Chapter 1989 Inspecting Jingdong

Curiosity killed the cat.

Dong Chenxi clearly did not know this truth.

"Actually, it's nothing."

Zhao Fusheng explained to Dong Chenxi, "Huang Guangyu is currently under investigation."

"What?"

Hearing this, Dong Chenxi was stunned.

She had not known about Gome's situation before, only starting to investigate it after Liu Qiangdong informed her.

But regardless, Dong Chenxi understood that Gome and Future Group were similar in many ways.

This similarity did not mean their businesses overlapped, but that both had a strong leader.

To put it bluntly, if Gome's leader were not Huang Guangyu, it might not have developed to where it is today.

The same was true for Future Group. Without Zhao Fusheng, she might have ended up as a clerk after graduation, and Zheng Yao might still be teaching at university.

But precisely because of Zhao Fusheng's existence, he had changed the fates of her, Zheng Yao, and many others.

As for Gome, Huang Guangyu's presence was like a stabilizing force.

If, as Zhao Fusheng said, Huang Guangyu was under investigation and something happened, it would be a fatal blow to Gome.

"Are you joking?"

Dong Chenxi looked at Zhao Fusheng suspiciously.

Zhao Fusheng shrugged: "I heard it from someone. You know, a tall tree catches the wind. He's been too ostentatious these past few years."

Dong Chenxi remained silent.

In fact, she knew more than Zhao Fusheng.

Since they were competitors, she had sent people to investigate thoroughly and naturally knew that in recent years, Huang Guangyu was not just ostentatious—he was reckless.

Under such circumstances, if someone wanted to go after him, there was plenty of evidence.

In fact, just two or three years ago, he had been under investigation, but it eventually fizzled out.

But regardless, if what Zhao Fusheng said was true—that Huang Guangyu might be investigated or even tried—then Jingdong might indeed win this battle.

"So, this is your confidence?"

Dong Chenxi looked at Zhao Fusheng and asked slowly.

Zhao Fusheng smiled: "This isn't my confidence. I'm just telling you what I know."

"Is that so?"

Dong Chenxi was somewhat puzzled, still not fully understanding Zhao Fusheng's meaning.

Chuckling lightly, Zhao Fusheng explained to Dong Chenxi: "Look, although Jingdong still has physical stores, its main business is online sales, which is different from Gome. Even though Liu Qiangdong and Jingdong are still far behind Gome, we have to admit that Jingdong's development prospects are better, right?"

"But the problem is, who would buy home appliances online?" Dong Chenxi said helplessly to Zhao Fusheng.

Zhao Fusheng shook his head: "Not necessarily. Look at the development speed of the e-commerce industry now. Think back to when we first started our business. Could you have imagined today's scene back then?"

Dong Chenxi immediately fell silent.

She had to admit that Zhao Fusheng was right.

Indeed, as Zhao Fusheng said, five years ago, or even ten years ago, she would never have believed that the development of this era would become what it is now.

Especially the development of the internet, which was beyond her expectations.

No one could have imagined that in just a few years, internet technology would advance so rapidly.

"How much investment does Liu Qiangdong need?"

Seeing Dong Chenxi silent, Zhao Fusheng asked her.

"Thirty million US dollars."

Dong Chenxi said.

"Give it to him."

Zhao Fusheng nodded: "Before Jingdong goes public, we must maintain our position as a major shareholder, understand?"

Although Dong Chenxi did not understand why, she nodded in agreement.

Currently, the largest shareholder of Jingdong was naturally Zhao Fusheng's Future Investment, but Future Investment had limited voting rights, with the majority still concentrated in Liu Qiangdong's hands.

Zhao Fusheng did not mind this, although those around him did not understand. He felt that Brother Dong, as a social figure, had good ideas in management.

After all, not everyone had the courage to abandon previously well-developed store businesses and shift focus to e-commerce.

