Rebirth 2010: I taught Mr. Lei how to make a mobile phone

Chapter 700: Thunder Site Selection and Foundation Laying

After reading the interim report, Chen Mo gently closed the folder.

He knows better than anyone that what is reflected behind this is the reality that Chinese culture must face when going overseas - it is far more difficult than imagined to make a breakthrough in the global cultural landscape dominated by the West.

This dilemma of ice and fire actually reflects the deeper dilemma of Chinese films "going overseas". This is not a contest between movies, but a confrontation between Eastern and Western cultures.

Although the film has not been released in Europe, it is conceivable that the prospects are still not optimistic.

But some things do require someone to take the first step. After this case, at least they landed first.

We should take a two-pronged approach of sending capital overseas and breaking down cultural barriers. If it doesn’t work this time, we’ll try next time and the next time.

Cultural communication has never been a 100-meter sprint, but a marathon that needs to be passed down from generation to generation.

Just like we know World of Warcraft, Harry Potter, and the Avengers, foreigners can also know and understand the original stories of Journey to the West, Fengshen, and the Three Kingdoms, and let them know where Sun Wukong, Nezha, and Yang Jian came from and what they do.
As long as he keeps working hard, Chen Mo believes that he will be able to do it one day!
On December 12, a message from the Black Rain group made Chen Mo's pupils shrink suddenly.

A member of the group who is in the regulatory system mentioned the abnormal capital flow of the "Yucheng Group"
The front-end product of the Yucheng system is the famous e-group treasure. Is it going to collapse?
Didn't expect that a multi-billion-dollar business would collapse so quickly? It seemed that he still underestimated the ability of these gluttons to consume funds.

I hope it’s not too late now, and I’ll just do my best and leave the rest to fate.

Chen Mo's fingertips hovered on the screen for two seconds, then quickly switched to the Weibo interface and typed a line of words:

"All friends who have invested in Ezubao, please withdraw your money immediately! P2P is not a cornucopia of wealth, but a Ponzi scheme where 'you are greedy for its interest, and they are after your principal'. It is not easy to make money, so be cautious when investing!"

This is not the first time he has issued a warning. Over the past six months, he has repeatedly sounded the alarm in industry forums, live broadcasts, Weibo and other public occasions, but human nature always selectively blinds to interests.

The moment the send button was pressed, the content of this Weibo post was extremely clear and intense, causing the comment section to explode immediately.

"Student Xiao Mo, you are a full man who doesn't know the hunger of a hungry man. You are rich now, but you don't want us to make money as well. What a sinister intention you have."

"I cleared my position long ago. Anyone who still believes in an annualized return of more than 15% these days is either stupid or greedy!"

"You are jealous of the other party because they don't have P2P business, and you start to criticize them. What about your previous situation?"

"My uncle invested in Ezubao for three months and earned a Passat. I still think relatives are more reliable."

"Xiao Mo, why didn't you send it earlier? My mother just invested 20 yuan in retirement money."

"Anyway, I'll just pick one. When it comes to the information acquisition abilities of ordinary people and Chen Mo, I definitely think Chen Mo has the latter."

Seeing that most of the people below were still clear-headed, Chen Mo felt relieved. He would persuade as many as he could. After all, each investment might be most of a family's savings.

As for those netizens who are still stubborn, Chen Mo is speechless. It is difficult to persuade the damned ghosts with kind words. So I wish you good luck.

Anyway, I feel relieved after I finished speaking. As for whether you want to listen or not, just respect other people's fate.

In early December, as "The Return of the Great Sage" hit Europe, it was just as Chen Mo had expected, both critically and commercially successful, but the box office was relatively small.

The box office only made a few million euros.

However, at this time, Chen Mo's mind had already turned to another important matter.

"Old Yu, you finally figured it out!" Chen Mo patted Yu Donglai's shoulder and smiled proudly.

Since the successful trial of Pang Dong Lai in Bi'an Science Park, it has been packed every day for the past year.

In addition to Chen Mo's repeated provocations and deceptions, and the fact that Beijing has Bi'an, which will not let Pang Donglai suffer any loss; and also, look at the level of those large supermarkets, come on, hero.

Yu Donglai was also itching to go, and after more than half a year of ideological struggle, he finally decided to march to the capital.

This is how I made this trip.

Yu Donglai and his team spent several days investigating and researching Beijing, and finally chose Wudaokou, the center of the universe, where they planned to open the first Pang Donglai supermarket.

Chen Mo raised his eyebrows when he heard the location, "Wudaokou? Are you sure?"

"Why? I think Wudaokou is pretty good. There are many colleges and universities around it. It has a consumer group of faculty and staff, international students and middle-class families. It also takes into account the urgent needs of student dormitories and surrounding old communities. It is also close to the subway, so it has full coverage."

"But I remember there are a lot of supermarkets around here. Let me check." Chen Mo opened the Amap and searched casually. "Wow, they are all big brands, such as Walmart, CP Lotus, and Hualian. Are you sure you are building here?"

Yu Donglai said with a smile, "We all know this, I did it on purpose. Panglai is fighting against the elite. Whether our model can be popular outside and whether the people recognize it is an excellent touchstone.

I want to explore how deep the water is in Beijing's retail industry. If Pang Donglai survives in Wudaokou and makes a good start, then it will be easier to expand to other places."

"Have you chosen a location? Which place exactly?"

He pointed to Building 12 of Huaqing Garden on the map and said, "Right here, the location is perfect."

"Why is it a residential area? Wait, where are you talking about? Huaqing Garden?"

"Yes, Huaqing Jiayuan, the housing prices in Beijing are so expensive now, and I don't know if these landlords are easy to talk to. You should know that before, we had a landlord in Xinxiang who was really shady."

