Chapter 76 Investment Opportunities
"You, you still have to look a little bigger, a little more macroscopic. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoThe development of Tmall is a general trend in the world's retail industry, although there are many countries that are currently boycotting Tmall, but why don't they close their doors? This is because they themselves know very well that if they want to integrate into the trend of the retail industry, they cannot do without the existence of Tmall. Difficulties, resistance, this will always exist, and in the future, we will even face countless lawsuits regarding protectionism. But as long as this trend doesn't change, they will eventually give in to us. ”
"Of course I know this, but it's too unrighteous for you to be the shopkeeper and push everything to me! I knew that I didn't dye my hair a few days ago, so let you see how much more gray hair I have recently. What's more, the general direction is in your control, and if I think about this aspect of trouble, I'm afraid there will be more gray hair. ”
Zhou You knows very well that Liu Qiaodong's complaint is false, and his performance is true. However, he is indeed a general, and with him, he does not need to worry about the development of Tmall.
Zhou You personally poured him a glass of red wine and said with a smile: "If you are so busy, then you still have to go to the Tengger Desert for hiking?" ”
Liu Qidong took the wine glass and scolded with a smile: "You are really a Zhou Peel, I have this hobby, and you still want to deprive ......" He took a sip of wine and smiled: "Don't you also like to travel around?" Would you like to form a team with me? ”
Liu Qidong really doesn't have many hobbies, and every year he will take a certain amount of time to hike through various deserts and challenge his limits.
Due to the change of fate in this life, his relationship with Gong Xiaojing has not experienced any twists and turns, and the two have been married. Gong Xiaojing also entered politics like in her previous life and did not enter Tmall.
Thinking of the milk tea sister who is not famous now, I don't know if they will come together like in their previous lives. Whether it is seeing the changed fate, or the fate is linked by the powerful ability to correct errors, it makes Zhou You full of interest in it.
In fact, secretly paying attention to some dislocated or unchanged affairs has become one of the hobbies of traveling, and sometimes a person sees some changes or no changes in the affairs of the two lives on the Internet, which makes him feel a sense of vicissitudes.
Zhou You shook his head and said, "I do want to go on a hike through the desert, but I don't have that time this year. In the past few days, I have taken care of the satellite affairs, I have to go to Africa to attend the African Union development meeting, and then I also need to worry about the private banking affairs in Europe, and then my asset management will be handed over to the private banking department of the Frankfurt Mortgage Bank, and the docking work is more complicated. I will go to Brazil next month to attend the G8 finance ministers' meeting, and I will not be able to spare too long at all. ”
Liu Qidong became interested and said: "It just so happens that the third round of negotiations between Tmall and the Brazilian government will start next month, and you will also have to attend at that time, after all, your face is much bigger than mine." ”
"As long as the time is right, of course I'll be there."
The two talked for a while about the current problems faced by Tmall in Brazil, and Yang Mi poked out a small head from the door with a small backpack on her shoulder. "Evan, where's my gift?"
Zhou You laughed. "If you're in a hurry, you go play for a while, and I'll give it to you later."
She pursed her lips, she didn't pout in front of Liu Qidong, glanced at Zhou You, and left arrogantly.
When she left, Liu Qidong smiled and said, "Has the host in Yangcheng done it?" You're messing with flowers and grass again, I really admire your skills, and the grape trellis in this backyard is still so stable. ”
Zhou You asked rhetorically: "Are you also distracted?" ”
He laughed, with an ambiguous expression that you understand. The two of them talked for a while, and then turned the topic to work. "There are 50 million people in South Korea, and their purchasing power is quite strong. If it is completely opened, it will reach almost half of Southeast Asia, so you also need to use dim sum to promote this aspect. ”
Zhou You recalled in his heart that the current President Lee Myung-bo is a rare cadre in South Korea, his leadership ability is still very strong, and he is from a business background, so he has a very clear understanding of economic issues. It is rare for a South Korean president to be safe after stepping down, and he is one of them.
Such a leader is actually difficult to convince, but he also has an unshirkable responsibility for the advancement of this matter. After all, a good development in South Korea can also bring him a steady stream of benefits.
