giants of the era

Chapter 378 Grasping with Both Hands~~?

After Ma Yun went back, he immediately found the partners of his Yellow Pages company, and basically succeeded in persuading them without any trouble.

In fact, it is not persuasion at all.

Jack Ma just presented the facts in a succinct manner, and the few of them were inexplicably excited, even proud and lucky, thinking that it was like a pie in the sky, and it suddenly fell on their heads.

So that night, everyone went out to drink and celebrate!

On the second day, Jack Ma and others arrived at the agreed place as scheduled.

Ma Yun gave a brief introduction to his partner.

Afterwards, Li Zetian pointed to a middle-aged man beside him, and said to Ma Yun: "This is Cai Chongxin, an excellent professional manager who graduated from Yale University and has a senior venture capital background. He is currently the chief financial officer of Alibaba. Later, he I will take you to the Alibaba headquarters!"

In fact, Ma Yun has been secretly looking at Cai Chongxin. He heard Li Zetian said yesterday that someone will take them to Alibaba. Obviously, this person is probably also an employee of Alibaba, and his position is not low.

"Hello, Mr. Cai Chongxin!"

"Hello, Ma Yun!" Cai Chongxin said with a smile, and kept looking at him.

Compared with Ma Yun's kindness to Cai Chongxin, Cai Chongxin is more curious about Ma Yun!
Cai Chong was quite confused about his confidence. Logically speaking, he did not graduate from a prestigious school and was a private English teacher. How did he become the CEO of Alibaba?Coupled with Ma Yun's ugly appearance, Cai Chongxin was very puzzled!
Fortunately, Cai Chongxin also heard Li Zetian introduce the Yellow Pages developed by Ma Yun and others, which gave Ma Yun a little extra points.

Otherwise, Ma Yun is really worthless in front of Cai Chongxin.

Li Zetian glanced at Ma Yun, then at Cai Chongxin, secretly laughing.

In his previous life, Cai Chongxin was fooled by Ma Yun when Alibaba was first established and became the CFO chief financial officer. Cai Chongxin even put down his job in a German investment company with an annual salary of 70 US dollars and traveled all the way to join Ma Yun, and he only took 500 yuan a month salary, help Ma Yun to register the company.If there were no people like Cai Chongxin to join, Alibaba would be a family business, and would always maintain the team with "feelings", "ideals" and "loyalty", rather than a truly standardized company!
Hehe... Cai Chongxin will naturally see Ma Yun's deceptive skills in the future.

After a brief greeting, the two parties signed the agreement.

Li Zetian didn't go to the company with them, so as not to cause a commotion.

Right now, very few people know that Li Zetian founded Alibaba, and keeping a low profile is king!

Ma Yun and others followed Cai Chongxin to the Alibaba headquarters.

Since the company has just been established and its scale is still small, it only rented an office building in a prosperous area of ​​Hangzhou.

However, even so, in the eyes of the companies in the office building, Alibaba is very rich and powerful!Generally, start-up companies rent one room, while Alibaba directly rents one floor, but there are not many employees, less than 30 in total.

When Ma Yun and others came to Alibaba, it happened to be lunch time.

Cai Chongxin called all the employees out and had lunch in a high-end restaurant downstairs, and at the same time introduced the identities of Ma Yun and others.

As soon as Ma Yun walked into this restaurant, he felt a little familiar. He suddenly remembered that he applied for a waiter job in this restaurant more than a year ago, but was rejected because he was too shabby.The other party didn't have any euphemism at all, and directly said that Ma Yun was too ugly, and he was not even qualified to be a waiter here. This hit Ma Yun deeply, and finally gave up looking for a job, but started his own business.

However, fate is like this, being too ugly may not be a good thing~~~
Although the restaurant is high-end, it is not large in scale. Once the people from Alibaba came, there were no extra seats.

The manager of the restaurant learned that people from the Alibaba company who rented the next floor of the office building had come, so he immediately turned into a waiter and came to serve them in person.

Cai Chongxin had eaten here several times. The restaurant manager knew him, so he looked at Cai Chongxin and asked, "Mr. Cai, what do you want to order?"

Cai Chongxin shook his head and smiled, pointed at Jack Ma, and said, "This is the CEO of Alibaba, the top person in charge of the company. He decides what to eat today! Mr. Ma, you can order."

"Yeah." Ma Yun nodded.

The manager of the restaurant turned his head to look at Ma Yun, and he frowned. He seemed to have seen this extremely ugly man before...

"Hello, Manager Liu, we meet again!" Ma Yun said lukewarmly.

The shame of the past is still fresh in Ma Yun's memory, how can he forget it? !
Manager Liu asked, "Are you...?"

"Don't you remember me? More than a year ago, I applied for a waiter at your place, but you rejected it! You said, with my appearance, I am really ugly and degrading. The waiter who even brought plates and water None of them are worthy. However, it seems that I should thank you! Thank you for not wanting me, otherwise, I might just be a waiter like you for the rest of my life!" Jack Ma sarcastically.

