"Yuquan, you didn't know that Tarzan would be, right?" Ma Yun looked at Lin Yuquan with a smile.

Lin Yuquan nodded, and didn't feel ashamed because he didn't know, and said calmly: "Well, I don't know, listen to what you mean, Lao Ma, Taishan Club should be a rich club, but as far as I know, the nine top rich clubs in China do not have the name of Taishan Club, is it a newly built club or a secret club?" ”

Lin Yuquan is still puzzled, no wonder he said this, who is Shi Yuzhu, the founder of Giant Group, a frequent visitor to the Forbes China Rich List, once ranked 8th on the Forbes China Rich List when he was in business for 5 years, and in the past two years, Giant Group has flourished in the field of health care and games, especially Shi Yuzhu's Giant Network Group successfully landed on the New York Stock Exchange in November last year, boosting Shi Yuzhu's net worth to cross the 10 billion mark, ranking 24th on the Forbes China Rich List last year, Such a top rich man invited the two to join the Taishan Club, which naturally should not be nameless, but as he said, the Taishan Club is not one of the nine top rich clubs in China.

Club culture originated in England and generally speaking, the interior of the club is very sophisticated, with antique rooms and beautiful decorations, as well as a study, library, tea room, restaurant and entertainment room.

For members, the club is undoubtedly a circle to expand communication, after all, the people who enter and leave the club are elites from all walks of life, such a network has extraordinary help for their respective careers, and the membership of well-known clubs is also a reflection of social status, which is the dream of countless people to join.

Since the 90s of the last century, all kinds of clubs have sprung up in China, from international metropolises such as Kyoto and Shanghai, to ordinary prefecture-level cities and counties. However, looking at all the clubs, there are only nine clubs that are recognized as the top rich, namely Chang'an Club, Jingcheng Club, Huaxia Club, and Kyoto American Club in Kyoto, and Shanghai American Club, Securities Association, Bankers Club, Hongyi Club, and Yongfu Club in Shanghai.

In addition, there are naturally many top rich clubs with representative members, but they are either not established for a long time, or they are not open to the public, and only secretly absorb members, which is not known to Lin Yuquan.

In Lin Yuquan's opinion, the Taishan Club that Shi Yuzhu invited the two to join should belong to this category, otherwise they should not lose to the Hongyi Club and Yongfu Club, which are ranked lower among the nine clubs. For example, Ma Yun and Feng Gensheng of Qingchunbao Group, Shen Guojun of Yintai Group, Song Weiping of Greentown Group, Lu Weiding, son of Lu Guanqiu of Wanxiang Group, Chen Tianqiao of Shanda Network, Guo Guangchang of Fuxing Group, and Ding Lei of NetEase, seven Zhejiang businessmen established Jiangnan Club in 2006.

"That's right, it's a secret club, but strictly speaking, the Taishan Club is not a club, because it doesn't have a fixed place of operation, and it should be a low-key and slightly mysterious organization, because its members have agreed from the beginning that they don't record, don't record, don't invite local leaders, and don't publicize it when they get together, so although the Taishan Club has long been famous, it's rarely reported, and if it's not for people who pay attention to it, they certainly don't know its internal situation" Ma Yun said slowly, under his narration, Lin Yuquan gradually understood the situation of the Taishan Society.

Taishan will be established in 1993, because the inaugural meeting was held in the east of Shandong, so named "Taishan", but at that time it was not called Taishan Society, but called Taishan Industry Research Association, until 05 years before it was renamed Taishan Society, the number of people has also been reduced to more than a dozen people, becoming a real sense of pure entrepreneur private exchange circle, its members are all well-known and influential enterprises in China.

Its current chairman is Liu Chuanzhi, chairman of Lenovo Group, chairman of the board of directors is Duan Yongji, president of Sitong Group, and its members include Feng Lun of Vantone Group, Lu Zhiqiang of Oceanwide Group, Guo Guangchang of Fosun Group, Zhang Yue of Yuanda Air Conditioning, Lin Rongqiang of Xinyuan Holdings, Shi Yuzhu of Giant Group, Li Yanhong of Baidu and other bigwigs.

Originally, Taishan Club was rarely developing members, for a long time in the past, there was no change in the membership of the association, until 05 years, after the Taishan Club changed its name, in order to enhance the strength of Taishan Club, it began to develop new members, Robin Li entered in 06. Although it gradually develops new members, Taishan Club does not recruit members like other clubs, but prefers shortage to abundance, and has very high requirements for members, and only develops one member unit every year. Members who join not only need to have assets of more than 100 million yuan, their own enterprises have great influence in the industry, but more importantly, they need to pass the character, have a good reputation in the circle, and have member recommendations.

"No, it's normal for Taishan to invite you to join, you are familiar with Shi Yuzhu and Guo Guangchang of Fosun Group, but I rarely deal with people in the business circle, how could the other party think of inviting me, and according to Lao Ma, according to you, Taishan will only develop one member unit every year, how can you invite both of us at the same time this time." Lin Yuquan said with a puzzled expression, although he is worth a lot of money and is also the controller of several companies, but he has always been active in the entertainment industry as a director, and has never intersected with the real business circle.

