Chapter 340 Sweet words and swords

Chapter 340 Sweet words and swords

Chapter 340 Sweet words and swords
January 1th, the 17th day of the twelfth lunar month.

Zhong Zhiling was busy in Lingang all day, and had a meal and drink at night. He finally confirmed the financing cooperation between Carbon Silicon Data and Alibaba with Ji Gang, and obtained US$15 million in financing by selling 3450% of the equity.

In addition to the latest hot spots, what impressed Ji Gang the most was the role that the WiFi Master Key project could play. He also became more and more convinced of the prospects that Carbon Silicon Data Company could present under such a team.

In addition, Alibaba will obtain a seat on the board of directors and sign protective clauses such as anti-dilution, right of first refusal, and right of drag-along sale.

Both sides made concessions in this round of financing. Alibaba increased its valuation and Carbon Silicon Data compromised some of its rights, ultimately completing a honeymoon-style cooperation between the opposition CEO and Alibaba.

In this way, Zhong Zhiling finished his last job before the New Year, which also allowed Carbon Silicon Data Company to obtain sufficient development funds at the beginning of 2012.

Sitting in the car on the way to the hospital to see his wife, Zhong Zhiling reviewed the cooperation between "Latest Hotspots" and WeChat, and the financing just reached with Alibaba. Two clear thoughts emerged in his mind.

First, the strategic work handled by my senior brother was indeed very important. Without his personal promotion, neither the cooperation nor the funding would have been so smooth. The honeymoon with Alibaba came too quickly, and the price was the previous opponent. It can be said to be perfect.

Second, the Internet makes money faster than real industry. My brother worked hard there and invested most of the money from the sale of WeChat into it. Only then was he able to gradually convince some people. However, Carbon Silicon Data Company had a much smoother progress when hot money poured into the entire mobile Internet field.

When Zhong Zhiling arrived at the hospital, he changed his mind and realized that his senior's project had just been running for a while and such a big leader came to inspect it. This was something Carbon Silicon Data could not compare with.

Soon, he arrived at the ward and successfully received a cold stare from his mother, Li Ruixia.

Zhong Zhiling whispered: "Mom..."

"Work, work. The New Year is almost here and you're still working. Your wife is about to give birth and you're still working. Does your boss have any humanity?" Li Ruixia was worried about waking up her sleeping daughter-in-law, so she could only complain to her son in a low voice.

Zhong Zhiling smiled bitterly.

"Mom, Zhiling is very busy these days, and the company asked him to rest first, but I don't agree." Lv Haiying, who was due to give birth, was a light sleeper. After hearing the noise, she helped explain, "Besides, I have you here, isn't it better than him? He is clumsy and makes things worse."

Li Ruixia listened to her daughter-in-law's words and rolled her eyes at her son: "You must have done good deeds in your previous life to marry a daughter-in-law like this!"

Lv Haiying motioned to her husband to help her sit higher, then asked, "How about cooperation?"

"It's been reached. I was given a seat on the board of directors and some terms were signed." Zhong Zhiling knew what his wife was asking.

Lu Haiying said thoughtfully: "Ali has joined the board of directors. Brother, you are not really planning to sell this company to them."

Zhong Zhiling shook his head, hesitating to speak.

Lu Haiying looked at him and understood what he meant in a second. She found it quite funny and said, "Mom, I want to eat some tangerines. Can you buy some for me?"

Li Ruixia had no objection and asked her son to take good care of her daughter-in-law, then turned and left the ward.

"You, that's your biological mother." Lu Haiying said with a smile, "Are you afraid that she will tell others?"

"I'm not afraid of my mom telling others. I just... just..." Zhong Zhiling defended, "Be cautious. Yes, be cautious. There's no need to create the risk of omissions."

Then, he spoke in a low voice about his senior's considerations on the cooperation between Carbon Silicon Data and Alibaba, as well as some possibilities and development views on e-commerce.

The situation of Taobao Alliance, traffic intermediaries, content e-commerce and specific brands such as Mogujie and Meilishuo.

Lv Haiying was quite surprised and said, "If you take over the cut-off traffic, you will immediately become enemies with Alibaba and the honeymoon will be over."

"I have thought about it repeatedly. So, if that situation really happens, first, we need to let Mogujie and other companies feel the chill of being cut off from supply first. Second, our software matrix must have a certain scale. This time needs to be grasped." Zhong Zhiling's eyes flashed. "I also remember one thing. On December 12 last year, my senior brother held a meeting in the company and mentioned that one of the goals was not to be bound by Baidu's search in terms of traffic, not to rely on Penguin's social networking, and not to parasitize Alibaba's e-commerce library."

"I didn't think much of it at the time, but now it seems that my senior had the idea long ago. WeChat has a lot of traffic, but after our own software matrix is ​​formed, this honeymoon is over, and I can still be the main person."

