Rebirth 76: Industrial Internet Empire

"If you go long, let him go! A rise in Amazon's stock price will be good for eBay's IPO!" Lin Xi said.

"Peace, has eBay's valuation been determined?" Qian Ning asked.

"It has not been finalized yet. As long as Amazon's stock price is stable and does not fall below the issue price, eBay's valuation should rise to between US$160 billion and US$180 billion." Li Heping said.

As expected by Li Heping, Amazon's stock price showed a volatile upward trend. This is the favorite pattern of the financial institutions behind it. It has more potential than a blind unilateral rise.

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Jack Ma is always so lucky, and the timing of choosing to come to Wall Street for financing is just right. The entire Wall Street venture capital institutions have entered a fanatical stage of admiration for Internet companies. There is almost no need for a good entrepreneurial plan, as long as you have Add a com domain name suffix to the project plan, and it will be classified as a high-tech Internet company...

Lao Cai used to have connections in the private equity fund circle, and with Jack Ma's astonishing eloquence, he was able to talk about life and death. In just over half a month, he got 500 million US dollars from multiple financial institutions. financing!

History stubbornly stayed on its original track. After receiving investment from Wall Street, Jack Ma returned to Lincheng with great ambition.

The first thing I did when I returned to Lincheng was to rent a decent office building on the first floor, so I no longer had to live in a small lakeside garden apartment.

Alibaba started to get on the right track, with a basic organizational structure in place. Tsai Chongxin personally tutored the founder team in basic financial knowledge, and drafted an English standard contract for each of the 18 founders that complied with international practice, clarifying the shareholdings of each of the 18 Arhats. Proportionality, responsibility and accountability.

Jack Ma began to show off his business talent and put his breakthrough point in C2C in clothing, shoes, hats and daily necessities, avoiding Amazon's advantages in electronic products and books, audio and video products.

The country's largest clothing wholesale market and small commodity department store wholesale market happen to be around Lincheng, and Alibaba has a unique geographical advantage.

18 Arhat takes turns taking newly recruited staff to the Sijiqing Clothing Wholesale Market to sweep the streets almost every day, giving live demonstrations to all wholesale merchants on how to open a free Alibaba store.

This scene also happens every day in Yiwu Trade City...

These wholesale merchants found that there are almost no barriers to opening a store on Alibaba. They only need an ID card, a computer, and a minimum deposit of 1000 yuan to open an Alibaba online store.

Compared with Amazon, which requires cumbersome procedures such as business licenses, tax registration certificates, brand authorization, purchase vouchers and other documents, Alibaba's loose management system is undoubtedly more popular with wholesale merchants who mainly deal in high-end imitations!

These clothing wholesale stalls and small commodity wholesale merchants have not yet developed brand awareness. Most are still in the early stages of OEM production and cannot meet Amazon China's store opening requirements.

Alibaba caters to the needs of these merchants, and the investment promotion work is progressing extremely smoothly.

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Zhongguancun.

Zhiyuan Online Payment Company.

Jackma walked into the reception room under the guidance of the staff.

"Mr. Han, I made a special trip to visit you. I want to talk to your company about the cooperation of online payment tools..." After a brief greeting, Jack said straight to the point.

"Mr. Ma, thank you for your trust in Zhiyuan Online Payment Company. We are an independent third-party company that is willing to provide you with online payment services wholeheartedly and promise not to disclose any transaction data of your company!"

Han Xinyuan's words finally put a stone in Jackma's heart. Alibaba is Amazon's most direct competitor, and Alipay, the only online payment tool in China, is also a subsidiary of Zhiyuan Group. Jackma could only bite the bullet and come to the door. Come try your luck...

"You really won't leak our transaction data?" Jackma asked in disbelief.

"Of course! There will be special clauses in the cooperation agreement. Except for national law enforcement agencies, no one has the right to access the backend data of the partner. Mr. Ma, don't worry! Zhiyuan Online Payment Company will not disregard its own business reputation because of any affiliated companies. , because of the backend data leakage caused by Zhiyuan Network Payment Company, we will bear the corresponding legal responsibility!" Han Xinyuan assured.

"Mr. Han, can you tell me the specific cooperation details?" Jackma asked with a smile.

Han Xinyuan pulled out a folder from the filing cabinet and handed it to Jackma and said: "This is the text of our contract. All companies that need to use online payment tools are treated equally. Alipay is embedded in your website as a payment tool for online transactions. , Alipay provides the security of user funds. After the transaction is confirmed, the transaction amount will be deposited into the designated account within 1-3 working days!”

Jack Ma opened the folder, glanced at it and then asked: "Mr. Han, how do you charge?"

Han Xinyuan smiled and said: "Mr. Ma, our online payment tool is free. Only when cash withdrawals and transfers exceed a certain free limit, a small fee will be charged..."

"Will you, Mr. Yang, object to the cooperation between Zhiyuan Online Payment Company and Alibaba? After all, we are competitors of Amazon..." Jack Ma asked worriedly.

Han Xinyuan chuckled and said: "At the beginning of the establishment of Zhiyuan Online Payment Company, Mr. Yang set the tone. No one, including himself, can interfere with the operation of the online payment company. All customers are treated equally. Alipay's business reputation is higher than Group interests!”

No matter how Han Xinyuan promised, Jackma could not help but worry in his heart. Who would be naive enough to believe in the promises of his competitors?

However, Alibaba has no other choice. It is the only online payment tool. Unless it chooses the most primitive cash on delivery method, where the courier company collects the payment, this payment method is not only extremely risky, but also increases the time for funds to settle. .

After completing the contract with Han Xinyuan to implant Alipay, Jackma visited the two major portals NetEase and Sohu one by one, preparing to place Alibaba's advertising links...

Han Xinyuan, who kept saying that business reputation was greater than the interests of the group, did not remain tight-lipped.

After seeing off Jack Ma, he hurried to Amazon's China headquarters and asked to see Yang Mo.

"Mr. Yang, Jack Ma from Alibaba just came to discuss cooperation. It seems that he is preparing to get involved in the C2C business..."

Han Xinyuan's words made Yang Mo suddenly feel excited for no reason. At the critical moment of Amazon's race to gain territory, and with such a shortage of independent talents, he had never thought of recruiting Jack Ma and his Eighteen Arhats...

Yang Mo may not even realize it himself, but he has always had an obsession in his heart to defeat Jack Ma head-on...