Reborn in 2011, 985 missing from two copies

Chapter 497 The sky falls, and a group of people beat up Ali!

"President Mo, you are all aware of the prospects of Weibo. 130 billion is a little too little to acquire a controlling stake in Weibo," Cao Wei replied with a smile.

Mo Yi frowned, looking grim.

If Alibaba had not been banned by Changchat and needed Weibo so much, it would have had a hard time raising even 130 billion, let alone 120 billion.

After much difficulty in convincing Jack Ma and offering a price of 130 billion, Cao is still not satisfied. It's really like a snake swallowing an elephant!

"Then how much does Director Cao want?"

"160 billion!" Cao Wei said decisively.

“!!!” Ten thousand alpacas roared through Mo Yi’s mind.

160 million?
Crazy?
"Boss Cao, I came here with sincerity."

“I made my offer seriously.”

Mo Yi was speechless for a moment: "..."

"Mr. Cao, 130 billion. As long as you agree, we can sign the contract right away. With Alibaba's support, Sina Weibo can definitely go further and develop better!"

The corner of Cao Wei's mouth twitched. Are all the people in Alibaba so confident?

Your Alipay is almost being killed by others, and you still want Sina Weibo to grow bigger?
I don't believe you at all!

But he smiled and said: "Sina Weibo also hopes to become Alibaba's strategic ally, but Weibo is not decided by me alone. 130 billion is really unrealistic, at least 155 billion!"

"155 billion is impossible!" Mo Yi also lost his patience.

If it was just a little short, we could still talk about it, but now the shortfall is 25 billion, so there’s no point in talking.

Hearing Mo Yi's impatience, Cao Wei said with a smile: "President Mo, let me tell you the bottom line. 150 billion, 51% of the shares, this is the bottom line."

"150 billion..." Mo Yi's expression was extremely complicated: "Nothing to talk about?"

"If you want to control Weibo, you'll need 150 billion," Cao Wei said calmly, his words leaving no room for doubt.

Mo Yi understood what Cao Wei meant and nodded: "Okay, I will discuss it with the chairman."

"Okay." Cao Wei hung up the phone calmly in a good mood.

The vice president of Sina on the other side could not help but say: "Chairman, 130 billion is not a low price, equivalent to a valuation of 260 billion. Why refuse? If you insist on 150 billion, Alibaba is unlikely to agree and may very likely give up its controlling stake!"

Cao Wei laughed and said, "What I want is for Alibaba to give up its controlling stake in Weibo!"

"???"

The vice president was confused. After pondering Cao Wei's words, he finally understood what he meant:
"Chairman, are you still firmly against Alibaba Holdings?"

Cao Wei nodded: "Of course, I don't reject Alibaba's investment, but I don't want to be controlled by Alibaba."

"So you used the price tag of 150 billion to make Alibaba back down?"

"That's right! Weibo can cooperate with Alibaba and form an alliance, but it must remain independent and must not become a vassal of Alibaba!"

Cao Wei said sternly that this was his plan.

This should be done for the development of Sina Weibo or for yourself.

Once Alibaba takes control of Sina Weibo, not to mention other senior executives, even he, the chairman of Weibo, will have to resign.

Of course, nominally they will be transferred to other departments of Alibaba, which is a promotion in name only and a demotion in reality.

Alibaba is very good at this kind of tactics, and everyone in the industry knows it.

Ali headquarters.

Mo Yi approached Jack Ma and said, "Chairman, Mr. Cao is crazy. He actually wanted 160 billion. In the end, it was reduced to 150 billion. He will not give any less no matter what."

"150 billion?" Jack Ma said solemnly, "This guy is really crazy. He really thinks that Alibaba will fail if it leaves Sina Weibo? He is kidding!"

"Well... Chairman, now Changliao has banned us, and Douyin has also banned us. We really can't leave Weibo!" Mo Yi couldn't help but say.

Jack Ma's mouth twitched: "..."

But I have to admit that this is the fact.

"150 billion is not realistic. Even if I agree, the board of directors won't agree. Even 130 billion is difficult."

Jack Ma said in a deep voice: "In this case, we can only settle for the next best thing, give up the controlling stake and choose to invest!"

"This is also a solution." Mo Yi nodded.

