The day after Taobao went online, it was Friday.
Chen Tong, one of the soul figures of Sina.com, left the company a few hours early and went to the company of his junior brother Liu Edong, preparing to give his employees a small training as scheduled and talk about his understanding of the Internet.
He also witnessed Taobao's jaw-dropping debut last night, and it can be said that he was extremely impressed.
Chen Tong has been working on the Internet for so many years, and his understanding of the Internet is indeed beyond the reach of ordinary people. He understands the importance of the Internet industry model. Sina suffers from the model's disadvantages. The portal's profit model is too single, and the revenue from wireless operations is somewhat limited. He couldn't get it on the table, but he recognized a new platform with a clear model and positioning like Taobao.
However, he did not think of Taobao and Liu Edong together. It was not that he looked down on or underestimated Liu Edong, but mainly because Liu Edong had always been too low-key in front of him. Judging from his usual description, he seemed to be still in the struggling stage of entrepreneurship. The team is not mature either.
Moreover, from last night to now, Chen Tong has always sympathized with Liu Yidong. He had just sold all his properties and was preparing to start a business in the field of Internet e-commerce. However, a powerful enemy like Taobao emerged.
He knew the background of Taobao very well. It had the support of YY and Yiting.com, and the full support of Alipay. Even a fool could see the close connection between Taobao and Makino Technology, so he instinctively felt that Liu Yidong would have a hard time this time. .
According to the address given by Liu Edong, Chen Tong drove his Shenlong Fukang to the downstairs of Taobao's office. Liu Edong had already been waiting for him in the parking lot.
When Chen Tong got off the car, Liu Edong hurriedly stepped forward and said enthusiastically: "Oh, Senior Brother Chen, you are finally here."
Chen Tong looked at Liu Yidong with some surprise. He always felt that Liu Yidong should not behave like this in his expectation. He seemed too happy. He was not at all the sad and depressed person he expected. It was not that he wanted to see him laugh. , but the fact is before him, he would be extremely depressed, how could he be so happy
After saying a few polite words to Liu Eodong, Chen Tong followed him to the elevator and asked him tentatively: "Eodong, how is the current situation of your company?"
"It's pretty good." Liu Haodong smiled and said, "The company is still running very well."
Chen Tong was even more puzzled.
But Chen Tong couldn't ask more details, so he didn't continue the topic, but said to Liu Yidong: "I prepared a PPT today, but I have been busy at work recently, and the PPT preparation was in a hurry. If there is anything Don’t mind if it’s not perfect.”
Liu Edong smiled and said: "Brother Chen, you are so polite. I would be very honored if you could come over and train these young people on how to control Internet content. Even if there is no PPT, you just have a chat with them and teach them some useful information." I am satisfied with the things."
Chen Tong smiled slightly: "I will do my best."
After following Liu Eodong all the way up the stairs and arriving at the door of Taobao, Chen Tong was instantly shocked and speechless by the huge and eye-catching company name.
"Yanjing Taobao Network Technology Co., Ltd."
Isn’t this Taobao
Chen Tongsilly stood at the door of Taobao, looking at Liu Haodong in amazement, and asked in surprise: "Haodong, you said you are starting a business and building an e-commerce website, is this Taobao?"
Seeing his stunned look at the moment, Liu Edong felt a little guilty. He didn't want to hide it from him. After all, he was his senior brother. Liu Edong didn't have any evil thoughts towards him. It was just that he wanted to help Li Mu poach Chen Tong, so he went out. This strategy, deliberately concealed, is to destroy his self-confidence and the arrogance of a scholar to a certain extent. Only in this way can his shackles be broken and he can be reborn.
So, Liu Edong smiled apologetically and said, "I'm sorry, brother, the matters on Taobao need to be kept confidential before, so I didn't tell you in too much detail. Souyi scheduled the training for today because I and the major shareholder There was an agreement that my relationship with Taobao can only be disclosed to the public after Taobao goes online..."
Although Chen Tong was still in shock and couldn't extricate himself, he nodded in understanding when he heard what Liu Yidong said. He had worked hard all the way, and he also knew the confidentiality agreement and the non-competition agreement very well.
However, Chen Tong no longer had the slight arrogance he had before, but instead unconsciously felt a little unconfident.
Although Sina has long been listed on Nasdaq and is considered the top Internet company in China, people with a relatively advanced understanding of the Internet know that Sina has a huge bottleneck in its future development. It does not have a clear business and profit model. Its position in the capital market It is also difficult to increase the recognition level. The so-called high or low level refers to companies like Sina.
But Taobao is different. Taobao is a brand new platform, a platform that can shock the Internet industry overnight. On the first night of its launch, in four hours from 8 o'clock to 12 o'clock, Taobao sold more than 500,000 orders. , sales reached nearly 70 million, this data is simply jaw-dropping to the Internet people of this era.
