Far away from the building.
Tan Haiying, who had been running back and forth between Shenzhen and Pingchuan for the past few days, looked exhausted and slightly puzzled. She looked at Li Dong and said, "General Manager Li, we haven't gone online on the C2C platform yet. We're still in the stage of integrating our resources. Is it appropriate to show hostility to Ali at this time? "
Before Li Dong could speak, Liu Hong shook his head and said, "It's not a matter of whether we're hostile or not. In fact, ever since we established the Wan Jia Net and built a new C2C system, we've already stood on the opposite side of Ali.
There can't be two tigers on the same mountain. We can dominate the B2C field, and Ali won't be too afraid.
But we're working on C2C, which is their foundation.
Once Taobao's C2C is defeated, then their biggest foundation will be cut off by us.
Of course, I'm talking about online shopping. Their B2B business won't be affected too much.
But once we've completed our layout in the B2C and C2C fields, won't they be worried that we'll enter the B2B field?
General Manager Li has always said that the Internet is not a single situation or a single field.
E-commerce is also made up of these fields bit by bit.
Is it really that difficult for us to dominate the individual online shopping market and then take the B2B road?
Therefore, even if General Manager Li didn't say these words, the effect would be the same.
What General Manager Ma said in the morning was also what he meant.
It doesn't change anything whether he says it or not. Even if he says it, it's just to encourage himself. "
Li Dong didn't care about Liu Hong's reply. He smiled and said, "Just like what General Manager Liu said, it doesn't matter whether he says it or not. It's just the pressure of public opinion. I've said it before, whether they accept it or not, they'll be in a mess for a while … "
As they were talking, Bai Su knocked on the door and walked in.
She whispered a few words in Li Dong's ear. Li Dong suddenly smiled and said, "The effect is better than I thought. Ali is having internal strife! Some investors were afraid and wanted to withdraw their investments. Ali had originally run out of funds after spending 2.5 billion USD to privatize Ali Network. Now that these shareholders backed out, it would be even more difficult for them to take the next step. Of course, I can't rule out the possibility that I helped Ma Yun. "
Li Dong smiled and said, "Hasn't he always wanted to take back control of the group?
After this, it might go according to his wishes. Some investors who were not firm would withdraw their investments. Those who stayed were usually his true love.
Moreover, Taobao will also raise funds in April. It seems like they are preparing to compete with us.
At the end of the day, if an online shopping platform wanted to become big and start a war, then it had to burn money!
Dang Dang and Zhuoyue had fought once before. It was a competition to see who had a stronger foundation.
Both sides were engaged in a price war in terms of logistics and prices, which was burning money.
It's fine if their platform is small, but once we start a war with Taobao, the amount of money we'll be burning won't be small. He's using Taobao's financing now, so he's probably preparing for May.
But then again, we have an innate advantage.
Let's not talk about other things, just the logistics alone is enough to make him suffer!
I've already contacted the leaders of Three Links and One Da, including Shunfeng, to raise the price!
It's already been a few years. It won't do to maintain the previous price. The cost of labor and rent has increased greatly with the economic recovery.
At this time, if we maintain the previous price, who will foot the bill?
All of them had this intention. Previously, it was because Taobao was very dominant in this aspect, and we did not accept foreign express delivery services, so they had no choice but to compromise.
But now, since we can connect to Shunfeng, we can also connect to them!
Let's see if he accepts the offer or not!
If he accepts the offer, then the cost will continue to rise. If he doesn't accept the offer, then he'll have to wait for these delivery companies to join forces to suppress his living space!
I want to see if Taobao can rely on a BAISHI that doesn't focus on delivery services to prop up this platform!
Also, go and poach the third-party merchants for me!
Poach Taobao's high-grade merchants for me!
Money isn't a problem, as long as there's no problem with their goods. Tell them to connect to Wanjia Far away. They don't need to start from zero, directly get on the reputation ranking!
Even if they can't poach them, it's fine. One more platform means more business. If Taobao still wants to be exclusive at this time, then they're really stupid!
Not long ago, they were scammed once. If they continue to be tough now, then they'll be paving the way for us. Ma Yun won't do such a thing.
So, in short, express delivery and third-party merchants are actually the foundation of the platform.
As for the consumers, they need to be slowly drained. I'm not in a hurry, my channels are a hundred times his!
PP, Wankatong, Weibo, and even QQ are all helping us. What does Ma Yun have to fight with me?
So, as long as we do it properly, we'll have enough funds in the end. It won't be difficult to burn Taobao to death! "
Seeing how confident Li Dong was, everyone frowned. Liu Hong felt a toothache and said slowly, "General Manager Li, do you really want to start a war with Taobao?"
Li Dong said lightly, "Do you think I'm joking?"
"But …"
Liu Hong said with some distress, "But didn't you say that WeChat will be launched in April?"
