Reborn since 1993

Chapter 1024 The way out
The Li family's New Year's Eve is busy, just like countless other families. This day is the home of old lady Wang Xiulan. Except for pregnant Yao Luoying and Miao Jiahui, the rest of the Li family, including the little girl Yang Peipei, have to obey the old lady's orders.

The Li family's New Year's Eve dinner has always been prepared by Wang Xiulan herself. In her words, if you go to a restaurant for the New Year's Eve dinner or someone else prepares it, you won't be able to feel the festive atmosphere.

Although she was busy and had to get up early in the morning, the little old lady was still happy to do it. With Li Zhenlin helping Wang Xiulan, they began to prepare the Li family's New Year's Eve dinner.

As for Li Dongling, Li Dongshan, Yang Peipei, and Li Dongyue who had returned from Yanjing, in addition to taking care of Yao Luoying and Miao Jiahui, they began to post couplets and sweep the house.

"Sister-in-law, it's moving!"

Li Dongyue, who was accompanying Miao Jiahui and Yao Luoying, couldn't help but scream when she saw Miao Jiahui's beating belly.

Li Dongling, who was pasting couplets with Li Dongshan, saw this scene and asked Li Dongshan, "When is the due date?"

"The doctor said it will be in the next few days!"

Li Dongshan rubbed his hands together and said with excitement, nervousness and worry. This was the first time for Li Dongshan, so he couldn't help but feel a little worried.

The baby in Miao Jiahui's belly, as long as it is born, will be the eldest grandson or granddaughter of the next generation of the Li family, and will be born with a silver spoon in her mouth.

"Pingyang Hospital has already made preparations, there is no need to worry too much!"

Li Dongling said to Li Dongshan that Pingyang Hospital had sent a medical team to follow Yao Luoying, and Miao Jiahui was naturally also being taken care of. The previous examinations had all been normal, so there was no need to worry too much.

"How is the Oriental Times Shopping Mall this year?" Li Dongling threw a cigarette to Li Dongshan and asked him.

As for the Oriental Times Shopping Mall, Li Dongling did not intervene much except at the opening, and basically left it to Li Dongshan to manage it, or to practice his skills.

For Li Dongling, even if the Oriental Times Shopping Mall project suffers a loss, it is not a serious loss. It is more important for Li Dongling to use this project to familiarize himself with the shopping mall industry and gain industry experience.

If they suffer a loss now, even if the Pingyang Oriental Times Shopping Mall fails and collapses, Li Dongling can make it stand up again!
But in the future, Oriental Times Shopping Mall will have to compete with rivals such as Walmart, Carrefour, Yaohan, and AEON. If it suffers a loss then, it will be a big setback.

"The domestic shopping mall industry has been somewhat sluggish this year, and the Oriental Times Shopping Mall has been somewhat affected, but overall it is doing well!"

Li Dongshan said that the Asian financial crisis also had an impact on the retail industry, especially after various banks began to recall the loans they had lent out, and many shopping malls in the country went bankrupt.

However, Oriental Times Shopping Mall avoided the crisis because it made early preparations and did not borrow huge short-term debts.

“Among domestic shopping malls this year, Oriental Times Shopping Mall is one of the top three shopping malls with the highest revenue!

Oriental Times Mall is also the largest seller of televisions, refrigerators, washing machines and other electrical appliances in Hanxi this year, the largest seller of electronic products, and the largest sales channel for jewelry!"

Li Dongshan said that now the Oriental Times Shopping Mall is the largest and most famous shopping mall in Hanxi, without a doubt. Even those foreign shopping mall giants cannot compare to the local snake, the Oriental Times Shopping Mall!
The reputation of Oriental Times Shopping Mall has already been established. Now in Pingyang and other places in Hanxi Province, people who want to buy home appliances, furniture, gold jewelry and other large and valuable items will go to Oriental Times Shopping Mall to choose first. Even if they don’t buy, they can still compare prices.

Everything sold in the Oriental Times Mall is guaranteed to be authentic, and they also provide after-sales service. You don't have to worry about buying fakes, as there is protection if there are any problems.

To be honest, these can only be regarded as the most basic guarantees, but based on these, countless people in Hanxi and even the surrounding areas of Hanxi still choose Oriental Times Shopping Mall as their first choice when buying valuable items. There is no way around it, they are afraid of being cheated!

Similarly, countless people go to the Oriental Times Shopping Mall to buy televisions, computers, washing machines, refrigerators, etc., because there are too many counterfeit goods in recent years.

The Oriental Times Mall has made a promise that if you buy fakes or the products themselves have quality problems, as long as they are within the warranty period, the Oriental Times Mall will repair or even return the products. The Oriental Times Mall will negotiate with the brand, and users don’t need to smash the refrigerator to complain...

This has led to explosive sales of large and valuable items at the Oriental Times Shopping Mall since its opening. Take televisions for example, the sales of one store at the Oriental Times Shopping Mall is higher than the sales of some brands’ stores in several cities combined!

This makes the Oriental Times Mall quite powerful when facing those electrical appliance manufacturers. Although it is not as overbearing as Gome towards electrical appliance brands, it still has a say. If an electrical appliance brand fails to deal with problems, the Oriental Times Mall can really remove its products from the shelves and start supporting its competitors!
It’s hard to say about other places, but in Pingyang and Hanxi, the rules set by the Oriental Times Shopping Mall are still effective!

