Chapter 1671 Strive for a Good Price

There was a lot of discussion in Ali, and for a while, many people wondered if there was something wrong with Li Dong's health?

But as an executive of a company, she is not a gossip woman after all.

Although everyone suspected and guessed in their hearts, no one mentioned this matter after leaving the meeting room.

...

They didn't mention it, but Ma Yun made a roundabout question on the phone.

Of course, Lao Ma didn't ask so directly.

Li Dong, who was sleeping in a daze, didn't hear it at first.

But after he said a few words and his mind cleared up, Li Dong suddenly understood.

When he understood, Li Dong laughed anxiously: "Old Ma, you have a dark heart. I just want to dig out treasures. You even want my life?"

Ma Yun on the other side of the phone was a little embarrassed, it was really hard to explain.

But Ma Yun still said: "It's best if you're fine, I also care about you, don't treat kindness as a donkey's liver and lungs."

"I'm very healthy!"

Li Dong was not in the mood to catch up on sleep at this time, and while turning over to get up, he said with the phone in his hands, "Stop having these disappearing dreams, and expect me to give you some room to breathe when I'm finished?

With this kind of thinking, are you black-hearted or not? "

Hearing that he was full of anger, Ma Yun thought about it, maybe he was really thinking too much.

Without answering Li Dong's words, Ma Yun pondered for a moment and asked: "Since you're fine, it's a good thing, but don't you think your recent layout is too hasty?

You want to unify the retail industry, I can understand that.

But if you become a fat man with one bite, are you really not afraid that you will starve yourself to death?

The system in the distance is too complicated and chaotic. Even if the great unification is really completed, it will be superficial and superficial.

The step-by-step development should be done slowly, and it should be more stable.

Even after a year, I can understand.

This year you want to complete online unification,

Although it is still a bit hasty, it can be considered barely.

But offline, you seem to be playing with different ideas. What do you think? "

Li Dong smiled while putting on his clothes: "It's hard to understand?"

"Somewhat."

"Nothing incomprehensible, multiple factors.

First, the question of timing.

In my opinion, now is the best time. The impact of the financial crisis has not passed, and the strength of each company has not reached its peak, which gives me an opportunity to take advantage of.

In addition, the mobile Internet has just risen, you have not kept up with the pace, and your strength is not strong enough, so Yuanfang has taken the lead.

Second, the problem of the distance itself.

I know more about the problems in the distance than you, and now I am holding my last breath.

If you don't make a move now, the energy will be gone, and you won't be able to relax in three to five years. If you want to fight a big war again, you will have to wait for several years.

Once there are no foreign enemies, it is time for internal strife.

In the past, when the company was small, I could still suppress it, but now it is not easy to suppress it.

So before the chaos, let's kill all the powerful external opponents first. In this way, even if I lose that energy and the internal chaos, I can still have time and opportunity to adjust slowly.

third……"

Before Li Dong said the third point, Ma Yun frowned and said: "You are not afraid that the scale will be bigger and the chaos will be worse.

There are various foreign systems everywhere, even if you are in power alone, you can't control people's hearts. "

Li Dong said disapprovingly: "You think too much, how can the chaos go?

The people who are confused are only those high-level people.

I don't let them mess up now, that's because I still have goals and ideas, so I don't want them to make a mess by themselves.

Once I've accomplished my goal, the mess will be messy.

At that time, there will be no external enemies, and I will stand on the altar, and the big deal will be over.

Overthrowing the existing system and rebuilding a new system, I don't think there is any big problem.

It’s just not right now. Now there are many powerful external enemies. At this time, it’s messed up, and the distant place can’t continue to operate. This is not the result I want. "

Ma Yun was speechless, took a deep breath after a while and asked, "What is the third?"

"Third..." Li Dong said with a smile: "The third is actually easy, I'm tired and don't want to continue.

Either next year, or the year after, even if I don't completely withdraw from the distance, I won't walk in front of the stage alone like now.

Before I retire, of course I have to fulfill my wish, wipe out all powerful enemies, and complete the integration of the industry. "

"What?"

