Since the birth of his child, Chen Dongcheng suddenly felt that everything was different. A sense of responsibility as a father made him more motivated.
The pace of Cao Cao Group has also become faster. First, its Cao Cao Daojia officially landed on Nasdaq, setting off a wave of enthusiasm in the field of real-time retail.
Many European and American investors are obviously very interested in Cao Cao Daojia's model. The stock price has been soaring since its listing, and finally stabilized at US$4 billion.
Although it is nothing to the huge Cao Cao Group, for many of its executives, it is already a quite enviable achievement.
When Lu Guangyu was being interviewed by reporters, he lamented more than once that the person he should be most grateful to for his current achievements is Mr. Chen.
The listing of Cao Cao Daojia undoubtedly stimulated other Cao Cao executives.
One company after another is ramping up its efforts, and its results are almost improving by leaps and bounds. Who doesn’t want to take the company public and become a billionaire?
Even if they don't want to, the employees below will push them to that position.
Going public = making wealth!
Countless successful precedents are before our eyes. The listing of Cao Cao Daojia has created at least dozens of multi-millionaires. These are all examples before our eyes.
Since Metro was acquired by Cao Cao Retail, the group began to expand wildly with Carrefour. With the traffic advantage of Cao Cao Group, the performance of Metro's malls with a warehouse retail model suddenly improved significantly.
This is undoubtedly a surprise to the German executives who were still skeptical before, and it also proves that their original choice was correct.
Metro continues to acquire land in non-core areas of first- and second-tier cities in an orderly manner, adhering to the model of self-sustaining properties to reduce future rental risks.
Although Carrefour also owns its own properties, the cost of land in third- and fourth-tier cities is significantly lower. With the Cao Cao Group as its backing, the advantage of acquiring land should not be too great.
In just a few years, Carrefour has expanded crazily to 300 stores, with single-store sales exceeding 100 million and annual sales exceeding 50 billion.
Cao Cao Retail, which holds the two trump cards of Metro and Carrefour, also chose to go public to raise funds.
The Hong Kong Stock Exchange extended an olive branch without hesitation, and many top international investment banks have taken notice. Another giant company under the Cao Cao Group is about to detonate the Hong Kong stock market.
Caocao Retail did not live up to the expectations of many investors. The stock price continued to rise at the opening, and the final opening price stabilized at HK$100 billion.
Although there are some gaps compared to Cao Cao Group Buying and Pinduoduo, in the field of supermarkets, it is undoubtedly No. 1!
What’s even more frightening is the enthusiasm and recognition of many Hong Kong stock investors for Cao Cao Retail. Everyone knows the close connection between Cao Cao Daojia and Cao Cao Retail.
With the listing of Caocao Retail, Caocao Daojia's stock price has also been affected and has risen slightly.
Pinduoduo also took this opportunity to announce that it would invest heavily in the fruit field, support some small and medium-sized farmers to build green orchards, and provide better quality fruit categories to reward users.
When the news came out, the industry was immediately in an uproar.
Before this, it is not that there were no e-commerce platforms trying to contact fruit farmers, but Pinduoduo was really the first one to really offer to support fruit farmers with heavy funds.
At the same time, Cao Cao Retail, which has just been listed, also announced that it will jointly support fruit farmers with Pinduoduo, and all distribution areas will be handed over to Cao Cao Logistics.
Either don't make a move, or just use a combination of punches.
Caocao Logistics' cold chain transportation reserves have been ready for a long time. With Pinduoduo's official announcement, major logistics networks across the country are working together.
From the fruit's origin to Caocao Retail's major supermarket stores and more consumers, a complete business chain has been formed.
Apart from anything else, with the official announcement of Pinduoduo, CCTV News praised Pinduoduo by name. It is obvious that this has attracted attention from above.
During this period, Chen Dongcheng had been sitting firmly behind the scenes, watching little Chen Ji rolling around mischievously on the floor, and from time to time listening to think tanks reporting on the remarkable results achieved by many companies.
Especially Pinduoduo’s heavy punch this time clearly caught Ahri off guard.
The commendation by CCTV News is undoubtedly a signal to Ahri that their original position as the e-commerce leader is becoming increasingly unstable.
Not only are Tmall’s core merchants increasingly losing ground, but the foundation of its core business is about to be dug up by Pinduoduo.
