Chapter 335: Hands to Rain
The box suddenly fell silent, and even the waiter standing at the door of the box couldn't help but glance inside. Liang Xin looked at Huang Dongqing directly, without even blinking his eyelids. Yang Jixin frowned slightly at first, and then immediately showed a smile, but he didn't say anything, but just observed the two people on the wine table with interest, as if watching a play.
Huang Dongqing looked at Liang Xin's indescribable confident gaze, and after a moment of tightness and confusion, his heart was quickly covered with an even more indescribable feeling. In China, there are too many forces that can put a company in a difficult position.
Huang Dongqing has thought about it countless times, and has encountered similar situations countless times.
But when it comes to weirdness, there is absolutely no time that can compare to this one. He looked at the hairy boy in front of him in astonishment, and couldn't believe that the words just now came from the mouth of the young man in front of him—no, he could only call the young man.
Not to mention any visible and invisible hands, even if it is just a business tycoon like Yang Jixin, this kind of almost threatening words are much easier for him to accept when they come out of the mouths of these people.
But Liang Xin - what is he?
Absurd! It's ridiculous!
How could he say such a thing? How many copper plates does he have in his pocket? Mao doesn't know if he grows a child or not, how dare he?!
Huang Dongqing stared at Liang Xin, his gaze gradually turned from stunned to incomprehensible, and then from incomprehensible to suspicious, and then gradually became angry.
But this anger is stubbornly suppressed by a certain rationality in the heart.
Because Huang Dongqing really can't be 100% sure whether Liang Xin really has this ability, or rather, whether the person behind him has such energy.
After all, some facts are now in front of him - the same child in front of him, who has just entered his freshman year this year, and the establishment of the classmate network has only been three months, but the current market valuation has reached 200 million. Although this wealth on paper cannot be taken seriously, don't forget that the Dongfeng Investment Group that gave him a platform is a real behemoth.
Yesterday, I took out more than 100 million dollars, which is real.
It is not a fraud for Dongfeng Investment to win a renovation project that claims to be related to the Olympics from the hands of the capital Yamen.
There are also the buildings in Wanhua Jinyuan, the words said by the vice president surnamed Niu, and the four big words "Dawn Education" posted on the walls of the building, you can't pretend to be blind and can't see it, right?
At this time, Huang Dongqing felt like he was standing at the forefront of the war.
The opponent had clearly signaled to him to go to war, but he couldn't tell the truth from the fake.
And more importantly, it is too inconsistent with his original perception of this battle.
In Huang Dongqing's view, even if Oriental Education and Classmates Network collide in the domestic private training market, the order should be like this - the two sides invest funds, use various market means to each other, attract customers with their abilities, and seize market share, in this process, the two sides will make various black hands to create trouble for the opponent, and at the same time, through a series of capital operations, while expanding while carrying various debts, until one of the two sides gradually loses funds, and one party's market share is snatched away by the other party. In the end, one party fails, or exits the market or is merged by the other. The two sides not only compete in moves, but also fight for internal strength, both superior and inferior, but also decide life and death.
This should have been an upright commercial competition, a commercial war that gradually turned from an encounter to a positional war, a commercial war composed of various large and small battles and campaigns!
And it is by no means like now, as a latecomer and an attacker, whether it is a classmate network or dawn education, just a special flag, as the defender of the Eastern Education has not had time to express its position, the attacker's coach rode to the face of the defender's coach, and threatened unashamedly: Do you want to go to war? I said open it, I won't open it if I don't open it, are you afraid? Are you afraid?
This, this, this...... What the hell are you trying to do?!
What do you want me to answer?!
Huang Dongqing's mind flashed countless thoughts, and he was in a daze for half a minute, and was about to ask Liang Xin what you want to say, when suddenly, a figure jumped in outside the door, Deng Dachao was furious, and yelled at Liang Xin: "Mr. Liang!" There's no such thing as you! Are you threatening us? This morning you said that you want to cooperate for a win-win situation, what do you mean now? Are we really afraid of competition? I'm telling you! We have come all the way through oriental education, and we have never been afraid of this word in our dictionary! Come on! Go to war! We'd love to take on your challenge! ”
Deng Dachao, who was sitting at the driver's desk, was full of wine at this time.
