Although Xiao Fangfang's flight back to Hong Kong was a little later than Zhang Guorong and Mei Yanfang, the three of them still passed the security check together.
Li Mu and Dong Ai watched the three people leave. The three people kept turning back and waving until they entered the security check channel.
Seeing the three people entering, Dong Ai turned her head and startled Li Mu. Unexpectedly, she cried so hard that her tears could hardly stop flowing.
Li Mu looked at Yu and couldn't bear it, so he had to persuade her: "They won't be able to go for long. It's a big deal to survive for two or three months. Why are you crying like this?"
Dong Ai shook his head and said: "You don't know how difficult it is for Aunt Mei in her life, her family situation, and the situation of her parents, brothers and sisters. If you know these, you will definitely feel that it is too difficult for Aunt Mei to get to where she is today. , I didn’t expect that she would get this disease..."
Li Mu seemed to have also heard that Mei Yanfang's family seemed to favor sons over daughters, fight for inheritance, and auction her personal belongings. If you think about it carefully, it is indeed very strange and surprising.
However, Li Mu didn't show it, and just said: "Early discovery is a blessing among misfortunes. Don't worry, nothing will happen."
After saying that, Li Mu added: "If you really want to visit the United States, just apply for a passport and a visa. 3321 has already been on track. You have worked hard for so long, so you should take some time off."
Dong Ai said: "It is easy to get a passport, but it is said that it is very difficult to get a US visa. Most of them are said to be refused."
Li Mu chuckled and said, "It's simple. I and Makino Technology have registered companies in the United States. I can send you a business invitation. If you take the invitation to the embassy for an interview, the chance of passing will be much higher."
Dong Ai suddenly became excited: "Really?"
Li Mu said, "There's no point in me lying to you."
Dong Ai said hurriedly: "Then I will persist for another half month. When all the new students in major schools start to register in early September, I will go to the United States to see Aunt Mei."
Li Mu nodded: "That's right. When the time comes, I will personally sponsor you 100,000 yuan in travel funds. This will be regarded as a personal reward for your long time in 3321."
Based on the current overall scale of 3321 and Dong Ai's status as CEO, it is reasonable for her to receive an annual salary of several hundred thousand yuan. However, she personally controls her monthly salary to five thousand yuan, which can be regarded as going all out for charity. Li Mu has always I want to find an opportunity to thank Dong Ai. After all, this 3321 is my golden banner. The better 3321 develops, the more pretentious I will be if I dare not say it, but at least I can be less afraid, which is of great significance to me.
From this point of view, one hundred thousand yuan was indeed a bit hard to come by, but Li Mu made up his mind that when the time was right, he would definitely give Dong Ai a big reward as a thank you gift.
At this time, Dong Ai heard that Li Mu said that he would be given 100,000 yuan in travel funds, and he was surprised and said: "100,000 yuan in travel funds is too scary! How much money does it cost to go to the United States?"
Li Mu said: "U.S. imperialism pursues the supremacy of the dollar. If you don't take a little money with you when you go out, you will be looked down upon when you get to the U.S. imperialists. Then you don't have to worry about air tickets or anything else. I'll let Qingya book it for you, and you can come back." Waiting for the flight, I will let you lie down comfortably and go to the United States."
Dong Ai couldn't help but laugh and said: "Sleeper berth, right? Who are you fooling? Do you think I've never flown on a plane? The first class cabin is just a little more spacious, how can I really lie down?"
Li Mu curled his lips: "You have never been abroad. First class on domestic flights is not interesting. If you want to sit in first class on a transoceanic flight, it is not a bit more luxurious than first class on domestic routes."
Dong Ai snorted: "I am just an ordinary working class person. How can I enjoy the high-end treatment that only capitalists like you can enjoy? I'd rather sit in the economy class."
Li Mu said, "You talk a lot of nonsense. If I don't send you an invitation then, I'll see what you will do if your visa is rejected."
Dong Ai hurriedly smiled and said, "Don't be angry, Mr. Li. I'm just being polite in front of you. If you want to buy me a first-class flight, I definitely don't mind traveling to the United States lying down."
Li Mu deliberately made a smiley face and asked her, "How did you get here?"
Dong Ai said: "Senior Qingya arranged a convoy to deliver it, and left a car to take me back later."
Li Mu nodded: "Then you should leave quickly."
Dong Ai asked him in surprise: "Aren't you leaving?"
Li Mu said: "I'm waiting to pick up a friend."
Dong Ai asked curiously: "Pick up Su Yingxue? Isn't it half a month since school started? Are you here so early?"
Li Mu said helplessly: "Why are you such a gossip? Pick up Zhao Kang, my good buddy, do you know him?"
