Chapter 964: Hibernation

What happened to Hu Wanlin was just a small episode in life.

But this incident also made Li Dong understand that relying on others is worse than relying on oneself.

Hu Wanlin's current situation reminded Li Dong that she was not strong enough, and everything else was false.

Only those who are strong enough are qualified to talk about background and status.

With this thought in mind, Li Dong, who was a little slack before, continued to cheer up.

Now is not the time to relax. Although the Yuanfang Group has many industries, it has not achieved the number one in every industry.

Even Weibo, in fact, occupies only a small space in the Internet industry.

If you really want to form a huge influence without relying on others, you have to continue to expand the scale of the enterprise. If several pillar industries in the distance can be the first in the country, even if there is no support in the future, Li Dong will have the confidence.

At present, Yuanfang is most likely to be the first in the industry is the supermarket.

As long as it wins Carrefour and then expands or acquires one or two medium-sized companies in the second half of the year, it should not be a big problem for Yuanfang Supermarket to become the number one in the department store industry.

...

Just when Li Dong was preparing to win Carrefour.

On June 2nd, DNF, which completed two internal tests, officially launched its server!

Originally won the agency rights of DNF last year, Li Dong has repeatedly urged him to prepare to go online quickly.

However, it took a lot of time to discuss the copyright issue of the national server with NEOPLE on the way.

In the end, Yuanfang won the ten-year authorization of DNF at a price of 1 billion yuan.

100 million per year, in the current game industry, the price is by no means low.

And it's not a permanent authorization, NEOPLE agreed to it after a few times of hypocrisy.

Yuanfang originally won the agency right, and the price given was 35 million a year, which was beyond the imagination of many people.

Now the method has changed, with an increase of 65 million a year. According to the previously negotiated share ratio, it is equivalent to DNF's annual net profit in China at least reaching about 200 million.

This is still net income, plus various marketing expenses, at least about 400 million.

NEOPLE has been discussing for a long time, and they don't think that DNF will achieve such a great achievement in China.

A 2D game with an annual revenue of more than 400 million yuan, really few people would believe that Yuanfang can do it.

Since Yuanfang is willing to pay this price, NEOPLE will certainly not refuse.

And it's still a 10-year contract, can a 2D game really last for 10 years?

In the era when new games are constantly being launched into the market, and in the era when 3D is gradually becoming the mainstream, let alone 10 years, many people think that three to five years is enough.

No matter what others think, Li Dong doesn't care.

Li Dong knows whether DNF can make money and whether it can last for 10 years.

It is unlikely to be popular for 10 consecutive years, but at least when Li Dong was reborn, DNF still had a market.

And even if it can't be maintained for 10 years, at most one or two years later, he can earn back the 1 billion with interest.

As for everyone taking him for a fool, let them think so.

And this time, Yuanfang will promote DNF as a leading game product on a large scale, which is almost the same as Tencent's CF promotion.

Both sides operate on a large scale and even hype each other up.

Both Xiao Ma and Li Dong have chosen to cooperate with each other on this point, and some things only rely on hype to attract people.

Now there is a gimmick about the battle between Yuanfang and Tencent. The two sides seem to be at war, but in fact they are just fooling people.

The two games are not in the same category at all, and there is no conflict.

The reason why this atmosphere is created is for publicity.

Anyone with a discerning eye can naturally see this, but it can't hold back the curiosity and herd mentality of the Chinese people.

Everyone is talking about this, playing, and talking about it. If you don’t talk about it or play it, you seem to be behind the times.

Sometimes playing alone can bring dozens or even hundreds of people around you to play.

This kind of propagation effect is difficult to achieve in general games.

However, for Internet companies such as Yuanfang and Tencent with a large number of users, this is a natural advantage.

On the same day when the DNF server was officially launched, Happy Farm, which has been online for 13 months, also achieved impressive results.

13 months, nearly 400 days.

The number of users who opened the farm reached 70 million, and the number of daily active users exceeded the 30 million mark.

The monthly profit of the farm alone has exceeded the 30 million mark.

PP, Mall, and Weibo have entered the profit-making stage one after another, which made Li Dong, who was under a lot of pressure, heave a sigh of relief.

There is currently no need for Li Dong to invest in Weibo. During the last financing, Li Dong agreed to only borrow 1 billion, and the rest of the money will be used to develop Weibo.

Today, Weibo has begun to develop an English version and is preparing to land in the European market.

As for whether he can succeed, Li Dong has no idea.

However, no matter whether it succeeds or not, the international version will still be launched. Even if it fails abroad, it will still be able to give Weibo a layer of gold.

