The No. 1 leader came to inspect, and Zhang Ning was not surprised.

Penguin has reached its current state, and it has long been common for domestic leaders to come to inspect it.

Of course, when they came to inspect and said they were inspecting, they were just going through the motions.

However, such inspections have been very effective.

On the one hand, a leader visit can increase the company's visibility.

On the other hand, the inspection of the leaders also shows that the state and the government are vigorously supporting and supporting the companies in these aspects. In particular, these super-large companies can also play a role in supervising some local governments during their inspections, greatly reducing the burden of enterprises in daily operations.

It was the first time for the No. 1 leader to come to the penguin, and Zhang Ning didn't put up any shelf, and personally came forward to receive him.

"Secretary Ye, Penguin has more than a dozen subsidiaries, and the core companies are Penguin Information, Penguin Search, Penguin Mall, Penguin Games, and the future Penguin Technology."

Regarding the business department of Penguin Company, Zhang Ning reorganized it once.

The original Penguin Technology was changed to Penguin Information, and a new subsidiary, Penguin Technology, was added.

However, the new Penguin Tech has nothing to do with the original Penguin Tech.

The original Penguin Technology was actually only dealing with the information business, and it was not a special technology company.

It's just that Internet companies were called like this before, and they were called Penguin Technology.

But as Penguin slowly developed, Zhang Ning already had other ideas about Penguin Technology.

"This is the Penguin Information Control Center."

While introducing, Zhang Ning took the No. 1 chief to the Penguin Information Control Center.

"Penguin information includes instant messaging, which is the popular QQ in the market, and Penguin.com, which is also one of the four major portals in China. This business is the first business that we developed at the beginning of the establishment of Penguin, and it is also the core business of our Penguin company, although many of our businesses have nothing to do with Penguin Information. But in the beginning, our subsidiaries were built on the basis of Penguin Food Information. ”

"Well, that's good. However, I heard that your QQ is so popular now, and many telecommunications companies have opinions. Say that since the launch of your QQ, many people use their mobile phones to text less. Even, there are some people who have changed from the original text message to not sending a text message, what do you think of this? ”

Ye Chengliang seemed to have some understanding of instant messaging, and asked with a smile.

"Secretary Ye, I think this is the inevitable result of the development of science and technology. Although the SMS business used to be one of the main businesses of major telecommunications companies, with the development of technology and the progress of the times, people's needs are also constantly evolving. For telcos, I hope that they will also continue to evolve, keep innovating, and keep up with the times. ”

Zhang Ning said this politely.

Of course, he also believed that the No. 1 leader would definitely be able to understand the meaning of what he said.

It is nothing more than a monopoly by telecommunications companies.

There was a time when Zhang Ning had enough of the hardships of the telecommunications company.

This one said that since QQ came out, the telecommunications company has lost billions of SMS fees a year.

The other also pointed out that QQ video and QQ voice don't even need to call.

If this continues, will the telecommunications companies with the national layout still need to be opened?

At that time, the Penguin Company was not very big, nor was it very famous, let alone had any backstage.

Zhang Ning once took a high fee to settle the matter.

However, whenever he thought of this, Zhang Ning was very angry.

He meowed. If the state allows private enterprises to enter the telecommunications industry, I will have to destroy your three major telecommunications operators.

However, Zhang Ning knows that if he is in China, he has to follow the rules of the domestic game.

Even if he had a lot of grievances, he wouldn't have expressed them so obviously.

The answer just now can be regarded as a small point of Zhang Ning's meaning.

"Well, that's a good answer. Our predecessors said that innovation is the soul of national progress, and I support such innovation regardless of anything else. ”

Ye Chengliang took the lead in applauding and looked at Zhang Ning appreciatively.

Zhang Ning didn't say anything more, took Ye Chengliang to visit the penguin search, penguin game, and finally came to the penguin mall.

"This is an e-commerce business that has been very popular in recent years."

Ye Chengliang looked at the words of Penguin Mall and said with great interest on the side.

"Yes, Secretary Ye, the e-mall started slowly in my country, and it is far inferior to foreign countries. However, e-commerce is developing very rapidly in China, and more and more users and friends have joined the online shopping environment. At the same time, Penguin Mall not only facilitates user shopping, but also gives birth to the domestic logistics industry. In the past, it took a month and a half to deliver things, but now, it only takes a week, the fastest, and it can be delivered on the same day. ”

"Looks good. However, when I read the newspapers recently, I seem to have noticed that the emergence of e-commerce has also caused many brick-and-mortar stores to close. On the other hand, is this a disadvantage of e-commerce? ”

"No, it's not a disadvantage of e-commerce. On the contrary, I think that's the advantage of e-commerce. ”

"Oh, what does that mean?"