The face of the restaurant manager changed suddenly. After Ma Yun reminded him, he had already remembered who Ma Yun was. That's right, it was the waiter candidate whom he had severely laughed at.I never thought that he is now the CEO of an Internet company. I heard that the registered capital alone is as high as tens of millions of dollars!

The corners of Jack Ma’s mouth floated up, revealing a cold smile. Back then, I was so humble that you could only laugh at me, but now, I am the CEO of an Internet company, and the CEO of a company under the name of Chronos Li, the world’s richest man and Internet overlord. Whether it is the me now or the me in the future, it will only make you unable to climb high! ! !

"President Ma, do you want to change to another restaurant?" Cai Chongxin asked in a low voice.

Ma Yun waved his hand and said with a smile: "I'm here, I'll eat here, just to experience the service quality of the so-called high-end restaurants!"

After speaking, Jack Ma picked up the menu to order.

The restaurant manager's face was very ugly, and he must be angry, but no matter how much he had to bear it, he was just the manager, not the owner of the restaurant, and Ma Yun didn't say anything to him, and even thanked him.

After lunch, Cai Chongxin secretly called Li Zetian and told what happened in the restaurant.

Li Zetian nodded, and said lightly: "Okay, I understand."

Not to mention Ma Yun, if Li Zetian encountered such a thing, he would also be furious.

How can you just forget that kind of shame and humiliation?Now that I have a chance to get back on the stage, of course I have to go back with a good satire.

……

After Ma Yun was arranged, Li Zetian and his party went to Shenzhen.

Shenzhen is the main location of Li Zetian's scientific and technological career in China, so he pays special attention to it.

In addition, Li Zetian also wants to invest in a courier company here.

Li Zetian sent someone to investigate. SF Express was established in 1993 and is currently a start-up company.However, as we all know, SF Express is very powerful. Later, after the company went public, the founder of the company, Wang Wei, once aspired to be the richest man in China, which shows the strength of SF Express!
Moreover, China's e-commerce in the future is also in urgent need of powerful express companies. If it develops step by step as in the previous life, it will definitely affect the development speed of China's e-commerce. Li Zetian can't wait.

After arriving in Shenzhen, Li Zetian directly sent someone to contact SF Express.

At this time, SF Express was very small, with only a dozen employees, and its business scope only covered Shenzhen and Hong Kong. However, the demand for Shenzhen-Hong Kong parcels grew rapidly, and SF Express crazily absorbed the ubiquitous nutrients in the express delivery market and developed rapidly.

The reason why Li Zetian wanted to invest in SF Express was probably because of his previous life, and secondly, he liked people like Wang Wei who had the spirit of hard work.

Is it hard to do express delivery?
It must be hard work. I go out early and return late every day, riding a motorcycle through the streets and alleys, rain or shine.

When Wang Wei saw Li Zetian, he was completely stunned!

Someone called and said that they wanted to invest in SF Express, but they didn't know that the investor was actually Li Zetian.

Wang Wei's nervous palms were sweating, and he was speechless.

Li Zetian showed a warm smile, and said in an approachable manner: "Wang Wei, hello, are you surprised and nervous to see me? Hehe, you don't need to be nervous, I'm not a monster."

Li Zetian also made a joke.

Hearing what Li Zetian said, Wang Wei felt less nervous.

He is just an ordinary citizen, living at the bottom of society, relying on labor and sweat to work hard. When he suddenly sees the richest man in the world, he is nervous and bewildered is his natural reaction.

"You... hello, Mr. Li! Please sit down!" Wang Wei stammered.

"Ah."

Li Zetian responded and sat down on a somewhat worn-out wooden chair.

SF Express has no office, just a big warehouse surrounded by parcels.

Li Zetian looked around for a while, then looked at Wang Wei, and said, "My reason for coming must have been made clear on the phone. That's right, I plan to invest in SF Express!"

Wang Wei asked suspiciously: "Mr. Li, why did you invest in SF Express?"

Li Zetian said with a smile: "In addition to state-owned express companies, such as postal services, there are not many private express companies in China. Relying on Shenzhen and Hong Kong, SF Express' business development is good, and it can quickly expand the network's tentacles. extending beyond the province of GD."

After a pause, Li Zetian smiled and said: "E-commerce in foreign countries is developing rapidly, and express delivery companies are also affected. As a country with a large population in the world, once e-commerce develops, the express delivery business will be greatly increased. I invested in SF Express today. It is also a preparation for future development!"

Hearing Li Zetian's words, Wang Wei's eyes sparkled with brilliance, and he was secretly pleasantly surprised, listening to Jun's words is better than reading ten years of books.

At this moment, he seemed to feel that a door opened towards him, and the world inside was full of wonderful things!

Express delivery seems to be his life's work!

At this time, Li Zetian paused and said, "Wang Wei, you can carefully consider my proposal. I am going to invest 2000 million yuan in SF Express. If you accept it, I can leave you 5% of the shares. If you don’t accept it, you will have to fight with each other. This is what I don’t want to see! At that time, SF Express may go bankrupt under the pressure of powerful capital. This is by no means alarmist, but I have this Confidence. On the contrary, if you accept my investment, SF Express will develop faster, and when the company goes public in the future, the value of 5% of the shares in your hand may increase dozens of times, or even hundreds of times!"

