Chapter 1472 Climb up the Pole

April 8th.

On this day, Ali held a treasure financing reception in Lin'an.

Compared with Weibo financing, Dibao financing has attracted more attention.

It’s not that the value of Dibao must be higher than that of Weibo. The key is that this is the first time Ali has used Dibao alone for financing.

And it is the first financing of Ali Group after delisting.

Before that, in 2005, in order to develop Tbao and compete with eBay, Ali found Yahoo and raised US$1 billion.

However, at that time, the entire Ali Group was the main body for financing, and Yahoo took away 39% of the group's equity in that financing.

Although with this money, Ali hatched Taobao and Alipay, it also led to the fact that Yahoo now has too much power. In addition, Ali is not very concerned about Yahoo's business in China, and now the two sides are full of conflicts.

Ma Yun is no longer in charge of the rights of the Ali Group.

The reason why I chose to finance Dibao alone this time is probably also to prevent the tail from getting too big.

In addition to these factors, another point is that Dibao is the only C2C platform that has chosen financing in recent years.

Of course, the actual situation is that after the expansion of Dibao, Huaxia’s C2C platform hardly has much room for survival. There was a Paipai before, but Paipai relies on Teng Xun, so there is no need for financing.

As the online shopping market continues to expand, a platform like Dibao, which occupies 80% of the C2C market share, is a well-deserved overlord.

Some small and medium-sized C2C platforms, including B2C platforms, are staring at the financing of Dibao.

Like Li Dong, they also want to see what kind of e-commerce platform exists in the eyes of investors?

How popular is it?

Are capital institutions optimistic about the prospects of the online shopping market?

Compared with vision and experience, I have to say that there are many talents in capital institutions, and some investment managers have even more precise vision than the vision of some large group CEOs.

Being recognized by most capital institutions shows that the project definitely has a bright future.

So on the 8th, the Dibao financing reception,

It has attracted the attention of many people.

In addition to digging out treasures, there is another point that has attracted the attention of all parties.

Ali's internal strife was also known to many people before.

At this financing reception, Ali is likely to announce some news to the outside world, and some small shareholders, even Yahoo, the major shareholder, may be included in the list of withdrawals.

In fact, before Alibaba went public in Xiangjiang in 2007, Ali had already liquidated most of the small and medium-sized VCs.

Today, there are very few minority shareholders left. After the previous privatization was completed, according to the information released by Ali, Yahoo is the largest shareholder and currently holds 39% of Ali’s total shares.

Ma Yun and his team hold 32% of the shares.

The third largest shareholder is SoftBank, with a 27% stake.

The three parties hold a total of 98% of the shares. In fact, they are really outsiders. The shares held by other capital institutions are almost invisible, accounting for only 2% of Ali's shares.

It is reasonable to say that Ma Yun, his team and Softbank together hold 59% of the shares, so there is no dispute over controlling rights.

But capital institutions are always capital institutions, and the prosperity of the world is all for profit.

In the past two years, although Ali's performance has been growing, it is not as dominant as before. The prospect is gratifying, and the naked eye can see the future with high returns.

Now, some of Ali's businesses, although good, can always make people feel that there is a crisis.

Especially Taobao and Alipay, facing the impact of Wanka and Wanjia.com, make people feel that there are many crises.

Under such circumstances, although Softbank did not directly oppose some of Ma Yun's decisions, it has not made a sound. Instead, it just sat and watched the battle between Ma Yun's team and Yahoo, and many of them had a wait-and-see mentality.

Perhaps, at this time, Softbank was not as calm as it seemed, nor did it trust Ma Yun as much as before.

This is the reason for Ali's constant internal strife. Ma Yun should have seen all these things, so he desperately needs help and opportunities to prove himself now.

Yahoo and Softbank, at least he has the support of one side in order to continue to lead Ali.

Dibao chose to raise funds at this time. In Li Dong's view, it was not only to raise money to compete with Wanjia.com, but more likely to bring in a group of allies.

...

Lin'an.

West Lake.

A Maybach stopped slowly.

Li Dong opened the car window, looked at the West Lake, and whispered softly: "If you want to compare West Lake to West Lake, light makeup and heavy makeup are always suitable. Compared with Pingchuan, Lin'an has a little more flavor because of the existence of West Lake."

Bai Su, who was sitting beside him, said with a smile, "Actually, Pingchuan also has a lot of beautiful scenery..."

"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. It's not that I envy Ma Yun. Pingchuan is better than Pingchuan. Besides, how can we people really want to see the scenery?"

Li Dong laughed at himself, no matter how beautiful the scenery is, do they have the time to see it?

The West Lake is right under Ma Yun's nose, how many days can he see it all year round?

Even if they chose to hold a financing reception by the West Lake, they still hid in the hotel. Who really came here for sightseeing?

In this world, the bigger the business, the busier it is. In the end, maybe they don't know what they are busy with, maybe it is for their ideals, maybe they are really lost in it, and they have forgotten their original intention.

