Chapter 819 Chen Tianjiao's Ambition
The news of Yahoo's cooperation with Ali spread quickly, and along with it, Lu Yiming's interview.
Upon learning that Lu Yiming was so optimistic about Ali, various financial institutions raised Ali's ratings and valuations.
Since Ali had not yet gone public, those who dreamed of getting rich from Ali were unable to buy Ali shares on the stock market, so they had to settle for the next best thing and started buying Yahoo shares.
All of a sudden, Yahoo's stock price soared like a rocket.
Neither Ma Jieke nor Yang Zhiyuan had expected that Lu Yiming's words and actions would have such a great influence.
In a newly formed three-party QQ group, Yang Zhiyuan posted a few photos of the stock market screen and said with emotion: "Am I really out of date? Look at this and the news. It makes me feel like the younger generation is pushing the older generation forward."
Jack Ma looked at the outrageous candlestick chart and thought to himself: "I wonder when I will be able to be like Mr. Lu, the richest man, who can drive up the stock price of a company with just one sentence."
Lu Yiming said: "The only constant in this world is change, absolute movement and relative stillness. Whether we are running a business or doing a career, we must be flexible and adaptable according to the market. Sticking to the old ways will lead to a dead end."
These words come from my heart, but they are also some harsh but honest advice to Yahoo.
Especially for Internet companies, the speed of change is so fast that it is hard to keep up. When you wake up, the market may have undergone earth-shaking changes. If you are unable to plan ahead and adjust and adapt quickly, you will not know how you died.
Jack Ma @Lu Yiming in the group chat: "Mr. Lu, please attend the 5th West Lake Sword Contest in September."
On September 10, 2000, the first "West Lake Sword Discussion" was hosted by Jin Yong, and Zhang Chaoyang, Ding Lei, Wang Juntao and Jack Ma began to plan the future of the Internet.
In the old world, for such high-end and classy meetings, Lu Yiming could only sit in front of the computer and watch the live broadcast and read the surrounding news, but now, he is going to be the guest of honor personally invited by Jack Ma.
Lu Yiming asked: "Who are the guests?"
Jack Ma posted a picture in the group and then said: "I originally invited Whitman, the president of eBay, but unfortunately she refused."
Lu Yiming teased, "Good fellow, you want to kill someone and destroy their heart, right? eBay lost to Taobao, it would be strange if she came to Xia Country to participate in the West Lake Sword Contest, you have no good intentions."
Jack Ma responded with a laughing emoji.
His action was indeed intentional. When Whitman came to Xia Country, he did not take Taobao seriously and ignored him.
He has always remembered this grudge!
West Lake has beautiful scenery.
Beside the Broken Bridge, Jack Ma and Lu Yiming talked about the history of the Three Kingdoms, about the West Lake which once belonged to Kuaiji County, and about the years of war and battles among the Three Kingdoms.
Although the Internet in Xia Kingdom at this time was still in a state of fierce competition, the three major players BAT had already emerged and demonstrated their dominance in the industry.
Alibaba dominated the C2C e-commerce field and became the most popular company by defeating eBay.
Yixun Technology has taken over QQ and beat MSN. In Xia's Internet social field, it is firmly in the top spot and has no rivals.
Only Baidu has just defeated its domestic competitor 3721, and has not yet used a US-funded company of the same type as a sacrifice, so it is still a little short of the mark. However, it is also the leader in the search field and its position is difficult to shake.
Lao Ma has a good vision and has seen that in the next ten years, the entire Xiaguo Internet industry will be a landscape of three major players competing for supremacy.
He still had confidence in Alibaba, but Lu Yiming was behind Yixun Technology. The combination of QQ and Luming Mall made him worry that Lu Yiming would personally take sides, so he vaguely referred to himself as Dongwu in his words.
Among the Three Kingdoms, Shu was the weakest, just like Qiandu at this time.
Alibaba is the Eastern Wu, and Yixun Technology, with Lu Yiming's full support behind the scenes, is naturally the strongest Cao Wei.
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "Why, are you using the past to illustrate the present?"
Then, he said to comfort her: "Don't worry, Xia's Internet market is huge. It's impossible for the three companies to return to Jin. I don't have such an idea."
There is no doubt that this is Lu Yiming's statement to Jack Ma that Yixun Technology will not think about merging Alibaba and Qiandu, but will only focus on the social field.
Jack Ma was skeptical: "Are you serious?"
In his opinion, Lu Yiming has achieved such great success at such a young age, how could he be willing to stop here?
