"They still want to squeeze money out of our company. They probably don't know their own limitations. Mr. Zhang, after we take down Lashou.com, we won't cooperate with these small websites that have been making a fuss anymore."
Zhang Yiming's lips twitched. What a clever move to discard someone after they've served their purpose. But these small websites will probably all be swallowed up by Meituan eventually.
After several days of negotiations, a group-buying alliance – the Huasuan Alliance – was finally established!
Jack Ma: At first I disagreed with the name, but when I suggested calling it Taobao Alliance, even my first reaction was that it was for selling women's clothing.
Huasuan Alliance relies on Huasuan.com and Huasuan Pay. All participating small websites can participate in group buying with one click, and the payment will be automatically transferred to the small websites on a monthly basis.
The official Weibo and WeChat accounts of Huasuan.com, as well as Lin Chen's official Weibo account, all released this upgrade announcement.
"Hey, this feature is great! Doesn't that mean I won't need to install any other group-buying apps on my phone?"
"That's right, it's a godsend for phone memory. With more and more photos, Lin Gou, hurry up and release a Xiaomi phone with more features but no price increase."
"Xiaomi phone +1".
"The thread is off-topic. This is Huasuan.com's channel. It's Huasuan Lin Gou now, not Xiaomi Lin Gou."
"Wow, Lin Gou has quite a few aliases."
"Brothers, I just tried it on my computer, and this one-click group buying is so convenient. I don't even need to go to other websites to enter my account and password."
"Really? I'll give it a try. I was just about to order dinner through a group-buying platform."
Once users try it, they never want to go back. It's so convenient, and the payment options are great—direct, fast, and incredibly smooth.
This leads to a situation where, even though Lashou.com is cheaper, users still prefer to buy from Meituan or other websites.
Why?
Because Lashou.com doesn't support one-click group buying!
Even though Lashou.com offers the lowest prices online, users still have to go through a redirect, enter their account and password, click to place a group-buying order, and can only pay with Alipay.
When Huasuan Pay became the industry leader, Wu Bo approached Lin Chen to open the Huasuan Pay interface on Lashou.com.
Lin Chen readily agreed, and even offered to let him use it for free.
However, Lin Chen stopped providing this service after Lashou.com was acquired by Tencent.
Wu Bo tried to use Huasuan Payment through normal business dealings, but Lin Chen refused.
Therefore, Wu Bo can only use Tencent's financial platform.
The name is truly meaningful; everyone else has already successfully made a group purchase and gone out for food and drinks, while Lashou.com is still just getting through.
(；OдO)！！
As sister companies that help each other, Lin Chen also provided this technology to Alibaba.
Therefore, Alibaba's Taobao big data platform also launched this one-click group-buying function.
For these numerous small websites, having an additional traffic source is an incredibly beneficial thing.
The only thing that puzzled them was that both Huasuan.com and Taobao Big Data explicitly added a clause to their contracts.
You cannot cooperate with any traffic-generating platforms other than Huasuan.com and Taobao Big Data. Once discovered, Huasuan.com and Taobao Big Data will terminate all business cooperation with you.
TX Big Data: Just give me your ID number.
Those smaller websites were also completely baffled. All that was left was Tencent's big data. We're not stupid; Tencent's big data can't even beat Taobao's big data.
Jack Ma: You guys know how to make comparisons.
Therefore, these small websites signed without hesitation.
When Wu Bo discovered that Lashou.com's transaction volume had suddenly plummeted, he immediately ordered people to find out the reason.
"Mr. Wu, the traffic from Huasuan.com and Taobao's big data has almost disappeared, which has caused a sharp drop in transaction volume."
"How could there be no traffic? I've paid promotion fees to Huasuan.com and Taobao's big data platform."
The technician opened Huasuan.com and randomly searched for a merchant that partnered with Lashou.com.
The search results show that Lashou.com is indeed ranked first, which means that Huasuan.com did not refuse to promote them.
"Isn't this a promotional effect? Why isn't there any traffic?"
At this moment, another technician standing nearby spoke up timidly.
"Mr. Wu, I think I might know why?"
"Oh? Tell me quickly."
"It might be because of the one-click group-buying feature launched by Huasuan.com."
"Hmm? What kind of function is this?"
"Just take a look at Huasuan.com's Weibo account and you'll see."
Wu Bo has been quite busy lately. He works during the day and goes out at night to support his sisters in Dongguan who are working hard in Beijing. He really doesn't have time to browse Weibo.
Wu Bo opened the Weibo account of Huasuan.com and was stunned. Then he opened the Weibo account of Taobao Big Data and his vision went black.
The sky has fallen!
Oh my god!
Lin Chen is no longer human!
So he immediately called Little Ma.
"Mr. Ma, something terrible has happened!"
"Don't rush, speak slowly. You are mine, no one can touch you."
Although Little Ma's words were undeniably domineering, Wu Bo still felt something was off.
But there was no time to worry about that now, so Wu Bo quickly explained the details of Huasuan.com and Taobao's big data one-click group buying to Ma Ge.
After hearing this, Little Ma smiled dismissively.
"No problem, Mr. Wu. You still don't have enough experience. Just watch how I show off."
"horse……"
Wu Bo was about to offer some advice when Little Ma hung up the phone.
But thinking about what Pony Ma said, it's true that I haven't experienced enough. When I make Lashou.com as big as Tencent, I guess I'll be able to have the same composure as Pony Ma, even if Mount Tai collapses in front of me.
The very next day, Tencent (TX) introduced a one-click group-buying feature. It has to be said, Tencent's traditional method is truly amazing.
Wu Bo was relieved after seeing it. As expected, Tencent had a lot of talent and its speed was impressive. His company still had a lot to learn from them.
Then he tested it, but the more he tested, the more something seemed wrong.
Wait a minute, something's not right. Why is it that only Lashou.com allows one-click group buying, and other websites don't?
So he dialed Little Ma's number again.
"How about it, Mr. Wu? I told you it's not a big problem. It's just a small feature, I can make it for you in no time."
"No, Mr. Ma, only Lashou.com can do this one-click group buying. Other websites can't."
"What is that? I'll go ask about it."
With that, Little Ma hung up the phone.
About half an hour later, Brother Ma called, but his tone was not as relaxed as before.
"I asked them, and Lin Chen and Jack Ma are utterly unethical! They actually demanded that other websites not cooperate with us, damn it!"
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