Fang Zhuo extended an invitation to Wang Hanhua.
This behavior seems quite abrupt and shameless at first glance, because Amazon is Tesco’s domestic competitor.
However, Fang Zhuo feels that whether Amazon is still integrating Joyo from the current situation, or whether it is confirmed from memory that there are huge problems with Amazon's localization, it is difficult for this international giant to pose a big threat to Tesco.
In this case, if Amazon is not regarded as a rival, this face-to-face invitation will only have a hint of abruptness and shamelessness, and more of it will be sincerity.
Wang Hanhua's work at this time is complicated, and he will never be as happy as he said, and the further he goes, the unhappy he will be. At that time, Yike, who is waiting at the table, may be the only thing he can think of.
A new destination.
So far as Fang Zhuo pointed out, Yike's mobile phone project is indeed now geared towards recruiting R&D talents. I believe that as more and more disclosures will inevitably be made in the future, Mr. Wang will remember today's invitation every time he sees company or media news.
Li Guoqing was still talking about business on the stage. He held back his anger and went up to get the microphone before he could enjoy the spotlight treatment of the important guest - we, Li Guoqing, are also the top figures in domestic e-commerce!
When Ma Huateng saw that the exchange between Mr. Fang and Mr. Wang was over, he laughed in a low voice: "Mr. Fang, I regret it."
Fang Zhuo wondered: "What do you regret?"
"As for that invitation that took advantage of someone else's situation, I should have flown from Pengcheng to Shanghai to talk to you in person. In that case, you might be our Penguin's E now." Ma Huateng's regret is true.
Fang Zhuo remembered that this was a phone invitation from Guahao.com after encountering policy restrictions, asking him to become a vice president.
He smiled and said: "Pony, it was useless for you to fly in front of me at that time. Could you have given me the E0 seat at that time? If you couldn't give it to me, how could I be tempted?"
Ma Huateng said: "What if, what if I was willing to give up this position at that time?"
At this time, it was Wang Hanhua who listened to the conversation between the two big guys. It turns out that this has happened before?
"What's the point of this assumption?" Fang Zhuo pondered for a while, but still gave a hypothetical answer, "It may be difficult to be tempted. I went to your Penguin in glory, and at most I brought a few senior executives with me.
, what about the other brothers in the company?"
"I recruited people, worked hard, and then left. Some of them had a very difficult time traveling back and forth to other cities, begging grandpa to sue grandma."
"Also, when I was in Lin'an at that time, I brought the steaming rice cakes made at home and the Spring Festival couplets written by his old father to pay New Year greetings."
"Now I still remember those Spring Festival couplets. With each passing day, many sheep's intestines become new avenues. In Spring and Jingtai, many small houses become high-rise buildings. Horizontally, everything is renewed."
"Pony, tell me, can I just leave?"
Fang Zhuo asked rhetorically.
Ma Huateng smiled and shook his head, indeed, indeed.
Fang Zhuo turned around and asked Wang Hanhua for his opinion: "Mr. Wang, do you think I can just walk away?"
Wang Hanhua was not shy because of eavesdropping, and said: "It is because Mr. Fang did not leave at that time that Yike became the Yike it is today. I heard that many Yike's old employees still have strong combat effectiveness."
Fang Zhuo nodded and said: "Yes, some are in Yike, and some have been transferred to e-gou. They have always been very energetic."
He smiled and said: "To travel in the world, firstly, you need to have money, secondly, you need people, thirdly, you need to have vision, and fourthly, you need to make friends like Ony and Mr. Wang. Why worry about not succeeding in such a big thing?"
Ma Huateng and Wang Hanhua were both amused and laughed a little wider.
Li Guoqing, who was on the stage, had a clear understanding of the situation below the stage. At this time, he saw that the three people were laughing so happily that he finally couldn't help but call their names.
He didn't name Ma Huateng or Wang Hanhua, but just named Fang: "Hey, hey, Mr. Fang, I'm talking on stage, do you have to show some respect?"
Li Guoqing was not used to this person named Fang.
"Sorry, sorry, Mr. Li, I suddenly had a discussion with other guests about the industry situation you mentioned. You continue, you continue." Fang Zhuo was polite and not angry at all.
Li Guoqing, on the other hand, was a bit stuck up and felt awkward. Why did he call me Mr. Li?
Dangdang and Tesco have long had a feud, which is nothing new.
The slight choking on and off the stage did not cause any disturbance.
When Li Guoqing finished speaking, Ma Huateng was the last person to take the stage.
