Chapter 1325 An Explanation to the People of the Whole Country

The shooting of public service advertisements is very simple. Li Mu passed the four set lines in four paragraphs in front of the camera. Complete the clip, and then completed his task, which took less than ten minutes.

However, Li Mu knew very well that the next interview with Sun Junyi was the most important thing Yang Ma invited him over this time.

Sitting opposite Sun Junyi in the studio, Sun Junyi first dictated the various efforts made by Li Mu and his two companies in the process of fighting against SARS. After a very positive evaluation, it was time for Sun Junyi to ask questions.

Faced with every question Sun Junyi raised, Li Mu answered them one by one very naturally.

Sun Junyi asked him: "Mr. Li, what do you think of this SARS epidemic?"

Li Mu replied: "I think SARS is just an unsurprising episode in our development process. For tens of thousands of years, diseases have been the eternal opponents of human beings in the process of development. No matter how human beings develop, it is impossible to completely eliminate diseases." It is nothing new in the history of human development to encounter a new type of disease, and our current medical level has made great progress compared with the past few decades, so I don't think SARS will really become a disease. widespread disease."

Sun Junyi asked Li Mu again: "President Li, in your opinion, can this epidemic be overcome quickly?"

Li Mu nodded, and said seriously: "I believe in the strength of the country and the cohesion of the people, and I also believe in science, our medical and scientific research workers, and compared with the various bird flu, mad cow disease and Egyptian diseases that have been prevalent in recent years For epidemic diseases such as Bora virus, the destructive power brought by SARS is obviously much weaker than these infectious diseases, so I believe that we will be able to overcome this epidemic in a short time, maybe three months, at most half a year, we victory in the end.”

Sun Junyi then asked: "Mr. Li, some time ago Muye Technology and Taobao jointly donated a large amount of anti-epidemic materials to the health department and the transportation department, including tens of millions of high-grade protective masks, a large number of protective clothing, disinfection equipment and Body temperature detection equipment, I would like to ask you, what made you make such a big donation decision?"

Li Mu replied: "When the epidemic broke out, the whole society was more or less in a state of panic, but in my opinion, the vast majority of the people in the society are not in any real danger for the time being, and to ensure that they are not in danger for the time being The root cause of the real danger is the hard work and dedication of a large number of front-line medical workers;”

After a pause, Li Mu continued: "According to the data we have collected, none of the cities where the SARS epidemic has been discovered has yet seen large-scale spread. During isolation and treatment, they exposed themselves to the most dangerous environment and used their flesh and blood to build a solid Great Wall between the virus and the people. My company and I have the responsibility and obligation to provide These medical staff provide help within their ability, and right now, I believe that what they need most is materials that can enhance personal protection, so we decided to donate this batch of materials to them. If there is still a need for related materials in the future, we will continue. Donate more to them."

Sun Junyi praised: "Mr. Li has always been one of the most socially responsible entrepreneurs among domestic private enterprises. We have received feedback from a large number of medical units. The materials you donated have been given to all in the shortest possible time. In the hands of the front-line medical workers, and provided them with very good security, here, on behalf of the medical workers across the country, I would like to thank you and your two companies for their care and dedication to them."

Li Mu said humbly: "All of these are what we should do."

Sun Junyi also said: "During this epidemic, your Taobao website has received unanimous praise from people across the country.

When the epidemic was just announced, the prices of epidemic prevention-related materials in various places have skyrocketed. Many merchants with ulterior motives have increased the price of goods that were originally worth only a few yuan to tens of yuan or even hundreds of yuan. Your Taobao.com was able to stabilize prices in the shortest possible time. This has also made many domestic people who do not know about Taobao or online shopping better understand Taobao, the Internet and e-commerce. Then I would like to ask you, In your opinion, what changes will the Internet and e-commerce bring to consumers in the future, and why they will bring about the changes you envisioned. "

This question is a question of giving points in the true sense.

This is why Li Mu has always been grateful to Yang Ma from the bottom of her heart. From the moment she was exposed, Yang Ma took good care of herself, and she has been reporting on herself and her entrepreneurial projects from an absolutely positive angle, laying a solid foundation for herself. Strong mass base, now, Mama Yang deliberately arranged such a question in the interview, simply giving herself a chance to advertise for Taobao. This advertisement is more effective than any hard advertising.

In order to seize this good opportunity, Li Mu replied seriously: "I think that in the near future, e-commerce will become the mainstream consumption channel for the urban population, and it will cover most of the township and rural population in ten years. At the same time, e-commerce will expand from the current national scope to the global scope in the future!"

