Chapter 878: Wind and Rain
Cao Rong didn't expect that this money-burning war would last for a whole month.
This protracted war is extremely crazy, and it burned 500 million funds in a month, you know, Ba e-commerce also cooperated with many companies and raised a batch of funds through advertising sponsorship, counting these, the total should be 800 million.
As for Alibao, the investment should be more, about one billion.
However, Alibao has the support of SoftBank and Yahoo, and it can still be taken out of a single billion.
There is only Liu Chen in the e-commerce industry, and it is inevitable that he will be a little weak.
Fortunately, Cao Rong took precautions and left a reserve fund for Ba E-commerce, which can also maintain the normal operation of the company.
However, Ba e-commerce withdrew from the money-burning war one step ahead of schedule and stopped the distribution of red envelopes, and the next e-commerce market was divided by Alibao.
Customers are naturally mothers with milk, Alibao is still issuing subsidies, and the number of registered users every day is still increasing.
Cao Rong also knows very well that after temporarily withdrawing from the money-burning war, what they have to do is to retain the current source of customers and prevent the users of the e-commerce industry from running to Alibao.
For such an ending, Liu Chen was not too surprised, he just felt that he was still at a low point in Sun Ziyi and Ma Yun's determination.
Temporarily stop the distribution of red envelopes, he asked Cao Rong to do this, since the company really can't bear to do this, then there is no need to work hard.
Everyone in the world thinks that what Ba E-commerce said is just a nice word, but only Liu Chen himself knows that this temporary is really just temporary.
A few months ago, he started the layout, otherwise, he would not let Cao Rong let go of Alibao to do it.
No matter what he does, he will not take risks without a certain certainty.
Now I can only let Alibao show off first, and the e-commerce company has to lie dormant for a while.
In the dormant period, the loss of some users and the reduction of market share, this loss is within the range of the moment.
Liu Chen temporarily set his sights on Geekbar, because the first batch of finished products of unmanned aircraft has been launched and can be sold online at any time.
He began to publicize the DJI drone, wanting to make it more powerful, and then it was a hit.
You know, drones in 2005 is still a new concept, more advanced than e-commerce, if you do a good job of publicity, DJI drones can directly soar into the sky, become a star enterprise in China and even the world.
In this regard, Liu Chen can be said to be hands-on, except for the venue of the press conference, these are the people who are responsible for it, and he calls him one by one to invite some heavyweight guests to attend.
Ba e-commerce is now in turmoil, although it is not crumbling, but if no one rescues it, the future is worrying.
And this drone release is a great opportunity.
As long as DJI drones can soar into the sky, the crisis that Ba E-commerce is now facing can be resolved.
So Liu Chen didn't dare to slack off in the slightest, Alibao was indeed very difficult to deal with, and he had to go all out.
Chang Qing's people have already been contacted, and they will come to participate when the time comes, because the press conference will be scheduled for Saturday, and the teachers are generally free, plus Liu Chen's face, some people will come from where to add even if they push off some activities.
The bigwigs in the academic world have already done it, and then they invite relevant government leaders to attend the ribbon-cutting ceremony, which is also difficult for Liu Chen.
When Minister Zhang and the others came to Jianghai to preside over the meeting, they greeted Jianghai and supported them as much as possible.
In order to make the press conference more influential, Liu Chen felt that he should invite some more celebrities to come over.
And if you want to invite, you can invite that kind of big-name star, and the second- and third-tier ones are completely unnecessary.
However, the appearance fees of big-name stars are very expensive, and there is no big problem if they are usually put aside, but recently because of the domination of e-commerce, Liu Chen is also very tight.
At this time, his bureau in the entertainment industry came in handy.
For example, Liu Yifei, a little bun, is now a popular pure jade idol, and her popularity is bursting, if she can be invited to attend the press conference, it will definitely have a very good effect.
Liu Chen is also very confident that he can invite Liu Yifei, after all, the relationship between the two is not ordinary.
As soon as he said it, he took out his mobile phone and called Xiao Baozi.
I didn't expect the phone to be able to get through, and kept prompting that the other party was on the phone, please dial again later.
Liu Chen thought about it for a while, and estimated that this little girl was angry, angry that she hadn't contacted her for so long, so she deliberately didn't answer her phone.
This possibility is very large, after all, the small bun is still small, and it is normal for some children to have a temper.
If things are really the same as I guessed, then the phone is connected, and it is estimated that Xiao Baozi will not agree to help him with this.
Therefore, there is no way, Liu Chen plans to go to her in person at night, as long as they meet, any difficult problems will be solved.
In short, the little bun should be done, there is no big problem, but Liu Chen still feels that it is not enough, a small bun is not enough to support such a big scene, and he has to find a heavier character.
After thinking about it, the process thought of a person - Director Zhou.
As a benchmark figure in Chinese films, a man who interprets nonsensical comedy to the extreme, Director Zhou's influence is self-evident, and it is more effective than inviting any first-line star.
The problem is that Director Zhou rarely participates in commercial activities, and it is very difficult to invite him.
Although he had a good relationship with him, Liu Chen didn't dare to invite him to pack a ticket.
It's not okay if you don't try it, Liu Chen called Director Zhou, probably told him that he had a drone company to develop a conference, and asked if Director Zhou was free this Saturday, and then he would come to the station to publicize it.
Unexpectedly, Director Zhou readily agreed, and never mentioned the money, which made Liu Chen really a little surprised.
However, Liu Chen will still pay the venue fee according to the industry standard at that time, feelings belong to feelings, and money belongs to money, which are two different things.
On the phone, Director Zhou also asked Liu Chen if he was encountering any difficulties in dominating e-commerce now, and if necessary, he could help introduce a few local wealthy people in Hong Kong, and many people were still very interested in e-commerce.
Liu Chen expressed his gratitude to Director Zhou's relationship, and also showed that although Ba E-commerce has encountered some problems now, he can still deal with it.
After hanging up Director Zhou's phone, another call came in.
Seeing that it was Cao Rong's number, Liu Chen knew that there must be nothing good.
Sure enough, as soon as Cao Rong opened her mouth, she said: "Mr. Liu, you may not believe it, just this morning, ten investment companies found me, indicating that they can invest in our e-commerce, let us continue to fight against Alibao, and several foreign investment institutions said that they want to talk to us about acquisitions, I really ......"
Liu Chen could feel Cao Rong's collapse on the other side of the phone, and comforted: "It's okay, just tell them that we don't sell, these people know that we are in trouble, so they want to take advantage of the fire to rob and let them dream." ”