At first glance, you can tell that you are drinking stupid.
The three people in Liang Xin's box all looked at him.
Liang Xin was very calm, Yang Jixin was expressionless, and Huang Dongqing was a little embarrassed......
"Mr. Deng, sit down and speak slowly."
Liang Xin smiled slightly, and said to the waiter outside the door, "Little sister, help us Mr. Deng get the deputy dishes and chopsticks." ”
Deng Dachao snorted, sat down beside Liang Xin, and scolded: "Liar! ”
"Brother Chao, you calm down first......" Huang Dongqing hurriedly persuaded.
Deng Dachao said loudly: "I'm calm! In this matter, either cooperate or break the net, is there a second way? Everyone is hitting the head, do we have to back down?! ”
"I didn't say I was going to back down......"
Huang Dongqing smiled bitterly, "Besides, how can we retreat?" Do business, what are you doing so murderous? It's not like a few of us can sit down and divide the market, you have a problem with your brain today, right? ”
"I didn't!" Deng Dachao, who was drunk all night long, flatly denied it.
At this time, the waiter came up with dishes and chopsticks, Liang Xin stood up, helped Deng Dachao scoop a small bowl of shark fin soup, put it in front of him, and said calmly: "Mr. Deng, drinking and not eating vegetables hurts your body, fill your stomach first, warm your stomach." ”
Deng Dachao said: "Mr. Liang, what do you mean?" What do you mean when you say you can have it? Do you have the final say? ”
"Hehe......" Liang Xin smiled.
Deng Dachao instantly became even more angry and shouted: "Don't pretend to be stupid! ”
"Mr. Liang?" Outside the box, Gu Qiang walked to the door.
Liang Xin waved his hand and said, "It's okay, you can eat with peace of mind." ”
"Okay." Gu Qiang glanced at Deng Dachao, "Call me for something." ”
Liang Xin nodded, but directly bypassed Deng Dachao and asked Huang Dongqing: "Mr. Huang, what did you want to say just now?" ”
Huang Dongqing came back to his senses, shook his head and smiled, "Wait a minute, I think about it, my thinking has messed up with him." He patted his head, "I just ...... No, Mr. Liang, I have to ask you, do you have the ability? ”
"That's right!" Deng Dachao slapped the table, "Do you have the final say?" ”
The corners of Liang Xin's mouth raised, and his smile was full of determination and confidence.
Threats are supposed to be strategic coercion of the weak against the strong.
And this time, Liang Xin is indeed holding a cannon in his hand, but he made the momentum of a nuclear bomb.
It stands to reason that he shouldn't have been so confident.
But this time, the paradox is that he can really say nothing about this matter.
The tutoring business of the classmate network is a fart in the eyes of Dongfeng Investment? Not to mention Teng Zengsui, even Kang Ming can pinch this project in minutes. Not to mention the dawn education, it is a complete land, and it has always been in the hands of Liang Xin.
It's just an empty shell......
But the problem is that Oriental Education doesn't know all this information......
They only saw the billboards at the bus stops on the streets, the 3,000 stickers of Wanhua Jinyuan, the big moves of Dongfeng Investment in the past few days, and the enthusiasm of their classmates on the Internet.
All of this is true.
In the eyes of Huang Dongqing and Deng Dachao, it is a real nuclear bomb, fleet and fighter jet.
And the more this is the case, the less likely they are to guess that Liang Xin only has one cannon in his hand......
Gently threw it on the ground, and it exploded with a snap, and it was just a cannon......
"Whether I said it counts or not, it's not the key, the key is whether Oriental education can withstand such pressure."
The more sure Liang Xin is in his heart about this matter, the more he refuses to honestly show his hole cards, but continues to play the guise of Dongfeng Investment, insisting on pulling this tiger skin out of the effect of acting for the sky.
Deng Dachao was about to stare when he heard this.
But this time, he was interrupted by Liang Xin in a very strong tone, "Mr. Deng, please let me finish listening first!" ”
Huang Dongqing also patted his arm lightly on the side, and said in a deep voice: "Listen to what Mr. Liang said." ”
Then he nodded at Liang Xin.