As Pinduoduo's performance gets better and better, its stock price skyrocketed again after the latest quarterly financial report was released, leaving JD.com behind.
Whether in terms of transaction volume or user base, JD.com is no longer a rival to Pinduoduo.
The e-commerce market has officially entered the battle between two heroes. Pinduoduo and Alibaba are at war on all sides, and there is a sense of deja vu that they have stepped on Alibaba's corpse to gain the upper hand.
Although Alibaba has a high market value, Lao Ma also knows very well that the person standing behind Pinduoduo is not a simple person.
Especially recently, I heard that Cao Cao has been doing a lot of entertainment, and Lao Ma can't let go of his cigarettes, and his headache is getting worse.
You must know that among all the companies under the Cao Cao Group, the most terrifying one is Cao Cao Entertainment, if for no other reason than Douyin.
As the number one short video platform in China, it has up to 500 million daily active users and close to 800 million monthly active users. These are extremely terrifying figures that would give even Tengxun a headache.
Outside investors are notoriously optimistic about Douyin, and I don’t know how many people have been asking about Douyin’s listing plan online.
I don’t know about other platforms, but Douyin’s annual advertising revenue alone has exceeded 50 billion, and it is heading towards 100 billion in revenue.
It can be said that the entire valuation of Cao Cao Entertainment is supported by Douyin.
As for Tik Tok overseas, it is even more likely to overthrow Facebook. Many European and American celebrities have clearly noticed this rapidly growing beast and have opened their own celebrity accounts.
Especially Cristiano Ronaldo, whose number of fans on Tik Tok has reached 50 million, and the advertising fee for any video is more than 500,000 US dollars.
Not only that, ordinary people also have the opportunity to become famous.
The evaluation given to Tik Tok by the outside world makes any social platform more vigilant, which naturally triggers suppression from interested people.
For example, the United States has begun to review Tik Tok, and there is a strong tendency to force the Cao Cao Group to sell its equity in Tik Tok without giving up.
External pressure has forced Tik Tok to slow down its pace of expansion. However, the Cao Cao Group, which was prepared in advance, spent a lot of money to hire a group of the most professional lawyers in the United States to litigate the case with the government.
Anyone who really knows the industry knows that this is destined to be a long-term war. With Tik Tok’s nearly 700 million users worldwide, the 100 million users in North America are really nothing.
It's just that the United States' methods will undoubtedly make other countries aware of opportunities, which may affect the whole country.
Faced with the Cao Cao Group's strong and unyielding tactics, domestic netizens are undoubtedly the happiest, and various supportive comments are common online.
With the suppression from the United States, Tik Tok has also been noticed by more domestic netizens for the first time.
Just one overseas business was worth hundreds of billions of dollars, and everyone was excited.
The exact market value of Cao Cao Entertainment is really unknown.
Although it has been split up, Tik Tok's market value is undoubtedly a huge and powerful signal for Cao Cao Entertainment, which has already been rumored to be listed.
Not long after, just one month later, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange released news again that Cao Cao Entertainment will officially land on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange next month!
When the news came out, investors around the world were completely excited!
Not long ago, Tik Tok was suppressed by the United States. Cao Cao Entertainment dared to go public at this most critical time point, which directly aroused the enthusiasm of all investors.
Especially when Cao Cao Entertainment officially releases its prospectus, no investment institution can sit still.
The number of users worldwide exceeds 800 million!
Annual revenue exceeds US$20 billion!
Net profit exceeds 3 billion US dollars!
Lines of extremely dazzling data are almost tempting the enthusiasm of every stock market investor!
In an environment where the Internet industry is generally experiencing losses, the results delivered by Cao Cao Entertainment are extremely eye-catching, and can even be said to be amazing!
You must know that the data released this time is after excluding the overseas business Tik Tok.
If this is added together...
No one dared to think about it.
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Hong Kong Stock Exchange trading floor.
At this moment, the banquet hall was almost full of people outside. All the figures in suits and leather shoes, with excited expressions on their faces, filled the hall of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
Chen Dongcheng also appeared in front of the public again after a year.
His face is handsome and his smile exudes a reassuring warmth.
The flashlights of many reporters almost turned the entire trading floor into a white sky.
