On Wednesday, Li Mu and Liu Edong came to Taobao at around eight o'clock in the morning. Other employees came earlier than them, and they were all here by eight o'clock.
The reason why everyone arrived early is because at nine o'clock this morning, the head of the Economic and Trade Commission will come to Taobao to inspect the work. This is the first leadership inspection since Taobao was pushed out of the limelight. It can even be said to be the establishment of Taobao. This is the first leadership inspection since then, so it is of great significance.
For private enterprises, leadership inspections are a good thing. Coming for an inspection proves that the government recognizes this company and shows its attitude of appreciation and support.
Among the leaders who came to inspect today, five are from the China Economic and Trade Commission, and there are even two leaders from the China State Post Bureau. Calling the leaders of the postal system to inspect the work should be a special consideration from the senior leaders. Li Mu is currently The development of e-commerce in China is severely constrained by logistics and transportation. It takes time to build its own logistics. In the future, it will naturally be necessary to cooperate with the State Post and arrange for the leaders of the State Post to come over. Li Mu can directly ask for help or make requests.
The entire inspection work was public. CCTV sent an interview team to follow up the interview. When Li Mu arrived at the company, a team of reporters from CCTV and related work and security personnel had already arrived. Then there were dedicated coordinators to communicate with Li Mu about the entire process. , including when the leaders will come, who will be there, which departments will be inspected, how to determine the CCTV interview process, and even how to hold the closed-door symposium later.
The first few processes are relatively formal, basically just a formality. The key lies in the closed-door symposium. Will the media be present at the symposium? Even ordinary leaders are not arranged to be present. Li Mu, including him, has a total of Two people participated, and there were also two leaders. One was the head of the Economic and Trade Committee, and the other was the leader in charge of the express delivery business of the Post Office.
When Li Mu heard this arrangement, he immediately paid great attention to it.
I originally thought that this closed-door symposium would be for the entire inspection team, but what I didn’t expect was that the leader himself made a big reduction for the participating inspection teams. Each of the economic and trade ports and the postal port had a head who was actually in charge. This was definitely Allow yourself to express your needs as much as you want! It seems that if it is not good, he will respond to his requests. If that is the case, everything will turn around.
At nine o'clock sharp, the leaders came to Makino Technology accompanied by staff from their respective departments.
Li Mu and Liu Edong stood at attention, waiting to be greeted at the gate of Makino Technology.
The leader appeared, and the two staff who were guiding him at the beginning immediately moved to both sides. Li Mu immediately recognized that the man walking in the front was the head of the China Economic and Trade Commission, Zhen Zhiwen, Minister Zhen.
Minister Zhen's face was filled with a smile. Li Mu and Liu Edong hurriedly stepped forward to shake hands with him. In front of the camera, Minister Zhen said some words of encouragement. At the same time, he also said that he came to Taobao to inspect this time for the purpose of learning. Knowing the advanced Internet e-commerce model, other officials around him also smiled and agreed, and the atmosphere was very harmonious from the beginning.
Another very important figure is a deputy director named Niu of the China State Post Bureau. The China State Post Bureau has jurisdiction over all express logistics industries nationwide, and this director Niu is the person in charge of the state-owned postal business of China.
Li Mu and Liu Edong led Minister Zhen and his party to visit various departments of the company. Every time they visited a department, Liu Edong would introduce to the leaders the functional role of this department in the entire Taobao.
Occasionally, Director Zhen and his team would interview individual employees, asking about their salaries and benefits, or about their work intensity, and the employees all answered fluently.
The reporter also took the opportunity to interview Minister Zhen on some questions about Taobao, such as how the Economic and Trade Committee views Taobao, an emerging thing. Minister Zhen’s answer was very pertinent, saying: “First of all, we must admit that Taobao’s e-commerce model It is very new to us, and we never expected that e-commerce could develop so rapidly before the emergence of Taobao. Therefore, for the Economic and Trade Committee, on the one hand, we affirm the huge development space of e-commerce, and on the other hand, we also I very much hope to have a deeper understanding of this industry. If e-commerce is a necessary trend for future development, then we must formulate powerful policies to promote the rapid development of e-commerce."
The reporter asked again: "What are your expectations for the future development of Taobao?"
Minister Zhen said: "I hope that Taobao can continue to develop while not forgetting to enhance its own sense of social responsibility. The economy is the driving force that drives the country forward. How can we quickly and effectively promote social and economic development while developing ourselves?" Making necessary contributions to social and economic development is my expectation for the future development of Taobao."
Li Mu on the side hurriedly answered: "Minister Zhen, please rest assured that Taobao will definitely put social responsibility at the core of our corporate culture and do its part for the development of the entire social economy!"
