Chapter 56: Unfair Competition
Compared with the faltering start of the fairy company, the western star company is striding forward. After the reorganization of the company in February, the three companies, which were divided into three, were operating and scrambling to develop. After receiving strong financial support from investors, the responsible persons are even more ambitious and unwilling to be left behind.
Xixing Development Corporation inherited all the debts and most of the assets of the original company, with 35 buildings and 15 land agreements, with total assets of 9.3 billion yuan, 15 buildings have been completed, 7 have been put into use, the company's personnel account for 60% of the original company, is the parent company and the main part of Xixing Company. Among the three companies, the talent strength is the strongest, the development foundation is the best, and the ambition is also the largest. In addition to the Jingyun Building that needs to be renovated, only one building in Shijiazhuang needs to be constructed, so that she can concentrate on the development of the real estate business in the Beijing area. The investment and management company has a huge liquidity, inherited a quarter of the original company's talents, good development opportunities, under the golden sign of the West Star Company, Xu Peng intends to compete with the fairy company.
The ordinary employees of Xixing Company do not know about the fairy company, but their leaders all regard the fairy company as a huge competitor, from Li Yudong to Wang Zhaoyun, to Xu Peng, from Chen Qian, Wang Jing to Li Lin, all of them are eyeing the fairy and eager to try. They knew that the reason why the fairy was established was because Xixing could no longer meet Li Mengze's requirements, which was something they were very reluctant to admit, so they naturally had a competitive mentality, perhaps, defeating the fairy would make several people more psychologically balanced. In their minds, it is impossible to be richer than someone in this life, then it is better than him to spend money, use money, and make money, only to defeat the fairy company, surpass him in the momentum of development, and let that lucky guy bow down to them! Indeed, they have the hope of success, as long as they have a project, they can get unlimited financial support, and under the same conditions, they have the same access to funding as Fairy Company. Someone assures that "if the project is reasonable, then I will divide five cents of one penny, half on one side, and whoever has a good project will share more", since there are such good conditions, they are confident that they will accelerate their development and surpass the fairy company. In the conversation of several people, only Li Yudong was worried, worried about the guy who had come out of the plot, although he didn't know what would happen.
In fact, the development trend of Xixing Company is indeed much better than that of Fairy Company. The head office has a good foundation and is well prepared, and has a great influence in Tjin City and even the whole country. After the Spring Festival, the company recruits employees on the one hand to enrich the company's team, and on the other hand, carries out decoration and construction arrangements. Since the launch of the campaign by Xixing Company, the inflow of talents from Xixing Company has accelerated, the quality has improved, and the personnel of the project construction are also sufficient, and there is no shortage of construction equipment, and the remaining 20 unfinished buildings have started 10 buildings after the Spring Festival! At the same time as dealing with the buildings in hand, the head office invested 1.6 billion yuan for the acquisition of other unfinished buildings, and after negotiations, a total of 7 unfinished buildings were included in the company, basically completely changing the phenomenon of unfinished buildings in Tjin City for many years. The reason why Xixing head office was able to achieve such an achievement is first of all because the company's strength is in the forefront of various real estate companies, and no real estate company can come up with a huge amount of money to acquire, and she is already famous in this project. Secondly, it is the huge pressure of the municipal department, the existence of unfinished buildings has seriously affected the city's appearance, affecting the image of the city, after having the ability to deal with it, the municipal department of course hopes to change this situation as soon as possible. Third, there may be companies with such financial strength, but no company is willing to fully invest in such a small market, and their involvement is relatively large, unlike Xixing Company, which gives the impression of a "professional processing company of unfinished buildings". Fourth, the increase in labor costs has increased the construction cost, increased the construction difficulties of real estate developers, and also made the unfinished owners worse, feeling that the future is hopeless. The funds used by the West Star Company for the new acquisition are not loans, but additional investments by investors, this news also shocked those real estate developers, how deep the financial strength of the West Star Company, people continue to speculate, and his tentacles penetrate into the various real estate markets, it will become an inevitable thing! The unfinished property market is too small, not big in Tianjin, not big in the country, Xixing will not be satisfied with this, she will start a comprehensive competition in the real estate industry, she will expand nationwide, peers have to consider this new opponent.
