Produced by Radar Finance and EconomicsMeng Shuai, edDeep sea
I think Yu Minhong, Dong Yuhui and this CEO, three 'stupid', are very stupid to make some decisions", at a public event a few days ago, Lan Shili, the former richest man in Hubei, commented on the recent Dongfang selection, which was involved in the turmoil, aroused many netizens.
In this regard, Lan Shili further analyzed during a dialogue with Radar Finance on December 19 that in the incident, all three people were losers, and Dong Yuhui only won on the surface. Dong Yuhui, who said on the Internet, won the Oriental Selection 0Can 5% of ** be cashed out?It's hard to say how long it will take to cash out. "It doesn't make much sense to serve as the vice president of New Oriental Cultural Tourism, a second-tier company, and what is even funnier is to serve as Yu Minhong's cultural assistant, which is too vain. ”
Previously, Dong Yuhui revealed in the live broadcast that his next live broadcast will be on December 21, and he will take a vacation for about a month after that. In addition, Yu Minhong also said that he would set up an independent studio for Dong Yuhui to promote culture and cultural tourism, and Dong Yuhui would open a new account in the future.
In this regard, Lan Shili's interpretation is that Yu Minhong gave Dong Yuhui a separate live broadcast room, which gradually made him fade out of the live broadcast of Dongfang Selection, thus gradually marginalizing Dong Yuhui. "It is impossible for Dong Yuhui to stay in the East for too long, and if it lasts for a long time, he will basically abolish himself. In his mood, I think he should not be able to stay in the East. ”
On December 18, Oriental Selection rose 219%。On December 19, the company once plummeted by nearly 8 points, but ** only fell slightly by 063%。In this regard, Lan Shili told Radar Finance on December 19 that the slight decline is only a symptom, and the core personnel selected by Dongfang are not stable, and the capital market is suspicious of the company, and the stock price will still fall.
Radar Finance noticed that on December 20, the share price of Oriental Selection fell by 849%。
Lan Shili frequently speaks out about the Dongfang Selection incident, and there is a view from the outside world that Lan Shili is rubbing the popularity of Dongfang Selection and Dong Yuhui. In this regard, Lan Shili said that he just felt it, and asked rhetorically: "Do you think I need to rub the heat?"”
Lan Shili's life is actually quite tortuous. In the eyes of many, Lan Shili is regarded as a legendary figure among Chinese entrepreneurs, and at the same time one of the most controversial entrepreneurs. Lan Shili, who graduated from Wuhan University, once gave up his "iron rice bowl" job and resolutely devoted himself to the tide of entrepreneurship.
With the efforts of Lan Shili, its business territory once covered many fields such as catering, tourism, and aviation. At his peak, Lan Shili also sat on the throne of the richest man in Hubei. However, Lan Shili has also personally tasted bankruptcy and imprisonment. After being found not guilty in 2021, although he needs to start over, Lan Shili, who has reached the age of sixties, is still full of fighting spirit.
Radar Finance noticed that since the acquittal was announced in December 2021, Lan Shili quickly planned his new entrepreneurial project after being released from prison. In the two years since he was released from prison, Lan Shili has sent Wuhan Xiu Life and Wuhan No. 2 Factory Soda to the capital market one after another. And Lan Shili's third entrepreneurial project, Dongxing Life, which brings together more than a dozen business formats, is also in full swing.
Lan Shili believes that Dong Yuhui's cash is risky, and the three positions are very empty
At an annual meeting held on December 17, Lan Shili, the former richest man in Hubei and president of China Dongxing Group, had a full sense of existence. The reason why Lan Shili can arouse widespread heated discussions in the outside world is related to his evaluation of the recent turmoil in Dongfang Selection at the event.
