Becoming a Russian Oligarch After Rebirth
Chapter 1142 - 971: Money is not a Problem

Chapter 1142: Chapter 971: Money is not a Problem

When Wang Ye and Zhang Xiaoxi arrived at Tencent Headquarters, the car had just stopped, and Little Brother Ma and Brother Dong had already come out to greet them.

"Mr. Mikhail, welcome to Peng City!" Little Brother Ma said with a smiling face as he welcomed them.

This was his territory, so it was natural for him to say this.

As half a guest, Brother Dong could only echo with a "welcome."

Wang Ye smiled and shook hands with the two of them. After exchanging a few pleasantries, he followed Little Brother Ma into the Tencent Building.

Tencent was developing rapidly now, and the office building they had originally rented was no longer adequate.

So, they bought a new office building to serve as their corporate headquarters.

The housing prices in Peng City were not high at the time, and the price of office buildings was even lower, so it didn’t cost much.

However, considering the rate at which Tencent was developing at the time, they estimated that in another two or three years, their office space would be insufficient again.

Therefore, Little Brother Ma was also applying to the city for a piece of land, planning to build their own headquarters building.

Under Little Brother Ma’s leadership, the group sat down in the office. Originally, Little Brother Ma had proposed to gather all the company’s executives to meet Wang Ye, but Wang Ye declined.

He didn’t have any important matters this time. He just came to see Little Brother Ma and Brother Dong and chat casually.

There was no need to make a big fuss about it; that would just make things awkward.

Speaking of which, Wang Ye intended to keep a low profile, as low profile as possible, before returning to the country, so that preferably no one would know about his visit.

But as things turned out, probably everyone who needed to know already knew...

It was an inevitable circumstance, given his current status. He simply couldn’t stay out of sight even if he wanted to!

...

After sitting down, instead of having assistants or secretaries come in, Little Brother Ma personally made tea, bringing out his most treasured tea leaves.

He was from Guangdong Province after all, and tea was a must when meeting honored guests, even in the middle of summer...

Seeing Little Brother Ma busy making tea and temporarily unable to talk about work, Brother Dong seized the opportunity to shift the conversation to JD.com.

He knew it was very difficult to get a meeting with Mr. Mikhail!

So, he had to seize this opportunity to convince Mr. Mikhail to support his plan.

After all, Mr. Mikhail was the final decision-maker and very decisive. As long as his plan seemed feasible to Mr. Mikhail, funding would certainly not be an issue.

But the same plan, if taken to Zhang Xiaoxi, wouldn’t be as straightforward to get support for.

Because even though Zhang Xiaoxi wasn’t familiar with e-commerce, she would gather enough e-commerce and even Internet insiders to discuss it collectively before judging the plan’s feasibility.

The funds involved in Brother Dong’s plan were quite substantial, especially for JD.com at its current stage.

It might even seem unnecessary...

So, getting approval from Zhang Xiaoxi was going to be very challenging!

This time, with both Mr. Mikhail and Zhang Xiaoxi present, Brother Dong could directly present his plan to both of them.

Mr. Mikhail was likely to make a decision on the spot about whether to support his plan or not.

If Mr. Mikhail didn’t support it either, then Brother Dong would give up on the plan for a while, putting it aside for a few years until JD.com grew to a certain size before bringing it up again.

Because aside from Mr. Mikhail, Brother Dong was also aware that presenting this plan to any investor would result in them not contributing any funds...

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"Mr. Mikhail, JD.com’s development speed has been quite amazing this year, with our monthly sales revenue reaching around three hundred million so far!

And I’m still increasing the variety of goods on the JD platform, planning to venture into fast-moving consumer goods beyond the traditional 3C products.

These are standardized goods, which are easy to sell on an e-commerce platform.

However, as we expand our operations, we are confronting a problem.

That is—logistics!

The domestic express industry is also developing quite well, with several large express companies of significant scale.

But I think for an e-commerce platform like JD.com, which deals entirely with self-operated goods, it is best to have our own delivery channels, rather than relying on other express companies.

We aspire to offer consumers better and higher quality services, with faster delivery speeds.

These are things that partnered express companies can’t provide..."

While speaking, Brother Dong anxiously watched Wang Ye’s expression.

Building an express logistics system required a considerable sum of money, especially for JD.com at this stage, which would seem like a deviation from their primary business.

Look at Alibaba’s Tao Bao platform; even with their large scale, they haven’t built their own logistics system yet.

Consequently, even within the company, when Brother Dong proposed this plan, there was significant opposition.

The prevailing trend at the time was the concept of "light assets," with the Internet industry being a prime example of a light asset company. None of the Internet companies were willing to invest heavily in traditional industries.

Given that amount of money, they would rather spend it on advertising, promotions, driving traffic, increasing user registrations...

After listening to Brother Dong finishing his plan, Zhang Xiaoxi furrowed her eyebrows and was the first to speak:

"So, how much money would we need to invest to successfully achieve everything you’ve described?"

This was the crucial question. Brother Dong had only described how convenient and better things would be after establishing their own logistics system but avoided discussing the most important issue, which was how much money it would require.