Chapter 714: Group buying is the biggest threat to Alibaba
"My boyfriend died? When?"
"Just a few days ago."
“He came to attend the meeting just after he passed away a few days ago?!”
"What's the big deal? Group buying employees always put work first."
After listening to this, Jia Yueting swallowed his saliva and thought to himself, your group buying is the real wolf-like enterprise, no wonder you win every battle.
Jiang Qin ignored his shock, greeted the guests around him, and walked inside.
His presence seemed to bring a hint of inexplicable meaning to the scene. Although the group buying group had the least number of attendees, his presence seemed to be the strongest, and the attention it received vaguely exceeded that of Alibaba and Tencent.
The reason for so much attention is not because of anything else, but because several delegations present seemed to have been beaten by them, especially Beep, Kuaidi and Uber, and the wounds are still hot.
But Jiang Qin is not actually a violent person who beats up anyone he sees. The problem is that Pintuan has the most complete ecological chain, from supply to group buying, to food delivery, distribution, maps, information and social networking, so that every company cannot avoid this name.
At this time, Yu Yongjie led the Gaode delegation out of the crowd and stood together with the Pintuan.
Gaode is controlled by Pintuan and can be regarded as a subsidiary of Pintuan. It was labeled as a Pintuan-affiliated company as early as the group buying era.
So when the group buying group didn't come, Yu Yongjie, who arrived earlier, felt like everyone was an enemy but he had no friends, so he kept a very low profile throughout the whole process.
But with the arrival of Jiang Qin, that feeling of panic disappeared, and it was replaced by the pride that our two families had once surrounded and attacked all of you - who dares to mess with us!
At this moment, the scene seemed to be divided into three camps: Alibaba, Group Buying and Tencent, standing and facing each other. As for the Baidu camp, it seemed a little scattered.
However, although Jiang Qin was like a giant monster in the eyes of others, he was still quite kind and did not have an arrogant attitude. He would politely respond to anyone who came to say hello.
"Boss Jiang, I've heard of your name for a long time."
"How did you know my daughter was about to be born? Do you want to come and drink?"
"???????"
After a lot of twists and turns, Jiang Qin reserved all the money for the next business war in Jiang Ainan's name.
Sunai, Wei Lanlan and Dong Wenhao looked at each other in bewilderment, and were a little embarrassed to get too close.
Seeing that all the guests in the venue were talking, Jiang Qin walked up to Travis and shook hands with him.
"Old Te, when are you going back to the United States? I'll take you there."
Jiang Qin's English was poor, so he spoke in Chinese. Travis only half understood what he said and couldn't help but look at Kang Jingtao behind him.
Kang Jingtao didn't say anything. He pondered in his heart for a while, thinking that this sentence might not be to send you to the airport, but to kick you out of the market...
The two delegations that arrived later made the presence of group buying even stronger, because both delegations had been fought over by group buying before, and they happened to be shareholders of each other before.
"Mr. Zhang, please come this way."
"OK."
Under the bright sunlight and on the vivid red carpet, Zhang Xuhao from the Ele.me delegation and Zhang Tao from Dianping.com were invited in front of the camera by CCTV reporters.
In the payment war in 2013, Ele.me refused to connect to Alipay and planned to encircle and suppress group buying. However, it was suppressed by group buying and now has a market share of only 31%.
Of this 31%, 13% are retained by group buying to feed their own supply chain.
It was that time that I was so hungry that it seemed as if my roots were broken. After several attempts, I couldn't make any waves.
But in name, Ele.me is still the second in the food delivery industry, so it is only natural for it to be invited.
Dianping is in a similar situation as him. After the group buying war ended, Zhang Tao was hospitalized twice and most of its employees left. Compared with a group buying website, Dianping is now more like a food review section.
In addition, Chen Jiaxin and Yang Xueyu also came with them.
Seeing these two people, Kang Jingtao, who was following Travis, couldn't help but walk over and greet them.
Kang Jingtao was once a strong player of Lashou.com, while Chen Jiaxin was the iron lady of Volkswagen. The two were originally competitors, but meeting each other again after many years felt like the joy of meeting old friends again.
To be honest, when group buying emerged, it shattered the career dreams of many people, and only a few of them remain in the Internet industry.
"Mr. Chen, Mr. Yang, long time no see."
"Mr. Kang? You're here too?"
Kang Jingtao smiled slightly: "Yes, I am now the operations officer of Uber."
Chen Jiaxin and Yang Xueyu were stunned for a moment, holding their breath, revealing a slightly distressed expression.
They didn't expect that there were old friends who were so stubborn and followed the footsteps of group buying. Let's just say, is this an Internet industry that must be done? At this time, Cheng Wei and Chen Chuanxing were watching this scene, and they couldn't help feeling a little heavy.
They know that these three people are the legacies of the group buying war, and that Ele.me and Dianping are the final losers who were let off by the group buying war because of the Anti-Monopoly Law.
The two of them looked at their expressions as if they had met again after a long separation, and suddenly they felt a subtle sense of empathy.
"If group buying starts to penetrate the market, in a few years, we may meet again in other industries like them."
"Have you heard the news?" Chen Chuanxing couldn't help but be stunned.
Cheng Wei glanced at Travis behind him and said: "Uber can't hold on any longer, Didi will catch up soon."
