Li Dong did not stay in Shancheng for too long. When Wu Shengnan arrived with her team, Li Dong rushed to the next stop.
August 23rd.
Li Dong left Shancheng and went to Sichuan.
…
On the same day, the IT industry was in an uproar again!
Baidu announced its entry into the C2C field in 2007. Now, in a year's time, it officially launched its C2C e-commerce website — Yes!
For a moment, cries of "Here Comes the Wolf."
Some media outlets advocated that Baidu would be the leader in the C2C field, even surpassing the C2C field and unifying the B2C field.
As for Taobao and Far Away, they were destined to be defeated by Baidu.
Some professionals analyzed that half of Taobao's users came from Baidu, and a third of Far Away's users came from Baidu.
In the past, Baidu did not enter the e-commerce field, which gave Taobao and Far Away the opportunity.
Now that Baidu had entered the e-commerce field, it would definitely lead the trend!
All the major electronic media outlets gave quite a lot of space to report on it. They even paid more attention to it than the big news Far Away announced yesterday.
Taobao, Far Away, and Yes suddenly became synonymous with e-commerce.
…
On the way to Sichuan.
Li Dong was baffled. He asked in a daze, "What the hell is Yes?"
He really did not know about this. Why did the media suddenly change direction? What "Yes" was destined to beat Taobao, surpass Far Away, and unify e-commerce …
Baidu, Wanda, and Tencent would later cooperate to create Wanda E-Commerce. Li Dong knew about this.
But did Baidu have its own e-commerce?
Li Dong could not be blamed for being ignorant. In his previous life, he only knew about Taobao when he went shopping. He did not even know about Jingdong, much less Yes.
He did not know who came up with this stupid name. It was just awkward.
Li Dong had always felt that his naming talent was bad. He did not expect it to be worse.
Bai Su, who was in the car, didn't expect that Li Dong really didn't know about it. She was a little confused for a while.
After pausing for a while, Bai Su explained in a low voice, "General Manager Li, Baidu has already started a nationwide investment tour. I remember Director Liu reporting to you last time. Have you forgotten?"
"Really?"
Li Dong couldn't really remember. After a while, he said, "Probably. I just didn't expect their e-commerce website to have such a terrible name. Is it officially launched today?"
"Yes, the trial phase."
"You sure know how to brag." Li Dong chuckled and said speechlessly, "Why doesn't Li Yanhong go to heaven? The website hasn't even been released yet, and they're already thinking of beating Taobao and us. Where did they get their confidence from? One-third of our users are from Baidu. Bullshit! "
Far away, how could Li Dong not know the source of users?
The customers of Far Away Mall, though not all, came from Far Away's own marketing and promotion.
Moreover, the continuous promotions were also a big source.
After that, there was also PP and Weibo. These were the main components of Far Away Mall's customers.
As for the customers that came through Baidu, Li Dong thought again and again. Was there?
Would Baidu be so kind to promote Far Away Mall?
Far Away's only cooperation with them was Weibo. They had invested in it, but it had nothing to do with Far Away Mall.
Where did the data in the media come from?
Li Dong was too lazy to refute this bullshit.
Li Dong just saw the news, but Ma Yun saw it one step ahead of him.
Just as Li Dong was talking about this, Ma Yun's call came.
Seeing Ma Yun's number, Li Dong was a little amused. He answered and said, "Old Ma, how do you feel?"
"What?"
Ma Yun was a little puzzled. After a while, he said, "Are you talking about Baidu?"
"Yeah, you called me specially for this, right?"
"Hehe!"
Although Ma Yun knew about it, he really didn't come for this matter. Hearing that, he laughed and said, "Why bother with him? He wants to humiliate himself. Let him play by himself. I heard him brag once last year, so I have no time to bother with him. You were not at the Internet Conference last year, so you probably don't know. That guy said that Baidu's e-commerce market share in the future will reach 70%. "
"Cough, cough, cough!"
Li Dong choked. After a while, he said, "Really? There's someone better at bragging than you? "
"Hehe!"
This time, Ma Yun had a dagger in his smile. If not, he would have stared at Li Dong to death.
What do you mean better at bragging than me?
Am I bragging?
Fine, I just bragged a little. But successful entrepreneurs are all big liars. Who doesn't brag?
Li Dong still had the cheek to laugh at him. Yesterday's 100 billion investment was not bragging. Ma Yun would not believe it even if he was beaten to death.