Liang Xin smiled and said slowly: "Actually, I am willing to come to see you today, with full sincerity. The set of strategic ideas I just mentioned, in fact, has not been officially confirmed by our group, and it only exists in my head. ”
Huang Dongqing looked puzzled.
Liang Xin immediately said: "What I mean, it's not that what I have in my head will definitely become a reality, nor does it mean that our group will definitely listen to me." Actually, of course our group won't listen to me, so what am I? I'm just a kid who hasn't graduated yet. Right? ”
Huang Dongqing's face softened slightly, and he nodded slightly.
Yang Jixin smiled.
In this case, what Liang Xin wants to talk about next should be the focus......
"But." Liang Xin really came to a twist, "What I want to tell you is not this. What I want to tell you is that the education business is not the real focus of our Dongfeng Investment Group at all. ”
He paused slightly, "The personal training business is just one thing that our group plans to do." ”
Huang Dongqing and Deng Dachao's expressions changed slightly.
"What do you mean?" Deng Dachao didn't understand.
Liang Xin asked unhurriedly: "Mr. Huang, Mr. Deng, our group just won a piece of land yesterday, do you know about this matter?" ”
Huang Dongqing nodded and said, "I heard that it cost 1200 million, a lot of money." ”
"It's not a big deal, it's just the beginning." Liang Xin smiled, "Next, our group plans to achieve a scale of 100 billion yuan in this business." ”
"Hundreds of billions? What are you kidding...... "Deng Da Chao is numb."
"Not a joke at all." Liang Xin explained, "For this matter, I have to start with the current situation of real estate in our W city. ”
Yang Jixin finally couldn't hold back at this time, "Is it so complicated?" ”
"It's not complicated, but that's how complicated the process is." Liang Xindao.
Huang Dongqing hurriedly said: "Mr. Liang, you said, we have enough time tonight." ”
Liang Xin nodded and said slowly: "In the past few years, the momentum of economic development in our W city has been very good, and the momentum of real estate is also quite strong. In five or six years, the overall housing prices in the city center have risen by about four to five times. ”
Huang Dongqing nodded and said, "I've heard of it." ”
I didn't want Liang Xin to follow, so I said: "But this is obviously not normal." ”
He looked left and right at the other three people at the table, "Why do you think the housing prices in W City can be higher than those in the capital?" ”
Yang Jixin immediately said: "There is a bubble!" ”
"Yes." Liang Xin nodded, "Old Yang's eyes are like torches. ”
"Stop being a sycophant." Yang Jixin said, "So you plan to shift the focus of investment to the capital?" ”
"It's not just the capital." Liang Xin said, "After our group discovered the systemic danger of the real estate industry in W City, we decided to withdraw as soon as possible. But we don't lose confidence in the momentum of real estate, we just think that the local conditions in W City can no longer support that kind of housing prices, but other cities outside are different. In addition to W City, every city in China, from the leaders of City B and S, to the provincial capitals, second- and third-tier and even eighteenth-tier small counties below, all places are followed by a sea of stars, because we believe that the country's development situation is definitely promising in the future. ”
Yang Jixin pouted, "It's hard to say this......"
Liang Xin looked at Yang Jixin's smiling expression, thought about it, and suddenly changed his words, "Yes, what Yang Lao said is very reasonable, and I judge it this way." There are too many factors influencing the development of a country. But the person at the helm of our group, he doesn't think so. Our Mr. Teng believes that the next national development situation can not be stopped, and the scale of the national real estate industry will inevitably usher in explosive expansion. Therefore, Dongfeng Investment decided to increase financial leverage without an upper limit in the next few years, and quickly occupy the national market and quickly open up the situation at the cost of high debt. ”
Yang Jixin's face suddenly turned straight and said, "This is too risky, isn't it?" It's a gamble! ”
"I think so too!" Liang Xin said, "But I'm soft-spoken, and it doesn't matter if I say it." ”
"Alas......" Yang Jixin sighed and shook his head, "You have misjudged the international situation." With the constraints of Amrik, the prospects for the development of our country, alas...... It's hard to say. ”
"If that's the case, what are you crazy about me?"
