian said that Chuanshu was still finishing and had to wait a few days.

Li Dong was looking at the calendar almost every day, thinking that if Shen Qian didn't come back in mid-April, he would kill him directly.

He didn't want to wait until the last moment for a hero to save the beauty. If something happened and the earthquake moved a day or two earlier, he would regret it to death.

Of course, while caring about these things, Li Dong didn't forget about the group.

Baidu stock was sold much faster than he expected. Although the stock market has been a little turbulent due to the recent financial crisis, Laomei is no exception.

However, Baidu is still very popular in Laomei, and many people think it is worth investing in.

At the end of March, Li Dong got the money from Baidu stock.

It was a little less than he imagined, less than 800 million, which was a little over 700 million.

After spending 700 million yuan on the group, Li Dong still kept tens of millions in his hands.

The tens of millions were not for enjoyment. In March, Fucheng had an outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease. By the end of March, some children had died.

Li Dong can't do anything about this kind of virus infection.

The only thing he can do is to donate some money. This time he donated 10 million in his own name, without anonymity. Although Li Dong does not ask for anything in return, he is not willing to be an unknown hero.

He donated 10 million, and he can check the whereabouts of the donation afterwards.

Donate anonymously, and he will not know how the money will be spent.

However, Li Dong refused the media interview. At this stage, he doesn't need to show any more limelight. Although the 100 schools in Sichuan and Sichuan have some flaws, Li Dong's reputation has not been damaged.

In China, Li Dong is already a leading philanthropist.

At this time, donating 10 million won't help much in improving his reputation, and Li Dong doesn't expect to get much benefit from it.

And he was thinking about it, he would hide his strength and bide his time for a while.

When the earthquake happened, he might still get a big limelight, so it's better to keep a low profile at this time.

Li Dong wanted to keep a low profile, and every time he thought this way, something would happen.

...

On March 24th, in the ancient country of Greece, the Olympic flame was lit.

On March 30, the torch was handed over in Athens.

On March 31, the torch arrived in Beijing.

When he was abroad, Li Dong didn't pay attention. When the torch was passed back to China, Li Dong suddenly realized that a big event was about to happen!

A major event that he personally participated in in his previous life!

It's no wonder that Li Dong didn't think about it before, he had too many things to do during this time, and in his previous life, he just joined in the fun and didn't take it too seriously.

However, this life was different. When the holy fire came to the capital, Li Dong suddenly realized that this incident might have something to do with him.

In the previous life, in April, Li Dong, a restless guy, did something that surprised him.

At that time, the torch relay was blocked, and a wave of boycotts of foreign companies emerged in various places.

And Pingchuan brought this wave to a climax.

There are still memories in Li Dong's mind. After finishing his graduation project that day, he and a few guys in the dormitory went shopping in Longhua Square.

Of course, at that time it was still called Longhua Plaza, and the supermarket inside was Tesco instead of Yuanfang.

Not far from Tesco, there is also a Carrefour.

What did Li Dong do at that time?

He saw someone at the gate of Carrefour unfurl the banner of "Long Live China" and "Boycott Carrefour".

The youth is full of vigor and blood.

In addition, Li Dong was originally a pseudo-cynical youth, and when the crowd gathered, this guy became hot-headed, and like a fanatic, he charged into the battle and started shouting slogans.

Until now, Li Dong can still feel the uneasiness, excitement and blood rush at that time.

How many years have passed, and when he was reborn in this life, if Li Dong hadn't been in retail, he might not be able to remember it.

However, what he has been doing in this life is retailing!

More importantly, now Carrefour in Pingchuan has been defeated by Li Dong, and there is no Carrefour.

That being the case, will there still be resistance on Pingchuan's side like in the previous life?

Probably not, this is not what Li Dong cares about, and he is not going to continue to be a passionate young man, shouting slogans with the crowd.

However, Carrefour was boycotted, maybe it's an opportunity or not.

Li Dong's mouth was a little parched, and he couldn't make up his mind for a while. Should he stand out at this time?

To be honest, many people feel that they have been deceived by being boycotted by a country that has always been known as a romantic city where the rule of law, democracy and freedom prevail.

Even Lao Mei didn't set up obstacles in this matter, and the Chinese people didn't expect to be stepped on by the romantic country.

This is also one of the reasons why things got so bad at the beginning. Everyone felt cheated and insulted, and the backlash became even stronger.

And Carrefour is just one of the political victims.

Who made Carrefour famous in China, such as LV, French wine, French perfume, although these luxury goods are famous, they are too small.

Only exclusive Lefu, but it is popular.

At this time, Carrefour had more than 110 stores in China, and its sales in China in 2007 were nearly 30 billion.

The tree is so big that it attracts the wind and earns money from the Chinese people, but the Chinese people feel deeply deceived by the country where it is located, so they are merciless in resisting it.

The reason why Li Dong thought of this matter at this time was only one-tenth of the thought of angry youth, and more because he felt that he could seek greater benefits from this incident.

Now in East China, Yuanfang has become the well-deserved boss.

Even China Resources is slightly weaker than Yuanfang in East China.

In addition to China Resources, other large supermarket chains such as Bailian have also divided part of the market.

Next, there are major foreign supermarkets.

Wal-Mart, the world's giant, does not focus on East China. Among the foreign capital, the leader happens to be Carrefour.

In East China, apart from Jiangbei and Sunan, there are more than 40 Carrefour stores, with annual sales exceeding 10 billion.

This statistic should not be underestimated. Excluding Jiangbei and Sunan, the sales of Yuanfang Supermarket in other regions of East China are only slightly better than Carrefour.

The same is true for China Resources, especially after Suguo suffered heavy losses, his strength is only half as strong as Carrefour.

Li Dong secretly pondered, should he do Boda this time?

If it is done well, it may not necessarily be possible to bring Carrefour to the ground in East China.

The reason why he is hesitating now is that on the one hand, he is worried that he is not strong enough to defeat the opponent in one go.

On the other hand, they are worried that China Resources will take advantage of it, allowing this opponent to expand its influence in East China.

As for the higher level, Li Dong is not too worried.

In fact, the Huaxia government is sometimes very interesting. It is not convenient for them to come forward, but the people resist them but they do not oppose them, and they even cover them up.

Li Dong remembered that when he resisted in his previous life, the foreigners protested.

As a result, our Ministry of Foreign Affairs came forward and dismissed the other party with a few words.

As long as things don't cause trouble, and don't violate laws and disciplines, the Huaxia government doesn't have to worry about it.

Thinking of this, Li Dong murmured: "Do you want to do it or not? If you do it, you won't be able to keep a low profile."