eBay's contact with 361 was actually just the first step in his plan. Once he set his sights on the domestic online shopping market, this war became inevitable.
In eBay's eyes, Ali is just a small role, but the other party will not despise this small role. In other words, eBay has come with the goal of dominating the domestic online shopping market from the beginning, and Alibaba is the target that the other party must eliminate.
In order to achieve this goal, eBay has been aggressive from the beginning, taking advantage of its financial advantages as an international giant. Ma Fengyun’s publicity channels on major websites were continuously blocked.
In his last life, Ma Fengyun was forced to cooperate with some small websites, and worked hard to advertise on TV and give speeches everywhere. It gives people the feeling that he is not an entrepreneur, but a mentor who has successfully learned chicken soup.
However, the Hangzhou horse in this life is obviously not as easy to bully as in the previous life. Not to mention the well-funded Yang Dongxu standing behind him, the connections he has accumulated from starting his business to now are not comparable to those in his previous life.
Especially among these connections, in addition to the wealthy people who can provide funds, there are also many people with strong backgrounds. eBay’s plan to sweep and dominate was actually wrong from the beginning.
However, this cannot be blamed on Yibei for underestimating the enemy. The main reason is that Ali has been very prosperous in China in the past two years. But in the international arena, he is really just a small role that can be easily kicked away.
Not to mention Alibaba, even SoftBank, which claims to be an international venture capital company, has some reputation and energy in the Asian market. Internationally, eBay can easily teach him how to behave.
Ali can't do it, and neither can the venture capital consortium standing behind him. Then why does eBay want to look at you? Just sweep it across and that's it.
"Delay it for a while, and then discuss cooperation normally." Yang Dongxu thought for a moment and said.
The first delay is naturally to wait for the price. The current contact between eBay and 361 is probably also a preliminary test. In other words, the plan has just been formulated and is still in the preparation stage, and has not been fully implemented.
So first drag on the other party, and when his plan is fully developed and he signs agreements with other major websites, he will naturally be able to negotiate a good price after 361 is integrated.
After all, 361 browser dominates the domestic market, and even portal websites are jealous of this traffic. In addition, it has now reached cooperation with Sohu on video projects. With such abundant capital in hand, he had the capital to delay negotiating a good price.
As for the subsequent 'normal talks about cooperation', it seems that Ma Fengyun has been sold. This is actually a disguised form of coercion. Instead of going backwards, Alibaba will get better and better and eventually develop into a giant.
But this Big Mac is not the final decision of Yang Dongxu now, even though he used Alipay and other chips to make a four-hit combo. Ma Fengyun still values the core shares in his hands.
So now Alibaba seems to be a major shareholder, but the actual control is still in the hands of Ma Fengyun. Yang Dongxu knows that Ma Fengyun will develop better in Alibaba, but this does not mean that he will continue to give fertilizers and guidance to Alibaba. In the end, he only wants to be the second child in this company, whether it is control or dividends.
He has a strong desire for control and has never made wedding dresses for others since he started his business. Instead, he often turns the wedding dresses made by others into his own.
It may be selfish to do this, but even if he doesn't do it, some people do. In the face of interests, especially in the face of huge profits, there are many people who trample on morality. What's more, he just used the rules to achieve his own goals, and did not do anything harmful to nature. Something illegal.
"This..." Qiu Bosong looked at his boss with some confusion.
He doesn't have the ability to read minds, so he naturally doesn't know what Yang Dongxu is thinking. In his opinion, his boss is very optimistic and supportive of Ma Fengyun, and he has been continuously introducing resources and connections to Ma Fengyun recently.
And there are rumors that the tens of millions of US dollars in venture capital that Ma Fengyun received before, which is not enviable, appear to be from SoftBank, but are actually money invested by his own boss. So if we were to talk about cooperation with eBay normally, wouldn't this mean joining forces with outsiders to kill Ma Fengyun?
"Alibaba is Ali, and 361 is 361. You are the general manager of 361, not Ali. Although this time in Shangyan Shangyibei is just a trial, it will definitely come with force in the future. If you seize the opportunity, 361 can make a fortune.
But if you choose to cooperate with Alibaba, no one can say what the future will be like. So as the boss of 361, you should consider the issue from your own perspective. Of course, it doesn’t mean that you should not care about emotions and only focus on interests.
Of course, under the same circumstances, Ali is willing to spend money, or even pay less for you to choose him. This is already considered a sign of affection. He can't afford not to spend a dime, and you still have to reject eBay's high bid out of love, right? 361 does not seem to be a shareholder of Alibaba. "Yang Dongxu knocked on the table.
He now feels that he was a bit self-defeating when he brought together all the company CEOs to discuss the sharing of overlapping resources to avoid waste.
