"President Mo, you know the prospects of Weibo. The price of 13 billion to control Weibo is really a little less." Cao Wei replied with a smile.
Mo Yi frowned, his expression hard to look at.
If Alibaba had not been blocked by Changchao and needed Weibo so much, it would have been difficult to earn even 12 billion, let alone 13 billion.
It took a lot of effort to convince Jack Ma and gave him a price of 13 billion, but Cao was still not satisfied. He was so insatiable!
"How much does Mr. Cao want?"
"16 billion!" Cao Wei said decisively.
"!!!" Ten thousand alpacas roared past in Mo Yi's heart.
16 billion?
Crazy?
"Dr. Cao, I come here with sincerity."
"I'm also serious about making an offer."
Mo Yi was speechless for a moment: "..."
"Director Cao, 13 billion, as long as you agree, you can sign the contract immediately. With Alibaba's support, Sina Weibo can go further and develop better!"
The corner of Cao Wei's mouth twitched. Are all people in Alibaba so confident?
Your Alipay is almost dead, but you still want Sina Weibo to become bigger?
I believe you!
But he said with a smile: "Sina Weibo also hopes to become a strategic ally of Alibaba, but I am not the only one who has the final say on Weibo. 13 billion is really unrealistic, at least 15.5 billion!"
"15.5 billion is impossible!" Mo Yi also lost patience.
If it's a little bit close, we can still talk about it, but now the difference is a full 2.5 billion, so it's a waste of time to talk.
Hearing Mo Yi's impatience, Cao Wei smiled and said: "President Mo, let me tell you the bottom line. 15 billion, 51% of the shares, this is the bottom line."
"15 billion..." Mo Yi's expression was extremely complicated: "Is there no more talk?"
"If you want to control Weibo, you will need 15 billion." Cao Wei said calmly, and there was no doubt in his words.
Mo Yi understood what Cao Wei meant and nodded: "Okay, I will discuss it with the chairman again."
"Okay." Cao Wei hung up the phone calmly, feeling very good.
The vice president of Sina on the opposite side couldn't help but said: "Chairman, the price of 13 billion is not low, which is equivalent to a valuation of 26 billion. Why refuse? If it insists on 15 billion, Alibaba is unlikely to agree and will probably give up its controlling stake!"
Cao Wei chuckled: "What I want is for Alibaba to give up its controlling stake in Weibo!"
"???"
The vice president was confused, trying to figure out Cao Wei's words, and then he understood the meaning:
"Chairman, are you still firmly opposed to Alibaba Holdings?"
Cao Wei nodded: "Of course, I don't exclude Ali from buying shares, but I don't want to be controlled by Ali."
"So you used a price tag of 15 billion to make Alibaba quit?"
"That's right! Weibo can cooperate with Alibaba and form alliances, but it must remain independent and must not become a vassal of Alibaba!"
Cao Weiyi said sternly that this was his plan.
This should be done whether it is for the development of Sina Weibo or for yourself.
Once Alibaba controls Sina Weibo, not to mention other senior executives, even he, the chairman of Weibo, will be fired.
Of course, in name, he will be transferred to other departments of Alibaba and promoted overtly and covertly.
With this set of tactics, Alibaba is playing dirty tricks, and everyone in the industry knows it.
Alibaba headquarters.
Mo Yi approached Jack Ma: "Chairman, the person named Cao is crazy. He asked for 16 billion, and finally it was reduced to 15 billion. We can't live with less."
"15 billion?" Jackma's face was solemn: "This guy is really crazy. He really thinks that Ali will not be able to survive if we leave Sina Weibo? You are kidding!"
"Um... Chairman, now that Changchao has blocked us, Douyin has also blocked us, we really can't leave Weibo!" Mo Yi couldn't help but say.
The corner of Jackma's mouth twitched: "..."
But I have to admit that this is a fact.
"15 billion is unrealistic. Even if I agree, the board of directors will not agree. Even 13 billion is difficult."
Jack Ma said in a deep voice: "In this case, we can only settle for the next best thing, give up the controlling stake, and choose to become a shareholder!"
"This is also a way." Mo Yi nodded.
Jack Ma was a little tired: "President Mo, you go to Sina and talk about the controlling stake. If it doesn't work, then give up the controlling stake and talk about investing in Sina Weibo."
