The biggest task of this trip to New York is to buy a small stake in Alibaba Group from an investment company, and the goal has been achieved.

On the whole, the negotiation process was relatively smooth, and the headquarters of Liby had already communicated with each other in advance, and it was nothing more than to negotiate the price and be responsible for signing the contract.

Speaking of the reason why the other party is willing to cede, it may be that it feels that the volume is limited and it is about to rise to the end, or it may also be because Alipay forcibly spun off from Alibaba Group in order to obtain a financial license and set up a new company independent of the company, which makes the value of Alibaba Group plummet.

Fan Liancheng has some understanding of this matter, and it is said that Boss Ma has reached some kind of agreement with other investors, agreeing to give them compensation equivalent to 40% of the value of the shares when Alipay is listed, not less than 2 billion US dollars, and no more than 6 billion US dollars.

Even so, Yahoo, one of the major shareholders of Alibaba Group, faced a class action lawsuit from investors on the side of the United States, arguing that the divestiture of the financial payment business indirectly affected the value of Yahoo's shares.

In Fan Liancheng's eyes, this is obviously moaning without disease, getting cheap and selling well, after all, if Alipay can't get a financial license, his Jingdong shopping mall will have an absolute advantage, and take the opportunity to dig the treasure network down.

Once it loses its dominant position in the e-commerce field, it is difficult to say how much Alibaba Group's valuation will be left, let alone any "Yahoo shareholders' equity".

I believe that the company's decision-makers must have taken this into account, so there is only a bunch of inconsequential bystanders left to stir up trouble, saying what corporate credit, saying what is worthy of a domestic company, etc., and their ideas are limited by narrow vision.

In all fairness, Fan Liancheng has always wanted to make a big deal and give up the small fight of a hammer in the east and a mallet in the west, and directly take the remaining 10% of Yahoo's shares in Alibaba, or part of the shares in the hands of SoftBank, so as to increase the market share in the domestic e-commerce field.

That's why I had such an idea.

The reason is that compared with traditional manufacturers, the online mall has a wider audience and lower cost, and once it successfully wins the objective shares, it is equivalent to becoming a shareholder of a huge "virtual mall" covering the whole country, taking this opportunity to make profits quickly, and the growth space is considerable.

In addition, the deeper plan is Alipay, a recent "Yu Bao" product launched by Tianhong Fund Company made Fan Liancheng quite hot, and is planning to let Jingdong Mall follow the trend to seize the market, in addition to the idea of letting the Fans Fund launch products on Alipay, and has sent someone to contact the shareholders of Tianhong Fund.

With a long-term vision like Fan Liancheng, of course, he can foresee that such a convenient and fast fund product is equivalent to a massive cornucopia, and it is only to blame that he was busy idle, and failed to pay attention to this aspect in advance, and missed a good opportunity in vain.

Now there is still a chance to enter, but the price may be a bit large, compared to Tencent, which has been listed for a few years, Alibaba Group has become an excellent PE (private equity) target in the eyes of Fan Liancheng.

I can't admit this, and I still lost my eyes in my early years.

The main reason is that Fan Liancheng didn't expect that the Internet business industry would rise so laissez-faire, but vigorously promoted it, after all, it had a great impact on shops, shopping malls, and individual entrepreneurs.

From a macro point of view, while the impact on traditional business, it can often give rise to more jobs and opportunities, such as logistics, third-party sellers, etc., Jingdong Mall is stepping into the road of Amazon Mall, more like a virtual mall, directly docking with manufacturers, canceling the opportunity for middlemen to make the difference, a large number of buyers are stored in logistics warehouses and sold through the Internet.

Considering that manufacturers also hire employees, warehouses, express delivery and other links also employ people, in fact, there are a lot of new jobs, and consumers are really benefited, and they do spend less money to buy goods of the same quality, and optimize the transaction link.

Knowing that he would not step on the brakes, Fan Liancheng decisively used more than 300 million US dollars to continue to increase investment, although he missed a good opportunity to invest in Alibaba Group, but in the rise of Jingdong Mall, the profit margin is higher, so it is not a loss, it is nothing more than a loss in the past few years, the appetite is a little smaller, and too much investment in the real estate field should not be so safe.

I didn't regret taking the medicine, and now the layout is okay.

The party that night was uneventful, with a few new friends on the Facebook friends list who may never be contacted again in their lives, and went back to the hotel to watch the show and sleep.

Due to the time difference, Fan Liancheng was on the line at five o'clock in the morning.

After running in the hotel gym for a while, going back to the room for breakfast, watching the news, not in the company, no one to help him make a schedule, going out at eight o'clock, visiting popular attractions like a tourist, and looking at the famous Statue of Liberty from afar, it was very boring.

Afterwards, I went to Wall Street in Lower Manhattan, where multinational companies gathered, and in the alley you can still see graffiti left over from the Occupy Wall Street campaign the year before.

From the perspective of real estate businessmen, the spacing between buildings is also pitiful, which means that the lighting is extremely poor, the planning is not good, the main reason is that the land price is too expensive, reluctant to use it for greening, and the only thing to praise is that the land in Central Park has not been sold.

Fan Liancheng knows some acquaintances here, he has participated in three of the world's four major economic forums, Davos Forum, Boao Forum, Fortune Forum, and the G20 summit has also invited him.

Have a casual meal at noon, go to the top of the Empire State Building in the afternoon, walk on Fifth Avenue, visit the flagship store of the GIGI brand, Fan Liancheng freely arranges the itinerary, and takes time to go back to the hotel in the evening to rest for a while.

When it was getting dark, he finally stayed up until the auction was about to start, rushed to the venue to see the exhibits in advance, and if it wasn't for the purchase of a painting, he planned to fly back to China in the afternoon.

Others will be excited to travel abroad, and there are many places they have visited, but Fan Liancheng can't be interested in playing alone.

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After going through the security check, only two bodyguards are allowed to enter the venue.

An entourage like Fan Liancheng, even in New York, is a minority, and no matter who looks at it, he is a real big man, so that the auction staff did not hesitate to smile at all, and led them to visit the lots after hearing the name.

For example, a bronze tripod from the Warring States Period, the real thing looks like an incense burner, and Monet's "Water Lilies" is mostly suitable for hanging on the wall, and the color tone looks comfortable.

It's a coincidence.

In his early years, he studied in London, and before he was fooled by Lao Fan to find the bottom of the stairs, before deciding to go home, Fan Liancheng knew an actress named Daddario.

Unexpectedly, I met her backstage at the auction, holding a man's arm and wearing a long skirt.

At that time, Fan Liancheng really regarded himself as an ordinary person, living a relatively ordinary part-time life, dazzled by a bunch of car lights and a fair face, and he had a good impression of her.

Now, looking at that, he smiled when he made eye contact, nodded his head, and continued to look at the painting......