Qiao Huaiyuan, the mayor of Shanghai, is a ministerial-level senior official, and has a reputation for being good at planning, efficiency and pragmatism in the outside world.

Qiao Huaiyuan came uninvited, only those who were closer and heard Li Ruigang speak. The others in the banquet hall thought that he had just been invited by Li Rui.

Being able to invite the No. 2 person in Shanghai to participate in tonight's cocktail party really makes people look down on Dongxing Group and Li Ruigang, you must know that Qiao Huaiyuan is not someone who can be invited.

Although Qiao Huaiyuan is a mayor, Shanghai's economy is huge, so Qiao Huaiyuan's energy is greater than that of some provincial governors. Qiao Huaiyuan's appearance made some people who originally thought that 1.4 billion dollars had been spent on Bian Xuedao instantly felt that it was worth the money.

Entrance to the banquet hall.

Qiao Huaiyuan and Li Ruigang said a few words, and Li Ruigang led Qiao Huaiyuan to Bian Xuedao in front of him, and introduced: "Mayor Qiao, this is the general manager of Youdao Group. ”

As he spoke, he turned sideways and introduced: "Mr. Bian, this is Mayor Qiao of our Shanghai City, he just told me that he came here to see you." ”

This sentence made Bian Xuedao a little flattered.

"From the future", of course, he knows who Qiao Huaiyuan is, and he also knows Qiao Huaiyuan's smooth career path in the future.

Qiao Huaiyuan stretched out his right hand to Bian Xuedao and said, "After seeing Mr. Bian himself, I know what it means to be young and promising!"

Bian Xuedao stretched out his hand to shake Qiao Huaiyuan, and said with a smile: "Mayor Qiao, you have won the award, I dare not be ashamed." ”

Glancing left and right, Qiao Huaiyuan asked Bian Xuedao, "Take time to chat with me?"

Bian Xuedao nodded happily: "You can do it at any time." ”

Qiao Huaiyuan turned his head to look at Li Ruigang: "You let the hotel arrange a place where you can talk." ”

Li Ruigang said: "I'll do it." ”

After 5 minutes.

Qiao Huaiyuan, Bian Xuedao, and Li Ruigang sat in a quiet suite living room, with a faint fragrance of tea wafting in the air.

Among the three, Qiao Huaiyuan spoke first, he first said that the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government have high hopes for the cooperation between Youdao Group and Dongxing Media, and hope that the cooperation between the two sides will bring new industry concepts, new development ideas, and achieve common development.

After Qiao Huaiyuan finished speaking, Li Ruigang said yes again and again.

I don't know what kind of medicine Qiao Huaiyuan sells in the gourd, Bian Xuedao said a common cliché: "Youdao Group's strategic investment in Dongxing Satellite TV this time is not only because it is optimistic about the prospects of Dongxing Satellite TV, but also because it is optimistic about the business environment of Shanghai, and Youdao is willing to participate more in the development of Shanghai in the future, and will continue to look for suitable projects in the future and increase investment in Shanghai." ”

Bian Xuedao never thought that a cliché would hit Qiao Huaiyuan's heart.

Qiao Huaiyuan picked up the teacup, took a shallow sip, put down the cup, and said with a smile: "Since I said so, I will also say it directly." Tomorrow morning, there will be a symposium on the Internet revolution and economic development model in the city, which will be attended by the top leaders of various departments in the city, as well as the main persons in charge of state-owned enterprises, private enterprises, and some foreign enterprises in the city......

Seeing that Bian Xuedao seemed to have something to say, Qiao Huaiyuan waved his hand and said, "Don't be pressured, I don't ask you to speak, just listen." Of course, if you see from the perspective of a bystander what we in the bureau can't see, I very much welcome your suggestions and criticisms. ”

Hearing Qiao Huaiyuan say this, Li Ruigang looked at Bian Xuedao, and then looked at the teacup on the coffee table, thoughtful.

Li Ruigang thought of a scene at the plenary meeting of the municipal party committee half a month ago.

At the plenary meeting of the municipal party committee after New Year's Day, the secretary of the municipal party committee relayed a question from the head of the central government in front of all the cadres: "Why can't Shanghai give birth to a first-class private enterprise for so many years?"

