Chapter 819 Invitation call from Ali (400.01 million)
Chapter 819 Invitation call from Ali (4000/10,000)
While Cao Shujie was playing with his son, the administrative office of Xuemeng Food Factory in Qingshi Town received a call from Hangzhou.
After He Ruijia answered the phone, she learned that the other party was from Alibaba headquarters, and they were inviting Xuemeng Food Factory to participate in Alibaba's annual meeting this year.
The caller introduced himself as Zhang Yong, the CEO of Taobao.
According to him, in addition to the company's employees attending the annual meeting, this time they only invited some partners from the business community and the companies that ranked first in sales of the 10 major categories in this Double Eleven Shopping Festival.
The Alibaba Annual Meeting is scheduled for December 22, the winter solstice, and there are still two weeks left.
Zhang Yong hopes that Mr. Cao Shujie, the founder of Xuemeng Food Factory, can visit.
And the other party also said that they would arrange for someone to send Mr. Cao Shujie an invitation letter to the annual meeting later.
As for how the other party knew that the person behind Xuemeng Fruit Shop's Taobao store was Cao Shujie, to Ali, this was not a big problem at all.
In other words, there is still a big gap between Xuemeng Food Factory and Alibaba at this stage, so big that even Xuemeng Food Factory may not be able to catch up.
After answering the phone call, He Ruijia thought for a moment and then called Cao Shujie.
After waiting for Cao Shujie to answer the phone, He Ruijia told Cao Shujie all the information about the call he had just received from Zhang Yong.
"Xiao He, the name of the caller is Zhang Yong?" Cao Shujie asked her.
He Ruijia confirmed this again. She told Cao Shujie that he introduced himself as the CEO of Taobao.
"Okay, I understand." Cao Shujie said.
After ending the call, Cao Shujie really didn't expect that Zhang Yong would call him and invite him to attend Ali's annual meeting.
Nor did I expect that he would meet the other party in this way.
Cao Shujie has some understanding of Zhang Yong.
As far as he knows, the current Taobao Double 11 Shopping Festival was first proposed by Zhang Yong in 2009, and Zhang Yong will be Lao Ma's designated successor in a few years.
If he can be designated as Lao Ma's successor, he must have the ability.
After thinking about it, Cao Shujie decided to go to Alibaba's annual meeting. Maybe he could meet more big-shot figures and learn from each other's strengths. Although this had no direct effect on the development of their company, who
I can guarantee that I won’t have a good relationship at Ali’s annual meeting.
Cheng Xiaolin was changing her son's diapers nearby. She saw that her husband was a little restless after answering the phone and asked him what happened.
"Xiao He called me just now and said that Alibaba headquarters invited me to attend their annual meeting in Hangzhou on the 22nd of this month." Cao Shujie said to his wife.
"You mean someone from Taobao invited you? Why?" Cheng Xiaolin asked her husband.
Cao Shujie said: "Why else? It is one of the top 10 sales categories of our company during the Double 11 Shopping Festival."
"If we didn't have this result, do you think people would come to us?" Cao Shujie knew this very well, and he didn't get carried away.
Cheng Xiaolin nodded. She also felt that it would be difficult for a large company like Taobao to be interested in their factory.
"I heard that Taobao was listed abroad, with a market value of hundreds of billions?" Cheng Xiaolin asked her husband.
Seeing Cao Shujie nodding and telling him the details of Taobao's listing in the East United States, Cheng Xiaolin couldn't help but sigh: "They are really amazing. When can we do this?"
"Honey, your idea is a bit vulgar. Why do we have to be like them? Aren't we pretty good now!" Cao Shujie said.
Cheng Xiaolin rolled her eyes at him, and then said: "You know I didn't mean that!"
"I understand that you are talking about the company's influence, but our company's influence is also very powerful. In the next step, when our production capacity is further expanded, our radiation will be wider and our influence will naturally be greater. Don't worry."
Cao Shujie is full of confidence.
Xuemeng Food Factory dare not say it will take off, but Cao Shujie understands that as long as it follows the current path steadily, it will become bigger and stronger in the future and become a benchmark enterprise in the industry.
"Shujie, you don't have to think too much. Even if we continue to be like this and stagnate, it doesn't matter. We are not short of money anyway. The bigger the company is, the more tiring it will be." Cheng Xiaolin said this.
Cao Shujie smiled and didn't tell the difference anymore.
The Alibaba annual meeting was held on the 22nd. Cao Shujie remembered that that day happened to be the winter solstice, and they were quite good at choosing the date.
