my return 2002

Chapter 227 Jack Ma's Strategy of Killing Three Birds with One Stone

The scale of West Lake Lunjian this time is unprecedented. Not only the local media in Hangzhou conducted follow-up reports, but Sina, Sohu, and Netease also made special reports, and even Penguin sent reporters over.

Compared with print media and TV stations, online media such as Sina publish articles much faster, and they spread quickly on the Internet, with a large audience.

As Shen Lang was the youngest invited guest in West Lake Lunjian, and he hadn't shown his face in front of the media much before, he naturally received a lot of attention.

"It turns out that Shen Lang looks like this. I'm disappointed. I thought he was a handsome guy."

"This is YY's boss? He's so young, what the hell, he's the same age as me, isn't the gap between this person and others too big?"

Apart from lamenting Shen Lang's youth, netizens are more interested in Shen Lang's current net worth. At the beginning, many netizens only knew that YY belonged to Shen Lang, and the most discussed topic was also the value of YY.

However, with the in-depth digging of netizens, everyone discovered that many Internet products that they use daily are under the name of Shen Lang, such as 360 browser, 360 search, 306 security guards, multiplayer games, Jianyu Jianghu, Xingchen Chinese net
Netizens are getting more and more frightened. If calculated in this way, wouldn't Chen Tianqiao's position as the richest man have to change hands?
The topic of wealth has always been the most popular topic for everyone. Now Shen Lang is completely out of the circle, and some reporters even went to the Inspur Technology office building for interviews. Unfortunately, at this time, Shen Lang is still in Hangzhou and has not returned.

After the end of West Lake Discussion of Swords, Jack Ma also specially invited Shen Lang and Lei Jun to play around in Hangzhou. He personally acted as a tour guide, accompanied by Yang Zhiyuan and Ding Sanshi. Zhang Chaoyang and the others returned to the capital after the meeting. He didn't want to stay any longer, so he took a flight back to Pengcheng that night.

After playing for a while, Jack Ma also took Shen Lang and his party to visit Ali. At this time, Ali is actually not small, with more than 1000 employees. Although Taobao’s business is losing money, the momentum is very strong, holding high the free strategy. US online shopping giant eBay fled.

"Mr. Shen, am I okay here?" Taking advantage of Ding Sanshi and the others leaving this day, Jack Ma invited Shen Lang to Ali's headquarters again.

Shen Lang clicked Jack Ma without a trace: "It's good, but I heard that Penguin is also planning to do online shopping, and the competition pressure in this area will be very strong in the future."

Sure enough, Jack Ma's face changed. He really didn't pay attention to other people doing online shopping, but Penguin is an exception. QQ, as the number one communication software in the mainland, has mastered the traffic entrance, and the cost of obtaining traffic is Ali Such an opponent is far more difficult to deal with than the US online shopping giant.

But Jack Ma quickly realized and smiled: "Mr. Shen, this is exactly what I want to talk to you about next."

Shen Lang's heart skipped a beat, did Jack Ma want to lure him into his gang?
Sure enough, Jack Ma said to Shen Lang: "President Shen, are you interested in turning the shares of Taobao in your hand into the shares of Ali?"

Shen Lang was slightly taken aback. Yahoo just invested 10 billion US dollars in Ali, controlling 40% of Ali's shares. In addition, Sun Zhengyi also holds a large number of shares in Ali. It seems that this financing has played a major role in the development of Ali. In fact, The shares of Ali in the hands of Jack Ma's management team are running out.

At this time, pulling him into the game will not only allow him to raise funds again, but also obtain the traffic support of Shen Lang's various products. More importantly, with Shen Lang's existence, it can greatly check and balance Yahoo and Softbank, which can be said to kill three birds with one stone.

Shen Lang secretly admired that Jack Ma deserved the title of "Master of Strategy", and he has seen so far. Now that he is still in the honeymoon period with Yahoo, he is already guarding against Yahoo.

"How much money do you need?" To be honest, Shen Lang was a little moved. If he could take over Ali's shares at this time, he would be able to make dozens of times the profit if he sold it casually in the future.

Jack Ma said seriously: "Based on Ali's current valuation."

"If that's the case, then forget it, I don't have that much money in my pocket." Shen Lang hurriedly interrupted, just kidding, Ali's valuation was manipulated by Yahoo, and it was already more than two billion before it went public Now that the dollars are gone, Shen Lang doesn't have that much spare money to spend here.

Jack Ma didn't panic when he heard the words, and said with a smile: "Hey, Boss Shen is guarding so many gold mountains, are you afraid of running out of money?"