"As for why I expected this, there are many reasons: In the early days of the Internet, in the field of information interaction, a virtual world without distance and barriers was created for all human beings. However, the Internet can do far more than the simple virtual world. Business is an organic combination of the Internet and the real world;

In real life, the feet and legs of consumers are fleshy, so the distance they can walk for shopping is very limited every day. The daily consumption range of most people does not exceed the radius of five kilometers from home. In China, people living in first-tier cities may have a daily consumption range of 15 kilometers, but this is already the extreme of daily consumption in real life. If a person’s daily consumption needs to be more than 15 kilometers or even 20 kilometers away from home , then it is certain that this person’s consumption experience is very tiring;

However, in the field of e-commerce, the feet and legs of consumers have been completely liberated. They can enjoy the consumption range of 9.6 million square kilometers at home without going out. We display all the products in the country. In front of him, let him sit in front of the computer and choose his favorite products at will. Through online selection, online payment, and offline delivery, users can buy products from all over the country or even the world while sitting at home. The change of this consumption mode and experience is definitely revolutionary. I believe that any consumer who has experienced online shopping will completely fall in love with this brand new shopping method. I also believe that in the near future, e-commerce will be completely subverted. National consumer spending habits. "

Sun Junyi nodded and said: "We have interviewed many Taobao consumers, and their evaluation of the online shopping experience is indeed as you said, this is an unprecedented and subversive brand-new experience. The previous shopping method, It is to arrange the time in advance, clean yourself up, go to the shopping place, and then shuttle through various stores. It takes a long time to select the products you like. But now, everyone only needs to sit at home and move the mouse to enjoy Browse products from all over the country, including Vientiane, and when you see what you like, you only need to place an order and pay for it, and the product will be delivered to your door after a day or two. This kind of experience change is indeed revolutionary. Let more consumers fully feel the different way of consumption of e-commerce."

Li Mu nodded and said, "Taobao.com and Taobao Logistics will definitely work harder in the future to provide consumers across the country with a more assured, affordable and convenient shopping experience."

Later, Sun Junyi asked the fifth question: "Mr. Li, whether it is Taobao's use of a large amount of inventory to stabilize prices this time, or your large donations to health and transportation related departments, behind these measures are all Represents a huge material reserve. In recent days, many netizens on the Internet are curious. SARS has just erupted. Before that, it only appeared in a small area in Guangdong Province, and at that time, various departments had not played enough against SARS. Pay attention, why did you start preparing this large amount of supplies a few months ago? Is it true that you have the ability to predict, as those netizens on the Internet said?"

Li Mu smiled slightly and said calmly: "I am a human being, not a god, so I definitely don't have the ability to predict the future. As for why I started preparing this batch of supplies two or three months in advance, this question is also a long story, but since Many netizens are very interested, so let me talk about it.”

"A few months ago, Makino Technology launched the Muying ticketing system for selling movie tickets online. After this product was launched, Mr. Spielberg, the director and founder of American DreamWorks, very much hoped to cooperate with Makino Technology to bring Muying The ticketing system developed to the United States, and we happened to be discussing the script of "Flying Tigers" at that time, so he brought a well-known American actress, Anne Heather, who is also one of the heroines of "Flying Tigers" Wei came to China together;

It happened that at that time I was busy with the distribution center project of Taobao Logistics in Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province. Everyone should have the impression that we launched the first automatic sorting system of Taobao Logistics there. I attached great importance to this matter, so during that time I have been in Shenzhen City all the time, and Spielberg and Anne Hathaway also came to Shenzhen City to meet with me to discuss the specific details of cooperation;

At that time, there were already some rumors in Shenzhen that there was a relatively serious infectious disease in the local area. Although the rumors were unconfirmed, many people were rushing to buy masks and disinfectants. The epidemic also had a very good deterrent effect, so there were cases of people driving up prices at that time, but it was far less outrageous than later;

I was in Shenzhen City at the time, and I didn’t pay much attention to these rumors, but a few days later, Miss Annie suddenly developed a high fever and was hospitalized. After contacting the medical staff at the time, I realized that there was indeed a local An unconfirmed new type of infectious disease, Miss Anne was hospitalized for several days with a high fever, and her condition was very critical. Some rumors in the local market and price gouging, I feel that I need to prepare for the worst. If this infectious disease is really serious and spreads, my company and I can serve the society Do something to alleviate the harm caused by this epidemic. "