Chen Chuanxing pinched his fingers and said, "Let's take it one step at a time."
"Didi currently has two first-tier cities and five second-tier cities, I have six second-tier cities, and you have one first-tier city and three second-tier cities. Do you think we have a chance to compete if we merge?"
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After hearing Cheng Wei's words, Chen Chuanxing couldn't help but have some thoughts in his mind, but he quickly gave up.
Alibaba and Tencent have been at loggerheads in recent years, so it is simply a pipe dream to expect Bibi and Kuaidi to merge.
In fact, Cheng Wei also had this idea inadvertently, but after this idea came up, it has been lingering in his mind for a long time and has not dissipated.
On the first day of the Internet Conference, after lunch, the opening ceremony officially began at three o'clock in the afternoon.
The invited guests arrived one after another. Jiang Qin walked to the very front position, gently unbuttoned the top buttons of his suit, and sat on the left hand side of Ma Yun, which caused a lot of discussion at the scene.
To be honest, they had only seen such a young scene of sitting in the front row at such a top national business exchange conference in idol dramas.
Afterwards, representatives from all industries took the stage to speak.
When speaking about the payment industry, Pang Rui took the stage, followed by Sunai.
In the new media industry, Dong Wenhao takes the stage...
Group buying industry, Wei Lanlan takes the stage...
Takeaway industry, Wei Lanlan takes the stage...
Logistics and supply chain industry, Dong Wenhao took the stage...
Big data industry, Sunai comes to power...
During the whole afternoon, except for Jiang Qin, three people from Pintuan took turns to go on stage and made several appearances, which made many people fall into silence.
This is not an ordinary meeting. Those who can make representative speeches are all top figures in the industry. Every time the group buying delegation appears more frequently, it is equivalent to adding one more field for group buying to dominate.
During the entire session of representatives' speeches, except for the e-commerce industry which had nothing to do with the group buying delegation, group buying seemed to be related to all the key development industries recognized by the country.
Uncle Ma sat on Jiang Qin's right, whispering to him from time to time, but he actually felt very heavy inside.
Group buying has developed so rapidly that its growth rate is unmatched. If it continues like this, the three BAT companies will really be led by P.
Tencent's CEO Ma feels similarly.
As for the Baidu delegation, they had cold faces throughout the entire session.
"In fact, group buying has probably already entered the ranks of BAT a long time ago, but many people are unwilling to admit it."
"Yes, except for e-commerce, they almost occupy all these major industries."
"E-commerce? Do you think group buying can't do e-commerce? Group buying supply chains now have logistics parks all over the country. Whether to do it or not is just a matter of Jiang Qin's words."
During the intermission of the opening ceremony, Uncle Ma listened to the discussions around him and couldn't help but feel a little restless.
From the perspective of passers-by, he was leaning against the table, holding a glass of water, with a frown on his face.
Group buying has been booming in recent years, but e-commerce has never been involved. But in fact, has it been idle all these years?
No.
The group buying supply chain has been continuously expanding, not to mention the Wanzhong shopping malls across the country. As the most important foundation of e-commerce, group buying also has Cloud QuickPass.
Uncle Ma really felt the threat from the group buying. The feeling of having a sword hanging over his head made him lie on his side uncomfortably.
He has always regarded Tencent as his rival, but one thing he has to admit is that, judging from the current development situation, the threat posed by group buying to Alibaba has far exceeded that of Tencent.
If Alibaba continues to fight with Tencent and ignores group buying, it may suffer a heavy blow in the future.
At this moment, Cheng Wei walked around the table, looking around, as if he was wandering aimlessly, but after a while he suddenly changed direction and walked straight towards Ma Yun.
"Hello, Mr. Ma."
"Cheng Wei, your bleeping is good. I heard from Chen Chuanxing that you are a very courageous opponent. You are worthy of being an excellent talent that Alibaba has sent to society."
Ma Yun patted his shoulder and pretended to be familiar with him.
But in fact, Cheng Wei’s previous position in Alibaba was not high, and Ma Yun did not have a very deep impression of him.
Seeing that the other party was interested in chatting, Cheng Wei smiled and said, "The fast ones are what Bibi needs to learn from, but unfortunately, we are still not as good as Didi."
Mr. Ma's smile gradually faded: "The current success of the group buying business was achieved bit by bit in the business war. It's normal that you can't win."
"That's true. I was just talking to Chen Chuanxing. Mr. Jiang's little princess is about to be born, and the focus will probably return to the family. We can merge Bibi and Kuaidi at this time, and maybe we can have some opportunities."
After hearing this, Ma Yun laughed, picked up the water cup and took a sip, without responding.
Cheng Wei’s idea is indeed good. Two against one always has some chance of winning, but the prerequisite is that Tencent and Alibaba have to resolve their past grievances.
If this premise can be achieved, there will be no other voices in the entire Internet business circle.
For example, WeChat can support Taobao link jumps and shared payment scenarios of Alipay and WeChat Pay, so there is no way that group buying can continue to grow.
But the two companies have been fighting for five or six years, and now WeChat Pay is catching up with Alipay. It seems that this is not possible in this world.
(Please give me a monthly ticket, please give me a monthly ticket, please give me a monthly ticket...) (End of this chapter)
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