Jack Ma thought for a moment and said, "Since the first Legend of Sword and Fairy game has already flopped, we need to hurry up and take back the market share of service-oriented group buying from Taobao. How long has Meituan's service-oriented group buying entered the Hangzhou market?"
Zhang Yong replied, "About a week."
"In this way, no matter the cost, even if it means contacting relevant departments to give me face, we must seize the Hangzhou market. At the very least, our market share must be higher than Meituan's. This is no longer just a business matter; it's a matter of face!"
"Yes, Mr. Ma, I'll take care of it right away!"
"Wait a minute, call Yao Zhuangxian over here. I remember he even brought his team to Alibaba headquarters specifically to develop 'The Legend of Sword and Fairy Mobile', right?"
"Yes, I'll call him over right away."
Zhang Yong strode out of Jack Ma's office and breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed he wouldn't have to take the blame this time. He wondered if Yao Zhuangxian was capable of handling the responsibility.
Soon, Yao Zhuangxian arrived at Jack Ma's office.
Although he is the owner of a company, he still couldn't muster any backbone when facing a giant like Alibaba.
"Mr. Ma, you wanted to see me?"
"Mr. Yao, have you seen the data for the Legend of Sword and Fairy mobile game?"
"I've seen it, Mr. Yao, this is really beyond my expectations."
"Hehe, what a coincidence, it's beyond my expectations."
"Mr. Ma, our team has always worked on single-player games, so entering the online mobile game market is proving a bit of a challenge."
"Current climate incompatibility? Do you know how much I've lost because of your comment about being unable to adapt to the local climate? Stop with the useless talk and start thinking of ways to fix it."
Yao Zhuangxian thought to himself, "Could such a solution have been devised so quickly? If it were that simple, the first Legend of Sword and Fairy wouldn't have lost so much money that even bitter tea seeds were left."
Jack Ma gets angry just looking at him, but he doesn't want to drive away the team he just acquired.
After all, before the acquisition, he consulted many industry insiders, who all said that Softstar was a very good game company.
Jack Ma took a few deep breaths to suppress his anger and said.
"Go back and look into it internally first, and give me an answer within three days."
"Okay, Mr. Ma."
Yao Zhuangxian walked out of Jack Ma's office. Although he felt that the game's failure was not his responsibility, he was still the boss. Oh well, he decided to go back and have a meeting with his team to discuss it.
The failure of "The Legend of Sword and Fairy Mobile" relieved Pony Ma (Ma Huateng, founder of Tencent). He made a huge profit this time, as not only has Taobao's group-buying market share fallen behind Lashou.com, but it has also far surpassed Alibaba in the mobile game sector.
Let's not even talk about "Honor of Kings" (王者荣耀). Just in terms of Dou Dizhu (斗地主), even Alibaba can't compare.
To this end, Pony Ma also ordered the QQ business unit to uniformly push the news post about the failure of "The Legend of Sword and Fairy Mobile" to all online QQ users.
This is a current event, right? It should make the whole nation happy... oh no, I mean, everyone should know about it.
Jack Ma himself also has QQ, and he also received this message.
Enraged, he threw his phone away, and Zhang Yong, who had just walked in, was instantly hit on the nose.
Zhang Yong, clutching his hand in pain, squatted outside Jack Ma's office.
The employees outside and those passing by all looked at the situation with curiosity. What happened?
Never mind, just take a picture, post it on Weibo, and then on Douyin.
That's right, Douyin has now become another sharing platform for young people after Weibo.
The main reason is that Weibo has been around for so long that everyone has posted a few messages about themselves on it, and many people follow colleagues and friends. It would be so embarrassing to post something that is "not allowed".
Therefore, Douyin is indispensable. Nobody knows you on Douyin, so you can post whatever you want. Plus, there are so many pretty girls on it, and they're all so afraid of the heat that they wear so little clothing.
Soon, a short video appeared on Douyin with the title "Suspected infighting among top executives at Alibaba!"
Soon, staff from Douyin contacted Zhang Yiming to ask if this kind of thing could be approved and whether it would cause any negative social impact.
Zhang Yiming spoke with righteous indignation.
"Young man, you're not bold enough in doing things. We have nothing to hide, and Douyin has the function of spreading social hot topics. Of course, this kind of thing can be approved. In fact, it should be promoted across the entire network so that everyone can learn from it. Do you understand?"
The staff member returned to his workstation looking confused. He couldn't understand why Zhang Yiming had scolded him so harshly after he approved a video of a fight involving drinking at a nightclub.
They say he's too audacious, daring to approve something like this; isn't that corrupting social morals?
So this time, he took the initiative to ask Zhang Yiming first, but Zhang Yiming said he wasn't brave enough.
So, is he bold or not?
His colleague at the next workstation saw his confused look and patted him on the shoulder.
"Hey, what are you thinking about?"
So he told his colleague about his confusion.
After hearing this, the colleague burst out laughing.
"why are you laughing?"
"You, don't you even know who the main character in this video is?"
"I saw it, it's a senior executive at Alibaba, and the one covering his nose is Zhang Yong."
"So, of course we have to report on Alibaba's negative news, since we're competitors."
"Ah, this..."
"Ah, high-level business battles are often this simple and unpretentious."
After listening to his colleague's explanation, the man seemed to have grasped something, and his whole demeanor changed instantly. Perhaps this is the corporate spirit of our Xingchen Technology's General Manager Lin.
Lin Chen: ? ? ?
As a result, the video of the brawl among Alibaba's top executives quickly went viral on Douyin.
Regardless of your demographic, you'll eventually come across this video while scrolling through your feed, because this time the video wasn't targeted at any specific customer group; it was pushed to everyone.
Let's look back at Zhang Yong, who is still lying on the ground.
When Jack Ma realized he had hit someone, he quickly came over and helped Zhang Yong up, though he was a few seconds late, and it's unclear what he was thinking.
"Mr. Zhang, are you alright? I wasn't paying attention."
"It's nothing, it's just that my nose might be a little crooked."
"Oh no... Oh dear, my nose is bleeding! Come in, come in quickly!"
Five minutes later, Zhang Yong's nosebleed finally stopped.
"I'm so sorry, Mr. Zhang, I didn't notice you come in."
"It's nothing, Mr. Ma. I just came to report on the 618 promotion plan. After I finish the report, I'll go to the hospital to get an X-ray."
Upon hearing that it was about 618, Jack Ma quickly waved his hand and said, "No, no, no, your health is more important. Let my driver take you directly to the hospital."
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