"In this way, you can take a time, before November 15th, after you come out of the desert, arrange a time, and we will go to South Korea together."
"Then it's settled, the time is arranged, and I'll call you."
At this time, Ma Hongtao walked in again. "Fourth brother, Mr. Yan from the Bank of China is here, and I arranged him in the reception room in the front yard."
Zhou You nodded, turned his head and asked, "Why don't you come with me to meet him......"
Bank of China and Tmall also have a lot of business, but also an important partner of Alipay, although the business of Bank of China in China is not as good as the other three banks, but in Southeast Asia, Bank of China has a greater advantage than other banks, second only to HSBC.
Liu Qidong didn't refuse, nodded and said: "Just let him come in directly, there are a lot of people waiting for you to meet in Nan's study, you go out, I'm afraid it will be difficult to get out." ”
There was no fanfare about traveling back to the capital, but his itinerary was not a secret in the eyes of those who cared about it. His general itinerary has been arranged by the Secretariat a month in advance, and at most there are only some minor adjustments. And these itineraries are available from the general partners.
Besides, a large number of reporters are paying attention to him everywhere he goes now, and when he arrives in the capital on the front foot, his news immediately appears on the Internet on the back foot. Therefore, as soon as he returned, there was an endless stream of people visiting him.
Zhou You smiled and asked Ma Hongtao to call Mr. Yan and them in. "Then you can help me entertain Mr. Yan first, I'll send the others away, and we'll talk with peace of mind when we get back."
There are indeed a lot of people in the front yard, and most of them are people of unusual status, because ordinary people can't even enter the door of the house.
"Mr. Yan, let Mr. Liu accompany you to make a pot of tea and smoke a cigar I brought back from Colombia. Don't leave at night, let you taste the craftsmanship of the Sichuan chef I just invited. ”
Mr. Yan introduced a few entourages and laughed. "I was about to disturb Mr. Zhou, so I won't postpone it. Mr. Liu and I are also old friends, so I don't need you to say hello, let's get busy. ”
After reading the registration form sent by Ma Hongtao, Zhou You found an unexpected guest, Liang Wengen, chairman of Sanyi Heavy Industry. Although Zhouyou's enterprises have some business with Sanyi, they are also one of Sanyi's big customers. They bought a lot of Sanyi machinery for infrastructure construction in South America and Africa, but they did not have direct contact with Liang Wengen.
According to the general procedure, he wants to come to visit, not to mention sending a document through the External Relations Department, at least he has to make a phone call, but rushing to the door like this makes Zhou You wonder.
However, thinking of the grudge entanglement between them and Zhonglian Zhongke, which is comparable to a spy war movie and a combat film, Zhou You seems to understand a little. However, in their previous life, they only broke out in 20012, so has they begun to tear up now?
"Did Chairman Liang explain his intentions?"
Ma Hongtao shook his head and said: "He didn't say what he meant, he just said that he happened to be in the capital today, and he came to visit when he saw the news of your return." I said that if there is an emergency, I will notify you to meet him first, and he knows that you are talking to Mr. Liu, so he said that he is not in a hurry. ”
Zhou You didn't know Liang Wengen's intention for a while, but he still admired this male leader of science and technology who was dedicated to development. To be able to develop from a small enterprise in a township to a comprehensive heavy industry enterprise in the world's top 500, he, like many entrepreneurs of the older generation, has an admirable spirit of perseverance.
"You invite him from Nan's study to the living room in the front yard first, and I'll meet him first."
To Zhou You's surprise, Liang Wengen came alone, except for a driver who stayed in Nan's study, he didn't even bring an entourage.
Seeing Zhou You standing at the gate of the main house waiting for him, he walked a few steps quickly and said with a smile: "Hello, Mr. Zhou, I know that you are coming back today and come to visit rashly, I hope it will not disturb you." ”
Zhou You greeted him a few steps, and said with a smile: "Mr. Liang said with a smile, if I knew that you were coming, I would definitely not delay for so long." Please ...... inside."