"Secretary Ye, I believe you also know. To sell goods in domestic physical stores, he has to go through many processes. From the production of commodities to the wholesale of middlemen, there are also first-level middlemen, second-level middlemen, third-level middlemen, and finally the goods obtained by the physical store have passed several hands, and the price has been virtually raised by these middlemen. Originally, a product only cost 10 yuan, and in the end, it cost 100 yuan, or even 200 yuan for us to buy, undoubtedly, this is to pass on the cost to consumers...... However, on our e-commerce platform, from the production to the sale of a product, he does not need any distributors, nor does he need to rent a storefront, as long as you have a warehouse, you can sell the goods, greatly reducing the cost of goods. In the end, it reaches the user, and the price is much cheaper than the physical store. Under such a price advantage, it also further stimulates user consumption and increases the user's life happiness index. ”

"It seems that e-commerce is not necessarily all evil."

"Yes, Secretary Ye, this is actually an innovation. We can regard it as a new production process, under the new production process, some of the old and inefficient processes will inevitably be eliminated, which is also conducive to domestic advantages and inferiority, and increase the competitiveness of the domestic market. ”

"Good."

The No. 1 leader nodded while listening, "I didn't expect that your small e-commerce would have such a big effect." ”

"Secretary Ye, our role is not limited to this."

"Oh, yes, what else?"

"According to the statistics of our Penguin Mall, we have a total of 3 million stores in Penguin Mall, and each store is a small and medium-sized enterprise. While domestic consumers are consuming, he is actually cultivating small and medium-sized enterprises in our country. It seems to be a small platform, but it not only satisfies the consumption of consumers, but also feeds thousands of small and medium-sized enterprises in China, which I believe is also a huge boost for the national economy. ”

"3 million stores."

Hearing this number, even the No. 1 chief was secretly surprised.

3 million stores, that's not a small number.

In the case of one shop, he feeds 3 million people.

And that's not all.

Generally speaking, a store pù is opened by a family, so that if you calculate it, the number of people supported by 3 million stores will probably reach 10 million.

That's a staggering number.

Even the No. 1 chief, who was not very interested in e-commerce before, can't help but pay attention to it at this time.

As Zhang Ning said, this not only solves the employment of the domestic population, but also helps the domestic economy.

"Amazing, remarkable."

I couldn't help but say in admiration.

China is a huge country and a huge population.

As the world's largest population, China is under tremendous pressure while its economy is growing rapidly.

For example, the issue of population employment.

Even if there were 1% of the unemployed in China as a whole, then 10 million people would be unemployed.

For their part, the state is constantly developing strategies to stimulate the employment of the population every year.

It's just that under the current situation, even if it is stimulated, the stimulation is limited.

Which industry, which sector, can absorb millions of people at once?

Speaking of the economy, China has grown rapidly in recent years. However, Chief One actually knows it. In fact, a large part of China's rapid growth in recent years has been driven by investment, real estate, and export and foreign trade. That said, this growth is very uneven. Once real estate is weak, then China's economic growth will fall. In recent years, the state has also been studying this. Hopefully find a more balanced path that doesn't rely solely on real estate, investment, and exports. However, I studied it several times, but I didn't find it. But now, when Chief One sees so many people selling items on Penguin Mall, so many people buying items, it seems that Chief One has found another way out.

Domestic demand.

Yes, according to the current pattern of e-commerce development.

In the future, China can rely on domestic demand to stimulate economic growth.

"Hehe, Secretary Ye, in fact, our e-commerce is only in its infancy."

"Ah, it's still beginner."

"Yes, Secretary Ye, we expect that the number of sellers in Penguin Mall will continue to increase in the future. By 2005, we expect to have 5 million merchants in Penguin Mall, 8 million in 2008 and more than 10 million in 2010. At the same time, we also expect that by 2010, the number of domestic online buyers will also reach 100 million. ”

It's another heavyweight number, and at this moment, even the No. 1 leader is a little uneasy.

10 million sellers.

100 million buyers.

If this is a trading market, then Penguin Mall is definitely the largest trading market in China.

With such a large trading market, how terrifying his trading volume must be.

In his heart, Ye Chengliang asked with some excitement, "Zhang Ning, I don't know what the transaction volume of Penguin Mall was last year?" ”