"However, this change and operation still depends on how the situation develops and whether Mogujie and Meilishuo have value worth grabbing and then integrating."

Lv Haiying thought about it and quickly gave a simple criterion: "It's actually very simple. If Alibaba bans them, it proves that they are indeed very valuable."

Zhong Zhiling pondered for a moment and nodded, agreeing with this judgment based on the perspective of the parties involved.

But he then said: "There are still many problems here. Even if our traffic is built up, it is different from the traffic of e-commerce companies like Alibaba. Although Mogujie and Meilishuo are content-based, they are essentially content-based shopping guides, and the final jump is still to Taobao. Once this is interrupted, they either have to find a new jump point or switch to self-operation. The e-commerce effect will be greatly reduced no matter how you look at it."

Lv Haiying pondered her husband's words, and after a moment she discussed, "How can there be a permanent solution? It's all about doing. If the combined strength of these small and medium-sized players can reach 10% after integration, it's good. If they continue to work hard, it may be 6%. The next few years will be a period of rapid development of mobile Internet, so it may not be impossible to reach 12% or 20%."

"These are specifically tactical plays. Just like we didn't expect Penguin to be forced to this point, I feel that the three giants BAT all have health bars. It's nothing more than how to bleed during this period of mobile Internet."

"I like to think about this these days when I have nothing to do. Whether it is the judgment of my senior brother, Zhai Yifei and others, or the actual operation of the WeChat project, it proves that homogeneous things cannot defeat giants."

Zhong Zhiling said at this time: "The content of the information is not very new."

Lv Haiying patiently explained: "Yes, but this homogeneity is relative to the three BAT companies. A homogeneous thing has two powers in our hands and in Alibaba's hands. If we really talk about 'content', it is exactly different from the three BAT companies. Alibaba's e-commerce, Penguin's social networking, Baidu's search."

"Ali and Penguin are both far from 'content'. Baidu builds a bridge between users and content, which is the closest to this attribute. But whether it is willing to do it is one thing, and whether it can do it well is another."

"Taobao has cultivated a group of shopping guides through 'Taobao Alliance'. Why are companies like Mogujie and Meilishuo, which focus on content-based shopping guides, so successful? Does this prove the future direction of mobile Internet?"

Zhong Zhiling nodded slightly, feeling that his wife's words complemented some of his own ideas.

He pondered: "When WeChat was sold, it was a half-finished product that had already exhausted its strength. It had one problem that was never answered: how to solve the revenue problem of the super app? Looking at the revenue direction of Internet companies, it is either selling goods, advertising, or games."

Lv Haiying smiled and said, "I don't know what you think, but I think this attempt is definitely beneficial. We don't have to rush to compete with Alibaba right away. It would be great if we can open up a gap outside of Alibaba and JD."

Zhong Zhiling felt that this discussion with his wife was very beneficial.

He said with confidence: "There is still a problem in the future. We may need to compete with Penguin for the integration and dominance of small and medium-sized e-commerce brands."

Because its core business was attacked, Penguin had to try to attack the opponent's core e-commerce. It reached cooperation with a number of companies including JD.com and Letao, and also used traffic to empower them.

Judging from the results over the past period of time, this has not shaken Alibaba at the strategic level, but it does have some tactical results in specific projects.

As for the companies currently being discussed, such as Mogujie and Meilishuo, they rely on Taobao Alliance and naturally have no chance of getting access to Penguin's traffic. However, if Alibaba needs to deal with the "tail that is too big to be cut off", Penguin's traffic may also be involved.

Competition in the mobile Internet is fierce. If small and medium-sized e-commerce companies are really likely to integrate, the right to speak will also face competition. Hearing this, Lv Haiying smiled slightly: "Senior brother is the CEO of Alibaba, so if you want to take action, you can take advantage of the honeymoon period between you and Alibaba. Mogujie and Meilishuo cannot accept the traffic from Penguin, but can they not accept the goodwill of Alibaba's CEO of Alibaba?"

Zhong Zhiling slapped his thigh and said, "If this area can be developed, my senior brother's management will be amazing!"

The outside world is praising the senior brother's operation of Alibaba's Spring Festival offensive, but underneath this operation there are deeper considerations rooted in the future of Carbon Silicon Data Company.

Lv Haiying has had a lot of time recently and has been paying attention to the development and operation of different projects. However, it was not until now that she reviewed and speculated on the overall strategy with her husband that she had a sense of sudden enlightenment.

She pondered and praised: "Brother, this kind of operation is..."

Zhong Zhiling blurted out in tacit understanding: "Sweet words, sharp tongue!"

Lu Haiying said unhappily: "It's a high-rise building!"

Zhong Zhiling looked at his wife's frowning brows awkwardly: "Hehe, you didn't think about it, you didn't think about it..."