"According to your request, Dong Ling, this year the Oriental Times Mall has supported suppliers and provided development funds for brands such as Shangci!"

Li Dongshan said that all major domestic shopping malls are tightening their belts this year and are delaying payment for suppliers as much as possible.

However, the Oriental Times Shopping Mall did the opposite. Not only did it not block the settlement payments from suppliers, but like Dongling Hi-Tech, it supported its suppliers, especially brands such as Shangci that were supported by the Oriental Times. It also invested funds in these brands to allow them to expand.

After this round of counter-cyclical operations, it seems that there is no change in the Oriental Times Shopping Mall, but the strength of its suppliers has increased significantly.

"We must continue to support the suppliers of Oriental Times Mall. These suppliers and the brands we support will be the most important bargaining chips in the hands of Oriental Times Mall in the future!"

Li Dongling said to Li Dongshan that if the Oriental Times Shopping Mall wanted to challenge giants like Walmart in the future, it must have its own supply chain manufacturers and make these suppliers stand completely on the side of the Oriental Times Shopping Mall.

Otherwise, if the supplier is not supported by Oriental Times Mall, it will be easy for Walmart to ask it to choose one of the two. And which supplier can refuse Walmart's global market?

Only by establishing its own supplier system and cultivating more brands like Shangci, will the Oriental Times Shopping Mall be qualified to compete with Walmart!
If in the future, the Oriental Times Shopping Mall has the qualifications to challenge Walmart, I believe it will still dare to play any tricks, such as asking domestic suppliers to reduce prices for goods, or asking domestic manufacturers to bear the huge tariffs of America.

At that time, Walmart dared to do this, and all the suppliers ran to the Oriental Times Shopping Mall!
Of course, Walmart can make the Walmart family one of the richest people in America. If one day, the Oriental Times Shopping Mall is qualified to compete with Walmart, how high will the net worth of Li Dongshan and the Hanxi Li family reach?
“When the Pingyang Oriental Times Mall stabilizes, we can start trying to promote the Oriental Times Mall to other places, first entering big cities such as Yanjing, Shanghai, Yangcheng, and Gangcheng, and then entering other markets and even overseas markets!”

Li Dongling said that it is not wrong for the Oriental Times shopping mall to focus on stability, but it cannot just stay in Pingyang and not move, thus giving up the market in vain.

Hearing this, Li Dongshan took a deep breath and nodded. In fact, the Oriental Times Shopping Mall had long intended to expand, but was suppressed by the kind-hearted Li, who forced the Oriental Times Shopping Mall to build its own supplier system.

Many places, including the provincial capital of Hanxi, have already contacted the Oriental Times Shopping Mall and wanted to attract it.

Because an Oriental Times Shopping Mall, in addition to the shopping mall, also has the Oriental Times Hotel, plaza, storage center, etc., it can provide thousands of jobs for the local area and provide a large amount of tax revenue every year.

Just like the Wanda Plaza that was in full swing in the past, once it enters a place, it will become a credit to the local area. The profits brought by the Oriental Times Shopping Mall are even greater than those of Wanda. How could it not be popular?

The Li family’s New Year’s Eve dinner took the old lady a whole day to prepare. Of course, it was quite sumptuous. If you insist that the taste is not as good as that of a chef, that would be nitpicking. But for Li Dongling, this meal is the taste of the New Year!
The Spring Festival Gala was playing on TV while the Li family was eating their New Year's Eve dinner. They were not eating very fast. After all, the New Year's Eve dinner was not just for filling their stomachs. This was probably the only time in the year when the Li family had time to get together.

Wang Xiulan, who was accompanied by Yao Luoying and Miao Jiahui, looked at Yao Luoying on her left and right, then looked at Li Dongyue and Pepe running around the room. The smile on the face of the little old lady Wang Xiulan never disappeared.

For people of Wang Xiulan's age, who are influenced by traditional culture and customs, this moment is a time of family happiness with children and grandchildren around. To be honest, they have been busy all their lives just for this moment.

Li Dongling and Li Dongshan accompanied the old man Li Zhenlin to drink a few glasses of wine.

When New Year's Eve was approaching, Li Dongshan took his two daughters, Li Dongyue and Yang Peipei, outside to set off fireworks. At this time of year every year, Li Dongling's mobile phone and text messages never stopped.

Since Focus Media launched blessing text messages, this thing has become popular in China. During the Chinese New Year, you can receive dozens of text messages, and as many as hundreds or even thousands...

Advertising text messages are still the basic plate of Focus Media. Not only advertising text messages, but also blessing text messages for festivals and holidays, weather forecast subscription text messages, novels, jokes, magazine text messages, etc. The text message revenue can bring stable income to Focus Media every year.

Of course, there are also many cases where Focus Media has been criticized. Spam text messages have also begun to appear in China, and Focus Media is considered the initiator. After all, it is the first to try it out, so it has to stand at attention when it is criticized...

Li Dongling had no choice but to return to his study and began to answer several phone calls, including those from his father-in-law Yao Zhengru, the head of Pingyang Municipal Government Liu Weiguang, Hanxi Provincial Government, Yanjing and others.

The fireworks rose into the sky, emitting brilliant light, illuminating the study a little. Li Dongling looked at the fireworks outside. The new year had finally arrived.

(End of this chapter)