Deng Dachao suddenly interjected, "You're all going to be finished, you dare to be so arrogant with us?" ”
"That's not right." Liang Xin immediately turned his face and quickly said to Deng Dachao, "Mr. Deng, if you look at this problem, you have to stretch the timeline." First of all, our overall strategy is supported by huge funds. The investment profits obtained by Dongfeng Investment in W City over the years are enough to support them, and this strategy has been completely rolled out to all first, second and third-tier cities in the country.
This process cannot be completed in five or six years. Then in this process, the personal training business that we are going to do will also take root. And as long as our national real estate strategy is not bankrupt, Classmates Network and Daybreak Education will always have it, and the input cost is lower than that of Oriental Education. This cost is that our educational place is our own. First of all, we exempted a lot of the cost of using the venue, and then we used the money we saved to pay the teachers as salaries, and we were able to spend twice as much money on recruiting people with the same total budget.
On your side, if you train a teacher, we can give them double the price. This is true for teachers, and even more so for publicity. Because the student network also needs to cooperate with our national real estate strategy, as long as this strategy does not fail, the network resources of the student network can always be shared with Dawn Education. In addition, there are management and administrative costs, and under the overall planning of our grand strategy, all our resources must be cheaper than Oriental education.
Since our costs are cheaper, the prices we offer to the market can also be cheaper.
As long as this strategic goal is not stopped for a day, we can continue to rob your people and users, and even we can accept a certain degree of loss, because the part lost in City B can be completely made up from City S.
In addition, the stall we are about to roll out is big enough, and we have no competitive pressure in the absence of you. Every penny earned from those places can be used as ammunition against you.
And most importantly, we can make money without personal training, but can you?
When this war starts, don't care if our Dongfeng Investment Group dies in the end, but how long can you withstand it?
Three years, or five years?
Anyway, it's not long before you go public, and the stocks in your hands are still a lot of time before the ban is lifted, right? If Oriental Education falls into the red for the next three or five consecutive years, will you be forced to delist?
If the stock price of Oriental Education falls to a certain extent before the lock-up period of your shares arrives, and the company is delisted first, then for you, is it meaningful for Dongfeng Investment to die in the end? ”
Liang Xin finished speaking in one breath and quietly looked at Deng Dachao and Huang Dongqing.
Huang Dongqing and Deng Dachao glanced at each other, and they were instantly terrified.
If what Liang Xin said is true, then isn't Dongfeng Investment the wheel of history rolling backwards, and in the process of reversing, a rhythm that accidentally directly crushes innocent passers-by?
"This isn't a crime......" Deng Dachao was stupid.
Liang Xin said again: "And...... That's it, if Dongfeng Investment bets right, is it even more impossible for your Oriental Education to turn over? ”
Huang Dongqing was dumbfounded, "Then you ......"
"After the New Year." Liang Xin knew what he wanted to ask, and hurriedly replied, "The first stop, City B and City S, is the largest market for Oriental Education at present. At the beginning of spring next year, we will be in close proximity. You only have two months left to prepare.
Mr. Huang, I advise you, don't spend the money in your hand anymore, otherwise I'm afraid of you, I'm afraid I won't last three years. Because our money, mainly from the bank. We have an endless amount of money to spend in the next three years. ”
Huang Dongqing was speechless.
Yang Jixin said leisurely at this time: "Children, don't be overconfident. You may not be able to lend so much money, and the bank is not engaged in charity, so it makes no sense for you to use these judgments about the future to scare Mr. Huang. ”
"Elder Yang is right!" Deng Dachao said, "Mr. Liang, are you scaring us?" ”
"Quite the opposite." Liang Xin's eyes were full of sincerity, "It is precisely because I am not optimistic about the strategic judgment of the group, and at the same time, I also uphold the purpose of wanting to leave a little spark for the future of our group, so I came here today to tell you two about this." Why else would I tell you so much? Wouldn't I have rebelled? ”
When Huang Dongqing heard this, he suddenly seemed to be relieved, "So Mr. Liang, you don't plan to fight us?" ”
"Yes." Liang Xin nodded, "But I have to give our group enough reasons." ”
Deng Dachao frowned and asked, "What do you mean?" ”
Liang Xin said: "Our group wants to do the private training business while doing real estate, because our group is sure that in the next few years, domestic housing prices will soar." So some of the properties, we don't sell them immediately after the construction is completed. These vacant houses, which we use for our own use, are the basis for doing personal training business.
