The screen on the large TV hanging on the wall was showing Paris, France, and it showed 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. Professor Wang, hello."
After a few seconds, the TV screen showed 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 actual controllers, it should be a Chinese-funded enterprise belonging to the Phoenix Group.
Then, let’s analyze the current public opinion dilemma of Zhaoshi Group.
The shareholding structure of Zhaoshi Group is very interesting.
Generally speaking, Chinese investment in the EU will set up a series of local branches. The Phoenix Group did adopt 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, it has emerged as the fourth largest luxury clothing group in France.
However, because his equity settings and attributes were exposed, French consumers thought they had been deceived. Consumers are often more emotional than rational, which creates a situation that is unfavorable to Zhaoshi Group at this time.
For Chinese consumers, there is also a feeling of buying fake products. They were clearly thought to be high-end French and Italian luxury goods, but now it was revealed that they were actually exported to domestic sales. Don't buy it either. "
The female anchor of CCTV was quite good. Although the professor did not answer her questions directly, he analyzed her questions more thoroughly. Seeing that time had passed, she began to make a concluding statement: "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 General imposed additional tariffs, some export trading 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’s a surefire way to fool domestic consumers! This will greatly affect the reputation of Zhaoshi Group.
Just think about the psychology of consumers. After all, there are only a few people who buy luxury goods for comfort and 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 be worthy of the resentment in his heart? Think about it, how much loss did he suffer from Jing Gao?
"Sister-in-law, thank you for your hospitality. Your cooking skills are very good. I'll come again next time. You go to bed early tonight." Zhou Mingyang said goodbye to his sexy and beautiful sister-in-law Zhao Ruxue.
Wearing this translucent aqua blue dress, Zhao Ruxue sent Zhou Mingyang to the door in a charming manner, bent down to get his leather shoes, and gave him a big gift. Said: "Ming Yang, 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 went home now. He still had 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 rich people 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 wage earners.
Under this highest level of wealth, there are also some wealthy people who are not usually well-known. Feng, Zhong, Fang, and Wei all count. Most of his family's assets are around 20 billion yuan. They support each other through generations of marriage, and the relationship is deeply rooted.
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 old money in Shanghai, and they have contacts with Chinese businessmen in Europe. He has close ties with Tang Jinxue, a Chinese business leader there.
What is the public opinion crisis that Zhaoshi Group is currently suffering from? He knew very well that there were French consortiums watching behind him. If given a little guidance, Zhaoshi Group could be listed in London, England. This is called happiness!
As for the reason, Angsa understands it all.
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Just when Zhou Mingyang was in a great mood, in high spirits, and wanted to make 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 generation leader in the Chinese business world and the leader of the Jianghu Alliance. 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 sat on the sofa in the living room, nodding his head and smiling kindly. Similar to his previous image in TV shows, he has an elegant boss temperament.
Liu Qing probably 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, he had criticized Lenovo on some semi-public occasions for being the conscience of American imperialism, criticizing Lenovo's "trade, industry and technology" line, and serving as a counterexample to Huawei. Plus she works at 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 was busy again. Because her friend Cheng Wei, the former founder of Didi, believes that there are still opportunities in the shared travel market.
They will continue to work in this field. Uber cannot dominate the national ride-hailing market.
She thinks so too. And now is the opportunity to officially start a business!
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 the capital at night has subsided. Liu Qing took a taxi to the "Qingfeng Building" near the North Fifth Ring Road and took the elevator directly to the top floor.
It rains at night.
"Liu Qing, you're here!"
In the garden bar on the top floor, there were only a few people chatting. This place is booked. Cheng Wei still looks fat and fair, wearing glasses. He stood up and asked Liu Qing to take a seat.
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 was not included.
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. Back then, he was an Internet upstart on the same level as Wang Xin. Now, according to Meituan's market value, he only has the money he got from starting his business, but his career is gone. Said: "Mr. Wang, I personally prefer Meituan investment."
Wang Zhiwen is the key figure in Meituan's victory in the "Hundred Regiments Competition". He has a relatively strong personality. He is a classmate with Wang Xin. 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. Get an entrance to local life scenes.
I want 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 eventually spun off and listed like Uber?
I need to remind you that Uber's market capitalization today is: $51 billion. What will be the market value of Meituan after its listing? "
Wang Zhiwen was about to speak but stopped.
He understood what Liu Qing meant. The US$2.7 billion Mobike bike can be held in your hand. little guy. But the online ride-hailing company is worth tens of billions of dollars. Is Meituan prepared to hold on to it and not go public?
If the ultimate goal is to spin off and go public, how big a difference can there be between Meituan’s investment and Meituan’s ride-hailing department?
After rounds of financing, Meituan will not be able to achieve absolute control over 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 the wine, their hearts full of pride and ambition in the rain. The prosperity of the capital is right in front of you, with lights and night rain, let's reignite the war!
Everything is left unsaid!
Wang Xin and Jing Gao also have a hostile relationship. Because he refused the investment from Phoenix Fund, it is said that Mr. Jing was 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!
For Wang Xin and Wang Zhiwen, they are burning the flames of war into the core track of the Phoenix Group.
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