Chapter 871 Ultimatum?
After Lu Kun entered, Gu Mei became a mess.
Some people hope he can come out, while others hope he won’t come out.
After all, many people have been coveting the position of chairman of Gumei Electric Appliances for a long time.
As Sun Ziyi, the second largest shareholder of Gumei, his sidelines are particularly important.
With the support of Sun Ziyi, Chen Xiao, president of Gumei Electric Appliances, took the position of chairman of the board of directors and began to dominate Gumei's "de-Luohua". He also joined forces with SoftBank to try to dilute Lu Kun's equity in Gumei and sued Lu Kun. Many senior executives who had been with Lu Kun back then stood by Chen Xiao.
No one expected that Lu Kun, who was given the title of richest man in China, would end up like this, and the money fell and scattered, which was very miserable.
For a time, rumors spread everywhere, and there were mainly three mainstream views.
One is that in order to compete for the leading position in the home appliance industry, Subo Electrical Appliances designed to send Lu Kun to prison.
One is to take revenge on e-commerce, because Liu General rebelled at the instigation of Lu Kun.
One is that Lu Kun offended someone he shouldn't have offended.
There are many people who believe in each statement and discuss it online. The people are idle and enjoy it.
"I didn't expect to take the blame for General Liu. It's really interesting." Liu Chen browsed a forum, and someone wrote a long post, which dialectically discussed the cause of the revenge of Lu Kun by Dominating E-commerce, and analyzed various evidence.
"Although Su Bo takes the blame with us, he is at least a beneficiary of this incident. Not to mention anything else, since Lu Kun was taken away by the police for investigation, Gumei Electric's stock has been plummeting. On the other hand, Su Bo Electric has no good news, but it has been full of red all the way." Cao Rong said helplessly.
Liu Chen said seriously: "If Su Bo seizes this opportunity, it is not impossible to surpass Gu Mei in one fell swoop. Of course, the premise is that Gu Mei's internal dispute cannot be resolved in a short period of time."
In my previous life, Lu Kun entered because of economic problems. The same is true in this life, but it was three years ahead of schedule.
But this also shows that Lu Kun is indeed suspected of economic crimes, rather than the so-called frame-up of someone.
If it weren't for someone to catch the handle, it would be too difficult to send a rich man to prison.
Liu Chen smiled and said, "If Lu Kun knew that it was Liu General who reported him, I wonder if he would be so angry that he would be half-piercing. After all, this was the one he dug up by himself."
"I guess I can even die if I shoot myself in the foot." Cao Rong sighed.
"But even without Liu Jiang, Lu Kun would have an accident sooner or later. He has the qualities of a successful entrepreneur, but there is also a problem, that is, he is too brave, so big that he dares to play the edge and challenge the bottom line of the law. This is just killing himself."
"In order to seek short-term economic benefits, Lu Kun fell here." Liu Chen said while knocking on the table with his finger.
Cao Rong asked curiously: "Do you think Lu Kun has a chance to make a comeback?"
"Of course!" Liu Chen replied almost without thinking.
"Even if he is in prison, he can still remotely control the huge machine of Gumei. However, after he comes out, he will no longer be the richest man in the shopping mall."
Cao Rong sighed: "Yes, the world has changed too fast. Even if you stop for a moment, you may be left behind."
"Sun Ziyi's phone number?" Liu Chen lowered his head and looked at the phone, a little surprised.
After Liu Chen hung up the phone, Cao Rong asked, "What's the matter with him?"
"It's strange. I said I wanted to talk to me. The person was already downstairs." Liu Chen waved his hand and said.
Cao Rong frowned when she heard this. For some reason, Sun Ziyi came to the door at this time, which always gave people a feeling of uneasiness.
Five minutes later, Sun Ziyi appeared in Cao Rong's office.
"I don't know what Mr. Sun wants to talk to me?" Liu Chen went straight to the point.
"One billion, invest in your dominant e-commerce and geekbar." This time, Sun Ziyi didn't go around.
"Of course, it's still US dollars." After saying that, Sun Ziyi did not forget to add this sentence.
Liu Chen was calm after hearing this, while Cao Rong was so shocked that her chin was almost falling off.
She had seen Forbes' 2004 China Rich List before, and one billion US dollars was enough to rank in the top 20.
"Last time it was 100 million, this time it was 100 million. Mr. Sun is really rich and powerful." Liu Chen smiled.
"My sincerity is already here. As for how to make a decision, it depends on you." Sun Ziyi's attitude this time was obviously a bit different from before. Although he was quite polite, he had a hint of condescending smell.
Liu Chen didn't like this feeling very much: "I don't think Mr. Sun can take it out at once."
After Liu Chen told the truth, Sun Ziyi's face looked a little bad: "The amount of one billion US dollars is indeed quite large, so we plan to complete the capital injection within five years."
Upon hearing this, Liu Chen smiled in his heart. In 2005, there was probably no company in Asia that could afford to spend one billion US dollars in working capital. But if it were in 2015 or 2017, not to mention one billion US dollars, investments and mergers and acquisitions of tens of billions of US dollars would occur from time to time.