"President Ma means to exchange shares?" Shen Lang asked suspiciously.

Jack Ma nodded.

"What kind of change is President Ma going to make?"

"Naturally, it is calculated based on the current valuation, one share for one share."

Shen Lang waved his hands immediately after hearing this: "Farewell."

"Oh, come on, what is Boss Shen doing? We had a good talk just now." Jack Ma didn't expect Shen Lang to leave as soon as he said it, and hurriedly followed.

Shen Lang said angrily: "Mr. Ma is treating me as a second idiot? Ali has already voted for four or five rounds, and the company under my hand has not voted for one round. Is this your sincerity?"

"Then how do you change it?" Jack Ma's mouth twitched. Although he didn't expect this outrageous plan to pass, he was somewhat disappointed.

"Bolang Technology, one share for one share."

As soon as Shen Lang finished speaking, Jack Ma shouted: "Impossible, the values ​​are completely unequal, even if I agree, the board of directors will not agree!"

"Then there is nothing to talk about, forget it, let's just pretend that this never happened." Shen Lang shrugged.

Jack Ma felt that it was a loss, and Shen Lang didn't want Yahoo and Softbank to become shareholders of Bolang Technology in disguise.

Seeing Shen Lang's determined face, Jack Ma could only sigh helplessly.

Not long after Shen Lang left, Cai Chongxin came to Jack Ma's office. Looking at his expression, he probably guessed something.

"The talk broke down?"

Jack Ma smiled wryly and shook his head: "It's not that the talk will collapse, it just didn't work out."

Cai Chongxin said unhappily: "You think you are very humorous, don't you? Isn't that the same meaning?"

After listening to Jack Ma explaining Shen Lang's conditions, Cai Chongxin stopped talking. He also disagreed with such conditions. Although YY is currently gaining momentum, its market share is less than half of QQ's after all. It is still unknown who will win, and the value is completely incomparable with Ali.

"Hey, what do you think this Shen Lang is thinking?" Cai Chongxin couldn't help complaining.

He has never seen anyone in the Internet industry. He has made the company so large and still holds so many shares in his hands. He is simply a "freak".

Jack Ma waved his hand and said enviously: "Actually, why don't I envy him, but there is no way, Ali has to exchange shares for money if he wants to survive, alas, to be honest, this time I will give Yahoo 40% of the shares , It’s a bit too risky, after all, we have too few bargaining chips on the negotiating table!”

Don't look at him proclaiming that Yahoo and Ali are a "natural match". In fact, 40% of the shares are mandatory for Yang Zhiyuan. If it is less than 40%, he will not invest. In order to get the money, he can only grit his teeth and agree .

Although Yahoo's voting rights are only 35%, it is enough to influence many of Ali's decisions. This is a very dangerous signal, not to mention that the two parties also signed a "Yaba Agreement". Five years later, Yahoo will intervene in Ali's daily operations. , when the time comes, it is hard not to guarantee that he will be kicked out.

This is also the reason why Jack Ma wanted to pull Shen Lang in. The reason why it was Shen Lang was because Jack Ma knew that Yang Zhiyuan had always wanted to invest in Shen Lang's companies, but he had no chance. Only Shen Lang invested in Ali, Yang Zhiyuan Not only will you not object, but you will be very happy.

It's a pity that no matter how good the abacus is, this guy Shen Lang just doesn't accept the move.

"Forget it, don't think about the past, let's think about how to deal with Penguin. It is said that Paipai.com will be launched at the end of the month, and this is also a terrible opponent."

After Shen Lang and Lei Jun checked out of the hotel, they drove to Shanghai. On the way, Lei Jun heard Shen Lang talk about Jack Ma's desire to exchange shares, and Lei Jun re-analyzed the situation with Shen Lang.

The more I listened, the more I felt that I was still a little too immature. Jack Ma, an old fox, was really scheming!

"Actually, I think stock exchange is a good idea. Maybe you can consider it. Of course, I'm just a suggestion." Lei Jun said to Shen Lang.

Shen Lang shook his head. Now that he has made a decision, he doesn't intend to change it easily. Moreover, he will definitely enter the e-commerce industry in the future, and it will be embarrassing to still hold Ali's shares by then.

This time, Shen Lang and Lei Jun didn't go home, but came directly to the company. These few days, they have been traveling in Hangzhou, and they didn't feel tired. In addition, the two of them have been away from the company for so many days, and they still feel a little worried. .

As a result, as soon as Shen Lang stepped into the company's gate, he saw the employees staring at him with bright eyes, making Shen Lang wonder if his pants were not zipped.

