Chapter 813: Setting Sail on an Expedition! Market Value Surpasses 157 Billion! The Enraged Legge!
The following day, JD.com launched its Arctic Global Sales site, beginning its efforts to target the Eastern European market.
Thanks to the reconciliation between Chen Yansen and Ma Liyun, the rivalry between the three e-commerce giants during this year's 618 shopping festival was significantly reduced.
However, the red envelope subsidies have also been reduced accordingly. Although the event is still generous, the frenzied spending of previous years is gone, and there is a greater sense of rationality.
Shortly after, news broke that the headquarters of the cross-border e-commerce platform Boluomi was deserted.
Following Yangmatou and 55haitao, another vertical overseas shopping app has exited the stage.
There was no other way; influenced by Pinduoduo, Yaomao and JD.com followed suit, and the three giants all set their sights on the cross-border e-commerce business.
In terms of supply chain, Pinduoduo, Tmall, and JD.com are all financially powerful companies that can directly establish partnerships with brands.
In terms of cargo turnover speed, Pinduoduo and JD.com have Yunsu Express, plus an air fleet of 61 cargo planes, while Tmall has Cainiao Logistics.
In terms of service and after-sales support, these small and medium-sized cross-border e-commerce websites don't even have the right to engage in such practices.
Secoo, which focuses solely on luxury goods, has managed to carve out a path for itself amidst the encirclement of the three e-commerce giants.
However, domestic investment institutions are not optimistic about Secoo. On the contrary, they believe that as the business boundaries of the three giants continue to expand, Secoo will eventually die.
This shows that the Matthew effect in the e-commerce sector is becoming increasingly pronounced, with the strong getting stronger and the weak left to die.
Meanwhile, Orange Auto's first batch of self-operated offline stores in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and Germany also welcomed their first wave of customers.
For Chen Yansen, the number of users in China who can afford a 699,000 yuan electric car is at most 30 to 40 million.
Therefore, good products should go to the international market and make money in Europe and America.
Similarly, if the Yaoguang E1 can conquer the European and American markets, it will also mean that Orange Auto has the ability to gain a foothold in overseas markets and bring the brand a very high order conversion rate.
In the United States, although users may not be familiar with Orange Motors, they are very familiar with other products under the Senlian Group. Many people have even bought Orange MT300 motorcycles, Orange mobile phones, and Alexa smart speakers.
These products laid a solid user base for Yaoguang E1.
With Mimo's strong promotional capabilities in Europe and America, the video introduction of Yaoguang E1 can be pushed to potential customers who are interested in electric vehicles.
Therefore, on the first day that Orange Auto officially opened for business overseas, it sold more than 7,800 Yaoguang E1 vehicles.
And most of them are top-of-the-line versions with a range of up to 1,600 kilometers!
Faced with this situation, Musk had no choice but to lower the price.
Otherwise, the Model S LR version, with a range of only 1,200 kilometers but a price of $159,000, is destined to be ignored.
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In a sand quarry in the southeastern region of southern Nubia, a Chinese supervisor is leading local workers in a busy operation of a sand dredging vessel.
This place is separated from Abyssinia by only a wall.
In recent years, many of China's light and heavy industries have been shifting to Africa.
To put it in a more sophisticated way, it was responding to a call from above.
To put it bluntly, Africa at this time is like China in the 1970s; all it takes is to replicate the domestic industries there to make a fortune.
However, the biggest problem in doing business in Africa is that without connections and certain hard power, you may not lose your life, but you could work hard for several years and then fall back into poverty overnight.
Take this sand quarry called "Shengyuan" for example. The owner is from Hui'an and has connections that extend to the central government. The quarry also employs four inspectors armed with AK47s.
Doing one job and getting two salaries, the local inspectors are happy to protect the Chinese business owners.
Of course, more importantly, these inspectors are paid in low fees.
Only big-time mining bosses choose top security companies like Fengjun and Blackwater.
Boss Wu Shengyuan sat in his office with his eyes closed, his expression one of extreme enjoyment.
"Da da da—!"
Suddenly, a sharp gunshot rang out.
The fire extinguisher was startled and instinctively closed its small mouth, which made Wu Shengyuan grimace.
"Excuse me, Boss, are you alright?" The fire extinguisher in front of me was not yet twenty years old. Although his skin was dark, his features were very delicate, and he had a curvaceous figure.
