In this life, although the virus was controlled very quickly, many people still felt very panicked, for fear that they would also be infected. The price of S drug is very cheap, only 1 box/5 dollars, buying a box is to buy a peace of mind, anyway, it is not expensive, so as soon as S drug is listed, it is immediately robbed.

Some people are afraid to go out, so they buy online, which just promotes the rapid development of e-commerce in China!

Los Angeles, USA.

“Mr· Li, a call from Jack Ma from Alibaba China!" Selena handed the phone to Li Zetian.

"Hmm. ”

Li Zetian took the phone over and said, "Jack Ma, I'm Chronos· Li。 ”

“Mr· Hello Li, I have something to report to you. ”

"Tell me, what's the matter?"

"With the rise of e-commerce in China, Alibaba intends to enter the C2C business!"

Li Zetian paused slightly, Alibaba's previous main business was B2B, providing a platform for domestic and foreign business-to-business transactions. At present, the development of China's e-commerce has made a breakthrough because of the outbreak of the virus, Amazon.com, eBay.com, 8848.com, Dangdang.com, eBay.com, etc. are all developing vigorously, Alibaba and Ma Yun and others are naturally very greedy, and want to go further, first of all, the development of C2C, and then into B2C.

What is B2C, B2B?

To put it simply, Taobao is C2C, and Taobao Mall or Tmall is B2C.

"No problem, I agree very much!" Li Zetian nodded and agreed, anyway, whether it is the development of Alibaba's Taobao, or the development of Amazon and eBay, in short, it is beneficial to Li Zetian, and the common development of these three companies can make the cake of China's e-commerce bigger.

When Ma Yun heard this, he was overjoyed and excited: "Okay, Mr· Li, then I'll arrange someone to develop the website right away!"

"Hmm. Li Zetian nodded, suddenly thought of something, and added, "Oh, by the way, when Alibaba chose the name, it was based on a story in "One Thousand and One Nights" "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves". In the story, Alibaba has the spell to open the treasure, so our company is also named Alibaba, that is, we hope that it can also have the spell to open the treasure, with countless wealth! Now, since we want to do C2C business, this is to open another huge treasure, it is better to call this website 'Taobao', a website that can find treasures!"

Taobao?

Jack Ma read it twice in his heart, it was catchy, simple and easy to remember, and very relevant to the C2C business.

“Mr· Li, Taobao is a good name!!" Ma Yun praised sincerely, "I'll let people register this domain name immediately!"

"No, the domain name of Taobao has already been registered by me, so just use it. ”

Li Zetian couldn't help but smile faintly, thinking: "Just kidding, I haven't registered a good domain name a long time ago?!, for example, Taobao, Alipay, JD.com, Didi Taxi, Meituan, Ganji.com, Facebook, etc., have long been registered by me, but no one knows that the company that registered these domain names belongs to me." ”

Ma Yun was stunned for a moment, then reacted, thinking, Chronos· Is Li ready for Alibaba's entry into the C2C business with such a suitable domain name for a long time?

After ending the call, Jack Ma called all the company's top executives to the office.

"Mr. Ma, has the chairman agreed?" asked Sun Tongyu, senior general manager of Alibaba's investment department.

The rest of the people also looked at Ma Yun in unison.

Ma Yun deliberately kept a calm face and didn't speak for a long time.

When everyone saw this, they sighed.

"It's over, it seems that Mr. · Li did not agree...... Come to think of it, he already has Amazon and eBay, so he doesn't need Alibaba to enter C2C. ”

"Yes, Alibaba's entry into the C2C business is not to let Amazon and eBay have one more competitor, he is definitely unwilling!"

“……”

Everyone was dissatisfied, and Li Zetian was slightly dissatisfied, thinking that he favored one over the other.

Ma Yun saw that everyone was depressed, and suddenly laughed: "Okay, okay, okay, don't joke with you, Mr· Li has agreed to let Alibaba enter the C2C business, and has specially given the new website a name - Taobao, and even the domain name has been registered, saving a lot of things. ”

When Sun Tongyu and others heard this, they couldn't help but be overjoyed.

"Mr. Ma, it's really, what kind of jokes are you making, I'm worried for a long time!"

