Hangzhou.
As the top Internet company in China, Alibaba's growth rate has slowed down in recent years. In the field of e-commerce, its core business, it has encountered strong challenges from JD.com and Pinduoduo. Currently, Alipay and Alibaba Cloud are still outstanding businesses.
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As for the businesses acquired by Alibaba, most of them are maintained or completed. Alibaba insists on the idea of holding a controlling stake in investment, so it is known as the "paraquat of entertainment".
But Alibaba is the undisputed giant. Not long after Tencent learned the news, they also got the news.
Zhang Yong, as the current person in charge of Alibaba, held a video conference. Jack, who was out of town, Tsai Chongxin, who had returned to the United States to settle down and play basketball, and Alibaba's partners were all summoned to discuss the changes in Uber.
As a domestic Internet company, Phoenix Group is no longer as glorious as "FAT" in the past, but it is still a major Internet company. Changes in the person in charge of its core business are certainly worthy of ad hoc meetings with opponents to discuss.
Jing Gao and Lao Ma have long been at odds with each other. At the Wuzhen Internet Conference, the two had a very unpleasant chat with each other at Jing Gao's temporary residence. Moreover, the Phoenix Group also kicked Ali out of Weibo and removed Ali from the media industry.
The layout is messed up.
In fact, many people don’t know that Alibaba is very courageous. They not only innovate in finance, but also try to get involved in the media. At that time, its youngest partner Jiang Fan kept a mistress during marriage, and it was a hot search on Weibo.
They were all suppressed, causing resentment among netizens across the Internet. At this time, many people suddenly realized that Ali had made so many arrangements in the media industry.
Of course, no matter how Alibaba lays out the media industry, if the national team is excluded, today’s media industry is the most powerful Internet platform. As a cesspool for the whole people, Meibo undoubtedly has a special status.
Alibaba still has a considerable stake in Weibo, but it has no voting rights and is excluded from the decision-making level of Weibo by Phoenix Group.
Without the meager influence of this platform, Alibaba’s media empire would be much inferior.
Lao Ma's alien face is still the same and very recognizable. He said in the video: "Lao Zhang, what do you think? There has been a change in the person in charge of Uber. Is there anything we can take advantage of?"
There is a tradition of fancy name culture within Ali, but this title may not be used in daily interactions. For example, Lao Ma especially likes to be called Teacher Ma.
Zhang Yong pushed up his glasses and said: "My idea is to increase investment in AutoNavi. AutoNavi's taxi-hailing business can seize the opportunity to develop. The adjustment of Uber's person in charge this time will definitely give them a boost.
Three years of chaos.”
A company is like a ship. It doesn't mean it can turn around immediately. There is a certain inertia. If the subsequent person in charge is not good, it may not be able to adjust in two or three years.
Tsai Congxin asked: “Who is the new person in charge of Uber’s launch?”
Cai Congxin was forced to withdraw from the company's governance due to the failure of the fight between Alibaba and Phoenix Group. However, his status as an Alibaba partner has not changed. Although he has withdrawn, he can still participate in the company's internal meetings.
In the world of the Internet, it is a routine operation to send several undercover commercial agents to each other. Netizens who have experienced troll trolls back then all know that Alibaba is on the list of some of the largest trolls.
Dai Shan, one of the Eighteen Arhats and responsible for B2B business, said: "I heard that he is an assistant to Boss Jing. His name is Jing Shufeng. He is a French translator. He went to Paris with Boss Jing and participated in the whole process of LV Group annexing Zhaoshi Group.
The business war belongs to his confidants, but no one in the industry is optimistic about this adjustment."
Peng Lei, who was in charge of Alipay, took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "Boss Jing is hiding behind the scenes now, leaving everything to An Zhiwen. He is probably addicted to conspiracy, and deliberately threw his assistant out to fill the hole.
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Based on Jing Gao's reputation and record in the world, no one would think that he is out of his mind and nepotistic. He is probably engaging in "showing weakness to the enemy" and other tricks. But the question is, is this adjustment of Uber?
