Reinventing the Millennium

The scenery in Lin'an on June 3 was very good.

After all, the scenery of West Lake in June is different from that of the four seasons.

This Internet industry symposium has brought together many big names in the industry. Almost all the search overlords, portals, e-commerce, Chinese and foreign executives, industry losers, etc. that have not been present in the past few years have been present.

One is that the environment this year is special, and the other is... many people really want to come and see the fun.

Just after the news came out that the head of Yike confirmed his attendance at this meeting a few days ago, the scenery of Lin'an suddenly became particularly attractive.

From last year to this year, there are two noteworthy phenomena within the industry. First, the mobile Internet led by 3G smartphones is increasingly transforming. Second, the booming e-commerce is far from reaching its peak. Vipshop, No. 1 Newly established brands such as the store and Vancl Eslite have shown strong vitality.

Coincidentally, these two phenomena that can bring endless potential are closely related to the head of Yike.

Of course, it must also be admitted that Mr. Fang, who has just stirred up the financial turmoil, is not only competing with Mr. Ma of Alibaba, but also having a bad relationship with Mr. Ma of Penguin. This kind of spark of meeting on the same field is something that everyone is happy to see.

It would be great if Mr. Fang, the person involved, could talk about his experience in the United States.

Sure enough, as soon as Mr. Fang showed up, there was a change in Ma Chen and Ma Huateng who were chatting. People with sharp eyes noticed that Ma Huateng wanted to turn around but was patted on the arm by Ma Chen before he stood still, while Mr. Fang was standing still all the way. Say hello and go straight to the landlord.

Mr. Fang is not alone, he is a group of people. Many people present know each other, so it is inevitable that they will exchange greetings, and the movement will become louder.

However, as there was movement here, Penguin's senior executives who came to attend the meeting together gathered around their boss.

"Hey, hey, look, look, Arhat, the Five Tiger Generals and Fang Faction have met."

The melon-eaters stood in good position and paid close attention to the gathering of the three families.

In recent years, with the development of the economy and the listing of companies, there have been some interesting names in the domestic business community.

Alibaba’s Eighteen Arhats are very famous. Although some people have quit, the outside world is still accustomed to using this to refer to Alibaba’s core executive team. Similarly, the five tiger generals who founded Penguin have also been replaced. Liu Chiping and others who joined later are increasingly Have status.

The term "Fang Pai" first came from Li Jiacheng, the richest man in Hong Kong. He once used such a term to the media after his fund's investment in the bank failed. It was not widely spread at the time, but it has gradually been used in the past two years, and some people also use "Yi Jiacheng". Send "Yike Department" and "Yike Shantou" to talk about a group of companies that can help each other.

Bingxin is the favorite company of the head of Yike. Yike and Yigou, which start with the word "Yi", are the two major ones. Medical science is the old qualification, and the peripheral ones are Sina, Weibo, Zhihu and Yongke. With Yike Domestic Android manufacturers also seem to be affected by the implementation of YMS.

With the emergence of such a territory outline, although the "Fang Sect" is not as organized and loose as the "Eighteen Arhats" and "Five Tiger Generals", it still has considerable influence. Sina Wang Yan and Weibo Wang who are accompanying Mr. Fang this time Xing Xing, Yike Huaxia and Liu Qiangdong are all famous players in the country in the past two years.

Oh, yes, Wang Fengyi, a well-known investor who was also present, also represents a group of investors who are colluding with the "Fang faction".

"Mr. Ma, Pony, long time no see." Fang Zhuo smiled warmly and walked briskly, finally meeting his old friend.

Ma Ren laughed and shook hands: "Mr. Fang, you are famous at home and abroad these days. You haven't seen me. I see you on the news every day."

The smile on Ma Huateng's face was relatively weak and he just nodded.

"The reason I came back this time is to see you, specifically to see Taobao's results in June. Oops, the news has often written about me recently. Speaking of this, I happened to meet Pony. The company has reacted to me several times, saying that Penguin Portal The news is biased." Fang Zhuo said with a smile, "This is not good, just forget it if it is written randomly abroad, Penguin is so big, the impact is not good."

Ma Huateng frowned. He didn't know this, but suddenly there was a familiar malice from Mr. Fang in front of him.

Xu Chenye, one of the five tigers behind him, smiled and said: "Mr. Fang, what you said is unreasonable. We have been reprinting relevant content from foreign media these days and have reviewed and screened it. After all, Yike this time The impact is so great, we have to report it objectively."

Fang Zhuo looked at Xu Chenye.

Wang Xing, the president of Weibo, heard this and immediately said: "Mr. Xu, there are no reporters here. How on earth did you report it? Everyone knows clearly, why bother? Yike has won a big victory this time. In your hearts Are you very disappointed?"