Jack Ma was a little tired: "President Mo, please go to Sina and discuss the issue of controlling the company. If it really doesn't work, then give up the controlling stake and discuss investing in Sina Weibo."

"Okay!" Mo Yi turned and left.

Jack Ma called another senior executive and said, "Lao Liu, please go to NetEase and discuss the acquisition of NetEase Weibo."

"Yes!"

Although NetEase Weibo is far inferior to Sina Weibo, it is also an option.

At least NetEase Weibo doesn't dare to ask for too much.

If it is possible to successfully acquire NetEase Weibo, there will be no need to invest in Sina Weibo.

Jack Ma’s favorite thing to do is to take complete control!
In the following days, both of Alibaba’s vice presidents went out to negotiate on controlling and investing in Weibo, in order to find new traffic entrances for Taobao and Tmall.

On the Internet, the controversy between Alibaba and Xingyi Technology over banning each other is getting more and more intense.

Previously, they joined forces with foreign media to discredit Xingyi Technology, which is enough to destroy their character.

Now the complete ban on Changchat payment has caused condemnation and boycott from many users!
Seeing this, JD.com saw an opportunity and took decisive action.

The next day, a piece of news became a hot topic:
[Jingdong respects user freedom and fully supports Changchat payment. Shop on Jingdong, with faster logistics and better service! ]

As soon as this hot search came out, those indignant Taobao users gave up Taobao and turned to JD.com.

Although Taobao is large in scale these days, it does not have a monopoly position.

What's more, JD.com's logistics efficiency still crushes Taobao.

The development of the four express delivery companies in 2013 was very slow, not as fast as it would be ten years later.

Not surprisingly, JD.com's user base began to surge, while Taobao's user base began to decline in large numbers.

Da Qiangzi is in a good mood. He believes that this wave of huge wealth cannot be missed!
I immediately called Wang Yi:

"Mr. Wang, Xingyi Technology and Alibaba have started a war, and JD.com fully supports Changchat payment. Now is a good time. What do you think about JD.com's listing..."

Wang Yi had anticipated this, and Da Qiangzi could no longer sit still.

However, the current mutual blocking between Xingyi Technology and Alibaba is indeed a good opportunity for JD.com to expand.

Many users who boycott Alipay and support Changchat Payment will give up Taobao and choose JD.com.

In this way, JD.com's user scale and revenue will increase significantly, and its performance will become better. It is indeed a good opportunity to go public.

Wang Yi nodded: "Okay, taking this opportunity, JD.com's performance will increase significantly. If it goes public at this time, the stock price will also go higher!"

"Thank you Mr. Wang for your support. We will submit the listing application immediately and go public as soon as possible!" Da Qiangzi was delighted.

As for the information?

It has been prepared for a long time.

If it weren't for Wang Yi's pressure, JD.com would have wanted to go public in January.

However, if the company had gone public at that time, it would have missed the huge wealth at that time, and its performance and stock price would have been low.

The current battle between Alibaba and Xingyi Technology has given JD.com an opportunity. Now is the best time to go public!
Wang Yi had no objection to this.

As a major shareholder of JD.com, Wang Yi can make more money by cashing out if the share price of JD.com is high.

More importantly, we can also use JD.com to weaken Taobao and Tmall, and strengthen Changchat Payment!

Not surprisingly, JD.com added tens of millions of users in just one day.

All of them are transferred from Taobao!
Looking at this scene, Jack Ma was very angry:
"Damn it, I didn't expect that JD.com would gain a lot of benefits from our battle with Xingyi Technology!"

"In order to facilitate payment, many Taobao users actually gave up Taobao and chose JD.com! It's really too much!"

Alipay head Liu Quanxin was also helpless: "Now it has become Changchat Payment + JD.com, fighting against Alipay + Taobao. This has added some uncertainty to our inevitable victory."

"Yes, but we still have the advantage. JD.com will at most replace Taobao, but the ultimate winner will still be us, Alibaba!"

Jack Ma said firmly: "How many Alipay users are there now?"

"Since the ban on Changchat Payment, Alipay users have quickly returned, and the number has now exceeded 5000 million!"

"Good, very good! If we keep going like this, we will soon be able to return to the peak and get back to hundreds of millions!"

Jack Ma was in a good mood, but Liu Quanxin frowned:
"Chairman, this is difficult. We already have tens of millions of Taobao users moving to JD.com. In a few days, it is estimated that the number will exceed 30 million. In the end, the number of Alipay users will probably be around 70 million!"

