Chapter 719 The vicious dog is out of the cage
The issue of group buying and housing sharing has remained popular on the Internet for a long time, and voices of envy from workers can be heard everywhere.
Jiang Qin also received many interview invitations from the media because of this incident, but he did not accept them and only updated a sentence on Weibo.
“I hope that group-buying employees can have a job where they have a home, and a home where they have a job.”
After the Weibo post was released, other companies remained relatively silent on the matter and did not respond.
Are you kidding? Which serious boss would buy houses for his employees?
We are all in an employment relationship. How he lives and how he starts a family is none of my business. I am not his parent. All I want is the results of his work.
However, no one is stupid enough to actually say what is in their mind, they just pretend not to see it.
During this period, the employees of Kuaidi and Bibi were obviously losing their morale. They suddenly felt like they were struggling for an unknown reason, but after thinking for a long time, they realized that their lives had not changed because of their efforts.
But changes do exist. For example, executives’ cars are getting more expensive, secretaries are getting sexier, stockings are being changed more frequently, and offices are installing double-layer soundproof glass...
To this end, Cheng Wei once again raised the KPI requirements and established a more stringent reward and punishment system to urge employees to be proactive and motivated.
It's already the second half of 2014, and there are more than 7 million undergraduate graduates. What a concept! To put it bluntly, if you don't do this job, there are plenty of people who are eager to do it! Therefore, under this tough reward and punishment system, Bibi's development has indeed accelerated again. Together with Kuaidi and Uber, the three companies' service cities have reached 45 in a blink of an eye.
As for Pintuan, it continued to keep a low profile in the ride-hailing sector, while holding several overseas market discussions in the first few days of July, preparing to find new growth opportunities in overseas markets for group buying, food delivery and supply chains.
This is also in line with the spirit of the International Internet Conference and is the first step for "Chinese Internet companies to go global."
"The boss is going to destroy foreign friendly companies."
“I can’t sleep because of the foreigners…”
After the news of entering overseas markets spread within the company, everyone seemed to see a ferocious black dog running wildly on the world map.
The competition in the domestic group-buying business ended as early as 2011, and the structure of the takeout industry has been fixed for two years. The growth rate of the two sectors has become very slow.
Although the group buying in-store, daily specials and group takeout under the group buying system can use the form of lowering unit prices and raising selling prices as new growth points to ensure rapid growth within five years, for Jiang Qin, the overseas market may not be a better choice.
Can we also take advantage of foreigners?
So not long after the housing allocation controversy ended, on a morning when the afternoon sun was hot and dazzling, Pintuan’s third overseas market conference was held, and Singapore, Thailand, South Korea and Hong Kong were finalized as business development areas.
Guan Shen, Xing Xiangming, Dai Zhipeng and Zhu Jinfu were selected as team leaders. They will each lead a research team to four regions to conduct market research.
After 2008, China's mobile Internet industry has developed rapidly, and the operations and technologies of various industries have become mature.
At this time, several other Asian countries are still almost at the level of China in 2008, and there is a vast blue ocean everywhere.
However, although the level is average, the Internet penetration in these countries is still very high. It is just that the industry development is not as fierce as that in China because of the small population.
Jiang Qin hopes to take advantage of this time difference and replicate the growth path of group buying.
The humanities, politics and relevant regulations overseas are very different from those in China, so the preliminary research will definitely take a lot of time.
In the past, foreign companies always set their sights on the domestic market, wanting to get the biggest piece of the pie, but due to cultural differences and a lack of understanding of the extent of domestic business involution, they could only end their business hastily and leave in disgrace.
Now, the identities are reversed.
Group buying is a foreign company from a mysterious oriental country, so if it wants to enter the market and build a local team, it does require a long preparation time and detailed market research to form a plan.
"I heard that the laws in Singapore are very strict. Smoking is not allowed outdoors, and chewing gum is not allowed on the street."
"Not only that, they say you can't even be naked in the hotel."
"ah?!"
"Really? If you are naked in a hotel and someone from the opposite building reports you, you will be dragged to the square and caned. Smoking and chewing gum will also result in caning."
Dai Zhipeng glanced at his yellowed right index finger and shuddered. He quickly found Jiang Qin and said, "Boss, I heard that there is caning in Singapore. Smoking and chewing gum will result in caning."
Jiang Qin glanced at him and gave him a devilish smile: "What's wrong? Are you excited before you even get there?"
"????"
