Reinventing the Millennium

Fang Zhuo really didn't go to Qiu Lanhua's private appointment, but he had returned to Shanghai, and there were many opportunities for formal communication.

On January 5, the Shencheng City General Chamber of Commerce held a tea party in Pudong, and both of them attended.

The year before last, Fang Zhuo was elected as the vice president. This year, the Chamber of Commerce Council has notified him in advance that he will become the honorary president of the Shencheng City General Chamber of Commerce.

To be honest, Fang Zhuo doesn't care about these. Anhui Province also won a similar honor last year, but it is not as happy as the ice core risk trial production progress.

But, having said that, last month the media in Shanghai took a stand and praised outstanding entrepreneurs, and the publicity unit here of the General Chamber of Commerce was unanimous. Now that I am back in Shanghai, I can't help but support them.

The tea party was full of flowers and good people.

Every face Fang Zhuo saw was smiling, and he politely exchanged business cards and kept numbers.

"Old leader, I want to ask you something, is there no one from SMIC here?"

When Fang Zhuo saw Qiu Lanhua, he didn't say anything and asked a question directly.

"They are so worried now, how can Mr. Zhang be in the mood? Do you think it's all you?" Qiu Lanhua made a small complaint to retaliate against the junior official on the phone.

"Yes, I heard that their lawsuit may be turning around?" Fang Zhuo asked again.

"Who said that?" Qiu Lanhua was a little surprised at how well-informed Mr. Fang was. She actually discussed SMIC's situation during a meeting in the city this week, "There will probably be a settlement and compensation. "

Fang Zhuo nodded slightly. It was basically impossible to win the lawsuit. It would be better to simply lose money.

He couldn't figure out the process and reasons why SMIC's turmoil stopped, but from a business perspective, he felt that the serious damage to the vitality of losing money could be alleviated through time and development.

"Are you looking for Mr. Zhang?" Qiu Lanhua asked.

Fang Zhuo hesitated for a moment and shook his head: "It's nothing, just asking. Although Bingxin is now considered a competitor, the big battle lines are still the same, and the domestic market is also huge."

Qiu Lanhua was a little suspicious and didn't think much about it.

The Lunar New Year is less than a month away, and there are a lot of summary matters in the district. Today, I met Mr. Fang, and it was just right to take the lead in working on performance projects.

Although Fang Zhuo was dissatisfied with Qiu Xiaoguan's previous talkativeness, he didn't really take it to heart because he was trying to give face to the old leader.

The tea party at the General Chamber of Commerce is very lively. Even if some competing business owners meet, it is still in a Chinese New Year atmosphere - everyone who celebrates the Chinese New Year is here.

When it was over, Fang Zhuo took the stage to speak on behalf of the General Chamber of Commerce and read a manuscript eloquently, praising Shencheng's business development and praising the administrative leadership's enlightenment and support.

A cliché is a cliché, but the person speaking is important in this situation.

Many corporate presidents and bosses who saw a living person for the first time whispered while Mr. Fang was speaking.

"So this is Mr. Fang?"

"I heard that Mr. Fang is very energetic! He is a guest of the leaders of Shanghai City!"

"Mr. Fang is quite young. He speaks with great energy, but he seems to be very sharp in his actions."

Fang Zhuo stepped down from the stage with a smile on his face amidst warm applause, and the tea party was declared over.

"Mr. Fang, you must have had a lot on your plate before this year." Qiu Lanhua said with a smile, "Honours such as being an outstanding entrepreneur are indispensable."

Fang Zhuo felt a headache when he heard this, but he couldn't refuse, so he could only sigh.

"How will you spend the Chinese New Year? In Shanghai or Luzhou?" Qiu Lanhua asked, "If you are here, come and have tea when you have time."

"I'm not sure." Fang Zhuo shook his head, "I'm usually very busy. I want to spend time with my parents during the Spring Festival this year. They might want to travel abroad. If the trip happens, I will go with them to relax."

Qiu Lanhua nodded, as it should be.

The two chatted for a while, and the old leader also asked about real estate plans. Shanghai has been controlling housing prices in the past two years, and a number of companies have had a difficult time.

Fang Zhuo didn't express much opinion on this, only saying that there was nothing wrong with Yongke Real Estate.

At 9:30 in the evening, Fang Zhuo was sitting in the car on the way back, thinking about the risky trial production of ice cores in Luzhou. Before he could think about it, an unexpected call came to his mobile phone.

"Mr. Fang, I heard that you have returned to Shanghai? I wish you a happy life."

The call came from Ma Dan, the head of Alibaba, who is still fiercely fighting in the C2C market.

Fang Zhuo was a little surprised and said with a smile: "It's only been two days since I came back. Mr. Ma, your New Year's greetings are too early. Besides, you're just saying them with your mouth."

Ma Ren said: "How is that possible? Tomorrow I will go to Shanghai to greet you in person, and by the way, I will get some wine from you, the Shanghai Moutai dealer."

