Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 809 Alibaba

Lu Shaohua is such a person. If it is just for one thing, Lu Shaohua will never mobilize a large number of troops. But once he mobilizes a large number of troops, it will not be just one thing, or a big thing, but it may be a big plan combining several small things.

Now it has been determined that the first target is Google, the future god of the Internet industry. The next is Yahoo, the third largest Internet company, founded by a Chinese, and then America Online, a subsidiary of Time Warner.

Time Warner is a media company. Lu Shaohua is not very interested in American media companies. He is only interested in America Online, an Internet company under Time Warner. Fortunately, America Online is listed. If Lu Shaohua wants to acquire its shares, he only needs to acquire them from the stock market without having to contact Time Warner.

Three companies. In Lu Shaohua's previous life, Lu Shaohua had identified three of the top ten Internet companies as his targets. Three out of ten, it sounds too scary, but the real horror is yet to come.

Because the largest Internet company is Microsoft, and Lu Shaohua already owns more than 20% of Microsoft's shares, having shares already counts as being included in Lu Shaohua's list.

Next is Tencent, which ranks fourth in the world. The current Tencent no longer exists. The new company is Phoenix Tencent, in which Lu Shaohua owns 80% of the shares, forming an absolute controlling stake, and can be regarded as a part of the Phoenix Group.

There are five of them. Five of the top ten Internet companies in the world are included in Lu Shaohua's list. The next one is Baidu, which is ranked tenth. Now Baidu has not appeared yet, so Lu Shaohua has no idea where to start.

But then again, Phoenix Search is about to be released. I wonder if Baidu will still appear after Phoenix Search comes out?

Since it has appeared, Lu Shaohua will not allow Baidu to exist. Lu Shaohua will never allow the existence of two Chinese search companies. Unless Google releases a Chinese version, Lu Shaohua will ignore it.

In the past, there was a popular saying on the Internet: Ask Baidu in China and Google abroad.

The meaning of this sentence is very clear. If you want to check domestic affairs, check it on Baidu. If you want to check foreign affairs, check it on Google.

As far as Lu Shaohua knows, the reason why Google was able to enter the Chinese market is entirely because they have a large amount of foreign resources, which enabled them to enter the Chinese market smoothly. If it didn't have these resources, Google would probably be in a miserable situation in China.

Things are different now. Lu Shaohua has been reborn. He has foresight into the future and knows that Google entered the Chinese market with those resources. If these resources are cut off, or if Google does not have this advantage, can Google still enter the Chinese market?

Google is still being improved and has not been officially opened yet. Oh, no, it would be more accurate to say that it is only open to the United States. The information is not complete, and it will probably take some time before it is perfected and launched into the global market.

And this period of time is exactly Lu Shaohua's opportunity. Don't forget that Lu Shaohua has already developed Phoenix Search under the Phoenix Group in Shenzhen. Although it is not perfect, it is at least much better than Google. In addition, with the support of the giant Phoenix Group, once Phoenix Search develops versions in multiple languages, Lu Shaohua decides to launch it on the market. There will be no problem in occupying the market in a short time.

Whether doing other things or in business, taking the lead is an advantage. If Phoenix Search is launched on the market earlier, and its technology is more mature, if nothing unexpected happens, Google's living space will be compressed, that's for sure.

But so far, Phoenix Search is developing the Chinese version, and versions in other languages ​​have not been developed. This is a difficult problem. Even if it is not difficult to develop a version in another language, it still takes time.

In short, Lu Shaohua needs time, and he must hurry up. He cannot let Google take the lead, otherwise Lu Shaohua will lose an advantage. But then again, Lu Shaohua has not yet ordered Shenzhen to develop a multilingual version.

Lu Shaohua thought about calling immediately, but now it seemed that Liu Mingzhang and the others were there, and what they were talking about was not about Phoenix Search, but about acquiring an Internet company, which was also a serious matter. Lu Shaohua couldn't just call for a pause halfway through the conversation.

In desperation, Lu Shaohua could only decide to finish discussing the acquisition of the Internet company first, and then make the call after that.

"In China, there is also an Internet company that is being established. Well, it has not been established yet. It will be established in June, but they are already in the process of preparation. If we enter now, we will hold the original equity, which is a great thing." After speaking, Lu Shaohua paused for a moment, and then continued. "Well, this company is in Hangzhou, and it was founded by an English teacher named Ma Yun."

According to Lu Shaohua's memory from his previous life, an English teacher in Hangzhou gathered more than twenty people to develop a website called "Alibaba". Then, with the investment from Yahoo China, Alibaba became a prestigious company with business in more than thirty countries, ranking among the best online shopping websites in China.

That’s right, the Alibaba website was tied together with Yahoo China to form the Alibaba Group, which allowed the company to develop into a website second only to Taobao online shopping and became very famous in China.

