283 Strong alliances
When Su Zhen left Kroenke's ranch, the shock in his heart could not be calmed down for a long time, but he was more excited, he now understood why Wal-Mart could become the world's No. 1 retailer, which was inseparable from the Walton family's vision, and this harvest was indeed too great.
"Tingting, will we also hold a birthday party for you in the future?" On the way back, Su Zhen asked Tingting in the back seat while driving the car, because when Tingting had a birthday in the past, her family usually got together for a meal, and she would not have a party like the Americans, but when I saw it today, such a birthday party was also very good, and the important thing was that the child had a lot of friends to play with.
"Okay, good" Xiao Tingting also gave her a birthday after hearing this, and the happy chick nodded like pecking rice, although she used to celebrate her birthday with her mother and brother and a large group of sub-animals, but how could she have fun with so many friends, so she was very happy.
"What did you talk about with the Waltons? Do you look happy? And Lux on the side was so happy to see Su Zhen, obviously it couldn't be because it was a birthday party, and more because of the conversation with the Walton family before, but when Su Zhen was talking to the Walton family, she was playing with the two children, so she wasn't there, but the Walton family was in the United States, but Su Zhen was not bad, so it was necessary to be so happy?
"Well, I basically negotiated a cooperation intention with Walton, and if it succeeds, then it will definitely have a big impact," Su Zhen said with a smile.
"Oh? What and the intention to cooperate? We don't seem to have much to work with other than agricultural companies, do we? Lux said after a moment's thought.
"No, no, no, not an agricultural company. It's Google" Su Zhen shook his head and said, although his agricultural company has great potential in the future because of the emergence of new cattle breeds and new seeds, but as far as the current agricultural company is concerned, it can't enter Walmart's eyes.
"Google?" Lux was stunned, one was a high-tech company, the other was a retail giant... It seems that these two can't be connected, what can they work with?
"Walmart was ready to enter the online retail industry and needed a technology support partner, so they chose Google," Su explained.
That's right. It's the online retail industry. THAT IS, E-COMMERCE, WITH THE SUCCESS OF EBAY AND AMAZON, WAL-MART, AS THE WORLD'S LARGEST PHYSICAL RETAILER, HAS ALSO BEGUN TO TARGET THIS BIG CAKE. BUT NOW IT'S HAPPENING THAT EBAY AND AMAZON HAVE MANAGED TO CAPTURE MOST OF THE MARKET EXCEPT CHINA. Even in China. It also has a lot of market share and is very competitive, while Wal-Mart is a giant in the retail industry in the world. Attaches great importance to information technology, and has a powerful terminal system and top information database second only to the United States military, but after all, it is only a retail company, not an IT company, so it is still a little weak in the related technology of e-commerce, the only thing that can be praised is its strong and perfect logistics system, but it is difficult to break through the resistance of EBAY and Amazon alone, so it needs to find a partner who can provide it with technical support, And their chosen target is Google.
The reason why Google is chosen is also very simple, Google not only has a strong R&D technology, but also because as the world's largest search engine, Google has a large number of customers, so if you cooperate with Google, you can save a lot of trouble and cost in network promotion, and Google can also take the opportunity to enter the field of e-commerce, which is definitely a win-win situation.
"So you agreed? How are you going to work together? Lux asked, blinking her big pretty eyes.
"There is just a preliminary intention, and the way of cooperation is also very simple, the two sides jointly funded the formation of a new company, by Google to establish a website and provide technical support, while Wal-Mart provides warehousing and logistics support, the combination of traditional industry and technology, can be said to be a win-win situation, but although I am the majority shareholder of Google, but I initially promised Larry and Sergei that I would not interfere in the management of the company without authorization, so whether we can really reach cooperation depends on their opinions" Su Zhen shook his head and said, But having said that, he believes that it is not difficult to convince Larry and Sergey, because in Google's future expansion policy, there is a field of e-commerce, and in fact, in later generations, both Google and Wal-Mart have indeed entered this field, but because in the original time and space, the two companies are competitors, each fighting for itself, and has not cooperated, although they have achieved some achievements in the field of e-commerce, but they cannot shake the leading position of Amazon and EBAY, In fact, Wal-Mart has also thrown an olive branch to Google, but because Google's equity in the original time and space is extremely dispersed and controlled by major consortia, even if Larry Page and other management are extremely motivated, they cannot change the policy of the board of directors.
And this life is different, because of Su Zhen's participation, although Google is still listed, but the equity is highly concentrated, as long as Su Zhen and Larry agree, it can completely determine the direction of Google, so in Su Zhen's view, the possibility of this cooperation is very high, and once the cooperation is successful, then it is absolutely subversive for the current online retail industry. AMAZON AND EBAY PUT TOGETHER CAN'T BE GOOGLE'S OPPONENTS, THAN THE PRICE OF GOODS? Wal-Mart is notoriously low in the world, so even if these two companies take the lead, they are definitely not rivals under the strong combination of Google and Wal-Mart.
"BUT DON'T YOU HAVE A LOT OF STOCKS ON EBAY AND AMAZON?" Lux blinked her eyes and asked, although she usually rarely cares about Su Zhen's company, but she still knows about Su Zhen's investment company holding the shares of these two companies, and the stock prices of these two companies can be said to be rising all the time, isn't Su Zhen afraid that because of the cooperation between Google and Wal-Mart, the stock prices of these two companies will plummet?
"Uh... Wouldn't it be nice to sell it" Su Zhen looked at Lux a little speechlessly, this girl is usually very smart, how could this be......
Lux was stunned, yes, wouldn't it be nice to sell it...
The next day, Su Zhen left the ranch and flew directly to Google's headquarters in Silicon Valley.
"What do you think?" Su Zhen looked at the other two major shareholders of Google, Larry Page and Sergey, and CEO Eric Schmidt in front of him and asked.
"This plan is really a bit amazing" After listening to Su Zhen's story, Larry Page said a little sluggishly, if this cooperation intention is really reached, then there is no doubt that it will definitely subvert the existing e-commerce pattern, whether in terms of resources, technology or capital, it can be compared with Google + Wal-Mart at all. AND ONCE THE COOPERATION IS SUCCESSFUL, GOOGLE'S TECHNOLOGY AND NETWORK CUSTOMERS + WAL-MART'S LOGISTICS TERMINAL, IT IS CONCEIVABLE THAT THE EFFECT OBTAINED IS CERTAINLY NOT AS SIMPLE AS 1+1, AND IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR EITHER EBAY OR AMAZON TO POSE A THREAT TO THEIR COOPERATION AT THAT TIME.
"I think this plan is extremely beneficial for both of us, and I agree with this intention to cooperate," Eric Schmidt was the first to say.
"I also agree that we already have online retail in our future plans, but we have no experience in this aspect of retail, and working with Walmart is a good choice," Sergey also nodded in agreement.
"I have no opinion," Larry Page nodded, and said succinctly.
"Okay, since we don't have one, let's start negotiating with Walmart, I happen to have a small island resort in the South Pacific that has been built, I think it would be a good place to talk, what do you think?" Su Zhen said with a smile, as early as the beginning of the year, the construction of the two islands was basically completed, but Su Zhen had been relatively "busy" so he hadn't had a chance to see it yet, and now the northern hemisphere is beginning to enter summer, and the southern hemisphere is just winter, the temperature of the tropical island will be milder, and it is a good time for formal vacation and leisure. (To be continued......)