"So what?"
Liu Hong was shocked and said seriously, "General Manager Li, you want to start a war on two fronts?"
Li Dong smiled and said, "Why not? We'll attack whichever side is weak and attack whichever side has gaps.
In April, WeChat will be launched as usual.
In addition, we'll start preparing for the launch of Far Away Mall's mobile app. Now the conditions are ripe.
We'll run the trial operation for a month. In May, we'll connect to Wan Jia Network and prepare for war.
In May, OPPO's new phones will be launched. 30 million new phones will be bundled with WeChat, Far Away Mall, and Wan Jia Network. I dare not say that everyone will accept it, but once the 30 million new phones are sold, in addition to the tens of millions of users from before …
Even if half of the users use our products, there will be more than 30 million users!
We'll occupy half or even more of the mobile market. Who will fight with us?
With a market share of more than 50%, it's almost impossible to be defeated without making a big mistake.
Ali and Tencent's arrangements were later than ours, and their user experience is worse than ours. How can they beat us?
Even if we go online, they will follow. We're not afraid of them in a head-on battle!
We'll build the foundation in April, and the war will begin in May!
If we can't defeat Tencent, we'll defeat Ali. If we can defeat both of them, then it'll be a happy ending! "
Everyone in the meeting room was a little numb. Their boss's ambition was bigger than they thought!
Liu Hong thought for a long time before saying, "Whether it's promoting WeChat or Wan Jia Network, including the diversion of users and the following competition, they all need to burn money, a lot of money. I don't dare to say much, but if we want to achieve something in both areas, we might even burn 5 billion … "
5 billion. This was Liu Hong's own idea.
In his opinion, based on Li Dong's extravagance, if he still wanted to promote Wan Jia Network, 5 billion might not even be enough!
Including the logistics side. Once the e-commerce war begins, free shipping is inevitable.
At that time, the logistics costs will be borne by Far Away Technology, and Li Dong will definitely not count this money with the logistics group.
In this way, Far Away Technology's gap will be huge.
The money raised by Weibo was Weibo's money, and it had little to do with Far Away Technology. Even if Weibo raised 10 billion, unless Li Dong cashed out now, the money could not be moved.
And Yu 'e Bao, which Li Dong had high hopes for, would only be online in May.
It was impossible to get the money to the company as soon as it was online. If they really wanted to get the money, it would be impossible until June.
Where would they find the money to burn in the meantime?!
As Liu Hong said this, he hesitated and said, "General Manager Li, why don't we start financing this time for Far Away Mall?"
Since they had already introduced Tencent, Liu Hong felt that it would not be a big problem to introduce a few more institutions.
Li Dong frowned slightly and thought for a moment before saying, "The time is not right!"
"The time is not right?"
This time, not only Liu Hong, but the others also had a toothache.
This was not the right time!
The B2C market occupied 80% of the market share, and even now, the C2C market occupied about 20% of the market share.
Far Away Mall, which occupied almost half of the online shopping market, actually said that the time was not right!
Li Dong snorted and said, "How much did the Tencent, Far Away Mall, and the soon-to-be-launched Wan Jia Network add up to?
PaiPaipaigou, plus 4 billion in cash, gave us 10% of the shares.
Although we have access to QQ's port, we also let Tenpay enter Far Away Mall. At most, it can be considered equal.
That is to say, the current value of Far Away Mall and Wan Jia Network, in the eyes of the outside world, is about 50 billion RMB at most, which is about 7.5 billion USD.
But who are we?
We are the king of Hua Xia's B2C market, the second strongest in the C2C market, and even starting to fight for the throne of first place!
The entire Hua Xia online shopping market, including Taobao, added up is at most equivalent to the value of our Far Away Mall!
You say, Dangdang, Zhuoyue, Jingdong, Taobao, eBay, Suning, Tesco …
All of these online platforms added up, is the value only 7.5 billion USD?
And if the scale is expanded by 10 times, can it still be calculated by 10 times the value?
So I want to wait!
I heard that Dangdang is preparing to go public in the United States. I'm waiting for it to go public. I want to see how much value a B2C platform with less than 5% of our scale can create when it goes public!
Our scale is more than 20 times that of Dangdang, and our value is a hundred times that of theirs. If it goes public with a market value of 10 billion, I can call out a value of a trillion! "
Everyone was dumbfounded!
A trillion?
What a crazy Brother Cannon!
He had just introduced Tencent and was valued at around 50 billion, and now he was starting to make up his mind to call out a market value of a trillion!
Even if converted to USD, it would be about 150 billion USD. Was that possible?
This was not a few years later. Not long ago, when Ali had not been delisted, the combined market value of the three major online platforms was less than 50 billion USD.
Li Dong, on the other hand, dared to call out a value of three times that of BAT!
