Later, Zhang Junfeng also talked to the other party about the progress of Tianfu Real Estate Company's acquisition of properties in Hong Kong. When he learned that they had already acquired residential communities and high-end office buildings worth hundreds of billions of RMB and nearly 45,000 parking spaces, Zhang Junfeng nodded with satisfaction.
"The current investment in Hong Kong has come to an end. When the real estate market in Hong Kong continues to pick up, we can continue to collect rent and obtain stable income~!" Although Zhang Junfeng is optimistic about the real estate in Hong Kong, since the favorable policies of the Hong Kong government were introduced and they reached cooperation with a number of real estate companies in Hong Kong, large-scale acquisitions will inevitably affect the original division of interests. So they might as well stop while they can according to the current situation.
It is said that even a powerful dragon cannot defeat a local snake. For these "foreign" investment institutions to be able to take advantage of this wonderful opportunity to get a share of the Hong Kong real estate market is already a very good result. If they expect too much, it may backfire.
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"Brother Junfeng, are you saying that those top-ranked Internet companies in China like Penguin, Kingsoft, NetEase and even the recently popular Baidu are all invested by your Comet Capital?!" In the luxurious private room of Jinmao Tower at night, Ye Boyang was shocked by some inside information revealed by Zhang Junfeng.
He originally thought that this little brother Zhang Junfeng had invested in quite a few industries, but he never expected that he had even dabbled in domestic Internet companies, and that he had made his investments so early, it was amazing!
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"Ahem, brother Junfeng. According to the information I got, the revenue performance of these Internet companies is quite good. Have you considered selling part of the stocks?" The quick-witted Ye Boyang soon came up with similar ideas as Li Zekai, but he was not so "picky". No matter whether it was Penguin, Kingsoft, NetEase or Qiandu, as long as he could buy a certain amount of company shares, it would be fine~!
Zhang Junfeng held up the wine glass in one hand and replied with a smile, "Of course you can. But in my plan, now is not the best time to share the results. One year before they are launched, I will hold an internal meeting and take out a certain amount of company shares for financing, mainly for employee incentive purchases and to attract other investors to join. Brother Ye, don't be absent at that time~!"
Ye Boyang was very happy to hear Zhang Junfeng's intention to "share the fruits"! You know, before cooperating with Zhang Junfeng, he was just the boss of a small company in the imperial capital. How could he be so glorious now? Even without relying on the family's influence, he can still show off in front of people! Even the local officials would warmly call him "Boss Ye" when they saw him! ...
After three rounds of drinking, Zhang Junfeng, who was a little tipsy, also tentatively asked about the annual meeting of CITIC Group. Upon learning that Zhang Junfeng, a foreign director appointed by CITIC Group, had actually received an invitation letter to attend the annual meeting of CITIC Group headquarters, Ye Boyang couldn't help but lose his composure and choked on the drink.
However, he did not bother to wipe the wine stains off his clothes. Instead, he blushed and asked, "Brother Junfeng, are you kidding me?! Those old antiques in CITIC Group are very xenophobic. Before this, the annual meeting usually invited the members of the elders in the imperial capital to participate in the celebration. Foreigners were almost never invited to participate!"
"...If it's true, brother Junfeng, you might break the record!" Perhaps because he really regarded Zhang Junfeng as a brother, Ye Boyang also cast an envious look on him when he learned that the other party had actually received this special "honor".
In their family, only the old man is qualified to be invited to participate. His brothers and sisters, uncles and aunts have no chance at all!
"Hehe! It was just a stroke of luck. According to CITIC Group, it was the president, Wang Jun, who took the initiative to invite me to attend. He said that there were other important matters to discuss after the annual meeting..."
"...Brother, you are so awesome! Come, let me toast you as your elder brother!" Ye Boyang was also full of pride and pulled Zhang Junfeng to drink again. Seeing this, Zhang Junfeng had no choice but to smile and agree, without any intention of refusing to drink.
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Zhang Junfeng and his companions stayed in the Magic City area for more than three days. Except for the first day when he got drunk with his sworn brother Ye Boyang, the following days were much more dull. During this period, Zhang Junfeng also contacted Ali Company in Lin'an, which is not far from the Magic City, to inquire about the whereabouts of General Manager Ma Yun. He had called Ma Yun before, but the signal seemed to be not very good and the other party could not get through.