Of course, the greater possibility is still a habit.

When busyness becomes a habit, it's hard to stop.

Once you stop, you will not know what to do, you will feel uncomfortable, as if a part of your life is missing.

The current Li Dong is actually developing in this direction.

Although he kept saying, I want to rest, I want to retire early, I want to travel around the world...

However, if it really made him stop, he would definitely not be able to adapt at first.

Unless after a period of time, I get used to a leisurely life, then maybe I can let go.

With a sigh of emotion, Li Dong asked: "What time will the financing reception be held?"

"Starting at 6 p.m., in the Shangri-La Hotel Ballroom."

Bai Su replied, looked at the time and said, "It's only 2 o'clock, Mr. Li, shall we go to the hotel now?"

"If you don't go to the hotel, there will be a lot of people. If I go now, how can I surprise Lao Ma?

Drive around and find a place to have a cup of coffee. "

After Li Dong finished speaking, Bai Su and Tan Yong were a little speechless. Do you really think that others don't know you're here?

If you have the ability, don't drive your own car, but change to a low-key one, that's about the same.

Who doesn't know any of your Li Dong's cars that have some status?

Now driving around the West Lake, with so many people, I'm afraid the news has already spread.

...

Bai Su and Tan Yong slandered at the same time.

Ali headquarters.

Ma Yun looked a little annoyed, and frowned, "What is this guy doing here?"

Not long after Li Dong arrived in An'an, he received the news.

That guy is being watched everywhere he goes, how could he act in secret.

What's more, he didn't seem to have any intention of hiding it, and drove his Maybach around the West Lake in a fair manner. At this time, not only him, but also the city government should have received the news.

Ma Yun was annoyed, and didn't continue to complain, but said: "It's best if he doesn't come to the evening reception, if he does come, don't let him in!

I have already greeted the security guards in advance, and the possibility of him not coming is almost zero.

I'm sure, he came here just for the Treasure Fundraising Cocktail Party! "

Lu Zhaoxi on the side frowned slightly and said, "Isn't it appropriate?"

Li Dong is not an ordinary person. If he doesn't come, it's fine. If he comes, even if he doesn't have an invitation letter, if he doesn't enter the venue, it will be a slap in the face.

Ma Yun said angrily: "The last time I went to Pingchuan, do you know how he entertained me and Ma Huateng?

I didn't even go into the cafeteria, and the cold wind was blowing outside.

What's wrong with tit for tat! "

Cai Chongxin, who was sitting opposite him, said with a smile: "Don't be angry, he may not just be here to make trouble.

Anyway, it has come to this point, if we really want to come here to make trouble, then why should we worry about him?

He should have his purpose, but I don't know if it's to inquire about news or..."

When it came to inquiring about news, Cai Chongxin himself shook his head.

Li Dong has reached this point, if he still wants to find out the news by himself, then he will be too miserable.

Peng Lei who was not far away answered, "I guess it might have something to do with Internet finance, didn't we make an appointment to launch a virtual currency fund together in May?

I think it may be for this purpose. "

Peng Lei took over as CEO of Alipay not long ago, and she is also preparing for the issuance of the virtual currency fund, so she naturally thinks more about it.

Seeing that everyone was guessing, Ma Yun waved his hand and said: "Don't care about him, he can do whatever he wants!

Let's do ours, if he doesn't come, forget it, if he comes, treat him as if he doesn't exist! "

As he said that, Ma Yun seemed to have thought of something, and immediately said: "Notify now, if you see him coming to the headquarters, notify me immediately!

He is not allowed to enter our office area alone, and if you receive a call from him, let me know in advance.

I don't stop anyone from going up. If you feel that the future is more promising, I will sincerely congratulate you and send you away in a lively manner.

But I don't want you to suddenly leave without my knowledge..."

Ma Yun said a few more words, that guy Li Dong is notorious, he will do anything to poach people.

Teng Xun suffered several losses. Even Baidu sent some technical personnel to support the construction of the Weibo platform when Weibo raised funds. Originally, according to the plan, when the construction was completed, these people still had to go back.

The result was good. In the end, less than one tenth of the people actually returned to Baidu!

Li Yanhong was not less angry about this matter, but he was actually mentally prepared, and the people sent to be technical guides were usually mostly thorns, and there were not too many people.

In the end, Li Dong left him behind, and he was so angry that he let him go happily.

Now that Li Dongren came to Lin'an, Ma Yun naturally had to be on guard.

Li Dong has been involved in the Internet industry for not too long. Strictly speaking, Li Dong did not officially set foot in the Internet business until 2006.

It's only been three years now.

And Ali has been doing it for ten years, and the talent pool is much larger than that in Yuanfang. Now that Li Dong is here, it is normal to want to recruit some high-level technical talents.

While several people were talking, Ma Yun's secretary knocked on the door and entered, reporting: "Chairman, Mr. Li's car has entered the Wahaha headquarters."

"Wow haha?"

