Reborn Russia as an oligarch

Chapter 972 Money is not a problem

When Wang Ye and Zhang Xiaoxi arrived at the Penguin headquarters, the car had just stopped, and Brother Xiao Ma and Brother Dong had already joined hands to greet them.

"Mr. Mikhail, welcome to Pengcheng!" Little Ma welcomed him with a smile on his face.

This is his territory, so it's no problem to say that.

As a half-guest, Brother Dong could only echo, "Welcome."

Wang Ye smiled and shook hands with the two, and after a few words of pleasantries, he walked into the Penguin Building under the leadership of Xiao Ma.

The current Penguin is developing very fast, and the office building that was originally rented has long been insufficient.

So I bought a new office building and used it as my headquarters building.

At this time, the housing price in Pengcheng is not high, and the price of office buildings is lower, so it doesn't cost much.

However, judging from the current development speed of Penguin, it is estimated that in two or three years, the office space will not be enough.

So brother Ma is also applying for a piece of land with the city, planning to build his own headquarters building.

Under the leadership of Xiao Ma, several people came to the office and sat down. Originally, Xiao Ma said that he would call all the executives of the company to meet Wang Ye, but Wang Ye refused.

He didn't have any important things to do this time, he just wanted to meet Brother Xiao Ma and Brother Dong and chat casually.

There's no need to mobilize the crowd, it would be embarrassing instead...

Speaking of which, before returning to China this time, Wang Ye wanted to keep a low profile and keep a low profile. It is best not to let others know that.

As a result, after a lot of messing around, it is estimated that everyone who should know now knows it...

There is no way to do this, after all, with his current status, he really can't keep a low profile even if he wants to!
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After sitting down, he didn't let his assistant or secretary come in. Brother Xiao Ma made tea himself, and brought out the best tea from his collection.

He is originally from Guangdong Province, he must drink tea when meeting distinguished guests, even if it is summer now...

Seeing that Brother Xiao Ma was busy making tea and had no time to talk about work for the time being, Brother Dong saw the needles and shifted the topic to JD.com.

But he knew that it was too difficult to see Mr. Mikhail!

So we must seize this opportunity to persuade Mr. Mikhail to support his plan.

After all, Mr. Mikhail is the one who can make the final decision, and he is very decisive. As long as his plan can make Mr. Mikhail feel feasible, then funding will definitely not be a problem.

But if the same plan is taken to Zhang Xiaoxi's side, it will not be so easy to get support.

Because although Zhang Xiaoxi doesn't know much about the e-commerce industry, she will gather enough elites who are proficient in e-commerce and even the Internet to have a group discussion, and then judge whether this plan is feasible.

After all, the amount of funds designed by Dongge's plan is relatively large, especially compared to JD.com at this stage.

It might even seem unnecessary...

Therefore, it is very difficult to pass Zhang Xiaoxi's side!
This time, Mikhail and Zhang Xiaoxi were both present, so Brother Dong could explain his plan directly in front of them.

There is a high probability that Mr. Mikhail will make a decision at the beginning, deciding whether to support his plan.

If Mr. Mikhail does not support it, then Brother Dong will give up and temporarily put this plan on hold for a few years, and wait for Jingdong to develop to a certain scale before taking it out.

Because apart from Mikhail, Brother Dong also understands that if this plan is shown to any investor, they will not pay for it...

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"Mr. Mikhail, the growth rate of JD.com this year has been quite astonishing. So far, our monthly sales have reached about [-] million!

And I am still increasing the product categories on the JD platform. In addition to traditional 3C products, I also plan to start getting involved in fast-moving consumer products.

These are standardized commodities that are easier to sell on e-commerce platforms.

However, with the expansion of the scale of operation, the platform is now facing a problem.

That is Express!
Now the domestic express delivery industry is also developing very well, and there are several large express delivery companies with a large scale.

But I think e-commerce platforms like our JD.com are all self-operated, and it is best to have their own express channels instead of relying on other express companies.

Because we want to provide consumers with better and better services and faster delivery.