After this sentence, the secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee added a question: "Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent, why haven't they caught any of them? Especially Ali, Ali was first in Shanghai, and then moved to Hangzhou, and Shanghai has to study why it has not been able to keep Ali. ”

Thinking of this, Li Ruigang's thoughts flew in his heart -- "Could it be that Mayor Feiqiao intends to pull the enterprises that learn the Tao to move to Shanghai? Well, it is very likely!"

"Zhiwei Technology, a subsidiary of Youdao Group, has the largest installed capacity of the security guard in China, has the largest number of registered users and active users in the microblog, is the fourth largest network technology company in China, if Zhiwei Technology moves to the Shanghai market, it is definitely qualified to compete with the three giants of BAT in the Internet field, each leading the way. Of course, if you want Zhiwei Technology to move to Shanghai, the key depends on how much sincerity the city can show in various government support to impress Bian Xuedao. ”

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After the reception, Bian Xuedao's mind was a little messy, and he couldn't think of a clue, so he called Wu Sijie, Hong Chengfu and Tang Zhuo to the hotel café to ask the opinions of the three of them.

Tonight's problem, Fu Caining and Liao Lian can't be military advisors, one is because they are too young, no matter how smart they are, they can't do it with insufficient experience. The second is that they have just finished studying abroad, and some of the marks on their bodies are still obvious, but in China, they can't do things in the way they learned in the West.

In the café.

After listening to Bian Xuedao, Wu Sijie, Hong Chengfu, and Tang Zhuo had different expressions.

Wu Sijie was the first to speak, and he asked Bian Xuedao, "What do you think?"

Bian Xuedao smiled bitterly and said, "My brain is a little messy tonight, let's listen to your thoughts first." ”

Looking at Hong Chengfu and Tang Zhuo, Wu Sijie pondered for a few seconds and said: "I personally don't want to move the company to Shanghai, but if Shanghai can give enough sincerity, it is not impossible to consider." ”

Bian Xuedao took a spoon and stirred the coffee a few times: "Tell me in detail." ”

Wu Sijie said: "First of all, the most direct disadvantage of the Shanghai market is the high cost of business, rent, land, manpower, and living costs, which are not the highest in the country, but also rank among the top three. Songjiang will not say, take Yanjing and Shanghai as a comparison, there are very expensive places in Yanjing, there are also very cheap places, there are very cheap ways to survive, and Shanghai lacks an area that can form a depression of prices, for example, in Yanjing to eat a snack for more than a dozen yuan can be done, but near the Mengzi Road Internet Financial Park, a lunch will cost at least twenty or thirty yuan, which will eventually be passed on to the cost of employment. ”

Bian Xuedao asked, "What about the second?"

Wu Sijie said: "The second is that there are too many good foreign companies and state-owned enterprises in Shanghai, and young people like to squeeze into foreign companies and state-owned enterprises, and they can get a good salary when they go in, and there is a general lack of grassroots fighting spirit. ”

After speaking, Wu Sijie picked up the coffee in front of him, leaned back in the chair and took a sip.

Seeing Bian Xuedao looking at him, Hong Chengfu smiled and said, "I basically agree with Lao Wu's opinion. Objectively speaking, like New York, Shanghai is not a suitable city for entrepreneurship. In the U.S., startups are more in Silicon Valley than in New York. Although New York is the world's financial center, it is not a start-up center. In New York, the best place to work is on Wall Street, to the companies that are already making a name for themselves. If you choose to start a business, people usually leave New York and go to Silicon Valley, because the cost of all aspects in New York is too high to accommodate startups. ”

Speaking of this, Hong Chengfu changed his words and continued: "However, there are still differences between Shanghai and New York. Based on my understanding of the Shanghai Stock Exchange, the selection cohort of graduates from the top universities in Shanghai is as follows: world-class investment banks, first-class consulting firms, Fortune 500 companies and the Big Four accounting firms, and then state-owned enterprises and private enterprises. ”