Wu Shengyuan looked down and saw that it was slightly red and swollen, but nothing serious. So he quickly pulled up his pants and peered outside.
Dozens of armed men in camouflage uniforms stormed into the sand quarry, where two inspectors on the first floor were found lying in pools of blood.
Holy crap!
Wu Shengyuan exclaimed in surprise, immediately realizing that things were in serious trouble.
The fire extinguisher wiped his mouth, glanced outside, shuddered, and whispered, "Boss, it looks like a South Nubian armed group."
Upon hearing this, Wu Shengyuan frowned, his heart sinking.
What's the biggest fear when doing business in Africa?
What I fear most is that armed groups, lacking any sense of martial ethics, will target foreign businessmen like them.
In fact, these armed groups need to eat and drink, and they also have to face the encirclement and suppression by the Central Military Commission's regular army. If they don't rob or kidnap, what will they eat?
Previously, their main targets were state-owned enterprises in South Nubia. However, the Central Command was not stupid and naturally would not allow these bandits to rob everywhere. After strengthening defenses, the armed groups in South Nubia stopped robbing the Central Command's supplies and instead set their sights on foreign businessmen.
Realizing the seriousness of the situation, Wu Shengyuan didn't have time to think. He took out his phone to call for help while walking to his desk, opening a drawer, and taking out a handgun.
Only then did he feel a little safer.
A gun is a man's courage; with a gun in hand, one has plenty of courage!
Although most people's shooting skills are so poor that they have virtually no accuracy at distances exceeding ten meters, having a gun and not having a gun are two completely different things.
"We can't stay here; these people will definitely come up soon."
Wu Shengyuan grabbed the gun and took the valuables from the safe with him before speaking to the fire extinguisher.
After saying that, the two carefully turned the doorknob and ran quickly toward the wall of the sand quarry.
There was no way to deal with them. There were only seven or eight guns in the factory, and both inspectors were dead. How could they possibly be a match for these desperados?
Besides, he's not Rambo, who can take on a hundred people single-handedly!
Save your life first!
But to Wu Shengyuan's despair, he was discovered before he could run more than a few meters.
"stop!"
Several armed men behind him shouted and then gave chase.
Upon hearing this, Wu Shengyuan quickened his pace.
stop?
Only a fool would wait to die.
He took off running, sprinting forward as fast as he could.
"Bang bang bang—!"
After a few gunshots, he felt as if a stream of air passed over the top of his head.
He was so frightened that he wished he had two more legs, but he kept cursing under his breath.
In just a few seconds, he cursed almost every high-ranking official in South Nubia's central command.
They usually collect a lot of money, but when it really matters, they just let us down.
But he was used to a life of luxury, and just three minutes ago he had eaten a piece of black-boned chicken. Now, after running only a few steps, he felt exhausted.
Meanwhile, the armed men chasing him were constantly on the run. Those who survived several encirclements were all rigorously trained in gunfire and were much faster than Wu Shengyuan.
In the blink of an eye, the armed men pressed the muzzle of their guns against the back of Wu Shengyuan's head.
The reason they were keeping an eye on him was simply because of the Rolex on Wu Shengyuan's wrist.
He dressed very casually, much like an ordinary working person. His fair complexion suggested he was a wealthy man, as the armed men had imagined.
With a bitter smile, Wu Shengyuan resignedly had his hands tied behind his back and was being led to an open area on the battlefield.
"Damn! If I survive this, I'm definitely going to practice long-distance running!"
Wu Shengyuan pondered to himself.
But he overlooked one problem: with his physical abilities, no matter how much he trained, he was no match for these East African blacks.
At the same time.
Armed groups in South Nubia have attacked a large number of Chinese, Korean, and American businessmen in the southeastern region.
Upon learning of this, the high-ranking officials of the Central Secretariat were so frightened that they hurriedly sent people to negotiate.
It's important to understand that if a large number of foreign businessmen are injured or killed, they won't fare well either.
In a copper mine, two Falcon security guards struggled to hold on, but soon ran out of ammunition.
When they were arrested, one of the Fengjun security personnel was retaliated against; he was shot in the forehead and died on the spot.
Another Falcon security guard was hit with a rifle butt, immediately bleeding profusely and losing consciousness.
The Falcon headquarters in Abyssinia immediately detected the anomaly.
