0550 Cooperation & Competition
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At the beginning of September, after a year's absence, Song Chen met Amazon CEO Jeff again? Bezos, compared to the mildness of the last time, this meeting was quite tense, and in front of the two of them was the conflict of interest between 8848 and Amazon, who had the same goal - to learn from Jeff? Bezos's 8848 Amazon strategy is destined for Song Chen and Jeff? Bezos will be a formidable competitor!
In China, Alibaba Group is the undisputed hegemon, and any competitor looking for a living space must avoid the sight of 8848 as much as possible; In Europe, the United States and even the world, Amazon occupies the first advantage, and has built a very high competitive threshold in the book and audio online retail business.
Starting from the subdivision and classification of footwear, which has not yet given birth to a giant, the merger of Zappos and the addition of clothing, bags and other categories, in the past two months, began to expand to digital electronics...... With the huge traffic support of goog1e and Chenxing network, 8848 still has to carefully avoid Amazon's core image and audio network retail business, which shows that Amazon, which has been criticized by Wall Street, still brings huge pressure to Chenxing Group.
The core key of e-commerce lies in the completion of transactions, and doing a good job in logistics and user experience is an important key to the competition between e-commerce. Bezos's large-scale investment in logistics gave Song Chen the inspiration, and it was also his relationship with Jeff? One of the purposes of Bezos's meeting was – although deep down in his heart it wasn't optimistic that it would be achieved.
Informal negotiations, Song Chen has always disliked talking in a boxy conference room with reinforced concrete, which also caters to Jeff? Bezos' taste.
“…… After the last time we met, I never thought that Chenxing Group would grow so amazingly! It must be admitted that when Chenxing Group used abundant funds to expand itself, Amazon had already entered the swamp! "Walking on the shores of Lake Washington. Looking at the sparkling lake, Jeff? Bezos naturally had some emotion.
Song Chen said disapprehantly: "Don't care too much about the opinions of those people on Wall Street, they only have profits and ROI in their eyes, and in addition, they don't care about the healthy growth and long-term investment of the company!" ”
The breeze blows Jeff? Bezos's sparse head on his forehead. He asked meaningfully, "Do you really think so?" ”
"Of course!" In Jeff? In front of Bezos, Song Chen didn't plan to hide his thoughts, "Crisis...... Danger and opportunity coexist, although the Nasdaq stock market crash has greatly damaged the vitality of the Internet, but this is only at the capital level, and I believe that Amazon's financial document has fully illustrated this point. Consumer interest in online shopping is still on the rise! Optimistically, the NASDAQ crash actually helped the internet giants destroy their competitors, and as long as they survive this crisis, the competitive landscape will take shape! ”
After a slight pause, Song Chen said lightly: "I don't like to argue with analysts from investment institutions on the board, and I hate them telling me about my plans. So I will take advantage of this crisis to increase my holdings in listed companies and increase my holdings to more than 5o% or more as much as possible! ”
Thinking of China Chenxing Group's acquisition of shares from shareholders of listed companies on the one hand, and on the other hand, throwing out plans to increase holdings in the stock market, so deliberate. It can be seen that in the middle and late last year, Song Chen sold depositary receipts in exchange for cash flow, and took advantage of the fact that Chenxing Group's assets were in a very high bubble to withdraw a large amount of loans from Bank of China, which can be called a far-sighted plan!
But. This kind of city government that has exhausted the mechanism undoubtedly makes Jeff? Bezos was cold, secretly vigilant, and had to admire.
Jeff? Bezos smiled leisurely: "With your talent, I thought they would only support your plan unreservedly!" You know, there hasn't been anyone in this world who has risen to prominence overnight on the list of the world's richest people with the help of the Internet like you! ”
"That's just a burden!" Song Chen pointed out unabashedly, "It makes me be analyzed under a microscope, which is not a good feeling!" ”
Glancing back at the young and beautiful secretaries who followed behind Song Chen not far away, Jeff? Bezos laughed and said, "If I was as young as you and didn't get married, maybe I would have had a good time!" ”
Two men smiled knowingly.
On the other side of the lake, the snow-capped mountains, which look particularly majestic against the backdrop of the sky, seem to be close at hand, and this kind of beautiful scenery of the lake, sky and mountains is difficult to see in China's economic cities. There are quite a few parks along the lake. Lined with greenery and rustling in the breeze, local residents walk in pairs and live a leisurely life.
There is also a pier built on the lake's edge, and yachts lined up in white sails. In the summer, a variety of water activities are carried out on the lake. There are also many beautiful houses with different shapes and styles built on the lakeside.