Wang Xing's school network was acquired by Penguin Micro Innovation. Fortunately, the reincarnation of the dirty land continued to use Weibo to make rapid progress. He had been holding a ball of fire in his heart, and he didn't want to hold back anymore, so he spoke out directly.

Fang Zhuo turned his head and glanced at Wang Xing. Why was the young man so angry? Everyone just went over happily.

Wang Yan, who called Wang Xing this time, also glanced at the CEO of Weibo and admired in his heart that he was indeed the weapon that Mr. Fang would carry with him, Lisoha.

Xu Chenye frowned slightly: "Mr. Wang, if you are so prejudiced and have a preconceived position, then there is no need to talk. If you insist on saying so, Yike has been so verbally criticized abroad, you should go to negotiate with them as soon as possible, Penguin He didn’t use the word ‘fraudster’ on his lips, it was the Washington Post that said so.”

Penguin's new top five general Liu Chiping also added at this time: "Mr. Wang, you should understand us. When we acquired Friends.com, Penguin didn't even mention the word 'fraudster', let alone now?"

These are the senior executives who flew to the capital in person to discuss acquisitions. To this day, they still remember the Penguins' rare defeat in recent years.

Wang Yan, the president of Sina who was in charge of the portal, saw that Wang Xing was not sophisticated enough. He raised his eyebrows and said slowly: "Mr. Xu, Mr. Liu, I want to criticize your work for not being solid enough and rigorous enough."

Seeing everyone's eyes turned to him because of these words, he continued: "This was said by the Wall Street Journal. The reporter who ignored the facts was also fired after the incident. We are a portal in the country and cannot just think about it. To gain attention, you must speak based on the facts. You always think of the former, and now you have said the wrong thing in front of the parties concerned. Is that okay?"

Xu Chenye couldn't remember clearly, but he couldn't admit defeat at this meeting. He counterattacked: "Mr. Wang, the main contradiction in the matter must be grasped. The Wall Street Journal is indeed not as grand as Sina. Sina's editor-in-chief Xu Changlun was also the representative of Sina's 'Qi Ying Fang' The industry’s good talk is that we Penguins are ashamed of themselves.”

This was a past incident involving a hostile takeover. Wang Xing had never experienced that time, and the words he had just thought of were choked in his throat.

Wang Yan frowned: "The main spear..."

Liu Chiping, who was born in Goldman Sachs, interrupted and said vividly: "Yes, it is indeed a beautiful story. To this day, I remember it word for word."

He showed off his memory skills: "This first item, 'Fang Zhuo, who is hypocritical and shameless, cannot make Sina surrender.' Sina's words are much bolder than us Penguins."

Ma Ren, who was just watching from both sides, almost couldn't hold back his laughter. Hey, Mr. Liu has a really good memory. This "Mr. Qi Ying Fang", he can only remember the title of the last report "Excellent Entrepreneurs" sporadically. "Beautiful vision" or something.

Liu Qiangdong, the president of Yike Huaxia who was also silent, glanced at the head of Ali. This man named Ma is not a good person. It is unkind to not say anything in such a scene.

Liu Chiping continued his acting skills: "The second point is that Mr. Yi Ke and the president have nothing to do..."

His eyes met the gaze of Fang Zhuo, the former richest man in the world, and his mouth suddenly licked, causing a lag in his life.

"Martin." Fang Zhuo spoke up, using Liu Chiping's English name, "Pony values ​​you very much, so don't bring Goldman Sachs' style into Penguin. Penguin's reputation in the industry in the past two years may be ruined. Besieged."

Wang Xing took advantage of the situation and said: "Without Mr. Liu, our friend network would not be able to sell."

Fang Zhuo frowned again and criticized: "Wang Xing, don't always remember the past. You can stand here today and let Pony hear your voice, not because of the past, but because of what Weibo is doing now." Very good."

Wang Xing was always convinced by the other party, nodded silently, and took half a step back.

Fang Zhuo glanced across the scene, and the scene was silent for a moment.

The former world's richest man has done great things in the past two months. The fund has been liquidated, the heroes have tied their hands, and the comeback of Yike, which was almost banned, is amazing.

It's hard not to maintain due respect for such a character.

Even though Liu Chiping has become more and more like the second-in-command of Penguin in recent years, what he said just now was to refute Wang Xing and Wang Yan. He was talking about Sina rather than targeting Mr. Fang. He already felt that it was inappropriate and wanted to apologize. I also felt that the atmosphere was not suitable.

Ma Huateng still spoke calmly: "Mr. Fang, you have gained experience from being besieged. Penguin cannot have ups and downs like Yike. My heart can't bear this."