By June, the Xixing Development Corporation had bought the right to use and develop two pieces of land in Tjin City under the land use agreement, totaling 100,000 square meters and costing 300 million yuan. Although these two small residential communities are not enough to generate large profits, it has already shown that this newly emerging company has entered the real estate industry in full swing, and various competitors have to wait for it. This is only part of his accomplishments, but he has already extended his influence to many parts of the country, starting with the acquisition of unfinished properties, gradually grasping the priority of local land use and expanding their share of the real estate industry. By the end of the year, she had obtained 16 land development rights, totaling 1 million square meters, costing 2.7 billion yuan, including 10 commercial land, 350,000 square meters, occupying 1.5 billion yuan, and 4.6 billion yuan of new funds from Li Mengze alone. They not only renovated the 8 buildings that have been constructed, and developed and utilized, but also rented out more than half of the 10 unfinished buildings that had started construction, with a total development utilization rate of 65% and an annual profit of 3.5 billion yuan for the whole company, which already has the capital to expand independently.
The Beijing branch has hired a professional manager, a native of Beijing B, who arrived in April, named Feng Qingsong, who has been in the real estate industry for many years, and under his leadership, the business of the Beijing branch has developed rapidly. The working capital of the Beijing branch is only 400 million yuan, plus the rent, it is less than 500 million yuan, and it has to start construction of another unfinished building, which is not very abundant, and Li Mengze does not invest directly in it, but the head office supports her in any expansion and acquisition work, and she can get full financial assistance from the head office. Therefore, Feng Qingsong comprehended and recruited many peers to his banner, formed a staff team that made Li Yudong blush, and launched a rapid expansion activity. By August, when "No Love" premiered publicly, they had signed three unfinished buildings, costing 850 million yuan, and at the same time bought the development rights of 100,000 square meters of land, costing 400 million yuan; by the end of the year, he not only completed the unfinished building in Shijiazhuang, but also acquired an unfinished building of 120 million yuan in the local area, invested another 700 million yuan, and added 200,000 square meters of land in B, and in this year alone, he asked the head office for 2.07 billion yuan. The fierceness of its development made Li Yudong and them surprised, and even Li Mengze, who heard the news, was also surprised, thinking that in the case of fierce competition in the capital, it was very rare to achieve such a great achievement, which made him stare at the other party curiously for a long time, making the other party a little overwhelmed and a little depressed, but he didn't dare to offend this big customer.
Feng Qingsong is less than 40 years old, it is when he is in the prime of life, according to Li Mengze's words, he is a workaholic, but he is also well maintained, he should be a happy man with men charging in front and women supporting in the back. Compared with the casual clothes he wears every day, wearing a jacket, no tie, and no bright leather shoes, Feng Qingsong is in a gray high-end suit all day long, with a black tie, a white shirt, and leather shoes, and he is in good spirits all day long. At this point, Li Mengze admired it very much, but he also comforted himself, now there are many children at home, he can't take care of them, and the expenses are also large, in short, no one takes care of him, and he is even imagining how old the other party's children are, I guess I don't need to worry about it anymore, "It's not like myself"! From Feng Qingsong's point of view, Li Mengze is not very good, at least his employees are not like him, they are not late for work, or they leave early after work, they don't wear ties, their shoes are not gray, their jackets are not buttoned, and they look unhurried all day long. As a landlord, he still knows more about the companies on each floor, and knows that the fairy company is one of the largest companies here, although he doesn't know what they are doing, but the company's employees are not bad, and there are a lot of talents, "but the boss is too bad." Feng Qingsong often sees someone arriving late or leaving early, or even simply not seeing anyone all day long, of course, he doesn't know that people don't go to work at all; And the fairy company is quite casual about it, and can often hear the call of "Mengze, Mengze", unlike the "manager" like his own company, and the second sentence is still "manager". Of course, he didn't know that Li Mengze was his boss, although he often saw the head of the External Relations Department talking casually with him and drinking tea intimately.
