Start by trimming cow hooves

I only stayed in Shanghai for a few days.

During this time, I was invited to have a meal with Alibaba's boss Ma.

From his words and deeds, Su Rui could tell that Boss Ma was not worried about the business model of Dongjing Mall, but was very worried about the development of Pinduoduo.

Taobao originally relied on lower product prices than physical stores to grab market share from physical stores.

Now the product prices of Pinduoduo are much cheaper than Taobao. Some stores bypass the middlemen and directly add a little profit to the factory cost price, which is about to squeeze many Taobao e-commerce companies to death.

When it comes to internal circulation, the mainland market is second, and no one dares to claim to be the first in the world.

The development model of Pinduoduo is indeed very barbaric, which is probably equivalent to those factories that make profits by selling processing scraps. There is no reason to explain.

Su Rui understands what Boss Ma is worried about, but he does not intend to easily adjust Pinduoduo's current business model just because he has eaten a meal with him. After all, even if he does not make this money, sooner or later someone will aim at this track of sky-high circulation.

Due to the considerable conflict of interest, it is destined to be difficult to become friends with Lin'an Boss Ma. The reason why he rejected Ali's proposal to repurchase shares is mainly because he thinks the value can rise again.

Anyway, the other party can't do anything to him, so Su Rui didn't take this matter to heart.

After inspecting several companies in Shanghai, he continued to head south. The "Dragon Ball" theme park in Shenzhen is reclaiming land and building roads to facilitate subsequent construction.

During the inspection at Warwick and the conversation with She Dazui, I could see that the R\u0026D team of the "intelligent driving cockpit" has built a prototype. Their company's current main business is still communications, and the current mobile phone quality is hard to describe.

However, the last time Su Rui preached to She Dazui, he was obviously listened to by the other party. It is said that billions of RMB have been invested in independent research and development this year, and billions more will be spent next year.

As for the details, Su Rui did not ask, and She Dazui did not say.

Only stayed in Shenzhen for two days.

From the customs port, I took a car to the port city, and went to Central to inspect the construction site before checking into the hotel.

Because there is no shortage of funds and the design drawings were prepared in advance, this commercial land that cost Su Rui a lot of money to acquire has already dug a deep pit and entered the stage of laying the foundation.

The New Waterfront No. 3 plot, known as the "Central Land King", is located next to Victoria Harbour. A total of six underground floors are designed, and the construction difficulty is not small.

Su Rui just took advantage of the end of the year to stroll around. He just came to the Four Seasons Hotel to rest for a while and went out to inspect the World Island Group.

The company currently rents two floors of office buildings in the International Commerce Plaza. When the construction site just inspected is completed, it will move in as a whole.

Although Su Rui has not invested too much in Hong Kong City, he controls assets worth tens of billions of dollars in Asia through the World Island Group. He mainly sees the convenient capital circulation in this city and the low corporate taxes.

Unfortunately, there is really nothing fun in Hong Kong City except eating and drinking. After accompanying the executives of the World Island Group and the Hong Kong City Monetary Authority to attend dinners, Su Rui took a boat to the neighboring Macau City for a little gambling.

It was a coincidence.

During the card game, Su Rui also met the boss of a mobile phone manufacturer at the card table. He thanked the other party for his cheating and finally let him win more than 11 million Hong Kong dollars.

This can only be described as "the person is bad and the addiction is big", no wonder he lost the company and went bankrupt in the end.

In advance, he booked a bowl of Emperor Fried Rice worth 5,000 Hong Kong dollars at the Lisboa Hotel, which was personally made by the chef known as the "God of Food in Hong Kong City".

The fried rice of 5,000 yuan a bowl was also made with overnight rice. After tasting it, Su Rui could only say that it was a pity that there was no pickled mustard and pickled radish head to go with the rice. He just tried it for the sake of novelty.

This time, he went out at the end of the year, mainly to play and relax.

Jiang Jiaya, who was far away in Los Angeles, couldn't stand the loneliness, so she flew all the way to find Su Rui and went to Thailand to go shopping and eat seafood together.

In a blink of an eye, it was December 31st.

On the night of New Year's Eve, Su Rui took Jiang Jiaya for a walk on the streets of Pattaya, Thailand, accompanied by Mr. "Song Pasan" who came from Bangkok. They were surrounded by many police officers and guarded tightly.

Suddenly thought of something.

At this moment, Su Rui took out his mobile phone and opened the map, pointed to the narrow section connecting Malaysia, and asked Mr. Song Pasan:

"Have you ever considered digging a traffic artery similar to the Panama Canal and the Suez Canal here? At that time, cargo ships will not need to detour from Malacca, and they can earn billions of dollars in tolls every year."

The reason for asking this question is not to act as a lobbyist for anyone.

A few days ago, I attended a dinner in the port city, and I accidentally learned that as early as 1997, Lao Li's company successfully won the 25-year operating rights of the ports at both ends of the Panama Canal through bidding.

Just the port, not the Panama Canal itself, helped Lao Li make a lot of money.

At that time, Suri immediately thought of the news that he had seen in his previous life, saying that it was very suitable to dig a canal in Thailand, and it might make more money than the Thames Canal and the Panama Canal.

Mr. Songpasan, who accompanied him on the tour, happened to know some news and told him in broken English:

"In fact, there have been many plans to build the Kra Canal in history, but they have been shelved for various reasons. Once this canal is built, no ships will pass through the Strait of Malacca, which will cause tension in other countries."

"In addition, our finances cannot afford such high expenses. It is estimated that it will cost 30 billion US dollars to build this canal."

"If you are interested in this project, I can ask for you."

Su Rui was not clear about the potential benefits. Seeing that Song Pashan was a little vague, he guessed the reason and did not continue to ask. He just smiled and said:

"If there is a chance, you can study it. If it can bring more than 5% return every year, this business is actually very good. Once the canal is built, it will bring stable profits for hundreds of years in the future."

If a group of European and American investors are jointly invested, there is obviously a chance to open this artificial canal.

But if Su Rui can find this business opportunity, others can certainly find it. Since the construction has not started yet, it means that the water inside is likely to be deep.

If the income from investing in the canal is only similar to buying an office building to collect rent, or investing in a hydroelectric power station to generate electricity, then there is no need to make a big fuss.

The topic quickly turned to other things. Su Rui began to look for fruit stalls and bought durian that he had not tasted for many years.

While waiting for the fruit vendor to help open the durian, Jiang Jiaya dozed off and said with emotion:

"This year has passed so quickly, it seems like I haven't done anything, and it's New Year's Eve again in the blink of an eye."

Su Rui nodded and told:

"I lived on Lanai Island for a few months in the first half of the year, and I spent more than 40 days participating in the show. Moreover, we all joined the crew to film. It's really another year in the blink of an eye. Is there anything you like recently? I can buy it for you as a New Year's Eve gift."

Jiang Jiaya shook her head decisively and said sarcastically:

"I have bought countless gifts for them for you, and some of them you didn't even look at. If you really want to give me a gift, why not accompany me to see a movie. I haven't seen your "Ex-Files 2" yet" (End of this chapter)