Chapter 496 The Fallen Giant (Two in One)

The 2004 Internet Industry Development Conference was much larger than last year's.

Although many fields are facing competition from foreign giants, it is still much better than in the first half of last year when many people had to consider "whether they can survive."

With the mainland's richest man returning to give a tit-for-tat response in disguise, Ma Chen, who hosted the conference, gave a smoother speech on stage. He was very confident about the future of China's e-commerce, but he was faced with the dilemma of corporate financing.

If so, you will have more confidence if you have money in your pocket.

Ma Yan's speech was equally enthusiastic. He did not mention eBay and Amazon, but only talked in detail about the start and development of Taobao.

Fang Zhuo, who was in the first row, listened very carefully and was thinking about whether to enter e-commerce now.

If you really want to enter the market, which of the two models, B2C and C2C, is more suitable for Yike now, or the joint resources of Yike and Sina.

Such a huge field worthy of deep exploration is not so easy to do. If you make a hasty decision, it will easily involve too much energy.

Fang Zhuo hesitated in his heart, and then thought about the equipment purchase where the ice core was stuck, and sighed quietly.

"Mr. Fang, is there anything wrong with what Mr. Ma said?"

Ding Lei, who was next to him, noticed Mr. Fang's sigh and asked.

Fang Zhuo shook his head slightly: "No, Mr. Ma's speech was very exciting."

He glanced at Ma Ren who was about to finish speaking, turned his head and said, "I will be in Lin'an today, I have to go to Luzhou tomorrow, and I have to fly to New York in two days. Let's have dinner together in the evening."

Ding Lei nodded and agreed.

Fang Zhuo leaned back slightly and gave Ma Huateng, who had obviously heard his voice, a questioning look, and the latter nodded in agreement.

Soon, everyone in the first and second rows was invited to the dinner in the evening, and as the horses sat down, the number of Lin'an landlords increased.

The seats at the dinner are decided by the horse, and the richest person in the group pays the bill.

Near noon, the last speech of the half-day morning was given by the leader.

With a burst of applause, the opening of the industry conference ended, and at noon there was an official dinner attended by leaders.

Fang Zhuo and others in the first row on the right stood up chatting and laughing, chatting in a friendly manner about this year's vigorous development momentum.

At this time, eBay President Whitman, who was in the first row on the left, came straight to Fang Zhuo accompanied by a translator.

"I heard that Mr. Fang is also interested in e-commerce?" Whitman doesn't understand Chinese, so whether he was interviewing the day before yesterday or serving as a guest today, he was equipped with a translator.

Fang Zhuo could communicate with this person in English, but considering the people around him, he still said in Mandarin: "Not sure, Yike's investment in Dangdang is more for financial reasons."

Whitman didn't quite believe this statement, not only because eBay regarded Dangdang as an important competitor in the Chinese market, but also because he saw the reputation that Dangdang gained after arriving at the meeting.

She knew that Sina was a well-known Internet company in China, but she didn't know what this young man was capable of.

"China's Internet industry needs to improve." Whitman said slowly, "eBay has the ability and determination to help you. I think Dangdang has made a good start. Can Mr. Fang promote the cooperation between eBay and Dangdang?"

Fang Zhuo laughed, turned around to find someone, and asked by name: "Mr. Li, are you considering cooperating with eBay?"

With such a sound, the guests in the back row who were about to take a stand stopped and looked over curiously.

Li Guoqing was not a coward sometimes and said loudly: "Don't think about it, we are not afraid of competition."

Fang Zhuo was very satisfied with this answer.

Whitman was not surprised by this answer. He shook his head slightly and said regretfully: "Dangdang has had a good start. Once eBay increases investment in competition, Dangdang will lose such a rare 'good'."

She said firmly and even a little arrogantly: "eBay is the world's largest trading platform. I think e-commerce companies in China should be more open to looking at competition with each other. Cooperation will benefit both sides."

70 billion dollar giant!

580 billion Huaxia Coin Giant!

This is equivalent to nearly 15% of the total market value of A shares at this time!

Whitman, the president who led eBay to achieve great success, said such a word, which almost has the power to sweep China's e-commerce.

Not only Li Guoqing and Ma Chen can feel this pressure, but also Lei Jun, who is watching behind and has already sold Joyo.com, can feel this pressure.

Why did Joyo sell to Amazon?

Because it is really burning money and there is no hope of profit in the short term.

Like Li Yanhong, who is also facing the pressure of foreign investment, although he is not in e-commerce, he still feels sad that the rabbit is dead and the fox is dead.

The atmosphere was stagnant for a moment.

"Hahaha."

Fang Zhuo's hearty laughter broke the stiff air.

He stared into Whitman's eyes and said to her and to everyone present:

"If the size of the company speaks for itself, Sony will not lose."

"If market value could determine everything, Yike would not be able to enter the United States."

"I don't think a person who can't even speak Chinese can dominate China's Internet industry and determine the direction of the e-commerce market."