Cool breeze, Jeff? Bezos pointed to the villa looming in the trees across the lake and said, "I heard of Tony? After Faddell took out the epoch-making product of iPod, Bill was shocked and angry, because in addition to the interface and also using Apple's FireWire technology, the end-to-end solution provided by Chenxing Technology is the answer that Microsoft is pursuing, and you also unexpectedly moved those record companies to join, which is a very surprising thing for Bill, who is interested in digital music!! ”
"Bill?" Song Chen was slightly stunned, "Bill? Mr. Gates? ”
glanced at Song Chen, Jeff? Bezos asked in surprise, "Of course!" The Medina neighborhood is one of the top 10 richest places in the United States to live, and the villa opposite is Bill's mansion? You don't even know these things? ”
Song Chen shrugged: "I'm not an American yet!" ”
Jeff? Bezos smiled dumbly and said, "That's right, God bless the Americans, arrange for people like you to join the United States!" ”
"I don't think I'm a great person, just one of the tens of thousands of immigrants in the United States every year, but you're right, God always favors Americans!" The smile on the corner of his lips was mixed with a hint of complexity, and Song Chen said, "Providing end-to-end services can avoid some mistakes that you can't tolerate!" At least at my strong request, the employees of Chenxing Technology are conscientious and dare not be negligent, if it is a third-party company, it is difficult to ensure this process! ”
Jeff? Bezos said with a smirk: "The iPod is very close to Apple's minimalist style. If that's the case, you have to be careful! It's not good news that a product has aroused the envy of Microsoft and Apple! ”
"This can be regarded as the growth path of Chenxing Company, and it can't be stagnant because of the fear of competitors!" Song Chen said thoughtfully.
Jeff? Bezos nodded, and said with a straight face: "Sue me, Song." What is the purpose of your meeting with me this time? You should know that if 8848 and Amazon continue to expand the product range, we will have to compete face-to-face sooner or later! Even, we are already in a competitive relationship, as far as I know, 8848 is ready to attract foreign investment. Offline brands are invited to sell their products on 8848, which coincides with the MarketP1ACE service we just launched! ”
Pause, Jeff? Bezos reminded with a faint expression, "You have to be careful, Song." We hold important patents for online retail! ”
Song Chen smiled slightly and said: "Thank you for the reminder, but I must also say that as early as 98 years, when Alibaba Group was just launched, I asked technical employees to actively research patented technology, and the first country to apply was the United States!" On the construction of patent pools. I've always laid out early! ”
Jeff? Bezos looked at Song Chen suspiciously, and hesitated: "If it were someone else, I might not believe it...... Well, God, Song, you really don't look like a Chinese with weak intellectual property! To be honest, your 'double order' patent is really uncomfortable! ”
"From the perspective of many people, the basic patent of one-click order should not be granted to any person or company!" Song Chen shook his head and said, "This is also one of the purposes for me to come to Seattle, we have accumulated many fewer patents in e-commerce than Amazon, and the quality is not as good as Amazon." So I hope to reach an agreement on patent cross-licensing between Alibaba Group, Chenxing Technology and Amazon! ”
Jeff? Bezos was noncommittal and continued to ask, "What else?" ”
After a moment of silence with his hands behind his back. Song Chen paused, turned to face Jeff? Bezos said in a deep voice: "Another purpose is to convince you to transfer to me the two closed warehouses in Georgia and Kansas with a total of 38,000 square meters, and I can buy them up 3o% on the basis of the construction cost!" ”
Although the warehouse is closed, the infrastructure and vehicles are still there, and as long as the workers are recruited, they can be put into use immediately, so Song Chen will keep an eye on Amazon's warehouse resources!
And if the first mention was just to make Jeff? Bezos felt that he could negotiate, but the second request made his expression cold, although he felt very angry, but he still maintained a good self-cultivation, and just said coldly: "The closure of the warehouse is only temporary, so I'm afraid that this mention will disappoint you!" ”
"Why?" Although I know that Jeff? Bezos would not agree, but Song Chen still tried to convince, "Amazon's financial situation is deteriorating, and you have changed the financial officer not long ago...... I don't want to give you the impression that it's taking advantage of the fire, but it's actually good for both sides, and the purpose of our acquisition is to help Amazon do its best to turn around its losses and make Wall Street's voice less harsh — what Amazon needs most now is to keep investors happy, isn't it? ”
"And there is no shortage of funds for 8848 needs time to land!" Jeff? Bezos looked directly at Song Chen and pointed out sharply, "If you stand in my position, when 8848 is growing into a competitor that cannot be ignored, even if the investment institutions hate me and grit my teeth, I will not make a decision that I will regret in the future!" ”
Song Chen smiled helplessly and said, "Okay! ”
Jeff? Bezos smiled slightly, and said: "Although the next road between Amazon and 8848 will definitely lead to fierce competition, it seems that I can still stand here and talk to you about business now!" Just like we reached a non-poaching agreement last year, we can reach a broad license for e-commerce patents, but if we license Amazon's patents to Alibaba Group or Chenxing Technology, this is no problem, but if we license them to both at the same time, or Chenxing Group. We at Amazon seem to have suffered a bit! ”
Although Amazon is an e-commerce company, it is also a technology company, which is recognized by the industry, and has accumulated many important patents since its establishment for so long! If you can get authorization from Amazon, you can also avoid the time-consuming and laborious patent war between the two e-commerce giants!