"If you can, who wants to have big ups and downs? However, as the old saying goes, the edge of a sword is sharpened. Yike is like this. Like Wang Xing, he is also like this. Weibo is great this year. I think it can compete with Penguin for users. ." Fang Zhuo smiled.

Ma Huateng glanced at Wang Xing and saw that Weibo was indeed developing rapidly.

However, compared to the threat to Penguin from Weibo, the biggest threat is Mr. Fang + Weibo.

After four or five months, how to deal with Fang returning home is always a bit of a headache.

In the past, Mr. Fang did this and that when he had no money. Now, Mr. Fang returns to China with money, why should he still do this and this?

Ma Huateng wanted to discuss Weibo, but he didn't want to listen to Mr. Fang's lies.

Fang Zhuo met his old friend but the conversation was lively: "I told Wang Xing on the way here that Weibo must learn from Penguin and use more dimensional methods to capture the users attracted by social media."

Liu Chiping's heart moved and he said, "A more dimensional way?"

"It's nothing new. I still think social media and instant messaging are not either/or. Aren't the people who use these two functions still human beings? Since they are human beings and users, why do they have to use them separately? Weibo This year we need to vigorously build communication functions within the platform, which requires learning from Penguin." Fang Zhuo said eloquently.

Wang Xing next to him also nodded. Mr. Fang said that the strategy was deceiving.

A group of Penguin’s top executives made eye contact, and the now-popular Weibo is indeed a source of high-level internal worries.

Although the dating network failed, QQ Space was successful, and foreign Facebook and Twitter were also successful. Users are human beings and have social needs.

Wang Xing entered the social battlefield for the second time. This time he neither stole food nor grabbed parking spaces. However, it was difficult for Penguin Weibo to catch up. This made internal discussions more thoughtful and felt that the aggressive Sina Weibo was very royal. .

The Internet is updating rapidly, and its rise and fall are also sudden. Now there is the rise of mobile Internet, which is a very serious problem.

The last time Ma Huateng acquired Friends.com was because Mr. Fang announced that he would build a PC software version of Friends.com. This time he heard similar words and sighed: "Mr. Fang, why do you want to touch our communications? .”

"It's different this time." Fang Zhuo said with a smile, "Last time we considered the computer version, but the advantages of Penguin were really prohibitive, but now that there is a mobile version, we thought we must give it a try, and this year we will let Weibo Penguin asked for advice.”

Ma Huateng nodded: "Welcome Mr. Fang to challenge."

"I haven't really thought about it recently. It's Wang Xing who took the initiative this time." Fang Zhuo said to Wang Xing, "Shake hands with Pony. The past is in the past and everyone can move on."

Wang Xing stepped forward and stretched out his hand.

Ma Huateng shook his hand gracefully.

The scene was calm and relaxed, but the executives on both sides were thinking about the head-to-head confrontation within the year. In particular, Penguin Weibo had to increase its efforts and Sina Weibo could not allow such unbridled growth.

Fang Zhuo also reached out and shook hands with his old friend, putting aside the unpleasantness of the past and starting a new story in the future.

He smiled and said: "Pony, I just want to see if Weibo can tell a story that satisfies the capital market and go public as soon as possible."

Ma Huateng replied: "It is best for Weibo to be listed in China. Otherwise, it will be difficult for Mr. Fang to go abroad, and the Weibo bell-ringing ceremony will be regrettable."

The glorious deeds of the King of Retail Investors last month are still being criticized by foreign institutions and media. It is said that Mr. Fang’s return to China was due to safety and legal considerations.

Ma Ren, who had seen the commotion, laughed and said, "Mr. Fang, Pony, I've already told you that a small acquisition doesn't have to be so unpleasant. At this symposium, everyone is waiting to hear your West Lake sword debate."

"Pony, you see Mr. Ma is so happy, it must be that the expectations of June 18th are very good." Fang Zhuo said with a smile, "In the past few days since I returned to China, investors from Tesco have dragged me and said that I must cooperate with Taobao Let’s compete to see who is the number one e-commerce company in the country.”

Ma Huateng acknowledged Penguin's failure this time: "Paipai.com was run out of Taobao. I'm also curious whether Tesco's heavy assets can counter Mr. Ma's judgment."

Paipai.com was unable to realize Penguin's traffic advantage. It became increasingly declining, unable to keep up, and internally it was close to death.

"Okay, Taobao also welcomes competition." Ma Min said simply, "I want to see how many fronts Mr. Fang can open with the money he earns this time."

Yike Financial’s battle is indeed amazing, but when it comes to business competition, Taobao has no domestic rivals to fear. Just like Penguin, it is a complete traffic overlord.

The challenge from Mr. Fang needs to be taken seriously, but the confidence should still be sufficient.

The blue waves of the West Lake are rippling and the water is dense, but they can't hide the sparks flying between one side and two horses.