Zhang Yong sensed something was amiss.
"Take another look at the data from Taobao on your phone these past few days."
The technician opened the data report on the Taobao mobile app, and Zhang Yong was stunned when he saw it. The transaction volume on the Taobao mobile app had plummeted in the past few days.
"What's going on?" Jack Ma also looked over.
"I don't know, let me pull the data again and take a look."
The technician quickly pulled up another set of data, and the result was exactly the same as before.
Jack Ma and Daniel Zhang stared at the data in deep thought, and no one around them dared to speak, making the atmosphere extremely strange.
After a long silence, Jack Ma sighed and turned to leave.
Jack Ma and Daniel Zhang arrived at the rooftop of the Taobao headquarters building. Ma took out a pack of cigarettes, handed one to Zhang, lit it, and slowly took a puff.
"Mr. Zhang, did you understand Lin Chen's actions?"
"A drastic measure to cut off the fuel supply!"
"Yes, although this person is not old, he seems like a cunning old man. We wanted to develop mobile internet, so he diverted our own customers to the computer platform, making it impossible for our mobile platform to develop. Not only can we not accuse him of poaching customers, but we also have to thank him for bringing so many customers to Taobao for free. The most shameless thing is that this person also gives away Pinduoduo coupons."
"Mr. Ma, what should we do?"
"For now, we can only endure it. Our loss lies in attracting traffic. Let's make some money for Huasuan.com first. Once we attract customers and develop our own mobile internet, we can organize a team to specifically crack Huasuan.com's recommendation algorithm. When the time is right, we'll crush Huasuan.com."
"Okay, I'll take care of it right away."
On the rooftop of Alibaba's headquarters, Jack Ma and Daniel Zhang jointly set out Plan 2.0 to "beat the dog".
At the headquarters of Xingchen Technology, Lin Chen was listening to Zhang Yiming report on Panda TV.
"President Lin, Panda TV is basically finished with development. We just need to make some minor tweaks. When should we launch it?"
"I saw the news a couple of days ago that the WCG2010 China Finals will start on July 23. Go and ask the organizers if they have sold the online streaming rights. If not, just buy them. They shouldn't be too expensive. Once they buy them, we can prepare to launch the live stream."
"Huh? Mr. Lin, I remember when you were talking to Young Master Wang before, wasn't this live streaming platform mainly featuring beautiful female streamers? Why are we going to stream an e-sports match for our opening game?"
"I'm asking you, what are the characteristics of the audience for female live streamers?"
"Male, young."
What are the characteristics of the audience for esports?
"Male, young."
Lin Chen clapped his hands: "So, you see, this is the right way."
Zhang Yiming suddenly realized: "President Lin, brilliant, absolutely brilliant."
"I've already thought of the advertising slogan: 'I adore it!' Oh, by the way, I'll call Wang Sicong and ask him how the recruitment of livestreamers is going."
Lin Chen took out his phone and called Wang Sicong.
"Hey, Cong-ge, what are you doing?"
"I'm working hard; I'm interviewing female anchors right now."
The sound of beautiful women on the other end of the phone made Lin Chen grit his teeth.
"Well, Panda TV is almost ready to launch. When are you free? Let's talk about the operations."
"Operations? I don't understand that stuff. Just do what you think is best. I completely trust you. Okay, I'm busy with interviews right now, so I'll hang up now."
"Beep beep beep..."
Looking at the busy tone on the phone, Lin Chen was completely speechless. "Brother, you've invested half the money, and you're just going to abandon me like this? I really wish I could live like you."
Judging from his current state, it seems that the job interviewing for the female anchor position is indeed a good fit for him.
Lin Chen sighed and said to Zhang Yiming, "Forget it, Mr. Zhang, just do as I say. Don't worry about Wang Sicong."
"Okay, Mr. Lin."
The next day, Zhang Yong arrived at Xingchen Technology again with his secretary.
"Brother Yong, why are you here again? There's no breakfast for you today."
Zhang Yong thought to himself, "You didn't leave me anything last time I came, not even a tea egg."
"Hehe, I've come to give you money, little brother."
"Give money? Brother Yong, we're such good friends, it's too formal to give money. Just transfer the money directly."
"Well, we still need to talk about that a bit. Actually, the reason I came here is to ask the Huasuan.com app to enable the redirect link function for our Taobao mobile app, so I'm here to discuss the price."
"This isn't like they're giving me money; this is business. So I'll have to switch forms."
"What form?"
"Invincible handsome man Lin Chen, super evolution, business elite CEO Lin."
"..." Zhang Yong thought to himself, "You probably have some serious illness."
"Hehehe, I'm getting old and can't keep up with your young people's jokes anymore. Let's get down to business."
"30 million a month."
“30 million? You’re robbing us! 30 million on the computer, and another 30 million on the mobile. Do you think Taobao is a bank?”
"You Taobao sellers are much richer than banks. Banks' money belongs to depositors, but your money belongs to you."
"But we don't have many orders on Taobao Mobile either, this price is really too expensive, bro."
"Hey, Brother Yong, I actually think it's a bit expensive too. How about we just forget about it and not offer this service? We'll save 30 million yuan, and we can use that money to do more advertising."
Upon hearing about advertising, Zhang Yong was furious. There were so many advertising spaces across the country, costing tens of millions of yuan in rent each month, yet it was all for naught. Customers brought in would immediately go shopping on Taobao on their computers after seeing the promotions on Huasuan.com, since it was the same whether they were on their phones or computers.
Taking a few deep breaths, Zhang Yong suppressed the urge to kill Lin Chen and said, "Brother, give me a discount. We Taobao sellers aren't having an easy time either; we need money everywhere."
"Hey, since you've said so, Brother Yong, I'm not an unfeeling person. You've helped me so much before, so I'll give you a rock-bottom price, 15 million. How about that, brother, am I being generous enough?"
"Alright... alright then, thank you very much, Brother Lin."
The first target for compromise was found, but Lin Chen did not expect that the first to compromise would be Taobao, which was the first to take the lead. Jack Ma's courage is still worth learning from.
After signing the contract, Zhang Yong walked into the elevator in a disheveled state.
He glanced back at the slowly closing elevator doors and squeezed out a sentence through gritted teeth.
"Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river, never underestimate a young man's potential!"
The secretary whispered a reminder from the side, "Mr. Zhang, you're much older than Mr. Lin."
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