After thinking about it carefully, I decided to start from two aspects. On the one hand, stockpile a large amount of conventional anti-epidemic materials in advance to prevent illegal traders from taking the opportunity to drive up prices if the epidemic really breaks out; on the other hand, the most important thing to control the epidemic must be to eliminate Healthy people are infected, and the medical staff are in charge of this work, so I had the idea of ​​hoarding some medical and epidemic prevention materials and equipment in advance. It happened that I went to the United States at that time. I am familiar with the manufacturer, so I negotiated a more favorable price with the manufacturer, and ordered a batch of materials and equipment in advance to be prepared, but I did not expect it to come in handy. "

Sun Junyi also heard Li Mu's positive answer for the first time. After listening to it, he was very surprised. He knew that Li Mu had indeed stayed in Guangdong Province for a long time a while ago, and he also knew that Spielberg and Anne Hathaway had indeed made a special trip to Shenzhen. The city asked him to meet to discuss cooperation, but he did not expect that Anne Hathaway was sick. He did not doubt the authenticity of Li Mu's statement, because this kind of thing can be confirmed by the medical unit in Shenzhen. After getting the answer, he was just a little scared. Fortunately, Anne Hathaway was not infected with SARS at the time. Otherwise, if the news that an international movie star was infected with SARS in China was exposed, the impact on the international image would be immeasurable.

In addition, Sun Junyi was also amazed at Li Mu's courage. From some clues or some uncertain clues, he could deduce that there might be an outbreak of the epidemic, and invested more than one billion yuan to hoard various supplies. Don't worry that these materials will be thrown into your hands because of your wrong deduction. This kind of courage, except for Li Mu, any entrepreneur in China may not be able to do it.

Thinking of this, Sun Junyi couldn't help asking a question that was not within the scope of prior communication: "Mr. Li, just relying on these clues, you have the courage to invest one billion or even two billion yuan to prevent problems before they happen. Don't you Don't worry about the huge loss if the inference is wrong?"

Li Mu smiled confidently, and said calmly: "I'm not worried about my inference error at all. There are two reasons. First, if my inference is wrong and there is no epidemic, it is a good thing for society. Why should I worry? Second, Taobao already had a very large volume at that time. I can normally digest a large part or even all of this batch of materials through Taobao. Even if there is a loss, it is impossible to lose all. , Naturally, I am prepared to face losses, and it is only a few hundred million yuan, which is nothing to me and my company. I think it is worthwhile to exchange a few hundred million yuan of potential losses for the whole society to insure."

As he said that, Li Mu looked at Sun Junyi, and said to him with a smile on his face: "Speaking of which, anyone who starts a business has courage, but I am just a little more courageous than ordinary people, and this matter is far from serious. The most daring thing I've ever done."

Sun Junyi was quickly diverted by Li Mu, and curiously asked the second question that was not within the scope of communication: "Then Mr. Li, what is the most courageous thing you have done so far?"

Li Mu smiled and said: "Muye Technology took in US$3.3 billion in cash for the C round of financing. After the money arrived, I allocated more than US$2 billion, or even more than 20 billion RMB, to use On one thing, do you know what it is?"

Sun Junyi shook his head with his eyes wide open.

Li Mu said: "I have used more than 20 billion yuan of funds to establish multiple data processing centers around the world. Now, the first phase of this plan has been realized, so Muye Technology can simultaneously support tens of millions of data processing centers around the world. Even hundreds of millions of people log in to YY, chat through YY texts, video calls, transfer data, send and receive emails, and browse YY portals. At the same time, we can support tens of millions of people to play "Paradise Town" and "Plants vs. Zombies Online" at the same time;

In the future, our data processing center will also be able to support hundreds of millions of people to play large-scale online games, watch high-definition videos, and make high-quality video and voice calls at the same time. Even in the farther future, we will not only provide such support for ourselves , but also to provide the same support for countless Internet companies around the world. This is our data service business, and this business itself will not be profitable in the next few years, but I infer that it will not only be worth the money in the future, but also have great potential , so we threw 20 billion into it, guess I'm worried that these 20 billion will be in vain? "

Sun Junyi came back to his senses and sighed: "After listening to you, I believe you won't be worried."

Li Mu nodded: "I'm not worried, and I'm not worried at all. This is not only because of the trust in my own judgment, but also because of my consistent style of doing things. As long as I think it is necessary to do things, no matter how high the capital investment I don’t worry about it either. 20 billion invested in a data processing center and 2 billion hoarding anti-epidemic supplies are the same in my opinion. Let alone 2 billion may be lost, even 20 billion will be spent. I won’t shrink back when I’m in the water. In the future, Muye Technology or Taobao may invest 50 billion or even 100 billion in projects. If I don’t dare to make a decision of 2 billion, why should these two companies become the industry? top notch?"