"Normally that's true, but isn't this time the exception? Both of us can be regarded as belonging to Alibaba, barely the development of a member unit, as for what you said did not deal with the business circle, this is actually not a problem, maybe you don't know, you have a very high evaluation in our domestic business circle, almost everyone is optimistic, in the next few years, the integration of Dawning Film, Dawning Network, Rainspring Family, Dawning Cinemas, Dawning Film and Television Base, you will become the overlord of the domestic entertainment industry. Ma Yun said with a smile that although he had known Shi Yuzhu and Guo Guangchang of Taishan Club for a long time, Alibaba was not a real Internet giant before it went public, and he himself was not a real billionaire, so he did not receive an invitation.

In addition to being the major shareholder of Alibaba, Lin Yuquan is now thriving in the entertainment industry, as if he is a leader in the domestic entertainment industry, and the entertainment industry is also an area that the members of the Taishan Club are not currently involved in.

Lin Yuquan nodded, and then began to consider whether he should join the Taishan Club, the benefits of joining the Taishan Club are obvious, he can get to know Liu Chuanzhi, Li Yanhong, Shi Yuzhu and other business tycoons, and then establish a closer relationship with everyone, this kind of network is a lot of help to the business operation, but the problem is that he has never claimed to be a businessman, the reason why he created and acquired a series of companies is completely to serve his directorial career, and the businessman is actually just an identity label that others put on him.

And he is not interested in the activities of similar clubs at all, otherwise, he would have joined the top rich clubs such as the Beijing Club and the Huaxia Club in Kyoto, and he has little personal interest, and his biggest interest is undoubtedly to make movies and watch film and television dramas.

If only from the point of view of his inner will, even if he didn't hate the Tarzan Society, he didn't have the idea of joining.

"Old Ma, will you join the Taishan Club?" Lin Yuquan asked.

"Of course, why not? Judging by your expression, Yuquan doesn't seem to want to join the Tarzan Club, why? Ma Yun looked at Lin Yuquan in surprise.

"You know, I'm not a pure businessman, my real identity has always been a director, so I have no interest in joining the Tarzan Club, and I don't have much time." Lin Yuquan shook his head and said.

"Of course I know your situation, but I still recommend that you join the Taishan Club with me, although at present, it seems that this will not play any role in your career, especially your career as a director, but there are many ways with multiple friends, and at some point, this close relationship within the circle can come in handy. You may not know that Shi Yuzhu almost collapsed before, when he faced the unfinished Giant Building and Giant Computer was sued for illegally pre-installing Microsoft software, it was Taishan Club, especially Duan Yongji, who was also a member, to help him, and later supported him to rely on Brain Platinum to make a comeback and regain his strength, and at the beginning of 2004, Sitong Group also acquired Brain Platinum for 1.2 billion yuan, and gave Shi Yuzhu more than 20 shares of Sitong Group.

Of course, this is an extreme example, but it shows how the close personal network of the Taishan Society can help the members. As for the rain spring, you said that there is no time, in fact, there is no need to worry, Taishan will only have two regular meetings a year, and the regular meeting is generally open for half a day or a day, if you really don't have time to go, you need to pay the leave fee, and the leave fee is not much, the first time 10,000, 200,000 twice in a row, is there a problem with this leave fee for you? Of course, if you have time, it's best to come and participate. Jack Ma smiled.

"Well, if you have time to talk to all the business wizards, it wouldn't be bad." Lin Yuquan nodded and agreed.

"That's right, similar clubs or organizations should still participate more." Ma Yun smiled: "If you are not too far away from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, I would have long wanted to pull you into the Jiangnan Club, our Jiangnan Club now has a large number of Zhejiang business members, by the way, when is your Shuguang Film Company going to be listed, as far as I know, several domestic film companies are already planning to go public." ”

"I know, but the dawning movie is not yet ready to be released." Lin Yuquan nodded, at present, several powerful film companies in China, including Huayi Brothers, China Film, Shanghai Film, Poly Bona, Orange Sky Entertainment, and Guangguang Media, including six companies, are secretly starting the listing process, but he is not in a hurry, the company's listing is financing in addition to making money, but Shuguang Film is not short of money, in addition to its own sufficient cash, with the company's reputation and backed by Lin Yuquan, the top rich, Shuguang Film can easily get a large amount of bank loans, in this case, There is no need for Shuguang Movies to go public early, now the domestic film market is showing rapid growth, although early listing can get a sum of money, but it is also equivalent to selling the company's shares at a low price, he is not so stupid.

In Lin Yuquan's view, the best time for Shuguang Films to go public should be when Shuguang Films form a trend of film, TV series, and variety shows. Supernova and the soon-to-be-acquired record company are part of the Dawning Entertainment Group.

