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In the living room of Neverland.

As soon as he saw Xu Cun appear, Ma Ling, who was led into the living room by the maid first, immediately got up to greet him, and at the same time said with a smile on his face: "Mr. Xu, hello, I'm Ma Ling, you can just call me a pony!"

Xu Cun took the initiative to stretch out his hand and shake Ma Ling's hand, and then smiled: "Sit down, let's sit down and talk slowly." ”

After speaking, Xu Cun let go of Ma Ling's hand, and then walked to the main seat and sat down.

After Xu Cun sat down, he walked to Ma Ling on the opposite side of Xu Cun before he sat down on the side of the sofa - it is not difficult to see that although Ma Ling behaved decently, he was actually a little nervous!

After the two sides sat down, Xu Cun said bluntly: "I have read your China Yellow Pages, the pattern is too small. ”

As soon as Xu Cun said this, Ma Ling's body suddenly straightened up!

Before coming, Ma Ling also thought about the reason why Xu Cun was looking for him, and after thinking about it, Ma Ling felt that Xu Cun was most likely to take a fancy to their China Yellow Pages and intended to invest in China Yellow Pages.

In this regard, Ma Ling is naturally very happy, you know, before this, whether it was Lenovo, Netscape, or Yahoo, once Xu Cun took a fancy to it, it injected huge sums of money, hundreds of millions of huge funds, and the initiators of Lenovo, Netscape, and Yahoo all entered the ranks of multimillionaires all at once, how could Ma Ling not want to be one of their lucky ones?

But—

As soon as Xu Cun came up, he said that the pattern of China's Yellow Pages was too small, which means that he was not optimistic about the development prospects of China's Yellow Pages.

But—

Soon, Ma Ling suppressed the negative emotions in his heart - Ma Ling thought, "It's impossible for a busy person like Mr. Xu to take time out to meet me, a little person, for no reason!"

Seeing that Ma Ling suppressed his negative emotions so quickly, Xu Cun nodded secretly - a person with luck may succeed for a while, but it is impossible to succeed all the time, Ma Ling can become the richest man in China and become one of the most powerful people in the world, how can he be a general?

Xu Cun continued: "Your vision is good, and you can see that the future is the era of the Internet, but the Chinese yellow pages you are making now are not interesting, and if you talk more, you can make three or five million, and it is impossible for you to become a world-class rich man." ”

If someone else talks to Ma Ling about a world-class rich man, Ma Ling must laugh at that person's head being kicked by a donkey!

But Xu Cun, the world's richest man, a successful person known as a "miracle man" by the business community, said this, but Ma Ling didn't dare to have this idea at all, and not only did he not dare to have this idea, Ma Ling was also very excited, "World-class rich, then you have to take at least 100 million US dollars!"

Ma Ling sat forward a little more, straightened his waist a little more, and then said very respectfully: "Mr. Xu, can you give me some guidance in which direction can I have the opportunity to become a world-class rich man?"

Xu Cun didn't talk nonsense, and said directly: "E-commerce platform." ”

"E-commerce platform?" Ma Ling chewed on this term he had never heard of, and then asked, "Mr. Xu, what is an e-commerce platform?"

Xu Cun first said unashamedly: "I invented the word 'e-commerce'. Then he explained: "E-commerce refers to a new type of business operation model in which buyers and sellers realize consumers' online shopping, online transactions and online electronic payments between merchants, as well as various business activities, transaction activities, financial activities and related comprehensive service activities in the Internet environment. After a pause, Xu Cun continued: "The e-commerce platform is the platform that provides this business operation model. ”

Ma Ling tasted what Xu Cun said, and then said with a little embarrassment: "Mr. Xu, can you tell me a little more detail?"

Xu Cunyan said succinctly: "It is to build a platform that can provide buyers and sellers with online transactions." ”

As soon as Xu Cun finished saying this, Ma Ling's eyes lit up - Ma Ling, who was good at seizing opportunities, suddenly had a vast world in front of him!

Xu Cun didn't bother Ma Ling's brain to supplement e-commerce, but picked up the teacup and drank the tea slowly......

Ma Ling thought about it for more than ten minutes before he was a little embarrassed and said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Xu, I'm distracted!"

Xu Cun waved his hand and said, "It's okay...... How, is there any development in e-commerce platforms?"

Ma Ling organized the language, and then said: "Of course there is development, if this platform can really be built, then its prospects, I dare not imagine, it's just ...... With the current situation in China, there should be no conditions for building this platform, right?"

I have to say that Ma Ling's vision is very accurate.

In the last life, e-commerce was only proposed in 1996, that is, next year, and as for being introduced by China, it would have to wait until 1998, that is, three years later, to be precise, China's first Internet online transaction was successful in March 1998.

In 1997, after receiving an invitation from the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation to set up the China International Electronic Commerce Center (EDI) in Beijing, Ma Ling gave up the China Yellow Pages and sold his 21 percent stake in the China Yellow Pages to the company at a price of two or three cents per share, and got back more than 100,000 yuan. A series of websites such as the online China Technology Export Fair, China Investment Promotion, Online Canton Fair and China Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation.

At present, the mainland not only does not have an e-commerce platform, but also has no online banking, and there is not even a logistics system that can support e-commerce.

But—

Except for Xu Cun, a person with a sense of foresight, no one can imagine how incredible the speed of the development of the Internet is!

Even if Xu Cun doesn't interfere, in three or four years, B2C websites such as 8848 will be opened, so if Xu Cun doesn't start early, he will have to compete with 8848 and eBay for development.

Xu Cun said with a smile: "The conditions are not enough to create, I have a bank, within a year the bank will launch online banking business, the logistics company is better, build one, if necessary, I guarantee that there will be a logistics company that is enough to support the development of e-commerce within a month, as for the network, it is best to do, I am not only one of the major shareholders of Telecom, but also one of the major shareholders of Unicom, in addition I am also ready to invest in the upcoming establishment of Netcom, I personally come forward, at the latest by the end of this year, the network will be unimpeded." ”

Seeing that Xu Cun paved the way for the establishment of an e-commerce platform so lightly, Ma Ling swallowed two mouthfuls of saliva, and then said a little dryly: "Xu ...... Mr. Xu, I'm afraid it will cost a lot of money to make this platform in the early stage, I feel ...... I think this platform may not be profitable for three to five years......"

Xu Cun waved his hand and said: "You don't have to worry about money, I'll invest 100 million US dollars in you first, if it's not enough, I'll add it, don't set an upper limit, and when the company is officially operational, I'll give you shares depending on what you do...... As long as you're not doing too badly, I won't give you less than 10 percent. ”

"Ten percent, ten million...... Dollars!" Hearing Xu Cun's words, Ma Ling's pupils shrank suddenly, and his brain immediately went blank!

Seeing Ma Ling so out of shape, Xu Cun's psychology was not to mention how satisfied!

Xu Cun looked at Ma Ling and said, "Do you have any questions?"

Xu Cun's question made Ma Ling immediately come back to his senses, and then Ma Ling hurriedly stood up and said, "Xu ...... Mr. Xu, the ...... That one...... What is the name of our company...... Platform...... What's the name of the platform?"

Xu Cun said: "The company is called Alibaba, and the platform is called Taobao." ”

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