If it were him, he would probably be so proud that he would continue to expand, expand and expand no matter what, until he became the absolute overlord of the entire Internet industry in Xia Country.
Isn’t this more satisfying than just being the overlord in the e-commerce field?
Lu Yiming said without hesitation: "Of course I am serious. As a person, you must be sensible and know what you can and cannot do. I can do the big money-making things, but I can still give my partners a share of the spoils occasionally."
Looking at Jack Ma, who still had some edges and corners at this moment, Lu Yiming couldn't help but think of the incident in his previous life when Ant Financial was stabbed . Then he patted him on the shoulder with a look of "you'll get what you deserve" on his face, which made Jack Ma confused.
Lu Yiming didn't explain too much. After all, he was involved in the Internet simply to make money and never thought about regulating the entire industry.
Because that is something only the government is qualified to do. All he can do is abide by the law and make money honestly instead of thinking about monopoly.
Otherwise, Lao Ma’s past ending would have been a bloody lesson.
Jack Ma shook his head slightly, threw some messy thoughts out of his mind, and then said: " Let's go , it's getting late, let's go to the venue."
Quite a few people have already arrived at the venue, and many of them are industry leaders, or at least local bosses.
Seeing Lu Yiming coming, these people came over to greet him.
As the initiator of the West Lake Sword Contest, Jack Ma is now gradually gaining the momentum of a leader. He looked around and asked Lu Yiming boastfully, "What do you think?"
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "In the fifth year of the millennium, the year of Yiyou, at the beginning of the beginning of summer heat, we gathered at the West Lake in Shanyin, Kuaiji, to hold a purification ceremony. All the wise men and women came, young and old. There are high mountains and steep cliffs, lush forests and bamboos, and clear streams rushing down, reflecting the left and right. We took it as a flowing wine cup and curved water, and sat in the second place. Although there is no grand music, a cup of wine and a poem are enough to express our deep feelings. On this day, the sky is clear and the air is fresh, and the breeze is gentle. Looking up at the vastness of the universe and looking down at the abundance of species, we can enjoy the sight and feel the entertainment, which is enough to satisfy our visual and auditory enjoyment. It is really fun."
Jack Ma was stunned: "Fuck, I've memorized the Lanting Preface, okay? It doesn't look like this."
At this moment, Lu Yiming saw an acquaintance, Chen Tianjiao.
"Chen Tianjiao is here too?"
Jack Ma asked curiously, "Do you still know Mr. Chen?"
Chen Tianjiao is from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, so he knows Jack Ma. However, Chen Tianjiao is now getting further and further away from his dream of becoming the richest man.
In the original timeline, 2005 would be the most successful year for Chen Tianjiao, because in this year, the Shengda Company he founded would be listed in the United States, and the 31-year-old would become the richest man in Xia Country.
But what about now?
Not to mention being the richest man in Xia Country, he is not even the richest man in Xinchang County. His net worth is less than 20 million, and he stands out in the crowd like a minion.
Jack Ma thought Lu Yiming was interested in Chen Tianjiao, so he said a few good words for this fellow from Jiangsu and Zhejiang: "Mr. Chen's Shengda Company's main business is animation and games, and it is developing quite well."
He founded the company in 1999, started with 500,000 yuan and earned 20 million yuan in five years, which is 40 times the original amount. For an ordinary person, this is a very good achievement and he really deserves Ma's evaluation of "not bad".
However, the reason why Chen Tianjiao was so "incompetent" was that Lu Yiming had snatched Xiao Ma Ge's QQ, so that Xiao Ma Ge had to concentrate on the game market, and as a result, he accidentally defeated Chen Tianjiao.
I have to say, fate is really wonderful.
"Let's go over and say hello."
Lu Yiming and Jack Ma came to Chen Tianjiao's side.
"Mr. Chen."
When Chen Tianjiao heard Jack Ma's voice, he looked carefully and saw Lu Yiming beside Jack Ma. He suddenly became excited.
"Mr. Lu!"
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "Don't be like this, you're making me panic."
Chen Tianjiao laughed and said, "Mr. Lu, your name is well-known. I have admired you for a long time. I didn't expect to meet you here."
Jack Ma has a good relationship with Chen Tianjiao, and he also said to Lu Yiming: "Mr. Chen has admired you for a long time, especially when you bought Junzi Interactive Entertainment and launched the game "Legend of Mir 2". Mr. Chen praised your investment vision more than once."