Following Zhou You into the main house in the front yard, Liang Wengen said: "Since 2004, Nanyang Group has become one of our largest customers of Sanyi. I also have the heart to visit Mr. Zhou, but it is rare for you to return to China, and you are running around the world abroad, so this is the fate of the side! ”
The two of them exchanged a few words and chatted about some topics on procurement between the two sides, seeing that the topic was about to cool down, Liang Wengen changed the topic a little stiffly, revealing a trace of bitterness and said: "I can't hide it, I took the liberty to see Mr. Zhou today, I really have something to ask for, but I don't know how to speak." However, I sat in Nan's study for a while just now, and I had a proposal, I hope Mr. Zhou will not think that I am insincere. ”
"Chairman Liang is polite, if you have something to say, I will do my best."
He hesitated, but still spoke: "I don't know if Mr. Zhou is optimistic about the prospects of Sanyi?" If you are optimistic, are you willing to become a shareholder of Sanyi? ”
If there were no memories of his past life, Zhou You would definitely be at a loss for what he said, because it is indeed very doubtful that a well-developed company is suddenly willing to open its doors.
However, with the memory of his previous life, Zhou You knows very well that Sanyi is now at the stage of striving for development, but hitting walls everywhere.
In the 16 years since its establishment, Sanyi has already passed the initial stage of primary development. With the development of the domestic construction market and the investment and development of basic industries, Sanyi has also developed rapidly with this shareholder wind.
However, in the same place as them, there is also a state-owned heavy industry enterprise that competes with them in all directions from the beginning. In the world, there is no country where there are two companies of the same nature in the world's top 50 heavy industries in the same city.
Two identical enterprises in the same place will inevitably face all kinds of resource competition and market competition, but a private enterprise will of course face all kinds of injustices compared with a state-owned enterprise.
In the initial stage of development of enterprises, these competition and suppression can be tolerated, but now, the problem is getting more and more serious. So much so that in 2012, the two companies developed from SMS, espionage, acquisition, bribery, and even direct use of force to kidnapping, until finally Sanyi wanted to move to the capital and leave Sanxiang, and the contradictions in the middle broke out in an all-round way.
But what Zhou You didn't know was that in fact, as early as two years ago, the contradictions between the two sides had broken out in an all-round way, but this matter had not yet reached the point where everyone knew about it.
Zhou You deliberately pretended to be surprised and asked, "Chairman Liang is not joking, right?" Your Sanyi is currently developing well, and I haven't heard that you have a shortage of funds! ”
He shook his head and said with a wry smile: "There is indeed no shortage of funds, but what Sanyi lacks is resources and the international market. ”
Zhou You asked, "What?" Sanyi is facing the tilt of political resources? ”
He sighed and said: "I don't dare to hope for the tilt of government resources, but now, Sanyi is like being tied hand and foot, and we want to develop, which is really a bit powerless!" When I went to the capital this time, I came to run for the M&A qualification certificate, but I was rejected again. ”
Zhou You asked with some curiosity: "M&A qualification certificate?" I've done so many mergers and acquisitions, haven't I heard of this certificate? ”
"You haven't developed in China, and you don't know the suffering of our private enterprises! Don't say that state-owned enterprises, they are joint ventures, they are also pro-birth, and we, the private enterprises, are all raised by our stepmothers, and we can't do anything we want to do without permission. ”
Through Liang Wengen's complaints, Zhou You figured out that Sanyi had been constantly seeking international acquisitions since two years ago. However, whether it is to buy foreign enterprises or foreign technologies, Sanyi will face the government's hurdles.
In the past two years, Sanyi has had money in his hands and international acquisitions have increased, but they are facing competition from state-owned enterprises in the same place as them. There have been several times when they negotiated a takeover, but because they didn't get permission, they were picked by competitors.
"You don't know, even though we're talking about two billion, they're talking about five billion. What does this mean? This means that at least 3 billion yuan has been transferred abroad by those embezzlers and turned into their personal assets, and state-owned assets are also assets, so they have become money in their private pockets. ”
Of course, Zhou You is aware of these tricks, and in fact, in many cross-border acquisitions, there are behaviors that exaggerate the acquisition amount to varying degrees and make private profits. If you really buy useful technology or assets, it is better to say that some even foreign fictitious enterprises, fictitious projects, and then transfer funds abroad, and finally the company and enterprise collapse, countless funds are written down on the books and become money in private pockets.