After chatting with Dong Chenxi for a while, Zhao Fusheng got up and left.

He really did not take this seriously.

It was just an investment of thirty million. Even if Jingdong failed, he could afford the loss.

Moreover, Jingdong would not fail.

As for the shares of Jingdong Mall, Zhao Fusheng had already decided that once it went public, he would sell his shares.

Money was better kept as cash in hand.

Shares, after all, had the issue of appreciation and depreciation.

To be honest, although the possibility of appreciation was high, Zhao Fusheng was too lazy to ride the roller coaster.

The reason was simple: Jingdong's market value was what it was.

Compared to large enterprises like Taobao and Facebook, Zhao Fusheng felt there was no need to keep Jingdong's shares.

The same logic applied to Marvel's shares.

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"Help me arrange a meeting with Liu Qiangdong tomorrow."

As Zhao Fusheng left Future Investment, he said to Liu Yiming.

Liu Yiming nodded.

Soon, Jingdong replied, inviting Zhao Fusheng to their headquarters.

"Chairman, this is...?"

Liu Yiming was puzzled. Liu Qiangdong's attitude seemed too arrogant, daring to ask Zhao Fusheng to come to him.

Zhao Fusheng smiled instead: "This is not a show of force. He wants me to see Jingdong's development."

Although he tended to think the worst of people and did not have much goodwill toward Liu Qiangdong, Zhao Fusheng knew that at this critical moment of development, Liu Qiangdong would not do anything to provoke him unless he had lost his mind.

After all, he probably just wanted Zhao Fusheng to see Jingdong's current situation and inspect Jingdong Mall in person.

That way, Liu Qiangdong could bring up the financing matter.

This was the mindset a qualified businessman needed.

Only an idiot would rely solely on documents.

More importantly, investors were never trustworthy because their goal was always profit. If you wanted investors to increase their investment, there was only one way: show your strength and let them see the hope of making money.

As long as a company could demonstrate its potential and give investors hope, rest assured, no matter your attitude, those investors would flock to you.

Because the essence of capital is the pursuit of profit.

"I see."

Liu Yiming was not stupid. With Zhao Fusheng's brief explanation, he understood and smiled: "It seems I was being petty."

He was quite candid, admitting that he had indeed misunderstood.

"Heh, it's nothing."

Zhao Fusheng did not mind: "You were thinking from my perspective, which is normal."

Where you sit determines what you think. Liu Yiming was his man; it would be problematic if he did not consider things from his side.

If he stood by him, even if his considerations were not thorough, Zhao Fusheng could forgive him.

But conversely, if he took a different angle and did not think for him, what was the point of having such a secretary?

The next day, Zhao Fusheng, accompanied by Liu Yiming, arrived at Jingdong's headquarters.

Also accompanying him were Dong Chenxi and a group of executives from Future Investment.

"What are you up to?"

Sitting in the car, Dong Chenxi asked Zhao Fusheng in confusion.

She was truly puzzled. She had thought Zhao Fusheng planned to be a hands-off boss for Jingdong, but now he was bringing her to inspect the place.

What exactly did he want to do?

Zhao Fusheng smiled and shook his head: "I'm just looking, really."

That was the truth. Zhao Fusheng really just intended to take a look.

"Come on, let's get out."

Zhao Fusheng smiled at Dong Chenxi.

At that moment, at Jingdong's entrance, Liu Qiangdong was already waiting with all the company's executives.

"Wow, isn't this too grand?"

As soon as she got out of the car, Dong Chenxi was stunned and said in surprise.

That was her honest opinion. Even for Zhao Fusheng, Liu Qiangdong putting on such a show was too much.

It was almost like making a statement.

Even though Zhao Fusheng was the chairman of Future Group and Future Investment was Jingdong's largest shareholder, Liu Qiangdong's gesture was still a bit excessive.

But Zhao Fusheng was very calm. He gave Liu Qiangdong a deep look and smiled.