In Lan Shili's view, Dongfang Selection has come to this point because Yu Minhong, Sun Dongxu, and Dong Yuhui did not treat this incident correctly, nor did they realize their relationship with Dongfang Selection. In Lan Shili's words, "Professional managers lack professional ethics, professionals lack professionalism, and entrepreneurs cannot put themselves in the right position." ”
Lan Shili emphasized that Dong Yuhui, as an anchor, forgot his basic professional ethics, that is, he should put maintaining the company's image first. Lan Shili further pointed out that Dong Yuhui should not stop broadcasting, should not be emotional, let alone go home, and should not rewrite his signature. "Every step you take is wrong, if Dongfang Selection puts a company with a market value of tens of billions on such a person, this thing is terrible, and shareholders will be scared to death in this way. ”
As for the behavior of Sun Dongxu, the former CEO of Dongfang Selection, who dropped his mobile phone during the live broadcast, Lan Shili believes that this move reflects his psychological imbalance, and such behavior is actually very irresponsible. "As the CEO of a public company, every move you make affects the company's image and affects the company's stock price, which must be a huge mistake. ”
Lan Shili also commented on Yu Minhong's approach, Lan Shili believes that Yu Minhong, as the boss, should find a way to solve problems when they occur, instead of blindly apologizing or pandering to netizens. "I think it's a big deal that netizens are unhappy, and I apologize first. The CEO also came out to apologize, which is not possible. ”
Lan Shili pointed out that if Yu Minhong is optimistic about Dong Yuhui, he should cultivate countless "Dong Yuhui", "When he is like a god, what should he do if he is not happy one day?"Besides, what should you do if Dong Yuhui is gone?Isn't it the company that doesn't want it?”
However, Dong Yuhui still chooses to stay in Dongfang Selection. According to the latest news released by Yu Minhong and his affiliates, Dong Yuhui has now become a senior partner of Oriental Selection, and Yu Minhong also appointed Dong Yuhui as the cultural assistant to the chairman of the board of directors of New Oriental Education and Technology Group, and also the vice president of New Oriental Cultural Tourism Group.
In the live broadcast of Oriental Selection on the evening of December 18, Yu Minhong also revealed that he would set up an independent studio for Dong Yuhui. Yu Minhong said that this is an independent platform, independent IP, and the income is included in Dongfang Selection to ensure the interests of Dongfang Selection shareholders, "If Yuhui leaves Dongfang Selection, the ownership of the account will belong to him." ”
But Lan Shili made a bold **, Dong Yuhui couldn't work long in Dongfang Selection, and sooner or later he would sweep the floor out, "Even if he wants to do it, from the top to the middle to the bottom of Dongfang Selection, they all regard him as an enemy." ”
For the selection of the East, "Is this matter completely over?".Will there be any variables in the future?Luo Yonghao, the façade anchor who made a friend, also posted a long post on Weibo on the evening of December 18, saying that of course it is not over, Dongfang Selection will continue to promote "Dong Yuhui".
Luo Yonghao pointed out that if you just rely on Dong Yuhui to make money alone, no matter how much money is allocated to him, Dongfang Selection is still just a MCN in the capital market, and only by completing the "de-Dong Yuhui" can you tell the story of an e-commerce company or a brand product company, and the valuation of these two types of companies is worlds apart, so there will be variables later.
After Lan Shili's views spread on the Internet, many netizens participated in the discussion. Some netizens and investors believe that Lan Shili's evaluation is in place, and he sees the problem to the point. In this turmoil, the stock price of Dongfang Selection was affected by Dong Yuhui's departure and the statements of all parties, and it underwent extremely unstable changes within a few days. Such an "emotional" stock price change inevitably makes the outside world worry about the potential risks of investing in Oriental Selection.
However, some netizens pointed out that Lan Shili's thinking is a bit outdated and needs to keep pace with the times. He doesn't understand the current traffic economy and the logic of live streaming, and he is looking at an Internet company more with traditional thinking.
