Chapter 22 Protection Fees

[Ebay], another well-known e-commerce giant in the world, was the first website in the world to introduce the market concept into the e-commerce shopping cart. At the beginning, its market share was higher than [Amazon], but it was later lost to [Amazon]. 】Go ahead.

But even so, [Ebay] is also one of the top ten international e-commerce platforms, and its ranking is also very high.

It is reported that [Ebay] through some means learned from some internal employees of [Amazon] that [Amazon] is cooperating with the [Audition] project team in China and is preparing to revamp [Amazon]’s webpage and add Smart fitting room.

Users can directly go to the [Amazon] product page, log in to the [Audition] account, and then click on the clothes to clearly see the effect of the clothes on themselves, without the need for consumers to try them after buying them. If the clothes If the size doesn't fit or they don't like it, consumers have to return it.

In this way, there will be obvious benefits to both consumers and businesses.

After understanding and evaluating this cooperation, [Ebay] is very interested in the [Audition] project and has already sent a request for cooperation to the [Audition] project team.

[Walmart], the world's largest offline retailer, has also followed the trend of the times and developed its own e-commerce. It is also said that it is interested in cooperating with [Audition] to strengthen their advantages and allow their consumers to gain greater benefits. of convenience.

Rumor has it that after Jeff Bezos, the boss of [Amazon], learned that his secret cooperation with the [Audition] project team was leaked, he became furious, vomited sweet things in an internal meeting for an hour, and was fired. several executives.

He had no way of spreading this anger to Wu Siyuan, because the person who leaked the secret was not him, but the commercial spy lurking inside their company.

Wu Siyuan is completely [uninformed].

On the contrary, Jeff Bezos had to re-open the video conference with Wu Siyuan in a nice manner and said a lot of good things in exchange for Wu Siyuan's promise to still prioritize developing software for [Amazon].

Jeff Bezos finally felt at ease and held an emergency press conference.

At the press conference, Jeff Bezos announced to all reporters present in a relaxed and casual manner, "Yes, we are aware of the news, and the news is true."

“We noticed that in distant China, a very [cool] product appeared, which allows you to get rid of the trouble of putting on and taking off clothes when buying clothes.”

"Please, I really don't want to take off my clothes unless I'm dating a girl, it's too much trouble!"

"Ahahaha..." The reporters laughed knowingly at Jeff's little humor.

Jeff Bezos continued, “[Amazon] was the first company to notice the excellence of this software and the first company to work with it.”

"I guarantee you that [Amazon] will also be the first company to launch the results of the cooperation, and you will not be disappointed!"

…Jeff Bezos’s press conference confirmed the accuracy of this news.

The U.S. stock market reacted faster than the major e-commerce giants.

On that day, [Amazon]'s stock rose by seven points, while the stocks of other e-commerce giants listed on the US stock market fell one after another, ranging from more than a dozen points to three or four points.

Wu Siyuan's US stock account under the control of [Four-Armed King Kong] quietly left the market with a profit of 1.03 billion US dollars, and transferred it to [Chaoqun Group] through the offshore company account via Hong Kong.

In an instant, more than 6 billion yuan was added to the account of [Chaoqun Group].

Coupled with the US$500 million in licensing fees previously collected from [Amazon], the cash in the [Chaoqun Group] account exceeds 12 billion yuan.

But that's not the end.

As soon as Jeff Bezos’ press conference ended, [Alibaba], [JD.com], [Walmart], and [Ebay] all contacted [Chaoqun Group] to request cooperation, with a very low profile.

In particular, domestic e-commerce companies such as [Alibaba] and [JD.com] behave more like grandchildren, like Party B begging for Party A’s father.

In China, it is really rare to have e-commerce giants like [Alibaba] and [JD.com] as Party B.

Qi Tianlin, the deputy general manager of the Internet Information Technology Division of [Chaoqun Group], came forward to receive them and stated the requirements of [Chaoqun Group]: a licensing fee of 200 million US dollars per year, and a one-time payment of three-year licensing fees of 6 During the cooperation process, if the other party withdraws from the cooperation for any reason, the three-year authorization fee will not be refunded. The development sequence of the cooperation projects will be arranged according to the order of payment.

In other words, if you pay the money first, [Chaoqun Group] will help them develop cooperation projects first. If you pay the money late, just wait.

The conditions are much harsher than before.

But this time no e-commerce giant dared to bargain.

Because [Chaoqun Group] has long used its previous behavior to show its attitude - customers are not God, I am!

Because now time is money, which is the lifeline of these e-commerce giants.

Especially the domestic [Alibaba], if it cannot embed the [Audition] function in the website earlier, then it may have to abandon its armor in the face of the upgraded [Amazon], the number one e-commerce company in China. There is a high probability that the giant's throne will not be guaranteed unless it can persuade the government to stop and implement protective policies.

But it is difficult to achieve this, and it will inevitably consume a lot of political resources, and it may not succeed.

After all, the country has already protected these domestic giants before.

The country expects these giants to grow up and go abroad to fight for food, rather than stay in their nests.

If it is a gangster, the country might as well give this protective policy to state-owned enterprises.

Don't always say that this state-owned enterprise is bad or that is bad. In fact, there are many state-owned enterprises that have undergone market reforms, and their market competitiveness is no worse than those of private enterprises, such as China Resources.

Moreover, state-owned enterprises are still obedient!

...[Ali’s father] was the first to pay the protection fee, then [Ebay], then [Wal-Mart], and finally [JD.com].

[JD.com] took out this money, but it hurts for a long time, and it is estimated that it will have to issue bonds in the market again.

But the form is here. If you don't follow it, you will have to face the Matthew Effect. Even if you don't die, you will only be half dead.

Apart from these international and domestic e-commerce giants, no other e-commerce platform has paid protection fees in the past.

They are all waiting to see the effect.

[Super Group] is indifferent and looks indifferent.

Anyway, the list of these four e-commerce giants is enough to keep [Chaoqun Group] busy for a long time.