RBCT Chapter 1096 Unraveling Concerns (5K)
Chapter 1096 Unraveling Concerns (5K)
Chapter 1096 Unraveling Concerns (5K)
Lei Jun made an appointment with President Fang twice.
On the way here, besides considering the changes in the group buying market, he was also pondering Mr. Fang's personality. Although it is biased to talk about the corporate style as a founder, it is interesting to confirm it occasionally.
It is said that Mr. Fang was born in a reckless family, which should not be too bad, and it is exactly the same. He has been fighting all the way for these years and can be called indomitable.
It can be said that he used all means to achieve his goals, but without these, he would have been in the hands of Xiong Xiaoge long ago.
As for the company, it can be said that Yike seized the opportunity and forged ahead bravely, adapting measures to local conditions and skyrocketing.
These years, the opponents of Mr. Fang are certainly fidgeting, but it is difficult for Mr. Fang's companions to be calm.
Mr. Ma of Penguin and Mr. Liang of Morning Star probably already have some experience.
When Lei Jun thought about it, he suddenly became curious about the state of mind of Mr. Zhang of Sohu. Mr. Fang made a forced offer to acquire Morningstar. Probably, the entire YMS ecology would have big or small shocks.
He was a little regretful when he walked into Yike's president's office to think differently, maybe he could handle it more gently.
"Mr. Lei is here. Sit down. I'll collect the documents." Fang Zhuo looked up and smiled when the secretary led Mr. Lei in, and stretched out his hand to signal for tea first.
Lei Jun nodded. It's not the first time he's back. Yi Ke's president's office is still very familiar...familiar...what's that?
He saw four large characters on the wall behind Mr. Fang, rigorous and neat, with vigorous writing—Henglong Heroes!
um... this...
Emotions surged in my heart, and I didn't know what to say for a while. If Mr. Chen Xingliang came to Hang Lung 23, would he buckle his eyes to show his heart...
As far as words are concerned, Mr. Fang's words are really excellent.
Fang Zhuo saved the files on the computer, and said directly, "Boss Lei, the competition for group buying is fierce, and Mituan has been very stable recently."
He has never asked Lei Jun about the handling of the group buying competition before, but since he came, he will ask.
Lei Jun looked at the Hang Lung "Heroes" under "Heng Lung Heroes", and had a hundred thoughts in his mind, and finally asked sincerely: "Fang always thinks that Mi Tuan is not doing well enough now?"
Fang Zhuo suspected for a moment that he was talking about accountability just now, but soon he was sure that he meant Mituanwen.
He smiled and said, "Mr. Lei, you make rice balls, you go to the front line, and you control the overall situation. What makes me say it's not good enough?"
Lei Jun pondered, he seemed to be a little stressed by what he said, and then he felt right again.
"If you have to tell me, it seems that Mituan is a little too cautious?" Fang Zhuo exchanged opinions with a smile, "The group buying demons are dancing, and Mituan has to be the first to start the group."
Lei Jun can roughly understand this "group opening".
Fang Zhuo continued: "Mituan was originally the first website in China to do group buying. Since Mr. Lei is determined to spend your own money and our investment, I thought...well, Mr. Lei, I didn't mean Criticism is just different from what I imagined, I thought Mituan would be more energetic."
When Mituan opened a group, the market value of the financing was set at 1 million US dollars, and it had 8500 million funds in its account. It stands to reason that it has both opportunities and strength, so it’s not a big deal?
However, in just a short period of time, the number of domestic group-buying projects has approached 200 frantically, and they have blossomed in large and small cities. Mituan still seems to be tepid, but Qingzi, which is invested by Penguin, is actually opening and closing.
Fang Zhuo trusted Lei Jun's ability.
But, having said that, this is rice balls after all, not millet. After all, Mr. Lei is just getting excited, so it is understandable that there are some minor problems.
Who can always be right?
Lei Jun sighed, did not respond, and became silent.
His sigh made Fang Zhuo unable to sigh.
what happened?Didn't play the effect and want to give up again?
Fang Zhuo suddenly thought of the technical differences within Bingxin, and quickly said: "Mr. Lei, you control the rice balls. I'm just watching. It's normal to have differences in opinions. It's just a friendly exchange between us, and I may not be right."
It is really not easy to worry about the psychological state of you people when investing in projects now.
Lei Jun took a breath and shook his head slightly: "Mr. Fang, I've been thinking about the development of Mituan recently. There are also different voices within us. It may be that Mr. Fang is really a bystander."
Fang Zhuo thought about it: "It's like this, Mr. Lei, if there are different voices, we should discuss and argue more. Since Mituan has already chosen such a development strategy, there is no need to make a sudden U-turn."
