Chapter 2310: The Man Liu Qiangdong

Of course, even as he said this, Zhao Fusheng actually knew.

Brother Dong was still quite capable.

A man who could start from scratch, ahem, relying on his ex-girlfriend to get where he is today.

If he were truly as foolish as outsiders guessed, that would be ridiculous.

There's an old saying.

They say that in a certain era of upheaval, even a pig could soar if it stood at the right wind.

But don't forget another saying!

One general's success costs ten thousand lives!

Every successful person steps over the corpses of countless failures.

Whether it's Ma Xiaoyun or Liu Qiangdong.

These people succeeded in their past lives because they had their own extraordinary qualities.

Zhao Fusheng never dared to underestimate them.

Because he knew very well that if he did, in the end, he would be the one to suffer.

He was well aware of this.

"This man Liu Qiangdong."

Zhao Fusheng hesitated, unsure whether to tell Dong Chenxi something, but after thinking it over, he decided against it.

After all, Dong Chenxi wasn't him; she didn't have foreknowledge.

Speaking of which, Dong Chenxi had a fairly good impression of people like Ma Xiaoyun.

After all, from a certain perspective, they were all successful.

They pioneered the Chinese internet commerce landscape and laid countless solid foundations.

To exaggerate a bit, without people like Ma Xiaoyun and Liu Qiangdong, our lives today might not be so colorful.

"What's wrong? If you have something to say, just say it."

Seeing Zhao Fusheng's expression, Dong Chenxi found it a bit strange and asked in confusion.

This guy was always mysterious, often putting on that hesitant look.

If he weren't her boss, Dong Chenxi swore she would teach him a lesson.

"Alright, alright, I'll talk, I'll talk."

Zhao Fusheng nodded helplessly.

With that, he began telling Dong Chenxi about Liu Qiangdong.

Liu Qiangdong was born in Suqian. His parents were long-term sailors, leaving him and his sister at home. He was only five then but had to take care of his sister, who was a year younger.

Every day, like a little adult, he coaxed his sister to sleep, saying, 'Don't be afraid, big brother is here,' but he himself was too scared to sleep. The family was poor, eating rice only once or twice a week and pork once or twice a year.

The saying 'A poor child learns to manage the household early' was perfectly embodied in him.

Even Zhao Fusheng was startled when he first saw the information.

You see, in fifth grade, Liu Qiangdong already knew to collect shrimp from his friends and sell them to shrimp dealers at a markup.

"Really?"

Hearing Zhao Fusheng's account, Dong Chenxi was stunned.

Starting a business in fifth grade?

And as a middleman at that.

Was this guy's brain too smart?

But she knew Zhao Fusheng wouldn't lie to her, so she continued listening.

Liu Qiangdong didn't go to town until fourth grade, where he saw an electric light for the first time in the commune compound of the town government.

According to his own account in an interview, seeing the light bulb so bright, he was shocked. He thought it was incredible, that the technology was too advanced.

That year was 1984.

That year, sixteen-year-old Li Yanhong had already become a prodigy winning awards in national computer competitions; twenty-year-old Ma Xiaoyun had already practiced fluent English by chatting with foreigners at West Lake in Hangzhou and had started his first business.

And that year, Ma Huateng, then in junior high, moved with his family to Shenzhen and soon got his first personal computer.

And that year, Liu Qiangdong was thrilled just by seeing an electric light for the first time.

"Can you imagine? It took him thirty years to sit at the same table as these people!"

Zhao Fusheng said slowly to Dong Chenxi.

"Impressive!"

After a long silence, Dong Chenxi uttered a single word to Zhao Fusheng.

She really had no other words to describe it.

She never expected that this Liu Qiangdong had such a legendary experience.

But regardless, in her view, he was indeed worthy of admiration.

"Right, very impressive."

Zhao Fusheng nodded and smiled: "In my opinion, he's a classic phoenix man."

"Phoenix man?"

Dong Chenxi was taken aback, then said: "You mean his ex-girlfriend? The co-founder of Jingdong Mall."

As an investor, she naturally knew about this.

Jingdong Mall was named after Liu Qiangdong and his ex-girlfriend.

When they first ventured into this area, her family had put in a lot of effort.

To this day, she still holds shares in Jingdong.

Even Zhao Fusheng acknowledged this.

"Right, though they've broken up now, Liu Qiangdong is indeed a phoenix man."

Zhao Fusheng said blandly: "You can't expect someone like him to always stay true to his original self. In other words, he might show great loyalty at times and be extremely cold at others."

"But what does that have to do with our selling off Jingdong shares?"

Dong Chenxi still couldn't understand Zhao Fusheng's approach.

In her view, Jingdong Mall had just listed on NASDAQ, and although the stock price growth wasn't as high as expected, it was still developing quite well.

Under these circumstances, not increasing holdings was one thing, but Zhao Fusheng actually planned to reduce holdings and cash out.

Wasn't he crazy?

Of course, that was just her joking.

She naturally knew that Zhao Fusheng must have his own considerations.

Perhaps it was because he intended to go all in on cooperating with Ma Xiaoyun?

Thinking this, Dong Chenxi vaguely felt she had understood Zhao Fusheng's plan.

What women love most is to fill in the blanks.

This might be due to gender.

After all, compared to women, men are less emotional.

Many times, women are very emotional, even strong women like Dong Chenxi.

When they consider problems, they approach them from certain special angles. At such times, emotion overcomes reason and becomes the basis for their conclusions.

Even knowing the conclusion might not be correct, they still prefer to fill in the blanks that way.

"What are you thinking about now?"

Seeing Dong Chenxi's expression, Zhao Fusheng knew she was guessing wildly again.

Dong Chenxi laughed heartily: "You, I'm just thinking, can't I?"

Zhao Fusheng shook his head helplessly: "The thing is, why is there always such a gap between what you think and what I think?"

"Well, maybe because I'm smarter than you."

Dong Chenxi said smugly.

Zhao Fusheng smiled wryly and looked at Dong Chenxi speechlessly.

He really wanted to crack open this woman's head and see if it was full of mush!

Who gave her the courage to think that way?

Fish Leong?