"yes, this feeling of ups and downs, my little heart almost can't stand it. ”

"Taobao, what a good name, you know that this website is a shopping website when you hear it. ”

"Well, Taobao Taobao, who doesn't want to find a treasure on the website? Just listening to the name is very attractive to consumers!!"

“……”

Ma Yun smiled: "Okay, · Li agreed with Alibaba's entry into the C2C business, but if we didn't do a good job, he would definitely be disappointed. ”

As he spoke, Ma Yun's eyes looked at Sun Tongyu.

Sun Tongyu has joined Jack Ma's team since he first created the Yellow Pages website and has experience in building websites.

"Sun Tongyu, Taobao will be developed by you by forming a team, do you think you can do it?" Ma Yun asked in a serious tone.

Sun Tongyu straightened up and said loudly: "I can do it!! I Sun Tongyu promise to live up to the trust and build the best Taobao for Alibaba!!"

"Okay!" Ma Yun nodded with satisfaction, "Alibaba's most important task at present is to develop Taobao.com, how much manpower and material resources do you need, but I ask that the development speed must be as soon as possible, so as to shorten the distance between our company and other companies!"

"Understand, Mr. Ma, you can rest assured!!"

As soon as the meeting ended, Sun Tongyu began to form a team.

At present, the impact of the virus has not receded, and China's e-commerce is developing rapidly.

This is an opportunity, but also a crisis.

Sun Tongyu knew that he had to lead the development team to develop Taobao as quickly as possible.

In order to develop Taobao, Sun Tongyu and others decided to break the kettle and move to the villa, bid farewell to all the disturbances from the outside world, and work day and night.

Li Zetian, who was far away in the United States, heard the news and couldn't help but sigh: ", with such a good employee, why worry about the company's development?!"

……

……

Time passed day by day, and only a little more than a month later, on May 10, Taobao was finally established!!

On this day, Li Zetian called Ma Yun, thought about it, and said: "Ma Yun, China's e-commerce competition is fierce. Now it is necessary to vigorously promote Taobao, but I took a look at Alibaba's finances, and the company does not have much money to support Taobao's rapid development. So, I'm going to have Taobao do a round of financing!"

The big boss wants to make additional investment in Taobao, and of course Ma Yun welcomes it, so he said: "Great, with money, the development speed of Taobao has increased exponentially!" Li, how much do you plan to invest in Taobao?"

Li Zetian chuckled: "$10 million!"

Ma Yun nodded secretly, $10 million is enough for Taobao to develop for a long time, and it dilutes too much of his own shares. As long as Taobao can develop, its worth will inevitably increase greatly!

"Okay. After a moment, Ma Yun responded.

"Well, then I will immediately instruct someone to arrange it, and the funds will be sent to Taobao within three days. ”

After Li Zetian finished speaking, he ended the conversation with Ma Yun, and then turned his head to explain a few words to Selena.

At this time, a light rain began to fall outside the window.

Li Zetian walked to the window, stared outside, and said to himself: "Taobao has funds, and Ma Yun's team is managing it, I'm afraid it won't be long before China's e-commerce market will form a three-legged pattern of Amazon, eBay, and Taobao, and in the end, Taobao may occupy most of the Chinese e-commerce market!"

Li Zetian still recognizes Ma Yun's ability in e-commerce.

This guy is indeed a great man.

……

Japan, Headquarters of SoftBank Corporation.

"Book me a plane ticket to Shanghai, China! China's e-commerce is in a special period, and we have to win an e-commerce website!"

"Okay, Mr. Sun!" replied Sun's secretary.

I have to say that SoftBank's CEO Masayoshi Son has a very keen sense of smell and a unique vision.

On the same day, Son came to China.

On the way here, he had people collect information about e-commerce companies in China.

In the hotel, after Son finished dinner, he did not rest, but browsed the materials in his room.

"Another e-commerce website has been established today!

There was a MacBook on the table, and he immediately searched for it on the Internet, and soon entered the page of Taobao.

"Well, this site is doing a good job!!" Son was slightly surprised.

A lot of people like to invest in startups because of the high ROI like this!

At the moment, Son kind of wants to invest in the site.

But soon, Son Masayoshi was depressed, and he found that the parent company of Taobao turned out to be Alibaba, and Alibaba was Li Zetian's industry, so Taobao did not need him Son Masayoshi to invest at all.