Now when the people under my command encounter a problem, the first thing they think of is not how to solve your problem. Instead, they directly find helpers and use their resources and connections to bully others.
Although this can solve the problem, it will lose innovation and self-motivation, which is undoubtedly what he does not want to see. What he needs is for the companies under his control to cooperate with each other while also competing with each other. It’s not that you are good and I am good and everyone is good, just sit in the comfort zone and drink tea and chat.
"I understand." Qiu Bosong felt the displeasure of his boss.
When he thought about what happened to his former great apprentice, he instantly became alert. This time his butt seemed to be a little crooked, which made him mentally slap himself twice.
Since coming to Yang Dongxu's side, he has a lot of resources and connections, and it has been smooth sailing along the way, making him seem a little drifting. There is always an urge to think about the big picture.
There is no problem in thinking about the problem from the overall perspective, but it seems to be a bit problematic to think about the overall situation beyond his own company. He should first sit upright under his butt.
In fact, this is also a drawback of Yang Dongxu's previous gathering of company CEOs under him for meetings. Everyone seems to know that in the future, these companies that seem to have broken up with each other will merge into a huge company, or even a world-class giant.
Therefore, when ambitious bosses consider problems, they can't help but go beyond their own position and consider problems from another level.
For example, when facing eBay's cooperation, Qiu Bosong's first thought was not to consider how 361 would eat meat, but to regard Alibaba as a department that he might manage in the future, so he unknowingly dealt with it from another level. this matter.
“There is nothing wrong with thinking more and thinking more. As the company develops even more in the future, it will indeed require many far-sighted people to sit in management positions. These are the talents necessary for the company to thrive.
But who can sit in this position, in addition to having a far-sighted vision, also needs the ability to convince people. He only has a far-sighted vision, but ends up running his company into a mess. Do you think such a person can rise to the top? "Seeing that Qiu Bosong seemed to really understand what he meant, Yang Dongxu couldn't help but click again.
It's best to explain this matter clearly, so as not to make people guess and make people panic.
"It's clear, it's a bit of putting the cart before the horse." Qiu Bosong smiled bitterly. At this time, he really wanted to give himself a few slaps.
Before, I just thought that I should consider the problem from a higher position, but I didn't realize that the cornerstone under my feet was almost empty. If 361 is not managed well, let alone becoming a core member of that huge group in the future, whether it can secure its current position as the boss is a question.
"Learn from Li Ji. He never asks me such questions. In addition to selling houses built by Hurricane Construction, Universal Intermediary has listed almost all famous domestic real estate houses that can be listed online on the website.
And no matter the recommended resources or the services provided, there is no discount at all. Likewise, besides poaching people everywhere for my company.
He is providing full-time services to other companies, and has even accepted the recruitment of many employees other than those of state-owned enterprises. Whether it is a construction company or other enterprises. Many of them are our competitors. Yang Dongxu said.
This is undoubtedly setting a benchmark for people with current thinking like Qiu Bosong. Universal Intermediary has very close cooperation with all enterprises under Yang Dongxu.
Even Xuri Technology and 361 have many top technical personnel who were poached through universal intermediaries. In short, Universal Agency is very dedicated to the work of its brothers and the prices are very fair.
But he will not give up cooperating with other companies just because of his brother company, especially those competitors of his brother company. As long as it is within the scope of his own business, he will never give up with any one of them.
The most important thing is that if the person the other party wants to poach is a key person among his brothers, he will avoid it appropriately. But we will never give up cooperating with the other party just because the other party is a rival of our brother company.
Therefore, the current universal intermediary can be said to be well-known in the industry. Even though some people know that universal intermediary may be close to its competitors, they still choose to cooperate with him.
Just like the companies under Yang Dongxu, although sometimes it feels like the universal intermediary is helping outsiders. But his big boss didn't speak, so he could only hold back and not speak out.
But is this holding back really because the big boss Yang Dongxu didn't speak?
If there is a better intermediary company, it can provide better services. Those who were originally quite controversial about Li Ji's actions really wouldn't stand up and give Li Ji eye drops?
The reason why the big boss Yang Dongxu didn't speak was just an excuse. In fact, it was because the Universal Intermediary did a great job, leaving Yang Dongxu aside.
If you don't cooperate with the universal intermediary, it is your loss, not the loss of the universal intermediary. This is what a truly smart person does, and it is also the capable person Yang Dongxu wants.
Therefore, among all the company CEOs, it seems that Yang Dongxu cares more about the technology and construction industries and the traces of the CEOs of these two companies. There is a feeling that Universal Intermediary is out of reach.
But if it weren't for the absolute trust in Li Ji, I would be extremely satisfied with the development of Universal Intermediary. After spending so much money and resources to build a universal intermediary, would Yang Dongxu not seem to care on the surface?
