When Zheng Xudong took out the cigars of Lafite and Davidoff in 2005, he said to Ma Yun: "Chairman Ma, I have provided red wine and cigars, how about you provide a few wine glasses and ashtrays?"

Ma Yun is usually very strict with herself and her subordinates, and will never drink at work, but not today, the one in front of him is his investor, and he is the kind of "stupid person with a lot of money". He looked back at the young and beautiful female secretary, who had returned the decanter, wine glass, and ashtray shortly after she had gone out.

There were seven people present except for the secretary, Zheng Xudong asked the female secretary to open two bottles of red wine and pour them into the decanter first, and by the way, he deliberately looked at the female secretary twice, and did not care about the people of Ali Group at the scene.

Towards the sobering effort, Zheng Xudong personally lit a cigar for Ma Yun, and then lit it for himself, as for others who want to smoke, they can do it themselves.

Unexpectedly, these shopping mall elites are not fuel-efficient lamps, Liu Xiaoli lit cigars for Zhang Yong, the CEO, and then lit them for herself.

Her cigar smoking surprised the people present, and the remaining three heads of the investment department of Alibaba Group could only light their own cigarettes.

As soon as the cigar was smoked, the atmosphere of the negotiation immediately became a family chatter, and Ma Yun had done his homework before he arrived, having seen his performances on American television and all the interviews that followed, including in Dubai. Everyone chatted about this issue for more than an hour, and Zheng Xudong even drank HIGH after drinking and personally performed the magic trick of returning to the cave of the three immortals. Seeing that everyone was dumbfounded, let these purely technical people not know where the problem is?

When everyone is chatting happily, it is also time to get to the point, Ma Yun saw that the young man in front of him was calmer than him, if he didn't talk about the topic again, he might have to chat for a night today.

"Mr. Zheng, I want to know why you are investing in our group?" Ma Yun asked first.

"Chairman Ma, first of all, you also heard me just now, I have made a lot of money abroad, and it is impossible to die in the bank to eat interest, I must be looking for an investment direction. As he spoke, he glanced at everyone present, saw that everyone nodded in agreement, and then continued: "Second, I am optimistic about e-commerce, and I also have some opinions on the prospects and development of e-commerce. Hearing him say this, Ma Yun and the others were vigilant, Ma Yun was most worried that others would come to take away the power in his hands, he was a person who said nothing in the group from beginning to end, so he was listening carefully to what Zheng Xudong was going to say next.

Of course, Zheng Xudong will not let him have doubts about himself, so he said: "But I am a student, I am about to go to university, and I have other development directions, so it is inconvenient for me to say it here, but I will only invest in e-commerce, and will not participate in management and operation." ”

Hearing this, Ma Yun was relieved, as long as he didn't interfere with his business, so he took the initiative to ask: "Then Mr. Zheng, do you have any high opinions on the idea and development direction of e-commerce?"

When Zheng Xudong heard Ma Yun's question, he replied: "Chairman Ma, before answering your question, let me ask you a question, you gave me 5% of the shares, but asked me for 50 million US dollars, that is to say, you think your company is worth 1 billion US dollars now, but as far as I know, Ali has developed to the present, your valuation is between 500 million and 600 million, which is also the reason why those well-known venture capitalists are too high for you to ask for too much and do not recognize you." I'm buying it at a 100% premium. ”

After hearing this, Ma Yun said confidently: "I think they seriously underestimate the value of my group. Of course, since it is the one who buys and sells, you are also the one with the highest bid, and of course it will be given to you, but why do you recognize the value of my group?" Ma Yun actually said this very weakly, the overestimation of the value of the group was instructed by him, although he himself thought that Ali would definitely develop in the future, but not everyone saw it that way, and he was also crossing the river by feeling the stones, and he was not very clear about how it would be in the future, but he had to give a signal to the outside world, that is, I have a very strong confidence in my group, and you have now looked down on me.

Zheng Xudong put on a serious expression and said: "The reason why you didn't find a suitable venture capital buyer, but chose me, is because your business plan did not let those blood-sucking venture capital investors see the value of your group in the future, but it was precisely I who saw it, I think the value of your group is seriously underestimated, I am taking advantage of you, so I made a move, and I don't think there will be such a cheap price in the future." Zheng Xudong's words made everyone present, including Ma Yun, awe-inspired, "However, if you continue to develop according to the current business mode, then your Alibaba Group will be surpassed by other e-commerce sooner or later, such as JD.com." ”

Ma Yun said: "This is what you just said that you have some of your own views and development directions on e-commerce, right?

