Chapter 1604 Business Is Business

Lao Ma asked confidently. He saw Feng Yiping glance at him. The look in his eyes seemed to have some unusual meaning. He immediately unconsciously did not dare to look into his eyes. "We feel that this is a complete repetition." Labor?"

They are basically tolerant of all the actions of Jiaqiang. Except for this one, the two models, B2C and C2C, have their own advantages and can be completely parallel. This is no problem, but Jiaqiang Payment, this is the real deal and Alipay Fight in the ring.

Judging from Jiaqiang's recent actions, Jiaqiang Payment is really impressive.

In Feng Yiping's view, Lao Ma first raised this issue, which can also explain to a certain extent that he attaches great importance to this area. It can even be concluded from this that he should also have a very profound understanding of the prospects of this area. know.

Feng Yiping also knew the importance of this area. He clearly remembered a view in the industry later that the key to whether the richest man Ma could surpass Bill Gates and become the world's richest man was whether the financial services sector with Alipay as the core should be listed.

This point can actually be seen intuitively from the size of the memory occupied by the later mobile clients of Alipay and Taobao. Alipay is not just a simple payment tool.

"Lao Ma, I think Mr. Jin has already explained this to you. I also want to talk to you. Regarding this third-party payment platform, our vision is still very different from your Alipay."

"You see, we not only hope that Jiasheng Payment can serve Jiaqiang Mall, but also hope that it can serve all Jiaqiang's enterprises now and in the future, including our hotels and convenience stores,"

"No problem, we also have this idea, and we are also providing payment services to more and more partners, which can fully support payments in other fields," Lao Ma said.

Feng Yiping had to repeat that powerful reason, "Lao Ma, this is the opinion of our board of directors,"

Alibaba's development is not without issues worthy of discussion. Alipay's independence is a very typical one.

We all know that it was originally a project under Alibaba, and it was also an increasingly important project, but later Lao Ma transferred its ownership to another company controlled by him for the reason of obtaining a very important license. .

This incident not only caused great dissatisfaction with Yahoo, which had already had a very bad relationship with Alibaba at that time, but also made SoftBank, another important investor, very popular. The industry, especially the investment banking community, generally had a very negative evaluation of this behavior.

Even Lao Ma himself admitted, "This thing is not perfect," but of course he still insisted that he was right.

Although behind this, there may indeed be factors of state control over the financial sector, but from a purely commercial perspective, the interests of major shareholders have indeed been harmed.

This time, according to the current development trend, it is foreseeable that Yahoo and Alibaba will not have much intersection, and SoftBank’s current share in Alibaba is far smaller than that of Jiaqiang. Feng Yiping does not want to be the largest shareholder. , then become the biggest victim.

Of course, in view of this lesson, Jiasheng Payment has been independently registered and operated from the beginning, and is an authentic Chinese company.

Lao Ma was complaining in his heart, what the hell if you can't make the decision!

One of the biggest mysteries in the domestic financial community is the specific operation of the board of directors of GAIN Capital. It now appears that GAIN Capital's largest shareholder is an investment company in the British Virgin Islands. Naturally, Feng Yiping is their designated agent.

But in this investment company, no one knows how much power Feng Yiping has, so this has become Feng Yiping's best and most powerful excuse. For some decisions, he can confidently say, I can't make the decision.

But Lao Ma's intuition told him that the so-called investment company must be Feng Yiping's cover-up, but intuition was actually just speculation, and the urine properties of places like the British Virgin Islands and Cayman Islands made it impossible for him to confirm this. .

In short, it seems that Jiasheng has taken advantage of the situation and is determined to build another third-party payment platform. The problem is that it is useless to object to it. So, come on, let’s have real competition. Lao Ma and His team is actually not afraid.

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This issue was also being discussed in Jin Ling's office. Several people from Jiasheng Mall were crowded here, asking with concern, "Mr. Jin, what will Mr. Feng and the others discuss this time?"

They knew the general direction Feng Yiping and Lao Ma had set, which was the merger of the two companies, although overall, this was a good thing.

After all, in the current domestic e-commerce field, Alibaba has the upper hand in the head-to-head confrontation with eBay. Although its current strength can only be regarded as average, and although it still faces a lot of competition, it is indeed the industry leader who does its job.