"Okay!" Mo Yi turned and left.
Jack Ma called another senior executive: "Old Liu, go to NetEase and talk about the acquisition of NetEase Weibo."
"yes!"
Although NetEase Weibo is far inferior to Sina Weibo, it is still an option.
At least NetEase Weibo doesn't dare to speak loudly.
If NetEase Weibo can be successfully acquired, there will be no need to invest in Sina Weibo.
What Jackma likes to do most is to take complete control!
In the following days, Alibaba's two vice presidents all went out to negotiate for Weibo's holdings and shares, and to find new traffic entrances for Taobao and Tmall.
On the Internet, the turmoil between Alibaba and Xingyi Technology to block each other has become more and more intense.
In the past, cooperating with foreign media to smear Xingyi Technology was enough to destroy our character.
Now it has completely banned Changchao Payment, which has aroused condemnation and resistance from many users!
Upon seeing this, JD.com saw an opportunity and took action decisively.
The next day, a piece of news hit the hot search:
[JD.com respects user freedom and fully supports Changchao payment. When shopping, go to JD.com for faster logistics and better services!]
As soon as this hot search came out, those aggrieved Taobao users abandoned Taobao and turned to JD.com.
Although Taobao is large these days, it is not a monopoly.
What's more, JD.com's logistics timeliness still beats Taobao.
The four links and one expressway in 2013 were very slow and far from as fast as ten years later.
Without any surprise, the number of users of JD.com began to surge, while Taobao's users lost a large number of users.
The great Qiangzi is in a great mood. This wave of wealth and wealth cannot be missed!
Call Wang Yi immediately:
"Director Wang, Xingyi Technology and Alibaba are at war. JD.com fully supports Changchao Payment. Now is a good time. Look at JD.com's listing..."
Wang Yi had already expected this, and the Great Qiangzi really couldn't sit still.
However, now that Xingyi Technology and Alibaba are blocking each other, it is indeed a good opportunity for JD.com to grow bigger.
Many users who boycott Alipay and support Changchao Pay will abandon Taobao and choose JD.com.
As a result, JD.com's user base and revenue will increase significantly, and its performance will become better. It is indeed a good opportunity to go public.
Wang Yi nodded: "Okay, taking this opportunity, JD.com's performance can surge a lot. If it goes public at this time, the stock price can also go higher!"
"Thank you, Director Wang, for your support. Then we will submit a listing application immediately and go public as soon as possible!" Da Qiangzi beamed with joy.
As for the information?
It has been prepared for a long time.
If it weren't for Wang Yi's pressure, JD.com would have wanted to go public in January.
However, if it were to go public at that time, it would miss out on the tremendous wealth and wealth, but its performance would not be high, and neither would its stock price.
Nowadays, Alibaba and Xingyi Technology are fighting, but it has given JD.com a chance. It is the best time to go public!
Wang Yi had no objection to this either.
As a major shareholder of JD.com, if JD.com’s stock price is high, Wang Yi can earn more by cashing out.
More importantly, JD.com can also be used to weaken Taobao and Tmall, and strengthen Changchao Pay!
There is no surprise. In just one day, JD.com has added tens of millions of users.
All are transferred from Taobao!
Seeing this scene, Jackma was very angry:
"Damn it, I didn't expect that JD.com would benefit a lot from our battle with Xingyi Technology!"
"In order to chat and pay freely, many Taobao users gave up Taobao and chose JD.com! It's really too much!"
Liu Quanxin, the person in charge of Alipay, is also very helpless: "Now it's Changliao Pay + JD.com, fighting Alipay + Taobao together. As a result, our must-win situation has become more uncertain."
"Yes, but the advantage is still ours. JD.com can replace Taobao in most parts, but in the end, it is Alibaba that wins!"
Jackma said firmly: "How many Alipay users are there now?"
“Since the ban on Changchao Pay, Alipay users have returned quickly and now have more than 50 million!”
"Okay, very good! If you continue like this, you will soon be back to the top and back to hundreds of millions!"
Jack Ma was in a good mood, but Liu Quanxin frowned:
"Chairman, it's difficult. Tens of millions of our Taobao users have gone to JD.com, and in a few days, it is estimated that it will exceed 30 million. In the end, the number of Alipay users will probably be fixed at around 70 million!
