Reborn: Billionaire in College

NavInfo is really important to Baidu, as it provides the underlying data for Baidu Maps.

This matter is naturally related to Chen Pingjiang, of course he just nodded to Xiao Ma Ge.

However, Chen Pingjiang did not expect Alibaba to enter the game.

But he could understand after thinking about it for a moment.

Alibaba has always wanted to do O2O, but it has been troubled by the lack of channels and entrances.

But maps are a good thing.

With the map as the entrance, they can also set up their own taxi gathering platform and also engage in in-store services.

Business competition has always been so cruel. There are no eternal friends and no eternal enemies.

Now that Baidu is showing weakness and Robin Li is busy, there is no reason for Alibaba not to get involved.

The atmosphere in the conference room was so low that even the sound of a needle dropping could be heard clearly.

No one dared to express their anger.

Seeing the look on his subordinates' faces, Li Yanhong became even more angry and felt a little disappointed.

"What's wrong? Are you all mute? Now that your home has been raided, you can't even say a word?"

The people below look at each other, and no one really wants to be the first to stand out.

If you answer well, it's fine. But if you answer badly, you will be in trouble.

"Lao Zhang, as the vice president, you speak."

Zhang looked bitter. After taking a quick look, he slowly said, "I mean to compete with Alibaba and Tencent. Everyone knows that maps are the recognized foundation of O2O. Their importance is self-evident. They also determine the life and death of our current AutoNavi aggregation platform. We at Baidu have overcome the most difficult times through years of investment. There is no reason to let the cooked duck fly away."

"More importantly, Alibaba and Tencent do not have any map projects now, but the consensus that maps are the most important underlying component of O2O has never changed. After seeing the success of Baidu Maps and Renren's AutoNavi Maps, the two companies also hope to use maps as a breakthrough to enter the huge market of offline life services. This means that the value of life service data to BAT is far greater than basic data, even though the basic functions are not very different."

"For users, almost all navigation software can provide basic navigation functions with little difference and rich data on roads, mountains, and rivers, which are enough to ensure basic use. The real difference also lies in whether the life service data can be enriched to meet as many user needs as possible, and whether the collection and update of life service data can far exceed that of peers."

After hearing what Lao Zhang had to say, Li Yanhong waved his hand impatiently: "Just tell me the conclusion. What you said is already known to everyone."

Lao Zhang choked and lost half of his energy: "I mean we must win."

Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Robin Li sneered: "The actual value of NavInfo has been seriously overestimated due to the competition from Alibaba and Tencent. In terms of data production capacity, it naturally overlaps with our Baidu Maps. We just need a qualification, but there are many companies that can provide this qualification. Alibaba and Tencent do not have any map resources, but we are different. Even so, do we still have to compete?"

"Our Baidu Maps market share is now second only to AutoNavi, and is far stronger than Alibaba and Tencent. Baidu's success is not due to NavInfo's data, but the continuous evolution of technology and functions. To compete with them on NavInfo, we don't need to acquire a qualified data company and completely replace NavInfo."

As soon as Li Yanhong finished speaking, a bunch of executives rushed over to flatter him.

"I think what Mr. Li said is right. If they want to rob, let them rob. As long as they don't cut off cooperation immediately, we are not afraid."

"Yes, it is much more profitable to acquire a company than to compete head-on with Tencent and Alibaba."

"..."

Old Zhang shook his head helplessly.

Well, now I have become a background figure again.

Who makes the big boss always like to use this method to criticize others and enhance his own image at the same time?

What Li Yanhong said is correct to some extent.

Baidu Maps is already a success. It will be very difficult for Tencent and Alibaba to surpass Baidu in making maps now.

For a mapping company, data is of course important, but it is not the only important thing.

Just like Baidu Maps has dozens of other different data partners. Multiple data providers provide Baidu Maps with the best data in their respective areas of strength, enabling Baidu Maps' underlying data and life service data to be quickly aggregated, ensuring that Baidu Maps can update data in a timely and flexible manner to adapt to changes in user needs; in addition, Baidu Maps' open platform has gathered more than 40 developers who contribute various life service data to Baidu Maps, making Baidu's overall data richer and more diversified.

