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"Mr. Sun is overly praised. I'm not that popular in Japan." Xu Liang said calmly.

"Haha, Xu Jun is being humble. ...By the way, I was just talking and almost forgot about the food. Xu Jun, come and try it. The bluefin tuna fillet here is the best in Tokyo, absolutely delicious."

"Then I won't be polite."

Xu Liang picked up a piece of reddish-brown tenderloin, briefly dipped it in the dipping sauce, and put it in his mouth.

Accompanied by the spiciness of mustard, the soft fish meat melts in your mouth. Not only does it not feel fishy at all, but it has a faint sweetness.

"It's really great."

Xu Liang smiled.

"I know that Xu Jun has an extraordinary appetite, so I ordered five pounds of bluefin tuna fillet. Together with other dishes, it is enough for Xu Jun to eat."

"Then thank you in advance."

"Haha, that's right. After all, I'm a treat today."

Xu Liang smiled, put a piece of fish into his mouth, and put down his chopsticks.

"Is Yahoo Japan preparing to enter Internet search?"

The chopsticks in Son's hand stopped for a moment, but he quickly returned to normal.

"Where did Xu Jun hear about this?"

"I have my own channels. But this matter is not surprising. After all, you have technical support from Yahoo! Coupled with the support of Yahoo Japan portal, you have the prerequisites for the development of Internet search." Xu Liangdao.

Son was silent for a moment, "Xu Jun, Yahoo Japan has no intention of becoming an enemy of Hongmeng..."

"OK, I believe it. But next, Hongmeng's 'No. 1 Store' will enter the Japanese market. Our competitor is Amazon, so we have no intention of becoming an enemy of Yahoo Japan, so please believe me, Mr. Sun."

Son's face looked a little ugly.

Although Yahoo! Japan is mainly engaged in C2C business, they do have internal plans to develop B2C in the future.

It’s just that Internet search is more important, and the future is bright and profitable, so I’m just one step ahead.

Now that Hongmeng has entered, it will compete fiercely with Amazon and also seize the market belonging to Yahoo Japan.

But he couldn't say anything. After all, Yahoo! Japan's Internet search business was already on the verge of launching, and it was just waiting for the contract with Bing to expire.

It is impossible to give up.

"Xu Jun, No. 1 Store has not even developed the Chinese market. Is it too fast to enter the Japanese market so quickly?"

"It won't work if we don't hurry up. Amazon is already one step ahead of us, and Lotte Mall was established in 1997. If we don't develop, we will completely lose our position in Japan." Xu Liang said calmly.

After the words fell, neither of them spoke again.

The atmosphere became somewhat silent.

Xu Liang picked up the chopsticks and ate the delicious bluefin tuna fillet.

He quickly ate less than half of the full plate.

"Xu Jun, Hongmeng and Yahoo have always maintained good cooperation. SoftBank is Hongmeng's investment institution. We have a close relationship. There is really no need to be hostile to each other. In this case, it will only make Amazon, Google and Rakuten gain."

Xu Liang smiled calmly, "Mr. Sun, Hongmeng really doesn't want to be enemies with SoftBank and Yahoo Japan. But you insist on entering the Internet search field, which makes us feel betrayed.

The company’s management suggested to me that SoftBank should be disqualified from participating in Series B financing. "

Son Zhengyi's expression changed instantly.

The financing target that attracts the most attention in the global capital community is Hongmeng.

If SoftBank cannot join, it will have a very bad impact on SoftBank's brand, and subsequent fundraising will also become difficult.

Looking at Sun Zhengyi's sudden change in expression.

Xu Liang felt that the heat was almost done.

"If Mr. Sun wants to maintain the relationship between the two parties, he must at least give me a reason to calm the management's anger."

Sun Zhengyi was not a fool, and he quickly heard the hidden meaning of Xu Liang.

"What does Xu Jun want?"

"Bandai Company!" Xu Liang said slowly.

Son Zhengyi's expression suddenly changed.

