Hangzhou.
As the top Internet company in China, Alibaba’s growth rate has slowed down in recent years. In the field of e-commerce, the core business where it started, it has encountered strong challenges from JD.com and Pinduoduo. Currently, Alipay and Alibaba Cloud are still outstanding businesses. .
As for the businesses acquired by Alibaba, most of them are maintained or completed. Because Alibaba adheres to the idea of holding a controlling stake when investing, it is known as the "paraquat of entertainment".
But Alibaba is the undisputed giant. Not long after Tencent learned the news, they also got the news.
Zhang Yong, as the current person in charge of Alibaba, held a video conference. Jack, who is out of town, Tsai Chongxin, who has returned to the United States to settle down and play basketball, and Alibaba's partners were all summoned to discuss Uber's changes.
Phoenix Group, as a domestic Internet company, although it no longer has the glory of "FAT" in the past, it is still a major Internet company by any means. A change in the person in charge of the company's core business is certainly worthy of an impromptu meeting among opponents to discuss.
Jing Gao and Lao Ma had long been at odds with each other. During the Wuzhen Internet Conference, the two had a very unpleasant chat with each other at Jing Gao's temporary residence. Moreover, Phoenix Group also kicked Alibaba out of Weibo, disrupting Alibaba's layout in the media industry.
In fact, many people don't know that Alibaba is very courageous. They not only innovate in finance, but also try to get involved in the media. At that time, his youngest partner, Jiang Fan, kept a mistress during his marriage, and the hot searches on Weibo were suppressed, which aroused the disgust of netizens across the Internet. At this time, many people suddenly realized that Ali had made so many arrangements in the media industry.
Of course, no matter how Alibaba lays out the media industry, if the national team is excluded, today’s media industry is the most powerful Internet platform. As a cesspit for the whole people, meager undoubtedly has a special status.
Alibaba still has a considerable stake in Meager, but it has no voting rights and is excluded from the decision-making level of Meager by the Phoenix Group.
Without the meager influence of this platform, Alibaba’s media empire would be much inferior.
Lao Ma's alien face is still the same and very recognizable. He said in the video: "Lao Zhang, what do you think? There has been a change in the person in charge of Uber. Is there anything we can take advantage of?"
There is a tradition of flower name culture within Alibaba, but this title may not be used in daily interactions. For example, Lao Ma especially likes to be called Teacher Ma.
Zhang Yong pushed up his glasses and said: "My idea is to increase investment in AutoNavi. AutoNavi's taxi-hailing business can seize the opportunity to develop. The adjustment of Uber's person in charge this time will definitely give them a boost. Three years of chaos.”
A company is like a ship. It doesn't mean it can turn around immediately. It has inertia. If the subsequent person in charge is not good enough, it may not be possible to adjust in two or three years.
Cai Congxin asked: "Who is the new person in charge of Uber's launch?"
Cai Congxin was forced to withdraw from the company's governance due to the failure of the fight between Alibaba and Phoenix Group. But his identity as an Alibaba partner has not changed. Although you have withdrawn, you can still participate in the company's internal meetings.
In the world of the Internet, it is a routine operation to dispatch several commercial undercover agents to each other. Netizens who have experienced troll trolls back then all know that Alibaba is on the list of some of the biggest trolls.
Dai Shan, one of the Eighteen Arhats and responsible for B2B business, said: "I heard that he is an assistant to Boss Jing. His name is Jing Shufeng. He is a French translator. He went to Paris with Boss Jing and participated in the whole process of LV Group annexing Zhaoshi Group. Business war. It belongs to his confidants. But no one in the industry is optimistic about this adjustment."
Peng Lei, who was in charge of Alipay, took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "Boss Jing is hiding behind the scenes now and blaming An Zhiwen for everything. He is probably addicted to conspiracy and conspiracy, and deliberately threw his assistant out to fill the hole. "
Based on Jing Gao's reputation and record in the world, no one would think that he is out of his mind and nepotistic. It is estimated that they are engaging in "showing weakness to the enemy" and other tricks. But the question is, doesn’t Uber’s adjustment give them a chance with Alibaba?