These are the most important resources of Baidu Maps, but these resources are not available to Tencent and Alibaba in the short term.

Robin Li has already decided to delay the matter as long as possible and take advantage of this time to acquire a map data company. If he still hasn't done it before the supply is cut off, then he will just infringe on the rights for a while, which is not a big deal.

No matter how the three BAT companies compete with each other, Chen Pingjiang always sits firmly on the Diaoyutai, enjoying the dividends from shorting Baidu.

Baidu, which is plagued by various negative news, has seen its stock price ride like a roller coaster, and Robin Li himself has no energy to protect the stock price.

This made Chen Pingjiang like a vulture, frantically gnawing at Baidu's corpse.

The short selling made a lot of profit, about 10 billion US dollars.

As for the map business that Alibaba and Tencent are most interested in, Chen Pingjiang is not at all panicked.

Let’s not even mention Tencent. Alibaba has already taken over its own AutoNavi. If Alibaba wants maps, it can only do it on its own.

As for time, it will take at least five or eight years.

On Baidu's side, Chen Pingjiang just gave a small lesson, telling them not to follow him around for no reason and ruin their good fortune.

As for your claim that Baidu really suffered serious damage, that is not the case.

After all, Baidu's size is there.

But what Chen Pingjiang didn’t expect was that

In the process of competing with Tencent for the equity of NavInfo, Alibaba showed amazing fighting power and won 15% of the equity at a premium of %.

This also surprised Xiao Ma Ge, and he turned to SOSO, intending to acquire SOSO Maps.

This result is actually a good one for Robin Li.

At least Tencent, which has a close relationship with Chen Pingjiang, was not allowed to obtain shares of NavInfo, otherwise the contract would have been terminated immediately.

…………

While at work, Chen Pingjiang received a letter from Cong Nini and rushed over in a hurry.

Cong Nini usually makes Chen Pingjiang less worried and will never send him a message unless it is necessary.

When we arrived at Cong Nini's residence, the person who opened the door was Aunt Liu, who was hired by Cong Nini.

Looking at Cong Nini's listless and bare-faced appearance, especially her right hand covering her stomach all the time, Chen Pingjiang felt a shudder.

"Pregnant?"

Cong Nini giggled and asked proudly, "How did you find out? I just found out about it not long ago." Chen Pingjiang didn't say anything, but he felt very complicated.

Cong Nini didn't pay any attention to Chen Pingjiang's expression. At this moment, she was overwhelmed by great joy and her face was full of caution.

She had been looking forward to this day for a long time.

Although she is younger than Ge Mengshi, she is not the type of person who can easily get pregnant. She doesn't meet Chen Pingjiang very often. Every time she finishes work, she has to lie down for an hour with a pillow under her.

The pregnancy preparation process was even more painful, with constant trips to the hospital for checkups and taking folic acid and vitamins.

In this way, it took nearly half a year to finally get pregnant successfully.

Precisely because preparing for pregnancy was difficult, Cong Nini took even more care of herself, and as a result, she became less crazy and flamboyant than before.

Cong Nini has always attached great importance to the issue of whether or not to have children.

As an insecure girl, she didn't have much self-esteem in front of Chen Pingjiang, and was often worried that Chen Pingjiang no longer liked her and that they wanted to part ways.

Now that I have a child, I feel relieved and at ease.

"Have you been to the hospital for a check-up?" Chen Pingjiang asked.

Cong Nini smiled and nodded: "I felt something was wrong when my period didn't come this month, so I took the test paper every morning when I woke up. You don't know how excited I was when I saw two bars. But pregnancy is really uncomfortable. Now I feel very sleepy every day and I have no energy at all."

Chen Pingjiang heard about everything Cong Nini did to prepare for pregnancy, but he did not interfere.

The more Chen Pingjiang got along with Cong Nini, the more he understood her character.

Having a child as a bond can at least make Cong Nini's crazy personality more stable, especially it can give her a sense of security.

"Honey, do you like boys or girls?" With the help of Chen Pingjiang, Cong Nini returned to the bed and lay on the head of the bed, stroking her belly with her hands, her face full of longing.

"Boys and girls are welcome."