Take out 100 billion and let me see!
Ma Yun could not be bothered to answer. He said, "Let's get straight to the point. There's no need to discuss it on Baidu. Let's go back to the topic from last time."
"Internet finance?"
Li Dong asked subconsciously. Ma Yun was stunned. After a while, he said, "Internet finance?"
"Uh, wrong. Online payment."
Li Dong did not care too much. At this stage, everyone was still discussing online payment services. As for more Internet finance industries, even the payment services were unregistered. Of course, it had not become popular yet.
He did not care, but Ma Yun did.
It was not that Li Dong reminded him, but he felt that Li Dong was really sinister.
He deliberately acted as if he did not care, but in fact, he had already calculated the next step of the plan.
Ma Yun did have the idea of doing Internet finance, but he did not think too deeply about it.
But now that Li Dong blurted it out, it was obvious that he had his own ideas.
The last time Ma Yun looked for him, this guy had rejected him. Thinking of this, Ma Yun was furious. He said in a muffled voice, "Li Dong, you don't want to be the vanguard. Isn't it inappropriate for you to hide in the back and fish in troubled waters?
You must come to the Internet Conference next month.
This time, let's have a good discussion. We must definitely formalize the online payment system.
You probably don't know, but recently, a few small payment institutions have problems.
Some people donated and ran away, some people misappropriated the customer's reserves, and some payment institutions were created by the underground money houses.
The market is not formalized, and it affects the formalized enterprises like us.
I heard from my friends in the government that because of the impact, the government and the central bank are considering to ban the online payment system. Even if it is kept, it will at most keep the payment products of a few financial institutions. "
"Is it true? Are you trying to scare me? "
Li Dong did not believe it. How is it possible to ban it?
But thinking about it, why is it not possible?
Feng Yu had also heard about the recent problems with the payment institutions.
Money laundering, running away with the money, misappropriating the customer's reserves, and all these incidents happened.
But Li Dong felt that these incidents did not affect him much. After all, Alipay was doing well in his previous life, and the central bank had issued third-party payment licenses.
But now, Ma Yun actually told him that it was very likely that the payment business of the enterprise would be banned.
Li Dong's first thought was disbelief, but he quickly frowned. "Where did you hear about this?"
"From the CBRC."
Li Dong frowned. "The government will not cut us off, right? Even if they do, they should not be able to cut us off. Alipay accounts for about 40% of the online payment industry, and Wantoon accounts for about 35%. If the two of us were to be cut off, I'm afraid that the online payment business would collapse by half. Are you counting on UnionPay and a few others to take over our market? "
Ma Yun said with a faint smile, "Why not? Think about it. Even if our payment system is gone, we still have to do business.
If we want to continue doing e-commerce, we will have to compromise and use UnionPay or other official financial institutions' products.
In the future, we will be under the control of others, and we will not be able to do anything.
Now, many people in the financial sector are saying that we have disrupted the financial market, and they want to take back the power to the banks.
In fact, we are indeed unregistered. If they really want to find a reason to cut us off, it will be very likely.
You want to sit back and eat ready-made food? It's not that easy.
You think this way, I think this way, and everyone else thinks this way.
If you don't show up, the few companies I contacted will also go back on their words. Their market share is small, and they cannot compare to us.
If you don't even care, why should they show up?
Li Dong, don't think we are all fools. Since we are benefiting from this, how can we not do something? "
Li Dong raised his brows and thought for a while. "That means I have to show up? You, Old Ma, have connections all over Hua Xia, and you can't even handle such a small matter? "
"… …"
Ma Yun's face darkened, and he did not say anything. Every time he spoke to Li Dong, he would be so angry!
Small matter?
Was this a small matter?
The rise of the Internet payment business had gradually broken the monopoly of traditional banks and financial institutions.
Although the signs were not obvious now, everyone's eyes were sharp.
In the past, they had to use cash to buy things.
They had to use the bank's POS machine to swipe their cards, and they had to pay a handling fee to withdraw money. All the profits belonged to the bank.
But now?
Although the money was still in the bank, there were many links missing, and the bank's profits would be reduced.
Was it a small matter to touch the cheese in other people's mouths, or the bank's money?
If Ma Yun really used all his connections and contacted all his peers, this matter would probably be settled.
But why?!