Weibo does not need to spend extra money, and the mall and PP can be self-sufficient for the time being.

The profits of the supermarket and the remaining funds of the company, Li Dong spent all his brains on logistics and supermarket construction.

When Chen Lang was negotiating the acquisition with Carrefour, there was no money left in Yuanfang's books.

I'm afraid no one dares to imagine that Yuanfang is talking about tens of billions of mergers and acquisitions on the one hand, and is penniless on the other.

...

On June 3rd, Chen Lang rushed back from the Shanghai stock market.

Li Dong is not in the company at this time.

Chen Lang went directly to the provincial party committee compound, and the first sentence was: "China Resources has withdrawn!"

Li Dong, who was chatting with Xiao Shitou, was startled when he heard the words, and hurriedly said, "Now are there only Tesco and Intime?"

Chen Lang nodded and said with a smile: "Intime is nothing to worry about, they are here to make trouble, I can see it. The main thing is Tesco, this is our biggest competitor.

This time, Carrefour's evaluation report came out first. According to their report, the current value of Carrefour has reached 12.4 billion.

This price frightened China Resources, and Hong Ji failed to convince the senior management of China Resources, so he had to withdraw.

But Tesco, I think the trouble is not small.

According to my analysis, Tesco's bottom line may exceed 11.5 billion.

On our side, this time we are a little bit stuck. "

Li Dong frowned, thought for a while, and said, "Tesco wants to acquire Carrefour. The government shouldn't have a hard time, right? They are so confident now, have they already established a relationship?"

The Huaxia government actually has restrictions on the expansion of these foreign capitals.

Just like Wal-Mart, according to the regulations of the Chinese government, Wal-Mart cannot add more than 2 new stores in China every month, and no more than 20 stores in the whole year.

However, these foreign-funded enterprises can sometimes bypass this rule.

Wal-Mart's previous mergers and acquisitions of Better Mart bypassed this expansion restriction plan through mergers and acquisitions.

Of course, it is not possible to get approval every time. Foreign investors want to acquire other companies to expand their scale. It is very difficult for the government to approve it.

Now that Tesco has not given up, it is obviously likely that it has received certain news and can ensure the approval of its own merger and acquisition plan.

Chen Lang nodded and said: "It's very likely, otherwise they wouldn't be staring at it. But we still have an advantage, at least between Yuanfang and Tesco, we have the home court advantage.

Tesco's acquisition of Carrefour, some people are happy to see the success, but the final hurdle is not so simple.

As long as the distance shows the momentum of determination, Tesco will weigh the gains and losses.

but……"

Li Dong glanced at him, Chen Lang thought for a while and said, "But we'd better not engage in a protracted battle with Tesco, the more we grind to the end, the lower our chances of winning will be.

It is necessary to come up with a one-hit-kill posture to make Tesco retreat.

Their current psychological bottom line may slowly rise over time. "

Li Dong pondered for a moment and said, "Then what do you mean?"

"Directly overwhelm their psychological price at one time, and make a quick decision!"

"11.5 billion..."

Li Dong rubbed his forehead, looking a little irritable.

At least it has to exceed this price. Such a large amount of M&A funds, even if it is not paid in one lump sum, will be a huge pressure on Yuanfang.

Money, even if borrowed from the bank, still has to be repaid.

If there is no Tesco, Li Dong has considered about 11 billion funds to win Carrefour.

Now it has exceeded hundreds of millions all of a sudden, and this is all real money.

After taking a breath and weighing it up, Li Dong nodded and said: "Then do as you said, first suppress Tesco.

Also how to handover, now you can prepare.

This time, I am determined to win Carrefour. If I don’t win Carrefour now, I may not have such an opportunity in the future.

Nowadays, the retail market in various places has been almost divided up. After all, we started late in first- and second-tier cities, and our market share is not as high as that of other supermarkets.

Winning Carrefour this time will fill our vacancy.

In addition, Tesco may not really want to compete with us. The current market environment is not good, and such a large amount of M&A funds is not so easy even for Tesco. "

Chen Lang nodded slightly, and continued: "There is another point, if we win Carrefour this time, I wonder if we can transfer the supermarket center to the Shanghai stock market.

Carrefour's headquarters is located in the Shanghai stock market, which is also the economic center of China.

If the supermarket center is transferred to the Shanghai stock market, it will be of great help to our national layout, and the nationalization will be easier. "

"Center transfer?"

Li Dong frowned and said: "In this case, we have to increase investment costs. And the focus has shifted to the Shanghai stock market, which is not as good as imagined.

Now Jiangbei's support for us is not bad, and now the center has been transferred..."