Zheng Xudong saw that he was indeed the richest man in the future, and he saw the problem at once. "No, you can't. He replied directly, and before Ma Yun could continue to ask questions, he continued: "My ideas are very valuable. ”

His words made the whole conference room instantly quiet, except for Ma Yun, no one else dared to speak, even if CEO Zhang Yong, although he also has group shares, but it does not play a decision-making role, the shares are just an encouragement or reward for him. Ma Yun smoked his cigar silently, a glimmer of light shot out of his eyes from time to time, and after a full five minutes, he said, "How much is it worth?"

Zheng Xudong didn't speak, just stretched out a finger, and then Zhang Yong asked for the boss: "Ten million RMB." ”

Zheng Xudong smiled and shook his head, Zhang Yong didn't dare to say anything further when he saw that he didn't say it right, and it was not up to him to call the shots, at this time Ma Yun said: "You mean it's worth one percent of the shares." Zheng Xudong applauded after hearing this. "It's still Chairman Ma who is smart!"

Ma Yun continued: "How do I know if the planning plan you said coincides with ours. Besides, it's unknown whether it's worth one percent or not. ”

"This question is very simple, your group must have your future development plan, I know it may be top secret, but you will bring it to this table today, and I will also put my plan on the table, but where there is overlap in it, even if I didn't say it, but if you don't have my planning ideas in your plan, you can't use my planning plan to operate in the future, which can be regarded as a gentleman's agreement." How about it, Chairman Ma, do you dare to take a gamble. Zheng Xudong said arrogantly.

"It seems that you are very confident in your plan!Okay, I agreed!" After speaking, he glanced back at the secretary, "Go and take out the group's business plan." Soon, a bound business plan was on the conference table.

Zheng Xudong took out the business plan that he had thought of in the past few days from the suitcase (space) containing the wine and handed it to Ma Yun.

Zheng Xudong wrote a thinner planning plan than Ali Group, but the point of view is very clear, he first talked about the marketing concept of Double 11 in it (the author explains here, Double 11 was planned by Ali Group in 2009, moved here to use, you can spray, don't scold, thank you!) Then he talked about the main purpose of the group's financing, Alipay, which will be deeply involved in all aspects of family life in the future, and finally he talked about the development prospects of big data and artificial intelligence. All of these have been verified in the space-time lock, and it is precisely the road that Ali Group will take in the future, and practice has proved that it is very correct, and the development momentum has been unstoppable.

Although the number of words in the planning plan is not much, in the eyes of Ma Yun, an expert, it is a pearl of words, comparable to ten thousand gold!

After reading it, he handed the plan to the CEO Zhang Yong, who was sitting under him, and then took a sip of the red wine that the secretary had just poured on the table, leaned his body on the back of the sofa, and then raised his feet and put it on the conference table in front of him, and began to smoke a cigar silently.

At this time, CEO Zhang Yong also looked at Zheng Xudong in surprise after seeing the plan, and he couldn't calm down for a long time, if he asked him if the plan was worth one percent of the shares, he would definitely say, it's worth it, it's too worthy, but he can only think about it, but he can't say it.

The three people in charge of investment negotiations of Ali Group sitting below saw that Chairman Ma and CEO Zhang Yong did not speak after reading the plan, and it seems that this investor is really powerful and has calmed down the two bosses.

After Ma Yun took a few puffs of cigars, she suddenly took her foot off the table, got up from the chair and stretched out her hand to Zheng Xudong and said, "Congratulations, we are now a family, and I am very satisfied with the plan you said." ”

Zheng Xudong also stood up and shook hands with Ma Yun, "I hope we can create a better tomorrow together!"

Ma Yun said to the people in the investment department below: "Go and get the contract, 50 million US dollars, 6% of the shares." Sign it!"

Soon the people below took the contract for the purchase of shares, and changed the original five percent to six percent. Then the two sides shook hands and took pictures, and the red wine used for celebration was also ready-made, and they had already drunk a lot, and their faces were also flushed, so they didn't have to make up. Zheng Xudong took out UBS's tablet and deposited $50 million into the account of Alibaba Group, and after three minutes, the group's financial phone called CEO Zhang Yong's mobile phone, telling him that the money had been credited. Zhang Yongchong nodded at Ma Yun.

Ma Yun shook hands with Zheng Xudong again and said: "Now you are the second largest individual shareholder of my group, more than a female star who praised me and trusted me back then." ”

Zheng Xudong knew that what Ma Yun was talking about was the little swallow that was popular all over the country back then, but he didn't make it clear, since people didn't say it, why should he be disgusted!

After Zheng Xudong sat down, he said to Ma Yun: "Chairman Ma, now that we are a family, I have another very important thing to say, maybe you haven't paid attention to it." ”

"Oh, I don't know what Brother Zheng is talking about?" Ma Yun and Zhang Yong asked at the same time.