And Yu Minhong also admitted frankly when participating in a forum speech on December 17 that this time the Dongfang selection accident is that the thinking of the management team has not been reversed, and it is to manage these outstanding employees with traditional thinking. Yu Minhong also emphasized, "When relying on employees with great ability to build a business model and develop, the boss is working for the employees. ”
Some netizens also refuted Lan Shili's statement that "countless 'Dong Yuhui' should be cultivated", saying that there are only a handful of phenomenal anchors like Dong Yuhui, and it is almost difficult to replicate. IP is not cultivated, and it is difficult to produce another Dong Yuhui. Some netizens even asked, "Do Li Jiaqi and Wei Ya not want to cultivate countless "Li Jiaqi" and "Wei Ya"?"If Dong Yuhui was so easy to copy, JD would have done it a long time ago. ”
Regarding the various statements of netizens, Lan Shili believes that many netizens do not know Yu Minhong, Yu Minhong is a good man on the surface, but he has a decisive side, and has forced his family and relatives to withdraw from New Oriental.
Regarding Dong Yuhui's promotion to senior partner of Oriental Selection, cultural assistant to the chairman of New Oriental Education and Technology Group, and vice president of New Oriental Cultural Tourism Group, Lan Shili told Radar Finance that Dong Yuhui did not get the position of vice president of Oriental Selection, and the three new positions are very empty. In fact, Dongfang's selection to Dong Yuhui has begun.
Acquitted and restarted, he wanted to build a third listed company
This time, the topic of Oriental selection was widely discussed, and many young netizens in the comment area expressed some unfamiliarity with the name Lan Shili, who was actually a famous entrepreneur who once won the title of the richest man in Hubei.
But Lan Shili has also experienced bankruptcy and imprisonment, and was even put on a red notice list by Interpol for a time. And years of ups and downs have also made Lan Shili lose the scenery of the richest man in Hubei in the past, "Some friends who used to say that they would support me didn't see me anymore, and my relatives who have lived for more than 20 years don't believe in me anymore, but I believe that these are tribulations, and I will get better after going through these."
It was not until he was declared innocent in December 2021 that Lan Shili gradually picked up his enthusiasm for starting a new business after being released from prison, "I want to release the breath I held before, and I want to release it through entrepreneurship and realize value." Although he had to start all over again, Lan Shili, who had experienced a low point in his life, still maintained his fighting spirit, "I feel that my mental state is better now than I have ever been." Lan Shili has even mentioned many times that it is not his goal to make a comeback, and his goal is to surpass the past.
In June last year, Lan Shili shouted domineeringly on Weibo that he would invest 10,000 unmanned convenience stores in Wuhan, and it was Wuhan Xiu Life that helped Lan Shili realize this ambition. Three months after Lan Shili set the aforementioned flag, Tiancai Holdings, a Hong Kong-listed company, announced that it would take 1HK$9.4 billion **, acquired 51% of the equity of Wuhan Xiu Life. With the official launch of this transaction in November this year, Wuhan Xiu Life also successfully landed in the Hong Kong stock capital market.
In addition to unmanned convenience stores, Lan Shili is also eyeing the soda business. In October this year, Wuhan No.2 Factory Soda announced that the company landed in the Hong Kong capital market through mergers and acquisitions, and the acquirer was Raffles Interior, a Hong Kong-listed company. After the completion of the transaction, the other party will hold a 51% stake in Wuhan No. 2 Factory. Through the form of curve listing, Wuhan No. 2 Factory Soda successfully won the title of "China's No. 1 Soda Stock".
It is worth mentioning that Lan Shili's name was not found in the list of legal representatives, shareholders and management of the above-mentioned two project-related enterprises. Regarding the question of whether he is the actual controller of the company, Lan Shili responded that he will use an offshore company to control and set up a firewall with individuals, and individuals and companies will not affect each other. Lan Shili also said that his absence from the company is also conducive to the smooth progress of the three major businesses.
However, just two years after being released from prison, Lan Shili started his next entrepreneurial project - Zhaijiahuan convenience store non-stop after successively sending Wuhan Xiu Life and No. 2 Factory Soda to the capital market. It is reported that this new project, called "Home Joy Convenience Store", is an aggregation super convenience store, which is characterized by bringing together more than a dozen types of business in daily life to provide users with diversified services.