"Mr. Chen!"
Countless people looked at the figure on the stage, with pilgrim-like fanaticism on their faces.
In the Internet industry, almost all entrepreneurs are fans of Chen Dongcheng.
Starting from scratch, he created a business empire that was unique to him and transformed the Internet landscape into a three-part world.
Now, under the Cao Cao Group, another aircraft carrier will be launched into the sea!
"Boom!"
A clear and sweet voice sounded. Chen Dongcheng held little Chen Ji and rang the bell for the listing of Cao Cao Entertainment. The big screen behind him showed rows of numbers.
"It's really scary. The opening price has stabilized at 100 billion US dollars!"
"Where is this? Let me tell you, it will start with at least 150 billion US dollars!"
"That's right. An overseas business is worth tens of billions of dollars. Our domestic Douyin must crush them!"
"His grandma, I actually envy the child held by Mr. Chen. This is the great god in the world of reincarnation. He was directly reincarnated in the palace of Rome, right?"
"It's true, as soon as I was born, my father was worth hundreds of billions, and the most important thing was the US dollars! I won't be able to spend them all in this lifetime!"
…
Little Chen Ji bit his fingers and was hugged by Chen Dongcheng. He looked at the whispers of many adults with some confusion.
Not far away, Zhuang Manting looked at the father and son with a smile on her face and a gentle look on her face. These were the two most important men in her life.
Especially today, Zhuang Manting really never thought that Chen Dongcheng would take the initiative to take their mother and son to attend the listing ceremony of the most important subsidiary of Cao Cao Group.
This is almost an official announcement to the outside world that she is the wife of the head of the Cao Cao Group.
"Congratulations, Mr. Chen!"
Business tycoons who are familiar to ordinary people appeared in the banquet hall of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and delivered congratulatory messages to the young business tycoon.
Regardless of whether they are sincere or not, they all admire Chen Dongcheng's ability and vision.
The market value of Cao Cao Entertainment on the first day also lived up to expectations, eventually settling at US$120 billion.
However, at the celebration party that night, Chen Dongcheng did not have time to accept the toasts from the guests. Instead, he showed up at one of the top private hospitals in Shanghai.
Mr. Chen, who had previously looked calm at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, now looked anxious. Looking at the closed operating room, he could only walk around in a hurry.
"Congratulations to Mr. Chen, mother and son are safe."
At this moment, the door of the operating room opened, and the nurse appeared in front of Chen Dongcheng holding a wrinkled baby with a happy face.
"Haha, great."
Chen Dongcheng was overjoyed and quickly looked at the baby held by the nurse. The little boy was wrinkled, but the experience of blood connection made him know clearly that this was his child.
"Mr. Chen, you have seen the child, I will take him away first."
As soon as the nurse left, everyone behind her smiled and offered their blessings.
Only Luo Yuyan wanted to cry but had no tears. She never dreamed that she had a younger brother, but she really didn't want to recognize this younger brother!
When Xue Ningzhi returned to the room, she looked at the child in her arms. Although her delicate and pretty face was a little weak, the look of happiness on her face made everyone feel the same.
Luo Yuyan rolled her eyes when she saw this scene.
"I haven't picked a name yet!"
Xue Ningzhi is considered an advanced maternal age, and she is taking huge risks to have this child.
But now when I see the child in my arms, I suddenly feel that it is really worth it, and I will have no regrets in this life.
"Let's call her Chen Si."
"Um?"
Xue Ningzhi was a little confused and felt that the name was a bit strange.
"I hope that when he grows up, he will spend all his money for me. His brother will be responsible for inheriting the family business and carrying it forward. As for his younger brother, it is enough for him to squander his money and live a free and unrestrained life. Anyway, our old Chen family has a strong foundation, so he can do whatever he wants.
Any flowers will do."
Chen Dongcheng hugged Xue Ningzhi and looked at the child, feeling more and more satisfied.
"How can you teach a child like this? That's not teaching him to be bad."
Xue Ningzhi originally thought it had some good meaning, but she couldn't help but roll her eyes at him when she heard this.
"Haha, it's okay, his parents are so good-looking, they will definitely be restless when they grow up."
Chen Dongcheng laughed heartily and hugged his beloved wife, feeling that his life had been worth it.
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