"This..." Jack Ma's smile froze. "Damn it, JD.com managed to snatch so many users? Damn it!"

However, just as Jack Ma was furious, the secretary rushed in:

"The chairman is not well."

"What's wrong again?" Jack Ma looked a little ugly.

"Chairman, Meituan has also banned Alipay!" the secretary handed over an iPad.

[Meituan: In order to protest against Alibaba's monopoly, Meituan suspends Alipay payment. Please use Changchat payment! ]

When Jack Ma saw it, he was immediately furious and felt a pain in his liver.

"Damn it, Wang Xing has no moral principles!"

"Initially, Meituan was invested by Alibaba, but now it has turned to Xingyi Technology and is helping Xingyi Technology to block Alipay!"

"How abominable!"

"How abominable!"

The more Jack Ma thought about it, the angrier he got: "Damn Meituan. They publicly accused Alibaba of hegemony and took the lead in resisting Alibaba's hegemony. They deserve to die!"

Liu Quanxin's face also changed drastically: "Meituan has publicly condemned and protested, so users should boycott Alibaba even more? Boycott Alipay?"

Jack Ma nodded: "That's for sure. If that's the case, it will probably be difficult for Alipay to reach 7000 million users."

"Wang Xing is such a nasty guy!"

However, misfortunes never come singly.

Just as Jack Ma suppressed his anger, another executive rushed in:

"Chairman, we are in big trouble! Suning, Gome, and Amazon have also joined forces to fight against Alibaba!"

"What the hell, what does this have to do with them?" Jack Ma was furious. He snatched the iPad decisively, and his expression became even uglier.

Several major e-commerce companies have issued statements:

[Suning.com fully integrates Changchat payment, shop at Suning! ]

[Gome Mall fully integrates Changchat Payment, combining the two powerful forces to provide users with better products and services! 】

[Amazon Xiaguo and Xingyi Technology reached a strategic cooperation and fully integrated Changchat payment! ] Jack Ma's expression became very ugly: "Damn, these bastards are here too!"

Liu Quanxin was somewhat puzzled: "Chairman, Xingyi Technology is a major shareholder of JD.com and Meituan. It is natural for JD.com and Meituan to support Changchat Payment. But why do Suning, Gome, and Amazon also support Changchat Payment? Xingyi Technology has not invested in them?"

Jack Ma sighed: "They support Changchat payment not for Xingyi Technology, but to cater to users and grab Taobao's users and market!"

"Now Taobao has banned Changchat payment, and JD.com fully supports Changchat payment. In one day, tens of millions of Taobao users flocked to JD.com. Do you think Suning, Gome, and Amazon can sit still? Aren't they jealous?"

"I see." Liu Quanxin suddenly realized: "They fully integrated Changchat Payment just to take advantage of the opportunity to snatch our Taobao users and share our Taobao market share, just like JD.com!"

"That's right!" Jack Ma was frustrated and angry: "Netizens are boycotting Alibaba and supporting Changliao Pay. Whoever stands up to support Changliao Pay now will win the hearts of the people and snatch these users away!"

"So, Gome and Suning also jumped out. What a bunch of rats, they have no moral principles!"

Jack Ma was furious, but in order to stabilize the morale of the troops, he said nonchalantly: "It's okay, how can the light of a firefly compete with the brightness of the bright moon?"

“Although there are many platforms, they are small in size, and their combined impact is limited!”

"Yes, Chairman, don't worry, Taobao will still be the eternal overlord." Liu Quanxin said with a smile.

However, as soon as the words fell, another executive rushed in:
"Chairman, it's bad, Tencent has made a big move!"

"what?"

Jack Ma's face changed drastically.

As for Suning, Gome and Alibaba, they don’t need to care too much.

But since Tencent has taken action, he has to pay attention.

Although Tencent's e-commerce business is far inferior to Alibaba's, it has many platforms, is willing to invest money, and has a strong momentum.

Tencent currently has three major e-commerce platforms: PaiPai, QQ Mall, and Yixun.

Among them, PaiPai.com is C2C, comparable to Taobao.

Yixun.com is a B2C website that focuses on self-operation and competes with JD.com.

