Chapter 238: An Awkward Situation
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After receiving the email from Gu Heng, Ma Yun had a more thorough understanding of Gu Heng's details.
After learning about it, just when his rating of Gu Heng began to gradually rise, something that he had vaguely heard but had not studied seriously fell into his eyes, and immediately, his gaze could no longer leave.
And that is the theme of today's meeting. What makes him uneasy.
In the small conference room, Ma Yun turned on the computer in front of him, and then logged in to a software, and the boxy software logo was marked with a clear word "branch".
"This is a software called Alipay, its main function is to act as a guarantee platform for online transactions, everyone download the software first, take a moment to understand. ”
Ma Yun's tone was unexciting, but in his slightly serious expression, there was a faint sense of solemnity.
Ten minutes later, Cai Congxin, who was wearing a pair of round-framed glasses, was the first to look away from the computer and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Ma, this Alipay software must be taken down no matter what, which is very critical for us." ”
Cai Congxin's calm words made the hearts of several people present jump slightly.
Who present didn't know that Cai Congxin was a real bull, before he was dug up by Ma Yun, but he was in Gao Qi with an annual salary of one million, and he was able to achieve that level, and his vision was definitely not bad.
In fact, Ali has been able to successfully raise funds several times, including the last $20 million invested by Japan's SoftBank, largely relying on Cai Congxin's accumulated connections to match the match.
For the judgment given by this person who faintly sits in the second-in-command position of the company, everyone dare not take it lightly.
And when everyone became familiar with all the functions of Alipay, they frowned one by one, and finally knew where Ma Yun's uneasiness came from, and also understood why Cai Congxin said that he must take Alipay as a product.
There is no other reason, but the more I look at it, the more I feel that Alipay is a product that is easy to use, as if it is specially tailored for e-commerce platforms.
What is the essence of e-commerce?
It is to move the items that must be consumed in people's daily life, such as clothing, food, housing and transportation, from offline to online sales.
And a complete buying and selling process, it is probably like this: the buyer has a desire to buy, selects the baby from the seller, then pays to complete the transaction, and then the seller delivers the goods, and the baby finally enters the buyer's hands.
Prior to this, Ma Yun's team agreed that among these processes, the most critical and most likely factor restricting the rise of online shopping is the payment process.
When it comes to money, anyone will inevitably have a cautious attitude, and in online buying and selling transactions, buyers and buyers lack a sufficient foundation of trust, how to let them trade with peace of mind, without worrying about being cheated, this is something that has to be considered.
In fact, before in-depth understanding of Alipay, Ma Yun's team, which participated in the construction of the C2C e-commerce e-commerce platform, has also been consciously thinking about solutions.
"Mr. Cai is right, Alipay, the platform for online transactions, must be won, it is in our hands, it will be like a tiger with wings, but if it is in the hands of opponents, it may become a great threat. ”
Ma Yun knocked on the table, pulled everyone's thoughts back, and continued: "Here, I also self-examine, I didn't understand Alipay when it first came out, if we could understand it earlier, then our current situation may not be so embarrassing." ”
Indeed, whether it was Ma Yun and Cai Congxin, or the rest of the team, they all felt a little embarrassed.
The initial structure of its own e-commerce platform has been completed, because a domain name contacts buyers, but indirectly leads to a character who may become an opponent, there is nothing more coincidental and embarrassing.
The embarrassment is that their entire team has been working for months to finally build the platform and start preparing to go to market, only to be forced into a dilemma by this possible competitor.
It is conceivable that once the other party launches an online shopping platform for online transactions, it will inevitably fall into the eyes of the other party very quickly.
It is true that it can be seen from the very rough Aigao Mall in the other party's hand that the other party does not have much experience in building and operating an e-commerce platform, but as the saying goes, chaotic punches can kill the master, and if the other party draws on his own creativity to fight against the table, it is not without a slight chance of winning.
You must know that compared with your own, the advantages of the other party should not be underestimated, such as a platform with millions of traffic, a relatively complete and sound online shopping consumption model, etc.!
For a moment, there was a brief silence in the conference room.
Then, a meeting of several hours began on how to deal with the matter.
Gu Heng had no way of knowing about this meeting in Hangzhou, but in a sense, he directed this situation.
The main purpose of sending that email was to put a little psychological pressure on Ma Yun's team, so that the other party would be aware of his existence and realize that he might become a competitor, so he would pay attention to it.
This is not arrogance, but the current Ali Group is indeed not powerful, and with Gu Heng's current size, it is enough for the Ali team to pay attention to it.
And when analyzing the strength of both sides, when Ma Yun's team summed up some existing conditions and realized that Gu Heng could pose a threat to them, they would inevitably take certain measures, either to win over cooperation, or to suppress, or simply ignore it.
Ignore it and let it go, this is undoubtedly the next choice, I believe that Ma Yun's cleverness will not choose this path.
Suppress?
Gu Heng could only shake his head and smile, Ma Yun is very good in the future, but at the moment, he is far from reaching the level of meeting with dignitaries from various countries, and he does not have the ability to suppress himself at all.
In addition to this, another good choice left for Ma Yun is to win over cooperation.
And this is exactly what Gu Heng wants to see.