At this moment, Lei Jun felt that Mr. Fang did have a lot of thoughts or opinions on Mituan. After thinking for a while, he said: "Mr. Fang, we have made a summary and prospect of the current market internally. I was in the office when I came today. Now let the company send an electronic version."
"No problem, I'm just talking in general terms, and I still have to see the opinions of your professionals." Fang Zhuo said.
Now his impression is that Lei Jun wants to play some fine operations in this wave of group buying madness, but now many companies are roughly expanding the scale.
Mituan does have funds, but... it has never been possible to succeed on the track with money, not to mention that other companies are also rich.
Fang Zhuo can still tolerate Mi Tuan's progress now.
Mituan sent files by email, and Mr. Lei chatted with Mr. Fang about the current market chaos. Nowadays, almost every slightly larger city has a group buying program, and there are also hot words on the Internet-"Did you group today? ".
This is of course market cultivation, but there have been situations where group buying websites have developed rapidly and then closed down quickly.
Fang Zhuo chatted with Lei Jun for a while, and received Mituan's internal market analysis on the computer, which was quite long.
He simply flipped through the pages and said, "Mr. Lei, how about this? I'll hold a dinner at noon to see your professional analysis. Let's eat and talk at night. It just so happens that IDG's Mr. Xiong is coming to Shencheng today. Let's chat together." .”
Lei Jun is naturally willing, and Mr. Xiong is also a very insightful person.
In this case, he chatted a few more words about his thoughts on rice balls before leaving, preparing for the topic of dinner at night.
Fang Zhuo waited until Lei Jun left and thought about his current state of mind for a while. The development problems of enterprises are often pushed to the execution level, but good execution requires a clear strategy.
And, by the way, he also thought about other people's attitudes towards him.
A day passed quickly, Xiong Xiaoge came to the door in the evening to say hello, and heard that Mr. Lei would be present at night, but he didn't take it seriously.
"Let Wang Fengyi come, and I didn't vote for rice balls, let China's No. [-] investor come and give Mr. Lei advice."
Xiong Xiaoge is interested in the group buying market and is also observing the current situation. However, his current focus is on the acquisition of IDG Group.
He did know the owners of Mituan.com, one is Lei Jun and his team, the other is Yike, and the third is Shenxin Kechuang.
Look at how much work Wang Fengyi has done for Mr. Fang, he really has to take him with him no matter what.
"IDG." Fang Zhuo simply mentioned the execution of the acquisition after the Spring Festival.
Xiong Xiaoge's reverse acquisition of IDG Group is basically finalized, and it will be carried out after the Spring Festival if there are no accidents.
"Investors should actively contact entrepreneurs, so as to promote each other." Xiong Xiaoge laughed.
Fang Zhuo felt that Xiaoxiong had regained his former style.
However, at night, when he heard the announcement from Xiong Xiaoge, he knew why he had a different feeling.
"Hey, it's really not easy to run a business. I just discovered that being a good investor may not be a good business." Xiong Xiaoge sighed while holding the wine, "I will completely withdraw from Zhihu's management in the future. Be a good investor."
Fang Zhuo was surprised: "Huh? Aren't you very interested in Zhihu? Are you still tricking Shen Xin into investing? Why did you just quit?"
Xiong Xiaoge is the co-founder of Zhihu, and has also been deeply involved in the development of Zhihu. It can be seen that he really likes the community atmosphere of this knowledge question and answer.
The old bear turned into a little bear in his mouth precisely because Xiong Xiaoge has gradually changed from an investor to a business owner who is dedicated to Zhihu.
Now this is the reverse acquisition of IDG Group, and the old bear is back?
"Everyone has a field they are good at. Since they are not good at it, then we should leave the position to someone who is better at it." Xiong Xiaoge said seriously, "Fortunately, it's not too late."
Fang Zhuo nodded with a smile, the old bear can be taught.
There were only three people in the dinner tonight, Lei Jun heard these two people talk about what they are good at and what they are not good at, and he just felt that Mr. Xiong was pointing at himself...
Are you saying that I, Mr. Lei, are not good at entrepreneurship of this kind of group buying project?
Or do I just need to assume a role similar to Mr. Xiong's looking for funds and not participating in management?
Lei Jun was quite depressed.
But soon, his perception was reversed.
Xiong Xiaoge drank several glasses of wine with him, and naturally turned the topic to the most popular group buying track in China, and said: "Group buying will definitely die a lot this year, Mr. Lei, this rice ball is good, and he will definitely survive to the end .”
Lei Jun loves to hear this.