Chen Tianjiao was a little embarrassed and said, "At that time, I was worried about how to start a business, and it was you, Mr. Lu, who pointed out the direction for me. Without your guidance, Mr. Lu, I would not be where I am today."
Lu Yiming didn't expect that there was such a story here, and he didn't know what to say for a moment.
He felt that if Chen Tianjiao knew the truth that he was intercepted by Junzi Interactive Entertainment, he would probably want to strangle him to death.
Meeting the richest man in Xia Country is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. After talking with Lu Yiming, Chen Tianjiao immediately called his younger brother Chen Danian over.
Compared with Chen Tianjiao, Chen Danian is much less famous, and many people are even unfamiliar with this name. However, when it comes to Chen Danian's products, they are very popular in China.
The most famous thing he made is called "WIFI Master Key".
After exchanging some polite words with Lu Yiming, Chen Danian said to Chen Tianjiao: "Brother, haven't you always had a big plan? Why not take this opportunity to let the richest man Lu give you some advice?"
"Oh, yes."
After Chen Danian's reminder, Chen Tianjiao reacted immediately.
The man standing in front of me is the richest man in Asia. It's rare to meet him in person, so I really have to seize the opportunity.
Who knows, maybe your luck will turn around today!
Jack Ma asked curiously, "What's the big plan?"
Chen Tian said proudly: "I plan to build an online Disney, with content as the core, to create an industrial closed loop."
In the past, Chen Tianjiao did exactly that. Shengda Network's business model has evolved from an animation community to an interactive entertainment industry, and has made achievements in literature, music, film, video, tourism, games, media, publishing and other fields.
To this end, he founded Shanda Literature and acquired Qidian Chinese, hoping to develop derivative products based on online literature, shoot his own dramas , and make his own TV boxes.
There was actually no problem with the first few steps, but there was a big problem with the TV box.
At that time, cable TV was still the king, and he wanted to make a box and broadcast his own content.
This offended a group of people.
Furthermore, the Internet storm quickly became popular, and the concept of Internet TV began to emerge.
In his previous life, Lu Yiming once felt regretful that he had not fulfilled his dream.
Jack Ma said approvingly: "Building an online Disney? Your plan is really big!"
Putting aside the specific content for now, the four words "industrial closed loop" alone are very important.
Think about Disney, the big mouse from the beautiful country, it makes a lot of money!
Not to mention anything else, the China Overseas Disneyland alone made a profit of 61.5 billion in just seven years since its opening!
An average of 24 million per day!
Lu Yiming admired Chen Tianjiao's plan. Not for the plan itself, but for Chen Tianjiao himself. With a net worth of only 20 million, he dared to think about doing a business worth hundreds of billions. It must be said that he was a very boastful person.
Coincidentally, Jack Ma was also a very boastful person, so the two hit it off immediately. He said to Chen Tianjiao with great interest: "Mr. Chen, I am very interested in your big plan. How about we have a deeper discussion?"
Then, Jack Ma said to Lu Yiming, "Mr. Lu, you come too."
Lu Yiming now understands what Chen Tianjiao is going to do better than Chen Tianjiao himself.
As for the Holy Big Box Project, it was already carried out when Chen Tianjiao was still the richest man in his previous life. Needless to say, the final result.
He fell to the ground and died, it was a horrible sight.
So he was not interested.
However, it is not the case to say that Chen Tianjiao was dreaming, because the failure of the Holy Big Box strategy was not because there was something wrong with Chen Tianjiao's idea, but because he chose the wrong carrier.
It has to be said that Chen Tianjiao's ideas are indeed very advanced. He is developing home entertainment terminals and wants to enter every family's living room and become the overlord in the field of digital home.
But the problem is that although the ideas are very advanced, the vision is too backward.
In 2005, why did we choose set-top box as the carrier?
Not to mention how many people in China can afford a 6,000 yuan Santa Fe box, let’s just say that the first generation of smartphones will be out in two years, and then we will immediately enter the mobile Internet era.
Who will still hold the TV all day long then?
So the Holy Big Box is doomed to fail, no matter how much money is spent.
However, if we change the carrier and follow Chen Tianjiao's ideas, it may not be impossible to succeed.
Lu Yiming originally planned to build his own software and hardware ecosystem based on the smartphone platform.
Apart from the different carriers, it coincides with Chen Tianjiao's ideas.
Therefore, Lu Yiming was not interested in the Holy Box, but he still planned to plagiarize some of Chen Tianjiao's ideas.
"Then let's find a place to have a good chat."