"Wife, will you go then?" Cao Shujie asked his wife.
Cheng Xiaolin wanted to go, but after thinking about it, she pointed at her son Cao Yirui and shook her head and said, "Forget it, I won't go. If I follow you to the Ali Annual Meeting again, who will take care of Ruirui?"
This is a very real problem. Cao Yirui, who is only 6 months old now, cannot be taken care of independently by her mother-in-law or a nanny.
Cheng Xiaolin must be taken care of at all times.
In a formal occasion like Ali's annual meeting, is it possible that Cheng Xiaolin would carry her son into the venue?
When her son Cao Yirui was so hungry that he needed to nurse, Cheng Xiaolin went to find a temporary 'pregnancy room'?
Just think about it and you'll know it's unrealistic.
Mengmeng wanted to go, and she asked her father if he could take her there.
Cao Shujie didn't even think about it and agreed directly: "Mengmeng, are you really coming with me? We can't cheat."
"Dad, I'm going!" Mengmeng said simply.
There was a cheerful energy when she spoke.
Cao Shujie was very satisfied: "Okay, I'll take you there, and I'll ask your teacher for leave in two days."
"Whoever doesn't go is a puppy."
Cheng Xiaolin thinks her husband is too imprudent in taking Mengmeng to attend Alibaba's annual meeting?
After she expressed her worries, Cao Shujie sneered: "If they don't let Mengmeng go, then I won't go either."
"They invited me because our factory has reached the standard this year. Wife, do you understand?"
Cheng Xiaolin was thoughtful and then stopped asking this question.
Her husband was right, if Xuemeng Food Factory was not up to standard, the other party would not invite them at all.
On the morning of the second day, Cao Shujie saw a message in his daughter's QQ class group saying that classes would be in session as usual today.
Seeing that there was still thick snow on the road, Cao Shujie drove his father's Volvo XC90 and took Mengmeng to the central primary school in the town.
He always felt that his Gl8 would be in trouble when dealing with such special road conditions.
After driving the car he bought for his father on the road, Cao Shujie felt that it was stable!
Extremely stable.
Driving his gl8, it might slip in such road conditions.
But Cao Shujie didn't feel anything at all when driving the car he bought for his father.
This made Cao Shujie want to buy an off-road vehicle.
He also asked Mengmeng, Grandpa, is it comfortable to sit in this car?
"It's comfortable, tall and big, and you can see far. I think it's pretty good," Mengmeng said.
Cao Shujie asked seemingly casually: "Then Dad also buys an off-road vehicle. What do you think?"
"Dad, what kind of off-road vehicle is it?" Mengmeng was a little confused.
Cao Shujie patted the car and told his daughter that it was similar to this.
"Do you still have money?" Mengmeng asked her father.
This question stopped Cao Shujie.
He still has more than 400 million in cash in his card. Not counting this cash, he still has more than 3,000 lots of Moutai stocks and more than 30,000 bitcoins.
The profits from the factory are also very good. How do you say you are rich?
Cao Shujie feels that many companies larger than Xuemeng Food Factory are not necessarily richer than him.
But if we simply compare influence, this cannot be said.
"If there is no money, will you give it to me?" Cao Shujie asked his daughter.
Mengmeng nodded seriously, and then told her father: "Here!"
"Dad, I have a lot of money." Mengmeng emphasized this issue again and again.
Cao Shujie knew that his daughter had some money, but most of his daughter's money was New Year's money and red envelopes given to him or family members, and the amount was limited after all.
Maybe it's a lot compared to other kids of the same age, but if it's buying a car, it's far behind.
"You should keep it carefully, dad can just buy it himself." Cao Shujie said to his daughter.
Unknowingly, they had arrived at the gate of the town's central primary school.
When they came over, there were many parents here who had just sent their children to school.
The east-west road in front of the school is directly blocked, making driving very difficult.
Some unconscious parents simply ignore the traffic coming from the east and west directions and cross the road directly from the opposite side, as if they think others dare not hit them.
When Cao Shujie saw this situation, he also frowned. He felt that he should make a suggestion to the traffic police team and install two sets of traffic lights here. Otherwise, if it continues like this, sooner or later something will happen.
As for whether the traffic police will adopt his suggestion and install traffic lights near the school entrance, Cao Shujie thinks they will consider it carefully.
For no other reason, the person who made the suggestion was Cao Shujie.
The road conditions were bad, and there were too many parents dropping off their children in front of them, so the car couldn't drive through. Cao Shujie parked the car at a nearby place, held her daughter's hand and walked towards the school gate.
