Chapter 377: How Far Do You Want to Go?

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Social status determines ideology, if it was put two years ago, in the face of Ma Yun's compliments, Gu Heng would feel fluttering, and in the face of a group of high-level elites of well-known domestic brand enterprises in the audience, he would feel flustered and unconfident.

In a few years, it is enough for him to complete a gorgeous transformation, and now standing on the stage, he only has calmness and calmness in his eyes, and what he thinks in his mind is what he can gain from this opportunity.

If these well-known domestic brands are the façade of Taobao, then for others, they are a group of future financiers, and advertising is a major part of the future profit model set by Renren earlier.

Taking the microphone handed over by Ma Yun on stage, Gu Heng's thoughts gradually became clearer, and he said: "First of all, I have to thank Mr. Ma, thank him for setting up a good stage tonight, but he left the best advertising time for me...... , eh, I can only say, Mr. Ma, you are too polite. ”

With a little joke, Gu Heng easily took over the topic of Ma Yun, and after making fun of each other, he gradually turned to the topic.

"First of all, I would like to ask you a question, what have you gained through the Internet, and what has the Internet changed in your life, work, and other ways?"

Gu Heng didn't plan to popularize science too much, because there was no need for that, the concept of the Internet was too huge, and if you really wanted to talk about it in detail, you can't finish it for three days and three nights, and some of the people here may not be able to understand it. Therefore, if you want them to have the most intuitive understanding, it is most appropriate to start from their work and life.

"Well, that's right, the Internet era, make the world smaller, make the distance between people closer, so that everyone's lifestyle has become more convenient and fast, through the Internet, we can get the information and information we want to know without leaving home, we can chat and interact with people we know and don't know, and we can buy high-quality and inexpensive goods without going out......"

According to statistics, in 2002, the number of domestic Internet users was about 50 million, and as of 2003, it has been nearly 80 million, and if the development continues at this rate, the number of Internet users in the country will likely exceed 100 million this year, and by 2007 or so, it is expected to exceed 200 million. What is this concept? What is this huge market? When everyone adapts to the fast life of obtaining information, entertainment and shopping through the Internet, this industry will completely change people's lives. ”

"Therefore, for what Mr. Ma just said, in the future, online shopping will replace the offline operation model of traditional physical stores and become the mainstream of the new era, I am in favor of more than 60%, and the reason why I do not fully agree is that there are several reasons, one is that some industries must not be replaced by e-commerce, such as buying a house and a car. Second, in the face of this fast-paced era, there must be a group of people who cannot fully integrate with it, such as my mother, the Renren.com account I applied for her basically has not been used, and Mr. Ma should not expect her to support your Taobao. Third, Mr. Ma doesn't seem to give me endorsement money tonight, so I don't want to say too many good things to him here, otherwise I will suffer too much. ”

The in-depth remarks made everyone more clearly and directly aware of the great changes that the Internet era will bring, without losing the humorous words, so that the ten-minute speech was not boring at all, when Gu Heng fell, the audience applauded, accompanied by bursts of goodwill laughter.

It would certainly not be worth saying it in a few years' time, because by then, these statements have already been confirmed, and they are not very novel. But what is said now is a bold prediction of the future era, and it is reasonable and well-founded, which reveals an accurate understanding and judgment of the overall situation of the future, which is enough to make people impressive.

With just one remark, the image of a young and promising, very strategic vision, and a shopping mall elite with a good IQ and EQ has jumped out, and for such a young CEO with unlimited potential in the future, everyone knows what kind of attitude to treat.

After the more formal opening speech, in the next cocktail party, Gu Heng and Ma Yun, the pair of shining stars tonight, became the focus of everyone's attention.

Under the shining lights, Gu Heng calmly held his wine glass and socialized with some people he didn't know, which made many people secretly sigh that it was not accidental that he was able to create this career at a young age.

On the other side, Ma Yun, as the host, shuttled among the guests, and he was also like a fish in water.

It's just that who would have thought that he, who is not amazing, has to hold a dinner party in order to win over merchants now, but many years later, through this e-commerce platform, he can create a commercial aircraft carrier that is enough to make the world side, and become one of the most representative people in the domestic business field.

Fate is sometimes so wonderful!

At ten o'clock in the evening, the cocktail party ended, and Gu Heng, who had a dozen business cards stuffed in his pocket, finally put down his wine glass and replaced it with tea.

The location is still in the hotel, but the bright lights just now have disappeared, and the lively scene surrounded by everyone is no longer there, and there are only two people in the quiet and comfortable tea room.

Ma Yun refilled the teacup that Gu Heng had just put down, but his mind kept recalling Gu Heng's words on the stage, his prediction of the future Internet landscape.

It is true that he is also an insider, and he also has a certain understanding of the entire industry, and he also believes that e-commerce will be a point with great potential in the Internet industry.

This is also normal, after all, Taobao has just started, there are strong enemies outside, eBay, as a veteran e-commerce website in China, and the world's largest e-commerce platform eBay has joined forces, full of aggression. Internally, Taobao's free model can be called a gold burning hole, and the immature e-commerce environment makes him unable to rely on it, and he can only grope to move forward in many aspects.

Therefore, he is now in dire need of allies, not only allies who can provide financial help, but also allies who can help and provide points on the way forward.

Obviously, in his eyes, Gu Heng was the best ally choice.

There is no eternal enemy in the mall, only eternal interests, when the two sides have a common interest bond, the alliance relationship is often the most reliable, because only if I am good, you will be better.

In view of Gu Heng, as the second largest shareholder of Alipay, and occupies a large stake in Alibaba, this bond of interest that cannot be easily separated makes Ma Yun believe that Gu Heng hopes that Taobao will reach a higher level.

Secondly, aside from this relationship, Gu Heng has a strong capital in his hands, Renren, a platform of 10 million yuan, is currently in the domestic Internet field, the number of users is second only to Tengxun buckle platform, holding such a sharp weapon, can bring a lot of traffic to Taobao, is an important partner.

Third, Gu Heng's strategic vision is also what he values, I still remember the last time I went to Xiangshi to negotiate Alipay, Gu Heng pointed out the long-term development route of Alipay platform at that time, as well as some of the insights he mentioned in the field of e-commerce, all of which made him deeply admired, a genius who has in-depth insights into various industries in the Internet field, if he can be cited as a strategic partner and create the strongest alliance, for him, it is absolutely harmless.

Of course, this must be premised on the premise that the relationship between the two parties is limited to cooperation and mutual benefit, and not to lead the wolf into the room.

Just when Ma Yun was thinking about how to open the topic, Gu Heng had already spoken quietly: "Mr. Ma, I don't know what level you are positioned for the future of Ali? Do you just want to get a piece of the pie in the Internet field, or do you want to go further?"

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