Penguin built Paipai.com and also intended to get a share of the e-commerce market. Thanks to its increasingly popular traffic, Ma Huateng’s speech was actually taken seriously by the audience.
Because Paipai.com is also a C2, and like Taobao, it requires sellers to settle in. There are many local Yiwu sellers on site.
Anyway, they are selling things. Of course, it depends on who can provide more benefits and development.
As expected, Ma Huateng's speech was exactly about the planning and development of Penguin Paipai.com.
From the trial operation at the beginning of the year, to August, the officially launched product S pants on Paipai.com claimed to have exceeded one million, and the number of registered sellers was about to exceed one million.
Although such numbers can squeeze out a lot of water, the traffic that Penguin Communication Software can convert is also very noticeable.
Since this year, Penguin has used its traffic to do two things. One is to establish its own space blog, and the other is to enter the e-commerce market in one fell swoop.
Currently, both are doing well.
This also raises a question worth thinking about. Penguin’s traffic + a proven model = success?
At the very least, this seems to be an easy and convenient path to success.
After all the corporate guests had finished speaking, it was lunch time. The leaders attended and had fun with the people.
The afternoon meeting was a salon exchange, with a few people chatting about some industry issues on the stage, and notes from the audience occasionally asking questions.
Because the audience at the scene were more pragmatic, most of the questions were from Taobao and Paipai, which related to sellers opening stores and future development. Occasionally, Tesco was also mentioned in this regard, asking whether Tesco would open third-party sellers in the future.
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Fang Zhuo’s answer was: “For the time being, Tesco has to focus on doing B2C well. At a certain stage in the future, it may also consider C2C, but it’s definitely not now.”
His answer was very clear, which made both Ma and Ma Huateng feel good. I did not say that Mr. Fang would definitely be able to make it into C2C, but as long as he came in, he would definitely be able to toss it around. It would be better to see him tossing around B2C Dangdang and Amazon.
In addition to the serious questions raised by sellers, a small number of fun people also asked some out-of-standard things.
When it came to the end, everyone on the stage and off the stage watched helplessly as the host took out several slips of paper without relaying the question above. Finally, he took one from the middle and asked a routine question.
Everyone was curious about the questions that were not used. Only the host knew that they were "Mr. Huang, come in" and other words that ruined the show.
The host was angry. Mr. Fang is sitting on the stage. If you don't like him, just go up and punch him twice. Why are you embarrassing your normal work?
The last question of the day's meeting was answered by Ma. The question on the small note was - are you worried about Alipay's electronic payment risks? Will you bear the pressure from the bank?
Ma Yangyang talked about the benefits and trends of electronic payment while drinking, and finally pointed at Mr. Fang next to him, and said half-jokingly: "The Internet is developing very fast, and some regulations also need to be accelerated."
"I'm not worried that electronic payment methods like Alipay will not be recognized. There is a shareholder of the bank sitting next to me. I will discuss this issue with him."
"The Internet needs innovation, and the future is bright."
Ma Yi was talking about Mr. Fang becoming a shareholder of Bank of China and ICBC.
Fang Zhuo actually didn't want to talk about this in public, but at this point it was hard to say anything. He just kept smiling amidst the closing applause from the audience.
At the end of the day's meeting, there was a final group photo.
Fang Zhuo stood up and sighed: "Your Alipay is still developing well."
"Alipay was forced to come out." Ma Ren said, "You Yipay have everything in place and are playing it safe. I wonder if you are just waiting for Alipay to give you a way?"
Compared with the C2C model, where two C-side transactions must have a guarantor to make people feel at ease, it is easier for Tesco's B2C to win the trust of consumers in terms of funds. There are offline channel stores there, which is really good.
Just go to the store to solve the problem.
But because of this, Alipay, which was forced out, has developed rapidly along with Taobao, while Tesco's Yipay has been tepid and only serves as a method of Tesco transactions.
The products promoted by Yiguo are quite expensive, and they support cash on delivery. When delivering goods to your door, you always carry a PS machine with you, which can accept both credit cards and cash.
During this period, there was also an incident where customers took the money and left immediately. Tesco internally resolved the matter and did not let it go to the press.
In the final analysis, the development of the main business comes first, and the electronic payment environment still needs to be cultivated.
As consumers become more familiar with and trust online shopping - whether on Taobao or Tesco, Yipay will expand based on the development of Tesco.
Fang Zhuo and Ma Xiao chatted about electronic payment for a while, but did not go into detail.
The regular group photo session was over, and there were also attendees who brought their own cameras to seek group photos.
