Lei Jun usually dresses very casually. He wears casual clothes most of the time at work. He only wears formal clothes on very formal occasions.
Lei Jun was still wearing a T-shirt, casual pants, and sneakers when he went to work today. But when he was about to get off work, he had already changed into a short-sleeved shirt, trousers, and business leather shoes in his office. His assistant was holding documents After knocking on the door and coming in, I was startled by Lei Jun who had just changed his clothes.
"Mr. Lei, are you going out to socialize?" The assistant sent the document to Lei Jun and asked with a smile.
Lei Jun smiled slightly and said, "There will be a very important dinner later."
Lei Jun did not tell anyone about his meeting with Li Mu. He did not tell the partners of Kingsoft and Lenovo because he knew clearly in his heart that neither of these two companies wanted to continue to stick to Joyo. Joyo.com takes action. The only one who wants to keep Joyo at the moment is himself, so he needs to listen to Li Mu's conditions and quotation first.
If someone like me, who doesn't want to sell Joyo.com, agrees with Li Mu's conditions, Kingsoft and Lenovo will definitely not hesitate. Instead, they will applaud and want to complete the process quickly.
The assistant was a little surprised at this time and said with a smile: "The person who allows you to wear such a formal dinner must be a big shot, right?"
Lei Jun nodded, smiled helplessly, and said, "He is indeed a very big shot."
Li Mu is twenty years old. At this age, in any industry, people will label him as young.
However, twenty-year-old Li Mu is already a godfather-level presence in China's Internet industry. No one in this industry can compare with him.
Before Li Mu came forward, if the domestic Internet industry was to be divided into three, six or nine levels, then based on the current domestic actual situation, it could be divided into at least four levels.
The first step is definitely the returnee group or the overseas capital relationship group. For example, the three companies of BTA all obtained overseas capital, and Sina, NetEase, and Sohu are all companies that have successfully listed in the United States;
As for the second ladder, it is basically other well-known companies that have not yet been successfully listed, such as Dangdang, Kingsoft, Joyo, and eBay;
At the third level, there are a large number of small and medium-sized enterprises that have just managed to survive;
The fourth step... is generally those individual webmasters who are somewhat famous.
After Li Mu's strength was fully exposed, Makino Technology and Taobao were no longer two companies in the industry. They were both components of Li Mu's ecological chain. Therefore, as the boss behind several companies, Li Mu naturally became He has become the new first step, and he is also the only member of the first step. To put it bluntly, he is the most awesome one, bar none.
At present, Li Mu's influence in the Internet industry is much stronger than any of the two horses in 2016, because the two of them can still compete with each other. But right now, Li Mu is standing alone on the top of the mountain, watching the people fighting under his feet. .
It is precisely because of Li Mu's influence that Lei Jun, a person who has always been confident, can't help but feel a little nervous before going to the appointment.
After Li Mu and Liu Edong finished talking about logistics on Taobao, they left early for the agreed upon hotel. However, they didn't expect that Lei Jun arrived before them even though they deliberately arrived half an hour early.
This is the first time Li Mu has seen Master Lei in real life. In the past, he had seen him either on the news or in various Xiaomi press conference videos.
Compared with the leader Lei in 2002, he has not changed much except that he is much younger. Even his hairstyle has not changed much. It is just the most common parted hair style. It seems that he has not done much with this hairstyle for more than ten years. Changed.
Li Mu was a little excited when he met Leader Lei for the first time, but he kept comforting himself in his heart. Although Leader Lei was awesome, he had seen a lot of the world since his rebirth.
For example, I once talked and laughed with Li Yanhong, and even Mr. Li is still pursuing me to buy Yiting Technology. Another example is that he roped in Senior Brother Liu as a partner and devoted himself wholeheartedly to his project all day long. In terms of assets and corporate strength, the two of them are not even half inferior to Leader Lei, so there is no need to be nervous when meeting him.
Li Mu's inner relief played a very good role. At least his performance didn't seem to be nervous at all. Instead, it was the first time he met Li Mu. Leader Lei was somewhat nervous that he couldn't hide.
After a few polite words during the meeting, Li Mu shook hands with Leader Lei and said with a smile: "I have heard about Mr. Lei for so long, and today I finally have the opportunity to meet him in person."
Lei Jun hurriedly said humbly: "Mr. Li is too polite. Compared with you, my grades are not up to the passing line."
Li Mu is equally modest: "I'm just lucky. I don't have enough experience in the industry and I still need to learn more."
Liu Edong couldn't help but feel a little confused when he heard the two of them being so modest. They are both awesome people. Why are they so humble to each other? One of you failed the test and the other lacked experience, but what about me...
It happened that Li Mu introduced Liu Yudong to Lei Jun at this time and said: "Mr. Lei, let me introduce to you. This is the general manager of our Taobao website. He is also my partner and senior fellow student at the same school, Liu Yudong."
Lei Jun nodded repeatedly, took the initiative to shake hands with Liu Yidong and said, "Mr. Liu's name is well-known in the industry! I'm glad to meet you!"
