Top of the Great Era

Chapter 2077 Standing on the General Trend

All kinds of chaos have appeared in the wave of group buying, and the uneven service level of various websites has even cast a shadow on the domestic e-commerce industry.

Now, a large number of group buying websites have collapsed one after another, which is actually a good thing for excellent e-commerce platforms such as JD.com, Taobao, Amazon, and Dangdang.

The cleaner and healthier the market, the friendlier it is to companies that run the gamut.

Liu Qiangdong said: "The threshold for group buying is too low, and the homogenization is too serious. It's just like shopping in the home appliance industry in the 90s, just changing the soup without changing the medicine."

Zhou Buqi said with a smile: "Shopping for home appliances has also resulted in Suning and Gome. In the field of group buying, there are still one or two companies that do well."

Liu Qiangdong shook his head, "Except for intramural group buying, I don't think other companies are very good. The essence of e-commerce is still consumer services, and we should do a good job in service."

Zhou Buqi said: "So JD.com is a relatively high-end e-commerce platform."

"High end?"

Liu Qiangdong can't laugh or cry, and he is a bit ashamed.

Zhou Buqi smiled and said: "I mean, your model is destined to make it difficult for JD.com to sink, mainly for some mid-to-high-end customers."

Liu Qiangdong remained calm.

Zhou Buqi went on to say: "Don't forget, there are still vast rural areas in the country. If the sinking market for 8 million farmers is done well, it may have more market potential than the current JD.com."

Liu Qiangdong looked displeased because he came from the bottom of the countryside. "The current market is too unfriendly to the countryside. There are a lot of fake and expired products sold in the rural market, and the price is far more expensive than in the city." The market chaos of abduction is far more serious in rural areas than in cities."

This is something he is eager to solve.

If farmers want to place orders on JD.com, not only can they buy authentic products, but also at a fair price in the market.

Liu Qiangdong has experienced all these things since he was a child, and he is heartbroken, "We need to use e-commerce to change the chronic problems of the rural consumer market that have existed for decades. For social stability, food prices should not be too high, which leads farmers to sell food. At that time, they could not make any money at all. It was their hard work that supported the people's livelihood in this country. The result is good, some non-compliant products in the cities are sent to the countryside in order to open up sales and solve the backlog of inventory. Yes. Especially the trend of health care products in the past few years, the first thing to do is to take the rural market, whoever occupies the rural market, whose health care products will sell well, can this be considered an entrepreneur?"

Zhou Buqi knew who he was referring to by insinuating.

Somewhat embarrassing.

He and Shi Yuzhu are very good friends.

Moreover, Shi Yuzhu is also an independent director of Ziwei Star.

Liu Qiangdong went on to say: "JD.com must gradually sink into the rural market in the future to change the status quo and use e-commerce to bring the consumption levels of rural and urban people closer."

Zhou Buqi very much recognized the sense of social responsibility shown in him, but he really didn't think he could do it. "Don't you think there will be an invisible force blocking you?"

"what?"

Liu Qiangdong was slightly taken aback.

Zhou Buqi thought for a while and said, "Last time when I was eating in the company's canteen, a female employee ran over. She asked me a question, saying that her work performance was very good, but her love life was poor. She has had several boyfriends, all of whom are scumbags and liars. This makes her very distressed, why are all the boys she meets liars?"

Liu Qiangdong smiled, "I don't know who I know."

Zhou Buqi said: "I don't think so. Every time this girl falls in love with a liar, is it just because she can't tell the good from the bad? Maybe only a liar can satisfy her requirements and have sex with her."

Liu Qiangdong nodded.

Zhou Buqi went on to say: "The swindling in the rural market is very serious. Is there a possibility that only the swindling business can enter the rural market?"

Liu Qiangdong shook his head, "I don't think so."

Zhou Buqi said with a smile: "Of course, it is impossible to be so absolute. Let me give you an idea. Many rural areas that are very close to the city are a combination of urban and rural areas. They are all developing well and can go to the city to work. But for those rural areas far away from the county seat, if they want to sink in, they are really cheating."

Liu Qiangdong was a little puzzled, "What's this called?"

Zhou Buqi said: "Think about it again, is this the truth? Deception can be divided into good intentions and malicious intentions. You go and tell a farmer that you provide cows and let him raise cows, saying that raising cows can make money. Are you kind? Good intentions, will he listen to you? Maybe he will turn around and kill the cow for meat. You go and ask him to raise cattle, saying that if you don’t raise cattle, your offspring will not be able to go to college, so he can only raise cattle. Then things got better at home.”

"I go!"

Liu Qiangdong was stunned.

Zhou Buqi said with emotion: "I have become the chairman of Changyou's board of directors. I have been investigating the game industry in Europe recently, and I have a feeling. Many world-class heavyweight games are not recognized by the market at all. They are all cabbage. The price of many young and low-quality small games has skyrocketed, and any one of them is worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Why? Because of the general trend. To do business, you have to stand on the general trend. Standing on the general trend of the times, you can often be more Success. Otherwise, even if you have endless love to develop top AAA games, all your enthusiasm will be met with cold water."