The corner of Liu Hong's mouth twitched, and he did not reply.
The others also did not say anything.
Li Dong ignored them and continued. "That's why we are not getting financing now. We are getting access to Tencent because we have this demand.
As for the problem of money …
Continue to get loans!
Can a company that does not lack a lot of bank funds still be considered a company?
The more the better, lest the bank does not give us loans after we go online with Yu 'e Bao. That would be a big loss.
The more the difference, when we are about to go bankrupt, the bank will have to pinch their noses and save us, don't you think? "
Wang Xin laughed dryly and said, "That's true, that's true."
Tan Haiying was a little tired and said, "Then let's get a loan. We do need a lot of money in the future. Of course, if we cooperate with the logistics side, the funding gap … "
Li Dong interrupted, "That's a different matter. This is not the time to eat from the same pot. Whoever should spend the money should spend it!
Last year, the logistics group did not earn a single cent. We invested tens of billions, but we did not see any results. It was all because of the Tencent Mall.
Why did I set up a subsidiary company last time?
Why do I have to clarify the responsibility?
It is to prevent these situations from happening!
If the Tencent Mall has no money, we can borrow from it. In the future, don't drag the logistics company into debt. They don't even have the money to expand now. You all better stop! "
Tan Haiying laughed awkwardly. Liu Hong and the rest were also a little embarrassed.
This was not the first time they did this. In the past, when they fought the logistics war, it was the logistics company that paid the money. The losses were also counted on the logistics company.
In the end, after a year, the Tencent Mall made a lot of money, but the logistics side suffered heavy losses.
Because of this, Qin Hai complained a lot.
Not only Qin Hai complained, but the supermarkets were also complaining. After the opening of online and offline channels, the Tencent Mall's orders sometimes went through the supermarkets. In the end, the sales were all given to the Tencent Mall. Not only did the supermarkets put in effort, but the results were not satisfactory.
For Far Away Mall to have its current results, half of the credit was actually due to the other subsidiary companies.
In the past, although everyone was separated, because the headquarters' financial system was not very perfect, the responsibilities were not very clear, and everyone's functions overlapped a lot.
Although they complained, they still had to pay for the Tencent Mall in the end.
Since Li Dong sorted out the group a few days ago, coupled with the introduction of external capital, people from the other subsidiary companies did not do this kind of strenuous and unrewarding work.
Even now, Tan Haiying and the rest still had ideas about them, but Li Dong did not agree to it.
The few of them were a little embarrassed. In the end, Liu Hong coughed lightly and said, "Then let's take a loan. It shouldn't be a big problem. We have almost no debt …"
When he said this, Tan Haiying and the rest looked left and right, pretending not to hear him.
Among the four major subsidiary companies, the other three had a lot of debt. Only Far Away Mall had almost zero debt.
The previous infrastructure works, the laying of the network, the laying of the channels, the investment in the data center, including the personnel expenses, a part of it came from the Tencent Mall's profits, and another part came from the funds allocated by the group.
Most of this money came from the profits of the supermarkets, and a lot of it came from Dongyu Real Estate.
Now these two companies did not even have money to expand, and they were burdened with debt. Seeing them was like seeing enemies.
Liu Hong was still saying that they had zero debt. Fortunately, there were no people from the other subsidiary companies attending the meeting. Otherwise, they would probably kill him with their gazes!
Li Dong could not help but roll his eyes and said unhappily, "It's best that you don't have debt. This time, we'll talk after we have a good debt!
Time is of the essence now. Hurry up.
On April 1st, you all have a lot of things to do. WeChat will be online, Wan Toon will be updated, and Weibo will need funding.
Next, you all need to launch the apps for Far Away Mall's products, including Yu 'e Bao, Wan Jia Online, group buying website …
You all also need to integrate all kinds of resources, including logistics and supermarkets …
That's why others can relax a little this year, but not you all!
There are two tigers in front of us now. Tencent and Ali are not easy to deal with. Don't think that just because they did not say anything now, they are afraid.
These people are full of evil tricks, and they might be preparing to give us a fatal blow.
Sina and other companies that have conflicts with us are also waiting for us to make mistakes!
Don't think that you are invincible. If you really think that way, I guarantee that all of you, including me, will die a horrible death! "
Everyone was stunned. Li Dong's words might sound harsh, but it was the truth.
Far Away will be overestimating themselves if they think that Ma Yun and the rest are sitting ducks!
Li Dong said and stood up. "I still have a meeting. You all carry on with your discussion. I will go and take a look."
Liu Hong and the rest quickly stood up and sent him out of the meeting room. Li Dong was very busy now, and it was normal for him to rush to attend meetings every day.
Luckily, Yuan Chengdao and the rest were still able to handle the workload, or else, Li Dong would not be able to make it here.
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