"
"This..." The smile on Jackma's face stiffened: "Made, JD.com can actually steal so many users? Damn it!"
However, just when Jack Ma was furious, the secretary rushed in angrily:
"The chairman is not good."
"What's wrong?" Jackma looked a little ugly.
"Chairman, Meituan has also blocked Alipay!" With that, the secretary handed over the iPad.
[Meituan: In order to protest Alibaba’s monopoly and hegemony, Meituan has suspended Alipay payment, please use Changchao to pay!]
When Jack took a quick look, he was immediately filled with anger and felt only pain in his liver.
"Made, this guy Wang Xing doesn't have martial ethics!"
"Initially, Meituan was invested by Alibaba, but now it has turned to Xingyi Technology and is helping Xingyi Technology to block Alipay!"
"How abominable!"
"How abominable!"
The more he thought about it, the angrier he became: "Damn it, Meituan is still publicly accusing Ali of hegemony and taking the lead in resisting Ali's hegemony. Damn it!"
Liu Quanxin also changed his expression: "Meituan has publicly condemned and protested, so users must not boycott Alibaba even more? Boycott Alipay?"
Jack Ma nodded: "That's for sure. If this happens, it is estimated that it will be difficult for Alipay to reach 70 million users."
"This guy Wang Xing is so abominable!"
However, misfortunes never come singly.
As soon as Jack Ma suppressed his anger, another executive rushed in:
"Chairman, we are in big trouble! Suning, Gome, and Amazon have also taken action to fight against Alibaba!"
"Ci'ao, what does it have to do with them?" Jack Ma was furious and grabbed the iPad decisively, his face becoming even more ugly.
Several major e-commerce companies have issued statements:
[Suning.com is fully integrated with Changchao Pay, so go to Suning for shopping!]
[Gome Mall has full access to Changchao Payment, joining forces to provide users with better products and services!]
[Amazon Xiaguo and Xingyi Technology have reached a strategic cooperation to fully access Changchao Payment!]
Jack Ma's expression became very ugly: "Made, these bastards are here too!"
Liu Quanxin was a little puzzled: "Chairman, Xingyi Technology is the major shareholder of JD.com and Meituan. It is natural that JD.com and Meituan support Changchao Pay. But why do Suning, Gome, and Amazon also support Changchao Pay? Xingyi Technology does not
Invest in them?”
Jack Ma sighed: "They support Changchao Payment, not for Xingyi Technology, but to cater to users and grab Taobao's users and market!"
"Now that Taobao has blocked Changchao Payment, JD.com fully supports Changchao Payment. In one day, tens of millions of Taobao users flock to JD.com. You said, can Suning, Gome, and Amazon sit still? Are they not greedy?"
"So that's it." Liu Quanxin suddenly realized: "They have fully integrated Changchao Payment just to take advantage of JD.com to grab our Taobao users and divide our Taobao market share!"
"Yes, that's it!" Jack Ma felt aggrieved and angry: "Netizens are boycotting Alibaba and supporting Changchao Pay. Now whoever stands up to support Changchao Pay will win the hearts of the people and steal this group of users!"
"So, Gome and Suning also jumped out. What a bunch of rats, with no moral ethics!"
Jack Ma was furious, but in order to stabilize the morale of the army, he still said nonchalantly: "But it's okay, how can the light of a firefly compete with the bright moon?"
"Although these platforms are large in number, they are small in size. If they are all added up, their impact will be limited!"
"Yes, Chairman, don't worry, our Taobao will still be the eternal overlord." Liu Quanxin said with a smile.
However, as soon as he finished speaking, another executive rushed in:
"Chairman, it's bad, there's something big going on at the Goose Factory!"
"What?"
Jack Ma's expression changed drastically.
If we talk about Suning, Gome, and Alibaba, we don’t care too much.
But when Goose Factory takes action, he has to worry about it.
Although Gouchang's e-commerce business is far inferior to Alibaba's, it has many platforms and is willing to spend money, so it has strong momentum.
Currently, Goose Factory has three major e-commerce platforms: Paipai.com, QQ Mall, and Yixun.com.
Among them, Paipai.com is C2C and benchmarks against Taobao.