Ma Yun was stunned, unable to react for a while.

Li Dong smiled and said: "What? I'm so happy that I can't speak?

I said I don't want to go on anymore, these years, I am tired, tired.

In fact, I am different from you. I didn't think about making a big career at the beginning. I am actually a person who is willing to be ordinary.

There are naturally some dreams, but now, they have long been beyond the scope of my dreams.

At this time, I think instead, maybe it is better to be ordinary, and it is better to be ordinary.

Busy every day, you wake up earlier than chickens, and sleep later than dogs. Apart from work, there is only work. Are you not tired?

I don't want to be struggling for my career and worrying about these things a few years later.

Of course, you may not be able to understand my thoughts now, because we stand from different angles.

If one day, Ali becomes the largest IT company in the world, even the largest company is not limited to IT.

At that time, I'm afraid you will feel that everything is boring.

Maybe one day, you, Ma Yun, will also say that you regret founding Ali. "

Li Dong smiled, but spoke very calmly.

Ma Yun, who was on the other side of the phone, was silent for a while, not knowing what he thought of, and said after a long time: "Maybe, when Ali went public in 2007, for a moment, I also felt that everything should be satisfied.

But Ali has never been to the top after all, even in China, he still has opponents, and I am not like you, I have already got everything together.

In 2008, Ali's situation took a turn for the worse, but I didn't think so much. "

Li Dong said with emotion: "So, if you don't want to retire early, you still need an opponent.

When you have no opponents and everyone is too weak to fight, this passion and motivation will fade away.

For six years in a row, Yuanfang was invincible and invincible.

Hit now, look again, it is invincible.

Everything is crushing the opponent. In fact, there is no need for me to lead the way in today's distant place.

Domestically, all the peers have no rivals worthy of a battle.

When the day when Yuanfang overtakes Wal-Mart, I'm afraid I won't even think about being famous.

Sometimes, in retrospect, it is more interesting to struggle. "

Li Dong's words sounded like he was pretending to be 13, but Ma Yun didn't ridicule this time.

Because he himself had felt the same way before.

Of course, that was before the rise of Yuan Fang.

When the distance rises, that feeling goes away.

After listening to Li Dong's words, Ma Yun was silent for a while, and then asked: "So, do you think domestic retail companies are no longer a problem?

Are you sure? "

If he was not sure about defeating these giants, Li Dong would not be so confident and proud.

But now there are still many giants offline, where does Li Dong have the confidence to defeat them quickly?

Li Dong said that he will step down from the stage either next year or the year after, which means that he will only defeat these companies faster.

After all, after the defeat, Li Dong also needs time to complete the integration and internal reorganization. Ma Yun believes that he will not retreat until these problems are resolved.

Li Dong laughed and said: "You don't think that Double Eleven is really just to hit you?

There's a lot of trouble, and I'm exhausted. Is it really because of you?

You overestimate yourself!

I'm so ostentatious, with such a big fanfare, I think I'm doing it for treasure, for you, Ma Yun.

In fact, it's really not true, digging out treasures is just incidental. "

Ma Yun said noncommittally: "Just say yes, if you don't mind, you can tell me about your grand plan.

After all, by now, since you mentioned it, it should have been completed, or you should be absolutely sure of it. "

As for Li Dong's claim that it was not aimed at digging treasures, Ma Yun didn't take it seriously.

If Li Dong really didn't pay attention to digging treasures, how could he put so much energy on e-commerce.

It's just that Li Dong is showing off now that he has failed in digging out treasures.

"Not urgent."

Li Dong also got dressed at this time, and said with a smile: "I have to continue to work later, and it's not too late to talk about it after the busy work is over.

I'm almost here, but you, have you figured it out?

To be honest, the competition in online shopping is fierce, and if you continue to invest now, the loss outweighs the gain.

Moreover, your capital is not strong enough, and there will not be too many people who dare to invest in you now. Without him, you are the ones who fell from the first place, not the rising stars.

Even platforms like JD.com have more potential than Ali in the eyes of investors.