Lu Shaohua has not yet involved in the field of online shopping. He has never given an order to Shenzhen to develop such a website. However, this does not mean that Lu Shaohua does not want to get involved in the field of online shopping. Instead, Lu Shaohua has long known about the emergence of the Alibaba website, but he is too lazy to start his own. It is much easier to acquire a ready-made one.

Lu Shaohua is now preparing to acquire shares of Yahoo or take absolute control of the investment. Yahoo has a close relationship with Alibaba Group. If both companies are acquired, then the rest of the things will be much easier. Perhaps Yahoo does not need to wait until 2005 to enter China, but can enter after some time.

Prerequisite, yes, a prerequisite is needed, and this prerequisite is that Yahoo accepts the absolute control of Phoenix Group and acquires Alibaba, then everything will be easy. Lu Shaohua can hand over Yahoo China to Alibaba Group for operation, or he can affiliate it with Phoenix Network Group. It depends on what Lu Shaohua plans.

But no matter what, Lu Shaohua is bound to acquire Alibaba. Regardless of whether he can gain absolute control of Yahoo in the end, Lu Shaohua will acquire the Alibaba website in full and make it a website under Phoenix Network Company.

"It hasn't been established yet?" Liu Mingzhang asked with a frown.

Liu Mingzhang felt strange and couldn't understand why Lu Shaohua knew those small companies?

In Liu Mingzhang's view, both Alibaba and Google are small companies. Well, Alibaba is easier to understand since it is a domestic company after all, so it seems normal for Lu Shaohua to know about them. But what about Google? It is an American company opened in a garage. How did Lu Shaohua know about it?

It's true that Liu Mingzhang has encountered too many strange things since he joined Phoenix Group. Let's not talk about the recent ones, let's talk about the distant ones. In 1987, on Black Monday, Lu Shaohua was able to accurately predict the stock market points, which surprised Liu Mingzhang.

Well, Lu Shaohua’s prediction at that time was just a blind guess. What about later, during the *** stock market crash in 1989, Lu Shaohua was also able to predict the stock prices, and he was extremely accurate in timing the decline and rise, and he did it many times. This is not something that can be done by blind guessing.

There are many things like this, especially every time they make a move in the financial market, Lu Shaohua will always give the data in advance, and they just need to act according to the data, and they are guaranteed to make a profit.

If Lu Shaohua had not appeared in front of them alive and well, and had not eaten and slept, Liu Mingzhang would have suspected that Lu Shaohua was a god from heaven.

Although there were many strange things, Liu Mingzhang knew that he would not get an answer if he wanted to ask further questions. So why not just ignore it and think that Lu Shaohua had the ability to predict the future.

"Yes, it has not been established yet." Lu Shaohua nodded, as if he knew that the information he gave was a bit fantastic. So, Lu Shaohua explained, "This company was collected by our intelligence department, so it can't be wrong."

The existence of the Tiger Roar Intelligence Network was already known to everyone, including Liu Mingzhang, Li Yunqing, and Li Zongen, who all knew that Lu Shaohua had such an intelligence network. Of course, they only knew part of it, that there was a commercial intelligence network, but they knew nothing about how big this intelligence network was and how wide it covered.

It was precisely because Liu Mingzhang and the others knew about the existence of the intelligence network that Lu Shaohua pushed those mysterious things to the intelligence network. In this way, he would not have to explain so much and could also dispel the suspicions of Liu Mingzhang and the others, killing two birds with one stone.

Liu Mingzhang obviously believed Lu Shaohua's explanation. After all, many of his operations were provided with information by that unknown intelligence network, which allowed Liu Mingzhang and his team to complete each operation smoothly. Obviously, that unknown intelligence network was very convincing.

"Then who will acquire this so-called Alibaba? Will it be a full acquisition, or will it be a shareholding, or will it be a partial ownership?" Liu Mingzhang asked, changing the subject.

Liu Mingzhang asked three questions in a row, which made Lu Shaohua a little slow to react, but soon, Lu Shaohua recovered and said after a moment of silence. "I don't ask who will go. Any one of you can go, or you can send one person. As for whether it is a full acquisition or a shareholding? Well... my idea is a full acquisition. If there is really no other way, I will control 80% of the shares and make it a subsidiary of Phoenix Group. No less than this number."

When it comes to Alibaba, Lu Shaohua does not intend to hold only a partial stake, as that would be too boring. It would be better for him to launch an online shopping website and operate it in its entirety.

The three people nodded to show that they understood, but they did not say anything. Instead, they focused their attention on Lu Shaohua, because they knew that Lu Shaohua had already mentioned the fourth goal, and the next one was the fifth goal.

But is there really a fifth goal?

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