Dai Zhipeng's brain spasmed after hearing this and he didn't react for a long time.
Dong Wenhao came over and patted Dai Zhipeng on the shoulder: "The boss is so good to you. Feiyu wanted to go but the boss wouldn't let him go."
Dai Zhipeng pursed his lips and said, "Boss Dong, is there anyone else vying to go?"
"According to Lu Feiyu, if he hasn't been whipped in public, it's like he's come to this world for nothing. So the boss coaxed him and said that he would take him to try it when we really start to build the market."
Dai Zhiming took a deep breath and said, "It's true that everyone has their own preferences."
Jiang Qin was reviewing documents and looked up after hearing this: "How about this, you discuss it with Guan Shen. As long as she agrees, your two research teams can be swapped."
"Guan Shen... also likes caning?"
"Guan Shen is a girl, she doesn't smoke and she won't go around naked in a hotel!"
"Oh...I almost forgot. I'll go discuss it with her now!"
“…”
The first step of overseas development was launched, and four research teams gradually took shape and became pioneers of new markets.
However, the business focus and energy of group buying are still in the domestic market.
After the overseas market conference, Jiang Qin held a development meeting on UnionPay QuickPass.
At present, due to the rapid market growth of Kuaidi and Bibi, the market share of Alipay and WeChat Pay began to rise. Jiang Qin decided to lower the priority of WeChat Pay and put it in the "More Payment Methods" column together with Alipay.
I don’t know anything else, it’s all the same old trick, which is to lower the price.
"Boss, we allowed WeChat Pay to be connected to group buying in exchange for Cloud QuickPass being connected to the recharge end of Tencent Games. Tencent will probably adopt the same approach."
Wei Lanlan couldn't help but say something.
"It doesn't matter. The overlap between the payment users of food delivery and games is too high. Even if the rate is lowered, it won't cause much damage to Cloud QuickPass."
Game users are heavy users of takeout. Even if Tencent hides the payment entrance of Cloud QuickPass, players always need to order takeout.
In this case, Tencent game users will not give up Cloud QuickPass, but WeChat Pay will lose a large offline market. Everyone knows who will be hurt.
Jiang Qin actually knew that Alibaba and Tencent intended to restrict the development of group buying, and liberating the life service market from group buying has been the dream of all major companies since 2012.
Group buying, community group buying, takeout, supply chain and online ordering, plus the taxi market and map navigation, who in the Internet industry would not be jealous?
Group buying will not face off against them in the taxi market for the time being, but it will definitely inflict some pain on them. It is also a reminder to Tencent that group buying is not something that can be manipulated by anyone.
As expected, Tencent quietly lowered the priority of Cloud QuickPass.
After receiving the news, Jiang Qin sat in the boss chair in silence, and the cap of the pen in his hand was constantly pulled out and inserted.
At this moment, Yuan Youqin's phone call suddenly came, bringing his thoughts back to reality.
"Jiang Qin, where are you?"
"At the company, just finished a meeting, what's wrong, mom?"
"Your dad is at the airport."
"Okay, I'll go pick it up. My meeting here just happened to be over."
Jiang Qin dropped his pen, left the company, got into his Maybach, and was taken to the airport by the driver.
Feng Nanshu's due date is approaching soon, perhaps in these few days. As the continuation of her bloodline, Jiang Zhenghong can't hide his excitement.
However, when Jiang Qin found his father, he discovered that his father's face was flushed and he seemed to have gained weight.
"Dad, how did you...eating instant noodles have this effect?"
"Why eat instant noodles? You invested in a logistics park and a customer service center in Jeju, and someone treats me to meals three times a day."
Jiang Qin glanced at his biological father and said, "Why do you send photos to my mother all day long and say that you ate instant noodles again?"
Jiang Zhenghong hissed and showed a serious expression: "This is a man's wisdom. Don't tell your mother, she will pity me for eating instant noodles."
“Is this also the wisdom of men?”
“This is how men survive.”
After a while, Jiang Qin brought his father to the hospital, Qin Jingqiu and Feng Shihua were also there.
My uncle seems to be a little irritable at work recently. There is no light in his eyes and he has completely lost his previous happiness.
Jiang Qin wanted to laugh when he saw Feng Shihua, thinking that his uncle's mental state was really like that of today's workers. There were always seven days a week when he didn't want to go to work, and his life seemed bleak when he thought about going to work.
(I have laid the groundwork for this, please give me a monthly ticket...or2)
(End of this chapter)
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