Fang Zhuo said with absolute certainty: "You are not the first giant to fall in China, and you will not be the last."

Whitman felt the change in the surrounding atmosphere and turned his head to look at the interpreter.

Thousands of people pointed it out and died without any disease.

The eyes of the guests present were all fixed on this scene. The translator was obviously a little nervous in this situation, his throat slipped, and he started to translate with a little stumble.

Fang Zhuo waved his hand and responded directly to Whitman in original English.

Whitman frowned slightly, stared at the expression of the person in front of him, and nodded deeply: "In business competition, strength will ultimately speak for itself."

Fang Zhuo smiled slightly and said twice in Chinese and English: "You must let me see eBay's strength, and never make the same mistake eBay made in the Japanese market."

eBay entered the Japanese market in 1999 and competed fiercely with Yahoo.

However, the year before last, eBay had already admitted failure and announced its withdrawal from the Japanese market.

When Whitman heard this, his expression darkened, he said nothing, turned and left the venue.

There was sporadic applause, followed by a small burst of applause.

Fang Zhuo raised his hand to stop and said with a smile: "What are you applauding for? Just normal communication, I will say the last thing about e-commerce, and then we go to dinner. We can't keep the leader waiting."

The applause stopped, and many people were curious about what this person's last words were.

Fang Zhuo cleared his throat and raised his right hand: "Destroy Amazon, destroy eBay!"

Everyone burst into laughter.

Guests who were the first to leave at the back first heard applause and then laughter, and turned back frequently, not knowing what was going on in the venue.

"Don't clap when you should clap, and blindly clap when you shouldn't. Eat, eat."

Fang Zhuo smiled and complained that he should go back first and take the guests who came to his hometown to cook.

Only by being truly immersed can you feel the pressure of China Internet at this time, but it can also easily inspire everyone's fighting spirit.

Princes, generals and prime ministers, would you rather have the seed?

I dare to take down the emperor even if I am willing to be killed!

The group of people chatted and laughed as they went to attend the luncheon dinner.

Fang Zhuo didn't notice that there was a simply dressed girl in the back aisle looking at him walking in the middle of the crowd.

It’s not that you lack eyes for discovering beauty, it’s actually that the Internet future people around you are talking so much that you have to pay close attention to hear what they are saying.

The noon meal was very interesting. Lin'an showed local enthusiasm and sent a leader with a good drinker to drink at the table. This directly caused the afternoon meeting to be delayed slightly before continuing.

Fang Zhuo did not sit in the front row in the afternoon, but sat back. He first discussed the future development of Dangdang with Li Guoqing, and then regretted that Li Guoqing's wife Yu Yu was not here.

When the meeting came to an end, he had a brief exchange with Robin Li.

Because of the competitive pressure from Google, Baidu is now considering opening the final round of financing before going public.

At the same time, Robin Li said something that surprised Fang Zhuo: Google was also willing to join this round of financing.

Robin Li knew that Mr. Fang was a good expert in capital operations, so he wanted to seek advice and test Yike's investment.

"Google will definitely consider starting from holding shares." Fang Zhuo said thoughtfully, "Actually, Google will be listed in August. I heard in New York that they will adopt a new shareholding structure and create dual-class shares."

He continued: "We need to implement different rights for the same stock, so that you can control more voting rights with a small number of shares. Few high-tech companies in the United States are listed like this. Google has a great influence. You will be able to win next year or the year after It can definitely be benchmarked when it goes public.”

Robin Li was startled. Baidu will definitely go public, but he hasn't considered it yet.

"With a structure like Google's first, you can also face its investment in this way." Fang Zhuo first gave practical suggestions, and then said, "Of course, out of direct competition considerations, if Baidu has financing needs, we at Yike It’s also satisfying. I’m optimistic about Baidu’s listing performance. If I participate in the financing round, I can develop my ice core production line.”

Robin Li was both excited and dumbfounded.

He asked about the situation of ice cores in another field entirely.

Fang Zhuo frowned and said three words in a row: "It's difficult, it's difficult, it's difficult."

He added: "I regret it."

Robin Li looked at the completely different expression on Fang Zhuo's face and mouth in amusement, and asked, "Do you really regret it?"

Fang Zhuoran hesitated and changed the subject: "Drink more tonight, I asked Yike to come over from Shencheng Yun Maotai."

"If the outside world knows that Mr. Fang likes Moutai so much, Moutai's stock price will rise immediately." Robin Li complimented.

"I really saved a lot, some of which are from older years." Fang Zhuo said with a smile, "I feed Zhang Chaoyang at night to prevent him from being angry."

Robin Li was curious and angry. What was he angry about?

He didn't ask, intending to see what was going on tonight.

Because he was busy and had many things to do, Fang Zhuo only attended the first day of the Internet industry development conference. He came back here just to inspire people.

By the way, let’s also take a look at the current situation of e-commerce.

The Medical Group is engaged in the sole online pharmaceutical sales business, but it is not large in scale, has a special field, and is semi-active and semi-passive with no sense of presence.