Yixun.com is B2C, focusing on self-operation and benchmarking against JD.com.
QQ Mall is also B2C, but it is an open platform, benchmarking against Tmall!
It can be said that Goose Factory has deployed three major e-commerce platforms at once, fully covering all models, and developing like a fish!
The advantage of this is that it can increase the fault tolerance rate.
The shortcomings are also obvious. They are too scattered and users don’t know which one to use.
The company's resources don't know which platform to focus on.
Therefore, the three major e-commerce platforms all make loud noises but little rain, and have limited impact on Alibaba.
But this time, Tencent e-commerce has made big moves.
[Tencent’s e-commerce business has undergone major adjustments, establishing the “QQ Online Shopping” super platform, and integrating Paipai.com, QQ Mall, and Yixun.com into QQ Online Shopping! 】
At this time, Jack Ma was not calm anymore.
When Goose Factory started fighting on three fronts before, Jack Ma didn't care at all.
But now, the three lines of Goose Factory are integrated into one, and even Jack and Ma have to be afraid.
Especially now that Alipay and Taobao are being boycotted, it would be subtle for Goose Factory to strike hard.
"The Goose Factory also took action, damn it!"
Jack Ma's face turned pale: "Xingyi Technology, JD.com, Meituan, Suning, Gome, Amazon, Goose Factory!"
"They all attack us, attack us, and steal our market and users. It's great!"
Every word, Jack Ma's expression was extremely gloomy, and he felt like he was surrounded by enemies.
Big trouble.
Other Alibaba senior executives are even more frightened.
The even more timid ones just feel like the sky is falling!
Wang Yi was not surprised by this.
At present, Taobao and Tmall monopolize half of the e-commerce market, and other e-commerce platforms cannot compete.
Whether it is JD.com or QQ Online Shopping, if you want to grow bigger, you can only grab Alibaba’s market and users, there is no other way.
When a whale falls, all things come into being.
Only when Ali, the giant whale, dies, can other e-commerce platforms come to the fore and become bigger!
This is true whether it is the previous life or this life.
Alibaba did not fall in the previous life. As a result, JD.com did not rise. E-commerce e-commerce companies all gave up. Suning, Gome, Amazon Xiaguo, etc. all...
It was not until many years later that Alibaba made strategic mistakes and overestimated the economic situation, while PDD suddenly emerged by burning money and sinking the market.
Now with the addition of Goose Factory, the whole situation has become even more turbulent.
In the following days, Alipay's users did not increase much, but Taobao's users lost a lot.
There are so many platforms, such as JD.com, QQ Online Shopping, Suning, Gome, Amazon, etc., if you share a little bit, you can take away a lot.
Wang Yi was delighted to hear this.
But Jian Ziyan couldn't sit still: "Chairman, it's chaos, it's all chaos!"
"Alibaba blocked Changchao Pay and wanted to deal with us, but we were surrounded by a group of e-commerce platforms. Even Goose Factory joined in. It was really chaotic!"
Wang Yi burst into laughter: "The more chaotic, the better. We are not afraid of chaos on the e-commerce platform, but we are afraid of monopoly by the e-commerce platform."
There are more than a dozen e-commerce platforms competing, each with tens of millions of users, which is a good thing.
When Douyin Mall comes out next year, it will be able to conquer all directions.
But if other e-commerce platforms are half dead and Taobao is the only one with hundreds of millions of users, it will be troublesome.
Douyin Mall will be launched next year, but its development is also slow.
After all, 4G has not yet become popular in China. 3G Douyin is still smooth at low resolution, but the short video track is difficult to become popular.
Because of this, the current traffic of Douyin is far less than that of Changchao official account.
In two years' time, short videos will explode in popularity, and Douyin's traffic will surpass Changchao's official account several times.
"So it turns out that if there are many warlords, it will be easier to achieve things. If the world is unified, it will be difficult to achieve success." Jian Ziyan suddenly realized.
"Yes, that's the truth." Wang Yixiao said: "The better these platforms develop, and the worse Ali suffers, the more beneficial it is to us."
"Then we just do nothing? Watch them fight? Beat Ali?"
Wang Yi smiled: "Of course we have to do it, our layout is also constantly being promoted."
"What layout?" Jian Ziyan was confused.