"I like boys. I've thought it through. After I give birth to a child, I will take good care of myself. When he is 18 years old, we can walk on the street together. People who don't know us will think we are a couple. Oh, and I want him to learn guitar and street dance. I want him to dress handsomely and pick up girls whenever he has time. I want them to go crazy and scream for him."

When Chen Pingjiang heard this, his face suddenly darkened.

It seems that it is difficult to change one's nature, and even having a child cannot change Cong Nini's character.

"Hehe, I'm one step ahead of Zhang Xinyue again. It seems that she will never be able to compete with me in the future. When she has a child, whether it is a boy or a girl, I will let my son beat her hard."

Cong Nini kept on talking endlessly.

Normally she had few friends, and it was a rare opportunity for her to meet Chen Pingjiang. And she also encountered such a great thing, so naturally she had to share it non-stop.

"Should we inform your parents about such a big thing?" Chen Pingjiang thought about it and asked.

He doesn't come here very often, so it might be better for Cong Nini's physical and mental health if she had family members with her.

But Cong Nini just shook her head and refused without thinking.

"No need! Are you going to look for my mom? She's been married for years. Or are you going to look for my dad? My dad is just doing business, playing with women and playing cards. Besides, what can a grown man like him do here?"

If an ordinary person said this, he would at least look distressed.

But Cong Nini seemed to be fine and had already gotten used to it.

"Then I'll ask Zhang Lu to quit her job and come to accompany you. It'll be her job."

"That can!"

As one of Cong Nini's few good friends and the only person who knows about her relationship with Chen Pingjiang, Zhang Lu is indeed very suitable for her to come and accompany her.

Chen Pingjiang was not afraid that Zhang Lu would not come. He paid her 20,000 yuan a month, provided food and accommodation, so she would not have to worry about food and drink, and would not have to punch in from nine to five. Her daily task was to chat and relieve her boredom.

Who could turn down a job like this?
"Honey, I'm sorry. The doctor said I have to be careful these few months and not do those things to prevent uterine contractions. If you really want, I can help you... If that doesn't work, do you want to try Zhang Lu too?" Cong Nini suddenly said mysteriously, "I asked her, she has never had a man before."

Chen Pingjiang's face immediately turned serious: "What a mess!? In your eyes, am I such an impatient person? Besides, I, Chen Pingjiang, can find any woman I want, so why should I miss my old classmates? This kind of joke is not funny, don't make it in the future."

This is Cong Nini's personality.

Seeing Chen Pingjiang was angry, she was not angry. She was very brave and approached him immediately, smiling, "Ah, if you don't like me, I won't open it anymore! Don't be angry. It's not just because I'm afraid you'll feel bad, but also because Zhang Lu has been coveting you for a long time."

As a good friend, Cong Nini naturally knows Zhang Lu’s true feelings.

But in fact, I am relatively averse to this kind of thing.

How many people in this world are willing to share their feelings with good friends?
Even her own relationship with Chen Pingjiang is unclear.

Now after hearing what Chen Pingjiang said, she felt a little happy.

It’s not that Chen Pingjiang doesn’t value Cong Nini as much as Ge Mengshi, it’s just that this is not his first child, so he is not as excited as the first time.

But no matter what, this is Chen Pingjiang's child, and it is impossible not to make careful arrangements.

After staying at Cong Nini's house for almost a year and arranging for the hospital doctors and other levels of care, Chen Pingjiang said, "Rest well at home first. I will come here often during this period."

"Oh, okay, husband." Cong Nini knew clearly that she was now considered a mother with a son, so she was extremely careful.

Only after leaving Cong Nini's residence did Chen Pingjiang feel extremely upset.

Having one more child is naturally a good thing, but having one more child can also be frustrating.

I haven't dealt with the wife of the first wife yet, and it's not a good idea to keep hiding it like this.

If all his women have children in the future, how will he explain it to them?

It’s a headache just thinking about it.

But the matter has come to this, and we can only take one step at a time.

We’ll talk about the rest later.

One good thing about Chen Pingjiang's character is that he never worries about future worries.

Because that will disrupt your life rhythm and ruin your life.

[398 I don’t know what the hell, it’s blocked, I can’t change it.] (End of this chapter)