Because Fang Zhuo specially stored a large number of old and new Moutai wines, he was nicknamed the "Shanghai Moutai Dealer".

Fang Zhuo figured that the other party was going to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, so he responded: "Welcome, welcome, I really want to hear how Taobao fights eBay."

Lin'an and Shencheng are not far apart, and the people and time have been arranged, so the meeting will only happen in the blink of an eye.

Fang Zhuo hesitated a little in the evening and ordered the tentative executives of Tesco to show up, wanting to see what the regulations were in place.

He had a guess in his mind and felt that it was most likely for funds.

Sure enough, the next morning, Ma Chen and his Taobao team arrived at Hang Lung 23, and their greetings to the past were the unveiling of the theme.

"Mr. Fang, our domestic e-commerce market is so vast, and Taobao is knocking eBay to the ground. Why don't you come and join in?" Ma Chen said with a smile while sitting in the Yike President's Office.

On this trip, Taobao has brought many elite soldiers, and Cai Chongxin is now accompanying Ma Ren to communicate in the CEO Office.

"Already pinned to the ground and beaten? That's good. I said when I was in Lin'an that eBay and the others couldn't handle domestic companies." Fang Zhuo smiled, "It's adulterated. I didn't invest in Dangdang.com, I own The medical department is also working on it.”

Cai Chongxin smiled and nodded to Su Wei, Vice President of Yike, who handed him tea.

Ma Ren laughed and said: "I know Mr. Fang wanted to continue to invest in Dangdang but failed!"

Fang Zhuo was not angry even after being exposed, and listened to the next words with a smile.

"But Mr. Fang, it's a good thing that you didn't succeed in investing. Dangdang wants to learn from Amazon, but it can't learn the essence. Now Amazon comes in to play on its own, why invest in it?" Ma Chen said, "Domestic B2C is not easy to do."

Fang Zhuo pondered, exchanged glances with Su Wei, and reached a consensus without saying a word.

Su Wei smiled softly and asked tactfully: "Didn't Ali just receive investment from SoftBank last month?"

As soon as the words came out, both of them knew what they meant.

Last month, Alibaba announced that it had received another US$82 million in investment led by SoftBank. With its troops strong and supplemented by food and grass, it seems that it is determined to live or die with eBay.

However, not long after, Ma Chen personally led the team to Shencheng, saying that he wanted to wish him a happy future, but it was not difficult to guess the purpose of his visit from his words, and he still came with change.

Ma was exposed and did not panic at all, saying: "Yes, SoftBank also believes that we can defeat eBay in China, and believes that Taobao can win this market. This is their successful experience in Japan."

"We raised US$100 million at the beginning of the year, and we have to spend it carefully at the end of the year, but our competition with eBay does not allow us to spend money carefully."

"No, now come to Mr. Fang, the God of Wealth."

Fang Zhuo smiled and said nothing.

There is nothing wrong with this statement.

However, the setback in investing in Dangdang is not a recent incident, nor is Taobao spending a lot of money recently. Why is it coming now?

Ma Yan's frank words did not receive a response from Mr. Fang.

Seeing this, Cai Chongxin slowly said: "Mr. Fang, I may not necessarily believe it when others say they are optimistic about e-commerce and the development of domestic companies, but I definitely believe what Mr. Fang said."

"Yes." Fang Zhuo nodded, believing in the combat effectiveness of domestic Internet companies.

"But no matter how confident we are to kill eBay, things still have to be done, and funds for competition still have to be prepared." Cai Chongxin said slowly, "eBay is a giant, and Amazon is also a giant. This competition process must be difficult."

"I heard that Mr. Fang's interest in e-commerce is not limited to Dangdang.com, and medical e-commerce has been trying it for a long time. Now it is reported that Mr. Fang is hesitant to do B2C on his own."

"I discussed with Mr. Ma and felt that our domestic forces can cooperate more to avoid being exploited by eBay, Amazon and the like."

Fang Zhuo's eyes moved slightly and he raised his hand to take a sip of tea.

That makes sense.

Taobao has just raised a large amount of money. This money will not be used for long, and we will inevitably have to continue to find money.

Yike has acquired land in major cities to engage in warehousing and logistics. This news cannot be concealed, and it is easy for the other party to make speculations.

B2C, C2C, are all 2C.

Rather than seeing another capable player end up, it's better to pull him over and do it together.

This is to choose instead of ban.

"Do you do B2C by yourself?" Fang Zhuo laughed and said half-seriously, "We do have this debate internally, but Mr. Su doesn't agree with it."

Ma Chen and Cai Chongxin both looked at Su Wei.

Su Wei nodded and said: "The cost of the B2C model is too high. Mr. Ma just said that Dangdang did not learn the essence. In fact, we cannot blame it. After all, the high cost is prohibitive."