These are things that the courier companies that cooperate with cannot do..."

While talking, Brother Dong nervously watched Wang Ye's face.

It takes quite a lot of money to develop an express logistics system, especially for the current JD.com, which can be described as "not doing business properly".

Take a look at Ali’s certain treasure platform. It has grown so large, and it doesn’t have its own logistics system.

Therefore, even within the company, when Brother Dong proposed this plan, many people opposed it.

The main reason was that the so-called "asset-light" was popular at that time. The Internet industry happened to be a typical representative of asset-light companies. No Internet company was willing to invest large sums of money in traditional industries.

With this money, they would rather spend advertising, promotion, drainage, and increase the number of user registrations...

After listening to Brother Dong finish his plan, Zhang Xiaoxi frowned, and spoke first:
"So how much money do you need to invest in order to successfully realize all the things you describe?"

This is the key question. Just now Dong Ge just described how convenient and beautiful it is after building his own logistics system, but he didn't say the most important question, that is, how much money will be invested.

Brother Dong smiled awkwardly, it was indeed his intention.

The main reason is that he was afraid that the amount he said would be too large and "scare" the two bosses...

But now that Zhang Xiaoxi has asked, he has no way to hide it anymore, so he can only bite the bullet and say:
"this……

It is indeed expensive to build a logistics system. After all, it is necessary to recruit a large number of employees, buy or build some regional center storage warehouses, and purchase a large number of trucks and other transportation tools. These are all hard investments.

However, my plan is to go step by step. In the early stage, I will first invest in the five central regional reserve warehouses, namely South China, East China, Central China, North China, and Southwest China.

The staffing is also a little less for the time being, and we only recruit employees directly under the company in first- and second-tier cities, so let’s take it step by step.

Calculated in this way, the first phase of investment may only be...

As long as 40 billion is enough. "

When it came to the last amount, Brother Dong's voice obviously quieted down, obviously he was also guilty.

That’s right, considering JD.com’s current size, the total sales of the entire platform in one year are less than RMB 40 billion!

Now that he has to invest so much money all at once to build a logistics system that people in the industry don't value or even think is cumbersome, he really has no confidence in being recognized by others.

Although this plan has not been recognized and supported by anyone from within the company to investors in the circle since it was launched.

But Dong Ge is "paranoid" that this step is crucial to the future development of JD.com!
It is also the key to JD.com’s ability to differentiate itself from giant e-commerce platforms like Moubao in the future. It can even be said to be JD.com’s core competitiveness!
Sure enough, after hearing the amount, Zhang Xiaoxi frowned.

Three to four billion, this amount is not enough to scare her, because every Joy City project is an investment of several billion. After handling more money, her vision is quite high now...

The question is, is JD.com really worth investing so much money at once?
Going one step further, after investing so much money, will it really give JD a big boost?

That's the key!

Oh, the shares that Wang Ye obtained after investing in JD.com were also placed under her asset management company.

In theory, Zhang Xiaoxi is now JD.com's "major shareholder"!
That's why she took the initiative to ask questions before Wang Ye spoke, trying to figure out Dong Ge's entire investment plan as much as possible.

Because this is her duty!

In case Dong Ge "fooled" him now, Wang Ye agreed to invest, and if something went wrong in the future, even if Wang Ye didn't ask her to hold him accountable, that Zhang Xiaoxi's face would be disheartened.

Just when she was hesitating whether to procrastinate for a while, and later find a few real Internet experts to demonstrate the plan, Wang Ye patted her hand lightly, said with a smile: "I think Mr. Dong's plan It is still very stable, and the investment is not much, so it is worth considering.”

Zhang Xiaoxi was very helpless, so the plan to advance so aggressively was sound?
Three or four billion is enough for another Joy City project, isn't that much? !

But there is no way, Wang Ye is the real boss. Now that he has set the tone, what he can do is to strictly follow up and try to spend every penny invested wisely.

As for whether the effect of this self-built logistics plan can be as "beautiful" as Dong Ge described, Zhang Xiaoxi is still skeptical...

