Chapter 1510: Fragile Persistence

"That's it?" Jin Ling looked at Feng Yiping in disbelief, "With just a few words, you two decided on such a big thing?"

"Isn't this a joke? It's unbelievable!"

"Yes," Feng Yiping actually had some doubts about whether this was true, "but how complicated it is, we are both going in the same direction,"

From his perspective, it is normal and correct for Taobao and Tmall to merge into one in the future.

"You didn't drink too much," Jin Ling said angrily, "or have you forgotten the plan you have set?"

"Do you still remember what position this e-commerce platform plays in our layout? Do you still remember how many companies we have are actually established to serve this e-commerce platform? "Jin Ling said furiously.

"You suddenly want to accept a partner like this, do you know what that means? It means that we have to go through the process that we have already gone through again, which means that we are going to have to deal with many of our companies. , conduct a thorough accounting...,"

"Do you know how much time this will waste and how much extra cost it will generate?" She felt a headache just thinking about it.

"I know, I know," Feng Yiping rubbed his forehead and lay down on the sofa, "Isn't this a verbal agreement of intention? Our e-commerce platform has not yet been launched. We have plenty of time."

"Stop talking about it now. I'll be quiet for a while and think about it." He waved his hand and closed his eyes.

When Lao Ma already had an advantage in the confrontation with eBay, he was so eager to propose cooperation with him. Why? It seems a little too hasty.

Hasty? It seems that according to the original trajectory, Alibaba’s cooperation with Yahoo next year can be considered hasty, and the intention of strategic cooperation was reached after only a few talks - Yahoo included Yahoo China and obtained it at a cost of US$1 billion. acquired 40% of Alibaba’s shares.

Choosing Yahoo naturally depends on Yahoo’s influence in the industry and the traffic that Yahoo China can potentially bring to Taobao.

Jiasheng can also do this now.

Now I and my company, especially in China, are definitely more influential than Yahoo China, which was not developing very smoothly.

From importing traffic, to assisting in building a management team, to providing other necessary support... In many aspects, I have been able to provide systematic help like those world-class venture capital firms.

So at this point, it is not unreasonable for him and Jiasheng to replace Chief Yang and Yahoo.

Then, the rest of that cooperation was money, with a total investment of US$1 billion, which is also not a problem for me now.

"I understand," Feng Yiping opened his eyes, "It's money, it's because of money," he said loudly, "That's why he seemed to be so hasty in asking me to cooperate."

Alibaba's current development should be in urgent need of a large amount of funds, and it is estimated that time has waited for no one. Otherwise, why is it so eager to sell 40% of its company's equity at a cost of US$1 billion?

I believe that any entrepreneur would be cautious about giving up 40% of his equity at one time. That is a number that makes it very easy to gain control of the company.

The only conclusion is that they must have calculated that they can use these hundreds of millions of dollars in cash to develop the company rapidly. For this reason, it is cost-effective to give up 40% of the equity.

Later, everyone felt that Alibaba was not worth it, and they were annoyed that Yahoo had invested a billion dollars but got more than tens of billions of dollars in return. But what they did not consider at that time was that Yahoo's billion dollars would not be worth Alibaba. How important this development is.

If you understand why Alibaba was so anxious to cooperate with Yahoo, you can also understand Lao Ma's unexpected proposal this time.

In other words, after meeting the first condition, if you want to talk to Lao Ma now, you can actually talk about the conditions for obtaining 40% of Alibaba's equity, and it may not cost as much as US$1 billion.

"So you think he thinks we are his ideal partner now? He welcomes us to invest on top of our original shareholding?" Jin Ling said.

"Yes," Feng Yiping said.

"I think another possibility cannot be ruled out. He first uses the excuse of cooperation to stabilize us, and then turns around and steps up the development of B2C websites like our online platform," Jin Ling said.

Feng Yiping was stunned for a moment, "No,"

This was his subconscious reaction. Later, Lao Ma was so positive, affectionate and responsible that it was impossible for him to do such a thing.

"When funds are so tight, they shouldn't be so frivolous,"

This is more rational. Lao Ma should not do such a thing as lying to his face.

Moreover, Feng Yiping and Jiasheng are not so easy to fool now. If they want to be fooled, they must have the courage to bear the consequences.

"No," he shook his head again, this time more sure.

"Although the truth is this, don't many things not follow the truth?" Jin Ling said.

"Yes, we are members of Alibaba's board of directors, but we are not involved in the specific business. Under such circumstances, it is not impossible for the management team to secretly develop a new project without us noticing,"

"Okay, just pay more attention." Jin Ling, unlike Feng Yiping, has some special views on Lao Ma. At the same time, she raised these issues from the perspective of an executor, which shows that she views the issue very comprehensively, which is worthy of recognition.

"I think our cooperation will be prepared in this direction for the time being. It will mainly involve cooperation between the online platform and Alibaba. It will not involve other companies, whether it is Youjia or express delivery companies. We will discuss the details in the future."

What Feng Yiping said made things clearer by at least half.

"You also have to think about it from another angle. Alibaba is undoubtedly a flagship brand in our country in the field of e-commerce. Our e-commerce platform is not completely useless in cooperating with it, right? It is considered powerful after all. Join forces,"

Although he believes that under the current conditions, Jiaqiang's own team can also operate this online platform similar to Tmall later, it is also a good choice to hand it over to the Alibaba team and develop together with Taobao. .