"Mr. Sun spent so much money, it should be more simple than just injecting capital, or it is more vivid and appropriate to acquire it." Liu Chen said to Sun Ziyi.
"Billion US dollars for 60% of the shares." Sun Ziyi finally expressed his request. "Although we, SoftBank, is the largest shareholder, we will not interfere with your management of the company, and you still have autonomy."
"The control of the company is in the hands of others, so why are you talking about autonomy?" Liu Chen asked back.
Sun Ziyi shook his head and said, "Our focus is on Internet investment, management companies, etc. We are not keen on."
"It seems that Mr. Sun is going to disappoint him again today. I said last time that I have enough money." Liu Chen said lightly. Only fools believe in autonomy. Ma Yun and Sun Ziyi are still in the honeymoon period, and there will be many conflicts in a few years. The Vie incident in 2011 was a big outbreak of contradictions: the founder of Alibaba, led by Ma Yun, felt that this company was done by us and it would not have nothing to do with us; Sun Ziyi, Yahoo America, thinks that we are investors and bosses, you are working, and you can only be considered a housekeeper.
Sun Ziyi frowned. Although he didn't know how many times he had been rejected by Liu Chen, he was still unwilling to give up: "As far as I know, you have invested a lot of money to build a super logistics center. Although you still have some investments in the United States, the money is stocks and not liquid. In order to deploy a super logistics center in China as soon as possible, you should really need funds now."
Liu Chen's heart sank slightly. He vaguely felt something was wrong, but he couldn't say anything. Sun Ziyi obviously came prepared today and understood his current financial situation very clearly.
"As long as you sign a contract, you will immediately get 300 million. I think 300 million US dollars is enough to build five super logistics centers." Sun Ziyi said confidently. It was not his arrogant, but his belief that he has always been invincible in the field of Internet investment, giving him a company that he cannot buy without money.
"I admit that 300 million US dollars can allow me to build a super logistics center in eastern coastal cities as fast as possible, and allow the market for dominating e-commerce to expand rapidly." After saying that, Liu Chen changed his mind: "But didn't Mr. Sun invest in Alibaba, and he is also the largest shareholder. Why should he invest in me at this time?"
"I think Mr. Ma Yun doesn't know about Mr. Sun's visit today."
Liu Chen smiled and looked at Sun Ziyi, as if he wanted to see through him. If something goes wrong, there will be a demon. He incorporated Dong into Alibaba. Ba E-commerce can now be said to be Alibaba Bao's biggest competitor.
Sun Ziyi said calmly: "I think you should have heard of the principle of not putting eggs in the same basket."
"Haha, Mr. Sun is really a smart investor." Liu Chen smiled slightly.
Although he admired Sun Ziyi in his heart, it was due to his investment talent.
From the perspective of character, Liu Chen is not willing to deal with such a person.
In Ma Yun's words, Sun Ziyi is a rooster. There are only three things in his mind, SoftBank! SoftBank! SoftBank!
So no matter from which perspective, Sun Ziyi is not the partner Liu Chen wants to cooperate.
Investment dominates e-commerce and geekabr and become the largest shareholders. The worst outcome is nothing more than being acquired by Alibaba.
If Ba E-commerce and Geekbar develop better than Alibaba, under his control, the final outcome is Ba E-commerce to acquire Alibaba.
No matter what, Sun Tzuyi can be invincible and maximize his interests.
"Now there is a huge opportunity in front of you. To accept the investment from our SoftBank, Bayi E-commerce will be able to go hand in hand with Alibaba in the future and become a world-class big company." Sun Ziyi's tone inevitably showed a sense of condescending scent.
Cao Rong stood aside and seemed a little nervous. After all, this involved a huge acquisition of one billion US dollars. As long as Liu Chen agreed, he could instantly become the richest young man in China, or even the richest young man in the world.
Liu Chen took a sip and said lightly: "Mr. Sun, even without your SoftBank investment, we can become a giant in the Chinese e-commerce industry, join the world's top 500 companies and take the lead. As for geekabr, his potential is no weaker than that of domine e-commerce."
Sun Ziyi's face was a little unfavorable. He had already lost a lot of verbal talk on this matter, but Liu Chen didn't buy it, which really made him a little angry.
"Brother Liu, young people are inevitably a little young and energetic. I can understand it, because I have been young too." Sun Ziyi's smile suddenly became a little weird: "I wrote in "The Supreme Goods Like Water" that the tough ones are easy to break, and the Supreme Goods are like water."
Liu Chen felt the smell of threat from Sun Ziyi's words, and a hint of displeasure flashed through his eyes. He hated others threatening himself: "This is not a problem for Mr. Sun to bother. I think there are many companies in this world waiting for your investment, but unfortunately, we do not need to dominate e-commerce and geekbar."
All the words were said to be true. Sun Ziyi knew that it was useless to say more, so he said goodbye and left.
After Sun Ziyi left, Cao Rong asked, "Liu Chen, why do I feel that Sun Ziyi came to the door today, and it was a bit weird."
Chapter completed!