168 The Empire of the Future
"Are you in junior high or high school now?"
What the?
"Are you in junior high or high school now?"
Cai Chongxin repeated it again, and Zhang Chen heard it very clearly, he was not speaking Mandarin, and certainly not that he was speaking dialects. In fact, Tsai Chongxin is speaking English, fluent in American English, without a hint of a Chinese accent.
Zhang Chen didn't react for a while, and asked in Chinese, but obviously, Cai Chongxin didn't think that Zhang Chen didn't understand English, so he still used English for the second time.
This time, Zhang Chen heard it clearly.
As a senior intellectual who has "had" many years of "flowing" experience in the United States, Zhang Chen's English level is not bad, although it is not top-notch, but it is undoubtedly not an obstacle to communication.
So when Zhang Chen also replied to Cai Chongxin in fluent English, he had just finished the high school entrance exam, not only Cai Chongxin nodded, but Ma Yun also seemed to have made up his mind and showed a smile on his face.
In fact, just asking such a question can't explain anything, but Cai Chongxin wants to make sure that there is no reason.
In fact, the negotiations between the two sides have reached a strange stalemate, there is no fatal flaw, but there is no absolute advantage, on the contrary, as one of the founders of Alibaba, Tsai Chongxin has reason and enough chips to defeat Zhang Chen at this time.
However, he didn't.
Whatever the reason made him choose to use such a naïve-sounding reason to convince himself, and also to convince Jack Ma.
See the expressions on the faces of the two. Zhang Chen knew that he had really succeeded.
What angel investment, what Goldman Sachs, what SoftBank. To hell with it.
The ecstasy in his heart was written on his face one by one, before he tried, he didn't know if the chips in his hand were enough to convince these two future e-commerce emperors, but every dream needs to be tried, although the result is not known, as long as it is worth it. That's enough.
Fortunately, Zhang Chen succeeded.
At this moment, both Ma Yun and Tsai Chongxin really saw from the smile on the young man's face that he was still a teenager. A fifteen-year-old boy is not an opponent in the shopping mall, and he is not the shopping mall elite who has quick thinking and sharp words just now.
He. It's a teenager. Just a fifteen-year-old boy.
However, he conquered himself with his actions and unparalleled charm, and also conquered a company with incomparably huge development potential.
The two glanced at each other, the joy in their eyes was so clear, did Ma Yun really hesitate?
No, he really couldn't make the best judgment in the choice he just made.
But Tsai Chongxin gave him the best choice, starting from this moment. The determination of the two really came together.
Push open the small window.
In the distance, a lonely boat slowly rowed through the distance by the afterglow of the setting sun.
Split the waves. The faint splash rolled upside down, and the water waves were reflected in the red glow in the lake, and the layers were far away, like the sunset, like the afterglow, like the time and youth that had gone away.
Every dream is like a splash of water, fragile but beautiful.
Look into the distance, beyond.
Hazy gray, deep red, a disc-like sunset.
A touch of tranquility spreads from the bottom of my heart.
I can't help but think of the scene at the beginning of the business, although it is still a teenager standing next to me, Ma Yun and Tsai Chongxin are still very surprised.
Because they felt a deep sophistication from Zhang Chen, this is a temperament that can only be precipitated after years, and it will never be what an ordinary teenager should have.
However, Zhang Chen is like this now.
They can't imagine what they have gone through to make a fifteen-year-old seem to have gone through vicissitudes and the tribulations that life should or may not have.
The location of this building of Lao Zhang's family is excellent.
Facing the lake, enjoy the reflection of the sunset in the lake.
The sparkling waves and clear water are undoubtedly a beautiful scenery in the world.
We're done talking.
Naturally, there are only light topics left, but at this time, Ma Yun and Tsai Chongxin are not later e-commerce giants, and their understanding of Ali's own development direction is not even as good as Zhang Chen's, after all, they are people who have seen the prosperity of Ali's empire later.
Zhang Chen may not know much about the details of Alibaba, but when it comes to the direction of Ali's development, it will not be inferior to the two Ali godfathers at the beginning of the business, and even slightly better.
"Online transactions and payment systems? What exactly is this, your idea is very new, can you elaborate on it? ”
Ma Yun was very interested in the idea in Zhang Chen's mouth.
The godfather is the godfather after all, although the concept of Taobao and Alipay has not been formed now, but he soon realized that this thing in Zhang Chen's mouth is not simple.
As the two godfathers of the creation of the Zào Ali Empire, Jack Ma and Tsai Chongxin actually play two completely different roles.
Jack Ma's unique personality has made him the core and leader of the whole team, with firm beliefs, superior wisdom and thinking, and a very forward-looking vision, all of which are enough to make him a successful entrepreneur.
But as the creator of a business empire, he lacked something, and it was Tsai Chongxin who perfectly made up for it.
In the vision of the Ali empire, Ma Yun obviously has a more professional perspective than Tsai Chongxin.
Zhang Chen briefly introduced the operating concepts of Taobao and Alipay, which later dominated the entire e-commerce field, and then looked at Ma Yun who was lost in thought.
It was a long time before I saw him staring at him with bright eyes.
"Did you come up with the idea or did someone sue you?"
Zhang Chen saw a hint of fanaticism in his eyes, and immediately affirmed that Ma Yun must have figured out the operating concepts and thinking of Alipay and Taobao, so there was such a reaction.
I have to admire in my heart, people are really born to do this, unlike themselves who are half-baked goods.
"I came up with it, and I've been using the Internet for a long time."
In fact, this is an exaggeration, because the actual access to the Internet in the Republic has been postponed until about 95 years. It was also around this time when Jack Ma created the Chinese Yellow Pages.
Zhang Chen's earliest contact with the Internet was in the second half of last year, and the two Great Wall computers in his bedroom were only bought last year.
Usually except for playing games, it's basically useless, because at this time, there are too few private people who can really use the computer, and no one will accept it if you want to find someone to send emails.
Developing chat software?
Please, at that time, it was the era of Internet wilderness, and it was not possible to develop chat software, as early as the beginning of the year, Tencent's instant messaging software had been officially developed.
However, as a novice computer scientist, he doesn't think he has this ability.
"It's a great idea, and if you go into e-commerce, it's definitely better than we do."
Ma Yun's personality does not hide his high recognition and praise for Zhang Chen's two ideas, and even some admiration, but how did he know that this was originally his creativity, and Zhang Chen's work was tightly to borrow flowers to offer Buddha, and things were returned to their original owners.
But apparently Zhang Chen also wanted to fork.
Jack Ma not only doesn't have, but will not keep these two ideas for himself.
But he believes that these two ideas alone are enough to shorten the growth time of the Ali empire by several times.
He is very sure at this moment that it will be a very pleasant thing to accept the financing of Baihuwan Group or Zhang Chen personally to Alibaba. (To be continued......)