Instead of investing in you, I think the investors are more willing to invest in these companies. The investment cost is low, the rate of return is high, and the risk is not as great as yours.

Even if Taobao wants to continue, in the eyes of everyone, the potential is not big enough.

Ali itself does not have much capital, relying on foreign capital, it is impossible to go beyond the distance in a lifetime.

Unless one day Ali's capital is strong enough to re-enter this field, otherwise the current digging will drag you to death.

How, are you willing to give up? "

Ma Yun remained silent, and Li Dong was right about some things.

Falling from the giants, even if there are still people willing to invest, the scale of investment will not be too large, and the value will be greatly reduced.

On the contrary, some emerging companies have higher value in the eyes of investors.

Dibao fell from the first place in the field, even if it is still second, it is still a giant. In the eyes of everyone, its potential is almost exhausted.

Such a platform, in the eyes of others, has more potential than platforms like JD.com.

If Ali still wants to do online shopping in the future, he can only rely on Ali's own blood transfusion, and there is little hope for foreign capital transfusion.

While Ma Yun was pondering, Li Dong said again: "When you stop, you stop, thinking about it, time is wasted.

Giving up online shopping, repatriating funds, traveling lightly, and expanding other businesses, in my opinion, is better than competing with me.

Yuanfang will not give up on this piece of online shopping.

In fact, Ali's most valuable is not these. Is the cornerstone of Ali's digging treasure?

no!

Regardless of the B2B business or Ant Financial, they are actually better than Dibao.

In addition to these, you also have Wanwang and Alibaba Cloud, as Internet application service providers, in my opinion, they are better than you continuing to operate Dibao.

If you can make Dibao and Tmall bigger, then online shopping is naturally worth a lot.

But if you can't continue to grow bigger, the value will be limited.

You are currently not mainly serving C-type customers, but B-type customers.

As long as you turn around now and continue to operate B-type customers, there will be no big conflict with Yuanfang. Our main service target is still C-type customers.

Ma, what do you think? "

Ma Yun said lightly: "Take one step back, step by step, now there is no conflict, what about the future?"

Li Dong laughed and said: "I'll talk about the future, not to mention that even if I want to do it, it's not me who will do it.

If you don't let go now, it will be me who is against you.

If you let go, you will face others in the future.

You old horse can't beat me, don't you have the confidence to win others?

And how long has it dragged you down because of digging out treasures?

Put it down now, and you will take back the initiative. What Yahoo Softbank, are you still afraid of them?

There is a problem in the distance, but the problem in the distance, I am confident that I can suppress it in one day.

And you?

A few years ago, you could say that, but now you still have the confidence to say that?

Attacking inside and outside, with me as an opponent outside, and restraint inside, no matter how great your ambitions are, you will still be born.

Now as long as you let go and pick up treasures, there are no opponents outside, and you have time and energy to deal with your own troubles inside. Ali integrates strength and wins people's hearts, not without fighting power.

If you insist on being obsessed with these things, Ali will be dragged to death by you sooner or later.

Again, think about it for yourself.

And I believe that before long, you won't even have to think about it. "

Ma Yun exhaled and said: "Okay, I'll think about it again and wait for your follow-up action!

I said, don't let me despair, I won't admit defeat. "

"You'll soon be desperate."

Li Dong laughed, stopped chatting with him, and hung up the phone directly.

...

During the day on the 11th, there was snow again in Bincheng.

And Li Dong also continued his express delivery business.

This time, Li Dong didn't say any useful news to the media, but the atmosphere in the nearby Dashang was still extremely tense.

What Li Dong said last night made it impossible for Dashang to calm down.

Judging from the current situation, if there is a big move in the distance, the biggest possibility is to enter the big business.

After all, the other party has already controlled 15% of Dashang's shares, so it is not too far away from Dashang Group.

Once Maoye supports Yuanfang, some other small and medium-sized shareholders also support Yuanfang, and finally overtake Dashang Group, and it is very likely that Yuanfang will become the owner of Dashang.

Niu Gang kept calling all morning.