"Mr. Ma, Mr. Cai, you may not know that there are not only B2C suggestions within Yike, but also discussions on whether to join C2C competition."

"Due to the comprehensive considerations of cost, market, Dangdang and Amazon, I think Yike should treat it with caution, but pharmaceutical e-commerce companies that already have a medical foundation can try to expand their scale."

"Needless to say, the relationship between Yike and Yike. We are now acquiring land as a joint venture subsidiary of the two companies and will accelerate the layout of pharmaceutical e-commerce at the appropriate time."

Su Wei's words were sincere.

The expression on Fang Zhuo's face did not change.

Ma Chen and Cai Chongxin both believe it but not believe it. Regarding Yike's trends and decisions, there are indeed rumors that it is going to develop B2C, but there are also voices in the fog that it is developing pharmaceutical e-commerce.

They tend to judge the former, but it is difficult to guess how to do it and what scale to do it on.

Amazon's development momentum abroad is very strong, and it cannot be underestimated only in comparison of e-commerce types.

The domestic e-commerce market has good prospects, but the current stock is not large. When discussing the search for the next financing, Alibaba internally thought that it would be a good idea to try the mainland's richest man.

Although this person's acting style is a little... unkind, he has very good relationships with several well-known venture capital companies, and can be a big help whether it is his own funds or raised funds.

After several discussions, Ma Chen accepted the suggestion, so there was this imaginary strategy of turning enemies into friends.

But now the conclusive words of Su Wei, vice president of Yike, seem to indicate that the strategic ideas within Yike are indeed not yet unified.

Ma Chen believes that the current e-commerce market is a nurturing market that requires financial competition. Funding is one aspect, and cultivating consumer behavior is also another aspect. If Amazon-style B2C competes on a large scale when Taobao has not yet established a stable foothold, it will indeed take away part of the market. .

But if Taobao can defeat eBay, its own development will be flat. Then there will be B2C, and the situation will be different.

"Pharmaceutical e-commerce is not easy." Ma Chen observed the expressions of President and Vice President of Yike and said with a smile, "Mr. Fang, in our current e-commerce market, I would rather you do B2C than do vertical medicine. An e-commerce company, you are not attracted by Mr. Su’s beauty, are you?"

Fang Zhuo laughed.

Su Wei also laughed, but said unconvinced: "Mr. Ma, you are one-sided."

Ma Chen looked like he was willing to hear the details.

"You B2B Ali wants to make money, and C2C Taobao wants to make money. No matter how you make money, isn't it all money?" Su Wei first foreshadowed this, and then said, "The money made by the medical e-commerce is profit, and we rely on the medical e-commerce to increase the value of the land. The money earned is earned, but it’s not necessarily who makes more money.”

Ma Chen was shocked and looked at Cai Chongxin.

This, this...

It's an angle beyond the expected range.

But then I thought about it. Yongke Real Estate, a subsidiary of Yike Group, is known as the "Tiger of East China". It may not necessarily be planning to make e-commerce money through pharmaceutical e-commerce.

"What Mr. Su said makes sense." Ma Chen admitted this and looked at Mr. Fang, the talker, "Mr. Fang, are you accurate? Really, if you want to be an e-commerce company, why don't we work together? .”

"Pharmaceutical e-commerce companies can also join forces together. We also have a small amount of pharmaceutical demand on Taobao, so we can cooperate with medical departments and set aside a special section."

"If you want to expand in the pharmaceutical vertical category, you must rely on the expansion of the entire e-commerce market. Cooperation will benefit both parties."

After hearing this, Fang Zhuo finally expressed his stance and said: "I am optimistic about the development of Taobao, and I also think there is room for cooperation. Financial investment, Mr. Ma, you have just raised money, I believe you are not so eager, mainly because I need continuous investment to get ice cores."

"But as you just said, medical science can solve the medical needs on Taobao, and Taobao can allocate part of the traffic to catalyze medical e-commerce. I think this is very good. You don't have a license to sell medicine yet. It's the two things you said. profit."

Fang Zhuo said with a smile again: "Oh, Mr. Ma, we haven't discussed one, two, three, four within Yike yet, we are busy with the annual meeting, and your visit caught me off guard."

"Today, let's drink first and talk about cooperation slowly. I just want to hear about your competition with eBay. Two days ago, I wanted to see who is stronger and who is weaker in terms of your market share."

Su Wei testified aloud: "Yes, Mr. Fang looked online and couldn't see the data, so he almost called Mr. Ma to ask."

"The overall market share data is not yet known, but I think Taobao has basically caught up with eBay." Ma Chen said confidently.

"This data is worth three glasses of wine." Fang Zhuo stood up and smiled.

Ma Ren said with a smile: "This time we are drinking in Shencheng. Next time I hope that Mr. Fang will come and drink."

Fang Zhuo's eyes met Su Wei's and he nodded: "Definitely, definitely, next time."