Reinventing the Millennium.

Chapter 596 Dongzi Goes Online (Two in One)

Fang Zhuo's study journey was not over, but after seeing Lao Jia, his interest somewhat faded.

So, facing the next Tudou Wang Wei...

He succinctly asked questions in terms of model, profitability, team, and funds.

Wang Wei, who was previously the CEO of Bertelsmann Huaxia, hadn't recovered from seeing Mr. Fang in IDG's office, and was sweating profusely from the question.

Finally, Fang Zhuo asked a question: "What Tudou wants to do is for users to produce and share content. Can I directly understand that Tudou is a video version of Sina Blog."

Sina Blog is a typical user-generated content, also known as UGC, but it is a text version.

He continued to ask: "If Sina wants to make a Sina podcast, how will Tudou face this fierce competitor?"

Wang Wei was stunned.

When it comes to users, Sina is definitely in the top ranks in China.

In terms of content, the word Blog led by Sina Blog is the most popular word nowadays.

When it comes to production, Sina must be very sophisticated in terms of user experience on the blog.

How can Tudou compete with such a hypothetical opponent?
take money?
Not to mention Sina's own funds, look at Mr. Fang sitting in the IDG office and Mr. Xiong as brothers, can you be short of money?
Wang Wei's heart was full of worries, only felt that Mr. Fang's use of words was really good, what a menacing attack...

He didn't answer a word.

This question is neither in the expected range, but also really makes people feel cool.

Fang Zhuo felt that Wang Wei could not fail to respond, so he waited a little longer.

There was an unspeakable silence in the office for a while.

Fang Zhuo had no choice but to end the question by himself: "The model of Tudou.com is really interesting, and I look forward to your achievements."

Wang Wei had no choice but to shake hands with Mr. Fang, somewhat regretting that he didn't say anything.

Xiong Xiaoge in the office watched Boss Fang kill Boss Wang to the point of losing ground, wondering why this man's murderous intent became so serious again.

He turned the mood back and asked some easy-to-answer questions.

Xiong Xiaoge actually thinks that Tudou, as Wang Wei envisioned, has no examples in the world, and some situations of insufficient preparation are understandable and tolerant.

Wang Wei's mood gradually calmed down. After all, he has been in charge of many different work contents. Although the entrepreneurial field this time is unfamiliar and innovative, he still has something to say.

According to the plan, lunch was still eating and chatting with Wang Wei.

It's just that this one is always a little restless.

After lunch, both Xiong Xiaoge and Fang Zhuo knew the reason for Wang Wei's question before leaving.

He mustered up the courage to ask, "Mr. Fang, will Sina make podcasts?"

Fang Zhuo didn't expect this person to still be concerned about this question, and replied seriously: "I haven't received any news from Sina's management in this regard, and I don't have any thoughts about it for the time being. In the foreseeable time, maybe Only out of investment needs."

Wang Wei didn't hide his sigh of relief, the other party thanked Mr. Xiong and bid farewell to Mr. Xiong.

Xiong Xiaoge accused: "Look at you, you scare people enough."

"Now I can understand some of Mr. Wang's feelings." Fang Zhuo interjected thoughtfully, "He excitedly came to find investment with the idea of ​​video UGC, and suddenly bumped into me in the office, maybe he thought Sina had already I have plans."

Xiong Xiaoge asked very interestedly: "If you were to answer that question, how would you answer it?"

"I haven't thought about it." Fang Zhuo shook his head.

Xiong Xiaoge said contemptuously, "Then what answer do you want to hear from Wang Wei?"

"I just wanted to hear it, but...he didn't give an answer." Fang Zhuo laughed dumbfounded.

"Then think about it now." Xiong Xiaoge demanded, "If you are an entrepreneur now and want to start Tudou, how will you face giants entering the market?"

He was excited: "Come on, come on, Mr. Fang, can we still eat?"

Fang Zhuo took out his cigarette and lighter.

Xiong Xiaoge said seriously: "Please give investors a good impression, you are answering a very important question now."

Fang Zhuo ignored him, lit the cigarette, took two puffs, thought for a few seconds, and said, "If I were Wang Wei, and I heard the question just now, I would have to ask back the first sentence, is the Sina blog profitable?"

Xiong Xiaoge mocked Mr. Fang's answer: "No."

"Sina doesn't even make a profit on the blog that it has spent a lot of effort on. How much energy can it devote to new fields? In particular, this new field is also a project that is not easy to see profitability. How can Sina mobilize elites under the current situation? ?”

Fang Zhuo opened up and said, "Secondly, from text to video is not a simple superposition. If the change of content mode can be completed so easily, so many giant companies in the world will not decline. In a new field , Tudou and Sina are just standing on the same starting line.”