But now, if I can give enough reasons for them to give up the business of private education, and instead use these vacant houses for other businesses, such as commercial rental, such as commercial real estate, as long as they change the direction of doing something 'convenient', will the competition between us naturally disappear? ”
Huang Dongqing hurriedly asked, "Can you change it?" ”
Liang Xin said: "Then it depends on how to operate." ”
Deng Dachao asked: "You have the final say?" ”
"At present, before the project is rolled out, I have this power in the next two months."
Liang Xin looked at Deng Dachao very seriously, "Dongfeng Investment Group's personal training business will be carried out mainly by relying on the classmate network and dawn education. At present, I still hold most of the shares of Classmate.com and Daybreak Education. As long as I can convince them, of course I can just stop the business. ”
Huang Dongqing and Deng Dachao glanced at each other.
Liang Xin's words are indeed true, they knew last night how much Liang Xin has a large proportion of shares in Classmates Network and Dawn Education.
"If you're not in the personal training business, what are you going to do?" Huang Dongqing asked.
"To be the Internet, the Internet is the future development direction!" Liang Xin's voice raised, "At present, the world's top technical talents and funds are running to Amrik, and Amrik's talents and funds are concentrating on the Internet industry." I can't judge the future of the world and China, but I can say with certainty that at least Amrik's side can be trusted. We crossed the river by touching Amrik, and there is a high probability that there will be no problem. If even Amrik is wrong, then all mankind is wrong, and it is better to start all over again than to bet like a headless fly in the country! ”
"That's right." Yang Jixin suddenly put down his chopsticks and pointed at Liang Xin, with a little appreciation in his eyes, "Xiao Liang, I don't think there is a problem with your understanding of the world, this is also the mainstream view and judgment of the world." ”
Liang Xin smiled, "Old Yang is high." ”
Yang Jixin smiled in a good mood, "You go on." Now that you're going to convince your group to change the course of your side hustle, what can you do? ”
"That's right." Huang Dongqing said, "Does Mr. Liang have any ideas?" ”
"Of course there is, if I didn't have an idea, I wouldn't be here tonight." Liang Xin looked at Huang Dongqing and Deng Dachao, drew the shaft to the end, and the knife disguised as a lollipop slowly lit up, "The idea of our group is nothing more than that the house can't be empty all the time. And my thinking is nothing more than to continue to expand the network of classmates. The solution now is very simple, as long as our house can be rented out, there will be no opinion on the group's side. ”
"You want us to rent your house?" Huang Dongqing was taken aback, "You guys are going to build so many houses next!" ”
"Don't worry." Liang Xin smiled, "Cooperation, there is more than one partner." You can be one of the partners and only rent a house in the capital and the city of S......"
"It doesn't take that much." Huang Dongqing said, "The scale of our enrollment is far less than you think. ”
"That's just a verbal promise." Liang Xin immediately said, "As long as we let our group believe, you will rent a small part of it first, and then I will cut off this business within half a month, our group can only sprinkle fire on me, I still have a classmate network in my hand, they can't do anything with me for the time being, I will persuade them to turn around and think of other ways at that time, anyway, the business has not yet been launched, and there is no substantial loss at all. ”
Huang Dongqing listened stupidly again, "Aren't you just ......?"
"Yes, liar." Liang Xin nodded, "But it's good for both of us to cheat like this, isn't it?" ”
Deng Dachao hurriedly asked: "Then what is the benefit to you?" ”
"There are many benefits, not only for me, but also for you."
Liang Xin smiled and said, "As long as you spend a small amount of money and rent a little house from us, externally, you can claim to merge our Dawn Education and the private training business of the Classmates Network, and I will sell you a little bit of the shares of the Classmates Network, so that the Classmates Network has gained market attention, and you have lost a competitor, and at the same time you have also harvested the publicity and promotion resources of the Classmates Network, that is, the publicity channel of Dongfeng Investment." In the future, students will focus on helping you attract customers online as an online tool for you to explore the market.
In addition, as long as you are willing, when the scale of your student base expands in the future, I will guarantee that you can rent the teaching space from Dongfeng Investment at a very low price at any time. The money saved on this piece can be used to suppress other competitors, and believe me, as long as such a cooperative relationship is established, no one in China can beat us. ”
Huang Dongqing looked at Deng Dachao.