"Let's put it this way, in Yanjing, I heard that you are a Zhongguancun man, and others may cast envious eyes, thinking that you have ideals and ambitions, maybe you are still a rich and handsome. In Shanghai, I heard that you are Zhang Jiangnan, and others unanimously believe that you are diaosi. This is related to culture, economic mode, and policy orientation, and the Shanghai Stock Exchange has always only been able to see the world's top 500 companies, and it has to be overseas, and private enterprises are basically surviving in the cracks in the Shanghai Stock Exchange. By the way, I just read the 2007 White Paper on Foreign Investment Environment in Shanghai some time ago. ”

Hong Chengfu, who has worked as a financial analyst in an investment bank and has an excellent memory, recalled: "The 2007 white paper introduced the investment situation of Fortune 500 companies for the first time, and in 2006, 257 of the 481 foreign investors in the Fortune 500 invested in Shanghai, and by the end of 2006, a total of more than 1,800 projects had been invested. Among them, there are more than 1,500 production or trading companies, more than 40 multinational regional headquarters, more than 30 investment companies, more than 40 R&D centers, more than 20 multinational procurement centers, more than 70 financial institutions, more than 120 representative offices, and a total of more than 20 billion US dollars, accounting for 18% of the city's total contracted foreign capital. ”

The white paper also highlights that the return on investment by foreign companies in China is 22%, compared to 25% in Shanghai. In 2006, the average success rate of foreign investment in China (i.e., the actual foreign investment divided by the contracted foreign investment) was 30%, while that of the Shanghai Stock Exchange was more than 50%. Hong Chengfu sighed slightly and said: "You say, there are so many powerful foreign and state-owned enterprises in Shanghai, what energy does the government have to take care of start-ups and private enterprises?"

The last speaker was Tang Zhuo, who said it relatively simply: "The problem of the Shanghai market, I feel that it is too concerned about the so-called internationalization, and has given up a lot of things that should be supported. In addition, I would like to add that the core of any enterprise is people-oriented, but the talent settlement policy of Shanghai is designed very tightly, and the introduction of foreign talents by enterprises, even if they meet the conditions, can obtain a Shanghai household registration very few, if the company moves to Shanghai, these things will inevitably involve considerable energy of the management at some point in the future. ”

After listening to the words of the three of them, Bian Xuedao's heart was cold.

He asked the three of them, "What kind of symposium is tomorrow......?"

Wu Sijie said with a smile: "Qiao Huaiyuan's purpose in letting you go is not to give advice, but to convey some information to the outside world, you go, just listen, no one will call your name, they are all worried that you will accidentally tell the truth." ”

Tang Zhuo frowned and asked, "Qiao Huaiyuan is so generous, if we refuse, will it affect the investment in Dongxing?"

Hong Chengfu shook his head and said, "Probably not." Such a big move by the Shanghai Stock Exchange must be aware of the shortcomings of the lack of 'local' enterprises with global influence, hoping to attract iconic enterprises to settle in, play a leading demonstration effect, and then win the right to speak on the global allocation and agglomeration of innovation resources, and play a leading role in the surrounding areas. I believe that not only our family, but also the management of the Shanghai Stock Exchange must have come into contact with many companies of the same magnitude. ”

Tang Zhuo answered: "However, judging from the situation where Qiao Huaiyuan personally appeared in the evening, the leading group of Shanghai should have high hopes for our family. ”

Wu Sijie nodded and said: "Youdao Group is headquartered in Songjiang, and the poor comprehensive competitiveness of Songjiang is well known. In addition, he just opened a branch in Yanjing, although he didn't make a big splash, he definitely couldn't hide it from Qiao Huaiyuan's gang, and it is estimated that they thought there was an unexpected move. ”

There is a saying that "the three stinkers beat Zhuge Liang", not to mention that Wu Sijie, Hong Chengfu and Tang Zhuo are much more powerful than the stinkers.

After brainstorming and discussing in the café, the four of them reached a consensus on whether to move the company to Shanghai - no rabbit or eagle!

In business, we will decide to see how many preferential policies and support the Shanghai market can give.

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(At the beginning of 2008, BAT, especially Ali, had not really become a bull, and in the novel it was another time and space, as if they were already very good.) ）

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