Li Dong paused and said: "According to my previous thinking, the capital city, Pingchuan, and the Shanghai stock market can actually be developed on the same level.

The Shanghai stock market can be slightly tilted, but the center shift is unnecessary. "

After hearing the words, Chen Lang didn't say much about it, but reminded: "Actually, I think that if we really want to build three points, the Shanghai Stock Market and Pingchuan are somewhat overlapping, and both belong to the East China region.

Since the center is not relocated and Pingchuan is the center, there is no need to wait for the Shanghai stock market.

In my opinion, the mountain city is actually more suitable. It can be developed as the center of the southwest region and radiate the entire southwest region. "

Li Dong didn't refute, and responded: "It's feasible, but don't think about it for the time being.

Southwest market, the current market is still relatively chaotic, and there is no scene of a dominant player.

It won't be too late to think about the southwest after we take down the eastern region first. "

Although he also wanted to swallow the entire national market in one go, Li Dong also understood that this was unrealistic.

He is now stretched in the eastern region alone, let alone the southwest.

The previously planned expansion of the southern provinces has now been postponed indefinitely. Li Dong is going to wait until he wins Carrefour in these areas of Guangdong Province.

Otherwise, Li Dong wouldn't be able to hold on to the full-scale march.

Chen Lang also knew the current situation of the group, and knew how much pressure Li Dong was under.

Although I feel a little regretful in my heart, I also understand the reason why rice should be eaten in one bite.

Next, the two discussed the details of the acquisition of Carrefour, and before leaving, Li Dong suddenly said: "When Carrefour is acquired, I may make some minor adjustments to the personnel of Yuanfang Supermarket, you should be prepared. "

As for the preparation, Li Dong didn't say.

Li Dong didn't say how to fine-tune.

But Chen Lang is not a fledgling kid, Li Dong said this suddenly at this time, obviously telling him that once Carrefour is won, he is likely to go further.

According to common sense, he should be the position of Yuan Chengdao further.

However, Chen Lang knew that the possibility of being the president of the group was unlikely.

The greater possibility is to succeed Sun Tao. The chairman of Yuanfang Supermarket seems to be inferior to him, but a fool also knows who is more important than others.

The chairmen of several major subsidiaries are all on the board of directors of the group. This is the gap.

Chen Lang knew it in his heart, and also felt a slight sense of excitement.

He didn't ask Li Dong how to arrange Sun Tao, he thought that Sun Tao should not be kicked out.

At this time, Chen Lang didn't care about others, let alone said anything hypocritical.

When Li Dong scooped him up, he promised that he would be responsible for the supermarket sooner or later.

Now that Li Dong was going to fulfill his promise, Chen Lang would not specifically say that he was not suitable, because that day, he came for this position.

...

After Chen Lang left, Li Dong closed his eyes and began to meditate.

Chen Lang took over the retail project, and as for Sun Tao, he was going to let him enter the group level.

At present, there are still many vacancies for senior executives of Yuanfang Group, and there is only one vice president, Wang Yue, which is no longer enough to control Yuanfang, a giant commercial ship.

On Yuan Chengdao's side, Li Dong has no plans to kick him out for the time being. In the past six months, Yuan Chengdao's temper has been polished, and it seems that the boss is still okay.

After going through these things in his mind, Li Dong thought about money again.

Opening his eyes, Li Dong called Tang Kuan.

His money in the stock market has not been withdrawn yet. The stock market has not improved recently and is still falling. Li Dong doesn't even know how much money there is in the stock market.

When Xu Shengzhe withdrew last time, he still had 8 billion on his side, and I don't know how much it has risen now.

Soon, Li Dong got a rough figure, about 10 billion.

5 billion entered the market, and it doubled in half a year, which is not bad.

After thinking about it for a while, Li Dong said to Tang Kuan on the phone: "Prepare to leave, take your time, just leave within three months."

Now the market has fallen by 3,000 points, or even nearly 2,500 points. If we wait any longer, the effect will not be great.

Li Dong will not leave at the last moment, the risk is too high.

Of the 10 billion, the loan period of 5 billion is only one year, and it is impossible for Li Dong to keep it on the stock market. Now that he is leaving the market one after another, the money will be used soon.

Both Carrefour and Dongyu Real Estate can use this money.

It is not far from the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers in September, and it is not far from the introduction of the 4 trillion plan.

During this period of time, Li Dong had to use the 10 billion to lay the foundation.

With the foundation laid this year, Li Dong's task will be much easier in the next few years.

Having arranged everything properly, Li Dong let out a long sigh of relief, and the next step is to wait.

PS: This is the update today, let me sort out my thoughts.