Although after entering the new century, Japanese corporate mergers and acquisitions are no longer as conservative as in the last century, Bandai is different.

As one of the largest comprehensive entertainment companies in Japan, Bandai covers a wide range of fields, including entertainment, Internet, animation products and peripherals.

The number and variety of science fiction, animation, and tokusatsu models it produces ranks first in the world.

The most famous among them is the "Mobile Suit Gundam" series.

In addition to toys and children's entertainment, Bandai's global product reach also includes game software, multimedia, music, feature films, vending machines, game cards, candy, licensed clothing and models, etc.

It can be said that Bandai is the largest pan-entertainment group in Japan, with a complete product line and huge influence.

Once acquired, it can quickly make up for Hongmeng's weak offline shortcomings and truly become a top giant in the two fields of Internet search and pan-entertainment by combining online and offline operations.

"Xu Jun, your appetite is too big. Bandai is an iconic Japanese company. Even if I agree to help, the government will not allow such a company to be acquired by an overseas group."

"This is my business. I only hope that SoftBank can become a major shareholder of Bandai, controlling at least 20% of the shares, and the more, the better."

"It's too difficult. SoftBank doesn't have that much liquidity." Son shook his head.

"SoftBank doesn't have it now, but that doesn't mean it won't have it in the future. The entire acquisition can be realized within three years."

Looking at Sun Zhengyi's expression, Xu Liang continued with a smile, "Hongmeng's capital must have a place to go. If Mr. Sun wants us to abandon the Japanese B2C market, then we must find a substitute for us.

I can promise Mr. Sun that for all Bandai shares acquired by SoftBank, we will give SoftBank a 10% commission on the original price as compensation.

Moreover, Mr. Sun, don’t forget that you are also a shareholder of Hongmeng. Hongmeng is developing better, and SoftBank is also a beneficiary. "

Sun Zhengyi's eyes changed drastically, and there was a hint of deep thought on his face.

After a long time.

"Xu Jun's courage is beyond imagination."

Xu Liang smiled calmly, "Mr. Sun is overly praised, but I don't like ordinary companies."

After saying this, Xu Liang picked up the chopsticks on the table and continued to enjoy the food on the table, as if he didn't care at all about Son's answer.

"Xu Jun, can I ask a question?"

Xu Liang made a gesture of invitation.

"You don't seem worried about Yahoo Japan's entry into Internet search?"

Xu Liang took out a tissue and wiped his mouth, then smiled and said: "To say that I am not worried at all is to deceive myself, but Yahoo! Japan entered the market too late. When the contract expires next year, the global Internet search market is basically settled, and Bing will Dominating Asia, Southern Europe and most Western European markets, Google occupies the English-speaking Northern and Eastern European markets.

Then Africa and South America were divided among us.

Although there are still search engines like Yandex that dominate a market, they will basically not appear after 2004. "

"Why?"

Son Zhengyi couldn't help but ask.

“Because of the database and also because of user habits.

After nearly four years of development, Bing's index database has exceeded 4 billion items. This is our greatest heritage. Latecomers do not have such a powerful index database to support them. Even though their technology is excellent, their search content is not as accurate as ours. and rich.

Correspondingly, the user experience will be very bad.

No one likes to use bad software.

After two or three times at most, you will give up completely. "

"The database can be improved. As long as the technology is good, it will always develop." Son couldn't help but said.

"That's true, but large companies that have already developed will develop faster with their abundant capital. The Internet is an industry that conforms to the '80/20 rule', that is, leading companies enjoy 80% of the market share, and other companies enjoy 20% of the market share." into shares.”

"Is Xu Jun exaggerating? As far as I know, Google only accounts for 50% of the North American search market and Yahoo accounts for 40%. The gap between them is very small."

"Mr. Sun is right. But what I just said is just my opinion. It doesn't matter if you don't agree with it."

Xu Liang had no intention of convincing Sun Zhengyi.

How do you say that.

Respect the fate of others, let go of the complex of helping others, and avoid being moved by yourself.