SF Express is developing very smoothly, and its business volume is increasing rapidly. It is still worth several 10 RMB.

Wang Wei was silent for a moment.

Obviously, Li Zetian gave him a difficult problem.

At this moment, Shakespeare's words are most appropriate, "To be or not to be, this is a question worth considering!"

SF Express is a company created by Wang Wei's hard work. Selling 95% of the shares all at once, I definitely can't let it go, and I can't be reconciled.

However, he is also a smart person, otherwise he would not have achieved such great success in his previous life.

After thinking for a while, he replied, "Mr. Li, I agree with your terms!"

Li Zetian smiled and nodded and said: "Wang Wei, believe me, this is the most successful decision you have ever made. Oh, by the way, the 5% of your shares cannot be sold for at least 5 years. You will be the CEO of the company." , Later I will send financial and some management talents to help manage the company.”

"Well, yes!" Wang Wei nodded, and he also understood what Li Zetian meant. No one would trust a company to be managed by others.Li Zetian's move was firstly worried that he would sell his shares and leave with his burden; secondly, he sent someone to supervise him to prevent him from misappropriating funds casually.

The contract was finalized and signed in one morning.

As for funds and talents, they will arrive in a few days.

At noon, Li Zetian invited Wang Wei and the courier staff of the company to have a meal.

The courier employees come and go, although they don't make much money and their status is not high, Li Zetian still attaches great importance to it, and has no condescending attitude at all.

After lunch, Li Zetian chatted with Wang Wei and others about the development of express delivery.

Li Zetian introduced to Wang Wei and others the express delivery situation he was familiar with in his previous life, and many things he had never heard of.

This vision, this way of thinking, can't help but make them extremely shocked, astonished to heaven!
"Mr. Li, have you done express delivery before?" Wang Wei couldn't help asking.

Li Zetian smiled and shook his head: "No!"

"Then you are very talented, and you were born to be a courier!" Wang Wei said straightforwardly without thinking.

Nima, do I think you are praising me?

Li Zetian smiled wryly.

Right now, Alibaba has been established, and at the same time invested in SF Express, China's e-commerce will develop more smoothly in the future.

……

Two days later, Li Zetian took his family to Sanya to investigate, develop tourism in Sanya, build hotels, resorts and so on.

Well, it's called an investigation, but it's actually a trip.

Sanya is located at the southernmost tip of HN Island, featuring tropical seaside scenery, known as "Oriental Hawaii", with fresh air and pleasant scenery.

Li Zetian and his party were lying on the beach by the sea, blowing the warm sea breeze, looking at the blue sky and daytime, basking in the sun, or walking in the sea with bare feet facing the waves, so pleasant!Such a carefree, far away from the hustle and bustle of the city, enjoying the beauty and tenderness of nature to the fullest, life should be clear!

It takes more than a week to stay in Sanya.

Subsequently, Li Zetian's parents returned to Hong Kong.

Li Zetian's family returned to Los Angeles, and his younger sister Zhou Qiqi went to Stanford University.

As a person, you have to combine work and rest.

After resting for a long time, I feel much more relaxed, and I am more energetic than before when I work.

The development of the Alibaba website went very smoothly. On April 4, the website was officially launched.Li Zetian used some resources, such as promoting it on Glory Internet cafe Internet cafe management software, Sprint Internet dial-up software, and the Yahoo website.

For a time, many people knew the existence of Alibaba!
In less than a week, Alibaba helped hundreds of Chinese companies complete transactions with foreign countries.

The B2B business began to surface, which attracted great attention in the industry and was reported by many media around the world. Some media even compared Alibaba with Amazon.

And Jack Ma is also famous abroad.

At the same time, after the funds of SF Express arrived in the account, it immediately began to recruit and expand, and reached cooperation with Alibaba, Amazon, and companies with express delivery needs under the name of Li Zetian. Its development speed is like a rocket, which is jaw-dropping!

However, Alibaba is in the open, and SF Express is in the dark, and the two carriages go hand in hand!

In addition, Tencent, which Li Zetian ordered Dongfang Yuqin to register, has also developed the QQ instant messaging software, but it has not been released yet.

Li Zetian wants to test qq himself to see if there are any major bugs.

Li Zetian hoped that the qq software would become an instant hit.

Of course, the names Tencent and QQ have nothing to do with instant messaging software.

The reason for this name is entirely because of Li Zetian's bad taste.

As a member of time-traveling, he always has a different mentality towards well-known companies and celebrities in his previous life.

In fact, for the public, the name is not so important.

When Google first came out, who knew what Google meant?But after Google became famous, everyone now knows that it is a search engine.

Naturally, the headquarters of Tencent is also located in Los Angeles, so it is very convenient for Li Zetian to come to inspect the work at any time.

(End of this chapter)