Ma Yun was stunned for a moment, and then said after a while: "What the hell is this guy doing here?"

He had always felt that Li Dong was here for him.

As a result, Li Dong didn't say hello when he came, but went to Wahaha's headquarters instead, which made him a little dazed.

The others also looked at each other in blank dismay, Cai Chongxin said helplessly: "Maybe it's to talk about cooperation, after all, wahha is the number one drink.

We were scaring ourselves a little bit. No wonder many people said before that Teng Xun was in chaos for several days because he passed.

Now it seems that Li Dong may not have such thoughts, but we are a little out of control. "

The shadow of a famous tree, the current Li Dong, every move attracts attention.

Sometimes he didn't really think that way, and as a result, many people became afraid just by hearing his name.

Even on Ali's side, they are actually a little jealous of him.

Ma Yun said he didn't care about him, he didn't care about him, if he really didn't care about Li Dong, why did he hold a meeting right after Li Dong arrived in An'an to ask everyone's opinions?

Hearing Cai Chongxin's words, Ma Yun breathed out and said, "Forget it, let's not discuss him, just let him go.

Everyone is getting ready for the financing reception in the evening.

This time it's not just a matter of digging out treasures, but also a matter of the group.

The tenth anniversary of the establishment of the group is approaching, and I don't want to sleep uneasy on the tenth anniversary.

These days, not only I am tired, but everyone is actually tired.

I hope that after this time, I can have a peaceful life for a few days. "

Everyone nodded in response, the other side was busy, and the other side was chaotic. In fact, Ali's life was not easy.

Especially after privatization, a lot of money was spent, and Ali's old bottom was emptied.

Coupled with the rebellion of the Treasure Merchant not long ago, conflicts between the major shareholders and the management, and the fact that there are distant parties watching from outside, the implementation of logistics is not going well...

All of this made the senior executives overwhelmed and exhausted.

Everyone also hopes that this financing reception can be successfully completed. Anyway, let everyone take a breather before May.

...

Wahaha HQ.

Li Dong didn't come here on purpose, but the car drove past here.

Since passing by, Li Dong was also idle, so he got out of the car and walked around.

Although he didn't make an appointment in advance, he learned that Li Dong came in person, even though there were still a lot of things waiting to be dealt with, Zhong Qinghou still put down the matter and went downstairs to meet Li Dong in person.

The two are actually not familiar with each other. Li Dong has dealt with many old people in the industry, but Zhong Qinghou is relatively low-key. He doesn't participate in general gatherings and associations.

This also led to the fact that, except for a few occasions when the two met on some formal occasions, they had almost no private contact.

Zhong Qinghou was actually a little curious about Li Dong's arrival.

It stands to reason that if Li Dongzhen came to discuss business with them, he should have been notified in advance, there is no reason to kill them suddenly.

But when Li Dong said that he was here for the financing reception of Treasure, even Zhong Qinghou, an entrepreneur who doesn't like joking, couldn't help laughing and said: "Mr. Li, many people said that you take pleasure in bullying Ma Yun." , now it seems that this is really the case.”

Li Dong just wanted to say a few words, but the old man suddenly smiled and said: "But it's good to bully!"

Li Dong was a little stunned, what a hatred, look at your gloating expression, pay attention to your image, okay?

Seeing his expression, Zhong Qinghou couldn't help laughing and said, "Don't look at me like that, although you and I don't have much contact, but in the business world, you are one of the few entrepreneurs that I still admire.

To be a business, you should be down-to-earth.

In the past two years, with the rise of the Internet, e-commerce has just emerged.

At that time, Ma Yun liked to preach the benefits of the virtual economy everywhere, but he didn't know that the virtual economy also had many disadvantages.

I don't reject e-commerce, but I can't accept his idea.

Until the rise of the distant place, taking the entity as the foundation, moving from the entity to the Internet, and breaking down the barriers between the two, at this time, it gave us a lot of inspiration.

Ma Yun's pure e-commerce theory, from now on, has been rejected by himself.

Otherwise, Ali would not join forces with companies like Bailian.

At this point, you are giving us old guys a sigh of relief, so I say bullying is good! "

Li Dong laughed out loud when he heard the words, and after he finished laughing, Li Dong said surprisingly: "Mr. Zhong, since you are so optimistic about me, and you are not short of money, how about changing our supply payment to annual settlement?"

As soon as these words came out, the old man's smile stopped abruptly!

Ma De, everyone in the industry said that this guy was extremely shameless. I didn't think so just now, but now I have seen it!

Wahaha and Yuanfang naturally have cooperation, and the scale of cooperation is not small.

As a leading company in China's beverage category, Wahaha's annual sales are tens of billions.

Yuanfang is currently the largest supermarket in China. In Yuanfang alone, the business cooperation between the two parties has a scale of billions of dollars in one year.

This guy really dares to speak!

Zhong Qinghou was a little tired, it was better not to talk to this guy, no wonder he usually chatted with a few old guys, and when they talked about Li Dong, these people showed helpless expressions.