Dong Ai shook his head: "I don't know you, from the National People's Congress?"
Li Mu waved his hand: "No, I'm from a foreign school. I was young."
Seeing that Li Mu was not joking, Dong Ai said, "Okay, just wait, I'll go back first."
Li Mu nodded.
Dong Ai was about to leave when he suddenly turned around and asked him: "Oh, by the way, what has Xiaowan been busy with recently? Have you come to Yanjing?"
Li Mu felt a little guilty. He didn't know if Dong Ai was deliberately teasing Chen Wan after hearing what happened between him and her, so he asked her, "You two have such a good relationship, don't you know whether she is here or not?"
Dong Ai said: "No matter how good my relationship with her is, it's not as good as your relationship with her."
Li Mu felt even more depressed.
At this time, Dong Ai smacked his lips and said: "Actually, I haven't been embarrassed to look for her recently. The main reason is that she always looked for me when she came to Yanjing before, but I was always out of town. As you know, 3321 is engaged in student assistance. Wan Jing ran to that remote area. She asked me out several times but she didn't get it, and she didn't ask me out recently. I don't know if she hasn't been to Yanjing recently or she is angry with me."
Li Mu breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Why don't you call and ask."
Dong Ai thought for a while and said, "Let's forget it. Let's talk about it in a few days."
After saying that, Dong Ai waved his hand: "I'm leaving first. If you need anything, call me."
"goodbye."
Dong Ai left, and Li Mu moved from the departure floor to the arrivals floor of the airport. After waiting for another half an hour, Zhao Kang, who was tanned like "Louis Koo", finally appeared at the exit.
Although Li Mu was wearing a mask, Zhao Kang recognized him at a glance, walked up to him and gave him a high-five, and then walked out in unison.
As they walked, Li Mu asked him, "How was your time in Nanhai?"
Zhao Kang smiled and said: "It's good, but I'm a little tanned. My parents like that place very much."
After that, he couldn't help but ask Li Mu: "What exactly are you asking me to come back for? I've been waiting impatiently for several days, and you haven't said anything yet."
Li Mu said: "I asked you to come back because I have a big plan to tell you. I don't know how big this plan can be."
"It's such a big deal, are you sure I can handle it?"
Zhao Kang knew Li Mu. So far, Li Mu had never commented on anything like this. Could he be crazy? Then this matter may be really big.
Li Mu said: "If you are OK, you have to step up. If you are not OK, you have to step up to create conditions. It doesn't matter if you can't carry it down later. Just hold it up at the beginning."
Zhao Kang immediately slapped his chest and said: "As long as you speak, as long as I have the ability, I will never frown on the mountains of swords and seas of fire. The only thing I'm afraid of is that I am not strong enough and will hold you back."
Li Mu waved his hand: "Don't worry about this, let's go back to the city to find a place to eat, sit down and chat slowly."
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The matter of opening a chain of Internet cafes has been brewing in Li Mu's mind for a long time. This idea has been continuously improved by him. He already has a perfect version 2.0 and a more ruthless version 3.0 in his hands.
The reason why it is version 3.0 instead of 2.1 is because 3.0 has a qualitative improvement compared to the 2.0 plan, which has once again raised the strategic level of the Internet cafe chain to a higher level.
The two brothers were sitting in a hotel box. Li Mu ordered two bottles of ice-cold beer. After they drank half of the bottle, Li Mu said, "Actually, I called you back this time because I wanted to give you the task of opening an Internet cafe."
"Isn't the Internet cafe already open..." Zhao Kang said: "The current operating status is quite good."
Li Mu knew that he was talking about the Internet cafe he had asked him to open near the school before. He opened that Internet cafe to launder the money from selling legendary plug-ins. Now that Legend has declined, this income is getting less and less, so Li Mu doesn't bother anymore. .
However, although this time he approached Zhao Kang to open an Internet cafe, it was much larger than the one last time.
So Li Mu explained to Zhao Kang in detail his idea of opening a chain of Internet cafes with Shenzhou.
Internet cafe chains should first pursue coverage, that is to say, all cities must be covered in the future, and there must be at least one in each city. There is no upper limit for more, as long as the city can afford it, it will be no problem.
Secondly, it is the in-depth integration with Shenzhou. This cannot be done by oneself. People from Shenzhou must be brought together, and future operations must be deeply tied up.
After listening to Li Mu's entire project plan, Zhao Kang realized how big a project Li Mu was talking about.
This is a project with a cumulative investment of over RMB 100 million easily. Opening a hundred or so Internet cafes would cost almost RMB 100 million, but Li Mu wants between 500 and 1,000 cafes. Who is this to scare to death? .