QQ Mall is also B2C, but it is an open platform, comparable to Tmall!
It can be said that Tencent has laid out three major e-commerce platforms at once, covering all models in an all-round way and developing in a breeding manner!
The advantage of this is that it can increase the fault tolerance rate.

The disadvantages are also obvious: they are too scattered and users don’t know which one to use.

The company doesn’t know which platform to allocate its resources to.

Therefore, the three major e-commerce platforms are all loud thunder but little results, and their impact on Alibaba is limited.

But this time, Tencent e-commerce made a big move.

【Tencent's e-commerce business has undergone a major adjustment, establishing the "QQ Online Shopping" super platform and integrating Paipai.com, QQ Mall, and Yixun.com into QQ Online Shopping! 】

Now, even Jack Ma couldn't remain calm.

When Tencent launched a war on three fronts, Jack Ma didn’t care.

But now, Tencent has integrated its three lines into one, and even Jack Ma has to be wary.

Especially at a time when Alipay and Taobao are being boycotted, Tencent's heavy blow could not be more subtle.

"Geely has also taken action, damn it!"

Jack Ma's face was livid: "Xingyi Technology, JD.com, Meituan, Suning, Gome, Amazon, Tencent!"

"All of you, come and attack us, and snatch our market and users. That's great!"

With every word, Jack Ma's face became extremely gloomy, and he felt as if he was surrounded by enemies on all sides.

The trouble is big.

Other Alibaba executives were even more frightened.

The more timid ones just felt like the sky was falling!
Wang Yi was not surprised by this.

At present, Taobao and Tmall monopolize half of the e-commerce market, and other e-commerce platforms cannot compete.

Whether it is JD.com or QQ Online Shopping, if they want to grow bigger, they can only grab Alibaba's market and users. There is no other way.

When a whale falls, all things are born.

Only when the giant whale Alibaba falls, can other e-commerce platforms emerge and grow bigger!

This is true whether in the previous life or in this life.

In the past, Alibaba did not fall, but JD.com did not rise. Tencent gave up all its e-commerce businesses. Suning, Gome, Amazon, and Xiaguo all went out of business...

It was not until many years later that Alibaba made a strategic mistake and overestimated the economic situation, while PDD emerged as a dark horse by spending money and sinking into the market.

Now with the participation of Tencent, the whole situation has become even more turbulent.

In the following days, the number of Alipay users did not increase much, but Taobao lost a lot of users.

JD.com, QQ Online Shopping, Suning, Gome, Amazon, etc. There are so many platforms, and if you take a little share from one of them, you can grab a lot.

Wang Yi was pleased to hear this.

But Jian Ziyan couldn't sit still any longer: "Chairman, it's a mess, it's all a mess!"

"Ali banned Changchat Payment and wanted to punish us, but ended up getting ganged up on by a bunch of e-commerce platforms. Even Tencent joined in. It's really a mess!"

Wang Yi laughed dumbly: "The more chaotic, the better. We are not afraid of chaotic e-commerce platforms, but we are afraid of e-commerce platform monopoly."

It’s a good thing that there are more than a dozen e-commerce platforms competing with each other, and each of them has tens of millions of users.

When the Douyin Mall is launched next year, it will be able to sweep the world.

But if other e-commerce platforms are half-dead and only Taobao is the dominant one with hundreds of millions of users, then there will be trouble.

The Douyin Mall will be launched next year and will also develop slowly.

After all, 4G has not yet been popularized in China, and 3G can still be used smoothly to watch Douyin at low resolution, but it is difficult for the short video track to become popular.

Because of this, the current traffic of Douyin is far less than that of the Changliao official account.

In another two years, short videos will become extremely popular, and the traffic of Tik Tok will be able to crush the Changliao public account by several times.

"So that's how it is. It's easier to accomplish things when there are many warlords. It will be difficult to succeed if the whole world is unified." Jian Ziyan suddenly realized.

"That's right, that's the truth." Wang Yi said with a smile: "The better these platforms develop, the worse Alibaba suffers, and the better it is for us."

"So we're just going to do nothing? Watch them fight? Beat up Ali?"

Wang Yi smiled: "Of course we have to do it. Our layout is also being continuously promoted."

"What layout?" Jian Ziyan was confused.

Wang Yi smiled but said nothing. Some things can be pushed forward slowly, but there is no need to say them out loud.

