98: Chapter 98 Just you?

Hearing Liu Qiang's answer, Lao Ma was somewhat shocked.

"Aren't you going to ask the board?"

He paused, his voice carrying a hint of warning.

"If I leave, and the JD.com board finds out you voluntarily gave up this opportunity, that group of people won't let you off."

"Don't harbor any more fantasies. Your logistics lines and warehousing—only I, only Taobao, can handle them."

Liu Qiang leaned back in his chair.

Thinking of the faces of those board members, the corners of his mouth instead lifted slightly.

"Even if those people from the board were here."

"They would make the same choice as I did."

Lao Ma was stunned for a moment, somewhat disbelieving.

"Why?"

As Liu Qiang stood up, he spoke.

"That's because."

"My logistics lines and warehousing have already been sold."

He looked at Lao Ma, his tone carrying a light chuckle.

"Since the assets are already gone, how could I sell them to you?"

Hearing this, Lao Ma was stunned at first.

Then he shook his head.

"Impossible."

"It's impossible for anyone in the country to handle these assets, and even if they could, without enough e-commerce operations, it would just be burning money in their hands."

"No other enterprise can digest such a massive logistics system."

Liu Qiang didn't speak.

He just smiled and looked at Lao Ma.

As Lao Ma looked at that smile, a bad premonition suddenly welled up in his heart. He took a deep breath, suppressing the unease within.

Liu Qiang likely wasn't lying; JD.com's logistics and warehousing had already been sold.

"Who is it?"

"Who did you sell these logistics lines and warehousing to?"

Liu Qiang didn't answer directly.

He turned around and walked toward the reception room on the other side of the office.

If not for an urgent work call he had to handle just now, he would still have been in the reception room himself.

Now that the call was finished, it was time to invite the guests inside out.

He walked to the frosted glass door and reached out to grasp the doorknob.

"Just an hour ago."

"I already sold JD.com's excess logistics lines and warehousing to the Inspur Group."

As his voice fell.

He slowly pulled open the opaque glass door.

The light from inside shone through.

Lao Ma saw the scene inside the reception room.

Several of JD.com's vice presidents and board members were sitting around on the sofa, chatting quite warmly with a young man, their faces filled with undisguised smiles.

On the coffee table in front of them lay a fully signed sale document.

A pen was clipped to the black folder, its cap not yet put back on.

It was clear that the contract had just been signed.

And that young man, currently sitting in the very center of the sofa, was wearing a sharply tailored deep blue custom suit, with a black shirt and no tie, the collar casually left open.

He leaned against the armrest of the sofa, his body relaxed yet exuding an air of composure, one hand holding a champagne glass, the other resting casually on his knee.

He looked high-spirited.

At this moment.

The other party also saw Lao Ma outside the door.

He raised the champagne glass in his hand, and through the transparent glass wall, gently tapped it in Lao Ma's direction.

And at the same time, Lao Ma also spoke the other person's name.

"Qin Mo."

Beside him, Feng Haicang's expression also changed.

They never expected to run into this person here.

And Qin Mo had already stood up from the sofa.

JD.com's vice presidents and board members also stood up. Although they didn't know what had happened, seeing Lao Ma standing at the door, they certainly couldn't pretend not to know him, so they one after another stepped forward.

"Mr. Ma, long time no see."

"Didn't expect Mr. Ma to come to JD.com today."

Lao Ma's gaze never fell on these people from start to finish.

He only looked at Qin Mo.

Looking at this young man who had stood up from the sofa and was walking toward him with a champagne glass.

"Nice to meet you."

Qin Mo stood still in front of Lao Ma, the corners of his mouth lifting slightly.

"Trust you've been well."

"Mr. Ma."

Over the past year or so, the other party had been the most watched rising star in Great Xia's internet industry.

Originally, Lao Ma hadn't paid much attention to Qin Mo.

If not for Little Ma suffering a huge loss on Douyin, he wouldn't even have looked twice; after all, such internet rising stars appeared almost every so often.

But there were few who could truly reach the top tier of the Great Xia internet industry.

But Lao Ma never, ever expected.

That the other party would actually appear before his eyes.

And at this time, in this place.

Lao Ma was silent for a moment, then slowly spoke.

"I seem to recall that I have no dealings or grudges with you."

Before Qin Mo could speak, Zhao Lei, who was beside him, stepped forward half a step.

His tone was neither humble nor arrogant.

"Mr. Ma truly has a short memory."

"Didn't Alipay leak our league of legends payment records before?"

Lao Ma's eyes flickered slightly.

He had indeed done that, but it was just a casual act.

Back when Little Ma found him, he had handed over the two sets of data; at that time, he had no idea that league of legends was Qin Mo's doing.

"Just because of this small matter?"

Lao Ma stared into Qin Mo's eyes.

Qin Mo shook his head.

"I have long paid attention to JD.com's logistics lines and warehousing, and I have always intended to acquire them."

Lao Ma was silent for quite a while.

Then he spoke.

"You should know that Taobao has always been paying attention to JD.com's logistics system; this news is not a secret."

Even if other e-commerce platforms wanted these assets, given Taobao's scale, they wouldn't dare to take any action. This was also why Lao Ma was so confident.

After all, Taobao had long released the news that it intended to acquire JD.com's logistics lines and warehouses.

But hearing Lao Ma's words, Qin Mo just nodded.

"That's correct, but I am also determined to get these logistics lines and warehousing."

Lao Ma paused.

"It's Douyin E-commerce; you want to fully develop Douyin Mall?"

Qin Mo held the champagne glass and did not answer this question.

Lao Ma was silent again.

He glanced at the signed document on the coffee table, then looked at the JD.com board members and vice presidents beside him, and finally moved his gaze back to Qin Mo.

"No matter how much money you spent."

"I am willing to add fifty percent more to acquire it from you."

Once these words were spoken, the eyes of the other JD.com executives around them instantly showed a lot of surprise.

They also hadn't expected.

That just upon their first meeting, Lao Ma would actually lower his stance.

And if Qin Mo just nodded now, he could easily earn a price difference of nearly a billion.

Lao Ma was also forced by necessity; after all, Taobao had already signed a cross-border logistics contract and really needed this route and warehousing.

Even.

It was precisely because he knew he could buy this route and warehousing that he had signed the cross-border logistics contract, preparing to make a big profit. But he never expected that someone would be able to intervene.

But hearing Lao Ma's proposal, Qin Mo swirled the champagne glass in his hand.

"I did not acquire these assets for resale; I'm afraid I will have to disappoint you, Mr. Ma."

Seeing Qin Mo's attitude was so firm, Lao Ma had no intention of continuing to pretend. He straightened his body and sneered.

"Just you?"

"Overestimating yourself."

"Do you really think a Douyin Mall can succeed?"

"With such a huge amount of logistics lines and warehousing, be careful not to break your teeth."

"These things, only Taobao can handle them in the country. I'll wait and see how you die!"

Lao Ma no longer wasted time and immediately turned and left with Feng Haicang.

"Let's go."

When he reached the door, he stopped again.

He turned his head and glanced at Qin Mo, who was still standing in place.

"Qin Mo."

"Inspur Group."

Lao Ma paused, his voice lowering a few degrees.

"I'll remember you."