"Why, you don't know me after you haven't seen me for a few days?" Shen Lang said angrily.

Only then did the employees talk about it. It turned out that many netizens who were interested in Shen Lang's net worth on the Internet started their rich imagination and began to speculate about Shen Lang's net worth.

As a result, the data is getting more and more outrageous, and some netizens even said that Shen Lang has a net worth of tens of billions, which has already surpassed Chen Tianqiao, and will definitely be elected as the richest man in the mainland in 2005.

Shen Lang didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "This is all a mess, don't gossip during working hours, hurry up and get to work."

"Yes, boss."

I can't do without work. Lei Jun came, and the employees scattered one by one.

After comforting the employees, Shen Lang received some interviewees from the media, and only then did he know how far those discussions on the Internet had fermented.

However, Shen Lang still refused these interviews. As Lei Jun said, his personal image is still helpful to the company. Establishing the image of a young and wealthy boss can also enhance the company's popularity, and even bring new users of some of the company's products. There has been a certain growth rate.

However, that night, Shen Lang received a call from his alma mater, Dongda University, and it was the principal himself.

"Mr. Shen, it's like this. Didn't you just start school recently? The school wants to invite you back to your alma mater to hold a speech to inspire the freshmen and girls who have just entered school, and by the way, to those students who are entering senior year, some employment opportunities. Or guidance on entrepreneurship, what do you think?"

After exchanging pleasantries with Shen Lang, the principal said earnestly.

Shen Lang couldn't help but smiled wryly: "Principal Li, I've only graduated for three years, how can I have any qualifications to hold any speeches, why don't I just forget about it?"

When Principal Li heard this, he became anxious: "Mr. Shen, you are too modest. You can handle such an occasion as West Lake Lunjian, let alone a small school speech. You are not qualified, so who is qualified?"

As he said that, Principal Li began to be emotional again: "Xiao Shen, you are from our school, and the school is your home. In the future, students who graduate from Dongda University will say: I am Shen Lang. Is it a little unjustifiable for you to say that they have never met you?"

Shen Lang rolled his eyes, as expected of being a leader, he did this ideological work.

"Okay then, Principal Li, when is the right time for you, let me prepare." Shen Lang retreated in defeat.

Principal Li said pleasantly: "You agreed? That's great, or the day after tomorrow, on the 17th, it just happens that the school is on holiday on the weekend, and the students are free to participate."

"Okay, then the 17th."

Hanging up the phone, Shen Lang always felt weird. If he said that he didn't want to go back, it wouldn't be so, after all, he had a career now, and not returning to his hometown after being rich is like walking in a night in brocade clothes.

What should the speech say?It's not his style to pour chicken soup with those juniors.

In this regard, Lei Jun's evaluation is: "hypocritical."

Shen Lang smiled wryly, it was indeed a bit hypocritical, alas, this person, after all, cannot escape the word fame and fortune!

In the next two days, Shen Lang began to prepare the speech, but it always felt a bit wrong when I wrote it, and I found that the more I changed it, the more wrong it became. In the end, Shen Lang gritted his teeth, forget it, what speech do you want, what do you think of? Just say what you want.

On Friday, Lei Jun came to Shen Lang's office and reported a situation.

Baidu's listing has greatly stimulated Wang Xiaochuan, who has been staying up late and working overtime recently.

Seeing his state, Shen Lang quickly stopped.

"I didn't ask you to surpass Baidu right away, you don't need to work so hard."

Wang Xiaochuan put on a pair of panda eyes: "But, I'm not reconciled, and the company's other products have already made a name for themselves, even the 360 ​​search data can't be uploaded, and there is no sense of existence at all."

Shen Lang rolled his eyes: "The search business is not an industry that looks at the data. Users click once to find the information they need and will not use it again in a short time. What's more, many users can find the website they need through 360 navigation. The probability of using search naturally goes down, it has nothing to do with the product.”

Not only did Wang Xiaochuan not feel happy after listening to Shen Lang's comfort, but he said even more dejectedly: "But, technically, 360 search is far behind Baidu."

Shen Lang patted him on the shoulder and said sternly: "Baidu's technology is indeed very strong, but there is one thing that it can never get rid of, that is, the bidding ranking. Although this can help Baidu make a lot of money, it will also make Baidu Path dependence is generated, what you need now is to accumulate energy, surpassing Baidu, it is only a matter of time."

Wang Xiaochuan's eyes became firm again.

Shen Lang's heart suddenly moved, maybe he can try to overtake on a curve?
(End of this chapter)