At 5:30 pm, the first day’s meeting ended.

Fang Zhuo organized the dinner party for the evening with the people he had made appointments with in the morning.

While he was talking to Wang Yan, a girl with long hair walked over from the side.

"Hello, Fang Zhuo, I'm Tao Shuyao."

Fang Zhuo and Wang Yan looked at each other and felt that this person neither looked like a local administrator nor attended an industry meeting. Otherwise, "Mr. Fang" would be indispensable.

Fang Zhuo shook hands with some confusion, gave a smile, and said, "Mr. Tao, how are you?"

Tao Shuyao was stunned for a moment: "Well, I am Tao Shuyao."

"Mr. Tao, how are you?" Fang Zhuo wondered.

Tao Shuyao's ears suddenly felt a little hot. She felt that the other party really didn't know her. This...

At this time, Wang Yan said: "Mr. Tao, if it is related to Sina's business, just tell me."

Tao Shuyao reluctantly and formally introduced herself again. I don't know if it was affected by the atmosphere, but she also changed her address: "Mr. Fang, hello, I am Tao Shuyao. Uncle Qiu said you came here to attend the meeting. I happened to be in Lin'an. Sorry for the inconvenience."

Uncle Qiu?

Qiu Di, Qiu Lanhua, Qiu Xiaoguan.

Fang Zhuo knew what was going on. He pondered for two seconds and nodded: "Tao Shuyao, hello..."

Ma Dian on the other side shouted at Fang Zhuo: "Mr. Fang, the car is here, the car is here, let's go for a drink."

Fang Zhuo waved to the people over there, and looked at the one in front of him. Suddenly, he was a little stuck. He himself was not interested, and did not ask Lao Qiu. He planned to go through the motions.

Now we only know that this person's family has an administrative background, but we don't know how, and he suddenly appeared in front of us...

Fang Zhuo was silent for a second, and said: "There is a dinner party in the evening, are you going?"

Tao Shuyao: "..."

This invitation is a bit presumptuous.

However, it seems that Uncle Qiu has not explained it in detail, so my appearance is also strange to the other party.

Tao Shuyao was a little amused: "Can I go?"

"Yes, Tao Shuyao, leave me your contact information, I will treat you to lunch tomorrow at noon." Fang Zhuo quickly found the normal way of handling it.

The two exchanged numbers and said goodbye politely.

Wang Yan was watching from the side, puzzled: "Mr. Fang, what's going on? Which company does Mr. Tao work for?"

"A friend introduced me." Fang Zhuo waved his hand, not wanting to talk about this, "Let's go, let's go eat."

Wang Yan understood in an instant, and he said as he walked: "Mr. Fang, are you tempted? Some of my relatives and friends, who are related to me, are very good in character and appearance."

Fang Zhuo sternly reprimanded: "Sina's market value has been surpassed by NetEase, how can you have the nerve to talk to me about this? Are you, the president, still responsible for the board of directors?"

Wang Yan: "..."

Of course the president has to be responsible for the board of directors.

Moreover, he has to be responsible for the personal safety of the head of the board of directors.

At the dinner party in the evening, the meal was originally good, but Zhang Chaoyang of Sohu suddenly stood up in anger: "Fang Zhuo, are you interested? Last year, you asked Sina to steal our Yao Ming endorsement at a development meeting!"

"This year, you still want Sina to steal our NBA renewal? Is it appropriate for you to do this?"

The accident happened suddenly.

Wang Yan was ready to make a move, and was careful not to let Mr. Zhang hit people with a bottle.

Fang Zhuo said helplessly: "Mr. Zhang, this is really not my fault. I bought a team there. The league council took the initiative to mention the Chinese market and let Sina do it. I was passive, embarrassed, and helpless. You must believe me."

Zhang Chaoyang: "???"

Can you believe it?

"Mr. Zhang, sit down. Why are you in a hurry? Just punish him with wine." Ma Huateng persuaded.

"What is Mr. Fang afraid of? He must be passive." Ding Lei expressed his opinion.

"Three cups, punish yourself with three cups." Ma Dian joined in.

Fang Zhuo said nothing and quickly picked up three glasses of wine.

Zhang Chaoyang's anger subsided for a while, and he reluctantly accepted such an explanation. This guy is indeed the owner of an NBA team. They are all in the same group.

During the drinking party, there were some disputes about the development of the Internet, especially the most intense dispute between Ma Huateng and Ma Dian.

Fang Zhuo played the role of peacemaker and smoothed things over. Anyway, what the surname Ma said made sense.

The evening ended very late. At the end, Ma Dian held the car door and asked a question.

"Mr. Fang, are you going to do e-commerce?"

"To be honest, I'm not very interested, but if you can't do it, I can try it." Fang Zhuo answered.

Ma Dian laughed: "Then we must overthrow Amazon and eBay and try not to let you end up."

Fang Zhuo nodded: "Yes, definitely, definitely."