Rebirth 2004: I can make money by writing

September 17, Thursday morning.

Hao Qiang met with Liu Qiangdong at the headquarters of Pengcheng Company.

This was Liu Qiangdong’s first time to the office on the 37th floor. He sat on the spacious sofa and his eyes were attracted by the magnificent sea view outside the window.

“Mr. Hao, the scenery here is really great. You can see the sea view in full view.” Liu Qiangdong exclaimed sincerely, with a bit of envy in his tone.

In front of Hao Qiang, Liu Qiangdong maintained a humble attitude.

He knew that without Hao Qiang’s support, there would be no Jingdong Mall, which is thriving today.

Hao Qiang holds 49% of the shares of Jingdong Mall, but he hardly asks about the company’s daily operations and does not interfere with Liu Qiangdong’s management.

Future Technology Group owns many high-quality companies.

Renjian Fireworks is preparing for listing. After the A round of financing at the beginning of the year, the valuation reached 15 billion yuan, and now it is estimated to be close to 20 billion yuan.

Companies such as Galaxy New Energy, Future Automobile, and Future Motorcycle are all industry giants.

After the launch of Future Auto, the sales volume has been gratifying, with cumulative sales close to 30,000 units.

As Hao Qiang’s partner, Liu Qiangdong also bought a Future ES6.

I have to say that this car is really easy to drive.

“Well, it’s really nice here.” Hao Qiang responded.

He lived here for a while and felt quite comfortable.

“It’s getting colder in the capital, but the daytime temperature in Pengcheng is still 30 degrees. It’s very suitable for winter vacation.” Liu Qiangdong continued.

“Southerners are really not very adaptable to the climate of the capital. If I live here for a long time, I won’t go to the Yellow River Basin in the north.” Hao Qiang agreed.

After the greetings, Liu Qiangdong began to report on the latest development of Jingdong Mall:

“Mr. Hao, since the B round of financing in June last year, it has developed rapidly.

The product categories have been expanded on a large scale, from the initial 3C digital products to books, audio and video, home furnishings and other fields.

Increase investment in self-built logistics systems and build warehousing and distribution networks across the country.

Delivery efficiency has been greatly improved, and customer satisfaction has also increased.

The daily order processing volume has increased from 28,000 orders to 100,000 orders, and the monthly sales have jumped to 1.3 billion yuan.

The number of employees has also reached seven Thousands of people.

The number of registered users has exceeded 12 million, and it has become the second largest B2C e-commerce platform in China, second only to Taobao.

According to Mr. Hao’s instructions, we launched a mobile shopping app and began to lay out mobile e-commerce to prepare for the market after the popularization of smartphones.

…”

Liu Qiangdong paused, saw that Hao Qiang was listening carefully, and then added: “Now the company has less than 100 million yuan in retained funds. I think it’s time to conduct a C round of financing.

I wonder if you have any suggestions on this?”

No matter how powerful the Jingdong Mall is, it can’t get rid of the fact that Hao Qiang strongly supports it.

Liu Qiangdong is high-spirited in front of others, but in front of Hao Qiang, he is still willing to be a younger brother.

What’s more, Hao Qiang holds 49% of the shares.

After listening to the report, Hao Qiang showed an approving smile on his face: “Well, this development speed is far beyond my expectations.

Mr. Liu has worked hard. Investing in Jingdong is my most wise decision. ”

In his previous life memory, Jingdong Mall will reach such a scale at least until early 2011.

The current development progress is more than a year faster than the original track.

Considering that Hao Qiang only started to raise funds for Jingdong Mall in March 2007, it is already a very difficult achievement to be able to speed up so much.

Liu Qiangdong couldn’t help but smile when he heard Hao Qiang’s praise.

It is indeed a proud thing to be recognized by this business tycoon.

Hao Qiang then asked: “Mr. Liu, which investment institutions have expressed their intention to raise funds recently?”

“Bull Capital Partners, DST Global, Tiger Global and other larger institutions have all been contacted, and some smaller investment institutions have also expressed interest,” Liu Qiangdong replied respectfully, “After they learned that you are a major shareholder, their interest has become even stronger.”

