Top of the Great Era

Chapter 2111 The Inevitability of Success

Boss Ma is going back to China to reunite with his family for the New Year, and the Gregorian calendar year is also the New Year.That is a person who is proud of the spring breeze and high-spirited, and the state of Sun Zhengyi is completely the same as that of Sun Zhengyi.

Before leaving, he specially asked Zhou Buqi to come out to meet him, exhorting and exhorting him.

Let Zhou Buqi rush to raise money.

If you want to take over, you have to have money!
Don't delay his big event!
If there is no money, quickly lower the target, and he will find other more private equity capital to take over the offer. Temasek and Silver Lake have already prepared it.

Especially Temasek Capital, which is a big capital in Singapore, has unparalleled influence locally.For many domestic multinational companies, Singapore is a transit point for overseas markets.

Zhou Buqi also has a deep layout in Singapore, including Universal Pictures and Lucasfilm.Long before these two companies merged into Ziweixing Global Group, they had already cultivated the Singapore market and had a lot of assets in the local area.The sci-fi Singapore Lucasfilm Building is even a landmark building.

I met Boss Ma, and met his nemesis Liu Qiangdong.

He also wants to return home.

Zhou Buqi was a little surprised, "Isn't this New Year's Day? Why don't you go back after the vacation?"

Liu Qiangdong said with a smile: "I want to participate in a CCTV program."

"What program?" Zhou Buqi joked, "Have you been on "Focus Interview"?"

Liu Qiangdong said: "It is CCTV's annual selection of the top ten economic figures every year, and I am also lucky to be on the list."

Zhou Buqi smiled, "That's it, then congratulations."

Liu Qiangdong glanced at him, "You gave me the quota, right?"

Zhou Buqi said: "No!"

Liu Qiangdong didn't believe it, "Really?"

This kind of selection of economic figures of the year is not based on the selection of people, but on the industry.Generally, there is only one representative for each industry, and the cake should be divided evenly.

Liu Qiangdong has been very active in the domestic Internet field in the past year, leading JD.com to be invincible, defeating Dangdang, Suning.com, Yixun, and Amazon successively, and then pointed the finger at Ali.

The next step is to single out with Ali.

However, no matter how powerful he is, it is impossible for him to surpass Zhou Buqi.Once Zhou Buqi is on the list representing the Internet industry, Liu Qiangdong will have no chance.

Zhou Buqi did receive relevant invitations, this is the fourth time he has received similar invitations, in 08, 09, 10, and 11 this year.

However, he refused again.

Then it was Liu Qiangdong's turn.

Zhou Buqi waved his hand, "It's just right for you to represent the Internet. Zhou Shaoning also went, and it seems that he was chosen."

Liu Qiangdong said with a smile: "Yes, he competed with the female boss of HTC, and he was on the list. HTC is on the waiting list. There are also two nominations in the Internet industry, one is me, and the other is Chen Nian of Vancl."

"Is he a substitute?"

"Correct."

"Who else?"

"Two awards, one is the annual team award, which goes to Tiangong-3 and Shenzhou-[-]; the annual lifetime achievement award goes to Boss Liu. There are no one else left, they are all government officials and leaders of state-owned enterprises. The cake The big head must be distributed to their own people. Chen Nian won the nomination award. However, there are only [-] nomination awards, which is not easy."

"Hmm..." Zhou Buqi pondered for a moment, "There is an official signal here."

Liu Qiangdong looked at him, "What?"

Zhou Buqi said: "There are more monks and less meat, and the cake has to be divided. Private enterprises get very few places, but in this case, the Internet industry still got two nominations. One is JD.com and the other is Vancl. E-commerce. This is enough to show that the government attaches great importance to the development of the e-commerce industry, and the competition will become more intense in the future.”

Liu Qiangdong knew what he meant, calm in his mind, and said with a smile: "Everything is difficult at the beginning, and I have defeated Jingdong's situation. I have decided to come to USC to study, and my team can handle it well. Wait for this Once the New Year’s Day holiday is over, JD.com will be able to obtain a payment license, and the general direction has been set. I will learn from you and command remotely.”

The two were sitting in the coffee shop. Zhou Buqi glanced at Lao Liu's female assistant who was chatting happily with Sun Guanran, and pondered, "I read Jingdong's financial report for this year. How much is the loss? 20 billion?"

"Ah."

Liu Qiangdong nodded.

Zhou Buqi glanced at him, "Can the funding problem be solved?"

Liu Qiangdong is relatively relaxed about this, "The overall situation is very good. As you said, the Internet industry has received two nominations. As long as JD.com's sales increase year by year, it can use the payment for the turnover of the accounts."

The solution to similar cash flow problems is nothing more than defaulting on the final payment to the partner, which will be settled after 6 or 12 months.This is generally the usual routine of sales companies, first get the goods and then pay.

