The West Lake Sword Competition was a gathering of Internet moguls.
This gathering was started by Jack Ma in 2000.
However, at that time, Jack Ma was just a rookie in the Internet industry and was not very famous. He was worried that these Internet moguls would not listen to him, so he thought of Jin Yong. He had invited Mr. Jin Yong from Hong Kong to China, and because of Jin Yong's fame, a bunch of Internet moguls happily attended the meeting.
For the first West Lake Sword Competition, Jack Ma invited Sina's founder, Wang Zhidong, NetEase's Ding Lei, Sohu's Zhang Chaoyang, and China's e-commerce boss, 8848's Wang Juntao.
The second West Lake Sword Competition was in 2001. At that time, Wang Zhidong was kicked out by Shin-Lang, so he invited a new CEO, Wang Hua, to replace him.
For the third West Lake Sword Competition, Wang Juntao did not receive Jack Ma's invitation because Wang Juntao also left 8848, and 8848 went into decline. The three major portals were also struggling to transform. This year, online gaming rose to prominence. Therefore, Jack Ma invited Chen Tianqiao, Jiucheng's Zhu Jun, and Liang Jianzhang, who had a promising future. As for Huanyu Technologies, for some reason, they did not invite them.
2003 was the fourth West Lake Sword Competition …
Based on the previous three Ancient Lake Sword Competitions.
Jack Ma went from being a rookie in the Internet industry to becoming a mogul in the Internet industry.
Although his business wasn't the best, and he didn't make the most money, he was the most popular.
This time, Jack Ma invited Chen Yu.
Although he knew that Jack Ma's invitation this time was a bit like a Hongmen banquet, Chen Yu had nothing to be afraid of.
Moreover, he also wanted to meet the legendary Mr. Jin Yong.
He had been a fan of Jin Yong since he was young.
Although he was not like Mr. Ma, who had to give each of the 18 Arhats a flower name in Jin Yong.
However, Chen Yu also respected Jin Yong very much.
Of course, this also showed how awesome Mr. Ma was.
Back then, he was not famous, but he used Mr. Jin Yong's fame to enter the circle of moguls.
Now, he seemed to have become a mogul.
Although Mr. Ma's strength was not that great, after three West Lake Sword Competition, he had become a mogul.
A few days later, Chen Yu and his assistant, Xia Zhu, went to Hang City.
Alibaba's headquarters was in Hang City.
Similarly, West Lake was also in Hang City.
Chen Yu arrived in Hang City a day early.
Chen Yu didn't go to Hang City to visit West Lake, although he also wanted to have some fun.
However, he was not in the mood to play now. He wanted to check out the small products in Hang City.
In his previous life, there were people who said that Taobao's success had a lot to do with its headquarters in Hangzhou.
This was not to say that Hangzhou's economy was more developed than Shanghai, Beibei, and Guangzhou.
As the capital of Zhe Province, Hangzhou had always been a gathering place for small commodities.
As for e-commerce, most of the sales were actually small products.
Clothing, accessories, printing, handicrafts, cosmetics, toys … These small products from Zhe Province sold well all over the world.
It was precisely because there were so many small items here that Taobao accumulated countless sellers in its early stages.
This also enriched Taobao's supply of goods.
Although this round of inspection only took a day, it was more or less a cursory observation.
However, even if it was just a cursory glance, Chen Yu was still extremely shocked by the small goods in Hang City.
Chen Yu immediately made up his mind.
After the West Lake Sword Competition, he was preparing to move the headquarters of his e-commerce platform to Hang City.
…
"Boss Ma, Chen Yu has arrived in Hang City."
"He came a day in advance. Did he go to West Lake?"
"No, he went to the small commodity city in Hang City East Station."
"Hiss …"
Ma Yun frowned. "It seems that Huanyu Technologies is determined to enter e-commerce."
Previously, Ma Yun had already realized that Huanyu Technologies would enter the e-commerce market sooner or later.
As for the reason, what else could it be?
5173 had already started doing e-commerce.
However, at that time, Huanyu Technologies did not have so much energy. 5173's e-commerce development was not very big, and it mainly focused on electronic products. However, now that Huanyu Technologies had eliminated QQ and accumulated a lot of funds through online games, it was only a matter of time before they entered e-commerce.
Initially, Ma Yun thought that even if Chen Yu entered the e-commerce market, he might not be able to do much.
After all, e-commerce was not like instant messaging, nor was it like online games.
He still had other ways to do it.
However, today, when Chen Yu arrived, he went straight to the small commodity city in Hang City East Station. This surprised Ma Yun.
After all, Alibaba and Taobao were able to enter the market because of these small commodities.
Whether it was wholesale or retail, Zhejiang Province's small commodities were loved by the people all over the country.
No, they were loved by the people all over the world.
If it were not for limited funds, Ma Yun would even want to enter the global market.
"Zhao Xi, it seems that we have a tough battle ahead of us."
…
The next day, the fourth West Lake Sword Competition officially appeared.
Unlike the Internet forums organized by the government, the West Lake Sword Competition was very famous, but it was private.
Ma Yun did not invite just anyone. After all, he would not invite anyone who was not qualified.
It could be said that those who could accept Ma Yun's invitation were all big shots.
Even if they were not particularly famous, they were at least leaders in the industry.
However, even though it was not a public gathering, the fame of the West Lake Sword Competition was too great. Even though there were only a few people attending and it was purely a gathering for chatting, countless media reporters still rushed to attend.
At this time, the gathering had not yet started. However, beside the huge balcony on the eighth floor of the Lange Hotel, dozens of media reporters had already set up their cameras, waiting for the guests who came to attend the gathering.
The reason why they chose the eighth floor instead of the top floor was said to be that Old Master Jin was old and afraid of heights.
The reason why they chose the balcony was that this sword competition was purely a gathering for everyone to chat.
However, regardless of whether it was the balcony or not, the major media was looking forward to the meeting of the big shots on the Internet today. They wanted to see if there would be any sparks again.
"Will Mr. Jin Yong come this year?"
"Yes."
"Didn't Mr. Jin Yong say that he was not in good health and did not want to travel back and forth from Xiangjiang to Hang City?"
"There was news that said so, but Mr. Jin Yong changed his mind."
"Great, I have never seen Mr. Jin Yong before."
Although the West Lake Sword Competition was initiated by Ma Yun, the protagonist of this competition was definitely Mr. Jin Yong.
Almost half of the big shots on the Internet came because of Jin Yong's fame.
For example, Wang Zhidong, who had been in the previous competition, named his two daughters by Mr. Jin Yong.
Wang Juntao, the founder of 8848, also came to attend the competition to see Mr. Jin Yong.
"But it seems that this West Lake Sword Competition has other intentions."
"Dude, what do you think?"
"Can't you see it?"
"See what?"
"The six major sects are besieging the Brightness Peak."
The big shots had not arrived yet, but the reporters had already begun to gossip.
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