Inquire about the movement of the stock market, consult the opinions of large, medium and small shareholders, and test their attitudes...

...

The business atmosphere is tense.

Lin'an.

There was also light snow falling from the sky.

Ma Yun leaned on the chair, looked at Li Dong who was thinking about it on the screen, and frowned slightly: "Da Shang, maybe it's not his goal."

"Not a big businessman?"

Several other people in the office were extremely surprised, obviously they did not expect Ma Yun to say that.

Ma Yun tapped on the table lightly, and after a moment of deliberation, he said: "If it is a big business, it can only be said to be icing on the cake, not a gift in the snow.

Although the big merchants are powerful, they are still entrenched in the north.

And the north, in the Chinese business world, is not a battleground for military strategists.

Large enterprises in China, especially retail enterprises, compete most fiercely for the southern market.

Only when the reunification is completed in the south can the distant places be considered safe and secure, and Li Dong also has time to deal with the internal affairs of the group slowly.

If the situation in the south cannot be settled down, do you think it will stop in the distance? "

Everyone shook their heads. For so many years, it is difficult for a company that has grown in the north to expand to the south.

On the contrary, it is very easy for a large enterprise in the south to expand to the north.

Why do companies like Huarun prefer to give up the northern market and consolidate the southern market now, not only because of their old nests.

The bigger reason is that the south is the core economic region.

The shopping mall is not a battlefield. The battlefield is about the right time, place and people. The shopping mall is more about the economy, consumption power, and population.

In this regard, the South has an absolute advantage.

Lu Zhaoxi thought for a while, then slowly said: "It's not a big businessman, Li Dong also called it a unified war, could it be..."

Seeing everyone looking at him one after another, Lu Zhaoxi coughed lightly and said, "I'm just guessing. Do you think it's Huarun or Bailian?"

Ma Yun raised his eyebrows slightly, Lu Zhaoxi said in a low voice, "It's very likely, these two families haven't done much recently.

The possibility of Bailian is even lower, and the possibility of Huarun is higher.

After all, Huarun's retail business is not actually its main business, and it has not been in business for many years.

At the beginning, the reason why Huarun was engaged in retailing was to hold shares in Vanke. Vanke lost Vanke to Huarun, and Huarun officially entered the retail field after 2002.

But it will become bigger after the acquisition of Suguo.

Today, Suguo has become history, and the retail industry is even more competitive.

Since Chen Lang left, Huarun's retail business has deteriorated day by day.

At this time, it is very possible to put aside the branches and develop the main business.

Huarun is now doing more business in gas, electricity, and real estate. At this moment, under the circumstances that the distant place dominates, do you think it is impossible to sell the retail business? "

Ma Yun thought for a moment, nodded slightly and said: "There is still a possibility, if it is really Huarun..."

After a pause, Ma Yun let out a breath and said, "Then Wal-Mart and Gaoxin are in danger. Yuanfang joins forces with Huarun. If Bailian continues to watch, these two companies will become the shackles of Yuanfang."

Although Huarun's retail business has only been in operation for a few years, the other party's development speed is extremely fast.

Especially in South China, it is extremely powerful.

After the previous acquisition of Suguo, it was also strong in East China. Although it was defeated by Yuanfang in the later period, Huarun also took over a lot of Suguo's business.

Although the competitiveness in East China is not as strong as Yuanfang, in South China, Huarun is no weaker than any other company.

If Huarun is included under Yuanfang's banner, then Yuanfang in the south will have a complete chance of winning.

Ma Yun thought to himself, rubbed his forehead, and after a while, said: "Isn't it, it's just a day or two.

Before the Double Eleven order is completed, Li Dong will reveal the news.

If this is the case, there may be no suspense in the offline retail battle.

Take treasure..."

Ma Yun paused again, finally looked at everyone, and said slowly: "Let's try to sell for a good price!"

Everyone had different expressions on their faces, but no one refused.

If the offline layout is completed by Yuanfang, the days of digging out treasures will be even more difficult. Perhaps selling is more suitable for Ali at this moment.