Hao Qiang nodded to show his understanding, and then suggested: “I think now is a good time to start the C round of financing.

My suggestion is to raise 10% of the shares. What do you think?”

The two sides hit it off, and Liu Qiangdong also had this idea. He said:

“I think so too. The pre-investment valuation given by these investment institutions is between 2.6 billion and 3.2 billion US dollars.”

Hao Qiang pondered for a moment and nodded slightly: “This valuation range is acceptable.

Then find a time to talk to them.

I hope this round of financing can support the company’s operations for one to two years, and then consider D round financing.”

Liu Qiangdong carefully wrote down Hao Qiang’s opinion and prepared to follow this method.To promote financing matters.

This meeting not only confirmed the financing plan, but also further strengthened the trust and tacit understanding between the two.

Liu Qiangdong rarely comes here, and he plans to visit the automobile factory of Future Technology Group.

Hao Qiang took him to have a look and patrol by the way.

It is now mid-September, the weather is mild, and the workshop is not as hot as at the beginning of the month.

The roof of the company’s factory is insulated, and even the side walls are insulated, and water is sprinkled during the day to cool down.

Trees are planted around the factory to block the sun, but the trees have just been planted for a short time and have not yet become big trees that cover the sky.

There is definitely a cooling effect, but the air rolls into the workshop with heat waves, and even God can’t stop it.

The two first went to the stamping workshop, received safety helmets at the gate and put them on.

Liu Qiangdong looked at the automated equipment in the workshop, and the workers only needed to stand by to supervise. He said with envy: “This is a real high-tech enterprise, and it is independently developed.”

Hao Qiang disagreed: “When we can manufacture top chips and not rely on imports, we can challenge foreigners.”

“Mr. Hao, your requirements are too high. We have to take it step by step. It will be great if future cars can beat imported luxury car brands.”

“Don’t be happy too early. If others block my car chips, I have no way to deal with it.”

“Well, that makes sense.” Liu Qiangdong was speechless.

He saw that Hao Qiang was not too proud. So that’s why. He had already seen where the crisis was.

What about the crisis of Jingdong Shopping Mall?

Thinking of this, Liu Qiangdong was not as complacent as before.

He thought he had a little success, but the man in front of him.

He is already the richest man in China. The group has many world-class technologies, but he has always been worried.

Chips, how can they be so easy to solve.

The country is powerless.

“Mr. Hao, do you think Mou Xiang will develop chips?”

Hao Qiang smiled and said, “If we rely on it, we’re doomed.”

It’s better not to say anything. When he thought of this, he was a little angry.

Liu Qiangdong noticed that Hao Qiang had a bit of a mocking tone and seemed to be not optimistic about Mou Xiang.

Well, he is not in the industry and does not know much about this industry.

The two of them took a quick look and soon came to the welding workshop.

Liu Qiangdong asked: “Mr. Hao, you are an expert. You said that Jingdong can realize automated sorting and transportation. Is this possible?”

“Of course, intelligent sorting and transportation is also a future trend. However, the cost of chips is high now, and the investment is relatively large.”

“Oh, I see.”

“Take your time, you can try it. It’s not difficult to say, our company can do it.” Hao Qiang said, “Wait until the second half of next year. It won’t take long to develop intelligent sorting and transportation robots. The premise is to do a good job of barcode management and standard packaging, otherwise it will be difficult to identify.

You see the transportation robots just now, all have identification standards.”

“Okay, then I understand.” Liu Qiangdong thought about it and understood it.

He saw Hao Qiang strongly take on this task, and it was hard to say anything.

Future Technology Group has strong technological strength, and they will definitely have no problem doing it.

If it is given to other companies, it may be a waste of money and still not be done well.

After visiting the manufacturing of the Future Automobile Factory and Hao Qiang’s explanation of how to use it on Jingdong, Liu Qiangdong learned a lot of knowledge.

The heavy workload at Jingdong Shopping Mall includes express packaging, sorting and handling. If machines can replace manual labor, the efficiency should be much higher.