With an intermediate difference, you can use the supplier's money to eat enough to maintain your own tight cash flow crisis.

For example, the wave of group buying that has collapsed in recent months.

Many people ran away.

It is not only consumers who lose, but also suppliers.Consumers pay but don't receive goods; suppliers sell goods but don't receive money.

It will lead to the rapid decline of the entire industry.

The most typical example is of course real estate.

Fortunately, the current policy confidence is relatively firm, and the management methods are also rich. It can be seen from this annual economic figure selection that the Internet industry has nominated two people, and both are e-commerce entrepreneurs.

It can be seen that although group buying has affected the e-commerce environment, the country's ambition and determination to promote the development of the e-commerce market have not changed.Only when the signal is released, the policy is issued, and the real benefits are given, can private entrepreneurs roll up their sleeves and act boldly.

This is the greatest effect of Zhou Buqi's foresight.

Other entrepreneurs, maybe 80% of their energy is spent on policy judgment and general direction, racking their brains, making various research and judgments, and trying to find relationships and inquire about policy trends.

Only by judging the direction can we make the right strategic choice.

Zhou Buqi is different, he doesn't need to judge, and he doesn't need to waste a second on the most critical link.In other words, if he spends 20% of his energy, he can be on par with other entrepreneurs.

If he only spends 70% of his energy on eating, drinking, having fun and women every day, and only needs to put the remaining 30% on the company, he can be far ahead of his peers.

Zhou Buqi said in a deep voice: "A tree is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it. It's fine if JD.com is a small company, but now JD.com is a big company, so don't be careless. Internet competitiveness, any means can be used. .”

At this time in the previous life, Jingdong was still relatively weak.

With the help of Ziweixing in this life, Jingdong has become very powerful, and it is the second largest e-commerce giant in China after Taobao.This means that in the previous life, JD.com could use the loan from suppliers to ensure the normal operation of the company by borrowing money from suppliers, and it may encounter a crisis in the present.

For a small company, no one cares; for a big company, if there is a slight loophole, it may be caught by competitors and killed with one blow.

That's how Fanke died.

Liu Qiangdong obviously didn't have such a consciousness yet, "Huh? What means?"

Zhou Buqi pointed to himself, and said with a smile: "If I were to compete with JD.com, it would be easy. I launched a public opinion effect, saying that JD.com is about to collapse, and there is no money in the account. Or you are in the United States. An accident happened, and JD.com has no leader. Then the suppliers are called on to collect debts from JD.com and ask JD.com to repay the payment. As long as there is a run on JD.com, and JD.com cannot pay, it will collapse quickly.”

"No... no?"

Liu Qiangdong is of course very worried. This matter has been discussed several times in executive meetings. This is indeed a potential hidden danger of JD.com.

Zhou Buqi said: "You should still be vigilant and careful. You mentioned Fanke just now, and Fanke's stalls are too big, which is very worrying. In this respect, you should really learn from Boss Ma."

Liu Qiangdong raised his eyebrows, "How to learn?"

Zhou Buqi said: "Ali has no shortage of money in their accounts, and they don't need to deal with the pressure of this kind of payment. But in September, they still conducted a round of financing. There is no harm in having more money."

Liu Qiangdong was silent.

Zhou Buqi said: "Now the domestic economic situation is very good, the best in the world. All walks of life are developing rapidly, even savagely. JD.com has such signs, and so does Fancl. Those streaming media platforms are even more This is the case, especially that of LeTV. Barbaric growth is beneficial, and I even asked Changyou to seize the opportunity of the times to quickly and barbarously grow regardless of the cost. But barbaric growth also has disadvantages.”

Liu Qiangdong said: "It can grow quickly, and it can also collapse quickly. Just like the group buying industry, a gust of wind will pass."

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "Yes, that's what it means."

Seeing his casual attitude, Liu Qiangdong felt at ease, and said with a smile, "Then what should I do? Do you have a good idea?"

"Yes, I have met Boss Ma many times in the past few days, and I have a feeling."

"What perception?"

"I seem to have found an inevitability to success."

"what?"

Liu Qiangdong was stunned, that is to say, Zhou Buqi was sitting opposite, if it was another person, he would have thought he was a master of success.

Success is accidental, luck dominates, how can there be any inevitability?
Learning from failure is much more important than learning from success.Because success is so difficult, it is difficult to replicate empirically.

Zhou Buqi said: "To find a right direction...the so-called right direction is a potential market with a huge scale. Paper publishing is definitely not as good as digital content, and toilet paper is definitely not as good as mobile phones. It depends on the scale. After finding a good industry and having a good enough team, the most important thing is...to have countless money. As long as you have enough money, you will be able to succeed."

Liu Qiangdong understood what he meant, took a deep breath, "Enough money!"

(End of this chapter)