Son sighed slightly, but he didn't necessarily have to invest in Taobao, after all, this is just a newly established website, and it is unclear what it will develop into in the future. Looking at China, there are still many good projects worthy of his investment, and eBay and Dangdang are also good choices.

eBay was founded in Shanghai in August 1999, from March to May 2000, it formed a strategic alliance with Sina, and in May 2000, it acquired 5291 mobile phone direct sales network to carry out online mobile phone sales, making the business one of the characteristics of eBay, so that it has developed rapidly and has millions of registered users. In Li Zetian's previous life, eBay formed an alliance with eBay, changed its name to eBay, and quickly developed into the largest online trading community in China, and in this life, eBay (China) has developed very well in China, and Li Zetian has no intention of letting eBay form an alliance with eBay.

In the week that followed, Son was in frequent contact with the founding team of eBay and Dangdang.

And this news did not hide from Li Zetian.

Whether it is Amazon, eBay, or Alibaba, they are all very concerned about their competitors, and the news of SoftBank Masayoshi Son's visit to China naturally reached Li Zetian's ears.

Li Zetian frowned, this damn SoftBank and Masayoshi Son want to snatch my cake!

"eBay and Dangdang.com have accepted SoftBank's investment?" asked Li Zetian with a calm face.

The Chinese population is huge, and the e-commerce market is naturally very large, and it is impossible for one company to monopolize the entire market. As long as you have money, you can always develop an e-commerce website and thus share a piece of the pie. In Li Zetian's previous life, no matter how powerful Alibaba was, the rise of e-commerce sites such as JD.com, Suning.com, and Vipshop was still unstoppable.

Selena shook her head and said, "Not yet, probably because the equity distribution has not been negotiated yet." However, judging by their overall performance, it should be that a cooperation should be reached eventually. ”

At this moment, Son not only wants to invest in eBay and Dangdang, but more importantly, he wants to single-handedly promote the merger of the two companies.

Although eBay and Dangdang are much weaker than eBay, but the combination of the two, it is not much worse than eBay, if it gets SoftBank's investment, this recombined company has the qualification to dominate China's e-commerce!

However, when two companies merge, the distribution of equity is very complicated, and it is necessary to fight for which company should get more equity and which company should get less equity. Therefore, Son has not yet negotiated with eBay and Dangdang. Otherwise, with Son Masayoshi's generous character, he will definitely be able to win the other party soon.

In his previous life, Masayoshi Son and Ma Yun didn't talk for a few minutes before he decided to invest in Alibaba, which is really amazingly fast.

……

Li Zetian's attention to Son Zhengyi is really not wrong, this Sun Zhengyi is indeed a person who can cause trouble.

On the morning of June 1st, eBay, Dangdang and SoftBank held a press conference in Shanghai, announcing that eBay and Dangdang had merged, and the new company after the merger was called "eBay Dangdang", although the company's name has four words, but it reads quite smooth, similar to "Alibaba".

Meanwhile, on behalf of SoftBank, Son said he would invest $20 million in eBay Dangdang.

This is a good thing, as soon as the news came out, it immediately caused a sensation in China, especially other investment companies are very interested.

At present, the global Internet is controlled by Li Zetian, and many venture capitalists have no investment opportunities at all, which leads to the fact that these venture capital companies are almost all on the opposite side of Li Zetian.

China has a population of 1.3 billion, but anyone with a smarter investor knows what that means.

Now, Mr. Son and SoftBank have taken the lead in investing in an e-commerce company in China, and the rest of the companies are coming to hear about it.

On the same day, eBay Dangdang received investment intentions from more than a dozen investment companies, and the valuation was higher than one another.

SoftBank Corp.'s investment immediately rose.

On the afternoon of the next day, the CEO of Masayoshi Son and eBay Dangdang was interviewed by reporters and said on the spot, "The goal of eBay Dangdang is to defeat Amazon and eBay, in this land of China, we have a local combat advantage, and there is no shortage of funds, eBay Dangdang dares to challenge anyone, any company, Amazon website and eBay website will eventually bid farewell to the monopoly era!"

After Li Zetian received these news, anger ignited in his heart: "Damn, let's see!!"