The two sat on the outdoor balcony with a round table and two chairs, drinking tea facing the sea.

Shi Jinglin had already gone upstairs to play with Lao Liu's son.

Now her mind is full of pregnancy, and she wants to have a son with all her heart.

Liu Qiangdong was silent for a while, and asked: "What is the general trend?"

Zhou Buqi said: "For the sinking market, the untapped wisdom of the people is the general trend. Just like you said to suppress the price of grain, it is intentional to suppress the price of grain, sacrifice the interests of farmers to supply the whole country, and let them Feel very happy."

Liu Qiangdong followed his train of thought, "Shang Yang?"

Zhou Buqi said: "Shang Jun's books have been passed down for thousands of years. This is the general strategy of stability. What do you want to do? Do you want rural people to have the same rights and interests as urban people? Some people think that your good intentions are You are a good person, and there are still a group of people who may think that you have bad intentions and want to sabotage. If you are not on the side of the general trend, you will not be able to succeed."

Liu Qiangdong said: "I dare not agree."

Zhou Buqi said with a smile: "I didn't say that I must be right, but I have to get the essence out of the dross."

Liu Qiangdong was a little funny, "What is your essence?"

Zhou Buqi said firmly: "If you want to sink the market, you can't do without cheating. Jingdong is more formal and has better service than Taobao, so Jingdong's user group level will be higher, and Taobao's sinking is better. But , Taobao is obviously also undergoing transformation, to be a Taobao mall, and to operate towards standardization and branding, it will definitely sacrifice their sinking market.”

Liu Qiangdong said lightly: "I said a long time ago that Taobao will become more and more like Jingdong."

Zhou Buqi said: "I don't care whether Taobao looks like JD.com, but the reason is here. Whoever is bad, who is sinking, who is cheating and abducting is not formal, and whoever is more likely to be recognized by the bottom users. If there is anyone who is smart in the future When people discover this truth and stand on the general trend of fooling the people at the bottom, whoever can occupy the 8 million rural market will become a new e-commerce giant. At that time, JD.com and Taobao will have to stand aside.”

Liu Qiangdong was silent for a long time before waving his hand, "Forget it, JD.com has not even opened up the urban market, and the domestic e-commerce environment has not fully opened up. It will be many years before the market sinks."

Zhou Buqi smiled and asked, "What if one day we really want to sink the market?"

Liu Qiangdong asked back: "What will you do?"

Zhou Buqi said angrily, "I asked you first!"

Liu Qiangdong said: "I will stick to my attitude. Entrepreneurs must have their own perseverance and principles. They would rather fail than violate their conscience. What about you? How do you choose?"

Zhou Buqi said: "I don't do it, I don't participate, and I don't see it with my heart. Either quit and let others do it, or see a good project and invest financially."

At this time, a speedboat floated in the sea ahead.

The driver is a man, wearing a big blue shorts, shouting: "Come on!"

Is a countryman.

The sound is so loud that it can be heard from far away.

Holding him next to each other were three young girls in bikinis and life jackets on their upper bodies, and they all let out a burst of excited and cheering screams.

Liu Qiangdong said with a smile: "Many people have immigrated to Australia in the past few years in China, and there are several in this neighborhood."

Zhou Buqi asked, "Who is it?"

Liu Qiangdong just mentioned a few names.

Several are in the real estate business, some are in the supermarket, some are in the paper industry, and several are in the IT business.Many of them immigrated with their families. The young guy just now should be a rich second generation.

Zhou Buqi was surprised, "Have all the domestic industries been sold?"

Liu Qiangdong said: "No, it's just that the wife and children are sent out, and the entrepreneur manages the business in China by himself."

Zhou Buqi nodded, "Well, if you send your wife and children out, you can enjoy yourself in the country without restraint. There are three great joys in middle age. You get promoted and get rich, and you send your wife and children abroad. Huh? What expression? Don't take your seat, I didn't mention you."

Liu Qiangdong smiled, "Do you want to get acquainted with them? They all live near here and are neighbors. I went there last night... I saw the tallest white house. I went there last night There was a party over there, they invited it."

"How about it?"

"Well... a lot of outsiders were invited."

"outsider?"

Zhou Buqi has participated in many foreign parties and seen many big scenes, but he doesn't know what kind of parties are hosted by domestic compatriots abroad.

Unexpectedly, it was almost the same. Liu Qiangdong said: "Several Australian models and actresses were invited. Fortunately, my son is still young, so I asked my girlfriend to stay at home. I went alone."

Zhou Buqi has much more experience, and said cautiously: "You must be cautious when making friends, especially those foreign women, models, celebrities, students, etc., each has more eyes than one, not more than domestic. For example, let me give you an example, you Had a party at home and invited a lot of people. If someone is at your house and brings a female model or something to the room. After the incident, the model calls the police to claim compensation. Because it happened at your house, you are also implicated .”

Liu Qiangdong took it as a warning, "Well, then I won't organize such activities at home."

(End of this chapter)