stjorthotic Chapter 1637 How to deal with it
Chapter 1637 How to deal with it
Chapter 1637 How to deal with it
At the end of May, the humidity of early summer wrapped around the bamboo leaves, making rustling sounds, and the Jiangnan courtyard with white walls and black tiles was hidden in the deep night. With the arrival of Zhang Yong and others, a little bit of bustle and noise startled the night herons curled up under the street lights.
The maid brought in four core Alibaba partners: Zhang Yong, Cai Congxin, Peng Lei, and Jing Xiandong. Jiang Fan, who had just returned from Shenghai today and was responsible for blocking Mingyuan Group's debt restructuring plan, stayed in the company.
Ma Yun leaned on the sofa with a tired look on his face, wearing an indigo-colored linen robe and a moon-white stand-up collar shirt made of Hangzhou fabric underneath.
"Sit down, you guys sit down first."
Ma Yun has strong affinity and leadership ability, and this behavior of winning people's hearts is purely natural.
His recent work focus is to promote the listing of Alipay. Alibaba's core business, e-commerce, is growing sluggishly!
It is far less dynamic than JD.com and Pinduoduo. Currently, the most popular e-commerce company is Pinduoduo, which is coming on strong.
Some people in the circle have predicted that Huang Zheng’s wealth is likely to make him the richest man in China.
JD.com has a moat built by its delivery business, which has won the favor of consumers. But what about Alibaba?
Whether it is Tmall or Taobao, the Double 11 brand strategy has been ruined today and has lost sufficient appeal to users. The strategy of raising prices first and then giving discounts has become well known to users.
In addition, his work focus is to arrange his retirement. He wants to retire on September 9, Teachers' Day today.
He wants to set an example for entrepreneurs and bosses around the world to retire, rather than continue to work in the company until they are too old to move, which is not conducive to the long-term development of the company. Alibaba's goal is to be a 102-year-old company.
The maid brought tea and fruit.
Ma Yun then slowly asked: "Xiaoyaozi, please tell me the details." Zhang Yong had just called to briefly explain the situation and wanted to report and hear his thoughts.
Zhang Yonglue sat on the sofa a little stiffly, pushing his glasses on the bridge of his nose, looking very elegant, but with clearly visible white hair on his temples. Working at Alibaba is very stressful, and Mr. Ma is very straightforward in firing people.
The most important thing for him now is to smoothly inherit Mr. Ma's position and become the helmsman of Alibaba, this commercial aircraft carrier.
"Teacher Ma, Jiang Fan's wife made a scene online, and Jiang Fan went to talk to her, but it didn't work. There is no basis for mutual trust between the two sides. With the instigation of the Phoenix Group, the news online could no longer be suppressed, and it was listed on several hot searches on Weibo.
We should consider avoiding the spotlight of public opinion and give an explanation to the public.”
The question now is how to give this explanation? Jiang Fan, a new partner of Alibaba, was born in the 80s and is the new winner of Alibaba's internal horse racing mechanism. He is in charge of the Taobao Tmall business line and is hailed by the outside world as Alibaba's prince.
If Alibaba wants to win the competition with Pinduoduo and JD.com in the e-commerce business, it needs fresh blood to come in and take the lead.
Ma Yun turned around, made herself sit more comfortably, and asked, "Joe, what do you think?"
Cai Congxin was his trusted right-hand man, and had returned to Alibaba from America to continue his work. Naturally, there was no need to abide by the "agreement" with Jing Gao. The relationship between the two sides had long deteriorated.
He is not a person who is conservative and sticks to formalities.
Cai Congxin pondered and said, "Jack, if it comes to punishing Jiang Fan, it's easy to deal with it. Cancel his partner qualification, demote his position within Alibaba from M7 to M6, and deduct his year-end bonus for this fiscal year.
This is enough to respond to public opinion outside and calm internal disputes. Now there are two questions.
First, do we need to respond immediately? Second, is there room for negotiation between us and Jinggao?
The Taobao and Tmall business that Jiang Fan is in charge of is an extremely critical business line for us at Alibaba.”
Ma Yun couldn't help rubbing his brows and sat sideways on the sofa in deep thought.
Peng Lei, who is in charge of Alipay business, lowered his head and drank tea. In fact, Joe's words had more to say.
Generally speaking, the larger the company, the slower it responds to public opinion. This is not arrogance, but the fact that large companies do not need to be swayed by the online public opinion field. They still have foundations and stability.
As for Alibaba, it was once deeply involved in rumors of black public relations and Internet trolls. In short, as more and more hot topics are brought to the Internet, no Internet giant is simple.
The business that Jiang Fan is in charge of now is very important. Alibaba's e-commerce has actually shown a great decline, which is why Mr. Ma has recently been concerned about the listing of Alipay.
Alibaba Group urgently needs a new growth point to support its development and stock price.
The premise of all this is that Alibaba needs to hold on to e-commerce, the base from which it was founded. E-commerce business cannot be lost. Jiang Fan also took over the Tmall business group in March this year, so people both inside and outside the company unanimously believe that he is the prince of Alibaba.
If the head of the e-commerce business is punished at this time, it will be a great sacrifice for Alibaba. How can we know that Jing Gao is not taking advantage of the situation? In fact, it is similar to Alibaba's attempt to prevent him from manipulating the debt restructuring of Mingyuan Group.
You know, the relationship between the two sides has never eased.
Mingyuan Group has more than 4 billion yuan in assets, and assets with poor liquidity such as real estate account for a small proportion. Whether from a business perspective or a financial perspective, Mingyuan Group is a piece of fat meat that people are thinking about and thinking about.
No capital will not get involved if it is qualified to do so. Didn't Alibaba acquire Mingyuan Group's gaming business at a low price? It cost 70 million US dollars.
But compared to the 4 billion that Jinggao wants to pocket, it’s still far from enough, right?
Ma Yun thought for a long time, his eyes sweeping across the faces of Cai Congxin, Zhang Yong, Peng Lei, and Jing Xiandong, when his cell phone suddenly rang.
Ma Yun looked at the number, got up and went to the inner room to answer the call, and came back and said: "I have to go to the city to discuss the Alipay issue. I think Joe's suggestion is good for this matter. Let's wait and see, and do some work on Jiang Fan's family. In addition, I will call Jing Gao later to see if there is a solution."
"Teacher Ma..." Peng Lei hesitated. She didn't think it was a good idea to talk to Jing Gao. Jing Gao was a well-known vicious person in the underworld. He often made irrational decisions and would not discuss issues from the perspective of interests.
Will Mr. Ma be humiliated by him again? Two years ago, Mr. Ma and Jing Gao had an unpleasant conversation at the Wuzhen Internet Conference.
"It's okay." Ma Yun waved his hand. He understood the feelings of his general, but he had experienced so many ups and downs in his life. Now he had a challenge from a younger martial artist. As long as he could solve the problem, it wouldn't be worse than when he left the capital.
Zhang Yong and his four companions stood up and sent Teacher Ma to the door of the villa, watching his private car Maybach disappear into the night.
The four of them stood silently on the roadside outside the villa. The early summer evening breeze blew slowly, bringing a little coolness.
(End of this chapter)