Rebirth of the Internet Overlord

When Ning Zimo was busy with his first official day of work, not too far away from Paypal, there was the eBay company that everyone called eBay.

This is an existence that Ning Zimo is extremely reluctant to collide with directly, but the reason is because of one person.

eBay is an e-commerce company focusing on auction business. It was founded in 1995 by Pierre Omidyar, a French-born Iranian-American computer programmer.

At the beginning, eBay did not show the temperament of a large enterprise. It was not until March 1998 that they invited one of their opponents who was very important to Ning Zimo.

Meg whitman.

Meg Whitman is an experienced manager. In 1979, she served as a brand manager at Procter & Gamble, a well-known daily chemical company in her previous life. Later, she served as a consultant at the world-renowned Bain & Company consulting firm and was promoted to senior vice president.

.In 1989, Whitman went to Hasbro, a subsidiary of Disney, as vice president of strategic planning.

Until he was hired as president and CEO of eBay in March 1998, eBay only had 30 employees, 500,000 users and annual revenue of $4.7 million.

In this way, eBay, which was nothing, and Whitman, who had sharpened his skills in major companies, created a strong chemical reaction.

In just half a year, Whitman officially launched eBay into the public market. The original target price of the eBay team was US$18 per share, but the highest transaction price on the day reached US$53.50, although the closing price dropped to US$47.18 per share.

, but the increase still reached 162%.

That day was a crazy moment for eBay. On the Nasdaq stock market display board, eBay's stock price ranked at the top of all listed companies. On that day, eBay's market exceeded 10 billion US dollars.

It can be said that Whitman almost single-handedly drove the development of eBay.

But Ning Zimo understands Whitman far better than the strong woman herself!

In her previous life, Whitman ran eBay for 10 years and was inducted into the U.S. Business Hall of Fame when she left. At that time, eBay had grown to about 15,000 employees and annual revenue of $8 billion.

And market value,

Up to 30 billion US dollars!

Perhaps this kind of market value is nothing compared to the giants in previous lives, but at the time, it was enough to show the power of Whitman. After all, she led eBay through the madness before the Internet bubble and the loneliness after the bubble era.

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At this time, no one in Paypal except Ning Zimo knew the power of Whitman.

Ning Zimo is naturally wary of Meg Whitman and eBay behind her because Paypal, which he currently relies on, has an inherent disadvantage in front of eBay.

But, what Ning Zimo didn't know was.

That strong woman has already started to take action.

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"Ms. Whitman, I am a reporter from the Associated Press. What do you think of Yahu's withdrawal from the e-commerce market?"

"Yuhu failed comprehensively in terms of business strategy and overall market strategy, which is the main reason for their withdrawal. Of course, our share of the e-commerce market remains high and is rising steadily. This is also the main reason so far, regardless of

Neither Duhu nor Amazon are our main competitors anymore. It’s because we ourselves are strong enough.”

"Ms. Whitman, I am a reporter from Company N. What do you think of the cooperation with America Online?"

"America Online seems to be our new partner in the auction market. I believe our cooperation with America Online will make both parties happy."

"Ms. Whitman..."

"Ms. Whitman..."

After Whitman answered a few questions, a team of assistants stopped the reporter, and she stepped into the door of eBay.

Walk around a few places, stop at a door for a second, and then push the door open hard.

Inside the door was a large conference room, all the seats were full, and everyone present stood upright. After Whitman entered the door, everyone's eyes were focused on her.

Whitman looked at the crowd with satisfaction, concentrated for several seconds, and then suddenly raised the corners of his mouth in full view of the crowd.

"Gentlemen, the mute tiger has been defeated."

After Whitman announced this good news for eBay, everyone here just looked at each other a few times, and only a few people showed happy smiles on their faces.

Maybe, for them.

Victory is a matter of course.

Whitman ignored everyone's reaction and continued to talk, "We have successfully conveyed a message to Internet users: If you want to defraud on eBay, you will suffer. So,

On the one hand, we successfully blocked the fraud, and on the other hand, we drove the fraudsters to the dumb tiger.

We succeeded, coupled with the cooperation with Miguo Online and the acquisition of the company. Now we are already in a leading position in the p2p (person-to-person e-commerce) market in the auction field."

Although most of the eBay executives present were what Chen Shijun called MBA officials, they had never had such thoughts. But at this moment, their immediate boss made it clear.

eBay is already a "monopoly" in the field of online auction e-commerce.

When I thought of the title that indicated the hegemony, the eyes of the MBA officers who had looked dull just now suddenly revealed a hint of fanaticism.

Whitman scanned the entire venue. She was very satisfied with the team's performance.

She paused for two seconds and stared into the distance.

This familiar fixed action before the boss speaks,

Let everyone in the conference room pay attention again.

Whitman's eyes quickly scanned every face,

Word by word,

"It's time to put our eBay store plans into a formal proposal!"

***+***

Today is Ning Zimo's first day at work. Chen Shijun and Pan Yu specially accompanied him to leave the company early. Walking to his residence was closer than driving in a straight line. For about 10 minutes, the three of them kept chatting about work.

thing.

"Ebay's current main business is auctions. Auction prices will change and you must always pay attention to them. Therefore, we not only need to provide price change reminders to sellers, but also need to provide this function to buyers." Ning Zimo walked up the stairs.

, while explaining to Chen Shijun and Pan Yu beside him.

At this time, I happened to pass by the door of the beautiful neighbor's house.

Inside the door, the vague and clear singing voice attracted the attention of the three people.

"The singing is good." Chen Shijun raised his eyebrows, stood at the door and listened carefully for a few seconds, and nodded affirmatively.

Ning Zimo also heard it. It was a chorus of two girls. But in the harmony part, one of the voices sounded familiar.

Very familiar, but can't remember who it is?

This is strange.