Each of the Falcon security personnel wears a smartwatch modified from an Orange Watch on their wrist, which allows them to check the employee's location and health status in real time.
But now, six employees have heart rates that have dropped to zero.
After learning of this situation, Bai Zhenshan verified the information sent by the intelligence team and knew that something big had happened in South Nubia.
Six employees died in one incident!
This is the first time since Fengjun was founded that it has suffered such a great loss.
Shortly afterward, foreign affairs associations from various countries issued a statement, simultaneously reporting on the attack and kidnapping of foreign businessmen in South Nubia.
The country warned its citizens to be cautious about traveling to southern Nubia.
In addition, it was mentioned that the central command in South Nubia is making efforts to rescue them, etc.
When the news reached China, netizens' first thought was, "Africa is too chaotic, we can't go!"
But Chen Yansen's reaction was, "These bastards, they actually dare to do this."
Last time we went to northern Bagan, we lost three people; this time, six people died.
Fengjun has undertaken a large number of security jobs in southern Nubia. If they cannot rescue their clients, how will they maintain their foothold in Africa in the future?
Therefore, Chen Yansen did not hesitate to issue an order to Bai Zhenshan to break up and eliminate this armed organization.
After giving his explanation, Chen Yansen opened the CCTV reporter's live video.
In an effort to exert pressure and gain more economic and political benefits, armed groups in South Nubia allowed a number of journalists into their camp.
In an open space, there were hundreds of people with their hands tied behind their backs, squatting on the ground.
Their faces wore expressions of despair, like lambs waiting to be slaughtered.
Chinese businessmen make up half of the group, with the remainder consisting of businessmen from Abyssinia, Korea, Japan, and the United States.
The comments section was filled with insults.
"Isn't it better to stay in the country? Why do you have to go to Africa? You're just asking for trouble."
"Holy crap! You beast upstairs, your compatriots were killed, and you not only have no empathy, but you're also making sarcastic remarks?"
"Is it easy to make a living away from home? There are many ordinary migrant workers among them."
On the other side.
Other countries are also exerting pressure and warning the central authority in South Nubia that if the situation cannot be resolved quickly, they will send military forces to carry out a rescue operation.
Whether it's compliant or not, nobody cares.
A country that is dirt poor and makes a living by reselling mineral resources does not even have the right to speak out.
The fact that armed groups in South Nubia dared to kidnap foreign businessmen is simply a sign of their thuggish nature; they never thought about tomorrow or their own fate.
After learning of his boss's plan, Bai Zhenshan immediately began gathering intelligence and assessing the enemy's weapons, equipment, and personnel distribution in order to develop a more detailed rescue plan.
The negotiations stalled for the next two days.
Armed groups in South Nubia are demanding that the central command recognize their legitimacy and allocate a piece of land for their administration.
This condition was difficult for the central authority in South Nubia to agree to.
At this time, Bai Zhenshan also obtained general information about this armed group, which had more than 3,000 members, of whom more than 800 participated in the attack.
Rescuing them safely is extremely difficult!
So he changed his mind and set his sights on Khalid, the leader of the armed group.
Arrest them!
Exchange hostages!
Save lives first, then seek revenge!
After having a general idea, Bai Zhenshan began to select key members and form an action team.
Since it's a cross-border operation, the number of personnel can't be too large.
The following day, June 15, as soon as it was light, reporters were already waiting at the entrance of the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
The launch of Senlian Group's first mainland stock naturally attracted widespread attention.
Investors were also eager to place their buy orders!
At 9:30 a.m., almost in the blink of an eye, the value of each share of Orange Supermarket rose from 10 yuan to 13 yuan, immediately triggering the suspension mechanism.
Ten minutes later, the price rose from 13 yuan to 15.7 yuan, and it looked like it was about to hit the daily limit again.
Investors' excessive enthusiasm has driven the stock price to a high level.
Domestic and international financial media were somewhat shocked. In less than fifteen minutes, the market value of Orange Supermarket surged from 100 billion to 157 billion, which was astonishing.
Meanwhile, in southern Nubia, after three days of negotiations, the armed group finally lost patience and chose an Abyssinian businessman from among the hostages to be executed.
The reason for choosing him was simple: in their eyes, the Abyssinians were the easiest to bully.
Legoji refused to comply and immediately assembled his troops, heading towards the border, as if he were about to cross the border and start a fight. The situation instantly became even more tense.
(End of this chapter)
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