On December 5, 2017, the Wuzhen Internet Conference came to an end. Apart from business matters, the hottest news in this world is that on the night of the opening on December 3, after NetEase’s Ding Sanshi’s banquet, Internet tycoons also formed a new “Dongxing Bureau”.
In addition to Pony Ma who sits in the chair, Wang Xin of Meituan and Liu Qiangdong of JD.com who sits in the east, the other Internet industry tycoons include:
Hillhouse Capital Zhang Lei, Kuaishou Suhua, Mobai Wang Xiaofeng, Meituan Dianping Wang Huiwen, Zhihu Zhou Yuan, 58 Yao Jinbo, Jinshajiang Venture Capital Zhu Xiaohu, JD Finance Chen Shengqiang, Lei Jun, Lenovo Yang Yuanqing, Sequoia Capital Shen Nanpeng, Today The headline is Zhang Yiming.
Qiu Yongliang, a reporter from the Economic Daily, posted a review article in his WeChat Moments in addition to normal publishing, explaining the dinner party.
"As a reporter who has been covering economic news for a long time, I have interacted with many big guys in the Internet industry and asked them questions. I have also witnessed major moments in the Internet industry in recent years, such as the change of ownership of Uber and the acquisition of Didi. .From my perspective, let me briefly mention three points!
First, the big bosses’ dinner party is a cultural landscape behind the hustle and bustle of Internet conferences. As for whether it is beautiful or not, it is like a person knowing whether the water he drinks is cold or warm. As spectators, we can only say that eating melon is really exciting. Fun.
The reappearance of Dongxing Bureau after the NetEase dinner party this time shows that in the grand Internet event in Wuzhen, the big bosses from all parties no longer let NetEase dominate the previous ones, but began to organize their own dinner parties and start a joint venture.
Therefore, the second point I want to make is that the core of this dinner called "Dongxing Bureau" is actually Tencent.
In the arena of the Internet, there are roughly several forces. Among them, venture capital must be considered the most important one. In the Chinese Internet we live in today, the top venture capital is not Hongbin (China) or Hillhouse Capital. But "BAT".
Now, of course, it's "FAT." The Phoenix Group, which relies on Uber to occupy a place in the Internet world, and its Phoenix Fund are the top domestic venture capital companies today and are extremely powerful. They are also shaping Internet myths one by one. For example: Orange Takeout is inherited from Baidu Takeout. The current valuation has reached US$15 billion.
Therefore, as long as we understand the role of venture capital in the development of Internet companies, we can understand why the core of Dongxing Bureau is Tencent.
This involves Tencent’s strategic layout. They now tend to hold about 20% of the shares in related companies. Or less. In short, they do not pursue absolute control, which is different from Alibaba.
Therefore, among the companies present, such as Meituan and JD.com, Tencent has strategic investment. Emerging Internet companies such as Kuaishou have grown stronger thanks to Tencent's continued capital investment.
Therefore, it is not difficult for us to understand why Tencent sits in the middle. It is not difficult to understand why this dinner party can be organized and why so many Internet giants can be brought together?
This dinner party is more like an alliance against Alibaba in today's interconnected Internet arena. As we all know, Alibaba is now the leader in the Internet world. Teacher Ma is unparalleled in the limelight. As for whether it is, we will wait and see.
The third point, following the above point, is that even with a glue like Tencent, in Dongxing Bureau, the big bosses are seemingly inseparable, each has his own calculations, and each has his own business that needs to compete. For example, competition between Toutiao and Tencent is intensifying.
From these details, we can get a glimpse of the entire Internet world, which shows that today's Internet world is already a world of ups and downs and turbulent undercurrents. For us ordinary people, what we need to do is to enjoy the benefits brought to us by the fierce Internet competition, continue to observe, and guess who will be the next hero of wealth, who will be the king in the world, the number one master. This is quite a fun thing. "
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This Moments article by Qiu Yongliang has been widely circulated in the circle. Even if the articles written by insiders are simple, they are basically correct, and the questions raised are also thought-provoking, which makes them very mature to read. Many big guys are forwarding it.
When Jing Gao met Liu Qiangdong for tea at a hotel in Wuzhen on the morning of December 6, Liu Qiangdong specially recommended this article to him.
With Liu Qiangdong’s circle of friends, it is of course easy to get this 100,000+ article, but Jing Gao’s circle of friends is very narrow. He really didn’t know this article. Sitting in the luxurious living room of the hotel, he read the article and said with a smile: "I will add this reporter's WeChat account later. What he wrote makes sense."