After Fang Zhuo had a few glasses of wine, he felt a little relaxed emotionally. He took a sip of the wine and said "hey": "Mi Tuan should pursue not only living to the end, but also living the best. I think Lei always feels that the account Money is more precious than gold, so I’m not willing to do so.”
Xiong Xiaoge retorted: "That is, Mr. Lei's hard-earned money, of course we should cherish it. It can't compare to the fact that the boss always burns investors' money."
Fang Zhuo looked at Lei Jun and said, "Let's throw the old bear out, let's have a serious talk tonight."
Lei Jun just smiled, it can be seen that the relationship between the two is very good.
"Mr. Lei, let me tell you, don't look at Mr. Fang's benevolent eyebrows. On the way here, you still complained about your rice balls, so I said, what's so good about burning money, as long as the rice balls are steady. "Xiong Xiaoge broke the news in a small way.
Lei Jun's heart skipped a beat. First of all, he didn't feel Mr. Fang was kind and friendly. Secondly... During this dinner, Mr. Xiong's appearance did not seem random while eating and chatting.
Is Mr. Xiong trying to say this kind of thing, or is Mr. Fang borrowing Mr. Xiong to say it?
Lei Jun picked up his wine glass and said solemnly: "Mr. Xiong, Mr. Fang also said in the office today that different voices need to be discussed more, and I can accept it."
"That's just burning money and not burning money." Xiong Xiaoge waved his hand and said, "Some group buying burns money. He sees that rice balls don't burn money, so he doesn't necessarily have to burn a lot of money, as long as it can match the strength of other companies. , a gentle burn.”
Lei Jun nodded slightly, raised his glass and toasted Mr. Fang.
Fang Zhuo drank it with a smile. Sometimes everyone is used to talking about things at the dinner table, and it makes sense. If you can listen to it, you should take it seriously.
Xiong Xiaoge glanced at the two of them, he had some thoughts, but he didn't think too much about them, but he had a clear understanding of their state.
Boss Fang...Less aside, he definitely wants to make the group buying project a success. There is absolutely no doubt about it. At least right now, he absolutely does not consider getting rice balls into his bag. There is no sign of success. where?
Boss Lei, he just had the fear that any entrepreneur should have. Boss Fang practiced Morning Star under his hands, and backhandedly cashed in Yongke Real Estate. Everyone has to weigh whether they can pass this level.
At this time, if someone like me who has no investment relationship at all comes out to chat, the scene may be much more harmonious.
Xiong Xiaoge reckoned that Fang always thought this way, whether it was true or not, he just did it this way.
"We have to pay attention to both internal development and external competition. This is a compromise." Fang Zhuo put down his wine glass and said so.
Xiong Xiaoge didn't drink much recently, and after drinking like this for a while, he suddenly felt a little drunk.
He smiled and said: "Compromise, compromise, tsk, Mr. Fang, just say it, if it were you, how would you do group buying now? I know that there were hot issues a while ago, if you do group buying, can you laugh?" Finally."
Lei Jun also saw Zhihu's question, which is said to be extended from Mr. Su Wei and Mr. Su.
Oh yes, I heard that Yixin’s Yixin will push something similar to Qzone, these two giants are really going to tear it apart.
Fang Zhuo squeezed the wine glass, groaning silently.
Xiong Xiaoge glanced over, how could there be any hint of alcohol in Mr. Fang's eyes?
When he went to see Mr. Lei again, Mr. Lei's eyes were also extremely clear.
Xiong Xiaoge decided to quit the management of Zhihu today. He was still in a very happy mood. He couldn't help but knocked on the table with his wine glass: "What's wrong with that? You're right, Mr. Lei, but if you're not, we don't will laugh at you."
"Am I the kind of person who is afraid of being laughed at?" Fang Zhuo retorted.
Xiong Xiaoge nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, you are the kind of person who is afraid that others will not cry."
Fang Zhuo ignored the old bear, took a sip of his wine, and said, "If I were in Mr. Lei's position, I would naturally supervise the rice group with all my strength and show bravery. No matter whether the business has spread to all cities, I will first get rid of the group purchase. Raise the flag!"
"How to raise the flag?"
"Next month will be the Spring Festival, and there will definitely be more than 200 domestic group buying projects. How can we raise the flag?"
Fang Zhuo asked himself and answered: "Of course it is to use competitors to sacrifice the flag, so we have to pick a target."
"It's like Qingzi from Penguin Investments. What is the name of Qingzi's group buying website? Oh yes, Dangtuan.com, they are chasing after Dangtuan.com. With such a target, everyone knows what to do."
