Reinventing the Millennium.

Chapter 1176 Painful Shame (4K)

Tesco went public, and the female president was far away in New York.

Fang Zhuo of Shencheng Headquarters became the subject of intensive bombing interviews.

But there is nothing to say about the interview questions. It is nothing more than general content such as market value impressions, competition views, and future goals.

The company had just been listed, and everyone was full of joy. Fang Zhuo did not avoid the interview out of consideration for everyone's morale, and basically gave his answers in a very normal tone.

As for some reporters, "When will e-buy surpass Taobao?" "Does Fang think Ali still has a chance?" Class questions, just laugh it off.

Ali’s Taobao is still very strong, and it is thriving in C2C. The promotion of Alipay has always been the focus of its strategy, and the competition between e-buy and its e-commerce is also very systematic.

On the one hand, they develop each other, and on the other hand, they contain Ali's attempt to break through in the field of communication traffic, and the effect of the latter depends on the fierce competition with Penguin.

Fang Zhuo is quite confident about the domestic competition of Yike Department.

In particular, Yi Xin's performance this year gave him a reassurance.

Although a better hardware foundation seems to be more suitable for Yike's advantages, a series of combined punches of public opinion, marketing, and resources have already won the communication leadership from PC to mobile Internet.

Now that the sponsorship of the Spring Festival Gala in several localities has been negotiated, and with the outline of the Internet New Year's Eve Gala taking shape, the threat of Penguin's offensive this time is at least getting smaller and smaller.

As long as Yixin does not make mistakes, it will be able to inject more and more traffic into the entire Yike Department if it moves forward along this road.

It's just that there are still a lot of flowers in the country, and there are still rumors about foreign business competition.

Standing in Shencheng, Fang Zhuo looked at Europe and the United States, and still felt that there was a lot of room for improvement.

On December 12, the stock price of Tesco, which had been listed for a week, stabilized at around US$12, which was still a step short of the market value threshold of US$46 billion. President Su Wei and her team ended their listing trip and returned to Shanghai from New York.

At Hongqiao International Airport, there is a gift that Fang Zhuo made a long time ago, and a new private jet is waiting there.

According to Su Wei's previous wishes, this private jet was named "Yigou". She was not as casual as Fang Zhuo's naming, and she was more willing to give it the meaning of the company.

This naming has been opposed by many people. Although Su Wei doesn't like the ridicule of "Qingzi", everyone agrees that Mr. Fang's car has been sublimated because of this name.

Therefore, when Su Wei asked for opinions, a name with the same sublimation meaning got a lot of approval, and it could be called "Penguin" or "Hippo". President Su should not only consider "e-buy", but also The competition between the overall system and the penguins!

Su Wei strongly vetoed similar opinions, and still insisted on giving the private jet a normal name.

Even though, she couldn't stop the informal address of the people below.

Fang Zhuo believes that Teacher Xiao Su will like this gift that finally arrived, and it just so happens that it will be effective during the Spring Festival.

The preparatory team for the Yike Network Gala finally rejected the boss's rich and powerful proposal to move to the capital, but they affirmed the boss's unfettered way of doing things, and instead actively communicated with CCTV to adjust the order of program performances.

For example, it is appropriate to put the Four Heavenly Kings from the beginning to the end.

CCTV didn’t feel too hostile as imagined. Of course, the initial communication was not so positive. When singers like Jay Chou and Liu Dehua who could be invited by both sides saw that they couldn’t coordinate well, they could only reluctantly stay in Shanghai. The enthusiasm on the other side has only increased.

This matter has been barely resolved now, CCTV put the artists who conflicted in the program to the front row, and Yi Ke moved everyone to the back row.

On the night of the New Year’s Eve, the special car is waiting at the gate of CCTV, and two private jets are waiting at the airport. If there are unexpected factors that make it impossible to arrive at the “Yike Cultural Center” in time, the New Year’s Eve party will be filled with alternate artists. Adjustment.

This year's Spring Festival Gala is on February 2nd, so it's only over a month away.

Fang Zhuo always feels that this year's time is extremely fast, but he has indeed made great progress in business.

While Fang Zhuo was waiting for Teacher Xiao Su to fly back, the unexpected news from Mi Tuan made him hesitate suddenly.

On the morning of December 12th, Lei Jun, Wei Zhe, Sun Tongyu, and Geng Deheng, four high-level officials of Mituan visited Hang Lung 13 together, and then found no one to visit, and then turned around and went straight to Yike 23 to meet the owner.

Liu Zonghong is to blame for this matter.

After receiving a call from Lei Jun, he confirmed the itinerary, but over the years he used to refer to the location as "Hang Lung President's Office", which caused a small oolong.

Yike still has employees working in Hang Lung 23. The upper and lower floors there have been bought long ago, and there is no idea of ​​renting it out. It is still used as the office of Yike.