For this kind of easter egg link, Fang Zhuo has received the most requests. The name of the richest man in the Mainland has a wide influence, followed by Ma, Ma Huateng, Ding Lei, and finally Li Guoqing and Wang Hanhua, almost no one cares about it.
Li Guoqing's Dangdang is still famous, but he and Mr. Fang don't seem to get along. Everyone wants to commemorate the latter, so they subconsciously keep a distance from the former.
Dinner was served by Ma, but Li Guoqing did not attend again.
Today he agreed to a bet involving Fang Zhuo's shareholding. A year later, he will decide whether the expenditure will be 66 million US dollars or 22 million US dollars. The difference between one in and one out is really not small.
On the way back, Li Guoqing kept thinking about how to explain such a bet to his wife Yu Yu, and how to prevent her from becoming angry?
Well, we must have confidence in Dangdang’s future.
You must have confidence in the abilities of both people.
We must have confidence in the development of e-commerce.
Mr. Fang has said that e-commerce is definitely good, given the big environment, buy back shares and make small bets.
The e-commerce exchange conference in Yiwu did not disappoint Fang Zhuo.
In addition to the face-to-face communication with Qingzi about Dangdang shares, and the face-to-face invitation with Amazon China CEO Wang Hanhua, this trip also revealed that the development of Penguin’s Paipai.com was actually beyond my expectation.
Fang Zhuo heard the data of Paipai.com from Ma Huateng at the cocktail party in the evening and felt that the momentum was really strong.
Ma is not without complaints, saying that Paipai.com is very similar to Taobao in terms of product types, popularity system, product quantity, website interaction, user interface, reputation evaluation system, secured transaction system, payment system, customer service and other basic functions. It is simply like Taobao.
A Penguin version of Taobao.
Ma Huateng didn't feel embarrassed and said that Paipai.com had still carried out micro-innovation.
Judging from Fang Zhuo's on-site observation, although Ma didn't complain after hearing this, he may have been furious and wanted to kill Paipai. When eBay shows further decline, the two companies may need to fight again.
But no matter what, the current situation in the domestic e-commerce industry is that foreign giants have not exerted their imagined power, while domestic companies are booming, which makes everyone except Wang Hanhua feel very good.
A few people avoided possible conflicts and talked about e-commerce while drinking.
Because it ended quite late, Fang Zhuo didn't rush too much and returned to Shanghai in the afternoon of the next day.
This time, he continued to avoid foreign affairs and focus on the affairs of Yike and Tesco. Even Wang Fengyi's two kind invitations to take him to see snakes for an eye-opener were rejected because of his busy work schedule.
However, Wang Fengyi called for the third time and said that the invited master had been waiting in Shanghai for several days. If he could not invite Mr. Fang again, he would take the master to Yike to perform in person.
It's a charlatan's trick, don't try to get Hang Lung 23.
Fang Zhuo thought so, and was told repeatedly by Wang Fengyi about the magic of turning into a snake, so he agreed to go and have a look.
On December 23, Fang Zhuo drove in a simple car with only one bodyguard whom he gradually trusted, got into the car that Wang Fengyi had come to pick him up, and drove to a farmhouse on the outskirts of Shanghai.
According to Wang Fengyi, when traveling in and out of the city on weekdays, since it is a holiday, it is a good time to breathe fresh air, make friends, meet new faces, and change your mood.
When it comes to business matters, Wang Fengyi can't say much. When it comes to eating, drinking and having fun, he just talks eloquently while sitting in the car.
The farmhouse we went to today was relatively high-end, and it was not only Fang Zhuo who came to see the master, but also people from Shencheng and nearby areas came here to see the master.
"This Zheng Mu, why is he so famous when he makes a snake out of an empty basin? He eagerly came from another place to see it?" Fang Zhuo said with a smile as he saw that he was almost at his destination.
"I am a qigong master. It is just a magical power. I heard that Master Zheng is also very proficient in Feng Shui." Wang Fengyi said, "Don't underestimate me. Master Zheng is very popular in Shanghai these days.
I've even seen him at Lao Qiu's restaurant."
Fang Zhuo remained calm and changed to a more comfortable sitting position: "Oh?"
Wang Fengyi described the excitement of the pursuit, and mentioned that Lao Qiu didn't have much to do. Even though he happened to meet him at a private dinner, he was surprised by his ability to transform into a snake. This made Fang Zhuo feel relieved. Qiu Lanhua, Qiu Lanhua, That’s what it’s called, don’t really fall into any Feng Shui rules.
This chapter has been completed!