The picture on the large TV hanging on the wall was showing Paris, France, and inside it was Dong Lingxi, the president and CFO of Zhaoshi Group, in an embarrassing situation when he left the Paris court.
The host said: "Zhaoshi Group is a very representative example of Chinese-funded enterprises going overseas to develop markets. Let's connect with Professor Wang of XX University. Hello, Professor Wang."
Wait a few seconds, and the TV screen will show Professor Wang connected.
"Hello, host."
"Professor Wang, what do you think of the current public opinion crisis that Zhaoshi Group is encountering? What matters need to be paid attention to when Chinese capital expands its business overseas?"
Professor Wang said eloquently: "First of all, let's clarify the question of whether Zhaoshi Group is a Chinese-funded enterprise. According to public information, Zhaoshi Group is a company registered in France.
Its controlling shareholder is Xihe Alpha Fund registered in the Cayman Islands.
Judging from the company's registered place, operating entities, taxation, management personnel, etc., this can be regarded as a global company rooted in France."
From the perspective of capital attributes and actual controller ownership, this mainly depends on who controls Xihe Alpha Fund.
At present, although there is no clear evidence that Xihe Alpha Fund is Chinese-funded, based on various information and the actual controller, it should be a Chinese-funded enterprise belonging to the Phoenix Group.
Then, let’s analyze Zhaoshi Group’s current public opinion dilemma.
The shareholding structure of Zhaoshi Group is very interesting.
Generally speaking, Chinese investment in the EU will set up a series of local branches. Phoenix Group has indeed adopted a strategy of injecting capital from the Cayman Islands.
After their capital entered, they continued to acquire second- and third-tier clothing brands in France, Italy and other places, and quickly relied on the Chinese market to expand. In just two years, they emerged as the fourth largest luxury clothing group in France.
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However, because of his shareholding structure, his attributes were exposed, which led French consumers to think that they had been deceived. Consumers are often more emotional than rational, thus creating a situation that is unfavorable to Zhaoshi Group at this time.
For Chinese consumers, there is also a feeling of buying fake products. They clearly thought they were high-end French and Italian luxury goods, but now it has been revealed that they are exported to domestic sales. They don’t buy it.”
The female anchor of CCTV was pretty good. Seeing that although the professor did not answer her questions directly, he analyzed her questions more thoroughly and saw that time had passed, she began to make a concluding speech: "Okay, thank you very much Professor Wang.
The analysis we bring. Our reporters will continue to pay attention to the development of the Zhaoshi Group incident."
Then, the scene changed to domestic economic news. As the golden retriever leader imposed additional tariffs, some export trade companies have been affected recently.
Zhou Mingyang ignored the domestic economic news, held his job in his hand, smiled slightly, and felt extremely happy in his heart!
Regarding the public opinion of Zhaoshi Group, it was openly discussed and analyzed in detail on CCTV 2’s financial news. This shows that some people are dissatisfied with Jing Gao!
It is a sure thing to fool domestic consumers! This will greatly affect the reputation of Zhaoshi Group.
Just think about the psychology of consumers. Buying luxury goods is really for the comfort of wearing them. After all, there are only a few people who pursue quality of life. Most people have a little vanity.
But now that a chain of contempt has formed, can the clothing brands affiliated to Zhaoshi Group still be sold?
However, this is not enough!
How could he live up to the resentment in his heart? Think about it, how much loss he suffered at the hands of Jing Gao?
"Sister-in-law, thank you for your hospitality. Your cooking skills are very good. I'll come again next time. You should go to bed early tonight." Zhou Mingyang said goodbye to his sexy and beautiful sister-in-law Zhao Ruxue.
Zhao Ruxue, wearing this translucent aqua blue dress, sent Zhou Mingyang to the door in a charming manner, bent down to get his leather shoes, and said: "Mingyang, goodbye!"
"goodbye!"
Zhou Mingyang took a deep breath, calmed his breathing, and went downstairs. His driver was waiting in the underground garage.