When they learned that the caller was actually the major shareholder of their company, the "money sponsor" that Mr. Ma often talked about, the new receptionist at Alibaba was a little overwhelmed.
Fortunately, after the colleague noticed that the operator was a little nervous, he quickly took the phone from the other party and learned about the situation. After learning that Zhang Junfeng, the company's major shareholder, had come to Shanghai and wanted to meet with the company's CEO Ma to talk about the recent operation of Alibaba, the experienced colleague immediately agreed and said that CEO Ma would go to Shanghai to visit Mr. Zhang Junfeng in the next two days. This unauthorized action made the new operator a little confused.
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"...Sister, are we being too hasty? Isn't Mr. Ma on a business trip? He doesn't even know about this. If we make the decision for him, won't that be a bad idea?" The new operator was very nervous. This was the first time she had done such a thing. If Mr. Ma knew about it, who knows if she would be fired before she was even hired?
"Don't worry! This is what Mr. Ma specifically told us. What Mr. Zhang Junfeng told us over the phone is the top priority! Other things can be put aside! Besides, Mr. Ma should be negotiating with those logistics companies in Shanghai right now, right? We just need to notify him and ask him to go visit Mr. Zhang Junfeng instead!"
"Maybe when we come back, Mr. Ma will praise us!" The experienced colleague smiled and comforted the other party. Anyway, there were rules set by the general manager Ma Yun himself in advance, so they just needed to do things step by step, and the rest of the things had nothing to do with them.
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At night, in a hotel in Shanghai, the drunk Ma Yun suddenly remembered that he had muted the volume of his cell phone while at the dinner table. Now that the dinner was over, he should check if there were any calls coming in, so as not to delay his work.
As a result, there were more than ten missed calls and several text messages in his mobile phone. This scene made him feel a little uneasy. He quickly went to the bathroom and rubbed his face with cold water to sober up. Then he picked up his mobile phone and continued to check it.
This sight shocked him greatly. He received two or three calls from his "sugar daddy" Zhang Junfeng, but he didn't answer any of them. Then there were seven or eight calls from the company's landline!
He suppressed his nervousness and looked through the inbox on his phone again, and found a text message from his subordinates in the company, saying that Zhang Junfeng, the major shareholder, had arrived in Shanghai and wanted to meet him, the head of Alibaba, to have a chat.
Ma Yun looked down nervously and found that there was no specific meeting time, but there was Zhang Junfeng's temporary address. Ma Yun then breathed a sigh of relief!
"…That's not bad! There's no set time, so I can still make it in the morning! They say drinking can delay work, so next time, don't change your cell phone ringtone, lest it interfere with 'business'!"
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The next morning, Ma Yun asked the driver to drive to the hotel where Zhang Junfeng was resting and wait there. At around seven or eight o'clock in the morning, he notified the front desk to contact Zhang Junfeng and told him that a friend was coming to visit.
The clerk at the front desk looked at Ma Yun, who was wearing expensive clothes but had a very unique appearance, with some suspicion. Then, he called the corresponding suite as requested and asked the owner for his opinion.
Zhang Junfeng, who had just woken up, was quite surprised to learn that Ma Yun had arrived early in the morning. He immediately asked the front desk clerk to take the visitor to a cafe near the hotel restaurant. He would arrive in about ten minutes.
After hanging up the phone, he looked at Anne Hathaway-Morgan, who was resting here last night and was still lying on the bed and unwilling to get up, and said with a smile, "Although it's the weekend, an important person is coming now, and I have to meet him. If you need anything, just contact the front desk and ask for room service~!"
As Zhang Junfeng spoke, he lightly pinched someone's exposed white long leg, causing someone on the bed to directly launch a pillow attack, but it did not cause much real damage to Zhang Junfeng, the "culprit".
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Inside the cafe.
"Mr. Ma, you didn't drive several hours here so early in the morning, did you? You're really thoughtful!" Zhang Junfeng looked at Ma Yun, who had been waiting in the coffee shop for a while, and greeted him with a smile.