As the head of the external relations department of the B Beijing branch, Wang Zhaoyun often went to B Beijing, and it was not until the B Beijing branch had its own external relations department director in September that he rarely came to the Jingyun Building. Even so, until October, Wang Zhaoyun still often came to B-Beijing. And every time Wang Zhaoyun comes to B-Beijing, as long as Li Mengze is in the company, the two will always drink tea and chat in the small hall on the first floor of the building. Often after Wang Zhaoyun arrived at the building, as soon as he started to deal with the work, he invited someone downstairs to chat, so as soon as Wang Zhaoyun finished handling the work, Li Mengze would come downstairs, and the two of them would go to the small hall to drink tea and chat together. Sometimes Wang Zhaoyun arranged the work late, Li Mengze went straight to the External Relations Department, forcibly pulled someone to drink tea and chat, the people in the branch were curious and angry, but helpless, even their ministers smiled bitterly, begging for mercy again and again, what can they do?
Compared with the two real estate companies, Xu Peng's work pressure is the heaviest, although the start is not bad, but everyone knows that the purpose of the establishment of the fairy company is for this company. When the investment and management company was established, it obtained nearly a quarter of the talents from the parent company, and then recruited some on its own. The head office can also be said to attach great importance to this company, not only to ensure the full supply of its future operating funds, but also to transfer half of the existing working capital, the strength is so strong, even if it is a single company in the industry is relatively strong, not only to undertake a large number of business, but also to get the full support of the head office, Li Yudong They even said that they will "compete" with Li Mengze in the investment company.
Although the head office can also support the investment company without restrictions, everyone knows that they can only do their best. In a sense, the establishment of the fairy company will make Li Mengze shift the focus of investment from the West Star Company, as long as he is not personally presiding, then the failure of the West Star Company is inevitable. They don't understand Li Mengze's requirements, they don't know how big his foundation is, and they can't make loss-making investments, and some risky investments can't be made. Although Li Mengze said that the purpose of establishing the fairy is to increase the depth and increase the control of some partners, but the shrewd few people know that the funds in his hands are huge, and the current development can no longer absorb such a huge amount of funds. They are a little uncomfortable with this status quo, of course, not angry and disappointed with someone, they are just a faint helplessness. It doesn't matter how Li Mengze thinks about them, everyone has their own ideals, they can't interfere with Li Mengze's freedom, as long as he hasn't explained to them, they can only expand the company according to their own considerations. Every company has its own path of expansion, and Weststar is to take its own path of expansion. But they are not discouraged, maybe they don't have as much money as him, and they don't have the courage to spend money, but the ability to make money is not worse than him, and it's okay to have a higher income with the same input.
Xu Peng, who is under the heaviest direct pressure, is not a person who is willing to keep to it, since he has understood that someone has money and does not restrict the investment field, in addition to doing a good job in the established business cooperation, he is actively looking for other investment projects, his propaganda has long been typed, "investment, looking for an exit for funds". But he can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, he also understands this, there are many people who lack money in this world, but there are not many people who can make money for your cooperation, at least not many who are sure. He is different from Li Mengze, that guy dares to gamble, he is not afraid of losing, he can't lose, first of all, he has no money, and he can't invest according to losing; Secondly, he didn't know how much money Li Mengze had, and he didn't know what kind of losses he could bear; Moreover, as a manager, as an investment leader, he does not allow his investment to fail, failure is a humiliation to him, maybe Li Mengze can allow investment failure, or maybe Li Mengze doesn't care about their investment failure, but they themselves can't forgive this, this is his duty and sense of professionalism. Therefore, his investment was invisibly tied hand and foot. As they themselves said, "Exam, he can mess around, but I can't, I can't afford to lose, and if I can't run fast, I can slow down." Li Yudong and they also admit that this is the only way, no matter who they are managing, they can only swallow this bitter fruit, so the goal of the three of them is not too big, and it is not necessarily discouraged, "that is better than the quality of investment", the three of them gritted their teeth and said.