"Indeed, the global economic situation is not very good now, the company's market value will not be too high if it is listed at this time, and Shuguang Film will further develop and grow with the growth of the domestic economy in the next few years if there is no accident, plus your entertainment industry has not yet formed a complete industrial chain, nor does it occupy an absolute advantage, it is obviously not cost-effective to go public at this time, and the most important thing is that although Huayi Brothers, China Film, Poly Bona and other film companies know that it is not a good opportunity to go public now, but because of their own lack of financial strength, They urgently need to go public and raise funds to get enough funds to invest in the development of the company, but Yuquan is different, you have sufficient financial resources, and you can wait for a better time to go public. ”

Ma Yun said sharply, agreeing with Lin Yuquan's decision very much, and then said with a look full of admiration: "To be honest, I have always been very optimistic about the future of the domestic entertainment industry. In fact, I didn't think that any entertainment company could reach the height of the world's top entertainment and media groups, but now it seems that over time, after integrating several entertainment companies led by Shuguang Films, your Shuguang entertainment empire has the possibility of catching up. ”

"Where is it so easy, other international entertainment and media giants such as Comcast, Time Warner, Disney, and Twentieth Century Fox are all behemoths with a market value of more than tens of billions of dollars, and if you want to catch up with them, you not only need the domestic film market to reach exaggerated numbers compared to now, but also need to go out of the country and win overseas markets." Lin Yuquan shook his head.

"Heh, it's definitely difficult, but anyway, your Shuguang Entertainment empire is the most promising film and television media company in China, anyway, I'm very optimistic, how about letting me take a stake before going public?" Ma Yun said with a smile.

"Yes, but it's not cheap to buy shares, and you'd better prepare sufficient funds." Lin Yuquan said with a smile in his eyes, many listed companies will introduce heavyweight strategic partners before listing, and Ma Yun's ability is extremely good, and he does not exclude the introduction of each other.

In the small talk between the two, Huo Zhong's black business Mercedes-Benz finally arrived at Alibaba, and at this time, a group of Alibaba executives were already waiting at the company's door, ready to welcome Lin Yuquan, the company's major shareholder, for his first visit.

And when Lin Yuquan followed Ma Yun and opened the car door and walked out of the car, his appearance immediately attracted the attention of everyone waiting for him, although everyone had seen him in movies, television or newspapers and magazines, and also knew something about his situation in the past few years, but at this moment, all the people who looked at Lin Yuquan had a look of surprise on their faces, no wonder everyone was like this, it was really Lin Yuquan's age and a series of achievements he had achieved were too amazing.

Facing everyone's gaze, Lin Yuquan's expression was as usual, he had experienced too many similar scenes, when everyone looked at him, he also looked at everyone quietly, although today was the first time to meet, but as a major shareholder of Alibaba, of course he could not know anything about everyone.

"Everyone, I don't need to introduce you to this person next to me, Yuquan, let me introduce you to the outstanding senior management of Alibaba, this is Cai Chongxin, one of the founders of the company, and now serves as a non-executive director of the company, this is Wei Zhe, is the group's chief executive officer and executive director, this is Wu Wei, is the group's executive director and chief financial officer, this is Dai Shan, is the vice president and executive director, this is Peng Yijie, is the vice president and executive director, this is Xie Shihuang, This is the senior director and non-executive director, this is Lu Zhaoxi, the vice president of the group and the president of Alipay, this is Shao Xiaofeng, the executive president of Alipay, and this is Deng Kangming, the vice president of the group's strategic business development department," Ma Yun smiled.

Under the introduction of Ma Yun, Lin Yuquan shook hands with everyone with a smile and greeted him, and everyone's attitude towards Lin Yuquan was more respectful, although Lin Yuquan did not hold any actual position in Alibaba, but he is the company's largest shareholder, with the company's 35 voting rights and the right to appoint a board member, and now Lin Yuquan is just like SoftBank does not get involved in the operation and management of the company.

In fact, the reason why Lin Yuquan did not get involved in Alibaba's operation and management, in addition to Ma Yun and his team's excellent ability, without his involvement, the most important reason is that although he is the largest shareholder of Alibaba, he does not occupy the absolute share control rights, in the case of SoftBank entrusting the management rights to Ma Yun's team, even if he intervenes, he can't have much right to speak, in this case, why should he go to great lengths to get involved in Alibaba's operation and management, all he has to do is to ensure that his rights and interests are not violated. And under the supervision of professional lawyers and financial teams, this is fully guaranteed.

Lin Yuquan's arrival naturally caused a sensation at Alibaba's headquarters, and the reason for the sensation was not entirely because of his status as a major shareholder of Alibaba, but more because of his remarkable achievements in film and other fields.

Visiting Alibaba in the morning, holding a strategic meeting in the afternoon, and responding to the enthusiasm of many employees at the company's year-end dinner in the evening, Lin Yuquan spent the first day of his flight to Hangzhou, and the next morning, he took a non-stop flight back to Kyoto. R1152