Lu Haiying's brows furrowed more and more, and after a while she said, "Ring the bell, it's time to go into the delivery room."

Zhong Zhiling suddenly became flustered and sweat broke out on his back.

After a while, he waited anxiously outside the delivery room, hoping that everything would go well.

……

As the Spring Festival approaches, important things are either finished or postponed to after the New Year, so time becomes more free.

When Yu Xing learned the good news that his junior fellow students had a big fat daughter, he was sincerely happy for them and forced Zhong Zhiling to take a holiday after the New Year.

Then he shared the news with Xiaoying.

Liu Wanying has basically completed the work before the New Year, and the most recent thing she has finalized is a small investment in the Yu family fruit chain.

"I really like Xiaoying. I have to give her a gift. What do you think should I give her?" Liu Wanying was also very happy on the phone.

"Give..." Yu Xing thought about it and suddenly thought of Liu Jiankai who was also staying in the United States during the Spring Festival. He smiled and said, "Give their daughter 100 bitcoins, just like Liu Jiankai's daughter, and keep them in a safe. How about that?"

Liu Wanying said with a smile: "Why did you think of this thing again? If I want to give it to you, this is yours. Well, I have to think about it carefully. Hong Falcon has been on vacation before the New Year. I will go to the hospital to see her first."

Yu Xing said, "Let's do it together. I still have some finishing work to do."

Liu Wanying agreed and thought carefully about what kind of gift would be suitable.

In the end, she sent Boss Yu away and proposed in the ward that Yu Xing be the godfather of the baby girl.

Yu Xing didn't expect her to do this, but as a senior who had brought his fellow juniors through school, he was happy to witness their new stage in life and was pleased to have a new identity.

"You keep calling me 'baby', what's your name?" Yu Xing suddenly thought of the question before leaving.

Zhong Zhiling smiled and said, "Just call it 'Zhong Ai', the love of love, the love that is the fruit of love."

Yu Xing patted his junior on the shoulder and said, "Okay, okay, you all have a good rest. There's no rush for work. It's not as urgent as Zhong Ai at all. We all have plenty of time."

The two left the ward, not wanting to disturb their rest any longer.

"Zhong Zhiling is so much better now than he was in school." Liu Wanying went to a nearby restaurant and thought of Zhong Zhiling's performance back then.

Yu Xing looked at the menu and smiled, "As for growth, Liu Bang started out as a county talent who could govern a country. Zhiling and Xiaoying are both willing to think about things. The two complement each other, and they are in such a fast-paced era, so they will naturally become stronger."

Liu Wanying nodded.

The two of them had just ordered their dishes when the guests from the table next to them suddenly came over.

"Friend, do you want to collect blessings? Add me as a friend on WeChat, and we can share the blessing cards with each other." The stranger said happily.

Yu Xing said "uh", picked up his phone, added a friend, and added support for WeChat's Spring Festival offensive.

Liu Wanying couldn't help laughing, shook her head and sighed, "Boss Yu, Boss Yu, you've really hurt Penguin with this move. They won't have a good year this year. Pony never expected that you, his rival, would come out and bite him."

Yu Xing shrugged: "Penguin's opponent is Ali. I never consider Pony as an opponent, or I don't consider anyone as an opponent."

Liu Wanying raised her eyebrows: "Really? No opponent at all? Are you so arrogant?"

Yu Xing nodded: "It's not arrogance, there are no opponents, they are all teachers."

Liu Wanying gave a thumbs up and said, "Okay, I want to see what Ali, the teacher, will think of you, the traitor, when the time comes. It's a pity that Mr. Ma praised you so highly. Tsk, you are an opposition CEO."

"Well, you see, as an outsider, I will never be able to get on the list, so you can't blame me for having ideas about other outsider projects in the Alibaba ecosystem." Yu Xing presented his reasons.

Liu Wanying was about to speak when she was suddenly attracted by the video on the screen outside the mall, which was a report on the current WeChat Fuka trend.

As a giant, Alibaba launched an all-out attack this time. Although time was tight, it launched an overwhelming promotion in a short period of time, striving to create the biggest advantage at one time. In the end, it achieved its goal of making this event completely popular in the streets and alleys.

Collect lucky cards, get red envelopes, only know WeChat, not micro-chat.

Although Yu Xing never accepted any media interviews on this operation, people who witnessed the trend of WeChat activities had only four words to praise him for this time - a masterstroke.

Liu Wanying couldn't help but have malicious thoughts about such a god-like operation: "You have a three-stage operation. I'll see how your last stage works and see how Ma Dian will scold you then."

Yu Xing sensed the malice and hesitated for a moment: "It is indeed a problem. Mr. Ma's eloquence is worth learning."

(End of this chapter)