As a result, not much is known about it even within Xingyi Technology.

After all, there are too many businesses and Jian Ziyan doesn't know everything, especially the e-commerce business, which is mainly in Jeju.

"Meanwhile, I'm waiting."

"What are you waiting for?" Jian Ziyan was full of curiosity.

"Wait for Tencent to come!"

"???" Jian Ziyan was confused: "Could it be that Tencent's QQ online shopping is also going to be connected to Changchat Payment? Impossible!"

"Nothing is impossible." Wang Yi was confident.

If WeChat Pay or QQ Wallet is launched half a year later, Tencent will not integrate it into QQ online shopping.

But now, WeChat Pay has not been developed yet.

After all, the number of WeChat users is not large at present, and the number of daily active users is also declining.

In the previous life, WeChat Pay was launched half a year later.

As for QQ Wallet, it will be even later and will be released next year.

Currently Tencent only has Tenpay, but they are all PC-based.

But now is the era of mobile Internet, and QQ online shopping also has an APP.

You can pay with Tenpay on the web, or you can pay with online banking, but what about the mobile phone?

WeChat Pay and QQ Wallet are not online yet, so Tencent currently has no mobile payment tools.

Then Changchat Payment is the best choice.

You can't use our arch-rival Alipay, right?
Sure enough, that afternoon, Jian Ziyan approached Wang Yi and said, "Chairman, the person you're waiting for is here."

Ten minutes later, Wang Yi and Mr. Ma, one in the capital and the other in Shenzhen, started their first video conference.

After a brief greeting, Mr. Ma got straight to the point:
"Mr. Wang, your company is going to focus on Changchat Payment to target Alibaba's Alipay. We are going to do QQ online shopping to target Alibaba's e-commerce business! We have a common opponent, but we don't have conflicting businesses. We can definitely cooperate."

Wang Yi smiled and nodded: "That's for sure. Alibaba has a monopoly on half of the e-commerce platform, which is not a good thing. Taobao also frequently bans its competitors, which is a bit out of shape. Our cooperation can also be regarded as setting a benchmark for Internet companies. In the future, don't ban each other at will and trouble users!"

Mr. Ma nodded repeatedly: "That's right, users are the first priority, and we must not create trouble for users. QQ online shopping will be fully integrated with Changchat payment!"

“Thank you.” Wang Yi said with a smile: “I am very optimistic about the development of QQ online shopping. The Mayu flagship store and Xingyi flagship store will both be located in QQ online shopping!”

"Thank you." Mr. Ma was in a good mood. With the entry of these two major brands, QQ online shopping will become more important.

Especially in China, Xingyi Technology's weight has surpassed Apple!

"This is what we should do. There is no need to engage in vicious competition or do something that is not good for both parties." Wang Yi said meaningfully.

Mr. Ma understood and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Mr. Wang, I'm not Jack Ma, I won't do anything rash. Even if Tencent launches a taxi service next, it won't burn money in a war or maliciously subsidize others."

"That's good. Just like the battle between thousands of groups, so much money was burned and 90% of the platforms will eventually go bankrupt and be heavily in debt. Burning money is the worst option and it doesn't make much sense." Wang Yi said earnestly.

This video conference with Mr. Ma was only one aspect to finalize the Changchat payment issue. Another aspect was also for both parties to exchange views and set rules for possible business conflicts in the future.

For example, we agreed not to engage in a money-burning war.

this point is very important.

The two sides talked very smoothly. The next day, a piece of news once again shocked the entire Internet:
[QQ online shopping will suspend Alipay payment for security reasons and fully integrate Changchat payment! ]

This news once again caused an uproar:

"It's interesting. Tencent has also made a move."

"Xingyi Technology, JD.com, Meituan, Suning, Gome, Amazon, QQ Online Shopping, seven major platforms are beating up Alibaba. Jack Ma must feel like the sky is falling."

“Hahaha, Alibaba deserves it. Who asked them to block Changliao and threaten users?”

"Is it okay now? Let's just give up Taobao. There are plenty of e-commerce platforms out there!"

"Yes, I didn't want to give up Alipay at first, but now I'm giving up Taobao too!"

……

Looking at these public opinions, Liu Quanxin was terrified, and Jack Ma's face was even more livid.

(End of this chapter)