"Even without the constraints of the original model, Tudou.com doesn't have to bear the pressure of high-level executives and stock prices, and Tudou, which has no limitations in thinking, can draw on white paper."

Xiong Xiaoge nodded slightly. Big companies would stifle creativity.

Fang Zhuo finally said: "Thirdly, with regard to funds, Tudou.com lacks funds, and Sina is richer than Tudou. However, if even Sina.com wants to expand into new areas, at least it proves to be quite feasible."

"Sina is rich, but do you have no money in venture capital? Venture capital, venture capital, do you invest in a company like Sina to make money, or a small company like Tudou.com that will make a lot of money?"

"There are high profits for entrepreneurial projects, and there are giant companies that endorse the feasibility. Old bear, why don't you still invest?"

Xiong Xiaoge clapped his hands and praised: "Boss Fang is good at food, very lucky."

It is the investors who are asking the question, and what they want to fight for is investment, not how to really beat the simulated competitors. Mr. Fang's two puffs of smoke have already logically closed the loop to turn the problem back to asking for money.

It can only be said that Mr. Fang is really talented in asking for money.

Xiong Xiaoge took a sip of tea and said with a smile, "The model of Tudou.com is interesting. Do you want to vote?"

Fang Zhuo said as a matter of course: "I don't vote."

"Cough, cough, cough." Xiong Xiaoge choked on the tea.

"You can vote, but Yike Investment won't vote." Fang Zhuo is more rigorous in this decision, "For Yike Investment, since there is someone to do video UGC, if there is a future, the follow-up is definitely not just this one, but also OK Observe and observe."

He made another patch: "Also, Yike Investment is not sure about the parent company's intentions. Funds are tight these days, and money must be spent wisely."

E-buy and Bingxin are both big money eaters. There is also a newly established mobile phone project in Yike. Healthy funds can avoid a lot of troubles.

Xiong Xiaoge tasted the meaning in these words, and asked, "How long is the foreseeable time you and Wang Wei said?"

"Two years? Three years? Four years? Who knows." Fang Zhuo said.

Xiong Xiaoge said suspiciously: "I always feel that what you say is implying that I don't want to vote for potatoes."

Fang Zhuo flicked the cigarette ash, convinced that he didn't mean it.

Xiong Xiaoge didn't delve into it, and talked about his decision: "IDG will follow and see, maybe there will indeed be similar projects in the market."

Fang Zhuo felt that the old bear's tendency was very sensible.

Tudou Internet Café, on the eve of its listing, was delayed because Wang Wei, the founder, was pursued by his ex-wife for property division. The final stock market performance was far worse than that of Youku, which was listed earlier.

Of course, venture capitalists will definitely make some money now.

Knowing that there is such a thing, Fang Zhuo can still intervene a little to prevent Tudou.com from delaying the fighter, but...they have no friendship with each other, and considerations in this field can be discussed later, so there is no need to rush for a while.

Both LeTV and Tudou were established quite early, but in the end what remains are Ai, You, and Tencent supported by the three capitals of BAT.
As long as Fang Zhuo's capital continues to expand, he has a lot of options in this regard.

This is a different position between myself and the investor Lao Xiong.

"When will you go to the United States? Wait until your BOE meeting is over?" Xiong Xiaoge put the matter in his heart and asked Mr. Fang about the project that made his eyes shine.

"I won't attend the meeting between BOE and the TV company, but I have to meet with BOE's President Wang tonight." Fang Zhuo calculated the time, "If there is no unexpected event tomorrow, then fly directly from Beijing to New York the day after tomorrow .”

Xiong Xiaoge also figured out the arrangement, nodded and said, "Then I have to push for the meeting of two projects."

The two contacted each other's secretaries. Fang Zhuo wanted to send information about the Android company to IDG, while Xiong Xiaoge adjusted his work to squeeze out time.

During the time between two cigarettes, Fang Zhuo suddenly realized that the afternoon was free.

He was thinking about Jia Yueting and Wang Wei he met in the morning, thinking about their LeTV and Tudou, and said to Xiong Xiaoge: "Old Xiong, I've come to IDG to support you for a long time. If you have nothing to do, join me in the fun." gone."

"What's the excitement?" Xiong Xiaoge asked.

"Investment." Fang Zhuo said with a smile.

Xiong Xiaoge saw that he had kept a secret and didn't continue, so he didn't ask further, just packed up the faxes, and planned to find out what was going on with this American Android company on the way.

Just as the two were about to leave the office, Vice President Wu Xingyi walked into the office.

"Mr. Xiong, Mr. Xiong, the two project meetings of the day after tomorrow and the day after tomorrow have been postponed?" Wu Xingyi came to see what was going on after he got the news.

"Yeah." Xiong Xiaoge confirmed, "Mr. Fang took me to America to make a fortune, so push those two projects."