Chen Mo said slowly, "These? There is only one landlord."

"One? Could it be that this building was bought by one person? The land price in Beijing is not cheap."

"It's OK, only 2 million."

"How do you know? Do you know the landlord?" Seeing Chen Mo nodded, Yu Donglai couldn't help but widen his eyes. This is possible. "Brother Xiao Mo has a wide network of contacts in Beijing. He even has a way to do this."

"Just talk to me."

Yu Donglai reacted with a look of disbelief, "Could it be you you you you..."

Chen Mo nodded, "I can only say that we both have good taste."

Since we are one of us, the rest will be a piece of cake.

With Chen Mo's reputation and Yu Donglai's funds, the original shops and residents on the ground floor will receive considerable compensation accordingly, and the rest will be up to Pang Donglai.

Generally speaking, for a large supermarket of the size of Pang Donglai, the cycle from site selection to opening is usually 1 to 3 years.

But Pang Donglai doesn’t need to do that, because with Chen Mo as the accelerator, the cycle will be shortened accordingly, and it will be ready in about half a year. All that remains is a battle with domestic and foreign supermarkets.

Chen Mo is already a veteran in the Internet war and has a lot of experience in fighting, but he is looking forward to the fight between supermarkets. To what extent can Pang Donglai achieve without external interference?
Do bosses in Beijing prefer mid- to high-end supermarkets like Hualian, or do they prefer affordable supermarkets like Pangdonglai?

However, this will not be revealed until the middle of next year, so we will see then.

Chen Mo looked at the upcoming schedule. Tomorrow is the groundbreaking ceremony for the third phase of Qingteng College project.

As the dean, he had to attend this occasion.

What concerned him even more was that there were less than ten days left before the Second Internet Conference. As an invited guest, he could take the opportunity to meet with the two old brothers.

Chen Mo took out his phone, "Hello? Brother Jun? Are you free tomorrow?"

"Hello? Brother Dong? You are free tomorrow, right?"

The next morning, at the construction site after the ribbon-cutting ceremony, Chen Mo, Lei Jun and Liu Qiangdong appeared in front of the plan wearing safety helmets.

This is the second expansion of Qingteng College since it took root in Beiqiji Town in the north of Beijing. The land planning of the third phase reflects the wealth of the other side. All the land on the west and north sides has been enclosed, and the area is the sum of the previous first and second phases.

When completed next year, Qingteng College's floor area will be five times that of its initial construction date.

In this land, the other side has become the biggest "landlord".

As the group's business expands, the academy's training system is becoming more and more complete:
The half-year regular class covers professional courses such as IT technology, operations management, and financial and legal affairs;

Short-term training courses are aimed at positions such as riders, online car-hailing drivers, and anchors, with a period of only one week to half a month.

Of course, all students of these two categories, whether they are technical talents or riders, must take the core course "Learning and Practice of Othersideism".

After the second phase of expansion, the college will be able to provide the group with nearly 5,000 strictly selected students every six months.

These "Ivy League students" can be independent within three days of taking up their posts, and their professional capabilities far exceed those of social and school recruiters.
After the completion of the third phase of the project, the scale of training will double.

Despite this, the enrollment quotas at Qingteng College are still in short supply, and the competition is even more intense than that of the civil service examination.

After all, passing the civil service exam and getting a job only provides stability. If you work for five years on the other side, it would be like one day in heaven and ten days in earth.

Interestingly, according to employment statistics of graduates, among the students who joined "The Other Shore", those from Shandong Province accounted for the highest proportion, which shows that "going ashore" is indeed deeply engraved in the cultural genes of the children of Shandong Province.

The reason why Lei Jun and Liu Qiangdong came here so eagerly was because they saw that Qingteng College had indeed trained a large number of talents for the other side.

Qingteng College has become the Huangpu Military Academy that supplies high-quality talents to the "other side".

To this end, Xiaomi and JD.com have successively started building exclusive training bases around the college, which are expected to be officially put into use next year. Prior to this, Xiaomi and JD.com have been relying on Qingteng College to lay eggs.

At the end of next year, Xiaomi will establish the "Buqiang Academy" which means "robust steps", which is consistent with the entrepreneurial spirit of "Xiaomi plus rifle";

JD.com named it "Brothers Academy" to continue the "brother culture" of the company's core values. Those trained here are all good brothers who fight side by side with Liu Qiangdong.

In this way, Beiqiji Town, which was originally mainly engaged in building materials and decoration, took over the nest of the magpie on the other side, and also invited small friends to settle down, directly occupying one-third of the land and becoming an important educational center.

Looking at the construction site, Chen Mo asked Xiang Dongzi, "Now that we have moved into our new home, how do you feel?"

JD.com’s headquarters building is located in Yizhuang Economic Development Zone and was put into use in August this year, so Chen Mo asked this question.

"Compared to renting a house, at least I feel more at ease. I used to feel like a migrant worker in Beijing. By the way, Lei Jun, I heard that you were going to buy land. Did you buy it?"

Lei Jun smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Thanks to President Chen's 'care', I got a piece of land in Shangdi. The transaction of more than 2 billion made him a net profit of 500 million."

"Hey~ Where's your conscience? I'm kind enough to give you a 9% discount, why are you blaming me? You're saying that the price I sold it to you was not cheap~"

"It's cheap, but it feels a bit uncomfortable. We in the Internet industry have worked so hard on technology research and development, supply chain, and market, but we can't catch up with those in real estate and finance who just need to make a deal."

Chen Mo muttered quietly, "This doesn't even count as charity or disaster relief."

"Xiao Mo, what did you say?"

"Nothing." Chen Mo waved his hand.

Liu Qiangdong heard it clearly and snorted, "In the final analysis, it's the people who got rich first who forgot their roots."

(End of this chapter)