"Hey, Mr. Ma, I've given Koubei.com so much market share, but why isn't Pinduoduo's market share improving at all?"
Jack Ma thought to himself, "I want to know that too, damn it!"
"Um, Mr. Lin, don't worry, I'll go and urge Zhang Yong right away. It must be because he didn't do his job properly."
Zhang Yong: ? ? ?
After hanging up the phone, Jack Ma gave Zhang Yong a knowing look.
"Mr. Zhang, don't be nervous. I was just saying it casually. At first, I suspected that Lin Chen might be up to something, but judging from his appearance, it shouldn't be him. Actually, we both know that the 100 million is not the point of this bet. The point is how many merchants each side can retain by leveraging market share."
Zhang Yong: "Huh? Is that so?"
"Um, Mr. Zhang, didn't you notice?"
"Should we still map high-quality merchants there?"
"It is a mapping, but I didn't say to stop our recommendations and exposure, you wouldn't..."
"Mr. Ma, I suddenly feel a bit unwell in my stomach. I need to go to the restroom."
Zhang Yong quickly ran back to his office and asked his secretary.
Have any businesses that have been involved in online fraud recently filed complaints?
"Yes, there have been complaints about almost everything, but I turned them down." The secretary gave a smug look.
Zhang Yongqi slammed his hand on the table: "Why didn't you report this to me?"
The secretary was startled: "Uh, Mr. Zhang, I did send you an email."
Zhang Yong glanced at the dozen or so unread emails in his inbox, then slammed his hand on the table.
"Couldn't you have reminded me to check my emails again? Fine, I'll let it go this time. You should go and restore the recommended exposures from these merchants."
"Yes, Mr. Zhang." The secretary walked out of Zhang Yong's office, feeling frustrated.
On the other hand, Huang Zheng has already signed contracts with these merchants to join Pinduoduo.
Huasuan.com has also started to exert its efforts, using big data to conduct precise sales of these merchants' products.
At the same time, Pinduoduo has also started its old business: Pinduoduo Cut a Price!
So much inventory! Although the sizes may not be complete and the styles may be a bit outdated, these brands are top-notch! Brands like Adi Dasi, Naiko, Shinbailun, and Ban Ni Lu are all reputable!
I'll cut you so badly your bones are shattered, then see if you'll still buy it.
When these users come to Pinduoduo to cut prices, they will naturally see other product information.
Similarly, users who are invited to participate in the "cut" activity will also see information about other products.
Who knows, after a few back-and-forths, you might just hit it off and place an order? Right?
Just like a popular area in a city, if more people pass by, customers will naturally come in and spend money.
As a result, Pinduoduo's transaction volume surged during this period, and its market share also increased significantly. However, this market share was not provided by the merchants mapped from Taobao.
Lin Chen called Jack Ma again, angrily accusing him of being unethical and using such despicable means to deliberately prevent Pinduoduo from gaining market share. He then said he would also prevent Koubei.com from gaining market share.
After rattling off a long explanation, Lin Chen hung up the phone before Jack Ma could even react.
However, Jack Ma was also a little embarrassed. Indeed, according to Zhang Yong's report, the group of merchants he had referred did not seem to have any effect on Pinduoduo.
However, the merchants that Meituan mapped to Koubei.com actually boosted Koubei.com's market share significantly.
Sure enough, after Lin Chen finished the call, he immediately stopped sending the mapping push to Koubei.com.
Naturally, this performance-based agreement was thus nullified.
Pinduoduo has attracted a large number of high-quality merchants and launched a year-end clearance sale.
Koubei.com only gained a fleeting market share, and after Meituan cut off the mapping, it had nothing left.
It even made Jack Ma quite embarrassed.
However, Jack Ma and Daniel Zhang, two veterans in the e-commerce industry, just couldn't understand why so many high-quality merchants on Taobao couldn't boost Pinduoduo.
Logically, this shouldn't be the case. Pinduoduo isn't a new platform with no market presence; it's already considered a major platform in the second tier of e-commerce. All it lacks are some high-quality e-commerce products. So, by mirroring itself onto the platform, wouldn't it fill that gap perfectly?
Unable to figure it out, Jack Ma and Daniel Zhang each downloaded Pinduoduo, registered, and began to study it.
Unfortunately, Lin Chen had already blacklisted the two people's phone numbers, so no matter how they searched, they couldn't find the merchants' products or shops, and they couldn't even get a discount on Pinduoduo.
Sigh, you can only blame yourselves for being too rich.
Jack Ma and Daniel Zhang spent the whole day researching but made no progress. They sighed, shook their heads, and prepared to leave work.
Inside the elevator, there were two young girls browsing Pinduoduo.
Their conversation automatically reached the ears of Jack Ma and Daniel Zhang.
"Look, this down jacket from Nai Ke is so cheap, it's only a little over two hundred yuan."
"I think I saw this dress in a boutique last year."
"Who cares? Anyway, the styles of these black down jackets are pretty much the same every year. Cheap is the only thing that matters."
"Yes, send me the link quickly, I want to buy one too."
Suddenly, a hand patted the girl on the shoulder from behind.
Startled, she turned her head and glanced back.
It was a shock when I looked at it.
She saw the group's CEO and the head of Taobao smiling broadly at her.
"Hello Mr. Ma... Hello Mr. Zhang... Hello Mr. Zhang."
"Hello, young lady, could you please send me the link to that down jacket you just mentioned?" Jack Ma said in what he thought was a very amiable voice.
"Okay...okay."
The girl used her phone to add Jack Ma as a friend on Pinduoduo, and then sent him the link to the down jacket.
"Ding~"
Just then, the elevator doors opened, and the two girls quickly said goodbye to Jack Ma and Daniel Zhang and ran away.
They ran quite a distance before stopping, panting heavily, and patting their chests.
"So even a rich person like Mr. Ma uses Pinduoduo."
"Wait a minute, we were just looking at women's clothing."
"Ah... luckily I ran fast."
After Jack Ma and Daniel Zhang stepped out of the elevator, Jack Ma took out his phone and opened the link that the young girl had just sent him.
"Sorry, the product you searched for does not exist."
"Huh? What's going on?"
"Mr. Ma, is the network signal bad? Could you refresh the page?"
Jack Ma refreshed the page again, but it still didn't display.
"Mr. Ma, why don't you send it to me and let me try?"
Then Jack Ma sent the link to Daniel Zhang, who clicked on it and it also appeared.
"Sorry, the product you searched for does not exist."
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