"Burning money and dangtuan.com are fighting head-on. If you don't seek to knock down this target, let other group-buying websites in the city where Mituan is located follow suit. First burn down a batch of small and medium-sized websites, and then clean up the remaining websites one by one. Continue to burn money. , pay for mergers and acquisitions.”
"Drawing targets, sacrificing flags, mergers and acquisitions, raising money, and decisive battles, let's see who can have the last laugh."
Fang Zhuo's last tone eased, and he filled himself with wine.
Lei Jun couldn't help but exchanged glances with Xiong Xiaoge, they both had a common feeling that Mr. Fang was really murderous!
"It's really Boss Fang." Xiong Xiaoge sighed half-sighed and raised a glass of wine.
Lei Jun also drank, only to feel a hot line running down his throat and urging the alcohol to go up.
Mr. Fang's thinking is really quite different from his own!
"Li Guoqing's dangtuan.com really has a good reputation." Xiong Xiaoge added.
Dangtuan.com, Li Guoqing's project in the group buying market, "Dang" is taken from the same pronunciation of his previous e-commerce Dangdang.com, and is related to the characteristics of the website-there will be a "Dang" notification sound when the group is full.
Li Guoqing has made great strides in group buying. He launched his business in ten major cities simultaneously, and is known as the largest group buying website in China.
Of course, his family is not alone in trying to claim the title.
Fang Zhuo felt that Qingzi's strides were big this time, which was a bit the opposite of Leijun's. Leijun wanted to play micromanagement, from small to big, while Qingzi wanted to go from big to small.
He commented: "Qingzi has made progress."
However, although Qingzi got Penguin's investment this time, Penguin has also entered the market and made a "QQ group buying", and is still using QQ traffic to hit the market.
In addition to this old method, it is said that QQ group buying will also be a group buying platform. It wants to contact the resources of group buying projects in various places and create an e-commerce platform similar to Taobao.
This is relatively new.
"President Fang's words are better than reading ten years of books." Lei Jun said slowly.
Fang Zhuo also didn't know that Lei was always talking on the spot, so he just said: "Mr. Lei said he should follow the trend, and when the wind comes, don't hesitate."
Lei Jun let out a "huh".
Xiong Xiaoge observed his words and expressions, and said with a smile: "Following the trend is following the trend. You are always so domineering. If it were me, I would be afraid of being bullied."
"The semiconductor field is different." Fang Zhuo said so briefly without defending his hostile takeover.
"Yes, yes, I believe what Mr. Fang said now." Xiong Xiaoge said, "Anyway, if it were me, I would have to make the project look good before worrying about it."
This is very straightforward.
Lei Jun smiled, filled up the wine, and became blunt: "Mr. Xiong is trying to persuade me, Mr. Fang, I have no other intentions, I just want to make a sample of rice balls, I just want to do it again A career."
Fang Zhuo also laughed, and teased: "I can understand, Mr. Lei, if Mituan has any concerns, it will wait until the market value reaches tens of billions, otherwise, um..."
As soon as the words were spoken, the scene was immediately refreshed.
It was also here that Fang Zhuo talked about the internal analysis report of Mituan that he saw at noon.
He is a very serious person, especially when it comes to business matters. This chat was an hour-long chat over wine and food.
Lei Jun still talks less and thinks more, but all these revolve around the development of rice balls and the entire market.
There are less than a thousand cups of wine every confidant, but a few words are not speculative.
Barely compromising the confidant, the atmosphere of the dinner was quite harmonious.
It wasn't until 11 o'clock in the evening that the three of them broke up, and Lei Jun took a car back to the hotel to rest.
"Mr. Lei is quite sensitive." Xiong Xiaoge said half drunk, "Mr. Fang, you have to thank me today. Without me, how would you talk about it?"
"I don't have any plans for rice balls." Fang Zhuo shook his head.
"That has to be believed by others." Xiong Xiaoge laughed, "Didn't you say that to Chen Xing's Liang always?"
Fang Zhuo thought about it seriously, and simply replied: "I forgot."
Xiong Xiaoge smiled again, Boss Fang was just like that.
He immediately said with a sense of guilt: "Unfortunately, Mr. Li is still on the opposite side."
"The sharp edge of the sword comes from sharpening." Fang Zhuo said lightly, "Group buying is not necessarily a bad thing, just raise more money and sell yourself more."
Xiong Xiaoge nodded, and finally asked, "When are you going to the capital?"
He vaguely knew that Yi Xin had a big event in this year's Spring Festival Gala.
"Three days later, we will be together." Fang Zhuo told the time. This year, he will go to the capital ahead of schedule to supervise this New Year's greeting event with all his strength.
(End of this chapter)