Wu Xingyi didn't ask about the American project, and watched Mr. Xiong and Mr. Fang leave the office together.

After a while, someone came to ask why the project was delayed.

Wu Xingyi shook his head and said, "Mr. Xiong was abducted by Mr. Fang to the United States. Push it and wait for them to come back."

what?
Boss Xiong was abducted by Boss Fang again?

what?
Mr. Xiong may want to jump ship to Mr. Fang before us?

……

"The Fang surname is not human, and the richest man comes here to plan food! Really, he is going to stand in front of me now, I wish I could punch him twice!"

The smoke in the office was choking, and a hoarse voice filled with anxiety echoed in the small space.

However, the other two department managers did not answer at all.

At this time, the landline rang.

Liu Qiangdong grabbed the phone and heard the excited voice at the front desk: "The one surnamed Fang is here, uh, Boss Fang is here, looking for you."

He froze in place.

Recently in JD.com, the only person whose "surname is Fang" is Fang Zhuo, the chairman of e-buy, but how could he come here?

Clouds and mud are different and have no intersection.

Liu Qiangdong said subconsciously: "Let Mr. Fang go to the reception room and pour him tea."

"Already gone." The front desk said.

"Okay, I'll come." Liu Qiangdong hung up the phone.

The two department managers looked at the boss with a sudden change of expression in doubt, and watched him carefully straighten his dirty clothes.

"Mr. Liu? Let's restart the offline business." The department manager complained, "I told you not to be so radical..."

At the end of last year, because he had tasted the sweetness online, Liu Qiangdong made a radical and bold decision to close the physical stores and put all his eggs in one basket for Stud e-commerce.

Only two department managers agreed with this decision, and the remaining four department managers all opposed it.

Because the 12 chain stores of JD Multimedia accounted for 90% of the company's sales and 95% of the profits. As long as it keeps going, it is almost certain that more chain stores will be opened.

This is to cut off the physical store and go all to e-commerce, which is simply the opposite!

However, Liu Qiangdong still firmly convinced everyone.

With the gradual closure of chain stores and the gradual increase of online sales, suddenly, a Tesco with the same business and better services appeared.

This time, Jingdong Mall was dumbfounded.

E-buy's offline channel, Dazhong Electrical Appliances, is originally a chain store developed with the capital as the core. It has both online and offline efforts, coupled with the price competition between E-buy and Dangdang spread all over the Internet, Jingdong's orders immediately became sluggish.

Persevere, JD.com seems to see no future.

Going backwards, Jingdong's chain stores have all been closed...

Liu Qiangdong was caught in a dilemma, and as the situation got worse, the department manager's nagging from time to time and their eyes made people feel even more depressing.

Ding dong...the richest man Fang fell from the sky.

Liu Qiangdong was sitting in the reception room, listening to the acquisition intention from the other party, his heart was pounding, don't let Fang get away!
He suppressed his emotions, and still asked reservedly: "Mr. Fang, why did you buy our JD.com? Is it because of the threat JD.com brings to e-buy?"

Xiong Xiaoge who came with him was almost amused, hey, this guy is interesting.

"Dong, cough, Mr. Dong, did you attend the West Lake meeting last year? I remember meeting you." Fang Zhuo smiled.

Liu Qiangdong nodded in surprise, he didn't expect Mr. Fang to know about this and himself.

"Esco is going to be the Amazon of the East. B2C is difficult, and there is a shortage of talents. We met once by the West Lake. This time, I saw the report in the company. It mentioned that there is such a store in Beijing. I just came here today when I have time. Take a look." Fang Zhuo said calmly, "If you are willing to sell, then someone will continue to talk to you, if you don't want to, it doesn't matter."

Liu Qiangdong took a deep breath: "I may need to think about it."

"Okay." Fang Zhuo stood up, left his business card on the table, and said, "You can call me."

A group of four was about to leave the reception room.

"Mr. Fang..." Liu Qiangdong suddenly stopped Mr. Fang.

"Tell me." Fang Zhuo turned around.

"Do our company's employees arrange work?" Liu Qiangdong asked.

"Of course the acquisition involves bringing the company and people together." Fang Zhuo blinked, "We're all brothers here."

Although Liu Qiangdong knew that this was a polite way of saying that the company boss and employees were brothers, he still felt respected and said in a deep voice, "President Fang, I am willing to sell JD."

"Okay, Mr. Dong, someone will continue to talk to you in two days." Fang Zhuo nodded, but still didn't say anything, came and left quickly.

Liu Qiangdong sat on the sofa in a daze. Mr. Fang was really unusual. Besides being rich and powerful, he also had a unique way of addressing people.

This was the first time someone called him President Dong.

(End of this chapter)