Aren't you going to give them Ali a chance?
In the United States, Tsai Congxin said categorically: "I agree to increase investment in AutoNavi and seize the market."
Lao Ma is still in the UK, promoting the cooperation between Alipay and John Bull's Barclays Galaxy. He will be in his villa, sitting in a chair, thinking for a while, and said: "Then let's settle it. You guys discuss the investment."
Just give me the number."
As CEO, Zhang Yong has already done some homework, saying: "We will invest roughly US$200 million in advance, burn money to expand the market, and test the waters."
Lao Ma nodded: "You discuss it."
After hanging up the phone, Lao Ma fell into deep thought in his villa in a wealthy area of London. While it was still afternoon in China, it was already late at night in London. He was not thinking about Uber. The Phoenix Group had already fallen behind. He was interested
Not big. I am thinking about a question, where will Alipay go?
It must be listed!
However, Alipay faces various problems when it goes public. As the leader, he is naturally aware of the problems. This makes the entire Alibaba management have a sense of urgency. He has a hunch that if Alipay cannot be listed as scheduled,
For Alibaba, this may be the beginning of decline.
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Beijing, Meituan headquarters building.
Wang Xin was drinking coffee and chatting with his good brother and deputy Wang Huiwen in his office. The news of the change of Uber's person in charge had already spread. Although Uber is headquartered in Shanghai and was listed on Hong Kong Island.
But the Internet is such a big circle. Who doesn’t have a few “acquaintances”? News seems to be flying by.
Compared with Tencent, Alibaba and Ali took the news seriously and specially held a president's office meeting and a partner meeting. Meituan's response was obviously downgraded.
This is not to say that Meituan and Phoenix Group have no grievances. Everyone knows that Phoenix Group and Taichu Group are two brands and one team. Orange Takeaway and Meituan, a subsidiary of Taichu Group, are fighting fiercely. Alibaba’s Are You Hungry?
It was almost ruined and its market share shrank sharply.
This is a typical market example where the boss fights with the boss and the third boss is lost.
Wang Xin takes it seriously, but there is no need to summon all the management of Meituan for a meeting. He and Boss Jing do not have to deal with each other, but they are indeed separated by business. Meituan does not need to mobilize troops yet.
"Hui Wen, what do you say?" Wang Xin took a sip of coffee, leaned on his desk, looked at the beautiful scenery of early spring outside the floor-to-ceiling window, and said with a smile.
Wang Huiwen, Wang Xin’s right-hand man and a classmate at Tsinghua University, smiled and said: “What, you want to take advantage of the chaos to enter the taxi field? It’s very expensive!”
Wang Xin smiled slightly, "We have already gone public, so it's not like we have no money. It's good to scare them! Boss Jing was a venture capital tycoon back then, and he wanted to get involved in any good business. I didn't expect that we would be here today."
Back then, he, Cheng Wei, and Zhang Yiming drank tea together at the Wuzhen Internet Conference and discussed the boundary issues of Internet companies. Now he and Zhang Yiming are the only ones left.
Wang Huiwen thought for a while and said: "It's okay if you want to scare them. But my suggestion is that it's best not to start a price war with Uber. Our current internal situation is not enough to continue under the competitive pressure of Orange Delivery.
Open another battlefield, otherwise the financial cost will rise sharply."
Wang Xin nodded: "I understand! Just invest 100 million US dollars to play with them. After we acquired Mobike, there is indeed a need to develop in the taxi-hailing field. This is an excellent traffic entrance."
"Yes." Wang Huiwen voted in favor.
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While the entire Internet community is paying attention to the replacement of Uber's chairman and CEO, Huang Zheng, the CEO of Pinduoduo, a newly minted Internet upstart, is entertaining business godfather Duan Yongping in Shanghai, who has quietly returned to China to visit relatives and friends.
"A-Duan, I'm not optimistic about Uber's replacement this time. Boss Jing is probably a little bit whimsical."
This chapter has been completed!