After the three of them sat down, they did not rush to order, but chatted politely for a while. Although it was the first time they met, the words and deeds of the leader Lei were the same as the leader Lei in Li Mu's impression. He loved to laugh, was humorous, talkative, and could not speak well. Standard Mandarin made Li Mu feel more friendly.
The reason why I feel friendly is because in my previous life after 2012, the most high-profile among the Chinese Internet giants was Boss Lei, besides Boss Ma.
After Xiaomi became popular with hunger marketing, Master Lei’s media exposure has been very high. There are many interviews, speeches, press conferences and activities, and there are also numerous positive and negative news reports.
The more people are exposed to this kind of multi-faceted information, the easier it is for people to have a general understanding of it. On the contrary, Senior Brother Liu, in addition to the emotional story that everyone knows, this brother has a lot of influence in the media. He rarely appears on the Internet, and it is difficult for people to figure out the general story of this person through his public remarks and performance.
The three of them chatted for a while. Although they didn't get to the main topic, they still had a good time.
Later, Li Mu invited Master Lei to order. Since it was a vegetarian meal, everyone naturally felt stoic when they saw the menu. This kind of dishes and environment can make people focus on business.
Beginning with Leader Lei, the three of them each ordered some exquisite vegetarian dishes, and then asked the waiter for a pot of good tea. Before the dishes were served, the discussion at the dinner table had already begun.
Li Mu has three purposes for coming today: to get to know Leader Lei, to acquire Joyo.com, and to win over Leader Lei to do something together.
The first goal will be achieved naturally when you come. The next two will depend on whether the two people can reach a consensus.
Li Mu had no ink. After he started talking about business, he went straight to the topic and said to Master Lei: "Mr. Lei, the Taobao website run by Senior Brother Liu and I is interested in increasing investment in books and audiovisual products. You should also know that in terms of audiovisual products, Taobao We have obtained authorization from almost all record companies, and there are other resources to assist us. Coupled with the overall ecology of the Taobao platform, this business still has a lot of room for imagination."
It is also Li Mu's usual routine to talk before talking about something, and to show off before talking. When he appreciates Master Lei, he must show off no less, and he must first give him a sense of oppression.
Leader Lei did feel a huge sense of oppression because of Li Mu's words. He wanted to protect Joyo, but his reason told him that Joyo.com was under the huge shadow of Taobao and must take advantage of the trend. Now Li Mu made it clear from the very beginning that he would increase efforts in books, audio and video, and his attitude of exerting pressure was already very obvious.
Leader Lei tried his best to appear relatively calm and said to Li Mu with a smile: "Taobao is a genius product, especially the ecological chain composed of Taobao, Alipay and YY. It is great in the current e-commerce market. I believe Under the leadership of Mr. Li and Mr. Liu, Taobao will definitely create more impressive results."
Li Mu smiled slightly and said calmly: "Mr. Lei, for Taobao, the focus of the next stage is not actually books and audio videos, but our self-built logistics and warehousing plans. Now these two plans have begun to be implemented. As for the book and audiovisual business, I prefer to integrate relatively mature vertical platforms, such as Joyo.com, which you are currently doing."
Lei Jun nodded and said: "Joyo.com does not exclude cooperation at the capital level. We are also looking for the next round of financing. If Taobao is willing to invest in Joyo, I think this will be a win-win situation for us." .”
When Lei Jun heard that Li Mu wanted to meet him, he guessed that Li Mu must want to acquire Joyo.com, but he still had an unrealistic fantasy in his heart. What if he could persuade Li Mu to give up the acquisition and invest instead
If it were to be acquired, Li Mu would have to waste time and energy on in-depth integration if he took over Joyo. Besides, the book and audio-visual market is not big in the first place. There was no need for Li Mu to monopolize it. He only needed to invest some money and resources to let Joyo stand on its side. Wouldn’t it be enough to become a part of his ecological closed loop? If such a goal can be achieved, Joyo.com will definitely take off.
After many large companies develop to a certain scale, they lead a team to fight. Every slightly more mature Internet company has experienced at least two or three rounds of financing. The capital structure behind it is quite complicated. A full acquisition is the most difficult to operate and takes up a lot of space. The resources are too large. For some less important areas, it is indeed not necessary to completely acquire them. It is enough to let all potential companies stand in advance.
Xiaomi in later generations also has a lot of ecological chain companies that rely on itself for survival, not to mention companies like Tengxun and Alibaba that invest money everywhere. They take a certain share and bind each other to their own fleet. , operates independently under normal circumstances and obeys orders at critical moments. As long as we can hit wherever we are directed at critical moments, that is basically enough, and everyone will have peace of mind.
Lei Jun felt that Li Mu might also accept this cooperation model, not to mention that the future leader Lei has not yet reached that level, so at this moment, he is very willing to lead the Excellent Website Team.
However, Li Mu refused without hesitation. He just smiled slightly and said to Leader Lei with great seriousness: "Mr. Lei, Taobao's only request for Joyo.com is to package and acquire it, that's all."
Chapter 2 and Chapter 3 will be delivered later!
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