As far as the investment progress is concerned, the investment and management company has done quite well, successively signed five agreements, four of the shares are more than 35%, one accounted for 56%, the five companies have a total of nearly 300 million yuan, the company signed the investment agreement, are attached to the entrusted management agreement, the two sides jointly send people to manage the joint venture. As a result, 9 of the 15 buildings in use in T were partially used by Western Star Investment and Management. Not only that, he also invested money in other property market cooperation agreements, shares did not account for the majority, a total of 4 of these companies, invested 240 million yuan, the company has accumulated a large number of talents. In addition, as part of his future plans to enter the manufacturing industry, Xu Peng also signed an electronics manufacturing factory contract with a well-known foreign company and a domestic company. They invested 100 million yuan, zhan has 40% of the shares, foreign investors invest 40 million yuan, zhan has 45% of the shares, another company invests 23 million yuan, zhan has the remaining 15% of the shares, cooperation in the production of electronic components, foreign companies are responsible for technology and production, and the domestic company is responsible for sales, and they can do relatively little, but they still won the right to personnel management. In this way, the West Star company entered the manufacturing field for the first time, whether it is to make money or lose money, according to their words, "even if you invest 150 million yuan to take down 40% of the shares, you must also enter the manufacturing field", as long as you can enter, it is worth paying a little more.
By the end of the year, more than 99% of all the signed agreements had been invested, with a total investment of 650 million yuan and an actual use of 600 million yuan. Of the three companies, he has the smallest share of investment, but has the widest range of operations, with a restaurant, 8 shops, 4 hotels and a manufacturing company. Although the company does not have the ability to operate independently, but the development trend is good, especially into the manufacturing industry with a relatively high threshold for involvement, it is a big victory for them, from which they can learn management, but also obtain technology, and can get the control of the whole company in a roundabout way, which has an important impact on the development of the company in the future, and directly has a positive impact on the development of the fairy company. The companies it cooperates with are all large companies, even the domestic company, which is also a relatively well-known company in the industry, and can obtain "benefits that can never be measured with money", this is what Li Yudong said.
To a certain extent, Xixing Company, especially the company directly managed by Xu Peng, is looking forward to Li Mengze's move, and they want to see what this guy has done! However, from February to August and October, I didn't see the fairy company make a move. Although they doubted Li Mengze's work ability, they didn't dare to underestimate his whimsy, nor did they dare to underestimate the ability of his subordinates, let alone ignore the influence of the women in his family, so they were very much looking forward to the help of the fairy company. But to their disappointment, the fairy company has never had the intention of making a move. They know Li Mengze very well, and they know that the film and television investment in May was completely unexpected, neither in their scope nor in his consideration, but they didn't expect him to use this film and television investment in exchange for huge benefits. By September, several people in the West Star Company received the relevant situation of "No Love", and they were greatly surprised by the huge film income, and they couldn't imagine that the fairy company would have such good luck, and what they didn't expect was that the fairy company's non-original advertising, the advertising of the fairy company was overwhelming with "No Love", and the name of the fairy was deeply entered into the market, but even they were in a trance that the fairy company was a film and television investment company. Several of them were stunned by this miracle, and in November, when they received 6.14 times the message, several people had different feelings in their hearts, but all of them were a little sour, "This guy can earn money with his eyes closed, and his luck is too good", and several people were a little helpless.
But they all knew that this matter was not the ultimate goal of the fairy company, and the fairy company still didn't make a move, or waited. Everyone knows that 614 million yuan is a lot, but for Li Mengze, it is nothing, the purpose of his fairy company is not to make this money, and this method of making money is not to his liking. He can only succeed if he turns the huge amount of money in his hands into industry, technology, and strength. They don't understand how long he's waiting, what he's waiting for, and they don't know why he's confusing everyone, but he certainly thinks about the negative impact of such an ad on the company, but why do it? In this year, there has been more than one good investment opportunity, but the fairy company has not made a move, why hasn't he made a move? Several people wanted to know, but none of them asked. They "hope" that he will also hit a wall, and encounter the difficulties they encountered when starting a business, although no one showed it, and on the surface it was still "not easy to compliment". But Li Mengze seemed to know what they thought, he just didn't make a move, and he didn't let them get what they wanted.
Xixing Company called Li Mengze one by one with money, 4.6 billion yuan has been transferred out of his personal account, 2.7 billion yuan has been invested, Li Mengze knows these things, but he has never informed them of the progress of the fairy company! Several people knew that if the fairy company made a move, then they would definitely know; Sometimes, no news is good news, it's just a little uncomfortable.
Although there are 10,000 reasons to hope that Li Mengze is suffocating, several people still prefer to believe that Li Mengze is preparing to make a surprise attack, just like he has an excellent ability to engage in "conspiracy and trickery", that guy will not let them down!