In the United States, Tsai Congxin said categorically: "I agree to increase investment in AutoNavi and seize the market."
Lao Ma is still in the UK, promoting the cooperation between Alipay and John Bull's Barclays Galaxy. He will be in his villa, sitting in a chair, thinking for a while, and said: "Then let's settle it. You guys discuss the investment Just give me the numbers."
As CEO, Zhang Yong has already done some homework, saying: "We will invest roughly US$200 million in advance, burn money to expand the market, and test the waters."
Lao Ma nodded: "You discuss it."
After hanging up the phone, Lao Ma fell into deep thought in his villa in a wealthy area of London. While it's still afternoon in China, it's already midnight here in London. He's not thinking about Uber, Phoenix Group has fallen behind. He's not very interested. I'm thinking about a question, where does Alipay go from here?
It must be listed!
However, Alipay faces various problems when it goes public. As the leader, he naturally knows what the problem is. This gave the entire Alibaba management a sense of urgency. He had a hunch that if Alipay could not be listed as scheduled, it would probably be the beginning of decline for Alibaba.
…
…
Beijing, Meituan headquarters building.
Wang Xin was drinking coffee and chatting with his good brother and deputy Wang Huiwen in his office. The news of Uber’s change of head has long been reported. Although Uber is headquartered in Shanghai and is listed on Hong Kong Island.
But the Internet circle is so big, who doesn’t have a few “acquaintances”? The news seems to be flying.
Compared with Tencent and Alibaba, which took the news seriously and specially held president office meetings and partner meetings, Meituan's response was obviously downgraded.
This is not to say that Meituan and Phoenix Group have no grievances. Everyone knows that Phoenix Group and Taichu Group are two brands and one team. The battle between Xiangcheng Waimai and Meituan, a subsidiary of Taichu Group, is fierce. Alibaba’s Ele.me was almost destroyed, and its market share shrank sharply.
This is a typical market example of the boss fighting with the boss and losing the third boss.
Wang Xin attaches great importance to it, but there is no need to summon all the management of Meituan for a meeting. He and the well boss don't have to deal with each other, but they are indeed separated by business. Meituan doesn’t need to mobilize its troops yet.
"Hui Wen, what do you say?" Wang Xin took a sip of coffee, leaned on his desk, looked at the beautiful scenery of early spring outside the floor-to-ceiling window, and said with a smile.
Wang Huiwen, Wang Xin’s right-hand man and a classmate of Tsinghua University, smiled and said: “What, you want to take advantage of the chaos to enter the taxi field? It’s very expensive!”
Wang Xin smiled slightly, "We have gone public, so it's not like we have no money. It's not bad to scare them! Boss Jing was a venture capital tycoon back then, and he wanted to get involved in any good business. I didn't expect that we would be here today."
That year, he, Cheng Wei and Zhang Yiming drank tea together at the Wuzhen Internet Conference and discussed the boundary issues of Internet companies. Now only he and Zhang Yiming are left.
Wang Huiwen thought for a while and said: "If you want to scare them, there is no problem. But my suggestion is that it is best not to enter into a price war with Uber. Our current internal situation is not enough to continue under the competitive pressure of Orange Delivery. Open another battlefield, otherwise the financial cost will rise sharply."
Wang Xin nodded: "I understand! Just invest 100 million US dollars to play with them. After we acquired Mobike, we did have the need to develop into the taxi-hailing field. This is an excellent traffic entrance."
"Yes." Wang Huiwen voted in favor.
…
…
While the entire Internet community is paying attention to the replacement of Uber's chairman and CEO, Huang Zheng, the CEO of Pinduoduo, a new Internet upstart, is entertaining business godfather Duan Yongping in Shanghai, who has quietly returned to China to visit relatives and friends.
"A Duan, I'm very optimistic about Uber's replacement this time. Boss Jing is probably a bit too whimsical."