After all, facts have proven that the Alibaba team later did a very good job.

From a personal emotional point of view, this arrangement also made him feel the most relaxed.

Replacing those foreign investors by oneself would presumably make it easier for all parties, especially domestic consumers, to accept it emotionally.

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"What happened today?" After returning upstairs, Huang Jingping felt keenly that Feng Yiping was a little different from usual.

"It's nothing," Feng Yiping hugged her, "I just made a decision today that will have a far-reaching impact."

"A decision that will be very beneficial to us?" Huang Jingping asked this first.

"Bonus? That's inevitable,"

For my online platform, I have found an executive team that is destined to be excellent, and I have also found myself a good opportunity to invest in the most successful Internet company in the country... This is definitely a good thing.

Besides, when he thinks about the possibility of getting at least 40% of the shares, and the subsequent market value of Alibaba, although he has passed the time of being excited about money, it is inevitable that he will still be a little excited, because the money is so huge.

Yahoo and SoftBank's investments in Alibaba are both corporate in nature, so even if there is such a large return, it is not too eye-catching to be divided among the numerous shareholders of the two companies.

Jiaqiang is different. Although there are shareholders on the surface, they are actually left to their own hands. Think about it. In a company with a market capitalization of Ali's size, 40% of the shares are actually held by one person. In terms of personal wealth, , Bill Gates, Buffett and his like, what do they count?

After thinking about it, Feng Yiping felt that he had to go and get some cold air.

However, at the beginning, he still insisted not to involve any of the three BAT companies. But now, due to the development of his company, he has no choice on this issue.

Haha, this is really a very fragile persistence.

The main reason is that although I was sure that I would succeed at that time, I did not expect that I would be so successful and so successful in so many fields.

When he first opened a convenience store, his vision for his future online mall was only similar to an online supermarket like No. 1 Store. But now, it is impossible not to be the first to build Tmall.

It can be seen that all the presuppositions in the world are the same as a girl's presuppositions about the partner in her mind when she first falls in love. They are very beautiful, but unrealistic.

It is also the same as those adult women who are searching for their significant other, and their presuppositions about their marriage partners are the same: if they have a house, it is best to be a villa with a swimming pool; if they have a car, it is best to be a two-door supercar... I understand, but Very difficult to implement.

Many times, what ultimately determines our actions can only be beautiful or cruel reality.

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"Well, Amanda is asleep," Huang Jingping turned her head and kissed Feng Yiping skillfully, her eyes full of lust. She obviously misunderstood the reason for Feng Yiping's body being hot.

Feng Yiping obviously didn't know how to explain clearly to her. He put one hand on her back through the clothes, then reached into the skirt and pulled it down, and skillfully solved the two most critical weapons of hers... ….

More than 20 minutes later, looking at the very clear deep human-shaped mark on the leather sofa, Huang Jingping, who was leaning softly on Feng Yiping, was a little shy and said, "This is all sweat. I have to wash it off tomorrow."

"Since we have to wash the sofa, let them wash the carpet as well,"

"Ah, why? Oh!" Huang Jingping, who was pinned down by Feng Yiping on the carpet next to the coffee table, immediately realized that she had asked a unnecessary question.

The temperature in the room quickly rose again...

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After soaking in the bathtub, Huang Jingping regained some energy, but her voice still had a different charm, "The day after tomorrow, I want to go back to the town, stay at my house for a few days, and then stay at your house for a few days,"

"Well, I have no objection." The parents on both sides may not miss them now, but they will definitely miss Amanda, their precious granddaughter. If they have the chance, they should see it more.

"After that, whether you leave or not, I have to go back to the United States. Now is the critical time for the restaurant,"

"I still have to stay in the capital for a few days, and I have to leave by half a month at the latest." Naturally, this time I went to the United States for the increasingly large-scale visiting group of entrepreneurs that I initiated.

This is a major event that he uses his influence to do, and he also has a lot of considerations in this matter, so there is no room for error. The related preparation and coordination work is not easy.

"It's just the issue of studying abroad for a few younger brothers and sisters, which is a bit troublesome,"

With their current grades, it is impossible for Feng Yiping's three cousins, plus Huang Qinping, to apply to prestigious American universities, but several families are now very concerned about this matter.

And because of Feng Yiping, they are not considering non-prestigious schools now.

This is a bit like getting four guys with average grades into schools like Tsinghua University and Peking University, which is extremely difficult.

Although Feng Yiping has a good relationship with many American universities, especially those well-known universities, through the Hong Kong-based scholarship foundation, it is not realistic to ask them to accept four unqualified students.

And Feng Yiping does not want to donate a large sum of money to a prestigious American university that is already rich just because of them.

However, this is indeed his responsibility.

"Or, let them apply by themselves, so that they can understand the difficulty of this matter, or let them go to the United States to study in those less well-known universities first. If they are still not satisfied, after getting familiar with and consolidating in the United States for a period of time, let them apply for Harvard, Yale, Stanford, etc. by themselves."

"Yes, they don't actually need conspicuous diplomas now," Huang Jingping said

In fact, the issue that Feng Yiping most wants to talk to Huang Jingping now is what Jin Ling said, why did he dodge when he saw Jin Ling this time?

But he felt a little guilty, and now was not a good time to ask such a question, because Huang Jingping felt the changes behind him again, "Well, are you okay?..."