"Go to Huazhou Junting."
Zhou Mingyang told the driver that he would only quarrel with his wife when he goes home now. He still has a house in this luxury area. Then he dialed a number and said, "Mr. Fang, have you read today's financial report in half an hour..."
The top tycoons here in Shanghai are undoubtedly Guo Guangchang, Liu Yonghao (New Hope), Huang Zheng (Pinduoduo), Tan Qin, and a few others. Although the financial managers handle a lot of money, most of them are
He is a wage earner.
Under this highest level of wealth, there are also some wealthy people who are not usually well-known. Feng, Zhong, Fang, and Wei are all included. Most of their family assets are around 20 billion yuan. They support each other through generations of marriage, and the relationship is
Wrong root and knot.
Feng Xuehua from the Feng family, Zhong Wu and Zhong Yulan from the Zhong family are all second-generation descendants who are prominent in the business world.
Mr. Fang on the phone said with a smile: "Mr. Zhou, what's going on?"
Zhou Mingyang said: "Let's go to Yongfu Club to meet and chat."
These four major families are all considered old moneymen in Shanghai. They have contacts with Chinese businessmen in Europe. They have close ties with Tang Jinxue, the leader of Chinese businessmen there.
What is the crisis of public opinion that Zhaoshi Group is currently suffering from? He knows very well that there are French consortiums behind it. If there is a little guidance, Zhaoshi Group can be listed in London, England. This will be happy!
As for the reasons, Angsa understands them all.
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Just when Zhou Mingyang was in a great mood, in high spirits, and wanted to get into trouble again, at the same time, he was somewhere in the capital, in the Liu family's villa.
Mr. Liu, who has retired long ago, just had dinner with his son Liu Lin, daughter Liu Qing, niece Liu Zhen and other juniors.
Mr. Liu is a recognized member of the Chinese business world and the leader of the world. The Liu family is already a big family. A group of people are engaged in legal work, a group of people are engaged in investment, and a group of people are starting a business.
No one among the dozen or so juniors knew why the uncle was so interested in inviting them to come for dinner today.
After dinner, a group of juniors said goodbye one after another, "Uncle, goodbye."
"Uncle, good night."
"Uncle, let's go."
Mr. Liu was sitting on the sofa in the living room, nodding his head and smiling kindly. He was similar to his previous image in TV shows, with an elegant boss temperament.
Liu Qing roughly knew the reason, so he stayed at the end and asked: "Dad, there has been a lot of public opinion about Zhaoshi Group at home and abroad recently..."
She knew that since Jing Gao's rise, she had criticized Lenovo on some semi-public occasions for being the conscience of American imperialism, criticizing Lenovo's "trade, industry, and technology" route, and serving as a counterexample to Huawei. In addition, she worked for Didi.
This made her father have some opinions on Jing Gao.
Mr. Liu waved his hand and said with a smile: "Don't think too much. You are a girl, so don't work too hard. Pay attention to your health."
Liu Qing had cancer before and was cured. She said, "Dad, I know." After saying this, she immediately took a taxi to "Qingfeng Building" to meet her friends after going out.
After Didi was acquired by Uber, she took some time off and went to Hupan University to study. During this time, she became busy again. Because her friend Cheng Wei, the former founder of Didi, believed that there were still opportunities in the shared travel market.
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They will continue to work in this field. Uber cannot dominate the national taxi market.
She thinks so too. Now the opportunity to officially start a business has come!
Everyone in Jinggao is trapped in France, not to mention that the Zhaoshi Group with a valuation of 40 billion euros will disappear!
The congestion in Beijing had subsided at night. Liu Qing took a taxi to the "Qingfeng Building" near the North Fifth Ring Road, and took the elevator directly to the top floor.
The night rain falls.
"Liu Qing, you're here!"
In the garden bar on the top floor, there were only a few people chatting. The place was reserved. Cheng Wei still looked the same fat and fair, wearing glasses. He stood up and invited Liu Qing to sit down.