At 10 o'clock in the morning, Liu Zonghong apologized and invited the four Mituan executives into the president's office. The news they brought had been placed before Fang Zhuo's case in advance.

——Do you want to promote the merger and acquisition of Tuanbao.com by Mituan.com?

Since the trend of group buying in China, the market share of Tuanbao.com has climbed rapidly. It has been aggressively enclosing land with aggressive expansion and brave money-burning strategies, and it has always occupied the top position.

截止到2010年12月，团宝网在不到1年的时间里从8名员工发展到了2000多人，公司团队膨胀的相当之快。

However, in the second half of the year, the concept of group buying fell short in the capital market. On the one hand, Mituan maintained a posture of burning money, and on the other hand, it expanded its cities relatively cautiously. This forced Tuanbao.com to continue burning money.

Within a few months, Tuanbao.com has reported two capital chain problems.

For the first time, it received investment from the United States, and this time... it encountered great difficulties.

The most important thing is that many investment institutions have asked a question, even if they get the money this time, will they still have to burn money with Mituan, which is backed by Yike, and Dangtuan, which is backed by Penguin?

The market is being eroded, and the burning of money is endless. How to invest in it?

After several efforts by Tuanbao.com, even the original institutional shareholders stayed on the sidelines. This made Mituan, who was always observing the market and the attitude of its opponents, a little bit excited, and got a certain amount of intention after simple contact.

Now is... Do you want to take down Tuanbao.com?

Or, I heard that Dangtuan.com is not doing well right now, and Qingzi and Mr. Fang have a good relationship. Can you try to eat Dangtuan.com?

Just like the structure of Mituan and Yike are separated by a layer, Dangtuan.com is obviously not a direct descendant of Penguin, and there is also its own QQ group buying platform, which may be able to promote the final chapter of cooperation.

Lei Jun and others briefly described the current situation and choices.

Fang Zhuo was both surprised and hesitant.

In principle, the current Mituan can make decisions directly according to market conditions. In terms of overall strategy, apart from Geng Deheng, who is in charge of urban team building, who is relatively weak, Lei Jun, Wei Zhe, and Sun Tongyu are definitely first-class players.

Now here comes to myself...

Fang Zhuo turned his thoughts, and slowly asked: "Last time, Qingzi did look for me, and I also said that you can wait for the Dangtuan to deteriorate. Why did you ask again this time? Is there something wrong between you?" Contacted?"

This is what puzzled him.

The four exchanged glances.

Sun Tongyu asked directly: "Mr. Fang, I think Mr. Li has contact with this side. He also celebrated the listing of Tesco. He also talked with you about the development of the group buying market."

"Where did you celebrate? He came to Shanghai?" Fang Zhuo wondered.

"I saw it in the circle of friends." Sun Tongyu took out his mobile phone and searched for Li Guoqing who had added a friend.

Fang Zhuo also took out his mobile phone. He wasn't particularly busy recently, and he would check everyone's updates when he was free. He didn't seem to see what Qingzi said.

When Sun Tongyu took Mr. Li's circle of friends to confirm with Mr. Fang, the "Don't let him see me" and "tag" functions of Yixin's circle of friends showed their effect...

Fang Zhuo: "..."

Qingzi's circle of friends is not too outrageous.

As we all know, the newly listed e-buy acquired Dangdang.com, but Qingzi did not hold any grudges. Instead, he reposted and posted a long article to congratulate e-buy on its successful listing in the United States.

He also posted ambiguous photos such as "Fang Zong champagne picture" from the perspective of e-buy employees.

It seems to be at the scene, and it has not been clearly stated.

"Did he hide it from me?" Fang Zhuo couldn't laugh or cry, he clicked into Qingzi's circle of friends, but it was blank.

"Mr. Li is really..." Lei Jun was quite astonished.

Fang Zhuo took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "What is Qingzi trying to do, to mislead you? As for?"

Wei Zhe suddenly said: "Mr. Li was an investor for a while before, and I'm afraid he has added a lot of friends in the investment field. Now that capital's investment in group buying is getting cold, I'm afraid it's not... I want to have an idea in this regard."

Fang Zhuo nodded, isn't this the way to take photos with celebrities to endorse? As for Qingzi, you say he is fake, he is indeed experienced in the industry, and it is easy to talk if you want to talk, but you say he is real. ...Then don't hide it from the person involved.

"I don't know whose situation is worse between Dangtuan.com and Tuanbao.com." Lei Jun mused to guess the reason behind Mr. Li's actions.

No matter what the purpose is, this kind of small method has begun to be tried, fearing that the real situation is not optimistic.

Dangtuan.com and Tuanbao.com have developed similarly and faced similar competitive pressures. They both shouted the slogans of "301 cities" and "302 cities" in response to Mituan's "300 cities" plan.