When Brother Dong heard that Wang Ye recognized his plan, he was immediately elated, and quickly promised:

"Mr. Mikhail, don't worry!

This plan is definitely something I have thought through, and I guarantee that nothing will go wrong.

After the logistics system is established in the future, JD.com will usher in a period of rapid growth! "

Wang Ye nodded, and said casually: "Then you and Mr. Zhang will be connected later. There is no problem with funding."

That's right, it's only three or four billion yuan. Although it's in China and the source of funds is not as wide as that in Moscow, it's not a big problem.

There is still a large amount of cash lying in the account of the asset management company.

Although the money was originally intended to be injected into the commercial real estate company for the Joy City project, it was not immediately necessary to transfer all the funds there.

After all, the construction period of the Joy City project is quite long, it usually takes two to three years, and the funds don't need to be transferred all at once.

So you can divert part of the funds to invest in JD.com, and after half a year, Wang Ye’s new year’s dividends, etc., can be transferred to the account of the asset management company through various channels.

There was no such thing as a shortage of funds then...

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After chatting about Jingdong, Brother Xiao Ma also finished his work. We drank tea together and discussed Penguin Company.

Brother Xiao Ma looked in a good mood, and introduced with a smile:
"At present, the company's energy is mainly focused on two directions. The first is naturally the company's foundation, which is the Internet instant messaging service.

Now Penguin Software occupies [-]% of the market share in the domestic network instant messaging field. Although it is not a monopoly, it has no competitive opponents.

The second direction is the traffic monetization channel that you discussed with Mr. Mikhail last time, that is, the game business.

In the past two years, the company has successively represented and self-developed some games, and expanded the game business department.

Several games that have already been launched, such as the online game "Triumph" as an agent, and the self-developed "QQ Fantasy", "QQ Three Kingdoms" and "QQ Hall", etc., are still very popular and profitable.

It seems that the game business is indeed the key to realize the traffic of Penguin Software! "

Although it is said to be self-developed, everyone knows that these games of Penguin can be found in the market as "reference objects". , the gameplay and the system don’t need to be changed, just change the character model and the map, and then put the name of “QQXX” on the market.

I have to say that this method is simple and rude, and has a high success rate!
After all, the games that Penguin learns from are all successful cases after market testing, so the risk is greatly reduced.

After taking it and "magically changing" it, launching it on your own game channel, and using Penguin software to import huge traffic, it will be difficult for the game to make money...

This is also the inspiration given to Wang Ye when he discussed with Xiao Ma last time...

It's not very famous for doing so, but who cares!
These days, all walks of life, including the Internet industry, are in a period of barbaric growth.

It is difficult for an enterprise with "moral cleanliness" to survive!

All business owners, including Brother Xiao Ma, first consider keeping the business alive, then develop and grow, and finally consider other things.

Wang Ye also has a deep understanding of this point. Penguin Company has been ridiculed for "plagiarism" for many years. Later, after the company grew into a giant, it began to cherish its "feathers" and stopped doing such things!
Instead, once it finds that there is a game on the market that is even a sign of fire, then Penguin will make a decisive move and directly buy the other company...

If it’s a client game, then after buying the company, get the exclusive IP adaptation rights, rely on the strong talent pool to quickly launch the same type of mobile game, and then use your own powerful promotion channels to make the game popular and earn a lot of profits .

Penguin is the most representative and the most profitable two mobile games "Glory of the King" and "Peace Elite".

Just one "Glory of the King", the annual revenue of a single game is 600 billion yuan!
What kind of concept is this may be difficult for ordinary people to understand.

Even after more than ten years, Penguin's annual profit is more than 1000 billion, and the profit of the "pesticide" game can account for almost one-third of the company's profit...

This has already deducted the operating expenses of King of Glory.

It is no exaggeration to say that Penguin makes money from those two mobile games.

And the king is also the undisputed most profitable game in the world, not one of them!

Of course, the penguin in 2005 was still far from the "full body" Big Mac...

(End of this chapter)