Liu Qiangdong was 44 years old at the time and was considered very young among the Internet tycoons. Wearing a tie, he sat on the sofa and said with a smile: "Mr. Jing, you just read this article now. Having said that, are you interested in joining the Huaxia Alumni Association? Just to expand your circle of friends? I can Recommended for you."
Da Qiangzi could naturally feel the kindness of Mr. Jing of the Phoenix Group towards him, so the atmosphere of the meeting initiated by him today was very harmonious. He originally flew out of Wuzhen last night. But in order to meet with Jing Gao, he put aside all other matters.
In the past two years, Jing Gao has been very successful in the shopping mall, winning every battle! He has heard about some of the top circles in China's business world. It was strange that he didn't hear it at his level.
Today is no longer the era of the four major clubs in Beijing, but the era of top business circles such as the "Chinese Entrepreneurs Club", "Huaxia Alumni Association", "Jiangnan Club", and "Taishan Club".
Jing Gao said with a smile: "I'm not very interested. I'm ready to quit the Internet business world. Next year's Wuzhen Internet I will prepare the heads of their respective companies to participate. I believe they are also qualified. Isn't it Yu Chengdong who came to Huawei? But , I am quite interested to know, what are the requirements for joining the Huaxia Alumni Association?"
Since joining Huawei, some of the things Jing Gao has been thinking about have answers. Some of Mr. Ren’s practices are indeed very clever! Jinggao has long wanted to hide from the public eye and focus on his own life! And his management of the enterprise does not necessarily have to be external. It is ok as long as it is managed well internally. Just like Mr. Ren. This will greatly save his time cost.
Liu Qiangdong was slightly surprised and explained: "Mr. Jing, as long as the Huaxia Alumni Association has participated in the CEO classes of Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business and China Europe Business School. Aren't you still taking classes at China Europe Business School? Speaking of which, we are considered alumni. Ah! With your qualifications in the business world and my recommendation, you can definitely pass. If you can't pass, then there is something wrong with the regulations of the Huaxia Alumni Association."
The Great Qiangzi is still very good at talking! Jing Gao laughed and waved his hand, "You still have to respect the rules of your circle. I'll forget it. We just keep in touch. I said quit the Internet industry. I talked with Li Yanhong from Baidu two days ago, and he said Baidu is similar. .”
Liu Qiangdong laughed and said, "That's not the case with Baidu, right?"
At the first Internet Conference, there was a famous scene where Li Yanhong sat in the middle, Ma Yun and Liu Qiangdong sat on both sides. Liu Qiangdong and Ma Yun exchanged words in the air. Ma Yun said the golden sentence, "Alibaba's mission is to create more JD.com." At that time, you can see Li Yanhong picking up the microphone and putting it down.
Li Yanhong is very cruel to his entrepreneurial partners and scolds them in private, but he is absolutely gentle and gentle on the stage. Liu Qiangdong had a pretty good relationship with him, at least they didn't fight each other.
I think back then, when the relationship between Liu Qiangdong and his milk tea sister spread, he responded directly to the media, "It's fake, it must be Ma Yun who harmed me." This is really..., hi! Later, of course, he admitted his love affair with milk tea with a slap in the face.
Jing Gao smiled and said: "Why not? Baidu's core business now is AI. Lu Qi's allinAi strategy. This area may not be all Internet business. I think Huawei is quite interested in participating. As for autonomous driving, this I interact a lot with hardware companies.”
Liu Qiangdong did not argue with Jing Gao about this issue, but smiled and said: "Mr. Jing, autonomous driving is still a little far away from us, but big data analysis and cloud computing are very close to us. We have also been engaged in research in this area recently. We The logistics delivery system requires technical support in this area. Including the current takeout delivery of Meituan, in fact, the core technology is still in this. Phoenix Cloud is currently doing well in China, let’s see if we have the opportunity to cooperate.”
"Okay!" Jing Gao agreed, but his heart moved slightly. Tang Xuan, who had been in charge of Orange Takeaway since the night of December 3rd, told him her admiration in person and even took the initiative to kiss him. He had not met with Tang Xuan to discuss work in detail in the past two days. Speaking of which, he and Tang Xuan were too superstitious about the financial strength of the Phoenix Group, and still burned money according to the price subsidy war model. However, when Liu Qiangdong, a master in the Internet industry, clicked this lightly, he suddenly understood that in the field of food delivery, the core competitiveness may not be subsidies. But big data analysis!
He had to make a call with Tang Xuan later. Even though she was already on vacation: Tang Xuan flew back to Jingzhou to sign a divorce with her husband.