Also present were Meituan’s Wang Xin and second-in-command Wang Zhiwen.
Liu Qing smiled and shook hands with the two of them, "Nice to meet you."
At the Wuzhen Internet Conference that year, after the decline of the first generation of Internet companies represented by Baidu, there was a legend that there were only two horses in the world.
However, in this Internet era, there are still a large number of excellent Internet companies emerging, and three more are representatives: Cheng Wei of Didi, Wang Xin of Meituan, and Zhang Yimin of ByteDance.
Pinduoduo is growing rapidly in 2017, far less powerful than this year. Huang Zheng is not included in the list.
Of course, the current seven heroes of the Warring States Period of the domestic Internet are: Alibaba, Tencent, Phoenix, Baidu, JD.com, Meituan, and Byte.
After exchanging a few words, Wang Xin said: "After our internal discussion at Meituan, we decided to launch the online ride-hailing project at this time. I hope you two can join Meituan."
Cheng Wei smiled bitterly. At that time, he was an Internet upstart on the same level as Wang Xin. Now, what is the market value of Meituan? He only has the money from starting a business, but his career is gone. He said: "Mr. Wang, I personally still prefer Meituan."
invest."
Wang Zhiwen is the key figure in Meituan's victory in the "Hundred Regiments Competition" battle. He has a relatively strong personality. He and Wang Xin are classmates. He said rudely: "Mr. Cheng, this is unrealistic!"
Cheng Wei wanted to say something more, Liu Qing gracefully put down the wine glass in his hand and said: "Mr. Cheng, let me talk!"
"Okay." Cheng Wei nodded out of trust in Liu Qing.
Liu Qing sat upright, leaning forward slightly, maintaining a sense of oppression, looking into Wang Xin's eyes, and asked: "Mr. Wang, last month Meituan just acquired Mobike for US$2.7 billion.
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I would like to ask a question, what is Meituan’s final vision for online ride-hailing? Is it just a supplement to the main track like Mobike, or is it like Uber, which will eventually be spun off and listed.
I need to remind you that Uber’s market value today is: US$51 billion. What will the market value of Meituan be after it goes public?”
Wang Zhiwen started to speak but stopped.
He understands what Liu Qing means. Mobike, which is worth US$2.7 billion, can be held in one's hand. It's so small. But an online ride-hailing company is worth tens of billions of dollars. Is Meituan prepared to hold it in hand without going public?
If the ultimate goal is to spin off and go public, how much difference can there be between Meituan’s investment and Meituan’s online ride-hailing department?
After rounds of financing, Meituan will not be able to achieve absolute control over the online ride-hailing companies.
Wang Xin couldn't help laughing, "Ms. Liu is really experienced. I agree that Meituan will invest in your team to start a business. However, I need to ensure the payment entrance and maintain influence on the board of directors."
Liu Qingyan said concisely and concisely: "Okay! Let's talk now."
Cheng Wei was very emotional and advised: "Don't rush to talk about specific things, it will hurt the atmosphere. Let's have a drink together first, celebrate our cooperation, and cheer for us to fight in the world again!"
"Fight again in the world!"
"Fight again in the world!"
Wang Xin, Wang Zhiwen, Cheng Wei, and Liu Qing raised their glasses together and drank wine, their hearts full of pride and ambition in the night rain. The prosperity of the capital is right in front of them, with lights, night rain, and the flames of war reignited!
Everything is left unsaid!
Wang Xin and Jing Gao also had a hostile relationship. Because they refused the Phoenix Fund’s investment, Mr. Jing was said to be furious and assigned his general Tang Xuan to establish “Chengcheng Takeaway” to compete head-to-head with Meituan.
As far as Cheng Wei and Liu Qing are concerned, they are back to fight again!
As far as Wang Xin and Wang Zhiwen are concerned, they are burning the flames of war into the core track of the Phoenix Group.
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In France, the domestic public opinion situation has made some people who are under high pressure feel that they can do it again.
but…
This chapter has been completed!