Wang Yi smiled and said nothing. Some things just need to be pushed slowly, but there is no need to say them out.
As a result, not much is known about Xingyi Technology at present.
After all, there are too many businesses, and Jian Ziyan doesn’t know everything, especially the e-commerce business, which is mainly in Jeju.
"Meanwhile, I'm waiting."
"What are you waiting for?" Jian Ziyan was full of curiosity.
"Wait for the goose factory to come to your door!"
"???" Jian Ziyan was confused: "Is it possible that Goose Factory's QQ online shopping also needs to be connected to Changchao payment? Impossible!"
"Nothing is impossible." Wang Yi was confident.
If WeChat payment or QQ wallet is launched in half a year, Goose Factory will not be connected to QQ online shopping.
But now, WeChat payment has not been implemented yet.
After all, the number of current WeChat users is small, and daily active users are also declining.
In the previous life, WeChat Pay was launched half a year later.
As for QQ Wallet, it will be even later and will not be released until next year.
At present, Goose Factory only has Tenpay, but it is also a PC version.
But now is the era of mobile Internet, and QQ online shopping also has an APP.
You can only pay with Tenpay on the web page, or you can pay with online banking, but what about the mobile version?
WeChat Pay and QQ Wallet are not online, and Goose Factory currently does not have mobile payment tools.
Then Chat Pay is the best choice.
You can’t use your rival Alipay, right?
Sure enough, that afternoon, Jian Ziyan came to Wang Yi and said: "Chairman, the person you were waiting for is here."
Ten minutes later, Wang Yi and Ma Dong, one in the Imperial Capital and the other in Shenzhen City, started their first video conference.
After some simple greetings, Director Ma got straight to the point:
"Director Wang, your company needs to focus on Changchao payment, targeting Alibaba's Alipay. We want to do QQ online shopping, targeting Alibaba's e-commerce business! We have common opponents, but there are no conflicting businesses, so we can definitely cooperate."
Wang Yi smiled and nodded: "That's for sure. Alibaba monopolizes half of the e-commerce platform, which is not a good thing. Taobao blocks its opponents at every turn, which is somewhat unstructured. Once we cooperate, it can be regarded as setting a benchmark for Internet companies in the future.
Don’t block each other at every turn and torment users!”
Director Ma nodded repeatedly: "Yes, users come first, and we cannot cause trouble to users. QQ online shopping will be fully integrated with Changchao Payment!"
"Thank you." Wang Yixiao said: "I am very optimistic about the development of QQ online shopping. Meiyou flagship store and Xingyi flagship store will both be located in QQ online shopping!"
"Thank you." Ma Dong was in a good mood. With the presence of these two major brands, QQ online shopping will become more important.
Especially in China, the weight of Xingyi Technology has surpassed that of Apple!
"This is what we should do. There is no need to compete viciously and do things that are not good for both parties." Wang Yi said meaningfully.
But Director Ma understood it and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Director Wang, I am not Jack Ma, and I will not mess around. Even if Tencent launches a taxi-hailing business next time, it will not burn money to fight or maliciously subsidize."
"That's good. It's like a thousand-team war. After burning so much money, 90% of the platforms will eventually go bankrupt and be heavily in debt. Burning money is a bad idea and has little meaning." Wang Yi said earnestly.
This video conference with Chairman Ma was only one aspect to finalize the matter of payment, and the other aspect was for both parties to exchange opinions and establish rules for possible business conflicts in the future.
For example, we agreed not to engage in a money-burning war.
This is very important.
The two parties negotiated very smoothly. The next day, a piece of news once again shocked the entire Internet:
[For security reasons, QQ online shopping will completely suspend Alipay payment and fully access Changchao payment!]
As soon as this news came out, it once again caused an uproar:
"It's interesting, the goose factory has already taken action."
"Xingyi Technology, JD.com, Meituan, Suning, Gome, Amazon, QQ Online Shopping, the seven major platforms surrounded Alibaba, and Jack Ma felt that the sky was falling."
"Hahaha, Alibaba deserves it. Who told them to block Changchao and threaten users?"
"Is it okay now? Let's just abandon Taobao and there are many e-commerce platforms!"
"Yes, I didn't want to give up Alipay at first, but now I'm giving up Taobao too!"
…
Chapter completed!