Ma Yun, feeling somewhat guilty, smiled awkwardly, "Since it was Mr. Zhang who invited me, I naturally had to rush over as soon as possible. Alibaba's business has just expanded recently, so it's a good opportunity to chat with Mr. Zhang..."
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
In the following half an hour, Zhang Junfeng once again understood the classic "speech" routine of Mr. Ma Yun. After the other party finished explaining, Zhang Junfeng smiled and joked with the other party, "I am very relieved that Alibaba is managed by an experienced elder like Mr. Ma. Nowadays, the number of Internet users in Longguo is increasing day by day. I am very optimistic about Alibaba's online shopping platform business. Mr. Ma, please don't let me down~!"
Ma Yun was also very happy to hear the statement from Zhang Junfeng, the "sugar daddy" who had given him a lot of support.
"…By the way, Mr. Zhang, I have an idea that has been brewing in my mind for a long time. Now is a good time to tell you about it. Can you help me analyze it?" Ma Yun, in a good mood, quickly thought of the most voted item in a series of user reviews recently collected and summarized by the customer service.
"Although our Taobao shopping platform has been successfully built and has been running for a long time, there is one problem that we have not been able to solve well. That is, many users have reported that the payment process when purchasing things on the Taobao shopping platform is very troublesome. This situation seriously hinders the transaction process of e-commerce and leads to low efficiency. I hope that by launching a convenient payment tool that is compatible with our Taobao shopping platform, we can effectively solve the payment problem between buyers and sellers!"
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Zhang Junfeng, who was sipping his coffee happily, suddenly narrowed his eyes after hearing this. He complained in his heart, "Is it coming?! So at this time, this Ma Ge has already come up with the idea of creating Alipay, a special financial institution with a market valuation of over one trillion?!"
It's just that this thing is competing with many banks for jobs. If there aren't enough big shots behind it to speak out for it, the final result will probably not be much better than the previous life (part of the reason is that Ma became too arrogant and spoke without restraint).
However, if we can really build this payment tool, and find enough big names or institutions to endorse it, that would be another story! After all, it is normal to be "recruited" as a regular soldier when you are working outside!
Coincidentally, Zhang Junfeng's current title in Longguo can just find a giant top-level organization to support him! Of course, when this payment tool is developing in the future, some "marginal" businesses will no longer be necessary, so as to avoid involving too many industries and establishing too many competitors and enemies.
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Having made up his mind, Zhang Junfeng put down the coffee cup in his hand, and then looked at Ma Yun sitting opposite him for a long time before speaking, "Mr. Ma's proposal is very innovative! But the problems behind it are not something a small Internet company can easily deal with. Do you understand this?"
"I am not familiar with the banking regulations in other countries, but within the territory of Dragon Country, Mr. Ma can consult the relevant financial laws and regulations when he is free."
Hearing Zhang Junfeng's words, Ma Yun suddenly felt aggrieved. He just wanted to add some convenient payment methods to their shopping platform, but how come it became something sensitive here? !
But Zhang Junfeng's words were not without reason. In many aspects, the payment tool he was going to build was actually similar to an online mini bank, except that it might not have as many functions as a regular bank, and its main feature was convenience. If their Alibaba company's online shopping platform really became bigger and stronger, then this supporting payment tool might, perhaps, become a competitor to those big banks? ! Thinking of this, Ma Yun smiled bitterly, and he seemed to understand why Zhang Junfeng asked him these questions. It seemed that his previous thoughts were a bit naive~!
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“…Mr. Ma, you can put the matter of creating a convenient payment tool aside for now. There is a special annual meeting in the capital in December, and I will attend it. If any big shot there is interested, then this matter will be half successful~!” Seeing that Ma Yun seemed a little disappointed, Zhang Junfeng thought for a moment and decided to reveal some information to the other party first, so as not to affect the work enthusiasm of this old brother Ma.
"The special annual meeting in the capital?" Ma Yun was a little surprised. Hearing what Zhang Junfeng said, it seemed that this annual meeting was very special, and there were big shots attending... Wait, how big is the big shot that Mr. Zhang mentioned? ! (End of this chapter)