Referring to the project, Lan said, "I figured it out when I was bored in the detention center. Now we have opened two stores in Shenzhen, and we plan to open 100 stores in Shenzhen this year. If it goes well, more than 500 stores can be opened in Wuhan and Shenzhen within a year. ”
Tianyancha shows that the original name of "Shenzhen Xiuwen Bookstore" was established in December 2021 with a registered capital of 10 million yuan, and the company has now changed its name to Dongxing Life Convenience Store (Shenzhen)**
Lan Shili revealed to Radar Finance that the app of Dongxing Life has been officially launched in the app store. Radar Finance found that this application, called "Dongxing Life", has built-in coffee and milk tea, fresh food, drinks and beverages, non-staple food, taxis, travel, movie tickets, real estate housekeeping, daily necessities and other sectors.
Lan Shili said frankly that in the past, he liked to do big business, such as tourism, real estate, and aviation, but now he thinks that small business is a big thing, and he believes that this transition ring will change many industries. According to Lan Shili's vision, this new project is expected to become the third listed company after his release from prison.
However, from the perspective of market capitalization, Lan Shili still has a lot of room for improvement in the two listed companies that he is proud of. As of December 19th, the value of Tiancai Control was 9HK$4.8 billion, while the total market capitalization of Rafflesinterior, another Hong Kong-listed company, is only 3400 million Hong Kong dollars, the combined market value of the two companies is less than 1.3 billion Hong Kong dollars.
In addition, Wuhan Show Life, which has been listed on the curve, also has certain performance pressure. When Tiancai Holdings acquired Wuhan Show Life, Wuhan Show Life promised that the company's after-tax net profit in 2023 and 2024 would not be less than 70 million yuan and 100 million yuan. However, for the whole year of 2022 and the first half of 2023, Tiancai Holdings' unmanned vending business achieved revenue of 2410,000 yuan, 40770,000 yuan, there is a big gap with the net profit promised in the agreement.
Lan Shili's tortuous life: born in a prestigious school, ups and downs in the business world
At the end of November, the 130th anniversary celebration of Wuhan University has just come to an end. At this grand event, Chen Dongsheng, Chairman of Taikang Insurance Group, Lei Jun, Chairman of Xiaomi Technology Co., Ltd., and other outstanding entrepreneurs and alumni who graduated from Wuhan University attended one after another.
Among them, Lei Jun has received many praises from the outside world with a cash donation of 1.3 billion yuan. It is reported that this donation is the largest single donation since the establishment of Wuhan University, and it is also the largest personal cash donation from alumni received by universities in China.
Radar Finance learned that Lan Shili, who once sat on the throne of the richest man in Hubei, also had his alma mater Wuhan University. Encyclopedia information shows that in addition to the vice president of the Hubei Entrepreneurs Association and the vice president of the Hubei Entrepreneurs Association, Lan Shili also has the titles of director of Wuhan University and deputy secretary general of the Wuhan University Alumni Association. However, when the alma mater celebrated its 130th birthday, Lan Shili was not seen at the event.
Lan Shili once said on Weibo that he was influenced by Mr. Shao's donation of Wuda Yifu Building, and he was determined to donate another building to start a business. According to public reports, on the morning of November 4, 2003, Lan Shili, then president of Dongxing Group, donated 1 million yuan to Wuhan University to celebrate the 110th anniversary of his alma mater, Wuhan University, and provided large buses needed for the celebration free of charge.
In March 2011, Lan Shili, who was serving a prison sentence, also wrote in his suicide note, "Without Wuhan University, there would be no me today." Lan Shili even said that his inheritance will be divided into three parts, one of which will be left to his family, one will be shared by all the employees of Dongxing, and the other will be donated to the Wuhan University Alumni Association. Lan Shili hopes to set up a ** to encourage martial arts students with excellent grades.