The difference is that the two companies seem to be doing it with such numbers.

This includes the rapid recruitment of employees, the rapid expansion of urban business, and the scramble to acquire local small and medium-sized group buying projects.

Mituan also spent a lot of money in the second half of the year.

But the effect of spending money is very good. It puts pressure on the opponent and expands reasonably.

Fang Zhuo once discussed with Lei Jun how to play in the group buying market. Since capital is an advantage, we should use this advantage reasonably instead of waiting until the market is completely divided.

It now appears that Mituan's style of play has achieved the desired effect.

"Then shall we contact Dangtuan?"

Lei Jun asked.

Going back to the choice of Mituan, eat one and then integrate and storm the remaining one, maybe you can have a certain degree of leadership in the group buying market, and as long as Mituan takes the lead, get time for development, and a city team with stronger combat effectiveness It can continue to expand its lead.

Which one to eat?Which one to attack?

The two situations are somewhat similar.

Lei Jun discussed this issue with Wei Zhe, Sun Tongyu, and Geng Deheng on the way here, and everyone felt that any one would do.

Holding the teacup, Fang Zhuo felt the gazes of the four senior executives of Mituan, and laughed dumbfoundedly: "What are you looking at me for? You have been doing group buying for so long, and you are the ones who are most familiar with this area in China. What else do you want me to say?"

These four people are very diligent and talented in their work. Lei Jun wants to achieve his career, Sun Tongyu and Wei Zhe have a raging fire in their hearts, and Geng Deheng's journey has not been easy, so he cherishes the opportunity.

"Mr. Fang, then shall we talk to Tuanbao.com?" Lei Jun considered contacting both parties to see the price tag, but Sun Tongyu thought that it should be done quickly so as not to cause further disturbances in the capital market.

Fang Zhuo nodded slowly.

Just as Lei Jun was about to continue talking, he suddenly heard Mr. Fang speak again.

"Well, it's actually not impossible..." Fang Zhuo thought of Qingzi whom he had known for a long time, hesitantly spoke out and then stopped.

All four looked at Boss Fang, as if waiting for the big boss to make a decision.

Fang Zhuo frowned and thought for a long time. Considering that Penguin, who holds quite a lot of shares in Dangtuan.com, finally decided to respect the wishes of these four professionals at the beginning: "Tuanbao, hurry up and let the autumn wind sweep away the fallen leaves."

Lei Jun and Sun Tongyu looked at each other, and they had the same thoughts in their hearts because of the teasing news two days ago. It cannot be said that Mr. Fang did not feel compassion for Qingzi, but Qingzi is not Hongyi after all.

The red clothes blew themselves up, creating an excellent gap in public opinion for Yike, and thus led to the brilliant situation of Yixin today.

Where's Keiko?

It's no wonder that the other party always presses the button of "don't let him (her) see it".

……

The last month of the calendar year is full of wind and fire.

E-buy was successfully listed, and e-commerce made waves again. With the return of the president Su Wei, it was reported that E-buy was secretly contacting one of the "four links and one reach" to seek acquisition intentions and further improve its logistics capabilities.

This news directly shocked Ali, and then many specious news came out.

As the Gregorian calendar year is coming to an end, the showdown between Penguin and Yike in the Spring Festival, which has long been known, is also exciting. It is predicted that the two will fight hard in the field of communications.

With all these things, on the last day of December, Mituan.com officially announced the acquisition of Tuanbao.com even before 12, becoming the company with the largest share in the group buying market.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, Li Guoqing was editing the information in Moments, thinking hard about how to use an appropriate sense of distance to evaluate the communication battle between Yike and Penguin this year.

Just when he was satisfied with repeated editing, the vice president of the company called and informed of the merger of Mituan and Tuanbao.com.

There was no news before, and everyone thought that Tuanbao.com was struggling to find new investment, so why did it merge suddenly!

No, this is not a merger, this is an annexation! !

On the last day of 2010, the news hit my face! ! !

"This, is this Lei Jun's handwriting?" Li Guoqing asked subconsciously.

"I'm afraid..." Vice President Yin Kaiming said in a low voice, "There are rumors in the industry that Mr. Fang is behind the push, otherwise it wouldn't be done so quickly, and it wouldn't be done without a little bit of movement."

This is in line with everyone's general impression of each other.

Li Guoqing thought of that person when he asked.

However, he obviously sent him a message and talked about the possibility of merging Dangtuan.com and Mituan.com.

Although Penguin owns shares, he is in charge of the board of directors!

"Fang, Fang..."

Li Guoqing muttered two words, thinking of the changes in the market after Mituan swallowed Tuanbao, the turbulent competition ahead, and the plight of Dangtuan, he was speechless.

Mr. Fang, it hurts me too!