Rebirth 2006, creating a super consortium

After hearing Liu Lingdong's assurance, An Xin nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: "It's good to have confidence. To be honest, compared with industry giants like Alibaba, we at Weishidai are indeed far behind in the field of e-commerce. There is no way, we can only spend money to buy time!"

Liu Lingdong nodded in agreement, but then he thought of a core question and immediately asked, "Mr. An, if I remember correctly, Micro Times doesn't have so much money in its account right now, right? Where does the money for the acquisition of Dazhong Electric come from?"

An Xin smiled slightly and replied: "Far East Bank's Hong Kong headquarters can provide Micro Times with a long-term credit line of 30 billion Hong Kong dollars. In addition, Far East Bank's Shantou branch can also provide Micro Times with a special loan of 10 billion RMB. If it is still not enough, it doesn't matter. We can also promote Micro Times to conduct round B financing!"

"To be honest, as long as it is beneficial to the micro-era, you don't have to worry about funding issues at all, just go for it!"

what?

Liu Lidong was completely stunned.

When did it become so easy for Internet companies to get loans?

You have to know that JD.com went around the world begging for help in order to get a loan of several million yuan, but it was in vain. In the end, it could not solve its financial difficulties and was forced to sell itself to Weishidai!

But in today's micro-era, you can get billions of loans just by asking for them. Isn't this extreme contrast too outrageous?

Liu Lingdong shook his head with a complicated expression and asked softly, "Boss An, is this the benefit of working in a big company?"

"Benefits of a big company?" An Xin was stunned, but she understood what Liu Qiangdong meant and explained with a smile, "Dr. Qiangdong, this is not a benefit of a big company. To be honest, even if you ask Tencent, the largest giant in the Internet industry, to apply for a loan, it is impossible to get a loan of this amount!"

"Don't even mention Tencent. If Micro Times leaves the Yuanfang system and applies for a loan from another bank, it still won't be able to get such a high amount of loan!"

"To put it bluntly, this situation is just a special product that relies on the distant system and has no reference value at all!"

Liu Lidong's heart moved, and he asked hesitantly: "Mr. An, what is your relationship with Yuanfang Financial Group?"

Looking at the curious Liu Lingdong opposite, An Xin thought for a moment and said calmly: "I am the largest shareholder of Yuanfang Financial Group. In other words, I am the boss of both Micro Times and Yuanfang Finance!"

?

wtf?

The explosive news made Liu Lingdong's expression instantly dull. He just stared at An Xin opposite him stupidly and was unable to come back to his senses for a long time.

An Xin smiled slightly when she saw this, and asked softly, "Why? Is this news surprising?"

"Very unexpected!" Liu Lingdong nodded with a complicated expression and said in a deep voice: "Boss An, in fact, everyone in the industry is speculating about the specific relationship between you and Yuanfang Finance, but no one has ever said that you are the boss of Yuanfang Finance. To be honest, if this news were to come out, it would definitely surprise everyone!"

"Oh, really?" An Xin shrugged casually and said with a smile: "Haha, it seems that I have done a good job of keeping it a secret. But you only need to know this news. There is no need to spread it around. I don't want to become the focus of public attention!"

Liu Lingdong's expression froze, and he immediately nodded and said, "Boss An, don't worry, I understand!"

"Very good!" Seeing Liu Lingdong being so sensible, An Xin was very satisfied. After a moment's silence, he said, "Let's stop here for the acquisition of Dazhong Electric Appliances. Next, let's talk about logistics. I just looked at the list of the first batch of logistics center cities that signed contracts, and found that there were no cities in the southwest and northeast regions on the list. So, what's the situation?"

Liu Lingdong paused after hearing this, and then said slightly euphemistically: "Mr. An, there are indeed no cities in these two regions in the list of the first batch of signed logistics center cities, but there is a reason for this. The main reason is that the business environment in these two regions is relatively complicated. Before we are fully confident, I don’t recommend promoting the completion of the logistics center project in these two regions to avoid causing major losses!"

Is the business environment more complicated?

An Xin asked thoughtfully, "Did you run into any obstacles in these two areas?"

Seeing that An Xin had exposed the truth, Liu Lingdong simply stopped pretending and complained directly, "Boss An, let me tell you the truth, these two regions are really outrageous, outrageous to the extreme!"

"Our logistics base project is obviously of great benefit to the local area, but the local government not only did not give us relevant preferential treatment, but also put forward a lot of additional conditions for us in the end!"

"These additional conditions are nothing more than adding some administrative costs. We can tolerate them in order to improve our logistics layout. The problem is that after we gritted our teeth and accepted these conditions, some people of unknown origin came to visit us that night. My goodness, these people are more ruthless than the locals. They open their mouths and ask for tens of millions of profits. It's really too damn shady!"

"Now, this project can be completed with 20 million yuan, but after they messed around, they pushed the cost of the project to more than 60 million yuan. Who can afford this?"

An Xin frowned as he listened. To be honest, he knew that there were indeed serious political and business issues when doing business in some regions, but the situation Liu Lidong encountered was really too outrageous!

It can even be said that it has reached the point of being blatant!

"Don't you have a more feasible solution?"

"No, it's really hard to move forward!" Liu Lingdong shook his head slightly, and then said indignantly: "Boss An, let me tell you the truth, the actual situation in these two areas is much more serious than I said, and it can even be accurately summarized in one word: snakes and rats in the same nest!"

"This situation cannot be handled through normal channels anymore. We need higher-level administrative intervention to find a better solution!"

"If I'm a bit pessimistic, I even think that the intervention of higher-level administrative power may not necessarily solve the problem. After all, if the people below pretend to obey but actually disobey, they can still hold us back!"

An Xin was silent. After thinking for a while, she slowly said, "This is related to our logistics plan layout. Even if this matter is difficult, we have to bite the bullet and do it!"

Liu Lingdong said excitedly: "Mr. An, I know that logistics planning is indeed important, but we can't give up. Once we give up, there will be no future..."

"Don't be impatient!" An Xin waved her hand to interrupt Liu Lingdong's words. After he calmed down, she explained slowly: "Lingdong, I know what you want to say, but my way of dealing with it is not to choose to bow my head and admit defeat!"

"Oh?"

Liu Lingdong's eyes lit up and he asked quickly, "Boss An, please explain!"

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