In September 2017, Lan Shili posted on Weibo to express his gratitude to his mentor, Professor Yan Pengfei. In this long article, Lan Shili also mentioned, "After leaving the school, he was busy making a living, and he had less contact with Mr. Yan, until he made a small achievement, and on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the founding of Wuhan University, he became a school director, vice president of the alumni association, and one of the alumni of Wuhan University who donated the most." The proudest alumni of the school returned to the school, and when he met the mentor under the support of the school and the leaders of the school, he was as happy as seeing our children succeed!”
Looking back on the past, the city of Wuhan actually has an extraordinary emotion for Lan Shili. In February 1960, Lan Shili was born in Wuhan, Hubei, and then Lan Shili grew up in Wuhan. When it came time to go to university, Lan Shili still chose Wuhan University, a prestigious school located in Wuhan.
However, there are ** reports that Lan Shili's family conditions have not been very good since he was a child. When he went to Wuhan University to register, Lan Shili only had 7 yuan in his body, and there was almost nothing left for living expenses after deducting tuition fees.
Although the conditions are difficult, Lan Shili has set his ambition since he was a child, determined to change his life through his own efforts. In order to make money, Lan Shili was not afraid of the eyes of the outside world, picking up other people's discarded toothpaste skins and selling them to the ** station.
When sharing his vision of Lan Shili to the outside world, Wu Kegang, chairman of Hong Kong Tongheng Group, once said, "When he was studying at Wuhan University, he went to the bathroom of the women's dormitory to pick up toothpaste and sell it for money and work-study. Mr. Lan is really self-made, without any background, in private enterprises, there is such an indomitable, heaven and earth, dare to think and dare to do, it is Mr. Lan of Dongxing. ”
In 1990, Lan Shili graduated from Wuhan University. After graduating from Wuhan University, Lan Shili was assigned to work in the ** agency. However, the job, which is regarded as an "iron rice bowl" by the outside world, cannot satisfy Lan Shili's ambitions. After a strong struggle in his heart, Lan Shili decided to go to the sea to start a business and began his journey of upgrading and fighting monsters in the business world.
In 1991, Lan Shili founded Dongxing Electronics in Wuhan and earned the first pot of goldThe following year, Lan Shili opened the "East Palace" restaurant in Wuhan to enter the catering industry, and in the same year, he set foot in the real estate industry. In 1993, Lan Shili established Dongxing Tourism Company, once again expanding its business territory to the tourism industry. In 2003, Lan Shili acquired Hankou International Travel Service and obtained the right to leave the country. Launched mergers and acquisitions of travel agencies in Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen.
In 2005, after obtaining the approval of the Civil Aviation Administration of China, Lan Shili prepared to establish Dongxing Airlines*** It was also in this year that Lan Shili successfully topped the Forbes Hubei Rich List. In the same year, Lan Shili ranked 70th on the Forbes list of China's richest people, becoming the first billionaire in Hubei to enter the top 100 of the list.
However, Lan Shili subsequently encountered a low point in his life. The previous radical expansion planted bitter fruits for Lan Shili. Bankruptcy, several prisons, and being wanted by Interpol Red Notice, etc., hit Lan Shili one after another.
After being acquitted in 2021, Lan Shili also came to the Yellow Crane Tower to take photos and record his special moments. At that time, Lan Shili excitedly said in the circle of friends, "The yellow crane is gone, and there is still Lan Shili here!."Wuhan, I'm back. ”
In addition to the Yellow Crane Tower and other famous local buildings in Wuhan, Lan Shili also returned to his alma mater, Wuhan University, to shoot ** and shouted, "Wuhan University!".I'm back!In March last year, Lan Shili returned to Wuhan University again, and the beautiful and friendly cherry blossoms blooming on the cherry blossom avenue on the campus evoked Lan Shili's fond memories of his alma mater.
What kind of life will Lan Shili perform in the future?Radar Finance will continue to pay attention.