In addition, Taobao has a very strong background and resources, and the industry is very optimistic about Taobao's future. Now he actually has to train members of this team on the Internet, which makes him somewhat worried, if others understand the Internet better than he does. Spirit, then isn’t he just doing what he does best
At this time, Liu Edong also saw Chen Tong's worries and couldn't help but said: "Brother, to be honest, most of the members of Taobao's operation team are newcomers. Their understanding of the Internet really needs to be deepened, and we and Makino Technology You should be able to guess the relationship. Our technical team has a strong Makino gene, so its strength is indeed very outstanding. As a result, the operational team under me seems to be too far apart, and it is inevitable that there will be some mistakes. This time I Mainly, I want you to train our operations team."
After hearing this, Chen Tong felt a little calmer. It wasn't because he was vain, but mainly because he didn't want to make jokes or mislead others. When Liu Edong said this, he also understood his current situation. Between various departments of the company, The level ratio between companies is indeed very important. If the operation team is strong and the technical team is weak, or the technical team is strong and the operation team is weak, the company will definitely have greater and greater differences in its future development. If the company’s leadership is not strong enough, If the leadership is decisive, the company may end up in endless internal friction. If the leadership is decisive, it will immediately cut off the relatively weak team and replace it with a stronger team.
So Chen Tong took a deep breath and said, "Okay, let's go as planned. I'll try my best to express my understanding."
Liu Edong quickly thanked him and said, "I told everyone that we will train in the large conference room at four o'clock in the afternoon. There is still some time now. Why don't you go and sit in my office for a while?"
Chen Tong nodded. He did have many questions to ask Liu Yidong, but he had to find a relatively private environment.
The two came to Liu Edong's office, and Chen Tongcai discovered that Liu Edong's title on Taobao was actually the general manager.
When he entered the company, Chen Tong couldn't help but ask him: "Gaodong, why do you want to cooperate with Makino Technology?"
Liu Edong scratched his head and smiled: "Senior brother, to be honest with you, I am also hugging you."
As he spoke, Liu Edong asked him: "Do you know the founder of Makino Technology?"
Chen Tong nodded: "I know, Li Mu, the young man who founded 3321."
"That's right." Liu Edong said: "Li Mu is still studying in our National People's University, not yet a sophomore. I met him at the end of last year. Inspired and stimulated by him, I felt that selling optical magnets in Zhongguancun was really hopeless. , so I was going to try to find some projects on the Internet to work on. Li Mu came to me and said that he was willing to work with me to do something. You said, I have no money and no experience, but people are willing to cooperate with me. Isn’t this pretty? Did you get hit by a pie falling from the sky?"
After hearing this, Chen Tong nodded repeatedly, and Li Mu took the initiative to ask Liu Yidong to cooperate. For Liu Yidong, this was not just like being hit by a pie falling from the sky, but also like being hit by a gold ingot falling from the sky.
The strength gap between Li Mu and Liu Edong is still very large in this life, but the main reason for this gap is that the former is too strong. Li Mu is willing to cooperate with Liu Edong. This is simply equivalent to Schumacher taking the initiative to form a team with Lin Zhiying to play a copy of F1.
Liu Edong continued: "Li Mu said he wanted to do e-commerce at the time, but I didn't know anything about e-commerce. I was still a layman after working hard all winter. To be honest, Li Mu is making the decisions on big things right now. Even though I am a general manager, I am actually still in the process of actively learning and improving myself."
Chen Tong asked curiously: "You partnered with Li Mu to build Taobao. How many shares did he give you?"
Liu Edong said frankly: "The investment ratio is 9:1, the share ratio is 8:2, and I hold 20%."
Chen Tong's eyes almost fell down in shock.
20%? What is this concept? Did Li Mu get kicked in the head? Even if you want to recruit Liu Yidong, you don't need to give out such a high proportion of shares, right? After all, Liu Edong was just a self-employed person living in Zhongguancun before. Even if Li Mu was very optimistic about him, there was no need to do this.
It's not that Chen Tong looks down on Liu Yidong, but his consideration of the problem is based on the reality at hand. Liu Yidong has indeed not had the opportunity to show his strong strength. According to the objective judgment standards of the current Internet, Liu Yidong is definitely not worthy of so much given by Li Mu. share ratio.
Looking at the share structure of Sina's core layer, Chen Tong's own shareholding is so small that it cannot even be calculated as a percentage. He can only use the number of shares as a counting mark, and there are strict restrictions on cashing out, even harsh. Comparing his treatment with Liu Edong's, it's like Lin Zhiying and Schumacher comparing their driving skills. How should they compare? No matter how you compare, it’s full of embarrassment…
This chapter is number one, and I will definitely update it twice tomorrow. I also advise everyone not to travel far by car during the National Day. I have experienced it. Even the broken road into the service area can be blocked for half an hour. How can I endure it
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