Minister Zhen smiled and said to reporters: "You have just conducted an exclusive interview with Mr. Li. I think Mr. Li's sense of social responsibility is obvious to both me and you."
The reporter smiled and said: "Then I will take this opportunity to interview Mr. Li."
Li Mu nodded and said generously: "Okay."
The reporter asked him: "Mr. Li, what is the next development direction of Taobao?"
Li Mu said with a smile: "Our next development direction is to improve online shopping options and lower the threshold for online shopping, so that more people can use Taobao to purchase more types of goods more easily and conveniently. In the near future, Taobao's goods We will definitely be all-inclusive and meet the needs of most consumers for most products.”
Originally, Li Mu wanted to arrange for the leaders to eat out at noon, but the accompanying staff rejected this arrangement when they met with Taobao's public relations yesterday, and instead asked Taobao to order a batch of lunch boxes. Let’s have a working meal together. Since working meals are also part of the interview, Taobao ordered lunch boxes in advance as required. At 12 noon, dozens of lunch boxes were delivered. Li Mu arranged for reporters and leaders to have dinner in the large conference room, and the others accompanied him. The staff ate in various small conference rooms.
Li Mu and Liu Edong also accompanied the leaders to eat lunch in the conference room. The reporter's interview basically came to an end. The camera moved away, and Minister Zhen said to Li Mu: "Our closed-door symposium will be arranged in In your or Mr. Liu's office, irrelevant personnel should be isolated as much as possible. It's time to talk about practical matters."
Li Mu looked stern, nodded hurriedly, and whispered: "Then please invite Minister Zhen to come to my office to chat later."
After dinner, Minister Zhen said to the others: "Director Niu and I will have a closed-door discussion with Mr. Li and Mr. Liu. Let's take a rest now. We will go back after the meeting."
The others immediately responded, and then Minister Zhen smiled and said to Li Mu: "Let's not waste time, let's get started quickly."
Li Mu nodded, made an invitation gesture, and accompanied Senior Brother Liu to his office.
On the guest sofa, four people faced each other. Li Mu and Liu Zhendong sat together, and Minister Zhen and Director Niu sat together. After sitting down, Senior Brother Liu hurriedly took out the tea set and tea leaves to prepare tea. Minister Zhen did not refuse, so he He went straight to the point and said: "Xiao Li, the main reason why I came here today is because my boss asked me to have an interview with you."
Li Mu hurriedly sat up straight and nodded. He had already heard about "boss" from Chen Ze and knew who the "boss" in his mouth was referring to.
Minister Zhen paused and then said: "The boss gave me two tasks today. One is to understand what your current needs are, and the other is to ask you some questions on his behalf."
As he spoke, Minister Zhen looked at Li Mu with interest and asked him with a smile: "Which part do you think we should start with first?"
Li Mu hurriedly said humbly: "Minister Zhen, please start with the question first."
Li Mu guessed that the boss and other leaders may have some doubts and uncertainties about the emerging thing of e-commerce. Before asking the leaders to help him solve the problem, he must first know what the leaders are doubting and worrying about. If he is confident that he can solve it, Eliminate their concerns so that you can feel confident and bold in raising demands. Otherwise, if a demand is raised and the leader's concerns cannot be resolved by yourself, it would be really embarrassing.
When Minister Zhen heard that Li Mu chose to start with questions, he nodded approvingly and said with a smile, "Okay, I'll ask you some questions first."
After speaking, Minister Zhen cleared his throat and said: "First of all, how big is the future development space of domestic e-commerce? It does not refer to Taobao alone, but the entire e-commerce market."
Li Mu said seriously: "If development goes smoothly, the visible market size in the next five years will be around one trillion."
Speaking, Li Mu added: "Of course, most of this is data accumulated by companies by putting some daily transactions on more convenient online operations. If we only count the 2C retail business, I think if the conditions are sufficient, Under certain circumstances, it can reach a scale of 100 billion within five years.”
Minister Zhen looked a little surprised and said: "You mean that in five years, the annual retail sales will reach 100 billion?"
Li Mu nodded and said two words calmly: "At least."
Minister Zhen also looked serious and asked, "What about the most optimistic estimate?"
"Hundreds of billions."
Minister Zhen said: "The annual sales of Wangfujing Department Store Group, which has been developed for many years, is only about 70 to 8 billion. What is your confidence and basis for this 100 billion? You can't hold a brand day every day, can you? Consumers also It will cause aesthetic fatigue.”
Li Mu smiled slightly and said in a neither humble nor condescending manner: "I don't know the situation of other companies, so I can't estimate it, but for Taobao alone, I am confident that the annual transaction volume will exceed 100 billion within five years!"
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