Although Li Dong's market share of Wantoon was less than Alipay, it was not much less.
Ma Yun was putting in the effort, and Li Dong reaped the fruits of his labor. Just thinking about it made him feel bad.
Far away was a little weak, and Ma Yun would not care. He would charge forward and lead the industry trend.
Far away, however, was not weaker than anyone else, and his overall strength was the strongest. If he did not contribute, who would be able to feel at ease?
Li Dong probably knew that he was pulling a long face. He laughed and said, "Alright, it's just a joke. Since you're making it sound so serious, I can't just ignore it.
The Internet Conference, right? Let's discuss it then.
With so many companies working together, our strength is not weak. The government also has to consider our demands.
I don't think it's a big problem. It's not a problem to formalize it.
However, we still have to eliminate those that should be eliminated. Don't let rat poop ruin our plan.
In fact, I feel that Alipay, MasterCard, Paypal, and UnionPay are more than enough. It's meaningless for others to get involved.
In the future, all the major electronic shopping malls will use our payment services. What do you think? "
Ma Yun laughed and said, "I think it's possible, but do you think it's possible? From a monopoly by the banks to a monopoly by us, do you think others are fools? Let's not talk about anything else. Li Yanhong's side has created a Baifu Treasure, and I heard that she's going to change its name to All-You-Can-Eat Treasure soon. Don't you understand the name? All-You-Can-Eat Treasure. She just created it and she dares to use such a name. She's really ambitious. "
"All-You-Can-Eat Treasure?" Li Dong suddenly laughed and said, "I say, Baidu has a lot of talents. First, there's some, and now there's All-You-Can-Eat. Their names are even better than mine. Forget it, we'll talk about this when the time comes. But then again, Baidu is now eyeing the C2C field. I'm not too worried. How are you going to solve it on your side? "
"Ignore him."
Ma Yun answered indifferently. He really could not be bothered with Baidu.
Beating Taobao and leading C2C were all nonsense.
Baidu was different from QQ and PP. Although its search business was number one, Baidu's users were circulating.
Its users usually did not stay there. All the traffic came from Baidu. It used to have some traffic, but now it was gradually decreasing.
In the past, people searched through Baidu for products. Now, Taobao and Far away searched through the website.
To think that they could surpass Taobao and Far away with this was wishful thinking.
Ma Yun did not care, and naturally, Li Dong did not care either.
He was not the main focus of the C2C business. Even if Baidu really rose up, it would look for Ma Yun first.
Moreover, Baidu had just started, and it was too late.
Far away and Ali had more or less set up. Logistics, data center, supply chain, user base …
Unless Baidu had the ambition to spend 30 to 50 billion, they might still be able to catch up.
The key was, would Baidu dare to bet everything on this?
The two did not talk about Baidu anymore. They hung up after a few casual words.
…
On the day that Baidu You-Can-Eat Treasure was launched, the media interviewed Ma Yun. They asked him what he thought of Baidu's entry into the C2C field. Would he be nervous?
Ma Yun replied, "Positioning failed. Congenital maldevelopment. Destined to die in the womb."
Old Ma was that direct. He did not hide his contempt at all.
Of course, Ma Yun did not forget to use a shield. He said casually, "Li Dong doesn't think Baidu You-Can-Eat Treasure is good either. He also told me a few things, especially the name Li Dong. He thinks that the name is worse than Far Away Mall."
…
Li Dong, who had just arrived in Sichuan, was speechless when he saw the news on the major web portals.
Since when did I despise it?
I just despised it a little!
Moreover, what do you mean worse than Far away?
Do you think your Taobao and Ali are any better!
After a few words, Li Dong could not be bothered to reply. At this time, Baidu You-Can-Eat Treasure was a nobody. Ma Yun had nothing better to do, so he replied with this sentence.
It was best to ignore the other party. Far Away and Taobao were the leaders of the e-commerce industry. Saying too much would only increase Baidu's reputation.
Moreover, Li Dong did not have the time to reply. He had just arrived in Sichuan, and calls came one after another.
Far Away people, people from the foundation, and even Lan Xingguo called.
Of course, the most important thing was that Liu Minghua also called and invited Li Dong to meet him.
He could reject other people's matters, but he could not reject Old Liu's.
Li Dong agreed without hesitation. He would go to the Provincial Party Committee to visit this official.
Before that, Li Dong still had to meet a few people.
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