Watching his daughter enter the campus, Cao Shujie turned around and walked towards the parking place, and then drove to the company.
After arriving at the factory, as soon as Cao Shujie entered the office, He Ruijia came to see him.
Behind He Ruijia was a young man.
"Boss, this is Mr. Chai Wenwen sent by Alibaba headquarters to send you an invitation letter." He Ruijia said to Cao Shujie.
Cao Shujie really didn't expect that the other party would come so quickly.
Zhang Yong just called yesterday, and the person from the other party arrived at their company this morning!
He looked at the young man in front of him and guessed that he should be no more than 30 years old, but overall he looked very stable.
After seeing him, the young man took out a gold-gilded invitation letter from his bag with Alibaba Group written on the front.
"Hello, Mr. Cao, this is the invitation letter that Mr. Zhang specially asked me to hand over to you."
"Our Mr. Zhang asked me to apologize to you. He has some important things to attend to and cannot come in person to invite you to attend Ali's annual meeting. Mr. Zhang said that after Mr. Cao arrives at Ali's headquarters, he will personally apologize to you.
"The young man named Chai Wenwen finished what Zhang Yong conveyed to Cao Shujie.
Cao Shujie didn't know whether Zhang Yong said these words, but the other party's attitude made him feel very comfortable.
He asked Chai Wenwen: "Did you come here yesterday?"
When he saw Chai Wenwen nodding, Cao Shujie had to sigh that these large multinational companies were indeed doing far better than ordinary small companies in some aspects.
According to Chai Wenshu, after receiving Zhang Yong's assignment yesterday, he set off with an invitation letter to Cao Shujie. He took the high-speed train from Hangzhou to Yiling City that night, and took a taxi from Yiling City overnight.
I rushed to Qingshi Town just to hand the invitation letter to Cao Shujie in person this morning.
"Brother Chai hasn't eaten yet?" Cao Shujie asked him.
Chai Wenwen had a simple breakfast.
As soon as he finished his courtesy, he heard Cao Shujie say: "You must have never tasted our beef soup. Xiao He, please take Brother Chai to Fuxing Hotel for some food."
After He Ruijia took Chai Wenwen out, Cao Shujie opened the invitation letter that Chai Wenwen had just handed to him. It said that Alibaba Group sincerely invited Mr. Cao Shujie, the founder of Xuemeng Food Factory, to meet at 18:00 on December 22, 2015.
00Participated in the Alibaba Group Annual Meeting.
The names of Zhang Yong and Lao Ma are signed below.
When he saw these two signatures, Cao Shujie had a playful smile on his face.
"It's really interesting."
Cao Shujie would definitely go and see Alibaba's annual meeting. He wanted to experience the gap between his company and the other party.
The invitation letter clearly stated that you could bring five more people, so Cao Shujie was thinking about who else to bring besides him and Mengmeng.
Shi Jingxiu, the senior manager of the production department, is going to go there.
Human Resources Manager Wang Zhifeng can also go there.
Who else?
Cao Shujie is considering this candidate.
It is nonsense to go to such a company to attend its annual meeting and say that you will follow them to learn their production processes and quality control.
It is more about learning the other party's corporate culture and seeing the other party's management ideas.
For the few remaining places, Cao Shujie has never decided who to take.
But that didn't stop him from calling Shi Jingxiu and Wang Zhifeng over first, telling them in advance and letting them make arrangements.
When Shi Jingxiu and Wang Zhifeng arrived at Cao Shujie's office, they heard Cao Shujie personally tell them that they were going to Hangzhou to attend the Alibaba Annual Meeting on the winter solstice on the 22nd.
Both of them were a little confused.
They are not ordinary people from the outside world. Because of the close sales relationship between the company and Taobao's Double Eleven Shopping Festival, they have a better understanding of Alibaba's scale and situation. They never expected that the other party would invite them to attend the other party's annual meeting.
After coming back to their senses, the two people's moods fluctuated greatly.
They would be lying if they said they weren't excited about their boss taking them to Alibaba's annual meeting.
They also asked Cao Shujie what preparations needed to be made in advance?
Then I heard Cao Shujie tell them to make it clear to their families and make arrangements for their families and the company.
According to Cao Shujie's estimate, they would be here and there for about 3 to 4 days, or at most a week, which would not be too long. In fact, there are not that many things that need to be prepared.
Both Shi Jingxiu and Wang Zhifeng promised that they would make relevant arrangements.
Shi Jingxiu also asked who else was going with them.
