Becoming a Russian Oligarch After Rebirth
Chapter 1143 - 971 Money Is Not a Problem _2

Chapter 1143: Chapter 971 Money Is Not a Problem _2

Brother Dong gave a wry smile, this indeed was intentional on his part.

He mainly feared that mentioning the amount would be too large and would "scare" the two managers...

But now that Zhang Xiaoxi had asked, he had no choice but to reveal it, bracing himself as he said:

"This...

Building a logistics system certainly costs quite a bit of money, after all, we need to recruit a large number of employees, buy or build some regional central reserve warehouses, and purchase a large number of trucks and other transportation tools, these are all tangible investments.

However, my plan is to proceed step by step, starting with an initial investment in the five major central regional reserve warehouses, namely, South China, East China, Central China, North China, and the Southwest warehouse.

In terms of staffing, we can start with fewer, only hiring company employees directly in first- and second-tier cities, taking it step by step.

With that in mind, the first phase of the investment would need...

Only about three to four billion CNY."

When it came to mentioning that amount, Brother Dong’s voice noticeably quieted down, clearly feeling uneasy about it.

That’s understandable, given JD.com’s current size, the entire platform’s annual sales revenue doesn’t even amount to three to four billion CNY!

Now to invest so much money all at once into building a logistics system that industry insiders don’t value highly and even see as a burden, he really lacked the confidence to gain others’ approval.

Although nobody from within the company up to investors in the circle had recognized or supported this plan since it was proposed,

Brother Dong "obstinately" believed that this step was of utmost importance to JD.com’s future growth!

It was also the key to differentiate JD.com from e-commerce giants like Tao Bao, and could even be considered JD.com’s core competitive force!

As expected, upon hearing the amount, Zhang Xiaoxi frowned deeply.

Three to four billion CNY wasn’t enough to frighten her, because with the Joy City Project, just any project involved investments of several tens of billions, and having handled such large sums of money, her perspective had now become quite high...

But the question was, was it really worth it to invest so much money in JD.com all at once?

Furthermore, would such an investment truly provide a significant boost to JD.com?

That was the crucial point!

Oh, and the shares Wang Ye invested in JD.com were also under the asset management company she managed.

Theoretically speaking, Zhang Xiaoxi was now the "major shareholder" of JD.com!

That’s why she took the initiative to ask questions before Wang Ye could even speak up, to understand Brother Dong’s entire investment plan as thoroughly as possible.

Because it was her responsibility!

If she were misled by Brother Dong now, and Wang Ye agreed to the investment, any future problems, even if Wang Ye didn’t hold her accountable, would still reflect poorly on Zhang Xiaoxi.

As she hesitated about whether to delay and seek advice from some genuine Internet industry experts to evaluate the plan, Wang Ye gently patted her hand and said with a smile, "I think Manager Dong’s plan is quite solid, and the investment isn’t much. It’s worth considering."

Zhang Xiaoxi felt helpless, how could such a reckless plan be considered solid?

Three to four billion CNY was enough to start another Joy City Project, and that’s not much?!

But there was nothing she could do – Wang Ye was the actual boss, and since he had set the tone, all she could do was to strictly monitor the subsequent steps and ensure that every penny invested was spent effectively.

As for whether the self-built logistics plan could achieve the "wonderful" effects as Brother Dong had described, Zhang Xiaoxi still remained skeptical...

When Brother Dong heard that Wang Ye approved his plan, his heart blossomed with joy, and he hurriedly assured:

"Rest assured, Mr. Mikhail!

This plan is absolutely well-considered, I assure you there will be no problems.

Once the logistics system is established, JD.com will enter a period of exponential growth!"

Wang Ye nodded and casually said, "Then you just need to coordinate with Manager Zhang about it, the financial aspect is not an issue."

Sure, thirty to forty billion CNY is not a small amount, but even though this is domestically and the source of funds isn’t as extensive as it is in Moscow, it’s not a big problem either.

There’s still a large sum of cash lying in the asset management company’s account.

Although that money was originally planned to be injected into the commercial real estate company to handle the Joy City Project, it didn’t need to be transferred all at once.

After all, the construction cycle of the Joy City Project is quite long, taking at least two or three years, so the funds didn’t need to be completely transferred in one go.

Therefore, a portion of the funds can be temporarily diverted to invest in JD.com first, and then in half a year when Wang Ye’s new annual dividends and such are received, it can be channeled into the asset management company’s account through various means.

By then, there will be no issue of capital shortage ...

...

After discussing JD.com, Little Brother Ma finished up his work, and everyone sat down together for tea, talking about Tencent Company.

Little Brother Ma seemed to be in a good mood as he explained with a smile,

"The company is primarily focusing its energy in two directions, the first of which is the company’s foundation — our online communication services.

Currently, Tencent’s software occupies eighty percent of the market share in the domestic online communication field. Although it’s not yet a monopoly, it is hard to find any competitors with an actual competitive force.

The second direction is the traffic monetization channel we discussed last time with you, Mr. Mikhail, which is the gaming industry.

In the past two years, our company has sequentially acted as an agent for or developed several games, expanding our gaming department.

The several games that have been launched, such as the licensed online game ’Triumph’, and self-developed games like ’QQ Fantasy’, ’QQ Three Kingdoms’, ’QQ Hall’ and so on, are doing well in terms of popularity and revenue.

It seems, the gaming business truly is the key to unlocking Tencent’s software traffic monetization!"

Although he says "self-developed", everyone knows full well that Tencent’s games have "reference sources" easily found on the market. It’s just about seeing which games become popular, then "learning and borrowing" from them. The gameplay and systems don’t need to change; they modify a character model, change a map, slap on a "QQXX" name and push it straight to the market.

Admittedly, this method is simple and brutal, but highly effective!

After all, the games Tencent ’borrows’ from are already market-proven success stories, which substantially reduces the risk.

After their own "creative modification", launching the game on their own channels, and leveraging the massive traffic driven by Tencent’s software, it’s hard for the game not to make money ...

This was the insight Wang Ye shared with Little Brother Ma in their previous discussion...

Although this approach might tarnish the company’s reputation, who really cares!

In this era, including the internet industry, all industries are in a period of savage growth.

Enterprises with "moral scruples" find it very hard to survive!

For all enterprise bosses, including Little Brother Ma, the primary consideration is to ensure the company’s survival, then its development and growth, and only later can they think about other factors.

Wang Ye also deeply understood this; Tencent was ridiculed for "copying" for many years, but as the company grew into a giant, it began to cherish its "feathers" and no longer dabbled in such activities.

Instead, as soon as they noticed any game becoming very popular or even showing signs of popularity, Tencent would decisively take action, directly acquiring the company in question ...

If it was a PC game, then after acquiring the company, they would secure the exclusive IP adaptation rights and rapidly launch a similar mobile game using the strong talent pool, and by utilizing their powerful promotional channels, they could make the game a sensational hit and earn immense profits.

Tencent’s two most representative and profitable mobile games, ’Honor of Kings’ and ’Game for Peace’, came about in this very manner.

Just one ’Honor of Kings’ generates annual revenue of fifty to sixty billion CNY!

This concept might be hard for the average person to comprehend.

Even a decade later, with Tencent’s entire company earning just over a hundred billion in a year, the profit from ’Pesticides’ alone could account for almost a third of the entire company’s profits ...

This has already accounted for the operational costs of Honor of Kings.

To put it bluntly, Tencent made its money off those two mobile games.

And ’Honor of Kings’ is undisputedly the most profitable game in the world, without a competitor in sight!

Of course, in 2005, Tencent was far from that "complete" behemoth ...