Although neither of them fully understood Liang Xin's logic, the chips thrown by Liang Xin were attractive enough.
"That'...... Specifically? Huang Dongqing said busily.
Liang Xin said: "It's very simple, now there are three of our buildings over there in Wanhua Jinyuan. There are 40 houses in each building, and we used to plan to rent them out at a price of 12,000 per room per month, but now that we want to cooperate, I can make the decision and reduce the monthly rent of each building to 400,000 yuan, and the three buildings will be 1.2 million yuan per month. That's less than two million a year. Even if we act in a full set of acts, rent it for two years at a time, the cost is not very high.
In addition, if you come out with a million dollars and buy two percent of the shares of the classmate network, I can go to the group and say that the business of private education can cooperate with Oriental Education, and we will provide promotion and publicity resources and teaching resources in the future, and Oriental Education will bring us brand cooperation benefits, and both sides will win!
Mr. Huang, you look at this plan, can you consider it? ”
After listening to this, Huang Dongqing looked at Liang Xin and was speechless.
Even Deng Dachao fell into a long silence.
According to the current exchange rate between the two sides is about 1:8, Liang Xin's plan is equivalent to Oriental Education paying less than 5 million US dollars, and then winning the right to use 120 large classrooms for two years, plus 2% of the shares of the classmate.com; At the same time, it will reap the publicity channels of Dongfeng Investment, and lose a terrible opponent.
Compared to the hundreds of millions of dollars they just got in their hands, these five million are really not much......
"That's it...... These? After a long silence, Huang Dongqing asked in disbelief, "As long as this little money?" ”
Liang Xin said in a deep voice: "Mr. Huang, I said that I am here to cooperate, and I am here with sincerity. If you can accept this condition, I promise that I will be able to convince the top of our group to change their minds. ”
Deng Dachao said: "What if you can't do it?" ”
"Then the shares of my classmates will be given to you for free, and I will return the million dollars to you." Liang Xin turned his head to look at Yang Jixin, "Elder Yang is here today, so I can be a witness." ”
Yang Jixin didn't want to wade into this troubled water, and was about to refuse tactfully, but Liang Xin immediately added, "Yang Lao is my life role model all along, no matter whether Mr. Huang accepts my idea today or not, I will give one percent of the classmates' network shares to Yang Lao tomorrow." Mr. Yang will supervise our transaction as a shareholder of Classmates.com. ”
"Oh ho ho ......" Yang Jixin immediately swallowed back when he came to his mouth, and smiled in surprise, "And my share?" ”
"Mr. Yang, it is an honor for all shareholders of our classmates to invite you to join the classmate network." Liang Xin looked at Yang Jixin and said with a smile, "The current valuation of the classmate network is not high, Yang Lao won't be shabby, right?" ”
Yang Jixin waved his hand: "It's too expensive, Xiaoliang, you're too expensive......"
Full of politeness, but there is no intention of refusing at all.
"It should be, a little caution for us juniors to pay tribute to you." Liang Xin also cooperatively fed the benefits into Yang Jixin's mouth, and then turned his head and asked Huang Dongqing, "Mr. Huang, you said yes?" ”
Huang Dongqing didn't know what to say.
Looking at Yang Jixin's happy appearance, if he said no at this time, wouldn't it be a slap in the face of Yang Jixin?
"Brother Chao, what do you see?" He could only look at Deng Dachao.
Deng Dachao had already calculated the account at this time, then looked at Liang Xin, and nodded slightly, "Lao Huang, this price is not high......"
"That dawn education ......" Huang Dongqing was still a little wary.
Liang Xin said with a smile: "If this business is not done, of course we don't need to keep this entity." I can spin off Daybreak Education, package it as a whole, and sell it to you along with the shares of the Classmate Network. ”
"What's the price?" Huang Dongqing asked.
"No money." Liang Xin waved his hand, "Give it away for nothing." ”
When the words fell, Huang Dongqing and Deng Dachao were instantly petrified.
This guy ...... Fortune boys?
The boss who sold himself sold so decisively......
Peerless!
(End of chapter)