In other words, he is still the biggest rival of Jiasheng Mall. It is naturally a good thing to be able to turn such a biggest competitor into one of his own through a similar acquisition.

But when it comes to individuals, this is really not necessarily the case. What is good for the company may not necessarily be good for the individual.

After the merger of the two companies, the team will definitely need to be reorganized. The indisputable fact is that their positions will definitely be moved, and the rights in their hands will definitely be divided. In some people's hearts, there may not be some hidden thoughts at this time like "Don't merge." thoughts.

"No matter what we talk about, the premise is that Mr. Feng will definitely not let our interests be harmed," Jin Ling said.

Isn't it the same as not saying it? Many people think.

"But I guess we will have to have one more competitor in the promotion after we go online," she added, "Okay, have you finished your work? Go back and polish your piece of work,"

"Tell your colleagues that no matter how many companies follow suit and how lively it is during the promotion period we have scheduled, we must be the absolute protagonist, remember?"

"Understood," everyone's answers were very sonorous at this moment.

They knew that their performance this time might affect Mr. Feng's grand strategy, and more likely to affect their personal status in the merged company in the future - if the merger can be achieved.

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Jin Ling's prediction was correct.

"The Jiasheng Mall has not yet been launched, but the early publicity makes me jealous. I think there should be a lot of people saving money to prepare to grab more good bargains when the time comes," Lao Ma really mentioned another piece.

"Some merchants who are eager to expand their influence in China trust us and have high expectations for this promotion. They have indeed spent a lot of money on it. In their words, this time is equivalent to a real fire sale," Feng Yiping said with a smile.

"You are still influential," said Lao Ma.

When they just started, how could they let merchants do such a big discount promotion? Their main job at that time was to make merchants trust them.

Even now, many merchants on the Taobao platform have tasted the sweetness, but it is also very difficult for them to do the same promotion as the one on Jiasheng Mall.

Currently, there are only some small merchants on the Taobao platform. They have to be careful about everything they do. If you ask them to sell at a real fire sale, they are afraid that they will really fire sale.

The merchants on Jiasheng Mall are mainly companies. At least most of them are very powerful. They have the willingness and the strength to spend huge sums of money on promotions to increase their influence.

"I heard that the reason why some merchants have such a big promotion this time is because we provide subsidies?" He asked with a smile.

"Yes, I looked at the budget, it's about 200 million," Feng Yiping said.

In fact, this matter has been made very clear in some promotional copy.

It is said that the promotion that Jiasheng Mall will hold this time will not only have the merchants themselves make profits, but also Jiasheng will generously subsidize 200 million, which means a profit of 200 million.

The purpose is naturally to attract more users.

"It's not a promotion, is it really 200 million?" Lao Ma asked.

"It is indeed 200 million. You know, it's not easy to ask those well-known brands that have no worries about sales to make big profits."

"What a pity," Lao Ma slapped the table, "After our two companies merge, how much can I do with these 200 million?"

After several rounds of financing, Alibaba is not unable to take out 200 million at this time, but his board of directors, a real board of directors, wants to subsidize 200 million for an event, so there is no need to think about it.

"After the merger, you don't have to worry about the funds," Feng Yiping said. "After the merger, Jiasheng Mall and Taobao will still operate as two projects, and we also need to increase our visibility."

In any case, even if their original verbal agreement can be well implemented, Feng Yiping can't just ignore the carefully prepared promotion or reduce the intensity because it will affect Taobao.

After all, the two families haven't really become a family yet, right? So he will naturally consider the interests of Jiasheng Mall with all his strength.

Even if the merger goes smoothly in the future, it is very necessary to let the Taobao team know the combat effectiveness of the Jiasheng team.

The merger of enterprises is actually a bit like two people forming a family. Before forming a family, don't you let the other party have an understanding of your own strength?

And this time, the formation of this family is based on the intentions of the adults of the two families, similar to the orders of parents. It can be imagined that the two little guys who don't know much about each other can't have no conflicting opinions, so it is even more necessary to show each other their abilities.

"Yes, I also look forward to that day coming sooner," said Lao Ma, "but we think that the event you organized this time is also an opportunity for us. After all, you are successful in everything you do, and this promotion season has been hyped up by you."

"So we thought, this time, can we take advantage of it?"