Top of the Great Era

Chapter 3167 International Students

All O2O businesses are inseparable from the payment link. In other words, mobile payment is the most indispensable link in O2O business.

This requires Ziweixing to fight the payment battle well.

The coexistence pattern of Alipay and WeChat Pay has been determined, and neither side can swallow the other.

From a product perspective, the two parties are competitors. However, from an industry perspective, the two parties are not competitors, but allies. The two parties should work together to kill any third mobile payment tool that may emerge.

No matter whether it is QQ Pay or any official payment tool, it won’t work!
Boss Ma is so eager to promote the integration of the online car-hailing industry because he has seen this situation. He originally wanted Alipay to dominate the industry, but he didn't expect WeChat Pay to come out fiercely. If it was just WeChat Pay, it would be fine, but in the past few years, Zhou Buqi has created a large ecosystem for the mobile payment business.

Take e-commerce for example.

Alipay’s core competitiveness is Taobao’s dominant position in the e-commerce field.

However, WeChat Pay has also penetrated into it.

JD.com did not integrate with Alipay, and the first payment tool it promoted was WeChat Pay, which also included the school group purchase under Ziweixing. The micro-business that was very powerful before but was banned by Zhou Buqi also relied on WeChat Pay.

Now the general situation is very clear.

WeChat Pay has more potential than Alipay, and its penetration is stronger. Alipay has only 3 million users, but WeChat has more than 6.5 million users. These 6.5 million WeChat users can all be converted into WeChat Pay users within one or two years, and the user scale is far greater than Alipay.

Boss Ma also felt the crisis.

They want to quickly integrate the online car-hailing industry, firstly to reduce their respective losses, and secondly to avoid the disadvantages of Alipay compared to WeChat Pay in social and traffic aspects, which would lead to Kuaidi losing to Didi in business.

Kuaidi is developing very well. It would be unreasonable if Kuaidi's user base is smaller than Didi's just because Alipay's audience is smaller than WeChat Pay.

"There is a lot of hot money and the industry is booming. This is a good thing, but it can also be a bad thing." Zhou Buqi wants to dispel Boss Ma's concerns. "Too much money and a hot market will lead to too many people with bad intentions coming in, which can easily lead to unhealthy trends in the industry."

Boss Ma agrees, “The online car-hailing industry does have many problems right now.”

Zhou Buqi said: "So, we must integrate. This is an inevitable option. We can't let bad money drive out good money."

Boss Ma nodded and said, "There is such a trend now. Some people create the illusion of dispatching orders to attract users, which is actually deception. But if one company does this and others don't, it will lead to insufficient attraction and become a case of hooligans bullying honest people."

Zhou Buqi smiled and said: "After the merger, those who disrupt the market will be cleared out, and the online car-hailing industry will be able to develop more stably."

"Let's go, go out for a walk!"

Boss Ma felt relieved.

As long as this guy is interested in promoting the merger of Kuaidi and Didi, it will be fine.

The best performer in the online car-hailing industry right now is Didi, which is supported by Ziweixing. This is not surprising. With strong traffic from several major platforms such as WeChat, Weibo, Toutiao and Xiaonei, it is normal for it to develop rapidly.

So now the choice is in Zhou Buqi's hands.

If Zhou Buqi went to cooperate with Baidu or Penguin, then Kuaidi, which is supported by Alibaba, would be doomed to failure.

Even though Boss Ma has a good relationship with him, he is still worried about being played tricks by him.

After discussing this matter, Zhou Buqi took Boss Ma to visit Ziweixing’s headquarters.

Boss Ma said he wanted to visit the cloud computing building.

Zhou Buqi did not refuse, and even boasted: "Ziweixing is relying on Ziwei Cloud to implement the 'ABC strategy' at the technical level. Once it is completed, it can subvert the existing technology industry in one fell swoop. Now the Internet is changing traditional industries; after the ABC plan is implemented, it will change those traditional technology industries." "ABC strategy? What is it?"

“A stands for AI. B stands for Big_data. C stands for Cloud_Computing.”

"Artificial intelligence, big data and cloud computing." Boss Ma said unimpressively, "It's a cliché. Alibaba Cloud is also doing these things, but it's not as good at naming as you are, and it came up with such a beautiful term."

Zhou Buqi snorted, "How can they be the same? Compared with Ziwei Cloud, Alibaba Cloud is at least ten years behind!"

Boss Ma was angry but couldn't refute.

When I walked into the cloud computing building, a young man happened to come over with me.

Very eye-catching.

Because this guy is a white man with green eyes, he looks like a foreigner.

It is not surprising that a technology giant like Ziweixing has some foreign employees, usually senior technical experts, and Alibaba also has a few. However, the guy in front of me looks very young, like a college student. How can such a young senior expert be so young?

Boss Ma was very interested and asked in English: "Are you Chinese?"

The other party obviously recognized Boss Zhou and Boss Ma, and said with a smile: "No, my name is Elias, I am from Switzerland, I came here to study, and I am doing a master's degree at Tsinghua University."

Boss Ma was even more curious, "Are you still studying?"

Elias said in Chinese: "Yes, I am here for an interview. I want to get an internship. I will come here for internship in the second semester next year."

Ziweixing offers many internship positions, which is not surprising. It is rare for a Swiss guy to study in China. Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "You speak Chinese well. Do you have any Chinese relatives in your family?"

Elias shook his head. "No, I just like Chinese culture."

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "If you want to fully understand Chinese culture, you may have to stay here for many years."

Elias said: "Yes, I am ready. I will also share my life here with my relatives and friends in Switzerland. Those Western media are controlled by capital and can only exaggerate, especially the constant smearing of this place. I am really fed up. I like Chinese culture. I will share the real situation of my experience with them so that they will not be misled by those Western media."

"Misleading?"

Zhou Buqi and Boss Ma looked at each other.

Elias said indignantly: "Let me give you an example. Western media say that many people in China work until late and don't get overtime pay, and that rural Chinese only get 20 euros a month as pension. I'm really fed up with these rumors. I chose to study here because I want to fight back against them with my real experience!"

Boss Ma keenly noticed that the corner of Zhou Buqi's mouth twitched and he almost laughed.

Zhou Buqi cleared his throat and said, "Well, many media reports are indeed biased. Practice makes perfect. Only by experiencing it can you discover the truth."

He Yang was also present, with a faint smile on his face, and said, "Then go to the interview quickly, don't delay you, I wish you a successful interview!"

After the foreign student named Elias happily went to find the interviewer, Zhou Buqi turned around and said to He Yang: "If it is some high-level technical talents, we need some foreign scientists. If it is some jobs that are not so top-notch in the industry, it is better to leave the valuable job opportunities to our own compatriots."

He Yang agreed with that. "Yes, that's what I should do! We should take care of our own people first!"

Seeing that Boss Ma was gloating, Zhou Buqi said unhappily, "This kid will definitely not pass the interview. How about recommending him to Alibaba? Let him do his internship at your company?"

"Forget it!" Boss Ma also refused to accept it, "They came here to seek refuge with you!"