While Zhao Kang was still digesting the idea of this huge project in his mind, Li Mu continued: "What I just told you is just a mature version 2.0, but I also have a more mature version 3.0 now, so tell me Let me hear it for you.”
Zhao Kang felt very unsure. 2.0 was already scary, let alone 3.0. Shouldn't version 3.0 open Internet cafes abroad
However, although he was unsure, Zhao Kang still nodded: "You tell me, I will listen carefully."
Li Mu said: "In version 3.0, I want to bring in big capital, not only to invest in building stores across the country, but also to invest in commercial real estate while building stores."
Zhao Kang was stunned after hearing this and asked him: "Are you saying that you have to pay for the facade used to build the store yourself?"
Li Mu clapped his hands: "Yes, that's what it means!"
Although Zhao Kang did not have such a perverted thinking pattern as Li Mu, but following Li Mu's influence, his way of thinking about problems has made great progress. As soon as he heard what Li Mu said, he subconsciously said: "I'm afraid the burden on this asset will be heavier. !”
Opening an Internet cafe only costs a few hundred thousand to a million. If you open an Internet cafe and buy all the shops, it can cost as little as one million to several hundred thousand, or as much as two or three million in a big city. , three to four million cannot be obtained.
Seeing Zhao Kang being so surprised, Li Mu said with a smile: "Because we are heavy on assets, we have to bring in big capital to do it together. We will invest the money ourselves first to make a start, and show it to the capital side, and then bring in the capital." It doesn’t matter if Fang invests money in and quickly expands, it doesn’t matter if it’s asset-heavy. For this kind of physical project, the more assets-heavy it is, the more stable and reliable it will be.”
As he said that, Li Mu added: "Think about it, if you invest 10 million to build an Internet company, if it goes bankrupt, what will the capital be able to recover? A good one can recover hundreds of thousands of cash on the book; a less unlucky one , a batch of second-hand computers will be recovered; even worse, the computers may not even be recovered;
But what if you invest 10 million to open a few Internet cafes? Invest in an Internet cafe and buy a shop at the same time. If the Internet cafe fails, a large number of second-hand machines can recover at least 10-15% of the cost, and the shop cost will still be at least 50%. Maybe after a period of operation, the cost of the shop will rise, and the shop alone will You can recover 100% or more. "
Zhao Kang nodded: "The truth makes sense, but how do you convince those capitals to invest a lot of money to operate this thing? Can they see the profit of opening an Internet cafe?"
Li Mu said with a smile: "The overall business model is: make money when the Internet cafe is open, and make more money by selling land when the Internet cafe is not open. This is a typical McDonald's overseas development model, not to mention that I have also integrated e-commerce. In the future, Internet cafes will not only Serving Shenzhou can even serve the entire electronic product trading on Taobao in the future, not only doing pre-sales and distribution, but also helping manufacturers with after-sales, which will not only save Taobao logistics costs in the future, but also generate considerable profits."
Having said this, Li Mu paused and then said: "Although Taobao has a large amount of money on its account, once it starts burning money, this money will not be enough. Taobao will inevitably conduct multiple rounds of financing in the future. I can first follow These big capital parties sign a framework agreement, and any capital party that invests in chain Internet cafe projects first will get priority in Taobao's financing, and use Taobao to tie them in."
"Oh my God, how much money is Taobao going to burn in the future? If you start making preparations so early, isn't there a lot of money in Taobao's account that you can use?" Zhao Kang had heard from Li Mu before that there was a lot of money in Taobao's account. The "account balance" is as high as one billion, and Li Mu can use it at any time. Isn't such a large fund reserve enough for Li Mu to burn
Li Mu smiled slightly. It is impossible for Zhao Kang to understand. Now Liu Edong and Boss Ma will not understand. They have not yet entered the stage of burning money on the Internet. They may not understand why they are not making money but burning money. But for Li Mu He said that he must be prepared to burn money in advance, and be prepared to burn a lot of money.
How to burn
Very simple!
When Taobao begins to make efforts to improve users' online shopping habits, and when Taobao begins to face the siege of more competitors, Li Mu will most likely need to start a money-burning mode to ensure his unparalleled status.
At that time, once the competition becomes fierce, B2C self-operated business may have to operate at a loss, and C2C business may have to subsidize sellers and buyers, all of which require continuous capital investment.
It doesn't matter whether you lose money or burn money. As long as you can ensure that you can capture most of the B2C and C2C businesses in your own hands, it will be worthwhile no matter how much money you burn, and the more you burn, the more you will earn in the future.
All in all, the purpose is one: to directly kick out those who can't afford it, to drag those who can afford it to a dog or to death, and finally to ensure one's superior position, which is the ultimate victory!
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