The core economy of e-commerce is the long-tail economy. Small profits but quick turnover, time-consuming and laborious patent wars are not beneficial to both parties, which is why the international e-commerce giants rarely file patent lawsuits with each other in later generations, unless it is a vicious infringement, such as the blatant plagiarism of Tencent in later generations - specific to the one-click order of this patent, if 8848 forcibly launches this product despite Amazon's opposition. The next step is to deal with Amazon's lawsuit!
Jeff? Bezos knew very well that the "one-click order" and high-quality patents could not prevent 8848 from growing, nor could it prevent 8848 from using the second-level "two-button order" function, so he simply agreed to reach a patent alliance with Song Chen.
Moreover, although 8848 is Amazon's long-term competitor, it is also an invasion of each other's core business, and this conflict will become intense. For example, Amazon sells shoes, and 8848 sells books and audio-visual ...... For now, cooperation is far greater than conflict, and the hundreds of thousands of dollars in traffic fees paid by Amazon to goog1e last year illustrate some problems!
"Amazon will be compensated...... Song Chen said with a smile, but before he could finish his vow, the mobile phone in his pocket rang, and he picked up the phone and glanced at it. His brow tightened.
Seeing Song Chen's bad expression, Jeff? Bezos said empathetically: "I would love to talk to you about the future of the Internet, but not now, but in the evening, I will arrange a time and place to contact you, what do you think?" ”
"Of course, Mr. Bezos!" Song Chen smiled, "I'll wait for your call!" ”
Jeff? Bezos smiled and nodded, then beckoned to his assistant, who was far behind, and walked down the lakeside.
Wait for Bezos to leave. Song Chen answered the phone: "What's the matter?" ”
"Oh no, Ah Chen, Xinyu was captured by the people sent by his father!" Wen Yixian's voice was anxious and frightened, with a tremor that could not be concealed.
Song Chen didn't react for a while, his expression was stunned, and when he reacted. His face was green.
"This stupid woman with big breasts and no brains!"
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South Korea, Er.
In September, there is already the breath of autumn, the maple leaves on the side of the road began to fall quietly, and the cool breeze blew up the maple leaves on the ground, with a sense of depression. It was already 6 p.m. local time, and for some families, they were still enjoying a delicious dinner.
But this definitely does not include the Li family.
Faced with the clattering cracking sound in the study and Lee Kun-hee's almost nervous roar, the servants who worked for the Lee family were so frightened that their nerves made it seem that they were all about to faint.
Lin Shiling stood indifferently at the door of the study, she was wearing a short-sleeved dress with elegant colors, and the well-cut fabric wrapped around her delicate body, outlining her pretty plump buttocks, but her expressionless appearance was too penetrating, if she hadn't looked closely, she would almost have been mistaken for a Wangfu stone!
Standing opposite her was her mother-in-law, Lee Kun-hee's wife, Hong Ro-hee, her expression anxious and worried, with an unspeakable fear, and her husband's roar made her tremble in horror every time...... As a traditional Korean woman, her reverence for the husband of the head of the family can be seen!
In Lee Kun-hee's study, which was once regarded as a place of reflection, business books were messily sprinkled all over the carpet, and the smashed table lamp was connected by wires and hung in the air in front of the desk, which was very desolate; The Western antique wall clock, which was once the owner's favorite, was smashed into a shocking hole by Lee Kun-hee, which shows how terrifying Lee Kun-hee's anger is!
Perhaps, Lee Jae-yong, who is on a business trip in China, will be glad that he is not present - in fact, Lee Jae-yong, who learned the news, not only did not feel happy, but after learning about his sister, he had similar thoughts to Ryuji Abe......
Li Xinyu, who was scolded by Song Chen as "big-chested and brainless", stood silently in front of the desk, although her eyes were mixed with timidity that was difficult to hide, but she still exuded a demure and gentle bearing, although the figure that once made men salivate and extremely irritating was not obvious, but it did bulge in, and this is what made Li Jianxi want to kill madly!
His favorite little daughter was actually by a man right under his nose and had her belly bigger!
As a father, it is difficult for a daughter to get pregnant before marriage; As the head of Samsung Group, this is not only an unacceptable thing, but also a complete scandal!
It is hard to imagine that once this matter is revealed, not only will South Korea be shaken, but Lee Kun-hee will not be able to hold his head up in front of the public!
"Say!" The computer display produced by Samsung Electronics was pushed to the side and fell to the ground with a loud sound, and Lee Kun-hee's eyes were bloodshot, "Cha Won-shen? Your classmates? Or is it some other man......"
Li Xinyu was silent for a long time, and under the pressure of her father, she finally made a move. She opened her satchel, took out a copy of Wen Jiàn from it and put it on the table, and then slowly pushed it in front of Lee Kun-hee.
Li Jianxi stared deeply at his daughter for more than ten seconds before he looked down at the text, and when he saw the title, the pupils in his eyes shrank slightly.
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