The Wuzhen Internet Conference was founded in 2014 and is already in its fourth session in 2017. The most famous thing about every Internet conference and what attracts media reporters the most is not the agenda on the first day of the conference, but the "dinner" that starts on the evening of the conference.
The founder was Ding Sanshi, the former richest man. His meals instantly became famous in Wuzhen. The most talked-about thing is not the taste of Zhejiang cuisine in the small restaurant, but the NetEase self-raised pork he brings.
Because the organizer will hold a cocktail party at 7 p.m., all the guests attending the meeting must give face, but at about 8 p.m., they will go to find places to drink.
Jing Gao was naturally invited by Ding Sanshi. This time last year, even though Jing Gao came to attend the Internet Conference, he was still not able to have a drink and chat with the top industry insiders. However, today's Phoenix Group is definitely a big brother-level enterprise in the Internet industry. As the actual leader, he is certainly qualified.
In fact, the big guys in the Internet industry were very considerate of Ding Sanshi's invitation. Although in the Internet 1.0 era, the era of the three major portals: Sina, Sohu, and NetEase has come to an end. But NetEase has not fallen behind like the previous two brothers. NetEase's gaming business, online shopping, and music are all doing pretty well.
Of course, they are not the leaders in their industries, but they firmly hold the second place in the industry. For example, in the gaming industry, Tencent and NetEase hold the first and second market shares respectively. NetEase's "NetEase Strict Selection" specializes in fine shopping, and Alibaba's offer is $8 billion for the acquisition. But this value exceeds Sina and Sohu.
Therefore, Ding Sanshi was able to achieve the status of the richest man back then, not just because he was forced to hold a large number of NetEase shares. He was really good at it. It is said that some outsiders have evaluated Ding Sanshi as the best Internet product manager in China.
The "Jinyi Inn" in Building 51-52 of the Wuzhen B&B in the Wuzhen Scenic Area is still the same place. When Jing Gao arrived, as the host, Ding Sanshi, Microsoft Global Executive Vice President Shen Xiangyang, Hongbin Capital Global Partner Shen Nanpeng, Zhang Yimin of Toutiao, Zhou Hongyi, chairman of 360, and Liu Qiangdong, CEO of JD.com, were all present.
"Mr. Jing, I'm chatting with Nan Peng. When will you come over? I saw the leader asking you to come over and chat." Ding Sanshi smiled and placed Jing Gao on his left hand.
Dinners are held at a long dining table. There is no issue of seating. Of course, it also means a little bit. This position is almost considered the position of the most distinguished guest besides the host.
On the one hand, Jing Gao's identity is indeed one of the best. Among the Internet tycoons who will come over later, the only ones who can compete with him in terms of influence are Brother Xiao Ma, and the veteran Internet tycoon Li Yanhong. The relationship between Jing Gao and Ding Sanshi is indeed not bad.
Jing Gao traveled to the United States this summer, and Ding Sanshi also arranged for him to meet with Duan Yongping from Bubugao. Jing Gao has benefited a lot, and Duan Yongping also has a very positive view of Jing Gao. With this friendship, the personal relationship is naturally very good.
Jing Gao said with a smile: "Mr. Ding's dinner party is so famous in the Internet industry. I will definitely be there when I receive the invitation." The Internet tycoons present have chatted and met with their leaders quite often. He has nothing to show off.
After scanning around, most of them are acquaintances that I have interacted with before. Shen Nanpeng, Zhang Yimin, and Zhou Hongyi have all dealt with him. As for Brother Dong, he has never seen him face to face before.
Shen Nanpeng greeted him politely: "Mr. Jing, let me introduce to you. This is Microsoft Global Executive Vice President Shun Xiangyang."
His Hongbin Capital’s investment in the domestic Internet really relies heavily on Phoenix Fund. He would not dare to offend Jing Gao even to death. This venture capitalist, who is a powerful figure in the Internet industry and has a lot of honors, has the ruthlessness of an investment bank elite and a business actuarial elite. He is very well-behaved, docile and non-aggressive in front of Jing Gao.
Jing Gao smiled and chatted with Shen Nanpeng and Shen Xiangyang. Zhou Hongyi, wearing glasses, came over to chat. Zhang Yimin’s Toutiao is suffering from meager competition from Phoenix Group. At the same time, Phoenix Group still cooperates with Baidu to crowd out Toutiao. The relationship between the two is quite bad. But this kind of occasion is not suitable for falling out. Smiling and nodding are regarded as saying hello.
Jing Gao chatted with Brother Dong for a while, then smiled and extended an invitation: "Mr. Liu, make an appointment to have tea together."
He still admires Brother Dong who started from scratch. In fact, once upon a time, Jack Ma was also an idol of entrepreneurship. But as Jack Ma's various quotes appeared, Jing Gao discovered that he was actually pretending to be cool most of the time, and enjoying the joy of pretending to be cool. Not really trying to teach those who listened to him anything truly useful. It's just transmitting some of his ideas.
As for ordinary people, as for Jing Gao, there are many concepts that he does not agree with.
Jack Ma is undoubtedly a wizard in the business field. That he has reached this point is undoubtedly a testament to his ability and level. But if you listen to Jack Ma talk about life, sociological knowledge, economic knowledge, and even philosophy, this is nonsense. Jack Ma's attainments in these fields will not become more sophisticated just because he is the richest man.
On the contrary, Brother Dong sometimes likes to tell the truth. For example: Brother Dong said that the result of all technological progress is to eliminate a group of people and make them unemployed. Because the essence of technological progress is to increase labor productivity. Therefore, after the rise of e-commerce, all the small shops on the street will close.
Liu Qiangdong was a little surprised by Jing Gao's kindness, but at this time JD.com had already established a firm foothold in the competition with Taobao and Tmall, and his bossy demeanor had long been cultivated. He smiled and said: "Okay." A personal business card was exchanged.
After chatting for a while, other people arrived one after another. Tencent’s Xiao Ma, Huawei’s senior vice president Yu Chengdong, Meituan’s Wang Xin, Baidu’s Li Yanhong, Baidu’s president Zhang Yaqin, Xiaomi’s Lei Jun, Lenovo’s Yang Yuanqing and others.
The drinking party started soon. The dishes are still mainly Jiangsu and Zhejiang cuisine. The dishes are plentiful. The main meat dish is NetEase’s own pork. There are also hairy crabs, fish soup, crab tofu, stir-fried spinach and so on.
Ma Huateng had a very good drinker, and he had a lot of words to persuade him to drink. He even persuaded Jing Gao to have a few drinks. He also had a few drinks with Huawei's Yu Chengdong and Xiaomi's boss Lei Jun. The reason was, of course, they were all mobile phone manufacturers.
Ding Sanshi sighed: "Don't talk about mobile phones." NetEase does not make mobile phones, but there is no doubt that the volume, profit, and influence of the domestic mobile phone market are unparalleled today. It is no less profitable than in the Internet circle.
A bunch of people agreed.
Ma Huateng smiled and said: "We play a game. We have to say I love you to the person on the left, I hate you to the person on the right, and drink to the wrong person."
Liu Qiangdong responded immediately, "Pony still knows how to drink!"
The others responded one after another.
The reporters outside saw the big guys changing glasses and drinking happily.
